2023–24 FC Nantes season

FC Nantes
2023–24 season
Owner	Waldemar Kita
President	Waldemar Kita
Head coach	Pierre Aristouy; (until 28 November); Jocelyn Gourvennec; (from 29 November)
Stadium	Stade de la Beaujoire
Ligue 1	14th
Coupe de France	Round of 32
Top goalscorer	League: ; Mostafa Mohamed (8); All: ; Mostafa Mohamed (8)
Home colours	Away colours

The 2023–24 season was FC Nantes's 81st season in existence and 11th consecutive season in Ligue 1. They also competed in the Coupe de France.

Players

First-team squad

As of 7 February 2024^[1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	FRA	Alban Lafont
2	DF	HAI	Jean-Kévin Duverne
3	DF	FRA	Nicolas Cozza (on loan from VfL Wolfsburg)
4	DF	FRA	Nicolas Pallois
5	MF	ESP	Pedro Chirivella (captain)
6	MF	BRA	Douglas Augusto
7	FW	CMR	Ignatius Ganago
8	MF	COD	Samuel Moutoussamy
11	MF	GLP	Marcus Coco
12	FW	FRA	Kader Bamba
15	FW	ZIM	Tino Kadewere (on loan from Lyon)
16	GK	FRA	Rémy Descamps
17	MF	FRA	Moussa Sissoko


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
19	MF	FRA	Mohamed Achi
21	DF	CMR	Jean-Charles Castelletto
22	DF	FRA	Yannis M'Bemba
23	MF	FRA	Stredair Appuah
24	DF	SUI	Eray Cömert (on loan from Valencia)
25	MF	FRA	Florent Mollet
27	MF	NGA	Moses Simon
30	GK	SVN	Denis Petrić
31	FW	EGY	Mostafa Mohamed
39	FW	FRA	Matthis Abline (on loan from Rennes)
44	DF	FRA	Nathan Zézé
71	DF	FRA	Hugo Boutsingkham
77	FW	CIV	Bénie Traoré (on loan from Sheffield United)
98	DF	FRA	Kelvin Amian

Transfers

In

Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
FW	Mostafa Mohamed	Galatasaray	€5,750,000	1 July 2023	^[2]
FW	Andy Delort	Nice	€5,000,000	1 July 2023	^[3]
MF	Lamine Diack	MKE Ankaragücü	Loan + €400,000	31 July 2023
MF	Douglas Augusto	PAOK	€5,500,000	12 August 2023	^[4]
MF	Adson	Corinthians	€6,000,000	23 August 2023	^[5]
FW	Matthis Abline	Rennes	Loan	25 August 2023	^[6]
DF	Kelvin Amian	Spezia	€3,000,000	25 January 2024
MF	Lamine Diack	MKE Ankaragücü	€2,000,000	31 January 2024
DF	Nicolas Cozza	VfL Wolfsburg	Loan	1 February 2024	^[7]
FW	Tino Kadewere	Lyon	Free	14 May 2024	^[8]^[9]

Out

Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
MF	Ludovic Blas	Rennes	€15,000,000	5 July 2023	^[10]
FW	Andy Delort	Umm Salal	€2,500,000	10 July 2023	^[11]
DF	Andrei Girotto	Al-Taawoun	€4,000,000	6 August 2023	^[12]
MF	Adson	Vasco da Gama	€5,000,000	24 January 2024
MF	Quentin Merlin	Marseille	€12,000,000	26 January 2024
DF	Fabien Centonze	Hellas Verona	Loan	1 February 2024
MF	Lamine Diack	Colorado Rapids	Loan	1 February 2024	^[13]
DF	Ronaël Pierre-Gabriel	Dinamo Zagreb	Free	7 February 2024
MF	Lohann Doucet	Paris FC	€300,000	23 May 2024	^[14]

Pre-season and friendlies

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

15 July 2023 Friendly	Nantes	0–3	Laval
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)

23 July 2023 Friendly	Nantes	1–0	Angers	Basse-Goulaine
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Mohamed 75' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Stade Henri-Michel

