2015–16 Stade de Reims season

The 2015–16 Stade de Reims season is the 85th professional season of the club since its creation in 1931.

Reims

2015–16 season
Chairman	Jean-Pierre Caillot
Manager	Olivier Guégan
Stadium	Stade Auguste Delaune
Ligue 1	17th
Coupe de France	Round of 64
Coupe de la Ligue	Round of 32
Top goalscorer	League: Nicolas de Préville (6) All: Nicolas de Préville (7)
Highest home attendance	20,950 vs Marseille (16 August 2015)
Lowest home attendance	9,289 vs Rennes (28 November 2015)
Home colours Away colours Third colours

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.

Current squad

As of 2 February 2016.[1]

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 Johann Carrasso 2 DF  MLI Mohamed Fofana 3 DF  FRA Franck Signorino 4 MF  GEO Jaba Kankava 5 DF  MAR Abdelhamid El Kaoutari (on loan from Palermo) 6 MF  FRA Antoine Devaux 7 FW  CPV Odaïr Fortes 8 MF  CGO Prince Oniangue 9 FW  CGO Thievy Bifouma (on loan from Granada) 10 FW  FRA Gaëtan Charbonnier 11 MF  BRA Diego 12 FW  FRA Nicolas de Préville 13 MF  GAM Hassane Kamara 14 MF  GUI Lass Bangoura (on loan from Rayo Vallecano) 15 DF  TUR Atila Turan

No. Pos. Nation Player 16 GK  TOG Kossi Agassa 17 MF  FRA Aly Ndom 18 MF  GAB Frédéric Bulot 19 MF  FRA Alexi Peuget 20 FW  USA Theoson Siebatcheu 21 MF  FRA Hugo Rodriguez 22 DF  GLP Mickaël Tacalfred 23 DF  ALG Aïssa Mandi (captain) 24 FW  FRA David N'Gog 25 DF  FRA Anthony Weber 26 MF  COD Omenuke Mfulu 27 DF  MLI Hamari Traoré 28 DF  FRA Antoine Conte 29 FW  FRA Grejohn Kyei 30 GK  HAI Johny Placide

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 — DF  MTQ Christopher Glombard (on loan to Paris FC)

Transfers

Transfers in

Date	Pos.	Player	Age	Moved from	Fee	Notes
13 July 2015	MF	Frédéric Bulot	24	Standard Liège	Undisclosed
17 July 2015	DF	Hamari Traoré	23	Lierse	Undisclosed
16 August 2015	MF	Jaba Kankava	29	Dnipro	Undisclosed	[2]
17 August 2015	MF	Hugo Rodriguez	24	Arles-Avignon	Undisclosed
27 August 2015	MF	Hassane Kamara	21	Châteauroux	Undisclosed	[3]
1 February 2016	GK	Johann Carrasso	27	Metz	Undisclosed	[4]

Loans in

Date	Pos.	Player	Age	Loaned from	Return date	Notes
28 January 2016	FW	Thievy Bifouma	23	Espanyol	30 June 2016	[5]
1 February 2016	DF	Abdelhamid El Kaoutari	25	Palermo	30 June 2016	[6]
1 February 2016	FW	Lass Bangoura	23	Rayo Vallecano	30 June 2016	[7]

Transfers out

Date	Pos.	Player	Age	Moved to	Fee	Notes
1 July 2015	FW	Gaëtan Courtet	26	Auxerre	Undisclosed
1 July 2015	GK	Sacha Bastien	20	Unattached	Released
8 July 2015	FW	Yann Benedick	23	US Sarre-Union	Free Transfer
31 July 2015	MF	André-Frank Zambo	19	Marseille	Free Transfer
5 August 2015	FW	Benjamin Moukandjo	26	Lorient	Undisclosed
11 August 2015	MF	Mads Albæk	25	IFK Göteborg	Undisclosed
25 January 2016	DF	Grégory Bourillon	31	Angers	Undisclosed	[8]

Loans out

Date	Pos.	Player	Age	Loaned to	Return date	Notes
1 July 2015	DF	Christopher Glombard	26	Paris FC	30 June 2016

Competitions

Ligue 1

Main article: 2015–16 Ligue 1

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
16	Guingamp	38	11	11	16	47	56	−9	44
17	Toulouse	38	9	13	16	45	55	−10	40
18	Reims (R)	38	10	9	19	44	57	−13	39	Relegation to Ligue 2[lower-alpha 1]
19	Gazélec Ajaccio (R)	38	8	13	17	37	58	−21	37
20	Troyes (R)	38	3	9	26	28	83	−55	18

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.[11]
(R) Relegated.
Notes:

1. Starting this season, Ligue 1 decided to reduce the number of relegation spots from three to two.[9] However, the decision was appealed and overturned so three teams were relegated.[10]

