2016–17 Stade Rennais FC season

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
	← 2015–16 2017–18 →

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

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 v t e	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: ^{[citation needed]}

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	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

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
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^[fr]

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 (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

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 (2016-11-06) 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 (2017-01-14) 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 (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

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: Benoît 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

References

^ "Equipe Pro" (in French). Stade Rennais FC. Retrieved 20 January 2017.
^ "Clément Chantôme joins Rennes from Ligue 1 rivals Bordeaux". www.espnfc.com. ESPN. 22 June 2016. Retrieved 3 August 2016.
^ ^a ^b "Anthony Ribelin (Montpellier) et Paul Nardi (Monaco) à Rennes (officiel)". www.lequipe.fr (in French). L'Equipe. 21 June 2016. Retrieved 24 June 2016.
^ "Klartext von Hosiner: "Es hat an mir gelegen"" [Plain-talk from Hosiner: "It was my fault"]. www.kicker.de (in German). kicker. 2 May 2016. Retrieved 25 May 2016.
^ "Cheikh M'Bengue en vert". ww.asse.fr (in French). AS Saint-Étienne. 20 July 2016. Retrieved 30 August 2016.
^ "Diagne trägt ab sofort das Werder-Trikot" [Diagne is wearing the Werder shirt from now on]. www.kicker.de (in German). kicker. 8 July 2016. Retrieved 16 July 2016.
^ "Boga, segundo fichaje" [Boga, second signing]. www.granadacf.es (in Spanish). Granada CF. 6 July 2016. Retrieved 7 July 2016.
^ "Borussia Dortmund signs top talent Ousmane Dembélé". www.bvb.de. Borussia Dortmund. 22 May 2016. Retrieved 12 May 2016.
^ "Charleroi trekt twee spelers aan" [Charleroi signs two players]. www.sporza.be (in Dutch). Sporza. 1 July 2016. Retrieved 1 July 2016.^{[permanent dead link‍]}
^ "Wood-Nachfolger gefunden: Union holt Hosiner" [Wood successor found: Union gets Hosiner]. www.kicker.de (in German). kicker. 28 June 2016. Retrieved 28 June 2016.
^ "Lyon prête Aldo Kalulu à Rennes sans option d'achat". www.olweb.fr (in French). Olympique Lyonnais. 8 January 2017. Retrieved 9 January 2017.
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[1] "Equipe Pro" (in French). Stade Rennais FC. Retrieved 20 January 2017.

[Chantome-2] "Clément Chantôme joins Rennes from Ligue 1 rivals Bordeaux". www.espnfc.com. ESPN. 22 June 2016. Retrieved 3 August 2016.

[Montpellier-3] "Anthony Ribelin (Montpellier) et Paul Nardi (Monaco) à Rennes (officiel)". www.lequipe.fr (in French). L'Equipe. 21 June 2016. Retrieved 24 June 2016.

[4] "Klartext von Hosiner: "Es hat an mir gelegen"" [Plain-talk from Hosiner: "It was my fault"]. www.kicker.de (in German). kicker. 2 May 2016. Retrieved 25 May 2016.

[Bengue-5] "Cheikh M'Bengue en vert". ww.asse.fr (in French). AS Saint-Étienne. 20 July 2016. Retrieved 30 August 2016.

[6] "Diagne trägt ab sofort das Werder-Trikot" [Diagne is wearing the Werder shirt from now on]. www.kicker.de (in German). kicker. 8 July 2016. Retrieved 16 July 2016.

[7] "Boga, segundo fichaje" [Boga, second signing]. www.granadacf.es (in Spanish). Granada CF. 6 July 2016. Retrieved 7 July 2016.

[8] "Borussia Dortmund signs top talent Ousmane Dembélé". www.bvb.de. Borussia Dortmund. 22 May 2016. Retrieved 12 May 2016.

[Charleroi-9] "Charleroi trekt twee spelers aan" [Charleroi signs two players]. www.sporza.be (in Dutch). Sporza. 1 July 2016. Retrieved 1 July 2016.^{[permanent dead link‍]}

[10] "Wood-Nachfolger gefunden: Union holt Hosiner" [Wood successor found: Union gets Hosiner]. www.kicker.de (in German). kicker. 28 June 2016. Retrieved 28 June 2016.

[Kalulu-11] "Lyon prête Aldo Kalulu à Rennes sans option d'achat". www.olweb.fr (in French). Olympique Lyonnais. 8 January 2017. Retrieved 9 January 2017.

[12] "Transfert : Raïs M'Bolhi arrive à Rennes (officiel)". www.lequipe.fr (in French). L'Équipe. 23 January 2017. Retrieved 7 March 2017.

[13] "Bonjour Paul-Georges Ntep". www.vfl-wolfsburg.de (in German). VfL Wolfsburg. 9 January 2017. Retrieved 23 January 2017.

[Cercle-14] "Monaco stalt drie spelers bij Cercle Brugge" [Monaco places three players at Cercle Brugge]. www.sporza.be (in Dutch). Sporza. 2 January 2017. Retrieved 26 January 2017.^{[permanent dead link‍]}

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