2018–19 Montpellier HSC season

The 2018–19 Montpellier HSC season was the 44th professional season of the club since its creation in 1974.

Montpellier

2018–19 season
Chairman	Laurent Nicollin
Manager	Michel Der Zakarian
Stadium	Stade de la Mosson
Ligue 1	6th
Coupe de France	Round of 64
Coupe de la Ligue	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	League: Andy Delort (14) All: Andy Delort (14)
Highest home attendance	League/All: 20,477 vs. PSG (30 April 2019)
Lowest home attendance	League: 10,630 vs. Strasbourg (15 September 2018) All: 6,774 vs. Nantes (30 October 2018, CdlL Ro32)
Average home league attendance	13,829
Biggest win	3–0 (30 September 2018 vs. Nîmes) (27 October 2018 at Toulouse) (4 November 2018 vs. Marseille)
Biggest defeat	1–5 (20 February 2019 at PSG)
Home colours Away colours Third colours
← 2017–18 2019–20 →

Players

Main article: List of Montpellier HSC players

For a list of all former and current Montpellier HSC players, see Category: Montpellier HSC 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.

As of 1 October 2018^[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 2 DF   FRA Ruben Aguilar 3 DF   FRA Daniel Congré 4 DF   BRA Vitorino Hilton (captain) 5 DF   POR Pedro Mendes 6 MF   FRA Junior Sambia 7 MF   FRA Paul Lasne 8 DF   CMR Ambroise Oyongo 10 FW   FRA Gaëtan Laborde 11 FW   FRA Andy Delort (on loan from Toulouse) 12 FW   FRA Bilal Boutobba 13 MF   TUN Ellyes Skhiri (vice-captain) 14 DF   FRA Damien Le Tallec 15 DF   FRA Bryan Passi 16 GK   FRA Dimitry Bertaud

No. Pos. Nation Player 17 FW   FRA Jérémie Porsan-Clemente 18 FW   FRA Yanis Ammour 19 FW   SEN Souleymane Camara 20 FW   RSA Keagan Dolly 21 MF   FRA Kylian Kaiboue 22 MF   FRA Killian Sanson 23 MF   URU Facundo Píriz 25 MF   FRA Florent Mollet 27 DF   FRA Clément Vidal 29 MF   FRA Amir Adouyev 30 GK   FRA Jonathan Ligali 31 DF   FRA Nicolas Cozza 32 FW   SRB Petar Škuletić 40 GK   FRA Benjamin Lecomte

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   FRA Morgan Poaty (at Troyes) — FW   BEL Isaac Mbenza (at Huddersfield Town)

No. Pos. Nation Player — FW   CIV Giovanni Sio (at Al-Ittihad)

Competitions

Ligue 1

Main article: 2018–19 Ligue 1

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
4	Saint-Étienne	38	19	9	10	59	41	+18	66	Qualification for the Europa League group stage
5	Marseille	38	18	7	13	60	52	+8	61
6	Montpellier	38	15	14	9	53	42	+11	59
7	Nice	38	15	11	12	30	35	−5	56
8	Reims	38	13	16	9	39	42	−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 scored; 7) Goals scored; 8) Away goals scored; 9) Most goals scored in single league match; 10) Fairplay ranking.^[2]

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	15	14	9	53	42	+11	59	8	8	3	31	20	+11	7	6	6	22	22	0

Last updated: 24 May 2019.
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	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A
Result	L	W	D	W	D	W	D	W	D	W	W	W	L	D	W	L	L	L	D	D	D	W	D	D	D	L	W	D	L	W	L	W	W	W	D	W	D	L
Position	13	11	12	7	6	3	5	3	4	3	3	2	3	3	2	3	3	4	4	5	6	6	5	5	6	7	7	7	8	7	8	6	6	5	5	5	5	6

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

Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss

Montpellier v Dijon

11 August 2018 1	Montpellier	1–2	Dijon	Montpellier
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Pedro Mendes   5',   33' Aguilar   81'	Report	Coulibaly   33',   90+1' Tavares   52' Yambéré   80'	Stadium: Stade de la Mosson Attendance: 12,765 Referee: Florent Batta

