# List of French football transfers summer 2016

This is a list of French football transfers for the 2016 summer transfer window. Only moves featuring Ligue 1 or Ligue 2 are listed.

## Ligue 1

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

### Angers SCO

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 4 | DF | CRO | Mateo Pavlović (from Werder Bremen) |
| 7 | FW | CMR | Karl Toko Ekambi (from Sochaux) |
| 9 | FW | SEN | Famara Diedhiou (from Sochaux, previously on loan at Clermont Foot) |
| 11 | FW | NGA | Dickson Nwakaeme (from free agent) |
| 12 | FW | FRA | Yoane Wissa (from Châteauroux) |
| 16 | GK | FRA | Mathieu Michel (from Nîmes) |
| 18 | MF | FRA | Baptiste Santamaria (from Tours) |
| 20 | MF | FRA | Flavien Tait (from Châteauroux) |
| 21 | DF | FRA | Pablo Martinez (from Gazélec Ajaccio) |
| 23 | MF | TUN | Jamel Saihi (from Montpellier) |
| 26 | MF | ALG | Mehdi Jean Tahrat (from Red Star 93) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 2 | DF | FRA | Gaël Angoula (to Nîmes) |
| 3 | DF | CGO | Arnold Bouka Moutou (to Dijon) |
| 7 | MF | FRA | Olivier Auriac (retired) |
| 11 | FW | FRA | Slimane Sissoko (to Nîmes) |
| 12 | FW | CMR | Jean-Pierre Nsamé (to Servette Genève) |
| 20 | MF | FRA | Charles Diers (retired) |
| 22 | FW | SUI | Goran Karanović (loaned to Sochaux) |
| 23 | MF | FRA | Yohann Eudeline (retired) |
| 26 | MF | CMR | Guy Ngosso (to Amiens) |
| 28 | MF | MAR | Romain Saïss (to Wolverhampton Wanderers) |
| — | MF | ARG | Diego Gómez (to Cholet) |
| — | MF | BRA | Pessalli (released) |

### SC Bastia

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 4 | DF | MAR | Abdelhamid El Kaoutari (on loan from Palermo, previously on loan at Stade Reims) |
| 6 | MF | FRA | Allan Saint-Maximin (on loan from Monaco, previously on loan at Hannover 96) |
| 7 | MF | CPV | Jerson Cabral (from Twente) |
| 11 | FW | FRA | Lenny Nangis (on loan from Lille) |
| 13 | FW | CGO | Thievy Bifouma (from Espanyol, previously on loan at Stade Reims) |
| 20 | DF | SWE | Pierre Bengtsson (on loan from Mainz 05) |
| 22 | MF | FRA | Farid Boulaya (from Clermont) |
| 30 | GK | FRA | Paul Charruau (from Valenciennes) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | DEN | Jesper Hansen (to Lyngby) |
| 6 | MF | FRA | Seko Fofana (loan return to Manchester City, later sold to Udinese) |
| 7 | MF | TOG | Floyd Ayité (to Fulham) |
| 15 | MF | FRA | Julian Palmieri (to Lille) |
| 25 | FW | GUI | François Kamano (to Bordeaux) |

### FC Girondins de Bordeaux

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 7 | FW | FRA | Jérémy Ménez (from Milan) |
| 11 | FW | GUI | François Kamano (from Bastia) |
| 14 | MF | FRA | Jérémy Toulalan (from Monaco) |
| 20 | DF | FRA | Youssouf Sabaly (on loan from Paris Saint-Germain, previously on loan at Nantes) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 6 | DF | SEN | Lamine Sané (to Werder Bremen) |
| 11 | MF | FRA | Clément Chantôme (to Rennes) |
| 21 | DF | FRA | Cédric Yambéré (on loan to Anzhi Makhachkala) |

### SM Caen

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 4 | MF | CIV | Ismaël Diomandé (from Saint-Étienne, previously on loan) |
| 10 | MF | FRA | Steed Malbranque (from Lyon) |
| 12 | FW | FRA | Ronny Rodelin (from Lille, previously on loan) |
| 23 | DF | FRA | Mouhamadou Dabo (from Troyes) |
| — | FW | CRO | Ivan Santini (from Standard Liège) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 12 | MF | FRA | Dennis Appiah (to Anderlecht) |

