List of French football transfers summer 2016

This is a list of French football transfers for the 2016 summer transfer window. Only moves featuring Ligue 1 or Ligue 2 are listed.

Ligue 1

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

Angers SCO

In:


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
4	DF	CRO	Mateo Pavlović (from Werder Bremen)^[1]
7	FW	CMR	Karl Toko Ekambi (from Sochaux)^[2]
9	FW	SEN	Famara Diedhiou (from Sochaux, previously on loan at Clermont Foot)^[3]
11	FW	NGA	Dickson Nwakaeme (from free agent)^[4]
12	FW	FRA	Yoane Wissa (from Châteauroux)^[5]
16	GK	FRA	Mathieu Michel (from Nîmes)^[6]
18	MF	FRA	Baptiste Santamaria (from Tours)^[7]
20	MF	FRA	Flavien Tait (from Châteauroux)^[8]
21	DF	FRA	Pablo Martinez (from Gazélec Ajaccio)^[9]
23	MF	TUN	Jamel Saihi (from Montpellier)^[10]
26	MF	ALG	Mehdi Jean Tahrat (from Red Star 93)^[11]

Out:


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
2	DF	FRA	Gaël Angoula (to Nîmes)^[12]
3	DF	CGO	Arnold Bouka Moutou (to Dijon)^[13]
7	MF	FRA	Olivier Auriac (retired)
11	FW	FRA	Slimane Sissoko (to Nîmes)^[14]
12	FW	CMR	Jean-Pierre Nsamé (to Servette Genève)^[15]
20	MF	FRA	Charles Diers (retired)
22	FW	SUI	Goran Karanović (loaned to Sochaux)^[16]
23	MF	FRA	Yohann Eudeline (retired)
26	MF	CMR	Guy Ngosso (to Amiens)^[17]
28	MF	MAR	Romain Saïss (to Wolverhampton Wanderers)^[18]
—	MF	ARG	Diego Gómez (to Cholet)^[19]
—	MF	BRA	Pessalli (released)

SC Bastia

In:


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
4	DF	MAR	Abdelhamid El Kaoutari (on loan from Palermo, previously on loan at Stade Reims)^[20]
6	MF	FRA	Allan Saint-Maximin (on loan from Monaco, previously on loan at Hannover 96)^[21]
7	MF	CPV	Jerson Cabral (from Twente)^[22]
11	FW	FRA	Lenny Nangis (on loan from Lille)^[21]
13	FW	CGO	Thievy Bifouma (from Espanyol, previously on loan at Stade Reims)^[21]
20	DF	SWE	Pierre Bengtsson (on loan from Mainz)^[23]
22	MF	FRA	Farid Boulaya (from Clermont)^[24]
30	GK	FRA	Paul Charruau (from Valenciennes)^[21]

Out:


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	DEN	Jesper Hansen (to Lyngby)^[25]
6	MF	FRA	Seko Fofana (loan return to Manchester City, later sold to Udinese)^[26]
7	MF	TOG	Floyd Ayité (to Fulham)^[27]
15	MF	FRA	Julian Palmieri (to Lille)^[28]
25	FW	GUI	François Kamano (to Bordeaux)^[29]

FC Girondins de Bordeaux

In:


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
7	FW	FRA	Jérémy Ménez (from Milan)^[30]
11	FW	GUI	François Kamano (from Bastia)^[29]
14	MF	FRA	Jérémy Toulalan (from Monaco)^[31]
20	DF	FRA	Youssouf Sabaly (on loan from Paris Saint-Germain, previously on loan at Nantes)^[32]

Out:


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
6	DF	SEN	Lamine Sané (to Werder Bremen)^[33]
11	MF	FRA	Clément Chantôme (to Rennes)^[34]
21	DF	FRA	Cédric Yambéré (on loan to Anzhi Makhachkala)^[35]

SM Caen

In:


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
4	MF	CIV	Ismaël Diomandé (from Saint-Étienne, previously on loan)^[36]
10	MF	FRA	Steed Malbranque (from Lyon)^[37]
12	FW	FRA	Ronny Rodelin (from Lille, previously on loan)^[38]
23	DF	FRA	Mouhamadou Dabo (from Troyes)^[39]
—	FW	CRO	Ivan Santini (from Standard Liège)^[40]

