The Sochaux Courier
Squad17 Aug 2026
A day Boubacar Fofana will not forget
4 goals in one game. The first was taken well, the second was taken greedily, and by the third the crowd were simply waiting for him to get the ball.
Match15 Aug 2026
No mercy from Sochaux
AC Ajaccio will want this one forgotten quickly: 4‑0, every duel lost, and a long ride home. Sochaux were ruthless in the way good sides are ruthless.
Transfer targets17 Aug 2026
Paris FC tell Sochaux: Ilan Kebbal is not for sale
The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
Stanis Idumbo was unplayable
Successful dribbles: 25. He went past people as if he had been told there was a prize for it, and by the end the full-back had stopped pretending to try.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Words exchanged at Sochaux
Julien Masson and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Boardroom17 Aug 2026
Graduation day at Sochaux
3 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.
The terraces17 Aug 2026
One of their own: Julien Vetro
He is 22 and the ground already sings his name, which is a thing that happens to local boys and almost never to signings. Everything from here is measured against an affection he did nothing to earn except be from here.
Market17 Aug 2026
Charles Huet steps up from the Sochaux academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Charles Huet 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: Hervé Martin joins the Sochaux first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Hervé Martin is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
In brief
- Market Daniel Aubry steps up from the Sochaux academy
- Player ratings Boubacar Fofana in the eights
- Squad A row about effort at Sochaux