2011–12 AS Monaco FC season

The 2011–12 season was AS Monaco FC's first season back in Ligue 2 since relegation from Ligue 1 in 2011. Marco Simone took over as coach of AS Monaco in September 2011 following the sacking of Laurent Banide. They finished the season in eighth place having struggled in the relegation zone for the majority of the season. They also participated in the Coupe de France where they were eliminated at the Round of 64 stage by Angers, and the Coupe de la Ligue which they were knocked out of in the first round by Sedan.

AS Monaco

2011–12 season
President	Dmitry Rybolovlev
Head coach	Marco Simone
Stadium	Stade Louis II
Ligue 2	8th
Coupe de France	Round of 64 vs Angers
Coupe de la Ligue	1st round vs Sedan
Top goalscorer	League: Ibrahima Touré (10) All: Two Players (10)
Highest home attendance	6,617 vs Reims 15 August 2011
Lowest home attendance	3,800 vs Arles-Avignon 19 September 2011
Average home league attendance	4,611
Home colours Away colours Third colours
← 2010–11 2012–13 →

Season review

See also: 2011–12 Ligue 2

On 23 December 2011, Russian billionaire businessman Dmitry Rybolovlev bought a majority stake in AS Monaco. Rybolovlev was stated as saying "I think this club has enormous potential. I hope it can now realise this potential, both domestically and in Europe."^[1][2]

Squad

As of 31 January 2012.^[3]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  FRA Sébastien Chabbert 2 DF  FRA Dennis Appiah 3 DF  FRA Vincent Muratori 4 DF  NGA Rabiu Afolabi 5 MF  FRA Gary Coulibaly 6 MF  FRA Stéphane Dumont 7 MF  CGO Chris Malonga 8 MF  FRA Ludovic Giuly (captain) 9 FW  TAH Marama Vahirua (on loan from Nancy) 10 MF  MLI Sambou Yatabaré 11 FW  SEN Ibrahima Touré 12 DF  BRA Adriano 13 DF  SWE Petter Hansson 14 DF  FRA Florian Pinteaux 15 DF  FRA Layvin Kurzawa 16 GK  FRA Martin Sourzac 17 FW  FRA Terence Makengo 18 FW  FRA Valère Germain 19 DF  CIV Isaac Koné

No. Pos. Nation Player 20 MF  HUN Vladimir Koman 21 DF  URU Gary Kagelmacher 22 FW  NOR Thorstein Helstad 23 DF  FRA Olivier Ferblantier 24 MF  FRA Nampalys Mendy 25 MF  FRA Valentin Eysseric 26 DF  FRA Eric Marester 27 MF  FRA Aadil Assana 28 MF  CMR Edgar Salli 29 DF  FRA Tristan Dingomé 30 GK  FRA Johann Carrasso (on loan from Rennes) 31 DF  GER Andreas Wolf 32 MF  MAR Nabil Dirar 36 DF  GRE Georgios Tzavellas 38 MF  GRE Alexandros Tziolis 39 FW  NED Nacer Barazite 40 GK  CRO Danijel Subašić -- DF  FRA Yvan Erichot

On loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 20 MF  FRA Kévin Malcuit (at Vannes) — FW  ROU Daniel Niculae (at Nancy) — MF  FRA Thomas Mangani (at Nancy)

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  FRA Kévin Diaz (at FC Metz) — GK  FRA Franck L'Hostis (at Martigues) — FW  FRA Frédéric Nimani (at PAOK)

Transfers

Summer

Main articles: List of French football transfers summer 2011 and List of French football transfers winter 2012

In: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player 4 DF  NGA Rabiu Afolabi ( Red Bull Salzburg, Undisclosed[4]) 6 MF  FRA Stéphane Dumont ( Lille, Free[5]) 8 MF  FRA Ludovic Giuly ( Paris Saint-Germain, Free[6]) 9 MF  TAH Marama Vahirua ( Nancy, Loan[7]) 10 MF  MLI Sambou Yatabaré ( Caen,)[8] 22 FW  NOR Thorstein Helstad ( Le Mans, Undisclosed[9]) 26 DF  FRA Eric Marester ( Troyes, Free[10]) 28 FW  CMR Edgar Salli ( Sport de Garoua, Undisclosed[11]) 30 GK  FRA Johann Carrasso ( Rennes, Loan[12]) — DF  TOG Senah Mango ( Marseille, Loan[13]) — MF  SWE Emir Bajrami ( Twente, Undisclosed)

