2015–16 ES Troyes AC season

Troyes
2015–16 season
Chairman	Daniel Masoni
Manager	Jean-Marc Furlan
Stadium	Stade de l'Aube
Ligue 1	20th
Coupe de France	Round of 16
Coupe de la Ligue	Round of 32
Top goalscorer	League: Corentin Jean (4); All: Corentin Jean (6)
Highest home attendance	16,266 vs Monaco (19 December 2015)
Lowest home attendance	5,747 vs Saint-Étienne (10 February 2016)
	← 2014–15 2016–17 →

The 2015–16 Troyes AC season is the 30th professional season of the club since its creation in 1986.

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 29 January 2016^[update]^[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	Matthieu Dreyer
2	DF	FRA	Johan Martial
3	DF	COD	Chris Mavinga (on loan from Rubin Kazan)
5	DF	FRA	Matthieu Saunier
7	MF	FRA	Yoann Court
8	MF	FRA	Stéphane Darbion
9	FW	SEN	Babacar Guèye
10	MF	FRA	Benjamin Nivet
11	DF	BRA	Rincón
12	FW	CMR	Henri Bienvenu
13	FW	COL	Brayan Perea (on loan from Lazio)
14	MF	BRA	Thiago Xavier
16	GK	GLP	Franck Grandel
17	DF	FRA	Guillaume Lacour
18	MF	TUN	Chaouki Ben Saada


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
19	MF	FRA	Karim Azamoum
20	DF	MLI	Mahamadou N'Diaye
22	DF	FRA	Mory Koné
23	MF	TUN	Fabien Camus
24	MF	FRA	Lossémy Karaboué
25	MF	FRA	Jessy Pi (on loan from Monaco)
26	FW	TUR	Deniz Hümmet
27	FW	FRA	Corentin Jean (on loan from Monaco)
28	DF	FRA	Charles Traoré
29	MF	FRA	Quentin Othon
31	DF	RSA	Anele Ngcongca (on loan from Genk)
32	DF	SRB	Dušan Veškovac (on loan from Toulouse)
33	DF	HAI	Carlens Arcus
34	MF	FRA	Alois Confais
35	DF	FRA	Mouhamadou Dabo

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	Paul Bernardoni (at Bordeaux)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	FW	CMR	Christian Bekamenga (at Metz)

Transfers

Transfers in

Date	Pos.	Player	Age	Moved from	Fee
1 July 2015	MF	Lossémy Karaboué	27	Nancy	Free Transfer
1 July 2015	FW	Christian Bekamenga	29	Stade Laval	Undisclosed
26 July 2015	MF	Fabien Camus	30	Genk	Undisclosed
28 August 2015	MF	Yanis Hamzaoui	19	Valenciennes II	Undisclosed
31 August 2015	DF	Charles Traoré	23	Nantes	Undisclosed
5 September 2015	DF	Johan Martial	24	Brest	Free Transfer

Loans in

Date	Pos.	Player	Age	Loaned from	Return date
2 July 2015	FW	Corentin Jean	19	Monaco	30 June 2016
20 July 2015	MF	Jessy Pi	21	Monaco	30 June 2016
6 August 2015	DF	Chris Mavinga	24	Rubin Kazan	30 June 2016
13 August 2015	FW	Brayan Perea	22	Lazio	30 June 2016
29 August 2015	DF	Anele Ngcongca	27	Genk	30 June 2016
31 August 2015	DF	Dušan Veškovac	29	Toulouse	30 June 2016

Transfers out

Date	Pos.	Player	Age	Moved to	Fee	Notes
1 July 2015	FW	Corentin Jean	19	Monaco	£2.8 Million
1 July 2015	DF	Florian Jarjat	35	Retired
1 July 2015	DF	Salimo Sylla	21	Auxerre	Free Transfer
1 July 2015	MF	Mickaël Barreto	24	Orléans	Free Transfer
1 July 2015	DF	Stéphen Drouin	31	Unattached	Released
11 July 2015	DF	Lionel Carole	24	Galatasaray	€1.5 Million
9 September 2015	MF	Khassa Camara	22	Ergotelis	Free Transfer
28 December 2015	GK	Denis Petrić	27	Angers	Undisclosed
18 January 2016	MF	Thomas Ayasse	28	Le Havre	Undisclosed
29 January 2016	FW	Jimmy Cabot	21	Lorient	€1.8 Million	^[2]

