FCR falls early

FC Rouen was eliminated in the fifth round of the Coupe de France by Alençon. Rouen lacked efficiency and was punished at the end of the match.

Rouen suffered the first chance of the match. Royes deflected Toufiqui’s shot (4′). The Red Devils, in blue at the Jacques Fould stadium, then took the upper hand, but lacked efficiency. Ba-Sy (15′), Gerbeaud (23′), and Faye (26′) all missed the target. Faye saw his shot saved on the line by a defender with the goalkeeper beaten (18′). Despite these opportunities and several corners, FCR failed to find the net in the first half.

Nor did they in the second half, despite several more chances: shots off target (48′, 78′), strikes saved by a formidable Duval in goal (60′, 95′) or cleared off the line by a defender, again, this time from an attempt by Abi (89′). Nothing worked for FCR in their attempts to find the net at the Stade Jacques Fould. At the other end, Royes saved from El Hamdaoui (55′) and Traoré (76′), but could do nothing about the former’s pass to the latter (1-0, 82′). It was the only goal of the game. FCR is eliminated from the Coupe de France in the fifth round.

Match report
Saturday, October 11, 2025
Jacques Fould Stadium
US Alençon – FC Rouen 1899: 1-0 (0-0)
Referee: Mr. Ortiz.

Goal scorer for Alençon: Traoré (82′) .

Yellow cards for Rouen: Gerbeaud (47′), Mendy (76′); for Alençon: Tessier (61′), V. Laigneau (coach, 63′).

US Alençon: Arthur Duval – Alexandre Dias Ferreira, Nathan Laigneau, Karim El Hamdaoui, Joachim Lepage – Elyass Dhoifirou (Ndalla, 66′), Sabri Toufiqui, Théo Salibur, Amaury Tessier – Hakim El Hamdaoui (cap.), Nohan Traoré.

Substitutes: Théo Beaulavon, Shelley Ndalla, Nicolas Camillo, Nathan Truet, Joshua Santini.

Coach: Vincent Laigneau.

FC Rouen 1899: Axel Temperton – Jason Mbock, Sofyane Bouzamoucha, Formose Mendy (cap.), Antonin Cartillier – Valentin Fuss, Enzo Genton, Omar Bezzekhami (Egny, 79′), Amadou Ba-Sy (Ndeke, 70′) – Raphael Gerbeaud, Sérigne Faye (Abi, 56′).

Substitutes: Axel Temperton, El Hadji Guiry Egny, Amara Touré, Charles Abi, Noah Ndeke.

Coach: Régis Brouard.