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
31	8	9	14	34	44	−10	33	5	5	6	20	18	+2	3	4	8	14	26	−12

Last updated: 20 March 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	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H
Result	W	W	L	W	D	D	D	W	L	L	L	L	L	L	D	W	D	D	L	L	D	D	L	W	W	L	L	W	L	D	L
Position	3	2	7	2	3	5	5	4	7	9	11	13	14	15	15	12	14	15	17	17	17	17	18	16	16	17	17	17	16	17	17

Updated to match(es) played on 20 March 2016. Source: Ligue1
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss

Bordeaux v Reims

9 August 2015 1	Bordeaux	1–2	Reims	Bordeaux
17:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Guilbert  37' Khazri  41' Poundjé  62' Yamberé  88'	Report	Traoré  18' de Préville  80' Charbonnier  84' Siebatcheu  87'	Stadium: Nouveau Stade de Bordeaux Attendance: 31,583 Referee: Ruddy Buquet

Reims v Marseille

16 August 2015 2	Reims	1–0	Marseille	Reims
14:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Traore  14',  41' Peuget  44'	Report	Mendy  28' Romao  49'  74' Batshuayi  58'	Stadium: Stade Auguste Delaune Attendance: 20,950 Referee: Benoît Bastien

Nantes v Reims

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

Reims v Lorient

29 August 2015 4	Reims	4–1	Lorient	Reims
20:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Charbonnier  23' Signorino  51' de Préville  54' Turan  57',  85' Kyei  66' Siebatcheu  78'	Report	Moukandjo  44' Bouanga  48'	Stadium: Stade Auguste Delaune Attendance: 11,041 Referee: Johan Hamel

Toulouse v Reims

12 September 2015 5	Toulouse	2–2	Reims	Toulouse
20:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Trejo  20' Kana-Biyik  28' Braithwaite  30' Akpa Akpro  71'	Report	Siebatcheu  56' Oniangue  68' Bulot  80' Devaux  90+4'	Stadium: Stadium Municipal Attendance: 11,766 Referee: Fredy Fautrel

Reims v Paris Saint-Germain

19 September 2015 6	Reims	1–1	Paris Saint-Germain	Reims
17:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Kankava  4' Kyei  74' Siebatcheu  83'	Report	Stambouli  67' Matuidi  80' Cavani  84'	Stadium: Stade Auguste Delaune Attendance: 20,526 Referee: Bartolomeu Varela

Angers v Reims

22 September 2015 7	Angers	0–0	Reims	Angers
19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Saïss  6'	Report	Charbonnier  12' Traore  51' Kankava  71'	Stadium: Stade Jean-Bouin Attendance: 11,163 Referee: Tony Chapron

Reims v Lille

25 September 2015 8	Reims	1–0	Lille	Reims
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Weber  12' Bulot  15' Kankava  31' N'Gog  56'	Report	Sidibé  19' Bauthéac  33' Mavuba  39'	Stadium: Stade Auguste Delaune Attendance: 11,696 Referee: Ruddy Buquet

Lyon v Reims

3 October 2015 9	Lyon	1–0	Reims	Lyon
17:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Lacazette  44',  56' Ghezzal  88'	Report	Signorino  84' Oniangue  85'	Stadium: Stade de Gerland Attendance: 30,089 Referee: Antony Gautier

Reims v Caen

17 October 2015 10	Reims	0–1	Caen	Reims
20:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Kyei  13' Mfulu  19'	Report	Leborgne  24' Appiah  52' Yahia  67' Féret  74'	Stadium: Stade Auguste Delaune Attendance: 10,555 Referee: Wilfried Bien

Reims v Monaco

25 October 2015 11	Reims	0–1	Monaco	Reims
14:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Devaux  62'  69' Charbonnier  67'	Report	Silva  11' Subašić  90' Cavaleiro  90+1'	Stadium: Stade Auguste Delaune Attendance: 14,238 Referee: Frank Schneider

Saint-Étienne v Reims

31 October 2015 12	Saint-Étienne	3–0	Reims	Saint Étienne
17:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Eysseric  9'  83' Berić  63' Oniangué  68' (o.g.)	Report	Peuget  67'	Stadium: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard Attendance: 28,825 Referee: Mikael Lesage

Reims v Gazélec Ajaccio

7 November 2015 13	Reims	1–2	Gazélec Ajaccio	Reims
20:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Weber  66' Kyei  77' De Préville  82' Devaux  90'	Report	Ducourtioux  31' Boutaïb  34' Zoua  71' Sylla  81'	Stadium: Stade Auguste Delaune Attendance: 11,393 Referee: Saïd Ennjimi

