# 2008–09 AS Monaco FC season

The 2008–09 season was AS Monaco FC's 52nd season in Ligue 1. They finished eleventh in Ligue 1, and were knocked out of the Coupe de la Ligue by RC Lens, in the Round of 32, and the Coupe de France by Marseille in the Round of 32.

## Squad

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 | Yohann Thuram-Ulien |
| 2 | DF | COD | Cédric Mongongu |
| 3 | DF | CMR | Nicolas Nkoulou |
| 4 | DF | FRA | François Modesto (vice-captain) |
| 5 | MF | URU | Diego Pérez |
| 6 | MF | CRO | Nikola Pokrivač |
| 8 | DF | SUI | Patrick Müller |
| 9 | FW | FRA | Yannick Sagbo |
| 10 | FW | KOR | Park Chu-young |
| 11 | FW | USA | Freddy Adu (on loan from Benfica) |
| 12 | DF | BRA | Adriano |
| 13 | DF | FRA | Vincent Muratori |
| 14 | DF | CRO | Dario Šimić (vice-captain) |
| 15 | DF | FRA | Thomas Mangani |
| 16 | GK | FRA | Stéphane Ruffier |
| 17 | FW | FRA | Serge Gakpé |
| 18 | MF | ARG | Alejandro Alonso |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 19 | MF | CIV | Jean-Jacques Gosso |
| 20 | FW | COL | Juan Pablo Pino |
| 21 | MF | FRA | Camel Meriem |
| 22 | FW | FRA | Alexandre Licata |
| 23 | MF | CRO | Jerko Leko |
| 24 | MF | FRA | Loïc Dufau |
| 25 | MF | NGA | Lukman Haruna |
| 26 | MF | FRA | Yohan Mollo |
| 27 | FW | FRA | Frédéric Nimani |
| 28 | FW | FRA | Djamel Bakar |
| 29 | MF | FRA | Distel Zola |
| 30 | GK | ITA | Flavio Roma (captain) |
| 31 | MF | FRA | Kevin Diaz |
| 32 | DF | CIV | Igor Lolo |
| 40 | GK | FRA | Ludovic Guimera |
| — | GK | MCO | Manuel Vallaurio |

### 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 |
| 11 | FW | BRA | Nenê (at Espanyol) |
| 14 | MF | FRA | Malaury Martin (at Nimes) |
| 22 | DF | BRA | Bolívar (at Internacional) |
| 25 | DF | ARG | Leandro Cufré (at Hertha Berlin) |
| 26 | DF | SEN | Massamba Sambou (at Le Havre) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 27 | DF | FRA | Arnaud Lescure (at Rodez) |
| 34 | DF | GER | Torben Joneleit (at Charleroi) |
| 35 | MF | NGA | Sani Kaita (at Kuban Krasnodar) |
| — | FW | FRA | Vincent Ramaël (at Tubize) |
| — | FW | URU | Gonzalo Vargas (at Atlas) |

## Transfers
### Summer

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 8 | DF | SUI | Patrick Müller (from Lyon) |
| 10 | FW | KOR | Park Chu-young (from FC Seoul) |
| 11 | FW | USA | Freddy Adu (loan from Benfica) |
| 14 | DF | CRO | Dario Šimić (from A.C. Milan) |
| 15 | MF | FRA | Thomas Mangani (loan return from Ajaccio) |
| 18 | MF | ARG | Alejandro Alonso (from Bordeaux) |
| 19 | MF | CIV | Jean-Jacques Gosso (from Ashdod) |
| 20 | MF | COL | Juan Pablo Pino (loan return from R. Charleroi) |
| 22 | FW | FRA | Alexandre Licata (loan return from Bastia) |
| 27 | FW | FRA | Frédéric Nimani (loan return from Sedan) |
| 32 | DF | ITA | Elia Legati (loan from A.C. Milan) |
| 35 | MF | NGA | Sani Kaita (from Sparta Rotterdam) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | MCO | Manuel Vallaurio (loan to Evian) |
| 2 | DF | FRA | Sylvain Monsoreau (to Saint-Étienne) |
| 3 | DF | FRA | Jérémy Berthod (to AJ Auxerre) |
| 7 | MF | ARG | Lucas Bernardi (to Newell's Old Boys) |
| 8 | MF | ARG | Sergio Almirón (loan return to Juventus) |
| 10 | FW | FRA | Jérémy Ménez (to Roma) |
| 11 | FW | BRA | Nenê (loan to Espanyol) |
| 14 | MF | FRA | Malaury Martin (loan to Nîmes) |
| 15 | DF | BRA | Fábio Santos (loan return to São Paulo) |
| 18 | FW | FRA | Frédéric Piquionne (to Lyon) |
| 20 | MF | URU | Nacho González (loan return to Danubio) |
| 22 | DF | BRA | Bolívar (loan to Internacional) |
| 26 | DF | SEN | Massamba Sambou (loan to Le Havre) |
| 27 | DF | FRA | Arnaud Lescure (loan to Rodez) |
| 33 | FW | FRA | Steve Pinau (to Genoa) |

