2015–16 Gazélec Ajaccio season

Gazélec Ajaccio
2015–16 season
Chairman	Olivier Miniconi
Manager	Thierry Laurey
Stadium	Stade Ange Casanova
Ligue 1	18th
Coupe de France	Quarter-final
Coupe de la Ligue	Round of 32
Top goalscorer	League: ; Mohamed Larbi (7); All: ; Khalid Boutaïb (9)
Highest home attendance	4,125 vs Lyon (20 December 2015)
Lowest home attendance	800 vs Sainte-Marienne (2 January 2016)
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2014–15 2016–17 →

The 2015–16 Gazélec Ajaccio season is the 105th professional season of the club since its creation in 1910. This is Gazélec Ajaccio's first season in Ligue 1 after finishing second in the 2014–15 Ligue 2 season.

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 29 January 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	Clément Maury
3	DF	GUI	Issiaga Sylla (on loan from Toulouse)
4	DF	FRA	Rodéric Filippi
5	DF	FRA	Jérémie Bréchet
6	DF	FRA	David Ducourtioux
7	FW	FRA	Kévin Mayi
8	MF	FRA	Jérôme Lemoigne
9	FW	MAR	Khalid Boutaïb
10	MF	TUN	Mohamed Larbi
13	DF	FRA	Alassane Touré
15	DF	SEN	Kader Mangane


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
18	DF	CAF	Amos Youga
19	FW	CMR	Jacques Zoua
20	MF	FRA	Louis Poggi (captain)
21	DF	FRA	Pablo Martinez
23	MF	CRO	Damjan Đoković
24	FW	COD	John Tshibumbu
27	FW	TUN	Amine Chermiti
28	FW	FRA	Grégory Pujol
29	DF	FRA	Alexandre Coeff (on loan from Udinese)
30	GK	CMR	Jules Goda
40	GK	FRA	Paul-André Guérin

Transfers

Transfers in

Date	Pos.	Player	Age	Moved from	Fee	Notes
1 July 2015	DF	Alassane Touré	26	Tours	Free Transfer
9 July 2015	MF	Jérôme Lemoigne	32	Lens	Undisclosed
20 July 2015	MF	Kader Mangane	32	Unattached	Free Transfer
22 July 2015	MF	Damjan Đoković	25	Bologna	Free Transfer
6 August 2015	FW	Jacques Zoua	23	Hamburger SV	Free Transfer
13 August 2015	FW	Issiar Dia	28	Lekhwiya	Undisclosed
29 January 2016	FW	Amine Chermiti	28	Zürich	Undisclosed	^[2]

Loans in

Date	Pos.	Player	Age	Loaned from	Return date	Notes
4 July 2015	DF	Issiaga Sylla	21	Toulouse	30 June 2016
4 August 2015	DF	Alexandre Coeff	23	Udinese	30 June 2016

Transfers out

Date	Pos.	Player	Age	Moved to	Fee	Notes
1 July 2015	MF	Julien François	35	Unattached	Released
1 July 2015	MF	Pierre-François Sinapi	25	Unattached	Released
1 July 2015	DF	Yoann Andreu	26	Angers	Free Transfer
1 July 2015	MF	Cyriaque Rivieyran	24	Clermont	Free Transfer
1 July 2015	MF	Florian Fabre	28	Nîmes	Free Transfer
1 July 2015	MF	Matar Fall	33	SC Toulon	Free Transfer
16 July 2015	FW	Lucas Libbra	19	Vitré	Free Transfer
20 July 2015	MF	Ali M'Madi	25	Grenoble	Free Transfer
5 August 2015	FW	Rafik Boujedra	22	Bourg-Péronnas	Free Transfer
6 January 2016	FW	Issiar Dia	28	Unattached	Released	^[3]

