2018–19 Montpellier HSC season

The 2018–19 Montpellier HSC season was the 44th professional season of the club since its creation in 1974.

Montpellier

2018–19 season
Chairman	Laurent Nicollin
Manager	Michel Der Zakarian
Stadium	Stade de la Mosson
Ligue 1	6th
Coupe de France	Round of 64
Coupe de la Ligue	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	League: Andy Delort (14) All: Andy Delort (14)
Highest home attendance	League/All: 20,477 vs. PSG (30 April 2019)
Lowest home attendance	League: 10,630 vs. Strasbourg (15 September 2018) All: 6,774 vs. Nantes (30 October 2018, CdlL Ro32)
Average home league attendance	13,829
Biggest win	3–0 (30 September 2018 vs. Nîmes) (27 October 2018 at Toulouse) (4 November 2018 vs. Marseille)
Biggest defeat	1–5 (20 February 2019 at PSG)
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Players

Main article: List of Montpellier HSC players

For a list of all former and current Montpellier HSC players, see Category: Montpellier HSC 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.

As of 1 October 2018

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
2	DF	FRA	Ruben Aguilar
3	DF	FRA	Daniel Congré
4	DF	BRA	Vitorino Hilton (captain)
5	DF	POR	Pedro Mendes
6	MF	FRA	Junior Sambia
7	MF	FRA	Paul Lasne
8	DF	CMR	Ambroise Oyongo
10	FW	FRA	Gaëtan Laborde
11	FW	FRA	Andy Delort (on loan from Toulouse)
12	FW	FRA	Bilal Boutobba
13	MF	TUN	Ellyes Skhiri (vice-captain)
14	DF	FRA	Damien Le Tallec
15	DF	FRA	Bryan Passi
16	GK	FRA	Dimitry Bertaud

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
17	FW	FRA	Jérémie Porsan-Clemente
18	FW	FRA	Yanis Ammour
19	FW	SEN	Souleymane Camara
20	FW	RSA	Keagan Dolly
21	MF	FRA	Kylian Kaiboue
22	MF	FRA	Killian Sanson
23	MF	URU	Facundo Píriz
25	MF	FRA	Florent Mollet
27	DF	FRA	Clément Vidal
29	MF	FRA	Amir Adouyev
30	GK	FRA	Jonathan Ligali
31	DF	FRA	Nicolas Cozza
32	FW	SRB	Petar Škuletić
40	GK	FRA	Benjamin Lecomte

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	FRA	Morgan Poaty (at Troyes)
—	FW	BEL	Isaac Mbenza (at Huddersfield Town)

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	FW	CIV	Giovanni Sio (at Al-Ittihad)

Competitions

Ligue 1

Main article: 2018–19 Ligue 1

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
4	Saint-Étienne	38	19	9	10	59	41	+18	66	Qualification for the Europa League group stage
5	Marseille	38	18	7	13	60	52	+8	61
6	Montpellier	38	15	14	9	53	42	+11	59
7	Nice	38	15	11	12	30	35	−5	56
8	Reims	38	13	16	9	39	42	−3	55

Source: Ligue 1 and Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Head-to-head points; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Head-to-head goals scored; 6) Head-to-head away goals scored; 7) Goals scored; 8) Away goals scored; 9) Most goals scored in single league match; 10) Fairplay ranking.

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	15	14	9	53	42	+11	59	8	8	3	31	20	+11	7	6	6	22	22	0

Last updated: 24 May 2019.
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	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A
Result	L	W	D	W	D	W	D	W	D	W	W	W	L	D	W	L	L	L	D	D	D	W	D	D	D	L	W	D	L	W	L	W	W	W	D	W	D	L
Position	13	11	12	7	6	3	5	3	4	3	3	2	3	3	2	3	3	4	4	5	6	6	5	5	6	7	7	7	8	7	8	6	6	5	5	5	5	6

