In 1995, technically gifted attacker Pablo Correa joined AS Nancy Lorraine from Montevideo Wanderers in his native Uruguay. In his first season with Les Chardons, he helped them earn promotion to Ligue 1. From there, he’d go on to strike up a memorable offensive partnership in the club’s history alongside...
Despite finishing ninth in Ligue 2 last term, FC Sochaux-Montbéliard were relegated to the third tier, Championnat National, for the 2023/24 campaign after owners Nenking failed to demonstrate the financial capacity to remain in the second tier. A hectic summer saw former Club President Jean-Claude Plessis complete a takeover and scramble together the necessary...
FC Rouen 1899 earned promotion to France’s third tier, Championnat National, for the 2023/24 season under their 42-year-old manager Maxime D’Ornano. At the time of writing, they’ve played 10 games and earned 17 points, placing them fifth with a game in hand on all but five other sides in the...
Red Star FC is a club steeped in history. It is one of France's oldest football clubs and plays its home games at the iconic Stade Bauer. Plus, the Paris-based team was actually one of the founding members of Ligue 1 — spending 19 seasons in the top flight. 1975...
FC Martigues were relegated from France’s top flight 27 seasons ago after they finished bottom of the table. It would be the last time, as of this moment, that they played among France’s elite. Things went from bad to catastrophic for the club based not far from Marseille in 2003,...
After finishing the Championnat National season in third place, Villefranche Beaujolais will face Quevilly in the French Ligue 2 promotion/relegation two-legged playoff. Winning their last five fixtures under French-Italian manager Hervé Della Maggiore, Villefranche Beaujolais moved into and retained third place giving the club the opportunity to play second-tier football...
The 22-year-old Senegalese forward Amadou Sagna (173cm/5’8”, 63kg/138lbs) joined National 1’s Stade Briochin on a season-long loan from one of Belgium’s biggest teams, Club Brugge, last summer. While the versatile attacker, who’s primarily a centre-forward but has also regularly featured on both the right and left-wing for his team in...
So far in this scout report series focusing on the brightest talents in France’s third tier, Championnat National 1, at present, we’ve analysed two very different types of midfielder in Florent Da Silva and Ahmad Allée, a winger in Godson Kyeremeh, a centre-back in Harold Voyer and a versatile centre-forward/wide...
Walid Jarmouni (188cm/6’2”, 82kg/181lbs) is a 21-year-old left-footed attacker on loan at Championnat National 1 side FC Sète 34 from FC Sochaux, where he has played since 2018 when he joined the Ligue 2 side from Le Crès FC. Sochaux have been custodians of some players who would go on...
Harold Voyer (182cm/5’11”, 66kg/145lbs) is a PSG academy product, joining the club as a child before departing for Championnat National 2’s AS Poissy in the summer of 2017 — the same summer the centre-back had been linked with clubs such as then-EFL Championship sides Leeds United and Fulham, along with...
Earlier this month, the official Twitter account of Championnat National, France’s third tier, posted a clip of Bastia-Borgo’s Julien Anziani scoring a picturesque free-kick in his team’s recent 2-1 defeat at home to US Avranches. They bestowed the esteemed title of ‘Le Pirlo du National’ (effectively ‘the Pirlo of National’)...
This tactical analysis piece will be part two of a series exploring some of the most exciting players in France’s third tier, Championnat National 1. The first part of this series, which you can read here at Total Football Analysis — tactical analysis — focused on 19-year-old Florent Da Silva,...
At the midway point of the campaign, Annecy are sitting second in France’s third tier, Championnat National 1. This is a particularly impressive showing from the Haute-Savoie-based side when you consider that they ended last season in 14th place in National 1, spent four seasons in the fourth tier, National...
With just under a year remaining on his Châteauroux contract, 23-year-old centre-forward Andrew Jung (192cm/6’3”, 82kg/180lbs) is currently one of the most highly sought-after players in France’s second tier, Ligue 2. Jung is coming off the back of a successful 2020/21 campaign which he spent out on loan at US...