### Dijon FCO

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | FRA | Benjamin Leroy (from Evian) |
| 13 | MF | FRA | Marvin Martin (on loan from Lille) |
| 15 | MF | FRA | Florent Balmont (from Lille) |
| 21 | DF | FRA | Yunis Abdelhamid (from Valenciennes) |
| 25 | DF | CGO | Arnold Bouka Moutou (from Angers) |
| 26 | DF | MAR | Fouad Chafik (from Laval) |
| 29 | MF | FRA | Dylan Bahamboula (from Monaco, previously on loan to Paris) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 6 | DF | FRA | Christopher Jullien (loan return to SC Freiburg) |
| 19 | FW | SEN | Mamadou Thiam (on loan to Clermont Foot) |
| — | MF | FRA | Arnaud Souquet (to Nice) |

### En Avant de Guingamp

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | SWE | Karl-Johan Johnsson (from Randers) |
| 2 | DF | COD | Jordan Ikoko (from Paris Saint-Germain, previously on loan at Lens) |
| 8 | MF | FRA | Lucas Déaux (from Gent) |
| 9 | FW | FRA | Alexandre Mendy (from Nice) |
| 11 | FW | FRA | Sloan Privat (from Gent, previously on loan) |
| 17 | MF | FRA | Étienne Didot (from Toulouse) |
| 30 | GK | FRA | Romain Salin (from Marítimo) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | DEN | Jonas Lössl (to Mainz 05) |
| 13 | MF | SEN | Younousse Sankharé (to Lille) |
| 28 | FW | TUR | Mevlüt Erdinç (loan return to Hannover 96, later loan to Metz) |

### Lille OSC

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 4 | MF | SEN | Younousse Sankharé (from Guingamp) |
| 12 | FW | FRA | Nicolas de Préville (from Stade Reims) |
| 13 | DF | ZAM | Stoppila Sunzu (from Shanghai Greenland Shenhua, previously on loan) |
| 15 | MF | FRA | Julian Palmieri (from Bastia) |
| 39 | FW | POR | Éder (from Swansea City, previously on loan) |
| — | DF | HAI | Carlens Arcus (from Troyes) |
| — | MF | POR | Alexis Araujo (loan return from Boulogne) |
| — | FW | CGO | Kévin Koubemba (loan return from Brest) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 4 | MF | FRA | Florent Balmont (to Dijon) |
| 7 | MF | MAR | Sofiane Boufal (to Southampton) |
| 10 | MF | FRA | Marvin Martin (on loan to Dijon) |
| 15 | FW | FRA | Lenny Nangis (on loan to Bastia) |
| 16 | GK | MTQ | Steeve Elana (to Gazélec Ajaccio) |
| 19 | DF | FRA | Djibril Sidibé (to Monaco) |
| 27 | FW | BEL | Baptiste Guillaume (on loan to Strasbourg) |
| 28 | DF | FRA | Benjamin Pavard (to VfB Stuttgart) |
| — | DF | FRA | Julian Jeanvier (to Stade Reims, previously on loan at Red Star) |
| — | MF | POR | Alexis Araujo (on loan to Dunkerque, previously on loan at Boulogne) |
| — | MF | FRA | Nolan Mbemba (to Vitória de Guimarães) |
| — | MF | FRA | Soualiho Meïté (on loan to Zulte Waregem) |
| — | MF | BOL | Ricardo Roman (on loan to Les Herbiers) |
| — | FW | SUI | Michael Frey (to Young Boys, previously on loan at Luzern) |
| — | FW | FRA | Serhou Guirassy (to 1. FC Köln) |
| — | FW | CGO | Kévin Koubemba (to Sint-Truiden, previously on loan at Brest) |
| — | FW | FRA | Ronny Rodelin (to SM Caen, previously on loan) |
| — | FW | CMR | Didier Lamkel Ze (to Chamois Niort) |

