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After getting shown the door by Borussia Monchengladbach, Luther Matthaus has accepted a job with Ligue 1 side SM Caen. The French side has never won a Ligue 1 title. Matthaus will come in and clean house to develop a young speedy club, like the one he put together at Gladbach. With low expectations, he should be able to initially purge the roster of older players and hopefully bring in some young talent.

2018-19 SEASON
The 411 on the SM Caen:

MANAGER: Lothar Matthaus
CAREER RECORD: (72-49-37) at Borussia Monchengladbach
STADIUM: Stade Michel d'Ornano (21,500)
RIVALS: Le Havre AC, RC Lens
TRANSFER BUDGET: $12,000,000
WEEKLY WAGE BUDGET: $600,000
EXPECTATIONS: A mid-table finish, Round of 32 Coupe de Ligue, Round of 32 Coupe Nationale

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SM CAEN RIVALS:
2018-19 Ligue 1 Record: (8-4-7, 28 pts), 11th place
Coupe de Ligue Record: (2-0-0)
2018 Champions Trophy Tournament: (1-2-1)


AS SAINT-ETIENNE (1-0-0)
Dec 1, 2018: SM Caen 1:0 AS Saint-Etienne
Jan 16, 2019: (Coupe de Ligue)


AZ ALKMAAR (1-0-0)
Jul 7, 2018: SM Caen 1:0 AZ Alkmaar (Champions Trophy)


SC BASTIA (1-1-0)
Oct 27, 2018: SM Caen 2:2 SC Bastia
Oct 31, 2018: SM Caen 2:2 (4:2p) SC Bastia (Coupe de Ligue)


BSC YOUNG BOYS (0-1-0)
Jul 8, 2018: BSC Young Boys 2:2 SM Caen (Champions Trophy)


EA GUINGAMP (0-0-1)
Sept 22, 2018: SM Caen 2:5 EA Guingamp


GIRONDINS de BORDEAUX (1-0-0)
Oct 5, 2018: Girondins de Bordeaux 1:2 SM Caen


IPSWICH TOWN (0-1-0)
Jul 4, 2018: SM Caen 1:1 Ipswich Town (Champions Trophy)


FC LORIENT (0-0-1)
Sept 1, 2018: SM Caen 1:4 FC Lorient


LOSC LILLE (1-0-0)
Dec 8, 2018: SM Caen 3:2 LOSC Lille


FC METZ (0-0-1)
Dec 23, 2018: SM Caen 2:3 FC Metz


AS MONACO (0-0-1)
Dec 15, 2018: AS Monaco 1:2 SM Caen


MONTPELLIER HSC (0-1-0)
Aug 11, 2018: Montpellier HSC 0:0 SM Caen


FC NANTES (1-0-0)
Nov 11, 2018: SM Caen 1:0 FC Nantes


OGC NICE (0-0-1)
Nov 24, 2018: OGC Nice 4:3 SM Caen


OLYMPIQUE LYONNAIS (1-1-0)
Sept 16, 2018: Olympique Lyonnais 1:1 SM Caen
Dec 18, 2018: Olympique Lyonnais 2:3 SM Caen (Coupe de Ligue)


OLYMPIQUE MARSEILLE (0-0-1)
Sept 26, 2018: Olympique Marseille 3:1 SM Caen


PARIS SAINT-GERMAIN (1-0-0)
Nov 3, 2018: Paris Saint-Germain 0:1 SM Caen


FC SOCHAUX (1-0-0)
Aug 18, 2018: SM Caen 1:0 FC Sochaux


STADE de REIMS (0-0-1)
Sept 29, 2018: SM Caen 0:1 Stade de Reims


STADE RENNAIS (0-1-0)
Dec 5, 2018: Stade Rennais 1:1 SM Caen


STANDARD LIEGE (0-0-1)
Jul 15, 2018: SM Caen 2:4 Standard Liege (Champions Trophy)


TOULOUSE FC (1-0-0)
Oct 20, 2018: Toulouse FC 0:2 SM Caen


VALENCIENNES FC (1-0-0)
Aug 24, 2018: Valenciennes FC 0:1 SM Caen

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SM CAEN HISTORY

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SM Caen does not have the resources as Bundesliga side Borussia Monchengladbach had, nonetheless, we do have some decent scouts.