### Winter

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 32 | DF | CIV | Igor Lolo (from Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk) |
| — | GK | MCO | Manuel Vallaurio (loan return from Evian) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 25 | DF | ARG | Leandro Cufré (loan to Hertha Berlin) |
| 32 | DF | ITA | Elia Legati (loan return to A.C. Milan) |
| 34 | DF | GER | Torben Joneleit (loan to R.Charleroi) |
| 35 | MF | NGA | Sani Kaita (loan to Kuban Krasnodar) |

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 9 | Nice | 38 | 13 | 11 | 14 | 40 | 41 | −1 | 50 |
| 10 | Lorient | 38 | 10 | 15 | 13 | 47 | 47 | 0 | 45 |
| 11 | Monaco | 38 | 11 | 12 | 15 | 41 | 45 | −4 | 45 |
| 12 | Valenciennes | 38 | 10 | 14 | 14 | 35 | 42 | −7 | 44 |
| 13 | Grenoble | 38 | 10 | 14 | 14 | 24 | 37 | −13 | 44 |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 31 March 2015. 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 | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A |
| Result | W | D | D | L | W | D | L | L | L | D | W | W | L | L | W | W | D | L | L | L | D | W | D | L | L | D | D | W | W | L | D | W | W | L | L | D | L | D |
| Position | 5 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 11 |

#### Results
### Coupe de France
## Statistics

    As of match played 30 May 2009

### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Ligue 1 | Ligue 1 | 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 | Yohann Thuram-Ulien | 3 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | COD | Cédric Mongongu | 26 | 0 | 19+3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | CMR | Nicolas Nkoulou | 25 | 0 | 21+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | FRA | François Modesto | 34 | 1 | 29+2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | MF | URU | Diego Pérez | 26 | 0 | 14+8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | CRO | Nikola Pokrivač | 27 | 3 | 17+6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | DF | SUI | Patrick Müller | 10 | 0 | 6+1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | FRA | Yannick Sagbo | 4 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | KOR | Park Chu-young | 35 | 5 | 31 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | USA | Freddy Adu | 10 | 0 | 0+9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | BRA | Adriano | 15 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | FRA | Vincent Muratori | 11 | 0 | 7+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | CRO | Dario Šimić | 30 | 0 | 26+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | FRA | Thomas Mangani | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | GK | FRA | Stéphane Ruffier | 36 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | FRA | Serge Gakpé | 14 | 0 | 5+8 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | ARG | Alejandro Alonso | 19 | 3 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | CIV | Jean-Jacques Gosso | 32 | 0 | 29+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | COL | Juan Pablo Pino | 26 | 6 | 20+3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | FRA | Camel Meriem | 31 | 1 | 23+5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | FW | FRA | Alexandre Licata | 24 | 9 | 12+9 | 7 | 2+1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | CRO | Jerko Leko | 26 | 2 | 20+4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | NGA | Lukman Haruna | 4 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | FRA | Yohan Mollo | 28 | 2 | 18+6 | 2 | 3+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | FW | FRA | Frédéric Nimani | 32 | 6 | 15+13 | 6 | 2+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 28 | FW | FRA | Djamel Bakar | 7 | 0 | 1+5 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | GK | ITA | Flavio Roma | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 31 | MF | FRA | Kévin Diaz | 5 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | DF | CIV | Igor Lolo | 12 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players away from the club on loan: ||||||||||||
| 11 | FW | BRA | Nenê | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | ARG | Leandro Cufré | 15 | 3 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | MF | NGA | Sani Kaita | 3 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players who appeared for Monaco no longer at the club: ||||||||||||
| 10 | FW | FRA | Jérémy Ménez | 3 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Goal scorers

| Place | Position | Number | Name | Ligue 1 | Coupe de France | Coupe de la Ligue | Total |
| 1 | FW | 22 | Alexandre Licata | 7 | 2 | 0 | 9 |
| 2 | FW | 27 | Frédéric Nimani | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 2 | FW | 20 | Juan Pablo Pino | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 4 | FW | 10 | Park Chu-young | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 5 | DF | 25 | Leandro Cufré | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | MF | 18 | Alejandro Alonso | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | MF | 6 | Nikola Pokrivač | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | | | Own goal | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | MF | 26 | Yohan Mollo | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | MF | 23 | Jerko Leko | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | MF | 21 | Camel Meriem | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | DF | 4 | François Modesto | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | DF | 32 | Igor Lolo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| | | | TOTALS | 41 | 4 | 0 | 45 |

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Position | Name | Ligue 1 | Ligue 1 | Coupe de France | Coupe de France | Coupe de la Ligue | Coupe de la Ligue | Total | Total |
| 2 | DF | Cédric Mongongu | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 4 | DF | François Modesto | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 5 | MF | Diego Pérez | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | Nikola Pokrivač | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | Park Chu-young | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | Nenê | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | Freddy Adu | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | Adriano | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | Vincent Muratori | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | Dario Šimić | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 16 | GK | Stéphane Ruffier | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | Alejandro Alonso | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
| 19 | MF | Jean-Jacques Gosso | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | Juan Pablo Pino | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | Camel Meriem | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | FW | Alexandre Licata | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | Jerko Leko | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 |
| 25 | DF | Leandro Cufré | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | Lukman Haruna | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 26 | MF | Yohan Mollo | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 27 | FW | Frédéric Nimani | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 31 | MF | Kévin Diaz | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 32 | DF | Igor Lolo | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| | | TOTALS | 75 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 81 | 6 |