2016–17 FC Lorient season

The 2016–17 FC Lorient season is the 91st professional season of the club since its creation in 1926.

FC Lorient

2016–17 season
Chairman	Loïc Féry
Manager	Bernard Casoni
Ligue 1	18th (relegated)
Coupe de France	Round of 16
Coupe de la Ligue	Third Round
Top goalscorer	League: Benjamin Moukandjo (13) All: Benjamin Moukandjo (13)
Highest home attendance	15,884 (v Bordeaux) Ligue 1, 20 May 2017
Lowest home attendance	8,667 (v Nancy) Ligue 1, 10 September 2016
Home colours Away colours Third colours

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 18 October 2016.[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 Anthony Lamonge 3 DF  FRA Bradley Mazikou 4 MF  FRA Mattéo Guendouzi 5 DF  SEN Zargo Touré 6 DF  FRA François Bellugou 7 MF  COD Arnold Mvuemba 8 MF  POR Cafú 9 FW  GHA Abdul Majeed Waris 10 MF  FRA Sylvain Marveaux 12 FW  CMR Benjamin Moukandjo 13 DF  FRA Michaël Ciani 14 FW  FRA Jérémie Aliadière 15 DF  FRA Mathieu Peybernes 16 GK  FRA Paul Delecroix 17 MF  ALG Walid Mesloub

No. Pos. Nation Player 18 FW  FRA Alexis Claude-Maurice 19 MF  FRA Romain Philippoteaux 20 DF  FRA Steven Moreira 21 MF  GUI Mohamed Mara 22 FW  FRA Benjamin Jeannot 23 MF  GHA Alhassan Wakaso 24 DF  NCL Wesley Lautoa 25 DF  FRA Vincent Le Goff 26 MF  TUN Issam Ben Khémis 27 MF  FRA Jimmy Cabot 28 MF  FRA Maxime Barthelmé 29 DF  FRA Pape Paye 32 DF  GUI Ibrahima Conté 34 DF  CIV Erwin Koffi 40 GK  FRA Benjamin Lecomte (captain)

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 Lindsay Rose (on loan to Bastia) — DF  GAB Yoann Wachter (on loan to Sedan) — DF  FRA Faïz Selemani (on loan to Tours) — MF  FRA Pierre Lavenant (on loan to Avranches)

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  GAB Denis Bouanga (on loan to Tours) — FW  FRA Marvin Gakpa (on loan to Ajaccio) — FW  FRA Valentin Lavigne (on loan to Brest)

Transfers

Summer

In: No. Pos. Nation Player 2 DF  FRA Lindsay Rose (from Lyon, previously on loan)[2] 8 MF  POR Cafú (from Vitória de Guimarães)[3] 10 MF  FRA Sylvain Marveaux (from Newcastle United) 11 DF  COM Faïz Selemani (from Chamois Niortais) 16 GK  FRA Paul Delecroix (from Chamois Niortais)

Out: No. Pos. Nation Player 7 MF  GAB Didier Ibrahim N'Dong (to Sunderland)[4] 8 MF  FRA Yann Jouffre (to Metz)[5] 13 MF  FRA Rafidine Abdullah (to Cádiz)[6] 14 DF  POR Raphaël Guerreiro (to Borussia Dortmund)[7]

Winter

In: No. Pos. Nation Player 17 DF  FRA Mathieu Peybernes (from Bastia)[8] 23 MF  GHA Alhassan Wakaso (from Rio Ave)[9]

Out: No. Pos. Nation Player 11 DF  FRA Faïz Selemani (on loan to Tours)[10] 23 FW  CIV Moryké Fofana (to Konyaspor)[11] 26 DF  FRA Lindsay Rose (on loan to Bastia)

Competitions

Ligue 1

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
16	Dijon	38	8	13	17	46	58	−12	37
17	Caen	38	10	7	21	36	65	−29	37
18	Lorient (R)	38	10	6	22	44	70	−26	36	Qualification for the relegation play-offs
19	Nancy (R)	38	9	8	21	29	52	−23	35	Relegation to Ligue 2
20	Bastia (R)	38	8	10	20	29	54	−25	34	Relegation to National 3[lower-alpha 1]

Source: Ligue 1, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Fairplay ranking.[14]
(R) Relegated.
Notes:

1. After being relegated to Ligue 2, Bastia was initially further relegated to National due to financial difficulties.[12] On 10 August 2017, the FFF announced that Bastia was denied entry to National. The club therefore took the place of its reserve team in Championnat National 3.[13]

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	6	22	44	70	−26	36	7	4	8	25	29	−4	3	2	14	19	41	−22

Last updated: 20 May 2017.
Source:

Results by match

Match	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	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	L	L	L	L	W	L	W	L	L	L	D	L	L	D	W	D	L	W	L	W	L	L	W	D	L	L	L	L	L	W	W	W	L	W	L	D	L	D
Position	20	20	20	20	18	20	18	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	19	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	19	18	18	16	16	17	18	18

