2017–18 Stade Malherbe Caen season

The 2017–18 Stade Malherbe Caen season was the 105th season of the club since its creation in 1913, the 17th in Ligue 1.

SM Caen

2017–18 season
Chairman	Jean-François Fortin
Manager	Patrice Garande
Stadium	Stade Michel d'Ornano
Ligue 1	16th
Coupe de France	Semi-final (vs. Paris Saint-Germain)
Coupe de la Ligue	Round of 16 (vs. Monaco)
Top goalscorer	League: Ivan Santini (11) All: Ivan Santini (11)
Highest home attendance	20,249 vs Marseille (19 January 2018)
Lowest home attendance	15,144 vs Nice (19 November 2017)
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Players

Current squad

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	Rémy Vercoutre
3	DF	FRA	Florian Le Joncour
4	MF	CIV	Ismaël Diomandé
5	MF	GUI	Baïssama Sankoh
7	FW	FIN	Timo Stavitski
8	MF	BEL	Stef Peeters
9	MF	SVN	Jan Repas
10	MF	MAR	Youssef Aït Bennasser (on loan from Monaco)
11	MF	FRA	Vincent Bessat
12	FW	FRA	Ronny Rodelin
13	FW	CIV	Christian Kouakou
17	MF	COD	Jordan Nkololo
18	MF	CGO	Durel Avounou
19	MF	FRA	Jordan Leborgne

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
20	FW	FRA	Hervé Bazile
21	DF	FRA	Frédéric Guilbert
22	DF	SEN	Adama Mbengue
23	DF	FRA	Mouhamadou Dabo
24	DF	FRA	Alexander Djiku
25	MF	FRA	Julien Féret (captain)
26	FW	CRO	Ivan Santini
27	FW	FRA	Enzo Crivelli (on loan from Angers)
28	DF	FRA	Damien Da Silva
29	DF	HAI	Romain Genevois
30	GK	CGO	Brice Samba
32	MF	FRA	Jessy Deminguet
33	DF	FRA	Yoël Armougom
40	GK	FRA	Matthieu Dreyer

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 Reulet (on loan to Boulogne)
—	DF	COM	Chaker Alhadhur (on loan to Châteauroux)
—	DF	BEN	Emmanuel Imorou (on loan to Cercle Brugge)
—	MF	FRA	Valentin Voisin (on loan to Avranches)

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	FW	FRA	Yann Karamoh (on loan to Inter Milan)
—	FW	HAI	Jeff Louis (on loan to Quevilly-Rouen)
—	FW	SEN	Pape Sané (on loan to Auxerre)

Competitions

Ligue 1

Main article: 2017–18 Ligue 1

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
14	Angers	38	9	14	15	42	52	−10	41
15	Strasbourg	38	9	11	18	44	67	−23	38
16	Caen	38	10	8	20	27	52	−25	38
17	Lille	38	10	8	20	41	67	−26	38
18	Toulouse (O)	38	9	10	19	38	54	−16	37	Qualification for the relegation play-off final

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
(O) Play-off winners

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	10	8	20	27	52	−25	38	7	5	7	17	19	−2	3	3	13	10	33	−23

Last updated: 12 February 2018.
Source: Results

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	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H
Result	L	L	W	W	W	L	W	W	L	L	W	L	D	W	D	L	L	D	L	L	W	L	L	W	D	D	L	W	L	L	L	L	D	D	L	L	L	D
Position	15	16	12	8	6	9	8	5	8	9	7	7	6	6	6	7	9	10	12	12	10	11	13	11	11	11	13	12	12	13	14	15	15	15	15	15	17	16

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

Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss

Montpellier v Caen

5 August 2017 1	Montpellier	1–0	Caen	Montpellier
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Camara 59' Roussillon  81' Mbenza  90+1'	Report	Djiku  38'	Stadium: Stade de la Mosson Attendance: 14,725 Referee: Thomas Leonard

Caen v Saint-Étienne

12 August 2017 2	Caen	0–1	Saint-Étienne	Caen
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Delaplace  78'	Report	Théophile-Catherine  51' Hamouma 67'	Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano Attendance: 17,606 Referee: Stéphane Jochem

Lille v Caen

20 August 2017 3	Lille	0–2	Caen	Villeneuve-d'Ascq
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Pépé  64' Amadou  65'	Report	Da Silva 5',  37' Santini 69' Guilbert  79'	Stadium: Stade Pierre-Mauroy Attendance: 28,740 Referee: Karim Abed

