# 2018–19 Stade Rennais FC season

The 2018–19 Stade Rennais season was the 117th professional season of the club since its creation in 1901. During this campaign, the club competed in Ligue 1, the Coupe de France, the Coupe de la Ligue and the UEFA Europa League, the latter being Rennes' first participation in European competition since making the qualifying rounds of the 2008–09 UEFA Cup.
Rennes won a third Coupe de France title, and a first since 1971, after defeating Paris Saint-Germain in the final.

## Players

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 | ALG | Mehdi Zeffane |
| 3 | DF | FRA | Damien Da Silva |
| 4 | DF | MOZ | Mexer |
| 6 | MF | SWE | Jakob Johansson |
| 7 | FW | SEN | Ismaïla Sarr |
| 8 | MF | FRA | Clément Grenier |
| 9 | FW | FRA | Jordan Siebatcheu |
| 10 | MF | FRA | Rafik Guitane |
| 11 | FW | SEN | M'Baye Niang (on loan from Torino) |
| 12 | MF | FRA | James Lea Siliki |
| 14 | MF | FRA | Benjamin Bourigeaud |
| 15 | DF | ALG | Ramy Bensebaini |
| 16 | GK | SEN | Abdoulaye Diallo |
| 18 | FW | FRA | Hatem Ben Arfa (vice-captain) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 20 | DF | FRA | Gerzino Nyamsi |
| 21 | MF | FRA | Benjamin André (captain) |
| 22 | MF | FRA | Romain Del Castillo |
| 23 | MF | FRA | Adrien Hunou |
| 24 | DF | GUF | Ludovic Baal |
| 26 | DF | FRA | Jérémy Gelin |
| 27 | DF | MLI | Hamari Traoré |
| 28 | MF | FRA | Denis-Will Poha |
| 29 | DF | FRA | Romain Danzé |
| 30 | GK | LTU | Edvinas Gertmonas |
| 35 | MF | FRA | Nicolas Janvier |
| 36 | DF | FRA | Namakoro Diallo |
| 40 | GK | CZE | Tomáš Koubek |

### 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 |
| 17 | MF | FRA | Faitout Maouassa (on loan to Nîmes) |
| — | MF | FRA | Stéphane Diarra (on loan to Le Mans) |
| — | FW | SEN | Diafra Sakho (on loan to Bursaspor) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | FW | FRA | Armand Laurienté (on loan to Orléans) |
| — | FW | FRA | Jordan Tell (on loan to Orléans) |
| — | FW | ESP | Brandon Thomas (on loan to Osasuna) |

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 8 | Reims | 38 | 13 | 16 | 9 | 39 | 42 | −3 | 55 | |
| 9 | Nîmes | 38 | 15 | 8 | 15 | 57 | 58 | −1 | 53 | |
| 10 | Rennes | 38 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 55 | 52 | +3 | 52 | Qualification for the Europa League group stage |
| 11 | Strasbourg | 38 | 11 | 16 | 11 | 58 | 48 | +10 | 49 | Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round |
| 12 | Nantes | 38 | 13 | 9 | 16 | 48 | 48 | 0 | 48 | |
* ↑ Rennes qualified for the Europa League group stage by winning the 2018–19 Coupe de France.
* ↑ Strasbourg qualified for the Europa League second qualifying round by winning the 2018–19 Coupe de la Ligue.

#### Results summary

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

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | DKV | REN | AST | JAB |
| 1 | Dynamo Kyiv | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 7 | +3 | 11 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 3–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 |
| 2 | Rennes | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 8 | −1 | 9 | Advance to knockout phase | 1–2 | — | 2–0 | 2–1 |
| 3 | Astana | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 8 | | 0–1 | 2–0 | — | 2–1 |
| 4 | Jablonec | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | −2 | 5 | | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | — |

#### Knockout phase
##### Round of 16
## 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 | UEFA Europa League | UEFA Europa League |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | FRA | Loïc Badiashile | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | GK | SEN | Abdoulaye Diallo | 9 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 30 | GK | LTU | Edvinas Gertmonas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | GK | CZE | Tomáš Koubek | 48 | 0 | 32+1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||||
| 2 | DF | ALG | Mehdi Zeffane | 31 | 1 | 14+6 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | FRA | Damien Da Silva | 49 | 3 | 32+1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | MOZ | Mexer | 43 | 2 | 29 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | CIV | Souleyman Doumbia | 9 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | ALG | Ramy Bensebaini | 39 | 3 | 24+1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7+2 | 1 |
| 20 | DF | FRA | Gerzino Nyamsi | 11 | 0 | 6+2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | GUF | Ludovic Baal | 3 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | FRA | Jérémy Gelin | 33 | 0 | 12+10 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3+4 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | MLI | Hamari Traoré | 49 | 0 | 33+1 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 29 | DF | FRA | Romain Danzé | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | FRA | Sacha Boey | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | DF | FRA | Namakoro Diallo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||||
| 6 | MF | SWE | Jakob Johansson | 22 | 1 | 7+9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | FRA | Clément Grenier | 48 | 4 | 29+4 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 |
| 10 | MF | FRA | Rafik Guitane | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | MF | FRA | James Léa Siliki | 34 | 0 | 14+10 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 3+3 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | FRA | Benjamin Bourigeaud | 52 | 9 | 28+6 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7+3 | 1 |
| 21 | MF | FRA | Benjamin André | 46 | 4 | 28+2 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | FRA | Romain Del Castillo | 36 | 0 | 15+14 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | FRA | Adrien Hunou | 29 | 11 | 14+5 | 7 | 3+1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3+3 | 2 |
| 35 | MF | FRA | Nicolas Janvier | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | MF | FRA | Eduardo Camavinga | 7 | 0 | 4+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||||
| 7 | FW | SEN | Ismaïla Sarr | 50 | 13 | 32+3 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 4 |
| 9 | FW | FRA | Jordan Siebatcheu | 23 | 7 | 7+8 | 3 | 1+2 | 3 | 1+1 | 0 | 2+1 | 1 |
| 11 | FW | SEN | M'Baye Niang | 44 | 14 | 19+10 | 11 | 3+1 | 2 | 1+1 | 0 | 5+4 | 1 |
| 18 | FW | FRA | Hatem Ben Arfa | 41 | 9 | 23+3 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6+3 | 2 |
| 19 | FW | FRA | Armand Laurienté | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||||||
| 28 | MF | FRA | Denis-Will Poha | 6 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Source: Competitions