# 2017–18 Montpellier HSC season

The 2017–18 Montpellier HSC season was the club's 91st season in existence and the club's 16th consecutive season in the top flight of French football. In addition to the domestic league, Montpellier participated in this season's editions of the Coupe de France and the Coupe de la Ligue. The season covered the period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.

## Players
### First-team squad

As of 23 January 2018
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 | Laurent Pionnier |
| 2 | DF | FRA | Ruben Aguilar |
| 3 | DF | FRA | Daniel Congré |
| 4 | DF | BRA | Vitorino Hilton (captain) |
| 5 | DF | POR | Pedro Mendes |
| 6 | MF | FRA | Junior Sambia (on loan from Niort) |
| 7 | MF | FRA | Paul Lasne |
| 8 | DF | CMR | Ambroise Oyongo |
| 9 | FW | FRA | Jonathan Ikoné (on loan from Paris SG) |
| 13 | MF | TUN | Ellyes Skhiri (vice-captain) |
| 14 | FW | CIV | Giovanni Sio |
| 15 | DF | FRA | Bryan Passi |
| 16 | GK | FRA | Dimitry Bertaud |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 17 | FW | FRA | Jérémie Porsan-Clemente |
| 18 | FW | BEL | Isaac Mbenza |
| 19 | FW | SEN | Souleymane Camara |
| 20 | FW | RSA | Keagan Dolly |
| 22 | MF | FRA | Killian Sanson |
| 23 | DF | FRA | Nordi Mukiele |
| 24 | DF | FRA | Jérôme Roussillon |
| 26 | DF | FRA | Morgan Poaty |
| 27 | MF | URU | Facundo Píriz (on loan from Grozny) |
| 29 | FW | CHA | Casimir Ninga |
| 31 | DF | FRA | Nicolas Cozza |
| 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 |
| — | GK | FRA | Jonathan Ligali (on loan to Dunkerque) |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

## Competitions
### Overview

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Ligue 1 | 5 August 2017 | 19 May 2018 | Matchday 1 | 10th | 38 | 11 | 18 | 9 | 36 | 33 | +3 | 028.95 |
| Coupe de France | 6 January 2018 | 7 February 2018 | Round of 64 | Round of 16 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | +0 | 033.33 |
| Coupe de la Ligue | 24 October 2017 | 31 January 2018 | Third round | Semi-finals | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 075.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 45 | 15 | 19 | 11 | 49 | 42 | +7 | 033.33 |
Last updated: 19 May 2018 Source: Soccerway

### Ligue 1
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 8 | Nice | 38 | 15 | 9 | 14 | 53 | 52 | +1 | 54 |
| 9 | Nantes | 38 | 14 | 10 | 14 | 36 | 41 | −5 | 52 |
| 10 | Montpellier | 38 | 11 | 18 | 9 | 36 | 33 | +3 | 51 |
| 11 | Dijon | 38 | 13 | 9 | 16 | 55 | 73 | −18 | 48 |
| 12 | Guingamp | 38 | 12 | 11 | 15 | 48 | 59 | −11 | 47 |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 19 May 2018. Source: Ligue 1

#### 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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | L | D | L | L | W | D | D | W | W | L | D | D | W | D | D | D | L | W | D | D | W | L | W | W | D | D | D | D | D | W | D | L | L | L | W | D | D |
| Position | 8 | 11 | 9 | 12 | 17 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 10 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 15 June 2017.

### Coupe de la Ligue
## Statistics
### Goalscorers

    As of 19 May 2018
| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Ligue 1 | Coupe de France | Coupe de la Ligue | Total |
| 1 | 14 | FW | | Giovanni Sio | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 1 | 18 | FW | | Isaac Mbenza | 8 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| 3 | 13 | MF | | Ellyes Skhiri | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 36 | 6 | 7 | 49 |