Amiens v Montpellier

18 August 2018 2	Amiens	1–2	Montpellier	Amiens
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Fofana   33' Konaté   82' (pen.)	Report	Mollet   52' Aguilar   64' Delort   66' Skhiri   71' Lasne   79'	Stadium: Stade de la Licorne Attendance: 10,397 Referee: Karim Abed

Montpellier v Saint-Étienne

25 August 2018 3	Montpellier	0–0	Saint-Étienne	Montpellier
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Hilton  46' Aguilar   50' Lasne   54'	Report		Stadium: Stade de la Mosson Attendance: 14,777 Referee: Jérôme Brisard

Reims v Montpellier

1 September 2018 4	Reims	0–1	Montpellier	Reims
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Oyongo   77'	Stadium: Stade Auguste Delaune Attendance: 12,042 Referee: Jérémy Stinat

Montpellier v Strasbourg

15 September 2018 5	Montpellier	1–1	Strasbourg	Montpellier
20:00	Le Tallec   51' Oyongo   59'	Report	Martin   28' Martinez   87' Mothiba   90+3'	Stadium: Stade de la Mosson Attendance: 10,630 Referee: Willy Delajod

Montpellier v Nice

22 September 2018 6	Montpellier	1–0	Nice	Montpellier
20:00	Laborde   35' Hilton   47' Sambia   50' Aguilar   90+1'	Report	Balotelli   53' Saint-Maximin   90+3'	Stadium: Stade de la Mosson Attendance: 11,015 Referee: Thomas Leonard

SM Caen v Montpellier

26 September 2018 7	SM Caen	2–2	Montpellier	Caen
19:00	Khaoui   10' Bammou   64' Ninga   79' Fajr   89'	Report	Delort   37' Le Tallec   52' Mollet   62' Hilton   83' Sambia   90+2'	Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano Attendance: 14,402 Referee: Antony Gautier

Montpellier v Nîmes

30 September 2018 8	Montpellier	3–0	Nîmes	Montpellier
17:00	Aguilar   3' Oyongo   28',   62' Delort   45+6' (pen.) Laborde   78'	Report	Lybohy   42' Diallo   45+2' Briançon   45+6'	Stadium: Stade de la Mosson Attendance: 20,054 Referee: Ruddy Buquet

Guingamp v Montpellier

6 October 2018 9	Guingamp	1–1	Montpellier	Guingamp
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Thuram   7' Benezet   64'	Report	Delort   30' Oyongo   31' Mollet   39'   39'	Stadium: Stade de Roudourou Attendance: 13,643 Referee: Jérémy Stinat

Montpellier v Bordeaux

21 October 2018 10	Montpellier	2–0	Bordeaux	Montpellier
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Laborde   17' Pedro Mendes   33' Skhiri   42' Delort   53' (pen.)	Report	Karamoh   42' Sabaly   47' Lerager   50' Pablo   53'	Stadium: Stade de la Mosson Attendance: 12,491 Referee: Frank Schneider

Toulouse v Montpellier

27 October 2018 11	Toulouse	0–3	Montpellier	Toulouse
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Durmaz   22' Jean   90+1'	Report	Delort   1',   24' Laborde   21' Reynet   90+3' (o.g.)	Stadium: Stadium Municipal Attendance: 14,107 Referee: Karim Abed

Montpellier v Marseille

4 November 2018 12	Montpellier	3–0	Marseille	Montpellier
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Laborde   51', 62' Lasne   70'	Report	Thauvin   30' Sanson   53' Gustavo   88'	Stadium: Stade de la Mosson Attendance: 19,683 Referee: Antony Gautier

Angers v Montpellier

10 November 2018 13	Angers	1–0	Montpellier	Angers
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Thomas   69' N'Doye   90+1'	Report	Laborde   12' Delort   50'	Stadium: Stade Raymond Kopa Attendance: 8,342 Referee: Jérémy Stinat