Out:


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
12	MF	FRA	Dennis Appiah (to Anderlecht)^[41]

Dijon FCO

In:


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	FRA	Benjamin Leroy (from Evian)^[42]
13	MF	FRA	Marvin Martin (on loan from Lille)^[43]
15	MF	FRA	Florent Balmont (from Lille)^[44]
21	DF	FRA	Yunis Abdelhamid (from Valenciennes)^[45]
25	DF	CGO	Arnold Bouka Moutou (from Angers)^[13]
26	DF	MAR	Fouad Chafik (from Laval)^[46]
29	MF	FRA	Dylan Bahamboula (from Monaco, previously on loan to Paris)^[47]

Out:


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
6	DF	FRA	Christopher Jullien (loan return to Freiburg)^[48]
19	FW	SEN	Mamadou Thiam (on loan to Clermont Foot)^[49]
—	MF	FRA	Arnaud Souquet (to Nice)^[50]

En Avant de Guingamp

In:


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	SWE	Karl-Johan Johnsson (from Randers)^[51]
2	DF	COD	Jordan Ikoko (from Paris Saint-Germain, previously on loan at Lens)^[52]
8	MF	FRA	Lucas Déaux (from Gent)^[53]
9	FW	FRA	Alexandre Mendy (from Nice)^[54]
11	FW	FRA	Sloan Privat (from Gent, previously on loan)^[55]
17	MF	FRA	Étienne Didot (from Toulouse)^[56]
30	GK	FRA	Romain Salin (from Marítimo)^[57]

Out:


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	DEN	Jonas Lössl (to Mainz 05)^[58]
13	MF	SEN	Younousse Sankharé (to Lille)^[59]
28	FW	TUR	Mevlüt Erdinç (loan return to Hannover 96, later loan to Metz)^[60]

Lille OSC

In:


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
4	MF	SEN	Younousse Sankharé (from Guingamp)^[59]
12	FW	FRA	Nicolas de Préville (from Stade Reims)^[61]
13	DF	ZAM	Stoppila Sunzu (from Shanghai Greenland Shenhua, previously on loan)^[62]
15	MF	FRA	Julian Palmieri (from Bastia)^[28]
39	FW	POR	Éder (from Swansea City, previously on loan)^[63]
—	DF	HAI	Carlens Arcus (from Troyes)^[64]
—	MF	POR	Alexis Araujo (loan return from Boulogne)^[65]
—	FW	CGO	Kévin Koubemba (loan return from Brest)^[66]

Out:


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
4	MF	FRA	Florent Balmont (to Dijon)^[44]
7	MF	MAR	Sofiane Boufal (to Southampton)^[67]
10	MF	FRA	Marvin Martin (on loan to Dijon)^[43]
15	FW	FRA	Lenny Nangis (on loan to Bastia)^[21]
16	GK	MTQ	Steeve Elana (to Gazélec Ajaccio)^[68]
19	DF	FRA	Djibril Sidibé (to Monaco)^[69]
27	FW	BEL	Baptiste Guillaume (on loan to Strasbourg)^[70]
28	DF	FRA	Benjamin Pavard (to Stuttgart)^[71]
—	DF	FRA	Julian Jeanvier (to Stade Reims, previously on loan at Red Star)^[72]
—	MF	POR	Alexis Araujo (on loan to Dunkerque, previously on loan at Boulogne)^[65]
—	MF	FRA	Nolan Mbemba (to Vitória de Guimarães)^[73]
—	MF	FRA	Soualiho Meïté (on loan to Zulte Waregem)^[74]
—	MF	BOL	Ricardo Roman (on loan to Les Herbiers)^[75]
—	FW	SUI	Michael Frey (to Young Boys, previously on loan at Luzern)^[76]
—	FW	FRA	Serhou Guirassy (to Köln)^[77]
—	FW	CGO	Kévin Koubemba (to Sint-Truiden, previously on loan at Brest)^[66]
—	FW	FRA	Ronny Rodelin (to SM Caen, previously on loan)^[38]
—	FW	CMR	Didier Lamkel Ze (to Chamois Niort)^[78]

