# 2011–12 Chamois Niortais F.C. season

The 2011–12 season is the 86th campaign in the history of the French association football club Chamois Niortais. It is their second consecutive season in the Championnat National, the third tier of French football, after an 11th-place finish in 2010–11. Former Niort midfielder Pascal Gastien remained as manager, having been appointed to the position in 2009. Niort finished as runners-up in the Championnat National, thereby earning promotion to Ligue 2 for the 2012–13 season after a four-year absence from the second tier of French football.

## Transfers

In :
| Name | Pos | From | Date |
| Frédéric Bong | DF | US Créteil-Lusitanos | 27 May 2011 |
| Paul Delecroix | GK | on loan from Amiens SC | 12 June 2011 |
| Samuel N'Guessan | DF | LB Châteauroux | 12 June 2011 |
| Jimmy Roye | MF | Paris FC | 12 June 2011 |
| Sadio Sankharé | DF | Paris FC | 30 June 2011 |
| Mustapha Durak | FW | Gap FC | 1 July 2011 |
Out :
| Name | Pos | To | Date | Ref |
| Kévin Bâcle | MF | Stade Bordelais | 1 June 2011 | |
| Thomas Bustreau | MF | Vendée Luçon Football | 1 June 2011 | |
| Kévin Aubeneau | GK | Stade Laval | 2 June 2011 | |
| Mamadou Camara | DF | EA Guingamp | 16 June 2011 | |
| Germain Lugier | FW | Gap FC | 28 June 2011 | |
| Nicolas Marti | MF | Vierzon Foot 18 | 2 July 2011 | |
| Vincent Guignery | DF | RC Strasbourg | 19 August 2011 | |
| Carl Tourenne | DF | Retired | Retired | Retired |

## First-team appearances

    As of 17 June 2012
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Championnat National | Championnat National | Coupe de France | Coupe de France |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | FRA | Paul Delecroix | 38 | 0 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | FRA | Johan Letzelter | 33 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | FRA | Farès Hachi | 7 | 0 | 1+5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | FRA | Quentin Bernard | 44 | 0 | 38 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | FRA | Vincent Durand | 29 | 1 | 27 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 7 | MF | FRA | Julien Ricaud | 42 | 2 | 21+15 | 1 | 5+1 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | FRA | Johan Gastien | 35 | 4 | 31+1 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| 9 | FW | FRA | Arnaud Gonzalez | 33 | 10 | 24+6 | 9 | 3 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | SEN | Mouhamadou Diaw | 39 | 10 | 32+2 | 9 | 5 | 1 |
| 11 | FW | FRA | Luigi Glombard | 35 | 7 | 25+6 | 7 | 2+2 | 0 |
| 12 | FW | FRA | Mustapha Durak | 25 | 6 | 12+10 | 5 | 1+2 | 1 |
| 13 | MF | FRA | Jimmy Giraudon | 21 | 0 | 5+11 | 0 | 3+2 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | FRA | Alassane N'Diaye | 22 | 2 | 3+15 | 2 | 2+2 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | FRA | Sadio Sankharé | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | GK | FRA | Pascal Landais | 4 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | FRA | Jimmy Roye | 40 | 12 | 34+1 | 10 | 5 | 2 |
| 20 | FW | FRA | Yacine Ghazi | 6 | 5 | 0+4 | 1 | 1+1 | 4 |
| 21 | DF | FRA | Quentin Bachelier | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | FRA | Nicolas Desenclos | 12 | 0 | 9+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | MLI | Djibril Konaté | 34 | 2 | 30 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | FRA | Samuel N'Guessan | 8 | 0 | 4+2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | SEN | Frédéric Bong | 37 | 1 | 32+1 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | FRA | Pierre Morin | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 29 | FW | FRA | Simon Hébras | 43 | 14 | 22+15 | 10 | 4+2 | 4 |
| 30 | GK | FRA | Thomas Pigeau | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| | DF | FRA | Guillaume Chassac | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | MF | FRA | Rémy Mallot | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |

## Championnat National

Niort began their season with a 2–1 home win against Gazélec Ajaccio thanks to goals from new signings Mustapha Durak and Jimmy Roye. The pair scored again in the following match, a 2–2 draw away at SR Colmar. The team continued their unbeaten start to the season with a 4–0 defeat of US Luzenac on 19 August 2011.

