# 2015–16 AS Saint-Étienne season

The 2015–16 AS Saint-Étienne season was the 83rd professional season of the club since its creation in 1933.

## Players

French teams are limited to four players without EU citizenship. Hence, the squad list includes only the principal nationality of each player; several non-European players on the squad have dual citizenship with an EU country. Also, players from the ACP countries—countries in Africa, the Caribbean, and the Pacific that are signatories to the Cotonou Agreement—are not counted against non-EU quotas due to the Kolpak ruling.

### Current squad

    As of 1 February 2016.
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 | Anthony Maisonnial |
| 2 | DF | FRA | Kévin Théophile-Catherine |
| 3 | DF | FRA | Pierre-Yves Polomat |
| 4 | FW | MAR | Oussama Tannane |
| 5 | MF | FRA | Vincent Pajot |
| 6 | MF | FRA | Jérémy Clément |
| 7 | FW | FRA | Jean-Christophe Bahebeck (on loan from Paris SG) |
| 8 | MF | FRA | Benjamin Corgnet |
| 9 | FW | FRA | Nolan Roux |
| 10 | MF | FRA | Renaud Cohade |
| 11 | MF | FRA | Valentin Eysseric (on loan from Nice) |
| 13 | DF | FRA | Franck Tabanou (on loan from Swansea City) |
| 14 | FW | FRA | Neal Maupay |
| 15 | MF | CPV | Erin Pinheiro |
| 16 | GK | FRA | Stéphane Ruffier |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 17 | MF | NOR | Ole Selnæs |
| 18 | MF | FRA | Fabien Lemoine |
| 19 | DF | GUI | Florentin Pogba |
| 20 | DF | FRA | Jonathan Brison |
| 21 | FW | FRA | Romain Hamouma |
| 22 | FW | FRA | Kévin Monnet-Paquet |
| 23 | FW | NOR | Alexander Søderlund |
| 24 | DF | FRA | Loïc Perrin (captain) |
| 25 | DF | FRA | Kévin Malcuit |
| 26 | DF | SEN | Moustapha Bayal Sall |
| 27 | FW | SVN | Robert Berić |
| 29 | DF | FRA | François Clerc |
| 30 | GK | FRA | Jessy Moulin |
| 32 | DF | CMR | Benoît Assou-Ekotto |
| 33 | DF | FRA | Ronaël Pierre-Gabriel |

### 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 | FRA | Paul Baysse (on loan at Nice) |
| — | MF | CIV | Ismaël Diomande (on loan at Caen) |
| — | FW | FRA | Jonathan Bamba (on loan at Paris FC) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | FW | FRA | Yohan Mollo (on loan at Krylia Sovetov) |
| — | FW | FRA | Dylan Saint-Louis (on loan at Evian) |

## Transfer
### Transfers in

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moved from | Fee |
| 1 July 2015 | DF | Kévin Théophile-Catherine | 25 | Cardiff City | £1.4 million |
| 1 July 2015 | MF | Vincent Pajot | 24 | Rennes | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2015 | DF | Benoît Assou-Ekotto | 31 | Unattached | Free transfer |
| 14 July 2015 | MF | Dovydas Virkšas | 18 | Atlantas | €155,000 |
| 21 July 2015 | FW | Nolan Roux | 27 | Lille | Undisclosed |
| 10 August 2015 | FW | Neal Maupay | 18 | Nice | Undisclosed |
| 28 August 2015 | DF | Kévin Malcuit | 24 | Chamois Niortais | Undisclosed |
| 31 August 2015 | FW | Robert Berić | 24 | Rapid Wien | Undisclosed |
| 4 January 2016 | FW | Alexander Søderlund | 28 | Rosenborg | Undisclosed |
| 12 January 2016 | DF | Oussama Tannane | 21 | Heracles Almelo | Undisclosed |
| 1 February 2016 | MF | Ole Selnæs | 21 | Rosenborg | Undisclosed |

### Loans in

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Loaned from | Return date |
| 10 August 2015 | FW | Jean-Christophe Bahebeck | 22 | Paris Saint-Germain | 30 June 2016 |
| 18 August 2015 | MF | Valentin Eysseric | 23 | Nice | 30 June 2016 |
| 15 January 2016 | DF | Franck Tabanou | 26 | Swansea City | 30 June 2016 |

