1927–1993: Rise and fall Football Club d'Annecy was founded in May 1927. The first president of the club was Louis Monnet, who held the office until 1933 when he was replaced by Jean Chatenoud. In the 1941–42
Coupe de France, with France divided into three zones during the
German occupation of France, the team defeated
Saint-Étienne 4–0 and Saint-Chamond 2–1 to reach the quarter-finals of the
Zone libre section, where they lost 1–0 to
Toulouse. The club turned professional in 1942 after winning the
Lyonnais Division Honneur, but was forced to return to its former status as amateur a year later as professional football clubs were outlawed. As amateurs, Annecy won the league twice more in 1946–47 and 1947–48 before joining the
Championnat de France Amateur on its formation for 1948–49. Winning the Coupe de Lyonnais in 1953–54 was capped by finishing top of the Championnat's south-eastern section a year later. The team regained the Coupe de Lyonnais in 1958–59 and ended the 1959–60 campaign as the amateur champions of France. Chatenoud finally stepped down in 1970, after 37 years as president. The Championnat was dissolved after the 1970–71 season, and Annecy were subsequently accepted into the
Division 3 Sud-Est. In March 2021, Annecy were fined by the
FFF for coaching irregularities. The club had been coached by Rémi Dru since the dismissal of Michael Poinsignon in December 2020, and in January 2021 had employed
Jean-Yves Chay with the title of head coach. The
FFF found that Rémi Dru was in fact performing the function of head coach, and fined the club €3,000 per match played under these circumstances. On 13 May 2022, Annecy beat
Sedan 2–0, securing promotion to
Ligue 2 as Championnat National runner-up under
Laurent Guyot; it was their first time in the second tier in 29 years, and the first since the division became one nationwide group. In the
2022–23 Coupe de France, the team reached the quarter-finals for the first time since 1942 after winning on penalties following a 1–1 draw at
Paris FC, and then made the semi-finals by winning the same way after a 2–2 draw at
Marseille. On 3 August 2023, Annecy were originally relegated to Championnat National but were reprieved by the ruling of a French court due to Sochaux’s administrative relegation to the third tier of French football. == Current squad ==