FC Lorient

In:


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
2	DF	FRA	Lindsay Rose (from Lyon, previously on loan)^[79]
8	MF	POR	Cafú (from Vitória de Guimarães)^[80]
10	MF	FRA	Sylvain Marveaux (from Newcastle United)
11	DF	COM	Faïz Selemani (from Chamois Niortais)
16	GK	FRA	Paul Delecroix (from Chamois Niortais)

Out:


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
7	MF	GAB	Didier Ibrahim N'Dong (to Sunderland)^[81]
8	MF	FRA	Yann Jouffre (to Metz)^[82]
13	MF	FRA	Rafidine Abdullah (to Cádiz)^[83]
14	DF	POR	Raphaël Guerreiro (to Borussia Dortmund)^[84]

Olympique Lyonnais

In:


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
31	MF	POL	Maciej Rybus (from Terek Grozny)^[85]
3	DF	CMR	Nicolas Nkoulou (from Marseille)
4	DF	ARG	Emanuel Mammana (from River Plate)

Out:


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
3	DF	CMR	Henri Bedimo (to Marseille)^[86]
4	DF	BFA	Bakary Koné (to Málaga)^[87]
17	MF	FRA	Steed Malbranque (to SM Caen)^[37]
23	DF	FRA	Samuel Umtiti (to Barcelona)^[88]
—	DF	FRA	Lindsay Rose (to Lorient, previously on loan)^[79]

Olympique de Marseille

In:


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
2	DF	JPN	Hiroki Sakai (from Hannover 96)^[89]
3	DF	BRA	Dória (loan return from Granada)^[90]
7	MF	FRA	Rémy Cabella (from Newcastle United, previously on loan)^[91]
12	DF	CMR	Henri Bedimo (from Lyon)^[86]
18	FW	FRA	Bafétimbi Gomis (on loan from Swansea City)^[92]
20	FW	TUN	Saîf-Eddine Khaoui (from Tours)^[93]
22	MF	BEL	Aaron Leya Iseka (on loan from Anderlecht)^[94]
23	MF	FRA	Zinédine Machach (on loan from Toulouse)^[95]
26	MF	FRA	Florian Thauvin (on loan from Newcastle United)^[96]
—	FW	CMR	Clinton N'Jie (on loan from Tottenham Hotspur)^[97]

Out:


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
2	DF	ESP	Javier Manquillo (loan return to Atlético Madrid)^[98]
3	DF	CMR	Nicolas Nkoulou (to Lyon)
7	MF	ARG	Lucas Ocampos (on loan to Genoa)^[99]
14	MF	FRA	Georges-Kévin Nkoudou (to Tottenham Hotspur)^[97]
15	DF	FRA	Stéphane Sparagna (on loan to Auxerre)^[100]
19	MF	MAR	Abdelaziz Barrada (to Al-Nasr)^[99]
22	FW	BEL	Michy Batshuayi (to Chelsea)^[101]
23	DF	FRA	Benjamin Mendy (to Monaco)^[102]
26	DF	CIV	Brice Dja Djédjé (to Watford)^[103]
30	GK	FRA	Steve Mandanda (to Crystal Palace)^[104]
—	MF	FRA	Bilal Boutobba (to Sevilla Atlético)^[105]
—	MF	GAB	Mario Lemina (to Juventus, previously on loan)^[106]

FC Metz

In:


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
6	DF	FRA	Simon Falette (from Brest)^[107]
8	MF	FRA	Yann Jouffre (from Lorient)^[82]
9	FW	TUR	Mevlüt Erdinç (on loan from Hannover 96, previously on loan at Guingamp)^[60]
11	FW	FRA	Opa Nguette (from Valenciennes)^[108]
13	DF	FRA	Franck Signorino (from Stade Reims)^[109]
16	GK	JPN	Eiji Kawashima (from Dundee United)^[110]
19	MF	FRA	Florent Mollet (from Créteil)^[111]
32	DF	CMR	Benoît Assou-Ekotto (from Saint-Étienne)^[112]

