2015–16 Toulouse FC season

The 2015–16 Toulouse FC season is the 46th professional season of the club since its creation in 1970.

Toulouse

2015–16 season
Chairman	Olivier Sadran
Manager	Dominique Arribagé (Until 27 February) Pascal Dupraz (From 2 March)
Stadium	Stadium Municipal
Ligue 1	17th
Coupe de France	Round of 32
Coupe de la Ligue	Semi-final
Top goalscorer	League: Wissam Ben Yedder (17) All: Wissam Ben Yedder (23)
Highest home attendance	30,178 vs Paris Saint-Germain (16 January 2016)
Lowest home attendance	6,298 vs Auxerre (28 October 2015)
Home colours Away colours Third colours
← 2014–15 2016–17 →

Players

Main article: List of Toulouse FC players

For a list of all former and current Toulouse FC players, see Category:Toulouse FC 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.

First team squad

As of 2 February 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   URU Mauro Goicoechea 2 DF   FRA Maxime Spano 3 DF   CMR Jean-Armel Kana-Biyik 4 MF   MLI Tongo Doumbia 5 DF   FRA Issa Diop 6 DF   BRA William Matheus 7 MF   CIV Jean-Daniel Akpa Akpro (captain) 8 MF   FRA Étienne Didot 9 FW   DEN Martin Braithwaite 10 FW   FRA Wissam Ben Yedder 11 FW   SRB Aleksandar Pešić 12 FW   FRA Youssef Benali 13 MF   FRA Zinédine Machach 14 MF   FRA Pantxi Sirieix

No. Pos. Nation Player 15 DF   SRB Uroš Spajić 16 GK   FRA Marc Vidal 17 MF   MAR Adrien Regattin 18 MF   ARG Óscar Trejo 19 MF   BRA Somália 20 DF   BFA Steeve Yago 23 MF   FRA Yann Bodiger 24 DF   SRB Pavle Ninkov 25 FW   FRA Sana Zaniou 26 DF   FRA Marcel Tisserand (on loan from Monaco) 27 MF   FRA Alexis Blin 28 MF   ROU Mihai Roman 29 DF   SUI François Moubandje 40 GK   FRA Alban Lafont

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   GUI Issiaga Sylla (on loan to Gazélec Ajaccio) — DF   SRB Dušan Veškovac (on loan to Troyes)

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF   POL Dominik Furman (on loan to Hellas Verona) — MF   COL Abel Aguilar (on loan to Belenenses)

Transfers

Transfers in

Date	Pos.	Player	Age	Moved from	Fee	Notes
1 July 2015	GK	Mauro Goicoechea	27	Arouca	Undisclosed
7 August 2015	MF	Somália	26	Ferencváros	Undisclosed

Loans in

Date	Pos.	Player	Age	Loaned from	Return date	Notes
21 July 2015	DF	Marcel Tisserand	22	Monaco	30 June 2016	^[2]

Transfers out

Date	Pos.	Player	Age	Moved to	Fee	Notes
1 July 2015	DF	Serge Aurier	22	Paris Saint-Germain	£7 million
1 July 2015	GK	Zacharie Boucher	23	Auxerre	Undisclosed
1 July 2015	GK	Lionel Mpasi	20	Unattached	Released
1 July 2015	FW	Amadou Soukouna	23	Unattached	Released
21 January 2016	DF	Dragoș Grigore	29	Al-Sailiya SC	Undisclosed	^[3]
26 January 2016	GK	Ali Ahamada	24	Kayserispor	Undisclosed	^[4]
2 February 2016	MF	Abel Aguilar	31	Belenenses	Undisclosed	^[5]

Loans out

Date	Pos.	Player	Age	Loaned to	Return date	Notes
1 July 2015	DF	Dragoș Grigore	28	Al-Sailiya SC	30 June 2016
4 July 2015	DF	Issiaga Sylla	21	Gazélec Ajaccio	30 June 2016
31 August 2015	DF	Dušan Veškovac	29	Troyes	30 June 2016
1 February 2016	MF	Dominik Furman	23	Hellas Verona	30 June 2016	^[6]

