2008–09 AS Monaco FC season

The 2008–09 season was AS Monaco FC's 52nd season in Ligue 1. They finished eleventh in Ligue 1, and were knocked out of the Coupe de la Ligue by RC Lens, in the Round of 32, and the Coupe de France by Marseille in the Round of 32.

AS Monaco
2008–09 season
PresidentJérôme de Bontin
Head coachRicardo Gomes
StadiumStade Louis II
Ligue 111th
Coupe de la LigueRound of 32 (vs. Lens)
Coupe de FranceRound of 32 (vs. Marseille)
Top goalscorerLeague: Alexandre Licata (7)
All: Alexandre Licata (9)

Squad edit

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   FRA Yohann Thuram-Ulien
2 DF   COD Cédric Mongongu
3 DF   CMR Nicolas Nkoulou
4 DF   FRA François Modesto (vice-captain)
5 MF   URU Diego Pérez
6 MF   CRO Nikola Pokrivač
8 DF   SUI Patrick Müller
9 FW   FRA Yannick Sagbo
10 FW   KOR Park Chu-young
11 FW   USA Freddy Adu (on loan from Benfica)
12 DF   BRA Adriano
13 DF   FRA Vincent Muratori
14 DF   CRO Dario Šimić (vice-captain)
15 DF   FRA Thomas Mangani
16 GK   FRA Stéphane Ruffier
17 FW   FRA Serge Gakpé
18 MF   ARG Alejandro Alonso
No. Pos. Nation Player
19 MF   CIV Jean-Jacques Gosso
20 FW   COL Juan Pablo Pino
21 MF   FRA Camel Meriem
22 FW   FRA Alexandre Licata
23 MF   CRO Jerko Leko
24 MF   FRA Loïc Dufau
25 MF   NGA Lukman Haruna
26 MF   FRA Yohan Mollo
27 FW   FRA Frédéric Nimani
28 FW   FRA Djamel Bakar
29 MF   FRA Distel Zola
30 GK   ITA Flavio Roma (captain)
31 MF   FRA Kevin Diaz
32 DF   CIV Igor Lolo
40 GK   FRA Ludovic Guimera
GK   MCO Manuel Vallaurio

Out on loan edit

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
11 FW   BRA Nenê (at Espanyol)
14 MF   FRA Malaury Martin (at Nimes)
22 DF   BRA Bolívar (at Internacional)
25 DF   ARG Leandro Cufré (at Hertha Berlin)
26 DF   SEN Massamba Sambou (at Le Havre)
No. Pos. Nation Player
27 DF   FRA Arnaud Lescure (at Rodez)
34 DF   GER Torben Joneleit (at Charleroi)
35 MF   NGA Sani Kaita (at Kuban Krasnodar)
FW   FRA Vincent Ramaël (at Tubize)
FW   URU Gonzalo Vargas (at Atlas)

Transfers edit

Summer edit

Winter edit

Competitions edit

Ligue 1 edit

League table edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
9 Nice 38 13 11 14 40 41 −1 50
10 Lorient 38 10 15 13 47 47 0 45
11 Monaco 38 11 12 15 41 45 −4 45
12 Valenciennes 38 10 14 14 35 42 −7 44
13 Grenoble 38 10 14 14 24 37 −13 44
Source: Ligue 1
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
France's third UEFA Europa League spot went to Ligue 2 side Guingamp, winners of 2008–09 Coupe de France.

Results summary edit

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
38 11 12 15 41 45  −4 45 7 4 8 26 23  +3 4 8 7 15 22  −7

Last updated: 31 March 2015.
Source: Soccerway

Results by round edit

Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
GroundHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAA
ResultWDDLWDLLLDWWLLWWDLLLDWDLLDDWWLDWWLLDLD
Position548117913141513131312141210101214141411101112121311101210991011111211
Source: Ligue 1
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Results edit

