Notre Cœur, Notre Force | Red Star F.C. | EASFC 25

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Game: EA Sports FC 25
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House Rules

• Maximum of 25 first-team squad players (this excludes loaned out players and players yet to be promoted from the youth system)
• Cannot break wage structure, and cannot buy a player rated more than +1 on the best player in the squad
• All players signed must be scouted through the in-game network or popular/well-known. No use of SoFIFA or other ratings sites.
• All players must be signed and developed from the squad's youth academy or be a previous youth academy product.
• All players must be French or Algerian.

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Club History

Founded: 21 February 1897; 128 years ago
Ground: Stade Bauer
Capacity: 5,600
Owner: 777 Partners
President: Patrice Haddad
Head coach: Grégory Poirier
League: Ligue 2
2024–25: Ligue 3, 1st of 18

Early history
Red Star Football Club was founded on 21 February 1897 in a Parisian café by Jules Rimet and Ernest Weber under the name Red Star Club Français. The derivation of the name is uncertain; it is possibly taken from the red star of Buffalo Bill or possibly in reference to Miss Jenny, a British governess based in Paris who was adopted as the godmother of the club, who recommended the club be named after the historic shipping line, the Red Star Line.[7] Upon its creation, Rimet installed Jean de Piessac as club president and one of his younger brothers as club secretary. The club was officially inaugurated on 12 March 1897 after Rimet signed the club's statutes and sent them to the USFSA, which, during this time, served as the head of French football. Members of the club were required to pay ₣100 a month to help the club meet its daily quota. Red Star officially joined the USFSA in 1898 and was inserted into the third-tier of the association's football league system. In the club's infancy, the team played in navy blue and white at the Champ de Mars. However, soon after, Red Star moved to Meudon playing on a terrace overlooking the Seine Valley.[8] Midway through the year, de Piessac left his post as club president. Rimet quickly succeeded him and, by 1904, Red Star were playing in the first division of the USFSA league.[9]

In 1907, Red Star changed its name to Red Star Amical Club after merging with Amical Football Club. Due to the merger, the club departed Meudon and moved to Grenelle. After three years in Grenelle, the club moved to Saint-Ouen in Seine-Saint-Denis to play in the newly built Stade de Paris. On 25 October 1909, the stadium was inaugurated following a match between Red Star and English club Old Westminsters. The stadium was later renamed to its present name today. With the USFSA becoming disorganised in the early 1900s, Red Star joined the newly created Ligue de Football Association (LFA) in 1910. In 1912, the club earned its first honour after winning the association's Ligue Nationale. In the same year, the club also finished runner-up to Étoile des Deux Lacs in the Trophée de France.

1919–1975
In 1919, the French Football Federation was created and months later, the Coupe de France. From 1920–34, Red Star embarked on a remarkable uprising in which the club won four Coupe de France titles, achieved professional status, and were founding members of the French Division 1. The club's first Coupe de France victory came in 1921, when the club, led by French internationals Pierre Chayriguès, Paul Nicolas, Juste Brouzes, Lucien Gamblin and Maurice Meyer, defeated Olympique de Paris 2–1, courtesy of goals from Marcel Naudin and Robert Clavel. In the ensuing two seasons, Red Star won back-to-back Coupe de France titles. In 1922, the club defeated Stade Rennais UC 2–0 and, in 1923, Red Star beat Cette 4–2 to complete the hat trick. In 1926, Red Star completed a second merger, this time with its local rivals Olympique de Paris whom it had defeated just five years ago in a Coupe de France final. Due to the merger, Red Star changed its name to Red Star Olympique and dropped its navy blue and white combination for a simple white blouse. In 1928, Red Star won its fourth Coupe de France title of the decade defeating CA Paris 3–1 at the Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir in Colombes.

