2015–16 Stade Rennais FC season

Rennes
2015–16 season
Chairman	René Ruello
Manager	Philippe Montanier
Stadium	Roazhon Park
Ligue 1	8th
Coupe de France	Round of 32
Coupe de la Ligue	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	League: Ousmane Dembélé (12); All: Ousmane Dembélé (12)
Highest home attendance	29,060 vs Nantes (6 March 2016)
Lowest home attendance	9,595 vs FBBP 01 (19 January 2016)
	← 2014–15 2016–17 →

The 2015–16 Stade Rennais season was the 115th professional season of the club since its creation in 1901.

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 1 February 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	Benoît Costil
2	DF	ALG	Mehdi Zeffane
3	DF	SEN	Cheikh M'Bengue
4	DF	MOZ	Mexer
5	DF	POR	Pedro Mendes
6	MF	SUI	Gelson Fernandes
7	FW	FRA	Paul-Georges Ntep
9	FW	RSA	Kermit Erasmus
10	FW	POL	Kamil Grosicki
11	MF	COL	Juan Quintero (on loan from Porto)
12	DF	FRA	Steven Moreira
13	FW	CIV	Giovanni Sio
14	DF	SEN	Fallou Diagne
16	GK	FRA	Olivier Sorin


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
17	MF	FRA	Jérémie Boga (on loan from Chelsea)
18	FW	BRA	Pedro Henrique
19	DF	FRA	Dimitri Cavaré
20	MF	MLI	Yacouba Sylla
21	MF	FRA	Benjamin André
22	DF	FRA	Sylvain Armand (vice-captain)
23	MF	FRA	Ousmane Dembélé
24	DF	GUF	Ludovic Baal
28	MF	FRA	Yoann Gourcuff
29	DF	FRA	Romain Danzé (captain)
30	GK	LTU	Edvinas Gertmonas
35	MF	FRA	Nicolas Janvier
40	GK	SEN	Abdoulaye Diallo

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	MKD	Gjoko Zajkov (at Charleroi)
—	DF	ALB	Ermir Lenjani (at Nantes)
—	DF	FRA	Cédric Hountondji (at Auxerre)
—	MF	FRA	Adrien Hunou (at Clermont)
—	MF	BIH	Sanjin Prcić (at Torino)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	BEL	Christian Brüls (at Standard Liège)
—	FW	FRA	Wesley Saïd (at Dijon)
—	FW	AUT	Philipp Hosiner (at 1. FC Köln)
—	FW	SWE	Ola Toivonen (at Sunderland)

Transfers

Transfers in

Date	Pos.	Player	Age	Moved from	Fee	Notes
1 July 2015	DF	Ludovic Baal	29	Lens	Free Transfer
1 July 2015	FW	Giovanni Sio	26	Basel	Undisclosed
1 July 2015	MF	Yacouba Sylla	24	Aston Villa	Undisclosed	^[2]
6 July 2015	DF	Pedro Mendes	24	Parma	Free Transfer
12 August 2015	DF	Mehdi Zeffane	23	Lyon	Undisclosed
14 September 2015	MF	Yoann Gourcuff	29	Unattached	Free Transfer
28 January 2016	FW	Kermit Erasmus	25	Orlando Pirates	Undisclosed	^[3]

Loans in

Date	Pos.	Player	Age	Loaned from	On loan until	Notes
31 August 2015	MF	Jérémie Boga	18	Chelsea	30 June 2016
31 August 2015	MF	Juan Quintero	22	Porto	30 June 2016

Transfers out

Date	Pos.	Player	Age	Moved to	Fee	Notes
1 July 2015	MF	Vincent Pajot	24	Saint-Étienne	Free Transfer
1 July 2015	MF	Sadio Diallo	24	Bastia	Undisclosed
1 July 2015	MF	Jean Makoun	32	Unattached	Released	Later joined Antalyaspor
1 July 2015	GK	Christopher Dilo	21	Dijon	Free Transfer
3 August 2015	MF	Zana Allée	21	AC Ajaccio	Free Transfer
16 August 2015	MF	Anders Konradsen	25	Rosenborg	Undisclosed
31 August 2015	MF	Axel Ngando	22	Bastia	Undisclosed
1 February 2016	MF	Abdoulaye Doucoure	23	Watford	£8M	^[4]

