2016–17 FC Nantes season

Nantes
2016–17 season
Chairman	Waldemar Kita
Manager	René Girard; Sérgio Conceição
Stadium	Stade de la Beaujoire
Ligue 1	7th
Coupe de France	Round of 32
Coupe de la Ligue	Quarter-finals
Top goalscorer	League: ; Emiliano Sala (12); All: ; Emiliano Sala (15)
	← 2015–16 2017–18 →

Football Club de Nantes (Breton: Naoned, Gallo: Naunnt), commonly referred to as FC Nantes or simply Nantes, is a French association football club based in Nantes, Pays de la Loire. During the 2016–17 campaign, they competed in the following competitions: Ligue 1, the Coupe de France and the Coupe de la Ligue.

Players

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	Rémy Riou (captain)
3	DF	BRA	Diego Carlos
4	DF	VEN	Oswaldo Vizcarrondo
6	DF	BRA	Lucas Lima
7	MF	FRA	Jules Iloki
8	MF	FRA	Adrien Thomasson
9	FW	ARG	Emiliano Sala
10	FW	MAR	Yacine Bammou
11	MF	SWE	Alexander Kačaniklić
13	DF	FRA	Wilfried Moimbé
14	MF	FRA	Amine Harit
15	DF	FRA	Léo Dubois
16	GK	FRA	Alexandre Olliero


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
17	DF	COD	Anthony Walongwa
18	FW	POL	Mariusz Stępiński
19	MF	FRA	Abdoulaye Touré
20	FW	COL	Felipe Pardo (on loan from Olympiacos)
22	FW	BFA	Préjuce Nakoulma
23	MF	POR	Sérgio Oliveira (on loan from Porto)
24	MF	CMR	Alexis Alégué
25	DF	FRA	Enock Kwateng
26	DF	CIV	Koffi Djidji
27	MF	BEL	Guillaume Gillet
28	MF	FRA	Valentin Rongier
30	GK	FRA	Maxime Dupé
40	GK	FRA	Quentin Braat
—	FW	ISL	Kolbeinn Sigþórsson

Transfers

Summer

In:


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
2	FW	VEN	Fernando Aristeguieta (loan return from Red Star)
3	DF	BRA	Diego Carlos (from Estoril)
6	DF	BRA	Lucas Lima (from Arouca)
11	MF	SWE	Alexander Kačaniklić (from Fulham)^[1]
18	FW	POL	Mariusz Stępiński (from Ruch Chorzów)
23	MF	DEN	Nicolaj Thomsen (from Aalborg BK)

Out:


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	DF	ALB	Lorik Cana (retired)
—	FW	ISL	Kolbeinn Sigþórsson (on loan at Galatasaray)
—	MF	ALB	Ermir Lenjani (loan return to Rennes)
—	DF	FRA	Youssouf Sabaly (loan return to Paris Saint-Germain, later loaned to Bordeaux)
—	MF	USA	Alejandro Bedoya (to Philadelphia Union)
—	MF	MLI	Birama Touré (to Standard Liège)^[2]
—	FW	MTQ	Johan Audel (to Beitar Jerusalem)
—	MF	SEN	Rémi Gomis (to Wil)

Winter

In:


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
20	FW	COL	Felipe Pardo (on loan from Olympiacos)^[3]
22	FW	BFA	Préjuce Nakoulma (free agent)^[4]
23	MF	POR	Sérgio Oliveira (on loan from Porto)^[4]
—	FW	ISL	Kolbeinn Sigþórsson (loan return from Galatasaray)^[5]

Out:


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
2	FW	VEN	Fernando Aristeguieta (to Nacional)^[6]
23	MF	DEN	Nicolaj Thomsen (to Copenhagen)^[7]

Competitions

Ligue 1

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
5	Marseille	38	17	11	10	57	41	+16	62	Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round^[a]
6	Bordeaux	38	15	14	9	53	43	+10	59
7	Nantes	38	14	9	15	40	54	−14	51
8	Saint-Étienne	38	12	14	12	41	42	−1	50
9	Rennes	38	12	14	12	36	42	−6	50

Source: Ligue 1, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Fairplay ranking.^[8]
Notes:

^ Since the winners of the 2016–17 Coupe de France and the 2016–17 Coupe de la Ligue, Paris Saint-Germain, qualified for European competition based on 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	14	9	15	40	54	−14	51	8	4	7	19	24	−5	6	5	8	21	30	−9

Last updated: 14 May 2017.
Source: Ligue1

Matches

13 August 2016 (2016-08-13) 1	Dijon	0–1	Nantes	Dijon
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Thomsen 49', 73' Iloki 67'	Stadium: Stade Gaston Gérard Attendance: 9,236 Referee: Karim Abed

