2023–24 FC Nantes season

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.

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
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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

Nantes v Laval

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

Nantes v Angers

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

Hull City v Nantes

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

Lorient v Nantes

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

1. FC Köln v Nantes

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
					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

Main article: 2023–24 Ligue 1

League table

Pos	Team v t e	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:

1. Montpellier was deducted one point for uncontrolled crowd trouble that caused the abandonment of its match against Clermont.^[15]
2. 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]

Nantes v Toulouse

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

Lille v Nantes

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

Nantes v Monaco

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

Nantes v Marseille

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

Clermont v Nantes

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

Nantes v Lorient

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

Rennes v Nantes

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

Strasbourg v Nantes

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

Nantes v Montpellier

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

Lens v Nantes

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

Nantes v Reims

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

Metz v Nantes

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

Nantes v Le Havre

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

Nantes v Nice

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

Paris Saint-Germain v Nantes

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

Nantes v Brest

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

Lyon v Nantes

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

Nantes v Clermont

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

Reims v Nantes

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

Nantes v Lens

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

Toulouse v Nantes

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

Nantes v Paris Saint-Germain

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

Lorient v Nantes

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

Nantes v Metz

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

Marseille v Nantes

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

Nantes v Strasbourg

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

Nice v Nantes

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

Nantes v Lyon

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

Le Havre v Nantes

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

Nantes v Rennes

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

Montpellier v Nantes

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

Brest v Nantes

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

Nantes v Lille

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

Monaco v Nantes

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

Main article: 2023–24 Coupe de France

Pau v Nantes

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

Nantes v Laval

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