2018–19 Stade Malherbe Caen season

The 2018–19 Stade Malherbe Caen season was the 106th season of the club since its creation in 1913, the 18th, in Ligue 1. Caen competed in three domestic competitions - Ligue 1, the Coupe de France, and the Coupe de la Ligue. The club finished the league season in 19th place and were relegated to Ligue 2 for the 2019–20 campaign, ending a spell of five consecutive seasons in the top flight.

SM Caen
2018–19 season
ChairmanGilles Sergent
ManagerFabien Mercadal
StadiumStade Michel d'Ornano
Ligue 119th (relegated)
Coupe de FranceQuarter-finals
Coupe de la LigueThird round
Highest home attendance20,076 v. PSG
(2 March 2019)
Lowest home attendance11,631 v. Toulouse
(18 December 2018)
Average home league attendance16,654
Biggest win6–0 at Viry-Châtillon
(23 January 2019, CdF Ro32)
Biggest defeat0–5 v. Saint-Étienne
(16 March 2019)

Players edit

Current 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 Erwin Zelazny
2 DF   FRA Paul Baysse
3 DF   FRA Yoël Armougom
4 MF   CIV Ismaël Diomandé
5 MF   GUI Baïssama Sankoh
6 MF   CGO Prince Oniangué
7 MF   TUN Saîf-Eddine Khaoui
9 MF   SVN Jan Repas
10 MF   MAR Fayçal Fajr
11 FW   CHA Casimir Ninga
12 MF   FRA Claudio Beauvue
13 FW   FRA Evens Joseph
14 DF   FRA Jonathan Gradit
15 DF   BEN Emmanuel Imorou
16 GK   FRA Thomas Callens
No. Pos. Nation Player
17 MF   FRA Jessy Deminguet
18 FW   MAR Yacine Bammou
19 FW   FRA Malik Tchokounté
20 DF   FRA Issa Marega
21 DF   FRA Frédéric Guilbert
22 DF   SEN Adama Mbengue
23 DF   FRA Mouhamadou Dabo
24 DF   FRA Alexander Djiku
27 FW   FRA Enzo Crivelli
29 DF   HAI Romain Genevois
30 GK   FRA Brice Samba
32 DF   COM Chaker Alhadhur
33 DF   FRA Younn Zahary
40 GK   FRA Paul Reulet
- MF   FRA Aly Ndom

Competitions edit

Ligue 1 edit

League table edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
16 Toulouse 38 8 14 16 35 57 −22 38
17 Monaco 38 8 12 18 38 57 −19 36
18 Dijon (O) 38 9 7 22 31 60 −29 34 Qualification for the Relegation play-offs
19 Caen (R) 38 7 12 19 29 54 −25 33 Relegation to Ligue 2
20 Guingamp (R) 38 5 12 21 28 68 −40 27
Source: Ligue 1 and Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Head-to-head points; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Head-to-head goals scored; 6) Head-to-head away goals scored; 7) Goals scored; 8) Away goals scored; 9) Most goals scored in single league match; 10) Fairplay ranking.[1]
(O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated

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 7 12 19 29 54  −25 33 4 5 10 16 27  −11 3 7 9 13 27  −14

Last updated: 24 May 2019.
Source: Results

Results by round edit

Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
GroundAHAAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAH
ResultLDDWDLDWLDLLDLDLDWDLLLLLDDLLLWLLWWDWLL
Position1915161213171610151215161717161718161616161717191918181920181920191818181819
Source: Matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches edit