Out: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player — DF  CMR Nicolas N'Koulou (to Marseille, €3.5m[14]) — GK  FRA Stéphane Ruffier (to Saint-Étienne, €3m[15]) 11 FW  CMR Benjamin Moukandjo (to Nancy, Undisclosed[16]) — GK  FRA Yohann Thuram-Ulien (to Troyes, Undisclosed[17]) — MF  FRA Mathieu Coutadeur (to FC Lorient, Undisclosed[18]) — DF  FRA Laurent Bonnart (to Lille, Free[19]) — MF  COD Distel Zola (to Nancy, Free[20]) — DF  COD Cédric Mongongu (to Evian, Free[21]) — MF  GAB Frédéric Bulot (to Caen, Free[22]) — MF  FRA Léo Schwechlen (to Tours, Free[23]) 31 MF  FRA Kévin Diaz (to Metz, Loan[24]) 21 FW  ROU Daniel Niculae (to Nancy, Loan[25]) 15 MF  FRA Thomas Mangani (to Nancy, Loan[25]) 11 MF  FRA Frédéric Nimani (to PAOK, Loan[26])

Winter

Main articles: List of French football transfers summer 2011 and List of French football transfers winter 2012

In: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player 11 FW  SEN Ibrahima Touré ( Ajman Club, Undisclosed[27]) 20 MF  HUN Vladimir Koman ( Sampdoria, Undisclosed[28]) 31 DF  GER Andreas Wolf ( Werder Bremen, Undisclosed[29]) 32 MF  MAR Nabil Dirar ( Club Brugge, €7.5m[30]) 36 DF  GRE Georgios Tzavellas ( Eintracht Frankfurt, Undisclosed[31]) 38 DF  GRE Alexandros Tziolis ( Racing Santander, Free[32]) 39 FW  NED Nacer Barazite ( Austria Wien, Free[33]) 40 GK  CRO Danijel Subašić ( Hajduk Split, Undisclosed[34])

Out: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player

Competitions

Ligue 2

Main article: 2011–12 Ligue 2

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
6	Tours	38	15	11	12	44	43	+1	56
7	Guingamp	38	15	10	13	46	43	+3	55
8	Monaco	38	13	13	12	41	48	−7	52
9	Nantes	38	14	9	15	51	42	+9	51
10	Istres	38	13	12	13	46	44	+2	51

Source: Ligue 2
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

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	13	13	12	41	48	−7	52	7	7	5	21	22	−1	6	6	7	20	26	−6

Last updated: 25 November 2011.
Source: Soccerway

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	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	D	D	L	D	D	L	D	W	L	D	L	D	L	D	L	L	D	D	W	W	D	L	L	W	D	W	W	D	W	W	W	W	W	L	W	L	L	W
Position	13	12	17	17	15	17	18	16	19	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	19	18	18	19	19	19	19	18	17	17	16	14	11	9	8	11	7	9	10	8

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

Fixtures & results

Monaco v US Boulogne

1 August 2011 1	Monaco	0–0	US Boulogne	Stade Louis II
		Summary		Attendance: 5,133

Troyes v Monaco

6 August 2011 2	Troyes	1–1	Monaco	Stade de l'Aube
	Bettiol 69'	Summary	Nimani 16'	Attendance: 8,520

Monaco v Reims

15 August 2011 3	Monaco	1–2	Reims	Stade Louis II
	Germain 90+5' Koné  60'  90+2'	Summary	Amalfitano 35' Ghilas 48'	Attendance: 6,617

Monaco v Amiens

19 August 2011 4	Monaco	1–1	Amiens	Stade Louis II
	Salli 39' Mendy  70'	Summary	Bazile 67' (pen.)	Attendance: 4,989

Lens v Monaco

29 August 2011 5	Lens	2–2	Monaco	Stade Félix Bollaert
	Yahia 76' Demont 84'	Summary	Mangani 31' Giuly 90'	Attendance: 23,056

Monaco v Angers

9 September 2011 6	Monaco	1–3	Angers	Stade Louis II
	Vahirua 68' (pen.)	Summary	Charbonnier 16', 34' Keseru 62'	Attendance: 4,141

Bastia v Monaco

16 September 2011 7	Bastia	1–1	Monaco	Stade Armand Cesari
	Maoulida 39' Maoulida  59'  90+1'	Summary	Eysseric 39' Adriano  90+1'	Attendance: 11,994

