2017–18 FC Nantes season

Nantes
2017–18 season
Chairman	Waldemar Kita
Manager	Claudio Ranieri
Stadium	La Beaujoire-Louis Fonteneau
Ligue 1	9th
Coupe de France	Round of 32; (eliminated by Auxerre)
Coupe de la Ligue	Third round; (eliminated by Tours)
Top goalscorer	League: ; Emiliano Sala (12); All: ; Emiliano Sala (14)
Highest home attendance	34,486 vs. Paris Saint-Germain; (14 January 2018)
Lowest home attendance	13,618 vs. Auxerre; (23 January 2018)
	← 2016–17 2018–19 →

The 2017–18 FC Nantes season was the 74th professional season of the club since its creation in 1943, and the club's 5th consecutive season in the top flight of French football. It covers a period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018. They participated in the Ligue 1, the Coupe de France and Coupe de la Ligue.^[1]

Players

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	FRA	Maxime Dupé
2	DF	FRA	David Alcibiade
3	DF	BRA	Diego Carlos
4	DF	FRA	Nicolas Pallois
5	DF	CIV	Koffi Djidji
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
12	DF	NGA	Chidozie Awaziem (on loan from Porto)
13	DF	FRA	Wilfried Moimbé
14	FW	BEL	Yassine El Ghanassy
15	DF	FRA	Léo Dubois (captain)
16	GK	FRA	Alexandre Olliero


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
17	DF	COD	Anthony Walongwa
18	MF	FRA	Samuel Moutoussamy
19	MF	FRA	Abdoulaye Touré
20	MF	BRA	Andrei Girotto
21	MF	SVN	Rene Krhin (on loan from Granada)
22	FW	BFA	Préjuce Nakoulma
23	FW	BEL	Joris Kayembe
24	MF	CMR	Alexis Alégué
25	DF	FRA	Enock Kwateng
26	FW	MLI	Kalifa Coulibaly
28	MF	FRA	Valentin Rongier
29	MF	FRA	Najib Gandi
30	GK	ROU	Ciprian Tătărușanu
31	FW	ISL	Kolbeinn Sigþórsson
33	FW	FRA	Santy Ngom
40	GK	FRA	Quentin Braat

Out on loan

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	NED	Queensy Menig (at Oldham Athletic until 30 June 2018)
—	FW	POL	Mariusz Stępiński (at Chievo Verona until 30 June 2018)

Competitions

Overall

Ligue 1

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
7	Saint-Étienne	38	15	10	13	47	50	−3	55
8	Nice	38	15	9	14	53	52	+1	54
9	Nantes	38	14	10	14	36	41	−5	52
10	Montpellier	38	11	18	9	36	33	+3	51
11	Dijon	38	13	9	16	55	73	−18	48

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; 7) Goals scored; 8) Away goals scored; 9) Most goals scored in one league match; 10) Fair-play points^[2]

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	10	14	36	41	−5	52	8	4	7	15	17	−2	6	6	7	21	24	−3

Last updated: 19 May 2018.
Source: Results

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	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H
Result	L	L	W	D	W	W	W	W	D	W	L	W	L	L	W	D	L	W	W	L	D	L	W	L	D	D	L	D	W	D	L	L	D	D	L	L	W	W
Position	19	19	15	15	8	7	6	4	5	3	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	7	5	6	8	8	9	9	10	10	10	9

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

6 August 2017 1	Lille	3–0	Nantes	Villeneuve-d'Ascq
15:00	Alonso 48' Benzia 61' De Préville 67' (pen.) El Ghazi 70', 71'	Report	Pallois 40' Nakoulma 58' Gillet 75'	Stadium: Stade Pierre-Mauroy Attendance: 30,683 Referee: Benoît Millot

12 August 2017 2	Nantes	0–1	Marseille	Nantes
17:00	Lucas Lima 15'	Report	Sanson 60' Ocampos 87' Rolando 90+3' Luiz Gustavo 90+4'	Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 33,654 Referee: Frank Schneider

19 August 2017 3	Troyes	0–1	Nantes	Troyes
20:00	Darbion 79'	Report	Awaziem 34' Sala 81'	Stadium: Stade de l'Aube Attendance: 11,035 Referee: Sébastien Desiage

26 August 2017 4	Nantes	0–0	Lyon	Nantes
17:15	Girotto 31'	Report	Tete 68'	Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 30,718 Referee: Antony Gautier

9 September 2017 5	Montpellier	0–1	Nantes	Montpellier
20:00	Mukiele 33' Sio 84'	Report	Sala 42' Gandi 69' Diego Carlos 76'	Stadium: Stade de la Mosson Attendance: 10,298 Referee: Jérôme Miguelgorry

16 September 2017 6	Nantes	1–0	Caen	Nantes
20:00	Girotto 73'	Report	Repas 26' Aït Bennasser 87'	Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 20,245 Referee: Olivier Thual

