2016–17 AS Saint-Étienne season

AS Saint-Étienne

2016–17 season

Manager

Christophe Galtier

Stadium

Stade Geoffroy-Guichard

Coupe de France

Round of 64

Coupe de la Ligue

Round of 16

UEFA Europa League

Group stage

Home colours

Away colours

Third colours

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The 2016–17 AS-Saint-Étienne season is the 84th professional season of the club since its creation in 1933.

Players

Squad information

Players and squad numbers last updated on 20 August 2016.
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Name	Position(s)	Date of Birth (Age)	Signed in	Contract until	Signed from
Goalkeepers
1	Anthony Maisonnial	GK	(1998-03-23) 23 March 1998	2015	2018	Youth academy
16	Stéphane Ruffier	GK	(1986-09-27) 27 September 1986	2011	2018	Monaco
30	Jessy Moulin	GK	(1986-01-13) 13 January 1986	2005	2018	Youth academy
Defenders
2	Kévin Théophile-Catherine		(1989-10-28) 28 October 1989	2015	2018	Cardiff City
3	Pierre-Yves Polomat		(1993-12-27) 27 December 1993	2012	2019	Youth academy
12	Cheikh M'Bengue		(1988-07-23) 23 July 1988	2016	2019	Rennes
19	Florentin Pogba		(1990-08-19) 19 August 1990	2012	2018	Sedan
24	Loïc Perrin	CB	(1985-08-07) 7 August 1985	2003	2018	Youth academy
25	Kévin Malcuit	RB	(1991-07-31) 31 July 1991	2015	2019	Chamois Niortais
–	Benjamin Karamoko	DF	(1995-05-17) 17 May 1995	2015		Youth academy
–	Ronaël Pierre-Gabriel	DF	(1998-06-13) 13 June 1998	2015		Youth academy
Midfielders
5	Vincent Pajot	DM	(1990-08-19) 19 August 1990	2015	2019	Rennes
6	Jérémy Clément	DM	(1984-08-26) 26 August 1984	2011	2018	Paris Saint-Germain
7	Bryan Dabo	DM	(1992-02-18) 18 February 1992	2016	2020	Montpellier
8	Benjamin Corgnet	AM	(1987-04-06) 6 April 1987	2013	2017	Lorient
11	Henri Saivet	AM	(1990-10-26) 26 October 1990	2016	2017	Newcastle United
14	Jordan Veretout	CM	(1993-03-01) 1 March 1993	2016	2017	Aston Villa
17	Ole Selnæs	CM / DM	(1994-07-07) 7 July 1994	2016	2020	Rosenborg
18	Fabien Lemoine	DM	(1987-03-16) 16 March 1987	2011	2018	Rennes
Forwards
9	Nolan Roux			2015	2018	Lille
10	Oussama Tannane			2016	2020	Heracles Almelo
20	Yohan Mollo
21	Romain Hamouma
22	Kévin Monnet-Paquet
23	Alexander Søderlund
27	Robert Beric
31	Dylan Saint-Louis

Transfers

In

Date	Pos.	Player	Age	Moving from	Fee	Notes	Source
24 June 2016	MF	Bryan Dabo	24	Montpellier		Four-year contract	^[1]
20 July 2016	DF	Cheikh M'Bengue	27	Rennes	Free	Three-year contract	^[2]
31 August 2016	DF	Léo Lacroix	24	Sion		Four-year contract	^[3]

Loans in

Date	Pos.	Player	Age	Loaned from	Fee	Notes	Source
23 August 2016	MF	Henri Saivet	25	Newcastle United			^[4]
23 August 2016	MF	Jordan Veretout	23	Aston Villa			^[4]

