2014–15 Montpellier HSC season

Montpellier
2014–15 season
Chairman	Laurent Nicollin
Manager	Rolland Courbis
Stadium	Stade de la Mosson; Altrad Stadium (temporary)
Ligue 1	7th
Coupe de France	Round of 64; (vs Paris Saint-Germain)
Coupe de la Ligue	Round of 32; (vs Ajaccio)
Top goalscorer	League: ; Lucas Barrios (11); All: ; Lucas Barrios (11)
Highest home attendance	27,930 vs Paris Saint-Germain (16 May 2015)
Lowest home attendance	7,386 vs Ajaccio (28 October 2014) *at Altrad Stadium
	← 2013–14 2015–16 →

The 2014–15 Montpellier HSC season was the 40th professional season of the club since its creation in 1974. The club celebrated their 40th anniversary with a change to the club badge representing a '40' in its center, which was used during the 2014–15 season.

First team squad

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.

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	Laurent Pionnier
3	DF	FRA	Daniel Congré
4	DF	BRA	Vitorino Hilton (captain)
5	DF	CIV	Siaka Tiéné
6	MF	FRA	Joris Marveaux
7	FW	FRA	Anthony Mounier
8	MF	FRA	Jonas Martin
9	FW	FRA	Kévin Bérigaud
10	FW	PAR	Lucas Barrios (on loan from Spartak Moscow)
12	FW	FRA	Florian Sotoca
13	DF	SUI	Dylan Gissi
14	MF	FRA	Bryan Dabo
16	GK	FRA	Geoffrey Jourdren
17	MF	FRA	Paul Lasne


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
18	FW	MAR	Karim Aït-Fana
19	FW	SEN	Souleymane Camara
20	MF	FRA	Morgan Sanson
21	DF	MAR	Abdelhamid El Kaoutari
22	MF	SUI	Sébastien Wüthrich
23	MF	TUN	Jamel Saihi
25	DF	FRA	Mathieu Deplagne
27	FW	FRA	Steve Mounié
28	FW	FRA	Djamel Bakar
29	MF	FRA	Gianni Seraf
30	GK	FRA	Jonathan Ligali
31	FW	FRA	Quentin Cornette
32	DF	FRA	Nicolas Saint-Ruf
33	MF	FRA	Anthony Ribelin

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	MAR	Yassine Jebbour (on loan to Varese)
--	FW	PER	Jean Deza (on loan to Alianza Lima)

Competitions

Ligue 1

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
5	Saint-Étienne	38	19	12	7	51	30	+21	69	Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round^[a]
6	Bordeaux	38	17	12	9	47	44	+3	63
7	Montpellier	38	16	8	14	46	39	+7	56
8	Lille	38	16	8	14	43	42	+1	56
9	Rennes	38	13	11	14	35	42	−7	50

Source: Ligue 1
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
Notes:

^ Since winners of the 2014–15 Coupe de la Ligue, Paris Saint-Germain, qualified for European competition based on their league position, the spot awarded to the Coupe de la Ligue winner (Europa League third qualifying round) is passed to the next best team in the table not already qualified for any European competition (in this case, the fifth-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	8	14	46	39	+7	56	11	2	6	30	21	+9	5	6	8	16	18	−2

Last updated: 5 June 2015.
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	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	L	W	W	L	W	D	L	W	D	L	L	W	L	W	D	L	W	D	D	W	W	W	D	L	D	W	W	L	W	L	W	L	W	L	D	W	L	L
Position	17	11	5	10	6	6	9	7	7	11	13	9	13	9	9	10	8	9	10	8	6	6	6	7	7	7	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7

Source: Ligue1
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
Notes: Match 25 versus Monaco was postponed and later played on 7 April 2015. It should appear between rounds 31 & 32.

