General sports Club

The general sports clubs are sporting clubs manager, under the same organization, several sports different. They are represented, within the C.N.O.S.F., by the French federation of the General sports Clubs (F.F.C.O.) Co-chaired by Gerard Perreau-Bezouille and Patrick Baqué .

To gather this diversity and to constitute the horizontal structure essential to the French sporting movement, French federation of the General sports Clubs has the aim of supporting, to promote, inform and defend the clubs, of to help to organize itself, to propose dialog and experience sharing while bringing mutual aid and assistance.

FFCO is place of division of the knowledge, competences and the experiments:

  • By disseminating information right and judicious, in open language, specific to the sporting movement for the

leaders of the clubs employers;
  • While organizing, of the collective education acts of leaders, being able to be dealt with partly
financially.

FFCO is a place of debates and promotion:

  • It is represented in all France by its Departmental committees and regional. This dialog of proximity facilitates the exchange on problems which are not always identical to the four corners of the Hexagon.

  • It is representative: privileged interlocutor and partner of the ministry for Youth and the Sports, she wants to represent the sporting voluntary help, the sporting club employer, the formative club of leaders and of administrative frameworks, the organizers of the basic cell of the French sport that is in fact the general sports club
  • She is a recognized interlocutor of all the territorial authorities - at the local level with the municipalities with the
departmental level with these authorities, the such General advices, the DDJS, the CDOS and the sporting Committees departmental;

FFCO takes part in the piloting of the YEARS (National Bases of the Sport), its director is deputy president of Cosmos (the Social Council of the Sporting Movement).

Origins of FFCO : Created in October 1978, the National Grouping of the General sports Clubs (GNCO) was born following a conference bringing together leaders of general sports clubs which reflect in obviousness the specificity of the general sports clubs and the problems encountered by those. The GNCO goes then during ten years, to gather a growing number of members and to impose themselves in the French sport like the voice of the general sports clubs.

The number and the diversity of its members, small and large, prestigious and little known, town and rural, will allow him to express itself in the name of all. In November 1988, the GNCO decides to adapt its structures to its representativeness: its General meeting makes the decision to transform it of French federation of the General sports Clubs (FFCO).

Approved by the ministry for Youth and the Sports, the FFCO does not cease since developing. It reinforced sound role of spokesperson of the general sports clubs and developed a service of assistance with the clubs in their administration and daily management.

Organization

Generally, the general sports clubs have professional sections and other amateurs in various disciplines like the Football, the Basket-ball, the Futsal, the Baseball, the Tennis, the Aviron, the Handball, the Athlétisme etc Ainsi, all the sportsmen of the club take part in their competitions under the colors of this club.

Several clubs multisports in the world

The general sports clubs exist everywhere and are true national institutions.

Some examples:

The principal ones

Example of large general sports clubs of the world:

ACE Roma (Italy)

ACE Roma, with the Italy. The first section has to be created under the name of Roman in 1901 and that of Gymnastics, then the calcistic section of the first company of Rome, the Gymanstique company of Rome east entered the Novel. In the 1927 all old companies founded previously are joined together within the ACE Roma. With the passing of years, the ACE Roma became a company gathering several sports and collecting the most Italian and international national titles.

Wydad Athletic Club (Morocco)

Wydad Athletic Club, with the Morocco. The first section has to be creates in the name of Wydad Athletic club in 1937 is that of Swimming, for this reason the people of the WAC holds his various sections very has heart, but the most known remainders incontestably those of Football and Basketball. Wydad AC remains one of the Marocains clubs has to have the greatest number of section. The 18 sections of Wydad Athletic Club are Football, Handball, Basketball, Swimming, Cycling, Table tennis, Lutte, Athlétisme, Escrime, Judo, Boxe, Echec, Field hockey, Waterpolo, Haltérophilie, Badminton, Pétanques (in addition to Volley ball which is temporarily put in sleep).

Fenerbahçe Spor Kulübü (Turkey)

Fenerbahçe SK of Istanbul in Turkey. Its most popular branch is the Football but the club is also represented in sports such as the Basket-ball, the Volley-ball, the Aviron, the Boxe, the veil, the Athlétisme, the Natation and the Table tennis. One estimates the number of fans at 25 million, which makes of it the most popular club of Turkey. Proof in is, it is him which has the best multitude of all the Championnat of Turkey of football. In 2006, the section basketball of Fenerbahçe receives supports it Ülker mark (associated before with the Ülker Istanbul, which had become the second best club of the country after the Efes Pilsen) for thus building a stronger entity.

Futbol Club Barcelona (Spain)

FC Barcelona of Barcelona, in Spain. Its best branch is, there still, that of Football as well on the level of the team first as of the reserve, FC Barcelona B. The club has sections of Rink hockey, Basket-ball, Handball and Field hockey. They are financed by the section football and carry the same shirt.

The club also has several sections amateurs of Rugby, female basketball, of female Football and even of basketball handisport. Other sportsmen are committed in competitions of Hockey, of Football to five, Athlétisme, Baseball, Cyclisme, Figure skating and Volley-ball. With several trophies in all the disciplines and more than 100.000 sportsmen, the FC Barcelona is an essential club on the chart of the world sport. One estimates his number of supporters at 5 million, mainly in Catalogne.

Panathinaikos Athlitikos Omilos (Greece)

Panathinaïkos of Athens in Greece. This club is present in 24 sports and gained more than 487 titles (in June 2006). It is especially known for its three professional teams of Football, Basket-ball and Volley-ball, which takes part in the greatest competitions European (Ligue of the Champions, Euroleague and Top Teams Cup), but it also obtained other titles in its sections amateurs. The number of fans of the Pana is estimated at 4 million (3 million in Greece and 1 million for the Greek diaspora).

Racing club of France (France)

The Racing club of France is a general sports club Paris IEN. This club is founded the April 20th 1882 under the name of “Racing Club”. It is in the beginning a club of Athlétisme. The Racing Club changes name to adopt that of Racing club of France the November 21st 1885. The club with the colors Sky and White is the first European club in term of manpower and prize list: more than 20.000 active members, 93 Olympic medals, 53 championships of the world, 30 cuts of Europe, 115 championships of Europe and more than 1000 championships of France. 17 sporting sections today.

Sport Lisboa E Benfica (Portugal)

SSL Benfica of Lisbon to the Portugal. Benfica has teams of Football, Basket-ball, of Rink hockey, Futsal, Volley-ball, Handball, Water sports shirt, Rugby, Cyclisme and Athlétisme. Benfica gained several international titles, of which the Coupes of the Champions 1961 and 1962 with football, Rink Hockey CERS Cup in 1991,3 Iberian Cuts and 1 Iberian Tournament with Rugby and 5 Cut of Europe of Athletics. With 150.000 sportsmen, Benfica is an essential club in the world sport. One estimates his number of supporters at 12 million.

French stage (France)

The club is founded the December 13rd 1883, it is in the beginning a club of Athlétisme. The Red club with the colors and Blue account more than 12.000 active members for 80 Olympic medals and more than 1000 championships of France. 22 sporting sections today.

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