Competitions

Ligue 1

Main article: 2015–16 Ligue 1

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
15	Lorient	38	11	13	14	47	58	−11	46
16	Guingamp	38	11	11	16	47	56	−9	44
17	Toulouse	38	9	13	16	45	55	−10	40
18	Reims (R)	38	10	9	19	44	57	−13	39	Relegation to Ligue 2^[a]
19	Gazélec Ajaccio (R)	38	8	13	17	37	58	−21	37

Source: Ligue 1, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Fairplay ranking.^[9]
(R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Starting this season, Ligue 1 decided to reduce the number of relegation spots from three to two.^[7] However, the decision was appealed and overturned so three teams were relegated.^[8]

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	9	13	16	45	55	−10	40	6	7	6	29	21	+8	3	6	10	16	34	−18

Last updated: 14 May 2016.
Source: Competitive matches

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	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	W	L	D	L	D	D	D	L	D	L	L	D	L	L	W	W	L	D	D	W	L	L	L	L	D	L	D	L	D	W	L	W	W	D	L	D	W	W
Position	5	10	11	14	16	17	15	17	17	17	18	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	18	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	17	17

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

Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss

Toulouse v Saint-Étienne

9 August 2015 1	Toulouse	2–1	Saint-Étienne	Toulouse
17:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Braithwaite   26' Ben Yedder   53' Pešić   87'	Report	Perrin   17' Théophile-Catherine   66'	Stadium: Stadium Municipal Attendance: 15,158 Referee: Bartolomeu Varela

Caen v Toulouse

15 August 2015 2	Caen	1–0	Toulouse	Caen
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Adeoti   45+1' Da Silva   69'	Report	Didot   69' Ben Yedder   78' Doumbia   89' Spajić   90'	Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano Attendance: 16,791 Referee: Stéphane Jochem

Toulouse v Monaco

22 August 2015 3	Toulouse	1–1	Monaco	Toulouse
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Doumbia   22'	Report	Wallace   50' Touré   57' Lemar   65' Traoré   80' Silva   87'	Stadium: Stadium Municipal Attendance: 12,748 Referee: Stephane Lannoy

Rennes v Toulouse

29 August 2015 4	Rennes	3–1	Toulouse	Rennes
20:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Yago   17' (o.g.) Fernandes   55' Armand   68' Henrique   75' Sio   90'	Report	Braithwaite   5' Akpa Akpro   55' Tisserand   65' Goicoechea   67'	Stadium: Roazhon Park Attendance: 18,560 Referee: Benoît Millot

Toulouse v Reims

12 September 2015 5	Toulouse	2–2	Reims	Toulouse
20:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Trejo   20' Kana-Biyik   28' Braithwaite   30' Akpa Akpro   71'	Report	Siebatcheu   56' Oniangue   68' Bulot   80' Devaux   90+4'	Stadium: Stadium Municipal Attendance: 11,766 Referee: Fredy Fautrel

Bordeaux v Toulouse

20 September 2015 6	Bordeaux	1–1	Toulouse	Bordeaux
14:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Pallois   18' Biyogo Poko   56' Crivelli   89'	Report	Regattin   23',   57' Bodiger   45+1' Trejo   77'	Stadium: Nouveau Stade de Bordeaux Attendance: 20,650 Referee: Mikaël Lesage

Toulouse v Marseille

23 September 2015 7	Toulouse	1–1	Marseille	Toulouse
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Moubandje   35'   84' Braithwaite   67' Doumbia   85' Akpa Akpro   87' Yago   87'	Report	Mendy   78' Batshuayi   90'	Stadium: Stadium Municipal Attendance: 18,350 Referee: Antony Gautier

Bastia v Toulouse

26 September 2015 8	Bastia	3–0	Toulouse	Furiani
20:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Cahuzac   2' Palmieri   8' Squillaci   31', 43' Mostefa   38' Marange   86'	Report	Regattin   2' Spajić   49' Blin   59'	Stadium: Stade Armand Cesari Attendance: 10,658 Referee: Hakim Ben El Hadj

Gazélec Ajaccio v Toulouse

3 October 2015 9	Gazélec Ajaccio	2–2	Toulouse	Ajaccio, Corsica
20:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Filippi   16' Mayi   25' Pujol   41',   44' Ducourtioux   66'	Report	Braithwaite   21' Bodiger   47' Sylla   49' (o.g.)	Stadium: Stade Ange Casanova Attendance: 3,465 Referee: Frank Schneider

