2015–16 Chamois Niortais F.C. season

Chamois Niortais
2015–16 season
Chairman	Joël Coué
Manager	Régis Brouard (until 29 February 2016); Jean-Philippe Faure and Carl Tourenne (interim, from 1 March 2016)
Stadium	Stade René Gaillard
Ligue 2	16th
Coupe de France	Round of 32
Coupe de la Ligue	First round
Top goalscorer	League: Andé Dona Ndoh (13); All: Andé Dona Ndoh (14)
Highest home attendance	5,612 vs Bourg-Péronnas (22 April 2016)
Lowest home attendance	3,081 vs Nîmes (18 September 2015)
Home colours	Away colours
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The 2015–16 season was the 90th season in the history of the French association football club Chamois Niortais. The senior team competed in Ligue 2 for the fourth consecutive season following an 11th-placed finish in 2014–15. The club also competed in both the Coupe de France and the Coupe de la Ligue.

Niort achieved a 16th-place finish in Ligue 2, reached the tenth round of the Coupe de France, and the first round of the Coupe de la Ligue.

Competitions

Ligue 2

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or Relegation
14	Nîmes^[a]	38	13	12	13	50	52	−2	43
15	Sochaux	38	9	15	14	34	36	−2	42
16	Niort	38	8	18	12	38	45	−7	42
17	Ajaccio	38	9	15	14	34	42	−8	42
18	Evian^[b] (R, D)	38	9	12	17	41	41	0	39	Demotion to Division d'Honneur Régionale

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:

^ Nîmes was docked 8 points for match fixing in the 2013–14 season.^[1]
^ Evian was demoted due to financial difficulties.^[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	8	18	12	38	45	−7	42	4	9	6	18	20	−2	4	9	6	20	25	−5

Last updated: 13 May 2016.
Source: LFP.fr

Matches

Win Draw Loss

31 July 2015 1	Chamois Niortais	0–1	Valenciennes	Stade René Gaillard, Niort
20:00	Koukou 45' Choplin 61'	Report	Fulgini 4' Adbelhamid 27' Slidja 55' Kaboré 81'	Attendance: 4,298 Referee: Jérôme Brisard

7 August 2015 2	Dijon	3–0	Chamois Niortais	Stade Gaston Gérard, Dijon
20:00	Tavares 9', 90' Jullien 22' Bamba 37' Gastien 64' Diony 79'	Report	Koné 21' Malcuit 35'	Attendance: 6,619 Referee: Stéphanie Frappart

14 August 2015 3	Chamois Niortais	1–1	Sochaux	Stade René Gaillard, Niort
20:00	Koukou 85' Malcuit 90+4'	Report	Toko Ekambi 11' Tardieu 58'	Attendance: 3,505 Referee: Florent Batta

21 August 2015 4	Évian Thonon Gaillard	0–0	Chamois Niortais	Parc des Sports, Annecy
20:00	Centonze 55' Touré 73' Altolaguirre 78'	Report	Lahaye 90+3'	Attendance: 4,103 Referee: Thomas Leonard

28 August 2015 5	Chamois Niortais	0–1	Laval	Stade René Gaillard, Niort
20:00	Kiki 54' Rocheteau 59'	Report	Alioui 52' Alla 80'	Attendance: 3,656 Referee: Jérémy Stinat

11 September 2015 6	Nancy	1–1	Chamois Niortais	Stade Marcel Picot, Nancy
20:00	Aït Bennasser 45' Hadji 71' Lenglet 81'	Report	Koukou 76' Rocheteau 82'	Attendance: 14,032 Referee: Olivier Thual

18 September 2015 7	Chamois Niortais	1–0	Nîmes	Stade René Gaillard, Niort
20:00	Dabasse 18' Selemani 42' Choplin 56' Dona Ndoh 72'	Report	Marin 34' Maoulida 39' Harek 40' Cissokho 82' Azouni 90'	Attendance: 3,081 Referee: Floris Aubin