Fuka Arthur Ba: A four-star scout from France will scout in France
Frank Gonther: A four-star scout from Germany will scout in England.
Erik Auassar: a three-star scout from the Netherlands will scout in Italy.
Novem Mvogo: a four-star scout from Switzerland will scout in Switerland.

We have instructions for our scouts to look for players 25 and under only. We are looking for keepers, central defenders, midfielders, and wingers to fit Matthaus' style.

Clement Croizet: is our youth scout. he has five-star judgment and three-star experience. We will have him find French youth talent for us.

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The SM Caen schedule for the 2018-19 campaign has been released. They open the campaign in England in the 2018 Champions Tourney. They are grouped with AZ (Netherlands), Ipswich Town (England), and BSC Young Boys (Switzerland). The other group has FC Basel (Switzerland), Standard Liege (Belgium), Terek Grozny (Russia), and FC Midtjylland (Denmark).

They open Ligue 1 play at Montpellier HSC on August 11, with their home opener a week later against Sochaux. They face the defending champions, Paris-Saint Germain in Paris on November 3rd, and in Caen on January 12th. They close the season at hom eon May 18th against Valenciennes.

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2018-19 Roster

FORMATION: 4-5-1



Since the club does not have much of a transfer budget, they may just stick to developing youth talent, or plucking a few up and comers.

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Beaulieu has come on well and you have a decent forward in Delort. I have done a few Ligue 1 career modes so if you want some players to check out let me know and I'll PM you.

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CHAMPIONS TROPHY MATCHDAY 1

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SM CAEN 1:1 IPSWICH TOWN
Cardiff City Stadium (Capacity: 33,280)


Andy Delort celebrates his penalty conversion.

SCORING:
32' - (IPS) - G. Coke
57' - (SMC) - A. Delort (PEN)

DISCIPLINE:
54' - (IPS) - D. Ishak (Yellow)

7/4/18
Cardiff, Wales (AP) - Luthar Matthaus' debut as manager of French side SM Caen was a relative success as they drew 1-1 with English Championship side Ipswich Town on Match Day 1 of the 2018 Champions Trophy Tournament in Wales. A converted penalty in the 57th minute by Andy Delort allowed the French side to earn a point.

Matthaus has changed the shape of SM Caen from a 4-3-3 to a 4-5-1, which is more to his liking. This is a side that isn't used to playing with just one striker, but they looked pretty comfortable in the system, even with only a few days of training under their new leader.

Giles Coke put Ipswich Town in front in the 32nd minute on the English sides first shot attempt. He managed to find some free space in the penalty area and was able to head home a cross from Luke Hyam, past a diving Paul Reulet.

Andy Delort would level the match in the 57th minute as he converted a penalty. Moments earlier, Davis Ishak of Ipswich tripped up Jonathan Beaulieu in the box, earning a yellow card in the process. Jeff Louis had a chance to send Caen to victory in the 88th minute, but his right footed shot curled just wide of the far post.

Caen outshot Ipswich 11-8, and possession was fairly even in the match. Up next for Caen is a match up with Swiss side BSC Young Boys on Sunday afternoon, also in Cardiff.

Champions Trophy Match Day 1 Results:
BSC Young Boys 2:2 AZ Alkmaar
FC Basel 3:0 Terek Grozny
FC Midtjylland 2:1 Standard Leige

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CHAMPIONS TROPHY MATCHDAY 2

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BSC YOUNG BOYS 2:2 SM CAEN
Cardiff City Stadium (33,280)


Jordan Leborgne put Caen ahead in the 79th minute

SCORING:
53' - (BSC) - M. Sulejmani
62' - (SMC) - J. Louis
79' - (SMC) - J. Leborgne
90'+ - (BSC) - G. Hoarau

DISCIPLINE:
NONE

7/8/18
Cardiff, Wales (AP) - For SM Caen and their new manager Luthar Matthaus, it was deju vu from last season on Sunday afternoon at Cardiff City Stadium. Guillaume Haorau got free and stuffed the ball past Louis Deschateaux in the dying moments to send BSC Young Boys and SM Caen to a 2-2 draw on Match Day 2 of the 2018 Champions Trophy Tournament.