9 August 2008 1 AS Monaco 1 – 0 Paris Saint-Germain Fontvieille
21:00 CEST UTC+2 Nimani   79'
Gosso   81'
Report Makélélé   66'
Chantôme   88'
Stadium: Stade Louis II
Attendance: 16,904
Referee: Stéphane Bré
16 August 2008 2 Nantes 1 – 1 AS Monaco Nantes
19:00 CEST UTC+2 Douglão   12'
Keșerü   67'
Babović   73'
Maréval   77'
Report Meriem   4'
Ruffier   16'
Gosso   45'
Nenê   78'
Leko   90'
Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire
Attendance: 29,039
Referee: Bertrand Layec
23 August 2008 3 AS Monaco 1 – 1 SM Caen Fontvieille
19:00 CEST UTC+2 Nimani   52'
Pino   73'
Report Eluchans   54'
Leko   74' (o.g.)
Sorbon   81'
Savidan   90'
Stadium: Stade Louis II
Attendance: 9,183
Referee: Lionel Jaffredo
30 August 2008 4 Grenoble Foot 1 – 0 AS Monaco Grenoble
19:00 CEST UTC+2 Moreira   18'
Romao   63'
Flachez   86'
Report Leko   33' Stadium: Stade des Alpes
Attendance: 18,885
Referee: Antony Gautier
13 September 2008 5 AS Monaco 2 – 0 Lorient Fontvieille
19:00 CEST UTC+2 Park   25'
Nimani   70'
Report Saïfi   74' Stadium: Stade Louis II
Attendance: 6,928
Referee: Alain Hamer
21 September 2008 6 Marseille 0 – 0 AS Monaco Marseille
21:00 CEST UTC+2 Report Leko   27'
Alonso   49'
Stadium: Stade Vélodrome
Attendance: 51,342
Referee: Stéphane Lannoy
28 September 2008 7 AS Monaco 0 – 2 Lille Fontvieille
17:00 CEST UTC+2 Pérez   38' Report Balmont   37'
Cabaye   61'  69'
Obraniak   87'
Stadium: Stade Louis II
Attendance: 6,936
Referee: Bertrand Layec
5 October 2008 8 Saint-Étienne 2 – 0 AS Monaco Saint-Étienne
17:00 CEST UTC+2 Gomis   11'
Dernis   83'
Report Pérez   63' Stadium: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard
Attendance: 26,577
Referee: Clément Turpin
18 October 2008 9 AS Monaco 1 – 2 Nice Fontvieille
19:00 CEST UTC+2 Cufré   39' (pen.)  90+3'
Šimić   34'
Leko   89'
Report Bamogo   9'
Diakité   33'
Rool   35'
Apam   45'
Faé   57'
Stadium: Stade Louis II
Attendance: 13,543
Referee: Stéphane Bré
25 October 2008 10 Toulouse 0 – 0 AS Monaco Toulouse
21:00 CEST UTC+2 Sirieix   6'
Capoue   16'
Didot   35'
Report Pérez   31'
Alonso   48'
Mollo   90+1'
Stadium: Stadium Municipal
Attendance: 17,707
Referee: Damien Ledentu
29 October 2008 11 AS Monaco 3 – 1 Nancy Fontvieille
19:00 CET UTC+1 Adriano   25'
Nimani   32'
Pokrivač   64'
Licata   87'
Report Macaluso   62'
Calvé   69'
Hadji   76'
Stadium: Stade Louis II
Attendance: 6,640
Referee: Alexandre Castro
2 November 2008 12 Le Havre 2 – 3 AS Monaco Le Havre
17:00 CET UTC+1 Nestor   47'
Alassane   60'
Idir   85'
Report Cufré   20'
Pokrivač   32'
Licata   40'
Park   50'
Stadium: Stade Océane
Attendance: 13,593
Referee: Antony Gautier
8 November 2008 13 AS Monaco 0 – 1 Lyon Fontvieille
19:00 CET UTC+1 Adriano   62' Report Fred   55'
Grosso   86'
Stadium: Stade Louis II
Attendance: 10,444
Referee: Hervé Piccirillo
16 November 2008 14 Rennes 2 – 1 AS Monaco Rennes
17:00 CET UTC+1 Sow   43'
Briand   53'
Report Park   55'
Cufré   72' (pen.)  77'
Stadium: Roazhon Park
Attendance: 21,086
Referee: Olivier Thual
23 November 2008 15 AS Monaco 3 – 0 Le Mans Fontvieille
17:00 CET UTC+1 Alonso   49'
André   50' (o.g.)
Licata   53'
Report Coutadeur   15' Stadium: Stade Louis II
Attendance: 6,294
Referee: Fredy Fautrel
29 November 2008 16 AJ Auxerre 0 – 1 AS Monaco Auxerre
19:00 CET UTC+1 Grichting   59'
Mignot   79'
Report Pokrivač   24'  25'
Alonso   33'
Stadium: Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps
Attendance: 12,972
Referee: Stéphane Bré
7 December 2008 17 AS Monaco 1 – 1 Sochaux Fontvieille
17:00 CET UTC+1 Alonso   20'  57'
Adriano   53'
Park   69'
Pokrivač   84'
Report Santos   9'
Richert   30'
Thomas   35'
Daf   88'
Stadium: Stade Louis II
Attendance: 6,585
Referee: Philippe Kalt
13 December 2008 18 Valenciennes 3 – 1 AS Monaco Valenciennes
19:00 CET UTC+1 Tiéné   18'
Sánchez   29'
Belmadi   41'
Pujol   59'
Rafael   86'
Report Pino   23'
Gosso   36'
Cufré   70'
Leko   84'   86'
Adriano   90+1'
Stadium: Stade du Hainaut
Attendance: 11,322
Referee: Ruddy Buquet
21 December 2008 19 AS Monaco 3 – 4 Bordeaux Fontvieille
21:00 CET UTC+1 Pino   13'
Licata   43', 50'
Mollo   45'
Adu   76'
Nimani   90+1'
Report Chalmé   25'
Chamakh   67', 87'  88'
Diarra   67'
Cavenaghi   89'  89'
Stadium: Stade Louis II