22 September 2015 8	Brest	1–1	Chamois Niortais	Stade Francis-Le Blé, Brest
21:00	Platje 2' Grougi 9' Lorenzi 87' Alphonse 90' Koubemba 90+3'	Report	Dona Ndoh 18' Omrani 44' Kiki 60'	Attendance: 5,714 Referee: Aurélien Petit

25 September 2015 9	Chamois Niortais	1–1	Clermont Foot	Stade René Gaillard, Niort
20:00	Da Veiga 43' Lahaye 83' Koukou 89'	Report	Espinosa 8' Jobello 34' Avinel 56' Diedhiou 70' Rivieyran 86'	Attendance: 3,268 Referee: Sylvain Palhies

2 October 2015 10	Le Havre	0–0	Chamois Niortais	Stade Océane, Le Havre
20:00	Louiserre 41' Bonnet 76' Fortès 76'	Report	Bong 30' Rocheteau 32' Roye 40'	Attendance: 5,293 Referee: Stéphanie Frappart

16 October 2015 11	Chamois Niortais	2–3	Auxerre	Stade René Gaillard, Niort
20:00	Dona Ndoh 13', 61' Choplin 74'	Report	Puygrenier 7' Ba 20' Courtet 34' Diaw 62' Berthier 90+3'	Attendance: 3,566 Referee: Jérémy Stinat

23 October 2015 12	Paris	1–1	Chamois Niortais	Stade Charléty, Paris
20:00	Mogni 75' Tahrat 81' Keita 83'	Report	Djigla 63' Dona Ndoh 79'	Attendance: 2,986 Referee: Sébastien Moreira

30 October 2015 13	Chamois Niortais	3–1	Ajaccio	Stade René Gaillard, Niort
20:00	Dona Ndoh 7' Choplin 24' Roye 30' Selemani 36', 71' Sambia 83'	Report	Cavalli 25' (pen.) Panyukov 29' Diallo 77' Madri 86'	Attendance: 3,476 Referee: Hamid Guenaoui

6 November 2015 14	Chamois Niortais	1–1	Metz	Stade René Gaillard, Niort
20:00	Lahaye 41' Sans 71'	Report	Ngbakoto 42' Lejeune 51' Gomes 54' Mandjeck 90+3'	Attendance: 4,570 Referee: William Lavis

24 November 2015 15	Lens	1–1	Chamois Niortais	Stade Bollaert-Delelis, Lens
20:00 (CET)	Cyprien 8' Besle 42' Bourigeaud 52' Landre 67'	Report	Kiki 9', 53' Roye 26' Sambia 82'	Attendance: 26,337 Referee: Florent Batta

27 November 2015 16	Chamois Niortais	0–0	Red Star	Stade René Gaillard, Niort
20:00 (CET)	Lahaye 7'	Report	da Cruz 11' Amieux 41' Ngamukol 60'	Attendance: 3,292 Referee: Didier Falcone

1 December 2015 17	Bourg-Péronnas	2–1	Chamois Niortais	Stade Marcel-Verchère, Bourg-en-Bresse
21:00 (CET)	Berthomier 10' Dembélé 16' Traoré 75' Dimitriou 86', 88' Sané 90+3'	Report	Bong 42' Sambia 70' Sans 89' Dona Ndoh 90+2'	Attendance: 1,747 Referee: Olivier Thual

11 December 2015 18	Chamois Niortais	0–0	Tours	Stade René Gaillard, Niort
20:00 (CET)	Choplin 56'	Report	Bouhours 9' Gradit 44' Louvion 90'	Attendance: 3,336 Referee: Thomas Leonard

18 December 2015 19	Créteil	2–3	Chamois Niortais	Stade Dominique Duvauchelle, Créteil
20:00 (CET)	Montaroup 5', 82' Esor 35' Dabo 39', 50' Diedhiou 64', 90'	Report	Kiki 8' Sans 14' Rocheteau 42' Choplin 84' Dona Ndoh 86' Djigla 89'	Attendance: 1,883 Referee: Sylvain Palhies

8 January 2016 20	Chamois Niortais	2–2	Dijon	Stade René Gaillard, Niort
20:00 (CET)	Bamba 6' (o.g.) Koukou 18' Bong 37' Koné 77'	Report	Amalfitano 12' Koukou 16' (o.g.) Gastien 30' Bernard 34' Andonian 58' 90+2'	Attendance: 3,342 Referee: Alexandre Castro