Out

Date	Pos.	Player	Age	Moving to	Fee	Notes	Source
17 May 2016	MF	Ismaël Diomandé	23	Caen		Three-year contract	^[5]
9 June 2016	DF	François Clerc	33	Gazélec Ajaccio	Free	Two-year contract	^[6]
22 June 2016	DF	Jonathan Brison	33	Chamois Niortais		Three-year contract	^[7]
25 July 2016	DF	Moustapha Sall	30	Al-Arabi			^[8]
16 August 2016	DF	Benoît Assou-Ekotto	32	Metz	Free		^[9]
31 August 2016	FW	Yohan Mollo	27	Krylia Sovetov			^[10]

Pre-season and friendlies

2 July 2016 Friendly	Saint-Etienne	3–1	Clermont Foot	Andrézieux-Bouthéon, France
18:30	Roux 25' Monnet-Paquet 28' Corgnet 85'	Report		Stadium: L'Envol Stadium

9 July 2016 Friendly	Saint-Étienne	0–1	Tours	Vichy, France
		Report	Malfleury 38'	Stadium: Stade Louis Darragon Attendance: 500 Referee: Said Ennjimi

13 July 2016 Friendly	Saint-Étienne	1–2	PSV Eindhoven	Thonon-les-Bains, France
	Dabo 31'	Report	Narsingh 22' de Jong 61'	Stadium: Stade Joseph-Moynat

16 July 2016 Friendly	Lausanne-Sport	4–1	Saint-Étienne	Lausanne, Switzerland
	Torres 8' Margiotta 29' Méndez 76' Araz 81'	Report	Hamouma 75'	Stadium: Stade Olympique de la Pontaise

9 August 2016 Friendly	Saint-Étienne	0–1	Wolfsburg	Hartberg, Austria
		Report	Błaszczykowski 25'	Stadium: PROfertil ARENA

Competitions

Overall

Competition	Started round	Current position	Final position	First match	Last match
Ligue 1	Matchday 1	—	—	12 August 2016	19 May 2017
Coupe de France	Round of 64
Coupe de la Ligue	Round of 16
Europa League	Third qualifying round	Group stage	—	28 July 2016	—

Ligue 1

Main article: 2016–17 Ligue 1

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
7	Bordeaux	16	6	6	4	20	18	+2	24
8	Toulouse	15	6	4	5	18	13	+5	22
9	Saint-Étienne	16	5	7	4	16	14	+2	22
10	Marseille	16	5	6	5	16	17	−1	21
11	Angers	16	5	4	7	15	18	−3	19

Updated to match(es) played on 4 December 2016. Source: Ligue 1 and Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Fairplay ranking.^[11]

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
7	3	3	1	10	6	+4	12	3	1	0	7	2	+5	0	2	1	3	4	−1

Last updated: 25 September 2016.
Source: Competitive matches

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16
Ground	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	L	W	D	D	W	D	W	L	D	W	D	D	L	W	D
Position	13	8	10	12	8	10	7	9	9	7	7

Last updated: 25 September 2016.
Source: Competitive matches
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Matches

13 August 2016 1	Bordeaux	3–2	Saint-Étienne	Bordeaux
17:00	Laborde 13' Rolan 57' Malcom 72' Touré 80'	Report	Tannane 40' Perrin 71' Hamouma 81' Søderlund 89'	Stadium: Matmut Atlantique Attendance: 34,212 Referee: Lionel Jaffredo

21 August 2016 2	Saint-Étienne	3–1	Montpellier	Saint-Étienne
17:00	Monnet-Paquet 47' Saint-Louis 50' Karamoko 56' Beric 85'	Report	Mounie 23' Ninga 80'	Stadium: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard Attendance: 23,661 Referee: Ruddy Buquet

28 August 2016 3	Saint-Étienne	0–0	Toulouse	Saint-Étienne
17:00	Pierre-Gabriel 33' Pajot 73'	Report	Blin 87'	Stadium: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard Attendance: 23,786 Referee: Bartolomeu Varela

9 September 2016 4	Paris Saint-Germain	1–1	Saint-Étienne	Paris
	Verratti 25' Lucas Moura 67' (pen.) Krychowiak 71'	Report	Selnæs 39' Saivet 56' Malcuit 66' Pogba 69' Berić 90+3'	Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 44,327 Referee: Benoît Bastien

