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 16
UEFA Europa League	Group stage
Home colours Away colours Third colours
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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	Nat.	Position(s)	Date of Birth (Age)	Signed in	Contract until	Signed from
Goalkeepers
1	Anthony Maisonnial		GK	23 March 1998	2015	2018	Youth academy
16	Stéphane Ruffier		GK	27 September 1986	2011	2018	Monaco
30	Jessy Moulin		GK	13 January 1986	2005	2018	Youth academy
Defenders
2	Kévin Théophile-Catherine			28 October 1989	2015	2018	Cardiff City
3	Pierre-Yves Polomat			27 December 1993	2012	2019	Youth academy
12	Cheikh M'Bengue			23 July 1988	2016	2019	Rennes
19	Florentin Pogba			19 August 1990	2012	2018	Sedan
24	Loïc Perrin		CB	7 August 1985	2003	2018	Youth academy
25	Kévin Malcuit		RB	31 July 1991	2015	2019	Chamois Niortais
–	Benjamin Karamoko		DF	17 May 1995	2015		Youth academy
–	Ronaël Pierre-Gabriel		DF	13 June 1998	2015		Youth academy
Midfielders
5	Vincent Pajot		DM	19 August 1990	2015	2019	Rennes
6	Jérémy Clément		DM	26 August 1984	2011	2018	Paris Saint-Germain
7	Bryan Dabo		DM	18 February 1992	2016	2020	Montpellier
8	Benjamin Corgnet		AM	6 April 1987	2013	2017	Lorient
11	Henri Saivet		AM	26 October 1990	2016	2017	Newcastle United
14	Jordan Veretout		CM	1 March 1993	2016	2017	Aston Villa
17	Ole Selnæs		CM / DM	7 July 1994	2016	2020	Rosenborg
18	Fabien Lemoine		DM	16 March 1987	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

Saint-Etienne v Clermont Foot

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

Saint-Étienne v Tours

9 July 2016 Friendly	Saint-Étienne	0–1	Tours	Vichy, France
		Report	Malfleury  38'	Stadium: Stade Louis Darragon Attendance: 500 Referee: Said Ennjimi

Saint-Étienne v PSV Eindhoven

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

Lausanne-Sport v Saint-Étienne

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

Saint-Étienne v Wolfsburg

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	Group stage	—	28 July 2016	—

Ligue 1

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
7	Bordeaux	16	6	6	4	20	18	+2	24
8	Toulouse	15	6	4	5	18	13	+5	22
9	Saint-Étienne	16	5	7	4	16	14	+2	22
10	Marseille	16	5	6	5	16	17	−1	21
11	Angers	16	5	4	7	15	18	−3	19

Updated to match(es) played on 4 December 2016. Source: Ligue 1 and Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Fairplay ranking.^[11]

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
7	3	3	1	10	6	+4	12	3	1	0	7	2	+5	0	2	1	3	4	−1

Last updated: 25 September 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	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	L	W	D	D	W	D	W	L	D	W	D	D	L	W	D
Position	13	8	10	12	8	10	7	9	9	7	7

Last updated: 25 September 2016.
Source: Competitive matches
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Matches

Bordeaux v Saint-Étienne

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

Saint-Étienne v Montpellier

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

Saint-Étienne v Toulouse

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

Paris Saint-Germain v Saint-Étienne

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

Saint-Étienne v Bastia

18 September 2016 5	Saint-Étienne	1–0	Bastia	Saint-Étienne
17:00	Tannane  65' Selnæs  83' Hamouma  90+3' (pen.)	Report	Leca  6' Cioni  29' Nangis  76' Crivelli  89'	Stadium: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard Attendance: 22,245 Referee: François Letexier

Nantes v Saint-Étienne

21 September 2016 6	Nantes	0–0	Saint-Étienne	Nantes
19:00	Lucas Lima  25' Kačaniklić  49' Walongwa  55' Vizcarrondo  78'	Report	Malcuit  16'	Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 18,823 Referee: Amaury Delerue

