

UEFA Champions League
This year: Bordeaux, Lyon, Marseille
Ligue 1 in Europe: Matchday 4 (Wednesday Games only)
By: Sarah |So can Ligue 1 make it 3-0 today? Bordeaux and Marseille both managed some amazing wins yesterdays with Bordeaux beating Munich 2-0 in Germany and Marseille crushing Zurich 6-1 at the Velodrome. Today Lyon are the last Ligue 1 team to play this week in the Champions League. Be sure to check back tomorrow for [...]
Ligue 1 in Europe: Matchday 4 (Tuesday Games Only)
By: Sarah |Matchday 4 begins shortly (literally in almost an hour from the time of this post). So let’s quickly rundown what Ligue 1 action is happening today.
Ligue 1 In Europe: Review
By: Thomas |Remember how everyone was saying this would be the Bundesliga’s year to push Serie A out of it’s number three spot? I think we’ve officially got a new candidate. This week contained monumental victories for Ligue 1. On Tuesday Lyon became only the second French club ever to win at Anfield, and are now undefeated [...]
Ligue 1 in the Champions League- Matchday 3
By: Sarah |It is that time again– the time where heroes are made and dreams are crushed (at least until the next game). But, seriously I think that games 3 and 4 of the group qualifications are the most important games in the competition. By important, I mean that they are the most critical moment in the [...]
A Breif History of French Clubs in the Champions League
By: Thomas |For those of you who are new to Ligue 1 or are simply interested in its history, I have compiled a short history of the experiences of french clubs in Europe’s premier competition.
UEFA Champions League
It was an auspicious start when Stade de Reims-Champagne reached the final of the inaugural European Champion Clubs’ Cup, only to [...]
Europe: Matchday 2 Previews
By: Sarah |It’s that time again already. The next couple of days will see Bordeaux, Lyon, Marseille, Toulouse (Europa League) and Lille (Europa League) matched up against some of the strongest teams in Europe (and arguably the world).
“Le point sur” Lyon and Marseille’s Chances in the Champions League
By: Sam |After the results were final in Matchday 5, Lyon knew their hopes of going through to the knockout stages of the Champions League, which they had so poorly started, rested on their shoulders and theirs alone.
In all fairness, the same can’t be said for Marseille, who kicked off their campaign with a bang, beating Besiktas [...]
European Round-Up: Lyon Awakens, Marseille Rides Luck, UEFA Cupsters Kick Off
By: Sam |Here’s an interesting role-change: Usually French clubs are lacking a bit of everything in the Champions League, and solid in the UEFA Cup. This week’s European fiesta had that changed around, with Lyon and Marseille winning and drawing respectively, and the UEFA Cup contenders gathering a win to go with two losses.
The big story was [...]
Misson Somewhat Accomplished for UEFA Cupsters
By: Sam |With one quarter of the Ligue 1 clubs competing in the first round of the UEFA Cup, whose second leg was disputed this week, you knew not all of them would go through, especially since it wasn’t by any means the top of the crop repping the ligue. Well, out of the five, three went [...]
Lyon (x) = Good, Marseille (y) = Bad. If League = Champions, Reverse Function
By: Sam |And the mystery continues. Lyon sucks in the Champions League, but are top in the Ligue. Marseille are outside the relegation zone on goal differential at home, but manage to beat the finalists of the most prestigious club comptetion in the world, at their stadium. Any theories?
Marseille were 7-1 to lose the match at Anfield, [...]






