Founded on 12 May 1898,[1] as US Tourcoing, the club played football from 1902 under the leadership of the supervisor of the Lycée Gambetta: Albert Fromentin.

Champions of the USFSA du Nord in 1900, 1909, 1910 and 1912, US Tourcoing reached three times the semifinals of the Championnat de France (1900, 1909 and 1912) and won it in 1910 .

Always present in the Coupe de France (quarter-finalist in 1922 and 1926) or in the Championnat (Championnat du Nord in 1933), the club still provided players for the national team (Maurice Depaepe, Victor Farvacques and Jean Sécember) the club chose to have professional status in 1933.

Admitted into Division 2 in the year of its creation, US Tourcoing struggled and abandoned its professional status in June 1938.

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