# 2018–19 FC Girondins de Bordeaux season

The 2018–19 FC Girondins de Bordeaux season was the 138th professional season of the club since its creation in 1881. Bordeaux finished their 2017–18 season in 6th place, qualifying for the UEFA Europa League.

## Players

    As of 16 April 2019
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 | Benoît Costil (captain) |
| 3 | DF | ESP | Sergi Palencia (on loan from Barcelona) |
| 4 | DF | FRA | Jules Koundé |
| 5 | MF | BRA | Otávio |
| 6 | DF | POL | Igor Lewczuk |
| 7 | FW | FRA | Jimmy Briand |
| 8 | FW | FRA | Yann Karamoh (on loan from Inter Milan) |
| 9 | FW | DEN | Andreas Cornelius (on loan from Atalanta) |
| 10 | MF | NGA | Samuel Kalu |
| 11 | FW | GUI | François Kamano |
| 12 | FW | FRA | Nicolas de Préville |
| 13 | MF | SEN | Younousse Sankharé |
| 14 | DF | SRB | Vukašin Jovanović |
| 16 | GK | FRA | Gaëtan Poussin |
| 17 | MF | FRA | Aurélien Tchouaméni |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 18 | MF | CZE | Jaroslav Plašil |
| 19 | MF | FRA | Yacine Adli |
| 20 | DF | SEN | Youssouf Sabaly |
| 24 | MF | FRA | Albert Lottin |
| 25 | DF | BRA | Pablo |
| 26 | MF | CRO | Toma Bašić |
| 27 | FW | ENG | Josh Maja |
| 28 | MF | FRA | Zaydou Youssouf |
| 29 | MF | FRA | Maxime Poundjé |
| 31 | FW | FRA | Ibrahim Diarra |
| 32 | FW | FRA | Michaël Nilor |
| 33 | DF | MAC | David Cardoso |
| 34 | DF | FRA | Till Cissokho |
| 35 | MF | MAR | Yassine Benrahou |
| 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 (at Nîmes) |
| — | GK | FRA | Jérôme Prior (at Miedź Legnica) |
| — | DF | FRA | Paul Baysse (at Caen) |
| — | DF | ITA | Raoul Bellanova (at Milan) |
| — | MF | DEN | Lukas Lerager (at Genoa) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | ARG | Daniel Mancini (at Auxerre) |
| — | MF | ARG | Valentín Vada (at Saint-Étienne) |
| — | FW | GAB | Aaron Boupendza (at Tours) |
| — | FW | BRA | Jonathan Cafú (at Red Star Belgrade) |
| — | FW | FRA | Alexandre Mendy (at Guingamp) |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moved from | Fee | Notes |

#### Loans in

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Loaned from | Return date | Notes |

### Out

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moved to | Fee | Notes |
| 1 July 2018 | DF | Diego Contento | 28 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | Free Transfer | |
| 1 July 2018 | DF | Olivier Verdon | 22 | Sochaux | Free Transfer | |

#### Loans out

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Loaned to | Return date | Notes |

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 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 |
| 15 | Amiens | 38 | 9 | 11 | 18 | 31 | 52 | −21 | 38 |
| 16 | Toulouse | 38 | 8 | 14 | 16 | 35 | 57 | −22 | 38 |

#### 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: 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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A |
| Result | L | L | W | L | D | W | W | D | W | L | L | D | D | D | D | W | W | L | D | L | W | L | D | L | W | L | L | D | D | D | W | L | L | L | L | L | L | W |
| Position | 18 | 19 | 15 | 19 | 19 | 14 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 |

#### Matches
### UEFA Europa League
#### Second qualifying round
#### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ZEN | SLP | BOR | KOB |
| 1 | Zenit Saint Petersburg | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 11 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 |
| 2 | Slavia Prague | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 10 | Advance to knockout phase | 2–0 | — | 1–0 | 0–0 |
| 3 | Bordeaux | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 7 | | 1–1 | 2–0 | — | 1–2 |
| 4 | Copenhagen | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 5 | | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | — |

## 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 | UEFA Europa League | UEFA Europa League |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | FRA | Benoît Costil | 51 | 0 | 37 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| 16 | GK | FRA | Gaëtan Poussin | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | GK | FRA | Over Mandanda | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||||
| 3 | DF | ESP | Sergi Palencia | 31 | 0 | 22+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | FRA | Jules Koundé | 51 | 2 | 37 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 2 |
| 6 | DF | POL | Igor Lewczuk | 13 | 0 | 3+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6+1 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | SRB | Vukašin Jovanović | 19 | 0 | 15+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | SEN | Youssouf Sabaly | 31 | 0 | 21+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | BRA | Pablo | 39 | 1 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | FRA | Alexandre Lauray | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | DF | FRA | Till Cissokho | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||||
| 5 | MF | BRA | Otávio | 43 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4+3 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | NGA | Samuel Kalu | 32 | 4 | 14+7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6+1 | 0 |
| 13 | MF | SEN | Younousse Sankharé | 33 | 4 | 17+5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9+1 | 2 |
| 17 | MF | FRA | Aurélien Tchouaméni | 19 | 1 | 8+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7+2 | 1 |
| 18 | MF | CZE | Jaroslav Plašil | 35 | 0 | 16+7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8+1 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | FRA | Yacine Adli | 7 | 0 | 2+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | FRA | Albert Lottin | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | CRO | Toma Bašić | 27 | 3 | 16+7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1+2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | FRA | Zaydou Youssouf | 19 | 1 | 7+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6+2 | 1 |
| 29 | MF | FRA | Maxime Poundjé | 43 | 1 | 28+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 10 | 1 |
| 35 | MF | MAR | Yassine Benrahou | 4 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||||
| 7 | FW | FRA | Jimmy Briand | 46 | 11 | 28+7 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1+2 | 1 | 6+1 | 3 |
| 8 | FW | FRA | Yann Karamoh | 32 | 3 | 13+9 | 3 | 0+1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1+5 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | DEN | Andreas Cornelius | 29 | 3 | 6+14 | 3 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 3+2 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | GUI | François Kamano | 51 | 13 | 29+8 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 8+3 | 3 |
| 12 | FW | FRA | Nicolas de Préville | 34 | 4 | 14+9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 5+4 | 1 |
| 27 | FW | ENG | Josh Maja | 7 | 1 | 3+4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | FRA | Driss Trichard | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||||||
| 2 | DF | SRB | Milan Gajić | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | DF | FRA | Paul Baysse | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | DEN | Lukas Lerager | 28 | 0 | 15+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8+1 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | ARG | Valentín Vada | 7 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 |
| 24 | FW | FRA | Gaëtan Laborde | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+2 | 2 |
Last updated: 24 May 2019 Source: Competitions