No respite for the clubs that ranked high in the rankings of the past season. From the 1st day, September 8, the reigning champion PSG will challenge Nîmes (the 6th) on its Parnassus floor while Nantes, the dolphin of the Parisians will welcome Chambéry the 5th. The “H” now trained by Fred Cojean will have to be in top form at the start of the season since the following week, he will host Montpellier. The Languedoc derby between Montpellier and Nîmes is scheduled around October 27 (7th day) while the clash between the two best formations of the past exercise will take place on December 21 (15th day), just before the winter break which will bring the Internationals at the World Championship in Sweden and Poland (from January 11 to 29, 2023). The resumption of the championship (return phase) is scheduled for February 9 and its closing on June 6 with on the bill, an Aix-PSG and a Montpellier-Chambéry.
The challenges are daunting for the sixteen teams in this 2022-2023 version. Will PSG succeed itself on the list to validate a 10th title since 2014 (the only one that has escaped it is that of Dunkirk in 2014)? Will Nantes have the means to renew its excellent domestic career knowing that the team has changed and that it is adding to its workload, the Champions League? Pays d’Aix, does the 3rd on the podium have the means to do better? Just like Nîmes (6th) frustrated at not being European and who by attracting to the Gard, Ljubomir Vranjes displays without hiding his ambitions for summits. Montpellier, which last season completely missed the first leg of the championship to snatch a 4th place, is it better armed? Just like St Raphaël who has recruited a pair of capital goalkeepers (Vincent Gérard and Mickaël Robin) and who has a lot to be forgiven for after a 2021-2023 exercise that was not very to his advantage due to the aligned workforce. Which team will also be able to play spoilsport? Chambéry, Toulouse (which from the start of the season will be deprived of its two left-handed backs Abdi and Marmier) or even Cesson, whose consistency has placed them at the forefront?
The fight will also be fierce for maintenance. The promoted Sélestat and Ivry will show humility but will ardently defend their chances so as not to imitate Saran and Nancy who did not survive their accession to the upper floor.
Other formations like Dunkirk with a new tandem of coaches Franck Maurice and Tarik Hayatoune will also have arguments to try to aim for the runners-up, just like Limoges which has finally acquired a technician who has proven himself, Alberto Entrerrios. ..
The season is going to be long and at all levels, the suspense could be complete.
THE 2022-2023 STARLIGUE CALENDAR
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