The Sochaux Courier
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
Boubacar Fofana scores twice — 9.09
Two goals and a mark of 9.09 to go with them. Strikers are judged on afternoons like this one and remembered for far fewer of them than people imagine.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
An offer of $6.1M for Philipp Köhn
Sochaux have gone to Monaco with a bid, and the supporters have gone to the internet with an opinion about it. Whether either changes anything is up to the selling club.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Sochaux rebuffed over Diego Coppola
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Paris FC have kept their man, and Sochaux go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Sochaux make their move for Joan Tincres
$1.6M on the table at Le Havre AC. The manager wanted him, the board agreed a number, and the only voices still to be heard are the ones at the other club.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Karim Boullif signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Karim Boullif commits to Sochaux for another 3 years.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Words at Sochaux training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Julien Masson 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.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Sochaux
Dylan Tavares was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Match8 Aug 2026
Sochaux see off Chamois Niortais
Three points for Sochaux, 2‑1 the final word against Chamois Niortais in a contest settled by the finer margins.
The terraces10 Aug 2026
Sochaux supporters have found a favourite in Redwan Bourlès
There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 23-year-old it feels ownership of. Redwan Bourlès has it now, and everything he does for the rest of his time here will be measured against the goodwill he was handed for free.
In brief
- Market One of our own: Michel Bernard joins the Sochaux first team
- Market Sochaux promote Rémy Chevalier from within
- Market Stéphane Pons steps up from the Sochaux academy