Updated to match(es) played on 20 May 2017. Source:
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

13 August 2016 1	Caen	3–2	Lorient	Caen
20:00	Rodelin  32' Santini  43', 87' Yahia  86'	Summary	Moukandjo  5', 19' (pen.) Le Goff  22' Touré  26' Selemani  85'	Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano Attendance: 16,920 Referee: Johan Hamel

20 August 2016 2	Lorient	0–3	Bastia	Lorient
20:00	N'Dong  30' Philippoteaux  64' Mesloub  66' Jeannot  77'	Summary	Mostefa  6' Saint-Maximin  25' Diallo  35' Crivelli  38', 81' Marange  44' Djiku  67'	Stadium: Stade du Moustoir Attendance: 10,248 Referee: Amaury Delerue

26 August 2016 3	Marseille	2–0	Lorient	Marseille
20:45	Cabella  19' Hubočan  48' Gomis  70'	Summary	Touré  51'	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 26,193 Referee: Antony Gautier

10 September 2016 4	Lorient	0–2	Nancy	Lorient
20:00		Summary	Hadji  31' Bennasser  32' Pedretti  45' Puyo  56' Guidileye  84' Cuffaut  84' Dalé  88'	Stadium: Stade du Moustoir Attendance: 8,323 Referee: Olivier Thual

17 September 2016 5	Lorient	1–0	Lille	Lorient
20:00	Bellugou  25' Touré  72' Moukandjo  76' (pen.)	Summary	Sankharé  34' Civelli  48'	Stadium: Stade du Moustoir Attendance: 8,926 Referee: Karim Abed

21 September 2016 6	Guingamp	1–0	Lorient	Guingamp
19:00	Briand  63' (pen.) Blas  82'	Summary	Mara  45+2' Selemani  62' Moreira  90+3'	Stadium: Stade de Roudourou Attendance: 13,175 Referee: Benoît Millot

24 September 2016 7	Lorient	1–0	Lyon	Lorient
17:00	Cabot  51',  62' Cafú  90'	Summary	Valbuena  82'	Stadium: Stade du Moustoir Attendance: 10,628 Referee: Mikael Lesage

2 October 2016 8	OGC Nice	2–1	Lorient	Nice
17:00	Ricardo  11' Sarr  59' Balotelli  86',  87'  90+2' Eysseric  88'	Summary	Bellugou  27' Moukandjo  61' Cafú  85' Moreira  90+2'	Stadium: Allianz Riviera Attendance: 17,816 Referee: Olivier Thual

15 October 2016 9	Lorient	1–2	Nantes	Lorient
20:00	Mvuemba  27' Touré  62' Hamel  80' Moreira  90' Ciani  90+4'	Summary	Dubois  39' Bammou  42' Sala  49' Gillet  74' Thomasson  90' Kwateng  90+1'	Stadium: Stade du Moustoir Attendance: 12,458 Referee: Benoît Bastien

22 October 2016 10	Dijon	1–0	Lorient	Dijon
20:00	Lotiès  90+1' Bahamboula  90+1'	Summary	Guendouzi  45' Cafú  89'	Stadium: Stade Gaston Gérard Attendance: 8,558 Referee: Sébastien Desiage

29 October 2016 11	Lorient	2–2	Montpellier	Lorient
20:00	Touré  16' Marveaux  24' Barthelmé  67' Waris  90+2'	Summary	Vanden Borre  37' Camara  45+2' Sanson  69'	Stadium: Stade du Moustoir Attendance: 9,872 Referee: Jérôme Miguelgorry

5 November 2016 12	Bordeaux	2–1	Lorient	Bordeaux
20:00	Kamano  28',  86' Vada  61' Rolán  73' Ménez  78'	Report	Mara  54' Prior  62' (o.g.) Guendouzi  71' Mesloub  86'	Stadium: Matmut Atlantique Attendance: 16,331 Referee: Karim Abed

18 November 2016 13	Lorient	0–3	Monaco	Lorient
19:00		Report	Jemerson  27' Falcao  64' Lemar  67' Boschilia  90+3'	Stadium: Stade du Moustoir Attendance: 9,574 Referee: Fredy Fautrel

26 November 2016 14	Metz	3–3	Lorient	Metz
20:00	Falette  11',  30' Vion  75', 78' Iván Balliu  87'	Report	Waris  16' Moukandjo  54', 61' (pen.) Mvuemba  65' Bellugou  70'	Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien Attendance: 12,657 Referee: Mikael Lesage

29 November 2016 15	Lorient	2–1	Rennes	Lorient
19:00	Mvuemba  21' Ciani  28' Waris  46'	Report	Sio  32' Baal  89'	Stadium: Stade du Moustoir Attendance: 10,082 Referee: Stéphane Lannoy

