2017–18 Stade Rennais FC season

Rennes
2017–18 season
Chairman	René Ruello (until 3 Nov 2017) ; Olivier Létang (from 3 Nov 2017)
Manager	Christian Gourcuff (until 7 Nov 2017) ; Sabri Lamouchi (from 8 Nov 2017)
Stadium	Roazhon Park
Ligue 1	5th
Coupe de France	Round of 64 vs. PSG
Coupe de la Ligue	Semi-finals vs. PSG
Top goalscorer	League: ; Benjamin Bourigeaud (10); All: ; Benjamin Bourigeaud (12)
	← 2016–17 2018–19 →

The 2017–18 Stade Rennais season was the 116th professional season of the club since its creation in 1901. During this campaign the club competed in the following competitions: Ligue 1, Coupe de France, Coupe de la Ligue. Rennes had one of their best seasons in recent memory, finishing 5th and qualifying for the 2018-19 Europa League, the club's first European appearance since reaching the qualifying rounds of the 2008-09 UEFA Cup.^[1]^[2]^[3]

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	SEN	Abdoulaye Diallo
2	DF	ALG	Mehdi Zeffane
3	DF	FRA	Damien Da Silva
4	DF	MOZ	Mexer
7	FW	SEN	Ismaïla Sarr
8	MF	FRA	Clément Grenier
9	FW	FRA	Theoson Siebatcheu
12	MF	FRA	James Lea Siliki
14	MF	FRA	Benjamin Bourigeaud
15	DF	ALG	Ramy Bensebaini
17	MF	FRA	Faitout Maouassa
21	MF	FRA	Benjamin André (captain)
22	MF	FRA	Sabri Toufiqui
23	MF	FRA	Adrien Hunou
24	DF	GUF	Ludovic Baal


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
25	FW	SEN	Diafra Sakho
26	DF	FRA	Jérémy Gelin
27	DF	MLI	Hamari Traoré
28	MF	FRA	Denis-Will Poha
29	DF	FRA	Romain Danzé
30	GK	LTU	Edvinas Gertmonas
35	MF	FRA	Nicolas Janvier
36	DF	FRA	Namakoro Diallo
40	GK	CZE	Tomáš Koubek
-	MF	FRA	Clément Chantôme
-	MF	FRA	Romain Del Castillo
-	MF	FRA	Rafik Guitane
-	MF	SWE	Jakob Johansson
-	MF	FRA	Anthony Ribelin

Competitions

Ligue 1

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
3	Lyon	38	23	9	6	87	43	+44	78	Qualification for the Champions League group stage
4	Marseille	38	22	11	5	80	47	+33	77	Qualification for the Europa League group stage^[a]
5	Rennes	38	16	10	12	50	44	+6	58	Qualification for the Europa League group stage^[a]
6	Bordeaux	38	16	7	15	53	48	+5	55	Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round^[a]
7	Saint-Étienne	38	15	10	13	47	50	−3	55

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; 7) Goals scored; 8) Away goals scored; 9) Most goals scored in one league match; 10) Fair-play points^[4]
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Since the winners of the 2017–18 Coupe de France and the 2017–18 Coupe de la Ligue, Paris Saint-Germain, qualified for European competition based on league position, the spot awarded to the Coupe de France winners (Europa League group stage) was passed to the fourth-placed team and the spot awarded to the Coupe de la Ligue winners (Europa League third qualifying round) was passed to the sixth-placed team. The fifth-placed team received the spot in Europa League third qualifying round originally designated to the fourth-placed team.

