Saint Etienne is a historic French football club whose green identity remains closely tied to the city’s industrial character. Founded in 1920, the club carries a celebrated domestic tradition and a strong emotional connection with supporters at Stade Geoffroy-Guichard. This team page presents a concise portrait of Saint Etienne, pairing its enduring character with a dated snapshot of the institution. The result is a useful overview of a storied presence in contemporary French football.
Saint Etienne Upcoming matches by league
Ligue 2
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- Regular Season - 7
Metz
Saint Etienne
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- Regular Season - 8
Saint EtienneNo H2HRodez
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- Regular Season - 9
RED Star FC 93No H2HSaint Etienne
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- Regular Season - 10
Saint EtienneNo H2HNantes
Saint Etienne Last matches by league
Ligue 2
Friendlies Clubs
Ligue 1
Coupe de France
Saint Etienne Team Roster
The recorded roster contains 30 players: six attackers, ten defenders, three goalkeepers and eleven midfielders. The attacking group includes I. Cardona, J. Duffus, L. Stassin and Z. Davitashvili, while the defensive list features Chico Lamba, João Ferreira, J. Le Cardinal and M. Nadé. The goalkeeper group includes G. Larsonneur, L. Lavallée and Mamour Ndiaye. Midfield options include A. Moueffek, Á. Csongvai, J. Breum, M. Bernauer and T. Ballo. A. Boakye, P. Eymard and T. Svetlin add further names to the recorded midfield group. Shirt numbers range from 1 to 52 in the listed roster, with number 16 appearing twice.
position Goalkeeper
Mamour Ndiaye
Gautier Larsonneur
Lucas Michel Daniel Lavallée
position Defender
Strahinja Stojković
Maxime Bernauer
João Diogo Fonseca Ferreira
Chico Faria Camará Lamba
Sohaib Nair
Kévin Pedro
Julien Le Cardinal
N. Kasia Nkondo
position Midfielder
Mahmoud Jaber
Thierno Mamadou Lamarana Ballo
Jakob Breum Martinsen
Áron Csongvai
Tamar Svetlin
Elyes Dhaoui
Augustine Boakye
Zuriko Davitashvili
Nadir El Jamali
Adam Baallal
Modibo Sissoko
P. Eymard
position Attacker
Irvin Charly Jose Cardona
Benjamin Craig Old
Joshua James Leslie Duffus
Mylan Toty
Last Saint Etienne Coachs
The most recent recorded appointment is Eirik Horneland, who began on December 1, 2024; the available timeline does not establish a current holder. A separate Laurent Huard entry begins on December 1, 2023 without a recorded end date, while Olivier Dall’Oglio is listed from December 2023 to December 2024. Earlier dated entries cover Laurent Batlles from July 2022 to June 2023 and Pascal Dupraz from December 2021 to June 2022. Horneland is identified as Norwegian, and the other named coaches are French. These dates describe the recorded chronology rather than a confirmed current role.
Eirik Horneland
History
| Coach | Coach country | Coach since | Coach until |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eirik Horneland | Norway | 1 January 2025 | |
| Eirik Horneland | Norway | 1 December 2024 | |
| Olivier Dall’Oglio | France | 1 December 2023 | 1 December 2024 |
| Laurent Huard | France | 1 December 2023 | |
| Laurent Batlles | France | 1 July 2022 | 1 June 2023 |
| Pascal Dupraz | France | 1 December 2021 | 1 June 2022 |
| Claude Puel | France | 1 October 2019 | 1 December 2021 |
| Ghislain Printant | France | 1 August 2019 | |
| Jean-Louis Gasset | France | 1 December 2017 | 1 May 2019 |
| 1 November 2017 | |||
| Óscar García Junyent | Spain | 1 June 2017 | 1 November 2017 |
| Christophe Galtier | France | 1 December 2009 | 1 June 2017 |
| Alain Perrin | France | 1 November 2008 | 1 December 2009 |
| Laurent Roussey | France | 1 July 2007 | 1 June 2008 |
| Ivan Hašek | Czechia | 1 May 2006 | 1 June 2007 |
| Frédéric Antonetti | France | 1 October 2001 | 1 June 2004 |
| Rudi Garcia | France | 1 January 2001 | 1 June 2001 |
Saint Etienne Transfers
Recent recorded arrivals show a varied movement profile rather than a complete transfer total. T. Svetlin, Á. Csongvai, Mamour Ndiaye, T. Ballo, J. Breum, S. Nair and J. Le Cardinal are listed as transfers, while L. Lavallée arrived as a free agent. P. Ekwah, Y. Maçon, B. Owusu and E. Mayilla are recorded as returns from loan. Earlier entries in the recent listing include loan arrivals A. Souhmahoro and A. Kanté, alongside P. Ekwah’s 2025 transfer and J. Duffus’s free-agent move. No fee details accompany these entries.