Competitions

Ligue 1

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
16	Guingamp	38	11	11	16	47	56	−9	44
17	Toulouse	38	9	13	16	45	55	−10	40
18	Reims (R)	38	10	9	19	44	57	−13	39	Relegation to Ligue 2^[a]
19	Gazélec Ajaccio (R)	38	8	13	17	37	58	−21	37
20	Troyes (R)	38	3	9	26	28	83	−55	18

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]
(R) Relegated
Notes:

^ Starting this season, Ligue 1 decided to reduce the number of relegation spots from three to two.^[4] However, the decision was appealed and overturned so three teams were relegated.^[5]

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	8	13	17	37	58	−21	37	5	7	7	23	32	−9	3	6	10	14	26	−12

Last updated: 14 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	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A
Result	D	L	L	L	L	L	D	L	D	L	W	W	W	W	D	W	D	D	W	D	D	L	L	L	D	L	D	D	L	W	L	L	D	L	W	L	L	L
Position	12	17	18	20	20	20	19	20	20	20	19	18	18	16	16	13	15	16	12	14	13	13	16	17	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	18	19

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

Matches

Win Draw Loss

8 August 2015 1	Troyes	0–0	Gazélec Ajaccio	Troyes
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report	Youga 16' Martinez 27' Ducourtioux 41' Sylla 75'	Stadium: Stade de l'Aube Attendance: 10,858 Referee: Jérôme Miguelgorry

16 August 2015 2	Paris Saint-Germain	2–0	Gazélec Ajaccio	Paris
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Matuidi 11' Silva 21' Aurier 74'	Report	Lemoigne 54' Zoua 62' Filippi 84'	Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 46,524 Referee: Wilfried Bien

22 August 2015 3	Gazélec Ajaccio	0–2	Angers	Ajaccio, Corsica
20:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Lemoigne 14' Coeff 90+3'	Report	Ndoye 2', 20' Andreu 31' Thomas 73'	Stadium: Stade Ange Casanova Attendance: 3,911 Referee: Bartolomeu Varela

29 August 2015 4	Lille	1–0	Gazélec Ajaccio	Villeneuve d'Ascq
20:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Boufal 23', 81'	Report	Sylla 36' Mangane 45+1' Filippi 52'	Stadium: Stade Pierre-Mauroy Attendance: 27,138 Referee: Mikael Lesage

13 September 2015 5	Gazélec Ajaccio	0–1	Monaco	Ajaccio, Corsica
14:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Martinez 20' Ducourtioux 30' Youga 90+1'	Report	Fabinho 11', 17' (pen.) Echiéjilé 76' Bahlouli 90+4'	Stadium: Stade Ange Casanova Attendance: 3,880 Referee: Sébastien Moreira

19 September 2015 6	Guingamp	2–1	Gazélec Ajaccio	Guingamp
20:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Privat 23' Briand 61' Angoua 74' Mathis 80'	Report	Sylla 27' 39' Mangane 35' Lemoigne 37' Coeff 59' Martinez 63' Đoković 74'	Stadium: Stade du Roudourou Attendance: 13,490 Referee: Nicolas Rainville

23 September 2015 7	Gazélec Ajaccio	1–1	Rennes	Ajaccio, Corsica
19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Larbi 45+1'	Report	Sio 44', 89'	Stadium: Stade Ange Casanova Attendance: 3,576 Referee: Fredy Fautrel

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

3 October 2015 9	Gazélec Ajaccio	2–2	Toulouse	Ajaccio, Corsica
20:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Filippi 16' Mayi 25' Pujol 41', 44' Ducourtioux 66'	Report	Braithwaite 21' Bodiger 47' Sylla 49' (o.g.)	Stadium: Stade Ange Casanova Attendance: 3,465 Referee: Frank Schneider

17 October 2015 10	Saint-Étienne	2–0	Gazélec Ajaccio	Saint Étienne
20:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Berić 20' Monnet-Paquet 70'	Report		Stadium: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard Attendance: 28,041 Referee: Stéphane Jochem

