# 2016–17 AS Saint-Étienne season

The 2016–17 AS-Saint-Étienne season was the 84th professional season of the club since its creation in 1933.

## Players
### Squad information

Players and squad numbers last updated on 20 August 2016. Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Name | Position(s) | Date of Birth (Age) | Signed in | Contract until | Signed from |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||
| 1 | Anthony Maisonnial | GK | (1998-03-23) 23 March 1998 (age 26) | 2015 | 2018 | Youth academy |
| 16 | Stéphane Ruffier | GK | (1986-09-27) 27 September 1986 (age 38) | 2011 | 2018 | Monaco |
| 30 | Jessy Moulin | GK | (1986-01-13) 13 January 1986 (age 38) | 2005 | 2018 | Youth academy |
| Defenders ||||||||
| 2 | Kévin Théophile-Catherine | | (1989-10-28) 28 October 1989 (age 34) | 2015 | 2018 | Cardiff City |
| 3 | Pierre-Yves Polomat | | (1993-12-27) 27 December 1993 (age 30) | 2012 | 2019 | Youth academy |
| 12 | Cheikh M'Bengue | | (1988-07-23) 23 July 1988 (age 36) | 2016 | 2019 | Rennes |
| 19 | Florentin Pogba | | (1990-08-19) 19 August 1990 (age 34) | 2012 | 2018 | Sedan |
| 24 | Loïc Perrin | CB | (1985-08-07) 7 August 1985 (age 39) | 2003 | 2018 | Youth academy |
| 25 | Kévin Malcuit | RB | (1991-07-31) 31 July 1991 (age 33) | 2015 | 2019 | Chamois Niortais |
| – | Benjamin Karamoko | DF | (1995-05-17) 17 May 1995 (age 29) | 2015 | | Youth academy |
| – | Ronaël Pierre-Gabriel | DF | (1998-06-13) 13 June 1998 (age 26) | 2015 | | Youth academy |
| Midfielders ||||||||
| 5 | Vincent Pajot | DM | (1990-08-19) 19 August 1990 (age 34) | 2015 | 2019 | Rennes |
| 6 | Jérémy Clément | DM | (1984-08-26) 26 August 1984 (age 40) | 2011 | 2018 | Paris Saint-Germain |
| 7 | Bryan Dabo | DM | (1992-02-18) 18 February 1992 (age 32) | 2016 | 2020 | Montpellier |
| 8 | Benjamin Corgnet | AM | (1987-04-06) 6 April 1987 (age 37) | 2013 | 2017 | Lorient |
| 11 | Henri Saivet | AM | (1990-10-26) 26 October 1990 (age 33) | 2016 | 2017 | Newcastle United |
| 14 | Jordan Veretout | CM | (1993-03-01) 1 March 1993 (age 31) | 2016 | 2017 | Aston Villa |
| 17 | Ole Selnæs | CM / DM | (1994-07-07) 7 July 1994 (age 30) | 2016 | 2020 | Rosenborg |
| 18 | Fabien Lemoine | DM | (1987-03-16) 16 March 1987 (age 37) | 2011 | 2018 | Rennes |
| Forwards ||||||||
| 9 | Nolan Roux | | | 2015 | 2018 | Lille |
| 10 | Oussama Tannane | | | 2016 | 2020 | Heracles Almelo |
| 20 | Yohan Mollo | | | | | |
| 21 | Romain Hamouma | | | | | |
| 22 | Kévin Monnet-Paquet | | | | | |
| 23 | Alexander Søderlund | | | | | |
| 27 | Robert Beric | | | | | |
| 31 | Dylan Saint-Louis | | | | | |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moving from | Fee | Notes |
| 24 June 2016 | MF | Bryan Dabo | 24 | Montpellier | | Four-year contract |
| 20 July 2016 | DF | Cheikh M'Bengue | 27 | Rennes | Free | Three-year contract |
| 31 August 2016 | DF | Léo Lacroix | 24 | Sion | | Four-year contract |

### Loans in

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Loaned from | Fee | Notes | Source |
| 23 August 2016 | MF | Henri Saivet | 25 | Newcastle United | | | |
| 23 August 2016 | MF | Jordan Veretout | 23 | Aston Villa | | | |

### Out

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moving to | Fee | Notes |
| 17 May 2016 | MF | Ismaël Diomandé | 23 | Caen | | Three-year contract |
| 9 June 2016 | DF | François Clerc | 33 | Gazélec Ajaccio | Free | Two-year contract |
| 22 June 2016 | DF | Jonathan Brison | 33 | Chamois Niortais | | Three-year contract |
| 25 July 2016 | DF | Moustapha Sall | 30 | Al-Arabi | | |
| 16 August 2016 | DF | Benoît Assou-Ekotto | 32 | Metz | Free | |
| 31 August 2016 | FW | Yohan Mollo | 27 | Krylia Sovetov | | |