Toulouse v Angers

17 October 2015 10	Toulouse	1–2	Angers	Toulouse
20:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Trejo   24' Tisserand   84'	Report	Ndoye   27' Camara   34' Sissoko   83'	Stadium: Stadium Municipal Attendance: 13,887 Referee: Amaury Delerue

Lyon v Toulouse

23 October 2015 11	Lyon	3–0	Toulouse	Lyon
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Darder   18' Morel   51' Valbuena   69' Cornet   90+4'	Report	Moubandje   29' Bodiger   31' Akpa Akpro   44' Trejo   50'	Stadium: Stade de Gerland Attendance: 32,327 Referee: Nicolas Rainville

Toulouse v Montpellier

31 October 2015 12	Toulouse	1–1	Montpellier	Toulouse
20:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Akpa Akpro   25' Machach   35',   39' Regattin   85' Bodiger   89'	Report	Roussillon   34' Casimir Ninga   58' Bensebaini   90+3'	Stadium: Stadium Municipal Attendance: 8,883 Referee: Stéphane Lannoy

Paris Saint-Germain v Toulouse

7 November 2015 13	Paris Saint-Germain	5–0	Toulouse	Paris
17:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Di María   6' Ibrahimović   18', 45' Lucas   66' Lavezzi   79' David Luiz   88' Stambouli   90'	Report	Tisserand   34'	Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 47,381 Referee: Johan Hamel

Guingamp v Toulouse

21 November 2015 14	Guingamp	2–0	Toulouse	Guingamp
20:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Diallo   27' Privat   32',   59' Salibur   70' Lévêque   73'	Report	Machach   24' Matheus   38' Bodiger   41' Kana-Biyik   83'	Stadium: Stade du Roudourou Attendance: 12,737 Referee: Wilfried Bien

Toulouse v Nice

28 November 2015 15	Toulouse	2–0	Nice	Toulouse
20:00 CE1T (UTC+01:00)	Somália   15' Braithwaite   31' (pen.) Ben Yedder   58' Machach   60'	Report	Hassen   39' Pied   60' Le Marchand   90+2'	Stadium: Stadium Municipal Attendance: 9,956 Referee: Saïd Ennjimi

Troyes v Toulouse

2 December 2015 16	Troyes	0–3	Toulouse	Troyes
19:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Darbion	Report	Diop   2' Tisserand   31'   66' Akpa Akpro   49',   82' Pešić   86'	Stadium: Stade de l'Aube Attendance: 10,183 Referee: Sébastien Moreira

Toulouse v Lorient

5 December 2015 17	Toulouse	2–3	Lorient	Toulouse
20:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Bodiger   20' Kana-Biyik   41' Ben Yedder   59'	Report	Jeannot   27',   47', 48' Bellugou   46' Mesloub   76'	Stadium: Stadium Municipal Attendance: 14,354 Referee: Stéphane Jochem

Nantes v Toulouse

12 December 2015 18	Nantes	1–1	Toulouse	Nantes
20:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Deaux   35' Audel   53' Sala   85',   86' Henry   90+1'	Report	Doumbia   26' Pešić   53' Ben Yedder   57' Matheus   83' Bodiger   87' Diop   90+1'	Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 18,851 Referee: Hakim Ben El Hadj

Toulouse v Lille

19 December 2015 19	Toulouse	1–1	Lille	Toulouse
20:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Ben Yedder   12' Machach   43' Akpa Akpro   60' Doumbia	Report	Obbadi   45+2' Boufal   87'	Stadium: Stadium Municipal Attendance: 14,843 Referee: Ruddy Buquet

Reims v Toulouse

9 January 2016 20	Reims	1–3	Toulouse	Reims
20:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Devaux   12',   79' Mandi   27' Traoré   46'	Report	Akpa Akpro   29' Blin   40' Tisserand   44' Ben Yedder   51', 66', 89' Trejo   59'	Stadium: Stade Auguste Delaune Attendance: 13,192 Referee: Mikaël Lesage

Toulouse v Paris Saint-Germain

16 January 2016 21	Toulouse	0–1	Paris Saint-Germain	Toulouse
17:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Akpa Akpro   72'	Report	Ibrahimović   73'	Stadium: Stadium Municipal Attendance: 30,178 Referee: Bartolomeu Varela