24 September 2017 7	Strasbourg	1–2	Nantes	Strasbourg
17:00	Da Costa 10' Seka 47'	Report	Thomasson 13' Dubois 24' Girotto 40'	Stadium: Stade de la Meinau Attendance: 23,408 Referee: Sébastien Desiage

30 September 2017 8	Nantes	1–0	Metz	Nantes
20:00	Sala 3' Lucas Lima 90' Girotto 90+3'	Report	Assou-Ekotto 47' 52' Cohade 65' Balliu 90+6'	Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 22,104 Referee: Johan Hamel

15 October 2017 9	Bordeaux	1–1	Nantes	Bordeaux
15:00	Pellenard 24' De Préville 26' Malcom 47' Lewczuk 84'	Report	Krhin 19' Nakoulma 45+2' Thomasson 71'	Stadium: Nouveau Stade de Bordeaux Attendance: 31,046 Referee: Karim Abed

21 October 2017 10	Nantes	2–1	Guingamp	Nantes
20:00	Awaziem 9' Nakoulma 43' Touré 49', 86' Diego Carlos 71'	Report	Kerbrat 26' Camara 70'	Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 27,711 Referee: Amaury Delerue

28 October 2017 11	Dijon	1–0	Nantes	Dijon
20:00	Tavares 21' Amalfitano 60' Yambéré 65' Haddadi 90'	Report	Touré 71' Sala 86' Dubois 90'	Stadium: Stade Gaston Gérard Attendance: 11,764 Referee: Hakim Ben El Hadj

4 November 2017 12	Nantes	2–1	Toulouse	Nantes
20:00	Thomasson 16' Krhin 40' Iloki 57' Sala 67'	Report	Yago 4' Imbula 31' Sanogo 55' Diop 58' Blin 60'	Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 21,390 Referee: Antony Gautier

18 November 2017 13	Paris Saint-Germain	4–1	Nantes	Paris
17:00 CET (UTC+1)	Cavani 38', 79' Di María 42' Berchiche 49' Pastore 65' Verratti 74'	Report	Pallois 49' Nakoulma 60' Awaziem 63' Djidji 65'	Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 47,680 Referee: Nicolas Rainville

25 November 2017 14	Rennes	2–1	Nantes	Rennes
17:00	Traoré 3' Khazri 51', 88', 90+4' Lea Siliki 67'	Report	Nakoulma 31' Dubois 40' Pallois 51' 57' Sala 73' (pen.) Thomasson 82'	Stadium: Roazhon Park Attendance: 26,151 Referee: Ruddy Buquet

29 November 2017 15	Nantes	1–0	Monaco	Nantes
19:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Lucas Lima 90+2'	Report		Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 24,800 Referee: Benoît Millot

3 December 2017 16	Saint-Étienne	1–1	Nantes	Saint-Étienne
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Pajot 38' Janko 51' Lacroix 58' Selnæs 80' Dabo 88'	Report	Sala 61' Awaziem 72'	Stadium: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard Attendance: 24,085 Referee: François Letexier

10 December 2017 17	Nantes	1–2	Nice	Nantes
17:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Bammou 12' Diego Carlos 67'	Report	Lees-Melou 21' Tameze 37' Balotelli 40', 75' Pléa 42' Souquet 85'	Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 19,723 Referee: Jerome Miguelgorry

17 December 2017 18	Nantes	1–0	Angers	Nantes
15:00	Girotto 13' Sala 24' (pen.) Bammou 45+1' 65'	Report	Thomas 9' Tait 24' Crivelli 63'	Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 24,285 Referee: Karim Abed

20 December 2017 19	Amiens	0–1	Nantes	Amiens
20:50	Gouano 13' Manzala 79' El Hajjam 86'	Report	Lucas Lima 40' Dubois 89' Sala 90+2'	Stadium: Stade de la Licorne Attendance: 8,865 Referee: Jérôme Brisard

14 January 2018 20	Nantes	0–1	Paris Saint-Germain	Nantes
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Diego Carlos 30' 90+1' Pallois 41'	Report	Di María 12' Verratti 15' Dani Alves 60'	Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 34,486 Referee: Tony Chapron

17 January 2018 21	Toulouse	1–1	Nantes	Toulouse
17:00	Diop 5' Sangaré 40' Sylla 60' Gradel 90+5' (pen.)	Report	Krhin 14', 19' Touré 39' Diego Carlos 54' Girotto 90'	Stadium: Stadium Municipal Attendance: 13,742 Referee: Thomas Léonard

20 January 2018 22	Nantes	0–1	Bordeaux	Nantes
17:00	Pallois 88'	Report	De Préville 26' Laborde 36' Lerager 80'	Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 26,076 Referee: Johan Hamel

27 January 2018 23	Guingamp	0–3	Nantes	Guingamp
20:00	Diallo 50' Ikoko 64'	Report	Diego Carlos 17' Krhin 30' Pallois 40' Thomasson 61' Sala 86' (pen.) Ngom 90+3'	Stadium: Stade de Roudourou Attendance: 13,761 Referee: Benoît Millot