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

Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss

Montpellier v Dijon

11 August 2018 1	Montpellier	1–2	Dijon	Montpellier
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Pedro Mendes 5',  33' Aguilar  81'	Report	Coulibaly  33', 90+1' Tavares 52' Yambéré  80'	Stadium: Stade de la Mosson Attendance: 12,765 Referee: Florent Batta

Amiens v Montpellier

18 August 2018 2	Amiens	1–2	Montpellier	Amiens
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Fofana  33' Konaté 82' (pen.)	Report	Mollet 52' Aguilar  64' Delort  66' Skhiri 71' Lasne  79'	Stadium: Stade de la Licorne Attendance: 10,397 Referee: Karim Abed

Montpellier v Saint-Étienne

25 August 2018 3	Montpellier	0–0	Saint-Étienne	Montpellier
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Hilton 46' Aguilar  50' Lasne  54'	Report		Stadium: Stade de la Mosson Attendance: 14,777 Referee: Jérôme Brisard

Reims v Montpellier

1 September 2018 4	Reims	0–1	Montpellier	Reims
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Oyongo 77'	Stadium: Stade Auguste Delaune Attendance: 12,042 Referee: Jérémy Stinat

Montpellier v Strasbourg

15 September 2018 5	Montpellier	1–1	Strasbourg	Montpellier
20:00	Le Tallec 51' Oyongo  59'	Report	Martin  28' Martinez  87' Mothiba 90+3'	Stadium: Stade de la Mosson Attendance: 10,630 Referee: Willy Delajod

Montpellier v Nice

22 September 2018 6	Montpellier	1–0	Nice	Montpellier
20:00	Laborde 35' Hilton  47' Sambia  50' Aguilar  90+1'	Report	Balotelli  53' Saint-Maximin  90+3'	Stadium: Stade de la Mosson Attendance: 11,015 Referee: Thomas Leonard

SM Caen v Montpellier

26 September 2018 7	SM Caen	2–2	Montpellier	Caen
19:00	Khaoui 10' Bammou 64' Ninga  79' Fajr  89'	Report	Delort 37' Le Tallec 52' Mollet  62' Hilton  83' Sambia  90+2'	Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano Attendance: 14,402 Referee: Antony Gautier

Montpellier v Nîmes

30 September 2018 8	Montpellier	3–0	Nîmes	Montpellier
17:00	Aguilar  3' Oyongo 28',  62' Delort 45+6' (pen.) Laborde 78'	Report	Lybohy  42' Diallo  45+2' Briançon  45+6'	Stadium: Stade de la Mosson Attendance: 20,054 Referee: Ruddy Buquet

Guingamp v Montpellier

6 October 2018 9	Guingamp	1–1	Montpellier	Guingamp
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Thuram  7' Benezet 64'	Report	Delort 30' Oyongo  31' Mollet  39'  39'	Stadium: Stade de Roudourou Attendance: 13,643 Referee: Jérémy Stinat

Montpellier v Bordeaux

21 October 2018 10	Montpellier	2–0	Bordeaux	Montpellier
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Laborde 17' Pedro Mendes  33' Skhiri  42' Delort 53' (pen.)	Report	Karamoh  42' Sabaly  47' Lerager  50' Pablo  53'	Stadium: Stade de la Mosson Attendance: 12,491 Referee: Frank Schneider

Toulouse v Montpellier

27 October 2018 11	Toulouse	0–3	Montpellier	Toulouse
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Durmaz  22' Jean  90+1'	Report	Delort  1', 24' Laborde 21' Reynet 90+3' (o.g.)	Stadium: Stadium Municipal Attendance: 14,107 Referee: Karim Abed

Montpellier v Marseille

4 November 2018 12	Montpellier	3–0	Marseille	Montpellier
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Laborde 51', 62' Lasne 70'	Report	Thauvin  30' Sanson  53' Gustavo  88'	Stadium: Stade de la Mosson Attendance: 19,683 Referee: Antony Gautier

Angers v Montpellier

10 November 2018 13	Angers	1–0	Montpellier	Angers
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Thomas 69' N'Doye  90+1'	Report	Laborde  12' Delort  50'	Stadium: Stade Raymond Kopa Attendance: 8,342 Referee: Jérémy Stinat

