Updated 30th November
COUPE DE FRANCE. The draw for the next round will take place on Thursday 2nd December, and will be carried out by ex-Red Star coach and now national boss Roger Lemerre.
RED STAR 93 IN PRISON. This week there will be a tournament for the under-20's of Parisian clubs including Red Star and PSG. The tournament will take place at the prison at Villepinte.
AKIANA TO PLAY IN AFRICAN NATIONS CUP. Richard Akiana will be absent for several weeks during January and February. He will be on international duty with the Congo in Nigeria and Ghana for the finals of the African Natioans' Cup.
OBINA, LESTIC. Following Eric Obina, Cédric Lestic is back in the sick bay, with an ankle injury.
Updated 29th November ECHOS. Red Star played in green on Saturday, same kit as in the previous rounds, with the same result ! LEAGUE CUP : RED STAR 93 - NIMES
THE FIRST CHALLENG OF 2000 - THE CROCODILES OF NIMES AT MARVILLE. Updated 26th November COUPE DE FRANCE. Tomorrow Red Star 93 take on Marcq-en-Baroeuil in the cup, and are one of the last ten Parisian representants in the competition.The others are Créteil (D2), Racing, Evry (National), Viry-Châtillon (CFA), Levallois, Poissy (CFA 2), Le Mée, Le Perreux (DH), Choisy-le-Roy (DSR). Paris SG (D1) will enter at the 1/32 finals in January 2000. Updated 25th November ECHOS
Latest reports indicated that two former Red Star players, Joël André and David Giraudo are still on the look-out for a club. Updated 24th November NATIONAL - THE COMEBACK. Since 9th October, in six matches Red Star have picked up fifteen points, and have climed from fourteenth place with twelve points to fifth with twenty-seven. The four teams at the top haven't changed, and with home matches against Martigues and Fréjus plus a trip away to GFCO Ajaccio, Red Star have a great chance of finishing the year in third place. Updated 23rd November TELETHON AT BAUER. On Saturday 4th December, as part of the " Téléthon ", day organized in France to raise money for charities, Red Star 93 are holding a day at Stade Bauer at Saint-Ouen from 1-30pm CET to 4pm CET. There will be a tournament for the kids followed by a match between the coaching staff and the Engineering School of Saint-Ouen. Turn up to support the event and to raise a bit of cash for needy kids ! Updated 22nd November ECHOS...
Some good motoring advice for Jean-Luc Girard, Saturday at the match. Following his accident a few weeks ago, Gigi found himself in the company of the Transport Minister,.Jean-Claude Gayssot. The minister, a staunch supporter of Red Star watched the match alongside the Maire of Noisy-le-Sec. Updated 19th November EDITORIAL. Correction from the Lille reports - the secong Red Star goal should have been credited to Alain Durand, direct from a corner. Updated 18th November LAST WORD ON THE CUP. Despite the record books showing a two-all draw, Tuesday nights' result will nevertheless still be a win for Red Star. The last time Red Star won there was on the 16th September 1978 where the visitors won a division two encounter 3-2. Updated 17th November RED STAR IN THE PRESS : Updated 15th November LATEST.
Former Sochaux defender Anthony Sirufo came on as a second half substitute for Ludovic Mary on Friday, thus making his debut in the National. Also a sub was Laurent Delanoue, absent since the opening day when he suffered a serious injury against Beauvais. Laurent received a warm welcome when he took the place of Ben Clément just before the final whistle. Updated 10th November CUP DRAW: MARCQ-EN-BAROEUL-RED STAR 93. On the 28th November, Red Star travel north to Marcq-en-Baroeul for the cup seventh round. The club from near Lille play in the Promotion d'Honneur. In the last round they beat Maubeuge, who play in the same league as Red Star reserves 4-1 Updated 9th November CUP. The next round, the seventh, will take place over the weekend of the 27th and 28th of November. Red Star 93 are the sole club from the region of Seine-Saint-Denis left in the cup. The next round sees the arrival of the second division clubs. Eleven Parisian clubs are left in the cup, namely Paris Saint-Germain (who will come in at the 1/32rd stage), Créteil (D2), Racing, Evry, Red Star 93 (National), Viry-Châtillon (CFA), Levallois, Poissy (CFA 2), Le Mée, Le Perreux (DH), Choisy-le-Roi (DSR). Updated 7th November GIRARD. Drama on Friday evening - coach Jean-Luc Girard was involved in a car smash. Result - seventeen stitches and an absence from the touchline for todays' match at Montreuil.
Updated 5th November CUP. For tomorrows' cup tie at Montreuil, Red Star have virtually a full squad available, apart from Belissaoui, Senaya and Mamoun, the latter pair carrying minor knocks. Updated 3rd November 10 000 HITS COMPETITION - THE RESULTS & WINNERS
In goal, Gilbert Bahyia, was making his debut for Red Star, in place of the rested Jean-Marc Branger.