29 July 2023 Friendly	Hull City	1–1	Nantes	Kingston upon Hull, England
15:00 BST (UTC+1)	Tufan 59'	Report	Banza 69'	Stadium: MKM Stadium Attendance: 4,893

2 August 2023 Friendly	Lorient	3–1	Nantes	Vannes
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Dieng 9' Pagis 49' Yongwa 52'	Report	Zézé 61'	Stadium: Stade de la Rabine

5 August 2023 Friendly	1. FC Köln	2–0	Nantes	Cologne, Germany
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Waldschmidt 50' Adamyan 64'	Report		Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion Attendance: 32,400

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Ligue 1	13 August 2023	19 May 2024	Matchday 1	14th	34	9	6	19	30	55	−25	026.47
Coupe de France	5 January 2024	20 January 2024	Round of 64	Round of 32	2	1	0	1	4	2	+2	050.00
Total					36	10	6	20	34	57	−23	027.78

Source: Soccerway

Ligue 1

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
12	Montpellier^[a]	34	10	12	12	43	48	−5	41
13	Strasbourg	34	10	9	15	38	50	−12	39
14	Nantes	34	9	6	19	30	55	−25	33
15	Le Havre	34	7	11	16	34	45	−11	32
16	Metz (R)	34	8	5	21	35	58	−23	29^[b]	Qualification for the Relegation play-offs

Source: Ligue 1
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Head-to-head points; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Head-to-head goals scored; 6) Head-to-head away goals scored; 7) Goals scored; 8) Away goals scored; 9) Fair-play points (Note: Head-to-head record is used only after all the matches between the teams in question have been played).^[16]
(R) Relegated
Notes:

^ Montpellier was deducted one point for uncontrolled crowd trouble that caused the abandonment of its match against Clermont.^[15]
^ Metz finished ahead of Lorient on head-to-head away goals scored: Lorient 2–3 Metz, Metz 1–2 Lorient.

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
34	9	6	19	30	55	−25	33	3	3	11	17	30	−13	6	3	8	13	25	−12

Source: Ligue 1

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34
Ground	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A
Result	L	L	D	D	W	W	L	W	W	L	L	L	D	W	L	L	L	L	D	L	W	L	W	L	L	L	W	L	W	L	D	D	L	L
Position	16	16	16	15	15	10	13	9	7	7	8	9	11	8	9	11	13	13	13	14	12	16	12	14	16	16	14	15	14	14	14	14	14	14

Source: Ligue 1
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were unveiled on 29 June 2023.^[17]

13 August 2023 1	Nantes	1–2	Toulouse	Nantes
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Coco 2' Mohamed 13' (pen.) Pallois 18'	Report	Costa 53' Aboukhlal 62' Sierro 73' Nicolaisen 90+1'	Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 30,578 Referee: Willy Delajod

20 August 2023 2	Lille	2–0	Nantes	Villeneuve-d'Ascq
13:00 CEST (UTC+2)	David 66' Alexsandro 78' Ounas 90+4'	Report	Pallois 32' Castelletto 47'	Stadium: Stade Pierre-Mauroy Attendance: 34,536 Referee: Pierre Gaillouste

25 August 2023 3	Nantes	3–3	Monaco	Nantes
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Mohamed 5' (pen.), 48' Castelletto 7', 14' Moutoussamy 64'	Report	Singo 9' Minamino 27' Golovin 54' Ben Yedder 59' Boadu 85'	Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 28,429 Referee: Jérémie Pignard

1 September 2023 4	Nantes	1–1	Marseille	Nantes
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Meupiyou 9' Mohamed 39'	Report	Sarr 4' Aubameyang 26' Rongier 70'	Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 34,600 Referee: Ruddy Buquet

17 September 2023 5	Clermont	0–1	Nantes	Clermont-Ferrand
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Caufriez 82' Keïta 88' Cham 90+6	Report	Simon 48' Mollet 74' Douglas Augusto 79' Cömert 90+4'	Stadium: Stade Gabriel Montpied Attendance: 9,759 Referee: Thomas Léonard

23 September 2023 6	Nantes	5–3	Lorient	Nantes
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Abline 42' Cömert 46' Mohamed 55' Descamps 81' Mollet 83' Simon 90+9' (pen.)	Report	Kroupi 6' Abergel 53' Faivre 75', 90+1' Aiyegun 85' Igor Silva 90+7'	Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 30,704 Referee: Florent Batta