Monaco v Arles-Avignon

19 September 2011 8	Monaco	1–0	Arles-Avignon	Stade Louis II
	Afolabi 54'	Summary		Attendance: 3,800

Laval v Monaco

23 September 2011 9	Laval	1–0	Monaco	Stade Francis Le Basser
	Gamboa 82'	Summary		Attendance: 8,377

Monaco v Sedan

30 September 2011 10	Monaco	2–2	Sedan	Stade Louis II
	Germain 20' Coulibaly 29'	Summary	Eudeline 47' Court 84'	Attendance: 4,133

Guingamp v Monaco

17 October 2011 11	Guingamp	4–0	Monaco	Stade du Roudourou
	Atık 16' Giresse 39' (pen.) Argelier 42' Knockaert 79'	Summary		Attendance: 9,483

Monaco v Tours

21 October 2011 12	Monaco	0–0	Tours	Stade Louis II
		Summary		Attendance: 3,939

Châteauroux v Monaco

28 October 2011 13	Châteauroux	2–1	Monaco	Stade Gaston Petit
	Orinel 14' Bourgeois 17'	Summary	Germain 82'	Attendance: 7,761

Monaco v Le Mans

5 November 2011 14	Monaco	2–2	Le Mans	Stade Louis II
	Malonga 24' Vahirua 86'	Summary	Ekeng 34' Ouali 70'	Attendance: 3,808

Nantes v Monaco

25 November 2011 15	Nantes	3–0	Monaco	La Beaujoire-Louis Fonteneau
	Raspentino 32', 53' Pancrate 90+3'	Summary

Monaco v Metz

2 December 2011 16	Monaco	0–2	Metz	Stade Louis II
		Summary	Duhamel 11' Bouby 66'	Attendance: 3,869

Le Havre v Monaco

17 December 2011 17	Le Havre	2–2	Monaco	Stade Jules Deschaseaux
	Ryan 34', 78'	Summary	Germain 44', 45'	Attendance: 11,248

Monaco v Clermont

20 December 2011 18	Monaco	0–0	Clermont	Stade Louis II
		Summary

Istres v Monaco

14 January 2012 19	Istres	0–1	Monaco	Stade Parsemain
		Summary	Giuly 15'

Amiens v Monaco

18 January 2012 20	Amiens	1–2	Monaco	Stade de la Licorne
	Martin 83'	Summary	Salli 13' Dingomé 60'	Attendance: 10,993

Monaco v RC Lens

30 January 2012 21	Monaco	2–2	RC Lens	Stade Louis II
	Germain 49' Yatabaré 55'	Summary	Toudic 69', 90+3'	Attendance: 4,581

Monaco v Bastia

13 February 2012 23	Monaco	0–1	Bastia	Stade Louis II
		Summary	Diallo 87'

Arles-Avignon v Monaco

17 February 2012 24	Arles-Avignon	2–1	Monaco	Parc des Sports
	Abdelhamid 7' Yattara 20'	Summary	Touré 54'	Attendance: 3,239

Monaco v Laval

24 February 2012 25	Monaco	2–1	Laval	Stade Louis II
	Dirar 32' Germain 81'	Summary	Viale 17'	Attendance: 4,049

Sedan v Monaco

2 March 2012 26	Sedan	2–2	Monaco	Stade Louis Dugauguez
	Fauvergue 17', 31'	Summary	Touré 71' Salli 89'

Angers v Monaco

6 March 2012 221	Angers	1–2	Monaco	Jean-Bouin Stadium
	Doré 25'	Summary	Touré 28', 35'

Monaco v Guingamp

9 March 2012 27	Monaco	1–0	Guingamp	Stade Louis II
	Touré 70'	Summary		Attendance: 4,388

Tours v Monaco

16 March 2012 28	Tours	0–0	Monaco	Stade de la Vallée du Cher
		Summary	Hansson  36'	Attendance: 7,499

Monaco v Châteauroux

23 March 2012 29	Monaco	2–1	Châteauroux	Stade Louis II
20:00	Salli 3' Dirar 55'	Summary	Moulin 67'	Attendance: 4,073

Le Mans v Monaco

30 March 2012 30	Le Mans	0–1	Monaco	MMArena
		Summary	Touré 49'	Attendance: 8,893

Monaco v Nantes

6 April 2012 31	Monaco	2–1	Nantes	Stade Louis II
	Touré 28' (pen.) Germain 66'	Summary	Djilobodji 75'	Attendance: 5,583

Metz v Monaco

13 April 2012 32	Metz	0–2	Monaco	Stade Municipal Saint-Symphorien
		Summary	Giuly 7' Salli 83'

Monaco v Le Havre

20 April 2012 33	Monaco	1–0	Le Havre	Stade Louis II
	Touré 48'	Summary		Attendance: 4,995

Clermont v Monaco

27 April 2012 34	Clermont	1–0	Monaco	Stade Gabriel Montpied
	Alessandrini 78'	Summary		Attendance: 9,814

Monaco v Istres

1 May 2012 35	Monaco	3–2	Istres	Stade Louis II
	Touré 54' Tzavelas 69' Dirar 83'	Summary	De Preville 57' Palmieri 66'	Attendance: 4,882

