It was founded in 1991 in a merger of two teams, the Stade Athlétique Fontenaysien and Étoile.

The club currently plays in the Championnat National 3, the fifth tier of the French football league system.

The club was formed in 1991 from the merger of the Stade Athlétique Fontenaysien and Étoile.

Fontenay reached the quarter-finals of the 2000–01 Coupe de France, losing on penalties to Lyon.

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