# 2011–12 AS Monaco FC season

The 2011–12 season was AS Monaco FC's first season back in Ligue 2 since relegation from Ligue 1 in 2011. Marco Simone took over as coach of AS Monaco in September 2011 following the sacking of Laurent Banide. They finished the season in eighth place having struggled in the relegation zone for the majority of the season. They also participated in the Coupe de France where they were eliminated at the Round of 64 stage by Angers, and the Coupe de la Ligue which they were knocked out of in the first round by Sedan.

## Season review

See also 2011–12 Ligue 2
On 23 December 2011, Russian billionaire businessman Dmitry Rybolovlev bought a majority stake in AS Monaco. Rybolovlev was stated as saying "I think this club has enormous potential. I hope it can now realise this potential, both domestically and in Europe."

## Squad

As of 31 January 2012.
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | FRA | Sébastien Chabbert |
| 2 | DF | FRA | Dennis Appiah |
| 3 | DF | FRA | Vincent Muratori |
| 4 | DF | NGA | Rabiu Afolabi |
| 5 | MF | FRA | Gary Coulibaly |
| 6 | MF | FRA | Stéphane Dumont |
| 7 | MF | CGO | Chris Malonga |
| 8 | MF | FRA | Ludovic Giuly (captain) |
| 9 | FW | TAH | Marama Vahirua (on loan from Nancy) |
| 10 | MF | MLI | Sambou Yatabaré |
| 11 | FW | SEN | Ibrahima Touré |
| 12 | DF | BRA | Adriano |
| 13 | DF | SWE | Petter Hansson |
| 14 | DF | FRA | Florian Pinteaux |
| 15 | DF | FRA | Layvin Kurzawa |
| 16 | GK | FRA | Martin Sourzac |
| 17 | FW | FRA | Terence Makengo |
| 18 | FW | FRA | Valère Germain |
| 19 | DF | CIV | Isaac Koné |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 20 | MF | HUN | Vladimir Koman |
| 21 | DF | URU | Gary Kagelmacher |
| 22 | FW | NOR | Thorstein Helstad |
| 23 | DF | FRA | Olivier Ferblantier |
| 24 | MF | FRA | Nampalys Mendy |
| 25 | MF | FRA | Valentin Eysseric |
| 26 | DF | FRA | Eric Marester |
| 27 | MF | FRA | Aadil Assana |
| 28 | MF | CMR | Edgar Salli |
| 29 | DF | FRA | Tristan Dingomé |
| 30 | GK | FRA | Johann Carrasso (on loan from Rennes) |
| 31 | DF | GER | Andreas Wolf |
| 32 | MF | MAR | Nabil Dirar |
| 36 | DF | GRE | Georgios Tzavellas |
| 38 | MF | GRE | Alexandros Tziolis |
| 39 | FW | NED | Nacer Barazite |
| 40 | GK | CRO | Danijel Subašić |
| -- | DF | FRA | Yvan Erichot |

### 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 |
| 20 | MF | FRA | Kévin Malcuit (at Vannes) |
| — | FW | ROU | Daniel Niculae (at Nancy) |
| — | MF | FRA | Thomas Mangani (at Nancy) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | FRA | Kévin Diaz (at FC Metz) |
| — | GK | FRA | Franck L'Hostis (at Martigues) |
| — | FW | FRA | Frédéric Nimani (at PAOK) |