Stade de Reims v Monaco

7 May 2012 36	Stade de Reims	2–0	Monaco	Stade Auguste Delaune II
	Fauré 3' Weber 71'	Summary

Monaco v Troyes

11 May 2012 37	Monaco	0–2	Troyes	Stade Louis II
		Summary	Marcos 21' Obbadi 56'	Attendance: 4,735

US Boulogne v Monaco

18 May 2012 38	US Boulogne	1–2	Monaco	Stade de la Libération
	Bru 4'	Summary	Touré 11' Subašić 57' Coulibaly  70'	Attendance: 8,035

Notes

• The match between Angers and Monaco was postponed due to a frozen pitch.^[35]

Coupe de la Ligue

Main article: 2011–12 Coupe de la Ligue

Sedan v Monaco

23 July 2011 First Round	Sedan	4–1	Monaco	Stade Louis Dugauguez
	Fauvergue 9', 50' Gragnic 18' Court 63'	Summary	Adriano 67'	Attendance: 6,216

Coupe de France

Main article: 2011–12 Coupe de France

Alès v Monaco

19 November 2011 Seventh Round	Alès	0–5	Monaco	Stade Pierre Pibarot
		Report	Vahirua 3' Dingomé 10' Adriano 50' Germain 68', 76'

La Tour-Saint Clair v Monaco

9 December 2011 Eighth Round	La Tour-Saint Clair	0–2	Monaco	Stade Grammont
		Report Summary	Salli 14' Eysseric 90+1'	Attendance: 4,000

Angers v Monaco

9 January 2012 Round of 64	Angers	4–3	Monaco	Stade Jean Bouin
	Gómez 11' Charbonnier 27' (pen.) Keserü 35', 89' (pen.)	Report Summary	Salli 22' Giuly 28', 44'

Squad statistics

Appearances and goals

As of 14 May 2012

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Ligue 2		Coupe de France		Coupe de la Ligue
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	FRA	Sébastien Chabbert	7	0	6	0	0	0	1	0
2	DF	FRA	Dennis Appiah	19	0	16+2	0	1	0	0	0
3	DF	FRA	Vincent Muratori	13	0	10	0	2	0	1	0
4	DF	NGA	Rabiu Afolabi	15	1	14+1	1	0	0	0	0
5	DF	FRA	Gary Coulibaly	34	1	29+2	1	3	0	0	0
6	DF	FRA	Stéphane Dumont	14	0	8+4	0	1	0	1	0
7	MF	CGO	Chris Malonga	8	1	3+5	1	0	0	0	0
8	FW	FRA	Ludovic Giuly	28	5	26	3	2	2	0	0
9	FW	TAH	Marama Vahirua	13	3	7+4	2	1+1	1	0	0
10	FW	MLI	Sambou Yatabaré	9	1	8	1	1	0	0	0
11	FW	SEN	Ibrahima Touré	17	10	15+2	10	0	0	0	0
12	DF	BRA	Adriano	15	2	13	0	1	1	1	1
13	DF	SWE	Petter Hansson	20	0	15+1	0	3	0	1	0
14	DF	FRA	Florian Pinteaux	13	0	8+3	0	1+1	0	0	0
15	DF	FRA	Layvin Kurzawa	5	0	5	0	0	0	0	0
16	GK	FRA	Martin Sourzac	8	0	5+1	0	2	0	0	0
17	FW	FRA	Terence Makengo	12	0	7+4	0	0+1	0	0	0
18	FW	FRA	Valère Germain	37	10	22+11	8	1+2	2	1	0
19	DF	CIV	Isaac Koné	4	0	2+1	0	0	0	0+1	0
20	MF	HUN	Vladimir Koman	17	0	15+2	0	0	0	0	0
21	DF	URU	Gary Kagelmacher	17	0	17	0	0	0	0	0
22	FW	NOR	Thorstein Helstad	8	0	3+3	0	1	0	1	0
24	MF	FRA	Nampalys Mendy	29	0	16+12	0	0	0	1	0
25	MF	FRA	Valentin Eysseric	19	2	12+3	1	1+2	1	1	0
26	DF	FRA	Eric Marester	30	0	26+2	0	2	0	0	0
27	MF	FRA	Aadil Assana	7	0	0+5	0	2	0	0	0
28	MF	CMR	Edgar Salli	30	7	19+9	5	2	2	0	0
29	DF	FRA	Tristan Dingomé	24	2	13+8	1	3	1	0	0
30	GK	FRA	Johann Carrasso	9	0	8	0	1	0	0	0
31	DF	GER	Andreas Wolf	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
32	MF	MAR	Nabil Dirar	15	3	11+4	3	0	0	0	0
36	DF	GRE	Giorgios Tzavelas	14	0	14	0	0	0	0	0
38	DF	GRE	Alexandros Tziolis	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
39	FW	NED	Nacer Barazite	7	0	2+5	0	0	0	0	0
40	GK	CRO	Danijel Subašić	16	1	16	1	0	0	0	0
	DF	FRA	Jérémy Labor	3	0	2	0	1	0	0	0
	GK	FRA	Marc-Aurele Caillerd	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	FRA	Jérôme Phojo	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Players who appeared for Monaco no longer at the club:
11	FW	CMR	Benjamin Moukandjo	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	FW	FRA	Frédéric Nimani	4	1	1+2	1	0	0	1	0
15	MF	FRA	Thomas Mangani	5	1	1+3	1	0	0	0+1	0
20	MF	FRA	Kévin Malcuit	4	0	1+1	0	1	0	1	0
21	FW	ROU	Daniel Niculae	1	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0
31	MF	FRA	Kévin Diaz	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0

