One month before the championship resumes, Footofeminin offers you an overview of the movements in the squads and staff of the 12 Arkema Première Ligue teams.
Seven changes of coaches on 12 teams, many players leaving for abroad, the French championship is experiencing a turbulent summer at the start of its first season under the aegis of the LFFP.
Clubs must also face increasingly strong foreign competition while controlling their budgets.
OLYMPIQUE LYONNAIS
Coach : Joe Montemurro
Arrivals
Joe Montemurro (manager, Juventus/ITA), Inès Benyahia (Le Havre, back from loan), Sofie Svava (Real Madrid/ESP), Tabitha Chawinga (PSG), Joe Palatsides (assistant manager), Patrizia Panico (assistant manager), Méline Gérard (assistant manager, already at the club, Lyon B)
Departures
Sonia Bompastor (manager, Chelsea/ENG), Camille Abily (manager adj., Chelsea/ENG), Théo Rivrin (adj., Chelsea/ENG), Griedge Mbock (PSG), Delphine Cascarino (San Diego Wave FC/USA), Perle Morroni (end of contract), Alice Marques (FC Valencia/ESP, loan), Melvine Malard (Manchester United/ENG, permanent transfer), Julie Swierot (Reims, loan)
PARIS SAINT-GERMAIN
Coach : Fabrice Abriel
Arrivals
Fabrice Abriel (trainer, Fleury), Océane Hurtré (Bordeaux, return from loan), Baby Jordy Benera (Saint-Étienne, return from loan), Océane Toussaint (Le Havre, return from loan), Mary Earps (Manchester United/ENG), Jennifer Echegini (Juventus/ITA), Romée Leuchter (Ajax Amsterdam/PBA), Hawa Sangaré (Bordeaux, return from loan), Alexy Kastelyn (assistant trainer, Fleury), Mickaël Grondin (goalkeeper trainer, Lorient), Nicolas Colard (fitness coach, Fleury)
Departures
Ramona Bachmann (Houston Dash/USA (April 2024)), Jocelyn Prêcheur (entr., London City Lionesses/ANG), Guillaume Lemire (entr. deputy), Guillaume Denis (physical preparer), Berglind Björg Thorvaldsdóttir (Valur Reykjavik/ISL) , Tabitha Chawinga (Lyon), Constance Picaud (Fleury), Viola Calligaris (Juventus/ITA, final transfer), Nicole Payne (Portland Thorns/USA, final transfer), Ana Vitória (Atlético de Madrid/ESP, final transfer), Amélie Joseph (Metz), Marie Mulot (Paris FC), Amalie Vangsgaard (Juventus/ITA), Sandy Baltimore (Chelsea/ANG), Oriane Jean-François (Chelsea/ANG), Magnaba Folquet (end of contract), Hawa Sangaré (Reims ), Clare Hunt (Tottenham Hotspur/ANG)
PARIS FC
Coach: Sandrine Soubeyrand
Arrivals
Deja Davis (Le Havre), Maëlle Garbino (Juventus/ITA), Fiona Liaigre (Bordeaux), Marie Mulot (PSG)
Departures
Julie Soyer (stop), Louise Fleury (Nantes), Alsu Abdullina (ready, Lokomotiv Moscow/RUS), Nermyne Ben Khaled (Fleury), Kadidia Traoré (Sassuolo/ITA)
NB Louna Ribadeira signed for Chelsea, but is on loan at Paris FC
REIMS STADIUM
Coach : Mathieu Rufié
Arrivals
Mathieu Rufié (trainer, Guingamp), Sarah Chalabi (assistant trainer, Orléans), Julie Swierot (Lyon, loan), Marion Haelewyn (Bordeaux), Lucie Calba (Metz), Hawa Sangaré (Bordeaux), Élisa Launay (Lille), Maïté Boucly (Lille), Morgan White (Pinzgau Saalfelden, AUT), Assimina Maoulida (Fleury)