3 December 2016 16	Angers	2–2	Lorient	Angers
20:00	Diedhiou  26' (pen.) N'Doye  58'	Report	Marveaux  23' Le Goff  25' Waris  66'	Stadium: Stade Raymond Kopa Attendance: 9,142 Referee: Olivier Thual

10 December 2016 17	Toulouse	3–2	Lorient	Toulouse
20:00	Toivonen  8', 20', 60' Braithwaite  83' Durmaz  90+3'	Report	Moukandjo  27' Waris  89'	Stadium: Stadium Municipal Attendance: 14,288 Referee: Karim Abed

17 December 2016 18	Lorient	2–1	Saint-Étienne	Lorient
20:00	Philippoteaux  15',  39' Lautoa  67' Le Goff  73' Ciani  75' Cabot  90'	Report	Moulin  10' M'Bengue  47' Pierre-Gabriel  80' Pajot  90+2'	Stadium: Stade du Moustoir - Yves Allainmat Attendance: 11,581 Referee: Mikael Lesage

21 December 2016 19	Paris Saint-Germain	5–0	Lorient	Paris
20:50	Meunier  25' Touré  44' (o.g.) Silva  50' Cavani  63' (pen.) Lucas  70'	Report	Delecroix  62'	Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 44,844 Referee: Johan Hamel

14 January 2017 20	Lorient	3–1	Guingamp	Lorient
20:00	Waris  58',  72', 90' Mvuemba  79' Cabot  82'	Report	Briand  19' Salibur  40' Didot  48' Deaux  86'	Stadium: Stade du Moustoir - Yves Allainmat Attendance: 12,463 Referee: Sébastien Desiage

22 January 2017 21	Monaco	4–0	Lorient	Monaco
15:00	Boschilia  24', 28' Germain  37', 59' Sidibé  90'	Report	Lautoa  11'	Stadium: Stade Louis II Attendance: 5,549 Referee: Amaury Delerue

28 January 2017 22	Lorient	2–3	Dijon	Lorient
20:00	Peybernes  29' Marveaux  50' Waris  60' (pen.) Lautoa  69' Mesloub  72' Moreira  86'	Report	Diony  10' Rüfli  56' Lang  59' Balmont  62' Lotiès  70' Lees-Melou  90+3'	Stadium: Stade du Moustoir - Yves Allainmat Attendance: 9,762 Referee: Olivier Thual

4 February 2017 23	Lille	0–1	Lorient	Villeneuve-d'Ascq
20:00	Béria  66'	Report	Wakaso  41' Aliadière  49'	Stadium: Stade Pierre-Mauroy Attendance: 38,153 Referee: Jérôme Miguelgorry

8 February 2017 24	Lorient	1–1	Toulouse	Lorient
19:00	Le Goff  26' Waris  46' Marveaux  60'	Report	Delort  24' Toivonen  71' Diop  75'	Stadium: Stade du Moustoir - Yves Allainmat Attendance: 13,230 Referee: Karim Abed

12 February 2017 25	Saint-Étienne	4–0	Lorient	Saint-Étienne
17:00	Perrin  18' Veretout  20' Hamouma  58' Jorginho  90+1'	Report		Stadium: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard Attendance: 25,498 Referee: Benoît Millot

18 February 2017 26	Lorient	0–1	Nice	Lorient
20:00	Marveaux  29' Bellugou  53' Moukandjo  67'	Report	Cyprien  15' Obbadi  43' Balotelli  68' Cardinale  79'	Stadium: Stade du Moustoir - Yves Allainmat Attendance: 10,537 Referee: Tony Chapron

25 February 2017 27	Rennes	1–0	Lorient	Rennes
20:00	Sio  19'	Report	Touré  2' Peybernes  80' Waris  90+3'	Stadium: Roazhon Park Attendance: 25,791 Referee: Nicolas Rainville

5 March 2017 28	Lorient	1–4	Marseille	Lorient
15:00	Touré  5' Peybernes  47' Moukandjo  73'	Report	Rolando  6' Payet  19' Vainqueur  25' Thauvin  53' Sanson  56'	Stadium: Stade du Moustoir - Yves Allainmat Attendance: 13,757 Referee: Clément Turpin

12 March 2017 29	Lorient	1–2	Paris Saint-Germain	Lorient
21:00	Ciani  68' Moreira  72' Peybernes  83'	Report	Jeannot  28' (o.g.) Nkunku  52',  75'	Stadium: Stade du Moustoir - Yves Allainmat Attendance: 13,643 Referee: Tony Chapron

18 March 2017 30	Nancy	2–3	Lorient	Tomblaine
20:00	Maouassa  28' Dia  42' (pen.) Guidileye  88'	Report	Wakaso  37' Lautoa  55',  86' Moukandjo  66' Mvuemba  90+4'	Stadium: Stade Marcel Picot Attendance: 16,549 Referee: Frank Schneider