4 February 2018 24	Caen	3–2	Nantes	Caen
17:00	Djiku 22' Santini 35' (pen.) Da Silva 52', 80'	Report	Bammou 31', 58' Dubois 33' Diego Carlos 48'	Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano Attendance: 16,121 Referee: Karim Abed

11 February 2018 25	Nantes	2–2	Lille	Nantes
17:00	Sala 16', 71'	Report	Benzia 43' Mothiba 67' Pépé 81'	Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 22,655 Referee: Mikael Lesage

18 February 2018 26	Nice	1–1	Nantes	Nice
15:00	Dante 6' Pléa 63' Lees-Melou 77'	Report	Sala 26' (pen.)	Stadium: Allianz Riviera Attendance: 20,966 Referee: Clément Turpin

24 February 2018 27	Nantes	0–1	Amiens	Nantes
20:00	Girotto 11' Pallois 61'	Report	Monconduit 38' Kakuta 45+1', 67'	Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 18,830 Referee: Stéphane Jochem

4 March 2018 28	Marseille	1–1	Nantes	Marseille
21:00	Gustavo 4' Rami 55' Amavi 69' Thauvin 90+5'	Report	Dubois 11', 35' Pallois 39' 90+5' Girotto 87'	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 35,232 Referee: Antony Gautier

10 March 2018 29	Nantes	1–0	Troyes	Nantes
20:00	Sala 86'	Report	Walter 7'	Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 17,776 Referee: Jérôme Brisard

18 March 2018 30	Metz	1–1	Nantes	Metz
15:00	Roux 12' Rivierez 13' Diagne 54'	Report	Rongier 23'	Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien Attendance: 13,058 Referee: Benoît Millot

1 April 2018 31	Nantes	0–3	Saint-Étienne	Nantes
17:00	Thomasson 56' Rongier 61' Bammou 67'	Report	Debuchy 17' Cabella 54', 63'	Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 31,043 Referee: Pierre Gaillouste

7 April 2018 32	Monaco	2–1	Nantes	Monaco
17:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Jorge 38' Falcao 42' Lopes 45' Glik 59' Jemerson 73' Subašić 90+4'	Report	Thomasson 32' Krhin 48' Dubois 87' Sala 90+4'	Stadium: Stade Louis II Attendance: 8,557 Referee: François Letexier

14 April 2018 33	Nantes	1–1	Dijon	Nantes
20:00	Nakoulma 33'	Report	Kwon 61'	Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 19,209 Referee: Olivier Thual

20 April 2018 34	Nantes	1–1	Rennes	Nantes
19:30	Nakoulma 29' Sala 40' 46' Thomasson 42', 43' Girotto 44' Ngom 90+1'	Report	Sakho 68' Prcic 71' Pallois 81' (o.g.)	Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 32,431 Referee: Benoît Bastien

28 April 2018 35	Lyon	2–0	Nantes	Décines-Charpieu
17:00	Depay 40' Morel 59' Traoré 69'	Report	El Ghanassy 77'	Stadium: Parc Olympique Lyonnais Attendance: 50,443 Referee: Antony Gautier

6 May 2018 36	Nantes	0–2	Montpellier	Nantes
17:00		Report	Cozza 41' Dolly 51' Mbenza 63' Mendes 82' Poaty 86'	Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 19,895 Referee: Frank Schneider

12 May 2018 37	Angers	0–2	Nantes	Angers
21:00		Report	Djidji 4' Lucas Lima 50' Coulibaly 62'	Stadium: Stade Raymond Kopa Attendance: 15,550 Referee: Benoît Millot

19 May 2018 38	Nantes	1–0	Strasbourg	Nantes
21:00	Dubois 32'	Report		Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 19,595 Referee: Ruddy Buquet

Coupe de France

7 January 2018 Round of 64	US Municipale Senlis	0–4	Nantes	Beauvais
17:30 CET		Report	Bammou 28' Rongier 36' Sala 81', 90'	Stadium: Stade Pierre Brisson Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Bastien Dechepy

23 January 2018 Round of 32	Nantes	3–4	Auxerre	Nantes
18:30 CET	Thomasson 38', 65' Dubois 51' Lucas Lima 70'	Report	Touré 3' Konaté 6' Pallois 32' (o.g.) Westberg 32' Ayé 34' Sangaré 76'	Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 13,618 Referee: Amaury Delerue

Coupe de la Ligue

25 October 2017 Third Round	Tours	3–1	Nantes	Tours
21:05 CEST	Miguel 4' Mancini 6' Raveloson 17' Bouazza 19'	Report	Lucas Lima 35' (pen.) Walongwa 50' 57' Alcibiade 77'	Stadium: Stade de la Vallée du Cher Attendance: 9,477 Referee: Thomas Léonard

References

^ "France - FC Nantes - Results, fixtures, squad, statistics, photos, videos and news". soccerway.com. Soccerway.
^ "League Table". Ligue1.com. Retrieved 12 August 2016.

[1] "France - FC Nantes - Results, fixtures, squad, statistics, photos, videos and news". soccerway.com. Soccerway.

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

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