2018–19 AS Saint-Étienne season

Saint-Étienne
2018–19 season
Chairman	Bernard Caiazzo; Roland Romeyer
Manager	Jean-Louis Gasset
Stadium	Stade Geoffroy-Guichard
Ligue 1	4th
Coupe de France	Round of 32
Coupe de la Ligue	Round of 32
Top goalscorer	League: ; Wahbi Khazri (13); All: ; Wahbi Khazri (14)
Highest home attendance	41,594 (vs. Lyon – 20 January 2019)
Lowest home attendance	8,193 (vs. Dijon – 23 January 2019)
	← 2017–18 2019–20 →

The 2018–19 AS Saint-Étienne season was the 99th professional season of the club since its creation in 1919.

Players

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	Théo Vermot
3	DF	FRA	Pierre-Yves Polomat
4	DF	FRA	William Saliba
5	DF	FRA	Timothée Kolodziejczak (on loan from Tigres)
6	MF	FRA	Yann M'Vila
7	FW	FRA	Rémy Cabella
8	MF	FRA	Mahdi Camara
9	FW	FRA	Loïs Diony
10	FW	TUN	Wahbi Khazri
11	DF	BRA	Gabriel Silva
12	DF	SEN	Cheikh M'Bengue
13	FW	SEN	Makhtar Gueye
16	GK	FRA	Stéphane Ruffier (vice-captain)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
17	MF	NOR	Ole Selnæs
18	FW	FRA	Arnaud Nordin
19	FW	FRA	Yannis Salibur (on loan from Guingamp)
21	FW	FRA	Romain Hamouma
22	FW	FRA	Kévin Monnet-Paquet
24	DF	FRA	Loïc Perrin (captain)
25	MF	SEN	Assane Dioussé
26	DF	FRA	Mathieu Debuchy
27	FW	SVN	Robert Berić
28	DF	SRB	Neven Subotić
30	GK	FRA	Jessy Moulin
33	DF	FRA	Mickaël Panos
50	GK	FRA	Stefan Bajic

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	FRA	Alexis Guendouz (on loan to Pau)
—	DF	GRE	Alexandros Katranis (on loan to Mouscron)
—	DF	SUI	Léo Lacroix (on loan to Hamburger SV)
—	MF	GNB	Jorginho (on loan to CSKA Sofia)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	CIV	Habib Maïga (on loan to Metz)
—	MF	FRA	Rayan Souici (on loan to L'Entente SSG)
—	MF	MAR	Oussama Tannane (on loan to FC Utrecht)
—	FW	FRA	Franck Honorat (on loan to Clermont)

Competitions

Ligue 1

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
2	Lille	38	22	9	7	68	33	+35	75	Qualification for the Champions League group stage
3	Lyon	38	21	9	8	70	47	+23	72	Qualification for the Champions League group stage
4	Saint-Étienne	38	19	9	10	59	41	+18	66	Qualification for the Europa League group stage
5	Marseille	38	18	7	13	60	52	+8	61
6	Montpellier	38	15	14	9	53	42	+11	59

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 scored; 7) Goals scored; 8) Away goals scored; 9) Most goals scored in single league match; 10) Fairplay ranking.^[1]

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	19	9	10	59	41	+18	66	13	2	4	34	14	+20	6	7	6	25	27	−2

Last updated: 24 May 2019.
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	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A
Result	W	D	D	D	L	W	W	W	L	D	D	W	W	L	W	L	W	D	W	W	L	D	W	L	L	W	L	L	W	W	D	W	W	W	W	L	W	D
Position	9	8	8	9	14	8	6	4	5	6	6	5	5	6	6	6	6	5	5	4	4	4	4	6	5	4	5	6	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4

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

Matches

Win Draw Loss

11 August 2018 1	Saint-Étienne	2–1	Guingamp	Saint-Étienne
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Diony 25', 80' Khazri 45' Selnæs 54' Ruffier 55'	Report	Thuram 56' (pen.) Kerbrat 60'	Stadium: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard Attendance: 26,006 Referee: Amaury Delerue