Loans out

Date	Pos.	Player	Age	Loaned to	Return date	Notes
1 July 2015	FW	Philipp Hosiner	26	1. FC Köln	30 June 2016
17 August 2015	DF	Ermir Lenjani	26	Nantes	30 June 2016
17 August 2015	MF	Christian Brüls	26	Standard Liège	30 June 2016
25 August 2015	DF	Gjoko Zajkov	20	Charleroi	30 June 2016	^[5]
26 August 2015	MF	Adrien Hunou	21	Clermont	30 June 2016
28 August 2015	MF	Ola Toivonen	29	Sunderland	30 June 2016	^[6]
31 August 2015	MF	Sanjin Prcić	21	Perugia	30 June 2016
31 August 2015	DF	Cédric Hountondji	21	Auxerre	30 June 2016
22 January 2016	FW	Habib Habibou	28	Gaziantepspor	30 June 2016	^[7]
31 August 2015	FW	Wesley Saïd	20	Dijon	30 June 2016

Competitions

Ligue 1

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
6	Saint-Étienne	38	17	7	14	42	37	+5	58	Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round^[a]
7	Caen	38	16	6	16	39	52	−13	54
8	Rennes	38	13	13	12	52	54	−2	52
9	Angers	38	13	11	14	40	38	+2	50
10	Bastia	38	14	8	16	36	42	−6	50

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.^[8]
Notes:

^ Since the winners of the 2015–16 Coupe de France and the 2015–16 Coupe de la Ligue, Paris Saint-Germain, qualified for European competition based on their league position, the spot awarded to the Coupe de France winners (Europa League group stage) was passed to the fourth-placed team and the spot awarded to the Coupe de la Ligue winners (Europa League third qualifying round) was passed to the sixth-placed team. The fifth-placed team received the spot in Europa League third qualifying round originally designated to the fourth-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	13	13	12	52	54	−2	52	6	7	6	25	25	0	7	6	6	27	29	−2

Last updated: 10 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	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H
Result	L	W	W	W	W	D	D	D	D	L	D	L	W	D	D	L	D	D	W	D	W	W	L	L	D	W	L	W	W	D	W	W	L	L	D	L	L	L
Position	14	9	5	3	2	2	3	3	4	7	8	10	8	8	8	10	10	10	7	8	6	4	6	9	9	7	8	6	5	5	5	4	5	7	7	7	7	8

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

Matches

Win Draw Loss

8 August 2015 1	Bastia	2–1	Rennes	Furiani
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Ayité 50' Kamano 69' Brandão 78'	Report	Sio 39', 90+3'	Stadium: Stade Armand Cesari Attendance: 14,702 Referee: Sébastien Moreira

15 August 2015 2	Rennes	1–0	Montpellier	Rennes
20:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Sio 45+1' Pedro Henrique 58' Fernandes 60' Grosicki 85'	Report	Jourdren 45+1'	Stadium: Roazhon Park Attendance: 18,748 Referee: Mikael Lesage

22 August 2015 3	Lyon	1–2	Rennes	Lyon
17:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Fekir 12', 85'	Report	Pedro Henrique 7', 59' Diagne 48' Zefanne 56' Fernandes 58'	Stadium: Stade de Gerland Attendance: 31,470 Referee: Ruddy Buquet

29 August 2015 4	Rennes	3–1	Toulouse	Rennes
20:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Yago 17' (o.g.) Fernandes 55' Armand 68' Pedro Henrique 75' Sio 90'	Report	Braithwaite 5' Akpa Akpro 55' Tisserand 65' Goicoechea 67'	Stadium: Roazhon Park Attendance: 18,560 Referee: Benoît Millot

13 September 2015 5	Nantes	0–2	Rennes	Nantes
17:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Djidji 49' Adryan 52' Dubois 56' Sigþórsson 78'	Report	Sylla 37' Ntep 45', 67' Mexer 64' Sio 89'	Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 27,262 Referee: Stéphane Lannoy

18 September 2015 6	Rennes	1–1	Lille	Rennes
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Mendes 51' Ntep 74' Armand 79' Sio 90+5'	Report	Boufal 45', 49' Baša 52' Mavuba 69' Enyeama 69' Bauthéac 90+5'	Stadium: Roazhon Park Attendance: 27,391 Referee: Stéphane Jochem

