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 32
UEFA Europa League	Play-off round
	← 2015–16 2017–18 →

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)	Signed in	Contract until	Signed from
Goalkeepers
1	Anthony Maisonnial	GK	2015	2018
16	Stéphane Ruffier	GK	2011	2018	Monaco
30	Jessy Moulin	GK	2005	2018
Defenders
2	Kévin Théophile-Catherine		2015	2018	Cardiff City
3	Pierre-Yves Polomat		2012	2019	Youth academy
12	Cheikh M'Bengue		2016	2019	Rennes
19	Florentin Pogba
24	Loïc Perrin
25	Kévin Malcuit
–	Benjamin Karamoko
–	Ronaël Pierre-Gabriel
Midfielders
5	Vincent Pajot		2015	2019	Rennes
6	Jérémy Clément		2011	2018	Paris Saint-Germain
7	Bryan Dabo		2016	2020	Montpellier
8	Benjamin Corgnet		2013	2017	Lorient
17	Ole Selnaes		2016	2020	Rosenborg
18	Fabien Lemoine
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		Montpellier		Four-year contract	^[1]
20 July 2016	DF	Cheikh M'Bengue		Rennes	Free	Three-year contract	^[2]

Out

Date	Pos.	Player	Age	Moving to	Fee	Notes	Source
17 May 2016	MF	Ismaël Diomandé		Caen		Three-year contract	^[3]
25 July 2016	DF	Moustapha Sall		Al-Arabi			^[4]

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	Play-off round	—	28 July 2016	—

Ligue 1

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
6	Bordeaux	38	15	14	9	53	43	+10	59	Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round^[a]
7	Nantes	38	14	9	15	40	54	−14	51
8	Saint-Étienne	38	12	14	12	41	42	−1	50
9	Rennes	38	12	14	12	36	42	−6	50
10	Guingamp	38	14	8	16	46	53	−7	50

Source: Ligue 1, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Fairplay ranking.^[5]
Notes:

^ Since the winners of the 2016–17 Coupe de France and the 2016–17 Coupe de la Ligue, Paris Saint-Germain, qualified for European competition based on 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								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Source: Competitive matches

Results by round

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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	v	Toulouse	Saint-Étienne
17:00				Stadium: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard

Coupe de France

Coupe de la Ligue

UEFA Europa League

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

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)

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	FRA	Stéphane Ruffier	6	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
30	GK	FRA	Jessy Moulin	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0
Defenders
2	DF	FRA	Kévin Théophile-Catherine	6	0	1+1	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
3	DF	FRA	Pierre-Yves Polomat	4	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
12	DF	SEN	Cheikh M'Bengue	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
19	DF	FRA	Florentin Pogba	6	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
20	DF	FRA	Ronaël Pierre-Gabriel	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
24	DF	FRA	Loïc Perrin	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
25	DF	FRA	Kévin Malcuit	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	DF	FRA	Benjamin Karamoko	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Midfielders
5	MF	FRA	Vincent Pajot	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2+2	0
6	MF	FRA	Jérémy Clément	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7	MF	FRA	Bryan Dabo	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1+1	0
8	MF	FRA	Benjamin Corgnet	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
17	MF	NOR	Ole Selnæs	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
18	MF	FRA	Fabien Lemoine	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	1
Forwards
9	FW	FRA	Nolan Roux	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2+2	0
10	FW	MAR	Oussama Tannane	6	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2+2	0
21	FW	FRA	Romain Hamouma	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	3	0
22	FW	FRA	Kévin Monnet-Paquet	6	1	1+1	1	0	0	0	0	2+2	0
23	FW	NOR	Alexander Søderlund	1	1	0+1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
27	FW	SVN	Robert Berić	6	2	1+1	1	0	0	0	0	3+1	1
31	FW	FRA	Dylan Saint-Louis	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0
Players transferred out during the season

Last updated: 25 August 2016
Source: Competitions

Goalscorers

Rank	No.	Pos	Name	Ligue 1	UEFA EL	Total
1	27	FW	Robert Berić	1	1	2
2	21	FW	Romain Hamouma	1	0	1
	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				5	3	8

Last updated: 24 August 2016

Assists

Rank	No.	Pos	Nat	Name	Ligue 1	Coupe de France	Coupe de Ligue	UEFA EL	Total

Clean sheets

Rank	No.	Nat	Name	Ligue 1	Coupe de France	Coupe de Ligue	UEFA EL	Total

Last updated:

Disciplinary record

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.
^ "Option d'achat levée pour Ismaël Diomandé" (in French). SM Caen. 17 May 2016.
^ "Transfert : Moustapha Bayal Sall (Saint-Etienne) à Al Arabi (Qatar)" (in French). L'Equipe. 25 July 2016.
^ "League Table". Ligue1.com. Retrieved 12 August 2016.

[table_note_res_ELGS0.8281912188177-5] Since the winners of the 2016–17 Coupe de France and the 2016–17 Coupe de la Ligue, Paris Saint-Germain, qualified for European competition based on 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.

[1] "Bryan Dabo, premiere recrue" (in French). AS Saint-Etienne. 24 June 2016.

[2] "Cheikh M'Bengue en Vert" (in French). AS Saint-Etienne. 20 July 2016.

[3] "Option d'achat levée pour Ismaël Diomandé" (in French). SM Caen. 17 May 2016.

[4] "Transfert : Moustapha Bayal Sall (Saint-Etienne) à Al Arabi (Qatar)" (in French). L'Equipe. 25 July 2016.

[6] "League Table". Ligue1.com. Retrieved 12 August 2016.

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