Benjamin Clément and Fabien Valéri will miss the Martigues game, both serving a one-match ban (three yellow cards in less than ten matches)
As well as losing on the pitch on Saturday, the cup cost Marcqu dearly. In having to play the match at Tourcoing, they paid - floodlights 4000 F, as well as a police presence. No half time snacks, so no revenue there. 500 paying spectateurs each forking out 40 F, of which Marcq only pocket 35%. No money from the French FA, that only takes effect from the 8th round onwards. Hardly encourages the little clubs - the rich get richer, the poor struggle on....
Never mind, at least the Nordists can take comfort in their assets - in Sébastien Bourgeois and Arnaud Doucet they have two excellent players who have attracted the interest of bigger clubs. The cup match could have been the springboard to bigger things
On a sad note, the Thouars midfielder Raphaël Garcia who played at Marville in September died recently. Condolencies from all Red Star supporters to his family.
COUPE GAMBARDELLA : AULNAY - RED STAR 93 : 0-2
DHR : RED STAR 93 - LE CHESNAY : 1-1
FRIENDLY : VERSAILLES (DH - RED STAR 93 (CFA 2) : 5-3
This morning at La Défense in Paris, the draw was made for the next round of the League Cup. The hand of fate drew out the ball of Red Star 93 followed by that of NIMES, a club in D2. Over one match, Red Star are capable of pulling off a shock win in front of their supporters.
Next week a presentation of the Crocos will appear exclusively on this site - FIRST WITH THE NEWS, AS USUAL !!! The match will take place the weekend of the 8th & 9th of January 2000.
Pierre Repellini and Jean-Luc Girard will no doubt make changes to the side that beat Noisy last weekend, brought upon by suspensions and squad rotation.
COUPE DE LA LIGUE : Today around 1pm CET the next round of the League Cup will be drawn, at La Défense in Paris. Details of the match involving Red Star 93 will be posted on the site early in the afternoon. The matches will take place over the weekend of the 8th and 9th of January 2000. The last name to go into the hat will be Châteauroux.
Farid Soudani is still looking for a club in England. His sole appearance this season was several minutes as substitute in the match Red Star 93- Valenciennes.
COUPE DE FRANCE. Marcq-en-Baroeul, not to be underrated, after eliminating Armentières (CFA) and Maubeuge (CFA 2) in the last two rounds.
CFA 2. After eleven games Red Star reserves are sixth, with twenty one points. Marly USM from the northe lead the way, with thirty three points to Levallois and Amiens reserves, both one point behind. Next match on December 5th, at Bauer versus Amiens reserves, one of the pace setters.
UNDER 17S. The win in Essonne at Brétigny (4-1) allows the side coached by Alain Bornand to move into third place with twenty six points behind Caen (30 pts) and Paris SG (28 pts). Next league match is a Parisian derby on December 5th at the Ile des Vannes against Paris Saint-Germain. Next weekend it is the Coupe Gambardella where Red Star make the short trip to Aulnay-sous-Bois.
RED STAR OLD BOYS IN THE NEWS. Former Audonien Patrick Guillou, currently with Saint-Etienne (D1) could soon be back in D2 alongside former team-mate Ted Agasson at Lille.
Jean-Marc Authié, now at Aurillac in the CFA could be out for the rest of the season with ruptured ligaments.
Steve Marlet continues to shine at Auxerre (D1), With five goals scored, including the winner for his club at Marseille (1-0), Steve could be in line for a call-up to the national squad.
Samuel Michel, also in top form with nine goals for Guingamp in division two. Currently top scorer in division two still playing with over 130 goals.
COUPE DE FRANCE : MARCQ-EN-BAROEUL - RED STAR 93. Saturday 27 November, 7pm CET, Stade Van de Veegaete, 559, rue de Gand at TOURCOING.
The only change from the Lille line-up was Obina, who replaced Alain Durand.
Red Star reserves beat Tourcoing in the CFA 2 - Aïchour and Milton scoring in a 2-1 victory at the stadium where Red Star take on Marq in the Cup on Saturday.
The inclement weather put paid to another Noisy-Red Star derby : the third team of Red Star were due to play Nosiy reserves in a DHR match.
Red Stars ' injury list includes Senaya, Bellissaoui and Mamoun. Other squad players were on duty at Toucoing.
Franck Emery, former Red Star player was a playing substitute on Saturday, whilst another, Eugène Kangulungu, played the whole match. This player also had trials with Auxerre.
Red Star join Fréjus with four victories on their travels as top awayday team in the National.
In the top scorers list, Akiana and Fellahi now both have six goals.
For the next round of the Gambardella cup, Red Star reserves are at Aulnay next weekend. Meanwhile, the first team will know who their next opponents in the league cup will be on Friday 26th November when the draw for the next round will take place.
CHAMPIONSHIP. With the next round of the League Cup taking place the weekend of the 8th & 9th of January 2000, a fixture list shuffle will be called for, with Beauvais and Red Star both in cup action. Normally there would be a round of National matches that weekend, with Red Star having an awkward trip to Angers.
SATURDAY. Back to the championship, now, and the clash of Seine-Saint-Denis on Saturday at the Stade Allende at Noisy-le-Sec. Will Red Star have the stamina after a gruelling two hours at Lille ? Noisy's captain, Paul Tran, following his side's win at Grenoble declared " We'd like to remain unbeaten up to the Winter pause. On Staurday it's the supremacy of Seine-Saint-Denis at stake - if we win, we'll be level on points with Red Star".
