The Dijon Gazette
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
5 academy players handed senior numbers at Dijon
The morning the pathway stops being a brochure and becomes a team sheet. Most of them will not be here in three years; all of them have already done the hard part, which was getting to today.
Market17 Aug 2026
Hervé Benoit steps up from the Dijon academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Hervé Benoit 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
Philippe Carpentier steps up from the Dijon academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Philippe Carpentier 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
Marc Guyot steps up from the Dijon academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Marc Guyot 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
Marc Gaillard steps up from the Dijon academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Marc Gaillard 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.
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
Julien Domingues runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 18. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Words at Dijon training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Jules Kalczynski is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Boardroom17 Aug 2026
Dijon turn down the training-ground plan
It is the quietest way a club tells you what its ambitions are. The money was asked for, the money was refused, and the people who work there every day now know exactly where they stand.
In brief
- Match Dijon draw a blank against Valenciennes
- Squad Tyris Dong makes his debut at 17
- Squad Waly Diouf left out for tactical reasons at Dijon