Kingsley Coman, Layvin Kurzawa, Aaron Malouda among French champions far from Europe’s big leagues | OneFootball

From Algeria to Indonesia and Luxembourg, 26 French players have lifted domestic titles this spring outside UEFA’s top 10 leagues. According to L'Équipe, their successes spanned three continents.

In Africa, Chahreddine Boukholda was crowned with MC Alger.

Across Asia, Layvin Kurzawa and Andrew Jung helped Persib Bandung win a third straight title, Kurzawa in seven games and Jung with 11 goals. In Vietnam, Leygley Adou and Cong An Hanoï have already sealed the crown. In Qatar, PSG-trained Younes El Hannach, 21, played three times for Al Saad and still took the title.

In the Saudi Pro League, Al Nassr finished ahead of Al Hilal. Mohamed Simakan celebrated the first league title of his career, while Kingsley Coman’s domestic streak has continued, broken only by Bayer Leverkusen in 2023-2024 since his 2013 debut.

In Azerbaijan, Sabah halted Qarabag’s hegemony with Zinédine Ould Khaled, Steve Solvet and Aaron Malouda involved. Winter arrival Kemelho Nguena won Kosovo’s title with FC Drita after joining from Latvia and could play in Europe next season.

Kévin Théophile-Catherine and Ronaël Pierre-Gabriel needed three and one match respectively as Dinamo Zagreb reclaimed Croatia’s title from Rijeka. Both are out of contract this summer, and it is a seventh crown for Théophile-Catherine.

In Luxembourg, double-promoted FC Atert Bissen won the first league title in their history at the first attempt, led by Yassine Gourari Tebaa, Massinissa Chilla, Clarence Coynault-Loriot, Yohan Mannone, Toufik Zeghdane, Brian Silva, Rafael Fernandes, Mehdi Terki and Florian David.

Source: L'Équipe