Loans out

Date	Pos.	Player	Age	Loaned to	Return date
5 August 2015	FW	Christian Bekamenga	29	Lens	1 January 2016
14 January 2016	FW	Christian Bekamenga	29	Metz	30 June 2016
31 January 2016	GK	Paul Bernardoni	18	Bordeaux	30 June 2016

Competitions

Ligue 1

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
16	Guingamp	38	11	11	16	47	56	−9	44
17	Toulouse	38	9	13	16	45	55	−10	40
18	Reims (R)	38	10	9	19	44	57	−13	39	Relegation to Ligue 2^[a]
19	Gazélec Ajaccio (R)	38	8	13	17	37	58	−21	37
20	Troyes (R)	38	3	9	26	28	83	−55	18

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.^[5]
(R) Relegated
Notes:

^ Starting this season, Ligue 1 decided to reduce the number of relegation spots from three to two.^[3] However, the decision was appealed and overturned so three teams were relegated.^[4]

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	3	9	26	28	83	−55	18	1	7	11	14	29	−15	2	2	15	14	54	−40

Last updated: 15 May 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	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	D	D	L	D	L	L	L	D	L	L	L	L	L	D	L	L	D	D	D	L	L	W	L	L	L	W	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	W	L	L	L	D
Position	9	11	17	17	18	18	18	19	19	19	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20

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

Matches

Win Draw Loss

8 August 2015 1	Troyes	0–0	Gazélec Ajaccio	Troyes
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report	Youga 16' Martinez 27' Ducourtioux 41' Sylla 75'	Stadium: Stade de l'Aube Attendance: 10,858 Referee: Jérôme Miguelgorry

15 August 2015 2	Troyes	3–3	Nice	Troyes
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Jean 3' Pereira 4' Mavinga 12' 32' Court 14' Camus 77' Thiago Xavier 90+3', 90+3'	Report	Ben Arfa 6' (pen.), 69' Pléa 16' Le Marchand 42' Correia 45+2' Rafetraniaina 90+2'	Stadium: Stade de l'Aube Attendance: 11,468 Referee: Johann Hamel

23 August 2015 3	Marseille	6–0	Troyes	Marseille
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Barrada 19' Lemina 28' Diarra 47' Batshuayi 56', 90' Ocampos 63' Alessandrini 88'	Report	Perea 69'	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 58,356 Referee: Tony Chapron

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

12 September 2015 5	Troyes	1–3	Caen	Troyes
20:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Mavinga 34' Pi 57' Court 65' Veškovac 89' Othon 90+2'	Report	Féret 21' Yahia 38' Ben Youssef 43' 57' Bessat 63'	Stadium: Stade de l'Aube Attendance: 10,795 Referee: Bartolomeu Varela

19 September 2015 6	Angers	1–0	Troyes	Angers
20:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Saïss 23' Ndoye 33' Mangani 57' (pen.) Camara 74'	Report	Karaboué 57' Pi 60' Jean 85'	Stadium: Stade Jean-Bouin Attendance: 10,166 Referee: Lionel Jaffredo

23 September 2015 7	Troyes	0–1	Saint-Étienne	Troyes
19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Ayasse 50' Mavinga 66' Nivet 82'	Report	Ayasse 13' (o.g.)	Stadium: Stade de l'Aube Attendance: 12,090 Referee: Sébastien Moreira

26 September 2015 8	Rennes	1–1	Troyes	Rennes
20:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Sylla 45+1' 90+3' Henrique 68' Diagné 71'	Report	Pi 11' Karaboué 23' Perea 45' Nivet 75'	Stadium: Roazhon Park Attendance: 20,170 Referee: Johann Hamel

