# 2023–24 Stade Malherbe Caen season

The 2023–24 season was Stade Malherbe Caen's 111th season in existence and fifth consecutive in the Ligue 2. They also competed in the Coupe de France.

## Players
### First-team squad

As of 20 March 2024.
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 | ALG | Anthony Mandrea |
| 2 | DF | TUN | Ali Abdi |
| 3 | DF | FRA | Diabé Bolumbu |
| 4 | DF | FRA | Valentin Henry |
| 5 | DF | TUN | Syam Ben Youssef |
| 6 | MF | FRA | Quentin Daubin |
| 7 | FW | FRA | Tidiam Gomis |
| 11 | FW | FRA | Mickaël Le Bihan |
| 15 | FW | FRA | Amine Salama |
| 16 | GK | MTQ | Yannis Clementia |
| 17 | FW | FRA | Godson Kyeremeh |
| 18 | MF | FRA | Hiang'a Mbock |
| 19 | FW | GNB | Alexandre Mendy |
| 20 | MF | FRA | Noé Lebreton |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 21 | MF | FRA | Bilal Brahimi |
| 22 | FW | FRA | Mohamed Hafid |
| 23 | MF | FRA | Mathias Autret |
| 27 | DF | FRA | Daylam Meddah |
| 29 | DF | FRA | Romain Thomas (c) |
| 30 | GK | FRA | Destiné Jopanguy |
| 35 | GK | FRA | Parfait Mandanda |
| 61 | DF | FRA | Brahim Traoré |
| 80 | MF | FRA | Mario Fortunato |
| 92 | DF | FRA | Alexandre Coeff |
| 97 | DF | CIV | Dieudonné Gaucho Debohi |
| — | DF | RUS | Vladislav Molchan |
| — | MF | CIV | Daouda Koné |

### 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 |
| — | MF | FRA | Lamine Sy (on loan to Rouen) |
| — | FW | COD | Samuel Essende (on loan to Vizela) |
| — | FW | BEN | Andréas Hountondji (on loan to Rodez) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | FW | FRA | Ilyes Najim (on loan to Martigues) |
| — | FW | MLI | Moussa Sylla (on loan to Pau) |

## Transfers
### In

| Pos. | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date |
| DF | Valentin Henry | Sochaux | Free | 1 July 2023 |
| DF | Syam Ben Youssef | Quevilly-Rouen | Free | 1 July 2023 |
| MF | Mathias Autret | Auxerre | Free | 21 July 2023 |

### Out

| Pos. | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date | Source |
| MF | Anton Salétros | AIK | €800,000 | 8 July 2023 | |

## Competitions
### Overall record

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Ligue 2 | 5 August 2023 | 17 May 2024 | Matchday 1 | 38 | 17 | 7 | 14 | 51 | 45 | +6 | 044.74 |
| Coupe de France | TBD | | Seventh round | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | !— |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 38 | 17 | 7 | 14 | 51 | 45 | +6 | 044.74 |
Last updated: 23 May 2024 Source: Soccerway

### Ligue 2
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or Relegation |
| 4 | Rodez | 38 | 16 | 12 | 10 | 62 | 51 | +11 | 60 | Qualification for promotion play-offs semi-final |
| 5 | Paris FC | 38 | 16 | 11 | 11 | 49 | 42 | +7 | 59 | Qualification for promotion play-offs semi-final |
| 6 | Caen | 38 | 17 | 7 | 14 | 51 | 45 | +6 | 58 | |
| 7 | Laval | 38 | 15 | 10 | 13 | 40 | 45 | −5 | 55 | |
| 8 | Amiens | 38 | 12 | 17 | 9 | 36 | 36 | 0 | 53 | |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 23 May 2024. Source: Ligue 2 BKT

#### 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 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | W | W | W | L | L | D | L | L | L | D | D | L | D | L | W | W | W | D | W | W | D | L | W | L | W | W | L | L | W | L | W | L | W | L | W | D | W |
| Position | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 16 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 6 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were unveiled on 29 June 2023.