2015–16 Chamois Niortais F.C. season

The 2015–16 season was the 90th season in the history of the French association football club Chamois Niortais. The senior team competed in Ligue 2 for the fourth consecutive season following an 11th-placed finish in 2014–15. The club also competed in both the Coupe de France and the Coupe de la Ligue.

Chamois Niortais
2015–16 season
ChairmanJoël Coué
ManagerRégis Brouard (until 29 February 2016)
Jean-Philippe Faure and Carl Tourenne (interim, from 1 March 2016)
StadiumStade René Gaillard
Ligue 216th
Coupe de FranceRound of 32
Coupe de la LigueFirst round
Top goalscorerLeague: Andé Dona Ndoh (13)
All: Andé Dona Ndoh (14)
Highest home attendance5,612 vs Bourg-Péronnas (22 April 2016)
Lowest home attendance3,081 vs Nîmes (18 September 2015)

Niort achieved a 16th-place finish in Ligue 2, reached the tenth round of the Coupe de France, and the first round of the Coupe de la Ligue.

Competitions

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Ligue 2

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League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or Relegation
14 Nîmes[a] 38 13 12 13 50 52 −2 43
15 Sochaux 38 9 15 14 34 36 −2 42
16 Niort 38 8 18 12 38 45 −7 42
17 Ajaccio 38 9 15 14 34 42 −8 42
18 Evian[b] (R, D) 38 9 12 17 41 41 0 39 Demotion to Division d'Honneur Régionale
Source: Ligue 2
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored; 4) head-to-head goal difference; 5) fair play points
(D) Disqualified; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Nîmes was docked 8 points for match fixing in the 2013–14 season.[1]
  2. ^ Evian was demoted due to financial difficulties.[2]

Results summary

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Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
38 8 18 12 38 45  −7 42 4 9 6 18 20  −2 4 9 6 20 25  −5