Montpellier v Rennes

25 November 2018 14	Montpellier	2–2	Rennes	Montpellier
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Le Tallec  24' Congré  37' Delort 45+1', 49' Pedro Mendes  85'	Report	Ben Arfa 5' Mexer  33' Bourigeaud 71' (pen.)	Stadium: Stade de la Mosson Attendance: 10,761 Referee: Jérôme Brisard

Monaco v Montpellier

1 December 2018 15	Monaco	1–2	Montpellier	Monaco
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Tielemans 42'	Report	Laborde 81' Škuletić 86'	Stadium: Stade Louis II Attendance: 6,725 Referee: Olivier Thual

Montpellier v Lille

4 December 2018 16	Montpellier	0–1	Lille	Montpellier
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Congré  52' Aguilar  74'	Report	Pépé 6' Ikoné  33' Xeka  51'	Stadium: Stade de la Mosson Attendance: 12,486 Referee: Mikael Lesage

Montpellier v Lyon

22 December 2018 19	Montpellier	1–1	Lyon	Montpellier
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Mendes  55' Aguilar  60', 81'	Report	Fekir 67',  72'	Stadium: Stade de la Mosson Attendance: 17,275 Referee: François Letexier

Nantes v Montpellier

8 January 2019 18	Nantes	2–0	Montpellier	Nantes
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Waris 62' Touré  64' Pallois 81'	Report	Mendes  11' Laborde  19' Lasne  88'	Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 15,780 Referee: Willy Delajod

Dijon v Montpellier

13 January 2019 20	Dijon	1–1	Montpellier	Dijon
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Saïd 54' Tavares  88' Lautoa  90'	Report	Le Tallec 61'	Stadium: Stade Gaston Gérard Attendance: 11,910 Referee: Benoît Bastien

Rennes v Montpellier

20 January 2019 21	Rennes	0–0	Montpellier	Rennes
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Da Silva  50' Sarr  74'	Report	Aguilar  41' Hilton  53'	Stadium: Roazhon Park Attendance: 23,990 Referee: Jérôme Miguelgorry

Montpellier v SM Caen

27 January 2019 22	Montpellier	2–0	SM Caen	Montpellier
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Laborde 51' Baysse 59' (o.g.) Sambia  84'	Report	Ninga  41'	Stadium: Stade de la Mosson Attendance: 11,001 Referee: Hakim Ben El Hadj

Nîmes v Montpellier

3 February 2019 23	Nîmes	1–1	Montpellier	Nîmes
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Landre 2' Alioui  68' Briançon  77'	Report	Mollet  45' Delort 73'	Stadium: Stade des Costières Attendance: 18,045 Referee: Antony Gautier

Montpellier v Monaco

10 February 2019 24	Montpellier	2–2	Monaco	Montpellier
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Skhiri  47' Laborde 66' Delort 90+1' (pen.)	Report	Martins 15' Silva  62' Falcao  68', 82' Jemerson  70'  90+4' Glik  90' Vinícius  90+3'	Stadium: Stade de la Mosson Attendance: 13,709 Referee: Frank Schneider

Lille v Montpellier

17 February 2019 25	Lille	0–0	Montpellier	Villeneuve-d'Ascq
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Xeka  37' Koné  44' Fonte  78'	Report	Hilton  29' Le Tallec  44' Congré  56'	Stadium: Stade Pierre-Mauroy Attendance: 36,967 Referee: Ruddy Buquet

Paris Saint-Germain v Montpellier

20 February 2019 17	Paris Saint-Germain	5–1	Montpellier	Paris
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Kurzawa 13' Di María 45+1' Dani Alves  64' Verratti  67' Škuletić 73' (o.g.) Hilton 78' (o.g.) Mbappé 79'	Report	Mollet 31' Oyongo  59'	Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 47,198 Referee: François Letexier
Note: The match, originally scheduled for 8 December 2018, was postponed due to security concerns as a result of the yellow vests movement.