19 August 2018 2	Strasbourg	1–1	Saint-Étienne	Strasbourg
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Mitrović 5' Gonçalves 55'	Report	Subotić 18' M'Vila 77' Khazri 80' Gueye 88'	Stadium: Stade de la Meinau Attendance: 25,385 Referee: Benoît Millot

25 August 2018 3	Montpellier	0–0	Saint-Étienne	Montpellier
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Hilton 46' Aguilar 50' Lasne 54'	Report		Stadium: Stade de la Mosson Attendance: 14,777 Referee: Jérôme Brisard

2 September 2018 4	Saint-Étienne	0–0	Amiens	Saint-Étienne
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Salibur 36' Khazri 58' Selnæs 70'	Report	Zungu 33' Monconduit 63'	Stadium: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard Attendance: 30,146 Referee: Thomas Léonard [fr]

14 September 2018 5	Paris Saint-Germain	4–0	Saint-Étienne	Paris
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Draxler 23' Rabiot 38' Cavani 51' (pen.) Di María 76' Diaby 84'	Report	Khazri 63'	Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 46,549 Referee: Frank Schneider

22 September 2018 6	Saint-Étienne	2–1	Caen	Saint-Étienne
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Khazri 34', 48' (pen.) Kolodziejczak 49' 65'	Report	Guilbert 8' Fajr 31' Diomandé 35' Mbengue 47'	Stadium: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard Attendance: 23,895 Referee: Ruddy Buquet

25 September 2018 7	Toulouse	2–3	Saint-Étienne	Toulouse
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Gradel 63' Durmaz 78' Todibo 87'	Report	Monnet-Paquet 21' Diony 23' Cabella 66', 90+2' Salibur 75'	Stadium: Stadium Municipal Attendance: 14,008 Referee: Amaury Delerue

28 September 2018 8	Saint-Étienne	2–0	Monaco	Saint-Étienne
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Khazri 41', 54'	Report	N'Doram 13'	Stadium: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard Attendance: 26,486 Referee: Jérôme Brisard

6 October 2018 9	Lille	3–1	Saint-Étienne	Villeneuve-d'Ascq
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Bamba 17', 46' Xeka 26' Ballo-Touré 76' Pépé 85'	Report	Cabella 26' (pen.) Selnæs 74'	Stadium: Stade Pierre-Mauroy Attendance: 31,263 Referee: Jérôme Miguelgorry

21 October 2018 10	Saint-Étienne	1–1	Rennes	Saint-Étienne
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Khazri 4' (Pen.) Diony 89'	Report	Sarr 34' Bensebaini 45'	Stadium: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard Attendance: 29,557 Referee: Clément Turpin

26 October 2018 11	Nîmes	1–1	Saint-Étienne	Nîmes
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Alioui 74' Bouanga 90+2'	Report	Cabella 1', 83' M'Vila 66' Khazri 90+5'	Stadium: Stade des Costières Attendance: 15,412 Referee: François Letexier

4 November 2018 12	Saint-Étienne	4–3	Angers	Saint-Étienne
17:00 CET (UTC+1)	Diony 26' Debuchy 45+1' Nordin 50' Manceau 73' (o.g.) Hamouma 89'	Report	Pavlović 24' Reine-Adélaïde 29' Tait 45+4' Bahoken 71'	Stadium: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard Attendance: 22,983 Referee: Thomas Léonard

10 November 2018 13	Saint-Étienne	2–0	Reims	Saint-Étienne
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Debuchy 1' Hamouma 27' Khazri 39' Diony 67' Gabriel Silva 80'	Report	Chavalerin 18'	Stadium: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard Attendance: 22,838 Referee: Florent Batta

23 November 2018 (2018-11-23) 14	Lyon	1–0	Saint-Étienne	Décines-Charpieu
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Denayer 42', 62' Rafael 72'	Report	Monnet-Paquet 39' Kolodziejczak 89'	Stadium: Parc Olympique Lyonnais Attendance: 55,701 Referee: Antony Gautier

30 November 2018 15	Saint-Étienne	3–0	Nantes	Nantes
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Cabella 60' Berić 72' Khazri 84' Kolodziejczak 90'	Report	Pallois 20' Lucas Lima 82'	Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 21,884 Referee: Jérôme Brisard

