2023–24 Stade Rennais FC season

The 2023–24 season was Stade Rennais Football Club's 123rd season in existence and 30th consecutive season in Ligue 1. They also competed in the Coupe de France and the UEFA Europa League.

Stade Rennais F.C.

2023–24 season
President	Nicolas Holveck
Head coach	Bruno Génésio (until 19 November) Julien Stéphan (from 19 November)
Stadium	Roazhon Park
Ligue 1	10th
Coupe de France	Semi-finals
UEFA Europa League	Knockout round play-offs
Top goalscorer	League: Arnaud Kalimuendo (10) All: Benjamin Bourigeaud Arnaud Kalimuendo (15 each)
Home colours Away colours Third colours
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Players

First-team squad

As of 1 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 Gauthier Gallon 3 DF  FRA Adrien Truffert 5 DF  BEL Arthur Theate 6 MF  NED Azor Matusiwa 7 FW  FRA Martin Terrier 8 MF  FRA Baptiste Santamaria 9 FW  FRA Arnaud Kalimuendo 10 FW  ALG Amine Gouiri 11 MF  FRA Ludovic Blas 14 MF  FRA Benjamin Bourigeaud (captain) 15 DF  CMR Christopher Wooh 16 DF  FRA Jeanuël Belocian

No. Pos. Nation Player 17 DF  CIV Guéla Doué 23 DF  FRA Warmed Omari 28 MF  FRA Enzo Le Fée 30 GK  FRA Steve Mandanda (vice-captain) 32 MF  SUI Fabian Rieder 33 MF  FRA Désiré Doué 34 FW  MAR Ibrahim Salah 36 DF  GHA Alidu Seidu 39 FW  FRA Mathis Lambourde 40 GK  CTA Geoffrey Lembet 43 DF  CMR Aboubakar Nagida 99 FW  TUR Bertuğ Yıldırım

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 — GK  TUR Doğan Alemdar (at Troyes until 30 June 2024) — GK  SEN Alfred Gomis (at Lorient until 30 June 2024) — DF  FRA Lorenz Assignon (at Burnley until 30 June 2024)

No. Pos. Nation Player — DF  FRA Jérémy Jacquet (at Clermont until 30 June 2024) — MF  FRA Matthis Abline (at Nantes until 30 June 2024) — FW  GAB Alan Do Marcolino (at Quevilly-Rouen until 30 June 2024)

Transfers

In

Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
GK	Gauthier Gallon	Troyes	Undisclosed	5 July 2023	[2]
MF	Ludovic Blas	Nantes	€15,000,000	5 July 2023	[3]
MF	Enzo Le Fée	Lorient	€20,000,000	7 July 2023	[4]
GK	Geoffrey Lembet	Sedan	Free	18 July 2023	[5]
MF	Nemanja Matić	Roma	€3,000,000	14 August 2023	[6]
DF	Aboubakar Nagida	EFBC	Free	21 August 2023	[7]
FW	Bertuğ Yıldırım	Hatayspor	€5,000,000	29 August 2023	[8]
MF	Fabian Rieder	Young Boys	€15,000,000	31 August 2023	[9]

Out

Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
FW	Serhou Guirassy	VfB Stuttgart	€9,000,000	1 July 2023	[10]
DF	Hamari Traoré	Real Sociedad	Free	1 July 2023	[11]
DF	Loïc Badé	Sevilla	€12,000,000	1 July 2023
MF	Andy Diouf	Basel	€5,500,000	1 July 2023	[12]
GK	Doğan Alemdar	Troyes	Loan	5 July 2023	[13]
MF	Lesley Ugochukwu	Chelsea	€27,000,000	1 August 2023	[14]
MF	Lovro Majer	VfL Wolfsburg	€30,000,000	16 August 2023	[15]
DF	Birger Meling	Copenhagen	€2,000,000	14 August 2023	[16]
FW	Jérémy Doku	Manchester City	€55,500,000	24 August 2023	[17]
FW	Matthis Abline	Nantes	Loan	25 August 2023	[18]
MF	Loum Tchaouna	Salernitana	Undisclosed	31 August 2023	[19]
GK	Alfred Gomis	Lorient	Loan	1 September 2023
MF	Flavien Tait	Samsunspor	Free	6 September 2023	[20]
MF	Nemanja Matić	Lyon	€2,600,000	27 January 2024	[21]
DF	Jérémy Jacquet	Clermont	Loan	29 January 2024	[22]
DF	Lorenz Assignon	Burnley	Loan	1 February 2024	[23]

