The Djoliba Courier
Squad5 Oct 2026
A knee injury of the worst kind for Lassana N'Diaye
35 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Djoliba lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.
Match3 Oct 2026
Djoliba tear US Bougouni apart
Rarely has this fixture seen a display like it: 3‑0 against US Bougouni, and it could have been more.
Player ratings5 Oct 2026
Both of them Nankoma Keïta's — 8.37
2 goals, and the second was the one that settled it. Marked 8.37, and he could have had a third with better luck at the near post.
Squad5 Oct 2026
Modibo Maïga signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Modibo Maïga and Djoliba agree another 2 years.
Boardroom5 Oct 2026
3 academy graduates step up at Djoliba
Senior shirt numbers handed to boys the coaches have known since they were twelve. Most will not make it and all of them have already done the hard part.
Market5 Oct 2026
Bakary Toure steps up from the Djoliba academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Bakary Toure has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Market5 Oct 2026
Djoliba promote Cheick Diarra from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Cheick Diarra has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Market5 Oct 2026
One of our own: Daouda Soumare joins the Djoliba first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Daouda Soumare is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Squad5 Oct 2026
This league is too small for Modibo Maïga
He is doing things on a Saturday afternoon that nobody around him can answer, which is flattering for about one season and a problem after that. Djoliba will not keep him by pretending otherwise.
In brief
- Boardroom 107% of the income goes out in wages at Djoliba
- Squad Modibo Maïga stands down from international duty
- The dugout A satisfied Cheick Fofana