18 September 2016 5	Saint-Étienne	1–0	Bastia	Saint-Étienne
17:00	Tannane 65' Selnæs 83' Hamouma 90+3' (pen.)	Report	Leca 6' Cioni 29' Nangis 76' Crivelli 89'	Stadium: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard Attendance: 22,245 Referee: François Letexier

21 September 2016 6	Nantes	0–0	Saint-Étienne	Nantes
19:00	Lucas Lima 25' Kačaniklić 49' Walongwa 55' Vizcarrondo 78'	Report	Malcuit 16'	Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 18,823 Referee: Amaury Delerue

25 September 2016 7	Saint-Étienne	3–1	Lille	Saint-Étienne
15:00	Dabo 41' Berić 63' Nordin 72' Lacroix 78' Roux 85', 90+2'	Report	Béria 38', 43' Civelli 80', 84'	Stadium: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard Attendance: 24,700 Referee: Benoît Millot

2 October 2016 8	Lyon	2–0	Saint-Étienne	Décines
20:45	Morel 40' Darder 41' Valbuena 56' Ferri 67' Ghezzal 89'	Report	Lacroix 33'	Stadium: Parc Olympique Lyonnais Attendance: 57,050 Referee: Clément Turpin

16 October 2016 9	Saint-Étienne	1–1	Dijon	Saint-Étienne
17:00	Théophile-Catherine 82' Roux 90+4' (pen.)	Report	Lees-Melou 22' Bernard 79'	Stadium: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard Referee: Karim Abed

23 October 2016 10	Caen	0–2	Saint-Étienne	Caen
15:00	Bessat 62'	Report	Saivet 28', 49' Veretout 58'	Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano Attendance: 18,509 Referee: Olivier Thual

29 October 2016 11	Saint-Étienne	1–1	Monaco	Saint-Étienne
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Perrin 18'	Report	Glik 5', 58' Mendy 49' Fabinho 53' Jemerson 82'	Stadium: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard Attendance: 35,890 Referee: Ruddy Buquet

6 November 2016 12	Metz	0–0	Saint-Étienne	Metz
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien Attendance: 16,204 Referee: Bartolomeu Varela

20 November 2016 13	Saint-Étienne	0–1	Nice	Saint-Étienne
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Eysseric 63'	Stadium: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard Attendance: 30,004 Referee: Frank Schneider

27 November 2016 14	Angers	1–2	Saint-Étienne	Angers
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Pepe 18'	Report	Pogba 59' Tannane 78'	Stadium: Stade Jean Bouin Attendance: 13,293 Referee: Johan Hamel

30 November 2016 15	Saint-Étienne	0–0	Marseille	Saint-Étienne
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard Referee: Benoît Bastien

4 December 2016 16	Rennes	v	Saint-Étienne	Rennes
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Roazhon Park

Coupe de France

Main article: 2016–17 Coupe de France

Coupe de la Ligue

Main article: 2016–17 Coupe de la Ligue

14 December 2016 Round of 16	Saint-Étienne	v	Nancy	Saint-Étienne, France
21:05 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard

UEFA Europa League

Main article: 2016–17 UEFA Europa League

Third qualifying round

Main article: 2016–17 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round § Third qualifying round

28 July 2016 First leg	Saint-Étienne	0–0	AEK Athens	Saint-Étienne, France
20:00		Report		Stadium: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard Attendance: 30,438 Referee: Antonio Damato, (Italy)

4 August 2016 Second leg	AEK Athens	0–1 (0–1 agg.)	Saint-Étienne	Athens, Greece
20:00		Report	Beric 23' Tannane 47'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 25,004 Referee: Alon Yefet, (Israel)

Play-off round

Main article: 2016–17 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round § Play-off round

