Football Club Villefranche-Beaujolais was formed in 1927, from the football section of multi-sports clubCercle Sportif de Villefranche. The Beaujolais suffix of the name had been applied by 1985, the club being previously known as Football Club Villefranche. The club debuted in the national leaguestructure in 1953 when champions of the Lyonnais region of Division d'Honneur they promoted to :fr:Championnat de France amateur de football 1953-1954|Division Nationale, the highest tier of amateur football. They maintained this level for five seasons, then relegated in :fr:Championnat de France amateur de football 1957-1958|1958. Promotion to the Division Nationale in :fr:Championnat de France amateur de football 1966-1967|1966 would follow when they were Lyonnaise regional champions. They relegated in :fr:Championnat de France amateur de football 1968-1969|1969. In 1970 the club gained access to the Division Nationale for a third time. By successfully remaining in the division, the club became part of the third tier of French football when the FFF reorganised the leagues at the end of the 1970–71 season, taking part in the first edition of :fr:Championnat de France de football de Division 3 1971-1972|Division 3 in 1971. They remained that level until relegated to the regional league in :fr:Championnat de France de football de Division 3 1975-1976|1976. FC Villefranche were founding members in 1978 when the FFF introduced a fourth division to the national league, having finished 6th in the regional Division d'Honneur the previous season. They maintained this level for the season with an 11th place finish. A third place season finish in :fr:Championnat de France de football de Division 4 1979-1980|1979–80, promoted them to Division 3. In :fr:Championnat de France de football de Division 3 1982-1983|1983 they were promoted to Division 2 although finishing in third place when the two higher placed teams became ineligible for promotion. The club stayed just one season in Division 2, finishing bottom of Group A and being relegated back to Division 3. They remained at that level until finishing bottom of their group in :fr:Championnat de France de football de Division 3 1987-1988|1988, and in :fr:Championnat de France de football de Division 4 1988-1989|1989 suffered a second successive relegation back to the regional league. In 1993 the FFF introduced a fifth tier, and the club secured a place in the new National 3 division as champions of the Division Honneur. After a fourth place finish in their group in 1994 they secured promotion in :fr:Championnat de France de football de National 3 1994-1995|1995 by finishing second in their group. The club completed three seasons of mid-table finishes before being relegated in :fr:Championnat de France amateur de football 1999-2000|2000 and :fr:Championnat de France amateur 2 de football 2000-2001|2001. As champions of the Division d'Honneur in 2004, they promoted to CFA2. In :fr:Championnat de France amateur 2 de football 2007-2008|2008, they won their group and were promoted to the fourth tier, CFA. The remained at this level until successfully gaining promotion to Championnat National as winners of their group in the 2017–18 season.