New contracts

Position	Player	Until	Ref.
DF	Adrien Truffert	June 2026	[24]

Pre-season and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss

Rennes v Concarneau

19 July 2023 Friendly	Rennes	1–1	Concarneau	Rennes
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Abline 73'	Report	El Khoumisti 52'	Stadium: Centre d'entraînement - La Piverdière

Saint-Malo v Rennes

22 July 2023 Friendly	Saint-Malo	1–2	Rennes	Rennes
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Diakhaby 41'	Report	Majer 57' Tait 84'	Stadium: Centre d'entraînement - La Piverdière Attendance: 1,000

Brest v Rennes

26 July 2023 Friendly	Brest	0–1	Rennes	Dinan
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Camara  55'	Report	Blas 24'	Stadium: Stade du Clos Gastel Attendance: 2,500
Note: Match was played in four periods of thirty minutes each.

Rennes v West Ham United

29 July 2023 Friendly	Rennes	3–1	West Ham United	Rennes
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Santamaria 9' Kalimuendo 75' Ogbonna 89' (o.g.)	Report	Souček 66'	Stadium: Roazhon Park Attendance: 26,387 Referee: Romain Lissorgue (France)

Notthingham Forest v Rennes

2 August 2023 Friendly	Notthingham Forest	0–5	Rennes	Burton upon Trent, England
19:00 BST (UTC+1)		Report	Bourigeaud 35', 45' Abline 52' Majer 57' Gouiri 90'	Stadium: St George's Park National Football Centre Referee: Paul Tierney (England)

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	10th	34	12	10	12	53	46	+7	035.29
Coupe de France	7 January 2024	3 April 2024	Round of 64	Semi-finals	5	3	1	1	12	4	+8	060.00
UEFA Europa League	21 September 2023	22 February 2024	Group stage	Knockout round play-offs	8	5	0	3	16	11	+5	062.50
Total					47	20	11	16	81	61	+20	042.55

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
8	Marseille	34	13	11	10	52	41	+11	50
9	Reims	34	13	8	13	42	47	−5	47
10	Rennes	34	12	10	12	53	46	+7	46
11	Toulouse	34	11	10	13	42	46	−4	43
12	Montpellier[a]	34	10	12	12	43	48	−5	41

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).^[26]
Notes:

1. Montpellier was deducted one point for uncontrolled crowd trouble that caused the abandonment of its match against Clermont.^[25]

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	12	10	12	53	46	+7	46	7	4	6	34	26	+8	5	6	6	19	20	−1

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	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	W	D	D	D	D	D	W	L	L	D	L	L	W	L	L	D	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	L	D	W	L	L	L	W	L	W	D	L
Position	1	3	6	7	8	7	6	8	9	8	11	13	10	12	13	13	10	10	9	9	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	9	10	7	9	8	9	10

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

Matches

The league fixtures were unveiled on 29 June 2023.^[27]

Rennes v Metz

13 August 2023 1	Rennes	5–1	Metz	Rennes
17:05 CEST (UTC+2)	Kalimuendo 20' Gouiri 52' Doku 67' Salah 87', 90+4'	Report	Maziz 21' Kouao  45+2' Colin  46'	Stadium: Roazhon Park Attendance: 26,065 Referee: Jérémy Stinat

Lens v Rennes

20 August 2023 2	Lens	1–1	Rennes	Lens
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Machado 3' Abdul Samed  51' Gradit  79'	Report	Bourigeaud 53' (pen.) Omari  57'	Stadium: Stade Bollaert-Delelis Attendance: 37,233 Referee: Benoît Millot

Rennes v Le Havre

27 August 2023 3	Rennes	2–2	Le Havre	Rennes
13:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Blas 10' Wooh 24' Matić  75'	Report	Alioui 40', 70' Grandsir  45+1'  62'	Stadium: Roazhon Park Attendance: 28,311 Referee: Eric Wattelier

Brest v Rennes

2 September 2023 4	Brest	0–0	Rennes	Brest
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Del Castillo  27' Martin  80' Chardonnet  90+3'	Report	Assignon  74'	Stadium: Stade Francis-Le Blé Attendance: 15,021 Referee: Hakim Ben El Hadj

