2015–16 Montpellier HSC season

The 2015–16 Montpellier HSC season was the 41st professional season of the club since its creation in 1974.

Montpellier

2015–16 season
Chairman	Laurent Nicollin
Manager	Rolland Courbis
Stadium	Stade de la Mosson
Ligue 1	15th
Coupe de France	Round of 32
Coupe de la Ligue	Round of 32
Top goalscorer	League: Souleymane Camara Casimir Ninga (7 each) All: Souleymane Camara (8)
Highest home attendance	27,163 vs Paris Saint-Germain (21 August 2015)
Lowest home attendance	9,076 vs Caen (23 January 2016)
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.

Current squad

As of 31 August 2015.

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	Laurent Pionnier
2	DF	SEN	Mamadou N'Diaye
3	DF	FRA	Daniel Congré
4	DF	BRA	Hilton (captain)
6	MF	FRA	Joris Marveaux
8	MF	FRA	Jonas Martin
9	FW	MLI	Mustapha Yatabaré (on loan from Trabzonspor)
10	MF	ALG	Ryad Boudebouz
12	FW	FRA	Florian Sotoca
13	MF	TUN	Ellyes Skhiri
14	MF	FRA	Bryan Dabo
15	DF	ALG	Ramy Bensebaini (on loan from Paradou)
16	GK	FRA	Geoffrey Jourdren
17	MF	FRA	Paul Lasne
19	FW	SEN	Souleymane Camara

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
20	MF	FRA	Morgan Sanson
21	DF	FRA	William Rémy
22	MF	SUI	Sébastien Wüthrich
23	MF	TUN	Jamel Saihi
24	DF	FRA	Jérôme Roussillon
25	DF	FRA	Mathieu Deplagne
26	FW	FRA	Kévin Bérigaud
28	FW	COM	Djamel Bakar
29	FW	CHA	Rodrigue Ninga
30	GK	FRA	Jonathan Ligali
31	FW	FRA	Quentin Cornette
32	FW	PER	Jean Deza
33	MF	FRA	Anthony Ribelin
35	DF	SUI	Dylan Gissi

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	Nicolas Saint-Ruf (on loan to Orléans)

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	FW	BEN	Steve Mounié (on loan to Nîmes)

Transfers

Transfers in

Date	Pos.	Player	Age	Moved from	Fee	Notes
1 July 2015	DF	William Rémy	24	Dijon	Free Transfer
7 July 2015	MF	Ryad Boudebouz	25	Bastia	Undisclosed
31 August 2015	FW	Rodrigue Ninga	22	Mangasport	Undisclosed

Loans in

Date	Pos.	Player	Age	Loaned from	Return date	Notes
1 July 2015	DF	Ramy Bensebaini	20	Paradou	30 June 2016
30 August 2015	FW	Mustapha Yatabaré	29	Trabzonspor	30 June 2016

Transfers out

Date	Pos.	Player	Age	Moved to	Fee	Notes
1 July 2015	DF	Siaka Tiéné	33	Unattached	Released
1 July 2015	MF	Karim Aït-Fana	26	Unattached	Released
7 July 2015	DF	Yassine Jebbour	24	Bastia	Free Transfer
28 July 2015	DF	Abdelhamid El Kaoutari	25	Palermo	Undisclosed
29 August 2015	FW	Anthony Mounier	27	Bologna	Undisclosed

Loans out

Date	Pos.	Player	Age	Loaned to	Return date	Notes
26 July 2015	DF	Nicolas Saint-Ruf	22	Orléans	30 July 2016
31 August 2015	FW	Steve Mounié	20	Nîmes	30 July 2016

Competitions

Ligue 1

Main article: 2015–16 Ligue 1

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
10	Bastia	38	14	8	16	36	42	−6	50
11	Bordeaux	38	12	14	12	50	57	−7	50
12	Montpellier	38	14	7	17	49	47	+2	49
13	Marseille	38	10	18	10	48	42	+6	48
14	Nantes	38	12	12	14	33	44	−11	48

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.