15 January 2016 21	Sochaux	2–3	Chamois Niortais	Stade Auguste Bonal, Montbéliard
20:00 (CET)	Cissé 2' 24' 45+1' Robinet 47'	Report	Kiki 18' Teikeu 40' (o.g.) Tigroudja 48' Koné 79'	Attendance: 5,934 Referee: Jérôme Brisard

23 January 2016 22	Chamois Niortais	0–3	Évian Thonon Gaillard	Stade René Gaillard, Niort
14:00 (CET)	Choplin 6' Koné 22' Roye 70'	Report	Hoggas 38' Keita 56' Barbosa 59' Campanharo 82'	Attendance: 3,409 Referee: Stéphanie Frappart

29 January 2016 23	Laval	0–0	Chamois Niortais	Stade Francis Le Basser, Laval
20:00 (CET)	Couturier 10' Gonçalves 45+2' Mukiele 61'	Report	Koné 45'	Attendance: 4,347 Referee: Aurélien Petit

2 February 2016 24	Chamois Niortais	0–0	Nancy	Stade René Gaillard, Niort
21:00 (CET)	Batisse 59', 67' Rocheteau 63' Selemani 72'	Report	Diakhaté 52' Cuffaut 82' Aït Bennasser 86' Badila 89' Cétout 90+1'	Attendance: 3,323 Referee: Yohann Rouinsard

5 February 2016 25	Nîmes	1–0	Chamois Niortais	Stade des Costières, Nîmes
20:00	Koura 63' Savanier 85'	Report	Selemani 56'	Attendance: 8,076 Referee: Romain Lissorgue

12 February 2016 26	Chamois Niortais	1–2	Brest	Stade René Gaillard, Niort
20:00	Choplin 18' Sambia 26' Bouardja 43' Dabasse 90+1'	Report	Sané 29', 72' Battocchio 31' Alphonse 69'	Attendance: 3,188 Referee: William Lavis

19 February 2016 27	Clermont Foot	2–1	Chamois Niortais	Stade Gabriel Montpied, Clermont-Ferrand
20:00	Rivieyran 44' Salze 64' Dugimont 69' Laborde 86'	Report	Bong 21' Sambia 51' Dona Ndoh 74', 90+4'	Attendance: 3,007 Referee: Stéphanie Frappart

26 February 2016 28	Chamois Niortais	0–0	Le Havre	Stade René Gaillard, Niort
20:00	Sambia 16'	Report	Cambon 27' Fontaine 34' Ayasse 78'	Attendance: 3,250 Referee: Romain Delpech

4 March 2016 29	Auxerre	1–1	Chamois Niortais	Stade Abbé Deschamps, Auxerre
20:00	Puygrenier 7' Courtet 34', 88' Lefebvre 45+1'	Report	Dona Ndoh 26' Sambia 27' Bong 88'	Attendance: 4,474 Referee: Willy Delajod

11 March 2016 30	Chamois Niortais	2–1	Paris	Stade René Gaillard, Niort
20:00	Omrani 45+2' Roye 58' (pen.), 72', 90' (pen.) Delecroix 90+1' Koné 90+3'	Report	Tahrat 7' Keïta 25' Mohsni 57' Lybohy 68' Diarra 72' Cantini 90'	Attendance: 3,534 Referee: Alexandre Perreau Niel

18 March 2016 31	Ajaccio	2–0	Chamois Niortais	Stade François Coty, Ajaccio
20:00	Nouri 44', 83' Cavalli 59' Diabate 60' Marchetti 67'	Report	Koukou 37'	Attendance: 3,486 Referee: Florent Batta

1 April 2016 32	Metz	2–0	Chamois Niortais	Stade Saint-Symphorien, Metz
20:00	Diallo 37', 58'	Report	Bong 64'	Attendance: 11,043 Referee: Romain Lissorgue