Rennes v Lille

16 September 2023 5	Rennes	2–2	Lille	Rennes
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Matić  33' Assignon 74' Salah 89'	Report	Yazıcı  30' Yoro 33' Diakité  51', 62' David  86' Gomes  88'	Stadium: Roazhon Park Attendance: 28,178 Referee: François Letexier

Montpellier v Rennes

24 September 2023 6	Montpellier	0–0	Rennes	Montpellier
17:05 CEST (UTC+2)	Chotard  78' Ferri  90+4'	Report	Yıldırım  32'	Stadium: Stade de la Mosson Attendance: 15,430 Referee: Stéphanie Frappart

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

Rennes v Paris Saint-Germain

8 October 2023 8	Rennes	1–3	Paris Saint-Germain	Rennes
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Omari  42' Gouiri 56'	Report	Vitinha 32' Hakimi 36' Kolo Muani 58'	Stadium: Roazhon Park Attendance: 27,734 Referee: Benoît Bastien

Lorient v Rennes

22 October 2023 9	Lorient	2–1	Rennes	Lorient
13:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Omari 3' (o.g.) Touré 45+2'	Report	Blas 21' Wooh  48' Salah  90+2'	Stadium: Stade du Moustoir Attendance: 16,711 Referee: Gaël Angoula

Rennes v Strasbourg

29 October 2023 10	Rennes	1–1	Strasbourg	Rennes
17:05 CET (UTC+1)	Truffert 23' Matić  45' Assignon  61'	Report	Nyamsi  5' Sels  23' Mothiba 81'	Stadium: Roazhon Park Attendance: 28,100 Referee: Florent Batta

Nice v Rennes

5 November 2023 11	Nice	2–0	Rennes	Nice
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Boga 45' Ndayishimiye  75' Mandanda 87' (o.g.)	Report	Assignon  17' Truffert  68' Omari  85'	Stadium: Allianz Riviera Attendance: 22,430 Referee: Clément Turpin

Rennes v Lyon

12 November 2023 12	Rennes	0–1	Lyon	Rennes
17:05 CET (UTC+1)	G. Doué  5' Salah  45' Theate  75' Matić  75'	Report	O'Brien 67' Tagliafico  79'	Stadium: Roazhon Park Attendance: 28,441 Referee: Stéphanie Frappart

Rennes v Reims

26 November 2023 13	Rennes	3–1	Reims	Rennes
17:05 CET (UTC+1)	Gouiri 4' Bourigeaud 46' Theate 66' Matić  70' Kalimuendo  78'	Report	O. Diakité 45+1' Agbadou  85' Teuma  90'	Stadium: Roazhon Park Attendance: 27,718 Referee: Ruddy Buquet

Marseille v Rennes

3 December 2023 14	Marseille	2–0	Rennes	Marseille
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Aubameyang 10' (pen.) Ounahi 65' Ndiaye  68' Mughe  81'	Report	Santamaria  36' Wooh  61' Matić  76' Gouiri  90'	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 54,162 Referee: Willy Delajod

Rennes v Monaco

9 December 2023 15	Rennes	1–2	Monaco	Rennes
17:00 CET (UTC+1)	Omari  38' Theate  61' Bourigeaud 90' (pen.)	Report	Camara  13' Vanderson 51',  54'  75' Salisu  62' Zakaria  65' Singo  69' Fofana 85'	Stadium: Roazhon Park Attendance: 26,856 Referee: Clément Turpin

Toulouse v Rennes

17 December 2023 16	Toulouse	0–0	Rennes	Toulouse
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Dallinga  45' Costa  51' Diarra  90+2'	Report	Le Fée  7' Omari  10'	Stadium: Stadium de Toulouse Attendance: 23,311 Referee: Jérémy Stinat

Clermont v Rennes

20 December 2023 17	Clermont	1–3	Rennes	Clermont-Ferrand
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Nicholson 4' Caufriez  45+2'	Report	Gallon  33' Kalimuendo 52',  73' D. Doué 88',  89' Blas 90+7' (pen.)	Stadium: Stade Gabriel Montpied Attendance: 8,840 Referee: Eric Wattellier

Rennes v Nice

13 January 2024 18	Rennes	2–0	Nice	Rennes
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Bourigeaud 31' (pen.) Kalimuendo 54' Omari  79'	Report		Stadium: Roazhon Park Attendance: 26,689 Referee: Bastien Dechepy