### FC Lorient

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 2 | DF | FRA | Lindsay Rose (from Lyon, previously on loan) |
| 8 | MF | POR | Cafú (from Vitória de Guimarães) |
| 10 | MF | FRA | Sylvain Marveaux (from Newcastle United) |
| 11 | DF | COM | Faïz Selemani (from Chamois Niortais) |
| 16 | GK | FRA | Paul Delecroix (from Chamois Niortais) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 7 | MF | GAB | Didier Ibrahim N'Dong (to Sunderland) |
| 8 | MF | FRA | Yann Jouffre (to Metz) |
| 13 | MF | FRA | Rafidine Abdullah (to Cádiz) |
| 14 | DF | POR | Raphaël Guerreiro (to Borussia Dortmund) |

### Olympique Lyonnais

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 31 | MF | POL | Maciej Rybus (from Terek Grozny) |
| 3 | DF | CMR | Nicolas Nkoulou (from Marseille) |
| 4 | DF | ARG | Emanuel Mammana (from River Plate) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 3 | DF | CMR | Henri Bedimo (to Marseille) |
| 4 | DF | BFA | Bakary Koné (to Málaga) |
| 17 | MF | FRA | Steed Malbranque (to SM Caen) |
| 23 | DF | FRA | Samuel Umtiti (to Barcelona) |
| — | DF | FRA | Lindsay Rose (to Lorient, previously on loan) |

### Olympique de Marseille

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 2 | DF | JPN | Hiroki Sakai (from Hannover 96) |
| 3 | DF | BRA | Dória (loan return from Granada) |
| 7 | MF | FRA | Rémy Cabella (from Newcastle United, previously on loan) |
| 12 | DF | CMR | Henri Bedimo (from Lyon) |
| 18 | FW | FRA | Bafétimbi Gomis (on loan from Swansea City) |
| 20 | FW | TUN | Saîf-Eddine Khaoui (from Tours) |
| 22 | MF | BEL | Aaron Leya Iseka (on loan from Anderlecht) |
| 23 | MF | FRA | Zinédine Machach (on loan from Toulouse) |
| 26 | MF | FRA | Florian Thauvin (on loan from Newcastle United) |
| — | FW | CMR | Clinton N'Jie (on loan from Tottenham Hotspur) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 2 | DF | ESP | Javier Manquillo (loan return to Atlético Madrid) |
| 3 | DF | CMR | Nicolas Nkoulou (to Lyon) |
| 7 | MF | ARG | Lucas Ocampos (on loan to Genoa) |
| 14 | MF | FRA | Georges-Kévin Nkoudou (to Tottenham Hotspur) |
| 15 | DF | FRA | Stéphane Sparagna (on loan to Auxerre) |
| 19 | MF | MAR | Abdelaziz Barrada (to Al-Nasr) |
| 22 | FW | BEL | Michy Batshuayi (to Chelsea) |
| 23 | DF | FRA | Benjamin Mendy (to Monaco) |
| 26 | DF | CIV | Brice Dja Djédjé (to Watford) |
| 30 | GK | FRA | Steve Mandanda (to Crystal Palace) |
| — | MF | FRA | Bilal Boutobba (to Sevilla Atlético) |
| — | MF | GAB | Mario Lemina (to Juventus, previously on loan) |

### FC Metz

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 6 | DF | FRA | Simon Falette (from Brest) |
| 8 | MF | FRA | Yann Jouffre (from Lorient) |
| 9 | FW | TUR | Mevlüt Erdinç (on loan from Hannover 96, previously on loan at Guingamp) |
| 11 | FW | FRA | Opa Nguette (from Valenciennes) |
| 13 | DF | FRA | Franck Signorino (from Stade Reims) |
| 16 | GK | JPN | Eiji Kawashima (from Dundee United) |
| 19 | MF | FRA | Florent Mollet (from Créteil) |
| 32 | DF | CMR | Benoît Assou-Ekotto (from Saint-Étienne) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 11 | MF | FRA | Samy Kehli (to Roeselare) |
| 15 | DF | FRA | Romain Métanire (to Kortrijk) |
| 23 | MF | FRA | Yeni Ngbakoto (to QPR) |
| 27 | DF | ARG | José Luis Palomino (to Ludogorets Razgrad) |