Montpellier v Reims

24 February 2019 26	Montpellier	2–4	Reims	Montpellier
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Congré 6' Laborde 55'	Report	Oudin 27', 70' Zeneli 47' (pen.) Mendy  58' Chavarría 88'	Stadium: Stade de la Mosson Attendance: 11,124 Referee: Willy Delajod

Bordeaux v Montpellier

5 March 2019 27	Bordeaux	1–2	Montpellier	Bordeaux
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Bašić 35' De Préville  39'	Report	Lasne 20' Congré  42', 51'	Stadium: Matmut Atlantique Attendance: 14,522 Referee: Jérôme Brisard

Montpellier v Angers

10 March 2019 28	Montpellier	2–2	Angers	Montpellier
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Delort 3' Skhiri 16',  70' Mollet  68' Lasne  81'	Report	Pavlović  73' Fulgini 80' Bahoken 90+1'	Stadium: Stade de la Mosson Attendance: 10,931 Referee: Karim Abed

Lyon v Montpellier

17 March 2019 29	Lyon	3–2	Montpellier	Décines-Charpieu
14:30 CET (UTC+1)	Terrier 12' Dembélé 58' Rafael  62' Aouar 86'	Report	Delort  23' Mollet 36' Lasne  81' Camara 90+1'	Stadium: Parc Olympique Lyonnais Attendance: 47,134 Referee: Clément Turpin

Montpellier v Guingamp

3 April 2019 30	Montpellier	2–0	Guingamp	Montpellier
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Delort 22' Ristić 78'	Report	Merghem  67' Traoré  68'	Stadium: Stade de la Mosson Attendance: 11,187 Referee: Frank Schneider

Nice v Montpellier

7 April 2019 31	Nice	1–0	Montpellier	Nice
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Dante 20' Srarfi  83'	Report	Hilton  34'	Stadium: Allianz Riviera Attendance: 17,980 Referee: Ruddy Buquet

Montpellier v Toulouse

14 April 2019 32	Montpellier	2–1	Toulouse	Montpellier
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Mendes  51' Skhiri 55' Mollet  63' Camara 77'	Report	Sidibé 67' Jullien  86'	Stadium: Stade de la Mosson Attendance: 11,986 Referee: Benoît Millot

Strasbourg v Montpellier

20 April 2019 33	Strasbourg	1–3	Montpellier	Strasbourg
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Gonçalves  30' Martinez 34' Martin  83'	Report	Delort 22', 86' Mollet 28' Mendes  46' Oyongo  52'	Stadium: Stade de la Meinau Attendance: 25,192 Referee: François Letexier

Montpellier v Paris Saint-Germain

30 April 2019 34	Montpellier	3–2	Paris Saint-Germain	Montpellier
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Kimpembe 22' (o.g.) Suárez  45+1' Skhiri  56' Le Tallec  72' Delort 80' Camara 85'	Report	Oyongo 12' (o.g.) Kimpembe  29' Bernat  40' Di María 62' Dagba  76' Kurzawa  90'	Stadium: Stade de la Mosson Attendance: 20,477 Referee: Mikael Lesage

Montpellier v Amiens

5 May 2019 35	Montpellier	1–1	Amiens	Montpellier
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Mollet 82' Congré  90+5'	Report	Mendoza 66' Gurtner  82' Dibassy  90+1'	Stadium: Stade de la Mosson Attendance: 14,330 Referee: Olivier Thual

Saint-Étienne v Montpellier

10 May 2019 36	Saint-Étienne	0–1	Montpellier	Saint-Étienne
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Cabella  51'  62' Nordin  56'	Report	Mollet  42' Suárez  45+1' Congré  53' Skhiri  53' Lecomte  55' Laborde 64'	Stadium: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard Attendance: 35,644 Referee: Benoît Bastien