Latest player transfers from
| Player | Team from | Transfer type | Transfer date |
|---|---|---|---|
| T. Svetlin |
Korona Kielce
|
Transfer | 9 August 2026 |
| L. Lavallée |
Chateauroux
|
Free agent | 28 July 2026 |
| Á. Csongvai |
AIK Stockholm
|
Transfer | 14 July 2026 |
| T. Ballo |
Wolfsberger AC
|
Transfer | 10 July 2026 |
| Mamour Ndiaye |
Sarpsborg 08 FF
|
Transfer | 10 July 2026 |
| J. Breum |
GO Ahead Eagles
|
Transfer | 2 July 2026 |
| S. Nair |
Guingamp
|
Transfer | 30 June 2026 |
| E. Mayilla |
Aubagne
|
Return from loan | 29 June 2026 |
| B. Owusu |
Grazer AK
|
Return from loan | 29 June 2026 |
| Y. Maçon |
Larisa
|
Return from loan | 29 June 2026 |
| P. Ekwah |
Watford
|
Return from loan | 29 June 2026 |
UTS Rabat
|
- | 30 April 2026 | |
Olympique Akbou
|
Loan | 19 March 2026 | |
| J. Le Cardinal |
Stade Brestois 29
|
Transfer | 2 February 2026 |
| A. Souhmahoro |
Hamburger SV
|
Loan | 1 February 2026 |
Recent recorded departures form a non-exhaustive account of movement from Saint Etienne. L. Gadegbeku and A. Dodote left on loan, while J. Sahraoui and P. Ekwah are also listed under loan arrangements. K. Cissé, D. Appiah, E. Mayilla, F. Tardieu, B. Maubleu, J. Mouton, I. Touré and C. Fall are recorded as free agents. B. Owusu and M. Makhloufi are listed as transfers. Several entries mark returns from loan, including A. Kanté, A. Souhmahoro, O. Benkou and Y. Maçon. The listed departures carry no recorded fee details.
Latest player transfers to
| Player | Team to | Transfer type | Transfer date |
|---|---|---|---|
| L. Stassin |
Sevilla
|
Loan | 31 August 2026 |
| D. N'Guessan |
Stade Brestois 29
|
Loan | 31 August 2026 |
| Y. Maçon |
Grenoble
|
Free agent | 31 August 2026 |
| A. Moueffek |
Cadiz
|
Loan | 30 August 2026 |
| P. Ekwah |
Auxerre
|
Loan | 27 August 2026 |
| M. Nadé |
Dubai United
|
Transfer | 25 August 2026 |
| E. Annan |
Rapid
|
Loan | 24 August 2026 |
| M. Nadé |
Dubai United
|
Transfer | 24 August 2026 |
| I. Miladinović |
FK Partizan
|
Loan | 16 August 2026 |
| L. Gadegbeku |
PAU
|
Loan | 11 August 2026 |
Bayonne
|
Free agent | 21 July 2026 | |
| K. Cissé |
Aubagne
|
Free agent | 20 July 2026 |
| A. Dodote |
PAU
|
Loan | 20 July 2026 |
| D. Appiah |
Caen
|
Free agent | 19 July 2026 |
| E. Mayilla |
Dunkerque
|
Free agent | 19 July 2026 |
Transfers Synthesis
Taken together, the recent movement records show several forms of squad turnover. The incoming list includes transfers, a free-agent arrival, loans and multiple returns from loan, while the outgoing list combines loans, free-agent departures, transfers and players returning to previous clubs. The records therefore describe both new arrivals and the closing or reversal of temporary arrangements. The timing is concentrated in the summer of 2026, with additional entries from the January and summer 2025 windows. Some names appear in more than one movement category across different dates, notably P. Ekwah, Y. Maçon, B. Owusu and E. Mayilla, reflecting separate stages in their recorded club movements. Because both lists are limited recent groupings, they indicate the character of the activity without establishing a complete arrivals, departures or net-balance count. No financial interpretation is supported because amounts are absent.