This was a pretty entertaining match, with the Swiss side BSC Young Boys getting the better of the scoring chances. But SM Caen, playing a young side, held their own and converted when the opportunities were there.

Young Boys' Miralem Sulejmani got the scoring started in the 53rd minute, running onto a long pass from Samuel Afum and slipping the ball over Louis Deschateaux to put the Swiss side up 1-nil.

Just nine minutes later, Jeff Louis would level the match, dribbling into the box, past two defenders, then rifling a left footed shot into the top right corner. SM Caen would grab the lead in the 79th minute when Jordan Leborgne went short side to beat Dario Marzino. Marzino would make a big save in the 90th minute on Andy Delort to keep it a one goal match. That would end up being huge, because in the dying moments, Guillaume Hoarau would take a cross, control it inside the six and stuff it over Deschateaux to level the match.

The draw left both side with two points heading into a critical final match. AZ Alkmaar leads the group and that is SM Caen's final opponent of the group stage. They will play on Wednesday evening in Cardiff.

Champions Trophy Match Day 2 Results:
AZ Alkmaar 1:0 Ipswich Town
FC Midtjylland 0:1 FC Basel
Standard Liege 2:1 Terek Grozny

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CHAMPIONS TROPHY MATCHDAY 3

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SM CAEN 1:0 AZ ALKMAAR
Cardiff City Stadium (33,280)


Jonathan Beaulieu's late goal sends Caen into the semifinals

SCORING:
88' - (SMC) - J. Beaulieu

DISCIPLINE:
61' - (SMC) - M. Nkololo (Yellow)

7/11/18
Cardiff, Wales (AP) - SM Caen got some late match heroics from their captain Jonathan Beaulieu as they slipped past AZ Alkmaar 1-nil on Wednesday evening at Cardiff City Stadium on the final group Match Day of the 2018 Champions Trophy Tournament. Beaulieu scored in the 88th minute to send Caen into the semifinals, earning manager Luthar Matthaus his first win for Caen.

This was the most defensive match of the three for Caen as they fielded a side that could very well resemble what they put out for the opening of their Ligue 1 campaign next month. Keeper Remy Vercoutre earned the clean sheet and was named Man of the Match, stopping all three AZ shots on frame.

Midfielder Jonathan Beaulieu took a pass from Michael Jordan Nkololo, split the AZ defense, then beat keeper Sergio Rochet low and left to put Caen in front in the 88th minute. It was Caen's best chance on the evening and Beaulieu made no mistake.

The win sends Caen into the semifinals on Sunday against Belgian side Standard Liege. AZ Alkmaar heads home as they finished tied with Ipswich Town for second in Group A, but failed to advance on goal differential.

Champions Trophy Match Day 3 Results:
FC Basel 1:2 Standard Liege
Ipswich Town 3:0 BSC Young Boys
Terek Grozny 1:2 FC Midtjylland

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CHAMPIONS TROPHY SEMIFINALS

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SM CAEN 2:4 STANDARD LIEGE
Stadium MK (Capacity: 30,500)


Alexander Scholz volleys one past Remy Vercoutre

SCORING:
13' - (STA) - A. Scholz
45'+ - (SMC) - A. Delort (PEN)
45'+ - (STA) - M. Yattara
61' - (STA) - R. Emond
69' - (STA) - A. Scholz
90'+ - (SMC) - J. Louis (PEN)

DISCIPLINE:
5' - (SMC) - M. Nkololo (Red)
31' - (SMC) - Jonathan Beaulieu (Red)
39' - (SMC) - A. Delort (Yellow)
52' - (SMC) - F. Le Joncour (Yellow)
56' - (SMC) - D. Appiah (Yellow)
76' - (SMC) - J. Adeoti (Yellow)
90'+ - (STA) - A. Scholz (Yellow)


7/15/18
Buckinghamshire, England (AP) - SM Caen lost it's composure in a 4-2 loss to Belgian side Standard Liege in the semifinals of the 2018 Champions Trophy at Stadium MK. Alexander Scholz scored twice to lead Standard Liege into the final to face Swiss side FC Basel.

