Without a club since the sudden end of her adventure at the head of the France team a few months before the 2023 World Cup, Corinne Diacre has finally found a bench. In search of a new coach after a particularly turbulent summer, Olympique de Marseille has indeed entrusted him with the reins of its women's team.
The task promises to be difficult for the former Blue coach. Back in the elite, OM had a complicated start to the season with three defeats before a welcome big victory on the pitch of AS Saint-Etienne (0-4).
By his own admission, “the very short-term objective will be to maintain”. It was the same during his only season in Division 1, at the head of ASJ Soyaux during the 2011-2012 financial year. Promoted to the elite, the Charente club came back down after just one year with two meager victories for 20 defeats in 22 matches.
Corinne Diacre, second worst record in history
And if she had managed to bring Soyaux back up the following season before leaving to take the Professional Football Coaching Certificate (BEPF), becoming the first woman to obtain it, this season in hell in the elite earned her the second worst record on a women's D1 bench. Only Salim Benhamel has done worse with 21 defeats in 22 matches.
But his good results at the head of Clermont in Ligue 2 and six years at the head of Les Bleues convinced the Marseille leaders.
“The Marseillaises recruited me for my rigor and my standards so I hope not to have changed too much”she confided at the time of her presentation, displaying her ambitions: “If we manage to maintain the season quickly enough, we will try to annoy these leading teams a little while remaining humble. Even if I know that the club will give me the possibility of bringing in one, two, or even three players in the winter transfer window.
