Updated 30th June 2004

DATES TO REMEMBER. The DH championship season 2004-2005 getrs underway on Sunday August 22nd, followed by the second week on the 29th. During September there are three championship weeks planned (5th 12th & 26th). The 19th is for the Coupe de France. October sees league games on the 10th and the 24th, interspersed with three cup weekends (3rd, 17th & 31st). Three championship rounds also in November (7th, 14th & 28th) with a cup round the 21st. December 5th, 12th & 19th are championship weekends. The winter break runs until the 23rd January 2005. THREE ARRIVALS. Twenty-odd players will be on duty for the return to training arranged by Jean-Luc Girard on the 19th of July. Three new faces as well as the three previously mentioned on this site are a goalkeeper, Salifou Essomba who is an attacking left-sided midfielder, midfielder from ACBB and Aboubacar Tandia, previously with Espérance d’Aulnay and who scored 23 goals in the PH. SITE NEWS. Despite being already hugely successful, this site never stands still, and so we are always looking to develop new ideas. Already we have the guest book, archives of match reports going back to 1998, news archives covering the same period, thousands of photos, video library... Going forwards, for next season we hope to bring you live match reports from most of the away games, a "coachs' page" which will be contributed by Jean-Luc Girard, more technical innovations, and just recently we have taken posession of a collection of incredibly rare French footballing magazines from the period 1958 to 1967 with photos and articles dedicated to the Red Star and Stade Bauer. We may be a DH club, but hopefully we can bring you a site just as interesting and technically inovative as some of the big clubs !

Updated 28th June 2004

YOU SAW HIM HERE FIRST. One of Red Stars' brightest prospects for the future, Assad Béhiche has been called up to take part in the preparations with Moroccos' youth team. The preparation is for the forthcoming 2005 African Youth Championships, the finals of which take place in Bénin. In the preliminary rounds, Morocco play Sierra Léone. The first match takes place on either July 17th or 18th in Rabat, with the return match on either July 31st or August 1st in Freetown. Before then, there will be matches against a D1 club, a team from Casablanca and against Egypts' youngsters in Cairo. Another honour for Red Star if young Assad represents his country.    Assad warming up at Marville, during the game Paris FC v Red Star FRIENDLIES. Jean-Luc Girard has lined up four pre-season matches in preparation for the new season. Two more will be planned later. The venues for the "home" games have yet to be decided. 4 août : Red Star - Arménienne 8 août : Nogent-sur-Oise - Red Star 11 août : Red Star - Sannois Saint-Gratien 14 août : Red Star - Les Lilas Don't forget that the championship gets underway on Sunday August 22nd. EX-RED STAR MEN ON THE MOVE. Arthur Gomis has left Poissy to join Racing, newly promoted to the National; Ibrahima Faye has moved from Gand in Belgium to Caen, new boys in the L1; Julien Carles is back in Paris with CFA club Paris FC. Fabrice Mary has quit PFC to join Les Lilas (CFA 2) whilst Morad El-Othmani has moved from Viry-Châtillon to Sainte-Geneviève des Bois.      Ibrahima Faye, Arthur Gomis & Julien Carles

Updated 17th June 2004

PUBLIC MEETING. Yesterday evening, Red Star FC 93 held a public meeting at Satde Bauer. Eric Charrier, current Red Star FC 93 president anounced his stepping down as president and presented his successor, Bruno Davoine. Mr Charrier presented a summary of the season past, Jean-Luc Girard spoke about the sportign achievements whilst Mr Davoine unveiled the ambitions for the forthcoming season.    Eric Charrier & Bruno Davoine Following three relegations in as many seasons, and a trading deficit of 1.5 million euros, the new Red Star directors have put all that in the past and the club has stablised itself in the DH, as well as keeping the youth teams at a decent level. The books will been balanced at the end of June with an annual budget of 207 000 euros. These positive points enable the management to look forwards to the season 2004-2005 with optimism and ambition, with the stated aim of promotion for the first XI into the CFA 2. Eric Charrier wishes to step down as club president, and his place will be taken by Bruno Davoine, aged 45, president of an international company specialising in telecommunications. Mr Charrrier will in the meantime carry on as vice-president. Jean-Luc Girard announed that the seniors will be back in training on the 19th July, and the youth teams on the 16th of August.    Eric Charrier along with Denis Ledémé and Roger Guérin, respectively sports minister and deputy mayor of Saint-Ouen. Jean-Luc Girard shows off the Coupe de Paris won by the under 18s Red Star FC 93 wll have more cash next season as the budget is swelled from 270 000 &to 350 000 euros. Another nice gesture is that all playing members of the club will receive an official Red Star FC 93 tracksuit. Meanwhile, two of Red Stars' best youngsters have been selected to join the prestigious INF at Clairefontaine for a period of three years. Vianney Labejot, Jean-Luc Girard & Yannis Salibur TOURNAMENT.. The Pierrefitte-sur-Seine tournament will now take place on Sunday June 20th at the Stade Fréville in Pierrefitte from 8-30pm CET, not on the Saturday as published.

