Mathieu Gorgelin

Goalkeeper - Sochaux
16 Jan 2027
Saturday
Process

Marked for Mathieu Gorgelin

24 Edition

The Sochaux Courier

11 Jan 2027
From our football correspondent Crisis

Market

Mehdi Jeannin puts it in writing

“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Sochaux, and it is not being withdrawn.

Match

No end in sight to Sochaux's wait for a win

5 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Sochaux has to find a result from somewhere.

Squad

Selim Pellissard keeps the receipts

“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Sochaux may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.

Market

Paris FC come back empty-handed

The bid was some way short and Sochaux did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.

Market

Sochaux get their man

The chase for Marcel Duval ended with $480.0K changing hands and Chamois Niortais out of reasons to say no. The supporters will judge the fee the only way that matters: on Saturdays.

Squad

Tempers go at Sochaux

Julien Masson 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.

Squad

Mathieu Gorgelin gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

Market

US Creteil join the queue for Adam Zenati

Add another name to the list: US Creteil have asked the question everybody in the game has been asking about Adam Zenati. The answer from Sochaux has not changed — yet.

Match

Tours take the points off Sochaux

Beaten 0‑1, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.

In brief

Back issues
20 Edition

The Sochaux Courier

14 Dec 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

Benoît Costil keeps Sochaux in it on his own

Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 6 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.

Squad

Tempers go at Sochaux

Paulo Díaz 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.

Squad

Mathieu Gorgelin gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

In brief

14 Edition

The Sochaux Courier

2 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Player ratings

Nobody could get near Aymen Boutoutaou

Successful dribbles: 28. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Squad

Tempers go at Sochaux

Paulo Díaz 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.

Match

Sochaux get the job done against Nimes

A 2‑1 win over Nimes, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.

Boardroom

249% of the income goes out in wages at Sochaux

Every club in football pays most of what it earns to its players. Paying nearly all of it is a different arrangement, and it has ended the same way every time somebody has tried it.

Squad

No hiding place for Mathieu Gorgelin

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Mathieu Gorgelin, and the manager let it.

Player ratings

One of those days for Simon Kalambayi

There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.23, and no argument anywhere in the ground.

In brief

9 Edition

The Sochaux Courier

28 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

Paulo Díaz out for 110 days

The medical room confirms 110 days on the sidelines for Paulo Díaz, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.

Squad

Paulo Díaz 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.

Squad

Mathieu Gorgelin gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

In brief