Updated 31st August 2004

ACTION FROM SUNDAYS' GAME. Azzedine Benmesmoudi in a Le Mée Sports sandwich DH WEEKEND ROUND-UP ORLY - LUSITANOS : 0-1 (0-0) Goal : Eustache (90) AUBERVILLIERS - BRETIGNY : 2-1 (1-0) Goals : M’Bock (7 pen.), Allué 85 - Doncouré (48) SAINT-LEU - VERSAILLES : 1-0 (1-0) Goal : Mounissamy (15) ARMENIENNE - EVRY 1-1 (0-0) Goals : Chalqi (77) - N’Diagbeni (63) MORANGIS-CHILLY - ENTENTE SANNOIS SAINT-GRATIEN : 2-1 Goals : Diawara (54 & 75) - Mendy (52) MEAUX - COSMO : 1-1 Goals : Fitner (21) - Sebti (23 pen.) Bourama Ouattara outsprints his man UNDER 18s NEWS. Under the watchful eye of coach David Giguet, Red Stars' under 18s took part in a triangular competition this weekend at Meaux. A 1-1 draw with hosts Meaux 1-1 was followed by a 3-1 win over Téport. PITY. To have ended the weeks' documentary shoot by the Japansese TV crew from national station NHK with the defeat on Sunday. During the week, the reporter and her crew had free run of Red Star FC 93, and amongst others interviewed the President of Red Star FC 93, Bruno Davoine, Christian Duraincie (deputy-president), coach Jean-Luc Girard, the youth teams coaches, supporters, Pierre Laporte (historian of Red Star who is currently working on a new book on the club along with Gilles Saillant - out early in 2005), and the edirtorial team of this site. Elsewhere on this site is a photo report of the weeks' filming.

Updated 30th August 2004

FRUSTRATION Captain Reevis N’Simba and Red Star struggle against a solid Le Mée Sports JEAN-LUC GIRARD. « We weren't technically very good at the start of the second half and we paid for it. Le Mée are a solid team, and took advantage of the situation whereas we started out well and had a couple of good chances. More work remains to be done and we have to get some good resulats on our travels. » AND FROM LE MEE SPORTS. Coach Patrick Houssin was happy with the performance of his team. Abdallah and Red Star labour, but the ball refuses to go into Le Mées' net ! HEADS DOWN. After the game Red Stars' players were subdued and left the stadium with heads lowered. There's a long way to go and a lot of work still to be done if finishing there or thereabouts is to be achieved. OTHER SCORES. Saint-Leu lead the way after a 1-0 home win against Versailles and the surprise package is Aubervilliers who beat Brétigny 1-0. Lusitanos beat pre-season favourites Orly 1-0. Red Stars' next opponents Cosmo came back from Meaux with a 1-1 draw. Morangis-Chilly beat another promoted side Sannois Saint-Gratien 2-1 and finally Arménienne drew at home 1-1 with Evry SIXTH. 1. Saint-Leu 8 pts, 2. Aubervilliers 8 pts, 3. Cosmo 6 pts, 4. Morangis-Chilly 6 pts, 5. Le Mée 6 pts, 6. Red Star FC 93 & Sannois Saint-Gratien 5 pts, 8. Lusitanos 5 pts, 9. Evry 4 pts, 10. Arménienne 4 pts, 11. Meaux 3 pts, 12. Brétigny 2 pts, 13. Orly 2 pts, 12. Versailles 2 pts. SUPPORTERS.    Red Stars' supporters before and during the game SATURDAYS' TRAINING SESSION. Jimmy Hamme, Mohamed Aklouche, Mustapha Gassama, Nabile Yessad, Vincent Fourneuf, Yann Bell & Youssouf Dao NEW SIGNING ?. No, Red Stars' president Bruno Davoine impresses with his footwork ! PLAYERS NEWS. Grégori Sinobad is still awaiting clearance to play for Red Star, as is latest signing Jimmy Hamme. Both hope to be operative for next weekend. RESERVES. Red Stars' reserves lost 3-1 this weekend at Saint-Germain to PSGs' third XI. Despite this, coach Francesco Scaratti is confident for the new season and says he has a good squad.

