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“We don’t throw 500 euro notes out the window”: Concarneau, homeless in French football, survives despite the hardships

2024-03-27T05:44:36.759Z

Highlights: US Concarneau play all its home matches far from the walled city of Guy-Piriou. The Breton club is fighting to save its place in Ligue 2. Le Petit Poucet gets by with a budget of 6 million euros, the smallest in the championship. Pau or Quevilly Rouen, teams which are not rolling in gold, are gambling for their survival with an envelope 20% higher. Maintenance, if it is… This article is reserved for subscribers. You have 92% left to discover.


REPORT - With a tiny budget and forced to play all its home matches far from the walled city, the Breton club is fighting to save its place in Ligue 2.


Behind the handrail of the grassy lawn of the Guy-Piriou stadium, a father and his two sons watch US Concarneau train.

Hands immersed in parkas to face the gray weather.

However, the session is supposed to be held behind closed doors.

We don’t have a security agent so people do what they want,

sighs Manon Puloch, the club’s communications manager, who will let the trio attend the debates.

To discover

  • Ligue 2 ranking

  • Calendar and results Ligue 2

Welcome to the Concarnoise Sports Union, appellation of origin of the century-old Finistère club founded in 1911 and thrown last spring into the deep end of Ligue 2 professionalism. Since this historic rise, the Thoniers must weigh each euro spent.

Le Petit Poucet gets by with a budget of 6 million euros, the smallest in the championship, seven times lower than that of the Girondins de Bordeaux.

Pau or Quevilly Rouen, teams which are not rolling in gold, are gambling for their survival with an envelope 20% higher.

Maintenance, if it is…

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Source: lefigaro

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