2023–24 AS Saint-Étienne season

The 2023–24 season was AS Saint-Étienne's 91st season in existence and second consecutive in Ligue 2. They also competed in the Coupe de France.

AS Saint-Étienne

2023–24 season
Chairman	Bernard Caïazzo
Manager	Olivier Dall'Oglio
Stadium	Stade Geoffroy-Guichard
Ligue 2	3rd (promoted)
Coupe de France	Eighth round
Highest home attendance	Concarneau (37,337), 6 Apr. 2024
Average home league attendance	24,608
Away colours
← 2022–23 2024–25 →

Players

Season squad

As of 2 June 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 3 DF  FRA Mickaël Nadé 5 MF  FRA Florian Tardieu 6 MF  MAR Benjamin Bouchouari 7 MF  FRA Thomas Monconduit 8 DF  FRA Dennis Appiah 9 FW  MLI Ibrahim Sissoko 10 MF  FRA Nathanaël Mbuku (on loan from Augsburg) 11 FW  FRA Irvin Cardona (on loan from Augsburg) 13 DF  MAR Mahmoud Bentayg 14 MF  FRA Dylan Chambost 16 GK  SEN Boubacar Fall 17 FW  CIV Stéphane Diarra (on loan from Lorient)

No. Pos. Nation Player 18 MF  FRA Mathieu Cafaro 19 DF  FRA Léo Pétrot 20 FW  FRA Maxence Rivera 21 DF  COD Dylan Batubinsika 23 DF  FRA Anthony Briançon 25 FW  SEN Ibrahima Wadji 26 MF  FRA Lamine Fomba 27 DF  FRA Yvann Maçon 29 MF  MAR Aïmen Moueffek 30 GK  FRA Gautier Larsonneur 34 MF  FRA Antoine Gauthier 42 GK  ENG Etienne Green

Other players under contract

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 — DF  CMR Bryan Nokoue — MF  SEN El Hadji Dieye

No. Pos. Nation Player — FW  FRA Ayman Aiki — FW  GUI Karim Cissé

Out on loan

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 — MF  FRA Louis Mouton (at Pau until 30 June 2024) — MF  FRA Mathys Saban (at Union Titus Pétange until 30 June 2024)

No. Pos. Nation Player — FW  FRA Yanis Lhéry (at Progrès Niederkorn until 30 June 2024)

Transfers

In

Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
MF	Mathieu Cafaro	Standard Liège	€500,000	1 July 2023	[2]
DF	Niels Nkounkou	Everton	€2,000,000	1 July 2023
FW	Ibrahim Sissoko	Sochaux	Free	6 July 2023
DF	Dylan Batubinsika	Famalicão	Undisclosed	21 July 2023

Out

Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
FW	Lenny Pintor	LASK	Free	1 July 2023	[3]
MF	Mahdi Camara	Brest	€3,000,000	1 July 2023	[4]
FW	Jean-Philippe Krasso	Red Star Belgrade	Undisclosed	1 July 2023
DF	Yvann Maçon	Maccabi Tel Aviv	Loan	2 July 2023	[5]
MF	Yvan Neyou	Leganés	Undisclosed	1 August 2023	[6]

Pre-season and friendlies

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Record
				Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Ligue 2	5 August 2023	May 2024	Matchday 1	38	19	8	11	48	31	+17	050.00
Coupe de France	TBD		Seventh round	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
Total				38	19	8	11	48	31	+17	050.00

Last updated: 6 May 2024
Source: Soccerway

Ligue 2

Main article: 2023–24 Ligue 2

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or Relegation
1	Auxerre (C, P)	38	21	11	6	72	36	+36	74	Promotion to Ligue 1
2	Angers (P)	38	20	8	10	56	42	+14	68
3	Saint-Étienne (O, P)	38	19	8	11	48	31	+17	65	Qualification for promotion play-offs final
4	Rodez	38	16	12	10	62	51	+11	60	Qualification for promotion play-offs semi-final
5	Paris FC	38	16	11	11	49	42	+7	59

Updated to match(es) played on 17 May 2024. 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
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted

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
38	19	8	11	48	31	+17	65	10	4	5	24	14	+10	9	4	6	24	17	+7

Last updated: 21 May 2024.
Source: Ligue 2 BKT

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
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H
Result	L	L	W	D	D	W	W	W	W	D	W	W	L	L	L	L	L	D	W	D	W
Position	16	17	14	14	15	9	8	9	5	5	5	2	3	5	7	8	8	8	6	6	6

Updated to match(es) played on 23 January 2024. Source: Ligue 2 BKT
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were unveiled on 29 June 2023.^[7]

Saint-Étienne v Grenoble

5 August 2023 1	Saint-Étienne	0–1	Grenoble	Saint-Étienne
15:00 UTC+2	Sissoko  43' Sow  78' Charbonnier 83'	Report	Touray  22' Sanyang 90+1'	Stadium: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard Attendance: 25,412 Referee: Pierre Legat

