# 2013–14 FC Istres season

The 2013–14 season was the 94th season in the existence of FC Istres and the club's first-ever season in the second division of French football. In addition to the domestic league, FC Istres participated in this season's editions of the Coupe de France and the Coupe de la Ligue.

## Players
### First-team squad

As of 21 January 2014.
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules, some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | FRA | Arnaud Balijon |
| 4 | DF | FRA | Fabien Barrillon |
| 5 | DF | FRA | Alain Cantareil |
| 6 | DF | CIV | Mamadou Doumbia |
| 7 | DF | FRA | Jérôme Leroy |
| 8 | MF | SEN | Ibrahima Ba |
| 10 | MF | SEN | Bagaliy Dabo |
| 11 | FW | MAR | Fouad Chafik |
| 14 | MF | FRA | Anthony Belmonte |
| 15 | FW | CIV | Guy-Roland Niangbo |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 16 | GK | FRA | Romain Lejeune |
| 18 | FW | FRA | Alexis Allart |
| 19 | MF | FRA | Cyril Jeunechamp |
| 22 | MF | FRA | Florian Tardieu |
| 23 | DF | MRI | Michael Bosqui |
| 25 | DF | FRA | Vincent Le Goff |
| 26 | MF | FRA | Benjamin Mas |
| 27 | MF | ALG | Farid Boulaya |
| 28 | DF | FRA | Joris Sainati |
| 34 | DF | ALG | Kaled Kehiha |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

## Competitions
### Overall record

| 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 2 | 4 August 2013 | 16 May 2014 | Matchday 1 | 19th | 38 | 9 | 9 | 20 | 48 | 74 | −26 | 023.68 |
| Coupe de France | 16 November 2013 | 4 January 2014 | Seventh round | Round of 64 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 066.67 |
| Coupe de la Ligue | 6 August 2013 | 6 August 2013 | First round | First round | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | +0 | 000.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 42 | 11 | 11 | 20 | 56 | 78 | −22 | 026.19 |
Last updated: May 2014 Source: Soccerway

### Ligue 2
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or Relegation |
| 16 | Auxerre | 38 | 10 | 13 | 15 | 35 | 45 | −10 | 43 | |
| 17 | Laval | 38 | 10 | 12 | 16 | 44 | 52 | −8 | 42 | |
| 18 | Châteauroux | 38 | 10 | 10 | 18 | 43 | 59 | −16 | 40 | Spared due to the DNCG’s rulings. |
| 19 | Istres (R) | 38 | 9 | 9 | 20 | 48 | 74 | −26 | 36 | Relegated, but later readmitted and later relegated. |
| 20 | CA Bastia (R) | 38 | 4 | 12 | 22 | 21 | 63 | −42 | 24 | Relegation to Championnat National |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: May 2014. Source: Ligue 2

#### 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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A |
| Result | L | L | D | D | D | D | W | L | L | L | W | L | L | L | W | L | D | W | L | W | D | W | L | W | W | L | L | D | D | W | L | L | L | D | L | L | L | L |
| Position | 18 | 20 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 17 | 15 | 16 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 19 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 17 | 16 | 13 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 13 June 2013.