### AS Monaco

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 9 | FW | COL | Radamel Falcao (loan return from Chelsea) |
| 16 | GK | ITA | Morgan De Sanctis (from Roma) |
| 19 | DF | FRA | Djibril Sidibé (from Lille) |
| 23 | DF | FRA | Benjamin Mendy (from Marseille) |
| 25 | DF | POL | Kamil Glik (from Torino) |
| — | MF | MAR | Youssef Aït Bennasser (from Nancy) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 6 | DF | POR | Ricardo Carvalho (released) |
| 9 | FW | BRA | Vágner Love (to Alanyaspor) |
| 12 | MF | FRA | Farès Bahlouli (on loan to Standard Liège) |
| 16 | GK | FRA | Paul Nardi (on loan to Stade Rennais) |
| 17 | FW | POR | Ivan Cavaleiro (to Wolverhampton Wanderers) |
| 19 | FW | CIV | Lacina Traoré (on loan to CSKA Moscow) |
| 21 | DF | NGA | Elderson Echiéjilé (on loan to Standard Liége) |
| 28 | MF | FRA | Jérémy Toulalan (to Bordeaux) |
| 32 | DF | COD | Marcel Tisserand (to FC Ingolstadt 04, previously on loan at Toulouse) |
| 34 | DF | FRA | Raphaël Diarra (on loan to Cercle Brugge) |
| — | MF | FRA | Sébastien Amoros (to Port Vale) |
| — | MF | FRA | Dylan Bahamboula (to Dijon, previously on loan to Paris) |
| — | MF | POR | Gil Bastião Dias (loan to Rio Ave, previously on loan to Varzim) |
| — | MF | FRA | Jonathan Mexique (on loan to Red Star) |
| — | MF | CGO | Delvin N'Dinga (to Lokomotiv Moscow, previously on loan) |
| — | MF | FRA | Jessy Pi (to Toulouse, previously on loan at Troyes) |
| — | MF | FRA | Allan Saint-Maximin (on loan to Bastia, previously on loan at Hannover 96) |
| — | FW | FRA | Ilyes Chaïbi (on loan to Ajaccio) |
| — | FW | GUI | Tafsir Chérif (on loan to Rio Ave) |
| — | FW | CMR | Edgar Salli (to 1. FC Nürnberg, previously on loan to St. Gallen) |

### Montpellier HSC

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 5 | MF | MLI | Yacouba Sylla (on loan from Rennes) |
| 15 | FW | BEN | Steve Mounié (on loan return from Nîmes) |
| 18 | DF | FRA | Nicolas Saint-Ruf (on loan return from Orléans) |
| 20 | DF | BEL | Anthony Vanden Borre (on loan from Anderlecht) |
| 22 | MF | FRA | Killian Sanson (from Évian TG) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | FRA | Jonas Martin (to Real Betis) |
| — | MF | FRA | Bryan Dabo (to Saint-Étienne) |
| — | MF | COM | Djamel Bakar (to Charleroi) |
| — | FW | PER | Jean Deza (to Levski Sofia) |
| — | MF | FRA | Anthony Ribelin (to Stade Rennais) |
| — | MF | TUN | Jamel Saihi (to Angers) |
| — | DF | ALG | Ramy Bensebaini (loan return at Paradou, later sold to Stade Rennais) |
| — | FW | MLI | Mustapha Yatabaré (loan return at Trabzonspor, later sold to Karabükspor) |
| — | MF | SUI | Sébastien Wüthrich (to Aarau) |
| — | FW | FRA | Quentin Cornette (to Amiens) |
| — | FW | FRA | Florian Sotoca (to Grenoble) |

### AS Nancy

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | BLR | Syarhey Chernik (from FC BATE Borisov) |
| 6 | MF | MAR | Youssef Aït Bennasser (On loan from Monaco previously at Nancy) |
| 8 | DF | FRA | Vincent Marchetti (from AC Ajaccio) |
| 12 | FW | FRA | Christophe Mandanne (from Al-Fujairah) |
| 13 | MF | CIV | Serge N'Guessan (from AFAD Djékanou) |
| 23 | FW | FRA | Anthony Koura (from Nîmes) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 6 | MF | MAR | Youssef Aït Bennasser (to Monaco) |
| — | GK | FRA | Quentin Beunardeau (to Tubize, previously on loan) |
| — | MF | FRA | Arnaud Lusamba (to Nice) |