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	7	17	49	47	+2	49	9	0	10	26	23	+3	5	7	7	23	24	−1

Last updated: 12 March 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	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	L	L	L	D	L	L	L	W	L	D	W	D	W	W	W	L	D	W	L	L	L	L	W	L	D	W	W	W	D	L	L	D	L	W	W	W	W	L
Position	20	20	19	19	19	19	20	18	18	18	17	17	17	14	13	15	16	13	15	15	16	18	17	18	18	16	15	14	15	15	16	16	16	16	11	11	11	12

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

Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss

Montpellier v Angers

8 August 2015 1	Montpellier	0–2	Angers	Montpellier
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Deplagne  27' Bensebaini  61' Dabo  81'	Report	Camara 4' N'Doye  8' Manceau  74' Sunu 79'	Stadium: Stade de la Mosson Attendance: 11,789 Referee: Hakim Ben El Hadj

Rennes v Montpellier

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

Montpellier v Paris Saint-Germain

21 August 2015 3	Montpellier	0–1	Paris Saint-Germain	Montpellier
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Bensebaini  45+1' Boudebouz  55'	Report	Matuidi  49', 61' Motta  74'	Stadium: Stade de la Mosson Attendance: 27,163 Referee: Sébastien Moreira

Troyes v Montpellier

29 August 2015 4	Troyes	0–0	Montpellier	Troyes
20:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Saunier  56' Martins Pereira  79'	Report	Marveaux  86'	Stadium: Stade de l'Aube Attendance: 11,094 Referee: Wilfried Bien

Montpellier v Saint-Étienne

12 September 2015 5	Montpellier	1–2	Saint-Étienne	Montpellier
20:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Dabo  37' Cornette  42' Marveaux  66', 90+2'	Report	Bayal Sall  18', 24' Roux 59' Polomat  61'	Stadium: Stade de la Mosson Attendance: 10,734 Referee: Lionel Jaffredo

Caen v Montpellier

19 September 2015 6	Caen	2–1	Montpellier	Caen
20:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Rodelin 19' Adeoti  31' Delort  47' Louis 90+2'	Report	Martin 32' (pen.) Yatabaré  41' Boudebouz  46' Deplagne  87' Lasne  89'	Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano Attendance: 15,069 Referee: Hakim Ben El Hadj

Montpellier v Monaco

24 September 2015 7	Montpellier	2–3	Monaco	Montpellier
19:55 CEST (UTC+2)	Congré 26' Carrillo 45' (o.g.) Ligali  90+4' Bensebaini  90+5'	Report	Coentrão 56' Lemar 65' Touré  72' Fabinho 90+5' (pen.)	Stadium: Stade de la Mosson Attendance: 10,032 Referee: Clément Turpin

Montpellier v Lorient

27 September 2015 8	Montpellier	2–1	Lorient	Montpellier
17:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Bensebaini 6',  47' Martin 57',  57'	Report	Gassama  30' Koné  38' Abdullah 48',  61'  90+2' Philippoteaux  49' Le Goff  86'	Stadium: Stade de la Mosson Attendance: 10,518 Referee: Saïd Ennjimi

Lille v Montpellier

2 October 2015 9	Lille	2–0	Montpellier	Villeneuve d'Ascq
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Boufal 43' (pen.) Mavuba  48' Obbadi  51' Sidibé 64' Corchia  72'	Report	Dabo  58'	Stadium: Stade Pierre-Mauroy Attendance: 30,895 Referee: Saïd Ennjimi

Bordeaux v Montpellier

18 October 2015 10	Bordeaux	0–0	Montpellier	Bordeaux
17:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Ounas  38' Saivet  45+2' Maurice-Belay  84' Sané  90+2'	Report	Deplagne  41' Rémy  90+2'	Stadium: Nouveau Stade de Bordeaux Attendance: 23,881 Referee: Bartolomeu Varela

Montpellier v Bastia

24 October 2015 11	Montpellier	2–0	Bastia	Montpellier
20:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Deplagne  58' Boudebouz 63' Ninga 88'	Report	Peybernes  54' Ngando  75' Cahuzac  82'	Stadium: Stade de la Mosson Attendance: 12,240 Referee: Jérôme Miguelgorry

Toulouse v Montpellier

31 October 2015 12	Toulouse	1–1	Montpellier	Toulouse
20:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Akpa Akpro  25' Machach  35', 39' Regattin  85' Bodiger  89'	Report	Roussillon 34' Ninga  58' Bensebaini  90+3'	Stadium: Stadium Municipal Attendance: 8,883 Referee: Stéphane Lannoy

Montpellier v Nantes

7 November 2015 13	Montpellier	2–1	Nantes	Montpellier
20:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Roussillon 12' Hilton 90'	Report	Iloki  50' Vizcarrondo  56' Bammou 63' Touré  65' Cana  65'	Stadium: Stade de la Mosson Attendance: 13,536 Referee: Frank Schneider