Updated 27th August 2004

COACH GIRARD NAMES HIS SQUAD Jean-Luc Girard has names his squad for the game against Le Mée Sports, on Sunday at 3-30pm CET at Bauer : BELL - AKLOUCHE, DAO, DIOMANDE, FOURNEUF, HAMMAMI, YESSAD - ABDALLAH, BENMESMOUDI, BUDOC, N’SIMBA, OUATTARA, SINOBAD - DELMAS, GASSAMA, HAMDANI. FIRST AT BAUER. Red Star play their first home league encounter of the season at Bauer on Sunday against Le Mée Sports. Red Star will be without Alhaji Baldé suspended after a red card received at Meaux, whilst Vincent Fourneuf is uncertain. Bilal Hammami is back but Big Franck Gueï is still sidelined with a knee injury. Philippe Cuervo will be back in training next week and..... JIMMY HAMME REJOINS RED STAR. The best news of all is that former Red Star youngster and great potential Jimmy Hamme is back at the club, having signed this week. Released by Châteauroux, Jimmy was training with Red Star and impressed in a couple of pre-season frendlies. He should be eligible for the trip to Ermont-Taverny a week on Sunday. Training at Bauer yesterday evening, with Jimmy Hamme second left OFFICALS. Sundays' game Red Star FC 93 v Le Mée Sports will be refereed by Mohamed Hachid, Christophe Antonio and Jean Parvedy. RED STAR ON THE BOX - JAPANESE STYLE. Japanses TV network NHK and their reporter Izumi Inoue were present at Bauer for their documentary on the club. They filmed the training sessions, a chat with the injured Vincent Fourneuf, and of course the editorial team of this site including yours truly.    Vincent Fourneuf and Jean-Luc Girard, interviewed by Japanese TV yesterday at Bauer Yann Bell, on film Christian Duraincie, deputy president doubles up as goalkeeping trainer ! UNDER 13s. The first and second teams have friendlies this weekend against Sarcelles, then on the 4th September against Saint-Leu. UNDER 14s. The under 14s lost their first pre-season friendly to a very strong Paris SG side, 1-4 UNDER 18s. Have a friendly at Meaux, Sunday August 29th. RESERVES. Coach Francesco Scaratti has lined up a series of friendlies to have a closer look at his squad. Last weekend one squad of players drew 3-3 against Senlis (DH) whilst the other lost against La Poste 2-4. Training on Wednesday os followed by a game at 10am CET at the Camps des Loges on Saturday against Paris SG (DSR) and at 2pm CET for another squad against Arménienne reserves.

Updated 24th August 2004

DH ROUND UP COSMO - VERSAILLES : 3-0 (0-0) Goals : Montadour (49, 90), Da Veiga (59) ENTENTE SANNOIS SAINT-GRATIEN - ORLY : 1-0 (1-0) Goal : Alo’o Efoulou (35) LUSITANOS - AUBERVILLIERS : 0-1 (0-0) Goal : Z. Belkebla (62) BRETIGNY - SAINT-LEU : 2-3 (1-0) Goals : Placidoux (5), Molina (85) - Bayle (58, 75), Sadi (93) EVRY - MORANGIS-CHILLY : 3-3 (1-2) Goals : Ainon (44), N’Diagbeni (54, 75) - Diawara (15, 35), Dia (65) LE MEE - ARMENIENNE : 0-0 Meaux v Red Star FROM SAINT-OUEN TO TOKYO. Red Star FC 93 is currently the subject of a documentary made by Japanese TV station NHK, directed by journalist Izumi Inoue. The thirty minute programme should be aired mid-October. RED STAR SITE. Marc, a Red Star supporter living a few hundred kilometers from Paris has re-vamped his old Red Star site and his new one has a touch of Japanese to it. Have a look - http://www.geocities.jp/marcopolo70jp/.