1 October 2023 7	Rennes	3–1	Nantes	Rennes
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Bourigeaud 6' (pen.), 58' Assignon 55' Matić 63' D. Doué 73' Kalimuendo 90+5' (pen.)	Report	Mollet 37' Chirivella 44', 62' Moutoussamy 58' Douglas Augusto 60' Mohamed 77' 77' Castelletto 87'	Stadium: Roazhon Park Attendance: 27,316 Referee: Ruddy Buquet

6 October 2023 8	Strasbourg	1–2	Nantes	Strasbourg
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Mwanga 25' Guilbert 33' Ângelo 45' Perrin 81' Sahi 90+2'	Report	Duverne 45+2' Coco 50' Moutoussamy 58'	Stadium: Stade de la Meinau Attendance: 25,274 Referee: Stéphanie Frappart

22 October 2023 9	Nantes	2–0	Montpellier	Nantes
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Mollet 44', 64' Bamba 74', 75'	Report	Kouyaté 90+2'	Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 26,864 Referee: Marc Bollengier

28 October 2023 10	Lens	4–0	Nantes	Lens
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Sotoca 27' (pen.), 72' (pen.) Medina 58' Wahi 68' El Aynaoui 89'	Report	Cömert 68' Duverne 83'	Stadium: Stade Bollaert-Delelis Attendance: 38,223 Referee: Pierre Gaillouste

5 November 2023 11	Nantes	0–1	Reims	Nantes
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Pierre-Gabriel 90+6'	Report	Foket 53' Busi 71' Itō 75'	Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 33,621 Referee: Gaël Angoula

12 November 2023 12	Metz	3–1	Nantes	Metz
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Van Den Kerkhof 3' Elisor 28' Asoro 85'	Report	Simon 12'	Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien Attendance: 21,674 Referee: Florent Batta

26 November 2023 13	Nantes	0–0	Le Havre	Nantes
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Pierre-Gabriel 45'	Report	Ayew 67' Ndiaye 85' Sangante 90+6'	Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 29,346 Referee: Miguel Nogueira

2 December 2023 14	Nantes	1–0	Nice	Nantes
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Castelletto 18' Mollet 25' Duverne 61' Chirivella 89'	Report		Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 26,560 Referee: Ruddy Buquet

9 December 2023 15	Paris Saint-Germain	2–1	Nantes	Paris
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Barcola 41' Kolo Muani 83' Hernandez 90+2'	Report	Douglas Augusto 29' Mohamed 55' Duverne 82' Pierre-Gabriel 90+2'	Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 47,926 Referee: Jérôme Brisard

17 December 2023 16	Nantes	0–2	Brest	Nantes
13:00 CET (UTC+1)	Lafont 78'	Report	Camara 45' Magnetti 50' Mounié 57' Le Douaron 86' Satriano 90'	Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 30,075 Referee: Benoît Millot

20 December 2023 17	Lyon	1–0	Nantes	Décines-Charpieu
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Lacazette 49' Lovren 84' Tagliafico 90+5'	Report	Centonze 8' Duverne 31'	Stadium: Parc Olympique Lyonnais Attendance: 20,028 Referee: Benoît Bastien

14 January 2024 18	Nantes	1–2	Clermont	Nantes
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Mollet 38', 47' Traoré 73'	Report	Nicholson 29' Gastien 54' Allevinah 89'	Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 20,866 Referee: Romain Lissorgue

28 January 2024 19	Reims	0–0	Nantes	Reims
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Foket 58' Koudou 72' Munetsi 81'	Report	Kadewere 73' Douglas Augusto 87' Sissoko 90'	Stadium: Stade Auguste-Delaune Attendance: 14,388 Referee: Jérémie Pignard

3 February 2024 20	Nantes	0–1	Lens	Nantes
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Kadewere 27' Douglas Augusto 61'	Report	Costa 48' Aguilar 82' Danso 82'	Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 34,167 Referee: Florent Batta

