2015–16 FC Nantes season

The 2015–16 FC Nantes season is the 72nd professional season of the club since its creation in 1943.

Nantes

2015–16 season
Chairman	Waldemar Kita
Manager	Michel Der Zakarian
Stadium	Stade de la Beaujoire
Ligue 1	8th
Coupe de France	Quarter-final
Coupe de la Ligue	Round of 32
Top goalscorer	League: Yacine Bammou (4) All: Adryan (7)
Highest home attendance	31,410 vs Paris (26 September 2015)
Lowest home attendance	18,851 vs Toulose (12 December 2015)
Home colours Away colours

Players

First team squad

Main article: List of FC Nantes players

French teams are limited to four players without EU citizenship. Hence, the squad list includes only the principal nationality of each player; several non-European players on the squad have dual citizenship with an EU country. Also, players from the ACP countries—countries in Africa, the Caribbean, and the Pacific that are signatories to the Cotonou Agreement—are not counted against non-EU quotas due to the Kolpak ruling.

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  FRA Rémy Riou 3 DF  ALB Ermir Lenjani (on loan from Rennes) 4 DF  VEN Oswaldo Vizcarrondo (Captain) 5 DF  ALB Lorik Cana 6 MF  SEN Rémi Gomis 7 MF  USA Alejandro Bedoya 8 MF  FRA Adrien Thomasson 9 FW  ISL Kolbeinn Sigþórsson 10 FW  MAR Yacine Bammou 12 MF  MLI Birama Touré 13 DF  FRA Wilfried Moimbé 14 DF  FRA Youssouf Sabaly (on loan from PSG) 15 DF  FRA Léo Dubois 16 GK  FRA Alexandre Olliero 17 DF  FRA Anthony Walongwa

No. Pos. Nation Player 20 MF  CGO Jules Iloki 21 FW  FRA Johan Audel 22 FW  ARG Emiliano Sala 23 MF  BRA Adryan (on loan from Flamengo) 24 MF  CMR Alexis Alegue 25 DF  FRA Enock Kwateng 26 DF  CIV Koffi Djidji 27 FW  BEL Guillaume Gillet 28 MF  FRA Valentin Rongier 30 GK  FRA Maxime Dupé 33 MF  FRA Hicham M'Laab 34 FW  FRA Thomas Henry 38 DF  COD Aristote N'Dongala 40 GK  FRA Quentin Braat

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player - MF  FRA Amine Oudrhiri (at Sedan)

No. Pos. Nation Player - FW  VEN Fernando Aristeguieta (at Red Star)

Transfers

Transfers in

Date	Pos.	Player	Age	Moved from	Fee	Notes
1 July 2015	MF	Adrien Thomasson	21	Evian	Undisclosed
1 July 2015	DF	Wilfried Moimbé	26	Brest	Free Transfer
2 July 2015	FW	Kolbeinn Sigþórsson	25	Ajax	£2.1 Million
20 July 2015	FW	Emiliano Sala	24	Bordeaux	Undisclosed
31 August 2015	DF	Lorik Cana	32	Lazio	Undisclosed
28 December 2015	DF	Guillaume Gillet	32	Anderlecht	Undisclosed	[1]

Loans in

Date	Pos.	Player	Age	Loaned from	Return date	Notes
1 July 2015	MF	Adryan	20	Flamengo	30 June 2016
17 August 2015	DF	Ermir Lenjani	26	Rennes	30 June 2016
31 August 2015	DF	Youssouf Sabaly	22	Paris Saint-Germain	30 June 2016