Out:


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
11	MF	FRA	Samy Kehli (to Roeselare)^[113]
15	DF	FRA	Romain Métanire (to Kortrijk)^[114]
23	MF	FRA	Yeni Ngbakoto (to QPR)^[115]
27	DF	ARG	José Luis Palomino (to Ludogorets Razgrad)^[116]

AS Monaco

In:


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
9	FW	COL	Radamel Falcao (loan return from Chelsea)^[117]
16	GK	ITA	Morgan De Sanctis (from Roma)^[118]
19	DF	FRA	Djibril Sidibé (from Lille)^[69]
23	DF	FRA	Benjamin Mendy (from Marseille)^[102]
25	DF	POL	Kamil Glik (from Torino)^[119]
—	MF	MAR	Youssef Aït Bennasser (from Nancy)^[120]

Out:


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
6	DF	POR	Ricardo Carvalho (released)^[121]
9	FW	BRA	Vágner Love (to Alanyaspor)^[122]
12	MF	FRA	Farès Bahlouli (on loan to Standard Liège)^[123]
16	GK	FRA	Paul Nardi (on loan to Stade Rennais)^[124]
17	FW	POR	Ivan Cavaleiro (to Wolverhampton Wanderers)^[125]
19	FW	CIV	Lacina Traoré (on loan to CSKA Moscow)^[126]
21	DF	NGA	Elderson Echiéjilé (on loan to Standard Liége)^[127]
28	MF	FRA	Jérémy Toulalan (to Bordeaux)^[31]
32	DF	COD	Marcel Tisserand (to Ingolstadt, previously on loan at Toulouse)^[122]
34	DF	FRA	Raphaël Diarra (on loan to Cercle Brugge)^[128]
—	MF	FRA	Sébastien Amoros (to Port Vale)^[129]
—	MF	FRA	Dylan Bahamboula (to Dijon, previously on loan to Paris)^[47]
—	MF	POR	Gil Bastião Dias (loan to Rio Ave, previously on loan to Varzim)^[130]
—	MF	FRA	Jonathan Mexique (on loan to Red Star)^[123]
—	MF	CGO	Delvin N'Dinga (to Lokomotiv Moscow, previously on loan)^[131]
—	MF	FRA	Jessy Pi (to Toulouse, previously on loan at Troyes)^[132]
—	MF	FRA	Allan Saint-Maximin (on loan to Bastia, previously on loan at Hannover 96)^[21]
—	FW	FRA	Ilyes Chaïbi (on loan to Ajaccio)^[133]
—	FW	GUI	Tafsir Chérif (on loan to Rio Ave)^[128]
—	FW	CMR	Edgar Salli (to 1. FC Nürnberg, previously on loan to St. Gallen)^[134]

Montpellier HSC

In:


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
5	MF	MLI	Yacouba Sylla (on loan from Rennes)
15	FW	BEN	Steve Mounié (on loan return from Nîmes)
18	DF	FRA	Nicolas Saint-Ruf (on loan return from Orléans)
20	DF	BEL	Anthony Vanden Borre (on loan from Anderlecht)^[135]
22	MF	FRA	Killian Sanson (from Évian TG)

Out:


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	FRA	Jonas Martin (to Real Betis)^[136]
—	MF	FRA	Bryan Dabo (to Saint-Étienne)^[137]
—	MF	COM	Djamel Bakar (to Charleroi)^[138]
—	FW	PER	Jean Deza (to Levski Sofia)^[139]
—	MF	FRA	Anthony Ribelin (to Stade Rennais)^[124]
—	MF	TUN	Jamel Saihi (to Angers)
—	DF	ALG	Ramy Bensebaini (loan return at Paradou, later sold to Stade Rennais)
—	FW	MLI	Mustapha Yatabaré (loan return at Trabzonspor, later sold to Karabükspor)
—	MF	SUI	Sébastien Wüthrich (to Aarau)
—	FW	FRA	Quentin Cornette (to Amiens)
—	FW	FRA	Florian Sotoca (to Grenoble)

