The Normandy club, which finished 5th in Group B last season, also achieved a historic career in the Coupe de France. Eliminated in the semifinal by the Olympique Lyonnais, future winner, FC Rouen has achieved a good season. With the new reform of the FFF which provides for 6 runs, the RCR recruited accordingly to remain in the elite. Indeed, Grace Yango (Yzeure) who made the World Cup with Cameroon, Rigoberte Mbah of FC Metz or Sandra Maurice, ex-top scorer of D2 with ASPTT Albi in 2013, are joining Normandy this season.

Stéphane Arnold (FC Rouen coach): "The next season will be difficult from a regulatory point of view because, knowing that 6 clubs are going down, it will put a lot of pressure on all the teams and will make the championship even more difficult. It will be well prepared and strong in the heads to stay in D2. As far as we are concerned, we tried to keep all our players and then we tried to recruit to strengthen lines of play where it lacked quality and experience. We will now see with the preparation and the resumption of the competition if we have the means to appear in the first part of the table ... The club gives more and more importance to its female section and the short term goal is to perpetuate the D2 at national level while continuing to structure all categories of young people by pursuing a quality education and sports policy "

Tiffany Vassant (FC Rouen striker): "I think this season will be very difficult given the many runs, every game will be very competitive but it may make the championship even more interesting with great intensity, we do not have to we will not have the right to the mistake he will have to give 1000% each weekend. But with the many recruits we have, who are quality, I think we can play the leading roles in this championship this year. Some of our recruits have experienced the D1 and it will do us good and they will bring us a lot of experience and serenity. The main objective will be the maintenance that will be very difficult to acquire, and if the championship is going well for us, we will meet our objectives on the rise very quickly "

Sarah Nahim (FC Rouen captain): "The next season will be complicated for everyone with the 6 runs, so we'll have to be operational from the first match and every point is important! The club has done a lot of work on recruiting with experienced girls who join the group! The goal of the club is to stay absolutely in D2 and then for two to three years to work for the accession to D1! "

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