Updated 16th June 2004

BRUNO DAVOINE, NEW PRESIDENT Eric Charrier has stepped down as Red Star FC 93 president due to commitments outside of football. He will however continue as vice-president. His place will be taken by Bruno Davoine, a Committe member and director. The announcment will be made officially this evening, at 6pm CET during a public meeting. At this meeting to be held at Stade Bauer, the summary of the season 2003-2004 will be made and the objectives for the season 2004-2005 outlined. This is to include promotion to the CFA 2. LAST TRAINING SESSION. Season 2003-2004 ends with a last training session tomorrow evening at Bauer on the synthetic pitch, at 7-30pm CET. There is also a football tournement this weeked at Pierrefitte-sur-Seine. After that, training for the new season begins on the 19th of July. SO WHO IS FIKRET ?. As mentioned yesterday, Red Star is also the name of a clothing company based in Istanbul, and whose General Manager is no stranger to this site. On the right of the photo below is Fikret Özbek, along with site contributor Thérèse. As well as being a supporter of Red Star FC 93, Fikret is also a great fan of Besiktas. WORTHWHILE FOOTBALLING LINKS. This is one that definitely merits a mention. Jer Boon, a Bristol City supporter has cycled to every match that his club has played in this season. He even did, (in his own words) "a 500 mile round-trip to Hartlepool - in January - to watch 90 minutes of rubbish Second Division football". He is trying to raise money for a very worthwhile charity, the Breast Cancer Campaign. Have a look at his website here :www.bcfcbybike.com and make a donation.

Updated 15th June 2004

STADE BAUER - THE TROPHY DISPLAY Stade Bauer with the trophy cabinet and behind, the new range of Red Star FC 93 sportswear NEW SIGNINGS. As we mentioned yesterday, Taïeb Abdallah, one of Red Stars' exciting new signings scored last season against his new club. Ahmed Hamdani, another positive signing also "did the dirty" against Red Star by scoring Saint-Leus' second goal in the away fixture. Here are some photos of Saint-Leu v Red Star, including Ahmeds' goal, following up on a partly cleared free kick from Walquir Mota. Incidentally, Ahmed finished as Saint-Leus' top scorer with eight goals. AllezRedStar.com already noted this player when he played for Les Lilas, and in a game at Marville in the CFA, it was the early departure through injury of this player that changed the balance of play in favour of Red Star, who went on to win the game 2-0. As for Red Stars' third signing, on the 13th of October 2001, Grégori Sinobab was playing for Poissy and his team knocked Red Star out of the Coupe de France. KITS OUT FOR THE LADS. Red Star have a new kit manufacturer for the season 2004-2005. Nike will be the new supplier, and the star will be balanced on the other side of the chest by the "swoosh" sign. The colour of the shirt is a retro design which brings back memories of the shirts worn in the 1960s. We will bring you exclusive photos of ths new kit on this site. For the moment models of some of the new sportswear are on display at Stade Bauer (t-shirt, polo, sweat-shirt, vest...) These items will soon be on sale - all will carry the famous Red Star logo. Prices as a guide : jacket 26 euros, t-shirt 31 euros, Sweat-shirt 30 euros, sleeveless shirt 22 euros, Polo 24 euros, track suit 35 euros as well as football boots : childs up to Euro size 38, 33 euros, adult 38 euros, shin pads 4 euros. More details to follow; watch this site !    Left, the sweat-shirt ; right, the t-shirt JOSE FARIAS. Here is a photos of the former Red Star player and coach who passed away recently in action in May 1966 in the Coupe de France playing for Strasbourg, against Nantes at the old Parc des Princes. Here he is challenged by two Nantes players who later went on to be successful coaches, Suaudeau and Budzinski. 80 YEARS AGO. The Olympic Games of 1924 were being held at the Stade de Colombes. For the football competition, several games were plaed at the Stade de Saint-Ouen. On May 27th 1924 France beat Latvia 7-0 in front of 15 000 spectateurs. Three Red Star players were involved, Pierre Chayriguès, Philippe Bonnardel and Paul Nicolas, whoi scored two goals. The team was: Chayriguès, Baumann (CASG), Gravier (FC Cette), Parachini (FC Cette), Domergue (Nîmes), Bonnardel, Dewaquez (Olympique de Paris), Boyer (Marseille), P. Nicolas, Crut (Marseille), Dubly (Roubaix) ..AND SPECIALLY FOR OUR FRIEND FIKRET.... Red Star fashion Summer 2004... a splash of glamour to the site, why not !