24 October 2015 11	Gazélec Ajaccio	3–1	Nice	Ajaccio, Corsica
20:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Pujol 1' Ducourtioux 22' Filippi 32' Coeff 34' Đoković 43', 48' Lemoigne 88'	Report	Filippi 12' (o.g.) Koziello 42' Mallmann 61' Bodmer 67' Boscagli 84'	Stadium: Stade Ange Casanova Attendance: 3,757 Referee: Johan Hamel

31 October 2015 12	Gazélec Ajaccio	2–0	Bordeaux	Ajaccio, Corsica
20:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Filippi 41' 65' Larbi 44', 68' Đoković 56' Martinez 61' Maury 73'	Report	Rolán 35' Crivelli 61' Poko 74' Saivet 78'	Stadium: Stade Ange Casanova Attendance: 3,628 Referee: Hakim Ben El Hadj

7 November 2015 13	Stade de Reims	1–2	Gazélec Ajaccio	Reims
20:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Weber 66' Kyei 77' De Préville 82' Devaux 90'	Report	Ducourtioux 31' Boutaïb 34' Zoua 71' Sylla 81'	Stadium: Stade Auguste Delaune Attendance: 11,393 Referee: Saïd Ennjimi

22 November 2015 14	SC Bastia	1–2	Gazélec Ajaccio	Bastia, Corsica
14:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Brandão 5' Leca 18' Cahuzac 69'	Report	Zoua 19' (pen.) Boutaïb 70' Ducourtioux 70'	Stadium: Stade Armand Cesari Attendance: 11,985 Referee: Saïd Ennjimi

28 November 2015 15	Gazélec Ajaccio	1–1	Lorient	Ajaccio, Corsica
20:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Lemoigne 4' Larbi 18' Boutaïb 29'	Report	Moukandjo 31' (pen.) Mesloub 33'	Stadium: Stade Ange Casanova Attendance: 3,514 Referee: Jérôme Miguelgorry

2 December 2015 16	Montpellier	0–2	Gazélec Ajaccio	Montpellier
19:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Hilton 30'	Report	Zoua 45+3' Filippi 50' Sylla 70' Tshibumbu 74', 82' Lemoigne 78'	Stadium: Stade de la Mosson Attendance: 9,332 Referee: Hakim Ben El Hadj

5 December 2015 17	Gazélec Ajaccio	1–1	Nantes	Ajaccio, Corsica
20:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Ducourtioux 31' Tshibumbu 45+2', 84'	Report	Vizcarrondo 50' Sala 56' Sabaly 72'	Stadium: Stade Ange Casanova Attendance: 3,614 Referee: Wilfried Bien

13 December 2015 18	Marseille	1–1	Gazélec Ajaccio	Marseille
17:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Cabella 33' Batshuayi 38' Barrada 51' Romao 90+2'	Report	Zoua 19' (pen.) Ducourtioux 32' Mangane 41' Youga 64' Coeff 90+1'	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 40,298 Referee: Nicolas Rainville

20 December 2015 19	Gazélec Ajaccio	2–1	Lyon	Ajaccio, Corsica
17:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Mangane 21' Larbi 32', 67' Tshibumbu 83' Boutaïb 90+1'	Report	Grenier 72', 82'	Stadium: Stade Ange Casanova Attendance: 4,125 Referee: Amaury Delerue

9 January 2016 20	Monaco	2–2	Gazélec Ajaccio	Fontvieille
20:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Moutinho 26' Fabinho 51' (pen.) Coentrão 53' Carvalho 73'	Report	Boutaïb 9' Tshibumbu 31' Ducourtioux 36' Lemoigne 72' Sylla 76'	Stadium: Stade Louis II Attendance: 5,542 Referee: Stéphane Jochem

16 January 2016 21	Gazélec Ajaccio	2–2	Stade Reims	Ajaccio, Corsica
20:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Boutaïb 2' Đoković 72', 83' Tshibumbu 73'	Report	De Préville 22', 31'	Stadium: Stade Ange Casanova Attendance: 3,568 Referee: Johan Hamel

