The 2011–12 season was the 86th campaign in the history of the French association football club Chamois Niortais. It was their second consecutive season in the Championnat National, the third tier of French football, after an 11th-place finish in 2010–11. Former Niort midfielder Pascal Gastien remained as manager, having been appointed to the position in 2009. Niort finished as runners-up in the Championnat National, thereby earning promotion to Ligue 2 for the 2012–13 season after a four-year absence from the second tier of French football.

Transfers

In Name Pos From Date Ref Frédéric Bong DF US Créteil-Lusitanos 27 May 2011 Paul Delecroix GK on loan from Amiens SC 12 June 2011 Samuel N'Guessan DF LB Châteauroux 12 June 2011 Jimmy Roye MF Paris FC 12 June 2011 Sadio Sankharé DF Paris FC 30 June 2011 Mustapha Durak FW Gap FC 1 July 2011

Out Name Pos To Date Ref Kévin Bâcle MF Stade Bordelais 1 June 2011 Thomas Bustreau MF Vendée Luçon Football 1 June 2011 Kévin Aubeneau GK Stade Laval 2 June 2011 Mamadou Camara DF EA Guingamp 16 June 2011 Germain Lugier FW Gap FC 28 June 2011 Nicolas Marti MF Vierzon Foot 18 2 July 2011 Vincent Guignery DF RC Strasbourg 19 August 2011 Carl Tourenne DF Retired

First-team appearances

Championnat National Niort began their season with a 2–1 home win against Gazélec Ajaccio thanks to goals from new signings Mustapha Durak and Jimmy Roye. The pair scored again in the following match, a 2–2 draw away at SR Colmar. The team continued their unbeaten start to the season with a 4–0 defeat of US Luzenac on 19 August 2011.

Match results Key In Result column, Niort score shown first pen. = Penalty kick o.g. = Own goal Results Date Opponents Result Goalscorers Attendance 5 August 2011 Gazélec Ajaccio (H) 2–1 Roye, Durak 3,500 12 August 2011 Colmar (A) 2–2 Durak, Roye 2,000 19 August 2011 Luzenac (H) 4–0 Konaté, Hébras, Durak, Diaw 3,514 26 August 2011 Créteil (A) 2–1 Gonzalez, Durak 350 2 September 2011 Le Poiré-sur-Vie (H) 1–0 Glombard 3,500 9 September 2011 Vannes (A) 0–1 2,541 16 September 2011 Fréjus (H) 2–0 Diaw, Glombard 3,500 20 September 2011 Rouen (A) 2–2 Roye, Gonzalez 3,644 24 September 2011 Red Star (H) 4–0 Glombard, Ricaud, Bong, Ghazi 3,084 30 September 2011 Nîmes (A) 2–3 Gonzalez (2) 4,282 7 October 2011 Martigues (H) 3–1 Gastien, Diaw, Gonzalez 3,000 12 October 2011 Cherbourg (A) 2–1 N'Diaye, Roye 1,659 21 October 2011 Paris FC (H) 0–2 3,500 6 November 2011 Épinal (A) 1–2 Glombard 1,800 11 November 2011 Besançon (H) 3–0 Gonzalez (2), Roye 2,957 26 November 2011 Bayonne (H) 4–0 Diaw, Gonzalez, N'Diaye, Hébras 4,085 2 December 2011 Orléans (A) 5–1 Diaw (2), Glombard (2), Hébras 1,850 16 December 2011 Quevilly (H) 2–0 Gonzalez, Roye 2,819 20 December 2011 Beauvais (A) 2–2 Ricaud, Durak 1,470 14 January 2012 Colmar (H) 2–1 Roye, Diaw 2,800 28 January 2012 Luzenac (A) 1–1 Bernard 500 17 February 2012 Vannes (H) 0–0 3,000 21 February 2012 Créteil (H) 0–2 2,300 25 February 2012 Fréjus (A) 0–0 1,100 10 March 2012 Red Star (A) 2–1 Hébras (2) 1,834 16 March 2012 Nîmes (H) 1–1 Konaté 4,000 23 March 2012 Martigues (A) 1–2 Glombard 589 27 March 2012 Le Poiré-sur-Vie (A) 0–1 2,574 30 March 2012 Cherbourg (H) 2–0 Hébras (2) 2,500 7 April 2012 Paris FC (A) 1–0 Hébras 500 13 April 2012 Épinal (H) 0–0 4,418 17 April 2012 Rouen (H) 3–0 Gastien, Diaw, Roye 5,000 21 April 2012 Besançon (A) 1–1 Hébras 1,687 27 April 2012 Bayonne (A) 1–1 Roye 450 4 May 2012 Orléans (H) 0–1 6,500 11 May 2012 Quevilly (A) 2–0 Gastien, Diaw 1,280 18 May 2012 Beauvais (H) 0–2 6,500 26 May 2012 Gazélec Ajaccio (A) 1–0 Roye 3,500

Coupe de France Round Date Opponents Result Goalscorers Attendance Fifth round 15 October 2011 Saint-Maixent (A) 5–0 Durand, Ghazi (4) 1,100 Sixth round 29 October 2011 Royan Vaux (A) 1–0 Gastien 554 Seventh round 19 November 2011 Tarbes (A) 4–1 (aet) Gonzalez, Hébras (2), Diaw 500 Eighth round 10 December 2011 Bayonne (H) 3–2 Ricaud, Hébras, Durak 2,000 Round of 64 7 January 2012 Brest (H) 2–0 Roye (2) 8,322 Round of 32 21 January 2012 Orléans (H) 1–2 Hébras 5,135

References

External links Chamois Niortais official website