Montpellier v Rennes

25 November 2018 14	Montpellier	2–2	Rennes	Montpellier
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Le Tallec   24' Congré   37' Delort   45+1', 49' Pedro Mendes   85'	Report	Ben Arfa   5' Mexer   33' Bourigeaud   71' (pen.)	Stadium: Stade de la Mosson Attendance: 10,761 Referee: Jérôme Brisard

Monaco v Montpellier

1 December 2018 15	Monaco	1–2	Montpellier	Monaco
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Tielemans   42'	Report	Laborde   81' Škuletić   86'	Stadium: Stade Louis II Attendance: 6,725 Referee: Olivier Thual

Montpellier v Lille

4 December 2018 16	Montpellier	0–1	Lille	Montpellier
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Congré   52' Aguilar   74'	Report	Pépé   6' Ikoné   33' Xeka   51'	Stadium: Stade de la Mosson Attendance: 12,486 Referee: Mikael Lesage

Montpellier v Lyon

22 December 2018 19	Montpellier	1–1	Lyon	Montpellier
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Mendes   55' Aguilar   60',   81'	Report	Fekir   67',   72'	Stadium: Stade de la Mosson Attendance: 17,275 Referee: François Letexier

Nantes v Montpellier

8 January 2019 18	Nantes	2–0	Montpellier	Nantes
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Waris   62' Touré   64' Pallois   81'	Report	Mendes   11' Laborde   19' Lasne   88'	Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 15,780 Referee: Willy Delajod

Dijon v Montpellier

13 January 2019 20	Dijon	1–1	Montpellier	Dijon
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Saïd   54' Tavares   88' Lautoa   90'	Report	Le Tallec   61'	Stadium: Stade Gaston Gérard Attendance: 11,910 Referee: Benoît Bastien

Rennes v Montpellier

20 January 2019 21	Rennes	0–0	Montpellier	Rennes
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Da Silva   50' Sarr   74'	Report	Aguilar   41' Hilton   53'	Stadium: Roazhon Park Attendance: 23,990 Referee: Jérôme Miguelgorry

Montpellier v SM Caen

27 January 2019 22	Montpellier	2–0	SM Caen	Montpellier
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Laborde   51' Baysse   59' (o.g.) Sambia   84'	Report	Ninga   41'	Stadium: Stade de la Mosson Attendance: 11,001 Referee: Hakim Ben El Hadj

Nîmes v Montpellier

3 February 2019 23	Nîmes	1–1	Montpellier	Nîmes
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Landre   2' Alioui   68' Briançon   77'	Report	Mollet   45' Delort   73'	Stadium: Stade des Costières Attendance: 18,045 Referee: Antony Gautier

Montpellier v Monaco

10 February 2019 24	Montpellier	2–2	Monaco	Montpellier
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Skhiri   47' Laborde   66' Delort   90+1' (pen.)	Report	Martins   15' Silva   62' Falcao   68',   82' Jemerson   70'   90+4' Glik   90' Vinícius   90+3'	Stadium: Stade de la Mosson Attendance: 13,709 Referee: Frank Schneider

Lille v Montpellier

17 February 2019 25	Lille	0–0	Montpellier	Villeneuve-d'Ascq
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Xeka   37' Koné   44' Fonte   78'	Report	Hilton   29' Le Tallec   44' Congré   56'	Stadium: Stade Pierre-Mauroy Attendance: 36,967 Referee: Ruddy Buquet

Paris Saint-Germain v Montpellier

20 February 2019 17	Paris Saint-Germain	5–1	Montpellier	Paris
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Kurzawa   13' Di María   45+1' Dani Alves   64' Verratti   67' Škuletić   73' (o.g.) Hilton   78' (o.g.) Mbappé   79'	Report	Mollet   31' Oyongo   59'	Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 47,198 Referee: François Letexier
Note: The match, originally scheduled for 8 December 2018, was postponed due to security concerns as a result of the yellow vests movement.^[3]

