2018–19 Montpellier HSC season

The 2018–19 Montpellier HSC season is the 44th professional season of the club since its creation in 1974.

Montpellier

2018–19 season
Chairman	Laurent Nicollin
Manager	Michel Der Zakarian
Stadium	Stade de la Mosson
Ligue 1	6th
Coupe de France	Round of 32 vs. Nantes
Top goalscorer	League: Gaëtan Laborde (7) All: Gaëtan Laborde (7)
Highest home attendance	League/All: 20,477 vs. PSG (30 April 2019)
Lowest home attendance	League: 10,630 vs. Strasbourg (15 September 2018) All: 6,774 vs. Nantes (30 October 2018, CdlL Ro32)
Average home league attendance	13,829
Biggest win	3–0 (30 September 2018 vs. Nîmes) (27 October 2018 at Toulouse) (4 November 2018 vs. Marseille)
Biggest defeat	1–5 (20 February 2019 at PSG)
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.

As of 1 October 2018[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 2 DF  FRA Ruben Aguilar 3 DF  FRA Daniel Congré 4 DF  BRA Vitorino Hilton (captain) 5 DF  POR Pedro Mendes 6 MF  FRA Junior Sambia 7 MF  FRA Paul Lasne 8 DF  CMR Ambroise Oyongo 10 FW  FRA Gaëtan Laborde 11 FW  FRA Andy Delort (on loan from Toulouse) 12 FW  FRA Bilal Boutobba 13 MF  TUN Ellyes Skhiri (vice-captain) 14 DF  FRA Damien Le Tallec 15 DF  FRA Bryan Passi 16 GK  FRA Dimitry Bertaud

No. Pos. Nation Player 17 FW  FRA Jérémie Porsan-Clemente 18 FW  FRA Yanis Ammour 19 FW  SEN Souleymane Camara 20 FW  RSA Keagan Dolly 21 MF  FRA Kylian Kaiboue 22 MF  FRA Killian Sanson 23 MF  URU Facundo Píriz 25 MF  FRA Florent Mollet 27 DF  FRA Clément Vidal 29 MF  FRA Amir Adouyev 30 GK  FRA Jonathan Ligali 31 DF  FRA Nicolas Cozza 32 FW  SRB Petar Škuletić 40 GK  FRA Benjamin Lecomte

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  FRA Morgan Poaty (at Troyes) — FW  BEL Isaac Mbenza (at Huddersfield Town)

No. Pos. Nation Player — FW  CIV Giovanni Sio (at Al-Ittihad)

Competitions

Ligue 1

Main article: 2018–19 Ligue 1

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
4	Saint-Étienne	38	19	9	10	59	41	+18	66	Qualification for the Europa League group stage
5	Marseille	38	18	7	13	60	52	+8	61
6	Montpellier	38	15	14	9	53	42	+11	59
7	Nice	38	15	11	12	30	35	−5	56
8	Reims	38	13	16	9	39	42	−3	55

Source: Ligue 1 and Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Head-to-head points; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Head-to-head goals scored; 6) Head-to-head away goals scored; 7) Goals scored; 8) Away goals scored; 9) Most goals scored in single league match; 10) Fairplay ranking.[2]

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
38	15	14	9	53	42	+11	59	8	8	3	31	20	+11	7	6	6	22	22	0

Last updated: 24 May 2019.
Source: Competitive matches

Results by match

Round	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	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A
Result	L	W	D	W	D	W	D	W	D	W	W	W	L	D	W	L	L	L	D	D	D	W	D	D	D	L	W	D	L	W	L	W	W	W	D	W	D	L
Position	13	11	12	7	6	3	5	3	4	3	3	2	3	3	2	3	3	4	4	5	6	6	5	5	6	7	7	7	8	7	8	6	6	5	5	5	5	6

Updated to match(es) played on 24 May 2019. Source: Results
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss

Montpellier v Dijon

11 August 2018 1	Montpellier	1–2	Dijon	Montpellier
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Pedro Mendes  5',  33' Aguilar  81'	Report	Coulibaly  33',  90+1' Tavares  52' Yambéré  80'	Stadium: Stade de la Mosson Attendance: 12,765 Referee: Florent Batta

Amiens v Montpellier

18 August 2018 2	Amiens	1–2	Montpellier	Amiens
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Fofana  33' Konaté  82' (pen.)	Report	Mollet  52' Aguilar  64' Delort  66' Skhiri  71' Lasne  79'	Stadium: Stade de la Licorne Attendance: 10,397 Referee: Karim Abed

Montpellier v Saint-Étienne

25 August 2018 3	Montpellier	0–0	Saint-Étienne	Montpellier
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Hilton 46' Aguilar  50' Lasne  54'	Report		Stadium: Stade de la Mosson Attendance: 14,777 Referee: Jérôme Brisard

Reims v Montpellier

1 September 2018 4	Reims	0–1	Montpellier	Reims
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Oyongo  77'	Stadium: Stade Auguste Delaune Attendance: 12,042 Referee: Jérémy Stinat

Montpellier v Strasbourg

15 September 2018 5	Montpellier	1–1	Strasbourg	Montpellier
20:00	Le Tallec  51' Oyongo  59'	Report	Martin  28' Martinez  87' Mothiba  90+3'	Stadium: Stade de la Mosson Attendance: 10,630 Referee: Willy Delajod

Montpellier v Nice

22 September 2018 6	Montpellier	1–0	Nice	Montpellier
20:00	Laborde  35' Hilton  47' Sambia  50' Aguilar  90+1'	Report	Balotelli  53' Saint-Maximin  90+3'	Stadium: Stade de la Mosson Attendance: 11,015 Referee: Thomas Leonard

SM Caen v Montpellier

26 September 2018 7	SM Caen	2–2	Montpellier	Caen
19:00	Khaoui  10' Bammou  64' Ninga  79' Fajr  89'	Report	Delort  37' Le Tallec  52' Mollet  62' Hilton  83' Sambia  90+2'	Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano Attendance: 14,402 Referee: Antony Gautier

Montpellier v Nîmes

30 September 2018 8	Montpellier	3–0	Nîmes	Montpellier
17:00	Aguilar  3' Oyongo  28',  62' Delort  45+6' (pen.) Laborde  78'	Report	Lybohy  42' Diallo  45+2' Briançon  45+6'	Stadium: Stade de la Mosson Attendance: 20,054 Referee: Ruddy Buquet

Guingamp v Montpellier

6 October 2018 9	Guingamp	1–1	Montpellier	Guingamp
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Thuram  7' Benezet  64'	Report	Delort  30' Oyongo  31' Mollet  39'  39'	Stadium: Stade de Roudourou Attendance: 13,643 Referee: Jérémy Stinat

Montpellier v Bordeaux

21 October 2018 10	Montpellier	2–0	Bordeaux	Montpellier
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Laborde  17' Pedro Mendes  33' Skhiri  42' Delort  53' (pen.)	Report	Karamoh  42' Sabaly  47' Lerager  50' Pablo  53'	Stadium: Stade de la Mosson Attendance: 12,491 Referee: Frank Schneider

Toulouse v Montpellier

27 October 2018 11	Toulouse	0–3	Montpellier	Toulouse
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Durmaz  22' Jean  90+1'	Report	Delort  1',  24' Laborde  21' Reynet  90+3' (o.g.)	Stadium: Stadium Municipal Attendance: 14,107 Referee: Karim Abed

Montpellier v Marseille

4 November 2018 12	Montpellier	3–0	Marseille	Montpellier
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Laborde  51', 62' Lasne  70'	Report	Thauvin  30' Sanson  53' Gustavo  88'	Stadium: Stade de la Mosson Attendance: 19,683 Referee: Antony Gautier

Angers v Montpellier

10 November 2018 13	Angers	1–0	Montpellier	Angers
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Thomas  69' N'Doye  90+1'	Report	Laborde  12' Delort  50'	Stadium: Stade Raymond Kopa Attendance: 8,342 Referee: Jérémy Stinat