Top scorers

Place	Position	Nation	Number	Name	Ligue 2	Coupe de France	Coupe de la Ligue	Total
1	FW		11	Ibrahima Touré	10	0	0	10
	FW		18	Valère Germain	8	2	0	10
3	MF		28	Edgar Salli	5	2	0	7
4	MF		8	Ludovic Giuly	3	2	0	5
5	FW		9	Marama Vahirua	2	1	0	3
	MF		32	Nabil Dirar	3	0	0	3
7	MF		25	Valentin Eysseric	1	1	0	2
	DF		12	Adriano	0	1	1	2
	DF		29	Tristan Dingomé	1	1	0	2
10	MF		7	Chris Malonga	1	0	0	1
	FW		11	Frédéric Nimani	1	0	0	1
	MF		5	Gary Coulibaly	1	0	0	1
	MF		4	Rabiu Afolabi	1	0	0	1
	MF		15	Thomas Mangani	1	0	0	1
	FW		10	Sambou Yatabaré	1	0	0	1
	DF		36	Giorgios Tzavelas	1	0	0	1
				TOTALS	41	10	1	52

Disciplinary record

Number	Nation	Position	Name	Ligue 2		Coupe de France		Coupe de la Ligue		Total
2		DF	Dennis Appiah	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
3		DF	Vincent Muratori	3	1	1	0	0	0	4	1
4		DF	Rabiu Afolabi	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
5		DF	Gary Coulibaly	4	1	1	0	0	0	5	1
6		MF	Stéphane Dumont	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
8		MF	Ludovic Giuly	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
10		MF	Sambou Yatabaré	2	0	1	0	0	0	3	0
11		FW	Frédéric Nimani	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
11		FW	Ibrahima Touré	5	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
12		DF	Adriano	3	1	0	0	0	0	3	1
13		DF	Petter Hansson	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1
14		DF	Florian Pinteaux	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
15		MF	Thomas Mangani	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
17		FW	Terence Makengo	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
18		FW	Valère Germain	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
19		DF	Isaac Koné	2	1	0	0	0	0	2	1
21		DF	Gary Kagelmacher	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
20		MF	Vladimir Koman	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
24		MF	Nampalys Mendy	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1
25		MF	Valentin Eysseric	4	0	1	0	0	0	5	0
26		DF	Eric Marester	8	0	0	0	0	0	8	0
27		MF	Aadil Assana	2	0	1	0	0	0	3	0
28		MF	Edgar Salli	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
29		DF	Tristan Dingomé	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
30		GK	Johann Carrasso	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1
31		DF	Andreas Wolf	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
32		MF	Nabil Dirar	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
33		DF	Florian Pinteaux	3	0	1	0	0	0	4	0
36		DF	Giorgios Tzavelas	3	1	0	0	0	0	3	1
40		GK	Danijel Subašić	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
--		DF	Jérémy Labor	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
			TOTALS	64	7	6	0	0	0	70	7