3 October 2015 9	Troyes	0–1	Guingamp	Troyes
20:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Ayasse 56' 85' Perea 80'	Report	Coco 62' Héry 72' Sankharé 81'	Stadium: Stade de l'Aube Attendance: 14,225 Referee: Jérôme Miguelgorry

17 October 2015 10	Nantes	3–0	Troyes	Nantes
20:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Rongier 41' Sabaly 50' Bammou 62'	Report	Veškovac 71'	Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 24,402 Referee: Mikael Lesage

25 October 2015 11	Bordeaux	1–0	Troyes	Bordeaux
17:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Sané 58' Ounas 78'	Report	Ayasse 23' Mavinga 35' Darbion 75' Pereira 77'	Stadium: Nouveau Stade de Bordeaux Attendance: 21,082 Referee: Saïd Ennjimi

31 October 2015 12	Troyes	0–1	Lyon	Troyes
20:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Jean 36' Camus 78' Mavinga 90+5'	Report	Gonalons 4' Beauvue 78' (pen.)	Stadium: Stade de l'Aube Attendance: 14,877 Referee: Stéphane Jochem

7 November 2015 13	Lorient	4–1	Troyes	Lorient
20:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Jeannot 33' Moukandjo 58' 90+2' (pen.) N'Dong 78'	Report	Nivet 63' (pen.)	Stadium: Stade du Moustoir Attendance: 9,338 Referee: Hakim Ben El Hadj

21 November 2015 14	Troyes	1–1	Lille	Troyes
20:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Darbion 8' Ayasse 17' Jean 69'	Report	Benzia 9' 27'	Stadium: Stade de l'Aube Attendance: 10,407 Referee: Lionel Jaffredo

28 November 2015 15	Paris Saint-Germain	4–1	Troyes	Paris
17:10 CET (UTC+01:00)	Cavani 20' Ibrahimović 58' (pen.) Kurzawa 67' Augustin 84'	Report	Mavinga 29' Ayasse 90+1'	Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 45,932 Referee: Bartolomeu Varela

2 December 2015 16	Troyes	0–3	Toulouse	Troyes
19:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Darbion 72'	Report	Diop 2' Tisserand 31' Akpa Akpro 49' 82' Pešić 86'	Stadium: Stade de l'Aube Attendance: 10,183 Referee: Sébastien Moreira

5 December 2015 17	Reims	1–1	Troyes	Reims
20:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Kankava 20' de Préville 36'	Report	Thiago Xavier 35' Pi 47'	Stadium: Stade Auguste Delaune Attendance: 10,765 Referee: Jérôme Miguelgorry

12 December 2015 18	Troyes	1–1	Bastia	Troyes
20:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Jean 39' Cabot 59' Martins Pereira 63'	Report	Fofana 23' Palmieri 26' Squillaci 42' Modesto 56' Peybernes 87'	Stadium: Stade de l'Aube Attendance: 10,117 Referee: Stéphane Lannoy

19 December 2015 19	Troyes	0–0	Monaco	Troyes
20:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Dabo 3' Azamoum 42' Karaboué 82'	Report	Hélder Costa 43' Wallace 56' Lemar 81'	Stadium: Stade de l'Aube Attendance: 16,266 Referee: Wilfrid Bien

9 January 2016 20	Lyon	4–1	Troyes	Lyon
17:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Lacazette 18' Umtiti 62' Ghezzal 72' Ferri 81' Beauvue 90'	Report	Nivet 22' Camus 67'	Stadium: Parc Olympique Lyonnais Attendance: 55,169 Referee: Wilfrid Bien

16 January 2016 21	Troyes	2–4	Rennes	Troyes
20:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Camus 7' Jean 15' Ngcongca 20' Dabo 38' Cabot 51'	Report	Diagné 14' 21', 39' (pen.) Dembélé 28' Grosicki 81'	Stadium: Stade de l'Aube Attendance: 10,292 Referee: Saïd Ennjimi