Transfers out

Date	Pos.	Player	Age	Moved to	Fee	Notes
1 July 2015	MF	Vincent Bessat	29	Caen	Free Transfer
1 July 2015	DF	Chaker Alhadhur	23	Caen	Undisclosed
1 July 2015	MF	Georges-Kévin Nkoudou	20	Marseille	Undisclosed
1 July 2015	DF	Kian Hansen	26	FC Midtjylland	Undisclosed
1 July 2015	FW	Serge Gakpé	28	Genoa	Free Transfer
1 July 2015	GK	Erwin Zelazny	23	Rodez	Free Transfer
1 July 2015	GK	Nassim Badri	21	Unattached	Released
20 July 2015	DF	Issa Cissokho	30	Genoa	Undisclosed
31 July 2015	MF	Jordan Veretout	22	Aston Villa	Undisclosed
17 August 2015	DF	Olivier Veigneau	30	Kasımpaşa	Free Transfer
1 September 2015	DF	Papy Djilobodji	26	Chelsea	£2.45 Million
3 January 2016	MF	Lucas Déaux	27	Gent	Undisclosed	[2]
19 January 2016	FW	Ismaël Bangoura	31	Al-Raed	Undisclosed	[3]

Loans out

Date	Pos.	Player	Age	Loaned to	Return date	Notes
1 February 2016	FW	Fernando Aristeguieta	23	Red Star	30 June 2016	[4]

Competitions

Ligue 1

Main article: 2015–16 Ligue 1

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
12	Montpellier	38	14	7	17	49	47	+2	49
13	Marseille	38	10	18	10	48	42	+6	48
14	Nantes	38	12	12	14	33	44	−11	48
15	Lorient	38	11	13	14	47	58	−11	46
16	Guingamp	38	11	11	16	47	56	−9	44

Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Fairplay ranking.[5]

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
37	12	11	14	33	40	−7	47	8	5	5	19	18	+1	4	6	9	14	22	−8

Last updated: 12 May 2016.
Source: Competitive matches

Results by match

Match	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A
Result	W	D	W	L	L	L	W	L	W	W	W	L	L	L	D	D	D	D	D	W	D	D	W	W	D	W	D	D	L	W	L	L	L	L	D	W	L	L
Position	7	8	4	8	10	16	14	11	12	8	6	7	10	11	10	11	11	12	13	10	11	11	9	6	7	6	5	8	8	6	8	10	10	10	10	9	12	14

Updated to match(es) played on 12 May 2016. Source: Ligue1
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss

Nantes v Guingamp

8 August 2015 1	Nantes	1–0	Guingamp	Nantes
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Djidji  27' B. Touré  61' Sorbon  89' (o.g.)	Report	37' Lévêque  41' Diallo  66' Sankharé	Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 27,248 Referee: Benoît Bastien

Angers v Nantes

15 August 2015 2	Angers	0–0	Nantes	Angers
20:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Mangani  34' Ketkeophomphone  42' Saïss  54'	Report	23' Adryan  28' Rongier  32' B. Touré  63' Thomasson	Stadium: Stade Jean Bouin Attendance: 15,969 Referee: Amaury Delerue

Nantes v Reims

22 August 2015 3	Nantes	1–0	Reims	Nantes
20:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Sigþórsson  13' Lenjani  77'	Report	40' Kankava  57' Weber  65' Mfulu	Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 23,854 Referee: Hakim Ben El Hadj

Bordeaux v Nantes

30 August 2015 4	Bordeaux	2–0	Nantes	Bordeaux
17:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Chantôme  22' Crivelli  36' Khazri  45+2' Yambéré  54' Gajić  87'	Report	36' Dubois  45+4',  51' Lenjani  65' B. Touré	Stadium: Nouveau Stade de Bordeaux Attendance: 26,307 Referee: Clément Turpin

Nantes v Stade Rennes

13 September 2015 5	Nantes	0–2	Stade Rennes	Nantes
17:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Djidji  49' Adryan  52' Dubois  56' Sigþórsson  78'	Report	37' Sylla   45',  67' Ntep  65' Mexer  89' Sio	Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 27,262 Referee: Stéphane Lannoy

Saint-Étienne v Nantes

20 September 2015 6	Saint-Étienne	2–0	Nantes	Saint-Étienne
17:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Malcuit  18' Bamba  26' Berić  30',  47'	Report	Déaux  79'	Stadium: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard Attendance: 28,846 Referee: Benoît Millot

Nantes v Paris Saint-Germain

25 September 2015 8	Nantes	1–4	Paris Saint-Germain	Nantes
17:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Bammou  11' Lenjani  40' Vizcarrondo  69'	Report	48',  67' Ibrahimović  73' Cavani  80' Di María  90+1' Aurier	Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 31,410 Referee: Amaury Delerue