20 August 2016 (2016-08-20) 2	Nantes	0–1	Monaco	Nantes
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Gillet 83' Diego Carlos 89'	Report	Boschilia 25' Tisserand 33' Glik 87' Subašić 89' Jean 90+2'	Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 25,908 Referee: Stéphane Lannoy

28 August 2016 (2016-08-28) 3	Bordeaux	1–0	Nantes	Bordeaux
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Rolán 31' Touré 45+2' Sabaly 83'	Report	Diego Carlos 53'	Stadium: Matmut Atlantique Attendance: 23,207 Referee: Benoît Bastien

11 September 2016 (2016-09-11) 4	Nantes	0–3	Metz	Nantes
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Vizcarrondo 76'	Report	Erdinç 18', 45+3', 78' (pen.) Sarr 24' Nguette 26' Cohade 58' Milan 65'	Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 19,438 Referee: Jérôme Miguelgorry

17 September 2016 (2016-09-17) 5	Nancy	1–1	Nantes	Tomblaine
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Puyo 72'	Report	Stępiński 66'	Stadium: Stade Marcel Picot Attendance: 17,034 Referee: Tony Chapron

21 September 2016 (2016-09-21) 6	Nantes	1–1	Saint-Étienne	Nantes
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Lucas Lima 25' Kačaniklić 49' Walongwa 55' Vizcarrondo 78'	Report	Malcuit 16'	Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 18,823 Referee: Amaury Delerue

25 September 2016 (2016-09-25) 7	Marseille	2–1	Nantes	Marseille
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Zambo Anguissa 21' N'Jie 22' Gomis 53'	Report	Sala 2' Kwateng 25' Vizcarrondo 84' Harit 90+2'	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 25,121 Referee: Lionel Jaffredo

1 October 2016 (2016-10-01) 8	Nantes	1–0	Bastia	Nantes
20:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Stępiński 18' Sala 38' Vizcarrondo 61' Harit 65' Bammou 90+2'	Report	Coulibaly 34' Marange 55' Mostefa 65'	Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 20,129 Referee: Bartolomeu Varela

15 October 2016 (2016-10-15) 9	Lorient	1–2	Nantes	Lorient
20:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Mvuemba 27' Touré 62' Hamel 80' Moreira 90' Ciani 90+4'	Report	Dubois 39' Bammou 42' Sala 49' Gillet 74' Thomasson 90' Kwateng 90+1'	Stadium: Stade du Moustoir Attendance: 12,458 Referee: Benoît Bastien

22 October 2016 (2016-10-22) 10	Nantes	1–2	Rennes	Nantes
20:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Thomasson 28' Sala 42'	Report	Ntep 16' Grosicki 58', 75' Hunou 81' André 90+1'	Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 29,015 Referee: Johan Hamel

30 October 2016 11	Nice	4–1	Nantes	Nice
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Cyprien 9', 65', 64' Balotelli 27' Pléa 60'	Report	Lima 31' Djidji 38' Sala 47', 53'	Stadium: Allianz Riviera Attendance: 24,418 Referee: Sébastien Moreira

5 November 2016 (2016-11-05) 12	Nantes	1–1	Toulouse	Nantes
20:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Diego Carlos 35' Vizcarrondo 61' Gillet 65' Djidji 74'	Report	Braithwaite 36' (Pen.) Diop 73' Ninkov 87'	Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 21,138 Referee: Mikael Lesage

19 November 2016 (2016-11-19) 13	Paris Saint-Germain	2–0	Nantes	Paris
17:00 CET (UTC+1)	Di María 13' Jesé 90' (pen.)	Report	Thomasson 67'	Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 44,258 Referee: François Letexier

26 November 2016 (2016-11-26) 14	Nantes	0–0	Lille	Nantes
20:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 18,125 Referee: Olivier Thual

30 November 2016 (2016-11-30) 15	Nantes	0–6	Lyon	Nantes
19:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Tolisso 16' Lacazette 39' (pen.) Gonalons 42' Valbuena 60' Diakhaby 75' Fekir 81'	Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 18,964 Referee: Clément Turpin

3 December 2016 (2016-12-03) 16	Guingamp	2–0	Nantes	Guingamp
20:00 CEST (UTC+01:00)	Briand 22' Salibur 64'	Report		Stadium: Stade de Roudourou Attendance: 12,643 Referee: Johan Hamel

16 December 2016 (2016-12-16) 17	Angers	0–2	Nantes	Angers
20:45 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Gillet 19' Harit 48'	Stadium: Stade Raymond Kopa Attendance: 12,857 Referee: Amaury Delerue

