le mans football club (; commonly referred to as le muc or simply le mans) is a french association football club based in le mans. the club was founded in 1985 as a result of a merger under the name le mans union club 72. in 2010, le mans changed its name to le mans fc to coincide with the re-modeling of the club, which includes moving into a new stadium, mmarena, which opened in january 2011. the stadium is based in the interior of the famous circuit in the city.