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	16	10	12	50	44	+6	58	8	4	7	21	22	−1	8	6	5	29	22	+7

Last updated: 19 May 2018.
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	H	A	A	H	A	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	H	A	H	H	A	H
Result	D	L	D	L	W	L	D	L	L	W	W	W	L	W	W	W	D	L	L	L	W	W	L	L	W	D	W	W	D	W	D	D	L	D	W	W	W	D
Position	11	14	17	19	14	15	15	16	16	16	14	10	11	9	8	6	6	7	9	10	9	8	8	10	8	7	7	5	6	5	5	5	5	7	6	5	5	5

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

5 August 2017 1	Troyes	1–1	Rennes	Troyes
20:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Grandsir 46' Obiang 53'	Report	Tell 69'	Stadium: Stade de l'Aube Attendance: 9,968 Referee: Karim Abed

11 August 2017 2	Rennes	1–2	Lyon	Rennes
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Bensebaini 15' Bourigeaud 86'	Report	Marçal 9' Depay 57' Tousart 68' Mariano 74' Darder 84'	Stadium: Roazhon Park Attendance: 24,944 Referee: Benoît Millot

19 August 2017 3	Rennes	2–2	Dijon	Rennes
20:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Mubele 14', 46' Benjamin André 69'	Report	Yamberé 32' Kwon 50' Chafik 66' Tavares 87', 90+2' (pen.) Haddadi 90+3'	Stadium: Roazhon Park Attendance: 16,888 Referee: Thomas Léonard

26 August 2017 4	Toulouse	3–2	Rennes	Toulouse
20:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Diop 8', 58' Durmaz 35' (pen.), 71' (pen.), 43' Cahuzac 36' Delort 52'	Report	Mubele 7' Amalfitano 25' 70' Mubele 26' Bourigeaud 41' Sarr 65' Bensebaini 87'	Stadium: Stadium Municipal Attendance: 10,626 Referee: Frank Schneider

10 September 2017 5	Marseille	1–3	Rennes	Marseille
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Sanson 15', 87' Évra 27' Rami 29' Abdennour 61' Sertic 88' Rolando 90'	Report	Khazri 2' Bourigeaud 10' Gnagnon 70' André 84'	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 40,343 Referee: Antony Gautier

17 September 2017 6	Rennes	0–1	Nice	Rennes
17:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Prcić 35'	Report	Saint-Maximin 45+2' Jallet 49' Seri 69' Balotelli 79' Lees-Melou 85' 90+3' Arnaud Souquet	Stadium: Roazhon Park Attendance: 24,892 Referee: Nicolas Rainville

24 September 2017 7	Saint-Étienne	2–2	Rennes	Saint-Étienne
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Dioussé 3' Théophile-Catherine 31' Janko 34' Gabriel Silva 45+2', 90+4' Bamba 70' (pen.)	Report	Benjamin Bourigeaud 41' Khazri 54' (pen.) Amalfitano 59' André 69' H. Traoré 75'	Stadium: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard Attendance: 31,043 Referee: Jérôme Miguelgorry

30 September 2017 8	Rennes	0–1	Caen	Rennes
20:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Bensebaini 1' H. Traoré 24' Khazri 45+1' Bourigeaud 75'	Report	Santini 21' Bensebaini 34' (o.g.)	Stadium: Roazhon Park Attendance: 18,689 Referee: Amaury Delerue

14 October 2017 9	Guingamp	2–0	Rennes	Guingamp
20:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Diallo 17', 57' Benezet 38' Briand 89' Didot 90+2'	Report	H. Traoré 5' Léa Siliki 45+2' Danzé 62' Khazri 66' 66' Figueiredo 89'	Stadium: Stade de Roudourou Attendance: 15,902 Referee: Frank Schneider

21 October 2017 10	Rennes	1–0	Lille	Rennes
20:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Bourigeaud 6' Bensebaini 78'	Report	Mendes 20' Ballo-Touré 38' Mendyl 85'	Stadium: Roazhon Park Attendance: 21,852 Referee: Olivier Thual

28 October 2017 11	Montpellier	0–1	Rennes	Montpellier
20:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Aguilar 4' Skhiri 55' Mbenza 61' Congré 90+6'	Report	Brandon 59' Maouassa 25' Bourigeaud 66'	Stadium: Stade de la Mosson Attendance: 11,788 Referee: Benoît Bastien

