# 2015–16 Stade Rennais FC season

The 2015–16 Stade Rennais season was the 115th professional season of the club since its creation in 1901.

## Players

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.

### Current squad

    As of 1 February 2016.
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 | Benoît Costil |
| 2 | DF | ALG | Mehdi Zeffane |
| 3 | DF | SEN | Cheikh M'Bengue |
| 4 | DF | MOZ | Mexer |
| 5 | DF | POR | Pedro Mendes |
| 6 | MF | SUI | Gelson Fernandes |
| 7 | FW | FRA | Paul-Georges Ntep |
| 9 | FW | RSA | Kermit Erasmus |
| 10 | FW | POL | Kamil Grosicki |
| 11 | MF | COL | Juan Quintero (on loan from Porto) |
| 12 | DF | FRA | Steven Moreira |
| 13 | FW | CIV | Giovanni Sio |
| 14 | DF | SEN | Fallou Diagne |
| 16 | GK | FRA | Olivier Sorin |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 17 | MF | FRA | Jérémie Boga (on loan from Chelsea) |
| 18 | FW | BRA | Pedro Henrique |
| 19 | DF | FRA | Dimitri Cavaré |
| 20 | MF | MLI | Yacouba Sylla |
| 21 | MF | FRA | Benjamin André |
| 22 | DF | FRA | Sylvain Armand (vice-captain) |
| 23 | MF | FRA | Ousmane Dembélé |
| 24 | DF | GUF | Ludovic Baal |
| 28 | MF | FRA | Yoann Gourcuff |
| 29 | DF | FRA | Romain Danzé (captain) |
| 30 | GK | LTU | Edvinas Gertmonas |
| 35 | MF | FRA | Nicolas Janvier |
| 40 | GK | SEN | Abdoulaye Diallo |

### 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 | MKD | Gjoko Zajkov (at Charleroi) |
| — | DF | ALB | Ermir Lenjani (at Nantes) |
| — | DF | FRA | Cédric Hountondji (at Auxerre) |
| — | MF | FRA | Adrien Hunou (at Clermont) |
| — | MF | BIH | Sanjin Prcić (at Torino) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | BEL | Christian Brüls (at Standard Liège) |
| — | FW | FRA | Wesley Saïd (at Dijon) |
| — | FW | AUT | Philipp Hosiner (at 1. FC Köln) |
| — | FW | SWE | Ola Toivonen (at Sunderland) |

## Transfers
### Transfers in

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moved from | Fee |
| 1 July 2015 | DF | Ludovic Baal | 29 | Lens | Free Transfer |
| 1 July 2015 | FW | Giovanni Sio | 26 | Basel | Undisclosed |
| 1 July 2015 | MF | Yacouba Sylla | 24 | Aston Villa | Undisclosed |
| 6 July 2015 | DF | Pedro Mendes | 24 | Parma | Free Transfer |
| 12 August 2015 | DF | Mehdi Zeffane | 23 | Lyon | Undisclosed |
| 14 September 2015 | MF | Yoann Gourcuff | 29 | Unattached | Free Transfer |
| 28 January 2016 | FW | Kermit Erasmus | 25 | Orlando Pirates | Undisclosed |

### Loans in

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Loaned from | On loan until | Notes |
| 31 August 2015 | MF | Jérémie Boga | 18 | Chelsea | 30 June 2016 | |
| 31 August 2015 | MF | Juan Quintero | 22 | Porto | 30 June 2016 | |

### Transfers out

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moved to | Fee | Notes |
| 1 July 2015 | MF | Vincent Pajot | 24 | Saint-Étienne | Free Transfer | |
| 1 July 2015 | MF | Sadio Diallo | 24 | Bastia | Undisclosed | |
| 1 July 2015 | MF | Jean Makoun | 32 | Unattached | Released | Later joined Antalyaspor |
| 1 July 2015 | GK | Christopher Dilo | 21 | Dijon | Free Transfer | |
| 3 August 2015 | MF | Zana Allée | 21 | AC Ajaccio | Free Transfer | |
| 16 August 2015 | MF | Anders Konradsen | 25 | Rosenborg | Undisclosed | |
| 31 August 2015 | MF | Axel Ngando | 22 | Bastia | Undisclosed | |
| 1 February 2016 | MF | Abdoulaye Doucoure | 23 | Watford | £8M | |

### Loans out

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Loaned to | Return date |
| 1 July 2015 | FW | Philipp Hosiner | 26 | 1. FC Köln | 30 June 2016 |
| 17 August 2015 | DF | Ermir Lenjani | 26 | Nantes | 30 June 2016 |
| 17 August 2015 | MF | Christian Brüls | 26 | Standard Liège | 30 June 2016 |
| 25 August 2015 | DF | Gjoko Zajkov | 20 | Charleroi | 30 June 2016 |
| 26 August 2015 | MF | Adrien Hunou | 21 | Clermont | 30 June 2016 |
| 28 August 2015 | MF | Ola Toivonen | 29 | Sunderland | 30 June 2016 |
| 31 August 2015 | MF | Sanjin Prcić | 21 | Perugia | 30 June 2016 |
| 31 August 2015 | DF | Cédric Hountondji | 21 | Auxerre | 30 June 2016 |
| 22 January 2016 | FW | Habib Habibou | 28 | Gaziantepspor | 30 June 2016 |
| 31 August 2015 | FW | Wesley Saïd | 20 | Dijon | 30 June 2016 |

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 6 | Saint-Étienne | 38 | 17 | 7 | 14 | 42 | 37 | +5 | 58 | Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round |
| 7 | Caen | 38 | 16 | 6 | 16 | 39 | 52 | −13 | 54 | |
| 8 | Rennes | 38 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 52 | 54 | −2 | 52 | |
| 9 | Angers | 38 | 13 | 11 | 14 | 40 | 38 | +2 | 50 | |
| 10 | Bastia | 38 | 14 | 8 | 16 | 36 | 42 | −6 | 50 | |
* ↑ Since the winners of the 2015–16 Coupe de France and the 2015–16 Coupe de la Ligue, Paris Saint-Germain, qualified for European competition based on their league position, the spot awarded to the Coupe de France winners (Europa League group stage) was passed to the fourth-placed team and the spot awarded to the Coupe de la Ligue winners (Europa League third qualifying round) was passed to the sixth-placed team. The fifth-placed team received the spot in Europa League third qualifying round originally designated to the fourth-placed team.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 10 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 | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H |
| Result | L | W | W | W | W | D | D | D | D | L | D | L | W | D | D | L | D | D | W | D | W | W | L | L | D | W | L | W | W | D | W | W | L | L | D | L | L | L |
| Position | 14 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 |

#### Matches

Win  Draw  Loss