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SM Caen

SM Caen

France · Championnat National · Championnat National
Squad size17
Avg age27.2
Nations12
Latest season2008
Squad value €6.03m

About SM Caen

Stade Malherbe Caen is a French professional football team, based in the city of Caen in Normandy, that competes in the Championnat National from 2025–26 after relegation from Ligue 2 in 2024–25. The club was founded on 17 November 1913 by the merger of Club Malherbe Caennais and Club Sportif Caennais.

Streaks & runs — longest sequences in our dataset

Squad size17active players
Avg age27.2years
Domestic15France
Foreigners212% of squad
EU passport16non-EU: 1
Nationalities12different countries

Age distribution

0
U18
4
18–22
3
23–26
7
27–30
3
31+

Position breakdown

GK
2 (12%)
DEF
7 (41%)
MID
3 (18%)
FWD
5 (29%)
82% foreign players
14 of 17
27.9y avg squad age
2 Goalkeepers
7 Defenders
3 Midfielders
5 Attackers
37 seasons in dataset
00/01 – 99/00
265 players ever
€900k biggest signing ever
€9.00m biggest sale ever
24 most goals (single season by one player)
View all-time top scorers & club history →
PlayerPosAgeNationalityFootHeightContractMarket value
Anthony Mandréa Goalkeeper 29 Algeria France right 186.00m 2027-06-30 €1.00m
Dieudonné Gaucho Debohi Midfield - Defensive Midfield 25 Cote d'Ivoire right 185.00m 2026-06-30 €900k
Adama Diakité Attack - Left Winger 26 France Mali right 184.00m 2027-06-30 €500k
Ivann Botella Attack - Centre-Forward 26 France Spain right 180.00m 2027-06-30 €450k
Maxime Etuin Defender - Left-Back 30 France left 175.00m 2027-06-30 €400k
Vinicius Gomes Defender - Centre-Back 28 Brazil Portugal right 185.00m 2027-06-30 €400k
Diabé Bolumbu Defender - Left-Back 21 France Senegal left 180.00m 2027-06-30 €300k
Léandro Morante Defender - Centre-Back 29 France Spain right 194.00m 2027-06-30 €300k
Lorenzo Rajot Midfield - Central Midfield 28 France left 179.00m 2027-06-30 €300k
Valentin Henry Defender - Right-Back 32 France right 180.00m 2026-06-30 €300k
Yann Mvila Midfield - Defensive Midfield 35 France Congo right 183.00m 2026-06-30 €300k
Yannis Clémentia Goalkeeper 28 Martinique France right 188.00m 2027-06-30 €250k
Okpo Mazié Attack - Left Winger 22 Cote d'Ivoire France right 179.00m 2027-06-30 €225k
Ronny Labonne Defender - Right-Back 28 Martinique France right 180.00m 2027-06-30 €200k
Armand Gnanduillet Attack - Centre-Forward 34 Cote d'Ivoire France right 194.00m €150k
Mohamed Hafid Attack - Left Winger 21 Morocco France left 178.00m 2027-06-30 €50k
Souleymane Sagnan Defender - Centre-Back 21 Mali France left 187.00m 2026-06-30
SeasonDatePlayerPosFromTypeFee
10/11 2010-07-01 Romain Hamouma Attack - Right Winger Stade Lavallois Transfer €1.20m
19/20 2019-07-10 Jonathan Rivierez Defender - Centre-Back FC Metz Transfer
23/24 2024-01-31 Amine Salama Attack - Centre-Forward Stade Reims Loan
09/10 2009-07-01 Youssef El Arabi Attack - Centre-Forward SM Caen B Transfer
14/15 2014-07-01 Hervé Bazile Attack - Left Winger Poiré-sur-Vie Transfer