Caen got off to a horrible start in this one as Michael Jordan Nkololo was sent off just five minutes in for a brutal tackle on Mohamed Yattara. That left the side down to ten men for the final 85+ minutes.

Andy Delort failed to capitalize on a great opportunity just six minutes later. He rang a free kick off the crossbar.

Alexander Scholz would put Standard up two minutes later on a beauty. He volleyed home a corner kick from Pierre Mpoku to make it 1-nil.

SM Caen would go down a second man in the 31st minute when star midfielder Jonathan Beaulieu was sent off for a rather innocent looking tackle. The replay showed that he got the ball first and did not show his studs, but he was sent off and Caen was down to nine men.

Caen would weather the Standard storm and somehow found an equalizer just before halftime as Emmanuel Imorou was tripped in the box. Alan Delort stepped up and drilled the penalty to level the match at 1-1. But just before the halftime whistle, Standard added a second that really seemed to deflate the French side. Mohamed Yattara came down the right flank and rocketed a shot into the top right corner to put Standard Liege up 2-1 at the break.

They would take advantage of a depleted Caen side after halftime, exploiting holes in the defense to add two more goals and make it 4-1. Caen would get a late penalty that Jeff Louis converted, but they fell 4-2.

The club now will turn it's attention to the season opener of Ligue 1 in just over a month as they will travel to Montpellier to take on Montpellier HSC. The club has very little transfer funds to make a splash in the transfer merket so it will likely be a quiet rest of the summer for the French side.

Champions Trophy Semifinal Results:
FC Basel 1:1 (5:4) Ipswich Town

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2018 CHAMPIONS TROPHY FINAL

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FC BASEL 1:2 STANDARD LIEGE
The Amex (Capacity: 30,750)

7/18/18
Falmer, England (AP) - Belgian side Standard Liege won the 2018 Champions Trophy, defeating Swiss side FC Basel 2-1 in the Championship match on Sunday afternoon. Emond scored both Standard Liege goals, both inside the final 15 minutes, to send Liege home a champion.

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SUMMER TRANSFER NEWS
SM Caen and Luthar Matthaus wasted no time in raiding his former club, as the club agreed to a $6M transfer fee for 18-year-old midfielder Kenny Vermeer, an up and coming star at Borussia Monchengladbach. Vermeer will join the club and likely start in central midfield on opening day.

The club also signed another young Gladbach midfielder in Kenny Vermeer for $6M. Vermeer is also 18-years-old and should be a rotational player in the midfield for Caen. He agreed to terms on a four-year contract with the club.

Leaving the club are a couple of veterens. 30-year-old centerback Damien Da Silva has been transferred to FC Nantes for $4.2M and 32-year-old midfielder Jonathan Delaplace has been transferred to Ligue 1 foe FC Sochaux for a transfer fee of $1.1M.

29-year-old Jodan Adeoti has also been sent off. He was transferred to EA Guingamp for a transfer fee of $900k. The midfielder was unhappy with some of the recent signings that the club had made through the midfield.

Around Ligue 1, here are a few of the summer signings.

Olympique Lyonnais have signed 28-year-old striker Valiere Germain away from AS Monaco for a transfer fee of $19.5M.

LOSC Lille have accepted transfer terms for 23-year-old striker Yassine Benzia from BPL side Swansea CIty. The terms are believed to be about $19.5M.

AS Saint-Etienne have signed 23-year-old central midfielder Daniel Amartey away from Danish side FC Kobenhavn for a transfer fee in the range of $17.5M.

Toulouse FC have signed Lucas Melano away from MLS side Portland for an agreed upon transfer fee of $11.5M. The 25-year-old striker should fill a need for the French side. They have also come to terms with 26-year-old midfielder James Jeggo. They agreed to a $2.6M transfer fee with Australian side Adelade United.

