French season 2011-12

Lyonnais · Post by **Lyonnais** » Mon May 21, 2012 20:28

Key players (16): Costil - Théophile-Catherine, Kana-Biyik, Danzé, Boye (GHA), Mangane (SEN), Apam (NGA), Mavinga - M'Vila, Féret, Doumbia, Pajot - Pitroïpa (BUR), Kembo, Montano (COL), Hadji (MOR)
Domestic players: 10/16 (63%)
Average age: 25.3 years
U21 players: Pajot, Mavinga

Key players (15): Ruffier - Goulham, Marchal, Mignot, Ebondo, Zouma - Clément, Sako, Guilavogui, Lemoine, Gradel (CIV), Nicolita (ROM), Battles - Aubameyang, Sinama-Pongolle
Domestic players: 12/15 (80%)
Average age: 26.3 years
U21 players: Ghoulam, Guilavogui, Zouma

Key players (16): Ahamada - Congré, Abdennour (TUN), M'Bengué (SEN), Ninkov (SRB) - Sissoko, Capoue, Tabanou, Didot, Devaux, Machado (POR), Braaten (NOR), Sirieix, Regattin - Bulut (TUR), Rivière
Domestic players: 10/16 (63%)
Average age: 25.5 years
U21 players: Ahamada, Regattin

Key players (18): Andersen (DEN) - Dja Djédjé, Angoula, Wass (DEN), Ehret, Mongongu (RDC) - Cambon, Sorlin, Poulsen (DEN), Barbosa, Tie Bi, Rabiu (GHA), Kahlenberg (DEN), Leroy - Sagbo (CIV), Khlifa (TUN), Govou, Bérigaud
Domestic players: 10/18 (56%)
Average age: 28.2 years
U21 players: Dja Djédjé, Tié Bi

Key players (16): Mandanda - Morel, Nkoulou (CAM), Azpilicueta (ESP), Fanni, Diawara (SEN) - Cheyrou, Amalfitano, Diarra, Valbuena, Kaboré (BUR), Mbia (CAM) - Rémy, A. Ayew (GHA), J. Ayew (GHA), Brandao (BRA)
Domestic players: 8/16 (50%)
Average age: 27.0 years
U21 players: J. Ayew

Lyonnais · Post by **Lyonnais** » Mon May 21, 2012 21:50

Key players (15): N'Dy Assembé (CAM) - André Luiz (BRA), Sané, Sami (RDC), Lotiès, Haidara, Puygrenier, Lemaître - Karaboué, Mollo, Mangani, Traoré (MAL) - Niculae (ROM), Bakar, Moukandjo (CAM)
Domestic players: 9/15 (60%)
Average age: 26.0 years
U21 players: Sané, Haidara

Key players (16): Penneteau - Isimat-Mirin, Bong (CAM), Mater, Ducourtioux,Gil (BRA), Angoua (CIV) - Cohade, Danic, Kadir (ALG), Gomis (SEN), Sanchez (COL), Saez, Dossevi - Aboubakar (CAM), Samassa (MAL)
Domestic players: 8/16 (50%)
Average age: 27.2 years
U21 players: Isimat-Mirin, Aboubakar

Key players (17): Ospina (COL) - Civelli (ARG), Monzon (ARG), Clerc, Pejcinovic (SRB), Gomis (GUI) - Digard, Abriel, Sablé, Meriem, Diakité (MAL), Anin - Mounier, Mouloungui (GAB), Dja Djédjé (CIV), Guié Guié (CIV)
Domestic players: 7/17 (41%)
Average age: 27.2 years
U21 players: none

Key players (19): Richert - Sauget, Corchia, Peybernes, Perquis (POL), Mikari (TUN), Banana (CAM) - Boudebouz (ALG), Martin, Nogueira, Carlao (BRA), Roudet, Poujol, Lopy (SEN) - Butin, Maïga (MAL), Privat, A. Camara (GUI), Bakambu
Domestic players: 11/19 (58%)
Average age: 25.2 years
U21 players: Corchia, Peybernes, Banana, Lopy, Bakambu

Key players (16): Elana - Baysse Zebina, Martial, Coulibaly (MAL), Gentiletti (ARG), Daf (SEN), Lorenzi, Kantari (MOR) - Grougi, Lesoimier, Culma (COL), Ewolo (CON), Licka (CZE) - Ben Basat (ISR), Poyet
Domestic players: 8/16 (50%)
Average age: 28.9 years
U21 players: Martial

Lyonnais · Post by **Lyonnais** » Mon May 21, 2012 22:13

Key players (17): Ochoa (MEX) - Poulard, Bourhous, Diawara (MAL), Lippini, Tiberi - Medjani (ALG), Pierazzi, Mostefa (ALG), André, Cavalli, Sammaritano, Kinkela (RDC), Lasne - Eduardo (BRA), Ilan (BRA), Socrier
Domestic players: 10/17 (59%)
Average age: 28.3 years
U21 players: André

Key players (16): Audard - Ecuele Manga (GAB), Mareque (ARG), Koné, Bourillon, Baca, Le Lan - Romao (TOG), Mvuema, Jouffre, Coutadeur, Autret - Monnet-Paquet, Alladière, Emeghara (SUI), Campbell (COS)
Domestic players: 11/16 (69%)
Average age: 26.9 years
U21 players: Autret, Campbell

Key players (16): Thébaux - Vandam, Heurtaux, Sorbon, leca, Raineau, Montaroup - Bulot, Seube, Hamouma, Proment, Nivet - Frau, Nabab, Traoré (CIV), Niang
Domestic players: 15/16 (94%)
Average age: 27.6 years
U21 players: Bulot, Niang

Key players (19): Reynet - Souprayen, Meïté (CIV), Bamba (CIV), Varrault, Paulle, Zarour, Diabaté (CIV) - Corgnet, Sankharé, Bauthéac, Guerbert, Kumordzi (GHA), Kakuta, Altama, Berenguer - Jovial, Thil, Koné (CIV)
Domestic players: 14/19 (74%)
Average age: 25.4 years
U21 players: Reynet, Kakuta, Altama

Key players (17): Sorin - Grichting (SUI), Boly, Hengbart, Berthod - Dudka (POL), Cissé, Chafni (MOR), Traoré (BUR), Ndinga (CON), Contout, Mandjeck (CAM), Segbefia (TOG), Kapo - Oliech (KEN), Le tallec, Sahar (ISR)
Domestic players: 8/17 (47%)
Average age: 27.5 years
U21 players: Boly, Segbefia

Lyonnais · Post by **Lyonnais** » Tue May 22, 2012 08:10

Domestic players

Out of the 328 players who had a significant time play (> 25% of the games, i.e. 855 minutes minutes), 191 are French, i.e. 58%.
This is a bit less than Spain (60%), but higher than Italy (52%), Germany (48%) or England (39%).

The 137 foreign players split as follows: Brazil (17), Ivory Coast (12), Cameroon (11), Senegal (10), Mali (8), Argentina (6), Ghana (5), Algeria, Burkina-Foaso, Colombia, Denmark, Morocco, Tunisia (4), Czech Rep., Gabon, Poland, RDC Congo, Serbia (3), Congo, Guinea, Israel, Italy, Nigeria, Romania, Switzerland, Togo (2), Belgium, Chile, Costa Rica, Croatia, England, Spain, Kenya, Mexico, Montenegro, Norway, Portugal, Sweden, Turkey (1).
So the Brazilian colony is the most represented in France, like in Germany, whereas the Argentinians are the most numerous in Italy and Spain and the Ireland in England.

Note that 40 French players play in the other leagues (18 in England, 12 in Spain, 8 in Italy and 2 in Germany).

The most local team in France is Caen with 15 French players out of 16, i.e. a rate of 94%. This is a record shared with Athletic Bilbao.
In Europe, teams with a % of domestic players higher than 75% are Bilbao (94%), Caen (94%), Siena (93%), Rayo Vallecano (82%), Atalanta (80%), St Etienne (80%), Juventus (79%), Santander (75%) and Betis (75%).

The most international teams are Paris SG and Nice with 41% (7 French players out of 17).
The most international teams in the other leagues are Arsenal (13%), Wigan (13%), Inter (17%) and Fulham (19%).

Average age

The average age in the French league is 26.9 years.
Germany is 26.4, Spain 27.4, England 27.8 and Italy 28.7.