Montpellier v Reims

21 November 2015 14	Montpellier	2–1	Reims	Montpellier
20:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Yatabaré  21' Dabo  23'  84' Roussillon  49' Camara  69' Bensebaini  77'	Report	Weber  12' Signorino  26' Mfulu  36'	Stadium: Stade de la Mosson Attendance: 9,544 Referee: Stephane Jochem

Reims v Rennes

28 November 2015 15	Reims	2–2	Rennes	Reims
20:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	de Préville  30'  67' Kankava  35'  64' Mandi  58' Signorino  65' Devaux  88'	Report	Boga  44' Sylla  27' Moreira  61' Sio  66' Grosicki  81' Gelson Fernandes  84'	Stadium: Stade Auguste Delaune Attendance: 9,289 Referee: Hakim Ben El Hadj

Guingamp v Reims

2 December 2015 16	Guingamp	1–2	Reims	Guingamp
19:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Salibur  45+3',  42'  Sorbon  76' Coco  84'	report	N'Gog  14', 54',  40' Traore  16'  90' Weber  40' Peuget  45+2' Fofana  53'	Stadium: Stade du Roudourou Attendance: 14,046 Referee: Johan Hamel

Reims v Troyes

5 December 2015 17	Reims	1–1	Troyes	Reims
20:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Kankava  20' de Préville  36'	Report	Thiago Xavier  35' Pi  47'	Stadium: Stade Auguste Delaune Attendance: 10,765 Referee: Jérôme Miguelgorry

Reims v Nice

12 December 2015 18	Reims	1–1	Nice	Reims
16:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Rigonato  78' Devaux  84' Kankava  90+3' Mandi  90+4'	Report	Germain  6' Pied  30' Ben Arfa  57'	Stadium: Stade Auguste Delaune Attendance: 12,536 Referee: Antony Gautier

Bastia v Reims

19 December 2015 19	Bastia	2–0	Reims	Furiani
20:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Ayité  21' Cabot  59' Martins Pereira  63'	Report	Tacalfred  71'	Stadium: Stade Armand Cesari Attendance: 10,528 Referee: Saïd Ennjimi

Reims v Toulouse

9 January 2016 20	Reims	1–3	Toulouse	Reims
20:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Devaux  12',  79' Mandi  27' Traoré  46'	Report	Akpa Akpro  29' Blin  40' Tisserand  44' Ben Yedder  51', 66', 89' Trejo  59'	Stadium: Stade Auguste Delaune Attendance: 13,192 Referee: Mikaël Lesage

Gazélec Ajaccio v Reims

16 January 2016 21	Gazélec Ajaccio	2–2	Reims	Ajaccio, Corsica
20:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Boutaïb  2' Đoković  72',  83' Tshibumbu  73'	Report	De Préville  22', 31'	Stadium: Stade Ange Casanova Attendance: 3,568 Referee: Johan Hamel

Reims v Saint-Étienne

24 January 2016 22	Reims	1–1	Saint-Étienne	Reims
17:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Tacalfred  15' Diego  77' Mandi  89'	Report	Théophile-Catherine  48' Bahebeck  60' Pogba  64'	Stadium: Stade Auguste Delaune Attendance: 13,048 Referee: Ruddy Buquet

Lorient v Reims

30 January 2016 23	Lorient	2–0	Reims	Lorient
20:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Abdullah  4' Touré  15', 51' Jouffre  45+1' Mulumba  82'	Report	Kankava  19' Traoré  30'	Stadium: Stade du Moustoir Attendance: 10,002 Referee: Jerome Miguelgorry

Reims v Angers

3 February 2016 24	Reims	2–1	Angers	Reims
19:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Traoré  43' Charbonnier  50'	Report	Bouka Moutou  15' Saïss  49' Sunu  72' Andreu  80' Capelle  90+1'	Stadium: Stade Auguste Delaune Attendance: 10,603 Referee: Antony Gautier

Caen v Reims

6 February 2016 25	Caen	0–2	Reims	Caen
20:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Da Silva  21' Kouakou  49' Adéoti  62'	Report	Bifouma  20' Kankava  52' Traoré  59' Oniangue  63'	Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano Attendance: 16,018 Referee: Bartolomeu Varela

Reims v Bastia

13 February 2016 26	Reims	0–1	Bastia	Reims
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Traoré  24' Oniangue  54' Bangoura  63' Bifouma  88' Rigonato  90'	Report	Cahuzac  26' Mostefa  38' Palmieri  45' Traoré  48' (o.g.)	Stadium: Stade Auguste Delaune Attendance: 11,335 Referee: Lionel Jaffredo

