AUGUST 2003 NEWS ARCHIVE  RED STAR 93

NEWS FLASH

NEWS FLASH: EVRY - RED STAR
AllezRedStar.com can exclusively reveal the squad for Sundays' game at Evry :

Goalkeeper : Frédéric Néret
Defence : Julien Carles, Vincent Fourneuf, Franck Guei, Bilal Hammami, Guy Nguifoukou
Midfield : Jérémy Budoc, Yves Desmarets, Riad Fellahi, Mounir Jalliti, Cédric Matingou
Attack : Alain Milome, Mankoulé Fissirou, André Latt-Agnes

Updated 29th August

THE COACH SPEAKS. In an exclusive interview with this site, Red Stars' coach Azzedine Méguellatti talked of the positive aspects of last Sundays' game at Issy. He was pleased with the performance of his young team, who deserved to share the points at least. He said that they were willing to listen to his directions, and were good learners. At the moment Red Star are undergoing a phase of learning, and the true face of the new Red Star will not emerge perhaps until the end of September. Then, he hopes to have his suspended and injured players available. Perhaps some new recruits as well. Azzedine also underlined the contribution made by former PSG boss Luis Fernandez.

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He went on to praise the off-field work of Red Stars' new management team, who have already put in an enormous amount of work to rebuild the club after years of neglect and devastation. Elsewhere at Stade Bauer, the corridors are buzzing with activity as a team of volunteers work to get the club back on its feet again. Good humour and openness abound, in complete contrast to recent years.
Next week this site will bring you another exclusive, where we will present the new squad of players in detail. Watch this space for details.
ALSO THIS WEEKEND. Other games in the DH this weekend include the Val d’Oise derby between Saint-Leu and Cosmo Ermont-Taverny; Racing - Versailles, Paris FC - Arménienne, Brétigny - Aubervilliers, Meaux - Villemomble, Paris SG - Orly.
EVRY. Red Star should field an unchanged line-up for the visit to Evry on Sunday (3-30pm CET).
LIVE SCORES. On Sunday, this site will be doing a live-link up from Evry, which will be avaiable on our mini site. As the score changes, we'll bring you updates from 3-30pm CET onwards
RESERVES. Yesterday evening Red Stars' reserves had a friendly at Champigny, before taking on Fontainebleau, Sunday, at 2pm CET at the Ile-des-Vannes.
THE POSITIVE TOUCH. Gérard from AllezRedStar.com had the good fortune to bump into Tommie Smith at the World Athletics Championships yesterday at the Stade de France. Tommie, along with countryman John Carlos who finished second, will go down in history not just for winning the 200m at the Mexico Olympics October 1968, but for wearing a black glove and giving the Black Power salute during the national anthem at the medals ceremony. The aim was to bring attention to the plight of American blacks. The gesture earned the pair exclusion from the Olympics.

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Tommie Smith, left, and Red Star coach Azzedine Méguellati

Updated 27th August

CUP DRAW ANNOUNCED. The draw for the next round of the Coupe de France 2004 has been made. Red Star make their debuts in this years competition against Portugais de Fontainebleau, from the "Excellence" division. The match will take place on Sunday 21st September at Fontainebleau.
MORE PHOTOS FROM LAST SUNDAYS' MATCH

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A. Meguellatti, M. Ousfane, the subs Ziwo, Oure & N'Guifoukou) and Boubou, bucket man warm up the bench. Right, Milome, Red Star striker

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Red Stars' massive at Issy; Jean-Luc Girard, in blue, now youth team boss (right) along with assistant reserve team boss José Freitas

RESERVE TEAM NEWS.On Saturday at Pablo Neruda, Red Stars' reserves beat Aulnay-sous-Bois 3-0 (0-0) in a friendly game. The goals were scored by Lattenges (2) and Zabarel.
FANTASTIC On Monday this site had a record number of visits... number one for information on Red Star, AllezRedStar.com thank all our visitors wherever you may be in the world !

