USL Dunkerque – Paris FC : Presentation of the match

On Friday evening, Paris FC will play against USL Dunkerque at 7 pm at the Stade Marcel Tribut. Late match of the 20th round of Ligue 2 BKT.

The point before the match

USL Dunkerque’s start in the league has been particularly difficult with only two points after the first six games. The victory in Pau at the end of September (2-1) was the beginning of a good period, marked by 4 victories and 1 draw, which allowed Dunkerque to leave the red zone and climb to the 13th place of the Ligue 2 BKT at the end of the 14th day. A good omen in the perspective of maintenance.

However, the engine jammed at the beginning of November and the Maritimes then followed another series, with five straight defeats in the championship in as many days. 0 point, 9 goals conceded and only 1 scored. Dunkerque has therefore fallen in the standings. This bad cycle was accompanied by an elimination in the 7th round of the French Cup by one of the small thumbed, Linas-Montlhéry (N3), winner 1-0 in extra time.

For its first game of 2022, last Friday at the Tribut stadium, USLD contained Sochaux (0-0). The club is 19th in L2 with 17 points (4v, 5n, 11d – 15 bp/26bc) with 2 points ahead of the red lantern Nancy and 5 behind Valenciennes (18th and play-off) and Grenoble (17th).

The coach

Born in Saint-Chamond in 1977, Romain Revelli played several seasons with the ASSE reserve team before turning to coaching at a young age. First in Puy and then at the departmental level, before returning to Saint-Etienne in 2003 where he took charge of the U17 until 2007, when he became assistant coach to Christophe Galtier in L1 (2007/2011). He then coached Evian Thonon-Gaillard, Andrézieux-Bouthéon, Cholet, and then again Andrézieux.

First leg

Round 2 (31/07) : Paris FC 2-1 USLD – Goals : M.Guilavogui (11′) and M.Gakpa (62′) – Video summary

Last four USL Dunkerque – Paris FC

2013/14 N: USL Dunkerque 1-0 Paris FC
2014/15 N : USL Dunkerque 1-1 Paris FC
2016/17 N : USL Dunkerque 1-0 Paris FC
2020/21 L2 : USL Dunkerque 0-1 Paris FC

From one Club to another

Gilles Brisson, Ibrahim Cissé, Cheick Fantamady Diarra, Marvin Gapka, Arthur Gomis, Redouane Kerrouche, Cyril Mandouki, Xavier Poitrinal, Malik Tchokounte, Baboye Traoré, Samuel Yohou and Mario-Jason Kikonda have played for both clubs.
Francis Smerecki and Fabien Mercadal have coached both teams.