5 December 2018 16	Bordeaux	3–2	Saint-Étienne	Bordeaux
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Briand 22' Kamano 57' (pen.) Sankharé 75' Sabaly 83' Pablo 90'	Report	Diony 16' Khazri 65', 67' Saliba 56' Selnæs 75'	Stadium: Matmut Atlantique Attendance: 23,375 Referee: Clément Turpin

9 December 2018 (2018-12-09) 17	Saint-Étienne	Postponed	Marseille	Nantes
				Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire

16 December 2018 18	Nice	1–1	Saint-Étienne	Nice
17:00 CET (UTC+1)	Attal 45+1' Hérelle 30' 58' Cyprien 81' (pen.)	Report	Salibur 34' 51' Selnæs 51' Diony 54'	Stadium: Allianz Riviera Attendance: 19,250 Referee: Thomas Leonard

22 December 2018 19	Saint-Étienne	3–0	Dijon	Nantes
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Monnet-Paquet 43' Polomat 45+1' Kolodziejczak 52' M'Vila 55' Khazri 64' Berić 83' Selnæs 89'	Report	Marié 19' Saïd 82' Balmont 89'	Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 26,215 Referee: Eric Wattellier

12 January 2019 20	Guingamp	0–1	Saint-Étienne	Guingamp
20:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Khazri 7', 56'	Stadium: Stade de Roudourou Attendance: 15,342 Referee: Karim Abed

16 January 2019 17	Saint-Étienne	2–1	Marseille	Nantes
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Khazri 59' (pen.), 88'	Report	Strootman 16'	Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 28,146 Referee: Antony Gautier

20 January 2019 21	Saint-Étienne	1–2	Lyon	Saint-Étienne
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Hamouma 21' Monnet-Paquet 43' Perrin 65'	Report	Marcelo 20' Fekir 65' (pen.) Tete 71' Dembélé 90+5'	Stadium: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard Attendance: 41,594 Referee: Benoît Bastien

30 January 2019 22	Nantes	1–1	Saint-Étienne	Nantes
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Diego 45' Fábio 45+3' Waris 70' Coulibaly 82'	Report	Monnet-Paquet 30' M'Vila 45+3' Cabella 58'	Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 28,748 Referee: Frank Schneider

3 February 2019 23	Saint-Étienne	Postponed	Strasbourg	Saint-Étienne
17:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard

10 February 2019 24	Rennes	3–0	Saint-Étienne	Rennes
17:00 CET (UTC+1)	Niang 21' Ben Arfa 87' (pen.) Hunou 90+1'	Report	Hamouma 57' 90+3' Subotić 66' Perrin 86'	Stadium: Roazhon Park Attendance: 24,230 Referee: Johan Hamel

13 February 2019 23	Saint-Étienne	2–1	Strasbourg	Saint-Étienne
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Berić 4' Perrin 27'	Report	Da Costa 14', 73' Aaneba 39' Thomasson 60' Gonçalves 78' Martinez 83'	Stadium: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard Attendance: 16,406 Referee: Jérôme Brisard
Note: Rescheduled from 3 February 2019.^[2]

17 February 2019 25	Saint-Étienne	0–1	Paris Saint-Germain	Saint-Étienne
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Khazri 43'	Report	Bernat 49' Alves 59' Mbappé 73', 90+5' Areola 90' Kurzawa 90+3'	Stadium: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard Attendance: 39,652 Referee: Benoît Bastien

22 February 2019 26	Dijon	0–1	Saint-Étienne	Dijon
19:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Subotić 64'	Stadium: Stade Gaston Gérard Attendance: 13,511 Referee: Karim Abed

3 March 2019 27	Marseille	2–0	Saint-Étienne	Marseille
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Sakai 5' Balotelli 12' Thauvin 21' (pen.) Sarr 25'	Report	Debuchy 19' Khazri 85'	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 57,337 Referee: Clément Turpin