11 February 2024 21	Toulouse	1–2	Nantes	Toulouse
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Sierro 19' Gboho 41' Dallinga 90+6'	Report	Mohamed 2' Sissoko 45+1' Kadewere 51'	Stadium: Stadium de Toulouse Attendance: 28,933 Referee: Gaël Angoula

17 February 2024 22	Nantes	0–2	Paris Saint-Germain	Nantes
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Sissoko 77'	Report	Hernandez 60' Mbappé 78' (pen.)	Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 34,038 Referee: Jérôme Brisard

24 February 2024 23	Lorient	0–1	Nantes	Lorient
17:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Castelletto 49' Douglas Augusto 67' Pallois 69'	Stadium: Stade du Moustoir Attendance: 16,783 Referee: Willy Delajod

3 March 2024 24	Nantes	0–2	Metz	Nantes
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Douglas Augusto 61' Castelletto 64' Cozza 68'	Report	Candé 3' Colin 28' Mikautadze 58' (pen.) Udol 60'	Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 27,132 Referee: Eric Wattellier

10 March 2024 25	Marseille	2–0	Nantes	Marseille
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Aubameyang 17', 79', 74' Mbemba 90+2'	Report	Douglas Augusto 27' Amian 45+2' Sissoko 90+6'	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 56,958 Referee: François Letexier

16 March 2024 26	Nantes	1–3	Strasbourg	Nantes
17:00 CET (UTC+1)	Zézé 33' Cömert 36', 90+2'	Report	Gameiro 3' Senaya 18' Sow 35' Emegha 62', 78' Bakwa 83'	Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 29,487 Referee: Jérémie Pignard

31 March 2024 27	Nice	1–2	Nantes	Nice
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Lotomba 59' Moffi 72' (pen.) Laborde 90+8'	Report	Abline 19', 78' Cozza 51' Cömert 52' Chirivella 59' Mohamed 77' (pen.) Coco 90+1'	Stadium: Allianz Riviera Attendance: 21,142 Referee: Bastien Dechepy

7 April 2024 28	Nantes	1–3	Lyon	Nantes
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Abline 16' Cömert 18' Mohamed 74'	Report	Lacazette 53', 75' Nuamah 71' Fofana 77' Orban 90+7'	Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 0 Referee: Jérôme Brisard

14 April 2024 29	Le Havre	0–1	Nantes	Le Havre
13:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Sabbi 16' Kuzyayev 83' Grandsir 90+1'	Report	Pallois 66' Bamba 90+3', 90+4'	Stadium: Stade Océane Attendance: 23,021 Referee: Hakim Ben El Hadj

20 April 2024 30	Nantes	0–3	Rennes	Nantes
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Chirivella 84'	Report	Wooh 39' D. Doué 45' Santamaria 52' G. Doué 63' Kalimuendo 67' Bourigeaud 76' (pen.) Gouiri 90+1'	Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 25,433 Referee: Willy Delajod

26 April 2024 31	Montpellier	1–1	Nantes	Montpellier
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Adams 2' Savanier 24' Tchato 45' Mincarelli 90+1' Nordin 90+5'	Report	Abline 7' Sissoko 45+4'	Stadium: Stade de la Mosson Attendance: 17,331 Referee: Jérémy Stinat

4 May 2024 32	Brest	0–0	Nantes	Brest
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Locko 22' Lala 59' Doumbia 87'	Report	Traoré 54' Chirivella 89'	Stadium: Stade Francis-Le Blé Attendance: 15,159 Referee: Clément Turpin

12 May 2024 33	Nantes	1–2	Lille	Nantes
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Mohamed 33' Lafont 44' Abline 54' Pallois 60' Sissoko 74'	Report	David 8', 11' Zhegrova 44' Bentaleb 81'	Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 26,529 Referee: Eric Wattellier

19 May 2024 34	Monaco	4–0	Nantes	Monaco
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Ben Yedder 6' Kehrer 10' Magassa 21' Camara 24' (pen.) Ben Seghir 61'	Report	Amian 36' Sissoko 41'	Stadium: Stade Louis II Attendance: 7,343 Referee: Romain Lissorgue