Monaco v Toulouse

24 January 2016 22	Monaco	4–0	Toulouse	Fontvieille
14:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Bakayoko   24' Silva   28',   40' Coentrão   36' Carvalho   39' Carrillo   70' Costa   90+2'	Report	Somália   35'	Stadium: Stade Louis II Attendance: 5,628 Referee: Hakim Ben El Hadj

Toulouse v Guingamp

30 January 2016 23	Toulouse	1–2	Guingamp	Toulouse
20:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Akpa Akpro   37' Ben Yedder   64' (pen.) Diop   47'   90+2'	Report	Younousse Sankharé   12'   88' Giresse   29' Briand   72' Kerbrat   79' Mathis   90'	Stadium: Stade Municipal Attendance: 20,097 Referee: Sébastien Moreira

Nice v Toulouse

3 February 2016 24	Nice	1–0	Toulouse	Nice
19:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Pied   70' Ben Arfa   82'	Report	Blin   71'	Stadium: Allianz Riviera Attendance: 12,828 Referee: François Letexier

Toulouse v Nantes

6 February 2016 25	Toulouse	0–0	Nantes	Toulouse
20:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Trejo   36' Moubandje   90'	Report	Sabaly   16' Thomasson   37' Sala   86' Bammou   90'	Stadium: Stadium Municipal Attendance: 11,570 Referee: Lionel Jaffredo

Montpellier v Toulouse

13 February 2016 26	Montpellier	2–0	Toulouse	Montpellier
20:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Yatabaré   24' Camara   88'	Report	Regattin   21' Moubandje   82'	Stadium: Stade de la Mosson Attendance: 14,616 Referee: Saïd Ennjimi

Toulouse v Gazélec Ajaccio

20 February 2016 27	Toulouse	1–1	Gazélec Ajaccio	Toulouse
20:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Blin   82' Braithwaite   90+1'	Report	Filippi   39' Sylla   36'   79' Ducourtioux   49' Mayi   59' Touré   87'	Stadium: Stade Municipal Attendance: 19,173 Referee: Fredy Fautrel

Toulouse v Rennes

27 February 2016 28	Toulouse	1–2	Rennes	Toulouse
20:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Bodiger   57' Akpa Akpro   74' Ben Yedder   78'	Report	Dembélé   80' Grosicki   90+2'	Stadium: Stade Municipal Attendance: 11,627 Referee: Stéphane Jochem

Marseille v Toulouse

6 March 2016 29	Marseille	1–1	Toulouse	Marseille
14:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Rekik   28' Rolando   59' Somália   74' (o.g.)	Report	Blin   36' Ben Yedder   55'	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 41,080 Referee: Benoît Millot

Toulouse v Bordeaux

12 March 2016 30	Toulouse	4–0	Bordeaux	Toulouse
20:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Ben Yedder   5', 50' (pen.) Braithwaite   51',   86' (pen.) Diop   81' Tisserand   90' Trejo   90'	Report	Chantôme   25' Sané   49' Biyogo Poko   51' Ounas   62'	Stadium: Stadium Municipal Attendance: 12,292 Referee: Stéphane Lannoy

Lille v Toulouse

19 March 2016 31	Lille	1–0	Toulouse	Villeneuve-d'Ascq
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Amalfitano   17' Éder   40' Civelli   43' Boufal   90+3'	Report	Diop   54' Doumbia   57' Yago   68'	Stadium: Stade Pierre-Mauroy Attendance: 29,736 Referee: Bartolomeu Varela

Toulouse v Caen

2 April 2016 32	Toulouse	2–0	Caen	Toulouse
20:00 CET (UTC+2)	Rodelin   30' (o.g.) Diop   47' Braithwaite   84'	Report	Seube   74'	Stadium: Stadium Municipal Attendance: 14,002 Referee: François Letexier

Toulouse v Bastia

9 April 2016 33	Toulouse	4–0	Bastia	Toulouse
20:00 CET (UTC+2)	Ben Yedder   57',   80' Braithwaite   62' Doumbia   67' Trejo   70'	Report	Cahuzac	Stadium: Stadium Municipal Attendance: 17,407 Referee: Ruddy Buquet

