2013–14 FC Istres season

FC Istres

2013–14 season
Chairman	Henry Cremadès
Manager	José Pasqualetti (until April) Frédéric Arpinon (from April)
Stadium	Stade Parsemain
Ligue 2	19th (relegated)
Coupe de France	Round of 64
Coupe de la Ligue	First round

The 2013–14 season was the 94th season in the existence of FC Istres and the club's first-ever season in the second division of French football. In addition to the domestic league, FC Istres participated in this season's editions of the Coupe de France and the Coupe de la Ligue.

Players

First-team squad

As of 21 January 2014.

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 Arnaud Balijon 4 DF  FRA Fabien Barrillon 5 DF  FRA Alain Cantareil 6 DF  CIV Mamadou Doumbia 7 DF  FRA Jérôme Leroy 8 MF  SEN Ibrahima Ba 10 MF  SEN Bagaliy Dabo 11 FW  MAR Fouad Chafik 14 MF  FRA Anthony Belmonte 15 FW  CIV Guy-Roland Niangbo

No. Pos. Nation Player 16 GK  FRA Romain Lejeune 18 FW  FRA Alexis Allart 19 MF  FRA Cyril Jeunechamp 22 MF  FRA Florian Tardieu 23 DF  MRI Michael Bosqui 25 DF  FRA Vincent Le Goff 26 MF  FRA Benjamin Mas 27 MF  ALG Farid Boulaya 28 DF  FRA Joris Sainati 34 DF  ALG Kaled Kehiha

Transfers

In

Out

Pre-season and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
					Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Ligue 2	4 August 2013	16 May 2014	Matchday 1	19th	38	9	9	20	48	74	−26	023.68
Coupe de France	16 November 2013	4 January 2014	Seventh round	Round of 64	3	2	1	0	6	2	+4	066.67
Coupe de la Ligue	6 August 2013		First round	First round	1	0	1	0	2	2	+0	000.00
Total					42	11	11	20	56	78	−22	026.19

Last updated: May 2014
Source: Soccerway

Ligue 2

Main article: 2013–14 Ligue 2

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or Relegation
16	Auxerre	38	10	13	15	35	45	−10	43
17	Laval	38	10	12	16	44	52	−8	42
18	Châteauroux	38	10	10	18	43	59	−16	40	Spared due to the DNCG’s rulings.
19	Istres (R)	38	9	9	20	48	74	−26	36	Relegated, but later readmitted and later relegated.
20	CA Bastia (R)	38	4	12	22	21	63	−42	24	Relegation to Championnat National

Source: Ligue 2
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(R) Relegated

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	9	9	20	48	74	−26	36	7	5	7	28	31	−3	2	4	13	20	43	−23

Last updated: May 2014.
Source: Ligue 2

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	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A
Result	L	L	D	D	D	D	W	L	L	L	W	L	L	L	W	L	D	W	L	W	D	W	L	W	W	L	L	D	D	W	L	L	L	D	L	L	L	L
Position	18	20	17	17	18	17	15	16	18	18	17	17	19	19	18	19	19	18	19	15	15	15	17	16	13	18	18	17	17	16	17	18	19	18	19	19	19	19

Source: Ligue 2
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 13 June 2013.^[1]

Istres v Angers

2 August 2013 1	Istres	2–4	Angers	Istres
17:30 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stade Parsemain

Brest v Istres

12 August 2013 2	Brest	3–1	Istres	Brest
17:30 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stade Francis-Le Blé

Istres v CA Bastia

16 August 2013 3	Istres	1–1	CA Bastia	Istres
17:30 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stade Parsemain

Créteil v Istres

23 August 2013 4	Créteil	2–2	Istres	Créteil
17:30 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stade Dominique Duvauchelle

Istres v Auxerre

30 August 2013 5	Istres	1–1	Auxerre	Istres
17:30 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stade Parsemain

Tours v Istres

13 September 2013 6	Tours	2–2	Istres	Tours
17:30 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stade de la Vallée du Cher

Istres v Laval

20 September 2013 7	Istres	3–0	Laval	Istres
17:30 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stade Parsemain

Le Havre v Istres

24 September 2013 8	Le Havre	1–0	Istres	Le Havre
17:30 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stade Océane

Istres v Troyes

27 September 2013 9	Istres	0–2	Troyes	Istres
17:30 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stade Parsemain

Clermont v Istres

4 October 2013 10	Clermont	2–0	Istres	Clermont-Ferrand
17:30 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stade Gabriel Montpied

Istres v Arles-Avignon

18 October 2013 11	Istres	1–0	Arles-Avignon	Istres
17:30 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stade Parsemain

Niort v Istres

25 October 2013 12	Niort	3–1	Istres	Niort
17:30 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stade René Gaillard

Istres v Metz

1 November 2013 13	Istres	1–2	Metz	Istres
17:30 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stade Parsemain

Caen v Istres

8 November 2013 14	Caen	4–0	Istres	Caen
17:30 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano

Istres v Nîmes

22 November 2013 15	Istres	4–2	Nîmes	Istres
17:30 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stade Parsemain

CA Bastia v Istres

24 January 2014 21	CA Bastia	2–2	Istres	Furiani
17:30 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Stade Armand-Cesari

Coupe de France

Main article: 2013–14 Coupe de France

Coupe de la Ligue

Main article: 2013–14 Coupe de la Ligue

Notes

References

1. "LIGUE 2 Découvrez le calendrier officiel de la saison 2013-2014 et les rencontres qui attendent Nîmes Olympique !". Objectif Gard (in French). 13 June 2013.