# 2015–16 Angers SCO season

The 2015–16 Angers SCO season is the 97th professional season of the club since its creation in 1919. Angers return to Ligue 1 after finishing third in Ligue 2 last season.

## 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 2 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 |
| 1 | GK | SRB | Denis Petrić |
| 2 | DF | FRA | Gaël Angoula |
| 3 | DF | CGO | Arnold Bouka Moutou |
| 5 | MF | FRA | Thomas Mangani |
| 6 | DF | FRA | Grégory Bourillon |
| 7 | MF | FRA | Olivier Auriac (captain) |
| 8 | DF | CIV | Ismaël Traoré |
| 9 | FW | GUI | Mohamed Yattara (on loan from Standard Liège) |
| 10 | FW | FRA | Gilles Sunu |
| 11 | FW | FRA | Slimane Sissoko |
| 12 | FW | CMR | Jean-Pierre Nsamé |
| 14 | FW | FRA | Billy Ketkeophomphone |
| 15 | MF | FRA | Pierrick Capelle |
| 17 | MF | SEN | Cheikh N'Doye |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 18 | DF | GUI | Ibrahima Diallo |
| 19 | MF | FRA | Mathias Serin |
| 20 | MF | FRA | Charles Diers |
| 21 | DF | FRA | Yoann Andreu |
| 22 | FW | SUI | Goran Karanović |
| 23 | MF | FRA | Yohann Eudeline |
| 24 | DF | FRA | Romain Thomas |
| 25 | MF | ALG | Saïd Benrahma (on loan from Nice) |
| 26 | MF | CMR | Guy Ngosso |
| 27 | FW | CGO | Férébory Doré |
| 28 | MF | MAR | Romain Saïss |
| 29 | MF | FRA | Vincent Manceau |
| 30 | GK | FRA | Alexandre Letellier |
| 40 | GK | FRA | Mattéo Petitgenet |

### 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 |
| — | DF | ALG | Antar Yahia (on loan to Orléans) |
| — | DF | MLI | Kalifa Traoré (on loan to Les Herbiers) |
| — | MF | ARG | Diego Gómez (on loan to Boulogne) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | BRA | Pessalli (on loan to Luçon) |
| — | FW | FRA | Ludovic Ajorque (on loan to Luçon) |
| — | FW | FRA | Nicolas Pépé (on loan to Orléans) |

## Squad statistics

    As of match played 5 March 2016
| No. | Pos. | Name | Aps | Gls | Ast | | |
| Goalkeepers |||||||||
| 1 | GK | Denis Petrić | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | GK | Alexandre Letellier | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | GK | Mattéo Petitgenet | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| — | GK | Ludovic Butelle | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders |||||||||
| 2 | DF | Gaël Angoula | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Arnold Bouka Moutou | 16 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | Grégory Bourillon | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | DF | Ismaël Traoré | 29 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | Ibrahima Diallo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | Yoann Andreu | 27 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | Romain Thomas | 31 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| Midfielders |||||||||
| 5 | MF | Thomas Mangani | 26 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 |
| 7 | MF | Olivier Auriac | 15 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | Pierrick Capelle | 22 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 17 | MF | Cheikh N'Doye | 26 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 2 |
| 19 | MF | Mathias Serin | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | Charles Diers | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | Yohann Eudeline | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | Saïd Benrahma | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | Guy Ngosso | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | Romain Saïss | 29 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | Vincent Manceau | 26 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| — | MF | Diego Gómez | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| — | MF | Abdoul Camara | 17 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Forwards |||||||||
| 9 | FW | Mohamed Yattara | 11 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | Gilles Sunu | 26 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | Slimane Sissoko | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 12 | FW | Jean-Pierre Nsamé | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | Billy Ketkeophomphone | 29 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| 22 | FW | Goran Karanović | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | FW | Férébory Doré | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moved from | Fee |
| 1 July 2015 | DF | Ismaël Traoré | 28 | Brest | Free Transfer |
| 1 July 2015 | MF | Mathias Serin | 23 | Romorantin | Free Transfer |
| 1 July 2015 | MF | Cheikh N'Doye | 29 | Créteil | Free Transfer |
| 1 July 2015 | FW | Billy Ketkeophomphone | 25 | Tours | Free Transfer |
| 1 July 2015 | MF | Pierrick Capelle | 28 | Clermont | Free Transfer |
| 1 July 2015 | DF | Yoann Andreu | 26 | Gazélec Ajaccio | Free Transfer |
| 1 July 2015 | FW | Gilles Sunu | 24 | Evian | Undisclosed |
| 1 July 2015 | FW | Slimane Sissoko | 24 | Vendée Luçon | Undisclosed |
| 3 July 2015 | DF | Romain Saïss | 25 | Le Havre | Free Transfer |
| 4 July 2015 | MF | Thomas Mangani | 28 | Chievo | Undisclosed |
| 1 August 2015 | MF | Bilel Mohsni | 28 | Rangers | Free Transfer |
| 1 August 2015 | FW | Goran Karanović | 27 | St. Gallen | Free Transfer |
| 3 August 2015 | FW | Férébory Doré | 26 | Botev Plovdiv | Free Transfer |
| 3 August 2015 | FW | Férébory Doré | 26 | Botev Plovdiv | Free Transfer |
| 4 January 2016 | GK | Denis Petrić | 27 | Troyes | Free Transfer |
| 4 January 2016 | FW | Mohamed Yattara | 22 | Standard Liège | Loan |
| 8 January 2016 | FW | Saïd Benrahma | 20 | Nice | Loan |
| 25 January 2016 | DF | Grégory Bourillon | 31 | Reims | Loan |