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	Rennes	1–1	Troyes	Rennes
20:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Sylla 45+1' 90+3' Pedro Henrique 68' Diagne 71'	Report	Pi 11' Karaboué 23' Perea 45' Nivet 75'	Stadium: Roazhon Park Attendance: 20,170 Referee: Johann Hamel

4 October 2015 9	Monaco	1–1	Rennes	Fontvieille
14:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Raggi 43' Wallace 51', 90' Fabinho 64'	Report	Pedro Henrique 8' Doucouré 41' Grosicki 77'	Stadium: Stade Louis II Attendance: 5,552 Referee: Tony Chapron

18 October 2015 10	Rennes	1–4	Nice	Rennes
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Fernandes 37' Sio 59' Grosicki 88'	Report	Bodmer 14' Germain 52' Ben Arfa 53' Traoré 71', 75' Benrahma 80'	Stadium: Roazhon Park Attendance: 21,709 Referee: Benoît Millot

24 October 2015 11	Lorient	1–1	Rennes	Lorient
17:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Guerreiro 25' Koné 62' 67'	Report	Sio 32' 85' Grosicki 68'	Stadium: Stade du Moustoir

30 October 2015 12	Rennes	0–1	Paris Saint-Germain	Rennes
20:30 CEST (UTC+01:00)		Report	Di María 75'	Stadium: Roazhon Park Referee: Fredy Fautrel

6 November 2015 13	Angers	0–2	Rennes	Angers
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Andreu 90+3'	Report	Doucouré 4' Fernandes 54' 61' Grosicki 86'	Stadium: Stade Jean-Bouin Attendance: 15,202 Referee: Clément Turpin

22 November 2015 14	Rennes	2–2	Bordeaux	Rennes
17:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Dembélé 32' Grosicki 75' Sio 87' Armand 90'	Report	Khazri 23' Crivelli 41' 90' Contento 78' Pallois 90'	Stadium: Roazhon Park Attendance: 23,289 Referee: Sébastien Moreira

28 November 2015 15	Reims	2–2	Rennes	Reims
20:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	De Préville 30', 67' Kankava 35' 64' Mandi 58' Signorino 65' Devaux 88'	Report	Boga 44' Sylla 27' Moreira 61' Sio 66' Grosicki 81' Fernandes 84'	Stadium: Stade Auguste Delaune Attendance: 9,289 Referee: Hakim Ben El Hadj

3 December 2015 16	Rennes	0–1	Marseille	Rennes
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Moreira 1' André 51' Mexer 55' Armand 88'	Report	Cabella 21', 25' Mandanda 90'	Stadium: Roazhon Park Attendance: 23,424 Referee: Tony Chapron

6 December 2015 17	Saint-Étienne	1–1	Rennes	Saint Étienne
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Maupay 69' Lemoine 75' Eysseric 78' (pen.)	Report	Pedro Henrique 40', 41' Armand 80' Sylla 86'	Stadium: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard Attendance: 26,668 Referee: Nicolas Rainville

11 December 2015 18	Rennes	1–1	Caen	Rennes
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Doucouré 51' Quintero 62'	Report	Imorou 36' Ben Youssef 79'	Stadium: Roazhon Park Attendance: 23,471 Referee: Johan Hamel

19 December 2015 19	Guingamp	0–2	Rennes	Guingamp
20:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Diallo 45+1'	Report	Pedro Henrique 62' Dembélé 63' Sio 77' Fernandes 81'	Stadium: Stade du Roudourou Attendance: 16,196 Referee: Benoît Millot

9 January 2016 20	Rennes	2–2	Lorient	Rennes
20:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Dembélé 35' Boga 41'	Report	Diagne 4' (o.g.) Waris 22' N'Dong 47'	Stadium: Roazhon Park Attendance: 26,936 Referee: Frank Schneider

16 January 2016 21	Troyes	2–4	Rennes	Troyes
20:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Camus 7' Jean 15' Ngcongca 20' Dabo 38' Cabot 51'	Report	Diagne 14', 21', 39' (pen.) Dembélé 28' Grosicki 81'	Stadium: Stade de l'Aube Attendance: 10,292 Referee: Saïd Ennjimi

