# 2022–23 AS Saint-Étienne season

The 2022–23 season was the 104th in the history of AS Saint-Étienne and their first season back in the second division since 2004. The club participated in the Ligue 2 and the Coupe de France.

## Players
### Squad

    As of 23 April 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 |
| 1 | GK | FRA | Matthieu Dreyer |
| 3 | DF | FRA | Mickaël Nadé |
| 4 | DF | GUI | Saïdou Sow |
| 5 | DF | FRA | Jimmy Giraudon |
| 6 | MF | MAR | Benjamin Bouchouari |
| 7 | MF | FRA | Thomas Monconduit |
| 8 | DF | FRA | Dennis Appiah |
| 10 | FW | FRA | Gaëtan Charbonnier |
| 11 | MF | FRA | Kader Bamba (on loan from Nantes) |
| 14 | MF | FRA | Dylan Chambost |
| 15 | FW | FRA | Lenny Pintor |
| 16 | GK | SEN | Boubacar Fall |
| 17 | FW | CIV | Jean-Philippe Krasso |
| 18 | MF | FRA | Mathieu Cafaro (on loan from Standard) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 19 | DF | FRA | Léo Pétrot |
| 21 | DF | CRO | Mateo Pavlović (on loan from Rijeka) |
| 22 | MF | FRA | Victor Lobry |
| 23 | DF | FRA | Anthony Briançon |
| 25 | FW | SEN | Ibrahima Wadji |
| 26 | MF | FRA | Lamine Fomba |
| 27 | DF | FRA | Niels Nkounkou (on loan from Everton) |
| 29 | MF | FRA | Aïmen Moueffek |
| 30 | GK | FRA | Gautier Larsonneur |
| 34 | MF | FRA | Antoine Gauthier |
| 37 | MF | FRA | Louis Mouton |
| 39 | FW | FRA | Ayman Aiki |
| 42 | GK | ENG | Etienne Green |

### 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 |
| — | DF | CIV | Abdoulaye Bakayoko (at Le Puy until 30 June 2023) |
| — | DF | FRA | Yvann Maçon (at Paris FC until 30 June 2023) |
| — | MF | FRA | Mahdi Camara (at Brest until 30 June 2023) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | CMR | Yvan Neyou (at Leganés until 30 June 2023) |
| — | MF | FRA | Maxence Rivera (at Le Puy until 30 June 2023) |

### Other players under contract

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 50 | GK | FRA | Noah Raveyre |
| 52 | DF | FRA | Anas Namri |
| — | DF | FRA | Lucas Calodat |
| — | DF | CMR | Bryan Nokoue |
| — | MF | GNB | Edmilson Correia |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | SEN | El Hadji Dieye |
| — | MF | FRA | Baptiste Gabard |
| — | MF | FRA | Mathys Saban |
| — | FW | FRA | Yanis Lhéry |

## Transfers
### In

| No. | Pos. | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date |
| 5 | DF | Jimmy Giraudon | Troyes | Free | 1 July 2022 |
| 14 | MF | Dylan Chambost | Troyes | Free | 1 July 2022 |
| 23 | DF | Anthony Briançon | Nîmes | Free | 1 July 2022 |
| 18 | MF | Mathieu Cafaro | Standard Liège | Loan | 20 July 2022 |
| 22 | MF | Victor Lobry | Unattached | Free | 20 July 2022 |
| 15 | FW | Lenny Pintor | Lyon | Free | 4 August 2022 |
| 6 | MF | Benjamin Bouchouari | Roda JC | €1 million | 16 August 2022 |
| 1 | GK | Matthieu Dreyer | Lorient | Free | 23 August 2022 |
| 7 | MF | Thomas Monconduit | Lorient | €500,000 | 30 August 2022 |
| 19 | DF | Léo Pétrot | Lorient | €500,000 | 30 August 2022 |
| 25 | FW | Ibrahima Wadji | Qarabağ | €1 million | 30 August 2022 |
| 10 | FW | Gaëtan Charbonnier | Auxerre | €1 million | 16 December 2022 |
| 8 | DF | Dennis Appiah | Nantes | Undisclosed | 3 January 2023 |
| 30 | GK | Gautier Larsonneur | Brest | €1.6 million | 6 January 2023 |
| 20 | MF | Kader Bamba | Nantes | Loan | 14 January 2023 |
| 27 | DF | Niels Nkounkou | Everton | Loan | 14 January 2023 |
| 26 | DF | Lamine Fomba | Nîmes | €500,000 | 28 January 2023 |
| 21 | DF | Mateo Pavlović | HNK Rijeka | Loan | 31 January 2023 |