  Win   Draw   Loss

12 August 2018 1 Paris Saint-Germain 3–0 Caen Paris
21:00 CEST (UTC+2) Neymar   10'
Rabiot   35'
Weah     89'
Report Stadium: Parc des Princes
Attendance: 47,289
Referee: Benoît Bastien
18 August 2018 2 Caen 1–1 Nice Caen
20:00 CEST (UTC+2) Bammou   21'   52' (pen.)
Imorou   80'
Report Hérelle   51'
Makengo   76'
Ganago   82'
Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano
Attendance: 16,132
Referee: Éric Wattellier
25 August 2018 3 Nantes 1–1 Caen Nantes
20:00 CEST (UTC+2) Coulibaly   5'
Waris   69'
Sala   80' (pen.)
Report Baysse   26',  79'
Crivelli   37'
Djiku   73'
Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire
Attendance: 19,674
Referee: Hakim Ben El Hadj
1 September 2018 4 Dijon 0–2 Caen Dijon
20:00 CEST (UTC+2) Report Crivelli   21'
Djiku   35'
Samba   77'
Beauvue   80'   90+4'
Stadium: Stade Gaston Gérard
Attendance: 13,382
Referee: Nicolas Rainville
15 September 2018 5 Caen 2–2 Lyon Caen
17:00 CEST (UTC+2) Fajr   30'
Beauvue   55' (pen.)
Djiku   55'
Oniangué   73'
Sankoh   90+4'
Report Mendy   19'   88'
Fekir   45'
Rafael   86'
Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano
Attendance: 17,676
Referee: Johan Hamel
22 September 2018 6 Saint-Étienne 2–1 Caen Saint-Étienne
20:00 CEST (UTC+2) Khazri   34'   48' (pen.)
Kolodziejczak   49'   65'
Report Guilbert   8'
Fajr   31'
Diomandé   35'
Mbengue   47'
Stadium: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard
Attendance: 23,895
Referee: Ruddy Buquet
26 September 2018 7 Caen 2–2 Montpellier Caen
19:00 CEST (UTC+2) Khaoui   10'
Bammou   64'
Ninga   79'
Fajr   89'
Report Delort   37'
Le Tallec   52'
Mollet   62'
Hilton   83'
Sambia   90+2'
Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano
Attendance: 14,402
Referee: Antony Gautier
29 September 2018 8 Caen 1–0 Amiens Caen
20:00 CEST (UTC+2) Ninga   40' (pen.)
Fajr   48'
Crivelli   90+4'
Report Gnahoré   28',   69'   Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano
Attendance: 15,007
Referee: Benoît Bastien
7 October 2018 9 Marseille 2–0 Caen Marseille
17:00 CEST (UTC+2) Mitroglou   36'
Thauvin   45'
Gustavo   66'
Payet   66'
Ocampos   75'
Report Crivelli   26'
Ninga   45+5'
Guilbert   66'
Baysse   66'
Djiku   90+2'
Stadium: Stade Vélodrome
Attendance: 55,935
Referee: Benoît Millot
20 October 2018 10 Caen 0–0 Guingamp Caen
20:00 CEST (UTC+2) Report Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano
Attendance: 16,009
Referee: Hakim Ben El Hadj
27 October 2018 11 Lille 1–0 Caen Villeneuve-d'Ascq
20:00 CEST (UTC+2) Leão   56' Report Imorou   26'
Oniangué   33'
Stadium: Stade Pierre-Mauroy
Attendance: 33,362
Referee: Florent Batta
3 November 2018 12 Caen 1–2 Rennes Caen
20:00 CET (UTC+1) Guilbert   10'
Mbengue   34'
Crivelli   90+1'
Report Grenier   26'
Hunou   60'
Sarr   69'
Del Castillo   84'
Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano
Attendance: 17,284
Referee: Amaury Delerue
11 November 2018 (2018-11-11) 13 Bordeaux 0–0 Caen Bordeaux
15:00 CET (UTC+1) Palencia   20'
Lerager   28'
Kamano   44'
Tchouaméni   55'
Report Sankoh   21'
Mbengue   29'
Guilbert   44'
Stadium: Matmut Atlantique
Attendance: 15,352
Referee: Nicolas Rainville
24 November 2018 14 Caen 0–1 Monaco Caen
20:00 CET (UTC+1) Ninga   38'
Baysse   52'
Report Falcao   55'
Golovin   77'
Pierre-Gabriel   90+6'
Aït Bennasser   90+7'
Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano
Attendance: 15,013
Referee: Thomas Leonard
1 December 2018 15 Angers 1–1 Caen Angers
20:00 CET (UTC+1) N'Doye   5'
Capelle   50'
Report Diomandé   10'
Fajr   53'
Beauvue   62'
Stadium: Stade Raymond Kopa
Attendance: 8,523
Referee: Willy Delajod
5 December 2018 16 Caen 1–2 Nîmes Caen
19:00 CET (UTC+1) Djiku   59'
Oniangué   90'
Report Bozok   18'
Alakouch   70'
Savanier   89'
Paquiez   90+1'
Landre   90+5'
Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano
Attendance: 14,501
Referee: Florent Batta
9 December 2018 17 Strasbourg 2–2 Caen Strasbourg
15:00 CET (UTC+1) Martinez   5'
Mothiba   23'
Sissoko   85'
Report Fajr   22'
Khaoui   80'
Zahary   90+2'
Stadium: Stade de la Meinau
Attendance: 25,048
Referee: Olivier Thual
18 December 2018 18 Caen 2–1 Toulouse Caen
19:30 CET (UTC+1) Khaoui   18'
Armougom   35'
Crivelli   84'
Fajr   90+9' (pen.)
Report Gradel   44'
Cahuzac   49'
Amian   86'
Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano
Attendance: 11,631
Referee: Antony Gautier
22 December 2018 19 Reims 2–2 Caen Reims
21:00 CET (UTC+1) Suk   1',   7'
Abdelhamid   26'
Engels   53',   89'
Report Guilbert   16'
Ninga   28'
Crivelli   45'
Armougom   64'
