2017–18 Stade Rennais FC season

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]

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)
Home colours Away colours Third colours
← 2016–17 2018–19 →

Players

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  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

Main article: 2017–18 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
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:

1. 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

Troyes v Rennes

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

Rennes v Lyon

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

Rennes v Dijon

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

Toulouse v Rennes

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

Marseille v Rennes

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

Rennes v Nice

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

Saint-Étienne v Rennes

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

Rennes v Caen

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

Guingamp v Rennes

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

Rennes v Lille

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

Montpellier v Rennes

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

Rennes v Bordeaux

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

Strasbourg v Rennes

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

Rennes v Nantes

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

Angers v Rennes

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

Rennes v Amiens

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

Metz v Rennes

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

Rennes v Paris Saint-Germain

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

Monaco v Rennes

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

Rennes v Marseille

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

Lille v Rennes

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

Rennes v Angers

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

Dijon v Rennes

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

Rennes v Guingamp

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

Lyon v Rennes

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

Caen v Rennes

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)

Rennes v Troyes

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

Amiens v Rennes

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

Rennes v Saint-Étienne

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

Bordeaux v Rennes

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

Rennes v Monaco

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

Nice v Rennes

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

Rennes v Metz

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

Nantes v Rennes

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

Rennes v Toulouse

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

Rennes v Strasbourg

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

Paris Saint-Germain v Rennes

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

Rennes v Montpellier

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

Main article: 2017–18 Coupe de France

Rennes v Paris Saint-Germain

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

Coupe de la Ligue

Main article: 2017–18 Coupe de la Ligue

Dijon v Rennes

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

Rennes v Marseille

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'	[citation needed]	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

Rennes v Toulouse

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'	[citation needed]	Sylla 40',  82' Sanogo 63' Diop  85' Jean  88'	Stadium: Roazhon Park Attendance: 16,766 Referee: Benoît Millot

Rennes v Paris Saint-Germain

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'	[citation needed]	Meunier 24' Marquinhos 53' Lo Celso 58' Mbappé  62' Neymar  90+3'	Stadium: Roazhon Park Attendance: 28,620 Referee: Mikael Lesage