2015–16 Stade Malherbe Caen season

SM Caen
2015–16 season
Chairman	Jean-François Fortin
Manager	Patrice Garande
Stadium	Stade Michel d'Ornano
Ligue 1	7th
Coupe de France	Round of 64
Coupe de la Ligue	Round of 32
Top goalscorer	League: Andy Delort (10); All: Andy Delort (11)
Highest home attendance	20,679 vs Paris (19 December 2015)
Lowest home attendance	10,098 vs Nice (28 October 2015)
	← 2014–15 2016–17 →

The 2015–16 Stade Malherbe Caen season was the 103rd season of the club since its creation in 1913, the 15th in Ligue 1.

Players

French teams are limited to four players without EU citizenship. Hence, the squad list includes only the principal nationality of each player; several non-European players on the squad have dual citizenship with an EU country. Also, players from the ACP countries—countries in Africa, the Caribbean, and the Pacific that are signatories to the Cotonou Agreement—are not counted against non-EU quotas due to the Kolpak ruling.

Current squad

As of 1 February 2016.^[1]

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	Rémy Vercoutre
2	MF	FRA	Nicolas Seube
4	MF	CIV	Ismaël Diomande (on loan from Saint-Étienne)
5	DF	TUN	Alaeddine Yahia
6	MF	FRA	Jonathan Delaplace
8	MF	COD	Jordan Nkololo
9	FW	FRA	Andy Delort
10	FW	BDI	Saidi Ntibazonkiza
11	MF	FRA	Vincent Bessat
12	DF	FRA	Dennis Appiah
13	DF	TUN	Syam Ben Youssef
14	FW	HAI	Jeff Louis
15	DF	BEN	Emmanuel Imorou
16	GK	FRA	Louis Deschateaux


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
17	MF	FRA	Jean-Victor Makengo
18	MF	BEN	Jordan Adeoti
19	MF	FRA	Jordan Leborgne
20	FW	HAI	Hervé Bazile
21	DF	COM	Chaker Alhadhur
22	DF	FRA	Alexandre Raineau
23	FW	REU	Ronny Rodelin (on loan from Lille)
24	FW	CIV	Christian Kouakou
25	MF	FRA	Julien Féret (captain)
26	MF	FRA	Jonathan Beaulieu
28	DF	FRA	Damien Da Silva
29	DF	FRA	Florian Le Joncour
30	GK	FRA	Paul Reulet

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
—	DF	FRA	Cheik Traoré (on loan to Avranches)
—	FW	SEN	Pape Sané (on loan to FBBP 01)

Transfers

Transfers in

Date	Pos.	Player	Age	Moved from	Fee	Notes
1 July 2015	DF	Syam Ben Youssef	26	Astra Giurgiu	Free transfer
1 July 2015	DF	Florian Le Joncour	20	Concarneau	Free transfer
1 July 2015	MF	Jordan Nkololo	22	Clermont Foot	Free transfer
1 July 2015	MF	Vincent Bessat	29	Nantes	Free transfer
1 July 2015	DF	Chaker Alhadhur	23	Nantes	Undisclosed
2 July 2015	FW	Andy Delort	23	Wigan Athletic	£980,000
3 July 2015	MF	Jonathan Delaplace	29	Lille	Undisclosed
20 July 2015	FW	Jeff Louis	22	Standard Liège	Undisclosed
15 September 2015	MF	Saidi Ntibazonkiza	28	Free agent	Free transfer
1 February 2016	FW	Christian Kouakou	24	Tours	Undisclosed	^[2]
1 February 2016	FW	Pape Sané	25	FBBP 01	Undisclosed	^[3]

Loans in

Date	Pos.	Player	Age	Loaned from	Return date	Notes
31 August 2015	FW	Ronny Rodelin	25	Lille	30 June 2016
25 January 2016	MF	Ismaël Diomandé	25	Saint-Étienne	30 June 2016