10 March 2019 28	Saint-Étienne	0–1	Lille	Saint-Étienne
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	M'Vila 52' Debuchy 62' 90+1' Kolodziejczak 70' Khazri 90+4'	Report	Xeka 59' Bamba 79' Pépé 87' Ikoné 90+1'	Stadium: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard Attendance: 26,648 Referee: Mikael Lesage

16 March 2019 29	Caen	0–5	Saint-Étienne	Caen
20:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Hamouma 4' Berić 20' Nordin 30' Ghezali 85' Vada 90+1'	Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano Attendance: 18,276 Referee: Florent Batta

1 April 2019 30	Saint-Étienne	2–1	Nîmes	Saint-Étienne
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Debuchy 6' Cabella 24' Berić 79' Ghezali 85' M'Vila 90+1'	Report	Bobichon 2', 90+1' Ferri 24' Paquiez 56' Briançon 82'	Stadium: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard Attendance: 22,595 Referee: Karim Abed

6 April 2019 31	Amiens	2–2	Saint-Étienne	Amiens
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Konaté 24', 61' Lefort 32' Gurtner 90+5' Gouano 90+5'	Report	Subotić 1' Kolodziejczak 16', 57' Cabella 90+5'	Stadium: Stade de la Licorne Attendance: 11,832 Referee: Eric Wattellier

14 April 2019 32	Saint-Étienne	3–0	Bordeaux	Saint-Étienne
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Kolodziejczak 3' Cabella 46' Khazri 56' (pen.) Debuchy 74', 90'	Report		Stadium: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard Attendance: 33,935 Referee: Ruddy Buquet

21 April 2019 33	Reims	0–2	Saint-Étienne	Reims
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Foket 61' Chavalerin 79' Cafaro 90+2'	Report	Cabella 25' Engels 51' (o.g.)	Stadium: Stade Auguste Delaune Attendance: 19,102 Referee: Amaury Delerue

28 April 2019 34	Saint-Étienne	2–0	Toulouse	Saint-Étienne
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Berić 2', 10' Debuchy 68'	Report	Sangaré 47' Sylla 83'	Stadium: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard Attendance: 28,203 Referee: Jérémy Stinat

5 May 2019 35	Monaco	2–3	Saint-Étienne	Monaco
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Martins 18' Ballo-Touré 31' Golovin 40' Silva 82' Vinícius 90+2'	Report	Khazri 35' Debuchy 41' Hamouma 45' Vada 51' Ballo-Touré 59' (o.g.) Cabella 71' Nordin 80' Polomat 90+3'	Stadium: Stade Louis II Attendance: 9,047 Referee: Benoît Millot

10 May 2019 36	Saint-Étienne	0–1	Montpellier	Saint-Étienne
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Cabella 51' 62' Nordin 56'	Report	Mollet 42' Suárez 45+1' Congré 53' Skhiri 53' Lecomte 55' Laborde 64'	Stadium: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard Attendance: 35,644 Referee: Benoît Bastien

18 May 2019 37	Saint-Étienne	3–0	Nice	Saint-Étienne
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Berić 26', 65' Hamouma 81'	Report	Coly 62' Lees-Melou 73' Le Bihan 86'	Stadium: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard Attendance: 36,759 Referee: Antony Gautier

24 May 2019 38	Angers	1–1	Saint-Étienne	Angers
21:05 CEST (UTC+2)	Moulin 70' (o.g.) El Melali 89'	Report	Nordin 64' Kolodziejczak 71'	Stadium: Stade Raymond Kopa Attendance: 16,011 Referee: Johan Hamel

Coupe de France

6 January 2019 Round of 64	Olympique Strasbourg	0–6	Saint-Étienne	Strasbourg
17:15 CET (UTC+1)	Sidow 6'	Report	Cabella 3', 85' Perrin 9' Khazri 46' Diony 56' Rocha Santos 83'	Stadium: Stade de la Meinau Attendance: 6,525 Referee: Stéphanie Frappart

23 January 2019 Round of 32	Saint-Étienne	3–6	Dijon	Saint-Étienne
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Diony 14' Ruffier 50' Khazri 58' Berić 60' Monnet-Paquet 64'	Report	Sliti 11', 28', 50' (pen.) Keita 47' Tavares 52' Alphonse 84' Marié 90+2'	Stadium: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard Attendance: 8,193 Referee: François Letexier