Rodez v Saint-Étienne

12 August 2023 2	Rodez	2–1	Saint-Étienne	Rodez
16:00 UTC+2	Valério 41' Buadés 90+5'	Report	Sissoko 58' (pen.) Briançon  72' Chambost  90+1'	Stadium: Stade Paul-Lignon Referee: Abdelatif Kherradji

Saint-Étienne v Quevilly-Rouen

19 August 2023 3	Saint-Étienne	2–1	Quevilly-Rouen	Saint-Étienne
19:00 UTC+2	Sissoko 29' (pen.), 45+1' (pen.)	Report	Sidibé  11' Cissé  27' Pierret 54'  90+1'	Stadium: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard Attendance: 24,103 Referee: Mikaël Lesage

Annecy v Saint-Étienne

28 August 2023 4	Annecy	1–1	Saint-Étienne	Annecy
20:45 UTC+2	Caddy 26' (pen.) Larose  62' Escales  75'	Report	Chambost 48' Appiah  69' Bouchouari  88'	Stadium: Parc des Sports Attendance: 12,467 Referee: Azzédine Souifi

Saint-Étienne v Valenciennes

2 September 2023 5	Saint-Étienne	0–0	Valenciennes	Saint-Étienne
19:00 UTC+2	Bentayg  23' Bouchouari  55' Sissoko  60' Batubinsika  63' Pétrot  66' Appiah  69' Fomba  90+4'	Report	Masson  10' Jung  90+1' Boudraa  90+4'	Stadium: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard Attendance: 22,687 Referee: Thomas Léonard

Caen v Saint-Étienne

16 September 2023 6	Caen	1–2	Saint-Étienne	Caen
15:00 UTC+2	Henry  35' Abdi  67' Mandrea  77' Mendy 90+4'	Report	Tardieu 30' (pen.) Fomba  77' Sissoko 88'	Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano Attendance: 19,013 Referee: Abdelatif Kherradji

Concarneau v Saint-Étienne

23 September 2023 7	Concarneau	0–1	Saint-Étienne	Lorient
19:00 UTC+2	Etuin  70'	Report	Batubinsika  32' Sissoko 73'	Stadium: Stade du Moustoir Attendance: 6,010 Referee: Antoine Valnet

Saint-Étienne v Dunkerque

4 October 2023 8	Saint-Étienne	2–0	Dunkerque	Saint-Étienne
18:45 UTC+2	Bouchaouri  38' Sissoko 83' (pen.) Cafaro 86'	Report	Balijon  81' Boissier  81'	Stadium: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard Attendance: 9,282 Referee: Florent Batta

Troyes v Saint-Étienne

30 September 2023 9	Troyes	0–1	Saint-Étienne	Troyes
15:00 UTC+2	Boura  73'	Report	Pétrot  54' Moueffek 90+3'	Stadium: Stade de l'Aube Attendance: 7,378 Referee: Pierre Legat

Saint-Étienne v Ajaccio

7 October 2023 10	Saint-Étienne	0–0	Ajaccio	Saint-Étienne
19:00 UTC+2	Cafaro  27' Briançon  55'	Report	Quemper  85' Michel  86'	Stadium: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard Attendance: 11,760 Referee: Benjamin Lepaysant

Laval v Saint-Étienne

23 October 2023 11	Laval	0–1	Saint-Étienne	Laval
20:45 UTC+2	Baldé  45+3'	Report	Sissoko 13' Larsonneur  86'	Stadium: Stade Francis Le Basser Attendance: 9,394 Referee: Mikaël Lesage

Saint-Étienne v Angers

30 October 2023 12	Saint-Étienne	2–0	Angers	Saint-Étienne
20:45 UTC+1	Sissoko 50' Pétrot 58' Bouchouari  60' Lobry  81'	Report	Bamba  83'	Stadium: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard Attendance: 27,153 Referee: Guillaume Paradis

Saint-Étienne v Paris FC

4 November 2023 13	Saint-Étienne	0–1	Paris FC	Saint-Étienne
15:00 UTC+1		Report	Gory 72' Koré  74' Hamel  80' Nkambadio  90+1'	Stadium: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard Attendance: 35,563 Referee: Antoine Valnet

Auxerre v Saint-Étienne

11 November 2023 14	Auxerre	5–2	Saint-Étienne	Auxerre
19:00 UTC+1	Onaiwu 3', 37', 67' Perrin 21' Dioussé  90+5' Sinayoko 82'	Report	Cafaro 31' Bouchouari  45+5' Tardieu  62' Bentayg 80'	Stadium: Stade de l'Abbé Deschamps Attendance: 16,806 Referee: Benjamin Lepaysant

