2015–16 Paris FC season

Paris FC

2015–16 season
Chairman	Pierre Ferracci
Manager	Jean-Luc Vasseur
Stadium	Stade Sébastien Charléty
Ligue 2	20th (relegated)
Coupe de France	Eighth round
Coupe de la Ligue	First round
Home colours Away colours

The 2015–16 season was the 47th season in the existence of Paris FC and the club's first season back in the second division of French football since 1982. In addition to the domestic league, Paris FC participated in this season's editions of the Coupe de France and the Coupe de la Ligue.

Players

First-team squad

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	FRA	Vincent Demarconnay
2	DF	FRA	Axel Disasi
3	DF	TUN	Bilel Mohsni
4	MF	MLI	Ismaël Keïta
5	DF	ALG	Mehdi Tahrat
6	MF	GLP	Thomas Gamiette
7	MF	MLI	Tiécoro Keita
8	MF	FRA	Loïc Poujol
9	FW	MLI	Cheick Fantamady Diarra
11	MF	FRA	Roli Pereira de Sa (on loan from Paris SG)
12	FW	FRA	Nicolas Fauvergue
13	DF	FRA	Sébastien Cantini
14	FW	CIV	Bakari Koné
15	FW	COM	Ahmed Mogni
16	GK	FRA	Alexandre Bouchard
17	MF	FRA	Vincent Pirès

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
18	MF	FRA	Jonathan Bamba (on loan from Saint-Étienne)
19	DF	CIV	Hervé Lybohy
20	MF	FRA	Baboye Traoré
21	MF	GNB	Bocundji Ca
22	FW	TUN	Khaled Ayari
23	FW	GLP	Richard Socrier
24	MF	COD	Dylan Bahamboula (on loan from Monaco)
26	MF	CMR	Rodrigue Bongongui
27	DF	MTQ	Christopher Glombard (on loan from Reims)
28	MF	FRA	Idriss Ech-Chergui
29	MF	FRA	Romain Grange
30	GK	FRA	Alexis Thébaux
31	FW	GUI	Demba Camara
32	DF	HAI	Jean-Jacques Pierre
37	DF	FRA	Théo Pellenard (on loan from Bordeaux)

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	CIV	Soualio Bakayoko (at Chambly)
—	DF	CIV	Daouda Konaté (at Dunkerque)

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	DF	FRA	Samuel Yohou (at Épinal)
—	FW	FRA	Aboubakary Kanté (at CA Bastia)

Pre-season and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
					Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Ligue 2	31 July 2015	13 May 2016	Matchday 1	20th	38	4	18	16	32	51	−19	010.53
Coupe de France	21 November 2015	5 December 2015	Seventh round	Eighth round	2	0	1	1	1	3	−2	000.00
Coupe de la Ligue	11 August 2015		First round	First round	1	0	0	1	1	2	−1	000.00
Total					41	4	19	18	34	56	−22	009.76

Source: Competitions

Ligue 2

Main article: 2015–16 Ligue 2

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or Relegation
16	Niort	38	8	18	12	38	45	−7	42
17	Ajaccio	38	9	15	14	34	42	−8	42
18	Evian (R, D)	38	9	12	17	41	41	0	39	Demotion to Division d'Honneur Régionale
19	Créteil (R)	38	8	10	20	42	66	−24	34	Relegation to Championnat National
20	Paris FC (R)	38	4	18	16	32	51	−19	30

Source: Ligue 2
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored; 4) head-to-head goal difference; 5) fair play points
(D) Disqualified; (R) Relegated
Notes:

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	4	18	16	32	51	−19	30	2	11	6	16	22	−6	2	7	10	16	29	−13

Source: Ligue 2

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	H	A	H	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
Result	D	D	W	D	D	D	D	D	D	L	D	D	L	L	L	L	D	L	D	L	L	D	L	D	L	D	L	D	D	L	L	W	W	L	D	W	L	L
Position	5	10	5	8	10	11	10	11	11	14	14	15	16	18	18	18	18	19	19	19	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20

Source: Ligue 2
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Paris FC v Laval

31 July 2015 1	Paris FC	1–1	Laval	Paris
CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Stade Sebastien Charléty

Tours v Paris FC

7 August 2015 2	Tours	0–0	Paris FC	Tours
CET (UTC+1)		Report

Paris FC v Le Havre

14 August 2015 3	Paris FC	3–0	Le Havre	Paris
CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Stade Sebastien Charléty

Sochaux v Paris FC

21 August 2015 4	Sochaux	1–1	Paris FC	Montbéliard
CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Stade Auguste Bonal

Paris FC v Brest

28 August 2015 5	Paris FC	1–1	Brest	Paris
CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Stade Sebastien Charléty

Clermont v Paris FC

11 September 2015 6	Clermont	1–1	Paris FC	Clermont-Ferrand
CET (UTC+1)		Report

Paris FC v Evian

19 September 2015 7	Paris FC	0–0	Evian	Paris
CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Stade Sebastien Charléty

Nîmes v Paris FC

22 September 2015 8	Nîmes	1–1	Paris FC	Nîmes
CET (UTC+1)		Report

Paris FC v Nancy

28 September 2015 9	Paris FC	1–1	Nancy	Paris
20:30 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Stade Sebastien Charléty

Auxerre v Paris FC

2 October 2015 10	Auxerre	2–0	Paris FC	Auxerre
CET (UTC+1)		Report

Nancy v Paris FC

19 February 2016 27	Nancy	3–2	Paris FC	Tomblaine
20:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Stade Marcel Picot

Coupe de France

Main article: 2015–16 Coupe de France

Coupe de la Ligue

Main article: 2015–16 Coupe de la Ligue

Paris FC v Metz

11 August 2015 First round	Paris FC	1–2 (a.e.t.)	Metz	Paris
20:00	Kinkela 70'		Ngbakoto 17' Bussmann 92'	Stadium: Stade Charléty Attendance: 2,466 Referee: Hamid Guenaoui