Updated 23rd August 2004

FIRST POINTS. Not a great performance, but hey, when have we played a good game against Meaux ? All that counts is the four points for the victory. Yoann Bell kept Red Star in the game in the first half with some excellent saves when Meaux looked dangerous, and Ahmed Hamdani put the icing on the cake with his fine headed goal six minutes from the end. Blight on the encounter was the red card received by Red Stars' Alhaji Baldé for two minor offences, which means that he will miss the home game next Sunday against Le Mée Sports. Other results from this weekend: Saint-Leu won 3-2 at Brétigny, Aubervilliers won on their travels 1-0 at Lusitanos. Le Mée, drew 0-0 at home to Arménienne and Evry played out a high scoring affair with Morangis 3-3. Sannois Saint-Gratien beat Orly 1-0 and Cosmo thumped Versailles 3-0.

Updated 12th August 2004

RED STAR 3 SANNOIS-SAINT-GRATIEN 1. Red Star won their latest friendly match yesterday evening and in doing so turned in an excellent performance full of hope for the future season. The sixty or so interested spectators were treated to a quality performance from a squad which is really starting to gel together to make at times a formidable outfit. The only blot on the copy was the consolation goal given away in the last few minutes, a lapse of concentration leading to a striker beating the offside trap and a tiring defence to put the ball past Yann Bell. Red Stars' goals came through a lovely chip over the goalie by Gassama (53) and two goals from the giant Tandia (62& 67), includign a fine diving header. Tandia looked a permanent menaces to the oppostion defence, and could have scored four. Out injured were Gueï (knee), Benmesmoudi (calf), Dao (knee) and missing the game were Yessad, Benmesmoudi and Hammami. Red Star started out with a line up of Bell - Budoc, Diomande, M. Hamdani, Fourneuf, N'Simba, Sinobad, Abdallah, Ahmed Hamdani, Ouattara and Baldé. Making second half appearances were the excellent Jimmy Hamme, Gassama, Tandia and a triallist. First goal by Mustapha Gassama    Aboubacar Tandia powers a header just over the crossbar. Right : the livewire Jimmy Hamme Red Stars' new goalie Yoann Bell LAST TEST. On Sunday at 3pm CET Red Star play their last friendly at Bauer against Les Lilas. Salifou Essomba (leg in plaster) along with Azzedine Benmesmoudi RED STAR … TRES INTERNATIONAL ! . Yesterday evening at Bauer, the friendly game was watched by a Red Star supporter from Germany. Benjamin Zich had made the trip across from his hometown of Berlin and managed this time to get to see a match at Bauer. On previous visits Red Star hadn't had a game. Pleased with what he had witnessed, our intrepid traveller should make it a double treat by taking in Sundays' game at bauer against Les Lilas. Benjamins' other club in Union Berlin, from the third division.    Left Benjamin and the English Connection, on the ptich at Bauer just before the kick off, and on the right an array of multinational spectators: Jean-Noël, former diplomat in SE Asia, along with a veteran of the World Cup 90 quarter final against England, from Cameroon, Emmanuel Maboang then yours truly and Benjamin

Updated 11th August 2004

TONIGHT. This evening at 7-30pm CET at Stade Bauer, Red Star play their fourth pre-season friendly against Entente Sannois Saint-Gratien. This should be a good test for Jean-Luc Girards men, with Sannois just having been promoted to the DH, and they should field a mix of players from their first team who play in the National and the reserves. For tonights' game, Red Star should have goalkeeper Yann Bell back and with a bit of luck striker Ahmed Hamdani, injured against Nogent-sur-Oise. THE SQUAD. Bell, Benhamou - Dao, Diomande, Fourneuf, Gueï - Abdallah, Benmesmoudi, Budoc, N’Simba, Sinobad - Baldé, Gassama, Hamdani, Ouattara, Tandia & Hamme. FOCUS ON.... Ahmed Hamdani, born 24th February 1976, in Colombes (1,82 m - 74 kg). Before joining Red Star this season, Ahmed played for his home town team ES Colombienne, then at Les Lilas where he caught our eye playing against Red Star in a CFA game. From then on he moved to Poissy and to Saint-Leu, where last season he was their top scorer with eight goals including one against Red Star in a 2-0 win. Ahmed Hamdani FROM THE PAGES OF HISTORY. One of our German friends has sent us these photos from a game played in 1928, between Hamburger SV and Red Star (8-1). Many thanks to him.