### Out

| Pos. | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date |
| DF | Joris Gnagnon | Released | Free | 7 May 2022 |
| GK | Paul Bernardoni | Angers | Loan return | 1 July 2022 |
| DF | Falaye Sacko | Vitória de Guimarães | Loan return | 1 July 2022 |
| FW | Enzo Crivelli | İstanbul Başakşehir | Loan return | 1 July 2022 |
| FW | Sada Thioub | Angers | Loan return | 1 July 2022 |
| MF | Romain Hamouma | Ajaccio | Free | 1 July 2022 |
| FW | Wahbi Khazri | Montpellier | Free | 1 July 2022 |
| FW | Arnaud Nordin | Montpellier | Free | 1 July 2022 |
| DF | Timothée Kolodziejczak | Released | Free | 1 July 2022 |
| DF | Eliaquim Mangala | Released | Free | 1 July 2022 |
| MF | Bilal Benkhedim | Released | Free | 1 July 2022 |
| MF | Bakary Sako | Released | Free | 1 July 2022 |
| MF | Ryad Boudebouz | Released | Free | 1 July 2022 |
| MF | Assane Dioussé | Released | Free | 1 July 2022 |
| DF | Miguel Trauco | Released | Free | 1 July 2022 |
| FW | Lamine Ghezali | Released | Free | 1 July 2022 |
| MF | Lucas Gourna-Douath | Red Bull Salzburg | €15 million | 13 July 2022 |
| MF | Zaydou Youssouf | Famalicão | €1 million | 4 August 2022 |
| MF | Denis Bouanga | Los Angeles FC | €5 million | 5 August 2022 |
| DF | Harold Moukoudi | AEK Athens | Free | 18 August 2022 |
| MF | Mahdi Camara | Brest | Loan | 26 August 2022 |
| MF | Yvan Neyou | Leganés | Loan | 31 August 2022 |
| MF | Maxence Rivera | Le Puy | Loan | 31 August 2022 |
| MF | Adil Aouchiche | Lorient | Undisclosed | 1 September 2022 |
| DF | Yvann Maçon | Paris FC | Loan | 8 December 2022 |
| DF | Abdoulaye Bakayoko | Le Puy | Loan | 28 January 2023 |
| DF | Gabriel Silva | Released | Free | 27 January 2023 |
| DF | Sergi Palencia | Released | Free | 30 January 2023 |
| FW | Charles Abi | Stade Lausanne Ouchy | Free | 6 February 2023 |
* 1 2 Includes an option to sign permanently.
* 1 2 Saint-Étienne paid €1 million for the transfers of both Monconduit and Pétrot from Lorient.
* ↑ Bonuses included.
* ↑ Gnagnon and Saint-Étienne reached a mutual agreement to end his contract.
* ↑ On 8 September 2022, Boudebouz joined Al Ahli.
* ↑ On 13 July 2022, Dioussé joined OFI.
* ↑ On 3 September 2022, Trauco joined the San Jose Earthquakes.
* ↑ On 17 August 2022, Ghezali joined Dinamo București.
* ↑ Includes an option to sign permanently for €3.5 million.
* ↑ Silva and Saint-Étienne reached a mutual agreement to end his contract.
* ↑ Palencia and Saint-Étienne reached a mutual agreement to end his contract.

## 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 2 | 30 July 2022 | 2 June 2023 | Matchday 1 | 8th | 38 | 15 | 11 | 12 | 63 | 57 | +6 | 039.47 |
| Coupe de France | 29 October 2022 | 29 October 2022 | Seventh round | Seventh round | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | 000.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 39 | 15 | 12 | 12 | 63 | 57 | +6 | 038.46 |
Source: Soccerway

### Ligue 2
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or Relegation |
| 6 | Guingamp | 38 | 15 | 10 | 13 | 51 | 46 | +5 | 55 | |
| 7 | Paris FC | 38 | 15 | 10 | 13 | 45 | 43 | +2 | 55 | |
| 8 | Saint-Étienne | 38 | 15 | 11 | 12 | 63 | 57 | +6 | 53 | |
| 9 | Sochaux (D, R) | 38 | 15 | 7 | 16 | 54 | 41 | +13 | 52 | Relegation to Championnat National |
| 10 | Grenoble | 38 | 14 | 9 | 15 | 33 | 36 | −3 | 51 | |
* ↑ Saint-Étienne were deducted three points for a pitch invasion during their relegation play-off the previous season.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source: Ligue 2

#### 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 |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | L | D | D | L | D | W | D | W | L | D | L | L | W | L | L | L | D | W | W | L | L | |
| Position | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 19 | 15 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 18 | 19 | 19 | |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 17 June 2022.