Coupe de la Ligue

27 November 2018 Round of 32	Nîmes	1–1 (4–2 p)	Saint-Étienne	Nîmes
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Hsissane 23' Bouanga 90'	Report	Dioussé 5' Khazri 72' Berić 81'	Stadium: Stade des Costières Attendance: 6,260 Referee: Mikael Lesage
	Penalties
	Savanier Bobichon Bouanga Alioui Bozok		Khazri M'Vila Salibur Polomat

Statistics

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Ligue 1		Coupe de la Ligue		Coupe de France
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	FRA	Théo Vermot	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
16	GK	FRA	Stéphane Ruffier	40	0	37	0	1	0	2	0
30	GK	FRA	Jessy Moulin	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
50	GK	FRA	Stefan Bajic	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
3	DF	FRA	Pierre-Yves Polomat	21	0	11+7	0	1	0	2	0
4	DF	FRA	William Saliba	19	0	13+3	0	1	0	2	0
5	DF	FRA	Timothée Kolodziejczak	38	3	35+1	3	0	0	2	0
11	DF	BRA	Gabriel Silva	19	0	16+3	0	0	0	0	0
24	DF	FRA	Loïc Perrin	32	2	31	1	0	0	1	1
26	DF	FRA	Mathieu Debuchy	24	4	23+1	4	0	0	0	0
28	DF	SRB	Neven Subotić	28	1	26	1	1	0	1	0
33	DF	FRA	Mickaël Panos	2	0	0+2	0	0	0	0	0
32	DF	FRA	Wesley Fofana	2	0	1+1	0	0	0	0	0
Midfielders
6	MF	FRA	Yann M'Vila	40	0	37	0	1	0	2	0
8	MF	MAR	Youssef Aït Bennasser	13	0	11+2	0	0	0	0	0
23	MF	ARG	Valentín Vada	12	1	3+9	1	0	0	0	0
16	MF	FRA	Dylan Chambost	1	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0
32	MF	CPV	Kenny Rocha	2	1	0+1	0	0	0	0+1	1
Forwards
7	FW	FRA	Rémy Cabella	37	10	34	8	0+1	0	2	2
9	FW	FRA	Loïs Diony	32	7	19+11	5	0	0	2	2
10	FW	TUN	Wahbi Khazri	35	14	32	13	0+1	0	1+1	1
13	FW	SEN	Makhtar Gueye	5	1	0+5	1	0	0	0	0
18	FW	FRA	Arnaud Nordin	27	3	11+14	3	1	0	1	0
19	FW	FRA	Yannis Salibur	23	1	9+12	1	1	0	1	0
21	FW	FRA	Romain Hamouma	29	4	19+8	4	1	0	0+1	0
22	FW	FRA	Kévin Monnet-Paquet	26	1	16+7	0	1	0	1+1	1
27	FW	SVN	Robert Berić	26	11	12+11	9	1	1	1+1	1
31	FW	FRA	Lamine Ghezali	5	1	0+5	1	0	0	0	0
33	FW	FRA	Charles Abi	3	0	0+3	0	0	0	0	0
Players transferred out during the season
8	MF	FRA	Mahdi Camara	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
12	DF	SEN	Cheikh M'Bengue	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
17	MF	NOR	Ole Selnæs	21	0	19+1	0	0+1	0	0	0
25	MF	SEN	Assane Dioussé	10	0	2+5	0	1	0	1+1	0
—	FW	FRA	Franck Honorat	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Last updated: 24 May 2019
Source: Competitions

References

^ "League Table". Ligue1.com. Retrieved 12 August 2016.
^ "Saint-Étienne vs. Strasbourg Postponed". ligue1.com. Ligue de Football Professionnel. 2 February 2019. Retrieved 4 February 2019.^{[permanent dead link‍]}

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

[2] "Saint-Étienne vs. Strasbourg Postponed". ligue1.com. Ligue de Football Professionnel. 2 February 2019. Retrieved 4 February 2019.^{[permanent dead link‍]}

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