Stade Rennais have acquired 31-year-old Brazillian born keeper Marcelo Grohe from Brazillian club Gremio for $11M.

LOSC Lille have also accepted a $6M transfer fee for keeper Weaverton. The 31-year-old will join Italian side Hellas Verona.

Paris-Saint Germain have signed 22-year-old winger Adama away from Aston Villa for a transfer fee of $14M. They have also signed winger Mauricio Tevez away from Argentine side Newell. The transfer fee was believed to be in the range of $5.5M for the 21-year-old winger.

Valenciennes FC have signed 22-year-old striker Mohamed Soumare. They agreed to a $1.5M transfer fee with Italian side Avellino.

Side Note: Former Borussia Monchengladbach keeper Mattia Perin has been transferred back to Italy and has signed with Udinese with a reported transfer fee of $36M.

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Here is a preview and expected order of finish for Ligue 1 in 2018-19. The top three finishers secure Champions League spots, and fourth place secures a Euro League spot. The top two finishers advance directly to group play in the Champions League, while the third place finisher enters the playoff round. The winners of the Coupe de Ligue and Coupe Nationale also receive Euro League spots. If either of those are won by a team with a Champions League spot, the next highest finisher in Ligue 1 will get the Euro League position. (Note: FIFA 16 gives Euro League spots to the fourth and fifth place teams)

The bottom three clubs are relegated to Ligue 2. (Edit: the game only relegates the bottom two teams and promotes the top two teams from Ligue 2. This is obviously wrong, although IRL, it did happen in 2015-16, but just for one season)

1. Paris-Saint Germain
2. AS Monaco
3. Olympique Lyonnais
4. OGC Nice
5. Olympique Marseille
6. AS Saint-Etienne
7. Girondins Bordeaux
8. LOSC Lille
9. FC Lorient
10. Stade Rennais
11. Stade de Reims
12. Montpellier HSC
13. FC Metz
14. Toulouse FC
15. SM Caen
16. SC Bastia
17. FC Nantes
18. EA Guingamp
19. Valenciennes FC
20. FC Sochaux

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LIGUE 1 MATCHDAY 1

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MONTPELLIER HSC 0:0 SM CAEN
Stade de la Mosson (Capacity: 32,900)


Keeper Remy Vercoutre kept a clean sheet in Caen's opener.

SCORING:
NONE

DISCIPLINE:
24' - (HSC) - J. Roussillon (Yellow)
36' - (SMC) - K. Vermeer (Yellow)
44' - (BMG) - L. Veldemate (Yellow)

8/11/18
Montpellier, France (AP) - The official debut for Lothar Matthaus as manager of Caen ended in a scoreless draw in Southern France as Caen and Montpellier could not find the back of the net on Saturday evening. The scoreless draw may be a preview of these two club's campaigns as both are pegged for a mid-table finish in 2018-19.

The story of this one was excellent play from Caen keeper Remy Vercoutre, who said before the start of the season that this would be his final year as a professional. He stopped all four Montpellier shots that found the target, including two great saves on Rodrigo Mora. One came in the 13th minute, when Vercoutre tipped the ball just wide. The second came in the 51st minute as Mora blasted one that Vercoutre got his leg on to deflect wide. Vercoutre was named the Man of the Match.

Caen had a few opportunities of their own. Andy Delort knocked one off of the crossbar in the opening moments of the match. Jonathan Beaulieu then had a great opportunity in the 58th minute, running onto a long pass from Kenny Vermeer. But his shot sailed just over the bar.

Up next for Caen is their home opener against recently promoted FC Sochaux. They dropped their opener to Stade de Reims by a score of 2-1.

Fixture 1 Results:
FC Lorient 2:1 EA Guigamp
AS Monaco 2:0 SC Bastia
AS Saint-Etienne 2:0 OGC Nice
FC Sochaux 1:2 Stade de Reims
LOSC Lille 1:3 PSG
Stade Rennais 1:1 FC Nantes
Valenciennes FC 0:1 Olympique Marseille
FC Metz 0:2 Toulouse FC
Girondins Bordeaux 2:2 Olympique Lyonnais