The AS Etat Major Post
Market2 Nov 2026
Djibrine Mahamat hands in a written request
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what AS Etat Major can pretend not to have heard.
Player ratings2 Nov 2026
No sign of nerves from Noussair Hamdallah at 19 — 7.89
The hardest thing about being 19 in a senior side is that nobody makes allowances. Noussair Hamdallah did not need any: 7.89, and he looked the most comfortable man on the pitch.
Squad2 Nov 2026
A muscle injury and 14 days out for Ezechiel Tokindang
The most common injury in the game and the most rushed back from. AS Etat Major will quote 14 days and will be careful with it, because the second one is always worse than the first.
Boardroom2 Nov 2026
AS Etat Major counting the cost
The accounts make uncomfortable reading. Wages first and ambition second is the order of business at AS Etat Major now.
The terraces2 Nov 2026
The crowd has taken to Noussair Hamdallah
At 19 he is being sung about by people twice his age, which is an affection a signing has to earn over years and a local kid gets for turning up. It is also the hardest thing in football to live up to.
Squad2 Nov 2026
A falling-out at AS Etat Major
Marius Mbainaissem and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Match31 Oct 2026
Noussair Hamdallah the difference as AS Etat Major beat AS Algoy
Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: Noussair Hamdallah. 1‑0 against AS Algoy, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.
Squad2 Nov 2026
Noussair Hamdallah is the division's best young player this month
At 19 he has spent a month being better than everybody his age in the league, which is a different and harder thing than one good afternoon. AS Etat Major will try very hard not to make too much of it.
Loan watch2 Nov 2026
Idriss Moustapha has seen enough of AS DGSSIE
“I am grateful for the games, but I did not become a footballer to be somebody else's spare part.” He wants to be at AS Etat Major, and 4 appearances in 11 say he has earned the hearing.
In brief
- Squad A place in the month's best eleven for Patrick Etame
- The dugout Moussa Mbaiguedem: “That is the standard”
- Player ratings Brahim Abba runs at them all day