Attendance: 8,142
Referee: Laurent Duhamel
10 January 2009 20 AS Monaco 1 – 2 Nantes Fontvieille
21:00 CET UTC+1 Alonso   43'
Licata   86'
Report Bagayoko   5'  76'   76'
Tall   33'
Capoue   41'
N'Daw   88'
Stadium: Stade Louis II
Attendance: 6,415
Referee: Éric Poulat
18 January 2009 21 SM Caen 2 – 2 AS Monaco Caen
17:00 CET UTC+1 Gomis   65'
Savidan   73'
Nivet   90+2'
Report Pino   6'
Gosso   15'
Alonso   24'
Pokrivač   39'
Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano
Attendance: 18,304
Referee: Damien Ledentu
31 January 2009 22 AS Monaco 1 – 0 Grenoble Foot Fontvieille
19:00 CET UTC+1 Licata   68' Report Baning   69' Stadium: Stade Louis II
Attendance: 6,710
Referee: Bertrand Layec
7 February 2009 23 Lorient 1 – 1 AS Monaco Lorient
19:00 CET UTC+1 Ciani   12'
Abriel   60'
Marchal   89'
Report Gosso   14'
Mollo   21'
Šimić   81'
Pokrivač   87'
Stadium: Stade du Moustoir
Attendance: 9,775
Referee: Jean-Charles Cailleux
15 February 2009 24 AS Monaco 0 – 1 Marseille Fontvieille
21:00 CET UTC+1 Pokrivač   56' Report Koné   77' Stadium: Stade Louis II
Attendance: 13,475
Referee: Antony Gautier
22 February 2009 25 Lille 2 – 1 AS Monaco Villeneuve-d'Ascq
21:00 CET UTC+1 Obraniak   12'
Béria   64'
Dumont   90+2'
Report Modesto   31'
Meriem   44'
Alonso   65'   67'
Leko   86'
Malicki   90+4' (o.g.)
Stadium: Stadium Lille Métropole
Attendance: 13,485
Referee: Ruddy Buquet
1 March 2009 26 AS Monaco 2 – 2 Saint-Étienne Fontvieille
17:00 CET UTC+1 Nimani   20'
Gosso   56'
Mollo   90+2'
Report Payet   26'
Matsui   61'  71'
Sall   68'
Gomis   89'
Stadium: Stade Louis II
Attendance: 8,374
Referee: Saïd Ennjimi
7 March 2009 27 Nice 0 – 0 AS Monaco Nice
19:00 CET UTC+1 Faé   86' Report Gosso   16'
Lolo   36'
Leko   66'
Mongongu   75'   77'
Stadium: Allianz Riviera
Attendance: 10,357
Referee: Tony Chapron
14 March 2009 28 AS Monaco 3 – 2 Toulouse Fontvieille
19:00 CET UTC+1 Nimani   40'
Modesto   75'
Gosso   81'
Lolo   89'
Report M'Bengue   7'
Gignac   26'
Cetto   68'
Capoue   75'
Congré   89'
Stadium: Stade Louis II
Attendance: 6,752
Referee: Philippe Kalt
21 March 2009 29 Nancy 0 – 1 AS Monaco Tomblaine
19:00 CET UTC+1 Luiz   59'
Hélder   82'
Report Pokrivač   69'
Park   70'
Mollo   88'
Stadium: Stade Marcel Picot
Attendance: 19,377
Referee: Lionel Jaffredo
4 April 2009 30 AS Monaco 0 – 1 Le Havre Fontvieille
19:00 CEST UTC+2 Šimić   29'   90' Report Sambou   76'
Alla   78'
Stadium: Stade Louis II
Attendance: 6,459
Referee: Jean-Charles Cailleux
12 April 2009 31 Lyon 2 – 2 AS Monaco Lyon
21:00 CEST UTC+2 Cris   39'  65'
Källström   41'
Réveillère   53'
Makoun   70'
Piquionne   81'
Report Lolo   31'
Leko   34'  74'
Pérez   43'
Ruffier   45+1'
Pino   66'
Gosso   70'
Stadium: Stade de Gerland
Attendance: 40,245
Referee: Antony Gautier
18 April 2009 32 AS Monaco 3 – 1 Rennes Fontvieille
19:00 CEST UTC+2 Leko   19'  78' (pen.)
Gosso   45+1'
Pino   84', 90+3'
Report Hansson   65'
Leroy   69'
Aubey   76'
Cheyrou   85'
Stadium: Stade Louis II
Attendance: 7,714
Referee: Éric Poulat
26 April 2009 33 Le Mans 0 – 1 AS Monaco Le Mans
17:00 CEST UTC+2 Géder   60'
Maïga   62'
Report Park   87' Stadium: Stade Léon-Bollée
Attendance: 10,531
Referee: Olivier Thual
2 May 2009 34 AS Monaco 0 – 1 AJ Auxerre Fontvieille
19:00 CEST UTC+2 Report Kahlenberg   26' Stadium: Stade Louis II
Attendance: 7,203
Referee: Jean-Charles Cailleux
13 May 2009 35 Sochaux 3 – 0 AS Monaco Montbéliard
19:00 CEST UTC+2 Martin   26'
Modesto   46' (o.g.)
Perquis   52'
Svěrkoš   71'
Report Mongongu   44'
Leko   60'
Lolo   67'
Stadium: Stade Auguste Bonal
Attendance: 16,879
Referee: Bertrand Layec
16 May 2009 36 AS Monaco 1 – 1 Valenciennes Fontvieille
19:00 CEST UTC+2 Park   7' Report Audel   61'  76' Stadium: Stade Louis II
Attendance: 7,026
Referee: Laurent Duhamel
23 May 2009 37 Bordeaux 1 – 0 AS Monaco Bordeaux
21:00 CEST UTC+2 Chamakh   35'
Jussiê   42'
Cavenaghi   90+2'
Report Haruna   78'   90'
Diaz   82'
Pérez   88'
Stadium: Stade Chaban-Delmas
Attendance: 32,260
Referee: Thierry Auriac
30 May 2009 38 Paris Saint-Germain 0 – 0 AS Monaco Paris
21:00 CEST UTC+2 Clément   63'
Pancrate   66'
Report Modesto   41'
Mongongu   55'
Park   80'
Stadium: Parc des Princes
Attendance: 43,665
Referee: Olivier Thual

