2015–16 FC Nantes season

Nantes
2015–16 season
Chairman	Waldemar Kita
Manager	Michel Der Zakarian
Stadium	Stade de la Beaujoire
Ligue 1	14th
Coupe de France	Quarter-finals
Coupe de la Ligue	Round of 32
Top goalscorer	League: ; Emiliano Sala (6); All: ; Adryan (7)
Highest home attendance	31,410 vs Paris Saint-Germain; (26 September 2015)
Lowest home attendance	18,851 vs Toulouse; (12 December 2015)
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2014–15 2016–17 →

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

Players

First team squad

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; some limited exceptions apply. 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; some limited exceptions apply. 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
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

League table

Pos	Team v t e	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: Ligue 1, 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
38	12	11	15	33	44	−11	47	8	5	5	19	18	+1	4	6	10	14	26	−12

Last updated: 14 May 2016.
Source: Competitive matches

Results by round

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	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

Source: Ligue1
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Win Draw Loss

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	Lévêque 37' Diallo 41' Sankharé 66'	Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 27,248 Referee: Benoît Bastien

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

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

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	Dubois 36' Lenjani 45+4', 51' B. Touré 65'	Stadium: Nouveau Stade de Bordeaux Attendance: 26,307 Referee: Clément Turpin

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Coupe de la Ligue

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	Adryan 26', 50' Djidji 51' Lenjani 74' Déaux 105'	Stadium: Stade Marcel-Verchère Attendance: 4,694 Referee: François Letexier

Coupe de France

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

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

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

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

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

[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.

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