2018–19 Stade Malherbe Caen season

SM Caen
2018–19 season
Chairman	Gilles Sergent
Manager	Fabien Mercadal
Stadium	Stade Michel d'Ornano
Ligue 1	19th (relegated)
Coupe de France	Quarter-finals
Coupe de la Ligue	Third round
Highest home attendance	20,076 v. PSG; (2 March 2019)
Lowest home attendance	11,631 v. Toulouse; (18 December 2018)
Average home league attendance	16,654
Biggest win	6–0 at Viry-Châtillon; (23 January 2019, CdF Ro32)
Biggest defeat	0–5 v. Saint-Étienne; (16 March 2019)
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2017–18 2019–20 →

The 2018–19 Stade Malherbe Caen season was the 106th season of the club since its creation in 1913, the 18th, in Ligue 1. Caen competed in three domestic competitions - Ligue 1, the Coupe de France, and the Coupe de la Ligue. The club finished the league season in 19th place and were relegated to Ligue 2 for the 2019–20 campaign, ending a spell of five consecutive seasons in the top flight.

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	Erwin Zelazny
2	DF	FRA	Paul Baysse
3	DF	FRA	Yoël Armougom
4	MF	CIV	Ismaël Diomandé
5	MF	GUI	Baïssama Sankoh
6	MF	CGO	Prince Oniangué
7	MF	TUN	Saîf-Eddine Khaoui
9	MF	SVN	Jan Repas
10	MF	MAR	Fayçal Fajr
11	FW	CHA	Casimir Ninga
12	MF	FRA	Claudio Beauvue
13	FW	FRA	Evens Joseph
14	DF	FRA	Jonathan Gradit
15	DF	BEN	Emmanuel Imorou
16	GK	FRA	Thomas Callens


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
17	MF	FRA	Jessy Deminguet
18	FW	MAR	Yacine Bammou
19	FW	FRA	Malik Tchokounté
20	DF	FRA	Issa Marega
21	DF	FRA	Frédéric Guilbert
22	DF	SEN	Adama Mbengue
23	DF	FRA	Mouhamadou Dabo
24	DF	FRA	Alexander Djiku
27	FW	FRA	Enzo Crivelli
29	DF	HAI	Romain Genevois
30	GK	FRA	Brice Samba
32	DF	COM	Chaker Alhadhur
33	DF	FRA	Younn Zahary
40	GK	FRA	Paul Reulet
-	MF	FRA	Aly Ndom

Competitions

Ligue 1

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
16	Toulouse	38	8	14	16	35	57	−22	38
17	Monaco	38	8	12	18	38	57	−19	36
18	Dijon (O)	38	9	7	22	31	60	−29	34	Qualification for the Relegation play-offs
19	Caen (R)	38	7	12	19	29	54	−25	33	Relegation to Ligue 2
20	Guingamp (R)	38	5	12	21	28	68	−40	27	Relegation to Ligue 2

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.^[1]
(O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated

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	7	12	19	29	54	−25	33	4	5	10	16	27	−11	3	7	9	13	27	−14

Last updated: 24 May 2019.
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	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	L	D	D	W	D	L	D	W	L	D	L	L	D	L	D	L	D	W	D	L	L	L	L	L	D	D	L	L	L	W	L	L	W	W	D	W	L	L
Position	19	15	16	12	13	17	16	10	15	12	15	16	17	17	16	17	18	16	16	16	16	17	17	19	19	18	18	19	20	18	19	20	19	18	18	18	18	19

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

Matches

Win Draw Loss

12 August 2018 1	Paris Saint-Germain	3–0	Caen	Paris
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Neymar 10' Rabiot 35' Weah 89'	Report		Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 47,289 Referee: Benoît Bastien

18 August 2018 2	Caen	1–1	Nice	Caen
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Bammou 21' 52' (pen.) Imorou 80'	Report	Hérelle 51' Makengo 76' Ganago 82'	Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano Attendance: 16,132 Referee: Éric Wattellier