Caen v Metz

26 August 2017 4	Caen	1–0	Metz	Caen
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Rodelin 50' Aït Bennasser  60' Da Silva  66'	Report	Nguette  32' Mollet  90+1'	Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano Attendance: 15,697 Referee: Jérôme Brisard

Caen v Dijon

9 September 2017 5	Caen	2–1	Dijon	Caen
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Santini 5' (pen.) Bessat  65' Mbengue  79' Yambéré 81' (o.g.)	Report	Yambéré  4' Marié 38' Djilobodji  67'	Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano Attendance: 15,328 Referee: Thomas Léonard

Nantes v Caen

16 September 2017 6	Nantes	1–0	Caen	Nantes
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Girotto 73'	Report	Repas  26' Aït Bennasser  87'	Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 20,245 Referee: Olivier Thual

Caen v Amiens

23 September 2017 7	Caen	1–0	Amiens	Caen
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Santini 54' (pen.) Delaplace  59'	Report	Konaté  57' Monconduit  73'	Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano Attendance: 16,212 Referee: Hakim Ben El Hadj

Rennes v Caen

30 September 2017 8	Rennes	0–1	Caen	Rennes
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Bensebaini  1' Traoré  24' Khazri  45+1' Bourigeaud  75'	Report	Santini  21' Bensebaini 34' (o.g.)	Stadium: Roazhon Park Attendance: 18,689 Referee: Amaury Delerue

Caen v Angers

14 October 2017 9	Caen	0–2	Angers	Caen
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Peeters  60'	Report	Tahrat  14' Tait  32' Toko Ekambi 49',  58' Fulgini 59',  75'	Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano Attendance: 16,736 Referee: Benoît Millot

Monaco v Caen

21 October 2017 10	Monaco	2–0	Caen	Fontvieille, Monaco
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Baldé 21' Falcao 59' (pen.) Baldé  63' Fabinho  67' Jemerson  86'	Report	Guilbert  50' Féret  62'	Stadium: Stade Louis II Attendance: 8,040 Referee: Thomas Léonard

Caen v Troyes

28 October 2017 11	Caen	1–0	Troyes	Caen
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Rodelin 30' Guilbert  37'	Report	Traoré  26' Vizcarrondo  51' Cordoval  70'	Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano Attendance: 16,908 Referee: Jérôme Miguelgorry

Marseille v Caen

5 November 2017 12	Marseille	5–0	Caen	Marseille
17:00 CET (UTC+1)	Gustavo 43' Thauvin 47', 81' Sanson 52' Mitroglou 76'	Report		Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 47,687 Referee: Nicolas Rainville

Caen v Nice

19 November 2017 13	Caen	1–1	Nice	Caen
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Sankoh  25' Djiku  82' Rodelin 90+2'	Report	Lees-Melou 40' Tameze  55' Benítez  75' Pléa  78'	Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano Attendance: 15,144 Referee: Sébastien Desiage

Caen v Bordeaux

25 November 2017 14	Caen	1–0	Bordeaux	Caen
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Santini 23' Genevois  62' Mbengue  68'	Report	Sabaly  45' Pellenard  83' Mendy  88' Jovanovic  90+4'	Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano Attendance: 15,275 Referee: Karim Abed

Strasbourg v Caen

28 November 2017 15	Strasbourg	0–0	Caen	Strasbourg
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Koné  80'	Report	Djiku  24' Genevois  29'	Stadium: Stade de la Meinau Attendance: 22,175 Referee: Stéphane Jochem

Caen v Lyon

3 December 2017 16	Caen	1–2	Lyon	Caen
17:00 CET (UTC+1)	Mbengue  60' Santini 90'	Report	Cornet 10' Fekir  36' Díaz 54',  59' Rafael  90'	Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano Attendance: 19,455 Referee: Amaury Delerue

Toulouse v Caen

9 December 2017 17	Toulouse	2–0	Caen	Toulouse
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Diop  13' Da Silva 61' (o.g.) Gradel 74' (pen.)	Report	Djiku  68' Da Silva  88'	Stadium: Stadium Municipal Attendance: 12,613 Referee: Sébastien Moreira

Caen v Guingamp

16 December 2017 18	Caen	0–0	Guingamp	Caen
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Guilbert  57' Da Silva  59'	Report	Diallo  12' Deaux  38' Coco  69' Rebocho  72'	Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano Attendance: 17,173 Referee: Nicolas Rainville

Paris Saint-Germain v Caen

20 December 2017 19	Paris Saint-Germain	3–1	Caen	Paris
20:50 CET (UTC+1)	Berchiche  19', 81' Cavani 21' Mbappé 57' Thiago Silva  90'	Report	Peeters  13' Delaplace  36' Santini 90' (pen.)	Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 47,490 Referee: Karim Abed