Paris Saint-Germain v Reims

20 February 2016 27	Paris Saint-Germain	4–1	Reims	Paris
17:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Van der Wiel  12',  33' Ibrahimović  43', 68' Cavani  45+1',  81'	Report	Oniangue  34'	Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 45,489 Referee: Jérôme Miguelgorry

Reims v Bordeaux

27 February 2016 28	Reims	4–1	Bordeaux	Reims
20:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Mandi  23' Bifouma  34' Devaux  37' Conte  50' Charbonnier  67' Bangoura  89'	Report	Ounas  30'  69' Chantôme  64'	Stadium: Stade Auguste Delaune Attendance: 11,286 Referee: François Letexier

Lille v Reims

5 March 2016 29	Lille	2–0	Reims	Villeneuve-d'Ascq
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Rony Lopes  42'  63' Sidibé  42' Éder  90+3'	Report	Diego Rigonato  6' de Préville  71' Devaux  74'  85'	Stadium: Stade Pierre-Mauroy Attendance: 27,904 Referee: Mikael Lesage

Monaco v Reims

11 March 2016 30	Monaco	2–2	Reims	Fontvieille
20:30 CET (UTC+1)	Love  5', 38' Echiéjilé  36' Silva  73'	Report	Carrasso  5' Charbonnier  11' Conte  70' Rigonato  79'	Stadium: Stade Louis II Attendance: 5,738 Referee: Benoît Millot

Reims v Guingamp

19 March 2016 31	Reims	0–1	Guingamp	Reims
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Conte  28' Kankava  41' Traoré  44' Mandi  75'	Report	Sankharé  26' Jacobsen  40' Coc  56'	Stadium: Stade Auguste Delaune Attendance: 14,433 Referee: Frank Schneider

Rennes v Reims

2 April 2016 32	Rennes	3–1	Reims	Rennes
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Grosicki  12' Dembélé  15', 67' Diagné  61'	Report	Mandi  59'	Stadium: Roazhon Park Attendance: 24,828 Referee: Saïd Ennjimi

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

Troyes v Reims

16 April 2016 34	Troyes	2–1	Reims	Troyes
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Camus  50' Nivet  60' (pen.) Thiago Xavier  65' Saunier  87'	Report	Conte  30' Carrasso  60' Bifouma  64',  87'	Stadium: Stade de l'Aube Attendance: 12,650 Referee: Tony Chapron

Nice v Reims

22 April 2016 35	Nice	2–0	Reims	Nice
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Germain  11' Ben Arfa  56' (pen.) Pied  85'	Report	Weber  55' Turan  58' Traoré  74'	Stadium: Allianz Riviera Referee: Benoît Bastien

Reims v Montpellier

30 April 2016 36	Reims	2–3	Montpellier	Reims
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	De Préville  52' Diego  54' Oniangue  83' Bifouma  90+2'	Report	Camara  38' Roussillon  83' Congré  84' Sanson  86'	Stadium: Stade Auguste Delaune Attendance: 19,716 Referee: Fredy Fautrel

Marseille v Reims

7 May 2016 37	Marseille	1–0	Reims	Marseille
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Batshuayi  56' Barrada  68' Mandanda  88'	Report	Devaux  71'	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 20,767 Referee: Nicolas Rainville

Reims v Lyon

14 May 2016 38	Reims	4-1	Lyon	Reims
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Mandi  14',  41' Kyei  27',  56' (pen.) Diego  34' Fofana  43' Turan  51',  85' Kankava  53'	Report	Gonalons  25' Umtiti  55' Cornet  63'	Stadium: Stade Auguste Delaune Attendance: 17,432 Referee: Amaury Delerue

Coupe de la Ligue

Main article: 2015–16 Coupe de la Ligue

Dijon v Stade de Reims

28 October 2015 Round of 32	Dijon	2–1	Stade de Reims	Dijon
20:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Diony  17'  48' Bela  39' Paulle  50' Maury  58'	Report	Charbonnier  19' Peuget  51' de Préville  72'	Stadium: Stade Gaston Gérard Attendance: 4,849 Referee: Lionel Jaffredo

Coupe de France

Main article: 2015–16 Coupe de France

Chambly v Stade de Reims

2 January 2016 Round of 64	Chambly	4–1	Stade de Reims	Chambly
18:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Louisy-Daniel  6', 9', 43' Touati  48'	Report	Traoré  72' Peuget  76' de Préville  89' (pen.)	Stadium: Stade des Marais Attendance: 2,400 Referee: Benoît Millot

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4. Johann Carrasso (Metz) vers Reims
5. Stade de Reims: Bifouma prêt à jouer contre Lorient samedi
6. Abdelhamid El Kaoutari (Palerme) ira bien à Reims
7. Lass Bangoura (Rayo Vallecano) prêté à Reims
8. Grégory Bourillon (Reims) part à Angers
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