Last updated: 13 May 2016.
Source: LFP.fr

Matches

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  Win   Draw   Loss

31 July 2015 1 Chamois Niortais 0–1 Valenciennes Stade René Gaillard, Niort
20:00 Koukou   45'
Choplin   61'
Report Fulgini   4'
Adbelhamid   27'
Slidja   55'
Kaboré   81'
Attendance: 4,298
Referee: Jérôme Brisard
7 August 2015 2 Dijon 3–0 Chamois Niortais Stade Gaston Gérard, Dijon
20:00 Tavares   9', 90'
Jullien   22'
Bamba   37'
Gastien   64'
Diony   79'
Report Koné   21'
Malcuit   35'
Attendance: 6,619
Referee: Stéphanie Frappart
14 August 2015 3 Chamois Niortais 1–1 Sochaux Stade René Gaillard, Niort
20:00 Koukou   85'
Malcuit   90+4'
Report Toko Ekambi   11'
Tardieu   58'
Attendance: 3,505
Referee: Florent Batta
21 August 2015 4 Évian Thonon Gaillard 0–0 Chamois Niortais Parc des Sports, Annecy
20:00 Centonze   55'
Touré   73'
Altolaguirre   78'
Report Lahaye   90+3' Attendance: 4,103
Referee: Thomas Leonard
28 August 2015 5 Chamois Niortais 0–1 Laval Stade René Gaillard, Niort
20:00 Kiki   54'
Rocheteau   59'
Report Alioui   52'
Alla   80'
Attendance: 3,656
Referee: Jérémy Stinat
11 September 2015 6 Nancy 1–1 Chamois Niortais Stade Marcel Picot, Nancy
20:00 Aït Bennasser   45'
Hadji   71'
Lenglet   81'
Report Koukou   76'
Rocheteau   82'
Attendance: 14,032
Referee: Olivier Thual
18 September 2015 7 Chamois Niortais 1–0 Nîmes Stade René Gaillard, Niort
20:00 Dabasse   18'
Selemani   42'
Choplin   56'
Dona Ndoh   72'
Report Marin   34'
Maoulida   39'
Harek   40'
Cissokho   82'
Azouni   90'
Attendance: 3,081
Referee: Floris Aubin
22 September 2015 8 Brest 1–1 Chamois Niortais Stade Francis-Le Blé, Brest
21:00 Platje   2'
Grougi   9'
Lorenzi   87'
Alphonse   90'
Koubemba   90+3'
Report Dona Ndoh   18'
Omrani   44'
Kiki   60'
Attendance: 5,714
Referee: Aurélien Petit
25 September 2015 9 Chamois Niortais 1–1 Clermont Foot Stade René Gaillard, Niort
20:00 Da Veiga   43'
Lahaye   83'
Koukou   89'
Report Espinosa   8'
Jobello   34'
Avinel   56'
Diedhiou   70'
Rivieyran   86'
Attendance: 3,268
Referee: Sylvain Palhies
2 October 2015 10 Le Havre 0–0 Chamois Niortais Stade Océane, Le Havre
20:00 Louiserre   41'
Bonnet   76'
Fortès   76'
Report Bong   30'
Rocheteau   32'
Roye   40'
Attendance: 5,293
Referee: Stéphanie Frappart
16 October 2015 11 Chamois Niortais 2–3 Auxerre Stade René Gaillard, Niort
20:00 Dona Ndoh   13', 61'
Choplin   74'
Report Puygrenier   7'
Ba   20'
Courtet   34'
Diaw   62'
Berthier   90+3'
Attendance: 3,566
Referee: Jérémy Stinat
23 October 2015 12 Paris 1–1 Chamois Niortais Stade Charléty, Paris
20:00 Mogni   75'
Tahrat   81'
Keita   83'
Report Djigla   63'
Dona Ndoh   79'
Attendance: 2,986
Referee: Sébastien Moreira
30 October 2015 13 Chamois Niortais 3–1 Ajaccio Stade René Gaillard, Niort
20:00 Dona Ndoh   7'
Choplin   24'
Roye   30'
Selemani   36',   71'
Sambia   83'
Report Cavalli   25' (pen.)
Panyukov   29'
Diallo   77'
Madri   86'
Attendance: 3,476
Referee: Hamid Guenaoui
6 November 2015 14 Chamois Niortais 1–1 Metz Stade René Gaillard, Niort
20:00 Lahaye   41'
Sans   71'
Report Ngbakoto   42'
Lejeune   51'
Gomes   54'
Mandjeck   90+3'
Attendance: 4,570
Referee: William Lavis
24 November 2015 15 Lens 1–1 Chamois Niortais Stade Bollaert-Delelis, Lens
20:00 (CET) Cyprien   8'
Besle   42'
Bourigeaud   52'
Landre   67'
Report Kiki   9',   53'
Roye   26'
Sambia   82'
Attendance: 26,337
Referee: Florent Batta
27 November 2015 16 Chamois Niortais 0–0 Red Star Stade René Gaillard, Niort
20:00 (CET) Lahaye   7' Report da Cruz   11'
Amieux   41'
Ngamukol   60'
Attendance: 3,292
Referee: Didier Falcone
1 December 2015 17 Bourg-Péronnas 2–1 Chamois Niortais Stade Marcel-Verchère, Bourg-en-Bresse
21:00 (CET) Berthomier   10'
Dembélé   16'
Traoré   75'
Dimitriou   86',   88'
Sané   90+3'
Report Bong   42'
Sambia   70'
Sans   89'
Dona Ndoh   90+2'
Attendance: 1,747
Referee: Olivier Thual
11 December 2015 18 Chamois Niortais 0–0 Tours Stade René Gaillard, Niort
20:00 (CET) Choplin   56' Report Bouhours   9'
Gradit   44'
Louvion   90'
Attendance: 3,336
Referee: Thomas Leonard
18 December 2015 19 Créteil 2–3 Chamois Niortais Stade Dominique Duvauchelle, Créteil
20:00 (CET) Montaroup   5',   82'  
Esor   35'
Dabo   39',   50'
Diedhiou   64',   90'
Report Kiki   8'
Sans   14'
Rocheteau   42'
Choplin   84'
Dona Ndoh   86'