25 August 2018 3	Nantes	1–1	Caen	Nantes
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Coulibaly 5' Waris 69' Sala 80' (pen.)	Report	Baysse 26', 79' Crivelli 37' Djiku 73'	Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 19,674 Referee: Hakim Ben El Hadj

1 September 2018 4	Dijon	0–2	Caen	Dijon
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Crivelli 21' Djiku 35' Samba 77' Beauvue 80' 90+4'	Stadium: Stade Gaston Gérard Attendance: 13,382 Referee: Nicolas Rainville

15 September 2018 5	Caen	2–2	Lyon	Caen
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Fajr 30' Beauvue 55' (pen.) Djiku 55' Oniangué 73' Sankoh 90+4'	Report	Mendy 19' 88' Fekir 45' Rafael 86'	Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano Attendance: 17,676 Referee: Johan Hamel

22 September 2018 6	Saint-Étienne	2–1	Caen	Saint-Étienne
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Khazri 34' 48' (pen.) Kolodziejczak 49' 65'	Report	Guilbert 8' Fajr 31' Diomandé 35' Mbengue 47'	Stadium: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard Attendance: 23,895 Referee: Ruddy Buquet

26 September 2018 7	Caen	2–2	Montpellier	Caen
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	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

29 September 2018 8	Caen	1–0	Amiens	Caen
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Ninga 40' (pen.) Fajr 48' Crivelli 90+4'	Report	Gnahoré 28', 69'	Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano Attendance: 15,007 Referee: Benoît Bastien

7 October 2018 9	Marseille	2–0	Caen	Marseille
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Mitroglou 36' Thauvin 45' Gustavo 66' Payet 66' Ocampos 75'	Report	Crivelli 26' Ninga 45+5' Guilbert 66' Baysse 66' Djiku 90+2'	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 55,935 Referee: Benoît Millot

20 October 2018 10	Caen	0–0	Guingamp	Caen
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano Attendance: 16,009 Referee: Hakim Ben El Hadj

27 October 2018 11	Lille	1–0	Caen	Villeneuve-d'Ascq
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Leão 56'	Report	Imorou 26' Oniangué 33'	Stadium: Stade Pierre-Mauroy Attendance: 33,362 Referee: Florent Batta

3 November 2018 12	Caen	1–2	Rennes	Caen
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Guilbert 10' Mbengue 34' Crivelli 90+1'	Report	Grenier 26' Hunou 60' Sarr 69' Del Castillo 84'	Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano Attendance: 17,284 Referee: Amaury Delerue

11 November 2018 (2018-11-11) 13	Bordeaux	0–0	Caen	Bordeaux
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Palencia 20' Lerager 28' Kamano 44' Tchouaméni 55'	Report	Sankoh 21' Mbengue 29' Guilbert 44'	Stadium: Matmut Atlantique Attendance: 15,352 Referee: Nicolas Rainville

24 November 2018 14	Caen	0–1	Monaco	Caen
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Ninga 38' Baysse 52'	Report	Falcao 55' Golovin 77' Pierre-Gabriel 90+6' Aït Bennasser 90+7'	Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano Attendance: 15,013 Referee: Thomas Leonard

1 December 2018 15	Angers	1–1	Caen	Angers
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	N'Doye 5' Capelle 50'	Report	Diomandé 10' Fajr 53' Beauvue 62'	Stadium: Stade Raymond Kopa Attendance: 8,523 Referee: Willy Delajod

5 December 2018 16	Caen	1–2	Nîmes	Caen
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Djiku 59' Oniangué 90'	Report	Bozok 18' Alakouch 70' Savanier 89' Paquiez 90+1' Landre 90+5'	Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano Attendance: 14,501 Referee: Florent Batta

9 December 2018 17	Strasbourg	2–2	Caen	Strasbourg
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Martinez 5' Mothiba 23' Sissoko 85'	Report	Fajr 22' Khaoui 80' Zahary 90+2'	Stadium: Stade de la Meinau Attendance: 25,048 Referee: Olivier Thual

18 December 2018 18	Caen	2–1	Toulouse	Caen
19:30 CET (UTC+1)	Khaoui 18' Armougom 35' Crivelli 84' Fajr 90+9' (pen.)	Report	Gradel 44' Cahuzac 49' Amian 86'	Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano Attendance: 11,631 Referee: Antony Gautier