22/23 2023-02-01 Mohamed Hafid Attack - Left Winger SM Caen B Transfer
08/09 2009-03-01 Sambou Yatabaré Midfield - Central Midfield SM Caen B Transfer
23/24 2023-07-01 Noé Lebreton Midfield - Defensive Midfield SM Caen B Transfer
23/24 2023-07-01 Diabé Bolumbu Defender - Left-Back SM Caen B Transfer
94/95 1994-07-01 Milos Glonek Defender - Centre-Back Ancona Transfer
98/99 1998-07-01 Milos Glonek Defender - Centre-Back Slo. Bratislava Transfer
23/24 2023-07-25 Alexandre Coeff Defender - Centre-Back Without Club Transfer
24/25 2024-08-30 Umaro Candé Attack - Right Winger FC Porto U19 Transfer
13/14 2013-07-01 Jonathan Kodjia Attack - Centre-Forward Stade Reims Loan
98/99 1998-07-01 Kamel Ouejdide Attack - Centre-Forward SM Caen U19 Transfer
00/01 2001-06-30 Kamel Ouejdide Attack - Centre-Forward AS Red Star 93 Return from loan
23/24 2023-07-01 Dieudonné Gaucho Debohi Midfield - Defensive Midfield SM Caen B Transfer
25/26 2025-07-01 Vinicius Gomes Defender - Centre-Back FC Villefranche Transfer
25/26 2025-08-28 Okpo Mazié Attack - Left Winger RFCU Luxembourg Transfer
25/26 2025-07-01 EA Guingamp B Transfer
25/26 2025-07-01 Adama Diakité Attack - Left Winger FC Villefranche Transfer
08/09 2008-07-01 Ismaila N'Diaye Midfield - Defensive Midfield SM Caen B Transfer
22/23 2022-07-01 Iyad Mohamed Midfield - Defensive Midfield AJ Auxerre Transfer
22/23 2023-06-30 Iyad Mohamed Midfield - Defensive Midfield Le Mans FC Return from loan
22/23 2022-07-01 Norman Bassette Attack - Centre-Forward SM Caen U19 Transfer
23/24 2024-06-30 Norman Bassette Attack - Centre-Forward KV Mechelen Return from loan
22/23 2022-07-01 Ilyes Najim Attack - Left Winger SM Caen B Transfer
22/23 2023-06-30 Ilyes Najim Attack - Left Winger Bourg-en-Bresse Return from loan
23/24 2024-01-09 Ilyes Najim Attack - Left Winger FC Martigues Return from loan
23/24 2024-06-30 Ilyes Najim Attack - Left Winger SO Cholet Return from loan
22/23 2022-07-01 Lamine Sy Defender - Right-Back SM Caen B Transfer
23/24 2024-06-30 Lamine Sy Defender - Right-Back FC Rouen 1899 Return from loan
21/22 2021-07-01 Ayoub Jabbari Attack - Centre-Forward SM Caen B Transfer
13/14 2013-08-31 Fodé Koita Attack - Centre-Forward Montpellier Transfer
22/23 2022-07-01 Bilal Brahimi Midfield - Attacking Midfield USL Dunkerque Transfer €700k
18/19 2018-07-01 Erwin Zelazny Goalkeeper Troyes Transfer
08/09 2008-07-01 Rajiv van La Parra Attack - Left Winger Feyenoord U17 Transfer
23/24 2023-08-02 Daylam Meddah Defender - Centre-Back FC Sochaux Transfer
24/25 2025-06-30 Daylam Meddah Defender - Centre-Back Pau FC Return from loan
15/16 2015-08-31 Ronny Rodelin Attack - Right Winger LOSC Lille Loan
SeasonDatePlayerPosToTypeFee
12/13 2012-07-19 Romain Hamouma Attack - Right Winger Saint-Étienne Transfer €4.00m
22/23 2022-07-26 Jonathan Rivierez Defender - Centre-Back Bourg-en-Bresse Transfer
23/24 2024-06-30 Amine Salama Attack - Centre-Forward Stade Reims Return from loan