Updated 26th August

THIS WEEKENDS RESULTS. AUBERVILLIERS - SAINT-LEU : 2-3 (0-0). Goals : Sarhane (53), M'Bock (78) - Hamdani (59), Diallo (67 & 84).
COSMO - PARIS SG : 2-1 (1-1). Goals : De Veiga (45), Elleappadeatchy (82) - Vivin (22).
RACING - EVRY : 4-0 (1-0). Goals : Kwedi (24), Izquierdo (55 pen.), Chauvet (78), Makengo (80).
ORLY - MEAUX : 0-0
VILLEMOMBLE - PARIS FC : 1-0 (0-0). Goal : Patricio (59 o.g.)
VERSAILLES - BRETIGNY : 1-0 (1-1). Goal : Mailland (8)

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Fellahi blocks Konates' shot. Néret gathers this time watched by Hammami, Fourneuf. Yazmadjian, former Red Star goalie now coach at Armenienne

COUPE DE FRANCE. The draw for the 3rd round takes place today, and the clubs from the CFA 2 and the DH go into the hat, including Red Star. The matches will take place the weekend of 20/21 September.

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Updated 25th August

ANOTHER WORLD EXCLUSIVE ! On Friday, Monsieur Charrier unveiled exclusively for the this site the new home shirt for the season 2003-2004. At the moment there is no main sponsors' name on the chest, but the back carries the name "Perrier" and the sleeves "Paru Vendu". There is also the obligatory Red Star. Several new designs for the red star are being discussed at present - no doubt we will be the first to bring you the details. The away kit is white, with blue trim, which echos the original colours of the Red Star of 1897.

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Left, Mr. Charrier with the shirt. Right, the line-up for the match against Armenienne: back, Milome, Jalliti, Matingou, Hammami, Guei, Néret, Carles. Front: Fourneuf, Fellahi, Budoc, Desmarets

LATEST NEWS In the stands was Jean-Luc Girard, his first match since his depart at the end of the season 2001-2002. From 1986 to 2002, Jean-Luc Girard had rarely missed a game as a player, assistant coach or coach. Now in charge of the youth teams, welcome back Gigi.
On the injury front, Philippe Marques had a shoulder operation last Thursday, whilst Yoann Delaneuville is undergoing physiotherapy for his left knee.

Updated 21st August

WORLD EXCLUSIVE ! We are the first to bring you the news that ex-Red Star coach Jean-Luc Girard is to return to the club as Sporting Co-ordinator for the youth teams. "Gigi" will bring his vast experience on a non-paid volunteer basis to the aspiring Steve Marlets of Red Star FC 93s' youth teams. Jean-Luc was a player for many years at Red Star before becoming assistant coach in 1997. He took over the reins following the departure of Jean Sérafin in 1999, but failed to stop the club sliding out of D2. Appointed coach again for the 1999-2000 season in the National, together with Pierre Repellini, they took Red Star to the semi-finals of the League Cup. For the following season, he was initially assistant to Repellini, but only days before the start of the new season, Jackie Lemée was sensationally brought in as first team coach. A disastrous start saw the dismissal of Lemée and once again Girard took over, but the damage had been done and relegation was inevitable. His last season in charge saw the club narrowly miss out on promotion from the CFA; Gigi had built a squqd capable of lifting Red Star back to the National, but off-field events ruined the run-in. In the event, Red Star were relegated, Jean-Lucs' contract was not renewed and after years of loyal service, he left the club.

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Updated 19th August

PHOTO

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From last Thursday at Bauer. The player on the ground is Jalliti, but watching on are Marques and Delaneuville, both of which will mist the first game through injury.

LATEST NEWS. Coach Méguellatti will be without captain Yoann Delaneuville (left knee) and Azedine Benmesmoudi (ankle) for the first match of the season on Sunday at Issy. For the game, Red Star must have no more than five transferred players in the starting line-up. On Sunday for the practice game, he started his "probable" line-up with Néret, Carles (captain), Fourneuf, Hammani, Budoc and Marques from last season, and five new players : Gueye, Desmarets, Jalliti, Matingou and Milome. The job is even more complicated now with the injury to Phil Marques.
PHOTOS FROM SUNDAYS' SESSION.