The youngest team in France is Sochaux (25.2 years in average). The oldest is Brest (28.9 years).
4 teams in the other leagues have an average lower than 25 years: Bilbao (24.7), Hoffenheim (24.7), Dortmund (24.9) and Espanyol (24.9).
5 teams have an average age higher than 30: Levante (30.8), Milan (30.8), Cesena (30.6), Fulham (30.6) and Lazio (30.4).

The oldest player in the French league is Teddy Richert, the keeper of Sochaux (37.7 years). This is however still very young compared to the keeper of Cesena Antonioli who is more than 42 years!
The youngest player is M'Baye Niang (forward of Caen) who is 17.5 years (born on 19/12/94). This is the youngest player of the 5 leagues under review.

At last, 37 U21 players (born after 30/06/90) played in the French League this season. France (37) and Germany (33) are much above the other leagues (Spain 22, England 15, Italy 13).

There were 5 U21 players in the Sochaux squad, which represents a record with Schalke.
Teams with 3 or more U21 players are the following: Schalke, Sochaux (5), Kaiserslautern, Lyon, Man. Utd, Werder (4).

Lyonnais · Post by **Lyonnais** » Sun Jun 24, 2012 10:13

National Team

This is the end of the season for the selection. There have been some promises but the Euro showed how much work there was still to be done.

Official games:

Albania - France 1-2
Romania - France 0-0
France - Albania 3-0
France Bosnia 1-1
England - France 1-1
Ukraine - France 0-2
Sweden - France 2-0
Spain - France 2-0

8 games - 3 wins, 3 draws, 2 defeats - 9 goals for, 7 goals against

Friendly games:

France - Chile 1-1
France - USA 1-0
France - Belgium 0-0
Germany - France 1-2
France - Iceland 3-2
France - Serbia 2-0
France - Estonia 4-0

7 games - 5 wins and 2 draws - 13 goals for, 4 against

France scored 22 goals: Benzema, Malouda, Rémy, Ribéry (3), Menez, Nasri (2), Cabaye, Debuchy, Guroud, M'Vila, Rami, Réveillère (1)

Lyonnais · Post by **Lyonnais** » Sun Jun 24, 2012 10:43

Laurent Blanc used 34 players this season.
The 18 key players (time play > 25%) are the following:

........ Ribery (Remy) - Benzema - Nasri (Menez) ...............
........ Malouda - M'Vila (Diarra) - Cabaye (Martin) ..............
Evra (Clichy) - Mexès (Abidal) - Rami - Debuchy (Réveillère)
................................. Lloris ............................................

Hugo LLORIS
Keeper, 25, Lyon & France (37 caps)
Career: Nice - Lyon (2008)
Winner of the Coupe de France 2008

Mathieu DEBUCHY
Right back, 26, Lille & France (9 caps)
Career: Lille (2003)
Champion of France 2011
Winner of the Coupe de France 2011

Anthony REVEILLERE
Right back, 32, Lyon & France (18 caps)
Career: Rennes - Valencia - Lyon (2003)
Champion of France (5) in 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 & 2008
Winner of the Coupe de France (2) in 2008 & 2012

Adil RAMI
Central defender, 26, Valencia & France (24 caps)
Career: Lille - Valencia (2011)
Champion of France 2011
Winner of the Coupe de France 2011

Philippe MEXES
Central defender, 30, Milan & France (29 caps)
Career: Auxerre - Roma - Milan (2011)
Winner of the Confederations Cup 2003
Winner of the Coupe de France 2003
Winner of the Coppa Italia (2) in 2007 & 2008

Eric ABIDAL
Defender, 32, Barcelona & France (61 caps)
Career: Monaco - Lille - Lyon - Barcelona (2007)
Winner of the Champions League (2) in 2009 & 2011
Champion of France (3) in 2005, 2006 & 2007
Champion of Spain (3) in 2009, 2010 & 2011
Winner of the Copa del Rey(2) in 2009 & 2012

Patrice EVRA
Left-back, 31, Man. United & France (42 caps)
Career: Marsala - Monza - Nice - Monaco - Man. United (2006)
Winner of the Champions League 2008
Champion of England (4) in 2007, 2008, 2009 & 2011
Winner of the Coupe de la Ligue 2003
Winner of the League Cup (3) in 2006, 2009 & 2010