Saint-Étienne v Lille

25 September 2016 7	Saint-Étienne	3–1	Lille	Saint-Étienne
15:00	Dabo  41' Berić  63' Nordin  72' Lacroix  78' Roux  85',  90+2'	Report	Béria  38', 43' Civelli  80',  84'	Stadium: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard Attendance: 24,700 Referee: Benoît Millot

Lyon v Saint-Étienne

2 October 2016 8	Lyon	2–0	Saint-Étienne	Décines
20:45	Morel  40' Darder  41' Valbuena  56' Ferri  67' Ghezzal  89'	Report	Lacroix  33'	Stadium: Parc Olympique Lyonnais Attendance: 57,050 Referee: Clément Turpin

Saint-Étienne v Dijon

16 October 2016 9	Saint-Étienne	1–1	Dijon	Saint-Étienne
17:00	Théophile-Catherine  82' Roux  90+4' (pen.)	Report	Lees-Melou  22' Bernard  79'	Stadium: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard Referee: Karim Abed

Caen v Saint-Étienne

23 October 2016 10	Caen	0–2	Saint-Étienne	Caen
15:00	Bessat  62'	Report	Saivet  28',  49' Veretout  58'	Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano Attendance: 18,509 Referee: Olivier Thual

Saint-Étienne v Monaco

29 October 2016 11	Saint-Étienne	1–1	Monaco	Saint-Étienne
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Perrin  18'	Report	Glik  5',  58' Mendy  49' Fabinho  53' Jemerson  82'	Stadium: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard Attendance: 35,890 Referee: Ruddy Buquet

Metz v Saint-Étienne

6 November 2016 12	Metz	0–0	Saint-Étienne	Metz
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien Attendance: 16,204 Referee: Bartolomeu Varela

Saint-Étienne v Nice

20 November 2016 13	Saint-Étienne	0–1	Nice	Saint-Étienne
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Eysseric  63'	Stadium: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard Attendance: 30,004 Referee: Frank Schneider

Angers v Saint-Étienne

27 November 2016 14	Angers	1–2	Saint-Étienne	Angers
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Pepe  18'	Report	Pogba  59' Tannane  78'	Stadium: Stade Jean Bouin Attendance: 13,293 Referee: Johan Hamel

Saint-Étienne v Marseille

30 November 2016 15	Saint-Étienne	0–0	Marseille	Saint-Étienne
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard Referee: Benoît Bastien

Rennes v Saint-Étienne

4 December 2016 16	Rennes	v	Saint-Étienne	Rennes
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Roazhon Park

Coupe de France

Coupe de la Ligue

Saint-Étienne v Nancy

14 December 2016 Round of 16	Saint-Étienne	v	Nancy	Saint-Étienne, France
21:05 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard

UEFA Europa League

Third qualifying round

Saint-Étienne v AEK Athens

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)

AEK Athens v Saint-Étienne

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

Beitar Jerusalem v Saint-Étienne

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)

Saint-Étienne v Beitar Jerusalem

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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		AND	STE	MAI	GAB
1	Anderlecht (A)	5	3	2	0	14	5	+9	11	Advance to knockout phase		—	8 Dec	6–1	3–1
2	Saint-Étienne (A)	5	2	3	0	5	3	+2	9			1–1	—	0–0	1–0
3	Mainz 05 (E)	5	1	3	1	6	10	−4	6			1–1	1–1	—	8 Dec
4	Gabala (E)	5	0	0	5	5	12	−7	0			1–3	1–2	2–3	—

Updated to match(es) played on 24 November 2016. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(A) Advance to a further round; (E) Eliminated.