Caen v Lille

13 January 2018 20	Caen	0–1	Lille	Caen
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Djiku  36' Aït Bennasser  44' Vercoutre  44' Da Silva  68'	Report	Thiago Maia  41' Pépé 44' Ballo-Touré  52' Benzia  62' Soumaré  69'	Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano Attendance: 18,283 Referee: Johan Hamel

Bordeaux v Caen

16 January 2018 21	Bordeaux	0–2	Caen	Bordeaux
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	de Préville  2' Toulalan  9' Youssouf  85' Baysse  89'	Report	Stavitski  24' Bessat  31' Guilbert  51' Djiku  67' Sankoh  83' Santini 89' (pen.) Rodelin 90+4'	Stadium: Nouveau Stade de Bordeaux Attendance: 14,368 Referee: Stéphane Jochem

Caen v Marseille

19 January 2017 22	Caen	0–2	Marseille	Caen
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Guilbert  38' Da Silva  58'	Report	Sarr  29' Rolando  42' Thauvin  53' 74' Payet 55' (pen.)	Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano Attendance: 20,249 Referee: François Letexier

Saint-Étienne v Caen

27 January 2018 23	Saint-Étienne	2–1	Caen	Saint-Étienne
20:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Ntep 35' M'Vila  64' Bamba 78' Gabriel Silva  90'	Report	Rodelin 11' Peeters  83'	Stadium: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard Attendance: 21,559 Referee: Sébastien Moreira

Caen v Nantes

4 February 2018 24	Caen	3–2	Nantes	Caen
17:00 CET (UTC+1)	Djiku  22' Santini 35' (pen.) Da Silva 52', 80'	Report	Bammou 31', 58' Dubois  33' Diego Carlos  48'	Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano Attendance: 16,121 Referee: Karim Abed

Guingamp v Caen

10 February 2018 25	Guingamp	0–0	Caen	Guingamp
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Briand  34'	Report	Sankoh  56' Genevois  87'	Stadium: Stade de Roudourou Attendance: 13,988 Referee: Stéphane Jochem

Caen v Rennes

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

Dijon v Caen

24 February 2018 27	Dijon	2–0	Caen	Guingamp
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Balmont  11' Da Silva 24' (og) Tavares 70' (pen)	Report	Da Silva  34' Santini 45 Féret  70' Guilbert  89'	Stadium: Stade de Roudourou Attendance: 13,988 Referee: Stéphane Jochem

Caen v Strasbourg

4 March 2018 28	Caen	2–0	Strasbourg	Caen
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Crivelli 43',  83' Rodelin  50' Deminguet  79' Crivelli  83' Avounou  86' Guilbert 87'	Report	Lala  55' Blayac  86'	Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano Attendance: 16,464 Referee: Johan Hamel

Lyon v Caen

11 March 2018 29	Lyon	1–0	Caen	Décines-Charpieu
17:00 CET (UTC+1)	Mariano  46' Traoré 63'	Report	Peeters  14'	Stadium: Parc Olympique Lyonnais Attendance: 39,530 Referee: Clément Turpin

Angers v Caen

17 March 2018 30	Angers	3–0	Caen	Angers
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Tait 10' Toko Ekambi 43' Oniangué 74' Guillaume  78'	Report	Vercoutre  11' Guilbert  14'	Stadium: Stade Raymond Kopa Attendance: 10,342 Referee: Olivier Thual

Caen v Montpellier

1 April 2018 31	Caen	1–3	Montpellier	Caen
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Bazile  29' Santini 87' Guilbert  90+3'	Report	Sio 21' Skhiri 23' Sambia  26' Ellyes Skhiri  30' Sio 53'	Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano Attendance: 17,686 Referee: Antony Gautier

Amiens v Caen

7 April 2018 32	Amiens	3–0	Caen	Amiens
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Konaté  15' Dibassy 20' Gakpé  30' Kakuta  34' Konaté 53' Dibassy  72'	Report	Genevois  21'	Stadium: Stade de la Licorne Attendance: 9,506 Referee: Benoît Millot

Caen v Toulouse

25 April 2018 33	Caen	0–0	Toulouse	Caen
18:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Djiku  59' Guilbert  90+2'	Report	Moubandje  90+2'	Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano Attendance: 18,658 Referee: Nicolas Rainville

Metz v Caen

21 April 2018 34	Metz	1–1	Caen	Metz
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Da Silva 71' (o.g.) Diagne  81' Roux  90'	Report	Deminguet 73' Djiku  90'	Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien Attendance: 16,518 Referee: Karim Abed