### FC Nantes

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 2 | FW | VEN | Fernando Aristeguieta (loan return from Red Star) |
| 3 | DF | BRA | Diego Carlos (from Estoril) |
| 6 | DF | BRA | Lucas Lima (from Arouca) |
| 11 | MF | SWE | Alexander Kačaniklić (from Fulham) |
| 18 | FW | POL | Mariusz Stępiński (from Ruch Chorzów) |
| 23 | MF | DEN | Nicolaj Thomsen (from Aalborg BK) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | DF | ALB | Lorik Cana (retired) |
| — | FW | ISL | Kolbeinn Sigþórsson (on loan at Galatasaray) |
| — | MF | ALB | Ermir Lenjani (loan return to Rennes) |
| — | DF | FRA | Youssouf Sabaly (loan return to Paris Saint-Germain, later loaned to Bordeaux) |
| — | MF | USA | Alejandro Bedoya (to Philadelphia Union) |
| — | MF | MLI | Birama Touré (to Standard Liège) |
| — | FW | MTQ | Johan Audel (to Beitar Jerusalem) |
| — | MF | SEN | Rémi Gomis (to Wil) |

### OGC Nice

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 2 | MF | FRA | Arnaud Souquet (from Dijon) |
| 5 | MF | MAR | Younès Belhanda (on loan from Dynamo Kyiv) |
| 8 | MF | FRA | Arnaud Lusamba (from Nancy) |
| 9 | FW | ITA | Mario Balotelli (from Liverpool) |
| 22 | MF | GRE | Anastasios Donis (on loan from Juventus) |
| 23 | FW | FRA | Alexy Bosetti (loan return from Sarpsborg 08) |
| 25 | MF | FRA | Wylan Cyprien (from Lens) |
| 29 | DF | BRA | Dalbert Henrique (from Vitória de Guimarães) |
| 31 | DF | BRA | Dante (from VfL Wolfsburg) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 5 | DF | FRA | Kévin Gomis (to Dundee) |
| 9 | MF | FRA | Hatem Ben Arfa (to Paris Saint-Germain) |
| 13 | MF | SWE | Niklas Hult (to Panathinaikos) |
| 15 | FW | FRA | Alexandre Mendy (to Guingamp) |
| 22 | MF | FRA | Nampalys Mendy (to Leicester City) |

### Paris Saint-Germain

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 12 | DF | BEL | Thomas Meunier (from Club Brugge) |
| 21 | MF | FRA | Hatem Ben Arfa (from Nice) |
| 22 | FW | ESP | Jesé (from Real Madrid) |
| 23 | MF | POL | Grzegorz Krychowiak (from Sevilla) |
| — | MF | ARG | Giovani Lo Celso (from Rosario Central) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 4 | MF | FRA | Benjamin Stambouli (to Schalke 04) |
| 10 | FW | SWE | Zlatan Ibrahimović (to Manchester United) |
| 23 | DF | NED | Gregory van der Wiel (to Fenerbahçe S.K.) |
| 30 | GK | ITA | Salvatore Sirigu (on loan to Sevilla) |
| 32 | DF | BRA | David Luiz (to Chelsea) |
| — | DF | FRA | Lucas Digne (to Barcelona, previously on loan at Roma) |
| — | DF | COD | Jordan Ikoko (to Guingamp, previously on loan at Lens) |
| — | DF | FRA | Youssouf Sabaly (on loan to Bordeaux, previously on loan at Nantes) |
| — | MF | ARG | Giovani Lo Celso (on loan to Rosario Central) |
| — | MF | CIV | Yakou Méïte (to Reading) |

### Stade Rennais F.C.

| 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 1. FC 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) |

