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
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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 (age 26)	2015	2018	Youth academy
16	Stéphane Ruffier	GK	(1986-09-27) 27 September 1986 (age 38)	2011	2018	Monaco
30	Jessy Moulin	GK	(1986-01-13) 13 January 1986 (age 38)	2005	2018	Youth academy
Defenders
2	Kévin Théophile-Catherine		(1989-10-28) 28 October 1989 (age 35)	2015	2018	Cardiff City
3	Pierre-Yves Polomat		(1993-12-27) 27 December 1993 (age 30)	2012	2019	Youth academy
12	Cheikh M'Bengue		(1988-07-23) 23 July 1988 (age 36)	2016	2019	Rennes
19	Florentin Pogba		(1990-08-19) 19 August 1990 (age 34)	2012	2018	Sedan
24	Loïc Perrin	CB	(1985-08-07) 7 August 1985 (age 39)	2003	2018	Youth academy
25	Kévin Malcuit	RB	(1991-07-31) 31 July 1991 (age 33)	2015	2019	Chamois Niortais
–	Benjamin Karamoko	DF	(1995-05-17) 17 May 1995 (age 29)	2015		Youth academy
–	Ronaël Pierre-Gabriel	DF	(1998-06-13) 13 June 1998 (age 26)	2015		Youth academy
Midfielders
5	Vincent Pajot	DM	(1990-08-19) 19 August 1990 (age 34)	2015	2019	Rennes
6	Jérémy Clément	DM	(1984-08-26) 26 August 1984 (age 40)	2011	2018	Paris Saint-Germain
7	Bryan Dabo	DM	(1992-02-18) 18 February 1992 (age 32)	2016	2020	Montpellier
8	Benjamin Corgnet	AM	(1987-04-06) 6 April 1987 (age 37)	2013	2017	Lorient
11	Henri Saivet	AM	(1990-10-26) 26 October 1990 (age 34)	2016	2017	Newcastle United
14	Jordan Veretout	CM	(1993-03-01) 1 March 1993 (age 31)	2016	2017	Aston Villa
17	Ole Selnæs	CM / DM	(1994-07-07) 7 July 1994 (age 30)	2016	2020	Rosenborg
18	Fabien Lemoine	DM	(1987-03-16) 16 March 1987 (age 37)	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	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.^[11]
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
4	1	2	1	6	5	+1	5	1	1	0	3	1	+2	0	1	1	3	4	−1

Last updated: 10 September 2016.
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	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	v	Bastia	Saint-Étienne
17:00				Stadium: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard

21 September 2016 6	Nantes	v	Saint-Étienne	Nantes
19:00				Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire

25 September 2016 7	Saint-Étienne	v	Lille	Saint-Étienne
15:00				Stadium: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard

2 October 2016 8	Lyon	v	Saint-Étienne	Décines
20:45				Stadium: Parc Olympique Lyonnais

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)

Group stage

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15 September 2016 1	Mainz	v	Saint-Étienne	Mainz, Germany
19:00				Stadium: Coface Arena

29 September 2016 2	Saint-Étienne	v	Anderlecht	Saint-Étienne, France
21:05				Stadium: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard

20 October 2016 3	Saint-Étienne	v	Gabala	Saint-Étienne, France
21:05				Stadium: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard

3 November 2016 4	Gabala	v	Saint-Étienne	Baku, Azerbaijan
				Stadium: Bakcell Arena

24 November 2016 5	Saint-Étienne	v	Mainz	Saint-Étienne, France
21:05				Stadium: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard

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	FRA	Stéphane Ruffier	8	0	4	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	8	0	3+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
4	DF	FRA	Léo Lacroix	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	DF	SEN	Cheikh M'Bengue	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
19	DF	FRA	Florentin Pogba	8	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
20	DF	FRA	Ronaël Pierre-Gabriel	2	0	1+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
24	DF	FRA	Loïc Perrin	6	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
25	DF	FRA	Kévin Malcuit	4	0	3	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	6	0	2	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
11	MF	FRA	Henri Saivet	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	MF	FRA	Jordan Veretout	2	0	1+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
17	MF	NOR	Ole Selnæs	7	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
18	MF	FRA	Fabien Lemoine	7	1	2+1	0	0	0	0	0	4	1
Forwards
9	FW	FRA	Nolan Roux	7	0	2+1	0	0	0	0	0	2+2	0
10	FW	MAR	Oussama Tannane	7	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	2+2	0
21	FW	FRA	Romain Hamouma	5	1	1+1	1	0	0	0	0	3	0
22	FW	FRA	Kévin Monnet-Paquet	7	1	2+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	8	3	2+2	2	0	0	0	0	3+1	1
Players transferred out during the season
	FW	FRA	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	UEFA EL	Total
1	27	FW	Robert Berić	2	1	3
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: 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 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.
^ "Léo Lacroix, cinquième recrue des Verts" (in French). AS Saint-Etienne. 31 August 2016.
^ ^a ^b "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.

[table_note_res_ELGS0.55525962149504-11] 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] "Léo Lacroix, cinquième recrue des Verts" (in French). AS Saint-Etienne. 31 August 2016.

[epl-4] "St. Etienne sign Newcastle's Saivet and Villa's Veretout on a season's loan". BBC. 24 August 2016.

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

[6] "François Clerc signe en Ligue 2, au Gazélec Ajaccio" (in French). Eurosport.fr. 9 June 2016.

[7] "Jonathan Brison nouveau Chamois!" (in French). Chamois Niortais FC. 22 June 2016.

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

[9] "Assou-Ekotto est Messin" (in French). FC Metz. 16 August 2016.

[10] "Yohan Mollo transféré au FK Krylia Sovetov" (in French). AS Saint-Etienne. 31 August 2016.

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

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