22 December 2018 19	Reims	2–2	Caen	Reims
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Suk 1', 7' Abdelhamid 26' Engels 53', 89'	Report	Guilbert 16' Ninga 28' Crivelli 45' Armougom 64' Tchokounté 89'	Stadium: Stade Auguste-Delaune Attendance: 11,017 Referee: Jérôme Miguelgorry

11 January 2019 20	Caen	1–3	Lille	Caen
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Crivelli 27' Diomandé 42' Guilbert 44' Ninga 90+5'	Report	Pépé 8' Soumaoro 14' Leão 20' Çelik 85' Araújo 90+3'	Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano Attendance: 16,018 Referee: Thomas Léonard

20 January 2019 21	Caen	0–1	Marseille	Caen
17:00 CET (UTC+1)	Crivelli 6' Ninga 30' Guilbert 45+1', 51' Bammou 49' Sankoh 89'	Report	Strootman 6' Amavi 35' Sanson 47' Sarr 61'	Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano Attendance: 19,607 Referee: Frank Schneider

27 January 2019 22	Montpellier	2–0	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

9 February 2019 24	Amiens	1–0	Caen	Amiens
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Konaté 64'	Report		Stadium: Stade de la Licorne Attendance: 9,373 Referee: Eric Wattellier

13 February 2019 23	Caen	0–1	Nantes	Caen
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Guilbert 55' Diomandé 59' Armougom 71' Djiku 78'	Report	Girotto 26' 34' Pallois 34' Rongier 80' (pen.)	Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano Attendance: 16,627 Referee: Willy Delajod

17 February 2019 25	Caen	0–0	Strasbourg	Caen
15:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Sissoko 38' Martinez 45' Ajorque 68'	Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano Attendance: 14,290 Referee: Thomas Leonard

24 February 2019 26	Toulouse	1–1	Caen	Toulouse
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Sanogo 9' Cahuzac 54' Gradel 90+1'	Report	Diomandé 45+1' 90' Crivelli 45+3' Guilbert 58'	Stadium: Stadium Municipal Attendance: 20,439 Referee: François Letexier

2 March 2019 27	Caen	1–2	Paris Saint-Germain	Caen
17:00 CET (UTC+1)	Crivelli 1' Ninga 56', 57'	Report	Mbappé 59' (pen.), 87' Alves 66'	Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano Attendance: 20,076 Referee: Hakim Ben El Hadj

10 March 2019 28	Rennes	3–1	Caen	Rennes
17:00 CET (UTC+1)	Bourigeaud 40' Grenier 43' Hunou 58' Niang 62' Bensebaini 81'	Report	Ninga 20' Armougom 25' 35' Fajr 45+3' Oniangué 70'	Stadium: Roazhon Park Attendance: 23,676 Referee: Benoît Millot

16 March 2019 29	Caen	0–5	Saint-Étienne	Caen
20:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Hamouma 4' Berić 20' Nordin 30' Ghezali 85' Vada 90+1'	Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano Attendance: 18,276 Referee: Florent Batta

31 March 2019 30	Monaco	0–1	Caen	Monaco
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	B. Badiashile 3'	Report	Crivelli 23' Ndom 39' Ninga 52'	Stadium: Stade Louis II Attendance: 7,031 Referee: Ruddy Buquet

6 April 2019 31	Nîmes	2–0	Caen	Nîmes
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Briançon 42' Bouanga 85' Gradit 90+4' (o.g.)	Report	Zahary 11' Fajr 19' Deminguet 42' Djiku 90'	Stadium: Stade des Costières Attendance: 12,183 Referee: Olivier Thual

13 April 2019 32	Caen	0–1	Angers	Caen
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Oniangué 53' Crivelli 55' Deminguet 65' Djiku 83'	Report	Reine-Adélaïde 61' Capelle 74'	Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano Attendance: 17,175 Referee: Jérémy Stinat

