2018–19 Nîmes Olympique season

The 2018-19 Nîmes Olympique season was the first season since 1992-93 for Nîmes Olympique in Ligue 1, the top tier of professional football league in the French football league system.[1]

Nîmes Olympique
2018–19 season
PresidentRani Assaf
Head coachBernard Blaquart
StadiumStade des Costières,
Nîmes
Ligue 19th
Coupe de FranceRound of 64
Coupe de la LigueRound of 16
Highest home attendanceLeague/All: 18,045
(3 February 2019 v. Montpellier)
Lowest home attendanceLeague: 12,015
(23 January 2019 v.Angers)
All: 6,260
(27 November 2018 v. Saint-Étienne, CdlL R3)
Average home league attendance13,898
Biggest win4–0
(3 November 2018 at Dijon)
Biggest defeat0–5
(28 April 2019 at Lille)

Current squad
As of 3 January 2019.[2]

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 Baptiste Valette
2 MF  SEN Mustapha Diallo
5 DF  FRA Loïck Landre
6 MF  FRA Jordan Ferri (on loan from Lyon)
7 FW  MAR Rachid Alioui
8 MF  FRA Pierrick Valdivia
9 FW  FRA Clément Depres
10 MF  GAB Denis Bouanga
11 MF  FRA Téji Savanier
12 MF  FRA Faitout Maouassa (on loan from Rennes)
14 MF  FRA Antonin Bobichon
15 DF  FRA Gaëtan Paquiez
16 GK  FRA Martin Sourzac
17 FW  GRE Panagiotis Vlachodimos
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 MF  FRA Theo Valls
19 FW  TUR Umut Bozok
20 FW  FRA Renaud Ripart (3rd captain)
21 DF  ALG Féthi Harek (captain)
22 FW  FRA Sada Thioub
23 DF  FRA Anthony Briançon (vice-captain)
24 FW  MAR Sami Ben Amar
25 FW  BEL Baptiste Guillaume (on loan from Angers)
26 DF  FRA Florian Miguel
27 DF  CIV Hervé Lybohy
28 MF  MAR Abdel Malik Hsissane
29 DF  FRA Sofiane Alakouch
30 GK  FRA Paul Bernardoni (on loan from Bordeaux)

Competitions

  Win   Draw   Loss

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
7 Nice 38 15 11 12 30 35 −5 56
8 Reims 38 13 16 9 39 42 −3 55
9 Nîmes 38 15 8 15 57 58 −1 53
10 Rennes 38 13 13 12 55 52 +3 52 Qualification for the Europa League group stage[lower-alpha 1]
11 Strasbourg 38 11 16 11 58 48 +10 49 Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round[lower-alpha 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.[3]
Notes:
  1. Rennes qualified for the Europa League group stage by winning the 2018–19 Coupe de France.
  2. Strasbourg qualified for the Europa League second qualifying round by winning the 2018–19 Coupe de la Ligue.

Results by match
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GroundAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAH
ResultWWLLDDDLDLDWLWWWWLLWLLDWWLWLDLWLWLWWDL
Position725108101214141516131411108681010101111111011111212121010998879
Updated to match(es) played on 24 May 2019. Source: [4]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Match Results
11 August 2018 1 Angers 3–4 Nîmes Angers
20:00 CEST (UTC+2) Capelle  33'
Manceau  42'
Fulgini  51'
Traoré  55'
Bamba  70'		 Report Thioub  4'
Miguel  74'  79'
Depres  76'
Ripart  85'
Thomas  88' (o.g.)		 Stadium: Stade Raymond Kopa
Attendance: 9,534
Referee: Antony Gautier
19 August 2018 2 Nîmes 3–1 Marseille Nîmes
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Bouanga  34',  36'
Thioub  62'
Landre  68'
Diallo  74'
Ripart  87'		 Report Thauvin  49'
Sanson  72'		 Stadium: Stade des Costières
Attendance: 15,285
Referee: Benoît Bastien
25 August 2018 3 Toulouse 1–0 Nîmes Toulouse
20:00 CEST (UTC+2) Gradel  80' (pen.)
Durmaz  90+4'		 Report Landre  38'
Guillaume  65'
Bozok  89'		 Stadium: Stadium Municipal
Attendance: 11,746
Referee: Frank Schneider
1 September 2018 4 Nîmes 2–4 Paris Saint-Germain Nîmes
17:00 CEST (UTC+2) Diallo  3'
Bobichon  63'
Savanier  71' (pen.),  90+3'		 Report Neymar  36',  51'
Di María  40'
Mbappé  18'  90+3',  77'
Meunier  58'
Cavani  90+2'		 Stadium: Stade des Costières
Attendance: 15,311
Referee: Jérôme Brisard
16 September 2018 5 Bordeaux 3–3 Nîmes Bordeaux
17:00 CEST (UTC+2) Briand  26',  56'
Palencia  49'
Kalu  57'
Plašil  80'		 Report Guillaume  32'
Bobichon  45'
Bozok  78'		 Stadium: Matmut Atlantique
Attendance: 15,895
Referee: Antony Gautier
21 September 2018 6 AS Monaco 1–1 Nîmes Monaco
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00) Falcao  27'
N'Doram  90+4'		 Report Guillaume  4'
Briançon  19'
Diallo  75'		 Stadium: Stade Louis II
Attendance: 6,837
Referee: Amaury Delerue
26 September 2018 7 Nîmes 0–0 Guingamp Guingamp
19:00 CEST (UTC+2) Landre  67'
Paquiez  81'
Diallo  87'		 Report Eboa Eboa  32'
Thuram  45+2'
Kerbrat  58'		 Stadium: Stade de Roudourou
Attendance: 14,772
Referee: Benoît Millot
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
6 October 2018 9 Nîmes 0–0 Reims Nîmes
20:00 CEST (UTC+2) Guillaume  60' Report Ndom  90+3' Stadium: Stade des Costières
Attendance: 12,958
Referee: Karim Abed
19 October 2018 10 Lyon 2–0 Nîmes Décines-Charpieu
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00) Dembélé  24'
Diop  34'
Depay  90'		 Report Harek  17'
Briançon  32'		 Stadium: Parc Olympique Lyonnais
Attendance: 42,896
Referee: Olivier Thual
26 October 2018 11 Nîmes 1–1 Saint-Étienne Nîmes
20:45 CEST (UTC+2) Alioui  74'
Bouanga  90+2'		 Report Cabella  1',  83'
M'Vila  66'
Khazri  90+5'		 Stadium: Stade des Costières
Attendance: 15,412
Referee: François Letexier
3 November 2018 12 Dijon 0–4 Nîmes Dijon
20:00 CET (UTC+1) Ciman  28' Report Bouanga  5', 65'
Savanier  30'
Briançon  86'		 Stadium: Stade Gaston Gérard
Attendance: 12,113
Referee: Frank Schneider
10 November 2018 13 Nîmes 0–1 Nice Nîmes
20:00 CET (UTC+1) Maouassa  14'  20'
Landre  45+2'
Valls  90+2'
Savanier  90+4'		 Report Barbosa  17'
Balotelli  29'
Hérelle  57'
Attal  61'
Jallet  65'
Maolida  73'		 Stadium: Stade des Costières
Attendance: 14,290
Referee: Benoît Bastien
24 November 2018 14 Strasbourg 0–1 Nîmes Strasbourg
20:00 CET (UTC+1) Aaneba  53'
Martin  77'
Mitrović  80'
Liénard  82'		 Report Lybohy  70'
Ferri  82'		 Stadium: Stade de la Meinau
Attendance: 25,128
Referee: Benoît Millot
1 December 2018 15 Nîmes 3–0 Amiens Nîmes
20:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Bouanga  45'
Alioui  76', 87'
Ripart  81'		 Report Mendoza  6'
Dibassy  22'
Adénon  62'
Ghoddos  84'		 Stadium: Stade des Costières
Attendance: 12,159
Referee: Karim Abed
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
8 December 2018 17 Nîmes Postponed Nantes Nîmes
19:00 CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Stade des Costières
16 December 2018 18 Nîmes 2–3 Lille Nîmes
15:00 CET (UTC+1) Savanier  57'
Alioui  68'
Bouanga  74'
Ferri  79'
Depres  90+2'		 Report Leão  4'
Bamba  12',  41'
J. Fonte  16'
Ié  38'
Mendes  56'
Pépé  66'		 Stadium: Stade des Costières
Attendance: 13,428
Referee: Hakim Ben El Hadj
22 December 2018 19 Rennes 4–0 Nîmes Rennes
21:00 CET (UTC+1) André  6'
Bourigeaud  14'
Siebatcheu  47', 67'
Traoré  80'		 Report Briançon  34'
Paquiez  88'		 Stadium: Roazhon Park
Attendance: 22,430
Referee: Jeremy Stinat
12 January 2019 20 Nîmes Postponed Angers Nîmes
20:00 CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Stade des Costières
16 January 2019 17 Nîmes 1–0 Nantes Nîmes
19:00 CET (UTC+1) Alakouch  64'
Depres  86'		 Report Coulibaly  2'  45+2'
Pallois  77'
Diego  90+3'		 Stadium: Stade des Costières
Attendance: 12,806
Referee: Hakim Ben El Hadj
Note: The match, originally scheduled for 8 December 2018, was postponed due to security concerns as a result of the yellow vests movement.
19 January 2019 21 Nîmes 0–1 Toulouse Nîmes
20:00 CET (UTC+1) Briançon  50'
Savanier  75'
Thioub  81'		 Report Sidibé  32'
Sanogo  41'		 Stadium: Stade des Costières
Attendance: 12,736
Referee: Jérôme Brisard
23 January 2019 20 Nîmes 3–1 Angers Nîmes
19:00 CET (UTC+1) Depres  31', 49'
Landre  34'
Briançon  90+1'		 Report Bamba  42'
Tait  58'
Bahoken  90+2' (pen.)		 Stadium: Stade des Costières
Attendance: 12,015
Referee: Olivier Thual
26 January 2019 22 Nice 2–0 Nîmes Nice
20:00 CET (UTC+1) Ganago  31'
Atal  41'
Saint-Maximin  54'		 Report Landre  53'
Alakouch  88'
Thioub  90+1'		 Stadium: Allianz Riviera
Attendance: 15,982
Referee: Benoît Millot
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
10 February 2019 24 Nantes 2–4 Nîmes Nantes
15:00 CET (UTC+1) Coulibaly  15'
Girotto  31'
Waris  38' (pen.)		 Report Guillaume  9',  48'
Lybohy  36'
Bobichon  69'
Ferri  85'
Thioub  89'		 Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire
Attendance: 34,219
Referee: Clément Turpin
15 February 2019 25 Nîmes 2–0 Dijon Nîmes
19:00 CET (UTC+1) Savanier  28'
Ferri  35'
Landre  58'
Bobichon  83'		 Report Chafik  13'
Abeid  35'
Lautoa  54'
Haddadi  66'  89'		 Stadium: Stade des Costières
Attendance: 12,703
Referee: Jérôme Miguelgorry
23 February 2019 26 Paris Saint-Germain 3–0 Nîmes Paris
17:00 CET (UTC+1) Paredes  16'
Nkunku  40'
Mbappé  45+1',  69', 90'
Bernat  72'		 Report Stadium: Parc des Princes
Attendance: 47,377
Referee: Amaury Delerue
2 March 2019 27 Nîmes Postponed Rennes Nîmes
TBD CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Stade des Costières
Note: Match postponed to allow Rennes to prepare for Europa League match versus Arsenal.[5]
9 March 2019 28 Amiens 2–1 Nîmes Amiens
20:00 CET (UTC+1) Guirassy  49',  89'
Konaté  55'
Pieters  64'
Lefort  71'		 Report Alioui  53'
Landre  76'		 Stadium: Stade de la Licorne
Attendance: 10,523
Referee: Willy Delajod
16 March 2019 29 Nîmes 2–2 Strasbourg Nîmes
20:00 CET (UTC+1) Bouanga  55'
Valls  59'
Lybohy  67'
Ripart  68'
Savanier  85',  90+2' (pen.)		 Report Mothiba  9',  87'
Da Costa  14'
Carole  46'
Prcić  49'
Fofana  53'
Koné  90'
Lala  90'		 Stadium: Stade des Costières
Attendance: 13,114
Referee: Amaury Delerue
1 April 2019 30 Saint-Étienne 2–1 Nîmes Saint-Étienne
20:30 CEST (UTC+2) Debuchy  6'
Cabella  24'
Berić  79'
Ghezali  85'
M'Vila  90+1'		 Report Bobichon  2',  90+1'
Ferri  24'
Paquiez  56'
Briançon  82'		 Stadium: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard
Attendance: 22,595
Referee: Karim Abed
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
9 April 2019 27 Nîmes 3–1 Rennes Nîmes
19:00 CEST (UTC+2) Ripart  24'
Lybohy  31'
Ferri  37'
Briançon  45+2'
Bouanga  55'
Bobichon  72'		 Report André  23'  45+5'
Lybohy  40' (o.g.)		 Stadium: Stade des Costières
Attendance: 13,142
Referee: Clément Turpin
Note: Rescheduled from 2 March 2019.
13 April 2019 32 Marseille 2–1 Nîmes Marseille
17:00 CEST (UTC+2) Ćaleta-Car  24'
Germain  72'
Luiz Gustavo  73'		 Report Savanier  18',  82' (pen.)
Maouassa  70'		 Stadium: Stade Vélodrome
Attendance: 62,614
Referee: Frank Schneider
20 April 2019 33 Nîmes 2–1 Bordeaux Nîmes
20:00 CEST (UTC+2) Savanier  16' (pen.)
Ripart  63'		 Report Maja  13'
Koundé  16'
Jovanović  28'
Kamano  41'
De Préville  83'		 Stadium: Stade des Costières
Attendance: 13,910
Referee: Florent Batta
28 April 2019 34 Lille 5–0 Nîmes Villeneuve-d'Ascq
15:00 CEST (UTC+2) Rémy  25',  51'
Bamba  64'
Çelik  70'
Pépé  80'
R. Fonte  90+3'		 Report Miguel  32'
Bobichon  49'		 Stadium: Stade Pierre-Mauroy
Attendance: 36,356
Referee: Amaury Delerue
4 May 2019 35 Reims 0–3 Nîmes Reims
20:00 CEST (UTC+2) Dingomé  22'
Oudin  45+2'
Engels  45+2'		 Report Ferri  26'
Alakouch  28'
Ripart  43'
Bouanga  46'
Thioub  56'
Savanier  78'		 Stadium: Stade Auguste Delaune
Attendance: 13,314
Referee: Thomas Leonard
11 May 2019 36 Nîmes 1–0 AS Monaco Nîmes
20:00 CEST (UTC+2) Ripart  9'
Bouanga  45'		 Report Silva  16'
Golovin  41'
Ballo-Touré  64'
Jemerson  90+3'		 Stadium: Stade des Costières
Attendance: 14,811
Referee: Jérémy Stinat
18 May 2019 37 Guingamp 2–2 Nîmes Guingamp
21:00 CEST (UTC+2) Thuram  6',  44'
Ikoko  33'
Mendy  35'		 Report Alakouch  48'
Ripart  53'
Bouanga  56'
Briançon  66'		 Stadium: Stade de Roudourou
Attendance: 12,096
Referee: Jérôme Miguelgorry
24 May 2019 38 Nîmes 2–3 Lyon Nîmes
21:05 CEST (UTC+2) Ripart  11'
Bobichon  45+3'
Paquiez  61'		 Report Cornet  6', 89'
Ndombele  90+1'
Traoré  90+5'		 Stadium: Stade des Costières
Attendance: 14,986
Referee: François Letexier

Coupe de France
Main article: 2018–19 Coupe de France
5 January 2019 Round of 64 AS Lyon-Duchère 3–0 Nîmes Lyon
15:00 CET (UTC+1) Mendes  13'
Banor  24'
Julienne  80'
Ezikian  88'		 Report Maouassa  37'
Alakouch  67'		 Stadium: Stade de Balmont
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Clément Turpin

Coupe de la Ligue
Main article: 2018–19 Coupe de la Ligue
27 November 2018 Third Round Nîmes 1–1
(4–2 p)		 Saint-Étienne Nîmes
19:00 CET (UTC+1) Hsissane  23'
Bouanga  90'		 Report Dioussé  5'
Khazri  72'
Berić  81'		 Stadium: Stade des Costières
Attendance: 6,260
Referee: Mikaël Lesage
Penalties
Savanier
Bobichon
Bouanga
Alioui
Bozok 		Khazri
M'Vila
Salibur
Polomat
19 December 2018 Round of 16 Le Havre 2–1 Nîmes Le Havre
21:05 CET (UTC+1) Gory  5'
Kadewere  33'
Mayembo  36'
Bonnet  50'  58'
Lekhal  72'		 Report Depres  11'
Bobichon  38'
Maouassa  54'
Bozok  61'
Savanier  90'		 Stadium: Stade Océane
Attendance: 6,150
Referee: François Letexier

References
  1. http://www.ligue1.com/ligue2/article/nimes-clinch-promotion.htm
  2. "Effectif" (in French). nimes-olympique.com. Retrieved 1 March 2018.
  3. "League Table". Ligue1.com. Retrieved 12 August 2016.
  4. "League Table". Archived from the original on 13 July 2019. Retrieved 5 March 2019.
  5. "Nîmes-Rennes postponed to prepare for Arsenal". Archived from the original on 2 March 2019. Retrieved 5 March 2019.
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