Lorient v Toulouse

16 April 2016 34	Lorient	1–1	Toulouse	Lorient
20:00 CET (UTC+2)	Abdullah   78' Toure   90+1'	Report	Ben Yedder   49' Trejo   74' Moubandje   77'	Stadium: Stade du Moustoir Attendance: 13,212 Referee: Stéphane Lannoy

Toulouse v Lyon

23 April 2016 35	Toulouse	2–3	Lyon	Toulouse
17:30 CET (UTC+1)	Regattin   34' Tisserand   50' Ben Yedder   82' Sirieix   83'	Report	Valbuena   13' Grenier   73' Lacazette   80' Lopes   83' Toliso   85',   90+4'	Stadium: Stadium Municipal Attendance: 24,316 Referee: Clément Turpin

Saint-Étienne v Toulouse

30 April 2016 36	Saint-Étienne	0–0	Toulouse	Saint-Étienne
17:00 CET (UTC+02:00)	Sall   23' Clément   29' Perrin   77'	Report	Diop   43' Yago   45+1'	Stadium: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard Attendance: 30,578 Referee: Lionel Jaffredo

Toulouse v Troyes

7 May 2016 37	Toulouse	1–0	Troyes	Toulouse
21:00 CET (UTC+2)	Trejo   53'   86' Akpa Akpro   86'	Report	Azamoum   18' Saunier   50' Ben Saada   88'	Stadium: Stadium Municipal Attendance: 29,444 Referee: Anthony Gautier

Angers v Toulouse

14 May 2016 38	Angers	2–3	Toulouse	Angers
21:00 CET (UTC+02:00)	Bouka Moutou   2' Ketkeophomphone   12' Benrahma   63' Bourillon   69' Yattara   75' Saïss   79'	Report	Ben Yedder   59' Yago   74' Braithwaite   78' Bodiger   80'	Stadium: Stade Jean-Bouin Attendance: 15,131 Referee: Stéphane Moulin

Coupe de France

Main article: 2015–16 Coupe de France

L'Entente SSG v Toulouse

2 January 2016 Round of 64	L'Entente SSG	0–5	Toulouse	Sannois
18:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Kouang   16'	Report	Ben Yedder   18' Moubandje   22' Trejo   32' Braithwaite   37', 56' Somália   54'	Stadium: Parc des Sports Michel Hidalgo Attendance: 3,353 Referee: François Letexier

Paris Saint-Germain v Toulouse

19 January 2016 Round of 32	Paris Saint-Germain	2–1	Toulouse	Paris
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	David Luiz   54'   73' Di María   59' Ibrahimović   89' (pen.)	Report	Moubandje   11' Ninkov   64' Regattin   89'	Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Tony Chapron

Coupe de la Ligue

Main article: 2015–16 Coupe de la Ligue

Toulouse v Auxerre

28 October 2015 Round of 32	Toulouse	3–3 (a.e.t.) (2–1 p)	Auxerre	Toulouse
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Ben Yedder   73', 88' Ninkov   81' Matheus   89' Bodiger   114'	Report	Kılıç   32' Konaté   70'   83' Sefil   82',   89' Courtet   103'	Stadium: Stadium Municipal Attendance: 6,298 Referee: Aurélien Petit
	Penalties
	Ben Yedder   Regattin   Braithwaite   Spajić		Bouby   Diaw   Courtet   Hountondji   Sefil

Rennes v Toulouse

15 December 2015 Round of 16	Rennes	1–3	Toulouse	Rennes
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Sylla   16' Fernandes   21' Diagné   57' (pen.)	Report	Ben Yedder   13', 32' Regattin   84' Machach   90'	Stadium: Roazhon Park Attendance: 14,672 Referee: Benoît Bastien

Toulouse v Marseille

13 January 2016 Quarter-final	Toulouse	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Marseille	Toulouse
17:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Ben Yedder   25' Diop   94' Braithwaite   99'	Report	Nkoudou   27' Rolando   78' Sparagna   87'	Stadium: Stadium Municipal Attendance: 18,163 Referee: Benoît Millot

Paris Saint-Germain v Toulouse

27 January 2016 Semi-finals	Paris Saint-Germain	2–0	Toulouse	Paris
21:05 CET (UTC+01:00)	Lavezzi   65' Aurier   69' Di María   72' Kimpembe   89'	Report		Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 46,897 Referee: Amaury Delerue

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