Transfers out

Date	Pos.	Player	Age	Moved to	Fee	Notes
1 July 2015	MF	Thomas Lemar	19	Monaco	Undisclosed
1 July 2015	MF	José Saez	33	Unattached	Released
1 July 2015	DF	Felipe Saad	31	Strasbourg	Released
3 July 2015	DF	Yrondu Musavu-King	23	Granada	Free transfer
16 July 2015	GK	Damien Perquis	29	Valenciennes	Undisclosed
21 July 2015	FW	Bengali-Fodé Koita	24	Blackburn Rovers	Free transfer	^[4]
25 July 2015	DF	Jean-Jacques Pierre	34	Paris FC	Free transfer
3 August 2015	MF	N'Golo Kanté	24	Leicester City	€8,000,000
20 August 2015	FW	Mathieu Duhamel	31	Le Havre	Undisclosed	^[5]
31 August 2015	MF	Lenny Nangis	21	Lille	Undisclosed
31 August 2015	FW	Florian Raspentino	26	Bastia	Undisclosed

Loans out

Date	Pos.	Player	Age	Loaned to	Return date	Notes
7 July 2015	DF	Cheik Traoré	20	Avranches	30 June 2016
1 February 2016	FW	Pape Sané	24	FBBP 01	30 June 2016

Competitions

Ligue 1

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
5	Lille	38	15	15	8	39	27	+12	60	Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round^[a]
6	Saint-Étienne	38	17	7	14	42	37	+5	58
7	Caen	38	16	6	16	39	52	−13	54
8	Rennes	38	13	13	12	52	54	−2	52
9	Angers	38	13	11	14	40	38	+2	50

Source: Ligue 1, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Fairplay ranking.^[6]
Notes:

^ Since the winners of the 2015–16 Coupe de France and the 2015–16 Coupe de la Ligue, Paris Saint-Germain, qualified for European competition based on their 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
38	16	6	16	39	52	−13	54	9	3	7	19	23	−4	7	3	9	20	29	−9

Last updated: 15 May 2016.
Source: Competitive matches

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	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H
Result	W	W	L	L	W	W	L	W	W	W	L	L	W	D	W	D	L	D	L	L	L	W	W	L	L	L	W	W	D	L	W	L	L	L	D	D	W	W
Position	6	3	6	9	5	4	7	6	3	3	3	5	3	3	2	2	3	4	4	5	7	7	5	5	8	10	7	4	6		6	8	9	9	9	8	9	7

Source: Ligue1
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Win Draw Loss

8 August 2015 1	Marseille	0–1	Caen	Marseille
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Sparagna 82'	Report	Delort 27'	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 60,458 Referee: Frank Schneider

15 August 2015 2	Caen	1–0	Toulouse	Caen
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Adeoti 45+1' Da Silva 69'	Report	Didot 69' Ben Yedder 78' Doumbia 89' Spajić 90'	Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano Attendance: 16,791 Referee: Stéphane Jochem

22 August 2015 3	Nice	2–1	Caen	Nice
20:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Ben Arfa 66' Koziello 71' Pléa 77'	Report	Nangis 45' Delort 67' Seube 72' Louis 82'	Stadium: Allianz Riviera Attendance: 15,908 Referee: Jérôme Miguelgorry

29 August 2015 4	Caen	0–4	Lyon	Caen
17:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Alhadhur 67' Da Silva 73'	Report	Fekir 19', 44', 57' Beauvue 87'	Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano Attendance: 19,795 Referee: Nicolas Rainville

12 September 2015 5	Troyes	1–3	Caen	Troyes
20:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Mavinga 34' Pi 57' Court 65' Veškovac 89' Othon 90+2'	Report	Féret 21' Yahia 38' Ben Youssef 43' 57' Bessat 63'	Stadium: Stade de l'Aube Attendance: 10,795 Referee: Bartolomeu Varela

19 September 2015 6	Caen	2–1	Montpellier	Caen
20:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Rodelin 19' Adéoti 31' Delort 47' Louis 90+2'	Report	Martin 32' (pen.) Yatabaré 41' Boudebouz 46' Deplagne 87' Lasne 89'	Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano Attendance: 15,069 Referee: Hakim Ben El Hadj

23 September 2015 7	Lorient	2–0	Caen	Lorient
19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Le Goff 11' Moukandjo 13' Waris 36' Bellugou 51'	Report	Ben Youssef 71' Nkololo 75'	Stadium: Stade du Moustoir Attendance: 9,067 Referee: Saïd Ennjimi

