# 2015–16 AS Monaco FC season

The 2015–16 AS Monaco FC season was the club's third season back in Ligue 1 since its promotion from Ligue 2 in 2013. Monaco participated in Ligue 1, the UEFA Champions League, the Coupe de France and the Coupe de la Ligue.

## Players
### 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 | CRO | Danijel Subašić |
| 2 | DF | BRA | Fabinho |
| 4 | DF | POR | Fábio Coentrão (on loan from Real Madrid) |
| 5 | DF | BRA | Jemerson |
| 6 | DF | POR | Ricardo Carvalho |
| 7 | MF | MAR | Nabil Dirar |
| 8 | MF | POR | João Moutinho (vice-captain) |
| 9 | FW | BRA | Vágner Love |
| 10 | MF | POR | Bernardo Silva |
| 11 | FW | ARG | Guido Carrillo |
| 12 | MF | FRA | Farès Bahlouli |
| 13 | DF | BRA | Wallace (on loan from Braga) |
| 14 | MF | FRA | Tiémoué Bakayoko |
| 16 | GK | FRA | Paul Nardi |
| 17 | FW | POR | Ivan Cavaleiro |
| 18 | FW | POR | Hélder Costa (on loan from Benfica) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 19 | FW | CIV | Lacina Traoré |
| 20 | MF | CRO | Mario Pašalić (on loan from Chelsea) |
| 21 | DF | NGA | Elderson Echiéjilé |
| 23 | MF | MLI | Adama Traoré |
| 24 | DF | ITA | Andrea Raggi |
| 27 | MF | FRA | Thomas Lemar |
| 28 | MF | FRA | Jérémy Toulalan (captain) |
| 29 | FW | FRA | Kylian Mbappé |
| 30 | GK | SEN | Seydou Sy |
| 34 | DF | FRA | Raphaël Diarra |
| 35 | MF | FRA | Jonathan Mexique |
| 36 | DF | FRA | Mehdi Beneddine |
| 38 | DF | MLI | Almamy Touré |
| 41 | MF | FRA | Yhoan Andzouana |
| 47 | DF | FRA | Kévin N'Doram |

### Reserve squad

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 | CHA | Kévin N'Doram |
| — | DF | FRA | Yarouba Cissako |
| — | MF | MAR | Fawzi Ouaamar |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | GHA | David Mills |
| — | FW | FRA | Corentin Tirard |

### 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 |
| 25 | MF | POR | Rony Lopes (at Lille) |
| 29 | MF | BRA | Gabriel Boschilia (at Standard Liège) |
| 31 | MF | POR | Gil Dias (at Varzim) |
| — | DF | FRA | Abdou Diallo (at Zulte Waregem) |
| — | DF | COD | Marcel Tisserand (at Toulouse) |
| — | MF | FRA | Dylan Bahamboula (at Paris FC) |
| — | MF | CGO | Delvin N'Dinga (at Lokomotiv Moscow) |
| — | MF | FRA | Jessy Pi (at Troyes) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | CMR | Edgar Salli (at St. Gallen) |
| — | FW | COL | Radamel Falcao (at Chelsea) |
| — | FW | FRA | Valère Germain (at Nice) |
| — | FW | FRA | Corentin Jean (at Troyes) |
| — | FW | CTA | Quentin Ngakoutou (at Evian) |
| — | FW | FRA | Allan Saint-Maximin (at Hannover 96) |
| — | FW | FRA | Christopher Lina (at Bastia) |
| — | FW | GUI | Tafsir Chérif (at Varzim) |