Lyon v Rennes

26 January 2024 19	Lyon	2–3	Rennes	Décines-Charpieu
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Mata  33' Henrique 57' Nuamah  58' Lacazette 78'	Report	Santamaria  7' Terrier 22', 41' D. Doué 36' Truffert  66'	Stadium: Groupama Stadium Attendance: 40,516 Referee: Thomas Léonard

Rennes v Montpellier

3 February 2024 20	Rennes	2–1	Montpellier	Rennes
17:00 CET (UTC+1)	Terrier 3' Truffert  45+4' Kalimuendo 48' (pen.),  53' Yıldırım  80' Le Fée  86'	Report	Sagnan  12' Khazri  29' Mincarelli  47' Savanier 73'	Stadium: Roazhon Park Attendance: 24,898 Referee: Mathieu Vernice

Le Havre v Rennes

11 February 2024 21	Le Havre	0–1	Rennes	Le Havre
13:00 CET (UTC+1)	Touré  36' Ayew  71'	Report	Bourigeaud 60' Seidu  79'	Stadium: Stade Océane Attendance: 22,702 Referee: Benoît Millot

Rennes v Clermont

18 February 2024 22	Rennes	3–1	Clermont	Rennes
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Omari 31' Blas 40' Terrier 58', 64' Seidu  66'	Report	Matsima 62' Caufriez  77'	Stadium: Roazhon Park Attendance: 27,501 Referee: Romain Lissorgue

Paris Saint-Germain v Rennes

25 February 2024 23	Paris Saint-Germain	1–1	Rennes	Paris
17:05 CET (UTC+1)	Hakimi  54' Hernandez  70' Ramos  87', 90+7' (pen.) Fabián  89' Beraldo  90+5'	Report	Gouiri 33' D. Doué  48' Blas  90+2' Mandanda  90+5'	Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 47,874 Referee: Bastien Dechepy

Rennes v Lorient

3 March 2024 24	Rennes	1–2	Lorient	Rennes
17:05 CET (UTC+1)	Blas  74' Gouiri 90+4'	Report	Touré  56' Bamba 59' Abergel  72' Kroupi 90'	Stadium: Roazhon Park Attendance: 28,615 Referee: Benoît Bastien

Lille v Rennes

10 March 2024 25	Lille	2–2	Rennes	Villeneuve d'Ascq
17:05 CET (UTC+1)	Bentaleb  21' Diakité  26' Yoro  53' Gomes  80' Dago  83' David 84', 90+2'	Report	Blas 1',  50' Truffert  8' Kalimuendo 20'	Stadium: Stade Pierre-Mauroy Referee: Benoît Millot

Rennes v Marseille

17 March 2024 26	Rennes	2–0	Marseille	Rennes
17:05 CET (UTC+1)	Terrier 21' Kalimuendo  77' Bourigeaud 78' (pen.)	Report	Harit  38' López  77' Sarr  80'	Stadium: Roazhon Park Attendance: 28,610 Referee: Eric Wattelier

Strasbourg v Rennes

31 March 2024 27	Strasbourg	2–0	Rennes	Strasbourg
17:05 CEST (UTC+2)	Senaya 71' Sebas 73' Delaine  76'	Report	Terrier  17' Matusiwa  24'	Stadium: Stade de la Meinau Attendance: 25,407 Referee: Hakim Ben El Hadj

Monaco v Rennes

7 April 2024 28	Monaco	1–0	Rennes	Monaco
17:05 CEST (UTC+2)	Akliouche 25' Kehrer  36'  64' Singo  58'	Report	Terrier  46' Theate  81'	Stadium: Stade Louis II Attendance: 6,634 Referee: Stéphanie Frappart

Rennes v Toulouse

13 April 2024 29	Rennes	1–2	Toulouse	Rennes
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	D. Doué 20' Gouiri  60' Yıldırım  88' Salah  90+1'	Report	Cásseres 22' Diarra 32' Mawissa  34' Spierings  81' Restes  88'	Stadium: Roazhon Park Attendance: 28,055 Referee: Florent Batta

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

Rennes v Brest

28 April 2024 31	Rennes	4–5	Brest	Rennes
17:05 CEST (UTC+2)	Kalimuendo 4', 9',  80' Terrier  45+1', 79' Theate 68' Le Fée  90+6'	Report	Mounié 11' Omari 47' (o.g.) Satriano 54' Camara 66' Lees-Melou  75' Brassier 90+7'	Stadium: Roazhon Park Attendance: 28,527 Referee: Benoît Bastien