Lille v Nantes

29 September 2015 7	Lille	0–1	Nantes	Villeneuve d'Ascq
18:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report	Iloki  5' Thomasson  31' Cana  50' Déaux  71'	Stadium: Stade Pierre-Mauroy Attendance: 27,667 Referee: Jérôme Miguelgorry

Nantes v Troyes

17 October 2015 10	Nantes	3–0	Troyes	Nantes
20:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Rongier  41' Sabaly  50' Bammou  62'	Report	71' Veškovac	Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 24,402 Referee: Mikael Lesage

Caen v Nantes

23 October 2015 11	Caen	0–2	Nantes	Caen
18:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Appiah  71'	Report	23' Bammou  61' Thomasson  73' Moimbé  83' Riou	Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano Attendance: 19,571 Referee: Stéphane Lannoy

Nantes v Marseille

1 November 2015 12	Nantes	0–1	Marseille	Nantes
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Bammou  55' Moimbé  90+1'	Report	Nkoudou  53' Cabella  90+3'	Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 27,392 Referee: Lionel Jaffredo

Nice v Nantes

4 November 2015 9	Nice	1–2	Nantes	Nice
18:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Genevois  42' Pied  67'	Report	Alegue  11' Vizcarrondo  65' Thomasson  68' Sigþórsson  70' Sabaly  75'	Stadium: Allianz Riviera Attendance: 17,531 Referee: Sébastien Moreira

Montpellier v Nantes

7 November 2015 13	Montpellier	2–1	Nantes	Montpellier
20:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Roussillon  12' Hilton  90'	Report	Iloki  50' Vizcarrondo  56' Bammou  63' Touré  65' Cana  65'	Stadium: Stade de la Mosson Attendance: 15,356 Referee: Frank Schneider

Monaco v Nantes

21 November 2015 14	Monaco	1–0	Nantes	Fontvieille
20:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Pašalić  43' Carvalho  70' L.Traoré  72'	Report	Sabaly  42'	Stadium: Stade Louis II Attendance: 5,733 Referee: Antony Gautier

Nantes v Bastia

28 November 2015 15	Nantes	0–0	Bastia	Nantes
20:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Cana  14' Bedoya  59'  Moimbé  78'	Report	Cahuzac  59' Danic  82'	Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 25,978 Referee: Nicolas Rainville

Nantes v Lyon

1 December 2015 16	Nantes	0–0	Lyon	Nantes
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Sabaly  17'	Report	Rafael  14' Ghezzal  81'	Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 20,896 Referee: Amaury Delerue

Gazélec Ajaccio v Nantes

5 December 2015 17	Gazélec Ajaccio	1–1	Nantes	Ajaccio, Corsica
20:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Ducourtioux  31' Tshibumbu  45+2',  84'	Report	Vizcarrondo  50' Sala  56' Sabaly  72'	Stadium: Stade Ange Casanova Attendance: 3,614 Referee: Wilfried Bien

Nantes v Toulouse

12 December 2015 18	Nantes	1–1	Toulouse	Nantes
20:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Déaux  35' Audel  53' Sala  85',  86' Henry  90+1'	Report	Doumbia  26' Pešić  53' Ben Yedder  57' Matheus  83' Bodiger  87' Diop  90+1'	Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 18,851 Referee: Hakim Ben El Hadj

Lorient v Nantes

19 December 2015 19	Lorient	0–0	Nantes	Lorient
20:00 CET (UTC+01:00)		Report	Dubois  28' Audel  76' Thomasson  90+1'	Stadium: Stade du Moustoir Attendance: 14,711 Referee: Fredy Fautrel

Nantes v Saint-Étienne

10 January 2016 20	Nantes	2–1	Saint-Étienne	Nantes
14:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Audel  29' Sigþórsson  77' Gillet  84'	Report	Roux  14' (pen.) Pajot  31' Brison  86' Maupay  90+3'	Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 25,509 Referee: Stéphane Lannoy