Montpellier v Rennes

25 November 2018 14	Montpellier	2–2	Rennes	Montpellier
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Le Tallec  24' Congré  37' Delort  45+1', 49' Pedro Mendes  85'	Report	Ben Arfa  5' Mexer  33' Bourigeaud  71' (pen.)	Stadium: Stade de la Mosson Attendance: 10,761 Referee: Jérôme Brisard

Monaco v Montpellier

1 December 2018 15	Monaco	1–2	Montpellier	Monaco
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Tielemans  42'	Report	Laborde  81' Škuletić  86'	Stadium: Stade Louis II Attendance: 6,725 Referee: Olivier Thual

Montpellier v Lille

4 December 2018 16	Montpellier	0–1	Lille	Montpellier
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Congré  52' Aguilar  74'	Report	Pépé  6' Ikoné  33' Xeka  51'	Stadium: Stade de la Mosson Attendance: 12,486 Referee: Mikael Lesage

Montpellier v Lyon

22 December 2018 19	Montpellier	1–1	Lyon	Montpellier
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Mendes  55' Aguilar  60',  81'	Report	Fekir  67',  72'	Stadium: Stade de la Mosson Attendance: 17,275 Referee: François Letexier

Nantes v Montpellier

8 January 2019 18	Nantes	2–0	Montpellier	Nantes
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Waris  62' Touré  64' Pallois  81'	Report	Mendes  11' Laborde  19' Lasne  88'	Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 15,780 Referee: Willy Delajod

Dijon v Montpellier

13 January 2019 20	Dijon	1–1	Montpellier	Dijon
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Saïd  54' Tavares  88' Lautoa  90'	Report	Le Tallec  61'	Stadium: Stade Gaston Gérard Attendance: 11,910 Referee: Benoît Bastien

Rennes v Montpellier

20 January 2019 21	Rennes	0–0	Montpellier	Rennes
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Da Silva  50' Sarr  74'	Report	Aguilar  41' Hilton  53'	Stadium: Roazhon Park Attendance: 23,990 Referee: Jérôme Miguelgorry

Montpellier v SM Caen

27 January 2019 22	Montpellier	2–0	SM Caen	Montpellier
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Laborde  51' Baysse  59' (o.g.) Sambia  84'	Report	Ninga  41'	Stadium: Stade de la Mosson Attendance: 11,001 Referee: Hakim Ben El Hadj

Nîmes v Montpellier

3 February 2019 23	Nîmes	1–1	Montpellier	Nîmes
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Landre  2' Alioui  68' Briançon  77'	Report	Mollet  45' Delort  73'	Stadium: Stade des Costières Attendance: 18,045 Referee: Antony Gautier

Montpellier v Monaco

10 February 2019 24	Montpellier	2–2	Monaco	Montpellier
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Skhiri  47' Laborde  66' Delort  90+1' (pen.)	Report	Martins  15' Silva  62' Falcao  68',  82' Jemerson  70'  90+4' Glik  90' Vinícius  90+3'	Stadium: Stade de la Mosson Attendance: 13,709 Referee: Frank Schneider

Lille v Montpellier

17 February 2019 25	Lille	0–0	Montpellier	Villeneuve-d'Ascq
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Xeka  37' Koné  44' Fonte  78'	Report	Hilton  29' Le Tallec  44' Congré  56'	Stadium: Stade Pierre-Mauroy Attendance: 36,967 Referee: Ruddy Buquet

Paris Saint-Germain v Montpellier

20 February 2019 17	Paris Saint-Germain	5–1	Montpellier	Paris
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Kurzawa  13' Di María  45+1' Dani Alves  64' Verratti  67' Škuletić  73' (o.g.) Hilton  78' (o.g.) Mbappé  79'	Report	Mollet  31' Oyongo  59'	Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 47,198 Referee: François Letexier
Note: The match, originally scheduled for 8 December 2018, was postponed due to security concerns as a result of the yellow vests movement.[3]

Montpellier v Reims

24 February 2019 26	Montpellier	2–4	Reims	Montpellier
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Congré  6' Laborde  55'	Report	Oudin  27', 70' Zeneli  47' (pen.) Mendy  58' Chavarría  88'	Stadium: Stade de la Mosson Attendance: 11,124 Referee: Willy Delajod

Bordeaux v Montpellier

5 March 2019 27	Bordeaux	1–2	Montpellier	Bordeaux
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Bašić  35' De Préville  39'	Report	Lasne  20' Congré  42',  51'	Stadium: Matmut Atlantique Attendance: 14,522 Referee: Jérôme Brisard

Montpellier v Angers

10 March 2019 28	Montpellier	2–2	Angers	Montpellier
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Delort  3' Skhiri  16',  70' Mollet  68' Lasne  81'	Report	Pavlović  73' Fulgini  80' Bahoken  90+1'	Stadium: Stade de la Mosson Attendance: 10,931 Referee: Karim Abed

Lyon v Montpellier

17 March 2019 29	Lyon	3–2	Montpellier	Décines-Charpieu
14:30 CET (UTC+1)	Terrier  12' Dembélé  58' Rafael  62' Aouar  86'	Report	Delort  23' Mollet  36' Lasne  81' Camara  90+1'	Stadium: Parc Olympique Lyonnais Attendance: 47,134 Referee: Clément Turpin

Montpellier v Guingamp

3 April 2019 30	Montpellier	2–0	Guingamp	Montpellier
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Delort  22' Ristić  78'	Report	Merghem  67' Traoré  68'	Stadium: Stade de la Mosson Attendance: 11,187 Referee: Frank Schneider

Nice v Montpellier

7 April 2019 31	Nice	1–0	Montpellier	Nice
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Dante  20' Srarfi  83'	Report	Hilton  34'	Stadium: Allianz Riviera Attendance: 17,980 Referee: Ruddy Buquet

Montpellier v Toulouse

14 April 2019 32	Montpellier	2–1	Toulouse	Montpellier
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Mendes  51' Skhiri  55' Mollet  63' Camara  77'	Report	Sidibé  67' Jullien  86'	Stadium: Stade de la Mosson Attendance: 11,986 Referee: Benoît Millot

Strasbourg v Montpellier

20 April 2019 33	Strasbourg	1–3	Montpellier	Strasbourg
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Gonçalves  30' Martinez  34' Martin  83'	Report	Delort  22', 86' Mollet  28' Mendes  46' Oyongo  52'	Stadium: Stade de la Meinau Attendance: 25,192 Referee: François Letexier

Montpellier v Paris Saint-Germain

30 April 2019 34	Montpellier	3–2	Paris Saint-Germain	Montpellier
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Kimpembe  22' (o.g.) Suárez  45+1' Skhiri  56' Le Tallec  72' Delort  80' Camara  85'	Report	Oyongo  12' (o.g.) Kimpembe  29' Bernat  40' Di María  62' Dagba  76' Kurzawa  90'	Stadium: Stade de la Mosson Attendance: 20,477 Referee: Mikael Lesage

Montpellier v Amiens

5 May 2019 35	Montpellier	1–1	Amiens	Montpellier
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Mollet  82' Congré  90+5'	Report	Mendoza  66' Gurtner  82' Dibassy  90+1'	Stadium: Stade de la Mosson Attendance: 14,330 Referee: Olivier Thual

Saint-Étienne v Montpellier

10 May 2019 36	Saint-Étienne	0–1	Montpellier	Saint-Étienne
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Cabella  51'  62' Nordin  56'	Report	Mollet  42' Suárez  45+1' Congré  53' Skhiri  53' Lecomte  55' Laborde  64'	Stadium: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard Attendance: 35,644 Referee: Benoît Bastien