Updated 14th June 2004

BRAVO !. Red Star FC 93s Under 18s, Coupe de Paris winners 2003-2004 INCOMINGS & OUTGOINGS. As of the middle of June, here are the transfer movements concerning Red Star FC 93: ARRIVALS : Grégori Sinobad, born May 16th 1975 in Neuilly (92) : Racing, ES Colombienne, Ivry, Poissy. Defensive Midfielder. Ahmed Hamdani, born February 24th 1976 in Colombes (92) : ES Colombienne, Poissy, Les Lilas, Saint-Leu. Striker. Taïeb Abdallah, born June 10th 1977 in Paris : Saint-Prix, Saint-Leu, ES Colombienne, Les Herbiers, Cosmo. Attacking midfielder. Taïeb Abdallah (with ball), playing for Red Star. Last season he played against Red Star on two occasions for Cosmo, and even scored their second goal at Stade Bauer. DEPARTURES :. Former Red Star coach Azzedine Meguellatti has lured two of his ex-charges to the bright lights of the CFA at Poissy: Yoann Delaneuville and Yves Desmarets.    COUPE DE PARIS. Firstly, bravo to Red Stars' under 18S, who have won the Coupe de Paris. Vitalien (19) opeend the scoring for Red Star before two goals in six minutes by Kaci. Finally Béhiche levelled the scores from the penalty spot ten minutes from time. No extra time was to be played, and in the resulting penalty shoot-out Red Star scored six to Les Lilas' five. RED STAR - LES LILAS : 2-2 (6 -5 pens) Goals : Vitalien (19), Béhiche (80 pen) - Kaci 67 pen, 73) RED STAR (from) : Diakité, Béhiche, Bénali, M’Pah, Vitalien, Aklouche, Yéyé, Dabo, Simon, Louis-Sydney, Chamma, Traoré, Mbo, Ghili. Coach: Patrick Da Silva. Meanwhile, Red Stars' under 13s were well beaten by a very strong Paris Saint-Germain side. 3-0 down at the pause, and without their injured goalkeeper Jonathan Castaneda, Red Star rallied in the second half with outfield player Tony Asshocko-Correia in goal but still lost 4-0. PARIS SG - RED STAR : 4-0 (3-0). Goals : Partouche (13, 18, 52), Assas (41). Red Star (from) : Castaneda - Samba, Michaud, Tape, Philippe - Assokho-Correia, Bouraima, Omeonga, Salibur, Massamba, Aït-Hamada, Soobratty, N’Gande, Bot, Dianka - Tanzey, Regent, Labegot, Karamoko. Coach: Jean-Claude Oure. Red Stars' under 13s OTHER SCORES FROM THE FINALS: Seniors : Levallois - Montrouge 4-0 Anciens : Savigny-sur-Orge - Porcheville : 6-1 CDM : Espérance Paris - SNIE FC : 2-1 Ladies : Paris SG - Saint-Maur 0-0 (6-5 pens) Under 15s : Paris SG - Brétigny : 4-0

Updated 10th June 2004

JOSE FARIAS. Former Red Star player and coach Red Star José Farias has passed away in Argentina at the age of 67. José FARIAS was born on April 17th 1937 in Bolivar, Argentina. He made his debuts with Boca Juniors before moving on to Gimmasia y Escrima de la Plata, Los Andes, Huracan, then emigrating to France where he started out with RC Paris then RC Strasbourg where he won the Coupe de France of 1966. From 1967 to 1970, Farias wore the colours of Red Star FC, at that time in the First Division. He wowed the public at Saint Ouen with his famous "roulette". Elegant as a player, an unequalled technician, all the supporters who were lucky enough to have seen him in action will remember him. He returned to Saint-Ouen as coach from 1972 to 1974 and won the Second Division championship in 1973-74.

Updated 1st June 2004

YOANN DELANEUVILLE & YVES DESMARETS QUIT RED STAR. Red Star have been rocked by the news that star players Yoann Delaneuville & Yves Desmarets have signed for CFA outfit Poissy, who will be coached for next season by their former mentor at Red Star, Azzedine Meguellatti. More details as and when we have them. Yoann, watching from the stand at Poissy, on his right Nabile Yessad POISSY v RED STAR.       Some photos from the Poissy v Red Star training match NEXT WEEKEND. On Saturday June 5th, Red Star has a friendly against Arménienne,at 3pm CET at Stade Bauer. On Sunday Red Stars' under 14s play their last match of the season at 3pm CET against Lisieux. The match also takes place at Bauer. League table : 1. Sannois 72 pts, 2. Le havre 68 pts, 3. Racing 64 pts, 4. Quevilly 56 pts, 5. Paris Centre Formation 52 pts, 6. Montrouge 52 pts, 7. Red Star 51 pts, 8. Rouen 50 pts, 9. Amiens 40 pts, 10. Le Havre Municipaux 38 pts, 11. Compiègne 34 pts, 12. Lisieux 28 pts

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