Departures
Amandine Miquel (coach, Leicester City/ENG), Amaury Messuwe (assistant coach, Leicester City/ENG), Mamadou Bah (goalkeeper coach, left in Feb./AJ Auxerre + Algeria women), Kinga Szemik (West Ham/ENG), Julie Pasquereau (Nantes), Thelma Eninger (Nantes), Adèle Connesson (Saint-Étienne), Lou-Ann Joly (Leipzig/GER), Rofiat Imuran (London City Lionesses/ENG), Oluwatosin Demehin, Charlène Meyong (London City Lionesses/ENG), Flourish Sabastine, Jade Rastocle (Montpellier), Noémie Mouchon (Leicester City)
FC FLEURY
Coach : Frederic Biancalani
Arrivals
Frédéric Biancalani (entr., France U23), Ewen Brigaudeau (préparateur physique, Le Havre), Michel Courel (entr. goalkeepers, Le Havre), Faustine Robert (Montpellier), Aïssata Traoré (Guingamp), Morgane Martins (Dijon), Viktoria Zieniewicz (Lodz/POL), Constance Picaud (PSG), Nermyne Ben Khaled (Paris FC), Jessica Mazo (Univ. Connecticut/USA), Clara Hoarau
Departures
Fabrice Abriel (trainer, PSG), Alexy Kastelyn (assistant trainer, PSG), Nicolas Colard (physical trainer, PSG), Léa Le Garrec (end of contract), Chantelle Swaby (Leicester City/ENG), Dominika Grabowska (Hoffenheim/GER), Rosemonde Kouassi (Washington Spirit/USA), Chloé Ngazi (Le Havre), Tianna Harris, Ágata Filipa (Braga/POR), Aldrith Quintero (Al Hilal/ARS), Laurine Baga (end of contract?), Assimina Maoulida (Reims)
MONTPELLIER HSC
Coach : Yannick Chandioux
Arrivals
Justine Lerond (Bordeaux), Ella Palis (Juventus/ITA), Jade Rastocle (Reims), Célia Chabod (Dijon)
Departures
Maëlle Lakrar (Real Madrid/ESP), Faustine Robert (Fleury), Nérilia Mondésir (Seattle), Cosette Morché (Fort Lauderdale United FC/USA), Sh’nia Gordon (Fort Lauderdale United FC/USA), Maeva Garcia Augier (Rodez), Mille Gejl Jensen (Crystal Palace/ENG)
AS SAINT-ETIENNE
Coach : Laurent Mortel
Arrivals
Fiona Bogi (Rodez), Lisa Martinez (Glasgow Rangers/ECO), Marine Péréa (Bordeaux), Sarah Cambot (Guingamp), Nadjma Ali Nadjim (Le Havre), Adèle Connesson (Reims), Easther Mayi Kith (Reading/ENG), Emma Templier (Nice), Sarah Stratigakis (Bristol City/ENG)
Departures
Yewande Balogun, Ninon Blanchard (Marseille), Anaëlle Anglais (Toulouse), Noémie Carage (Dijon), Ophélie Chaudier (Clermont), Amanda Mbadi (Espanyol Barcelona/ESP), Élise Legrout, Regina Otu (Fenerbahçe/TUR), Baby Jordy Benera (PSG, ready), Laury Jésus (stop), Kess Elmore, Phoenetia Browne (Valencia CF/ESP), Louann Archier (Lens), Hayley Dowd
Dijon FCO
Coach : Sebastian Joseph
Arrivals
Noémie Carage (Saint-Étienne), Nadia Krezyman (UKS SMS Lódz/POL), Tegan McGrady (Portland), Viktoria Pinther (FC Zürich/SUI), Katriina Talaslahti (Le Havre), Kate Taylor (Wellington Phoenix/NZL), Janwen Wang (Beijing Phoenix/CHN), Aïcha Saïd (Stallarholmens/SUÈ)
Departures