### Transfers out

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moved to | Fee |
| 1 July 2015 | DF | Franck Tabanou | 26 | Swansea City | Undisclosed |
| 1 July 2015 | GK | Baptiste Valette | 22 | Virton | Undisclosed |
| 1 July 2015 | MF | Landry N'Guémo | 29 | Unattached | Released |
| 17 July 2015 | FW | Mevlüt Erdinç | 28 | Hannover 96 | Undisclosed |
| 31 July 2015 | MF | Allan Saint-Maximin | 18 | Monaco | Undisclosed |
| 4 August 2015 | FW | Max Gradel | 27 | AFC Bournemouth | Undisclosed |

### Loans out

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Loaned to | Return date |
| 7 August 2015 | DF | Paul Baysse | 27 | Nice | 30 June 2016 |
| 20 August 2015 | FW | Yohan Mollo | 26 | Krylia Sovetov | 30 June 2016 |
| 12 January 2016 | FW | Jonathan Bamba | 19 | Paris FC | 30 June 2016 |
| 25 January 2016 | MF | Ismaël Diomandé | 25 | Caen | 30 June 2016 |
| 1 February 2016 | FW | Dylan Saint-Louis | 20 | Evian | 30 June 2016 |

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 4 | Nice | 38 | 18 | 9 | 11 | 58 | 41 | +17 | 63 | Qualification for the Europa League group stage |
| 5 | Lille | 38 | 15 | 15 | 8 | 39 | 27 | +12 | 60 | Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round |
| 6 | Saint-Étienne | 38 | 17 | 7 | 14 | 42 | 37 | +5 | 58 | Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round |
| 7 | Caen | 38 | 16 | 6 | 16 | 39 | 52 | −13 | 54 | |
| 8 | Rennes | 38 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 52 | 54 | −2 | 52 | |
* 1 2 Since the winners of the 2015–16 Coupe de France and the 2015–16 Coupe de la Ligue, Paris Saint-Germain, qualified for European competition based on their 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: 14 May 2016. 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 | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H |
| Result | L | D | W | W | W | W | W | L | L | W | L | W | L | L | W | L | D | L | W | L | W | D | L | W | W | D | D | L | D | L | W | W | W | W | W | D | L | L |
| Position | 13 | 14 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 6 |

#### Matches

Win  Draw  Loss

### UEFA Europa League
#### Third Qualifying Round
#### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | LAZ | SET | DNI | ROS |
| 1 | Lazio | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 6 | +7 | 14 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 3–2 | 3–1 | 3–1 |
| 2 | Saint-Étienne | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 7 | +3 | 9 | Advance to knockout phase | 1–1 | — | 3–0 | 2–2 |
| 3 | Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | −2 | 7 | | 1–1 | 0–1 | — | 3–0 |
| 4 | Rosenborg | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 12 | −8 | 2 | | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | — |

#### Knockout phase
##### Round of 32
## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

    As of match played 12 March 2016
| 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 |
| 1 | GK | FRA | Anthony Maisonnial | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | FRA | Kévin Théophile-Catherine | 23 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | FRA | Pierre-Yves Polomat | 19 | 0 | 9+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3+2 | 0 |
| 4 | FW | MAR | Oussama Tannane | 9 | 2 | 5+1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 5 | MF | FRA | Vincent Pajot | 32 | 1 | 18+6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4+2 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | FRA | Jérémy Clément | 32 | 0 | 18+2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8+1 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | FRA | Jean-Christophe Bahebeck | 20 | 3 | 8+5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3+3 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | FRA | Benjamin Corgnet | 24 | 3 | 4+11 | 1 | 0+2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4+2 | 1 |
| 9 | FW | FRA | Nolan Roux | 36 | 6 | 14+7 | 4 | 3+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10+1 | 2 |
| 10 | MF | FRA | Renaud Cohade | 19 | 0 | 8+4 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | FRA | Valentin Eysseric | 33 | 7 | 16+7 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5+1 | 1 |
| 13 | MF | FRA | Franck Tabanou | 11 | 0 | 7+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | FRA | Neal Maupay | 21 | 2 | 4+9 | 0 | 2+2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 |
| 15 | FW | CPV | Erin Pinheiro | 4 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 16 | GK | FRA | Stéphane Ruffier | 45 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | NOR | Ole Selnæs | 5 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | FRA | Fabien Lemoine | 36 | 0 | 22+4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8+1 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | GUI | Florentin Pogba | 32 | 0 | 19+2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | FRA | Jonathan Brison | 15 | 0 | 4+3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | FRA | Romain Hamouma | 29 | 8 | 17+3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5+4 | 5 |
| 22 | FW | FRA | Kevin Monnet-Paquet | 37 | 5 | 19+6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8+3 | 3 |
| 23 | FW | NOR | Alexander Søderlund | 11 | 3 | 9+2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | FRA | Loïc Perrin | 28 | 3 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | FRA | Kévin Malcuit | 9 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | SEN | Moustapha Bayal Sall | 33 | 6 | 22+1 | 3 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8+1 | 3 |
| 27 | FW | SVN | Robert Berić | 11 | 5 | 7+2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 28 | MF | CIV | Ismaël Diomande | 13 | 1 | 3+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4+3 | 1 |
| 29 | DF | FRA | François Clerc | 16 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 30 | GK | FRA | Jessy Moulin | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 31 | DF | MLI | Benjamin Karamoko | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 32 | DF | CMR | Benoît Assou-Ekotto | 20 | 0 | 11+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | FRA | Ronaël Pierre-Gabriel | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | MF | FRA | Dekoke | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | MF | BIH | Cazim Suljic | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | FW | FRA | Hugo Roussey | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| — | FW | FRA | Dylan Saint-Louis | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players away from the club on loan: ||||||||||||||
| 11 | FW | FRA | Yohan Mollo | 3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| Players who appeared for Saint-Étienne no longer at the club: ||||||||||||||
| 7 | FW | CIV | Max Gradel | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | CIV | Jonathan Bamba | 11 | 1 | 4+1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 |

### Goalscorers

    As of match played 12 March 2016
| Place | Position | Number | Name | Ligue 1 | Coupe de France | Coupe de la Ligue | UEFA Europa League | Total |
| 1 | MF | 21 | Romain Hamouma | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 8 |
| 2 | MF | 11 | Valentin Eysseric | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| 3 | FW | 9 | Nolan Roux | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 3 | DF | 26 | Moustapha Bayal Sall | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 4 | FW | 27 | Robert Berić | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 4 | FW | 22 | Kevin Monnet-Paquet | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| | | | Own goals | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | DF | 24 | Loïc Perrin | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | MF | 8 | Benjamin Corgnet | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | FW | 7 | Jean-Christophe Bahebeck | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | FW | 23 | Alexander Søderlund | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | FW | 14 | Neal Maupay | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | FW | 4 | Tanane | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | FW | 17 | Jonathan Bamba | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | MF | 28 | Ismaël Diomande | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 7 | MF | 5 | Vincent Pajot | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| | | | TOTALS | 33 | 6 | 0 | 20 | 59 |

### Disciplinary record

    As of match played 12 March 2016
| Number | Position | Name | Ligue 1 | Ligue 1 | Ligue 1 | Coupe de France | Coupe de France | Coupe de France | Coupe de la Ligue | Coupe de la Ligue | Coupe de la Ligue | UEFA Europa League | UEFA Europa League | UEFA Europa League | Total | Total | Total |
| 2 | DF | Kévin Théophile-Catherine | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Pierre-Yves Polomat | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | FW | Oussama Tannane | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | MF | Vincent Pajot | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | Jérémy Clément | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | Jean-Christophe Bahebeck | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | MF | Nolan Roux | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | Renaud Cohade | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | Valentin Eysseric | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | MF | Franck Tabanou | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | Neal Maupay | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | GK | Stéphane Ruffier | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | Fabien Lemoine | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | Florentin Pogba | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | Jonathan Brison | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | Romain Hamouma | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | FW | Kevin Monnet-Paquet | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | Kévin Malcuit | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| 23 | FW | Alexander Søderlund | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | Loïc Perrin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | Moustapha Bayal Sall | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 2 |
| 27 | FW | Robert Berić | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | Ismaël Diomande | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | DF | Benoît Assou-Ekotto | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | Ronaël Pierre-Gabriel | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | MF | Nathan Dekoke | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| — | FW | Yohan Mollo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| | | TOTALS | 53 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 1 | 2 | 80 | 1 | 4 |