Updated 30^th July 2007

BACK TO WINNING WAYS A 2-0 win over CFA outfit Viry-Châtillon put Red Stars' pre-season back to winning ways at Stade Bauer on Saturday. Both goals were scored by new signing Taïmmy Negrèche, coming either side of the interval. Coach Bruno Naidon was forced into one or two changes, with Diakité, Lefort, NSeke and Ouattara all nursing slight knocks, and with Berthier, Fabiano and Moulin on the road to recovery. Red Stars' next game is at Drancy on Wednesday evening, kick off time to be confirmed. Rd Stars' starting line-up, with back row : Lacomat, MBanza, Sow, Djidonou, Kangulungu, Lux. Front : Haguy, Pinto, Robert, Negreche, Moukila. Subs were : Cavaleiro, Nemir, Ghili, Kanouté, Yosri, Marquet Despite a dive from the visitors' keeper, Taïmmy Negrèches' looping shot flies into the Viry bet to give Red Star a 2-0 lead Taimmy Negreche, double goalscorer

Updated 27^th July 2007

LATEST NEWS Red Star lost their third pre-season game, going down 3-1 against a phyiscal and direct Compiègne side. Red Stars' goal was scored by Sébastien Robert. Photographs of the encounter are available on this site, see the index page. Big thanks to Pierre Pouyaud for the photos. Red Stars' next game is at Bauer on Saturday against Viry-Châtillon (CFA 2), kick off 5pm CET, entry is free. Note that Viry-Châtillon have two former Red Star men currently on their books : Walid Aïchour and Ted Agasson. Also available at the front page of the site is the updated squad list for the season 2007-2008, complete with photos of all the players. In the news recently, and for all the wrong reasons is Steeve Théophile, Red Stars' ephemeral striker, who less then 48 hours after joining the Saint-Ouen club quit to sign for CFA rivals Racing. It appears that Steeve, along with a friend, took part in a car race along the A15 motorway recently in the Parisian suburbs. Swerving in and out of traffic at half past ten in the morning, at speeeds up to 150km/h, the pair are locked up at the police station in Deuil-la-Barre. Steeve, who has played football in Belgium as well as for Gueugnon, Créteil and Istres, wil have to explain as well what he was doing behind the wheel of a car when he doesn't actually have a driving licence. Oups !

Updated 23^rd July 2007

SECOND WIN On a sunny Saturday afternoon at the CFDAS in Eaubonne, Red Star eased past visitors Chantilly 2-0 with goals from Grégory Lefort in the first half and Ibou Tounkara just after the break. Starting the first half with Djidonou - Lacomat, Haguy, Tounkara, Pinto - Fardin, Negrèche, Lux, Lefort, Robert and Ouattara, Red Star proved too strong for their opponents, recently promoted back into the CFA 2 after an absence of one season. Several good chances went begging before finally Greg Lefort got his head, unmarked, onto a cross from the right by Sébastien Robert. Prior to the goal, Lefort had rattled the crossbar with a stinging shot and the same player also fired into the side netting from a difficult angle. Positive performance for the first half, whereas the second was a little les lively. Coach Bruno Naidon rang the changes for the second half, bringing on Alexandre Diatta, José N'Seke, Hernane Cavaleiro, Abdenour Nemir, Mamadou Sow, Bouzid Yosri, Mickaël Marquet, Elysée M'Banza, Noël Moukila and Loïc Ghili. AllezRedStar.com were present at the game and some action photos will be shortly published. The training camp at Eaubonne, with the excellent facilities is now over, training will take place back at Stade Bauer. This week, the programme is as follows: - Monday 23rd : training, 7pm CET - Tuesday 24th : training, 7pm CET - Wednesday 25th : friendly against Compiègne (CFA), 6-30pm CET at the Lacroix – Saint-Ouen in the Oise (60) - Thursday 26th : training, 7pm CET - Friday 27th : training, 7pm CET - Saturday 28th, friendly at Bauer against Viry-Châtillon (CFA 2), 6pm CET.

Updated 19^th July 2007

FIRST FRIENDLY, FIRST WIN Red Star, who are currently on a pre-season training camp in the Parisian suburbs played their first preparation game of the season at Eubonne yesterday evening against Entente Sannois Saint-Gratien (CFA 2). The game ended in a 2-1 win to Red Star, the goals coming from new signings Taïmmy Negrèche and Congolese internatinal Noël Moukila. Red Star fielded twenty two players, swapping sides completely at haf time. Yannick Berthier and Nicolas Fabiano were absent from procedings, still on the way back into action following long injury lay-offs and new signing Bouzid Yosri is suffering from blistered feet. For the record: First half : Djidonou, Lacomat, Nemir, Kangulungu, Cavaleiro, Fardin, Marquet, Robert, Negreche, Kanouté, MBanza. Second half : Diakité, N’Seke, Tounkara, Pinto, Haguy, Ouattara, Sow, Ghili, Lux, Moukila, Lefort Taimmy Negreche heads home Red Stars' first goal Noël Moukila, second goal scorer Jérémy Lux, latest signing Red Stars' players at the CFDAS in Eaubonne FIXTURES As well as the fixtures for the first XI in the CFA, AllezRedStar.com have now all the fixtures for the reserves, the under 18s, the under 15s and the under 13s... check out the relevant pages from the index page of the site.

Updated 12^th July 2007

BACK TO TRAINING Red Star were back in training yesterday evening at Stade Bauer after a four-week break. Missing from the sessions were David Pinto, whom has been preparing for taking his coaching badge; Grégory Lefort, unfortunately delayed on his return flight from his holidays and new signing, Jérémy Lux, a striker born 11th November 1984 in Rueil-Malmaison (92), whom has signed from Pafos in Cyprus. Taking part in the training was one of last seasons' championship-winning reserve team, Ludovic Fardin. Contrary to information published erroneously on other Red Star sites, goalkeeper Florent Moulin is still at Red Star although he is currently sidelined through injury. Note that Steeve Théophile, whom last week gave his word to Red Star FC 93, has decided to sign for CFA outfit Racing Club. TRAINING IN PHOTOS Lef to to right : Bruno Naidon, Eric Santamaria, Dr Richard Bonnivard, Gilbert Hernandez (physio), hidden by new assitant coach Jean-Marc Brucato The players listen attentively to the coach First jogging of the season at Bauer Noël Moukila (ex-Châtellerault) JEAN-MARC BRUCATO New assistant coach Jean-Marc Brucato gave this exclusive interview to AllezRedStar.com. Jean-Marc ended his professional career in 1994 through injury before taking up a coaching role with the youth team alongside Patrice Lecornu. His coaching career led him to Torcy and Villepinte. Continuing the family name is football is his son, a promising goalkeeper. How did your return to Red Star come about ? « I already knew Bruno Naidon, we played alongside each other at Vincennes. I was looking for a club to restart my coaching career, he put me in touch with Eric Santamaria and here I am as assistant coach to Bruno Naidon. » A new Red Star for you. « Yes and no. Yes in terms of the players and the clubs' directors. There has been a complete renewal. No, in terms of the facilities at the club, nothing hs changes, Bauer has aged a bit but the environment is still there - apart from one stand ! » YOur role as assistant ? « To be close to Bruno Naidon, participate the maximum in the life of the team in terms of tatics and technique. This season, Red Star will have the services of the physio Gilbert Hernandez whom will also do the physical preparations, a very important role when preparing for a season. » Following a good first season in the CFA, what are the objectives of Red Star ? « To go one step better, aim to finish as high as possible » Lots of long away trips in store for Red Star « It's up to us to tackles them as best as possible. » The presence of six resrve teams in the group. « A thorny issue, above all when from one week to the next a pro club reserve team can change completely. We have a compact group, it's up to our team to adapt itself to the different styles of play of our opponents. Facing a pro club reserve team is also a great motivation.… » Jean-Marc Brucato in his Red Star playing days