Guingamp v Nantes

16 January 2016 21	Guingamp	2–2	Nantes	Guingamp
20:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Benezet  3' Salibur  14'  23' Lemaître  63' Diallo  74' Martins Pereira  87' Sankharé  90+4'	Report	Kerbrat  64' (o.g.) Sabaly  90+2' Sigþórsson  90+3'	Stadium: Stade du Roudourou Attendance: 13,762 Referee: Antony Gautier

Nantes v Bordeaux

23 January 2016 22	Nantes	2–2	Bordeaux	Nantes
20:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Sigþórsson  1' Bedoya  30' Djidji  49' Thomasson  90+6'	Report	Biyogo Poko  41' Khazri  54' Ounas  66' Yamberé  90+6' Diabaté  84' Cana  90+4' (o.g.)	Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 21,893 Referee: Tony Chapron

Troyes v Nantes

30 January 2016 23	Troyes	0–1	Nantes	Troyes
20:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Jean  67'	Report	Gillet  41'  87' Moimbé  65' Riou  68'	Stadium: Stade de l'Aube Attendance: 11,592 Referee: Johan Hamel

Nantes v Gazélec Ajaccio

3 February 2016 24	Nantes	3–1	Gazélec Ajaccio	Nantes
19:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Sala  14' Bedoya  23' Gillet  45' Adryan  58'	Report	Mayi  26' Youga  51' Mangane  56'	Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 24,799 Referee: Saïd Ennjimi

Toulouse v Nantes

6 February 2016 25	Toulouse	0–0	Nantes	Toulouse
20:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Trejo  36' Moubandje  90'	Report	Sabaly  16' Thomasson  37' Sala  86' Bammou  90'	Stadium: Stadium Municipal Attendance: 11,570 Referee: Lionel Jaffredo

Nantes v Lorient

13 February 2016 26	Nantes	2–1	Lorient	Nantes
20:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Adryan  10' Sala  39' Bammou  80'	Report	Touré  53' N'Dong  55' Cabot  71' Moukandjo  79' (pen.) Gassama  85'	Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 22,256 Referee: Antony Gautier

Nantes v Monaco

28 February 2016 28	Nantes	0–0	Monaco	Nantes
14:00 CET (UTC+1)	Gillet  74'	Report	Lottin  53'	Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: Mikael Lesage Referee: 26,866

Rennes v Nantes

6 March 2016 29	Rennes	4–1	Nantes	Rennes
17:00 CET (UTC+1)	Dembélé  1', 23', 45' Grosicki  15' Armand  28' Sio  35'  67'	Report	Sigþórsson  24' Vizcarrondo  45' Adryan  60' Audel  79'	Stadium: Roazhon Park Attendance: 29,060 Referee: Ruddy Buquet

Bastia v Nantes

9 March 2016 27	Bastia	0–0	Nantes	Furiani
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Modesto  56'	Report	Sabaly  19' Iloki  43' Sigþórsson  77' Bammou  84'	Stadium: Stade Armand Cesari Attendance: 11,071 Referee: Sébastien Moreira

Nantes v Angers

13 March 2016 30	Nantes	2–0	Angers	Nantes
17:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Adryan  26' Gomis  36' Sala  49', 69'	Report	N'Doye  7' Traoré  45' Angoula  87'	Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 32,611 Referee: Benoît Bastien

Lyon v Nantes

19 March 2016 31	Lyon	2–0	Nantes	Lyon
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Rafael  67' Perrin  83' Lacazette  90+4' (pen.)	Report	Bedoya  42' Cana  64'	Stadium: Parc Olympique Lyonnais Attendance: 47,505 Referee: Benoît Millot

Nantes v Lille

3 April 2016 32	Nantes	0–3	Lille	Nantes
14:00 CET (UTC+1)	Gomis  61' Sabaly  81'	Report	Éder  19', 90+2' Sunzu  58' Civelli  83'	Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 25,518 Referee: Tony Chapron

Reims v Nantes

9 April 2016 33	Reims	2–1	Nantes	Reims
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Kankava  6' Oniangue  11' Signorino  74' Sabaly  80' (o.g.)	Report	Bammou  30',  85' Audel  59',  68' Cana  79'	Stadium: Stade Auguste Delaune Attendance: 12,143 Referee: Bartolomeu Varela

