# 2017–18 AS Saint-Étienne season

The 2017–18 season was AS Saint-Étienne's fourteenth consecutive season in Ligue 1 since promotion from Ligue 2 in 2004.

## Squad

    As of 31 January 2018
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 | Anthony Maisonnial |
| 2 | DF | FRA | Kévin Théophile-Catherine |
| 3 | DF | GRE | Alexandros Katranis |
| 5 | MF | FRA | Vincent Pajot |
| 6 | MF | FRA | Yann M'Vila |
| 7 | FW | FRA | Paul-Georges Ntep (on loan from VfL Wolfsburg) |
| 8 | MF | SEN | Assane Dioussé |
| 10 | MF | FRA | Rémy Cabella (on loan from Marseille) |
| 11 | DF | BRA | Gabriel Silva |
| 12 | DF | SEN | Cheikh M'Bengue |
| 14 | MF | FRA | Jonathan Bamba |
| 15 | DF | SUI | Saidy Janko |
| 16 | GK | FRA | Stéphane Ruffier |
| 17 | MF | NOR | Ole Selnæs |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 20 | MF | BRA | Hernani (on loan from Zenit) |
| 21 | FW | FRA | Romain Hamouma |
| 22 | FW | FRA | Kévin Monnet-Paquet |
| 24 | DF | FRA | Loïc Perrin (captain) |
| 25 | FW | MAR | Oussama Tannane |
| 26 | DF | FRA | Mathieu Debuchy |
| 27 | FW | SVN | Robert Berić |
| 28 | DF | SRB | Neven Subotić |
| 29 | DF | FRA | Ronaël Pierre-Gabriel |
| 30 | GK | FRA | Jessy Moulin |
| 31 | MF | FRA | Rayan Souici |
| 32 | MF | CPV | Kenny Rocha Santos |
| 33 | FW | CPV | Vagner |
| 40 | GK | FRA | Alexis Guendouz |

### Out on loan

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 |
| — | DF | SUI | Léo Lacroix (on loan to Basel) |
| — | DF | FRA | Pierre-Yves Polomat (on loan to Auxerre) |
| — | MF | CIV | Habib Maïga (on loan to Arsenal Tula) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | POR | Jorginho (on loan to Chaves) |
| — | FW | FRA | Arnaud Nordin (on loan to Nancy) |
| — | FW | FRA | Loïs Diony (on loan to Bristol City) |

## Transfers
### Summer

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 3 | DF | GRE | Alexandros Katranis (from Atromitos Athens) |
| 8 | MF | SEN | Assane Diousse (from Empoli) |
| 9 | FW | FRA | Loïs Diony (from Dijon) |
| 10 | MF | FRA | Rémy Cabella (on loan from Olympique de Marseille) |
| 11 | DF | BRA | Gabriel Silva (from Udinese) |
| 14 | MF | FRA | Jonathan Bamba (loan return from Angers) |
| 15 | DF | SUI | Saidy Janko (from Celtic, previously on loan at Barnsley) |
| 20 | MF | BRA | Hernani (on loan from Zenit St. Petersburg) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 3 | DF | FRA | Pierre-Yves Polomat (on loan to Auxerre) |
| 6 | MF | FRA | Jérémy Clément (to Nancy) |
| 8 | MF | FRA | Benjamin Corgnet (to Strasbourg) |
| 9 | FW | FRA | Nolan Roux (to Metz) |
| 10 | MF | MAR | Oussama Tannane (on loan to Las Palmas) |
| 11 | MF | SEN | Henri Saivet (loan return to Newcastle United) |
| 18 | MF | FRA | Fabien Lemoine (to Lorient) |
| 25 | DF | FRA | Kevin Malcuit (to Lille) |
| 26 | FW | POR | Jorginho (on loan to Chaves) |
| 27 | FW | SVN | Robert Berić (on loan to Anderlecht) |
| 32 | MF | FRA | Arnaud Nordin (on loan to Nancy) |
| — | FW | FRA | Neal Maupay (to Brentford, previously on loan at Stade Brestois) |
| — | FW | CGO | Dylan Saint-Louis (to Paris FC, previously on loan at Stade Laval) |

### Winter

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 6 | MF | FRA | Yann M'Vila (from Rubin Kazan) |
| 18 | FW | FRA | Paul-Georges Ntep (loan from VfL Wolfsburg) |
| 26 | DF | FRA | Mathieu Debuchy (from Arsenal) |
| 27 | FW | SVN | Robert Berić (loan return from Anderlecht) |
| 28 | DF | SRB | Neven Subotić (from Borussia Dortmund) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 4 | DF | SUI | Léo Lacroix (on loan to Basel) |
| 7 | MF | FRA | Bryan Dabo (to Fiorentina) |
| 9 | FW | FRA | Loïs Diony (on loan to Bristol City) |
| 13 | MF | CIV | Habib Maïga (loan to Arsenal Tula) |
| 19 | DF | GUI | Florentin Pogba (to Gençlerbirliği) |
| 23 | FW | NOR | Alexander Søderlund (to Rosenborg) |

