# 2023–24 Toulouse FC season

The 2023–24 season was Toulouse Football Club's 54th season in existence and second consecutive season in Ligue 1. They also competed in the Coupe de France, the Trophée des Champions and the UEFA Europa League.

## Players
### First-team squad

    As of 25 January 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 | Thomas Himeur |
| 2 | DF | DEN | Rasmus Nicolaisen |
| 3 | DF | DEN | Mikkel Desler |
| 4 | MF | NED | Stijn Spierings (on loan from Lens) |
| 5 | MF | AUS | Denis Genreau |
| 6 | DF | CPV | Logan Costa |
| 7 | FW | MAR | Zakaria Aboukhlal |
| 8 | MF | SUI | Vincent Sierro (captain) |
| 9 | FW | NED | Thijs Dallinga |
| 10 | FW | NED | Ibrahim Cissoko |
| 11 | MF | ESP | César Gelabert |
| 12 | DF | NOR | Warren Kamanzi |
| 13 | DF | FRA | Christian Mawissa |
| 15 | MF | NOR | Aron Dønnum |
| 17 | DF | CHI | Gabriel Suazo |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 19 | FW | CMR | Frank Magri |
| 20 | MF | GER | Niklas Schmidt |
| 22 | MF | FIN | Naatan Skyttä |
| 23 | DF | MLI | Moussa Diarra |
| 24 | MF | VEN | Cristian Cásseres Jr. |
| 25 | DF | CMR | Kévin Keben |
| 26 | DF | FRA | Ylies Aradj |
| 30 | GK | ESP | Álex Domínguez |
| 33 | FW | FRA | Bonota Traoré |
| 34 | MF | FRA | Noah Lahmadi |
| 35 | FW | FRA | Noah Edjouma |
| 37 | MF | FRA | Yann Gboho |
| 40 | GK | FRA | Justin Lacombe |
| 50 | GK | FRA | Guillaume Restes |
| 80 | FW | GAB | Shavy Babicka |

### 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 |
| 14 | FW | MAR | Yanis Begraoui (at Pau until 30 June 2024) |
| 18 | DF | SWE | Oliver Zandén (at Randers until 31 December 2024) |
| 21 | MF | BFA | Mamady Bangré (at Troyes until 30 June 2024) |
| 77 | FW | JAM | Junior Flemmings (at Voždovac until 30 June 2024) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | FRA | Kléri Serber (at Botev Vratsa until 30 June 2024) |
| — | FW | BIH | Said Hamulić (at Lokomotiv Moscow until 30 June 2024) |
| — | GK | NOR | Kjetil Haug (at Bodø/Glimt until 30 June 2024) |

## Transfers
### In

| Pos. | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date |
| MF | César Gelabert | Mirandés | Free | 1 July 2023 |
| MF | Ibrahim Cissoko | NEC Nijmegen | €3,000,000 | 1 July 2023 |
| MF | Cristian Cásseres Jr. | New York Red Bulls | €1,000,000 | 7 July 2023 |
| DF | Niklas Schmidt | Werder Bremen | €2,500,000 | 4 August 2023 |
| MF | Aron Dønnum | Standard Liège | €4,500,000 | 1 September 2023 |
| MF | Stijn Spierings | Lens | Loan | 14 September 2023 |
| FW | Yann Gboho | Cercle Brugge | €2,500,000 | 8 January 2024 |
| FW | Shavy Babicka | Aris Limassol FC | €2,800,000 | 18 January 2024 |
| FW | Said Hamulić | SBV Vitesse | Loan return | 30 January 2024 |

