Saint-Étienne

France · Ligue 1 2015/16 – 2025/26 · Ligue 2 now · Manager: Ian Cathro (#362 in the world) since Aug 2026

#160 World rank · club rating

1,817 Club rating

3rd in Ligue 2

Saint-Étienne played 10 Ligue 1 seasons (2015/16 – 2025/26) and are in Ligue 2 now. Jean-Louis Gasset (Jan 2018 – May 2019) had the best points per game of them (1.75 in 60 matches) and took the club rating from 1,651 to 1,978.

Saint-Étienne managers

23 spells since 1999 · newest first

Manager Period MatchesGP W-D-L PPG Club rating Coach ratingCoach Vs expected

Ian Cathro #362 now Aug 2026 – present · PPG 2.33 current Aug 2026 – present 12 9-1-2 2.33 1,743 → 1,846 +104 +20.7 +0.22

Philippe Montanier #139 now Feb 2026 – May 2026 · PPG 1.75 Feb 2026 – May 2026 16 8-4-4 1.75 1,806 → 1,774 −33 −6.0 +0.07

Eirik Horneland #215 now Jan 2025 – Jan 2026 · PPG 1.33 Jan 2025 – Jan 2026 43 16-9-18 1.33 1,817 → 1,785 −32 −12.3 +0.11

Laurent Huard Dec 2024 · PPG 0.00 caretaker Dec 2024 1 0-0-1 0.00 1,749 → 1,739 −10 −1.9 −0.20

Olivier Dall'Oglio Dec 2023 – Dec 2024 · PPG 1.54 Dec 2023 – Dec 2024 39 18-6-15 1.54 1,704 → 1,757 +52 +24.6 +0.04

Laurent Huard Dec 2023 · PPG 0.00 caretaker Dec 2023 1 0-0-1 0.00 1,723 → 1,699 −24 −4.8 −0.83

Laurent Batlles Jul 2022 – Dec 2023 · PPG 1.47 Jul 2022 – Dec 2023 57 23-15-19 1.47 1,852 → 1,678 −175 −31.1 −0.14

Pascal Dupraz Dec 2021 – May 2022 · PPG 1.12 Dec 2021 – May 2022 25 7-7-11 1.12 1,835 → 1,806 −28 +4.3 +0.14

Julien Sable Dec 2021 · PPG 0.00 caretaker Dec 2021 1 0-0-1 0.00 1,851 → 1,832 −19 −3.8 −0.18

Claude Puel #650 now Oct 2019 – Dec 2021 · PPG 1.14 Oct 2019 – Dec 2021 86 25-23-38 1.14 1,905 → 1,804 −101 −41.3 −0.08

Ghislain Printant Aug 2019 – Oct 2019 · PPG 0.90 caretaker Aug 2019 – Oct 2019 10 2-3-5 0.90 1,929 → 1,845 −84 −21.0 −0.12

Jean-Louis Gasset Jan 2018 – May 2019 · PPG 1.75 Jan 2018 – May 2019 60 30-15-15 1.75 1,651 → 1,978 +327 +58.4 +0.08

Julien Sable Nov 2017 – Jan 2018 · PPG 0.71 caretaker Nov 2017 – Jan 2018 7 1-2-4 0.71 1,740 → 1,661 −79 −10.1 −0.21

Oscar Garcia #313 now Aug 2017 – Nov 2017 · PPG 1.50 Aug 2017 – Nov 2017 12 5-3-4 1.50 1,813 → 1,778 −35 −3.6 +0.02

Christophe Galtier Dec 2009 – May 2017 · PPG 1.52 Dec 2009 – May 2017 340 136-109-95 1.52 1,660 → 1,797 +137 +32.7 +0.26

Before 2015/16 · 8 spells, Jul 1999 – Dec 2009

Manager Period MatchesGP W-D-L PPG Club rating Coach ratingCoach Vs expected

Alain Perrin Nov 2008 – Dec 2009 · PPG 1.09 Nov 2008 – Dec 2009 44 13-9-22 1.09 1,615 → 1,650 +34 −12.8 −0.07