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SATURDAY AT PABLO NERUDA. Red Stars' reserves play a friendly match in the warm-up for the new DSR season. The opponents are Gonesse (PH), kick-off 3pm CET. The season gets underway on the 7th September.
PHOT FROM THE ARCHIVES. Here's a photo from 1965, taken during an athletics meeting. Sharp-eyed readers may well recognise the location : a very full Stade Marville, one-time temporary home of Red Star.

Athlétisme

Updated 18th August

JINX. On Sunday, Red Star organised a practice match between two teams from their squad. The match, eventually won by the "Probables" was marred by the injury to striker Philippe Marques. Victim of a shoulder injury, Phil was taken to hospital by ambulance. He will now miss the start of the season, as will midfielder and captain Yoann Delaneuville, who limped off with a knee injury on Thursday evening against Orly.

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Philippe Marques, just before injury and being transported to hospital

In Sundays' game, the "Probables" beat the "Possibles" 2-0, the goals scored by Milome and Marques. The same two scored the goals in the friendly on Thursday evening against Orly.
The injury to Marques is particularly tough, as the striker had hit a run of form in the pre-season friendlies. From someone who looked incapable of finding the net last season, Phil has been transformed this season. The goal he scored against Orly was a beauty, controlling the ball, beating two defenders before placing his shot beautifully wide of the goalkeeper into the bottom corner of the net.

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ORLY. Against Orly, Red Star claimed their first pre-season victory, and totally merited it. Outclassing the visitors technically, Red Stars' organisation under coach Meguellatti was excellent. Milome scored the first goal after a calamity in the Orly defence, then a quarter of an hour later Phil Marques scored a fine goal. Later Ryad Fellahi moved up front after Milome was withdrawn following fisticuffs with an Orly player. His main contribtion was a free kick, struck beautifully which curled past the goalie only to hit the crossbar. Red Star didn't make too many changes at half time, Meguellati preferring to retain a stable line-up. With one or two minor modifications this appears to be his starting line-up, with Néret in goals, confident, a solid defence of Carles, the excellent Hammami, Gueye and Fourneuf; midfield Budoc, Mintingo, Desmarets and the entreprising Jalliti, and up front Milome and another, possibly Fellahi.
Red Stars' defence never looked threatened, and from last season Vince Fourneuf is a re-born player. Classy, confident on the ball, tackling excellent, the arrival of the new coach has brought out some hidden promise in the youngster. Following the departure through injury of Yoann Delaneuville, Vince even took over the captains' armband. Finally, some good news with the announcement that Julien Carles, a livewire against Orly has finally put pen to paper and committed himself to Red Star.

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Photos : Frédéric Néret, and the Bauer crowd

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Left, Julien Carles and right, Vincent Fourneuf

Updated 14th August

FIVE YEARS ALREADY !

The site celebrates it's fifth birthday, yes, five whole years of existence. In this time, the club has plunged from D2 and talk of European football, Stade de France, to what is essentially Parisian parks football. We have reported on the incompetence that has dragged this once-produ club to the depths. Not all bad times, however - the famous league cup run of 2000 culminating in the semi-final against Gueugnon. More recently the takeover of the club by Mr. Charrier and before that the return to Stade Bauer. As we enter into a new era of "perestroika" and "glasnost", we celebrate and thank all our visitors since the start, we may only be a sixth division club, but thanks to our visitors and contributors, we must have one of the most complete sites in French football.
Your loyalty is fantastic - the number of hits is on the increase. With the opening up of the club, we hope to bring you more and more exclusives from Saint-Ouen. This may be the end of the first five years, may the next five be better and more prosperous !
Many of our visitors ask what do we, the editorial team look like ? Well, after five years under the last despotic reign, here is what we have become... the three monkeys who hear no evil, see no evil and talk no evil.

les rédacteurs du site
l-r: John, Gilles and Gérard !!!