Coupe de France

5 January 2024 Round of 64	Pau	1–4	Nantes	Pau
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Sylla 15'	Report	Mollet 49' Centonze 77' Kadewere 80', 83' Bamba 88' Douglas Augusto 90+5'	Stadium: Stade du Hameau Attendance: 3,353 Referee: Pierre Gaillouste

20 January 2024 Round of 32	Nantes	0–1	Laval	Nantes
17:30 CET (UTC+1)	Cömert 90+5'	Report	Cherni 53' Tchokounté 60'	Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 31,962 Referee: Ruddy Buquet

References

^ "Effectif" (in French). FC Nantes. Retrieved 22 September 2022.
^ "Groupe Pro - Option d'achat levée pour Mostafa Mohamed !". FR.
^ "FC Nantes : Andy Delort a signé". 13 June 2023.
^ "Groupe Pro - Douglas Augusto rejoint le FC Nantes !". FR.
^ "Groupe Pro - Adson est Nantais !". FR.
^ [1]
^ [2]
^ "Tino Kadewere reste à Nantes pour trois ans". L'Équipe (in French). 14 May 2024. Retrieved 1 September 2024.
^ Marcant, Raphael (6 July 2024). "FC Nantes : Un contrat jusqu'en 2026 plutôt que 2027 pour Tino Kadewere". Tribune Nantaise (in French). Retrieved 1 September 2024.
^ "Les premiers mots de Ludovic Blas au Stade Rennais". 90min. 5 July 2023.
^ "Groupe Pro - Andy Delort rejoint le Umm Salal SC (Qatar)". FR.
^ [3]
^ [4]
^ "Foot : Lohann Doucet (Nantes) transféré définitivement au Paris FC". L'Équipe (in French). Retrieved 2024-09-02.
^ "Commission de discipline: les décisions du 25 Octobre 2023" [Discipline committee: decisions of 25 October 2023] (in French). Ligue de Football Professionnel. 25 October 2023. Retrieved 25 October 2023.
^ "League Rules" (PDF). Ligue de Football Professionnel. Retrieved 1 September 2022.
^ "Ligue 1. Le calendrier complet de la saison 2023-2024". Ouest-France.fr (in French). 29 June 2023.

External links

Official website

[table_note_MON0.41907021888488-16] Montpellier was deducted one point for uncontrolled crowd trouble that caused the abandonment of its match against Clermont.^[15]

[table_hth_MET0.41907021888488-17] Metz finished ahead of Lorient on head-to-head away goals scored: Lorient 2–3 Metz, Metz 1–2 Lorient.

[1] "Effectif" (in French). FC Nantes. Retrieved 22 September 2022.

[2] "Groupe Pro - Option d'achat levée pour Mostafa Mohamed !". FR.

[3] "FC Nantes : Andy Delort a signé". 13 June 2023.

[4] "Groupe Pro - Douglas Augusto rejoint le FC Nantes !". FR.

[5] "Groupe Pro - Adson est Nantais !". FR.

[6] [1]

[7] [2]

[8] "Tino Kadewere reste à Nantes pour trois ans". L'Équipe (in French). 14 May 2024. Retrieved 1 September 2024.

[9] Marcant, Raphael (6 July 2024). "FC Nantes : Un contrat jusqu'en 2026 plutôt que 2027 pour Tino Kadewere". Tribune Nantaise (in French). Retrieved 1 September 2024.

[10] "Les premiers mots de Ludovic Blas au Stade Rennais". 90min. 5 July 2023.

[11] "Groupe Pro - Andy Delort rejoint le Umm Salal SC (Qatar)". FR.

[12] [3]

[13] [4]

[14] "Foot : Lohann Doucet (Nantes) transféré définitivement au Paris FC". L'Équipe (in French). Retrieved 2024-09-02.

[15] "Commission de discipline: les décisions du 25 Octobre 2023" [Discipline committee: decisions of 25 October 2023] (in French). Ligue de Football Professionnel. 25 October 2023. Retrieved 25 October 2023.

[18] "League Rules" (PDF). Ligue de Football Professionnel. Retrieved 1 September 2022.

[19] "Ligue 1. Le calendrier complet de la saison 2023-2024". Ouest-France.fr (in French). 29 June 2023.

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