Laurent Roussey Aug 2007 – Nov 2008 · PPG 1.33 Aug 2007 – Nov 2008 51 19-11-21 1.33 1,640 → 1,527 −113 −9.8 +0.02

Ivan Hasek Aug 2006 – May 2007 · PPG 1.29 Aug 2006 – May 2007 38 14-7-17 1.29 1,654 → 1,605 −48 −7.1 0.00

Elie Baup Aug 2004 – May 2006 · PPG 1.32 Aug 2004 – May 2006 76 23-31-22 1.32 1,589 → 1,614 +25 −1.8 +0.19

Rudi Garcia Jan 2001 – May 2001 · PPG 0.83 Jan 2001 – May 2001 12 2-4-6 0.83 1,519 → 1,466 −53 −16.4 −0.08

John Benjamin Toshack Oct 2000 – Dec 2000 · PPG 1.42 Oct 2000 – Dec 2000 12 5-2-5 1.42 1,495 → 1,551 +56 +8.3 +0.10

Gérard Soler Sep 2000 · PPG 0.00 caretaker Sep 2000 1 0-0-1 0.00 1,499 → 1,450 −49 −9.8 −0.62

Robert Nouzaret Jul 1999 – Sep 2000 · PPG 1.35 Jul 1999 – Sep 2000 43 15-13-15 1.35 1,452 → 1,493 +40 +14.9 +0.12

Before 2015/16 the source names the manager on fewer matches, so these rows can miss games.

Christophe Galtier is the longest-serving: 340 matches over 7 years (Dec 2009 – May 2017). Jean-Louis Gasset added the most coach rating: +58.4 over 60 matches.

Club rating - the club's rating at the manager's first rated match → after the last. Coach rating - what the spell added to the manager's coach rating. Vs expected - average result per match above what the club rating predicted. Every competition we hold, lower divisions included.

Club rating

since 2015/16 · line by manager

1,817Club ratingWeek 46, 2026

#160World rankof 943 active clubs

#3Ligue 2of 24 clubs

1,956Peak since 2015/16May 2019 · low 1,640, Dec 2022

Colour changes with each manager (13 since 2015/16) · hover a point for the name

Saint-Étienne's club rating peaked at 1,956 in May 2019, under Jean-Louis Gasset, its highest since 2015/16; the low was 1,640 in December 2022, under Laurent Batlles.

One point per month: the club's rating before its last rated match of the month, the manager's part left out. World rank among the 943 clubs with a match in the last 12 months and 30+ rated matches. The rating describes results so far - it doesn't predict the next game. How the club rating works ›

Next matches

next 14 days

Saint-Étienne play in Ligue 2 now - our fixture list covers the top 5 leagues and European games with a top-5 club.

Cards and corners

a game · by season

Season GP Cards Agst Lg 2nd half Corners Agst Lg

2025/26 3 0.67 1.00 2.01 100% 6.00 5.00 4.80

2024/25 34 2.03 1.65 2.04 61% 3.97 5.85 4.69

2023/24 3 2.00 2.33 2.08 40% 10.67 4.33 4.72

2021/22 40 2.18 1.80 2.11 62% 4.85 4.23 4.88

2020/21 38 2.05 2.05 2.08 64% 5.03 4.82 4.74

5 earlier seasons, 2015/16 – 2019/20

Season GP Cards Agst Lg 2nd half Corners Agst Lg

2019/20 28 2.29 1.86 2.02 66% 5.00 4.25 4.85

2018/19 38 1.95 1.97 1.99 73% 5.89 4.53 4.77

2017/18 38 2.13 2.00 2.06 68% 4.79 5.76 4.90

2016/17 38 1.68 2.18 1.89 4.79 4.39 4.80

2015/16 38 2.18 1.84 2.15 63% 5.50 5.37 4.77

Saint-Étienne won 5.89 corners a game in 2018/19, their most in any season since 2015/16 and 24% above Ligue 1's average side (4.77).

