2018–19 RC Strasbourg Alsace season

Strasbourg
2018–19 season
Chairman	Marc Keller
Manager	Thierry Laurey
Stadium	Stade de la Meinau
Ligue 1	11th
Coupe de France	Round of 32
Coupe de la Ligue	Winners
Top goalscorer	League: ; Lebo Mothiba (10); All: ; Lebo Mothiba (12)
Highest home attendance	League/All: 25,962; (3 May 2019 v. Marseille)
Lowest home attendance	League: 24,683; (22 September 2018 v. Amiens); All: 16,821; (30 October 2018 v. Lille, CdlL Ro32)
Average home league attendance	25,213
Biggest win	5–1; (at Monaco, 19 January 2019)
Biggest defeat	0–2; (at Lyon, 24 August 2018)
	← 2017–18 2019–20 →

The 2018–19 Ligue 1 season was Racing Club de Strasbourg Alsace's second season since its return to the top flight of French football.^[1]

Players

Current squad

As of 30 August 2018.^[2]^[3]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
17	MF	FRA	Anthony Gonçalves
18	MF	FRA	Ibrahima Sissoko
23	DF	FRA	Lionel Carole
25	FW	FRA	Ludovic Ajorque
26	MF	FRA	Adrien Thomasson
27	DF	FRA	Kenny Lala
29	FW	CPV	Nuno da Costa
30	GK	FRA	Bingourou Kamara
31	MF	FRA	Anthony Caci
32	DF	CMR	Duplexe Tchamba
33	DF	FRA	Ismaël Aaneba
34	FW	MLI	Kévin Lucien Zohi
36	MF	FRA	Youssouf Fofana

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Competitions

Ligue 1

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
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]
12	Nantes	38	13	9	16	48	48	0	48
13	Angers	38	10	16	12	44	49	−5	46

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.^[4]
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	11	16	11	58	48	+10	49	6	8	5	31	25	+6	5	8	6	27	23	+4

Last updated: 24 May 2019.
Source: Matches

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

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

Matches

Win Draw Loss

12 August 2018 1	Bordeaux	0–2	Strasbourg	Bordeaux
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Pablo 13' Baysse 74'	Report	Sissoko 68' da Costa 78'	Stadium: Matmut Atlantique Attendance: 23,079 Referee: Hakim Ben el Hadj

19 August 2018 2	Strasbourg	1–1	Saint-Étienne	Strasbourg
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Stefan Mitrović 5' Gonçalves 55'	Report	Subotić 18' M'Vila 77' Khazri 80' Gueye 88'	Stadium: Stade de la Meinau Attendance: 25,385 Referee: Benoît Millot

24 August 2018 3	Lyon	2–0	Strasbourg	Décines-Charpieu
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Mendy 10' Terrier 42' Traoré 64'	Report	Sissoko 15' Thomasson 45'	Stadium: Parc Olympique Lyonnais Attendance: 47,341 Referee: Amaury Delerue

1 September 2018 4	Strasbourg	2–3	Nantes	Strasbourg
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Ajorque 21' Martin 57' da Costa 81'	Report	Stefan Mitrović 34' (o.g.) Lucas Lima 43' Evangelista 45+2' Kwateng 57' Sala 59'	Stadium: Stade de la Meinau Attendance: 25,031 Referee: Olivier Thual

15 September 2018 5	Montpellier	1–1	Strasbourg	Montpellier
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Le Tallec 51' Oyongo 59'	Report	Martin 28' Pablo Martinez 87' Mothiba 90+3'	Stadium: Stade de la Mosson Attendance: 10,630 Referee: Willy Delajod

22 September 2018 6	Strasbourg	3–1	Amiens	Strasbourg
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Lala 48' Corgnet 63' Corgnet 66' Adénon 86' (o.g.)	Report	Ghoddos 28' Krafth 45+2', 82' Adénon 47' Monconduit 71'	Stadium: Stade de la Meinau Attendance: 24,683 Referee: Jérémy Stinat

26 September 2018 7	Marseille	3–2	Strasbourg	Marseille
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Payet 41' (pen.) Sanson 44', 59' Thauvin 50' Amavi 52' Luiz Gustavo 60' Germain 90+1'	Report	Lala 27' Thomasson 33' Carole 49' Grimm 79' Da Costa 89'	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 47,099 Referee: François Letexier

29 September 2018 8	Strasbourg	3–0	Dijon	Strasbourg
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Da Costa 13' Martin 32', 90+2' Mothiba 81'	Report	Keita 22' Yambéré 31' Lautoa 63'	Stadium: Stade de la Meinau Attendance: 25,060 Referee: Eric Wattellier