Gaël CLICHY
Left-back, 26, Man. City & France (15 caps)
Career: Cannes - Arsenal - Man. City (2011)
Champion of England (2) in 2004 (Arsenal) & 2012 (Man. City)

Yann M'VILA
Defensive midfielder, 21, Rennes & France (22 caps)
Career: Rennes (2008

Alou DIARRA
Defensive midfielder, 30, Marseille & France (44 caps)
Career: Louhans - Le Havre - Bastia - Lens - Lyon - Bordeaux - Marseille (2011)
Champion of France (2) in 2007 (Lyon) & 2009 (Bordeaux)
Winner of the Coupe de la Ligue 2012 (Marseille)

Yohan CABAYE
Midfield, 26, Newcastle & France (16 caps)
Career: Lille - Newcastle (2011)
Champion of France 2011
Winner of the Coupe de France 2011

Marvin MARTIN
Midfield, 24, Sochaux & France (14 caps)
Career: Sochaux - Lille (2012)

Florent MALOUDA
Midfield, 32, Chelsea & France (80 caps)
Career: Châteauroux - Guingamp - Lyon - Chelsea (2007)
Winner of the Champions League 2012
Champion of France (4) in 2004, 2005, 2006 & 2007
Champion of England 2010
Winner of the FA CUp (3) in 2009, 2010 & 2012

Samir NASRI
Offensive midfielder, 24, Man. City & France (35 caps)
Career: Marseille - Arsenal - Man. City (2011)
Champion of England 2012

Jeremy MENEZ
Offensive midfielder, 25, Paris SG & France (16 caps)
Career: Sochaux - Monaco - Roma - Paris SG (2011)

Franck RIBERY
Offensive midfielder, 29, Bayern & France (63 caps)
Career: Metz - Galatasaray - Marseille - Bayern (2007)
Champion of Germany (2) in 2008 & 2010
Winner of the Cup of Turkey 2005
Winner of the DFB Pokal (2) in 2008 & 2010

Loïc REMY
Forward, 25, Marseille & France (17 caps)
Career: Lyon - Lens - Nice - Marseille (2010)
Champion of France (2) in 2007 & 2008
Winner of the Coupe de la Ligue (2) in 2011 & 2012

Karim BENZEMA
Forward, 24, Real Madrid & France (49 caps)
Career: Lyon - Real Madrid (2009)
Champion of France (4) in 2005, 2006, 2007 & 2008
Champion of Spain 2012
Winner of the Coupe de France 2008
Winner of the Copa del Rey 2011

The other players selected during the season were:

Laurent Koscielny (Defender, Arsenal)
Younes Kaboul (Defender, Tottenham)
Olivier Giroud (Forward, Montpellier)
Mathieu Valbuena (Midfield, Marseille)
Bakari Sagna (Defender, Arsenal)
Hatem Ben Arfa (Midfield, Newcastle)
Kevin Gameiro (Forward, Paris SG)
Steve Mandanda (Keeper, Marseille)
Jeremy Mathieu (Defender, Valencia)
Mamadou Sakho (Defender, Paris SG)
Maxime Gonalons (Midfield, Lyon)
Bafetimbi Gomis (Forward, Lyon)
Yoann Gourcuff (Midfield, Lyon)
Morgan Amalfitano (Midfield, Marseille)
Blaise Matuidi (Midfield, Paris SG)
Djibril Cissé (Forward, QPR)

seso · Post by **seso** » Sun Jun 24, 2012 12:53

I expect Yohan Cabaye to be bought by one of the big european clubs. He was very good in the Euro, and at 26 he seems a very good transfer! Good choice by Newcastle Utd!

Lyonnais · Post by **Lyonnais** » Sun Jun 24, 2012 18:14

seso wrote:I expect Yohan Cabaye to be bought by one of the big european clubs. He was very good in the Euro, and at 26 he seems a very good transfer! Good choice by Newcastle Utd!

yes good signing from Newcastle. Cabaye made a good season in the Premier League and was the biggest satisfaction of the Euro in the French side.