Elsewhere, important matches will take place - Racing (3rd) welcome leaders Besançon, whilst Istres (2nd) travel to Pacy-sur-Eure. Beauvais (4th) three points ahead of Red Star are at home to Fréjus (best away team with four wins) and Grenoble (5th) travel to Martigues.
FACE IN THE CROWD. Philippe Laurier, coach of Marcq-en-Baroeul was in the crowd, no doubt catching up on Red Star, his clubs' next opponents in the French Cup. The match will most likely bt brought forwards to the 27th November, kick off 7pm CET, and will take place at Tourcoing, because Marcq-en-Baroeuls', home ground is not deemed satisfactory for the encounter.
SIRUFO. If Thiam retains a one hundred percent record from his first three matches with Red Star, then another can be equally pleased with his performances of late. Anthony Sirufo, who played twenty minutes in the large win over Pacy, had a memorable night in the north. Sixty-third minute substitute for Benjamin Clément, not only did he score his first goal for the club, the injury time equaliser, but his was the fourth and decisive spot kick for Red Star.
Meanwhile Lille coach Valhid Halilhodzic admitted sadly, "Certain members of my team showed limited ability. Without three or four big players, Lille runs the risk of sliding back into obscurity. What a waste". His opposite number, Pierre Repellini had another verdict, " We have demonstrated that we are capable of playing at the level of the second division "
The Lillois are beginning to take a dislike to teams from the National - last year they were knocked out of the League Cup by Louhans-Cuiseaux, then leader of the National.
Even if Red Star fail to make it past the next stage, Tuesday nights' victory pocketted a tidy 1 100 000 Francs
The clubs through to the next round, to be played the 8th & 9th of January 2000 are the Division One clubs : Auxerre, Bastia, Bordeaux, Le Havre, Lens, Lyon, Marseille, Metz, Monaco, Montpellier, Nancy, Nantes, Paris SG, Rennes, Saint-Etienne, Sedan, Strasbourg, Troyes ; Division Two clubs : Amiens, Créteil, Gueugnon, Guingamp, Le Mans, Louhans-Cuiseaux, Nice, Nîmes, Niort, Sochaux, Toulouse, Wasquehal/Châteauroux (match 24/11) and finally the two National clubs, Beauvais and Red Star 93.
TV L'Equipe : "Red Star, night star of the League Cup".
LCI : " Red Star the star"
Europe 1 : "Two National giantkilling clubs: Beauvais and Red Star".
La Voix du Nord : " End of the road for Lille in the League Cup".
L'Equipe : " Red Star the surprise".
France Football : Nothing about Red Star, but loads about the World Cup winners, no doubt
Thanks to Franck Vandenbroucke, a supporter of Pacy who pointed out to us that Aziz Belissaoui once played for Pacy before joining Red Star 93.
FELLAHI. Karim Fellahi, unlucky against Montreuil last Sunday in the cup played an outstanding game on Friday, thoroughly deserving his two goals, now becomes top scorer at Red Star with six to Richard Akianas' five.
GIRARD. Jean-Luc Girard back in action following his car crash last week. His partner, Pierre Repellini was constrained to follow the match stood on an wooden box behind the fences following his red card against Evry and subsequent touchline ban.
BIGGEST WIN. First time Red Star have won by three clear goals since arriving at Marville.
SUPPORTERS. Despite the cold on Friday, a bunch of kids from Bagneux created at atmosphere with non-stop encouragement of Red Star. Even in the main stand there was a bit of support for Red Star, which makes a change from the normal " library " atmosphere.
SPONSORS. A few more advertising hoardings around the pitch as well as sponsors names being read out over the PA.
SCARVES. The cold snap brought about a sudden rush for scarves and as a result the boutique has sold out. More are on order however, and should be ready for the Martigues game, 1st December.
LILLE. Lille beat Guingamp 2-0 on Friday, and are eleven points clear at the top of D2. At a cost of two more players sent off, however, (Wimbee & Valois). Highlights of the match Lille-Red Star 93 could be on telly, on France 3 at midnight CET.
RED STAR 93-PACY-SUR-EURE. For their visit to Stade Marville, the Normans will be without their key defender Jean-Charles Desnoyers, injured, and more importantly their top scorer Olivier Hameau, who was dismissed last Sunday in the cup. As for Red Star, the coaches will stick by the squad which despatched Montreuil from the cup.
After the sixth round, seven clubs from the National are no longer in line for a place at the Stade de France in May. The seventh round draw will take place later today.
THIAM. Ibrahim Thiam has received clearance from Wales, which will allow him to make his debuts for Red Star. After a spell in Spain, Thiam had undergone trials with Cardiff at the beginning of the season.
UNDER 15S. Sunday 7th November at the Stade Bauer, Red Star 93 play host to Orléans in the Under-15's championship.
The correct replies to our fantastic competition were :Marlet - Agasson - Domoraud. The list of winners & their prizes are :