# 2017–18 FC Girondins de Bordeaux season

The 2017–18 FC Girondins de Bordeaux season was the 137th professional season of the club since its creation in 1881. Bordeaux finished their domestic season in 6th place, qualifying for the UEFA Europa League next season.

## Players

As of 31 August 2017.
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 | Benoit Costil |
| 2 | DF | SRB | Milan Gajić |
| 3 | DF | GER | Diego Contento |
| 5 | MF | BRA | Otávio |
| 6 | DF | POL | Igor Lewczuk |
| 7 | FW | BRA | Malcom |
| 8 | DF | FRA | Paul Baysse |
| 9 | FW | DEN | Martin Braithwaite (on loan from Middlesbrough) |
| 10 | MF | FRA | Soualiho Meïté (on loan from Monaco) |
| 11 | FW | GUI | François Kamano |
| 12 | FW | FRA | Nicolas de Préville |
| 13 | MF | SEN | Younousse Sankharé |
| 15 | FW | FRA | Alexandre Mendy |
| 16 | GK | FRA | Gaëtan Poussin |
| 17 | MF | BRA | Matheus Pereira (on loan from Juventus) |
| 18 | MF | CZE | Jaroslav Plašil (captain) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 19 | MF | DEN | Lukas Lerager |
| 20 | DF | SEN | Youssouf Sabaly |
| 21 | DF | FRA | Théo Pellenard |
| 22 | MF | BRA | Jonathan Cafu |
| 23 | MF | ARG | Valentín Vada |
| 24 | FW | FRA | Gaëtan Laborde |
| 25 | DF | BRA | Pablo |
| 26 | DF | BEN | Olivier Verdon |
| 29 | MF | FRA | Maxime Poundjé |
| 30 | GK | FRA | Jérôme Prior |
| 31 | DF | FRA | Jules Koundé |
| 32 | MF | FRA | Zaydou Youssouf |
| 33 | FW | FRA | Ervin Taha |
| 34 | MF | FRA | Aurélien Tchouaméni |
| 35 | DF | FRA | Thomas Carrique |
| 40 | GK | FRA | Over Mandanda |

### 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 | Paul Bernardoni (on loan to Clermont) |
| 4 | DF | SRB | Vukašin Jovanović (on loan to Eibar) |
| — | MF | ARG | Daniel Mancini (on loan to Tours) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | FW | GAB | Aaron Boupendza (on loan to Pau) |
| — | FW | URU | Diego Rolán (on loan to Málaga) |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moved from | Fee | Notes |
| 1 July 2017 | DF | Youssouf Sabaly | 24 | Paris Saint-Germain | €4,000,000 | |
| 1 July 2017 | MF | Lukas Lerager | 23 | Zulte Waregem | €3,500,000 | |
| 1 July 2017 | FW | Alexandre Mendy | 23 | Guingamp | €600,000 | |
| 1 July 2017 | GK | Benoît Costil | 29 | Rennes | Free transfer | |
| 14 July 2017 | DF | Vukašin Jovanović | 21 | Zenit Saint Petersburg | Undisclosed | |
| 8 August 2017 | MF | Otávio | 23 | Atlético Paranaense | €5,000,000 | |
| 9 August 2017 | MF | Jonathan Cafu | 26 | Ludogorets Razgrad | €7,500,000 | |
| 31 August 2017 | FW | Nicolas de Préville | 26 | Lille | €10,000,000 | [9] [10] |
| 10 January 2018 | DF | Paul Baysse | 29 | Málaga | €1,200,000 | |

#### Loans in

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Loaned from | Return date |
| 31 August 2017 | MF | Matheus Pereira | 19 | Juventus | 31 January 2018 |
| 2 January 2018 | MF | Soualiho Meïté | 23 | AS Monaco | 30 June 2018 |
| 31 January 2018 | FW | Martin Braithwaite | 26 | Middlesbrough | 30 June 2018 |

### Out

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moved to | Fee |
| 1 July 2017 | FW | Jérémy Ménez | 30 | Antalyaspor | Undisclosed |
| 1 July 2017 | FW | Enzo Crivelli | 22 | Angers | €4,000,000 |
| 1 July 2017 | DF | Cédric Yambéré | 26 | Dijon | €500,000 |
| 1 July 2017 | FW | Jorris Romil | 22 | Valenciennes | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2017 | GK | Cédric Carrasso | 35 | Free agent | |
| 1 July 2017 | MF | Abdou Traoré | 29 | Free agent | |
| 1 July 2017 | MF | Nicolas Maurice-Belay | 32 | Free agent | |
| 4 July 2017 | MF | Adam Ounas | 20 | Napoli | €10,000,000 |
| 21 July 2017 | MF | Kévin Soni | 19 | Peralada | Free transfer |
| 27 July 2017 | DF | Nicolas Pallois | 29 | Nantes | €2,500,000 |
| 28 July 2017 | DF | Frédéric Guilbert | 22 | SM Caen | €1,500,000 |
| 8 August 2017 | MF | Mauro Arambarri | 21 | Boston River | Free transfer |
| 30 August 2017 | FW | Isaac Kiese Thelin | 25 | Anderlecht | Undisclosed |
| 31 August 2017 | MF | Thomas Touré | 23 | Angers | €1,700,000 |
| 31 August 2017 | MF | Younès Kaabouni | 22 | Free agent | |
| 18 January 2018 | MF | Jérémy Toulalan | 34 | Free agent | |

#### Loans out

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Loaned to | Return date |
| 1 July 2017 | GK | Paul Bernardoni | 20 | Clermont Foot | 30 June 2018 |
| 11 August 2017 | FW | Aaron Boupendza | 21 | Pau FC | 30 June 2018 |
| 27 August 2017 | FW | Diego Rolán | 24 | Málaga | 30 June 2018 |
| 31 August 2017 | MF | Daniel Mancini | 20 | Tours | 30 June 2018 |
| 31 January 2018 | DF | Vukašin Jovanović | 21 | Eibar | 30 June 2018 |

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 4 | Marseille | 38 | 22 | 11 | 5 | 80 | 47 | +33 | 77 | Qualification for the Europa League group stage |
| 5 | Rennes | 38 | 16 | 10 | 12 | 50 | 44 | +6 | 58 | Qualification for the Europa League group stage |
| 6 | Bordeaux | 38 | 16 | 7 | 15 | 53 | 48 | +5 | 55 | Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round |
| 7 | Saint-Étienne | 38 | 15 | 10 | 13 | 47 | 50 | −3 | 55 | |
| 8 | Nice | 38 | 15 | 9 | 14 | 53 | 52 | +1 | 54 | |
* 1 2 Since the winners of the 2017–18 Coupe de France and the 2017–18 Coupe de la Ligue, Paris Saint-Germain, qualified for European competition based on 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: 7 June 2017. Source: Results

#### 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 | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A |
| Result | D | W | D | W | D | W | W | L | D | L | L | L | D | L | W | L | L | L | L | W | L | W | W | W | W | L | D | L | D | L | L | W | W | L | W | W | W | W |
| Position | 9 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 6 |

#### Matches
### UEFA Europa League
#### Third qualifying round
## Goalscorers

    As of match played 7 June 2018
| Place | Position | Number | Name | Ligue 1 | Coupe de France | Coupe de la Ligue | UEFA Europa League | Total |
| 1 | FW | 7 | Malcom | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| 2 | MF | 13 | Younousse Sankharé | 7 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 10 |
| 3 | FW | 11 | François Kamano | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 4 | FW | 15 | Alexandre Mendy | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | FW | 12 | Nicolas de Préville | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | FW | 9 | Martin Braithwaite | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 7 | FW | 24 | Gaëtan Laborde | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | MF | 19 | Lukas Lerager | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | MF | 22 | Jonathan Cafu | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | DF | 31 | Jules Koundé | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | MF | 23 | Valentin Vada | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | MF | 10 | Soualiho Meïté | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| | | | TOTALS | 52 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 55 |