### Match results
#### Key

* In Result column, Niort score shown first
* pen. = Penalty kick
* o.g. = Own goal

#### Results

| Date | Opponents | Result | Goalscorers | Attendance |
| 5 August 2011 | Gazélec Ajaccio (H) | 2–1 | Roye, Durak | 3,500 |
| 12 August 2011 | Colmar (A) | 2–2 | Durak, Roye | 2,000 |
| 19 August 2011 | Luzenac (H) | 4–0 | Konaté, Hébras, Durak, Diaw | 3,514 |
| 26 August 2011 | Créteil (A) | 2–1 | Gonzalez, Durak | 350 |
| 2 September 2011 | Le Poiré-sur-Vie (H) | 1–0 | Glombard | 3,500 |
| 9 September 2011 | Vannes (A) | 0–1 | | 2,541 |
| 16 September 2011 | Fréjus (H) | 2–0 | Diaw, Glombard | 3,500 |
| 20 September 2011 | Rouen (A) | 2–2 | Roye, Gonzalez | 3,644 |
| 24 September 2011 | Red Star (H) | 4–0 | Glombard, Ricaud, Bong, Ghazi | 3,084 |
| 30 September 2011 | Nîmes (A) | 2–3 | Gonzalez (2) | 4,282 |
| 7 October 2011 | Martigues (H) | 3–1 | Gastien, Diaw, Gonzalez | 3,000 |
| 12 October 2011 | Cherbourg (A) | 2–1 | N'Diaye, Roye | 1,659 |
| 21 October 2011 | Paris FC (H) | 0–2 | | 3,500 |
| 6 November 2011 | Épinal (A) | 1–2 | Glombard | 1,800 |
| 11 November 2011 | Besançon (H) | 3–0 | Gonzalez (2), Roye | 2,957 |
| 26 November 2011 | Bayonne (H) | 4–0 | Diaw, Gonzalez, N'Diaye, Hébras | 4,085 |
| 2 December 2011 | Orléans (A) | 5–1 | Diaw (2), Glombard (2), Hébras | 1,850 |
| 16 December 2011 | Quevilly (H) | 2–0 | Gonzalez, Roye | 2,819 |
| 20 December 2011 | Beauvais (A) | 2–2 | Ricaud, Durak | 1,470 |
| 14 January 2012 | Colmar (H) | 2–1 | Roye, Diaw | 2,800 |
| 28 January 2012 | Luzenac (A) | 1–1 | Bernard | 500 |
| 17 February 2012 | Vannes (H) | 0–0 | | 3,000 |
| 21 February 2012 | Créteil (H) | 0–2 | | 2,300 |
| 25 February 2012 | Fréjus (A) | 0–0 | | 1,100 |
| 10 March 2012 | Red Star (A) | 2–1 | Hébras (2) | 1,834 |
| 16 March 2012 | Nîmes (H) | 1–1 | Konaté | 4,000 |
| 23 March 2012 | Martigues (A) | 1–2 | Glombard | 589 |
| 27 March 2012 | Le Poiré-sur-Vie (A) | 0–1 | | 2,574 |
| 30 March 2012 | Cherbourg (H) | 2–0 | Hébras (2) | 2,500 |
| 7 April 2012 | Paris FC (A) | 1–0 | Hébras | 500 |
| 13 April 2012 | Épinal (H) | 0–0 | | 4,418 |
| 17 April 2012 | Rouen (H) | 3–0 | Gastien, Diaw, Roye | 5,000 |
| 21 April 2012 | Besançon (A) | 1–1 | Hébras | 1,687 |
| 27 April 2012 | Bayonne (A) | 1–1 | Roye | 450 |
| 4 May 2012 | Orléans (H) | 0–1 | | 6,500 |
| 11 May 2012 | Quevilly (A) | 2–0 | Gastien, Diaw | 1,280 |
| 18 May 2012 | Beauvais (H) | 0–2 | | 6,500 |
| 26 May 2012 | Gazélec Ajaccio (A) | 1–0 | Roye | 3,500 |

## Coupe de France

| Round | Date | Opponents | Result | Goalscorers | Attendance |
| Fifth round | 15 October 2011 | Saint-Maixent (A) | 5–0 | Durand, Ghazi (4) | 1,100 |
| Sixth round | 29 October 2011 | Royan Vaux (A) | 1–0 | Gastien | 554 |
| Seventh round | 19 November 2011 | Tarbes (A) | 4–1 (aet) | Gonzalez, Hébras (2), Diaw | 500 |
| Eighth round | 10 December 2011 | Bayonne (H) | 3–2 | Ricaud, Hébras, Durak | 2,000 |
| Round of 64 | 7 January 2012 | Brest (H) | 2–0 | Roye (2) | 8,322 |
| Round of 32 | 21 January 2012 | Orléans (H) | 1–2 | Hébras | 5,135 |