21 December 2016 (2016-12-21) 18	Nantes	1–0	Montpellier	Nantes
20:50 CET (UTC+1)	Lucas Lima 12' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 18,125 Referee: Karim Abed

14 January 2016 (2016-01-14) 19	Toulouse	0–1	Nantes	Toulouse
20:00 CET (UTC+01:00)		Report	Sala 27'	Stadium: Stadium Municipal Attendance: 11,023 Referee: Ruddy Buquet

18 January 2016 (2016-01-18) 20	Nantes	1–0	Caen	Nantes
20:00 CEST (UTC+01:00)	Sala 64'	Report		Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 17,818 Referee: Jérôme Miguelgorry

21 January 2017 (2017-01-21) 21	Nantes	0–2	Paris Saint-Germain	Nantes
17:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Cavani 21', 65'	Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 32,858 Referee: Johan Hamel

28 January 2017 (2017-01-28) 22	Rennes	1–1	Nantes	Rennes
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Gnagnon 87'	Report	Iloki 45'	Stadium: Roazhon Park Attendance: 23,664 Referee: Mikael Lesage

5 February 2017 (2017-02-05) 23	Nantes	0–2	Nancy	Nantes
17:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Dia 50' Cétout 64'	Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 20,250 Referee: Clément Turpin

12 February 2017 (2017-02-12) 24	Nantes	3–2	Marseille	Nantes
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Diego Carlos 12' Stępiński 20' Thomasson 50'	Report	Gomis 49', 61'	Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 32,471 Referee: François Letexier

18 February 2017 (2017-02-18) 25	Metz	1–1	Nantes	Metz
20:00 CEST	Diabaté 90+1' (pen.)	Report	Rongier 68'	Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien Attendance: 13,022 Referee: Bartolomeu Varela

24 February 2017 (2017-02-24) 26	Nantes	3–1	Dijon	Nantes
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Bammou 3' Sala 59' (pen.) Felipe Pardo 79'	Report	Dubois 37' (o.g.)	Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 19,915 Referee: Tony Chapron

1 March 2017 27	Bastia	2–2	Nantes	Furiani
19:30 CET (UTC+1)	Danic 69' Oniangué 75'	Report	Sala 78' Diego Carlos 90+2'	Stadium: Stade Armand Cesari Attendance: 11,539 Referee: Ruddy Buquet

5 March 2017 28	Monaco	4–0	Nantes	Fontvieille
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Mbappé 4', 45+1' Germain 43' Fabinho 59' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Stade Louis II Attendance: 7,649 Referee: Mikael Lesage

11 March 2017 (2017-03-11) 29	Montpellier	2–3	Nantes	Montpellier
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Mounié 12' Boudebouz 84'	Report	Nakoulma 24', 68' Sala 89'	Stadium: Stade de la Mosson Attendance: 10,722 Referee: Karim Abed

18 March 2017 30	Nantes	1–1	Nice	Nantes
17:00 CET (UTC+1)	Sala 22'	Report	Seri 28'	Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 25,854 Referee: Benoît Millot

2 April 2017 31	Nantes	2–1	Angers	Nantes
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Nakoulma 47', 54'	Report	Diédhiou 55'	Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 28,192 Referee: Olivier Thual

9 April 2017 32	Saint-Étienne	1–1	Nantes	Saint-Étienne
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Corgnet 70'	Summary	Nakoulma 15'	Stadium: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard Attendance: 30,134 Referee: Clément Turpin

16 April 2017 33	Nantes	0–1	Bordeaux	Nantes
15:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Sankharé 65'	Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 26,373 Referee: François Letexier

22 April 2017 34	Caen	3–2	Nantes	Caen
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Bammou 27', 35'	Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano Attendance: 15,972 Referee: Jérôme Brisard

29 April 2017 35	Nantes	1–0	Lorient	Nantes
20:00	Sala 89'	Summary		Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire - Louis Fonteneau Attendance: 22,090 Referee: Johan Hamel

7 May 2017 (2017-05-07) 36	Lyon	3–2	Nantes	Décines-Charpieu
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Fekir 65' (pen.) Cornet 70', 80'	Report	Rongier 19' Diego Carlos 45' Gillet 75' Bammou 82'	Stadium: Parc Olympique Lyonnais Attendance: 34,473 Referee: Mikael Lesage

14 May 2017 (2017-05-14) 37	Nantes	4–1	Guingamp	Nantes
21:00 CEST (UTC+01:00)	Thomasson 16' Sala 51', 78' Nakoulma 69'	Report	Deaux 74'	Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 20,417 Referee: Karim Abed