Metz v Rennes

4 May 2024 32	Metz	2–3	Rennes	Metz
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Mikautadze 17',  90+4' Diallo 45' Traoré  71' Hérelle  75'	Report	Gouiri 22' Truffert  44' Bourigeaud 73' (pen.) Theate  75' Kalimuendo 90+3',  90+4'	Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien Attendance: 23,290 Referee: Ruddy Buquet

Rennes v Lens

12 May 2024 33	Rennes	1–1	Lens	Rennes
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Seidu  42' Salah 82' Wooh  83'	Report	Costa  21' Medina  35' Fulgini 48' Sotoca  88'	Stadium: Roazhon Park Attendance: 28,660 Referee: Benoît Millot

Reims v Rennes

19 May 2024 34	Reims	2–1	Rennes	Reims
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Abdelhamid 48' (pen.) Akieme 80',  85'	Report	Truffert  85' Rieder 90+4'	Stadium: Stade Auguste Delaune Attendance: 16,077 Referee: Mathieu Vernice

Coupe de France

Main article: 2023–24 Coupe de France

Guingamp v Rennes

7 January 2024 Round of 64	Guingamp	0–2	Rennes	Guingamp
14:30 CET (UTC+1)	Roux  66'	Report	Theate  41' Kalimuendo 45', 57' Gallon  88' Yıldırım  90+7'	Stadium: Stade de Roudourou Attendance: 16,822 Referee: Jérôme Brisard

Rennes v Marseille

21 January 2024 Round of 32	Rennes	1–1 (9–8 p)	Marseille	Rennes
21:05 CET (UTC+1)	D. Doué  27' Bourigeaud 45+4' Terrier 53' Yıldırım  88'	Report	Veretout 29' Onana  36' Garcia  45+3' Vitinha  49'	Stadium: Roazhon Park Attendance: 28,151 Referee: Jérémie Pignard
	Penalties
	Kalimuendo Bourigeaud Santamaria Le Fée Blas Yıldırım Omari Belocian Nagida		Veretout Balerdi Vitinha Aubameyang Onana Luis Henrique Clauss Garcia Gigot

Sochaux v Rennes

6 February 2024 Round of 16	Sochaux	1–6	Rennes	Montbéliard
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Viltard 65' (pen.)	Report	Gouiri 24', 47' Salah 29' Kalimuendo 35', 41' Matusiwa  45+2' Bourigeaud 81'	Stadium: Stade Auguste-Bonal Attendance: 19,393 Referee: Jérémy Stinat

Le Puy v Rennes

29 February 2024 Quarter-finals	Le Puy	1–3	Rennes	Saint-Étienne
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Diakhabi  53' Adinany 61' Piechocki  82'	Report	Theate 9' Bourigeaud 49' (pen.), 82' Matusiwa  90+1'	Stadium: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard Attendance: 31,414 Referee: Hakim Ben El Hadj
Note: The match was played at the Stade Geoffroy-Guichard in Saint-Étienne, instead of Le Puy's regular stadium, the Stade Charles Massot in Le Puy-en-Velay, due to capacity limitations.

Paris Saint-Germain v Rennes

3 April 2024 Semi-finals	Paris Saint-Germain	1–0	Rennes	Paris
21:10 CEST (UTC+2)	K. Mbappé 37', 40' Dembélé  69'	Report	Seidu  81'	Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 47,879 Referee: Ruddy Buquet

UEFA Europa League

Main article: 2023–24 UEFA Europa League

Group stage

Main article: 2023–24 UEFA Europa League group stage § Group F

The draw for the group stage was held on 1 September 2023.