## Transfers
### Summer

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 2 | DF | BRA | Fabinho (from Rio Ave, previously on loan) |
| 4 | DF | POR | Fábio Coentrão (loan from Real Madrid) |
| 12 | MF | FRA | Farès Bahlouli (from Lyon) |
| 13 | DF | BRA | Wallace (loan extended from Braga) |
| 16 | GK | FRA | Paul Nardi (loan return from Nancy) |
| 17 | FW | POR | Ivan Cavaleiro (from Benfica) |
| 18 | FW | POR | Hélder Costa (loan from Benfica) |
| 20 | MF | CRO | Mario Pašalić (loan from Chelsea) |
| 22 | FW | ITA | Stephan El Shaarawy (loan from Milan) |
| 25 | MF | POR | Rony Lopes (from Manchester City) |
| 27 | MF | FRA | Thomas Lemar (from Caen) |
| 29 | MF | BRA | Gabriel Boschilia (from São Paulo) |
| — | MF | MAR | Fawzi Ouaamar (loan return from Arles-Avignon) |
| — | FW | GUI | Tafsir Chérif (loan return from Orléans) |
| — | DF | FRA | Yarouba Cissako (loan return from Zulte Waregem) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 3 | DF | FRA | Layvin Kurzawa (to Paris Saint-Germain €23 million) |
| 5 | DF | TUN | Aymen Abdennour (to Valencia) |
| 9 | FW | FRA | Anthony Martial (to Manchester United) |
| 9 | FW | BUL | Dimitar Berbatov (to PAOK) |
| 12 | FW | BRA | Matheus Carvalho (loan return to Fluminense) |
| 16 | GK | NED | Maarten Stekelenburg (loan return to Fulham) |
| 17 | MF | BEL | Yannick Carrasco (to Atlético Madrid) |
| 18 | FW | FRA | Valère Germain (loan to Nice) |
| 22 | MF | FRA | Geoffrey Kondogbia (to Inter Milan) |
| 25 | MF | BFA | Alain Traoré (loan return to Lorient) |
| 25 | MF | FRA | Jessy Pi (loan extended to Troyes) |
| 26 | MF | CMR | Edgar Salli (loan to St. Gallen) |
| 29 | MF | FRA | Dylan Bahamboula (loan to Paris FC) |
| 32 | DF | COD | Marcel Tisserand (loan extended to Toulouse) |
| 33 | FW | FRA | Aboubakar Kamara (to Kortrijk) |
| 40 | GK | FRA | Marc-Aurèle Caillard (to Clermont) |
| — | DF | FRA | Nicolas Isimat-Mirin (to PSV, previously on loan) |
| — | MF | ARG | Lucas Ocampos (to Marseille, previously on loan) |
| — | MF | MAR | Mounir Obbadi (to Lille, previously on loan to Hellas Verona) |
| — | FW | ITA | Gaetano Monachello (to Atalanta, previously on loan to Virtus Lanciano) |
| — | DF | ESP | Borja López (loan to Arouca, previously on loan to Deportivo La Coruña) |
| — | MF | GHA | David Mills (loan to Paris FC) |
| — | MF | CGO | Delvin N'Dinga (loan to Lokomotiv Moscow, previously on loan to Olympiacos) |
| — | FW | CTA | Quentin Ngakoutou (loan to Evian, previously on loan to Lausanne-Sport) |
| — | FW | COL | Radamel Falcao (loan to Chelsea, previously on loan to Manchester United) |

### Winter

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 5 | DF | BRA | Jemerson (from Atlético Mineiro) |
| 9 | FW | BRA | Vágner Love (from Corinthians) |
| — | MF | GHA | David Mills (loan return from Paris FC) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 22 | FW | ITA | Stephan El Shaarawy (loan return to Milan) |
| 25 | MF | POR | Rony Lopes (loan to Lille) |
| 29 | MF | BRA | Gabriel Boschilia (loan to Standard Liège) |
| 31 | MF | POR | Gil Dias (loan to Varzim) |
| — | DF | ESP | Borja López (to Barcelona B, previously on loan to Arouca) |
| — | FW | GUI | Tafsir Chérif (loan to Varzim) |
| — | FW | FRA | Christopher Lina (loan to Bastia) |

