2025–26 ES Troyes AC season
| 2025–26 season | |
|---|---|
| Stadium | Stade de l'Aube |
| Ligue 2 | 2nd |
The 2025–26 season is the 40th in the history of Espérance Sportive Troyes Aube Champagne and the club’s third consecutive season in Ligue 2 of the French football league. In addition to the domestic league, Troyes will participate in the Coupe de France. The season began on August 9.
Squad
Transfers In
| Pos. | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DF | Abdu Conté | Young Boys | Loan return | 30 June 2025 | |
| DF | Yasser Larouci | Watford | Loan return | 30 June 2025 | |
| FW | Amar Fatah | Willem II | Loan return | 30 June 2025 | |
| MF | Metinho | Basel | Loan return | 30 June 2025 | |
| DF | Abdoulaye Ndiaye | Brest | Loan return | 30 June 2025 | |
| DF | Lucas Maronnier | Guingamp | Undisclosed | 1 July 2025 | |
| GK | Hillel Konaté | Châteauroux | Free | 7 July 2025 | |
| MF | Antoine Mille | Pau FC | Undisclosed | 30 July 2025 | |
| FW | Tawfik Bentayeb | Union Touarga | Loan | 30 August 2025 | [1] |
| MF | Elijah Olaniyi Odede | Sheriff Tiraspol | €3,000,000 | 1 September 2025 |
Transfers Out
| Pos. | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MF | Youssouf M'Changama | End of contract | 1 July 2025 | [2] | |
| GK | Corentin Michel | End of contract | 1 July 2025 | [2] | |
| FW | Renaud Ripart | End of contract | 1 July 2025 | [2] | |
| FW | Nicolas de Préville | End of contract | 1 July 2025 | [2] | |
| MF | Kyliane Dong | FC Augsburg | End of contract | 1 July 2025 | [3] |
| FW | Pape Ibnou Ba | Contract terminated | 1 July 2025 | [4] | |
| MF | Cyriaque Irié | SC Freiburg | €10,000,000 | 1 July 2025 | [5] |
| DF | Mehdi Tahrat | Kanchanaburi Power | End of contract | 1 July 2025 | [2] |
| MF | Rafiki Saïd | Standard Liège | €2,500,000 | 7 July 2025 | |
| DF | Junior Diaz | Brest | Loan + €1,000,000 | 13 July 2025 | |
| FW | Amar Fatah | Dundee United | Loan | 14 July 2025 | [6] |
| MF | Metinho | Basel | Undisclosed | 17 July 2025 | |
| MF | Abdoulaye Kanté | Middlesbrough | €3,000,000 | 29 July 2025 | |
| DF | Abdoulaye Ndiaye | Parma | €6,500,000 | 5 August 2025 | [7] |
| DF | Abdu Conté | Casa Pia | Undisclosed | 29 August 2025 | [8] |
| DF | Yasser Larouci | Kifisia | Loan | 12 September 2025 |
Friendlies
| 25 July 2025 | Troyes | 0–0 | Dijon |
| 2 August 2025 | Troyes | 0–1 | Metz |
Competitions
Overall record
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Record | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | ||||
| Liguee 2 | 9 August 2025 | 8 May 2025 | Matchday 1 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 5 | +6 | 66.67 |
| Coupe de France | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | — | |||
| Total | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 5 | +6 | 66.67 | |||
Last updated: 20 September 2025
Source: Competitions
Ligue 2
League table
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or Relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Troyes | 17 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 30 | 16 | +14 | 35 | Promotion to Ligue 1 |
| 2 | Red Star | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 24 | 15 | +9 | 32 | |
| 3 | Saint-Étienne | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 35 | 25 | +10 | 30 | Qualification for promotion play-off semi-final |
| 4 | Le Mans | 17 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 22 | 17 | +5 | 30 | Qualification for promotion play-off quarter-final |
| 5 | Reims | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 32 | 20 | +12 | 29 |
Updated to match(es) played on 15 December 2025. Source: Ligue 2
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Fair play points
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Fair play points
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 |
| 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 5 | +6 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 3 | +8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | −2 |
Last updated: 20 September 2025.
Source:
Results by round
Updated to match(es) played on 20 September 2025. Source:
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
Matches
| 9 August 2025 1 | Troyes | 2–1 | Grenoble | Troyes |
| 20:00 | Stadium: Stade de l'Aube Attendance: 5,418 Referee: Brendan Roffet |
| 15 August 2025 2 | Clermont | 0–0 | Troyes | Clermont-Ferrand |
| 20:00 | Stadium: Stade Gabriel-Montpied Attendance: 4,620 Referee: Alexandre Perreau-Niel |
| 23 August 2025 3 | Troyes | 1–0 | Montpellier | Troyes |
| 20:00 | Stadium: Stade de l'Aube Referee: Aurélien Petit[9] |
| 29 August 2025 4 | Dunkerque | 2–0 | Troyes | Dunkirk |
| 20:00 | Stadium: Stade Marcel-Tribut Referee: Tifenn Leprodhomme |
| 12 September 2025 5 | Troyes | 3–0 | Nancy | Troyes |
| 20:00 | Stadium: Stade de l'Aube Referee: Eddy Rosier |
| 20 September 2025 6 | Troyes | 5–2 | Guingamp | Troyes |
| 14:00 | Stadium: Stade de l'Aube Referee: Mickaël Leleu |
References
- ^ "Tawfik Bentayeb rejoint l'ESTAC". August 30, 2025.
- ^ a b c d e Archambeau, Matias (May 18, 2025). "Troyes : six départs annoncés par la direction". Foot National.
- ^ "Augsburg sign French talent Kyliane Dong - Get German Football News". April 24, 2025.
- ^ MANGIN, Alan (June 24, 2025). "Estac : le contrat de Pape Ibnou Ba résilié". www.lest-eclair.fr.
- ^ Djennadi, Aris (May 19, 2025). "Troyes : le nouveau club de Cyriaque Irié connu (off)". Foot National.
- ^ "Amar Fatah en prêt à Dundee United". July 14, 2025.
- ^ "Parma purchase Ndiaye for 6.5m and Man ready for PSV Eindhoven transfer". August 4, 2025.
- ^ "Abdu Conte transféré au Casa Pia AC". August 29, 2025.
- ^ "DIRECT. Troyes-Montpellier (Ligue 2 2025-2026) à suivre en direct". L'Équipe.