Montpellier v Reims

24 February 2019 26	Montpellier	2–4	Reims	Montpellier
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Congré   6' Laborde   55'	Report	Oudin   27', 70' Zeneli   47' (pen.) Mendy   58' Chavarría   88'	Stadium: Stade de la Mosson Attendance: 11,124 Referee: Willy Delajod

Bordeaux v Montpellier

5 March 2019 27	Bordeaux	1–2	Montpellier	Bordeaux
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Bašić   35' De Préville   39'	Report	Lasne   20' Congré   42',   51'	Stadium: Matmut Atlantique Attendance: 14,522 Referee: Jérôme Brisard

Montpellier v Angers

10 March 2019 28	Montpellier	2–2	Angers	Montpellier
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Delort   3' Skhiri   16',   70' Mollet   68' Lasne   81'	Report	Pavlović   73' Fulgini   80' Bahoken   90+1'	Stadium: Stade de la Mosson Attendance: 10,931 Referee: Karim Abed

Lyon v Montpellier

17 March 2019 29	Lyon	3–2	Montpellier	Décines-Charpieu
14:30 CET (UTC+1)	Terrier   12' Dembélé   58' Rafael   62' Aouar   86'	Report	Delort   23' Mollet   36' Lasne   81' Camara   90+1'	Stadium: Parc Olympique Lyonnais Attendance: 47,134 Referee: Clément Turpin

Montpellier v Guingamp

3 April 2019 30	Montpellier	2–0	Guingamp	Montpellier
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Delort   22' Ristić   78'	Report	Merghem   67' Traoré   68'	Stadium: Stade de la Mosson Attendance: 11,187 Referee: Frank Schneider

Nice v Montpellier

7 April 2019 31	Nice	1–0	Montpellier	Nice
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Dante   20' Srarfi   83'	Report	Hilton   34'	Stadium: Allianz Riviera Attendance: 17,980 Referee: Ruddy Buquet

Montpellier v Toulouse

14 April 2019 32	Montpellier	2–1	Toulouse	Montpellier
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Mendes   51' Skhiri   55' Mollet   63' Camara   77'	Report	Sidibé   67' Jullien   86'	Stadium: Stade de la Mosson Attendance: 11,986 Referee: Benoît Millot

Strasbourg v Montpellier

20 April 2019 33	Strasbourg	1–3	Montpellier	Strasbourg
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Gonçalves   30' Martinez   34' Martin   83'	Report	Delort   22', 86' Mollet   28' Mendes   46' Oyongo   52'	Stadium: Stade de la Meinau Attendance: 25,192 Referee: François Letexier

Montpellier v Paris Saint-Germain

30 April 2019 34	Montpellier	3–2	Paris Saint-Germain	Montpellier
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Kimpembe   22' (o.g.) Suárez   45+1' Skhiri   56' Le Tallec   72' Delort   80' Camara   85'	Report	Oyongo   12' (o.g.) Kimpembe   29' Bernat   40' Di María   62' Dagba   76' Kurzawa   90'	Stadium: Stade de la Mosson Attendance: 20,477 Referee: Mikael Lesage

Montpellier v Amiens

5 May 2019 35	Montpellier	1–1	Amiens	Montpellier
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Mollet   82' Congré   90+5'	Report	Mendoza   66' Gurtner   82' Dibassy   90+1'	Stadium: Stade de la Mosson Attendance: 14,330 Referee: Olivier Thual

Saint-Étienne v Montpellier

10 May 2019 36	Saint-Étienne	0–1	Montpellier	Saint-Étienne
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Cabella   51'   62' Nordin   56'	Report	Mollet   42' Suárez   45+1' Congré   53' Skhiri   53' Lecomte   55' Laborde   64'	Stadium: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard Attendance: 35,644 Referee: Benoît Bastien

Montpellier v Nantes

18 May 2019 37	Montpellier	1–1	Nantes	Montpellier
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Mollet   76'	Report	Diego Carlos   2' Coulibaly   24' Touré   29' Pallois   90+6'	Stadium: Stade de la Mosson Attendance: 16,063 Referee: Ruddy Buquet