Montpellier v Nantes

18 May 2019 37	Montpellier	1–1	Nantes	Montpellier
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Mollet 76'	Report	Diego Carlos  2' Coulibaly 24' Touré  29' Pallois  90+6'	Stadium: Stade de la Mosson Attendance: 16,063 Referee: Ruddy Buquet

Marseille v Montpellier

24 May 2019 38	Marseille	1–0	Montpellier	Marseille
21:05 CEST (UTC+2)	Sanson  11' Thauvin 55' Balotelli  87' Hubočan  89'	Report		Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 53,788 Referee: Antony Gautier

Coupe de France

Main article: 2018–19 Coupe de France

L'Entente SSG v Montpellier

5 January 2019 Round of 64	L'Entente SSG	1–0	Montpellier	Saint-Gratien
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Ba  41' Géran 90+3'	Report	Le Tallec  74'	Stadium: Parc des Sports Michel Hidalgo Attendance: 3,557 Referee: Ruddy Buquet

Coupe de la Ligue

Main article: 2018–19 Coupe de la Ligue

Montpellier v Nantes

30 October 2018 Round of 32	Montpellier	0–3	Nantes	Montpellier
18:45 CET (UTC+1)	Cozza  42' Mendes  74'	Report	Waris  24', 80' Evangelist  35' Coulibaly 58' Girotto  74' Rongier  84' Sala 90+4'	Stadium: Stade de la Mosson Attendance: 6,774 Referee: Olivier Thual

Statistics

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Ligue 1		Coupe de France		Coupe de la Ligue
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
16	GK	FRA	Dimitry Bertaud	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
30	GK	FRA	Jonathan Ligali	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
40	GK	FRA	Benjamin Lecomte	38	0	37	0	1	0	0	0
Defenders
2	DF	FRA	Ruben Aguilar	30	1	29	1	1	0	0	0
3	DF	FRA	Daniel Congré	39	2	37	2	1	0	1	0
4	DF	BRA	Vitorino Hilton	37	0	36	0	0	0	1	0
5	DF	POR	Pedro Mendes	32	1	31	1	0	0	1	0
8	DF	CMR	Ambroise Oyongo	27	2	25+1	2	1	0	0	0
14	DF	FRA	Damien Le Tallec	37	3	31+5	3	1	0	0	0
15	DF	FRA	Bryan Passi	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
24	DF	URU	Mathías Suárez	10	0	7+3	0	0	0	0	0
26	DF	SRB	Mihailo Ristić	10	1	3+7	1	0	0	0	0
27	DF	FRA	Clément Vidal	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
31	DF	FRA	Nicolas Cozza	14	0	11+1	0	1	0	1	0
Midfielders
6	MF	FRA	Junior Sambia	32	0	7+23	0	1	0	1	0
7	MF	FRA	Paul Lasne	37	2	18+17	2	1	0	1	0
13	MF	TUN	Ellyes Skhiri	38	3	35+2	3	1	0	0	0
21	MF	FRA	Kylian Kaiboue	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	MF	FRA	Killian Sanson	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	MF	URU	Facundo Píriz	7	0	0+6	0	0	0	1	0
25	MF	FRA	Florent Mollet	33	6	31+1	6	0	0	0+1	0
29	MF	FRA	Amir Adouyev	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Forwards
10	FW	FRA	Gaëtan Laborde	38	11	35+1	11	1	0	0+1	0
11	FW	FRA	Andy Delort	38	14	36	14	1	0	0+1	0
12	FW	FRA	Bilal Boutobba	2	0	0+2	0	0	0	0	0
17	FW	FRA	Jérémie Porsan-Clemente	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
18	FW	FRA	Yanis Ammour	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
19	FW	SEN	Souleymane Camara	13	3	0+12	3	0	0	1	0
20	FW	RSA	Keagan Dolly	4	0	2+1	0	0+1	0	0	0
32	FW	SRB	Petar Škuletić	30	1	4+24	1	0+1	0	1	0
Players transferred out during the season
—	FW	CIV	Giovanni Sio	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Last updated: 24 May 2019
Source: Competitions