# 2023–24 FC Lorient season

The 2023–24 season was Football Club Lorient's 98th season in existence and fourth consecutive season in Ligue 1. They also competed in the Coupe de France.

## Players
### First-team squad

    As of 4 September 2023.
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 | SEN | Alfred Gomis (on loan from Rennes) |
| 2 | DF | BRA | Igor Silva |
| 3 | DF | TUN | Montassar Talbi |
| 4 | DF | FRA | Loris Mouyokolo |
| 5 | DF | FRA | Benjamin Mendy |
| 8 | MF | NGA | Bonke Innocent |
| 10 | MF | FRA | Romain Faivre (on loan from Bournemouth) |
| 11 | FW | SEN | Bamba Dieng |
| 12 | DF | CMR | Darlin Yongwa |
| 13 | DF | SEN | Formose Mendy |
| 14 | MF | FRA | Tiémoué Bakayoko |
| 15 | DF | FRA | Julien Laporte |
| 17 | MF | FRA | Jean-Victor Makengo |
| 19 | MF | FRA | Laurent Abergel (captain) |
| 20 | DF | GUI | Dembo Sylla |
| 21 | MF | FRA | Julien Ponceau |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 22 | FW | FRA | Eli Junior Kroupi |
| 24 | DF | COD | Gédéon Kalulu |
| 25 | DF | FRA | Vincent Le Goff |
| 26 | FW | FRA | Pablo Pagis |
| 27 | FW | BEN | Tosin Aiyegun |
| 29 | FW | FRA | Siriné Doucouré |
| 33 | FW | SEN | Bassirou N'Diaye |
| 37 | MF | FRA | Théo Le Bris |
| 38 | GK | SUI | Yvon Mvogo |
| 44 | MF | FRA | Ayman Kari (on loan from Paris SG) |
| 77 | FW | AUT | Adrian Grbić |
| 93 | MF | NOR | Joel Mvuka |
| 94 | GK | CTA | Dominique Youfeigane |
| 95 | DF | FRA | Isaak Touré |
| 97 | MF | FRA | Quentin Boisgard |

### 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 |
| — | DF | CIV | Bamo Meïté (at Marseille until 30 June 2024) |
| — | MF | CIV | Stéphane Diarra (at Saint-Étienne until 30 June 2024) |
| — | FW | FRA | Yoann Cathline (at Almere City until 30 June 2024) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | FW | NGA | Taofeek Ismaheel (at Beveren until 30 June 2024) |
| — | FW | SEN | Sambou Soumano (at Quevilly-Rouen until 30 June 2024) |

## Transfers
### In

| Pos. | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date |
| MF | Romain Faivre | Bournemouth | Loan | 13 July 2023 |
| DF | Dembo Sylla | Laval | €1,000,000 | 17 July 2023 |
| DF | Benjamin Mendy | Unattached | Free | 19 July 2023 |
| DF | Formose Mendy | Amiens | €7,500,000 | 20 July 2023 |
| FW | Tosin Aiyegun | Zürich | €4,000,000 | 25 July 2023 |
| DF | Isaak Touré | Marseille | €8,000,000 | 1 September 2023 |
| MF | Panos Katseris | Catanzaro | €1,500,000 | 23 January 2024 |

### Out

| Pos. | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date |
| FW | Terem Moffi | Nice | €22,500,000 | 1 July 2023 |
| MF | Enzo Le Fée | Rennes | €20,000,000 | 7 July 2023 |
| FW | Ibrahima Koné | Almería | €7,500,000 | 16 August 2023 |
| MF | Yoann Cathline | Almere City | Loan | 21 August 2023 |
| FW | Siriné Doucouré | Valenciennes | Loan | 1 February 2024 |
| FW | Adrian Grbić | Luzern | Loan | 5 February 2024 |

## 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 | 12 August 2023 | 19 May 2024 | Matchday 1 | 17th | 34 | 7 | 8 | 19 | 43 | 66 | −23 | 020.59 |
| Coupe de France | 6 January 2024 | 6 January 2024 | Round of 64 | Round of 64 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 000.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 35 | 7 | 8 | 20 | 44 | 68 | −24 | 020.00 |
Source: Soccerway

### Ligue 1
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 14 | Nantes | 34 | 9 | 6 | 19 | 30 | 55 | −25 | 33 | |
| 15 | Le Havre | 34 | 7 | 11 | 16 | 34 | 45 | −11 | 32 | |
| 16 | Metz (R) | 34 | 8 | 5 | 21 | 35 | 58 | −23 | 29 | Qualification for the Relegation play-offs |
| 17 | Lorient (R) | 34 | 7 | 8 | 19 | 43 | 66 | −23 | 29 | Relegation to Ligue 2 |
| 18 | Clermont (R) | 34 | 5 | 10 | 19 | 26 | 60 | −34 | 25 | Relegation to Ligue 2 |
* 1 2 Metz finished ahead of Lorient on head-to-head away goals scored: Lorient 2–3 Metz, Metz 1–2 Lorient.

#### 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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H |
| Result | D | D | W | L | D | L | L | D | W | L | D | L | L | D | L | L | L | L | D | W | W | W | L | W | L | D | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | W |
| Position | 7 | 13 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 12 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were unveiled on 29 June 2023.