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Paris Saint-Germain (C) | 38 | 30 | 6 | 2 | 102 | 19 | +83 | 96 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 2 | Lyon | 38 | 19 | 8 | 11 | 67 | 43 | +24 | 65 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 3 | Monaco | 38 | 17 | 14 | 7 | 57 | 50 | +7 | 65 | Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round |
| 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 |
* 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 | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | D | D | L | W | L | W | D | D | D | W | W | L | W | D | D | W | W | D | D | W | W | L | W | W | D | W | D | D | D | W | L | L | W | D | W | L | W |
| Position | 2 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 8 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |

#### Matches

Win  Draw  Loss

### UEFA Europa League
#### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Tottenham Hotspur | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 6 | +6 | 13 | Advance to knockout phase |
| 2 | Anderlecht | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 10 | Advance to knockout phase |
| 3 | Monaco | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | −4 | 6 | |
| 4 | Qarabağ | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | −4 | 4 | |

## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

    As of match played 14 May 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 | Champions League/Europa League | Champions League/Europa League |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | CRO | Danijel Subašić | 46 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | BRA | Fabinho | 47 | 8 | 34 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | POR | Fábio Coentrão | 19 | 3 | 13+2 | 3 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | BRA | Jemerson | 5 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | POR | Ricardo Carvalho | 44 | 2 | 33 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | MAR | Nabil Dirar | 28 | 2 | 20 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4+3 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | POR | João Moutinho | 37 | 1 | 24+2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | BRA | Vágner Love | 13 | 4 | 9+3 | 4 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | POR | Bernardo Silva | 44 | 7 | 22+10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | ARG | Guido Carrillo | 40 | 5 | 15+16 | 4 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+7 | 1 |
| 12 | MF | FRA | Farès Bahlouli | 11 | 2 | 2+6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | BRA | Wallace | 34 | 1 | 25+1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | FRA | Tiémoué Bakayoko | 23 | 2 | 14+5 | 1 | 1+1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | GK | FRA | Paul Nardi | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | POR | Ivan Cavaleiro | 19 | 3 | 6+6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5+1 | 2 |
| 18 | MF | POR | Hélder Costa | 28 | 5 | 15+10 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | CIV | Lacina Traoré | 27 | 10 | 11+8 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5+1 | 2 |
| 20 | MF | CRO | Mario Pašalić | 29 | 7 | 12+4 | 3 | 1+2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8+1 | 2 |
| 21 | DF | NGA | Elderson Echiéjilé | 27 | 1 | 18+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 3+3 | 1 |
| 23 | MF | MLI | Adama Traoré | 8 | 0 | 4+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | ITA | Andrea Raggi | 44 | 4 | 29+2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 |
| 27 | MF | FRA | Thomas Lemar | 34 | 5 | 21+5 | 5 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 2+3 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | FRA | Jérémy Toulalan | 36 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 29 | FW | FRA | Kylian Mbappé | 13 | 1 | 2+8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 34 | DF | FRA | Raphaël Diarra | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 38 | DF | MLI | Almamy Touré | 13 | 3 | 9+1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 39 | FW | FRA | Kylian Mbappe | 6 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| | MF | FRA | Mohamed Chaïbi | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players away from the club on loan: ||||||||||||||
| 29 | MF | BRA | Gabriel Boschilia | 6 | 0 | 1+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | POR | Rony Lopes | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players who appeared for Monaco no longer at the club: ||||||||||||||
| 3 | DF | FRA | Layvin Kurzawa | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| 9 | FW | FRA | Anthony Martial | 7 | 1 | 2+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 22 | FW | ITA | Stephan El Shaarawy | 24 | 3 | 7+8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4+5 | 3 |