## Competitions
### Overall

| Competition | Started round | Current position | Final position | First match | Last match |
| Ligue 1 | Matchday 1 | — | — | 12 August 2016 | 19 May 2017 |
| Coupe de France | Round of 64 | | | | |
| Coupe de la Ligue | Round of 16 | | | | |
| Europa League | Third qualifying round | Round of 32 | — | 28 July 2016 | — |

### Ligue 1
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 6 | Bordeaux | 38 | 15 | 14 | 9 | 53 | 43 | +10 | 59 | Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round |
| 7 | Nantes | 38 | 14 | 9 | 15 | 40 | 54 | −14 | 51 | |
| 8 | Saint-Étienne | 38 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 41 | 42 | −1 | 50 | |
| 9 | Rennes | 38 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 36 | 42 | −6 | 50 | |
| 10 | Guingamp | 38 | 14 | 8 | 16 | 46 | 53 | −7 | 50 | |
* ↑ Since the winners of the 2016–17 Coupe de France and the 2016–17 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: 20 May 2017. 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 | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | 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 | H | A |
| Result | L | W | D | D | W | D | W | L | D | W | D | D | L | W | D | L | W | L | D | D | W | W | W | L | W | L | L | D | D | W | W | D | L | D | W | D | L | L |
| Position | 13 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 |

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | SET | AND | MNZ | QAB |
| 1 | Saint-Étienne | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 5 | +3 | 12 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 |
| 2 | Anderlecht | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 8 | +8 | 11 | Advance to knockout phase | 2–3 | — | 6–1 | 3–1 |
| 3 | Mainz 05 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 10 | −2 | 9 | | 1–1 | 1–1 | — | 2–0 |
| 4 | Gabala | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 14 | −9 | 0 | | 1–2 | 1–3 | 2–3 | — |

#### Knockout phase
##### Round of 32
## 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 | Europa League | Europa League |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | FRA | Anthony Maisonnial | 2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | GK | FRA | Stéphane Ruffier | 35 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 30 | GK | FRA | Jessy Moulin | 7 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||||
| 2 | DF | FRA | Kévin Théophile-Catherine | 35 | 0 | 30+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | FRA | Pierre-Yves Polomat | 14 | 0 | 6+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | SUI | Léo Lacroix | 20 | 0 | 18+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | SEN | Cheikh M'Bengue | 15 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | GUI | Florentin Pogba | 21 | 1 | 16+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | FRA | Ronaël Pierre-Gabriel | 14 | 0 | 11+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | FRA | Loïc Perrin | 31 | 4 | 26+1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | FRA | Kévin Malcuit | 26 | 0 | 23+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 35 | DF | FRA | Mickaël Nadé | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||||
| 5 | MF | FRA | Vincent Pajot | 25 | 3 | 15+6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | FRA | Jérémy Clément | 5 | 0 | 3+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | FRA | Bryan Dabo | 16 | 0 | 8+6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | FRA | Benjamin Corgnet | 10 | 1 | 3+7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | SEN | Henri Saivet | 27 | 1 | 21+6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | FRA | Jordan Veretout | 35 | 3 | 34+1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | NOR | Ole Selnæs | 30 | 0 | 23+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | FRA | Fabien Lemoine | 20 | 1 | 9+7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 31 | MF | CPV | Kenny Rocha Santos | 3 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | MF | CIV | Habib Maïga | 5 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||||
| 9 | FW | FRA | Nolan Roux | 25 | 4 | 12+9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | MAR | Oussama Tannane | 21 | 1 | 14+3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 |
| 21 | FW | FRA | Romain Hamouma | 32 | 7 | 22+7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 22 | FW | FRA | Kévin Monnet-Paquet | 38 | 4 | 27+7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 |
| 23 | FW | NOR | Alexander Søderlund | 17 | 1 | 8+9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | FW | POR | Jorginho | 5 | 1 | 3+2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | FW | SVN | Robert Berić | 26 | 7 | 18+4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3+1 | 1 |
| 32 | FW | FRA | Hamidou Keyta | 4 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | FW | FRA | Arnaud Nordin | 15 | 2 | 5+10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| – | FW | FRA | Lamine Ghezali | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||||||
| 31 | FW | CGO | Dylan Saint-Louis | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 32 | DF | FRA | Benjamin Karamoko | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Last updated: 30 May 2017 Source: BDFutbol

### Goalscorers

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Ligue 1 | Coupe de France | Coupe de la Ligue | Europa League | Total |
| 1 | 27 | FW | | Robert Berić | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 2 | 21 | FW | | Romain Hamouma | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | 23 | FW | | Alexander Søderlund | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | | FW | | Dylan Saint-Louis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | 22 | FW | | Kévin Monnet-Paquet | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | 18 | MF | | Fabien Lemoine | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 6 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 10 |
Last updated: 10 September 2016 Source: Ligue 1 and UEFA

### Clean sheets

| Rank | No. | Nat | Name | Ligue 1 | Coupe de France | Coupe de la Ligue | Europa League | Total |
Last updated: