# 2018–19 Montpellier HSC season

The 2018–19 Montpellier HSC season was the 44th professional season of the club since its creation in 1974.

## 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.
As of 1 October 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 |
| 2 | DF | FRA | Ruben Aguilar |
| 3 | DF | FRA | Daniel Congré |
| 4 | DF | BRA | Vitorino Hilton (captain) |
| 5 | DF | POR | Pedro Mendes |
| 6 | MF | FRA | Junior Sambia |
| 7 | MF | FRA | Paul Lasne |
| 8 | DF | CMR | Ambroise Oyongo |
| 10 | FW | FRA | Gaëtan Laborde |
| 11 | FW | FRA | Andy Delort (on loan from Toulouse) |
| 12 | FW | FRA | Bilal Boutobba |
| 13 | MF | TUN | Ellyes Skhiri (vice-captain) |
| 14 | DF | FRA | Damien Le Tallec |
| 15 | DF | FRA | Bryan Passi |
| 16 | GK | FRA | Dimitry Bertaud |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 17 | FW | FRA | Jérémie Porsan-Clemente |
| 18 | FW | FRA | Yanis Ammour |
| 19 | FW | SEN | Souleymane Camara |
| 20 | FW | RSA | Keagan Dolly |
| 21 | MF | FRA | Kylian Kaiboue |
| 22 | MF | FRA | Killian Sanson |
| 23 | MF | URU | Facundo Píriz |
| 25 | MF | FRA | Florent Mollet |
| 27 | DF | FRA | Clément Vidal |
| 29 | MF | FRA | Amir Adouyev |
| 30 | GK | FRA | Jonathan Ligali |
| 31 | DF | FRA | Nicolas Cozza |
| 32 | FW | SRB | Petar Škuletić |
| 40 | GK | FRA | Benjamin Lecomte |

### 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 | Morgan Poaty (at Troyes) |
| — | FW | BEL | Isaac Mbenza (at Huddersfield Town) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | FW | CIV | Giovanni Sio (at Al-Ittihad) |

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 4 | Saint-Étienne | 38 | 19 | 9 | 10 | 59 | 41 | +18 | 66 | Qualification for the Europa League group stage |
| 5 | Marseille | 38 | 18 | 7 | 13 | 60 | 52 | +8 | 61 | |
| 6 | Montpellier | 38 | 15 | 14 | 9 | 53 | 42 | +11 | 59 | |
| 7 | Nice | 38 | 15 | 11 | 12 | 30 | 35 | −5 | 56 | |
| 8 | Reims | 38 | 13 | 16 | 9 | 39 | 42 | −3 | 55 | |

#### 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: 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 | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A |
| Result | L | W | D | W | D | W | D | W | D | W | W | W | L | D | W | L | L | L | D | D | D | W | D | D | D | L | W | D | L | W | L | W | W | W | D | W | D | L |
| Position | 13 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 |

#### Matches

Win  Draw  Loss

### Coupe de la Ligue
## 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 |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||
| 16 | GK | FRA | Dimitry Bertaud | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 30 | GK | FRA | Jonathan Ligali | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | GK | FRA | Benjamin Lecomte | 38 | 0 | 37 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||
| 2 | DF | FRA | Ruben Aguilar | 30 | 1 | 29 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | FRA | Daniel Congré | 39 | 2 | 37 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | BRA | Vitorino Hilton | 37 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | POR | Pedro Mendes | 32 | 1 | 31 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | DF | CMR | Ambroise Oyongo | 27 | 2 | 25+1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | FRA | Damien Le Tallec | 37 | 3 | 31+5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | FRA | Bryan Passi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | URU | Mathías Suárez | 10 | 0 | 7+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | SRB | Mihailo Ristić | 10 | 1 | 3+7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | FRA | Clément Vidal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | DF | FRA | Nicolas Cozza | 14 | 0 | 11+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||
| 6 | MF | FRA | Junior Sambia | 32 | 0 | 7+23 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | FRA | Paul Lasne | 37 | 2 | 18+17 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | MF | TUN | Ellyes Skhiri | 38 | 3 | 35+2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | FRA | Kylian Kaiboue | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | FRA | Killian Sanson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | URU | Facundo Píriz | 7 | 0 | 0+6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | FRA | Florent Mollet | 33 | 6 | 31+1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | FRA | Amir Adouyev | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||
| 10 | FW | FRA | Gaëtan Laborde | 38 | 11 | 35+1 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | FRA | Andy Delort | 38 | 14 | 36 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 12 | FW | FRA | Bilal Boutobba | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | FRA | Jérémie Porsan-Clemente | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | FRA | Yanis Ammour | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | SEN | Souleymane Camara | 13 | 3 | 0+12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | RSA | Keagan Dolly | 4 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | FW | SRB | Petar Škuletić | 30 | 1 | 4+24 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||||
| — | FW | CIV | Giovanni Sio | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Last updated: 24 May 2019 Source: Competitions