AS Nancy

In:


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	BLR	Syarhey Chernik (from FC BATE Borisov)
6	MF	MAR	Youssef Aït Bennasser (On loan from Monaco previously at Nancy)
8	DF	FRA	Vincent Marchetti (from AC Ajaccio)
12	FW	FRA	Christophe Mandanne (from Al-Fujairah)
13	MF	CIV	Serge N'Guessan (from AFAD Djékanou)
23	FW	FRA	Anthony Koura (from Nîmes)

Out:


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
6	MF	MAR	Youssef Aït Bennasser (to Monaco)^[120]
—	GK	FRA	Quentin Beunardeau (to Tubize, previously on loan)^[140]
—	MF	FRA	Arnaud Lusamba (to Nice)^[141]

FC Nantes

In:


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
2	FW	VEN	Fernando Aristeguieta (loan return from Red Star)
3	DF	BRA	Diego Carlos (from Estoril)
6	DF	BRA	Lucas Lima (from Arouca)
11	MF	SWE	Alexander Kačaniklić (from Fulham)^[142]
18	FW	POL	Mariusz Stępiński (from Ruch Chorzów)
23	MF	DEN	Nicolaj Thomsen (from Aalborg BK)

Out:


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	DF	ALB	Lorik Cana (retired)
—	FW	ISL	Kolbeinn Sigþórsson (on loan at Galatasaray)
—	MF	ALB	Ermir Lenjani (loan return to Rennes)
—	DF	FRA	Youssouf Sabaly (loan return to Paris Saint-Germain, later loaned to Bordeaux)^[32]
—	MF	USA	Alejandro Bedoya (to Philadelphia Union)
—	MF	MLI	Birama Touré (to Standard Liège)^[143]
—	FW	MTQ	Johan Audel (to Beitar Jerusalem)
—	MF	SEN	Rémi Gomis (to Wil)

OGC Nice

In:


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
2	MF	FRA	Arnaud Souquet (from Dijon)^[50]
5	MF	MAR	Younès Belhanda (on loan from Dynamo Kyiv)^[144]
8	MF	FRA	Arnaud Lusamba (from Nancy)^[141]
9	FW	ITA	Mario Balotelli (from Liverpool)^[145]
22	MF	GRE	Anastasios Donis (on loan from Juventus)^[146]
23	FW	FRA	Alexy Bosetti (loan return from Sarpsborg 08)^[147]
25	MF	FRA	Wylan Cyprien (from Lens)^[148]
29	DF	BRA	Dalbert Henrique (from Vitória de Guimarães)^[149]
31	DF	BRA	Dante (from Wolfsburg)^[150]

Out:


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
5	DF	FRA	Kévin Gomis (to Dundee)^[151]
9	MF	FRA	Hatem Ben Arfa (to Paris Saint-Germain)^[152]
13	MF	SWE	Niklas Hult (to Panathinaikos)^[153]
15	FW	FRA	Alexandre Mendy (to Guingamp)^[54]
22	MF	FRA	Nampalys Mendy (to Leicester City)^[154]

Paris Saint-Germain

In:


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
12	DF	BEL	Thomas Meunier (from Club Brugge)^[155]
21	MF	FRA	Hatem Ben Arfa (from Nice)^[152]
22	FW	ESP	Jesé (from Real Madrid)^[156]
23	MF	POL	Grzegorz Krychowiak (from Sevilla)^[155]
—	MF	ARG	Giovani Lo Celso (from Rosario Central)^[157]

Out:


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
4	MF	FRA	Benjamin Stambouli (to Schalke 04)^[158]
10	FW	SWE	Zlatan Ibrahimović (to Manchester United)^[159]
23	DF	NED	Gregory van der Wiel (to Fenerbahçe S.K.)^[160]
30	GK	ITA	Salvatore Sirigu (on loan to Sevilla)^[161]
32	DF	BRA	David Luiz (to Chelsea)^[162]
—	DF	FRA	Lucas Digne (to Barcelona, previously on loan at Roma)^[163]
—	DF	COD	Jordan Ikoko (to Guingamp, previously on loan at Lens)^[52]
—	DF	FRA	Youssouf Sabaly (on loan to Bordeaux, previously on loan at Nantes)^[32]
—	MF	ARG	Giovani Lo Celso (on loan to Rosario Central)^[157]
—	MF	CIV	Yakou Méïte (to Reading)^[164]

Stade Rennais F.C.