3 November 2017 12	Rennes	1–0	Bordeaux	Rennes
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	André 43' Khazri 80' Toulalan 12' (o.g.)	Report	Otávio 41' Kamano 47' de Préville 68' Jovanović 70' Sankharé 90'	Stadium: Roazhon Park Attendance: 24,547 Referee: Ruddy Buquet

18 November 2017 13	Strasbourg	2–1	Rennes	Strasbourg
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Blayac 28' Bahoken 61', 82'	Report	Amalfitano 63' Hunou 88'	Stadium: Stade de la Meinau Attendance: 22,707 Referee: Tony Chapron

25 November 2017 14	Rennes	2–1	Nantes	Rennes
17:00 CET (UTC+1)	H. Traoré 3' Léa Siliki 67' Khazri 51', 88', 90+4'	Report	Nakoulma 31' Dubois 40' Pallois 51' 57' Carlos 59' Sala 73' (pen.) Thomasson 82'	Stadium: Roazhon Park Attendance: 26,151 Referee: Ruddy Buquet

29 November 2017 15	Angers	1–2	Rennes	Angers
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Toko Ekambi 37'	Report	H. Traoré 43' Hunou 51' André 84'	Stadium: Stade Raymond Kopa Attendance: 10,364 Referee: Nicolas Rainville

2 December 2017 16	Rennes	2–0	Amiens	Rennes
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Léa Siliki 59' Khazri 72' André 84'	Report	Monconduit 27' Zungu 40' Cissokho 50' Manzala 52' Avelar 56'	Stadium: Roazhon Park Attendance: 23,051 Referee: Thomas Léonard

9 December 2017 17	Metz	1–1	Rennes	Metz
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Diagne 5' Philipps 34' Mollet 41' Niane 73'	Report	Hunou 16' Léa Siliki 28' Gnagnon 56' Mubele 87'	Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien Attendance: 11,239 Referee: Karim Abed

16 December 2017 18	Rennes	1–4	Paris Saint-Germain	Rennes
17:00 CET (UTC+1)	H. Traoré 32' Mubele 53' André 54' 63' Khazri 78'	Report	Neymar 4', 76' Mbappé 17' Kimpembe 42' 89' Lo Celso 73' Cavani 75'	Stadium: Roazhon Park Attendance: 29,194 Referee: Antony Gautier

20 December 2017 19	Monaco	2–1	Rennes	Monaco
20:50 CET (UTC+1)	Falcao 20' Baldé 81'	Report	H. Traoré 32' André 54' 63' Khazri 59' (pen.), 78'	Stadium: Stade Louis II Attendance: 7,542 Referee: Benoît Bastien

13 January 2018 20	Rennes	0–3	Marseille	Rennes
17:00 CET (UTC+1)	André 36'	Report	Germain 35' Morgan Sanson 45', 65' Luiz Gustavo 63' 82' Thauvin	Stadium: Roazhon Park Attendance: 23,700 Referee: Clément Turpin

17 January 2018 21	Lille	1–2	Rennes	Villeneuve-d'Ascq
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Alonso 41', 90+4'	Report	Léa Siliki 85' André 89'	Stadium: Stade Pierre-Mauroy Attendance: 27,816 Referee: Mikaël Lesage

20 January 2018 22	Rennes	1–0	Angers	Rennes
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	André 6' Bensebaini 8' H. Traoré 25' Bourigeaud 84' (pen.)	Report	Pavlović 0' Oniangué 31' 39' Mangani 43' Andreu 75'	Stadium: Roazhon Park Attendance: 21,186 Referee: Sébastien Moreira

26 January 2018 23	Dijon	2–1	Rennes	Dijon
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Balmont 13', 30' Rosier 43' Mehdi Abeid 52' Tavares 65'	Report	Khazri 34' Sarr 41' Benjamin André 89'	Stadium: Stade Gaston Gérard Attendance: 10,091 Referee: Jérôme Brisard