## Transfers
### Summer

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 4 | DF | NGA | Rabiu Afolabi ( Red Bull Salzburg, Undisclosed) |
| 6 | MF | FRA | Stéphane Dumont ( Lille, Free) |
| 8 | MF | FRA | Ludovic Giuly ( Paris Saint-Germain, Free) |
| 9 | MF | TAH | Marama Vahirua ( Nancy, Loan) |
| 10 | MF | MLI | Sambou Yatabaré ( Caen,) |
| 22 | FW | NOR | Thorstein Helstad ( Le Mans, Undisclosed) |
| 26 | DF | FRA | Eric Marester ( Troyes, Free) |
| 28 | FW | CMR | Edgar Salli ( Sport de Garoua, Undisclosed) |
| 30 | GK | FRA | Johann Carrasso ( Rennes, Loan) |
| — | DF | TOG | Senah Mango ( Marseille, Loan) |
| — | MF | SWE | Emir Bajrami ( Twente, Undisclosed) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | DF | CMR | Nicolas N'Koulou (to Marseille, €3.5m) |
| — | GK | FRA | Stéphane Ruffier (to Saint-Étienne, €3m) |
| 11 | FW | CMR | Benjamin Moukandjo (to Nancy, Undisclosed) |
| — | GK | FRA | Yohann Thuram-Ulien (to Troyes, Undisclosed) |
| — | MF | FRA | Mathieu Coutadeur (to FC Lorient, Undisclosed) |
| — | DF | FRA | Laurent Bonnart (to Lille, Free) |
| — | MF | COD | Distel Zola (to Nancy, Free) |
| — | DF | COD | Cédric Mongongu (to Evian, Free) |
| — | MF | GAB | Frédéric Bulot (to Caen, Free) |
| — | MF | FRA | Léo Schwechlen (to Tours, Free) |
| 31 | MF | FRA | Kévin Diaz (to Metz, Loan) |
| 21 | FW | ROU | Daniel Niculae (to Nancy, Loan) |
| 15 | MF | FRA | Thomas Mangani (to Nancy, Loan) |
| 11 | MF | FRA | Frédéric Nimani (to PAOK, Loan) |

### Winter

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 11 | FW | SEN | Ibrahima Touré ( Ajman Club, Undisclosed) |
| 20 | MF | HUN | Vladimir Koman ( Sampdoria, Undisclosed) |
| 31 | DF | GER | Andreas Wolf ( Werder Bremen, Undisclosed) |
| 32 | MF | MAR | Nabil Dirar ( Club Brugge, €7.5m) |
| 36 | DF | GRE | Georgios Tzavellas ( Eintracht Frankfurt, Undisclosed) |
| 38 | DF | GRE | Alexandros Tziolis ( Racing Santander, Free) |
| 39 | FW | NED | Nacer Barazite ( Austria Wien, Free) |
| 40 | GK | CRO | Danijel Subašić ( Hajduk Split, Undisclosed) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |

## Competitions
### Ligue 2
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 6 | Tours | 38 | 15 | 11 | 12 | 44 | 43 | +1 | 56 |
| 7 | Guingamp | 38 | 15 | 10 | 13 | 46 | 43 | +3 | 55 |
| 8 | Monaco | 38 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 41 | 48 | −7 | 52 |
| 9 | Nantes | 38 | 14 | 9 | 15 | 51 | 42 | +9 | 51 |
| 10 | Istres | 38 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 46 | 44 | +2 | 51 |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 25 November 2011. Source: Soccerway

#### 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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | D | D | L | D | D | L | D | W | L | D | L | D | L | D | L | L | D | D | W | W | D | L | L | W | D | W | W | D | W | W | W | W | W | L | W | L | L | W |
| Position | 13 | 12 | 17 | 17 | 15 | 17 | 18 | 16 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 8 |

#### Fixtures & results
##### Notes

* The match between Angers and Monaco was postponed due to a frozen pitch.

