# 2007–08 AS Monaco FC season

The 2007–08 season was AS Monaco FC's 51st season in Ligue 1. They finished twelfth in Ligue 1, and were knocked out of the Coupe de la Ligue by Lens, at the Round of 16, and the Coupe de France by Marseille at the Round of 32.
Ricardo Gomes was appointed as coach at the beginning of the season, replacing Laurent Banide.

## 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 |
| 1 | GK | MCO | Manuel Vallaurio |
| 2 | DF | FRA | Sylvain Monsoreau |
| 3 | DF | FRA | Jérémy Berthod |
| 4 | DF | FRA | François Modesto |
| 5 | MF | URU | Diego Pérez |
| 6 | MF | CRO | Nikola Pokrivač |
| 7 | MF | ARG | Lucas Bernardi |
| 8 | MF | ARG | Sergio Almirón (loan from Juventus) |
| 10 | FW | FRA | Jérémy Ménez |
| 11 | MF | BRA | Nenê |
| 12 | DF | BRA | Adriano |
| 13 | DF | FRA | Vincent Muratori |
| 14 | MF | FRA | Malaury Martin |
| 15 | FW | BRA | Fábio Santos (loan from São Paulo) |
| 16 | GK | FRA | Stéphane Ruffier |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 17 | MF | FRA | Serge Gakpe |
| 18 | FW | FRA | Frédéric Piquionne |
| 20 | MF | URU | Nacho González (loan from Danubio) |
| 21 | MF | FRA | Camel Meriem |
| 22 | DF | BRA | Bolívar |
| 23 | MF | CRO | Jerko Leko |
| 24 | DF | COD | Cédric Mongongu |
| 25 | DF | ARG | Leandro Cufré |
| 26 | DF | SEN | Massamba Sambou |
| 27 | DF | FRA | Arnaud Lescure |
| 28 | MF | FRA | Djamel Bakar |
| 30 | GK | ITA | Flavio Roma |
| 33 | FW | FRA | Steve Pinau |
| 34 | MF | FRA | Distel Zola |
| — | DF | GER | Torben Joneleit |

### 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 |
| — | MF | FRA | Thomas Mangani (at Ajaccio) |
| — | FW | COL | Juan Pablo Pino (at Charleroi) |
| — | FW | FRA | Lanteri Laurent (at Legano) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | FW | FRA | Alexandre Licata (at Bastia) |
| — | FW | FRA | Frédéric Nimani (at Sedan) |
| — | FW | URU | Gonzalo Vargas (at Sochaux) |

## Transfers
### Summer

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 3 | DF | FRA | Jérémy Berthod (from Lyon) |
| 11 | MF | BRA | Nenê (from Celta Vigo) |
| 12 | DF | BRA | Adriano (from Atalanta) |
| 18 | FW | FRA | Frédéric Piquionne (from Saint-Étienne, previously on loan) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | FRA | Guillaume Warmuz (Retired) |
| 3 | DF | FRA | Manuel dos Santos (to Strasbourg) |
| 6 | MF | CZE | Jaroslav Plašil (to Osasuna) |
| 8 | MF | ESP | Gerard (to Recreativo Huelva) |
| 15 | MF | CIV | Yaya Touré (to Barcelona) |
| 18 | FW | SLE | Mohamed Kallon |
| 19 | FW | URU | Gonzalo Vargas (loan to Sochaux) |
| 27 | FW | FRA | Frédéric Nimani (loan to Lorient) |
| 32 | DF | FRA | Gaël Givet (to Marseille) |
| — | DF | GER | Torben Joneleit (loan to Hibernian) |
| — | MF | FRA | Thomas Mangani (loan to Ajaccio) |
| — | FW | FRA | Lanteri Laurent (loan to Legano) |
| — | FW | FRA | Alexandre Licata (loan to Gueugnon) |

### Winter

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 6 | MF | CRO | Nikola Pokrivač (from Dinamo Zagreb) |
| 8 | MF | ARG | Sergio Almirón (loan from Juventus) |
| 20 | MF | URU | Nacho González (loan from Danubio) |
| — | DF | GER | Torben Joneleit (loan return from Hibernian) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 9 | FW | CZE | Jan Koller (to 1. FC Nürnberg) |
| 15 | DF | FRA | Olivier Veigneau (to Duisburg) |
| 20 | FW | COL | Juan Pablo Pino (loan to Charleroi) |
| 27 | FW | FRA | Frédéric Nimani (loan to Sedan, previously on loan to Lorient) |