In July 1930, the National Council of the French Football Federation voted 128–20 in support of professionalism in French football. Red Star were among the first clubs to adopt the new statute and, subsequently, became professional and were founding members of the new league. In the league's inaugural season, Red Star were relegated after finishing in the bottom three of its group. As a result, the club played the following season in the inaugural season of the Division 2. Red Star won the league and returned to the first division for the 1934–35 season. Following the club's return to Division 1, Red Star switched its colours from white to the green and white that exists today. In 1967, they merged with Toulouse FC (not the current club) out of the latter club's financial reasons and bought Toulouse's place in the top division. The merged club last played in first division in the 1974–75 season.

Recent history
Red Star were relegated from Ligue 2 in 1999. In 1999–2000 they reached the semi-finals of the Coupe de la Ligue, losing to eventual champions Gueugnon. They were relegated to the fourth tier in 2001, thereby losing their professional status. A year later, the FFF sent them down another tier due to €1.5 million debts. From 2003 to 2005, Red Star played in the sixth-tier Division d'Honneur.[10]

After a long spell in the lower leagues, following a successful 2014–15 campaign, the team won promotion to Ligue 2, the second tier of French football.[11] In their first season back in Ligue 2, Red Star finished 5th on the table missing promotion to Ligue 1 by a single point.[12] In the 2016–17 Ligue 2 season, Red Star finished 19th and were relegated back to the third division of French football.[13]

Due to safety regulation issues with Stade Bauer, Red Star has been forced to play at different stadiums the past few seasons when in Ligue 2.[14] They have employed Stade Jean-Bouin in the past and then used Stade Pierre Brisson located in Beauvais. Since returning to the third tier in 2019, the club has returned to playing home matches at Stade Bauer.

In 2018, Red Star were promoted back to Ligue 2 as champions of the Championnat National.[15] They were relegated again the following season, finishing bottom of Ligue 2. Their relegation was confirmed on 27 April 2019 after losing 2–1 to champions FC Metz.[16]

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Club Honours

League Titles (2)

• Ligue 2 (2): 1933–34, 1938–39

Domestic Cups (0)

• Coupe de France (0):
• Trophée des Champions (0):

European Cups (0)

• UEFA Champions League (0):
• UEFA Europa League (0):
• UEFA Europa Conference League (0):
• UEFA Super Cup (0):

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Youth Academy

Scouts:
Naël Paquier - France - / - Scouting France

Graduates:

2024/2025 Season

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• 7/1/2024: Promoted ST Gustave Bocquet - France - 57 OVR - 17 years old
• 9/1/2024: Promoted RW Maël Picard - France - 66 OVR - 17 years old

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Transfer History

2024-25 - Net Transfers: €0

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Incoming - €0

• 1/8/2025: Bought ST Nicolò Tresoldi from Hannover 96 for €3,200,000

Outgoing - €0

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Season-by-Season Recaps

Overall
League Titles: 0
Domestic Cups Won: 0
Continental Cups Won: 0
Biggest Win:
Biggest Defeat:
Record Transfer Fee: €0
Club Record: 0GP, 0-0-0, 0GF, 0GA

2024/2025 Season

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Season-by-Season Success
Ligue 1 (0x), Ligue 2 (0x), UCL (0x), UEL (0x), UECL (0x), UEFA Super Cup (0x), Coupe de France (0x), Trophée des Champions (0x), Manager of the Year (0x)

2024/2025 - Ligue 2 (TBD):

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All-Time Records

Goals


Assists

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2024-25 Board Expectations

Domestic Success - Very Low

• Short Term: Ligue 2 BKT: Finish Mid Table
• Short Term: Coupe de France: Reach the Round of 16 Stage

Continental Success - Very Low

• No Objectives

Youth Development - Low

• Short Term: Sign 1 player in your Youth Academy assigned to the defender position.
• Long Term: Within 2 seasons sign 1 youth player to the senior team. Play them in 5 matches either as part of the starting XI or coming on as a sub. (Remaining seasons: 2)

Brand Exposure - Low

• Short Term: Get streak of 3 clean sheets in away matches this season.

Financial - Medium

• Short Term: Finish the season with a profit margin of €15,000,000.