6 October 2018 9	Angers	2–2	Strasbourg	Angers
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Reine-Adélaïde 61' Capelle 58' Thomas 90+3'	Report	Mothiba 2', 40' Pablo Martinez 45' Stefan Mitrović 49' Martin 61' Sels 76' Grimm 88'	Stadium: Stade Raymond Kopa Attendance: 8,930 Referee: Johan Hamel

20 October 2018 10	Strasbourg	2–1	Monaco	Strasbourg
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Mitrović 15' Thomasson 17' Mothiba 84' Sissoko 87'	Report	Aholou 46' Chadli 55' Grandsir 66' Tielemans 90+1' (pen.), 90+4'	Stadium: Stade de la Meinau Attendance: 25,358 Referee: Nicolas Rainville

27 October 2018 11	Guingamp	1–1	Strasbourg	Guingamp
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Benezet 6' Fofana 71'	Report	da Costa 49' Zohi 88'	Stadium: Stade de Roudourou Attendance: 13,643 Referee: Willy Delajod

3 November 2018 12	Strasbourg	1–1	Toulouse	Strasbourg
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Sissoko 20' Mothiba 51' Lala 74' Stefan Mitrović 90+5'	Report	García 48' Gradel 72'	Stadium: Stade de la Meinau Attendance: 25,034 Referee: Jérôme Miguelgorry

9 November 2018 13	Lille	0–0	Strasbourg	Villeneuve-d'Ascq
20:45 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Aaneba 68' Mothiba 83'	Stadium: Stade Pierre-Mauroy Attendance: 27,544 Referee: Olivier Thual

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

2 December 2018 15	Rennes	1–4	Strasbourg	Rennes
17:00 CET (UTC+1)	Sarr 9' Bensebaini 26' Da Silva 30' Mexer 50'	Report	Sissoko 15' Thomasson 20' Martin 32' (pen.), 51' (pen.) Martinez 77'	Stadium: Roazhon Park Attendance: 19,867 Referee: Eric Wattellier

5 December 2018 16	Strasbourg	1–1	Paris Saint-Germain	Strasbourg
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Lala 40' (pen.) Martinez 61' Thomasson 75'	Report	Draxler 30' Cavani 71' (pen.) Dani Alves 75' Verratti 88'	Stadium: Stade de la Meinau Attendance: 25,702 Referee: Antony Gautier

9 December 2018 17	Strasbourg	2–2	Caen	Strasbourg
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Martinez 5' Mothiba 23' Sissoko 85'	Report	Fajr 22' Khaoui 80' Zahary 90+2'	Stadium: Stade de la Meinau Attendance: 25,048 Referee: Olivier Thual

15 December 2018 18	Reims	2–1	Strasbourg	Reims
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Doumbia 6' Cafaro 66' Romao 71'	Report	Thomasson 49' Mitrović 76'	Stadium: Stade Auguste Delaune Attendance: 12,171 Referee: Florent Batta

22 December 2018 19	Strasbourg	2–0	Nice	Strasbourg
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Mitrović 3' Thomasson 26' Koné 41' Mothiba 43'	Report		Stadium: Stade de la Meinau Attendance: 25,113 Referee: Willy Delajod

13 January 2019 20	Toulouse	1–2	Strasbourg	Toulouse
17:00 CET (UTC+1)	Sanogo 29' (pen.) Bostock 45+3'	Report	Ajorque 17' Martin 36' Sissoko 64'	Stadium: Stadium Municipal Attendance: 15,465 Referee: Hakim Ben El Hadj

19 January 2019 21	Monaco	1–5	Strasbourg	Monaco
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Naldo 7' Glik 8' Falcao 22', 77' B. Badiashile 37' Fàbregas 72'	Report	Ajorque 12', 68' Thomasson 17' Martin 29' Mitrović 36' 69' Sissoko 63' Fofana 90+4'	Stadium: Stade Louis II Attendance: 7,298 Referee: François Letexier

26 January 2019 22	Strasbourg	1–0	Bordeaux	Strasbourg
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Koné 82' Martinez 84' Lala 90+3'	Report	Jovanović 49' Briand 88'	Stadium: Stade de la Meinau Attendance: 25,214 Referee: Florent Batta

3 February 2019 23	Saint-Étienne	Postponed	Strasbourg	Saint-Étienne
17:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard

9 February 2019 24	Strasbourg	1–2	Angers	Strasbourg
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Mitrović 45+1' Prcić 87' Lala 90'	Report	Pavlović 17' Kanga 35', 55' Traoré 59' Cristian 90+2'	Stadium: Stade de la Meinau Attendance: 25,010 Referee: Amaury Delerue