Djigla   89'
Attendance: 1,883
Referee: Sylvain Palhies
8 January 2016 20 Chamois Niortais 2–2 Dijon Stade René Gaillard, Niort
20:00 (CET) Bamba   6' (o.g.)
Koukou   18'
Bong   37'
Koné   77'
Report Amalfitano   12'
Koukou   16' (o.g.)
Gastien   30'
Bernard   34'
Andonian   58'   90+2'
Attendance: 3,342
Referee: Alexandre Castro
15 January 2016 21 Sochaux 2–3 Chamois Niortais Stade Auguste Bonal, Montbéliard
20:00 (CET) Cissé   2'   24'   45+1'
Robinet   47'
Report Kiki   18'
Teikeu   40' (o.g.)
Tigroudja   48'
Koné   79'
Attendance: 5,934
Referee: Jérôme Brisard
23 January 2016 22 Chamois Niortais 0–3 Évian Thonon Gaillard Stade René Gaillard, Niort
14:00 (CET) Choplin   6'
Koné   22'
Roye   70'
Report Hoggas   38'
Keita   56'
Barbosa   59'
Campanharo   82'
Attendance: 3,409
Referee: Stéphanie Frappart
29 January 2016 23 Laval 0–0 Chamois Niortais Stade Francis Le Basser, Laval
20:00 (CET) Couturier   10'
Gonçalves   45+2'
Mukiele   61'
Report Koné   45' Attendance: 4,347
Referee: Aurélien Petit
2 February 2016 24 Chamois Niortais 0–0 Nancy Stade René Gaillard, Niort
21:00 (CET) Batisse   59',   67'  
Rocheteau   63'
Selemani   72'
Report Diakhaté   52'
Cuffaut   82'
Aït Bennasser   86'
Badila   89'
Cétout   90+1'
Attendance: 3,323
Referee: Yohann Rouinsard
5 February 2016 25 Nîmes 1–0 Chamois Niortais Stade des Costières, Nîmes
20:00 Koura   63'
Savanier   85'
Report Selemani   56' Attendance: 8,076
Referee: Romain Lissorgue
12 February 2016 26 Chamois Niortais 1–2 Brest Stade René Gaillard, Niort
20:00 Choplin   18'
Sambia   26'
Bouardja   43'
Dabasse   90+1'
Report Sané   29',   72'  
Battocchio   31'
Alphonse   69'
Attendance: 3,188
Referee: William Lavis
19 February 2016 27 Clermont Foot 2–1 Chamois Niortais Stade Gabriel Montpied, Clermont-Ferrand
20:00 Rivieyran   44'
Salze   64'
Dugimont   69'
Laborde   86'
Report Bong   21'
Sambia   51'
Dona Ndoh   74',   90+4'
Attendance: 3,007
Referee: Stéphanie Frappart
26 February 2016 28 Chamois Niortais 0–0 Le Havre Stade René Gaillard, Niort
20:00 Sambia   16' Report Cambon   27'
Fontaine   34'
Ayasse   78'
Attendance: 3,250
Referee: Romain Delpech
4 March 2016 29 Auxerre 1–1 Chamois Niortais Stade Abbé Deschamps, Auxerre
20:00 Puygrenier   7'
Courtet   34',   88'
Lefebvre   45+1'
Report Dona Ndoh   26'
Sambia   27'
Bong   88'
Attendance: 4,474
Referee: Willy Delajod
11 March 2016 30 Chamois Niortais 2–1 Paris Stade René Gaillard, Niort
20:00 Omrani   45+2'
Roye   58' (pen.),   72',   90' (pen.)
Delecroix   90+1'
Koné   90+3'
Report Tahrat   7'
Keïta   25'
Mohsni   57'
Lybohy   68'
Diarra   72'
Cantini   90'
Attendance: 3,534
Referee: Alexandre Perreau Niel
18 March 2016 31 Ajaccio 2–0 Chamois Niortais Stade François Coty, Ajaccio
20:00 Nouri   44',   83'
Cavalli   59'
Diabate   60'
Marchetti   67'
Report Koukou   37' Attendance: 3,486
Referee: Florent Batta
1 April 2016 32 Metz 2–0 Chamois Niortais Stade Saint-Symphorien, Metz
20:00 Diallo   37', 58' Report Bong   64' Attendance: 11,043
Referee: Romain Lissorgue
8 April 2016 33 Chamois Niortais 0–1 Lens Stade René Gaillard, Niort
20:00 Dona Ndoh   57'
Omrani   61'
Roye   78'
Report Cyprien   77'
Nomenjanahary   90'
Attendance: 4,951
Referee: Jérôme Brisard
15 April 2016 34 Red Star 0–2 Chamois Niortais Stade Pierre Brisson, Beauvais
20:00 Da Cruz   74' Report Dona Ndoh   16'
Koukou   82'
Selemani   89'
Attendance: 1,304
Referee: Thomas Leonard
22 April 2016 35 Chamois Niortais 0–0 Bourg-Péronnas Stade René Gaillard, Niort
20:00 Sans   41' Report Sané   45'
N'Simba   75'
Attendance: 5,612
Referee: Jérémy Stinat
29 April 2016 36 Tours 1–2 Chamois Niortais Stade de la Vallée du Cher, Tours
20:00 Santamaria   13'
Belkebla   37'
Report Batisse   53'
Roye   67'
Choplin   78'
Dabasse   82'
Koné   90+1'
Attendance: 6,829
Referee: Aurélien Petit
6 May 2016 37 Chamois Niortais 4–2 Créteil Stade René Gaillard, Niort
20:45 Choplin   7'
Roye   35' (pen.), 38'
Omrani   53'
Djigla   56'
Dona Ndoh   65'
Report Diedhiou   13',   61'
Gérard   21'
Ilunga   25'
Kerboriou   30'
Dabo   34',   71'
Hérelle   34'
Attendance: 6,211
Referee: Tony Chapron
13 May 2016 38 Valenciennes 3–3 Chamois Niortais Stade du Hainaut, Valenciennes
20:45 Mbenza   9', 11'
Aloé   45+2'
da Costa   65'
Report Dona Ndoh   15', 23'
Selemani   51'
Attendance: 16,582
Referee: Thomas Leonard