### Goalscorers

    As of match played 14 May 2016
| Place | Position | Number | Name | Ligue 1 | Coupe de France | Coupe de la Ligue | Champions League/Europa League | Total |
| 1 | FW | 19 | Lacina Traoré | 3 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 10 |
| 2 | DF | 2 | Fabinho | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 3 | MF | 10 | Bernardo Silva | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 3 | MF | 20 | Mario Pašalić | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 5 | FW | 11 | Guido Carrillo | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 5 | MF | 14 | Thomas Lemar | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 5 | MF | 18 | Hélder Costa | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 8 | FW | 9 | Vágner Love | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 8 | DF | 24 | Andrea Raggi | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 10 | DF | 38 | Almamy Touré | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 10 | DF | 3 | Layvin Kurzawa | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 10 | FW | 22 | Stephan El Shaarawy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 10 | DF | 4 | Fábio Coentrão | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 10 | FW | 17 | Ivan Cavaleiro | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 15 | MF | 7 | Nabil Dirar | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 15 | DF | 6 | Ricardo Carvalho | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 15 | MF | 14 | Tiémoué Bakayoko | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 18 | DF | 13 | Wallace | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 18 | MF | 8 | João Moutinho | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 18 | FW | 33 | Kylian Mbappé | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 18 | MF | 12 | Farès Bahlouli | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 18 | MF | 12 | Farès Bahlouli | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 18 | FW | 9 | Anthony Martial | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 18 | DF | 21 | Elderson Echiéjilé | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| | | | Own goals | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| | | | TOTALS | 57 | 14 | 0 | 15 | 86 |

### Disciplinary record

    As of match played 14 May 2016
| N | P | Name | Ligue 1 | Ligue 1 | Ligue 1 | Coupe de France | Coupe de France | Coupe de la Ligue | Champions League/Europa League | Total | Total | Total |
| 1 | GK | Danijel Subašić | 3 | | | | | | | 3 | | |
| 2 | DF | Fabinho | 9 | | | 1 | | | 4 | 14 | | |
| 3 | DF | Layvin Kurzawa | 1 | | | | | | | 1 | | |
| 4 | DF | Fábio Coentrão | 4 | | | | | | | 4 | | |
| 5 | DF | Jemerson | 2 | | | 1 | | | | 3 | | |
| 6 | DF | Ricardo Carvalho | 8 | | | | | | 1 | 9 | | |
| 7 | MF | Nabil Dirar | 1 | 1 | | | | | 2 | 3 | 1 | |
| 8 | MF | João Moutinho | 3 | | | | | | | 3 | | |
| 9 | FW | Vágner Love | 1 | | | | | | | 1 | | |
| 10 | MF | Bernardo Silva | 7 | | | | | | 2 | 9 | | |
| 11 | MF | Guido Carrillo | 3 | | | 1 | | | | 4 | | |
| 12 | MF | Farès Bahlouli | 1 | | | | | | | 1 | | |
| 13 | DF | Wallace | 6 | | 1 | 1 | | | 3 | 10 | | 1 |
| 14 | MF | Tiémoué Bakayoko | 3 | | | | | | | 3 | | |
| 17 | FW | Ivan Cavaleiro | 1 | | | | | | | 1 | | |
| 18 | MF | Hélder Costa | 4 | | | | | | | 4 | | |
| 19 | FW | Lacina Traoré | 4 | 1 | | | 1 | | | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| 20 | MF | Mario Pašalić | 1 | | | | | | 3 | 4 | | |
| 21 | DF | Elderson Echiéjilé | 4 | | 1 | | | | 2 | 6 | | 1 |
| 22 | FW | Stephan El Shaarawy | 1 | | | | | | 1 | 2 | | |
| 23 | DF | Adama Traoré | 1 | | | | | | | 1 | | |
| 24 | DF | Andrea Raggi | 5 | | | | | 1 | 2 | 8 | | |
| 27 | MF | Thomas Lemar | 1 | | | | | | | 1 | | |
| 28 | MF | Jérémy Toulalan | 5 | | | | | | 3 | 8 | | |
| 29 | MF | Gabriel Boschilia | | | | | | 1 | | 1 | | |
| 33 | FW | Kylian Mbappé | 1 | | | | | | | 1 | | |
| 38 | DF | Almamy Touré | 3 | | | | | | | 3 | | |
Source: Match reports in Competitive matches Ordered by , and = Number of bookings; = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card; = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.