22 January 2016 22	Rennes	1–0	Gazélec Ajaccio	Rennes
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Diagné 60' M'Bengue 67' Danzé 69' Filippi 90+1' (o.g.)	Report	Coeff 45' Lemoigne 62' Đoković 69'	Stadium: Roazhon Park Attendance: 18,022 Referee: Sébastien Moreira

30 January 2016 23	Gazélec Ajaccio	0–4	Montpellier	Ajaccio, Corsica
20:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Đoković 8' Lemoigne 26' Touré 40'	Report	Dabo 8', 52', 57' Yatabaré 14' Camara 28' Martin 41' (pen.), 42'	Stadium: Stade Ange Casanova Attendance: 3,629 Referee: Bartolomeu Varela

3 February 2016 24	Nantes	3–1	Gazélec Ajaccio	Nantes
19:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Sala 14' Bedoya 23' Gillet 45' Adryan 58'	Report	Mayi 26' Youga 51' Mangane 56'	Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 24,799 Referee: Saïd Ennjimi

6 February 2016 25	Gazélec Ajaccio	0–0	Guingamp	Ajaccio, Corsica
20:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Touré 18'	Report	Mathis 8'	Stadium: Stade Ange Casanova Attendance: 3,569 Referee: Clément Turpin

13 February 2016 26	Gazélec Ajaccio	2–3	Troyes	Ajaccio, Corsica
20:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Zoua 1' Filippi 38' Ducourtioux 48', 57'	Report	Ben Saada 8' Nivet 30' Azamoum 36', 43' Martial 50' Confais 53'	Stadium: Stade Ange Casanova Attendance: 3,485 Referee: Nicolas Rainville

20 February 2016 27	Toulouse	1–1	Gazélec Ajaccio	Toulouse
20:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Blin 82' Braithwaite 90+1'	Report	Filippi 39' Sylla 36' 79' Ducourtioux 49' Mayi 59' Touré 87'	Stadium: Stade Municipal Attendance: 19,173 Referee: Fredy Fautrel

5 March 2016 29	Bordeaux	1–1	Gazélec Ajaccio	Bordeaux
20:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Pablo 9' Diabaté 38' (pen.) Sané 63'	Report	Touré 4' Mayi 58' Larbi 89'	Stadium: Matmut Atlantique Attendance: 17,603 Referee: Johan Hamel

9 March 2016 28	Gazélec Ajaccio	1–1	Marseille	Ajaccio, Corsica
18:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Lemoigne 31' Sylla 70' Rekik 84' (o.g.)	Report	Romao 38' Cabella 64', 79'	Stadium: Stade Ange Casanova Attendance: 4,103 Referee: Stéphane Lannoy

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

20 March 2016 31	Nice	3–0	Gazélec Ajaccio	Nice
20:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Ben Arfa 14' Pléa 66' Pied 70' Seri 88'	Report	Touré 31' Lemoigne 62'	Stadium: Allianz Riviera Attendance: 19,066 Referee: Nicolas Rainville

2 April 2016 32	Gazélec Ajaccio	0–2	Saint-Étienne	Ajaccio
20:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Boutaïb 25'	Report	Roux 15' Théophile-Catherine 58'	Stadium: Stade Ange Casanova Attendance: 3,665 Referee: Clément Turpin

9 April 2016 33	Angers	0–0	Gazélec Ajaccio	Angers
20:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Mangani 18'	Report	Lemoigne 17' Filippi 18' Youga 51' Poggi 56' Sylla 79'	Stadium: Stade Jean-Bouin Attendance: 11,474 Referee: Jérôme Miguelgorry

16 April 2016 34	Gazélec Ajaccio	2–4	Lille	Ajaccio
20:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Pujol 41' Lemoigne 45' Mangane 45' Filippi 50' 67' Touré 86'	Report	Boufal 19', 74', 84' Benzia 45' Balmont 62' Martinez 88' (o.g.)	Stadium: Stade Ange Casanova Referee: François Letexier

