The Sochaux Courier
Market17 Aug 2026
Yuliwes Bellache is a Sochaux player
The fee is $600.0K, the contract is signed, and the argument about whether he is worth it can begin. Clermont Foot drove a hard bargain; time will say who won it.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Julien Masson 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 Sochaux this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
A masterclass from Boubacar Fofana
Marked 9.99 — the sort of number a correspondent writes down twice to be sure. Everything he tried came off, and what he did not try was not worth trying.
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
Aymen Boutoutaou in the eights
A performance of 9.36 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.
Match15 Aug 2026
Sochaux get the job done against AC Ajaccio
A 3‑1 win over AC Ajaccio, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.
Squad17 Aug 2026
No hiding place for Mehdi Jeannin
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Mehdi Jeannin, and the manager let it.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Costly mistake from Mehdi Jeannin
An error at the back is a moment; an error in goal is a goal. Mehdi Jeannin knows it, the crowd knew it instantly, and there was nobody behind him to make it anything else.
Market17 Aug 2026
Sochaux buy the years ahead of Jean Dufour
He is 16, and the scouting reports agree on the only line that matters: the ceiling. Signings like this are lottery tickets written by professionals.
Market17 Aug 2026
Sochaux buy the years ahead of Benoît Mercier
He is 15, and the scouting reports agree on the only line that matters: the ceiling. Signings like this are lottery tickets written by professionals.
In brief
- Market Sochaux buy the years ahead of Vincent Olivier
- Player ratings Nobody could get near Kapit Djoco
- Squad Boubacar Fofana finally opens his account