# 2017–18 Stade Malherbe Caen season

The 2017–18 Stade Malherbe Caen season was the 105th season of the club since its creation in 1913, the 17th in Ligue 1.

## Players
### Current squad

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 Vercoutre |
| 3 | DF | FRA | Florian Le Joncour |
| 4 | MF | CIV | Ismaël Diomandé |
| 5 | MF | GUI | Baïssama Sankoh |
| 7 | FW | FIN | Timo Stavitski |
| 8 | MF | BEL | Stef Peeters |
| 9 | MF | SVN | Jan Repas |
| 10 | MF | MAR | Youssef Aït Bennasser (on loan from Monaco) |
| 11 | MF | FRA | Vincent Bessat |
| 12 | FW | FRA | Ronny Rodelin |
| 13 | FW | CIV | Christian Kouakou |
| 17 | MF | COD | Jordan Nkololo |
| 18 | MF | CGO | Durel Avounou |
| 19 | MF | FRA | Jordan Leborgne |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 20 | FW | FRA | Hervé Bazile |
| 21 | DF | FRA | Frédéric Guilbert |
| 22 | DF | SEN | Adama Mbengue |
| 23 | DF | FRA | Mouhamadou Dabo |
| 24 | DF | FRA | Alexander Djiku |
| 25 | MF | FRA | Julien Féret (captain) |
| 26 | FW | CRO | Ivan Santini |
| 27 | FW | FRA | Enzo Crivelli (on loan from Angers) |
| 28 | DF | FRA | Damien Da Silva |
| 29 | DF | HAI | Romain Genevois |
| 30 | GK | CGO | Brice Samba |
| 32 | MF | FRA | Jessy Deminguet |
| 33 | DF | FRA | Yoël Armougom |
| 40 | GK | FRA | Matthieu Dreyer |

### 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 |
| — | GK | FRA | Paul Reulet (on loan to Boulogne) |
| — | DF | COM | Chaker Alhadhur (on loan to Châteauroux) |
| — | DF | BEN | Emmanuel Imorou (on loan to Cercle Brugge) |
| — | MF | FRA | Valentin Voisin (on loan to Avranches) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | FW | FRA | Yann Karamoh (on loan to Inter Milan) |
| — | FW | HAI | Jeff Louis (on loan to Quevilly-Rouen) |
| — | FW | SEN | Pape Sané (on loan to Auxerre) |

## Competitions
### Ligue 1
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 14 | Angers | 38 | 9 | 14 | 15 | 42 | 52 | −10 | 41 | |
| 15 | Strasbourg | 38 | 9 | 11 | 18 | 44 | 67 | −23 | 38 | |
| 16 | Caen | 38 | 10 | 8 | 20 | 27 | 52 | −25 | 38 | |
| 17 | Lille | 38 | 10 | 8 | 20 | 41 | 67 | −26 | 38 | |
| 18 | Toulouse (O) | 38 | 9 | 10 | 19 | 38 | 54 | −16 | 37 | Qualification for the relegation play-off final |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 12 February 2018. Source: Results

#### 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 | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H |
| Result | L | L | W | W | W | L | W | W | L | L | W | L | D | W | D | L | L | D | L | L | W | L | L | W | D | D | L | W | L | L | L | L | D | D | L | L | L | D |
| Position | 15 | 16 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 17 | 16 |

#### Matches

Win  Draw  Loss

### Coupe de la Ligue
## Goalscorers

| Place | Position | Number | Players | Ligue 1 | Coupe de France | Coupe de la Ligue | Total |
| 1 | FW | 26 | Ivan Santini | 11 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| 2 | FW | 12 | Ronny Rodelin | 5 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 3 | DF | 28 | Damien Da Silva | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | MF | 4 | Ismaël Diomandé | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | FW | 27 | Enzo Crivelli | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | FW | 13 | Christian Kouakou | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | DF | 21 | Frédéric Guilbert | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | MF | 32 | Jessy Deminguet | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | DF | 33 | Yoël Armougom | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | DF | 29 | Romain Genevois | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | FW | 7 | Timo Stavitski | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| | | | TOTALS | 25 | 7 | 1 | 33 |