20 May 2017 (2017-05-20) 38	Lille	3–0	Nantes	Villeneuve d'Ascq
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	De Préville 16', 46', 53' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Stade Pierre-Mauroy Attendance: 28,390 Referee: Sébastien Desiage

Coupe de France

7 January 2017 Round of 64	Blois Foot 41	1–2	Nantes	Blois
18:00 CET	Cissé 45+1'		Stępiński 23', 66'	Stadium: Stade Municipal des Allées Jean Leroi Attendance: 5,500 Referee: Jérôme Brisard

31 January 2017 Round of 32	Lille	1–0	Nantes	Lille
18:00 CET	Corchia 80' (pen.)			Stadium: Stade Pierre-Mauroy Attendance: 7,571 Referee: Sébastien Desiage

Coupe de la Ligue

25 October 2016 Third round	Nantes	2–1	Angers	Nantes
21:00	Sala 28' Thomasson 47'		Capelle 51'	Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 32,003 Referee: Tony Chapron

13 December 2016 Round of 16	Nantes	3–1	Montpellier	Nantes
18:45	Sala 18', 43' Stępiński 62'	Report	Bérigaud 36'	Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 16,249 Referee: Ruddy Buquet

10 January 2017 (2017-01-10) Quarter-finals	Nantes	0–2	Nancy	Nantes
18:30		Report	Dalé 31' Cuffaut 45+3'	Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 10,349 Referee: Clément Turpin

References

^ "Alexander Kacaniklic rejoint le FC Nantes". www.fcnantes.com (in French). FC Nantes. 15 June 2016. Retrieved 16 June 2016.
^ "Standard lokt Touré naar Sclessin" [Standard lures Touré to Sclessin]. www.sporza.be (in Dutch). Sporza. 14 June 2016. Retrieved 15 June 2016.
^ "Nantes sign Felipe Pardo from Olympiacos". www.eurosport.com. Eurosport. 11 January 2017. Retrieved 13 March 2017.
^ ^a ^b "Préjuce Nakoulma et Sergio Oliveira ont signé au FC Nantes" [Préjuce Nakoulma and Sergio Oliveira signed at FC Nantes]. www.lequipe.fr (in French). L'Équipe. 31 January 2017. Retrieved 13 March 2017.
^ "Sigthorsson's sorry Galatasaray spell ended early". www.goal.com. GOAL. 29 December 2016. Retrieved 13 March 2017.
^ "Fernando Aristeguieta joins Nacional". www.getfootballnewsfrance.com. Get French Football News. 31 January 2017. Retrieved 13 March 2017.
^ "FC Nantes: Le FC Copenhague officialise l'arrivée de Nicolaj Thomsen". www.20minutes.fr (in French). 20 Minutes. 12 January 2017. Retrieved 13 March 2017.
^ "League Table". Ligue1.com. Retrieved 12 August 2016.

External links

FC Nantes at UEFA

[table_note_res_ELGS0.77772843501425-8] Since the winners of the 2016–17 Coupe de France and the 2016–17 Coupe de la Ligue, Paris Saint-Germain, qualified for European competition based on 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] "Alexander Kacaniklic rejoint le FC Nantes". www.fcnantes.com (in French). FC Nantes. 15 June 2016. Retrieved 16 June 2016.

[2] "Standard lokt Touré naar Sclessin" [Standard lures Touré to Sclessin]. www.sporza.be (in Dutch). Sporza. 14 June 2016. Retrieved 15 June 2016.

[3] "Nantes sign Felipe Pardo from Olympiacos". www.eurosport.com. Eurosport. 11 January 2017. Retrieved 13 March 2017.

[Nantes-4] "Préjuce Nakoulma et Sergio Oliveira ont signé au FC Nantes" [Préjuce Nakoulma and Sergio Oliveira signed at FC Nantes]. www.lequipe.fr (in French). L'Équipe. 31 January 2017. Retrieved 13 March 2017.

[5] "Sigthorsson's sorry Galatasaray spell ended early". www.goal.com. GOAL. 29 December 2016. Retrieved 13 March 2017.

[6] "Fernando Aristeguieta joins Nacional". www.getfootballnewsfrance.com. Get French Football News. 31 January 2017. Retrieved 13 March 2017.

[7] "FC Nantes: Le FC Copenhague officialise l'arrivée de Nicolaj Thomsen". www.20minutes.fr (in French). 20 Minutes. 12 January 2017. Retrieved 13 March 2017.

[9] "League Table". Ligue1.com. Retrieved 12 August 2016.

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