4 February 2018 24	Rennes	0–1	Guingamp	Rennes
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Gnagnon 10' H. Traoré 27' Abeid 52'	Report	Eboa Eboa 4' Coco 31' Kerbrat 47' Briand 87' Yeni Ngbakoto 90+2'	Stadium: Roazhon Park Attendance: 28,705 Referee: Ruddy Buquet

11 February 2018 25	Lyon	0–2	Rennes	Décines-Charpieu
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	B. Traoré 58' Fekir 58'	Report	Khazri 5' H. Traoré 7' Léa Siliki 90+3'	Stadium: Parc Olympique Lyonnais Attendance: 39,188 Referee: Amaury Delerue

17 February 2018 26	Caen	2–2	Rennes	Caen
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Crivelli 6' Diomandé 58' Da Silva 84' Crivelli 88'	Report	Sakho 9', 21'	Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano Attendance: 16,083 Referee: Sandro Schärer (Switzerland)

24 February 2018 27	Rennes	2–0	Troyes	Rennes
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Khazri 47' (pen.) Sarr 56' Sanjin Prcić 72', 57' Benjamin André 78'	Report	Bellugou 43' C. Traoré 90+3'	Stadium: Roazhon Park Attendance: 17,536 Referee: Thomas Léonard

3 March 2018 28	Amiens	0–2	Rennes	Amiens
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	L. Traoré 14' Ielsch 39'	Report	Léa Siliki 2' Khazri 41', 78' Sarr 86' H. Traoré 90+2'	Stadium: Stade de la Licorne Attendance: 10,241 Referee: Nicolas Rainville

10 March 2018 29	Rennes	1–1	Saint-Étienne	Rennes
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Sarr 86'	Report	Subotić 35' Hamouma 56' Dioussé 75' Debuchy 77' Perrin 89'	Stadium: Roazhon Park Attendance: 25,655 Referee: Benoît Bastien

17 March 2018 30	Bordeaux	0–2	Rennes	Bordeaux
17:00 CET (UTC+1)	Pablo 34' de Préville 71'	Report	André 45+1' Sarr 49' Gourcuff 86'	Stadium: Nouveau Stade de Bordeaux Attendance: 32,626 Referee: Mikael Lesage

4 April 2018 31	Rennes	1–1	Monaco	Rennes
18:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Gnagnon 20'	Report	Lopes 29' Jemerson 75' N'Doram 88'	Stadium: Roazhon Park Attendance: 17,448 Referee: Amaury Delerue

8 April 2018 32	Nice	1–1	Rennes	Nice
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Pléa 17' Souquet 37' Lees-Melou 69' Le Marchand 78' Dante 90+5'	Report	Gelin 9' Bourigeaud 27' Khazri 45' Sarr 82' André 90+3'	Stadium: Allianz Riviera Attendance: 23,827 Referee: Jérôme Brisard

14 April 2018 33	Rennes	1–2	Metz	Rennes
20:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Bourigeaud 27' Bensebaini 90+3'	Report	Rivierez 15' Selimović 48' Roux 52', 57' Rivière 62' Palmieri 74'	Stadium: Roazhon Park Attendance: 22,855 Referee: Hakim Ben El Hadj

20 April 2018 34	Nantes	1–1	Rennes	Nantes
19:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Nakoulma 29' Sala 40' 46' Thomasson 42', 43' Girotto 44' Ngom 90+1'	Report	Sakho 68' Prcić 71' Pallois 81' (o.g.)	Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 32,431 Referee: Benoît Bastien

29 April 2018 35	Rennes	2–1	Toulouse	Rennes
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Lea Siliki 39', 50' 70' Bourigeaud 47'	Report	Gnagnon 18' (o.g.) Gradel 50'	Stadium: Roazhon Park Attendance: 20,138 Referee: Stéphane Jochem