13 February 2019 23	Saint-Étienne	2–1	Strasbourg	Saint-Étienne
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Berić 4' Perrin 27'	Report	Da Costa 14', 73' Aaneba 39' Thomasson 60' Gonçalves 78' Martinez 83'	Stadium: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard Attendance: 16,406 Referee: Jérôme Brisard
Note: Rescheduled from 3 February 2019.^[5]

17 February 2019 25	Caen	0–0	Strasbourg	Caen
15:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Sissoko 38' Martinez 45' Ajorque 68'	Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano Attendance: 14,290 Referee: Thomas Leonard

22 February 2019 26	Strasbourg	1–1	Lille	Strasbourg
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Ajorque 40' Gonçalves 68'	Report	Leão 37' Ikoné 42'	Stadium: Stade de la Meinau Attendance: 25,303 Referee: Clément Turpin

3 March 2019 27	Nice	1–0	Strasbourg	Nice
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Atal 20' Danilo 89'	Report	Grandsir 89'	Stadium: Allianz Riviera Attendance: 17,479 Referee: Eric Wattellier

9 March 2019 28	Strasbourg	2–2	Lyon	Strasbourg
17:00 CET (UTC+1)	Ajorque 69', 70' Martinez 80'	Report	Dembélé 3', 51' (pen.) Cornet 8' Tousart 90+1'	Stadium: Stade de la Meinau Attendance: 25,463 Referee: Jérôme Miguelgorry

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

3 April 2019 30	Strasbourg	4–0	Reims	Strasbourg
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Da Costa 45+2', 77' (pen.) Gonçalves 47', 70' Thomasson 56' 88'	Report	Oudin 41' Engels 83' Cafaro 85'	Stadium: Stade de la Meinau Attendance: 25,081 Referee: Jérémy Stinat

7 April 2019 31	Paris Saint-Germain	2–2	Strasbourg	Paris
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Choupo-Moting 13' Kehrer 82'	Report	Da Costa 26' Gonçalves 38' Lala 57' Sels 88'	Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 47,419 Referee: Thomas Leonard

13 April 2019 32	Strasbourg	3–3	Guingamp	Strasbourg
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Ajorque 39', 73' Gonçalves 44' Prcić 69'	Report	Thuram 37' Deaux 41', 63' Ndong 81' Sorbon 86'	Stadium: Stade de la Meinau Attendance: 25,190 Referee: Antony Gautier

20 April 2019 33	Strasbourg	1–3	Montpellier	Strasbourg
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Gonçalves 30' Martinez 34' Martin 83'	Report	Delort 22', 86' Mollet 28' Mendes 46' Oyongo 52'	Stadium: Stade de la Meinau Attendance: 25,192 Referee: François Letexier

28 April 2019 34	Amiens	0–0	Strasbourg	Amiens
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Timité 83'	Report	Ajorque 14' Sissoko 29' Martin 85'	Stadium: Stade de la Licorne Attendance: 11,833 Referee: Stéphanie Frappart

3 May 2019 35	Strasbourg	1–1	Marseille	Strasbourg
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Lala 65' Ajorque 89'	Report	Germain 48' Strootman 51' Rami 64'	Stadium: Stade de la Meinau Attendance: 25,962 Referee: Jérôme Miguelgorry

11 May 2019 36	Dijon	2–1	Strasbourg	Dijon
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Balmont 14' Tavares 40' (pen.) Kwon 90+4'	Report	Ajorque 68', 89'	Stadium: Stade Gaston Gérard Attendance: 13,105 Referee: Hakim Ben El Hadj

18 May 2019 37	Strasbourg	0–2	Rennes	Strasbourg
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Caci 22'	Report	Bourigeaud 24' Camavinga 45' Koubek 83' Hunou 90'	Stadium: Stade de la Meinau Attendance: 25,086 Referee: Thomas Leonard

24 May 2019 38	Nantes	0–1	Strasbourg	Nantes
21:05 CEST (UTC+2)	Coulibaly 78' Louza 87'	Report	Sissoko 28' Mothiba 60' (pen.)	Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 30,636 Referee: Karim Abed

Coupe de France

16 January 2019 Round of 64	Grenoble	0–1 (a.e.t.)	Strasbourg	Grenoble
19:15 CET (UTC+1)	Sotoca 34' Sanusi 71' Abou Demba 120'	Report	Fofana 50' Gonçalves 53' Zohi 98' Aaneba 104'	Stadium: Stade des Alpes Attendance: 7,553 Referee: Thomas Léonard

23 January 2019 Round of 32	Paris Saint-Germain	2–0	Strasbourg	Paris
21:05 CET (UTC+1)	Cavani 4', 49' Di María 80' Kehrer 86'	Report	Aaneba 28'	Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 38,403 Referee: Johan Hamel

