2016–17 Stade Rennais F.C. season

The 2016–17 Stade Rennais F.C. season is the 116th professional season of the club since its creation in 1901.

Rennes

2016–17 season
Chairman	René Ruello
Manager	Christian Gourcuff
Stadium	Roazhon Park
Ligue 1	9th
Coupe de France	Round of 32
Coupe de la Ligue	Round of 16
Home colours Away colours Third colours

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 2 February 2017.[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 4 DF  MOZ Mexer 5 DF  POR Pedro Mendes (captain) 6 MF   SUI Gélson Fernandes 7 FW  COD Ndombe Mubele 8 MF  FRA Clément Chantôme 11 FW  FRA Wesley Saïd 13 FW  CIV Giovanni Sio 14 FW  FRA Aldo Kalulu (on loan from Lyon) 15 DF  ALG Ramy Bensebaini 16 GK  ALG Raïs M'Bolhi 17 DF  ALB Ermir Lenjani 18 MF  FRA Morgan Amalfitano 19 DF  FRA Dimitri Cavaré

No. Pos. Nation Player 21 MF  FRA Benjamin André 22 DF  FRA Sylvain Armand 23 MF  FRA Adrien Hunou 24 DF  GUF Ludovic Baal 25 DF  POR Afonso Figueiredo 26 MF  BIH Sanjin Prcić 28 MF  FRA Yoann Gourcuff 29 DF  FRA Romain Danzé 30 GK  LTU Edvinas Gertmonas 31 FW  FRA Adama Diakhaby 32 DF  CIV Joris Gnagnon 33 MF  FRA James Lea Siliki 34 MF  FRA Denis-Will Poha 35 MF  FRA Nicolas Janvier

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 — GK  SEN Abdoulaye Diallo (on loan to Çaykur Rizespor) — DF  FRA Séga Coulibaly (on loan to Sedan) — MF  FRA Sébastien Salles-Lamonge (on loan to Le Havre)

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  MLI Yacouba Sylla (on loan to Montpellier) — FW  RSA Kermit Erasmus (on loan to Lens) — FW  FRA Anthony Ribelin (on loan to Paris FC)

Transfers

Summer

In: No. Pos. Nation Player 8 MF  FRA Clément Chantôme (from Bordeaux)[2] 16 GK  FRA Paul Nardi (on loan from Monaco)[3] 25 DF  POR Afonso Figueiredo (from Boavista) 27 MF  FRA Anthony Ribelin (from Montpeller)[3] — FW  AUT Philipp Hosiner (loan return from Köln)[4]

Out: No. Pos. Nation Player 3 DF  SEN Cheikh M'Bengue (to Saint-Étienne)[5] 14 DF  SEN Fallou Diagne (to Werder Bremen)[6] 17 MF  FRA Jérémie Boga (loan return to Chelsea, later loaned to Granada)[7] 23 FW  FRA Ousmane Dembélé (to Borussia Dortmund)[8] — DF  MKD Gjoko Zajkov (to Charleroi, previously on loan)[9] — FW  AUT Philipp Hosiner (to Union Berlin)[10]

Winter

In: No. Pos. Nation Player 14 FW  FRA Aldo Kalulu (on loan from Lyon)[11] 16 GK  ALG Raïs M'Bolhi (from Antalyaspor)[12] 18 MF  FRA Morgan Amalfitano (from Lille)

Out: No. Pos. Nation Player 7 MF  FRA Paul-Georges Ntep (to Wolfsburg)[13] — GK  FRA Paul Nardi (loan return to Monaco, later loaned to Cercle Brugge)[14] — FW  POL Kamil Grosicki (to Hull City)

Competitions

Ligue 1

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
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
10	Guingamp	38	14	8	16	46	53	−7	50
11	Lille	38	13	7	18	40	47	−7	46

Source: Ligue 1, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Fairplay ranking.[15]

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	12	14	12	36	42	−6	50	10	6	3	26	15	+11	2	8	9	10	27	−17

Last updated: 20 May 2017.
Source:

Results by matchday

Matchday	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	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H
Result	L	W	D	W	L	W	L	W	D	W	W	L	D	W	L	W	L	L	D	L	D	D	D	D	D	L	W	D	D	D	D	L	W	D	L	W	W	L
Position	17	9	12	6	10	8	11	7	7	6	5	5	6	4	6	4	5	7	7	7	8	9	9	8	10	10	8	8	9	8	11	11	9	9	9	10	9	9

Updated to match(es) played on 20 May 2017. Source:
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

14 August 2016 1	Nice	1–0	Rennes	Nice
17:00 CET	Sarr  60'	Report	Mendes  32'	Stadium: Allianz Riviera Attendance: 19,075 Referee: Antony Gautier

20 August 2016 2	Rennes	2–0	Nancy	Rennes
20:00 CET	Gourcuff  23' Sio  40',  81' André  58' Pedro Henrique  62' Fernandes  67'	Report	Muratori  21' Cétout  28'	Stadium: Roazhon Park Attendance: 20,703 Referee: Mikael Lesage

27 August 2016 3	Montpellier	1–1	Rennes	Montpellier
20:00 CET	Congré  22' Vanden Borre  38'	Report	Saïd  41' Mendes  59' Diakhaby  64'	Stadium: Stade de la Mosson Attendance: 9,163 Referee: Benoît Millot

11 September 2016 4	Rennes	2–0	Caen	Rennes
17:00 CET	Fernandes  23' Saïd  47' Gourcuff  59' Prcić  90+3'	Report	Genevois  84'	Stadium: Roazhon Park Attendance: 20,584 Referee: Amaury Delerue

17 September 2016 5	Monaco	3–0	Rennes	Monaco
17:00 CET	Falcao  42' Traoré  52' Lemar  90', 90+2'	Report	Sio  52'	Stadium: Stade Louis II Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Frank Schneider

21 September 2016 6	Rennes	3–2	Marseille	Rennes
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Fernandes  26' Sio  41' Grosicki  86' (pen.) Hunou  89'	Report	Gomis  44' (pen.), 50' Machach  56'  65' Cabella  90+2'	Stadium: Roazhon Park Attendance: 21,583 Referee: Ruddy Buquet

24 September 2016 7	Dijon	3–0	Rennes	Dijon
20:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Diony  7', 78' Varrault  13' Marié  19'	Report	Prcić  34'	Stadium: Stade Gaston Gérard Attendance: 8,148 Referee: Sébastien Moreira

30 September 2016 8	Rennes	1–0	Guingamp	Rennes
20:45 CEST (UTC+01:00)	Diakhaby  90+2'	Report		Stadium: Roazhon Park Attendance: 26,118 Referee: Nicolas Rainville

16 October 2016 9	Rennes	1–1	Bordeaux	Rennes
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Contento  4' (o.g.) André  81'	Report	Pallois  45',  66' Ounas  45'	Stadium: Roazhon Park Attendance: 22,962 Referee: Benoît Millot

22 October 2016 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

29 October 2016 11	Rennes	1–0	Metz	Rennes
17:00 CEST	Saïd  56'	Report		Stadium: Roazhon Park Attendance: 20,874 Referee: Saïd Ennjimi

6 November 2016 12	Paris Saint-Germain	4–0	Rennes	Paris
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Fernandes  31' (o.g.) Cavani  43' Marquinhos  61' Rabiot  67' Verratti  79'	Report	Mendes  48' Pedro Henrique  51'	Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 42,002 Referee: Amaury Delerue

29 October 2016 13	Rennes	1–1	Angers	Rennes
20:00 CEST (UTC+01:00)	Sio  22' Gourcuff  69' Mendes  74'	Report	Andreu  35' Manceau  56' Thomas  58' Pépé  82' N'Doye  90+2'	Stadium: Roazhon Park Attendance: 23,142 Referee: Mikael Lesage