17 August 2016 First leg	Beitar Jerusalem	1–2	Saint-Étienne	Jerusalem, Israel
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Vered 8'	Report	Lemoine 15' Rueda 30' (o.g.)	Stadium: Teddy Stadium Attendance: 25,049 Referee: Michael Oliver (England)

25 August 2016 Second leg	Saint-Étienne	0–0 (2–1 agg.)	Beitar Jerusalem	Saint-Étienne, France
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Perrin 8' Ruffier 45' Berić 73'	Report	Shechter 44' Mori 64' Heister 70' Benesh 80'	Stadium: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard Referee: Matej Jug (Slovenia)

Group stage

Main article: 2016–17 UEFA Europa League group stage § Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	AND	STE	MAI	GAB
1	Anderlecht (A)	5	3	2	0	14	5	+9	11	Advance to knockout phase	—	8 Dec	6–1	3–1
2	Saint-Étienne (A)	5	2	3	0	5	3	+2	9	Advance to knockout phase	1–1	—	0–0	1–0
3	Mainz 05 (E)	5	1	3	1	6	10	−4	6		1–1	1–1	—	8 Dec
4	Gabala (E)	5	0	0	5	5	12	−7	0		1–3	1–2	2–3	—

Updated to match(es) played on 24 November 2016. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(A) Advance to a further round; (E) Eliminated.

15 September 2016 1	Mainz	1–1	Saint-Étienne	Opel Arena, Mainz
19:00	Bungert 57'	Report	Berić 88'	Attendance: 20,275^[12] Referee: Svein Oddvar Moen (Norway)

29 September 2016 2	Saint-Étienne	1–1	Anderlecht	Saint-Étienne, France
21:05	Roux 90+4'	Report	Tielemans 62' (pen.)	Stadium: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard Referee: Vladislav Bezborodov (Russia)

20 October 2016 3	Saint-Étienne	1–0	Gabala	Saint-Étienne, France
21:05	Ricardinho 70' (o.g.)	Report		Stadium: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard Attendance: 22,855^[13] Referee: Ali Palabıyık (Turkey)

3 November 2016 4	Gabala	1–2	Saint-Étienne	Baku, Azerbaijan
19:00	Qurbanov 39'	Report	Tannane 45+1' Berić 53'	Stadium: Bakcell Arena Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande (Spain)

24 November 2016 5	Saint-Étienne	0–0	Mainz	Saint-Étienne, France
21:05		Report		Stadium: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard Referee: Bas Nijhuis (Netherlands)

8 December 2016 6	Anderlecht	v	Saint-Étienne	Anderlecht, Belgium
19:00				Stadium: Constant Vanden Stock Stadium

Statistics

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Ligue 1		Coupe de France		Coupe de la Ligue		Europa League
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
16	GK		Stéphane Ruffier	8	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
30	GK		Jessy Moulin	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0
Defenders
2	DF		Kévin Théophile-Catherine	8	0	3+1	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
3	DF		Pierre-Yves Polomat	4	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
4	DF		Léo Lacroix	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	DF		Cheikh M'Bengue	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
19	DF		Florentin Pogba	8	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
20	DF		Ronaël Pierre-Gabriel	2	0	1+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
24	DF		Loïc Perrin	6	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
25	DF		Kévin Malcuit	4	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	DF		Benjamin Karamoko	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Midfielders
5	MF		Vincent Pajot	6	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2+2	0
6	MF		Jérémy Clément	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7	MF		Bryan Dabo	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1+1	0
8	MF		Benjamin Corgnet	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	MF		Henri Saivet	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	MF		Jordan Veretout	2	0	1+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
17	MF		Ole Selnæs	7	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
18	MF		Fabien Lemoine	7	1	2+1	0	0	0	0	0	4	1
Forwards
9	FW		Nolan Roux	7	0	2+1	0	0	0	0	0	2+2	0
10	FW		Oussama Tannane	7	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	2+2	0
21	FW		Romain Hamouma	5	1	1+1	1	0	0	0	0	3	0
22	FW		Kévin Monnet-Paquet	7	1	2+1	1	0	0	0	0	2+2	0
23	FW		Alexander Søderlund	1	1	0+1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
27	FW		Robert Berić	8	3	2+2	2	0	0	0	0	3+1	1
Players transferred out during the season
	FW		Dylan Saint-Louis	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0