23 January 2016 22	Lille	1–3	Troyes	Villeneuve d'Ascq
20:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Boufal 25' (pen.) 43' Bauthéac 35'	Report	Camus 25' Cabot 77', 80' Pi 86'	Stadium: Stade Pierre-Mauroy Attendance: 26,431 Referee: Nicolas Rainville

30 January 2016 23	Troyes	0–1	Nantes	Troyes
20:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Jean 67'	Report	Gillet 41' 87' Moimbé 65' Riou 68'	Stadium: Stade de l'Aube Attendance: 11,592 Referee: Johan Hamel

3 February 2016 24	Guingamp	4–0	Troyes	Guingamp
19:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Erdinç 5' Kerbrat 30' Sankharé 46' Giresse 56' Blas 90'	Report	Dabo 18' Traoré 28' Thiago Xavier 32'	Stadium: Stade du Roudourou Attendance: 13,973 Referee: Jérôme Miguelgorry

6 February 2016 25	Bastia	2–0	Troyes	Furiani
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Ayité 10', 83' Leca 48'	Report	Nivet 4' Perea 60' Camus 80' Mavinga 86'	Stadium: Stade Armand Cesari Attendance: 10,441 Referee: Sébastien Moreira

13 February 2016 26	Gazélec Ajaccio	2–3	Troyes	Ajaccio, Corsica
20:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Zoua 1' Filippi 38' Ducourtioux 48', 57'	Report	Ben Saada 8' Nivet 30' Azamoum 36', 43' Martial 50' Confais 53'	Stadium: Stade Ange Casanova Attendance: 3,485 Referee: Nicolas Rainville

20 February 2016 27	Monaco	3–1	Troyes	Fontvieille
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Carrillo 25', 37' Toulalan 43' Bakayoko 83' Mbappe Lottin 90+3'	Report	Guèye 80'	Stadium: Stade Louis II Attendance: 5,650 Referee: Johan Hamel

27 February 2016 28	Troyes	0–1	Lorient	Troyes
20:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Ngcongca 50' Camus 90' Court 90+2'	Report	Waris 3' Philippoteaux 70'	Stadium: Stade de l'Aube Attendance: 10,326 Referee: Saïd Ennjimi

5 March 2016 29	Nice	2–1	Troyes	Nice
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Germain 12' Boscagli 56' Traoré 72'	Report	Jean 27' Dabo 29'	Stadium: Allianz Riviera Attendance: 13,160 Referee: Bartolomeu Varela

13 March 2016 30	Troyes	0–9	Paris Saint-Germain	Troyes
14:00 CET (UTC+1)	Thiago Xavier 73' Karaboué 74'	Report	Cavani 15', 75', 75' Pastore 17' Rabiot 19' Ibrahimović 46', 52', 55', 88' Saunier 58' (o.g.)	Stadium: Stade de l'Aube Attendance: 19,184 Referee: François Letexier

19 March 2016 31	Caen	2–1	Troyes	Caen
20:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Yahia 35' Rodelin 37', 54'	Report	Thiago Xavier 22' Rincón 31' Court 44'	Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano Attendance: 17,585 Referee: Lionel Jaffredo

2 April 2016 32	Troyes	0–1	Angers	Troyes
20:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Confais 39'	Report	Ketkeophomphone 90' Diers 90+2'	Stadium: Stade de l'Aube Attendance: 10,472 Referee: Stéphane Jochem

9 April 2016 33	Saint-Étienne	1–0	Troyes	Saint-Étienne
20:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Sall 37' Roux 60' Maupay 75'	Report	Pi 20' Thiago Xavier 52'	Stadium: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard Attendance: 29,824 Referee: Johan Hamel

