GPSO 92 Issy

Grand Paris Seine Ouest 92 Issy (commonly known as GPSO 92 Issy or simply Issy) are a French women's football team based in Issy-les-Moulineaux. The club currently compete in Division 1 Féminine, the top division of women's football in France. The team was founded in 1997 as EuroPeru, and was known as FF Issy from 2001 until 2020.

GPSO 92 Issy
Full nameGrand Paris Seine Ouest 92 Issy
Nickname(s)Les Chouettes (Owls)[1]
Short nameIssy
Founded1997 (1997) (as EuroPeru)
2001 (2001) (as FF Issy)
2020 (2020) (as GPSO 92 Issy)
GroundStade Le Gallo, Boulogne-Billancourt
Capacity2,000
OwnerChristine Aubere[1]
ManagerCamillo Vaz[2]
LeagueDivision 1 Féminine
2020–2021Division 1 Féminine, 11th
WebsiteClub website

History
Stade Jean Bouin was the team's original stadium.

GPSO 92 Issy were founded in 1997 by three Peruvian sisters, Edith, Merylin and Mercedes Bohorquez, under the name EuroPeru.[3][4] The team initially consisted of 20 players from the local Peruvian community, and they played at the Stade Jean-Bouin in Issy-les-Moulineaux. The team began playing in the French league system in November 1999.[4] In 2001, the club was renamed Foot Féminin d'Issy (FF Issy),[3] after being taken over by Corinne Mesas.[4] In 2012, former FF Issy manager Christine Aubère took over the club.[5][6] GPSO 92 Issy is one of the only French clubs to be run exclusively for women, rather than being affiliated with a men's team.[7] In the 2020–21 season, GPSO 92 Issy and Soyaux were the only exclusively female top division teams,[8] and GPSO 92 Issy has over 250 members.[7][9]

In 2001, FF Issy played in Promotion de Ligue, the lowest division of the French regional football league.[8] FF Issy achieved three successive promotions to reach the top division (Honorary Division) of the regional Paris-Île-de-France League for the 2003–2004 season. FF Issy missed promotion by finishing second in the next two consecutive seasons, before later achieving promotion to Division 2 Féminine for the 2009–2010 season. FF Issy were promoted to Division 1 Féminine for the 2012–13 season.[3][10] They also played in the 2014–15 Division 1 Féminine.[10] In 2018, there were suggestions of the club merging with men's Championnat National team Red Star,[10] though the plans were later abandoned.[11]

FF Issy were winning League A of the 2019–2020 Division 2 Féminine by 12 points when the league was suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In April 2020, the French Football Federation (FFF) confirmed that Issy would be promoted to Division 1 Féminine for the 2020–21 season.[12] In 2020, the team was renamed from FF Issy to Grand Paris Seine Ouest 92 Issy (GPSO 92 Issy).[1][4] The new name reflects the fact the team is based in Hauts-de-Seine, which is French department number 92.[1] Issy were initially relegated from Division 1 Féminine the next season.[13] In July 2021, the FFF reprieved Issy, meaning that they would compete in the 2021–22 Division 1 Féminine. The decision was due to the knock-on effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on the French league systems.[14]

First-team squad
As of 26 April 2022[15]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  USA Kelly Rowswell
4 DF  FRA Océane Daniel
5 FW  FRA Philippine Le Loup De Sancy
6 MF  FRA Agathe Donnary
7 FW  HAI Batcheba Louis
8 DF  FRA Nonna Debonne
9 FW  HAI Roselord Borgella
11 FW  FRA Julie Machart-Rabanne
12 FW  FRA Cindy Thomas
16 GK  USA Cosette Morché (on loan from OL Reign)
17 DF  FRA Manon Labois
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 MF  FRA Adélie Fourré
19 DF  FRA Assimina Maoulida (on loan from Lyon)
21 DF  FRA Celia Barclais
28 DF  FRA Gwenaëlle Butel
20 FW  USA Allie Thornton
23 DF  USA Ally Prisock (on loan from Houston Dash)
24 DF  FRA Mélanie Carvalho
25 DF  FRA Morgane Martins
26 MF  FRA Stéphanie Bayo
- GK  FRA Ksenya Kopczuk
- DF  FRA Victoire Thomas
- DF  FRA Julie Peruzzetto

Reserve and youth teams

GPSO 92 Issy Reserves play in the Regional 1 division of the Paris-Île-de-France League. The GPSO 92 Issy under-19s team play in the Challenge National.[9]

References
  1. "Christine Aubere (Présidente GPSO 92 Issy) : "Le département nous a soutenus parce que le travail effectué depuis des années montre qu'on est un club sérieux"" (in French). L'Equipiere. 21 July 2020. Retrieved 18 March 2021.
  2. "GPSO 92 Issy : Camillo Vaz, nouvel entraîneur des Chouettes !". L'Equipiere (in French). 22 February 2021. Retrieved 23 March 2021.
  3. "Les "chouettes" du FFIssy : du Pérou à Issy" (in French). Historim. 11 January 2014. Archived from the original on 19 March 2021. Retrieved 18 March 2021.
  4. "#D1Arkema – ISSY FF devient le GPSO 92 ISSY". Footo Féminin (in French). 17 July 2020. Archived from the original on 19 March 2021. Retrieved 18 March 2021.
  5. "D1 – Une nouvelle présidente au FF ISSY". Foot Féminin. 1 July 2012. Retrieved 18 March 2021.
  6. "Football : Femme de combats". Le Parisien (in French). 28 January 2018. Retrieved 18 March 2021.
  7. "Le FF Issy, étendard du football au féminin". Radio France Internationale (in French). 22 June 2019. Archived from the original on 19 March 2021. Retrieved 18 March 2021.
  8. "Le grand pont vers l'élite". HDS Mag (in French). 2020. Archived from the original on 19 March 2021. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
  9. "Le GPSO 92 ISSY Football Club" (in French). GPSO 92 Issy. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
  10. "Football. Mariage entre le Red Star et les filles d'Issy". Le Parisien (in French). 16 January 2018. Retrieved 18 March 2021.
  11. "Pas de fusion Red Star – Issy Féminin". Le Parisien (in French). 16 February 2018. Retrieved 18 March 2021.
  12. "Issy-les-Moulineaux et Le Havre promus en D1 féminine". L'Équipe (in French). 16 April 2020. Retrieved 18 March 2021.
  13. "Football. D1F : Paris et Lyon s'attendent, Issy descend, le récap de la 21e journée". Ouest-France (in French). 21 May 2021. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
  14. "#D1Arkema - L'AS SAINT-ETIENNE promue en D1, ISSY repêché". Footo Féminin (in French). 13 July 2021. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
  15. "Grand Paris Seine Ouest 92 Issy" (in French). Footo Féminin.
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