26 September 2015 8	Caen	2–0	Gazélec Ajaccio	Caen
20:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Rodelin 28' Imorou 55' Leborgne 64'	Report	Đoković 38' Filippi 48' Lemoigne 50' Mangane 57'	Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano Attendance: 15,835 Referee: Lionel Jaffredo

4 October 2015 9	Caen	1–0	Saint-Étienne	Caen
17:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Delort 62'	Report	Diomande 41' Brison 51' Ruffier 90'	Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano Attendance: 19,070 Referee: Johan Hamel

17 October 2015 10	Reims	0–1	Caen	Reims
20:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Kyei 13' Mfulu 19'	Report	Leborgne 24' Appiah 52' Yahia 67' Féret 74'	Stadium: Stade Auguste Delaune Attendance: 10,555 Referee: Wilfried Bien

23 October 2015 11	Caen	0–2	Nantes	Caen
18:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Appiah 36'	Report	Bammou 23' Thomasson 61' Moimbé 73' Riou 83'	Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano Attendance: 19,571 Referee: Stéphane Lannoy

31 October 2015 12	Bastia	1–0	Caen	Furiani
20:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Diallo 31' Cahuzac 58'	Report	Yahia 43' Da Silva 55'	Stadium: Stade Armand Cesari Attendance: 10,386 Referee: Benoît Millot

7 November 2015 13	Caen	2–1	Guingamp	Caen
20:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Féret 62' Delort 67' Delort 71'	Report	Jacobsen 51' Lévêque 85'	Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano Attendance: 16,111 Referee: Jérôme Miguelgorry

22 November 2015 14	Caen	0–0	Angers	Caen
14:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Yahia 32' Féret 33'	Report	Capelle 85'	Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano Attendance: 18,101 Referee: Frank Schneider

29 November 2015 15	Bordeaux	1–4	Caen	Bordeaux
17:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Saivet 16' Sané 55' Chantôme 62' Biyogo Poko 64' 81' Ounas 90' Crivelli 90'	Report	Ben Youssef 6' Alhadhur 27' Da Silva 56' Carrasso 61' (o.g.) Delort 77' Adéoti 82'	Stadium: Matmut Atlantique Attendance: 18,830 Referee: Tony Chapron

2 December 2015 16	Monaco	1–1	Caen	Fontvieille
19:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Carrillo 56'	Report	Bessat 30' Leborgne 77' Rodelin 86'	Stadium: Stade Louis II Attendance: 5,388 Referee: Stéphane Lannoy

5 December 2015 17	Caen	1–2	Lille	Caen
20:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Yahia 31' Delort 70' (pen.) Delaplace 78'	Report	Benzia 28', 56', 62' Boufal 62' Enyeama 86'	Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano Attendance: 15,952 Referee: Saïd Ennjimi

11 December 2015 18	Rennes	1–1	Caen	Rennes
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Doucouré 51' Quintero 62'	Report	Imorou 36' Ben Youssef 79'	Stadium: Roazhon Park Attendance: 23,471 Referee: Johan Hamel

19 December 2015 19	Caen	0–3	Paris Saint-Germain	Caen
17:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Seube 42' Da Silva 62' Makengo 64'	Report	Di María 16', 50' Ibrahimović 36' Silva 83' Aurier 83'	Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano Attendance: 20,679 Referee: Lionel Jaffredo

9 January 2016 20	Angers	2–0	Caen	Angers
20:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Capelle 41' Ketkeophomphone 74'	Report	Delort 61' Seube 67'	Stadium: Stade Jean-Bouin Attendance: 12,208 Referee: Nicolas Rainville

17 January 2016 21	Caen	1–3	Marseille	Caen
17:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Imorou 14' Bazile 44' Rodelin 67'	Report	Batshuayi 12' Dja Djédjé 57' Nkoudou 60' Sarr 83'	Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano Attendance: 20,513 Referee: Amaury Delerue

23 January 2016 22	Montpellier	1–2	Caen	Montpellier
20:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Bensebaini 23' Roussillon 58' Saihi 71'	Report	Vercoutre 23' Rodelin 40' Delort 52'	Stadium: Stade de la Mosson Attendance: 9,076 Referee: François Letexier