### Out

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moved to | Fee |
| 1 July 2015 | FW | Jérémy Blayac | 32 | Strasbourg | Free Transfer |
| 1 July 2015 | MF | Rayan Frikeche | 23 | AC Ajaccio | Free Transfer |
| 1 July 2015 | FW | Sacha Clémence | 27 | Créteil | Undisclosed |
| 1 July 2015 | FW | Diego Gómez | 31 | Released | |
| 1 July 2015 | MF | Hamza Hafidi | 22 | Released | |
| 7 July 2015 | DF | Fabien Boyer | 24 | Kortrijk | Undisclosed |
| 7 July 2015 | DF | Loïc Guillon | 33 | Vendée Luçon | Free Transfer |
| 18 July 2015 | FW | Khaled Ayari | 25 | Paris FC | Free Transfer |
| 20 July 2015 | FW | Jonathan Kodjia | 25 | Bristol City | ~£2 million |
| 29 December 2015 | GK | Ludovic Butelle | 32 | Club Brugge | Undisclosed |
| 4 January 2016 | FW | Abdoul Camara | 25 | Derby County | ~£1.25 million |
| 12 January 2016 | MF | Ismaël Keïta | 25 | Paris FC | Undisclosed |
| 18 January 2016 | DF | Bilel Mohsni | 34 | Paris FC | Undisclosed |

### Out on loan

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Loaned to | Return date |
| 2 July 2015 | FW | Nicolas Pépé | 20 | Orléans | 30 June 2016 |
| 5 July 2015 | FW | Ludovic Ajorque | 21 | Vendée Luçon | 30 June 2016 |
| 29 December 2015 | DF | Antar Yahia | 33 | Orléans | 30 June 2016 |
| 28 January 2016 | FW | Diego Gómez | 32 | Boulogne | 30 June 2016 |
| 1 February 2016 | DF | Kalifa Traoré | 24 | Les Herbiers | 30 June 2016 |
| 2 February 2016 | MF | Pessalli | 25 | Vendée Luçon | 30 June 2016 |

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 7 | Caen | 38 | 16 | 6 | 16 | 39 | 52 | −13 | 54 |
| 8 | Rennes | 38 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 52 | 54 | −2 | 52 |
| 9 | Angers | 38 | 13 | 11 | 14 | 40 | 38 | +2 | 50 |
| 10 | Bastia | 38 | 14 | 8 | 16 | 36 | 42 | −6 | 50 |
| 11 | Bordeaux | 38 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 50 | 57 | −7 | 50 |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 9 May 2016. 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 | A | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | D | W | D | L | W | D | W | W | W | D | L | L | D | W | D | W | D | L | W | L | L | W | L | L | L | L | D | D | L | W | W | D | W | D | L | L | L |
| Position | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 |

#### Matches

Win  Draw  Loss