2 April 2017 31	Lorient	1–0	Caen	Lorient
17:00	Moukandjo  29' Bellugou  49' Ciani  54'	Summary	Yahia  70' Da Silva  81'	Stadium: Stade du Moustoir - Yves Allainmat Attendance: 14,149 Referee: Karim Abed

8 April 2017 32	Lyon	1–4	Lorient	Lyon
20:00	Rafael  12' Tolisso  28' Fekir  44' Mammana  82'	Summary	Lautoa  39' Waris  42' Marveaux  49' Moukandjo  74', 80'	Stadium: Parc Olympique Lyonnais Attendance: 35,595 Referee: Nicolas Rainville

15 April 2017 33	Montpellier	2–0	Lorient	Montpellier
20:00	Boudebouz  8' Mbenza  27' Mounié  76'	Summary	Bellugou  2' Peybernes  55'	Stadium: Stade de la Mosson Attendance: 9,294 Referee: Olivier Thual

22 April 2017 34	Lorient	5–1	Metz	Lorient
20:00	Ciani  13',  31' Waris  49' Cabot  60', 66' Moukandjo  78'	Summary	Diabaté  32' (pen.) Cohade  77'	Stadium: Stade du Moustoir - Yves Allainmat Attendance: 14,114 Referee: Antony Gautier

29 April 2017 35	Nantes	1–0	Lorient	Nantes
20:00	Sala  89'	Summary	Lautoa  40' Moreira  90+2'	Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire - Louis Fonteneau Attendance: 22,090 Referee: Johan Hamel

6 May 2017 36	Lorient	1–1	Angers	Lorient
20:00	Philippoteaux  62' Ciani  75'	Report	Manceau  72'	Stadium: Stade du Moustoir - Yves Allainmat Attendance: 15,563 Referee: Clément Turpin

14 May 2017 37	Bastia	2–0	Lorient	Fos-sur-Mer
21:00	Crivelli  3',  74' Nangis  42' Coulibaly  82' Danic  86'	Summary	Mvuemba  53' Waris  79'	Stadium: Stade Parsemain Attendance: 0 Referee: Ruddy Buquet

20 May 2017 38	Lorient	1–1	Bordeaux	Lorient
21:00	Le Goff  62',  69' Philippoteaux  77'	Summary	Sankharé  7' Rolán  61' Contento  68' Ounas  78'	Stadium: Stade du Moustoir - Yves Allainmat Attendance: 15,884 Referee: Antony Gautier

Relegation Play Off

25 May 2017 First Leg	Troyes	2–1	Lorient	Troyes
20:45	Confais  31' Darbion  37' Obiang  65' Giraudon  89' Nivet  90+1' Tinhan  90+2'	Summary	Waris  82' Ciani  90+3'	Stadium: Stade de l'Aube Attendance: 14,081 Referee: Ruddy Buquet

28 May 2017 Second Leg	Lorient	0–0 (1–2 agg.)	Troyes	Lorient
21:00	Philippoteaux  72'	Report	Niane  33' Darbion  61' Cordoval  64'	Stadium: Stade du Moustoir - Yves Allainmat Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Clément Turpin

Coupe de France

8 January 2017 Round of 64	Lorient	2–1	Nice	Lorient
14:15	Guendouzi  12' Aliadière  71' Mesloub  75'	Report	Cyprien  17' Pléa  43'	Stadium: Stade du Moustoir - Yves Allainmat Attendance: 9,424 Referee: Olivier Thual

31 January 2017 Round of 32	Châteauroux	2–3 (a.e.t.)	Lorient	Châteauroux
18:00	Tounkara  5' M'Bone  24' Angoula  37'  109' Siebatcheu  62' Sofiane Khadda  75' Cheick Traoré  120'	Report	Cafú  41',  77', 111' (pen.) Cabot  49'	Stadium: Stade Gaston Petit Attendance: 2,957 Referee: Hakim Ben El Hadj

28 February 2017 Round of 16	Bordeaux	2–1	Lorient	Bordeaux
21:00	Laborde  61', 72' Lewczuk  75'	Report	Moreira  19' Jeannot  48',  54' Wakaso  56'	Stadium: Matmut Atlantique Attendance: 7,151 Referee: Mikael Lesage

Coupe de la Ligue

26 October 2016 Third Round	Rennes	3–2	Lorient	Rennes
21:05	Pedro Henrique  15', 90+5',  90+6' Saïd  59' Prcić  61' Armand  86'	Report	Ben Khémis  45+2' Bradley Mazikou  65' Waris  87' (pen.) Lautoa  90+2'	Stadium: Roazhon Park Attendance: 27,239 Referee: Clément Turpin

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