Updated 9th August 2004

FRIENDLY WIN. Red Star recorded their first pre-season friendly win yesterday at Nogent-sur-Oise, running out victors by 4-1. Despite falling behind, Red Star drew level on twenty minutes through a Vince Fourneuf penalty. However in the penalty incident, Ahmed Hamdani injured his ankle and had to leave the field of play. Ten minutes later from a Ouattara corner, Baldé scored his second pres-season goal. After the break Gassama scored twice, the first a header from an Abdallah corner (55) and again five minutes from the end following another Abdallah corner. Jean-Luc Girard said that it was a difficult game given the high temperatures. Also his players had been working very hard over the last three weeks. Next training is scheduled for Tuesday before the next friendly at Bauer against Entente Sannois Saint-Gratien (National-DH). Kick off for that game is 7-30pm CET. Franck Gueï missed the trip tp Nogent with a knee injury whilst Ahmed Hamdani made his comeback only to succumb to a twisted ankle. Azzedine Benmesmoudi also declared forfait through injury.    Left: Mustapha Gassama (scorer) and Azzedine Benmesmoudi inuured. Right : Taïeb Abdallah super corner-taker.

Updated 5th August 2004

ARMENIENNE 2 RED STAR 2 Red Stars' Aboubacar Tandia rises above his markers yesterday evening at Arménienne Yesterday evening on the synthetic pitch in Issy Red Star and hosts Arménienne played out an entertaining 2-2 draw. Red Star looked the better side in the first half and deservedly went 1-0 up through Alhaji Baldé before Ouattara doubled the lead in the second half. Red Star had made a series of line-up changes at the break, and Dao, Diomande, N’Simba, Abdallah, Baldé and Tandia were replaced by Hamdanis' brother, Budoc, Benmesmoudi, Ouattara, Gassama and an unnamed triallist. The home side pushed to get back into the game and scored tice in eight minutest to draw level. A pleasant game on a pleasant evening watched by around fifteen Red Star supporters, the majority of the crowd present ! RED STARS' LINE UP. The starting eleven were Benhamou - Dao, Diomande, Fourneuf, Gueï - Sinobad, N’Simba, Abdallah, Hamme - Tandia, Baldé. In the second half Dao, Diomande, N’Simba, Abdallah, Baldé and Tandia were replaced by M. Hamdani, Budoc, Benmesmoudi, Ouattara, Gassama and a triallist. Jean-Luc Girards' half time chat ABSENT. Other than goalkeeper Bell, Jean-Luc Girard was without the services of A. Hamdani (back injury - worrying), Yessad and Hammami. NEWCOMER. Taïeb Abdallah played the first half and looked good despite only just having come back into training. RED STARS' GOALS IN PHOTOS Baldé nets the first B. Ouattara the second JIMMY HAMME. Jimmy Hamme, still without a club played the full match and sported a remarkable Philippe Mexes hair cut. NEXT MATCH. On Sunday August 8th Red Star travel to Picardy to play DH outfit Nogent-sur-Oise. Kick off is at 3pm CET at the Complexe Sportif Municipal, avenue de l’Europe 60180 Nogent-sur-Oise. YOUR QUESTIONS. If you have any questions to ask of the coaching staff or players, you can send them to us at : john@allezredstar.com where they will be translated out as required !

Updated 2nd August 2004

FRIENDLIES ARRANGED. Jean-Luc Girard and Red Star have some friendly matches arranged in the coming days. The first is on Wednesday evening, away, on the synthetic pitch at Arménienne, kick-off 7-30pm CET. Next up is a trip to the Oise region to play Nogent-sur-Oise, a club from the Picardy DH. Then there are two games at Bauer, the first on Wednesday the 11th at 7-30pm CET against Sannois Saint-Gratien (National-DH) followed by a game either on Saturday 14th or Sunday 15th against Lilas (DHR), at 3pm. The date depends on the date of the Meaux v Red Star championship game which has still not been confirmed. Azzedine Benmesmoudi

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