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		VIL	REN	MHA	PAO
1	Villarreal	6	4	1	1	9	7	+2	13	Advance to round of 16		—	1–0	0–0	3–2
2	Rennes	6	4	0	2	13	6	+7	12	Advance to knockout round play-offs		2–3	—	3–0	3–1
3	Maccabi Haifa	6	1	2	3	3	9	−6	5	Transfer to Europa Conference League		1–2	0–3	—	0–0
4	Panathinaikos	6	1	1	4	7	10	−3	4			2–0	1–2	1–2	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Rennes v Maccabi Haifa

21 September 2023 1	Rennes	3–0	Maccabi Haifa	Rennes
18:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Blas 1' Truffert 31' Yıldırım 55' Gouiri  79'	Report	Cafumana  59' Kandil  66' Chery  79' Khalaily  79' Mohamed  89'	Stadium: Roazhon Park Attendance: 26,838 Referee: Harm Osmers (Germany)

Villarreal v Rennes

5 October 2023 2	Villarreal	1–0	Rennes	Villarreal, Spain
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Sørloth 36' Pino  43' Moreno  50' Baena  54' Pedraza  87'	Report	D. Doué  27' Truffert  58' Terrier 90+2'	Stadium: Estadio de la Cerámica Attendance: 17,458 Referee: Harald Lechner (Austria)

Panathinaikos v Rennes

26 October 2023 3	Panathinaikos	1–2	Rennes	Athens, Greece
22:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Bernard  25' Willian Arão  45' Ioannidis 61' (pen.)	Report	Gouiri 7' Belocian  22' Truffert  45+4' Kalimuendo 49',  80' Theate  90+4' Blas  90+5'	Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium Attendance: 13,459 Referee: João Pinheiro (Portugal)

Rennes v Panathinaikos

9 November 2023 4	Rennes	3–1	Panathinaikos	Rennes
18:45 CET (UTC+1)	Rieder 9' Belocian  33' Bourigeaud  33' Wooh  55' Salah 65' Blas 70' (pen.) Santamaria  81'	Report	Ioannidis 34' (pen.) Vagiannidis  44' Pérez  52'	Stadium: Roazhon Park Attendance: 28,004 Referee: Willie Collum (Scotland)

Maccabi Haifa v Rennes

30 November 2023 5	Maccabi Haifa	0–3	Rennes	Budapest, Hungary
18:45 CET (UTC+1)	Šimić  16' Cornud  65' Kandil  85'	Report	Terrier 29' Gouiri 47' Blas  85' Rieder 90+3'	Stadium: Puskás Aréna Attendance: 0 Referee: Horațiu Feșnic (Romania)
Note: The match was played behind closed doors at the Puskás Aréna in Budapest, Hungary, instead of Maccabi Haifa's regular stadium, the Sammy Ofer Stadium in Haifa, Israel, as a result of the Gaza war.[28]

Rennes v Villarreal

14 December 2023 6	Rennes	2–3	Villarreal	Rennes
18:45 CET (UTC+1)	Wooh  9' Bourigeaud  23' Belocian  34' Assignon 37' Mandanda  45+1' Blas 79'	Report	Albiol  19' Gerard 36' (pen.),  36' Akhomach 62' Parejo 80',  90+1'	Stadium: Roazhon Park Attendance: 27,761 Referee: Atilla Karaoğlan (Turkey)

Knockout phase

Main article: 2023–24 UEFA Europa League knockout phase

Knockout round play-offs

The draw for the knockout round play-offs was held on 18 December 2023.

Milan v Rennes

15 February 2024 First leg	Milan	3–0	Rennes	Milan, Italy
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Loftus-Cheek 32', 47' Leão 53'	Report	Nagida  87'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 69,021 Referee: Nikola Dabanović (Montenegro)

Rennes v Milan

22 February 2024 Second leg	Rennes	3–2 (3–5 agg.)	Milan	Rennes
18:45 CET (UTC+1)	Bourigeaud 11', 54' (pen.), 68' (pen.) Gouiri  69'	Report	Jović 22' Kjær  53' Leão 58' Maignan  79'	Stadium: Roazhon Park Attendance: 28,320 Referee: João Pinheiro (Portugal)

Statistics

Goalscorers

Position	Players	Ligue 1	Coupe de France	Europa League	Total
MF	Benjamin Bourigeaud	9	3	3	15
FW	Arnaud Kalimuendo	10	4	1	15
FW	Amine Gouiri	7	2	2	11
FW	Martin Terrier	7	1	1	9
MF	Ludovic Blas	4	0	3	7
FW	Ibrahim Salah	4	1	1	6
MF	Désiré Doué	4	0	0	4
MF	Fabian Rieder	1	0	2	3
DF	Arthur Theate	2	1	0	3
DF	Adrien Truffert	1	0	1	2
DF	Lorenz Assignon	0	0	1	1
DF	Warmed Omari	1	0	0	1
DF	Christopher Wooh	1	0	0	1
FW	Bertuğ Yıldırım	0	0	1	1