Montpellier v Nantes

18 May 2019 37	Montpellier	1–1	Nantes	Montpellier
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Mollet  76'	Report	Diego Carlos  2' Coulibaly  24' Touré  29' Pallois  90+6'	Stadium: Stade de la Mosson Attendance: 16,063 Referee: Ruddy Buquet

Marseille v Montpellier

24 May 2019 38	Marseille	1–0	Montpellier	Marseille
21:05 CEST (UTC+2)	Sanson  11' Thauvin  55' Balotelli  87' Hubočan  89'	Report		Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 53,788 Referee: Antony Gautier

Coupe de France

Main article: 2018–19 Coupe de France

L'Entente SSG v Montpellier

5 January 2019 Round of 64	L'Entente SSG	1–0	Montpellier	Saint-Gratien
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Ba  41' Géran  90+3'	Report	Le Tallec  74'	Stadium: Parc des Sports Michel Hidalgo Attendance: 3,557 Referee: Ruddy Buquet

Coupe de la Ligue

Main article: 2018–19 Coupe de la Ligue

Montpellier v Nantes

30 October 2018 Round of 32	Montpellier	0–3	Nantes	Montpellier
18:45 CET (UTC+1)	Cozza  42' Mendes  74'	Report	Waris  24',  80' Evangelist  35' Coulibaly  58' Girotto  74' Rongier  84' Sala  90+4'	Stadium: Stade de la Mosson Attendance: 6,774 Referee: Olivier Thual

Statistics

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Ligue 1		Coupe de France		Coupe de la Ligue
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
16	GK		Dimitry Bertaud	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
30	GK		Jonathan Ligali	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
40	GK		Benjamin Lecomte	38	0	37	0	1	0	0	0
Defenders
2	DF		Ruben Aguilar	30	1	29	1	1	0	0	0
3	DF		Daniel Congré	39	2	37	2	1	0	1	0
4	DF		Vitorino Hilton	37	0	36	0	0	0	1	0
5	DF		Pedro Mendes	32	1	31	1	0	0	1	0
8	DF		Ambroise Oyongo	27	2	25+1	2	1	0	0	0
14	DF		Damien Le Tallec	37	3	31+5	3	1	0	0	0
15	DF		Bryan Passi	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
24	DF		Mathías Suárez	10	0	7+3	0	0	0	0	0
26	DF		Mihailo Ristić	10	1	3+7	1	0	0	0	0
27	DF		Clément Vidal	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
31	DF		Nicolas Cozza	14	0	11+1	0	1	0	1	0
Midfielders
6	MF		Junior Sambia	32	0	7+23	0	1	0	1	0
7	MF		Paul Lasne	37	2	18+17	2	1	0	1	0
13	MF		Ellyes Skhiri	38	3	35+2	3	1	0	0	0
21	MF		Kylian Kaiboue	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	MF		Killian Sanson	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	MF		Facundo Píriz	7	0	0+6	0	0	0	1	0
25	MF		Florent Mollet	33	6	31+1	6	0	0	0+1	0
29	MF		Amir Adouyev	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Forwards
10	FW		Gaëtan Laborde	38	11	35+1	11	1	0	0+1	0
11	FW		Andy Delort	38	14	36	14	1	0	0+1	0
12	FW		Bilal Boutobba	2	0	0+2	0	0	0	0	0
17	FW		Jérémie Porsan-Clemente	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
18	FW		Yanis Ammour	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
19	FW		Souleymane Camara	13	3	0+12	3	0	0	1	0
20	FW		Keagan Dolly	4	0	2+1	0	0+1	0	0	0
32	FW		Petar Škuletić	30	1	4+24	1	0+1	0	1	0
Players transferred out during the season
—	FW		Giovanni Sio	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Last updated: 24 May 2019
Source: Competitions

References

1. "Équipe pro Saison 2018 / 2019". mhscfoot.com. Retrieved 24 July 2018.
2. "League Table". Ligue1.com. Retrieved 12 August 2016.
3. "France protests: Three more Ligue 1 games postponed, including Monaco v Nice". BBC Sport. 6 December 2018. Retrieved 16 December 2018.