22 January 2016 22	Rennes	1–0	Gazélec Ajaccio	Rennes
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Diagne 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

31 January 2016 23	Bordeaux	4–0	Rennes	Bordeaux
17:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Diabaté 29', 51' Guilbert 49' Contento 59' Rolán 67' Touré 90+2'	Report	André 71'	Stadium: Nouveau Stade de Bordeaux Attendance: 19,883 Referee: Mikael Lesage

4 February 2016 24	Rennes	0–1	Saint-Étienne	Rennes
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Sylla 26' Mexer 73'	Report	Bahebeck 20' Sall 71', 74'	Stadium: Roazhon Park Attendance: 18,049 Referee: Benoît Millot

7 February 2016 25	Lille	1–1	Rennes	Villeneuve d'Ascq
14:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Éder 42' Boufal 66' 71' Soumaoro 87'	Report	Danzé 18' Mendes 23' M'Bengue 76' Zeffane 85' Dembélé 89' (pen.)	Stadium: Stade Pierre-Mauroy Attendance: 29,012 Referee: Johan Hamel

12 February 2016 26	Rennes	1–0	Angers	Rennes
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Bouka Moutou 90+2' (o.g.)	Report	Yattara 23'	Stadium: Roazhon Park Attendance: 18,350 Referee: Stéphane Lannoy

21 February 2016 27	Caen	1–0	Rennes	Caen
17:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Delort 47' Ntibazonkiza 54'	Report	Mendes 24'	Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano Attendance: 15,455 Referee: Tony Chapron

27 February 2016 28	Toulose	1–2	Rennes	Toulouse
20:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Bodiger 57' Akpa Akpro 74' Ben Yedder 78'	Report	Dembélé 80' Grosicki 90+2'	Stadium: Stade Municipal Attendance: 11,627 Referee: Stéphane Jochem

6 March 2016 29	Rennes	4–1	Nantes	Rennes
17:00 CET (UTC+1)	Dembélé 1', 23', 45' Grosicki 15' Armand 28' Sio 35' 67'	Report	Sigþórsson 24' Vizcarrondo 45' Adryan 60' Audel 79'	Stadium: Roazhon Park Attendance: 29,060 Referee: Ruddy Buquet

13 March 2016 30	Rennes	2–2	Lyon	Rennes
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Mendes 12' Pedro Henrique 20' Fernandes 50' Dembélé 53' Diagne 65', 70' Rafael 82' (o.g.)	Report	Rafael 19' Gonalons 32' Ghezzal 33', 71' Koné 53' Lacazette 55'	Stadium: Roazhon Park Attendance: 25,830 Referee: Frank Schneider

18 March 2016 31	Marseille	2–5	Rennes	Marseille
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Rolando 8', 50' Thauvin 20' Batshuayi 32'	Report	Gourcuff 4', 59' Diagne 9' Dembélé 14' André 29' Sio 77'	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 40,077 Referee: Sébastien Moreira

2 April 2016 32	Rennes	3–1	Stade Reims	Rennes
20:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Grosicki 12' Dembélé 15', 67' Diagne 61'	Report	Mandi 59'	Stadium: Roazhon Park Attendance: 24,828 Referee: Saïd Ennjimi

10 April 2016 33	Nice	3–0	Rennes	Nice
17:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Ben Arfa 33' (pen.), 40', 56'	Report		Stadium: Allianz Riviera Attendance: 23,622 Referee: Clément Turpin

17 April 2016 34	Rennes	0–3	Guingamp	Rennes
17:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Mexer 5' Sio 89' Diagne 90'	Report	Diallo 18', 63' Kerbrat 56' Briand 73' Sankharé 77'	Stadium: Roazhon Park Attendance: 29,068 Referee: Mikael Lesage

24 April 2016 35	Rennes	1–1	Monaco	Rennes
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Sio 80' Danzé 86'	Report	Costa 14' Fabinho 79' Carrillo 90' Wallace 90'	Stadium: Roazhon Park Attendance: 23,251 Referee: Fredy Fautrel

29 April 2016 36	Paris Saint-Germain	4–0	Rennes	Paris
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Maxwell 50' Ibrahimović 54', 78' Aurier 57' Cavani 90+1'	Report	Gnagnon 34'	Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 45,341 Referee: Amaury Delerue