### Out

| Pos. | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date |
| DF | Tom Rapnouil | CSKA 1948 | Free | 1 July 2023 |
| MF | Sam Sanna | Laval | Free | 1 July 2023 |
| FW | Rhys Healey | Watford | Free | 1 July 2023 |
| MF | Branco van den Boomen | Ajax | Free | 1 July 2023 |
| MF | Stijn Spierings | Lens | Free | 1 July 2023 |
| MF | Veljko Birmančević | Sparta Prague | Loan | 1 July 2023 |
| FW | Ado Onaiwu | Auxerre | €800,000 | 23 August 2023 |
| MF | Junior Flemmings | FK Voždovac | Loan | 14 September 2023 |
| MF | Mamady Bangré | Troyes | Loan | 8 January 2024 |
| FW | Yanis Begraoui | Pau | Loan | 11 January 2024 |
| FW | Said Hamulić | Lokomotiv Moscow | Loan | 31 January 2024 |
| GK | Kjetil Haug | Bodø/Glimt | Loan | 6 February 2024 |

#### Notes

    1.^ Option to buy.

## 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 | 11th | 34 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 42 | 46 | −4 | 032.35 |
| Coupe de France | 7 January 2024 | 21 January 2024 | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 050.00 |
| Trophée des Champions | 3 January 2024 | 3 January 2024 | Final | Runners-up | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | −2 | 000.00 |
| UEFA Europa League | 21 September 2023 | 22 February 2024 | Group stage | Knockout round play-offs | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 11 | −2 | 037.50 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 45 | 15 | 14 | 16 | 57 | 62 | −5 | 033.33 |
Source: Soccerway

### Ligue 1
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 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 |
| 13 | Strasbourg | 34 | 10 | 9 | 15 | 38 | 50 | −12 | 39 |
* ↑ 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 | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | D | L | D | D | L | W | D | D | L | L | D | L | D | L | D | L | W | L | W | L | W | W | W | L | L | W | D | W | D | W | L | W | L |
| Position | 4 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 11 |

#### 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 | LIV | TOU | USG | LAS |
| 1 | Liverpool | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 7 | +10 | 12 | Advance to round of 16 | — | 5–1 | 2–0 | 4–0 |
| 2 | Toulouse | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 9 | −1 | 11 | Advance to knockout round play-offs | 3–2 | — | 0–0 | 1–0 |
| 3 | Union Saint-Gilloise | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | −3 | 8 | Transfer to Europa Conference League | 2–1 | 1–1 | — | 2–1 |
| 4 | LASK | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 12 | −6 | 3 | | 1–3 | 1–2 | 3–0 | — |

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

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

## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

    As of 10 March 2024
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Ligue 1 | Ligue 1 | Coupe de France | Coupe de France | Trophée des Champions | Trophée des Champions | UEFA Europa League | UEFA Europa League |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | FRA | Thomas Himeur | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | GK | ESP | Álex Domínguez | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 50 | GK | FRA | Guillaume Restes | 33 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||||
| 2 | DF | DEN | Rasmus Nicolaisen | 34 | 2 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | DEN | Mikkel Desler | 25 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
| 6 | DF | CPV | Logan Costa | 28 | 1 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | NOR | Warren Kamanzi | 25 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | FRA | Christian Mawissa | 15 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | CHI | Gabriel Suazo | 32 | 2 | 21 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 |
| 18 | DF | SWE | Oliver Zandén | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | MLI | Moussa Diarra | 24 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 31 | DF | CMR | Kévin Keben | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||||
| 5 | MF | AUS | Denis Genreau | 12 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | SUI | Vincent Sierro | 33 | 4 | 22 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | ESP | César Gelabert | 25 | 1 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | NOR | Aron Dønnum | 30 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 |
| 20 | MF | GER | Niklas Schmidt | 22 | 1 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | FIN | Naatan Skyttä | 12 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | VEN | Cristian Cásseres Jr. | 32 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||||
| 7 | FW | MAR | Zakaria Aboukhlal | 6 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | NED | Thijs Dallinga | 34 | 14 | 23 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 |
| 10 | FW | NED | Ibrahim Cissoko | 13 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | CMR | Frank Magri | 30 | 5 | 21 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||||||
| 14 | FW | MAR | Yanis Begraoui | 18 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | BFA | Mamady Bangré | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Source: Competitions