Matches

Win Draw Loss

9 August 2014 1	Montpellier	0–1	Bordeaux	Montpellier
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Gissi 7' Sanson 62'	Report	Diabaté 14' Sertić 33' Pallois 71'	Stadium: Stade de la Mosson Attendance: 15,190 Referee: Wilfried Bien

17 August 2014 2	Marseille	0–2	Montpellier	Marseille
17:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Dja Djédjé 58'	Report	Mounier 18' Sanson 68'	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 50,774 Referee: Clément Turpin

23 August 2014 3	Montpellier	2–0	Metz	Montpellier
20:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Tiéné 44' Camara 89'	Report	Milán 54' Ngbakoto 59'	Stadium: Stade de la Mosson Attendance: 12,337 Referee: Antony Gautier

30 August 2014 4	Nantes	1–0	Montpellier	Nantes
20:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Hansen 2' Gakpé 77', 78'	Report		Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 21,559 Referee: Frank Schneider

13 September 2014 5	Montpellier	1–0	Lorient	Montpellier
20:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Koné 44' (o.g.) Martin 77'	Report	Lautoa 36' Abdullah 80'	Stadium: Stade de la Mosson Attendance: 12,106 Referee: Fredy Fautrel

21 September 2014 6	Lille	0–0	Montpellier	Villeneuve-d'Ascq
14:00 CEST		Report		Stadium: Stade Pierre-Mauroy Attendance: 31,742 Referee: Olivier Thual

24 September 2014 7	Montpellier	0–1	Monaco	Montpellier
19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Montaño 86'	Report	Fabinho 69' Germain 90+3'	Stadium: Stade de la Mosson Attendance: 11,570 Referee: Alexandre Castro

27 September 2014 8	Montpellier	2–1	Guingamp	Montpellier
20:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Camara 48' Montaño 89'	Report	Yatabaré 8' Diallo 53' Beauvue 83' Samassa 89' Sankharé 90'	Stadium: Stade de la Mosson Attendance: 10,282 Referee: Philippe Kalt

4 October 2014 9	Nice	1–1	Montpellier	Nice
20:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Bodmer 75' Palun 90+2'	Report	Tiéné 54' Hilton 67', 72' Montaño 90'	Stadium: Allianz Riviera Attendance: 19,634 Referee: Wilfried Bien

19 October 2014 10	Lyon	5–1	Montpellier	Lyon
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Gonalons 21' Gourcuff 36', 47' Fekir 38', 60' Umtiti 53' Ferri 63' Biševac 65' Lacazette 71', 82' Malbranque 88'	Report	Congré 27' Martin 49' Tiéné 54' El Kaoutari 55'	Stadium: Stade de Gerland Attendance: 35,688 Referee: Bartolomeu Varela

25 October 2014 11	Reims	1–0	Montpellier	Reims
20:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Devaux 26' Conte 54' Moukandjo 90', 90+1'	Report		Stadium: Stade Auguste Delaune Attendance: 11,331 Referee: Benoît Millot

1 November 2014 12	Montpellier	2–0	Evian	Montpellier
20:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Bérigaud 32', 64' Mounier 90' Deplagne 90+2'	Report	Tejeda 30'	Stadium: Altrad Stadium Attendance: 8,440 Referee: Mikael Lesage

8 November 2014 13	Bastia	2–0	Montpellier	Bastia
20:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Tallo 21', 45+1', 60' Palmieri 34'	Report	Saihi 37' Tiéné 37' Sanson 79'	Stadium: Stade Armand Cesari Attendance: 11,556 Referee: Lionel Jaffredo

23 November 2014 14	Montpellier	2–0	Toulouse	Montpellier
17:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Mounier 37' Bérigaud 54' Camara 87'	Report	Didot 56' Aguilar 69'	Stadium: Altrad Stadium Attendance: 9,270 Referee: Sébastien Desiage

29 November 2014 15	Caen	1–1	Montpellier	Caen
20:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Duhamel 40' Féret 62' Adeoti 86'	Report	Hilton 17'	Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano Attendance: 14,976 Referee: Wilfried Bien