Tchokounté   89'
Stadium: Stade Auguste-Delaune
Attendance: 11,017
Referee: Jérôme Miguelgorry
11 January 2019 20 Caen 1–3 Lille Caen
19:00 CET (UTC+1) Crivelli   27'
Diomandé   42'
Guilbert   44'
Ninga   90+5'
Report Pépé   8'
Soumaoro   14'
Leão   20'
Çelik   85'
Araújo   90+3'
Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano
Attendance: 16,018
Referee: Thomas Léonard
20 January 2019 21 Caen 0–1 Marseille Caen
17:00 CET (UTC+1) Crivelli   6'
Ninga   30'
Guilbert   45+1',   51'
Bammou   49'
Sankoh   89'
Report Strootman   6'
Amavi   35'
Sanson   47'
Sarr   61'
Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano
Attendance: 19,607
Referee: Frank Schneider
27 January 2019 22 Montpellier 2–0 Caen Montpellier
15:00 CET (UTC+1) Laborde   51'
Baysse   59' (o.g.)
Sambia   84'
Report Ninga   41' Stadium: Stade de la Mosson
Attendance: 11,001
Referee: Hakim Ben El Hadj
9 February 2019 24 Amiens 1–0 Caen Amiens
20:00 CET (UTC+1) Konaté   64' Report Stadium: Stade de la Licorne
Attendance: 9,373
Referee: Eric Wattellier
13 February 2019 23 Caen 0–1 Nantes Caen
19:00 CET (UTC+1) Guilbert   55'
Diomandé   59'
Armougom   71'
Djiku   78'
Report Girotto   26'   34'
Pallois   34'
Rongier   80' (pen.)
Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano
Attendance: 16,627
Referee: Willy Delajod
17 February 2019 25 Caen 0–0 Strasbourg Caen
15:00 CET (UTC+1) Report Sissoko   38'
Martinez   45'
Ajorque   68'
Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano
Attendance: 14,290
Referee: Thomas Leonard
24 February 2019 26 Toulouse 1–1 Caen Toulouse
15:00 CET (UTC+1) Sanogo   9'
Cahuzac   54'
Gradel   90+1'
Report Diomandé   45+1'   90'
Crivelli   45+3'
Guilbert   58'
Stadium: Stadium Municipal
Attendance: 20,439
Referee: François Letexier
2 March 2019 27 Caen 1–2 Paris Saint-Germain Caen
17:00 CET (UTC+1) Crivelli   1'
Ninga   56',   57'
Report Mbappé   59' (pen.), 87'
Alves   66'
Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano
Attendance: 20,076
Referee: Hakim Ben El Hadj
10 March 2019 28 Rennes 3–1 Caen Rennes
17:00 CET (UTC+1) Bourigeaud   40'
Grenier   43'
Hunou   58'
Niang   62'
Bensebaini   81'
Report Ninga   20'
Armougom   25'   35'
Fajr   45+3'
Oniangué   70'
Stadium: Roazhon Park
Attendance: 23,676
Referee: Benoît Millot
16 March 2019 29 Caen 0–5 Saint-Étienne Caen
20:00 CET (UTC+1) Report Hamouma   4'
Berić   20'
Nordin   30'
Ghezali   85'
Vada   90+1'
Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano
Attendance: 18,276
Referee: Florent Batta
31 March 2019 30 Monaco 0–1 Caen Monaco
15:00 CEST (UTC+2) B. Badiashile   3' Report Crivelli   23'
Ndom   39'
Ninga   52'
Stadium: Stade Louis II
Attendance: 7,031
Referee: Ruddy Buquet
6 April 2019 31 Nîmes 2–0 Caen Nîmes
20:00 CEST (UTC+2) Briançon   42'
Bouanga   85'
Gradit   90+4' (o.g.)
Report Zahary   11'
Fajr   19'
Deminguet   42'
Djiku   90'
Stadium: Stade des Costières
Attendance: 12,183
Referee: Olivier Thual
13 April 2019 32 Caen 0–1 Angers Caen
20:00 CEST (UTC+2) Oniangué   53'
Crivelli   55'
Deminguet   65'
Djiku   83'
Report Reine-Adélaïde   61'
Capelle   74'
Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano
Attendance: 17,175
Referee: Jérémy Stinat
20 April 2019 33 Nice 0–1 Caen Nice
20:00 CEST (UTC+2) Lees-Melou   16'
Dante   87'
Report Djiku   26',   74'
Ninga   60'
Armougom   85'
Stadium: Allianz Riviera
Attendance: 17,092
Referee: Jérôme Miguelgorry
28 April 2019 34 Caen 1–0 Dijon Caen
15:00 CEST (UTC+2) Tchokounté   25'
Fajr   67'
Report Balmont   40'
Sammaritano   44'
Lautoa   50'
Sliti   75'
Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano
Attendance: 19,004
Referee: Antony Gautier
4 May 2019 35 Guingamp 0–0 Caen Guingamp
20:00 CEST (UTC+2) Coco   90' Report Guilbert   30'
Tchokounté   51'
Moussaki   89'
Gradit   90'
Stadium: Stade de Roudourou
Attendance: 16,879
Referee: Jérôme Brisard
11 May 2019 36 Caen 3–2 Reims Caen
20:00 CEST (UTC+2) Ninga   14'
Fajr   40'
Guilbert   45'
Zahary   81'
Report Chavarría   13'
Doumbia   37'
Zeneli   82' (pen.)
Foket   89'
Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano
Attendance: 18,339
Referee: Johan Hamel
18 May 2019 37 Lyon 4–0 Caen Décines-Charpieu
21:00 CEST (UTC+2) Cornet   25',   54'
Marcelo   41'
Depay   50', 74'
Dembélé   64'
Rafael   84'
Report Djiku   90+2' Stadium: Parc Olympique Lyonnais
Attendance: 51,408
Referee: Amaury Delerue
24 May 2019 38 Caen 0–1 Bordeaux Caen
21:05 CEST (UTC+2) Ninga   79' Report Sankharé   19'
Otávio   78'
Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano
Attendance: 19,355
Referee: Clément Turpin