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 5 | Rennes | 38 | 16 | 10 | 12 | 50 | 44 | +6 | 58 | Qualification for the Europa League group stage |
| 6 | Bordeaux | 38 | 16 | 7 | 15 | 53 | 48 | +5 | 55 | Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round |
| 7 | Saint-Étienne | 38 | 15 | 10 | 13 | 47 | 50 | −3 | 55 | |
| 8 | Nice | 38 | 15 | 9 | 14 | 53 | 52 | +1 | 54 | |
| 9 | Nantes | 38 | 14 | 10 | 14 | 36 | 41 | −5 | 52 | |
* 1 2 Since the winners of the 2017–18 Coupe de France and the 2017–18 Coupe de la Ligue, Paris Saint-Germain, qualified for European competition based on 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: 19 May 2018. Source: Results

#### 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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | W | W | L | D | W | D | L | W | L | D | L | L | D | L | D | L | L | L | W | L | L | W | W | D | W | D | D | D | W | W | D | W | W | W | L | L | W |
| Position | 8 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 13 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 14 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 7 |

#### Results
### Coupe de la Ligue
## Squad statistics

    As of match played 19 May 2018

### 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 |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 2 | DF | FRA | Kévin Théophile-Catherine | 27 | 0 | 24+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | MF | FRA | Vincent Pajot | 21 | 2 | 15+5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | FRA | Yann M'Vila | 17 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | FRA | Paul-Georges Ntep | 11 | 0 | 3+8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | SEN | Assane Dioussé | 26 | 1 | 18+7 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | FRA | Rémy Cabella | 26 | 7 | 24+1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | DF | BRA | Gabriel Silva | 27 | 1 | 23+2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | SEN | Cheikh M'Bengue | 10 | 0 | 6+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | FRA | Jonathan Bamba | 37 | 8 | 27+7 | 7 | 1+1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | SUI | Saidy Janko | 21 | 0 | 16+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | GK | FRA | Stéphane Ruffier | 36 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | NOR | Ole Selnæs | 29 | 0 | 23+3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | FRA | Paul-Georges Ntep | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | BRA | Hernani | 17 | 4 | 5+9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 21 | FW | FRA | Romain Hamouma | 32 | 5 | 22+7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 22 | FW | FRA | Kévin Monnet-Paquet | 31 | 2 | 21+9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | FRA | Loïc Perrin | 28 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | FW | MAR | Oussama Tannane | 3 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | FRA | Mathieu Debuchy | 15 | 4 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | FW | SVN | Robert Berić | 16 | 8 | 12+3 | 7 | 0+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | SRB | Neven Subotić | 16 | 2 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | DF | FRA | Ronaël Pierre-Gabriel | 17 | 0 | 13+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | GK | FRA | Jessy Moulin | 6 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | MF | FRA | Mahdi Camara | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | DF | FRA | Benjamin Karamoko | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | FW | CPV | Vagner | 5 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | MF | FRA | Rayan Souici | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ?? | MF | FRA | Dylan Chambost | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players away from AS Saint-Étienne on loan: ||||||||||||
| 4 | DF | SUI | Léo Lacroix | 13 | 0 | 8+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | FRA | Loïs Diony | 17 | 0 | 11+5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | MF | CIV | Habib Maïga | 14 | 2 | 7+6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Players who left AS Saint-Étienne during the season: ||||||||||||
| 7 | MF | FRA | Bryan Dabo | 17 | 2 | 15+1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | GUI | Florentin Pogba | 6 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | FW | NOR | Alexander Søderlund | 14 | 0 | 2+10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |

### Goalscorers

| Place | Position | Number | Name | Ligue 1 | Coupe de France | Coupe de la Ligue | Total |
| 1 | FW | 27 | Robert Berić | 7 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
| 1 | MF | 14 | Jonathan Bamba | 7 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
| 3 | MF | 10 | Rémy Cabella | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 4 | FW | 21 | Romain Hamouma | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 5 | DF | 26 | Mathieu Debuchy | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | MF | 20 | Hernani | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | MF | 5 | Vincent Pajot | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | MF | 7 | Bryan Dabo | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | FW | 22 | Kévin Monnet-Paquet | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | DF | 28 | Neven Subotić | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | MF | 13 | Habib Maïga | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | | | Own goal | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 13 | DF | 11 | Gabriel Silva | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | MF | 8 | Assane Dioussé | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | FW | 18 | Paul-Georges Ntep | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| | | | TOTALS | 47 | 3 | 1 | 51 |

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Position | Name | Ligue 1 | Ligue 1 | Coupe de France | Coupe de France | Coupe de la Ligue | Coupe de la Ligue | Total | Total |
| 2 | DF | Kévin Théophile-Catherine | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 5 | MF | Vincent Pajot | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 6 | MF | Yann M'Vila | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | Paul-Georges Ntep | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Assane Dioussé | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | Rémy Cabella | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 11 | DF | Gabriel Silva | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 12 | DF | Cheikh M'Bengue | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | Jonathan Bamba | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | Saidy Janko | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 16 | GK | Stéphane Ruffier | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 17 | MF | Ole Selnæs | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | Hernani | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 |
| 21 | FW | Romain Hamouma | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | Loïc Perrin | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | Mathieu Debuchy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | Neven Subotić | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 29 | DF | Ronaël Pierre-Gabriel | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 30 | GK | Jessy Moulin | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Players away on loan: ||||||||||||
| 4 | DF | Léo Lacroix | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 13 | MF | Habib Maïga | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Players who left AS Saint-Étienne during the season: ||||||||||||
| 7 | MF | Bryan Dabo | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | Florentin Pogba | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 23 | FW | Alexander Søderlund | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| | | TOTALS | 71 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 78 | 8 |