# 2017–18 Stade de Reims season

The 2017–18 season was the 88th season in the existence of Stade de Reims and the club's second consecutive season in the second division of French football. In addition to the domestic league, Reims participated in this season's editions of the Coupe de France and the Coupe de la Ligue.

## Players
### First-team squad

As of 27 February 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 | Johann Carrasso |
| 2 | DF | FRA | Hendrick Cakin |
| 4 | MF | FRA | Mathieu Cafaro |
| 5 | DF | MAR | Yunis Abdelhamid |
| 7 | MF | FRA | Xavier Chavalerin |
| 8 | MF | FRA | Marvin Martin |
| 9 | FW | EQG | Anatole Ngamukol |
| 10 | MF | BRA | Diego Rigonato |
| 11 | FW | FRA | Grejohn Kyei |
| 12 | FW | ARG | Pablo Chavarría |
| 13 | MF | GAM | Hassane Kamara |
| 14 | MF | FRA | Grégory Berthier |
| 15 | DF | FRA | Romain Métanire |
| 16 | GK | GNB | Edouard Mendy |
| 17 | MF | FRA | Aly Ndom |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 18 | FW | FRA | Rémi Oudin |
| 19 | FW | FRA | Theoson Siebatcheu |
| 20 | DF | FRA | Samuel Bouhours |
| 21 | MF | CPV | Danilson da Cruz |
| 23 | DF | FRA | Julian Jeanvier |
| 24 | DF | FRA | Lenny Vallier |
| 25 | DF | FRA | Yohan Roche |
| 26 | MF | COD | Nolan Mbemba |
| 27 | DF | CMR | Moussa Bana |
| 28 | MF | FRA | Virgile Piechocki |
| 29 | DF | FRA | Patrick Bahanack |
| 30 | GK | FRA | Nicolas Lemaître |
| 33 | DF | FRA | Axel Disasi |
| — | FW | FRA | Steve Shamal |

### Out on loan
## Transfers
### In

| No. | Pos | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date |
| 2 | DF | Hendrick Cakin | FC Nantes reserve | Free transfer | 28 June 2017 |
| 4 | MF | Mathieu Cafaro | Free agent | Undisclosed | 1 July 2017 |
| 5 | DF | Yunis Abdelhamid | Dijon | Undisclosed | 1 July 2017 |
| 3 | DF | Youssouf Koné | Lille | Loan | 5 July 2017 |

### Out
## 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 2 | 28 July 2017 | 11 May 2018 | Matchday 1 | Winners | 38 | 28 | 4 | 6 | 74 | 24 | +50 | 073.68 |
| Coupe de France | 12 November 2017 | 3 December 2017 | Seventh round | Eighth round | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 050.00 |
| Coupe de la Ligue | 8 August 2017 | 22 August 2017 | First round | Second round | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 050.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 42 | 30 | 4 | 8 | 79 | 30 | +49 | 071.43 |
Source: Soccerway

### Ligue 2
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or Relegation |
| 1 | Reims (C, P) | 38 | 28 | 4 | 6 | 74 | 24 | +50 | 88 | Promotion to Ligue 1 |
| 2 | Nîmes (P) | 38 | 22 | 7 | 9 | 75 | 37 | +38 | 73 | Promotion to Ligue 1 |
| 3 | Ajaccio | 38 | 20 | 8 | 10 | 62 | 43 | +19 | 68 | Qualification to promotion play-offs semi-final |
| 4 | Le Havre | 38 | 19 | 9 | 10 | 53 | 34 | +19 | 66 | Qualification to promotion play-offs quarter-final |
| 5 | Brest | 38 | 18 | 11 | 9 | 58 | 43 | +15 | 65 | Qualification to promotion play-offs quarter-final |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source: Ligue 2

#### 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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | W | W | W | L | L | W | W | W | W | L | W | W | D | D | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | L | D | W | W | W | L | W | W | W | L | W | W | W | W | W | D |
| Position | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |