# 2018–19 FC Nantes season

The 2018–19 FC Nantes season was the 75th professional season of the club since its creation in 1943, and the club's 6th consecutive season in the top flight of French football. It covers a period from 1 July 2018 to 30 June 2019. They participated in the Ligue 1, the Coupe de France and Coupe de la Ligue.

## Players

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 | Maxime Dupé |
| 2 | DF | BRA | Fábio |
| 3 | DF | BRA | Diego Carlos |
| 4 | DF | FRA | Nicolas Pallois |
| 5 | DF | SEN | Kara Mbodji (on loan from Anderlecht) |
| 6 | DF | BRA | Lucas Lima |
| 7 | FW | MLI | Kalifa Coulibaly |
| 8 | FW | BEL | Joris Kayembe |
| 9 | FW | ARG | Emiliano Sala |
| 10 | FW | GHA | Abdul Majeed Waris (on loan from Porto) |
| 11 | MF | SWE | Alexander Kačaniklić |
| 12 | MF | BRA | Gabriel Boschilia (on loan from Monaco) |
| 13 | DF | USA | Matt Miazga (on loan from Chelsea) |
| 14 | DF | MLI | Charles Traoré |
| 15 | FW | COD | Randal Kolo |
| 16 | GK | FRA | Alexandre Olliero |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 17 | MF | BRA | Lucas Evangelista |
| 18 | MF | FRA | Samuel Moutoussamy |
| 19 | MF | FRA | Abdoulaye Touré |
| 20 | MF | BRA | Andrei Girotto |
| 21 | MF | SVN | Rene Krhin |
| 22 | FW | BEL | Anthony Limbombe |
| 23 | MF | FRA | Abdoulaye Dabo |
| 25 | DF | FRA | Enock Kwateng |
| 26 | DF | COD | Anthony Walongwa |
| 27 | FW | SEN | Santy Ngom |
| 28 | MF | FRA | Valentin Rongier (captain) |
| 29 | DF | FRA | Batista Mendy |
| 30 | GK | ROU | Ciprian Tătărușanu |
| 31 | FW | ISL | Kolbeinn Sigþórsson |
| 34 | DF | FRA | Thomas Basila |
| 40 | GK | FRA | Quentin Braat |

### 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 | CIV | Koffi Djidji (at Torino until 30 June 2019) |
| — | MF | CMR | Alexis Alégué (at Tours until 30 June 2019) |
| — | MF | BEL | Yassine El Ghanassy (at Al-Raed until 30 June 2019) |

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 10 | Rennes | 38 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 55 | 52 | +3 | 52 | Qualification for the Europa League group stage |
| 11 | Strasbourg | 38 | 11 | 16 | 11 | 58 | 48 | +10 | 49 | Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round |
| 12 | Nantes | 38 | 13 | 9 | 16 | 48 | 48 | 0 | 48 | |
| 13 | Angers | 38 | 10 | 16 | 12 | 44 | 49 | −5 | 46 | |
| 14 | Bordeaux | 38 | 10 | 11 | 17 | 34 | 42 | −8 | 41 | |
* ↑ Rennes qualified for the Europa League group stage by winning the 2018–19 Coupe de France.
* ↑ Strasbourg qualified for the Europa League second qualifying round by winning the 2018–19 Coupe de la Ligue.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 24 May 2019. 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 | H | A | H | 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 | A | H |
| Result | L | L | D | W | D | L | L | D | L | W | W | W | D | D | L | W | L | W | L | L | L | D | W | L | L | W | D | W | L | L | L | W | W | W | W | D | D | L |
| Position | 16 | 20 | 17 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 12 |

#### Matches
### Coupe de France
## Statistics
### 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 |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | FRA | Maxime Dupé | 15 | 0 | 10+1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | GK | FRA | Alexandre Olliero | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | GK | ROU | Ciprian Tătărușanu | 30 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 40 | GK | FRA | Quentin Braat | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||
| 2 | DF | BRA | Fábio | 25 | 0 | 15+5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | BRA | Diego Carlos | 40 | 1 | 35 | 1 | 2+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | FRA | Nicolas Pallois | 32 | 2 | 25 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | POR | Edgar Ié | 11 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | BRA | Lucas Lima | 36 | 0 | 28+3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | MLI | Charles Traoré | 16 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | FRA | Enock Kwateng | 33 | 0 | 22+8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | COD | Anthony Walongwa | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | DF | FRA | Batista Mendy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | DF | FRA | Thomas Basila | 2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||
| 11 | MF | FRA | Valentin Eysseric | 7 | 1 | 3+2 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | MF | BRA | Gabriel Boschilia | 32 | 5 | 14+15 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | BRA | Lucas Evangelista | 19 | 1 | 9+5 | 1 | 3+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | FRA | Samuel Moutoussamy | 31 | 2 | 19+9 | 2 | 0+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | FRA | Abdoulaye Touré | 41 | 3 | 30+4 | 3 | 3+2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | BRA | Andrei Girotto | 25 | 2 | 18+2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | SVN | Rene Krhin | 21 | 1 | 12+4 | 0 | 2+1 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | FRA | Abdoulaye Dabo | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | FRA | Valentin Rongier | 43 | 4 | 36 | 4 | 3+2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 33 | MF | FRA | Imran Louza | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||
| 7 | FW | MLI | Kalifa Coulibaly | 39 | 12 | 19+13 | 8 | 4+1 | 3 | 1+1 | 1 |
| 8 | FW | BEL | Joris Kayembe | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | GHA | Abdul Majeed Waris | 38 | 7 | 25+8 | 5 | 1+2 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 15 | FW | COD | Randal Kolo | 6 | 0 | 1+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | FW | BEL | Anthony Limbombe | 33 | 3 | 12+17 | 1 | 3+1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||||
| 5 | DF | SEN | Kara Mbodji | 8 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | CIV | Koffi Djidji | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | USA | Matt Miazga | 9 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | CMR | Alexis Alégué | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | SWE | Alexander Kačaniklić | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | ARG | Emiliano Sala (died in 2019 English Channel Piper PA-46 crash) | 21 | 13 | 16+3 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 1 |
| 27 | FW | CRO | Antonio Mance | 6 | 1 | 0+5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | FW | SEN | Santy Ngom | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | FW | FRA | Elie Youan | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | FW | ISL | Kolbeinn Sigþórsson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Last updated: 24 May 2019 Source: Competitions