11/12 2011-07-13 Youssef El Arabi Attack - Centre-Forward Al-Hilal Transfer €7.50m
18/19 2018-07-01 Hervé Bazile Attack - Left Winger Le Havre AC Transfer
11/12 2011-08-31 Sambou Yatabaré Midfield - Central Midfield Monaco Transfer €1.00m
25/26 2025-08-30 Noé Lebreton Midfield - Defensive Midfield NEC Nijmegen Transfer €1.30m
97/98 1997-07-01 Milos Glonek Defender - Centre-Back Slo. Bratislava Transfer
01/02 2001-07-01 Milos Glonek Defender - Centre-Back Retired Transfer
24/25 2024-07-24 Alexandre Coeff Defender - Centre-Back Kerala Blasters Transfer
25/26 2025-07-21 Umaro Candé Attack - Right Winger Without Club Transfer
13/14 2014-06-30 Jonathan Kodjia Attack - Centre-Forward Stade Reims Return from loan
00/01 2000-07-01 Kamel Ouejdide Attack - Centre-Forward AS Red Star 93 Loan
02/03 2002-08-05 Kamel Ouejdide Attack - Centre-Forward Göztepe Transfer
11/12 2011-07-01 Ismaila N'Diaye Midfield - Defensive Midfield KV Kortrijk Transfer
22/23 2023-01-02 Iyad Mohamed Midfield - Defensive Midfield Le Mans FC Loan
23/24 2023-07-08 Iyad Mohamed Midfield - Defensive Midfield Pau FC Transfer
23/24 2023-09-01 Norman Bassette Attack - Centre-Forward KV Mechelen Loan
24/25 2024-08-21 Norman Bassette Attack - Centre-Forward Coventry Transfer €2.70m
22/23 2022-07-05 Ilyes Najim Attack - Left Winger Bourg-en-Bresse Loan
23/24 2023-07-25 Ilyes Najim Attack - Left Winger FC Martigues Loan
23/24 2024-01-10 Ilyes Najim Attack - Left Winger SO Cholet Loan
25/26 2025-07-01 Ilyes Najim Attack - Left Winger SK Beveren Transfer
23/24 2023-07-18 Lamine Sy Defender - Right-Back FC Rouen 1899 Loan
25/26 2025-07-01 Lamine Sy Defender - Right-Back AJ Auxerre Transfer
21/22 2021-08-31 Ayoub Jabbari Attack - Centre-Forward Without Club Transfer
15/16 2015-07-21 Fodé Koita Attack - Centre-Forward Blackburn Transfer
25/26 2025-09-01 Bilal Brahimi Midfield - Attacking Midfield Viborg FF Transfer
20/21 2020-09-22 Erwin Zelazny Goalkeeper Without Club Transfer
11/12 2011-08-01 Rajiv van La Parra Attack - Left Winger Heerenveen Transfer
24/25 2025-02-03 Daylam Meddah Defender - Centre-Back Pau FC Loan
25/26 2025-07-01 Daylam Meddah Defender - Centre-Back Pau FC Transfer
15/16 2016-06-30 Ronny Rodelin Attack - Right Winger LOSC Lille Return from loan
18/19 2018-08-14 Ronny Rodelin Attack - Right Winger Guingamp Transfer
93/94 1994-06-30 Aleksandr Mostovoy Midfield - Attacking Midfield Benfica Return from loan
17/18 2017-08-31 Emmanuel Imorou Defender - Left-Back Cercle Brugge Loan
19/20 2019-07-01 Emmanuel Imorou Defender - Left-Back Without Club Transfer
22/23 2023-01-31 Brahim Traoré Defender - Centre-Back SL16 FC Loan
25/26 2025-08-31 Brahim Traoré Defender - Centre-Back Cracovia Transfer €500k
21/22 2022-02-01 Aloys Fouda Defender - Right-Back FC Chambly Oise Loan
NationalityPlayers% of squad
France 3 17.6%
France Spain 2 11.8%
Martinique France 2 11.8%
Cote d'Ivoire France 2 11.8%
Algeria France 1 5.9%
Cote d'Ivoire 1 5.9%
France Mali 1 5.9%
Brazil Portugal 1 5.9%
France Senegal 1 5.9%