Saint-Étienne v Pau

25 November 2023 15	Saint-Étienne	1–2	Pau	Saint-Étienne
15:00 CET	Charbonnier 9' Bouchouari  54' Tardieu  90' Briançon  90+1'	Report	Kanté  14' Sylla  62' Saivet 75' (pen.) D'Almeida 78'  90+1'	Stadium: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard Attendance: 21,709 Referee: Faouzi Benchabane

Amiens SC v Saint-Étienne

2 December 2023 16	Amiens SC	1–0	Saint-Étienne	Amiens
19:00 CET	Gene  24' Leautey 45' Kaïboué  60' Fofana  62'	Report	Chambost  26'	Stadium: Stade de la Licorne Attendance: 8,712 Referee: Mikael Lesage

Saint-Étienne v Guingamp

5 December 2023 17	Saint-Étienne	1–3	Guingamp	Saint-Étienne
20:45 CET	Moueffek 21' Tardieu  57' Cissé  89'	Report	Sidibé 42' Guillaume 55' Courtet 87'	Stadium: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard Attendance: 17,942 Referee: Olivier Thual

Bordeaux v Saint-Étienne

16 December 2023 18	Bordeaux	0–0	Saint-Étienne	Bordeaux
15:00 CET		Report	Briançon  6' Monconduit  25' Pétrot  77'	Stadium: Matmut Atlantique Attendance: 37,658 Referee: Romain Delpech

Saint-Étienne v Bastia

19 December 2023 19	Saint-Étienne	3–2	Bastia	Saint-Étienne
20:45 CET	Chambost 5' 9' Tardieu  42' Briançon  51' Cafaro 63'	Report	Vincent  41' Roncaglia  48' Alfarela 71' (pen.) Keita 76'	Stadium: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard Attendance: 16,900 Referee: Abdelatif Kherradji

Saint-Étienne v Laval

13 January 2024 20	Saint-Étienne	0–0	Laval	Saint-Étienne
15:00 CET		Report		Stadium: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard Attendance: 18,106 Referee: Nicolas Rainville

Pau v Saint-Étienne

23 January 2024 21	Pau	0–1	Saint-Étienne	Bizanos
20:45 CET	Kouassi  36' D'Almeida  85' Kamara  90+5'	Report	Chambost 38'	Stadium: Nouste Camp Attendance: 3,524 Referee: Eric Wattellier

Saint-Étienne v Amiens

27 January 2024 22	Saint-Étienne	0–1	Amiens	Saint-Étienne
15:00 CET	Cafaro  53'	Report	Do Couto 42' Assogba  57' Ring  90' Léautey  90+2'	Stadium: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard Attendance: 18,612 Referee: Thierry Bouille

Dunkerque v Saint-Étienne

3 February 2024 23	Dunkerque	1–0	Saint-Étienne	Dunkirk
15:00 CET	Sanganté 81'	Report		Stadium: Stade Marcel-Tribut Attendance: 4,933 Referee: Ahmed Taleb

Saint-Étienne v Troyes

12 February 2024 24	Saint-Étienne	5–0	Troyes	Saint-Étienne
20:45 CET	Ndiaye 16' (o.g.) Nadé  20' Briançon  36' 78' Sissoko 38' Monconduit  45+2' Mbuku 51' Cafaro  55' Maçon 63' Cardona  90'	Report	Alemdar  90'	Stadium: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard Attendance: 17,075 Referee: Azzédine Souifi

Angers v Saint-Étienne

17 February 2024 25	Angers	0–3	Saint-Étienne	Angers
15:00 CET	Raolisoa  71' Niane  83' Abdelli  90+1'	Report	Cardona 42', 45' Lefort 64' (o.g.) Monconduit  76'	Stadium: Stade Raymond Kopa Attendance: 15,662 Referee: Nicolas Rainville

Saint-Étienne v Annecy

24 February 2024 26	Saint-Étienne	2–1	Annecy	Saint-Étienne
15:00 CET	Cardona 10' Sissoko 41' Chambost  90+1' Maçon  90+3' Fomba  90+4'	Report	Ntamack 87' (pen.)	Stadium: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard Attendance: 21,179 Referee: Antoine Valnet

Paris FC v Saint-Étienne

2 March 2024 27	Paris FC	0–0	Saint-Étienne	Paris
15:00 CET	Chergui  45'	Report	Appiah  40' Maçon  53'	Stadium: Stade Charléty Attendance: 17,358 Referee: Benjamin Lepaysant

Saint-Étienne v Auxerre

9 March 2024 28	Saint-Étienne	1–0	Auxerre	Saint-Étienne
15:00 CET	Batubinsika  24' Cardona 55' Nadé  68'	Report	Hein  9' Pellenard  78' Jubal  85'	Stadium: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard Attendance: 36,277 Referee: Olivier Thual

