Valenciennes is climbing up the French league table slowly but surely and is currently on 5th place thanks to a well deserved win against FC Rennes. The Slovak international who started the last five games for his team had to settle for a place on the bench on Sunday, yet assisted a goal after coming […]

Nancy failed to take full advantage of Lyon´s surprise defeat to Caen but they did close the gap on the league leaders to four points after a goalless draw against Valenciennes. In a poor game with few chances the hosts will feel slightly aggrieved as they created the better openings. Valenciennes will settle for a […]

Filip Sebo could have been facing Olympique Lyonnais on Champions League rather than Ligue 1 duty this season had his cult hero status at Rangers been based on an ability to find the net rather than a surname that lent itself perfectly to terracing chanting. Sebo – or Seeeeeeebooooooo as it became whenever he emerged […]

After the international break, it was back to league action. In the 15th round of the French ligue 1 Valenciennes travelled to Stade de la Meinau to face Racing Club de Strasbourg, commonly known as RC Strasbourg. As it was the case in the last four games against Rennes, Lyon, Caen and Anderlecht Brussels, Sebo […]

High-flying Valenciennes continued their fine home form with a convincing victory over lowly Auxerre. Steve Savidan opened the scoring from the spot before Eric Chelle doubled their lead, leaving Johan Audel to wrap up the hosts´ seventh home win of the season. The convincing triumph puts the northerners in a strong position to fight for […]

The 23-year-old Slovakian who temporarily left the Scottish giant Glasgow Rangers despite enjoying a cult hero status has just recently been awarded the player of the month trophy in France. Filip has joined the ambitious French team on loan in August and it looks like he is beginning to establish himself in a new country, […]

The friendly match between Valenciennes and RSC Anderlecht, that has been played at the end of last week, ended in a 3-all draw. However on the stroke of half-time the team of Ariel Jacobs was behind 2-0. But Anderlecht fought back and after 90 minutes of play the 3-3 final score was on the board. […]

Filip Sebo started the second consecutive match for FC Valenciennes and he thanked the manager for his faith by scoring two goals against Caen this Saturday. Fila hit the net in Ligue 1 for the first time after being sent on loan to France, as his previous goal which he added to his tally was […]

Valenciennes´ number 29 Filip Sebo was not given a chance to convert brilliant motivation against his former manager. High-flying Valenciennes missed a golden opportunity to take fourth spot in Ligue 1 after being held to a goalless draw by struggling Paris Saint-Germain at the Stade Nungesser. Given the respective records of the two sides – […]

Valenciennes coach Antoine Kombouare is not fooled by Paris St Germain´s poor start to the season and has urged his men to be ready to defend their fortress, the Stade Nungesser, on Saturday. PSG have won only two of their 10 games this season but both those victories came away from the Parc des Princes. […]