3 December 2014 16	Montpellier	0–2	Saint-Étienne	Montpellier
19:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Marveaux 29' Deplagne 63'	Report	Pogba 22' Diomande 27' 78' Baysse 43'	Stadium: Altrad Stadium Attendance: 10,425 Referee: Olivier Thual

6 December 2014 17	Rennes	0–4	Montpellier	Rennes
20:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Hosiner 39' André 70'	Report	Martin 23' Lasne 26' Sanson 55' Barrios 60' Mounier 90+2'	Stadium: Route de Lorient Attendance: 16,123 Referee: Amaury Delerue

13 December 2014 18	Montpellier	3–3	Lens	Montpellier
20:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Sanson 1' Barrios 16' Saihi 50' Mounier 63', 63'	Report	Valdivia 18' Sylla 33' Guillaume 34' Bourigeaud 56' Touzghar 80'	Stadium: Altrad Stadium Attendance: 9,784 Referee: Saïd Ennjimi

20 December 2014 19	Paris Saint-Germain	0–0	Montpellier	Paris
17:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Thiago Silva 4'	Report	El Kaoutari 21' Saihi 52' Martin 81' Ligali 87'	Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 46,157 Referee: Sébastien Moreira

9 January 2015 20	Montpellier	2–1	Marseille	Montpellier
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Bérigaud 36' Lasne 62'	Report	Mendy 18' Omrani 68' 71' Thauvin 78'	Stadium: Stade de la Mosson Attendance: 20,840 Referee: Benoît Bastien

17 January 2015 21	Metz	2–3	Montpellier	Metz
20:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Ngbakoto 20' (pen.) Bussmann 38'	Report	Barrios 17' (pen.) Dabo 17'	Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien Attendance: 16,786 Referee: Alexandre Castro

24 January 2015 22	Montpellier	4–0	Nantes	Montpellier
20:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Lasne 8' Bérigaud 57' Mounier 78' Barrios 82'	Report	Djidji 48' Veretout 90+3'	Stadium: Stade de la Mosson Attendance: 11,037 Referee: Clément Turpin

31 January 2015 23	Lorient	0–0	Montpellier	Lorient
20:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Bellugou 66' Lavigne 80'	Report	Deplagne 81'	Stadium: Stade du Moustoir Attendance: 11,549 Referee: Olivier Thual

7 February 2015 24	Montpellier	1–2	Lille	Montpellier
20:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Dabo 90+2'	Report	Roux 9' Mavuba 31' Lopes 53'	Stadium: Stade de la Mosson Attendance: 10,365 Referee: Sébastien Moreira

22 February 2015 26	Guingamp	0–2	Montpellier	Guingamp
14:00 CET (UTC+01:00)		Report	Sanson 2' Bérigaud 55' Tiéné 87'	Stadium: Stade du Roudourou Attendance: 13,942 Referee: Alexandre Castro

1 March 2015 27	Montpellier	2–1	Nice	Montpellier
17:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Deplagne 35' Dabo 45' Barrios 66' Jourdren 86' Marveaux 89'	Report	Carlos Eduardo 15' Rafetraniaina 18' Bauthéac 36' (pen.) Hult 39' Eysseric 88'	Stadium: Stade de la Mosson Attendance: 12,083 Referee: Ruddy Buquet

8 March 2015 28	Montpellier	1–5	Lyon	Montpellier
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Barrios 6' Deplagne 26' El Kaoutari 28' Jourdren 29' Sanson 63'	Report	Lacazette 9', 30' (pen.), 90+4' Fekir 40', 72' Jallet 45' Rose 59' Bedimo 65' Umtiti 81' Tolisso 90+1'	Stadium: Stade de la Mosson Attendance: 16,431 Referee: Amaury Delerue