### AS Saint-Étienne

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 7 | MF | FRA | Bryan Dabo (from Montpellier) |
| 11 | MF | SEN | Henri Saivet (on loan from Newcastle United) |
| 12 | DF | SEN | Cheikh M'Bengue (from Rennes) |
| 14 | MF | FRA | Jordan Veretout (on loan from Aston Villa) |
| — | MF | FRA | Jonathan Bamba (loan return from Paris) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 20 | DF | FRA | Jonathan Brison (to Chamois Niort) |
| 26 | DF | SEN | Moustapha Bayal Sall (to Al-Arabi) |
| 29 | DF | FRA | François Clerc (to Gazélec Ajaccio) |
| 32 | DF | CMR | Benoît Assou-Ekotto (to Metz) |
| — | MF | FRA | Jonathan Bamba (on loan to Sint-Truiden, previously on loan at Paris) |
| — | MF | CIV | Ismaël Diomandé (to SM Caen, previously on loan) |

### Toulouse FC

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 6 | DF | FRA | Christopher Jullien (from SC Freiburg) |
| 21 | MF | SWE | Jimmy Durmaz (from Olympiacos) |
| 25 | MF | FRA | Jessy Pi (from Monaco, previously on loan at Troyes) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 8 | MF | FRA | Étienne Didot (to Guingamp) |
| 10 | FW | FRA | Wissam Ben Yedder (to Sevilla) |
| 13 | MF | FRA | Zinédine Machach (on loan to Marseille) |
| 26 | DF | COD | Marcel Tisserand (loan return to Monaco, later sold to FC Ingolstadt 04) |
| — | MF | POL | Dominik Furman (on loan to Wisła Płock) |

## Ligue 2
### AC Ajaccio

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | DF | COM | Kassim Abdallah (from Évian TG) |
| — | FW | NIG | Moussa Maâzou (from Randers) |
| — | FW | FRA | Marvin Gakpa (on loan from Lorient) |
| — | DF | FRA | Alioun Fall (from Évian TG) |
| — | DF | FRA | Jordan Pierre-Charles (from Colmar) |
| — | FW | FRA | Ilyes Chaïbi (on loan from Monaco) |
| — | GK | CMR | Jules Goda (from Gazélec Ajaccio) |
| — | MF | FRA | Yann Boé-Kane (from Red Star) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | DF | FRA | Vincent Marchetti (to Nancy) |
| — | MF | POR | Claude Gonçalves (to Tondela) |
| — | FW | FRA | Julien Toudic (Free agent) |
| — | GK | FRA | Anthony Scribe (to Dinamo Tbilisi) |
| — | DF | SEN | Zakaria Diallo (to Brest) |
| — | DF | CIV | Zié Diabaté (to Nîmes) |
| — | MF | FRA | Hugo Aine (to Chambly) |
| — | FW | RUS | Andrei Panyukov (loan return to Atlantas, later sold to Braga) |

### Amiens SC

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | CMR | Guy Ngosso (from Angers) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |

### AJ Auxerre

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 4 | DF | FRA | Stéphane Sparagna (on loan from Marseille) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 21 | MF | SEN | Ibrahima Seck (to Waasland-Beveren) |
| 25 | DF | FRA | Sonhy Sefil (to Asteras Tripolis) |
| 27 | DF | FRA | Salimo Sylla (to Sint-Truiden) |

### Football Bourg-en-Bresse Péronnas 01

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |

### Stade Brestois 29

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 3 | DF | FRA | Simon Falette (to Metz) |
| — | FW | CGO | Kévin Koubemba (loan return to Lille, later sold to Sint-Truiden) |

### Clermont Foot

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | FW | SEN | Mamadou Thiam (on loan from Dijon) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 18 | FW | SEN | Famara Diedhiou (loan return to Sochaux, later sold to Angers) |

### Gazélec Ajaccio

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 29 | DF | FRA | François Clerc (from Saint-Étienne) |
| 30 | GK | MTQ | Steeve Elana (from Lille) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 7 | FW | FRA | Kévin Mayi (to NEC) |
| 13 | DF | FRA | Alassane Touré (to Tubize) |
| 21 | DF | FRA | Pablo Martinez (to Angers) |

