# 2022–23 Montpellier HSC season

The 2022–23 season was the 104th season in the history of Montpellier HSC and their 14th consecutive season in the top flight. The club participated in Ligue 1 and the Coupe de France.

## Players
### First-team squad

    As of 31 January 2023
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 3 | DF | GUI | Issiaga Sylla |
| 4 | DF | MLI | Boubakar Kouyaté |
| 5 | DF | POR | Pedro Mendes |
| 6 | DF | FRA | Christopher Jullien |
| 7 | FW | FRA | Arnaud Nordin |
| 9 | FW | FRA | Valère Germain |
| 10 | FW | ENG | Stephy Mavididi |
| 11 | MF | FRA | Téji Savanier (captain) |
| 12 | MF | FRA | Jordan Ferri (vice-captain) |
| 13 | MF | FRA | Joris Chotard |
| 14 | DF | FRA | Maxime Estève |
| 15 | DF | URU | Mathías Suárez |
| 16 | GK | FRA | Dimitry Bertaud |
| 17 | DF | FRA | Théo Sainte-Luce |
| 18 | MF | FRA | Léo Leroy |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 20 | FW | ALG | Yanis Guermouche |
| 21 | FW | FRA | Elye Wahi |
| 22 | MF | FRA | Khalil Fayad |
| 26 | DF | FRA | Thibault Tamas |
| 27 | DF | FRA | Faitout Maouassa (on loan from Club Brugge) |
| 28 | FW | CGO | Béni Makouana |
| 29 | DF | CMR | Enzo Tchato |
| 30 | GK | FRA | Matis Carvalho |
| 35 | DF | FRA | Lucas Mincarelli |
| 40 | GK | FRA | Benjamin Lecomte |
| 75 | DF | FRA | Mamadou Sakho |
| 77 | DF | MLI | Falaye Sacko (on loan from Vitória de Guimarães) |
| 90 | GK | SEN | Bingourou Kamara |
| 99 | FW | TUN | Wahbi Khazri |

### Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | SUI | Gabriel Barès (at Thun until 30 June 2023) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | FRA | Sacha Delaye (at Le Puy until 30 June 2023) |

## Transfers
### In

| No. | Pos. | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date |
| 27 | DF | Faitout Maouassa | Club Brugge | Loan | 21 June 2022 |
| 7 | FW | Arnaud Nordin | Saint-Étienne | Free | 1 July 2022 |
| 17 | DF | Théo Sainte-Luce | Nîmes | Free | 1 July 2022 |
| 77 | DF | Falaye Sacko | Vitória de Guimarães | Loan | 1 July 2022 |
| 99 | FW | Wahbi Khazri | Saint-Étienne | Free | 1 July 2022 |
| 6 | DF | Christopher Jullien | Celtic | €1 million | 23 August 2022 |
| 90 | GK | Bingourou Kamara | Strasbourg | Free | 1 September 2022 |
| 4 | DF | Boubakar Kouyaté | Metz | €6 million | 20 January 2023 |
| 40 | GK | Benjamin Lecomte | Monaco | €3 million | 26 January 2023 |
| 3 | DF | Issiaga Sylla | Toulouse | Free | 31 January 2023 |

### Out

| Pos. | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date |
| DF | Matheus Thuler | Flamengo | Loan return | 1 July 2022 |
| FW | Nicholas Gioacchini | Caen | Loan return | 1 July 2022 |
| DF | Clément Vidal | Ajaccio | Undisclosed | 1 July 2022 |
| MF | Florent Mollet | Schalke 04 | €700,000 | 1 July 2022 |
| DF | Mihailo Ristić | Benfica | Free | 1 July 2022 |
| DF | Ambroise Oyongo | Released | Free | 1 July 2022 |
| DF | Junior Sambia | Released | Free | 1 July 2022 |
| MF | Rémy Cabella | Released | Free | 1 July 2022 |
| FW | Yanis Guermouche | Châteauroux | Loan | 18 July 2022 |
| MF | Gabriel Barès | Thun | Loan | 27 July 2022 |
| DF | Arnaud Souquet | Chicago Fire | Free | 9 January 2023 |
| MF | Sacha Delaye | Le Puy | Loan | 10 January 2023 |
| GK | Jonas Omlin | Borussia Mönchengladbach | €8 million | 19 January 2023 |
| DF | Nicolas Cozza | VfL Wolfsburg | €500,000 | 26 January 2023 |
* ↑ Up to €800,000 in bonuses
* ↑ On 19 July 2022, Sambia signed for Salernitana.
* ↑ On 10 July 2022, Cabella signed for Lille.

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

## Competitions
### Overall record

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Ligue 1 | 7 August 2022 | 3 June 2023 | Matchday 1 | 12th | 38 | 15 | 5 | 18 | 65 | 62 | +3 | 039.47 |
| Coupe de France | 6 January 2023 | 6 January 2023 | Round of 64 | Round of 64 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 000.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 39 | 15 | 5 | 19 | 66 | 64 | +2 | 038.46 |
Source: Soccerway

### Ligue 1
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 10 | Lorient | 38 | 15 | 10 | 13 | 52 | 53 | −1 | 55 | |
| 11 | Reims | 38 | 12 | 15 | 11 | 45 | 45 | 0 | 51 | |
| 12 | Montpellier | 38 | 15 | 5 | 18 | 65 | 62 | +3 | 50 | |
| 13 | Toulouse | 38 | 13 | 9 | 16 | 51 | 57 | −6 | 48 | Qualification for the Europa League group stage |
| 14 | Brest | 38 | 11 | 11 | 16 | 44 | 54 | −10 | 44 | |
* ↑ Toulouse qualified for the Europa League group stage as the 2022–23 Coupe de France winners.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
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 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | L | L | W | W | L | L | W | L | L | L | L | L | D | D | W | L | L | L | W | L | L | W | W | D | W | W | W | D | L | L | W | W | L | D | W | L | W |
| Position | 4 | 9 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 17 June 2022.

