# 2023–24 Clermont Foot season

The 2023–24 season was Clermont Foot's 113th season in existence and third consecutive season in Ligue 1. They also competed in the Coupe de France.
Clermont officially suffered relegation on 12 May following a narrow 0–1 loss to Lyon. After a three-year absence, they thus made a return to Ligue 2.

## Players
### First-team squad

    As of 1 February 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 | SEN | Massamba Ndiaye |
| 2 | DF | ALG | Mehdi Zeffane |
| 3 | DF | BRA | Neto Borges |
| 4 | DF | FRA | Chrislain Matsima (on loan from Monaco) |
| 5 | DF | BEL | Maximiliano Caufriez |
| 6 | MF | MLI | Habib Keïta |
| 7 | MF | FRA | Yohann Magnin |
| 8 | FW | FRA | Bilal Boutobba |
| 9 | FW | SRB | Komnen Andrić |
| 10 | MF | AUT | Muhammed Cham |
| 11 | FW | GAB | Jim Allevinah |
| 12 | MF | FRA | Maxime Gonalons (vice-captain) |
| 15 | DF | MLI | Cheick Oumar Konaté |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 16 | GK | FRA | Théo Borne |
| 17 | DF | FRA | Andy Pelmard |
| 18 | FW | KOS | Elbasan Rashani |
| 21 | DF | FRA | Florent Ogier (captain) |
| 22 | DF | FRA | Yoël Armougom |
| 23 | FW | JAM | Shamar Nicholson (on loan from Spartak Moscow) |
| 25 | MF | FRA | Johan Gastien (3rd captain) |
| 26 | FW | FRA | Alan Virginius (on loan from Lille) |
| 91 | FW | ANG | Jérémie Bela |
| 95 | FW | FRA | Grejohn Kyei |
| 97 | DF | FRA | Jérémy Jacquet (on loan from Rennes) |
| 99 | GK | SEN | Mory Diaw |

### 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 |
| — | GK | GNB | Ouparine Djoco (on loan to Francs Borains until 30 June 2024) |
| — | DF | SEN | Baïla Diallo (on loan to Austria Lustenau until 30 June 2024) |
| — | MF | GUI | Yadaly Diaby (at Austria Lustenau until 30 June 2024) |
| — | MF | CIV | Fred Gnalega (at Chamalières until 30 June 2024) |
| — | MF | MAR | Aïman Maurer (at Dunkerque until 30 June 2024) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | FRA | Nassim L'Ghoul (at Biel-Bienne until 30 June 2024) |
| — | FW | FRA | Abdoulaye Coulibaly (at Biel-Bienne until 30 June 2024) |
| — | FW | FRA | Adama Diakité (at Trélissac until 30 June 2024) |
| — | FW | FRA | Thomas Perchaud (at Biel-Bienne until 30 June 2024) |

### 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 |
| — | GK | FRA | Ouparine Djoco (on loan to Francs Borains) |
| — | DF | SEN | Baïla Diallo (on loan to Austria Lustenau) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | GUI | Yadaly Diaby (on loan to Austria Lustenau) |
| — | MF | CIV | Fred Gnalega (on loan to Chamalières) |

## Transfers
### In

| Pos. | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date |
| DF | Maximiliano Caufriez | Spartak Moscow | €3,500,000 | 1 July 2023 |
| DF | Habib Keïta | Lyon | €1,200,000 | 4 July 2023 |
| DF | Andy Pelmard | Basel | €1,900,000 | 12 July 2023 |
| FW | Shamar Nicholson | Spartak Moscow | Loan + €500,000 | 1 September 2023 |
| FW | Alan Virginius | Lille | Loan | 9 January 2024 |
| DF | Jérémy Jacquet | Rennes | Loan | 29 January 2024 |
| DF | Chrislain Matsima | Monaco | Loan | 1 February 2024 |

### Out

| Pos. | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date |
| MF | Saîf-Eddine Khaoui | Khor Fakkan | Free | 11 July 2023 |
| FW | Charly Keita | Beerschot | Free | 1 August 2023 |
| DF | Mateusz Wieteska | Cagliari | €5,000,000 | 29 August 2023 |
| FW | Yanis Massolin | Francs Borains | Undisclosed | 5 September 2023 |
| MF | Aïman Maurer | Dunkerque | Loan | 1 January 2024 |
| DF | Alidu Seidu | Rennes | €11,000,000 | 29 January 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 | 13 August 2023 | 19 May 2024 | Matchday 1 | 18th | 34 | 5 | 10 | 19 | 26 | 60 | −34 | 014.71 |
| Coupe de France | 5 January 2024 | 21 January 2024 | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 000.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 36 | 5 | 11 | 20 | 28 | 64 | −36 | 013.89 |
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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | L | L | L | D | L | L | D | D | W | L | D | W | L | L | D | L | L | W | D | L | D | L | D | L | L | W | L | D | D | L | W | L | L | L |
| Position | 17 | 18 | 18 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 17 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were unveiled on 29 June 2023.