en 2017–18 Stade Malherbe Caen season

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)
	← 2016–17 2018–19 →

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

Players

Current squad

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	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; some limited exceptions apply. 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

League table

Pos	Team v t e	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^[1]
(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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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	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
5	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

References

^ "League Table". Ligue1.com. Retrieved 12 August 2016.

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

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