# 2019–20 Stade Rennais FC season

The 2019–20 season was Stade Rennais's 118th season in existence and the club's 26th consecutive season in the top flight of French football. In addition to the domestic league, Rennes participated in this season's editions of the Trophée des Champions, the Coupe de la Ligue, the UEFA Europa League and the Coupe de France. The season covered the period from 1 July 2019 to 30 June 2020.

## Players
### Squad

    As of 1 February 2020.
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 | Romain Salin |
| 3 | DF | FRA | Damien Da Silva (captain) |
| 4 | DF | FRA | Gerzino Nyamsi |
| 6 | MF | SWE | Jakob Johansson |
| 7 | MF | BRA | Raphinha |
| 8 | MF | FRA | Clément Grenier |
| 9 | FW | FRA | Jordan Siebatcheu |
| 10 | MF | FRA | Rafik Guitane |
| 11 | FW | SEN | M'Baye Niang |
| 12 | MF | FRA | James Léa Siliki |
| 14 | MF | FRA | Benjamin Bourigeaud |
| 15 | DF | MAD | Jérémy Morel |
| 16 | GK | SEN | Édouard Mendy |
| 17 | DF | FRA | Faitout Maouassa |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 18 | MF | FRA | Eduardo Camavinga |
| 19 | FW | TUR | Metehan Güçlü |
| 20 | MF | FRA | Flavien Tait |
| 21 | DF | FRA | Joris Gnagnon (on loan from Sevilla) |
| 22 | FW | FRA | Romain Del Castillo |
| 23 | MF | FRA | Adrien Hunou |
| 25 | MF | FRA | Steven Nzonzi (on loan from Roma) |
| 26 | DF | FRA | Jérémy Gelin |
| 27 | DF | MLI | Hamari Traoré |
| 28 | MF | FRA | Jonas Martin |
| 30 | GK | COD | Pépé Bonet |
| 31 | DF | FRA | Sacha Boey |
| 32 | FW | FRA | Lucas Da Cunha |
| 34 | MF | FRA | Yann Gboho |
| — | GK | COD | Riffi Mandanda |

#### 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 | Lilian Brassier (on loan to Valenciennes) |
| — | DF | FRA | Namakoro Diallo (on loan to Avranches) |
| — | MF | FRA | Denis-Will Poha (on loan to Vitória SC) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | DF | CIV | Souleyman Doumbia (on loan to Angers) |
| — | FW | FRA | Armand Laurienté (on loan to Lorient) |
| — | FW | FRA | Jordan Tell (on loan to Caen) |

#### Reserve team

    As of 10 September 2019.
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 | Théo Louis |
| -- | GK | FRA | Guillaume Veinante |
| -- | DF | FRA | Rayane Doucouré |
| -- | DF | FRA | Brandon Soppy |
| -- | DF | FRA | Justin Gru |
| -- | DF | FRA | Matthieu Huard |
| -- | DF | FRA | Maxime Bernauer |
| -- | DF | FRA | Warmed Omari |
| -- | MF | FRA | Billal Mehadji |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| -- | MF | FRA | Mathis Picouleau |
| -- | MF | FRA | Baptiste Gautier |
| -- | MF | FRA | Alexis Trouillet |
| -- | FW | FRA | Georginio Rutter |
| -- | FW | FRA | Adrien Truffert |
| 32 | FW | FRA | Lucas Da Cunha |
| -- | FW | FRA | Arnaud Tattevin |
| -- | FW | FRA | Isaac Matondo |
| -- | FW | FRA | Alan Kerouedan |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss

## Competitions
### Overview

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Ligue 1 | 10 August 2019 | 8 March 2020 | Matchday 1 | 3rd | 28 | 15 | 5 | 8 | 38 | 24 | +14 | 053.57 |
| Coupe de France | 4 January 2020 | 5 March 2020 | Round of 64 | Semi-finals | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 6 | +5 | 060.00 |
| Coupe de la Ligue | 18 December 2019 | 18 December 2019 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 000.00 |
| Trophée des Champions | 3 August 2019 | 3 August 2019 | Final | Runners-up | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 000.00 |
| Europa League | 19 September 2019 | 12 December 2019 | Group stage | Group stage | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | −3 | 016.67 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 41 | 19 | 7 | 15 | 57 | 43 | +14 | 046.34 |
Source: Soccerway

