producing some of the most exciting football of the league, with players such as marcos or mounir obbadi, a strong defence led by rincón, julien outrebon, matthieu saunier and stephen drouin with the left back fabrice n'sakala and right back djibril sidibé, both products of the academy, as well as midfielders julien faussurier and captain eloge enza yamissi actually did what nobody expected at the beginning of the season. they had a strong second half of the season, with only 4 defeats, 5 draws and 10 victories (with just one loss in the 10 last games of the season). troyes found themselves back in ligue 1 five years after their last stint, and just two season after playing in the third division.