20 April 2019 33	Nice	0–1	Caen	Nice
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Lees-Melou 16' Dante 87'	Report	Djiku 26', 74' Ninga 60' Armougom 85'	Stadium: Allianz Riviera Attendance: 17,092 Referee: Jérôme Miguelgorry

28 April 2019 34	Caen	1–0	Dijon	Caen
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Tchokounté 25' Fajr 67'	Report	Balmont 40' Sammaritano 44' Lautoa 50' Sliti 75'	Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano Attendance: 19,004 Referee: Antony Gautier

4 May 2019 35	Guingamp	0–0	Caen	Guingamp
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Coco 90'	Report	Guilbert 30' Tchokounté 51' Moussaki 89' Gradit 90'	Stadium: Stade de Roudourou Attendance: 16,879 Referee: Jérôme Brisard

11 May 2019 36	Caen	3–2	Reims	Caen
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Ninga 14' Fajr 40' Guilbert 45' Zahary 81'	Report	Chavarría 13' Doumbia 37' Zeneli 82' (pen.) Foket 89'	Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano Attendance: 18,339 Referee: Johan Hamel

18 May 2019 37	Lyon	4–0	Caen	Décines-Charpieu
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Cornet 25', 54' Marcelo 41' Depay 50', 74' Dembélé 64' Rafael 84'	Report	Djiku 90+2'	Stadium: Parc Olympique Lyonnais Attendance: 51,408 Referee: Amaury Delerue

24 May 2019 38	Caen	0–1	Bordeaux	Caen
21:05 CEST (UTC+2)	Ninga 79'	Report	Sankharé 19' Otávio 78'	Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano Attendance: 19,355 Referee: Clément Turpin

Coupe de France

5 January 2019 Round of 64	Red Star	0–1	Caen	Saint-Ouen
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Chantôme 53'	Report	Bammou 81'	Stadium: Stade Bauer Attendance: 2,999 Referee: Johan Hamel

23 January 2019 Round of 32	ES Viry-Châtillon	0–6	Caen	Viry-Châtillon
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Yahya 42' Marcilla 62'	Report	Bammou 4' Khaoui 12', 30' Tchokounté 79' Mbengue 88' Mouaddib 90'	Stadium: Stade Henri Longuet Attendance: 2,725 Referee: Bartolomeu Varela

5 February 2019 Round of 16	SC Bastia	2–2 (a.e.t.) (3–5 p)	Caen	Furiani
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Bocognano 8' Poggi 70' Kifouéti 77' Santelli 117'	Report	Tchokounté 4' Sankoh 27' Gradit 41' Guilbert 84' Ninga 95'	Stadium: Stade Armand Cesari Attendance: 10,003 Referee: Benoît Bastien
	Penalties
	Guibert Coulibaly Schur Kifouéti		Fajr Djiku Diomandé Ninga Tchokounté

27 February 2019 Quarter-finals	Lyon	3–1	Caen	Décines-Charpieu
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Denayer 26' Cornet 49' Dembélé 73' Marcelo 77' Depay 84'	Report	Mbengue 13' Gradit 40' Tchokounté 70' Ninga 78' Djiku 82' Fajr 83'	Stadium: Parc Olympique Lyonnais Attendance: 27,493 Referee: Ruddy Buquet

Coupe de la Ligue

31 October 2018 Third round	Dijon	3–1	Caen	Dijon
21:05 CET (UTC+1)	Saïd 3', 79' 65' Sliti 7' Yambéré 58'	Report	Khaoui 50' Crivelli 56' Fajr 58'	Stadium: Stade Gaston Gérard Attendance: 10,193 Referee: Johan Hamel

Goalscorers

Place	Position	Number	Player	Ligue 1	Coupe de France	Coupe de la Ligue	Total
1	FW	27	Enzo Crivelli	4			4
1	MF	7	Saîf-Eddine Khaoui	3		1	4
2	MF	12	Claudio Beauvue	3			3
	MF	10	Fayçal Fajr	3			3
	FW	18	Yacine Bammou	2	1		3
3	MF	6	Prince Oniangué	2			2
3	FW	11	Casimir Ninga	2			2
			Totals	19	1	1	21

References

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

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

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