2017–18 Stade Rennais F.C. 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. 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.)	Report	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'	Report	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'	Report	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'	Report	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'	Report	Meunier   24' Marquinhos   53' Lo Celso   58' Mbappé   62' Neymar   90+3'	Stadium: Roazhon Park Attendance: 28,620 Referee: Mikael Lesage

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