Leagues Saint Etienne has participated in
Saint Etienne’s recorded competition profile spans domestic leagues, national cups, friendlies and European competition. Ligue 2, Coupe de France and Friendlies Clubs have latest recorded entries in 2025 and are the competitions listed with recent activity in this profile. Ligue 1 is recorded from 2010 through 2024 but is historical within this profile. Coupe de la Ligue appears from 2011 to 2019, while the UEFA Europa League is recorded from 2014 to 2019; both are historical entries. The participation history therefore covers a broad period, while the latest competition year shown is 2025 rather than a confirmed 2026 campaign.
More about Saint Etienne
Saint Etienne is a French football club founded in 1920 and based in the Loire city of Saint-Étienne. Its identity is inseparable from green and white colours, the enduring nickname Les Verts and a strong industrial heritage rooted in the city’s coal-mining and manufacturing past. The club became professional in 1933, establishing a long presence in France’s professional game. Home matches are associated with Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, opened in 1931 and known as Le Chaudron. The stadium’s stands sit close to the pitch, a design and atmosphere that have made it a distinctive setting in French football. The venue has also hosted major international tournament matches, including fixtures at the 1984 European Championship and the 1998 World Cup. Saint Etienne’s greatest sporting period came during the second half of the twentieth century. The club won ten Ligue 1 championships, with its celebrated title era running largely from 1957 to 1981, and added six Coupe de France trophies and one Coupe de la Ligue. Its European high point was the run to the 1976 European Cup Final, a defining chapter in the club’s continental story. The famous square goalposts of that final remain part of the mythology surrounding the team. The club’s crest and kit reinforce the same heritage. Green is the dominant home colour, while the badge carries a star representing the ten French league titles and symbols associated with the city. The club’s culture is widely linked to loyalty, intensity and working-class solidarity, values reflected in the atmosphere around the stadium. Kilmer Sports Ventures acquired Saint Etienne in 2024 and owns the club as part of the Kilmer Group led by Larry Tanenbaum. That ownership period adds a contemporary chapter to an institution whose history remains central to French football.
Last matches statistics for Saint Etienne
| match | shots | Poss. | Pass % | Fouls | Cards | Saves |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Servette FC
1 - 0
Saint Etienne
|
0 / 0 |
|
0% | 0 | - | 0 |
|
Rangers
2 - 1
Saint Etienne
|
0 / 0 |
|
0% | 0 | - | 0 |
|
Saint Etienne
4 - 0
Lausanne
|
0 / 0 |
|
0% | 0 | - | 0 |
|
Saint Etienne
4 - 3
Venezia
|
0 / 0 |
|
0% | 0 | - | 0 |
|
Sochaux
0 - 3
Saint Etienne
|
5 / 11 |
|
86 | 10 | 1 | 2 |
|
Saint Etienne
3 - 1
Clermont Foot
|
5 / 21 |
|
92 | 15 | 1 | 1 |
|
Saint Etienne
4 - 0
Grenoble
|
10 / 18 |
|
91 | 14 | 1 | 0 |
|
Dijon
2 - 3
Saint Etienne
|
12 / 17 |
|
87 | 14 | 1 | 5 |
|
Saint Etienne
3 - 1
Montpellier
|
5 / 14 |
|
0% | 18 | 1 | 2 |
|
Dunkerque
2 - 1
Saint Etienne
|
5 / 11 |
|
0% | 20 | 2 | 0 |
Detailed statistics Saint Etienne
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Last rating points (most recent matches).
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Latest start lineups Saint Etienne (XI)
Dunkerque vs Saint Etienne
Ligue 2 2026 - 1552470
Saint Etienne vs Montpellier
Ligue 2 2026 - 1552467
Dijon vs Saint Etienne
Ligue 2 2026 - 1552452
Saint Etienne vs Grenoble
Ligue 2 2026 - 1552449
Saint Etienne vs Clermont Foot
Ligue 2 2026 - 1552440
Sochaux vs Saint Etienne
Ligue 2 2026 - 1552431
2025-2026
1st shirt
2023-2024
1st shirt
2023-2024
2nd shirt
2023-2024
4th shirt
2021-2022
1st shirt
2021-2022
2nd shirt
2021-2022
3rd shirt
2020-2021
1st shirt
2020-2021
2nd shirt
2020-2021
3rd shirt
2019-2020
1st shirt