Montpellier v Reims

21 November 2015 14	Montpellier	2–1	Reims	Montpellier
20:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Yatabaré 21' Dabo  23', 84' Roussillon  49' Camara 69' Bensebaini  77'	Report	Weber 12' Signorino  26' Mfulu  36'	Stadium: Stade de la Mosson Attendance: 9,544 Referee: Stephane Jochem

Lyon v Montpellier

27 November 2015 15	Lyon	2–4	Montpellier	Lyon
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Lacazette  12', 14' Rafael  41' Gonalons  68' Ghezzal 84'	Report	Gonalons 8' (o.g.) Ninga 11', 48' Bensebaini  20' Rémy  45' Dabo  48' Hilton  57' Camara 80'	Stadium: Stade de Gerland Attendance: 29,960 Referee: Benoît Millot

Montpellier v Gazélec Ajaccio

2 December 2015 16	Montpellier	0–2	Gazélec Ajaccio	Montpellier
19:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Hilton  30'	Report	Zoua 45+3' Filippi  50' Sylla  70' Tshibumbu 74',  82' Lemoigne  78'	Stadium: Stade de la Mosson Attendance: 9,332 Referee: Hakim Ben El Hadj

Marseille v Montpellier

6 December 2015 17	Marseille	2–2	Montpellier	Marseille
14:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Romao  36' Batshuayi  40' Cabella 48' Sarr 72'	Report	Ninga 32', 56',  48'	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 41,486 Referee: Bartolomeu Varela

Montpellier v Guingamp

12 December 2015 18	Montpellier	2–1	Guingamp	Montpellier
20:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Camara 54' Ninga 62' Hilton  90+2' Roussillon  90+3'	Report	Benezet  28'  Privat 32' Cardy  58' Coco  90+3'	Stadium: Stade de la Mosson Attendance: 10,846 Referee: Sébastien Moreira

Nice v Montpellier

18 December 2015 19	Nice	1–0	Montpellier	Nice
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Boscagli 31' Bodmer  42' Mendy  64'	Report	Ninga  7' Martin  12'	Stadium: Allianz Riviera Attendance: 14,026 Referee: Tony Chapron

Montpellier v Bordeaux

9 January 2016 20	Montpellier	0–1	Bordeaux	Montpellier
20:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Yatabaré  39' Rémy  41'	Report	Diabaté 16' Khazri  41'	Stadium: Stade de la Mosson Attendance: 10,603 Referee: Clément Turpin

Bastia v Montpellier

16 January 2016 21	Bastia	1–0	Montpellier	Furiani
20:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Brandão  31' Ayité 48' Djiku  59' Fofana  65' Modesto  90'	Report	Deplagne  41' Congré  68'	Stadium: Stade Armand Cesari Attendance: 10,337 Referee: Frank Schneider

Montpellier v Caen

23 January 2016 22	Montpellier	1–2	Caen	Montpellier
20:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Bensebaini 23' Roussillon  58' Saihi  71'	Report	Vercoutre  23' Rodelin 40' Delort 52'	Stadium: Stade de la Mosson Attendance: 9,076 Referee: François Letexier

Gazélec Ajaccio v Montpellier

30 January 2016 23	Gazélec Ajaccio	0–4	Montpellier	Ajaccio, Corsica
20:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Đoković  8' Lemoigne  26' Touré  40'	Report	Dabo  8', 52', 57' Yatabaré 14' Camara  28' Martin 41' (pen.),  42'	Stadium: Stade Ange Casanova Attendance: 3,629 Referee: Bartolomeu Varela

Montpellier v Marseille

2 February 2016 24	Montpellier	0–1	Marseille	Montpellier
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Martin  51' Saihi  83'	Report	Rabillard  30' Nkoudou 68' Thauvin  69' Cabella  86' De Ceglie  90+4'	Stadium: Stade de la Mosson Attendance: 16,756 Referee: Tony Chapron

Lorient v Montpellier

6 February 2016 25	Lorient	1–1	Montpellier	Lorient
20:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Jouffre  28' Bellugou  37' Cabot 49'	Report	Bérigaud 45+1' Yatabaré  88'	Stadium: Stade du Moustoir Attendance: 9,077 Referee: Mikael Lesage

Montpellier v Toulouse

13 February 2016 26	Montpellier	2–0	Toulouse	Montpellier
20:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Yatabaré 24' Camara 88'	Report	Regattin  21' Moubandje  82'	Stadium: Stade de la Mosson Attendance: 14,616 Referee: Saïd Ennjimi