Last updated: 10 September 2016
Source: Competitions

Goalscorers

Rank	No.	Pos	Name	Ligue 1	Europa League	Total
1	27	FW	Robert Berić	2	2	4
2	21	FW	Romain Hamouma	2	0	2
3	23	FW	Alexander Søderlund	1	0	1
		FW	Dylan Saint-Louis	1	0	1
	22	FW	Kévin Monnet-Paquet	1	0	1
	18	MF	Fabien Lemoine	0	1	1
Own goal				0	1	1
Totals				6	4	10

Last updated: 10 September 2016
Source: Ligue 1 and UEFA

Assists

Rank	Name	Ligue 1	Total
1	Kévin Théophile-Catherine	1	1
	Pierre-Yves Polomat	1	1
	Nolan Roux	1	1
	Romain Hamouma	1	1
	Oussama Tannane	1	1

Last updated: 25 August 2016
Source: Ligue 1 and UEFA

Clean sheets

Rank	No.	Nat	Name	Ligue 1	Coupe de France	Coupe de la Ligue	Europa League	Total

Last updated:

References

↑ "Bryan Dabo, premiere recrue" (in French). AS Saint-Etienne. 24 June 2016.
↑ "Cheikh M'Bengue en Vert" (in French). AS Saint-Etienne. 20 July 2016.
↑ "Léo Lacroix, cinquième recrue des Verts" (in French). AS Saint-Etienne. 31 August 2016.
1 2 "St. Etienne sign Newcastle's Saivet and Villa's Veretout on a season's loan". BBC. 24 August 2016.
↑ "Option d'achat levée pour Ismaël Diomandé" (in French). SM Caen. 17 May 2016.
↑ "François Clerc signe en Ligue 2, au Gazélec Ajaccio" (in French). Eurosport.fr. 9 June 2016.
↑ "Jonathan Brison nouveau Chamois!" (in French). Chamois Niortais FC. 22 June 2016.
↑ "Transfert : Moustapha Bayal Sall (Saint-Etienne) à Al Arabi (Qatar)" (in French). L'Equipe. 25 July 2016.
↑ "Assou-Ekotto est Messin" (in French). FC Metz. 16 August 2016.
↑ "Yohan Mollo transféré au FK Krylia Sovetov" (in French). AS Saint-Etienne. 31 August 2016.
↑ "League Table". Ligue1.com. Retrieved 12 August 2016.
↑ "Mainz 05 vs. Saint-Étienne". Soccerway. Retrieved 17 September 2016.
↑ "Saint-Étienne vs. Qabala". Soccerway. Retrieved 21 October 2016.

2016–17 in French football

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Domestic leagues	Ligue 1 Ligue 2 National CFA (Group A, B, C, D) CFA 2 (Group A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H)

Women's domestic leagues	D1 Féminine

Domestic cups	Coupe de France (Final) Coupe de la Ligue (Final) Trophée des Champions

Women's domestic cups	Coupe de France Féminine (Final)

European	Champions League Men Women UEFA Europa League

Ligue 1	Angers Bastia Bordeaux Caen Dijon Guingamp Lille Lorient Lyon Marseille Metz Monaco Montpellier Nancy Nantes Nice Paris Saint-Germain Rennes Saint-Étienne Toulouse

Ligue 2	AC Ajaccio Amiens Auxerre Bourg-Péronnas Brest Clermont Gazélec Ajaccio Laval Le Havre Lens Orléans Niort Nîmes Red Star Reims Sochaux Strasbourg Tours Troyes Valenciennes

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