# 2015–16 FC Lorient season

The 2015–16 FC Lorient season was the 90th professional season of the club since its creation in 1926.

## 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

Updated 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 |
| 3 | DF | GAB | Yrondu Musavu-King (on loan from Granada) |
| 4 | DF | FRA | Vincent Le Goff |
| 5 | DF | SEN | Zargo Touré |
| 6 | DF | FRA | François Bellugou |
| 7 | MF | GAB | Didier Ndong |
| 8 | MF | FRA | Yann Jouffre |
| 9 | FW | GHA | Majeed Waris |
| 11 | FW | FRA | Marvin Gakpa |
| 12 | FW | CMR | Benjamin Moukandjo |
| 13 | MF | COM | Rafidine Abdullah |
| 14 | DF | POR | Raphaël Guerreiro |
| 15 | MF | COD | Rémi Mulumba |
| 16 | GK | SEN | Ibrahima Sy |
| 17 | MF | ALG | Walid Mesloub |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 18 | DF | FRA | Hamadou Karamoko |
| 19 | MF | FRA | Romain Philippoteaux |
| 21 | MF | BFA | Alain Traoré |
| 22 | FW | FRA | Benjamin Jeannot |
| 23 | MF | CIV | Moryké Fofana |
| 24 | DF | NCL | Wesley Lautoa |
| 25 | DF | SEN | Lamine Gassama |
| 26 | DF | FRA | Lindsay Rose (on loan from Lyon) |
| 27 | FW | FRA | Jimmy Cabot |
| 28 | MF | FRA | Maxime Barthelme |
| 29 | DF | FRA | Pape Paye |
| 30 | GK | FRA | Florent Chaigneau |
| 40 | GK | FRA | Benjamin Lecomte |

### 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 |
| 12 | MF | FRA | Pierre Lavenant (on loan to Sedan) |
| 20 | MF | FRA | Denis Bouanga (on loan to Strasbourg) |
| 26 | DF | FRA | Yoann Wachter (on loan to Sedan) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | DF | FRA | Maxence Derrien (on loan to Avranches) |
| 31 | FW | FRA | Valentin Lavigne (on loan to Laval) |

## Transfers
### Transfers in

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moved from | Fee |
| 1 July 2015 | DF | Pape Paye | 25 | Dijon | Free |
| 22 July 2015 | FW | Moryké Fofana | 23 | Lillestrøm | Undisclosed |
| 5 August 2015 | FW | Benjamin Moukandjo | 26 | Reims | Undisclosed |
| 6 August 2015 | FW | Majeed Waris | 23 | Trabzonspor | £2,820,000 |
| 31 August 2015 | DF | Zargo Touré | 25 | Le Havre | Undisclosed |
| 29 January 2016 | FW | Jimmy Cabot | 21 | Troyes | €1,800,000 |

### Loans in

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Loaned from | Return date | Notes |
| 28 January 2016 | DF | Lindsay Rose | 23 | Lyon | 30 June 2016 | |
| 28 January 2016 | DF | Yrondu Musavu-King | 24 | Granada | 30 June 2016 | |

### Transfers out

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moved to | Fee |
| 1 July 2015 | GK | Fabien Audard | 37 | Retired | |
| 1 July 2015 | DF | Cheikh Touré | 22 | Unattached | Released |
| 1 July 2015 | MF | Mathieu Coutadeur | 29 | AEL Limassol | Free |
| 1 July 2015 | DF | Pedrinho | 30 | Rio Ave | Free |
| 27 July 2015 | FW | Jordan Ayew | 23 | Aston Villa | £8,200,000 |
| 28 July 2015 | MF | Mathias Autret | 24 | Lens | Undisclosed |
| 30 July 2015 | MF | Fabien Robert | 26 | Swindon Town | Free |
| 27 August 2015 | MF | Mehdi Mostefa | 31 | Bastia | Undisclosed |
| 31 August 2015 | MF | Enzo Reale | 23 | Clermont Foot | Free |
| 27 January 2015 | DF | Lamine Koné | 25 | Sunderland | Undisclosed |

### Loans out

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Loaned to | Return date |
| 1 July 2015 | DF | Maxence Derrien | 21 | Avranches | 30 June 2016 |
| 22 July 2015 | MF | Pierre Lavenant | 19 | Sedan | 30 June 2016 |
| 6 August 2015 | MF | Yoann Wachter | 23 | Sedan | 30 June 2016 |
| 3 January 2016 | MF | Denis Bouanga | 23 | Strasbourg | 30 June 2016 |
| 1 February 2016 | MF | Valentin Lavigne | 21 | Laval | 30 June 2016 |

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 13 | Marseille | 38 | 10 | 18 | 10 | 48 | 42 | +6 | 48 |
| 14 | Nantes | 38 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 33 | 44 | −11 | 48 |
| 15 | Lorient | 38 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 47 | 58 | −11 | 46 |
| 16 | Guingamp | 38 | 11 | 11 | 16 | 47 | 56 | −9 | 44 |
| 17 | Toulouse | 38 | 9 | 13 | 16 | 45 | 55 | −10 | 40 |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 15 May 2015. 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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | D | D | L | L | W | W | W | L | W | D | D | D | W | L | D | D | W | L | D | D | L | L | W | L | D | L | W | W | D | D | L | L | W | D | L | L | L | W |
| Position | 11 | 12 | 15 | 18 | 17 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 13 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 15 |

#### Matches

Win  Draw  Loss