# 2023–24 Le Havre AC season

The 2023–24 season was Le Havre Athletic Club's 130th season in existence and first season back in Ligue 1. They also competed in the Coupe de France.

## Players
### First-team squad

    As of 22 January 2024
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | FRA | Mathieu Gorgelin |
| 4 | DF | FRA | Gautier Lloris |
| 5 | MF | MAR | Oussama Targhalline |
| 6 | DF | FRA | Étienne Youte Kinkoue |
| 7 | DF | HUN | Loïc Négo |
| 8 | MF | MAR | Yassine Kechta |
| 9 | FW | GUI | Mohamed Bayo (on loan from Lille) |
| 10 | FW | FRA | Nabil Alioui |
| 11 | FW | USA | Emmanuel Sabbi |
| 12 | DF | FRA | Mathéo Bodmer |
| 13 | FW | FRA | Steve Ngoura |
| 14 | MF | RUS | Daler Kuzyayev |
| 15 | FW | FRA | Kandet Diawara |
| 16 | GK | CIV | Mohamed Koné |
| 17 | DF | MAR | Oualid El Hajjam |
| 19 | MF | SEN | Rassoul Ndiaye |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 20 | FW | FRA | Élysée Logbo |
| 21 | FW | FRA | Antoine Joujou |
| 22 | DF | GUF | Yoann Salmier |
| 23 | FW | GLP | Josué Casimir |
| 24 | DF | FRA | Cheick Doumbia |
| 25 | MF | FRA | Alois Confais |
| 26 | MF | CMR | Simon Ebonog |
| 27 | DF | CIV | Christopher Opéri (vice-captain) |
| 28 | MF | GHA | André Ayew |
| 29 | FW | FRA | Samuel Grandsir |
| 30 | GK | FRA | Arthur Desmas |
| 35 | DF | FRA | Yoni Gomis |
| 37 | MF | FRA | Mokrane Bentoumi |
| 93 | DF | SEN | Arouna Sangante (captain) |
| 94 | MF | GUI | Abdoulaye Touré (3rd captain) |

### 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 | CIV | Mohamed Koné (at Dunkerque until 30 June 2024) |
| — | DF | FRA | Djamal Moussadek (at Villefranche until 30 June 2024) |
| — | FW | MTN | Pape Ibnou Ba (at Concarneau until 30 June 2024) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | FW | SEN | Issa Soumaré (at Auxerre until 30 June 2024) |
| — | FW | MAR | Nassim Chadli (at Concarneau until 30 June 2024) |
| — | FW | COD | Yann Kitala (at Almere City until 30 June 2024) |

## Transfers
### In

| Pos. | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date |
| DF | Loïc Nego | Fehérvár | Free | 1 July 2023 |
| MF | Issa Soumaré | Beerschot | €400,000 | 4 July 2023 |
| MF | Daler Kuzyayev | Zenit Saint Petersburg | Free | 12 July 2023 |
| MF | Rassoul Ndiaye | Sochaux | €1,500,000 | 17 July 2023 |
| MF | Abdoulaye Touré | Genoa | Undisclosed | 26 July 2023 |
| FW | Mohamed Bayo | Lille | Loan | 1 September 2023 |
| FW | André Ayew | Unattached | Free | 11 November 2023 |

### Out

| Pos. | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date |
| MF | Issa Soumaré | Auxerre | Loan | 12 January 2024 |
| GK | Mohamed Koné | USL Dunkerque | Loan | 18 January 2024 |
| MF | Nolan Mbemba | Grenoble Foot 38 | Free | 22 January 2024 |
| MF | Nabil Alioui | Adana Demirspor | Undisclosed | 2 February 2024 |

## 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 | 15th | 34 | 7 | 11 | 16 | 34 | 45 | −11 | 020.59 |
| Coupe de France | 7 January 2024 | 7 February 2024 | Round of 64 | Round of 16 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | +0 | 066.67 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 37 | 9 | 11 | 17 | 38 | 49 | −11 | 024.32 |
Source: Soccerway

### Ligue 1
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 13 | Strasbourg | 34 | 10 | 9 | 15 | 38 | 50 | −12 | 39 | |
| 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 |
* 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 | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | D | L | D | W | D | W | L | L | D | D | W | D | D | L | L | W | L | W | D | D | L | L | L | L | W | L | L | D | L | L | D | W | L | L |
| Position | 7 | 13 | 14 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 11 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 14 | 15 | 12 | 13 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were unveiled on 29 June 2023.