Football Club d'Annecy, founded in 1927, is a French football club based in Annecy, Haute-Savoie and currently competes in Ligue 2, a profile that makes its shirts attractive to collectors and fans, and Walkouts offers a curated selection of signed and limited retail pieces. The club plays home matches in a compact setting that has helped preserve match provenance and local ties.
The team has been based at the Parc des Sports since 1964, a ground familiar to supporters and a recurring backdrop for framed shirts and match photographs. The stadium name appears on many retail and player-issue shirts, and provenance notes often reference the ground, the town archive and local press images when verifying signatures or issue history.
Across its long history Annecy has moved between the amateur and professional game, a trajectory that produced memorable peaks including a national amateur crown. The side were crowned French amateur champions 1959-60, a headline domestic honour that collectors seek because shirts from that era are scarce, often repaired and linked to cup runs and local heroes.
Releases tied to anniversaries or major reorganisations are the logical focus for collectors. A notable milestone came with the club's rebirth under its current name, known in club records as Reformation 1993, which spawned a wave of commemorative retail items and regionally issued shirts that now appear infrequently at auction or in private sales.
Shirts from key seasons also attract interest. Examples include the promotion campaigns of 1988-89, the memorable 1990-91 Coupe de France run and the more recent returns to the Championnat National and Ligue 2; these seasons are chased because match programmes, press photographs and squad lists make it easier to confirm player-issue details. Away designs have particular provenance value, and an iconic alternate layout tied to cup ties is often described as a white with red trim shirt that features in photographic records from decisive away fixtures.
Signed retail demand sits alongside match-worn interest, collectors explicitly seek fanshop shirts and limited retail runs as much as player-issued examples, noting early production runs, player-issue variants and regional releases in southern France, and many offerings include an authentication cue such as a COA. Walkouts listings will often call out whether a shirt is retail, player-issue or match-issued, and items frequently include additional photographic proof, with Free worldwide shipping noted where applicable.
For provenance-minded buyers the club's recorded milestones and cup runs provide reliable reference points, and the best-verified items are those traced to specific matches or seasons, notably the 1990-91 Coupe de France run and the title-winning 1959-60 season, which together supply press imagery, squad numbers and contemporary match reports used to corroborate signatures and issue details, so collectors can match shirts to the era and event. Walkouts presents these pieces with clear notes on origin and verification to help collectors evaluate rarity and history.
