Sochaux (FCSM)
Football Club Sochaux-Montbéliard:
Founded 1930
In Ligue 1 since 2001
Misson Somewhat Accomplished for UEFA Cupsters
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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 [...]
Category: Bordeaux (FCGB), European competition, France Ligue 1, Lens (RCL), Rennes (SRFC), Sochaux (FCSM), Team News, Toulouse (TFC), UEFA Champions League
Tags: Bordeaux (FCGB), Bulgaria, CSKA, Denmark, European competition, France Ligue 1, Greece, Kobenvahn, Lens (RCL), Lokomotiv, Marcus Allback, Panonios, Rennes (SRFC), Sochaux (FCSM), Tampere, Team News, Toulouse (TFC), UEFA Champions LeagueReprésente ta ligue: Not a Bad UEFA Cup Start for our Boys
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If you’re a France fan, it’s hard not to be a UEFA Cup fan. We rock at it, before the knockout round at least. If we could only be as good in the Champions League, we’d be set. Regardless, the lesser-cup fans were delighted today with the 38 matches being played from Russia to Scotland [...]
The Daily-Or-So News Dispatch (07.09.19)
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The big news on the French football front today was of course Lyon’s slap-in-the-face trip to Barcelona, but let’s not forget the other goings-on around the league, with other clubs gearing up for their UEFA Cup matches tomorrow, Ligue 2’s Week 7, and what Raymond Domenech has to say about Marseille’s chances in the Champions [...]
The Daily-Or-So News Dispatch (07.08.31) Transfer Special!
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Hear that creak? That’s the sound of the window closing. Forever. aka a few months. Boy-oh-boy did everyone’s favourite league produce some fresh comings and goings today! Let’s get straight down to them.
+ Man, Le Mans are fast. Bad news first: Backheel-master Grafite has signed with Bundesliga outfit Wolfsburg! For a cool eight million euros, [...]
Meet Teddy Richert
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Raymond Domenech announced his squad for the upcoming Bleus friendly against Slovakia earlier today. Out of the 35 players invited, only one was new. He’s a goalkeeper, he plays for Sochaux, and he goes by the name of Teddy Richert.
You probably don’t know him. He doesn’t play for a high-profile club, hasn’t played a [...]
Goal of the Week Competition: Round 2
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Alright suckers, Goal of the Week is back, stronger than ever. This week in Ligue 1 provided more goals, and hopefully it won’t be such a runaway winner like Karim Benzema in last week’s go-round. Behold the contenders, in order of the amount of hair on their head, for all of this week’s marbles.
It’s Inter’s Turn to Say Nasri’s theirs, Wiltord ain’t Going Nowhere, Tosic to Werder Bremen
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It’s adorable how every single club in the world thinks their offer will be the one to lure Samir Nasri along. Today, we heard Inter Milan claim loud and clear that Nasri and OM wouldn’t be able to resist their 25 million euro offer come January. On the front page of Corriere dello Sport, Inter [...]
SOCHAUX: The Other Lions
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As the start of the season looms, it’s time for the France Offside to give you an in-depth look at each of the 20 teams vying for Hexagoal. Today, we meet FC Sochaux-Montbéliard, the team that has the Peugeot lion in their logo, no joke.
The team: Like many, Sochaux were on the sorry end of [...]
Lyon Beats the other Lions to Become Champions of Champions (Yeah, I Know)
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Call me German, but I don’t think that ball was over. Sure, you could see some green between the ball and the line, but that doesn’t mean the ball was completely over. You have no idea how much they stress this at referee courses. Anyway.
Le trophée des champions! Every year, the winner of the [...]
(Inhale…) Giuly! Sablé! Queudrue! Payet! Ziani! Runje! Malouda! Cheyrou! Koller! Sagna! Rozenhal! Givet!
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A particularly mouth-watering few days on the transfer front these past days, and Ligue 1 are doing their part in keeping the rumours going. Here’s a quick rundown of all that crazy nonsense, chiefly involving the currently-dormant Olympique de Marseille, still needing reinforcements for their Champions League campaign, and to a lesser extent, Intertoto-bound Lens, [...]
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