Coupe de France edit

5 January 2019 Round of 64 Red Star 0–1 Caen Saint-Ouen
18:00 CET (UTC+1) Chantôme   53' Report Bammou   81' Stadium: Stade Bauer
Attendance: 2,999
Referee: Johan Hamel
23 January 2019 Round of 32 ES Viry-Châtillon 0–6 Caen Viry-Châtillon
18:30 CET (UTC+1) Yahya   42'
Marcilla   62'
Report Bammou   4'
Khaoui   12', 30'
Tchokounté   79'
Mbengue   88'
Mouaddib   90'
Stadium: Stade Henri Longuet
Attendance: 2,725
Referee: Bartolomeu Varela
5 February 2019 Round of 16 SC Bastia 2–2 (a.e.t.)
(3–5 p)
Caen Furiani
21:00 CET (UTC+1) Bocognano   8'
Poggi   70'
Kifouéti   77'
Santelli   117'
Report Tchokounté   4'
Sankoh   27'
Gradit   41'
Guilbert   84'
Ninga   95'
Stadium: Stade Armand Cesari
Attendance: 10,003
Referee: Benoît Bastien
Penalties
Guibert  
Coulibaly  
Schur  
Kifouéti  
  Fajr
  Djiku
  Diomandé
  Ninga
  Tchokounté
27 February 2019 Quarter-finals Lyon 3–1 Caen Décines-Charpieu
21:00 CET (UTC+1) Denayer   26'
Cornet   49'
Dembélé   73'
Marcelo   77'
Depay   84'
Report Mbengue   13'
Gradit   40'
Tchokounté   70'
Ninga   78'
Djiku   82'
Fajr   83'
Stadium: Parc Olympique Lyonnais
Attendance: 27,493
Referee: Ruddy Buquet

Coupe de la Ligue edit

31 October 2018 Third round Dijon 3–1 Caen Dijon
21:05 CET (UTC+1) Saïd   3', 79'  65'
Sliti   7'
Yambéré   58'
Report Khaoui   50'
Crivelli   56'
Fajr   58'
Stadium: Stade Gaston Gérard
Attendance: 10,193
Referee: Johan Hamel

Goalscorers edit

Place Position Nationality Number Player Ligue 1 Coupe de France Coupe de la Ligue Total
1 FW   27 Enzo Crivelli 4 4
MF   7 Saîf-Eddine Khaoui 3 1 4
2 MF   12 Claudio Beauvue 3 3
MF   10 Fayçal Fajr 3 3
FW   18 Yacine Bammou 2 1 3
3 MF   6 Prince Oniangué 2 2
FW   11 Casimir Ninga 2 2
Totals 19 1 1 21

References edit

  1. ^ "League Table". Ligue1.com. Retrieved 12 August 2016.