Espérance Sportive Troyes Aube Champagne (ESTAC), commonly known as Troyes, is a French professional association football club, based in Troyes, who play in Ligue 2, the second level of France's football league system, and plays its home matches at the Stade de l'Aube. It was founded in 1986, as the third professional club from the city, after AS Troyes-Savinienne and Troyes AF. The club is part of the City Football Group. (Source: Wikipedia.org, CC BY-SA)