7 May 2016 37	Montpellier	2–0	Rennes	Montpellier
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Ninga 58' Boudebouz 70'	Report		Stadium: Stade de la Mosson Attendance: 13,004 Referee: Sébastien Moreira

14 May 2016 38	Rennes	1–2	Bastia	Rennes
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)				Stadium: Roazhon Park

Coupe de la Ligue

27 October 2015 Round of 32	Bastia	0–1	Rennes	Furiani
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Coulibaly 40' Peybernes 60'	Report	Mendes 27' Doucouré 59'	Stadium: Stade Armand Cesari Attendance: 3,048 Referee: Stéphane Lannoy

15 December 2015 Round of 16	Rennes	1–3	Toulouse	Rennes
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Sylla 16' Fernandes 21' Diagne 57' (pen.)	Report	Ben Yedder 13', 32' Regattin 84' Machach 90'	Stadium: Roazhon Park Attendance: 14,672 Referee: Benoît Bastien

Coupe de France

4 January 2016 Round of 64	Nice	2–2 (a.e.t.) (6–7 p)	Rennes	Nice
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Mendy 38' Koziello 41' 74' Ben Arfa 117' (pen.)	Report	Diagne 42' Pedro Henrique 58' Fernandes 81' Boga 83' André 114' Armand 119' Danzé 116'	Stadium: Allianz Riviera Attendance: 7,749 Referee: Clément Turpin
	Penalties
	Ben Arfa Seri Mendy Wallyson Baysse Genevois Honorat Boscagli Lloris		Quintero Boga Diagne Dembélé Armand Janvier André M'Bengue Fernandes

19 January 2016 Round of 32	Rennes	1–3	FBBP 01	Rennes
18:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Armand 10' Moreira 21'	Report	Bègue 48' Boussaha 80' Sané 90'	Stadium: Roazhon Park Attendance: 9,595 Referee: Antony Gautier

References

^ "Equipe Pro" (in French). Stade Rennais FC. Retrieved 26 August 2014.
^ "Rennes sign Yacouba Sylla from Aston Villa".
^ Kermit Erasmus: South African striker joins French side Rennes
^ "OFFICIAL: Abdoulaye Doucoure Signs For Hornets". Archived from the original on 1 February 2016. Retrieved 4 February 2016.
^ "Transfert Gjoko Zajkov (Rennes) prêté à Charleroi" [Gjoko Zajkov (Rennes) loan to Charleroi] (in French). L'equipe. 25 August 2015. Retrieved 25 August 2015.
^ "Sunderland sign Ola Toivonen". Sunderland. 28 August 2015. Retrieved 28 August 2015.
^ Gaziantepspor, Habib Habibou ile anlaştı
^ "Ligue 1 2015/2016 - Season rules". Scoresway. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 22 July 2015.

[table_note_res_ELGS0.35383036330055-8] Since the winners of the 2015–16 Coupe de France and the 2015–16 Coupe de la Ligue, Paris Saint-Germain, qualified for European competition based on their league position, the spot awarded to the Coupe de France winners (Europa League group stage) was passed to the fourth-placed team and the spot awarded to the Coupe de la Ligue winners (Europa League third qualifying round) was passed to the sixth-placed team. The fifth-placed team received the spot in Europa League third qualifying round originally designated to the fourth-placed team.

[1] "Equipe Pro" (in French). Stade Rennais FC. Retrieved 26 August 2014.

[2] "Rennes sign Yacouba Sylla from Aston Villa".

[3] Kermit Erasmus: South African striker joins French side Rennes

[4] "OFFICIAL: Abdoulaye Doucoure Signs For Hornets". Archived from the original on 1 February 2016. Retrieved 4 February 2016.

[5] "Transfert Gjoko Zajkov (Rennes) prêté à Charleroi" [Gjoko Zajkov (Rennes) loan to Charleroi] (in French). L'equipe. 25 August 2015. Retrieved 25 August 2015.

[6] "Sunderland sign Ola Toivonen". Sunderland. 28 August 2015. Retrieved 28 August 2015.

[7] Gaziantepspor, Habib Habibou ile anlaştı

[9] "Ligue 1 2015/2016 - Season rules". Scoresway. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 22 July 2015.

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