The Dijon Gazette
Squad17 Aug 2026
Hatem Mimoune damages knee ligaments — 42 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 42 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Paul Delecroix keeps Dijon in it on his own
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 9 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Paul Delecroix in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Dijon this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Boardroom17 Aug 2026
Graduation day at Dijon
2 boys move up, and somewhere in the building the people who coached them at twelve are quietly having the best morning of their working year. Nothing about this shows up in a result and it is why the academy exists.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Jordan Marié falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Market17 Aug 2026
Julien Girard steps up from the Dijon academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Julien Girard 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.
Market17 Aug 2026
One of our own: Patrick Brunet joins the Dijon first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Patrick Brunet is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Match15 Aug 2026
Valenciennes take the points off Dijon
Beaten 0‑1, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
Nobody could get near Julien Domingues
Successful dribbles: 14. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
In brief
- Boardroom Dijon turn down the training-ground plan
- Player ratings An afternoon Jordan Marié will want back
- Market The shop window has Antonin Marsin in it