# 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.

## Players
### First-team squad

    As of 1 February 2024
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. 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. 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 |
| GK | Gauthier Gallon | Troyes | Undisclosed | 5 July 2023 |
| MF | Ludovic Blas | Nantes | €15,000,000 | 5 July 2023 |
| MF | Enzo Le Fée | Lorient | €20,000,000 | 7 July 2023 |
| GK | Geoffrey Lembet | Sedan | Free | 18 July 2023 |
| MF | Nemanja Matić | Roma | €3,000,000 | 14 August 2023 |
| DF | Aboubakar Nagida | EFBC | Free | 21 August 2023 |
| FW | Bertuğ Yıldırım | Hatayspor | €5,000,000 | 29 August 2023 |
| MF | Fabian Rieder | Young Boys | €15,000,000 | 31 August 2023 |

### Out

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

### New contracts

| Position | Player | Until | Ref. |
| DF | Adrien Truffert | June 2026 | |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss

## 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 | 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 | Total | Total | Total | Total | 47 | 20 | 11 | 16 | 81 | 61 | +20 | 042.55 |
Source: Soccerway

### Ligue 1
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | 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 | 34 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 43 | 48 | −5 | 41 |
* ↑ Montpellier was deducted one point for uncontrolled crowd trouble that caused the abandonment of its match against Clermont.

#### 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 |
| 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 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were unveiled on 29 June 2023.

### UEFA Europa League
#### Group stage

The draw for the group stage was held on 1 September 2023.
| Pos | Teamvte | 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 | — |

#### Knockout phase
##### Knockout round play-offs

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

## 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 |