2015–16 Montpellier HSC season

Montpellier
2015–16 season
Chairman	Laurent Nicollin
Manager	Rolland Courbis
Stadium	Stade de la Mosson
Ligue 1	12th
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)
	← 2014–15 2016–17 →

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

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.^[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	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	^[2]

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
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

League table

Pos	Team v t e	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.^[3]

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Coupe de la Ligue

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

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

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

References

^ "Effectif "Première" Saison 2015/2016". mhscfoot.com. Retrieved 16 August 2015.
^ Casimir Ninga signe quatre ans à Montpellier
^ "Ligue 1 2015/2016 - Season rules". Scoresway. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 22 July 2015.

[1] "Effectif "Première" Saison 2015/2016". mhscfoot.com. Retrieved 16 August 2015.

[2] Casimir Ninga signe quatre ans à Montpellier

[3] "Ligue 1 2015/2016 - Season rules". Scoresway. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 22 July 2015.

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