Coupe de France

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Niort entered the Coupe de France in the seventh round along with the other Ligue 2 clubs. For their opening fixture of the 2015–16 edition of the competition, Niort were drawn away at sixth-tier club La Rochelle. The team progressed to the next stage with a 5–1 victory which included a brace from Seydou Koné and a first-half goal by debutant Quentin Daubin.

Matches

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14 November 2015 Seventh round La Rochelle (6) 1–5 Chamois Niortais Stade François Le Parco, La Rochelle
18:00 (CET) Kahramanka   78' Report Batisse   12'
Daubin   39'
Selemani   43'
Koné   49', 60'
Referee: Yohann Rouinsard
5 December 2015 Eighth round Chamois Niortais 3–1 Les Herbiers (3) Stade René Gaillard, Niort
18:00 (CET) Roye   4'
Rocheteau   16'
Koné   26',   78'
Report Leybros   24'
Gace   44'
Glombard   51',   85'
Dudouit   70'
Referee: Stéphanie Frappart
2 January 2016 Round of 64 AS Moulins (4) 1–2 Chamois Niortais Stade Hector Rolland, Moulins
18:30 (CET) Chalier   20'   45'
Suchet   28'
Diaby   45'
Allouache   56'
Rouchon   90+4'
Report Dona Ndoh   6'
Roye   11'   45+1' (pen.)
Tigroudja   34'
Bong   45'
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Florent Batta
19 January 2016 Round of 32 Sarre-Union (4) 1–0 Chamois Niortais Stade Omnisports, Sarre-Union
19:00 (CET) Zerbini   11'
Ozcan   30'
Schneider   55'
Schermann   90'
Report Kiki   84'
Batisse   89'
Attendance: 2,700
Referee: Hakim Ben El Hadj

Coupe de la Ligue

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Niort, aiming to progress past the first round of the Coupe de la Ligue for the first time since 2012, were handed an away tie at Sochaux in their opening game. Despite goals from Omrani and Koné, the home team—reduced to nine men in the second half—triumphed by three goals to two.[3]

Matches

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11 August 2015 First round Sochaux 3–2 Chamois Niortais Stade Auguste Bonal, Montbéliard
20:00 Cacérès   51', 60'
Senzemba   58',   82'
Sao   68'
Ilaimaharitra   72'
Report Rocheteau   50'
Omrani   56'
Koné   72'
Attendance: 5,524
Referee: Alexandre Perreau Niel

Appearances and goals

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As of 13 May 2016.
No. Pos. Nat. Name League Cup League Cup Total Discipline
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals    
1 GK   FRA Paul Delecroix 33 0 1 0 1 0 35 0 1 0
2 DF   FRA Kévin Malcuit 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 2 0
3 DF   BEN David Kiki 24 (1) 1 3 0 0 0 28 1 5 1
5 DF   FRA Matthieu Sans 20 (2) 1 3 0 1 0 26 1 3 0
7 MF   BEN David Djigla 16 (15) 1 1 (1) 0 1 0 34 1 2 0
8 MF   FRA Florian Martin 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
8 MF   FRA Faïz Selemani 30 3 3 1 0 0 33 4 4 0
9 FW   CMR Andé Dona Ndoh 23 (13) 13 2 1 0 (1) 0 39 14 3 0
10 MF   ALG Abdelhakim Omrani 18 0 0 0 1 1 19 1 4 0
11 FW   FRA Adrian Dabasse 3 (9) 1 0 (2) 0 0 0 14 1 2 0
12 FW   CIV Seydou Koné 20 (9) 3 3 (1) 3 1 1 34 7 5 0
14 MF   FRA Chafik Tigroudja 10 (8) 1 3 0 0 (1) 0 22 1 1 0
16 GK   BEN Saturnin Allagbé 5 0 3 0 0 0 8 0 0 0
17 MF   FRA Antoine Batisse 8 (4) 0 2 (1) 1 0 0 15 1 1 1
18 FW   FRA Kévin Rocheteau 18 (5) 2 3 1 1 0 27 3 4 0
19 MF   FRA Jimmy Roye 36 4 3 2 1 0 40 6 6 0
20 FW   FRA Jérémy Grain 0 (1) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
21 DF   FRA Jérémy Choplin 33 1 2 (1) 0 0 (1) 0 37 1 8 1
22 MF   CMR Daouda Bassock 1 (6) 0 1 0 0 0 8 0 0 0
23 DF   FRA Tristan Lahaye 35 0 2 0 1 0 38 0 4 0
24 MF   BEN Djiman Koukou 34 (4) 2 2 0 1 0 41 2 5 0
25 DF   FRA Thomas-Steven Da Veiga 3 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 1 0
26 MF   FRA Messaoud Bouardja 1 (9) 1 1 0 0 0 11 1 0 0
27 DF   CMR Frédéric Bong 21 0 3 0 1 0 25 0 6 1
30 GK   FRA Arthur Desmas 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 DF   FRA Junior Sambia 21 (10) 2 2 (2) 0 0 0 35 2 5 0
34 DF   FRA Junior Assoumou 0 0 0 (1) 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
MF   FRA Quentin Daubin 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0

References

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  1. ^ "Nîmes Olympique - Décision de la commission supérieure d'appel de la FFF" (in French). fff.fr. 20 May 2015. Retrieved 22 May 2015.
  2. ^ "Evian-Thonon confirmé administrativement en CFA". l'equipe.fr (in French). 13 July 2016.
  3. ^ "Feuille de match FC Sochaux-Montbéliard - Chamois Niortais". LFP.fr. 11 August 2015. Retrieved 14 November 2015.
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