Coupe de la Ligue edit

24 September 2009 Third Round AS Monaco 0 – 1 Paris Saint-Germain Fontvieille
17:00 CEST UTC+2 Report Pancrate   34'
Mulumbu   62'
Stadium: Stade Louis II
Attendance: 5,581
Referee: Philippe Kalt

Coupe de France edit

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4 January 2009 Round of 64 Blagnac 0 – 1 AS Monaco Blagnac
14:45 CET UTC+1 Y.Calvet   21'
G.Pradere   82'
Report Marquet   21' (o.g.)
Muratori   28'
Licata   86'
Ruffier   90+2'
Stadium: Stade Municipal des Ramiers
25 January 2009 Round of 32 AS Monaco 1 – 0 Nice Fontvieille
20:45 CET UTC+1 Diaz   58'
Licata   83'
Pokrivač   86'
Pérez   89'
Report Hognon   27' Stadium: Stade Louis II
4 March 2009 Round of 16 Ajaccio 0 – 2 AS Monaco Ajaccio
19:00 CET UTC+1 Martins   50' Report Pokrivač   30'
Licata   74'
Stadium: Stade François Coty
18 March 2009 Quarterfinal Grenoble Foot 2 – 0 AS Monaco Grenoble
17:00 CET UTC+1 Moreira   13'
Akrour   54'
Report Stadium: Stade des Alpes
Attendance: 14,065
Referee: Thierry Auriac