France Congo 1 5.9%
Morocco France 1 5.9%
Mali France 1 5.9%
SeasonCompetition
99/00Coupe de la Ligue
99/00Division 2
98/99Coupe de la Ligue
98/99Division 2
97/98Coupe de France
97/98Coupe de la Ligue
97/98Division 2
96/97Coupe de France
96/97Coupe de la Ligue
96/97Division 1
95/96Coupe de France
95/96Coupe de la Ligue
95/96Division 2
94/95Coupe de France
94/95Coupe de la Ligue
94/95Division 1
93/94Coupe de France
93/94Division 1
92/93Coupe de France
92/93Division 1
92/93UEFA Cup
91/92Coupe de France
91/92Division 1
90/91Coupe de France
90/91Division 1
86/87Coupe de France
86/87Division 2
86/87L1/L2 Playoffs
25/26Championnat National
24/25Coupe de France
24/25Ligue 2
23/24Coupe de France
23/24Ligue 2
22/23Coupe de France
22/23Ligue 2
21/22Coupe de France
21/22Ligue 2
20/21Coupe de France
20/21Ligue 2
19/20Coupe de France
19/20Coupe de la Ligue
19/20Ligue 2
18/19Coupe de France
18/19Coupe de la Ligue
18/19Ligue 1
17/18Coupe de France
17/18Coupe de la Ligue
17/18Ligue 1
16/17Coupe de France
16/17Coupe de la Ligue
34 matches this season · 404 all-time
DateCompStageHomeScoreAwayStatus
2025-05-10 FR2 REGULAR SEASON SC Bastia 2–1 SM Caen L
2025-05-02 FR2 REGULAR SEASON SM Caen 1–1 Red Star FC D
2025-04-26 FR2 REGULAR SEASON FC Lorient 4–0 SM Caen L
2025-04-18 FR2 REGULAR SEASON SM Caen 0–3 FC Martigues L
2025-04-11 FR2 REGULAR SEASON Rodez AF 2–2 SM Caen D
2025-04-05 FR2 REGULAR SEASON SM Caen 2–2 FC Metz D
2025-03-31 FR2 REGULAR SEASON Paris FC 4–2 SM Caen L
2025-03-14 FR2 REGULAR SEASON Amiens SC 2–1 SM Caen L
2025-03-07 FR2 REGULAR SEASON SM Caen 0–1 Stade Lavallois L
2025-02-28 FR2 REGULAR SEASON Clermont Foot 63 0–1 SM Caen W
2025-02-22 FR2 REGULAR SEASON SM Caen 2–2 Pau FC D
2025-02-17 FR2 REGULAR SEASON FC Annecy 1–0 SM Caen L
2025-02-10 FR2 REGULAR SEASON SM Caen 0–2 USL Dunkerque L
2025-02-01 FR2 REGULAR SEASON ESTAC Troyes 3–0 SM Caen L
2025-01-24 FR2 REGULAR SEASON SM Caen 0–1 EA Guingamp L
2025-01-17 FR2 REGULAR SEASON AC Ajaccio 2–1 SM Caen L
2025-01-11 FR2 REGULAR SEASON SM Caen 0–1 Grenoble Foot 38 L
2025-01-03 FR2 REGULAR SEASON SM Caen 0–1 Clermont Foot 63 L
2024-12-16 FR2 REGULAR SEASON USL Dunkerque 3–1 SM Caen L
2024-12-06 FR2 REGULAR SEASON Stade Lavallois 1–0 SM Caen L
2024-11-22 FR2 REGULAR SEASON SM Caen 3–3 Rodez AF D
2024-11-09 FR2 REGULAR SEASON FC Metz 1–0 SM Caen L
2024-11-02 FR2 REGULAR SEASON SM Caen 2–0 SC Bastia W
2024-10-29 FR2 REGULAR SEASON FC Martigues 0–3 SM Caen W
2024-10-26 FR2 REGULAR SEASON SM Caen 0–1 ESTAC Troyes L
2024-10-18 FR2 REGULAR SEASON Red Star FC 2–2 SM Caen D
2024-10-05 FR2 REGULAR SEASON SM Caen 1–2 FC Lorient L
2024-09-30 FR2 REGULAR SEASON EA Guingamp 3–1 SM Caen L
2024-09-24 FR2 REGULAR SEASON SM Caen 2–1 Amiens SC W
2024-09-20 FR2 REGULAR SEASON SM Caen 1–0 AC Ajaccio W
2024-09-16 FR2 REGULAR SEASON Grenoble Foot 38 3–1 SM Caen L
2024-08-30 FR2 REGULAR SEASON SM Caen 1–1 FC Annecy D
2024-08-23 FR2 REGULAR SEASON Pau FC 1–0 SM Caen L
2024-08-17 FR2 REGULAR SEASON SM Caen 0–2 Paris FC L