Bastia v Saint-Étienne

16 March 2024 29	Bastia	0–4	Saint-Étienne	Bastia
19:00 CET	Roncaglia  22' Alfarela  45+2'	Report	Chambost 16' Mbuku  45+2' Cardona 67' Mbuku 79'	Stadium: Stade Furiani Attendance: 11,598 Referee: Pierre Gaillouste

Valenciennes v Saint-Étienne

30 March 2024 30	Valenciennes	0–2	Saint-Étienne	Valenciennes
15:00 CET		Report	Cardona  10' 31' Sissoko 23'	Stadium: Stade du Hainaut Attendance: 9,251 Referee: Mikaël Lesage

Saint-Étienne v Concarneau

6 April 2024 31	Saint-Étienne	1–0	Concarneau	Saint-Étienne
15:00 UTC+2	Nadé 23' Moueffek  87'	Report	Urie  87'	Stadium: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard Attendance: 37,337 Referee: Abdelatif Kherradji

AC Ajaccio v Saint-Étienne

13 April 2024 32	AC Ajaccio	2–0	Saint-Étienne	Ajaccio
15:00 UTC+2	Ibayi 17' (pen.) Vidal 45+2' Nouri  90+6'	Report	Bouchouari  15' Bentayg  80' Monconduit  84'	Stadium: Stade Michel Moretti Attendance: 5,259 Referee: Pierre Legat

Saint-Étienne v Bordeaux

20 April 2024 33	Saint-Étienne	2–1	Bordeaux	Saint-Étienne
19:00 UTC+2	Monconduit  18' Nadé  62'  74' Moueffek  74' Briançon  85' Cardona 90+1', 90+5'	Report	Ignatenko  32' Díaz 42' Nsimba  74' Davitashvili  74' Pitu  83'	Stadium: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard Attendance: 35,317 Referee: Jérôme Brisard

Grenoble v Saint-Étienne

23 April 2024 34	Grenoble	0–2	Saint-Étienne	Grenoble
20:45 UTC+2	Mendy  10'	Report	Cafaro  62' Batubinsika 80' Chambost 87'	Stadium: Stade des Alpes Attendance: 15,230 Referee: Benjamin Lepaysant

Saint-Étienne v Caen

27 April 2024 35	Saint-Étienne	1–0	Caen	Saint-Étienne
15:00 UTC+2	Moueffek 5'	Report	Abdi  44' Brahimi  70' Henry  76' Traoré  90+3'	Stadium: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard Attendance: 35,445 Referee: Nicolas Rainville

Guingamp v Saint-Étienne

4 May 2024 36	Guingamp	2–2	Saint-Étienne	Guingamp
19:00 UTC+2	El Ouazzani 67' (pen.) Siwe 84' Sivis  90+5'  90+5'	Report	Moueffek 22' Cafaro 45+2' (pen.) Cardona  83' Chambost  90+2' Larsonneur  90+4'	Stadium: Stade de Roudourou Attendance: 11,224 Referee: Guillaume Paradis

Saint-Étienne v Rodez

10 May 2024 37	Saint-Étienne	1–1	Rodez	Saint-Étienne
20:45 UTC+2	Nadé 38' Appiah  43' Cafaro  50' Maçon  82'	Report	Mambo  31' Abdallah  78' Rajot 79'	Stadium: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard Attendance: 35,701 Referee: Mikaël Lesage

Quevilly-Rouen v Saint-Étienne

17 May 2024 38	Quevilly-Rouen	2–1	Saint-Étienne	Rouen
20:45 UTC+2	Gbelle  33' Soumano 60' Coulibaly 81' Cissokho  88'	Report	Cissokho 89'	Stadium: Stade Robert Diochon Attendance: 8,084 Referee: Marc Bollengier

Promotion Play-offs

Saint-Étienne v Rodez

24 May 2024	Saint-Étienne	v	Rodez	Saint-Étienne
20:30 UTC+2				Stadium: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard

Coupe de France

Main article: 2023–24 Coupe de France

Bourg-Péronnas v Saint-Étienne

18 November 2023 Seventh round	Bourg-Péronnas	0–3	Saint-Étienne	Bourg-en-Bresse
13:45 CET	Nathan Vitré  43' Roger Tamba M'Pinda  47'	Report	Darling Baldi  7' Rivera 45' Charbonnier 54' 73'	Stadium: Stade Marcel-Verchère Attendance: 5,142 Referee: Aurélien Petit

Saint-Étienne v Nîmes

9 December 2023 Eighth round	Saint-Étienne	0–1	Nîmes	Saint-Étienne
15:00 CET	Moueffek  81'	Report	Picouleau 19' Sy  25' Ondoa  55' Hamza Sbaï  71' Doukansy  75' Doucouré  83'	Stadium: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard Attendance: 11,149 Referee: Antoine Valnet