In:


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
8	MF	FRA	Clément Chantôme (from Bordeaux)^[34]
16	GK	FRA	Paul Nardi (on loan from Monaco)^[124]
25	DF	POR	Afonso Figueiredo (from Boavista)
27	MF	FRA	Anthony Ribelin (from Montpeller)^[124]
—	FW	AUT	Philipp Hosiner (loan return from Köln)^[165]

Out:


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
3	DF	SEN	Cheikh M'Bengue (to Saint-Étienne)^[166]
14	DF	SEN	Fallou Diagne (to Werder Bremen)^[167]
17	MF	FRA	Jérémie Boga (loan return to Chelsea, later loaned to Granada)^[168]
23	FW	FRA	Ousmane Dembélé (to Borussia Dortmund)^[169]
—	DF	MKD	Gjoko Zajkov (to Charleroi, previously on loan)^[138]
—	FW	AUT	Philipp Hosiner (to Union Berlin)^[170]

AS Saint-Étienne

In:


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
7	MF	FRA	Bryan Dabo (from Montpellier)^[137]
11	MF	SEN	Henri Saivet (on loan from Newcastle United)^[171]
12	DF	SEN	Cheikh M'Bengue (from Rennes)^[166]
14	MF	FRA	Jordan Veretout (on loan from Aston Villa)^[171]
—	MF	FRA	Jonathan Bamba (loan return from Paris)^[172]

Out:


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
20	DF	FRA	Jonathan Brison (to Chamois Niort)^[173]
26	DF	SEN	Moustapha Bayal Sall (to Al-Arabi)^[174]
29	DF	FRA	François Clerc (to Gazélec Ajaccio)^[175]
32	DF	CMR	Benoît Assou-Ekotto (to Metz)^[112]
—	MF	FRA	Jonathan Bamba (on loan to Sint-Truiden, previously on loan at Paris)^[172]
—	MF	CIV	Ismaël Diomandé (to SM Caen, previously on loan)^[36]

Toulouse FC

In:


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
6	DF	FRA	Christopher Jullien (from Freiburg)^[176]
21	MF	SWE	Jimmy Durmaz (from Olympiacos)^[177]
25	MF	FRA	Jessy Pi (from Monaco, previously on loan at Troyes)^[132]

Out:


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
8	MF	FRA	Étienne Didot (to Guingamp)^[56]
10	FW	FRA	Wissam Ben Yedder (to Sevilla)^[178]
13	MF	FRA	Zinédine Machach (on loan to Marseille)^[95]
26	DF	COD	Marcel Tisserand (loan return to Monaco, later sold to Ingolstadt)^[122]
—	MF	POL	Dominik Furman (on loan to Wisła Płock)^[179]

Ligue 2

AC Ajaccio

In:


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	DF	COM	Kassim Abdallah (from Évian TG)
—	FW	NIG	Moussa Maâzou (from Randers)
—	FW	FRA	Marvin Gakpa (on loan from Lorient)
—	DF	FRA	Alioun Fall (from Évian TG)
—	DF	FRA	Jordan Pierre-Charles (from Colmar)
—	FW	FRA	Ilyes Chaïbi (on loan from Monaco)^[133]
—	GK	CMR	Jules Goda (from Gazélec Ajaccio)
—	MF	FRA	Yann Boé-Kane (from Red Star)

Out:


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	DF	FRA	Vincent Marchetti (to Nancy)
—	MF	POR	Claude Gonçalves (to Tondela)
—	FW	FRA	Julien Toudic (Free agent)
—	GK	FRA	Anthony Scribe (to Dinamo Tbilisi)
—	DF	SEN	Zakaria Diallo (to Brest)
—	DF	CIV	Zié Diabaté (to Nîmes)
—	MF	FRA	Hugo Aine (to Chambly)
—	FW	RUS	Andrei Panyukov (loan return to Atlantas, later sold to Braga)

