Montpeller took up their option to sign Bocaly on a permanent basis. His opening-day performance against Bordeaux, in which his headed goal, his first in Ligue 1, won the match, earned him a place in "L'Équipe" Team of the Week, and he helped the team go through August without conceding a goal. He was yellow-carded on 28 August for an offence that was retrospectively ruled to have been serious foul play, and received a two-match ban plus a suspended one-match ban. He returned to the starting lineup in a 2–0 win over Sochaux on 16 October. After missing a month with a thigh problem, he returned as a late substitute on 4 January and fit to start against hot favourites Paris St Germain (PSG) in the semi-final of the Coupe de la Ligue, a competition in which Montpellier had never reached the final. The match was goalless when PSG's Clément Chantôme was sent off for a heavy tackle on Bocaly after 88 minutes; in the last minutes of extra time, Olivier Giroud headed home to take Montpellier through to face Olympique Marseille at the Stade de France. The Final was disappointing for club and player: the only goal came after Bocaly fouled Mathieu Valbuena, the resulting free kick was partly cleared, and Taye Taiwo shot home.