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 10 | Lorient | 38 | 12 | 16 | 10 | 32 | 35 | −3 | 52 |
| 11 | Caen | 38 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 48 | 53 | −5 | 51 |
| 12 | Monaco | 38 | 13 | 8 | 17 | 40 | 48 | −8 | 47 |
| 13 | Valenciennes | 38 | 12 | 9 | 17 | 42 | 40 | +2 | 45 |
| 14 | Sochaux | 38 | 10 | 14 | 14 | 34 | 43 | −9 | 44 |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 31 March 2015. Source: Soccerway

#### 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 | 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 | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | D | L | W | W | W | W | L | L | L | L | L | D | W | W | D | D | L | W | L | W | W | W | L | D | L | D | D | L | L | L | L | W | L | W | L | D | W | L |
| Position | 7 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 12 | 13 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 12 |

#### Results
### Coupe de France
## Statistics

    As of match played 17 May 2008

### 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 |
| 2 | DF | FRA | Sylvain Monsoreau | 28 | 1 | 23+3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | FRA | Jérémy Berthod | 12 | 0 | 9+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | FRA | François Modesto | 28 | 1 | 23+3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 5 | MF | URU | Diego Pérez | 27 | 0 | 23+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | CRO | Nikola Pokrivač | 9 | 0 | 5+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | ARG | Lucas Bernardi | 20 | 0 | 18+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | ARG | Sergio Almirón | 7 | 2 | 4+3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | FRA | Jérémy Ménez | 26 | 7 | 21+4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | BRA | Nenê | 30 | 7 | 24+4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 2 |
| 12 | DF | BRA | Adriano | 26 | 0 | 23+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | FRA | Vincent Muratori | 23 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | FRA | Malaury Martin | 7 | 0 | 4+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | BRA | Fábio Santos | 5 | 1 | 3+2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | GK | FRA | Stéphane Ruffier | 10 | 0 | 9+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | FRA | Serge Gakpé | 32 | 4 | 12+18 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 18 | FW | FRA | Frédéric Piquionne | 34 | 8 | 26+6 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 1 |
| 20 | MF | URU | Ignacio María González | 5 | 1 | 2+3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | FRA | Camel Meriem | 29 | 2 | 24+3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | BRA | Bolívar | 22 | 0 | 21+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | CRO | Jerko Leko | 31 | 1 | 22+7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | COD | Cédric Mongongu | 4 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | ARG | Leandro Cufré | 26 | 1 | 22+3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | SEN | Massamba Sambou | 12 | 3 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | FRA | Djamel Bakar | 17 | 1 | 8+9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | GK | ITA | Flavio Roma | 32 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 33 | FW | FRA | Steve Pinau | 3 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players away from the club on loan: ||||||||||||
| 20 | FW | COL | Juan Pablo Pino | 18 | 0 | 5+11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| Players who appeared for Monaco no longer at the club: ||||||||||||
| 6 | MF | CZE | Jaroslav Plašil | 4 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | FW | SLE | Mohamed Kallon | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | CZE | Jan Koller | 19 | 4 | 11+7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |

### Goal scorers

| Place | Position | Number | Name | Ligue 1 | Coupe de France | Coupe de la Ligue | Total |
| 1 | FW | 18 | Frédéric Piquionne | 7 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| 2 | FW | 10 | Jérémy Ménez | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | MF | 11 | Nenê | 5 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 4 | MF | 28 | Djamel Bakar | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5 |
| 5 | FW | 9 | Jan Koller | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | MF | 17 | Serge Gakpé | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | DF | 26 | Massamba Sambou | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | MF | 8 | Sergio Almirón | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | MF | 21 | Camel Meriem | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | DF | 4 | François Modesto | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | DF | 25 | Leandro Cufré | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | DF | 2 | Sylvain Monsoreau | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | DF | 15 | Fábio Santos | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | 23 | Jerko Leko | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | 20 | Nacho González | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| | | | TOTALS | 40 | 4 | 4 | 48 |

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Position | Name | Ligue 1 | Ligue 1 | Coupe de la Ligue | Coupe de la Ligue | Total | Total |
| 2 | DF | Sylvain Monsoreau | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Jérémy Berthod | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | François Modesto | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 5 | MF | Diego Pérez | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 |
| 6 | MF | Jaroslav Plašil | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | Nikola Pokrivač | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 7 | MF | Lucas Bernardi | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Sergio Almirón | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Jan Koller | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | Jérémy Ménez | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | Nenê | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | Adriano | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 1 |
| 13 | DF | Vincent Muratori | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | Serge Gakpé | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | Frédéric Piquionne | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | Nacho González | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | Camel Meriem | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | Bolívar | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | Jerko Leko | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | Leandro Cufré | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | Massamba Sambou | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 30 | GK | Flavio Roma | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| | | TOTALS | 87 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 90 | 4 |