Football Club de Rouen 1899 (French pronunciation: [ʁwɑ̃]; commonly referred to as simply Rouen) is a French association football club based in Rouen. The club was formed in 1899 and currently play in the Championnat National, the third level of French football. Rouen plays its home matches at the Stade Robert Diochon; named after Robert Diochon, a historic player who was influential during the club's infancy. The team is managed by former football player Éric Garcin and captained by defender Pierre Vignaud. Rouen is known as Les Diables Rouges (English: The Red Devils) and have been since 1903.

Rouen was founded in 1899, but had been in existence since 1896 as a rugby club. The club achieved professional status in 1933 and have spent 19 seasons in the first division of French football and 36 in the second division. Rouen's highest honor to date was winning the second division in 1936. In 1940 and 1945, the club won the league championship of France, however, due to the league being run during World War II and not under French Football Federation authority, the titles are unofficial. Rouen have also reached European level, competing in the 1969–70 edition of the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, where the team was defeated by the eventual champions Arsenal 1–0 on aggregate in the third round.

Coordinates: 49°26′28″N 1°05′47″E / 49.4412°N 1.0963°E / 49.4412; 1.0963

Rouen (French pronunciation: [ʁwɑ̃]), in northern France on the River Seine, is the capital of the Haute-Normandie (Upper Normandy) region and the historic capital city of Normandy. Once one of the largest and most prosperous cities of medieval Europe^{[citation needed]}, it was the seat of the Exchequer of Normandy in the Middle Ages. It was one of the capitals of the Anglo-Norman dynasties, which ruled both England and large parts of modern France from the 11th to the 15th centuries. It was here that Joan of Arc was executed in 1431. People from Rouen are called Rouennais.

The population of the metropolitan area (in French: agglomération) at the 1999 census was 518,316, and 532,559 at the 2007 estimate. The city proper had an estimated population of 110,276 in 2007.

Haute-Normandie (Upper Normandy) région, as well as a commune and the préfecture (capital) of the Seine-Maritime département.

Rouen and 70 suburban communes of the metropolitan area form the Agglomeration community of Rouen-Elbeuf-Austreberthe (CREA), with 494,382 inhabitants at the 2010 census. In descending order of population, the largest of these suburbs are Sotteville-lès-Rouen, Saint-Étienne-du-Rouvray, Le Grand-Quevilly, Le Petit-Quevilly, and Mont-Saint-Aignan, each with a population exceeding 20,000.

Guillaume Boronad (born 5 May 1979 in Perpignan) is a French professional football player. Currently, he plays in the Championnat de France amateur for Sporting Toulon Var.

He played on the professional level in Ligue 2 for Sporting Perpignan Roussillon and FC Rouen and in the Portuguese Liga for F.C. Penafiel. in 2009, after reports claimed he had signed for Leeds United, Leeds denied reports claiming they had never heard of the player. When the player was later asked by a Leeds supporter why he had not signed for the club via social networking site Facebook, he responded with the now famous WACCOE quip "Sorry. My agent betrayed"

Djamel Tlemçani, (born April 16, 1955, in Médéa) is a former Algerian international football player who played as a midfielder for several French and Swiss clubs. He was a member of the Algerian National Team at the 1982 FIFA World Cup.

Nicolas Rabuel (born January 15, 1978) is a retired French football defender.

His previous clubs include Olympique Lyonnais, AS Angoulême, AS Nancy, Louhans-Cuiseaux, FC Rouen 1899, AS Cannes, Nîmes Olympique and US Boulogne.