Coupe de la Ligue

30 October 2018 Round of 32	Strasbourg	2–0	Lille	Strasbourg
21:05 CET (UTC+1)	Fofana 13' Grimm 16' Liénard 81'	Report	Luiz Araújo 82'	Stadium: Stade de la Meinau Attendance: 16,821 Referee: Hakim Ben El Hadj

19 December 2018 Round of 16	Marseille	1–1 (2–4 p)	Strasbourg	Marseille
21:05 CET (UTC+1)	Luiz Gustavo 80' Payet 89'	Report	Martin 18' (pen.), 89'	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 8,200 Referee: Ruddy Buquet
	Penalties
	Lopez Payet Luiz Gustavo Rami		Liénard Thomasson Mothiba Martin

8 January 2019 Quarter-finals	Lyon	1–2	Strasbourg	Lyon
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Traoré 49'	Report	Ajorque 26' (pen.) Caci 39' Koné 52' Thomasson 74'	Stadium: Parc Olympique Lyonnais Attendance: 21,721 Referee: Clément Turpin

30 January 2019 Semi-finals	Strasbourg	3–2	Bordeaux	Strasbourg
18:45 CET (UTC+1)	Sissoko 45' Ajorque 49' Mothiba 55', 60'	Report	Sankharé 14' Briand 82', 82' Bašić 90'	Stadium: Stade de la Meinau Attendance: 25,090 Referee: Antony Gautier

30 March 2019 Final	Strasbourg	0–0 (a.e.t.) (4–1 p)	Guingamp	Villeneuve-d'Ascq
21:05 CET (UTC+1)	Sissoko 69' Thomasson 96'	Report	Phiri 24' Benezet 70'	Stadium: Stade Pierre-Mauroy Attendance: 49,161 Referee: Benoît Millot
	Penalties
	Prcić Thomasson Liénard Carole		Mendy Didot Rodelin

Statistics

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Ligue 1		Coupe de France		Coupe de la Ligue
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	BEL	Matz Sels	32	0	31	0	1	0	0	0
16	GK	JPN	Eiji Kawashima	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
30	GK	FRA	Bingourou Kamara	6	0	0	0	1	0	5	0
Defenders
3	DF	SEN	Abdallah Ndour	4	0	2	0	2	0	0	0
4	DF	FRA	Pablo Martinez	35	2	29	2	1	0	5	0
5	DF	CIV	Lamine Koné	27	2	20+2	1	0+1	0	4	1
13	DF	SRB	Stefan Mitrović	32	0	27	0	1	0	4	0
23	DF	FRA	Lionel Carole	21	0	14+3	0	2	0	1+1	0
27	DF	FRA	Kenny Lala	34	4	28	4	0+1	0	4+1	0
32	DF	CMR	Duplexe Tchamba	1	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0
33	DF	FRA	Ismaël Aaneba	6	0	3	0	2	0	1	0
Midfielders
6	MF	FRA	Jérémy Grimm	6	0	2+3	0	0	0	1	0
7	MF	TUN	Moataz Zemzemi	4	0	0+2	0	2	0	0	0
8	MF	FRA	Jonas Martin	23	4	20	3	0	0	2+1	1
10	MF	FRA	Benjamin Corgnet	19	1	6+10	1	1	0	2	0
11	MF	FRA	Dimitri Liénard	26	1	13+7	0	1+1	0	2+2	1
14	MF	BIH	Sanjin Prcić	10	1	8	1	0	0	1+1	0
17	MF	FRA	Anthony Gonçalves	14	5	7+4	5	2	0	0+1	0
18	MF	FRA	Ibrahima Sissoko	30	3	26+1	3	0	0	3	0
19	MF	FRA	Anthony Caci	28	0	22+1	0	0	0	5	0
22	MF	FRA	Youssouf Fofana	19	3	8+6	2	1	0	4	1
26	MF	FRA	Adrien Thomasson	31	5	23+4	5	0	0	3+1	0
28	MF	FRA	Samuel Grandsir	6	0	0+5	0	1	0	0	0
Forwards
9	FW	ALG	Idriss Saadi	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
12	FW	RSA	Lebo Mothiba	30	10	15+11	8	1	0	2+1	2
20	FW	MLI	Kévin Lucien Zohi	25	2	6+13	1	1+1	1	2+2	0
25	FW	FRA	Ludovic Ajorque	23	8	13+6	6	0	0	4	2
29	FW	CPV	Nuno da Costa	33	8	18+10	8	2	0	0+3	0
35	FW	FRA	Mamoudou Karamoko	2	0	0	0	0+2	0	0	0
Players transferred out during the season