Cecilie Sandvej, María Díaz, Hélène Fercocq (Guingamp), Lisa Lichtfus (Le Havre), Madeline Roth (Le Havre), Latifah Abdu (Guingamp), Pauline Sierra (Toulouse), Malou Rylov Marcetto (Madrid CFF/ESP), Coralie Delacellery (Auxerre), Célia Chabod (Montpellier), Morgane Martins (Fleury)
LE HAVRE AC
Coach : Maxime DiLiberto
Arrivals
Maxime Di Liberto (trainer, already at the club, Le Havre U19), Madeline Roth (Dijon), Lisa Lichtfus (Dijon), Chloé N’Gazi (Fleury)
Departures
Romain Djoubri (trainer), Deja Davis (Paris FC), Katriina Talaslahti (Dijon), Éva Sumo (Nantes), Nadjma Ali Nadjim (Saint-Étienne), Inès Benyahia (Lyon, end of loan), Océane Toussaint (PSG, end of loan), Laura Muller (Thonon-Évian), Roselord Borgella (Fenerbahçe/TUR), Ananée Yeboah (Saint-Malo), Aïssatou Libergé (La Roche-sur-Yon), Michel Courel (mental coach and goalkeepers, Fleury), Quentin Bellu (physical coach)
FORWARD GUINGAMP
Coach : Jerome Bonnet
Arrivals
Jérôme Bonnet (entr., Metz), Maëlle Seguin (Bordeaux), Agathe Ollivier (Lille), Sofia Guellati (Rodez), Hélène Fercocq (Dijon), Maureen Bigot (Roubaix Wervicq), Latifah Abdu (Dijon), Lauraleen Le Lan (Brest)
Departures
Mathieu Rufié (trainer, Reims), Laurie Teinturier (Anderlecht/BEL), Antonie Stárová (Sparta Prague/RTC), Leidiane (Flamengo/BRE), Nina Richard (Tenerife/ESP), Manon Revelli (Servette Chênois/SUI), Marine Péréa (Saint-Étienne), Marie-Charlotte Léger (Marseille), Emmy Jézéquel (Strasbourg), Sarah Cambot (Saint-Étienne), Aïssata Traoré (Fleury), Enora Guillois, Grace Yango (DC Power/USA), Charles Ploquin (physical trainer, Avranches)
RC STRASBOURG ALSACE
Coach : Vincent Nogueira
Arrivals
Emma Loving (Sand/GER), Emily Evels (Sand/GER), Manon Le Page (Saint-Maur), Anaëlle Tchakounté (Marseille), Pauline Moitrel (Rodez), Lorena Azzaro (Lille), Amandine Béché (Montauban), Emmy Jézéquel (Guingamp), Mareme Babou (Metz), Sierra Ann Enge (San Diego Wave FC/USA), Fatoumata Baldé (Nice)
Departures
Pauline Haugou (Lille), Kate Nado (Le Mans), Samantha Rosette (Brooklyn FCW/USA), Roseline Eloissaint (Nantes), Tiphaine Brissonnet (Rodez), Julie Genty (Metz), Joséphine Palin (Nice), Léa Munier (Metz)
FC NANTES
Coach : Nicolas Chabot
Arrivals
Thelma Eninger (Reims), Julie Pasquereau (Reims), Roseline Eloissaint (Strasbourg), Naomie Vagre (Le Mans), Éva Sumo (Le Havre), Andréa Fernandez Recio (Atlético Madrid B/ESP), Emily Dolan (Espanyol Barcelone/ESP), Mariane Inès Maague (Amazone Yaoundé/CAM), Danielle Marcano (Ankara Fofget/TUR), Chinaza Uchendu (Galatasaray/TUR), Caitlin Cosme (Stjarnan/ISL), Kelly Gago (Parma/ITA)
Departures
Mélodie Carré (stop), Sylia Koui (stop, Cécifoot Bondy Futsal), Margaux Bueno (stop), Chikodinaka Maureen Umeugochukwu (Saint-Malo), Riley West, Carla Cosme (Albi-Marssac), Mafille Woedikou, Dona Mar Scannapieco , Sarah Zahot (Rousset), Christabel Oduro, Kevine Ossol, Emma Durand (USA)