TONIGHT. Red Star continue their pre-season with a friendly match at home to Orly, kick off 8pm CET at Stade Bauer. This time, the coaching staff aim to put out a consistent line-up and don't intend to make a mass of changes at half-time. Orly is a former club of Red Star assistant coach Mustapha Ousfane, and newly promoted, they have signed seven new faces, including Achile Atchiepo (Ivry CFA 2), Marc Casas (ex-Levallois goalkeeper, CFA 2), Rudoph Rose-Serville (Arménienne, DH). On Sunday, Red Star have another friendly at the Stade Pablo Neruda, Saint-Ouen. Details to appear on our mini-site.
SIGNINGS. Up to press, Delmas, Benmesmoudi, Fellahi, Milome, Matingo, Gueï, Jalliti, Ziwo and Baldé are the new names at Red Star FC 93.

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Red Star attack against Aubervilliers

Updated 11th August

WE'RE GETTING THERE. Just six weeks after being born, Red Star FC 93 are slowly but surely growing up. On Saturday afternoon under blazing sunshine, the players showed that thye have being paying attention to the coaching staff. As he did against Cosmo, Azzedine Méguellatti did a Sven-Goran and played virtually different sides each half. Aubervilliers on the other hand made just seven changes.
Red Star opened the score on twenty minutes through a lovely goal scored by the ex-Nancy man Alain Milome (who, incidentally, lives in Aubervilliers). The creative stuff in midfield was provided by Mounir Jalliti. Red Star nearly doubled their advantage minutes later, and better still Auber never really threatened Frédéric Néret.
On 34 minutes Red Stars' defence failed to clear and Auber drew level ,the shot taking a deflection off a Red Star defender.

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Left, Azzedine Méguellatti directs, right the players "warm down" after the game

Updated 7th August

RED STAR 0 COSMO 1. In fairness to Red Star and their coach Azzedine Meguellatti, the scoreline of last nights' friendly hardly reflects the balance of the game. Red Star were far more creative, industrious and positive than their opponents. The goal, a penalty on twleve minutes scored by the only Cosmo player of any interest, the ex-Racing and Reims man Akoun was the difference between two DH outfits of differing footballing schools. Red Star did an Eriksson and changed virtually all the team for the second period, the only survivor being the excellent Bilhal Hammami. The players who had played at a higher level stood out - Akoun for Cosmo, Hammami, Carles, Delaneuville among others for Red Star. The new boys were there too - Azzedine Benmesmoudi showed some excellent touches from midfield, and Ryad Fellahi echoed his more famous brother Karim. Up front, however, it was the usual woe for Red Star. Midfield carved out a wonderful scoring opportunity for Fissirou, who in his usual one-against-one style meekly tapped the ball to the visitors' goalie. Perhaps not the answer to Red Stars' attacking problems. Time and time again Red Star put together some excellent midfield and approach work, ony for the final pass to be wayward, or for some poor finishing.

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After the break, a new set of players emerged, many new faces. Fréd Néret took his place between the sticks and looked confident, albeit having virtually nothing to do for forty five minutes. Jeremy Budoc, an early doors captain last season before falling out of favour impressed, Phil Marques ran round a lot, and a new face, name yet unknown could have easily drawn the sides level, shooting narrowly over the bar.
Still early days yet, a long way to go, but already some positive signs as well as some issues to address - the lack of a decent finisher being the most preoccupant.

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Pictured below, new signings Azzedine Benmesmoudi doing a remarkable impression of Rivaldo, and the goalkeeper Laurent Delmas.

Azzedine Benmesmoudi   Laurent Delmas

Updated 6th August

FIRST TEST. This evening, kick off 8pm CET, the Red Star Football Club 93 will play the first match of it's existence. Just one month after the decision of the Tribunal de Grande Instance de Bobigny, the supporters will get the chance to see the face of the club for the season 2003-2004. Azzedine Meguellatti gets the chance to test out his men against another DH club, Cosmo Taverny-Ermont. A club well-known Red Stars' coach, as he was a player with both Taverny and Ermont before becoming coach with the unified club. After this friendly, Red Star have another lined up on Saturday 9th August, against local rivals and DH club Aubervilliers, kick off 3pm CET at the Stade Pablo Neruda
SECRETS OF STADE BAUER. Here's a few pictures of Stade Bauer, not normally seen by the public. Firstly, the sign by the old dressing rooms, then a corridor of the "New" Stand, the match details of the last home game to played at Bauer last season against Chaumont, and finally the floor of the toilets.