Nantes v Montpellier

17 April 2016 34	Nantes	0–2	Montpellier	Nantes
14:00 CET (UTC+1)	Vizcarrondo  45+1'	Report	Dabo  23' Jourdren  43' Congré  60' Skhiri  71'	Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 21,789 Referee: Stephane Jochem

Marseille v Nantes

24 April 2016 35	Marseille	1–1	Nantes	Marseille
17:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Thauvin  49' Romao  56' Mendy  90'	Report	Nkoulou  31' (o.g.) Thomasson  44' Bammou  79' Vizcarrondo  81'	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 19,898 Referee: Stéphane Lannoy

Nantes v Nice

30 April 2016 36	Nantes	1–0	Nice	Nantes
14:00 CET (UTC+1)	Thomasson  68' Vizcarrondo  73'	Report	Pied  88'	Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 21,442 Referee: Antony Gautier

Nantes v Caen

7 May 2016 37	Nantes	1–2	Caen	Nantes
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Djidji  50' Bedoya  78' Sala  90'	Report	Rodelin  5' Delort  45' (pen.) Delaplcae  61' Adeoti  76'	Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 30,321 Referee: Johan Hamel

Paris Saint Germain v Nantes

14 May 2016 38	Paris Saint Germain	4-0	Nantes	Paris
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Ibrahimović  18', 89' Rabiot  38' Moura  43' Marquinhos  52'	Report	Gillet  51'	Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 47,844 Referee: Lionel Jaffredo

Coupe de la Ligue

Main article: 2015–16 Coupe de la Ligue

Boug-Péronnas v Nantes

28 October 2015 Round of 32	Boug-Péronnas	3–2 (a.e.t.)	Nantes	Bourg-en-Bresse
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Goyon  13' Traoré  38' Boussaha  58' (pen.), 105' (pen.) Boujedra  64'	Report	26', 50' Adryan  51' Djidji  74' Lenjani  105' Déaux	Stadium: Stade Marcel-Verchère Attendance: 4,694 Referee: François Letexier

Coupe de France

Main article: 2015–16 Coupe de France

Blanc-Mesnil Sport v Nantes

2 January 2016 Round of 64	Blanc-Mesnil Sport	0–2	Nantes	Saint-Ouen
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00)		Report	Thomasson  40' Adryan  69'	Stadium: Stade Bauer Attendance: 2,999 Referee: Olivier Husset

Mantes 78 v Nantes

20 January 2016 Round of 32	Mantes 78	0–1 (a.e.t.)	Nantes	Mantes-la-Ville
18:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	M'Bobilelo  79'	Report	Djidji  26' Iloki  57' Kwateng  49' Bedoya  105' Gillet  109'	Stadium: Stade Aimé Bergeal Attendance: 5,500 Referee: Olivier Husset

Bordeaux v Nantes

10 February 2016 Round of 16	Bordeaux	3–4 (a.e.t.)	Nantes	Bordeaux
19:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Crivelli  23' Biyogo Poko  51' Touré  72' Malcolm  98'	Report	Bammou  6' Sigþórsson  65' Moimbé  70' Audel  115'  120' Bedoya  118'	Stadium: Nouveau Stade de Bordeaux Attendance: 9,207 Referee: Frank Schneider

Sochaux v Nantes

March 2016 Quarter-final	Sochaux	3–2 (a.e.t.)	Nantes	Montbéliard
CET (UTC+01:00)	Sao  87', 106' Cissé  98'	Report	Gillet  5' Thomasson  88' Riou  89' Adryan  116'	Stadium: Stade Auguste Bonal Attendance: 9,790 Referee: Tony Chapron

References

1. "Guillaume Gillet à Nantes (off.)". l'Equipe.
2. "Transfert : Lucas Deaux quitte Nantes pour La Gantoise (officiel)". l'Equipe.
3. "Transfert : Ismaël Bangoura (FC Nantes) signe en Arabie Saoudite". l'Equipe.
4. Fernando Aristeguieta (Nantes) au Red Star
5. "Ligue 1 2015/2016 - Season rules". Scoresway. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 22 July 2015.