Mainz v Saint-Étienne

15 September 2016 1	Mainz	1–1	Saint-Étienne	Opel Arena, Mainz
19:00	Bungert  57'	Report	Berić  88'	Attendance: 20,275[12] Referee: Svein Oddvar Moen (Norway)

Saint-Étienne v Anderlecht

29 September 2016 2	Saint-Étienne	1–1	Anderlecht	Saint-Étienne, France
21:05	Roux  90+4'	Report	Tielemans  62' (pen.)	Stadium: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard Referee: Vladislav Bezborodov (Russia)

Saint-Étienne v Gabala

20 October 2016 3	Saint-Étienne	1–0	Gabala	Saint-Étienne, France
21:05	Ricardinho  70' (o.g.)	Report		Stadium: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard Attendance: 22,855[13] Referee: Ali Palabıyık (Turkey)

Gabala v Saint-Étienne

3 November 2016 4	Gabala	1–2	Saint-Étienne	Baku, Azerbaijan
19:00	Qurbanov  39'	Report	Tannane  45+1' Berić  53'	Stadium: Bakcell Arena Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande (Spain)

Saint-Étienne v Mainz

24 November 2016 5	Saint-Étienne	0–0	Mainz	Saint-Étienne, France
21:05		Report		Stadium: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard Referee: Bas Nijhuis (Netherlands)

Anderlecht v Saint-Étienne

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
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
16	GK		Stéphane Ruffier	8	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
30	GK		Jessy Moulin	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0
Defenders
2	DF		Kévin Théophile-Catherine	8	0	3+1	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
3	DF		Pierre-Yves Polomat	4	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
4	DF		Léo Lacroix	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	DF		Cheikh M'Bengue	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
19	DF		Florentin Pogba	8	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
20	DF		Ronaël Pierre-Gabriel	2	0	1+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
24	DF		Loïc Perrin	6	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
25	DF		Kévin Malcuit	4	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	DF		Benjamin Karamoko	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Midfielders
5	MF		Vincent Pajot	6	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2+2	0
6	MF		Jérémy Clément	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7	MF		Bryan Dabo	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1+1	0
8	MF		Benjamin Corgnet	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	MF		Henri Saivet	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	MF		Jordan Veretout	2	0	1+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
17	MF		Ole Selnæs	7	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
18	MF		Fabien Lemoine	7	1	2+1	0	0	0	0	0	4	1
Forwards
9	FW		Nolan Roux	7	0	2+1	0	0	0	0	0	2+2	0
10	FW		Oussama Tannane	7	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	2+2	0
21	FW		Romain Hamouma	5	1	1+1	1	0	0	0	0	3	0
22	FW		Kévin Monnet-Paquet	7	1	2+1	1	0	0	0	0	2+2	0
23	FW		Alexander Søderlund	1	1	0+1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
27	FW		Robert Berić	8	3	2+2	2	0	0	0	0	3+1	1
Players transferred out during the season
	FW		Dylan Saint-Louis	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0

Last updated: 10 September 2016
Source: Competitions

Goalscorers

Rank	No.	Pos	Nat	Name	Ligue 1	Coupe de France	Coupe de la Ligue	Europa League	Total
1	27	FW		Robert Berić	2	0	0	2	4
2	21	FW		Romain Hamouma	2	0	0	0	2
3	23	FW		Alexander Søderlund	1	0	0	0	1
		FW		Dylan Saint-Louis	1	0	0	0	1
	22	FW		Kévin Monnet-Paquet	1	0	0	0	1
	18	MF		Fabien Lemoine	0	0	0	1	1
Own goal					0	0	0	1	1
Totals					6	0	0	4	10

Last updated: 10 September 2016
Source: Ligue 1 and UEFA

Assists

Rank	No.	Pos	Nat	Name	Ligue 1	Coupe de France	Coupe de la Ligue	Europa League	Total
1				Kévin Théophile-Catherine	1	0	0	0	1
				Pierre-Yves Polomat	1	0	0	0	1
				Nolan Roux	1	0	0	0	1
				Romain Hamouma	1	0	0	0	1
				Oussama Tannane	1	0	0	0	1

Last updated: 25 August 2016
Source: Ligue 1 and UEFA

Clean sheets

Rank	No.	Nat	Name	Ligue 1	Coupe de France	Coupe de la Ligue	Europa League	Total

Last updated:

References

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.
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.
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13. "Saint-Étienne vs. Qabala". Soccerway. Retrieved 21 October 2016.