Angers v Montpellier

20 February 2016 27	Angers	2–3	Montpellier	Angers
20:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Bouka Moutou 65' Karanović 90+2'	Report	Bérigaud 2' Yatabaré 7' Camara 34' Ninga  82'	Stadium: Stade Jean-Bouin Attendance: 11,165 Referee: Sébastien Moreira

Montpellier v Lille

27 February 2016 28	Montpellier	3–0	Lille	Montpellier
17:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Ninga  33' Bérigaud 52' Dabo 60' Skhiri 86'	Report	Pavard  59' Bauthéac  66' Boufal  74'	Stadium: Stade de la Mosson Attendance: 9,576 Referee: Hakim Bel El Hajd

Paris Saint-Germain v Montpellier

5 March 2016 29	Paris Saint-Germain	0–0	Montpellier	Paris
17:00 CET (UTC+01:00)		Report	Rémy  80'	Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 45,173 Referee: Tony Chapron

Montpellier v Nice

12 March 2016 30	Montpellier	0–2	Nice	Montpellier
20:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Martin  81' Ninga  90+2'	Report	Germain 62' Pied  64' Pléa 76'	Stadium: Stade de la Mosson Attendance: 13,462 Referee: Lionel Jaffredo

Saint-Étienne v Montpellier

19 March 2016 31	Saint-Étienne	3–0	Montpellier	Saint-Étienne
17:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Lemoine  66' Roux 74' Tannane 80' Eysseric 84'	Report	Boudebouz  45' Congré  90'	Stadium: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard Attendance: 28,037 Referee: Jérôme Miguelgorry

Guingamp v Montpellier HSC

2 April 2016 32	Guingamp	2–2	Montpellier HSC	Guingamp
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Salibur 5' Diallo  28' Sorbon 47' Kerbrat  84'	Report	Deplagne  9' Skhiri  30' Sanson 34', 53'	Stadium: Stade du Roudourou Attendance: 13,640 Referee: Ruddy Buquet

Montpellier v Lyon

8 April 2016 33	Montpellier	0–2	Lyon	Montpellier
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Saihi  38'	Report	Cornet 34', 40',  66' Ferri  68'	Stadium: Stade de la Mosson Attendance: 15,066 Referee: Antony Gautier

Nantes v Montpellier

17 April 2016 34	Nantes	0–2	Montpellier	Nantes
14:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Vizcarrondo  45+1'	Report	Dabo 23' Jourdren  43' Congré  60' Skhiri 71'	Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 21,789 Referee: Stéphane Jochem

Montpellier v Troyes

24 April 2016 35	Montpellier	4–1	Troyes	Montpellier
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Roussillon 14' Saunier 27' (o.g.) Martin 34' Hilton  41' Camara 55'	Report	Darbion 20' Confais  68' Rincón  82'	Stadium: Stade de la Mosson Attendance: 14,323 Referee: Mikael Lesage

Reims v Montpellier

30 April 2016 36	Reims	2–3	Montpellier	Reims
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	De Préville  52' Diego  54' Oniangue 83' Bifouma 90+2'	Report	Camara 38' Roussillon  83' Congré 84' Sanson 86'	Stadium: Stade Auguste Delaune Attendance: 19,716 Referee: Fredy Fautrel

Montpellier v Rennes

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

Monaco v Montpellier

14 May 2016 38	Monaco	2–0	Montpellier	Fontvieille
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)				Stadium: Stade Louis II

Coupe de la Ligue

Main article: 2015–16 Coupe de la Ligue

Lorient v Montpellier

28 October 2015 Round of 32	Lorient	3–2	Montpellier	Lorient
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Jeannot 6' (pen.) Gakpa 36' Philippoteaux 40' Mulumba  82'	Report	N'Diaye 13' Deza  83' Camara 84'	Stadium: Stade du Moustoir Attendance: 9,699 Referee: Wilfried Bien

Coupe de France

Main article: 2015–16 Coupe de France

Epernay v Montpellier

3 January 2016 Round of 64	Epernay	0–1	Montpellier	Epernay
14:15 CET (UTC+01:00)	Lefreve  54' Leonard  56' Ghisolfi  60'	Report	Yataberé 62' Roussillon  65'	Stadium: Stade Paul Chandon Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Alexandre Castro

Marseille v Montpellier

20 January 2016 Round of 32	Marseille	2–0	Montpellier	Marseille
21:00 CET	Sarr  32' Cabella  37' Bensebaini 41' (o.g.) Dja Djédjé 55',  58'	Report		Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 37,078 Referee: Lionel Jaffredo