25 November 2016 14	Rennes	1–0	Toulouse	Rennes
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Gourcuff  1' Andre  38' Pedro Henrique  90+1' Mendes  90+3'	Report	Yago  39' Ninkov  63' Jullien  90+1' Toivonen  90+3'	Stadium: Roazhon Park Attendance: 17,016 Referee: Fredy Fautrel

29 November 2016 15	Lorient	2–1	Rennes	Lorient
19:00	Mvuemba  21' Ciani  28' Waris  46'	Report	Sio  32' Baal  89'	Stadium: Stade du Moustoir Attendance: 10,082 Referee: Stéphane Lannoy

4 December 2016 16	Rennes	2–0	Saint-Étienne	Rennes
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Fernandes  51' Ntep  54' André  65' Sio  73' Grosicki  90'	Report	Veretout  57' Selnæs  83'	Stadium: Roazhon Park Attendance: 19,618 Referee: Amaury Delerue

11 December 2016 17	Lyon	1–0	Rennes	Décines-Charpieu
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Valbuena  28' Rafael  43' Yanga-Mbiwa  52' Darder  90+3'	Report	Bensebaini  74'	Stadium: Parc Olympique Lyonnais Attendance: 33,901 Referee: Benoît Millot

17 December 2016 18	Rennes	1–2	Bastia	Rennes
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Fernandes  45' Sio  71'	Report	Crivelli  59' Danic  63'	Stadium: Roazhon Park Attendance: 22,637 Referee: Clément Turpin

21 December 2016 19	Lille	1–1	Rennes	Villeneuve d'Ascq
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	De Préville  71'	Report	Hamouma  17' Dabo  32' Polomat  44' Veretout  65'	Stadium: Stade Pierre-Mauroy Attendance: 36,879 Referee: Mikaël Lesage

14 January 2017 20	Rennes	0–1	Paris Saint-Germain	Rennes
17:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Verratti  29' Draxler  39' Motta  62'	Stadium: Roazhon Park Attendance: 29,054 Referee: Benoît Bastien

21 January 2017 21	Guingamp	1–1	Rennes	Guingamp
20:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Diallo  8',  39' Fernando Marçal  58'	Report	Prcić  4'  Kalulu  14' Gourcuff  46' Mexer  66'	Stadium: Stade de Roudourou Attendance: 16,028 Referee: Tony Chapron

28 January 2017 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

4 February 2017 23	Bordeaux	1–1	Rennes	Bordeaux
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Ménez  56' Pallois  80'	Report	Baal  27' Gourcuff  69'	Stadium: Nouveau Stade de Bordeaux Attendance: 16,588 Referee: Sébastien Desiage

8 February 2017 24	Angers	0–0	Rennes	Angers
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Diédhiou  39' Thomas  78'	Report	André  52' Baal  85'	Stadium: Stade Raymond Kopa Attendance: 10,897 Referee: Clément Turpin

12 February 2017 25	Rennes	2–2	Nice	Rennes
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Amalfitano  7' Sio  21' Mendes  90'	Report	Donis  59' Eysseric  81' Belhanda  83' Baysse  90'	Stadium: Roazhon Park Attendance: 25,665 Referee: Johan Hamel

18 February 2017 26	Marseille	2–0	Rennes	Marseille
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	N'Jie  59' Vainqueur  61' Thauvin  64'	Report		Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 45,395 Referee: Mikael Lesage

25 February 2017 27	Rennes	1–0	Lorient	Rennes
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Sio  19'	Report	Touré  2' Peybernes  80' Waris  90+3'	Stadium: Roazhon Park Attendance: 25,791 Referee: Nicolas Rainville

4 March 2017 28	Metz	1–1	Rennes	Metz
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Diabaté  18',  45+1' Falette  62' Balliu  76'	Report	Gnagnon  11' Gourcuff  34' Sio  56' Saïd  90'	Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien Attendance: 16,151 Referee: Benoît Millot

11 March 2017 29	Rennes	1–1	Dijon	Rennes
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Bensebaini  41' Saïd  58' Danzé  85'	Report	Chafik  3' Tavares  42'	Stadium: Roazhon Park Attendance: 19,067 Referee: Olivier Thual