14 March 2015 29	Montpellier	3–1	Reims	Montpellier
20:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Lucas Barrios 4', 73' Dabo 48' Sanson 90+2'	Report	Charbonnier 7' Oniangue 87'	Stadium: Stade de la Mosson Attendance: 11,250 Referee: Fredy Fautrel

21 March 2015 30	Evian	1–0	Montpellier	Annecy
20:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Mongongu 23' N'Sikulu 85' Thomasson 88'	Report		Stadium: Parc des Sports Attendance: 8,730 Referee: Mikaël Lesage

4 April 2015 31	Montpellier	3–1	Bastia	Montpellier
20:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Barrios 69' (pen.) Mounier 72' Marveaux 87' Sanson 90+1'	Report	Sio 35' Modesto 68' Palmieri 70'	Stadium: Stade de la Mosson Attendance: 11,349 Referee: Alexandre Castro

7 April 2015 25	Monaco	0–0	Montpellier	Monaco
19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Martial 59'	Report	Dabo 72' Congré 90'	Stadium: Stade Louis II Attendance: 5,676 Referee: Saïd Ennjimi

12 April 2015 32	Toulouse	1–0	Montpellier	Toulouse
17:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Ninkov 27' Trejo 45+2' Doumbia 55'	Report	Hilton 77' Deplagne 85'	Stadium: Stadium Municipal Attendance: 18,734 Referee: Wilfried Bien

18 April 2015 33	Montpellier	1–0	Caen	Montpellier
17:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Hilton 4' Congré 69'	Report	Bazile 67'	Stadium: Stade de la Mosson Attendance: 11,308 Referee: Antony Gautier

25 April 2015 34	Saint-Étienne	1–0	Montpellier	Saint-Étienne
14:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Gradel 20' Clement 31'	Report	Congré 49' Dabo 67'	Stadium: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard Attendance: 35,231 Referee: Benoit Bastien

2 May 2015 35	Montpellier	0–0	Rennes	Montpellier
20:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Bérigaud 31' Hilton 90+2'	Report		Stadium: Stade de la Mosson Attendance: 12,074 Referee: Frank Schneider

10 May 2015 36	Lens	0–1	Montpellier	Amiens
14:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Landre 55' 65'	Report	Martin 58' Tiéné 86' Mounier 90+2'	Stadium: Stade de la Licorne Attendance: 8,343 Referee: Mikael Lesage

16 May 2015 37	Montpellier	1–2	Paris Saint-Germain	Montpellier
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Mounier 40' Hilton 45+1' Deplagne 51' Dabo 62'	Report	Matuidi 17' Lavezzi 25' Pastore 45+1' Rabiot 53' Cabaye 63' Aurier 67' Marquinhos 90'	Stadium: Stade de la Mosson Attendance: 27,930 Referee: Fredy Fautrel

23 May 2015 38	Bordeaux	2–1	Montpellier	Bordeaux
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Rolán 9', 39'	Report	Martin 55' Bakar 63'	Stadium: Stade Bordeaux-Atlantique Attendance: 40,215 Referee: Benoît Bastien

Coupe de la Ligue

28 October 2014 Round of 32	Montpellier	0–1	Ajaccio	Montpellier
20:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Hilton 36' Mounier 78'	Report	Abergel 37' Madri 44'	Stadium: Altrad Stadium Attendance: 7,386 Referee: Sébastien Moreira

Coupe de France

5 January 2015 Round of 64	Montpellier	0–3	Paris Saint-Germain	Montpellier
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Marveaux 48'	Report	Ibrahimović 25', 79' Cabaye 42' Chantôme 50', 63' Verratti 84' Lucas 90'	Stadium: Stade de la Mosson

References

[table_note_res_EL3Q0.067912446832244-1] Since winners of the 2014–15 Coupe de la Ligue, Paris Saint-Germain, qualified for European competition based on their league position, the spot awarded to the Coupe de la Ligue winner (Europa League third qualifying round) is passed to the next best team in the table not already qualified for any European competition (in this case, the fifth-placed team).

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