31 January 2016 23	Caen	2–0	Nice	Caen
20:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Rodelin 12' Delort 41' (pen.) Nkololo 80'	Report	Bodmer 30' Koziello 90+3'	Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano Attendance: 17,061 Referee: Stéphane Lannoy

3 February 2016 24	Lille	1–0	Caen	Villeneuve d'Ascq
19:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Soumaoro 59'	Report	Nkololo 58' 85' Delort 65'	Stadium: Stade Pierre-Mauroy Attendance: 27,312 Referee: Stéphane Jochem

6 February 2016 25	Caen	0–2	Reims	Caen
20:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Da Silva 21' Kouakou 49' Adéoti 62'	Report	Bifouma 20' Kankava 52' Traoré 59' Oniangue 63'	Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano Attendance: 16,018 Referee: Bartolomeu Varela

13 February 2016 26	Lyon	4–1	Caen	Lyon
14:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Umtiti 8' Lacazette 16' Cornet 45', 46' Gonalons 56' Ferri 72' Tolisso 83'	Report	Da Silva 7' Bessat 28' Delort 58' Nkololo 64' Yahia 68' Seube 69'	Stadium: Parc Olympique Lyonnais Attendance: 38,624 Referee: Ruddy Buquet

21 February 2016 27	Caen	1–0	Rennes	Caen
17:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Delort 47' Ntibazonkiza 54'	Report	Mendes 24'	Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano Attendance: 15,455 Referee: Tony Chapron

28 February 2016 28	Saint-Étienne	1–2	Caen	Saint-Étienne
17:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Tannane 6' Lemoine 36' Eysseric 90+1'	Report	Adeoti 4' Delort 78' Rodelin 82'	Stadium: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard Attendance: 29,475 Referee: Frank Schneider

4 March 2016 29	Caen	2–2	Monaco	Caen
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Yahia 63' Féret 64' (pen.) Kouakou 89'	Report	Lemar 56' Fabinho 63' Yahia 69' (o.g.) Silva 74' Toulalan 85' Costa 90+1'	Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano Attendance: 17,926 Referee: Clément Turpin

12 March 2016 30	Gazélec Ajaccio	1–0	Caen	Ajaccio
20:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Boutaïb 70'	Report		Stadium: Stade Ange Casanova Attendance: 3,488 Referee: Bartolomeu Varela

19 March 2016 31	Caen	2–1	Troyes	Caen
20:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Yahia 35' Rodelin 37', 54'	Report	Thiago Xavier 22' Rincón 31' Court 44'	Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano Attendance: 17,585 Referee: Lionel Jaffredo

2 April 2016 32	Toulouse	2–0	Caen	Toulouse
20:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Rodelin 30' (o.g.) Diop 47' Braithwaite 84'	Report	Seube 74'	Stadium: Stadium Municipal Attendance: 14,002 Referee: François Letexier

9 April 2016 33	Caen	1–2	Lorient	Caen
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Appiah 64' Vercoutre 75'	Report	Jeannot 17' Waris 47' (pen.)	Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano Attendance: 17,408 Referee: Tony Chapron

16 April 2016 34	Paris Saint-Germain	6–0	Caen	Paris
17:00 CEST (UTC+01:00)	Ibrahimović 12', 56' Matuidi 45' Cavani 49' Di María 52' Maxwell 76'	Report		Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 44,807 Referee: Bartolomeu Varela

24 April 2016 35	Guingamp	1–1	Caen	Guingamp
17:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Diallo 41' Giresse 79' Sorbon 82'	Report	Rodelin 30' Seube 62' 90+2'	Stadium: Stade du Roudourou Attendance: 16,203 Referee: Benoît Millot

30 April 2016 36	Caen	0–0	Bastia	Caen
19:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Diomande 75'	Report	Modesto 40' Kamano 63' Marange 73'	Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano Attendance: 17,016 Referee: Jérôme Miguelgorry

7 May 2016 37	Nantes	1–2	Caen	Nantes
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Djidji 50' Bedoya 78' Sala 90'	Report	Rodelin 5' Delort 45' (pen.) Delaplcae 61' Adeoti 76'	Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 30,321 Referee: Johan Hamel

14 May 2016 38	Caen	1–0	Bordeaux	Caen
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Delort 14' (pen.) Louis 25'	Report	Contento 15' Plašil 15' Pallois 28' Crivelli 72'	Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano Attendance: 19,599 Referee: Tony Chapron