18 March 2017 30	Toulouse	0–0	Rennes	Toulouse
20:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Blin  56'  62' Sylla  86'	Report	Bensebaini  45' Sio  78'	Stadium: Stadium Municipal Attendance: 15,635 Referee: Sébastien Desiage

2 April 2017 31	Rennes	1–1	Lyon	Rennes
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Bensebaini  5' Danzé  60' Mubele  82'	Report	Lacazette 5' Cornet  53' Yanga-Mbiwa  90+2'	Stadium: Roazhon Park Attendance: 23,673 Referee: Antony Gautier

8 April 2017 32	Nancy	3–0	Rennes	Tomblaine
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Muratori  1' Dalé  11' Cuffaut  33' Dia  51', 65'	Report	Diakhaby  67'	Stadium: Stade Marcel Picot Attendance: 18,009 Referee: Jérôme Brisard

15 April 2017 33	Rennes	2–0	Lille	Rennes
20:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Mubele  3' Sio  29' Chantôme  84'	Report	Béria  55' Bissouma  76'	Stadium: Roazhon Park Attendance: 24,056 Referee: Karim Abed

23 April 2017 34	Saint-Étienne	1–1	Rennes	Saint-Étienne
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Berić  40' Malcuit  85'	Report	Bensebaini  9' Prcić  16' Mexer  23',  45'	Stadium: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard Attendance: 0 Referee: Ruddy Buquet

29 April 2017 35	Bastia	1–0	Rennes	Fos-sur-Mer
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Cahuzac  64' Crivelli  68'	Report	Bensebaini  71'	Stadium: Stade Parsemain Attendance: 0 Referee: Jérôme Miguelgorry

7 May 2017 36	Rennes	1–0	Montpellier	Rennes
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Mendes  42' Baal  72' Mubele  80' Fernandes  83'	Report	Congré  26' Boudebouz  83'	Stadium: Roazhon Park Attendance: 18,308 Referee: Sébastien Desiage

14 May 2017 37	Caen	0–1	Rennes	Caen
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Da Silva  66' Diomande  87'	Report	Sio  43',  68'	Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano Attendance: 16,273 Referee: Benoit Millot

20 May 2017 38	Rennes	2–3	Monaco	Rennes
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Diakhaby  69', 90+1' (pen.)	Report	Fabinho  42' Jemerson  48' Jorge  78'	Stadium: Roazhon Park Attendance: 26,565 Referee: Saïd Ennjimi

Coupe de France

8 January 2017 Round of 64	JA Biarritz	0–6	Rennes	Biarritz
17:00 CET	Merlou  70' Ugartemendia  82'	Report	Ugartemendia  29' (o.g.) Saïd  31' Diakhaby  33' Gnagnon  39' Habibou  67' Mexer  74' Prcić  86'	Stadium: Parc des Sports Aguiléra Attendance: 8,442 Referee: Johan Hamel

1 February 2017 Round of 32	Rennes	0–4	Paris Saint-Germain	Rennes
21:00 CET	Cavaré  23' Mendes  74'	Report	Draxler  27', 68' Lucas  38' Ben Arfa  50',  90'	Stadium: Roazhon Park Attendance: 21,524 Referee: Jérôme Miguelgorry

Coupe de la Ligue

26 October 2016 Third round	Rennes	3–2	Lorient	Rennes
21:05 CET	Pedro Henrique  16', 90+5',  90+6' Saïd  59' Prcić  61' Armand  86'	Report	Ben Khémis  45+2' Mazikou  65' Waris  87' (pen.) Lautoa  90+3'	Stadium: Roazhon Park Attendance: 26,954 Referee: Clément Turpin

14 December 2016 Round of 16	Monaco	7–0	Rennes	Monaco
21:05 CET	Mbappé  11', 21', 62' Boschilia  35', 79' Jean  83' Cavaré  84' (o.g.)	Report		Stadium: Stade Louis II Attendance: 5,539 Referee: Frank Schneider

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