Troyes v Caen

28 April 2018 35	Troyes	3–1	Caen	Troyes
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Vercoutre 7' (o.g.) Nivet 27' Ben Saada  82' Suk 84'	Report	Santini 4' Djiku  6' Aït Bennasser  29'	Stadium: Stade de l'Aube Attendance: 14,019 Referee: Hakim Ben El Hadj

Caen v Monaco

6 May 2018 36	Caen	1–2	Monaco	Caen
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Santini  33', 40' Genevois  77'	Report	Sylla 12', 90+1' N'Doram  50' Raggi  66'	Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano Attendance: 17,468 Referee: Ruddy Buquet

Nice v Caen

12 May 2018 37	Nice	4–1	Caen	Nice
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Balotelli 3', 11' (pen.) Saint-Maximin 36' Seri 72'	Report	Guilbert  35' Diomandé  54' Kouakou 76'	Stadium: Allianz Riviera Attendance: 22,570 Referee: Frank Schneider

Caen v Paris Saint-Germain

19 May 2018 38	Caen	0–0	Paris Saint-Germain	Caen
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Féret  34' Guilbert  45' Deminguet  90'	Report	Weah  9'	Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano Attendance: 19,999 Referee: Antony Gautier

Coupe de France

Main article: 2017–18 Coupe de France

SC Hazebrouckois v Caen

6 January 2018 Round of 64	SC Hazebrouckois	0–2	Caen	Hazebrouck
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Aboubacar Camara  11'	Report	Rodelin 27' Kouakou  50' Armougom 82'	Stadium: Stade Auguste Demette Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Stéphanie Frappart

Canet Roussillon v Caen

23 January 2018 Round of 32	Canet Roussillon	1–1 (3–4 p)	Caen	Canet-en-Roussillon
17:30 CET (UTC+1)	Pierre Mahieu 12' Maxime Ferry  100'	Report	Genevois 29',  78' Peeters  53'	Stadium: Stade Saint-Michel Attendance: 2,888 Referee: Olivier Thual

Metz v Caen

7 February 2018 Round of 16	Metz	2–2 (2–3 p)	Caen	Metz
17:30 CET (UTC+1)	Niane 85' Roux 108'	Report	Stavitski 51' Bazile  84' Deminguet  96' Diomandé 114'	Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien Referee: Amaury Delerue

Caen v Lyon

1 March 2018 Quarter-final	Caen	1–0	Lyon	Caen
21:00 CET	Diomandé 77'	Report		Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano Attendance: 17,000 Referee: Antony Gautier

Caen v Paris Saint-Germain

18 April 2018 Semi-final	Caen	1–3	Paris Saint-Germain	Caen
21:05 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Diomandé 43',  90' Djiku  76'	Report	Berchiche  15' Mbappé 25', 81' Nkunku 90'	Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano Attendance: 20,000 Referee: François Letexier

Coupe de la Ligue

Main article: 2017–18 Coupe de la Ligue

Lorient v Caen

24 October 2017 Third Round	Lorient	0–1	Caen	Lorient
18:45 CEST (UTC+@)		Report	Guilbert  28' Peeters  38' Kouakou 43',  69' Diomandé  78'	Stadium: Stade du Moustoir Attendance: 8,862 Referee: Karim Abed

Monaco v Caen

12 December 2017 Round of 16	Monaco	2–0	Caen	Fontvieille, Monaco
21:05 CET (UTC+1)	Carrillo 33' Raggi  40' Falcao 85'	Report	Diomandé  24' Santini  42' Mbengue  45+1'	Stadium: Stade Louis II Attendance: 4,834 Referee: Thomas Léonard

Goalscorers

Place	Position	Nationality	Number	Players	Ligue 1	Coupe de France	Coupe de la Ligue	Total
1	FW		26	Ivan Santini	11	0	0	11
2	FW		12	Ronny Rodelin	5	1	0	6
3	DF		28	Damien Da Silva	4	0	0	4
4	MF		4	Ismaël Diomandé	0	3	0	3
5	FW		27	Enzo Crivelli	2	0	0	2
	FW		13	Christian Kouakou	1	0	1	2
6	DF		21	Frédéric Guilbert	1	0	0	1
	MF		32	Jessy Deminguet	1	0	0	1
	DF		33	Yoël Armougom	0	1	0	1
	DF		29	Romain Genevois	0	1	0	1
	FW		7	Timo Stavitski	0	1	0	1
				TOTALS	25	7	1	33