Coupe de la Ligue

28 October 2015 Round of 32	Caen	1–2	Nice	Caen
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Delort 14' Adéoti 90+1'	Report	Mendy 57', 90+2'	Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano Attendance: 10,098 Referee: Stéphane Jochem

Coupe de France

3 January 2016 Round of 64	Caen	0–0 (a.e.t.) (1–3 p)	Marseille	Caen
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report		Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano Attendance: 15,887 Referee: Jérôme Miguelgorry
	Penalties
	Féret Ben Youssef Yahia Bessat		Diarra Rolando Batshuayi

Squad statistics

No.	Pos.	Name	Aps	Gls	Ast
Goalkeepers
1	GK	Rémy Vercoutre	39	0	0	2	0
16	GK	Louis Deschateaux	0	0	0	0	0
30	GK	Paul Reulet	1	0	0	0	0
Defenders
5	DF	Alaeddine Yahia	27	1	0	5	1
12	DF	Dennis Appiah	40	1	1	2	0
13	DF	Syam Ben Youssef	20	3	1	2	1
15	DF	Emmanuel Imorou	15	1	1	1	1
21	DF	Chaker Alhadhur	11	0	0	2	0
22	DF	Alexandre Raineau	8	0	0	0	0
28	DF	Damien Da Silva	29	2	0	4	1
29	DF	Florian Le Joncour	0	0	0	0	0
Midfielders
2	MF	Nicolas Seube	34	0	1	6	1
4	MF	Ismaël Diomandé	6	0	0	1	0
6	MF	Jonathan Delaplace	24	0	2	2	0
8	MF	Jordan Nkololo	18	0	0	4	1
11	MF	Vincent Bessat	36	1	1	2	0
17	MF	Jean-Victor Makengo	11	0	0	1	0
18	MF	Jordan Adéoti	34	0	0	8	0
19	MF	Jordan Leborgne	14	0	1	3	0
25	MF	Julien Féret	40	4	8	1	0
26	MF	Jonathan Beaulieu	0	0	0	0	0
--	MF	Valentin Voisin	0	0	0	0	0
Forwards
7	FW	Yann Karamoh	0	0	0	0	0
9	FW	Andy Delort	38	13	2	5	0
10	FW	Saidi Ntibazonkiza	14	1	0	0	0
14	FW	Jeff Louis	19	1	0	2	0
20	FW	Hervé Bazile	26	0	3	1	0
23	FW	Ronny Rodelin	36	10	2	1	0
24	FW	Christian Kouakou	6	1	0	1	0
--	FW	Lenny Nangis	3	0	2	1	0

References

^ Effectif Caen – Equipe Pro
^ Christian Kouakou 3 ans et demi à Caen
^ Pape Sané signe à Caen mais reste à Bourg-en-Bresse jusqu'à la fin de la saisonn
^ "Blackburn Rovers sign Bangaly-Fode Koita and Sacha Petshi". BBC Sport. 21 July 2015. Retrieved 23 July 2015.
^ "Transfert Mathieu Duhamel signe au Havre" [Duhamel sign in Le Havre] (in French). L'equipe. 20 August 2015. Retrieved 25 August 2015.
^ "Ligue 1 2015/2016 - Season rules". Scoresway. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 22 July 2015.

[table_note_res_ELGS0.65918090132027-6] Since the winners of the 2015–16 Coupe de France and the 2015–16 Coupe de la Ligue, Paris Saint-Germain, qualified for European competition based on their 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] Effectif Caen – Equipe Pro

[2] Christian Kouakou 3 ans et demi à Caen

[3] Pape Sané signe à Caen mais reste à Bourg-en-Bresse jusqu'à la fin de la saisonn

[4] "Blackburn Rovers sign Bangaly-Fode Koita and Sacha Petshi". BBC Sport. 21 July 2015. Retrieved 23 July 2015.

[5] "Transfert Mathieu Duhamel signe au Havre" [Duhamel sign in Le Havre] (in French). L'equipe. 20 August 2015. Retrieved 25 August 2015.

[7] "Ligue 1 2015/2016 - Season rules". Scoresway. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 22 July 2015.

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