2015–16 Chamois Niortais F.C. season

Chamois Niortais

2015–16 season
Chairman	Joël Coué
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

Main article: 2015–16 Ligue 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

Chamois Niortais v Valenciennes

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

Dijon v Chamois Niortais

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

Chamois Niortais v Sochaux

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

Évian Thonon Gaillard v Chamois Niortais

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

Chamois Niortais v Laval

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

Nancy v Chamois Niortais

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

Chamois Niortais v Nîmes

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

Brest v Chamois Niortais

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

Chamois Niortais v Clermont Foot

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

Le Havre v Chamois Niortais

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

Chamois Niortais v Auxerre

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

Paris v Chamois Niortais

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

Chamois Niortais v Ajaccio

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

Chamois Niortais v Metz

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

Lens v Chamois Niortais

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

Chamois Niortais v Red Star

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

Bourg-Péronnas v Chamois Niortais

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

Chamois Niortais v Tours

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

Créteil v Chamois Niortais

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

Chamois Niortais v Dijon

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

Sochaux v Chamois Niortais

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

Chamois Niortais v Évian Thonon Gaillard

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

Laval v Chamois Niortais

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

Chamois Niortais v Nancy

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

Nîmes v Chamois Niortais

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

Chamois Niortais v Brest

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

Clermont Foot v Chamois Niortais

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

Chamois Niortais v Le Havre

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

Auxerre v Chamois Niortais

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

Chamois Niortais v Paris

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

Ajaccio v Chamois Niortais

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

Metz v Chamois Niortais

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

Chamois Niortais v Lens

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

Red Star v Chamois Niortais

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

Chamois Niortais v Bourg-Péronnas

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

Tours v Chamois Niortais

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

Chamois Niortais v Créteil

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

Valenciennes v Chamois Niortais

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

Main article: 2015–16 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

La Rochelle (6) v Chamois Niortais

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

Chamois Niortais v Les Herbiers (3)

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

AS Moulins (4) v Chamois Niortais

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

Sarre-Union (4) v Chamois Niortais

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

Main article: 2015–16 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.

Matches

Sochaux v Chamois Niortais

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
				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

External links

• Chamois Niortais F.C. official website