Statistics edit

As of match played 30 May 2009

Appearances and goals edit

No. Pos Nat Player Total Ligue 1 Coupe de France Coupe de la Ligue
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK   FRA Yohann Thuram-Ulien 3 0 2+1 0 0 0 0 0
2 DF   COD Cédric Mongongu 26 0 19+3 0 3 0 1 0
3 DF   CMR Nicolas Nkoulou 25 0 21+2 0 1 0 1 0
4 DF   FRA François Modesto 34 1 29+2 1 3 0 0 0
5 MF   URU Diego Pérez 26 0 14+8 0 3 0 1 0
6 MF   CRO Nikola Pokrivač 27 3 17+6 2 3 1 1 0
8 DF   SUI Patrick Müller 10 0 6+1 0 3 0 0 0
9 FW   FRA Yannick Sagbo 4 0 0+3 0 0+1 0 0 0
10 FW   KOR Park Chu-young 35 5 31 5 3 0 0+1 0
11 FW   USA Freddy Adu 10 0 0+9 0 0 0 1 0
12 DF   BRA Adriano 15 0 15 0 0 0 0 0
13 DF   FRA Vincent Muratori 11 0 7+1 0 2 0 1 0
14 DF   CRO Dario Šimić 30 0 26+1 0 2 0 1 0
15 DF   FRA Thomas Mangani 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0
16 GK   FRA Stéphane Ruffier 36 0 32 0 4 0 0 0
17 FW   FRA Serge Gakpé 14 0 5+8 0 0+1 0 0 0
18 MF   ARG Alejandro Alonso 19 3 17 3 1 0 0+1 0
19 MF   CIV Jean-Jacques Gosso 32 0 29+2 0 1 0 0 0
20 FW   COL Juan Pablo Pino 26 6 20+3 6 2 0 1 0
21 MF   FRA Camel Meriem 31 1 23+5 1 2 0 1 0
22 FW   FRA Alexandre Licata 24 9 12+9 7 2+1 2 0 0
23 MF   CRO Jerko Leko 26 2 20+4 2 1 0 1 0
25 MF   NGA Lukman Haruna 4 0 1+3 0 0 0 0 0
26 MF   FRA Yohan Mollo 28 2 18+6 2 3+1 0 0 0
27 FW   FRA Frédéric Nimani 32 6 15+13 6 2+1 0 0+1 0
28 FW   FRA Djamel Bakar 7 0 1+5 0 0+1 0 0 0
30 GK   ITA Flavio Roma 5 0 4 0 0 0 1 0
31 MF   FRA Kévin Diaz 5 0 2+2 0 1 0 0 0
32 DF   CIV Igor Lolo 12 1 10 1 2 0 0 0
Players away from the club on loan:
11 FW   BRA Nenê 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
25 DF   ARG Leandro Cufré 15 3 15 3 0 0 0 0
35 MF   NGA Sani Kaita 3 0 2+1 0 0 0 0 0
Players who appeared for Monaco no longer at the club:
10 FW   FRA Jérémy Ménez 3 0 1+2 0 0 0 0 0

Goal scorers edit

Place Position Nation Number Name Ligue 1 Coupe de France Coupe de la Ligue Total
1 FW   22 Alexandre Licata 7 2 0 9
2 FW   27 Frédéric Nimani 6 0 0 6
FW   20 Juan Pablo Pino 6 0 0 6
4 FW   10 Park Chu-young 5 0 0 5
5 DF   25 Leandro Cufré 3 0 0 3
MF   18 Alejandro Alonso 3 0 0 3
MF   6 Nikola Pokrivač 2 1 0 3
Own goal 2 1 0 3
9 MF   26 Yohan Mollo 2 0 0 2
MF   23 Jerko Leko 2 0 0 2
11 MF   21 Camel Meriem 1 0 0 1
DF   4 François Modesto 1 0 0 1
DF   32 Igor Lolo 1 0 0 1
TOTALS 41 4 0 45

Disciplinary record edit

Number Nation Position Name Ligue 1 Coupe de France Coupe de la Ligue Total
               
2   DF Cédric Mongongu 4 1 0 0 0 0 4 1
4   DF François Modesto 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
5   MF Diego Pérez 5 0 1 0 0 0 6 0
6   MF Nikola Pokrivač 7 0 1 0 0 0 8 0
10   FW Park Chu-young 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
11   FW Nenê 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
11   FW Freddy Adu 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
12   DF Adriano 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
13   DF Vincent Muratori 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
14   DF Dario Šimić 4 1 0 0 0 0 4 1
16   GK Stéphane Ruffier 2 0 1 0 0 0 3 0
18   MF Alejandro Alonso 7 1 0 0 0 0 7 1
19   MF Jean-Jacques Gosso 10 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
20   FW Juan Pablo Pino 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
21   MF Camel Meriem 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
22   FW Alexandre Licata 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
23   MF Jerko Leko 10 2 0 0 0 0 10 2
25   DF Leandro Cufré 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
25   MF Lukman Haruna 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 1
26   MF Yohan Mollo 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
27   FW Frédéric Nimani 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
31   MF Kévin Diaz 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0
32   DF Igor Lolo 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
TOTALS 75 6 6 0 0 0 81 6

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