24 April 2016 35	Gazélec Ajaccio	3–2	Bastia	Ajaccio
17:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Ducourtioux 15' Boutaïb 20' Pujol 37', 76' Larbi 63' (pen.) Lemoigne 90+1' Đoković 90+3'	Report	Ngando 9' Cahuzac 62', 77' Cioni 90+3'	Stadium: Stade Ange Casanova Attendance: 4,104 Referee: Sébastien Moreira

30 April 2016 36	Lyon	2–1	Gazélec Ajaccio	Lyon
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Ghezzal 11' Cornet 40' Rafael 88'	Report	Tshibumbu 15' Pujol 49' Đoković 74'	Stadium: Parc Olympique Lyonnais Attendance: 50,546 Referee: Nicolas Rainville

7 May 2016 37	Gazélec Ajaccio	0-4	Paris Saint-Germain	Ajaccio
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00)		Report		Stadium: Stade Ange Casanova Attendance: 3,970 Referee: Mikael Lesage

14 May 2016 38	Lorient	1–0	Gazélec Ajaccio	Lorient
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00)		Report		Stadium: Stade du Moustoir Attendance: 12,616 Referee: Benoît Millot

Coupe de la Ligue

25 November 2015 Round of 32	Gazélec Ajaccio	0–1 (a.e.t.)	Guingamp	Ajaccio, Corsica
18:30 CET (UTC+01:00)		Report	Sorbon 56' Kerbrat 97' Privat 104'	Stadium: Stade Ange Casanova Attendance: 1,570 Referee: Mikael Lesage

Coupe de France

2 January 2016 Round of 64	Gazélec Ajaccio	2–0	Sainte-Marienne	Ajaccio, Corsica
13:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Larbi 32' Mayi 69' 80'	Report	Youssouf 78'	Stadium: Stade Ange Casanova Attendance: 800 Referee: Lionel Jaffredo

19 January 2016 Round of 32	Gazélec Ajaccio	3–0	Guingamp	Ajaccio, Corsica
18:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Boutaïb 5', 21', 49', 85'	Report	Coco 10' Mathis 45'	Stadium: Stade Ange Casanova Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Ruddy Buquet

9 February 2016 Round of 16	Saint-Malo	1–2	Gazélec Ajaccio	Guingamp
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Creac'h 34'	Report	Mayi 61' Youga 62' Boutaïb 78'	Stadium: Stade du Roudourou Attendance: 7,016 Referee: Stéphane Jochem

2 March 2016 Quarter-final	Lorient	3–0	Gazélec Ajaccio	Lorient
19:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Philippoteaux 9' N'Dong 32' Barthelme 43' Paye 90'	Report	Tshibumbu 22' Filippi 45'	Stadium: Stade du Moustoir Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Benoît Millot

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^ "Le Groupe Professionnel". Archived from the original on 16 December 2016. Retrieved 13 July 2015.
^ "Le GFC Ajaccio recrute Amine Chermiti". L'equipe.
^ "Ligue 1 : Issiar Dia quitte le Gazelec d'Ajaccio". Senego.
^ "Ligue 1 reduces relegation spots from three to two from next season". espnfc.us. ESPN FC. 22 May 2015. Retrieved 22 July 2015.
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[table_note_res_REL0.020654934933714-6] Starting this season, Ligue 1 decided to reduce the number of relegation spots from three to two.^[4] However, the decision was appealed and overturned so three teams were relegated.^[5]

[1] "Le Groupe Professionnel". Archived from the original on 16 December 2016. Retrieved 13 July 2015.

[2] "Le GFC Ajaccio recrute Amine Chermiti". L'equipe.

[3] "Ligue 1 : Issiar Dia quitte le Gazelec d'Ajaccio". Senego.

[4] "Ligue 1 reduces relegation spots from three to two from next season". espnfc.us. ESPN FC. 22 May 2015. Retrieved 22 July 2015.

[5] "Ligue 1/Ligue 2 : Il y aura bien trois rélégations/Promotions". 3 February 2016.

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