Amiens SC

In:


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	CMR	Guy Ngosso (from Angers)^[17]

Out:


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player

AJ Auxerre

In:


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
4	DF	FRA	Stéphane Sparagna (on loan from Marseille)^[100]

Out:


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
21	MF	SEN	Ibrahima Seck (to Waasland-Beveren)^[180]
25	DF	FRA	Sonhy Sefil (to Asteras Tripolis)^[181]
27	DF	FRA	Salimo Sylla (to Sint-Truiden)^[182]

Football Bourg-en-Bresse Péronnas 01

In:


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player

Out:


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player

Stade Brestois 29

In:


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player

Out:


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
3	DF	FRA	Simon Falette (to Metz)^[107]
—	FW	CGO	Kévin Koubemba (loan return to Lille, later sold to Sint-Truiden)^[66]

Clermont Foot

In:


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	FW	SEN	Mamadou Thiam (on loan from Dijon)^[49]

Out:


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
18	FW	SEN	Famara Diedhiou (loan return to Sochaux, later sold to Angers)^[3]

Gazélec Ajaccio

In:


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
29	DF	FRA	François Clerc (from Saint-Étienne)^[175]
30	GK	MTQ	Steeve Elana (from Lille)^[68]

Out:


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
7	FW	FRA	Kévin Mayi (to NEC)^[183]
13	DF	FRA	Alassane Touré (to Tubize)^[184]
21	DF	FRA	Pablo Martinez (to Angers)^[9]

Stade Lavallois

In:


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player

Out:


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
26	DF	MAR	Fouad Chafik (to Dijon)^[46]
—	FW	HAI	Duckens Nazon (to Tondela)^[185]

Le Havre AC

In:


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
16	GK	GLP	Yohann Thuram-Ulien (from Standard Liège)^[186]

Out:


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
9	FW	FRA	Lys Mousset (to Bournemouth)^[187]
12	FW	FRA	Joseph Mendes (to Reading)^[188]

RC Lens

In:


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	TRI	John Bostock (from OH Leuven)^[189]

Out:


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
18	MF	FRA	Pierrick Valdivia (to Sint-Truiden)^[190]
23	MF	FRA	Wylan Cyprien (to Nice)^[148]
25	DF	FRA	Jean-Philippe Gbamin (to Mainz 05)^[191]
—	GK	FRA	Joris Delle (to NEC)^[192]
—	DF	COD	Jordan Ikoko (loan return to Paris Saint-Germain, later sold to Guingamp)^[52]

Nîmes Olympique

In:


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	DF	FRA	Gaël Angoula (from Angers)^[12]

Out:


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	FRA	Mathieu Michel (to Angers)^[6]

Chamois Niortais F.C.

In:


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	DF	FRA	Jonathan Brison (from Saint-Étienne)^[173]
—	MF	FRA	Romain Grange (from Paris)^[193]
—	FW	CMR	Didier Lamkel Ze (from Lille)^[78]

Out:


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player

US Orléans

In:


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	DF	COD	Joël Sami (from Zulte Waregem)^[194]
—	FW	GLP	Livio Nabab (from Waasland-Beveren)^[195]

Out:


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player

Red Star F.C.

In:


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
17	MF	FRA	Jonathan Mexique (on loan from Monaco)^[123]
29	DF	FRA	Jean-Charles Castelletto (on loan from Club Brugge)^[196]

Out:


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	DF	FRA	Julian Jeanvier (loan return to Lille, later sold to Stade Reims)^[72]

Stade de Reims

In:


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
23	DF	FRA	Julian Jeanvier (from Lille, previously on loan at Red Star)^[72]

Out:


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
3	DF	FRA	Franck Signorino (to Metz)^[109]
5	DF	MAR	Abdelhamid El Kaoutari (loan return to Palermo, later loaned to Bastia)^[20]
8	MF	CGO	Prince Oniangué (to Wolverhampton Wanderers)^[197]
9	FW	CGO	Thievy Bifouma (loan return to Espanyol, later sold to Bastia)^[198]^[21]
12	FW	FRA	Nicolas de Préville (to Lille)^[61]
23	DF	ALG	Aïssa Mandi (to Real Betis)^[199]