### Coupe de France
## Squad statistics
### Appearances and goals

    As of 14 May 2012
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Ligue 2 | Ligue 2 | 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 |
| 1 | GK | FRA | Sébastien Chabbert | 7 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | FRA | Dennis Appiah | 19 | 0 | 16+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | FRA | Vincent Muratori | 13 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | NGA | Rabiu Afolabi | 15 | 1 | 14+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | FRA | Gary Coulibaly | 34 | 1 | 29+2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | FRA | Stéphane Dumont | 14 | 0 | 8+4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | CGO | Chris Malonga | 8 | 1 | 3+5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | FW | FRA | Ludovic Giuly | 28 | 5 | 26 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | TAH | Marama Vahirua | 13 | 3 | 7+4 | 2 | 1+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | MLI | Sambou Yatabaré | 9 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | SEN | Ibrahima Touré | 17 | 10 | 15+2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | BRA | Adriano | 15 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 13 | DF | SWE | Petter Hansson | 20 | 0 | 15+1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | FRA | Florian Pinteaux | 13 | 0 | 8+3 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | FRA | Layvin Kurzawa | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | GK | FRA | Martin Sourzac | 8 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | FRA | Terence Makengo | 12 | 0 | 7+4 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | FRA | Valère Germain | 37 | 10 | 22+11 | 8 | 1+2 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | CIV | Isaac Koné | 4 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | HUN | Vladimir Koman | 17 | 0 | 15+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | URU | Gary Kagelmacher | 17 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | FW | NOR | Thorstein Helstad | 8 | 0 | 3+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | FRA | Nampalys Mendy | 29 | 0 | 16+12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | FRA | Valentin Eysseric | 19 | 2 | 12+3 | 1 | 1+2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | FRA | Eric Marester | 30 | 0 | 26+2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | FRA | Aadil Assana | 7 | 0 | 0+5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | CMR | Edgar Salli | 30 | 7 | 19+9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | DF | FRA | Tristan Dingomé | 24 | 2 | 13+8 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | GK | FRA | Johann Carrasso | 9 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | DF | GER | Andreas Wolf | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | MF | MAR | Nabil Dirar | 15 | 3 | 11+4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | DF | GRE | Giorgios Tzavelas | 14 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | DF | GRE | Alexandros Tziolis | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | FW | NED | Nacer Barazite | 7 | 0 | 2+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | GK | CRO | Danijel Subašić | 16 | 1 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | FRA | Jérémy Labor | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | GK | FRA | Marc-Aurele Caillerd | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | FRA | Jérôme Phojo | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players who appeared for Monaco no longer at the club: ||||||||||||
| 11 | FW | CMR | Benjamin Moukandjo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | FRA | Frédéric Nimani | 4 | 1 | 1+2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | FRA | Thomas Mangani | 5 | 1 | 1+3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | FRA | Kévin Malcuit | 4 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | FW | ROU | Daniel Niculae | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 31 | MF | FRA | Kévin Diaz | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Top scorers

| Place | Position | Number | Name | Ligue 2 | Coupe de France | Coupe de la Ligue | Total |
| 1 | FW | 11 | Ibrahima Touré | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 1 | FW | 18 | Valère Germain | 8 | 2 | 0 | 10 |
| 3 | MF | 28 | Edgar Salli | 5 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| 4 | MF | 8 | Ludovic Giuly | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| 5 | FW | 9 | Marama Vahirua | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | MF | 32 | Nabil Dirar | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | MF | 25 | Valentin Eysseric | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | DF | 12 | Adriano | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | DF | 29 | Tristan Dingomé | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | MF | 7 | Chris Malonga | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | FW | 11 | Frédéric Nimani | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | 5 | Gary Coulibaly | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | 4 | Rabiu Afolabi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | 15 | Thomas Mangani | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | FW | 10 | Sambou Yatabaré | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | DF | 36 | Giorgios Tzavelas | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| | | | TOTALS | 41 | 10 | 1 | 52 |

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Position | Name | Ligue 2 | Ligue 2 | Coupe de France | Coupe de France | Coupe de la Ligue | Coupe de la Ligue | Total | Total |
| 2 | DF | Dennis Appiah | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Vincent Muratori | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 4 | DF | Rabiu Afolabi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Gary Coulibaly | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| 6 | MF | Stéphane Dumont | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Ludovic Giuly | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | Sambou Yatabaré | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | Frédéric Nimani | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | Ibrahima Touré | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | Adriano | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 13 | DF | Petter Hansson | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 14 | DF | Florian Pinteaux | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | Thomas Mangani | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | Terence Makengo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | Valère Germain | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | Isaac Koné | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 21 | DF | Gary Kagelmacher | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | Vladimir Koman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | Nampalys Mendy | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 25 | MF | Valentin Eysseric | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | Eric Marester | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | Aadil Assana | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | Edgar Salli | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 29 | DF | Tristan Dingomé | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 30 | GK | Johann Carrasso | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 31 | DF | Andreas Wolf | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 32 | MF | Nabil Dirar | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | Florian Pinteaux | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 36 | DF | Giorgios Tzavelas | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 40 | GK | Danijel Subašić | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| -- | DF | Jérémy Labor | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | | TOTALS | 64 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 70 | 7 |