First team

Relegated to CFA2, the Reserve squad of Stade Rennais has been strengthened this summer, in particular with arrivals of young African players with « real potential » according to Pierre Dréossi. A temporary strategy to fill a generational gap or a new beginning for an extended orientation in the future ?

Ligue 1, Montpellier 4 - 0 Stade Rennais. Completely outplayed by a much superior Montpellier team, Rennes conceded a heavy defeat, their first loss of the season, at La Mosson. Visibly without energy, the Bretons had barely any chances on goal and were heavily dominated throughout the game.

Ligue 1, Montpellier - Stade Rennais, Sunday at 17:00. For his team’s third match in eight days, Frédéric Antonetti decided to leave Stéphane Dalmat and Vincent Pajot to rest. Both midfielders as well as Yacine Brahimi have been left out of the eighteen-player squad which will travel to Hérault on Saturday.

Europa League, Red Star Belgrade 1 - 2 Stade Rennais. A good performance from the « Rouge et Noir », who managed to snatch the win in the white hot atmosphere of the “Marakana”. Dominated at the beginning of the game, and conceding the first goal on a penalty, the Rennais managed to come back and equalise before winning the game through goals by Pitroipa and Montaño.

Europa League, Red Star Belgrade - Stade Rennais, Thursday, 20:30. For the “Rouge et Noir”’s perilous trip to Serbia this week, Frédéric Antonetti has called no less than twenty-one players. Pajot and Kembo return in the squad, not Brahimi, still unavailable.

Europa League, Red Star Belgrade- Stade Rennais, Thursday 20:30 CET. For this Europa League play-off round, Rennes are preparing to face the legendary Serbian club of Red Star Belgrade, in the white hot atmosphere of “Marakana” Stadium. Mladen Šolak a journalist for Serbian News Agency Beta News Agency, gives us a historic and tactical look at the “Rouge et Noir”’s future opponent.

Ligue 1, Stade rennais 1 - 1 Paris SG. After stumbling on Salvatore Sirigu for most of the game, Stade Rennais finally came back in the game thanks to Jonathan Pitroipa, their twirling attacking recruit. As for Paris, they escaped with a draw and ended their attacking drought at the Route de Lorient.

Ligue 1, Stade Rennais 1 - 1 Paris SG. Dominated at firstm then dominant themselves, Rennes held Paris SG to a logic draw. Trailing, Antonetti's men equalised in the last minutes of the game through Pitroipa, whose performance in this match made up for the lacklustre performance of the rest of the attacking line.

Before the match between Stade Rennes and Paris Saint-Germain as part of Ligue 1’s second match day, Stade Rennais Online offer you to look back at a historic encounter played between the two clubs, in May 1995 at the Stade de la Route de Lorient.

Ligue 1, Stade rennais - Paris Saint-Germain, Saturday at 19:00. Frédéric Antonetti called a group of eighteen players for the reception of Paris Saint-Germain. Despite some uncertainty around the participations of Jean-Armel Kana-Biyik, Tongo Hamed Doumbia and Yann M' Vila during the week, all three players seem like to hold their place on Saturday, for the second game week of the Ligue 1 season.