6 May 2018 36	Rennes	2–1	Strasbourg	Rennes
17:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Bourigeaud 14' (pen.) Danzé 54' Hunou 59'	Report	Koné 12' Liénard 66'	Stadium: Roazhon Park Attendance: 23,554 Referee: Benoît Millot

12 May 2018 37	Paris Saint-Germain	0–2	Rennes	Paris
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Kimpembe 49'	Report	Bourigeaud 52' (pen.) Hunou 71'	Stadium: Parc de Princes Attendance: 47,352 Referee: Jérôme Brisard

19 May 2018 38	Rennes	1–1	Montpellier	Rennes
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Hunou 13'	Report	Mbenza 17' Porsan-Clémenté 53'	Stadium: Roazhon Park Attendance: 28,126 Referee: Karim Abed

Coupe de France

7 January 2018 Round of 64	Rennes	1–6	Paris Saint-Germain	Rennes
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Bourigeaud 66' (pen.)	Report	Mbappé 9', 74' Neymar 17', 43' Di María 24', 76'	Stadium: Roazhon Park Attendance: 19,777 Referee: Amaury Delerue

Coupe de la Ligue

25 October 2017 Third round	Dijon	1–2	Rennes	Dijon
21:05 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Jeannot 2' Sammaritano 15' Balmont 88'	Report	Khazri 43' Hunou 87' Brandon 88'	Stadium: Stade Gaston Gérard Attendance: 10,507 Referee: Jérôme Brisard

13 December 2017 Round of 16	Rennes	2–2 (4–3 p)	Marseille	Rennes
18:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	André 23' Traoré 44' Khazri 57'	Report	Mitroglou 13' Amavi 42' Germain 80' Rolando 83' Ocampos 85'	Stadium: Roazhon Park Attendance: 22,906 Referee: Johan Hamel
	Penalties
	Khazri André Gnagnon Gelin Bourigeaud		Germain Mitroglou Ocampos Sarr Sanson

9 January 2018 Quarter-finals	Rennes	4–2	Toulouse	Rennes
18:45 CEST (UTC+01:00)	Yago 21' (o.g.) Bourigeaud 42' Bensebaini 69' Hunou 86', 90+2' Diallo 90'	Report	Sylla 40', 82' Sanogo 63' Diop 85' Jean 88'	Stadium: Roazhon Park Attendance: 16,766 Referee: Benoît Millot

30 January 2018 Semi-finals	Rennes	2–3	Paris Saint-Germain	Rennes
21:05 CET (UTC+1)	Sarr 28' Prcić 65', 90+2' Traoré 69' Khazri 69' Sakho 85' Lea Siliki 87'	Report	Meunier 24' Marquinhos 53' Lo Celso 58' Mbappé 62' Neymar 90+3'	Stadium: Roazhon Park Attendance: 28,620 Referee: Mikael Lesage

References

^ "Résultats et Classements". FFF (in French). Archived from the original on 30 April 2018. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
^ "2018/19 Europa League participants". UEFA. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
^ "Season 2009 clubs". UEFA. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
^ "League Table". Ligue1.com. Retrieved 12 August 2016.

[table_note_res_EL2Q0.40851104790741-4] Since the winners of the 2017–18 Coupe de France and the 2017–18 Coupe de la Ligue, Paris Saint-Germain, qualified for European competition based on league position, the spot awarded to the Coupe de France winners (Europa League group stage) was passed to the fourth-placed team and the spot awarded to the Coupe de la Ligue winners (Europa League third qualifying round) was passed to the sixth-placed team. The fifth-placed team received the spot in Europa League third qualifying round originally designated to the fourth-placed team.

[1] "Résultats et Classements". FFF (in French). Archived from the original on 30 April 2018. Retrieved 3 July 2020.

[2] "2018/19 Europa League participants". UEFA. Retrieved 3 July 2020.

[3] "Season 2009 clubs". UEFA. Retrieved 3 July 2020.

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

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