### Stade Lavallois

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 26 | DF | MAR | Fouad Chafik (to Dijon) |
| — | FW | HAI | Duckens Nazon (to Tondela) |

### Le Havre AC

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 16 | GK | GLP | Yohann Thuram-Ulien (from Standard Liège) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 9 | FW | FRA | Lys Mousset (to Bournemouth) |
| 12 | FW | FRA | Joseph Mendes (to Reading) |

### RC Lens

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | TRI | John Bostock (from OH Leuven) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 18 | MF | FRA | Pierrick Valdivia (to Sint-Truiden) |
| 23 | MF | FRA | Wylan Cyprien (to Nice) |
| 25 | DF | FRA | Jean-Philippe Gbamin (to Mainz 05) |
| — | GK | FRA | Joris Delle (to NEC) |
| — | DF | COD | Jordan Ikoko (loan return to Paris Saint-Germain, later sold to Guingamp) |

### Nîmes Olympique

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | DF | FRA | Gaël Angoula (from Angers) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | FRA | Mathieu Michel (to Angers) |

### Chamois Niortais F.C.

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | DF | FRA | Jonathan Brison (from Saint-Étienne) |
| — | MF | FRA | Romain Grange (from Paris) |
| — | FW | CMR | Didier Lamkel Ze (from Lille) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |

### US Orléans

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | DF | COD | Joël Sami (from Zulte Waregem) |
| — | FW | GLP | Livio Nabab (from Waasland-Beveren) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |

### Red Star F.C.

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 17 | MF | FRA | Jonathan Mexique (on loan from Monaco) |
| 29 | DF | FRA | Jean-Charles Castelletto (on loan from Club Brugge) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | DF | FRA | Julian Jeanvier (loan return to Lille, later sold to Stade Reims) |

### Stade de Reims

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 23 | DF | FRA | Julian Jeanvier (from Lille, previously on loan at Red Star) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 3 | DF | FRA | Franck Signorino (to Metz) |
| 5 | DF | MAR | Abdelhamid El Kaoutari (loan return to Palermo, later loaned to Bastia) |
| 8 | MF | CGO | Prince Oniangué (to Wolverhampton Wanderers) |
| 9 | FW | CGO | Thievy Bifouma (loan return to Espanyol, later sold to Bastia) |
| 12 | FW | FRA | Nicolas de Préville (to Lille) |
| 23 | DF | ALG | Aïssa Mandi (to Real Betis) |

### FC Sochaux-Montbéliard

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | FW | MAD | Faneva Imà Andriatsima (from Créteil) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 19 | FW | CMR | Karl Toko Ekambi (to Angers) |
| — | FW | SEN | Famara Diedhiou (to Angers, previously on loan at Clermont Foot) |

### RC Strasbourg Alsace

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | FW | BEL | Baptiste Guillaume (on loan from Lille) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |

### Tours FC

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 6 | MF | MLI | Ousseynou Cissé (from Rayo Vallecano) |
| 21 | FW | MLI | Cheick Fantamady Diarra (from Paris) |
| 26 | DF | CIV | Daouda Konaté (from Paris) |
| 27 | FW | BEL | Mayron De Almeida (from Virton) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 8 | FW | TUN | Saîf-Eddine Khaoui (to Marseille) |
| 31 | MF | FRA | Baptiste Santamaria (to Angers) |

### Troyes AC

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 5 | DF | FRA | Matthieu Saunier (to Granada) |
| 9 | FW | SEN | Babacar Guèye (to Hannover 96) |
| 23 | MF | TUN | Fabien Camus (to Royal Antwerp) |
| 25 | MF | FRA | Jessy Pi (loan return to Monaco, later sold to Toulouse) |
| 33 | DF | HAI | Carlens Arcus (to Lille) |
| 35 | DF | FRA | Mouhamadou Dabo (to SM Caen) |

### Valenciennes FC

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 14 | FW | FRA | Opa Nguette (to Metz) |
| 18 | FW | BEL | Isaac Mbenza (to Standard Liège) |
| 30 | GK | FRA | Paul Charruau (to Bastia) |
| — | DF | FRA | Yunis Abdelhamid (to Dijon) |