8 April 2016 33	Chamois Niortais	0–1	Lens	Stade René Gaillard, Niort
20:00	Dona Ndoh 57' Omrani 61' Roye 78'	Report	Cyprien 77' Nomenjanahary 90'	Attendance: 4,951 Referee: Jérôme Brisard

15 April 2016 34	Red Star	0–2	Chamois Niortais	Stade Pierre Brisson, Beauvais
20:00	Da Cruz 74'	Report	Dona Ndoh 16' Koukou 82' Selemani 89'	Attendance: 1,304 Referee: Thomas Leonard

22 April 2016 35	Chamois Niortais	0–0	Bourg-Péronnas	Stade René Gaillard, Niort
20:00	Sans 41'	Report	Sané 45' N'Simba 75'	Attendance: 5,612 Referee: Jérémy Stinat

29 April 2016 36	Tours	1–2	Chamois Niortais	Stade de la Vallée du Cher, Tours
20:00	Santamaria 13' Belkebla 37'	Report	Batisse 53' Roye 67' Choplin 78' Dabasse 82' Koné 90+1'	Attendance: 6,829 Referee: Aurélien Petit

6 May 2016 37	Chamois Niortais	4–2	Créteil	Stade René Gaillard, Niort
20:45	Choplin 7' Roye 35' (pen.), 38' Omrani 53' Djigla 56' Dona Ndoh 65'	Report	Diedhiou 13', 61' Gérard 21' Ilunga 25' Kerboriou 30' Dabo 34', 71' Hérelle 34'	Attendance: 6,211 Referee: Tony Chapron

13 May 2016 38	Valenciennes	3–3	Chamois Niortais	Stade du Hainaut, Valenciennes
20:45	Mbenza 9', 11' Aloé 45+2' da Costa 65'	Report	Dona Ndoh 15', 23' Selemani 51'	Attendance: 16,582 Referee: Thomas Leonard

Coupe de France

Niort entered the Coupe de France in the seventh round along with the other Ligue 2 clubs. For their opening fixture of the 2015–16 edition of the competition, Niort were drawn away at sixth-tier club La Rochelle. The team progressed to the next stage with a 5–1 victory which included a brace from Seydou Koné and a first-half goal by debutant Quentin Daubin.

Matches

14 November 2015 Seventh round	La Rochelle (6)	1–5	Chamois Niortais	Stade François Le Parco, La Rochelle
18:00 (CET)	Kahramanka 78'	Report	Batisse 12' Daubin 39' Selemani 43' Koné 49', 60'	Referee: Yohann Rouinsard

5 December 2015 Eighth round	Chamois Niortais	3–1	Les Herbiers (3)	Stade René Gaillard, Niort
18:00 (CET)	Roye 4' Rocheteau 16' Koné 26', 78'	Report	Leybros 24' Gace 44' Glombard 51', 85' Dudouit 70'	Referee: Stéphanie Frappart

2 January 2016 Round of 64	AS Moulins (4)	1–2	Chamois Niortais	Stade Hector Rolland, Moulins
18:30 (CET)	Chalier 20' 45' Suchet 28' Diaby 45' Allouache 56' Rouchon 90+4'	Report	Dona Ndoh 6' Roye 11' 45+1' (pen.) Tigroudja 34' Bong 45'	Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Florent Batta

19 January 2016 Round of 32	Sarre-Union (4)	1–0	Chamois Niortais	Stade Omnisports, Sarre-Union
19:00 (CET)	Zerbini 11' Ozcan 30' Schneider 55' Schermann 90'	Report	Kiki 84' Batisse 89'	Attendance: 2,700 Referee: Hakim Ben El Hadj

Coupe de la Ligue

Niort, aiming to progress past the first round of the Coupe de la Ligue for the first time since 2012, were handed an away tie at Sochaux in their opening game. Despite goals from Omrani and Koné, the home team—reduced to nine men in the second half—triumphed by three goals to two.^[3]

Matches

11 August 2015 First round	Sochaux	3–2	Chamois Niortais	Stade Auguste Bonal, Montbéliard
20:00	Cacérès 51', 60' Senzemba 58', 82' Sao 68' Ilaimaharitra 72'	Report	Rocheteau 50' Omrani 56' Koné 72'	Attendance: 5,524 Referee: Alexandre Perreau Niel

Appearances and goals

As of 13 May 2016.

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	League		Cup		League Cup		Total		Discipline
No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	FRA	Paul Delecroix	33	0	1	0	1	0	35	0	1	0
2	DF	FRA	~~Kévin Malcuit~~ †	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	2	0
3	DF	BEN	David Kiki	24 (1)	1	3	0	0	0	28	1	5	1
5	DF	FRA	Matthieu Sans	20 (2)	1	3	0	1	0	26	1	3	0
7	MF	BEN	David Djigla	16 (15)	1	1 (1)	0	1	0	34	1	2	0
8	MF	FRA	~~Florian Martin~~ †	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
8	MF	FRA	Faïz Selemani	30	3	3	1	0	0	33	4	4	0
9	FW	CMR	Andé Dona Ndoh	23 (13)	13	2	1	0 (1)	0	39	14	3	0
10	MF	ALG	Abdelhakim Omrani	18	0	0	0	1	1	19	1	4	0
11	FW	FRA	Adrian Dabasse	3 (9)	1	0 (2)	0	0	0	14	1	2	0
12	FW	CIV	Seydou Koné	20 (9)	3	3 (1)	3	1	1	34	7	5	0
14	MF	FRA	Chafik Tigroudja	10 (8)	1	3	0	0 (1)	0	22	1	1	0
16	GK	BEN	Saturnin Allagbé	5	0	3	0	0	0	8	0	0	0
17	MF	FRA	Antoine Batisse	8 (4)	0	2 (1)	1	0	0	15	1	1	1
18	FW	FRA	Kévin Rocheteau	18 (5)	2	3	1	1	0	27	3	4	0
19	MF	FRA	Jimmy Roye	36	4	3	2	1	0	40	6	6	0
20	FW	FRA	Jérémy Grain	0 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
21	DF	FRA	Jérémy Choplin	33	1	2 (1)	0	0 (1)	0	37	1	8	1
22	MF	CMR	Daouda Bassock	1 (6)	0	1	0	0	0	8	0	0	0
23	DF	FRA	Tristan Lahaye	35	0	2	0	1	0	38	0	4	0
24	MF	BEN	Djiman Koukou	34 (4)	2	2	0	1	0	41	2	5	0
25	DF	FRA	Thomas-Steven Da Veiga	3	0	0	0	1	0	4	0	1	0
26	MF	FRA	Messaoud Bouardja	1 (9)	1	1	0	0	0	11	1	0	0
27	DF	CMR	Frédéric Bong	21	0	3	0	1	0	25	0	6	1
30	GK	FRA	Arthur Desmas	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
33	DF	FRA	Junior Sambia	21 (10)	2	2 (2)	0	0	0	35	2	5	0
34	DF	FRA	Junior Assoumou	0	0	0 (1)	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
—	MF	FRA	Quentin Daubin	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0

References

^ "Nîmes Olympique - Décision de la commission supérieure d'appel de la FFF" (in French). fff.fr. 20 May 2015. Retrieved 22 May 2015.
^ "Evian-Thonon confirmé administrativement en CFA". l'equipe.fr (in French). 13 July 2016.
^ "Feuille de match FC Sochaux-Montbéliard - Chamois Niortais". LFP.fr. 11 August 2015. Retrieved 14 November 2015.

External links

Chamois Niortais F.C. official website Archived 2011-02-23 at the Wayback Machine

[table_note_NIM0.64685222536645-2] Nîmes was docked 8 points for match fixing in the 2013–14 season.^[1]

[table_note_ETG0.64685222536645-4] Evian was demoted due to financial difficulties.^[2]

[1] "Nîmes Olympique - Décision de la commission supérieure d'appel de la FFF" (in French). fff.fr. 20 May 2015. Retrieved 22 May 2015.

[3] "Evian-Thonon confirmé administrativement en CFA". l'equipe.fr (in French). 13 July 2016.

[5] "Feuille de match FC Sochaux-Montbéliard - Chamois Niortais". LFP.fr. 11 August 2015. Retrieved 14 November 2015.

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