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Stade Bauer

Updated 4th August

BACK TO TRAINING THE 25TH JULY…

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… AND A PRACTICE MATCH THE 3RD AUGUST.

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Top photos : back to training; Bottom : practice match

FRIENDLIES. Wednesday evening, Red Star face Cosmo Ermont-Taverny at Stade Bauer. On Saturday at Bauer, kick off 3pm CET, the visitors are Aubervilliers. Two more games are planned for the 13th and the 17th of August.
PRACTICE MATCH. Yesterday afternoon, in searing temperatures, a practice match was arranged at Bauer. Watched by Djamel Badoud and Mustapha Ousfane, thirty players played out thirty minute periods. New coach Azzedine Meguellatti will take over the coaching from this week onwards.
WATCHING. Kamel Bousseliou, new caoch of Livry-Gargan and Nabile Yessad watched the sessions from the stands. At present, Nabile has not yet taken a decision on his future. Over twenty people watched the training from the stands.

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Photos from the Sunday practice sessions

THIS EVENING. Training at Stade Bauer from 7-30pm CET.
AZZEDINE MEGUELLATTI. On Friday, Red Stars' new coach spoke to us about his links to Red Star in the past. Now aged 42, he told us that as a boy he supported the club of Saint-Ouen. He knows all the names of the players who have left their mark at Bauer in byegone days. Over thirty years association with Red Star.
RECRUITS. Former Aubervilliers and Bobigny (DH) goalkeeper Laurent Delmas, ex-Abbeville striker Alain Milome (21) are among the new signings at Red Star.
PASCAL GROSBOIS. Will temporarily leave Red Star to take up a coaching position with a D1 club in Qatar.
ON THE MOVE. Khalilou Fadiga will finally join Inter Milan. The ex-Red Star man was originally suspected to have cardiac problems, but after furhter tests revealed this to be a virus. Elsewhere Hakim Saci has left Guingamp to join newly-promoted Metz (L1). Ex-Red Star defender Mickaël Tacalfred has now joined L2 club Angers, after leaving Rouen. Aziz Belissaoui is back with his home-town club of Pacy-sur-Eure (CFA) and Mickaël Natchimie, aged 22 is currently looking for a club after leaving Sedan.
RED STAR COACHES FROM 1945 … TO THE PRESENT. Edmond Delfour (45-46), Villemin (46-47), Auguste Jordan (47-48), André Simonyi, Eugène Proust, Charles Nicolas (52-53), Charles Nicolas (53-55), Angelo Grizetti (55-56), Paul Baron (56-58), Jean Prouff (58-59), Georges Hanke, André Simonyi (59-60), Paul Baron 60-61, Jean Avellaneda (61-69), Ladislas Nagy (69-70), Marcel Tomazover (70-72), José Farias (72-74), José Farias, André Mérelle (74-75), Roger Lemerre (75-78), Carlos Monin (78-79), Claude Dubaële (79-80), Georges Eo (80-85), Roger Lemerre (85-86), Gérard Laurent (86-87), Philippe Troussier (87-89), Bernard Maligorne, Patrice Lecornu, Henri Depireux (89-90), Michel Rouquette (90-91), Michel Rouquette, Robert Herbin (91-92), Robert Herbin (92-93), Robert Herbin then Pierre Repellini (93-95), Pierre Repellini (95-96), Pierre Repellini, Abdel Djaadaoui (96-97), Jean Sérafin (97-98), Jean Sérafin, Jean-Luc Girard (98-99), Jean-Luc Girard, Pierre Repellini (1999-2000), Jacky Lemée, Jean-Luc Girard, Pierre Repellini (2000-2001), Jean-Luc Girard (2001-2002), Mustapha Ousfane (2002-2003), Azzedine Meguellatti

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