# 2016–17 Stade Rennais FC season

The 2016–17 Stade Rennais season is the 116th 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 2 February 2017.
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 | Benoît Costil |
| 2 | DF | ALG | Mehdi Zeffane |
| 4 | DF | MOZ | Mexer |
| 5 | DF | POR | Pedro Mendes (captain) |
| 6 | MF | SUI | Gélson Fernandes |
| 7 | FW | COD | Ndombe Mubele |
| 8 | MF | FRA | Clément Chantôme |
| 11 | FW | FRA | Wesley Saïd |
| 13 | FW | CIV | Giovanni Sio |
| 14 | FW | FRA | Aldo Kalulu (on loan from Lyon) |
| 15 | DF | ALG | Ramy Bensebaini |
| 16 | GK | ALG | Raïs M'Bolhi |
| 17 | DF | ALB | Ermir Lenjani |
| 18 | MF | FRA | Morgan Amalfitano |
| 19 | DF | FRA | Dimitri Cavaré |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 21 | MF | FRA | Benjamin André |
| 22 | DF | FRA | Sylvain Armand |
| 23 | MF | FRA | Adrien Hunou |
| 24 | DF | GUF | Ludovic Baal |
| 25 | DF | POR | Afonso Figueiredo |
| 26 | MF | BIH | Sanjin Prcić |
| 28 | MF | FRA | Yoann Gourcuff |
| 29 | DF | FRA | Romain Danzé |
| 30 | GK | LTU | Edvinas Gertmonas |
| 31 | FW | FRA | Adama Diakhaby |
| 32 | DF | CIV | Joris Gnagnon |
| 33 | MF | FRA | James Lea Siliki |
| 34 | MF | FRA | Denis-Will Poha |
| 35 | MF | FRA | Nicolas Janvier |

### 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 |
| — | GK | SEN | Abdoulaye Diallo (on loan to Çaykur Rizespor) |
| — | DF | FRA | Séga Coulibaly (on loan to Sedan) |
| — | MF | FRA | Sébastien Salles-Lamonge (on loan to Le Havre) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | MLI | Yacouba Sylla (on loan to Montpellier) |
| — | FW | RSA | Kermit Erasmus (on loan to Lens) |
| — | FW | FRA | Anthony Ribelin (on loan to Paris FC) |

## Transfers
### Summer

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 8 | MF | FRA | Clément Chantôme (from Bordeaux) |
| 16 | GK | FRA | Paul Nardi (on loan from Monaco) |
| 25 | DF | POR | Afonso Figueiredo (from Boavista) |
| 27 | MF | FRA | Anthony Ribelin (from Montpeller) |
| — | FW | AUT | Philipp Hosiner (loan return from Köln) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 3 | DF | SEN | Cheikh M'Bengue (to Saint-Étienne) |
| 14 | DF | SEN | Fallou Diagne (to Werder Bremen) |
| 17 | MF | FRA | Jérémie Boga (loan return to Chelsea, later loaned to Granada) |
| 23 | FW | FRA | Ousmane Dembélé (to Borussia Dortmund) |
| — | DF | MKD | Gjoko Zajkov (to Charleroi, previously on loan) |
| — | FW | AUT | Philipp Hosiner (to Union Berlin) |

### Winter

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 14 | FW | FRA | Aldo Kalulu (on loan from Lyon) |
| 16 | GK | ALG | Raïs M'Bolhi (from Antalyaspor) |
| 18 | MF | FRA | Morgan Amalfitano (from Lille) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 7 | MF | FRA | Paul-Georges Ntep (to Wolfsburg) |
| — | GK | FRA | Paul Nardi (loan return to Monaco, later loaned to Cercle Brugge) |
| — | FW | POL | Kamil Grosicki (to Hull City) |

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 7 | Nantes | 38 | 14 | 9 | 15 | 40 | 54 | −14 | 51 |
| 8 | Saint-Étienne | 38 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 41 | 42 | −1 | 50 |
| 9 | Rennes | 38 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 36 | 42 | −6 | 50 |
| 10 | Guingamp | 38 | 14 | 8 | 16 | 46 | 53 | −7 | 50 |
| 11 | Lille | 38 | 13 | 7 | 18 | 40 | 47 | −7 | 46 |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 20 May 2017. Source:

#### 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 | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H |
| Result | L | W | D | W | L | W | L | W | D | W | W | L | D | W | L | W | L | L | D | L | D | D | D | D | D | L | W | D | D | D | D | L | W | D | L | W | W | L |
| Position | 17 | 9 | 12 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 9 |