# 2015–16 Stade Malherbe Caen season

The 2015–16 Stade Malherbe Caen season was the 103rd season of the club since its creation in 1913, the 15th in Ligue 1.

## 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 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 |
| 1 | GK | FRA | Rémy Vercoutre |
| 2 | MF | FRA | Nicolas Seube |
| 4 | MF | CIV | Ismaël Diomande (on loan from Saint-Étienne) |
| 5 | DF | TUN | Alaeddine Yahia |
| 6 | MF | FRA | Jonathan Delaplace |
| 8 | MF | COD | Jordan Nkololo |
| 9 | FW | FRA | Andy Delort |
| 10 | FW | BDI | Saidi Ntibazonkiza |
| 11 | MF | FRA | Vincent Bessat |
| 12 | DF | FRA | Dennis Appiah |
| 13 | DF | TUN | Syam Ben Youssef |
| 14 | FW | HAI | Jeff Louis |
| 15 | DF | BEN | Emmanuel Imorou |
| 16 | GK | FRA | Louis Deschateaux |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 17 | MF | FRA | Jean-Victor Makengo |
| 18 | MF | BEN | Jordan Adeoti |
| 19 | MF | FRA | Jordan Leborgne |
| 20 | FW | HAI | Hervé Bazile |
| 21 | DF | COM | Chaker Alhadhur |
| 22 | DF | FRA | Alexandre Raineau |
| 23 | FW | REU | Ronny Rodelin (on loan from Lille) |
| 24 | FW | CIV | Christian Kouakou |
| 25 | MF | FRA | Julien Féret (captain) |
| 26 | MF | FRA | Jonathan Beaulieu |
| 28 | DF | FRA | Damien Da Silva |
| 29 | DF | FRA | Florian Le Joncour |
| 30 | GK | FRA | Paul Reulet |

### 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 | FRA | Cheik Traoré (on loan to Avranches) |
| — | FW | SEN | Pape Sané (on loan to FBBP 01) |

## Transfers
### Transfers in

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moved from | Fee |
| 1 July 2015 | DF | Syam Ben Youssef | 26 | Astra Giurgiu | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2015 | DF | Florian Le Joncour | 20 | Concarneau | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2015 | MF | Jordan Nkololo | 22 | Clermont Foot | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2015 | MF | Vincent Bessat | 29 | Nantes | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2015 | DF | Chaker Alhadhur | 23 | Nantes | Undisclosed |
| 2 July 2015 | FW | Andy Delort | 23 | Wigan Athletic | £980,000 |
| 3 July 2015 | MF | Jonathan Delaplace | 29 | Lille | Undisclosed |
| 20 July 2015 | FW | Jeff Louis | 22 | Standard Liège | Undisclosed |
| 15 September 2015 | MF | Saidi Ntibazonkiza | 28 | Free agent | Free transfer |
| 1 February 2016 | FW | Christian Kouakou | 24 | Tours | Undisclosed |
| 1 February 2016 | FW | Pape Sané | 25 | FBBP 01 | Undisclosed |

### Loans in

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Loaned from | Return date | Notes |
| 31 August 2015 | FW | Ronny Rodelin | 25 | Lille | 30 June 2016 | |
| 25 January 2016 | MF | Ismaël Diomandé | 25 | Saint-Étienne | 30 June 2016 | |

### Transfers out

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moved to | Fee |
| 1 July 2015 | MF | Thomas Lemar | 19 | Monaco | Undisclosed |
| 1 July 2015 | MF | José Saez | 33 | Unattached | Released |
| 1 July 2015 | DF | Felipe Saad | 31 | Strasbourg | Released |
| 3 July 2015 | DF | Yrondu Musavu-King | 23 | Granada | Free transfer |
| 16 July 2015 | GK | Damien Perquis | 29 | Valenciennes | Undisclosed |
| 21 July 2015 | FW | Bengali-Fodé Koita | 24 | Blackburn Rovers | Free transfer |
| 25 July 2015 | DF | Jean-Jacques Pierre | 34 | Paris FC | Free transfer |
| 3 August 2015 | MF | N'Golo Kanté | 24 | Leicester City | €8,000,000 |
| 20 August 2015 | FW | Mathieu Duhamel | 31 | Le Havre | Undisclosed |
| 31 August 2015 | MF | Lenny Nangis | 21 | Lille | Undisclosed |
| 31 August 2015 | FW | Florian Raspentino | 26 | Bastia | Undisclosed |

### Loans out

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Loaned to | Return date | Notes |
| 7 July 2015 | DF | Cheik Traoré | 20 | Avranches | 30 June 2016 | |
| 1 February 2016 | FW | Pape Sané | 24 | FBBP 01 | 30 June 2016 | |

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 5 | Lille | 38 | 15 | 15 | 8 | 39 | 27 | +12 | 60 | Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round |
| 6 | Saint-Étienne | 38 | 17 | 7 | 14 | 42 | 37 | +5 | 58 | Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round |
| 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 | |
* ↑ Since the winners of the 2015–16 Coupe de France and the 2015–16 Coupe de la Ligue, Paris Saint-Germain, qualified for European competition based on their league position, the spot awarded to the Coupe de France winners (Europa League group stage) was passed to the fourth-placed team and the spot awarded to the Coupe de la Ligue winners (Europa League third qualifying round) was passed to the sixth-placed team. The fifth-placed team received the spot in Europa League third qualifying round originally designated to the fourth-placed team.

#### 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 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 | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | W | L | L | W | W | L | W | W | W | L | L | W | D | W | D | L | D | L | L | L | W | W | L | L | L | W | W | D | L | W | L | L | L | D | D | W | W |
| Position | 6 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 6 | | 6 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 7 |

#### Matches

Win  Draw  Loss

### Coupe de France
## Squad statistics

| No. | Pos. | Name | Aps | Gls | Ast | | |
| Goalkeepers |||||||||
| 1 | GK | Rémy Vercoutre | 39 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | GK | Louis Deschateaux | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | GK | Paul Reulet | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders |||||||||
| 5 | DF | Alaeddine Yahia | 27 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| 12 | DF | Dennis Appiah | 40 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | Syam Ben Youssef | 20 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 15 | DF | Emmanuel Imorou | 15 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 21 | DF | Chaker Alhadhur | 11 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | Alexandre Raineau | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | Damien Da Silva | 29 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 29 | DF | Florian Le Joncour | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders |||||||||
| 2 | MF | Nicolas Seube | 34 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 |
| 4 | MF | Ismaël Diomandé | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | Jonathan Delaplace | 24 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Jordan Nkololo | 18 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 11 | MF | Vincent Bessat | 36 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | Jean-Victor Makengo | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | Jordan Adéoti | 34 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | Jordan Leborgne | 14 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | Julien Féret | 40 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | Jonathan Beaulieu | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| -- | MF | Valentin Voisin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards |||||||||
| 7 | FW | Yann Karamoh | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Andy Delort | 38 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | Saidi Ntibazonkiza | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | Jeff Louis | 19 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | Hervé Bazile | 26 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | FW | Ronny Rodelin | 36 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 24 | FW | Christian Kouakou | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| -- | FW | Lenny Nangis | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |