2018–19 Nîmes Olympique season

Nîmes Olympique
2018–19 season
President	Rani Assaf
Head coach	Bernard Blaquart
Stadium	Stade des Costières,; Nîmes
Ligue 1	9th
Coupe de France	Round of 64
Coupe de la Ligue	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	League: ; Denis Bouanga; Renaud Ripart; (8 each); All: ; Denis Bouanga (9)
Highest home attendance	League/All: 18,045; (3 February 2019 v. Montpellier)
Lowest home attendance	League: 12,015; (23 January 2019 v.Angers); All: 6,260; (27 November 2018 v. Saint-Étienne, CdlL R3)
Average home league attendance	13,898
Biggest win	4–0; (3 November 2018 at Dijon)
Biggest defeat	0–5; (28 April 2019 at Lille)
	← 2017–18 2019–20 →

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]

Current squad

As of 3 January 2019.^[2]

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	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

Ligue 1

League table

Pos	Team v t e	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^[a]
11	Strasbourg	38	11	16	11	58	48	+10	49	Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round^[b]

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:

^ Rennes qualified for the Europa League group stage by winning the 2018–19 Coupe de France.
^ Strasbourg qualified for the Europa League second qualifying round by winning the 2018–19 Coupe de la Ligue.

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	8	15	57	58	−1	53	9	5	5	30	20	+10	6	3	10	27	38	−11

Source: Ligue 1

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	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H
Result	W	W	L	L	D	D	D	L	D	L	D	W	L	W	W	W	W	L	L	W	L	L	D	W	W	L	W	L	D	L	W	L	W	L	W	W	D	L
Position	7	2	5	10	8	10	12	14	14	15	16	13	14	11	10	8	6	8	10	10	10	11	11	11	10	11	11	12	12	12	10	10	9	9	8	8	7	9

Source: ^[4]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

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

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

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

^ "Ligue1.com - Nîmes clinch promotion". www.ligue1.com. Archived from the original on 2018-05-09.
^ "Effectif" (in French). nimes-olympique.com. Retrieved 1 March 2018.
^ "League Table". Ligue1.com. Retrieved 12 August 2016.
^ "League Table". Archived from the original on 13 July 2019. Retrieved 5 March 2019.
^ "Nîmes-Rennes postponed to prepare for Arsenal". Archived from the original on 2 March 2019. Retrieved 5 March 2019.

[table_note_res_ELGScup0.29418093864535-3] Rennes qualified for the Europa League group stage by winning the 2018–19 Coupe de France.

[table_note_res_EL2Q0.29418093864535-4] Strasbourg qualified for the Europa League second qualifying round by winning the 2018–19 Coupe de la Ligue.

[1] "Ligue1.com - Nîmes clinch promotion". www.ligue1.com. Archived from the original on 2018-05-09.

[2] "Effectif" (in French). nimes-olympique.com. Retrieved 1 March 2018.

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

[6] "League Table". Archived from the original on 13 July 2019. Retrieved 5 March 2019.

[7] "Nîmes-Rennes postponed to prepare for Arsenal". Archived from the original on 2 March 2019. Retrieved 5 March 2019.

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