The club started in 1911 under the name Stade Clermontois. Despite little league success in the early days, they reached the semi-finals of the
Coupe de France during the 1945–46 season. Their professional status was repealed after the 1946–47 season due to financial difficulties. The club became professional again in 1966. 1984 saw an expansion, with Stade-Clermontois and
AS Montferrand merging to form Clermont-Ferrand Football Club (CFC). The club was placed in the third division. The club was later renamed
Clermont Foot Auvergne, having to start again in the Division Honneur. After 13 years, Clermont Foot got promoted multiple times, from the Division Honneur up to
Ligue 2 in 1993. During these 13 years of success, the club had numerous successes in the Coupe de France. One notable cup run was in 1997, when the Auvergne club eliminated three professional sides,
Martigues,
Lorient and then
Paris Saint-Germain, before succumbing to
Nice. The club won the
Championnat National in 2007, being promoted to Ligue 2 again, from which they had been relegated in 2006. In 2014, Clermont became the first French professional men's team to appoint a female manager when they appointed
Helena Costa. Less than a month after taking charge, Costa quit her role, and was replaced by another woman,
Corinne Diacre, who would go on to train the
French women's team. Clermont were promoted to
Ligue 1 for the
2021–22 season for the first time in their history, having achieved promotion to the league after finishing second in the
2020–21 edition of Ligue 2. After 3 years, the club was relegated following the
2023–24 season. ==Honours==