Aggregated from 34 completed matches across all competitions in season 2024.

Record 5W-7D-22L 0.65 pts/game
Goals scored 31 0.91 per match
Goals conceded 58 1.71 per match
Goal difference -27
Clean sheets 4 12% of matches
Failed to score 14 41% of matches

Home vs Away

Home record 3W-5D-9L 15-24 goals
Away record 2W-2D-13L 16-34 goals

Highlights

16 players · sum across all competitions for selected season
PlayerPosNat MatMinGAG+APenYCRC G/90A/90G+A/90
Fabrice Catherine Goalkeeper France 39 3,510 0 1 1 0 1 0 0.00 0.03 0.03
Grégory Tafforeau Defender - Left-Back France 36 3,046 1 1 2 0 4 0 0.03 0.03 0.06
Milos Glonek Defender - Centre-Back Slovakia 34 2,956 1 0 1 0 4 0 0.03 0.00 0.03
Richard Lecour Defender France 31 1,465 1 0 1 0 7 0 0.06 0.00 0.06
Bernard Mendy Defender - Right-Back France Senegal 31 1,197 2 0 2 1 12 0 0.15 0.00 0.15
Anthony Deroin Midfield - Attacking Midfield France 25 882 1 0 1 0 1 0 0.10 0.00 0.10
Seyni N'Diaye Attack - Left Winger Senegal France 31 583 3 0 3 0 6 1 0.46 0.00 0.46
Jimmy Hébert Defender - Centre-Back France 38 412 10 0 10 1 3 0 2.18 0.00 2.18
Arnaud Tanguy Midfield France 11 392 1 0 1 0 1 0 0.23 0.00 0.23
Cyrille Watier Attack - Centre-Forward France 38 317 8 0 8 0 5 0 2.27 0.00 2.27
Kamel Ouejdide Attack - Centre-Forward France Morocco 9 274 1 0 1 0 0 0 0.33 0.00 0.33
Johan Gallon Midfield - Central Midfield France 32 270 9 0 9 1 6 0 3.00 0.00 3.00
Christophe Horlaville Attack - Centre-Forward France 31 225 10 0 10 0 3 0 4.00 0.00 4.00
Stéphane Tanguy Midfield - Defensive Midfield France 39 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
Arthur Gnohéré Defender - Centre-Back France Cote d'Ivoire 22 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
Jean-Philippe Caillet Defender - Centre-Back France 33 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0.00 0.00 0.00

Frequently asked about SM Caen

What is SM Caen?

SM Caen is a professional football club based in France, competing in Championnat National.

How many players are in SM Caen's squad?

SM Caen currently has 17 players in the first-team squad in our database.

What league does SM Caen play in?

SM Caen plays in Championnat National.

When was SM Caen founded?

SM Caen was founded in 1913.