Marseille v Montpellier

24 May 2019 38	Marseille	1–0	Montpellier	Marseille
21:05 CEST (UTC+2)	Sanson   11' Thauvin   55' Balotelli   87' Hubočan   89'	Report		Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 53,788 Referee: Antony Gautier

Coupe de France

Main article: 2018–19 Coupe de France

L'Entente SSG v Montpellier

5 January 2019 Round of 64	L'Entente SSG	1–0	Montpellier	Saint-Gratien
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Ba   41' Géran   90+3'	Report	Le Tallec   74'	Stadium: Parc des Sports Michel Hidalgo Attendance: 3,557 Referee: Ruddy Buquet

Coupe de la Ligue

Main article: 2018–19 Coupe de la Ligue

Montpellier v Nantes

30 October 2018 Round of 32	Montpellier	0–3	Nantes	Montpellier
18:45 CET (UTC+1)	Cozza   42' Mendes   74'	Report	Waris   24',   80' Evangelist   35' Coulibaly   58' Girotto   74' Rongier   84' Sala   90+4'	Stadium: Stade de la Mosson Attendance: 6,774 Referee: Olivier Thual

Statistics

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Ligue 1		Coupe de France		Coupe de la Ligue
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
16	GK	FRA	Dimitry Bertaud	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
30	GK	FRA	Jonathan Ligali	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
40	GK	FRA	Benjamin Lecomte	38	0	37	0	1	0	0	0
Defenders
2	DF	FRA	Ruben Aguilar	30	1	29	1	1	0	0	0
3	DF	FRA	Daniel Congré	39	2	37	2	1	0	1	0
4	DF	BRA	Vitorino Hilton	37	0	36	0	0	0	1	0
5	DF	POR	Pedro Mendes	32	1	31	1	0	0	1	0
8	DF	CMR	Ambroise Oyongo	27	2	25+1	2	1	0	0	0
14	DF	FRA	Damien Le Tallec	37	3	31+5	3	1	0	0	0
15	DF	FRA	Bryan Passi	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
24	DF	URU	Mathías Suárez	10	0	7+3	0	0	0	0	0
26	DF	SRB	Mihailo Ristić	10	1	3+7	1	0	0	0	0
27	DF	FRA	Clément Vidal	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
31	DF	FRA	Nicolas Cozza	14	0	11+1	0	1	0	1	0
Midfielders
6	MF	FRA	Junior Sambia	32	0	7+23	0	1	0	1	0
7	MF	FRA	Paul Lasne	37	2	18+17	2	1	0	1	0
13	MF	TUN	Ellyes Skhiri	38	3	35+2	3	1	0	0	0
21	MF	FRA	Kylian Kaiboue	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	MF	FRA	Killian Sanson	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	MF	URU	Facundo Píriz	7	0	0+6	0	0	0	1	0
25	MF	FRA	Florent Mollet	33	6	31+1	6	0	0	0+1	0
29	MF	FRA	Amir Adouyev	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Forwards
10	FW	FRA	Gaëtan Laborde	38	11	35+1	11	1	0	0+1	0
11	FW	FRA	Andy Delort	38	14	36	14	1	0	0+1	0
12	FW	FRA	Bilal Boutobba	2	0	0+2	0	0	0	0	0
17	FW	FRA	Jérémie Porsan-Clemente	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
18	FW	FRA	Yanis Ammour	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
19	FW	SEN	Souleymane Camara	13	3	0+12	3	0	0	1	0
20	FW	RSA	Keagan Dolly	4	0	2+1	0	0+1	0	0	0
32	FW	SRB	Petar Škuletić	30	1	4+24	1	0+1	0	1	0
Players transferred out during the season
—	FW	CIV	Giovanni Sio	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Last updated: 24 May 2019
Source: Competitions

References

1. "Équipe pro Saison 2018 / 2019". mhscfoot.com. Retrieved 24 July 2018.
2. "League Table". Ligue1.com. Retrieved 12 August 2016.
3. "France protests: Three more Ligue 1 games postponed, including Monaco v Nice". BBC Sport. 6 December 2018. Retrieved 16 December 2018.