FC Sochaux-Montbéliard

In:


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	FW	MAD	Faneva Imà Andriatsima (from Créteil)^[200]

Out:


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
19	FW	CMR	Karl Toko Ekambi (to Angers)^[201]
—	FW	SEN	Famara Diedhiou (to Angers, previously on loan at Clermont Foot)^[3]

RC Strasbourg Alsace

In:


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	FW	BEL	Baptiste Guillaume (on loan from Lille)^[70]

Out:


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player

Tours FC

In:


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
6	MF	MLI	Ousseynou Cissé (from Rayo Vallecano)^[202]
21	FW	MLI	Cheick Fantamady Diarra (from Paris)^[202]
26	DF	CIV	Daouda Konaté (from Paris)^[202]
27	FW	BEL	Mayron De Almeida (from Virton)^[202]

Out:


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
8	FW	TUN	Saîf-Eddine Khaoui (to Marseille)^[93]
31	MF	FRA	Baptiste Santamaria (to Angers)^[7]

Troyes AC

In:


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player

Out:


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
5	DF	FRA	Matthieu Saunier (to Granada)^[203]
9	FW	SEN	Babacar Guèye (to Hannover 96)^[204]
23	MF	TUN	Fabien Camus (to Royal Antwerp)^[205]
25	MF	FRA	Jessy Pi (loan return to Monaco, later sold to Toulouse)^[132]
33	DF	HAI	Carlens Arcus (to Lille)^[64]
35	DF	FRA	Mouhamadou Dabo (to SM Caen)^[39]

Valenciennes FC

In:


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player

Out:


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
14	FW	FRA	Opa Nguette (to Metz)^[108]
18	FW	BEL	Isaac Mbenza (to Standard Liège)^[206]
30	GK	FRA	Paul Charruau (to Bastia)^[21]
—	DF	FRA	Yunis Abdelhamid (to Dijon)^[45]

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v t e 2016–17 in French football
« 2015–16 2017–18 »
Domestic leagues	Ligue 1 Ligue 2 National CFA CFA 2
Women's domestic leagues	D1 Féminine
Domestic cups	Coupe de France (Final) Coupe de la Ligue (Final) Trophée des Champions
Women's domestic cups	Coupe de France Féminine (Final)
Club seasons
Ligue 1	Angers Bastia Bordeaux Caen Dijon Guingamp Lille Lorient Lyon Marseille Metz Monaco Montpellier Nancy Nantes Nice Paris Saint-Germain Rennes Saint-Étienne Toulouse
Ligue 2	AC Ajaccio Amiens Auxerre Bourg-Péronnas Brest Clermont Gazélec Ajaccio Laval Le Havre Lens Orléans Niort Nîmes Red Star Reims Sochaux Strasbourg Tours Troyes Valenciennes
D1 Féminine	Lyon
Summer transfers Winter transfers

List of French football transfers summer 2016

Ligue 1

Angers SCO

SC Bastia

FC Girondins de Bordeaux

SM Caen

Dijon FCO

En Avant de Guingamp

Lille OSC

FC Lorient

Olympique Lyonnais

Olympique de Marseille

FC Metz

AS Monaco

Montpellier HSC

AS Nancy

FC Nantes

OGC Nice

Paris Saint-Germain

Stade Rennais F.C.

AS Saint-Étienne

Toulouse FC

Ligue 2

AC Ajaccio

Amiens SC

AJ Auxerre

Football Bourg-en-Bresse Péronnas 01

Stade Brestois 29

Clermont Foot

Gazélec Ajaccio

Stade Lavallois

Le Havre AC

RC Lens

Nîmes Olympique

Chamois Niortais F.C.

US Orléans

Red Star F.C.

Stade de Reims

FC Sochaux-Montbéliard

RC Strasbourg Alsace

Tours FC

Troyes AC

Valenciennes FC

References

See also