16 April 2016 34	Troyes	2–1	Reims	Troyes
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Camus 50' Nivet 60' (pen.) Thiago Xavier 65' Saunier 87'	Report	Conte 30' Carrasso 60' Bifouma 64', 87'	Stadium: Stade de l'Aube Attendance: 12,650 Referee: Tony Chapron

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	Troyes	2–4	Bordeaux	Troyes
19:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Pi 7' Jean 23', 69' Nivet 56' (pen.), 57' Court 90+3'	Report	Rolán 14', 72' Mavinga 41' (o.g.) Gulbert 43' Diabaté 60'	Stadium: Stade de l'Aube Attendance: 13,442 Referee: Bartolomeu Varela

7 May 2016 37	Toulouse	1–0	Troyes	Toulouse
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Trejo 53', 86' Akpa Akpro 86'	Report	Azamoum 18' Saunier 50' Ben Saada 88'	Stadium: Stadium Municipal Attendance: 29,444 Referee: Anthony Gautier

14 May 2016 38	Troyes	1–1	Marseille	Troyes
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Camus 10' Thiago Xavier 30' Martial 81'	Report	Dja Djédjé 23' Fletcher 61'	Stadium: Stade de l'Aube Attendance: 16,623 Referee: François Lexetier

Coupe de la Ligue

28 October 2015 Round of 32	Lille	2–1	Troyes	Villeneuve d'Ascq
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Sunzu 49' Guirassy 57' Nangis 72' Yeboah 74' Corchia 79'	Report	Perea 29' Othon 33' Thiago Xavier 36'	Stadium: Stade Pierre-Mauroy Attendance: 9,886 Referee: Benoît Bastien

Coupe de France

2 January 2016 Round of 64	Dunkerque	3–4 (a.e.t.)	Troyes	Dunkerque
18:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Fofana 13' Cvitković 63' Tchokounté 94'	Report	Jessy Pi 7', 116' Thiago Xavier 49' Saunier 62' Darbion 77' Camus 96' Confais 99'	Stadium: Stade Tribut Attendance: 2,999 Referee: Romain Delpech

20 January 2016 Round of 32	Concarneau	1–3	Troyes	Concarneau
18:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Ndoye 66' Moyo 68'	Report	Jean 42', 50' Traoré 62' Azamoum 82'	Stadium: Stade Guy Piriou Attendance: 5,812 Referee: Amaury Delerue

10 February 2016 Round of 16	Troyes	1–2 (a.e.t.)	Saint-Étienne	Troyes
19:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Veškovac 61' Nivet 78' Karaboue 81'	Report	Dekoke 49' Tannane 62' Pajot 76' Cohade 105' Maupay 107' Roux 118'	Stadium: Stade de l'Aube Attendance: 5,747 Referee: Antony Gautier

References

^ ESTAC – Site Officiel – Effectif professionnel Archived 21 April 2016 at the Wayback Machine. Estac.fr.
^ "FC Lorient. Jimmy Cabot se rapproche des Merlus". Ouest-France.
^ "Ligue 1 reduces relegation spots from three to two from next season". espnfc.us. ESPN FC. 22 May 2015. Retrieved 22 July 2015.
^ "Ligue 1/Ligue 2 : Il y aura bien trois rélégations/Promotions". 3 February 2016.
^ "Ligue 1 2015/2016 - Season rules". Scoresway. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 22 July 2015.

[table_note_res_REL0.5791438480742-5] Starting this season, Ligue 1 decided to reduce the number of relegation spots from three to two.^[3] However, the decision was appealed and overturned so three teams were relegated.^[4]

[1] ESTAC – Site Officiel – Effectif professionnel Archived 21 April 2016 at the Wayback Machine. Estac.fr.

[2] "FC Lorient. Jimmy Cabot se rapproche des Merlus". Ouest-France.

[3] "Ligue 1 reduces relegation spots from three to two from next season". espnfc.us. ESPN FC. 22 May 2015. Retrieved 22 July 2015.

[4] "Ligue 1/Ligue 2 : Il y aura bien trois rélégations/Promotions". 3 February 2016.

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

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