Updated 9^th July 2007

FIXTURE LIST OUT The FFF have published the fixture list for the 2007-2008 season. Red Star start with two long-distance away trips, firstly to the other side of Bourg-en-Bresse to play Jura Sud Foot, then one week later they head off east again to play Besançon. The first home game is at home to last seasons' Coupe de France semi-finalists, Montceau-les-Mines, at Stade Bauer on the 25th of August. For more details, see the full fixture list. ON THE TRANSFER FRONT Red Star FC 93 have announced the signing of defender Hernane Cavaleiro from Angers. Born on the 12th January 1980 in Créteil, Hernane has also played for Sucy-en-Brie, Pontault-Combault, Vincennes, Saint-Maur Lusitanos, Fafe (Portugal) and Varzim (Portugal). Hernane Cavaleiro

Updated 6^th July 2007

STEEVE THEOPHILE - STRIKER - SIGNS FOR RED STAR. Steeve Theophile - striker - signs for Red Star Details Name Forename Nationality Age Birthdate Birthplace Height Weight Position Theophile Steeve French 25 09/09/1980 Paris 1.89m 85 Striker Career to date : 2006/2007 : Royal Charleroi Sporting Club D1 Belgium Montluçon CFA/Istres L1/Créteil L2/Guegnon L2/Racing Club de Paris N Youth player at FC Nantes. ASSISTANT COACH UNVEILED. Red Star yesterday unveiled their new assistant coach. Seconding Bruno Naidon next season will be Jean-Marc BRUCATO, whom is no stranger to Stade Bauer having worn the green shirt of Red Star from 1988 to 1994. We would like to welcome back Jean-Marc and wish him much success with Red Star FC 93. We hope to bring you an exclusive interview with Jean-Marc very soon. REACTIONS.... to the announcement of the CFA groups for the seson 2007-2008. Mishi, supporter of Red Star and Dulwich, South London says "The CFA division is terrible: Having gone to Dieppe at the end of last season we were looking forward to visiting Rouen, or somewhere else in Normandy. But now the away games will be too awkward, so it will only be a home visit to Bauer sometime this season. Us 'Cockney Greens' are not happy !". Too right, mate, but then again, with low-cost flights to Geneva available, how about a nice trip to Thonon for when Red Star play Croix-de-Savoie ?

Updated 4^th July 2007

CFA GROUPS ANNOUNCED. The FFF have published the groups for the forthcoming CFA season. There has been considerable reshuffling of the groups, so whereas last season Red Star were in a group that took in the west of France, with several local derbies thrown in (Poissy, PSG, Villemomble, Saint-Geneviève, Moissy), this term Red Star will have to look eastwards. In fact, the closest away game is some 100 miles away, near Reims, in Epernay ! No local derbies at all. Here is the group: AUXERRE B BELFORT ASM BESANCON CROIX DE SAVOIE EPERNAY RC EPINAL JURA SUD FOOT LYON B METZ B MONTCEAU FC BOURGOGNE MULHOUSE NANCY B RAON L'ETAPE SOCHAUX B SAINT PRIEST STRASBOURG B VESOUL For some of the more obscure club names, Croix de Savoie play at Thonon-les-Bains, by the side of Lake Geneva and Jura Sud Foot are based mid-way between Bourg-en-Bresse and Geneva. A quick calculation reveals that Red Star will have to travel over 13000km this season, as opposed to 7600 last season. Looking around the other groups, four local clubs Poissy, PSG, Saint-Geneviève and Moissy are in group D, which means away trips to the south-west including Anglet and Biarritz (virtualy in Spain !) as well as two trips to face the two Bordeaux clubs in that divsion. Racing, another local club have "inherited" Red Stars' old group, shifted slightly northwards this season to include Lille and Lens, amongst others. Perhaps the bizzarest change is in the CFA 2 group H, composed almost entirely of Parisian region clubs, except for.... Bastia reserves, based in Corsica !!

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