Stade de la Source
Orléans, France
The Tribune Bernard Ranoul stretches along the touchline, its white facade punctuated by the club's colours, while the opposing stand mirrors it in a simple, open-faced design.
The pitch itself is the central feature, a clean expanse of green bordered by a red running track. The surface is natural, a recent change following the removal of a hybrid system that had been installed after the club's time in Ligue 2. This return to sod was a necessary repair rather than a nostalgic choice, born from a maintenance error that contaminated the artificial layers.
It is a place that has seen better days, when the capacity was fully utilised for tie against Paris FC, a record that now feels like a relic of a different era. The club has fallen back to the National 3, and the ground reflects that quiet decline. The covered sections, added in the 2010s to meet football regulations, show the patchwork nature of the facility; one stand was built while the other remained largely untouched.
There is no grandeur here, only the steady rhythm of a local team playing out its season. The seats are plastic and utilitarian, arranged in blocks that suggest a time when attendance was counted in thousands rather than hundreds. The floodlights stand tall and silent, waiting for a winter evening that rarely brings a full house. It is a functional space, one that serves the community rather than chasing prestige, a place where the game is played without the noise of the big leagues.
Who plays here
Recent matches here
| Date | Match | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 4 Sep | Orleans — Olympique Marcquois | 26:20 |
| 21 Aug | Orleans — Bressane | 27:6 |
| 18 Jul | Orléans — Gobelins | 1:0 |
| 10 Jan | Orléans — Monaco | 1:3 |
| 21 Dec 2025 | Orléans — Dieppe | 3:0 |
| 15 Nov 2025 | Orléans — Bayonne | 3:0 |
| 22 Jul 2025 | Orléans — Blois | 2:0 |
| 9 Jul 2025 | Orléans — UNFP | 0:2 |