### Coupe de France
## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

    Last updated 19 February 2023.
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Ligue 1 | Ligue 1 | Coupe de France | Coupe de France |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||
| 16 | GK | FRA | Dimitry Bertaud | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | GK | FRA | Matis Carvalho | 2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | GK | FRA | Benjamin Lecomte | 5 | 0 | 5+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 90 | GK | SEN | Bingourou Kamara | 6 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 3 | DF | GUI | Issiaga Sylla | 3 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | MLI | Boubakar Kouyaté | 4 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | POR | Pedro Mendes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | FRA | Christopher Jullien | 18 | 0 | 18+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | FRA | Maxime Estève | 19 | 0 | 14+4 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | FRA | Théo Sainte-Luce | 5 | 1 | 5+0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | FRA | Thibault Tamas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | FRA | Faitout Maouassa | 23 | 1 | 16+6 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 29 | DF | CMR | Enzo Tchato | 18 | 1 | 11+6 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 37 | DF | FRA | Téo Allix | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 75 | DF | FRA | Mamadou Sakho | 10 | 1 | 5+4 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 77 | DF | MLI | Falaye Sacko | 21 | 0 | 17+3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 11 | MF | FRA | Téji Savanier | 20 | 8 | 20+0 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | MF | FRA | Jordan Ferri | 22 | 0 | 21+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 13 | MF | FRA | Joris Chotard | 22 | 0 | 14+7 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | FRA | Léo Leroy | 18 | 0 | 10+8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | FRA | Khalil Fayad | 16 | 0 | 5+10 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 34 | MF | FRA | Mattéo Loubatières | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 7 | FW | FRA | Arnaud Nordin | 23 | 4 | 16+6 | 4 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | FRA | Valère Germain | 23 | 3 | 5+17 | 2 | 1+0 | 1 |
| 10 | FW | ENG | Stephy Mavididi | 13 | 2 | 11+1 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | ALG | Yanis Guermouche | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | FW | FRA | Elye Wahi | 21 | 8 | 20+1 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | FW | CGO | Béni Makouana | 9 | 0 | 1+7 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 36 | FW | FRA | Axel Gueguin | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | FW | SEN | Sérigné Faye | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 99 | FW | TUN | Wahbi Khazri | 17 | 3 | 10+6 | 3 | 1+0 | 0 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||
| 1 | GK | SUI | Jonas Omlin | 14 | 0 | 14+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | FRA | Arnaud Souquet | 12 | 0 | 3+9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | DF | FRA | Nicolas Cozza | 18 | 2 | 14+3 | 2 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | FRA | Sacha Delaye | 4 | 1 | 0+3 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 |

### Top scorers

Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by squad number when total goals are equal.
    Last updated 19 February 2023.
| Rank | Position | Nationality | No. | Player | Ligue 1 | Coupe de France | Total |
| 1 | MF | | 11 | Téji Savanier | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| 1 | FW | | 21 | Elye Wahi | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| 3 | FW | | 7 | Arnaud Nordin | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | FW | | 9 | Valère Germain | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | FW | | 99 | Wahbi Khazri | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | DF | | 31 | Nicolas Cozza | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | FW | | 10 | Stephy Mavididi | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | DF | | 17 | Théo Sainte-Luce | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | DF | | 27 | Faitout Maouassa | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | DF | | 29 | Enzo Tchato | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | DF | | 75 | Mamadou Sakho | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | | 19 | Sacha Delaye | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 35 | 1 | 36 |

### Cleansheets

Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by squad number when total cleansheets are equal.
    Last updated 19 February 2023.
| Rank | Position | Nationality | No. | Player | Ligue 1 | Coupe de France | Total |
| 1 |
| 1 | GK | | 1 | Jonas Omlin | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 1 | GK | | 40 | Benjamin Lecomte | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 6 | 0 | 6 |

### Disciplinary record

Includes all competitive matches.
    Last updated 19 February 2023.
| Position | Number | Name | Ligue 1 | Ligue 1 | Ligue 1 | Coupe de France | Coupe de France | Coupe de France | Total | Total | Total |
| MF | 11 | Téji Savanier | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
| FW | 21 | Elye Wahi | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| FW | 99 | Wahbi Khazri | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| GK | 1 | Jonas Omlin | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| MF | 22 | Khalil Fayad | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| FW | 10 | Stephy Mavididi | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| FW | 9 | Valère Germain | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| MF | 18 | Léo Leroy | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| MF | 12 | Jordan Ferri | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| MF | 13 | Joris Chotard | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| DF | 6 | Christopher Jullien | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| DF | 14 | Maxime Estève | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| DF | 31 | Nicolas Cozza | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| DF | 77 | Falaye Sacko | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| FW | 7 | Arnaud Nordin | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| GK | 90 | Bingourou Kamara | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| DF | 2 | Arnaud Souquet | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| DF | 29 | Enzo Tchato | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| DF | 75 | Mamadou Sakho | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| FW | 28 | Béni Makouana | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| | | TOTALS | 45 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 1 | 7 |