### Ligue 1
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | PPG | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Paris Saint-Germain (C) | 27 | 22 | 2 | 3 | 75 | 24 | +51 | 68 | 2.52 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 2 | Marseille | 28 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 41 | 29 | +12 | 56 | 2.00 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 3 | Rennes | 28 | 15 | 5 | 8 | 38 | 24 | +14 | 50 | 1.79 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 4 | Lille | 28 | 15 | 4 | 9 | 35 | 27 | +8 | 49 | 1.75 | Qualification for the Europa League group stage |
| 5 | Nice | 28 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 41 | 38 | +3 | 41 | 1.46 | Qualification for the Europa League group stage |
* ↑ Since the winners of the Coupe de France and the Coupe de la Ligue, Paris Saint-Germain, qualified for the Champions League, the spot given to the Coupe de France winners (Europa League group stage) was passed to the fifth-placed team and the spot given to the Coupe de la Ligue winners (Europa League second qualifying round) was passed to the sixth-placed team.
* 1 2 Nice finished ahead of Reims on head-to-head points: Nice 2–0 Reims, Reims 1–1 Nice.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source: Ligue 1

#### 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 | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | W | W | L | D | D | L | D | L | L | W | W | W | L | W | W | W | W | W | L | D | W | L | D | L | W | W | W | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C |
| Position | 8 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 14 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |

#### Matches

The Ligue 1 schedule was announced on 14 June 2019. The Ligue 1 matches were suspended by the LFP on 13 March 2020 due to COVID-19 until further notices. On 28 April 2020, it was announced that Ligue 1 and Ligue 2 campaigns would not resume, after the country banned all sporting events until September. On 30 April, The LFP ended officially the 2019–20 season.

### UEFA Europa League
#### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | CEL | CLJ | LAZ | REN |
| 1 | Celtic | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 | +4 | 13 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 |
| 2 | CFR Cluj | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 12 | Advance to knockout phase | 2–0 | — | 2–1 | 1–0 |
| 3 | Lazio | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 9 | −3 | 6 | | 1–2 | 1–0 | — | 2–1 |
| 4 | Rennes | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | −3 | 4 | | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | — |

## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Ligue 1 | Ligue 1 | Coupe de France | Coupe de France | Coupe de la Ligue | Coupe de la Ligue | Trophée des Champions | Trophée des Champions | Europa League | Europa League |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | FRA | Romain Salin | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | GK | SEN | Édouard Mendy | 33 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 30 | GK | COD | Pépé Bonet | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 40 | GK | COD | Riffi Mandanda | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||||||
| 3 | DF | FRA | Damien Da Silva | 32 | 1 | 25 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | FRA | Gerzino Nyamsi | 7 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | MAD | Jérémy Morel | 27 | 2 | 20+1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 21 | DF | FRA | Joris Gnagnon | 32 | 2 | 14+5 | 0 | 3+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 |
| 26 | DF | FRA | Jérémy Gelin | 18 | 1 | 10+4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | MLI | Hamari Traoré | 37 | 1 | 27 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 31 | DF | FRA | Sacha Boey | 9 | 0 | 1+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||||||
| 6 | MF | SWE | Jakob Johansson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | FRA | Clément Grenier | 17 | 1 | 10+1 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | FRA | Rafik Guitane | 4 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 12 | MF | FRA | James Léa Siliki | 29 | 1 | 12+8 | 0 | 4+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | FRA | Benjamin Bourigeaud | 36 | 3 | 21+4 | 2 | 3+1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | FRA | Faitout Maouassa | 32 | 3 | 23 | 3 | 4+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | ANG | Eduardo Camavinga | 36 | 1 | 24+1 | 1 | 3+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | FRA | Flavien Tait | 26 | 2 | 9+8 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | FRA | Adrien Hunou | 34 | 11 | 13+10 | 8 | 2+3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2+2 | 1 |
| 25 | MF | FRA | Steven Nzonzi | 7 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | FRA | Jonas Martin | 5 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 34 | MF | FRA | Yann Gboho | 17 | 2 | 2+6 | 1 | 1+3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||||||
| 7 | FW | BRA | Raphinha | 30 | 7 | 20+2 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | FRA | Jordan Siebatcheu | 21 | 1 | 4+10 | 0 | 0+2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2+3 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | SEN | M'Baye Niang | 36 | 14 | 24+2 | 10 | 4+1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | TUR | Metehan Güçlü | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | FW | FRA | Romain Del Castillo | 33 | 2 | 14+7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 3+2 | 0 |
| 32 | FW | FRA | Lucas Da Cunha | 5 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||||||||
| 40 | GK | CZE | Tomáš Koubek | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | CIV | Souleyman Doumbia | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Last updated: 8 March 2020 Source: Soccerway