League matches only (Ligue 1), from 2015/16 - European and cup games carry no card or corner data. Lg = the league's average side that season. Bold green / red = 15%+ above / below it. Ligue 1 cards table › · corners table ›

Half-time / full-time

297 league matches since 2015/16

FT winFT W FT drawFT D FT lossFT L

HT winHT W 4515% 103% 83%

HT drawHT D 4415% 4716% 3813%

HT lossHT L 114% 196% 7525%

Points won from behindPts from behind

losing at half-time in 105 matches

Points dropped from aheadPts dropped

winning at half-time in 63 matches

1st half · W 63 · D 129 · L 105 GD −56

2nd half · W 100 · D 94 · L 103 GD −27

League matches since 2015/16. Each half scored as its own match: 2nd half = goals after the break only.

Referees at Saint-Étienne

22 referees with 5+ matches · most matches first

Referee MatchesGP W-D-L PPG Cards/g Club avg +/−

Clement Turpin 22 5-5-12 0.91 1.50 2.05 −27%

Benoît Bastien 20 4-8-8 1.00 2.35 2.04 +15%

Ruddy Buquet 19 9-5-5 1.68 1.79 2.04 −12%

Thomas Leonard 19 9-4-6 1.63 2.32 2.10 +10%

Amaury Delerue 16 5-3-8 1.13 2.13 2.06 +3%

Antony Gautier 16 4-6-6 1.13 1.44 2.12 −32%

Frank Schneider 15 3-4-8 0.87 2.00 2.04 −2%

Jérôme Brisard 15 5-3-7 1.20 1.53 2.10 −27%

François Letexier 13 6-4-3 1.69 2.23 2.00 +11%

Mikael Lesage 13 3-3-7 0.92 2.54 2.03 +25%

12 more referees with 5+ matches

Referee MatchesGP W-D-L PPG Cards/g Club avg +/−

Eric Wattellier 11 5-2-4 1.55 2.18 2.09 +4%

Florent Batta 11 6-2-3 1.82 2.36 2.05 +15%

Benoit Millot 10 2-3-5 0.90 2.30 2.04 +13%

Johan Hamel 10 3-3-4 1.20 2.50 2.04 +23%

Benoît Millot 8 6-0-2 2.25 2.50 1.96 +27%

Karim Abed 7 4-2-1 2.00 1.86 1.95 −5%

Bartolomeu Varela Teles 6 2-2-2 1.33 3.00 1.93 +55%

Jeremy Stinat 6 3-1-2 1.67 2.67 2.10 +27%

Jerome Miguelgorry 6 1-3-2 1.00 2.00 2.00 0%

Nicolas Rainville 6 0-4-2 0.67 2.00 2.00 0%

Olivier Thual 6 3-1-2 1.67 1.00 2.01 −50%

Stephanie Frappart 5 2-1-2 1.40 2.40 2.13 +13%

Under Antony Gautier, Saint-Étienne picked up 1.44 cards a game, 32% below their own average in the same seasons (16 matches).

League matches since 2015/16 with the referee named (298). Cards = Saint-Étienne's own yellows and reds. Club avg = their cards a game in the same seasons with every referee. Under 10 matches the gap is grey: too few to call. Referees aren't drawn at random - the big games go to the senior ones - so a gap here describes, it doesn't prove a bias.

Quick answers

4 questions · from the tables on this page

Who is Saint-Étienne's manager?

Ian Cathro, #362 in this week's coach world ranking, since August 2026 - 12 matches, 9 won (2.33 points per game).

How many managers has Saint-Étienne had since 2015?

13, counting 3 caretakers.

Who is Saint-Étienne's longest-serving manager?

Christophe Galtier: 340 matches from December 2009 to May 2017.

How many cards a game do Saint-Étienne get?

2.03 a game in Ligue 1 in 2024/25, against 2.04 for the league's average side.

The coach rating describes, it doesn't predict. It measures what a manager's teams did against what was expected of them. Match chances come from the club rating, calibrated on 85,718 league matches. How the rating works ›

Source: spells, ratings and ranks from the weekly ranking (Week 46, 2026); season stats updated nightly; next matches refreshed every hour.