# 2024–25 FC Girondins de Bordeaux season

The 2024–25 season is the 143rd season in the existence of FC Girondins de Bordeaux and their first season in Championnat National 2. They are also due to compete in the Coupe de France.
Following continued financial decline and an inability to find new investment or ownership, the club were forced into filing for bankruptcy and relinquishing their professional status. This action forced the DNCG and the LFP to sanction the club with an administrative relegation to the Championnat National. After a removed appeal, Les Girondins accepted the decision and subsequently started a receivership procedure in order to begin the restructuring plans at the club. However, this invoked further punishment from the DNCG and resulted in a decision to relegate the club to the Championnat National 2. Despite an appeal, Bordeaux's fate was confirmed on 16 August 2024, marking the first time the club would play outside of the top two divisions since they became professional in 1936.
The Championnat National 2 began on 16 August 2024; however, due to having an insufficient number of players, Bordeaux postponed their opening two fixtures, with the club beginning their campaign on 31 August 2024.

## Transfers

Due to the bankruptcy issues and the forfeiture of professional status, the club would release all players under contract on 25 July 2024.
Following confirmation that the club would survive and would play in National 2, Bordeaux began recruiting players for the first team in order to be able to participate in the upcoming season. On 28 August 2024, the club announced via their website that they had recruited twenty-four players, four of which were retained from youth contracts at the club in the previous season. Former youth products Rio Mavuba and Paul Baysse would come out of retirement to offer their services to the team.

### In

| Pos | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date |
| GK | Lassana Diabaté | Valenciennes | Free Transfer | 28 August 2024 |
| GK | Over Mandanda | Libourne | Free Transfer | 28 August 2024 |
| DF | Nathanaël Bai | Sablé | Free Transfer | 28 August 2024 |
| DF | Paul Baysse | Unattached | Free Transfer | 28 August 2024 |
| DF | Nama Fofana | Créteil | Free Transfer | 28 August 2024 |
| DF | Sékou Fofana | C'Chartres | Free Transfer | 28 August 2024 |
| DF | Nassim Ranem | Blagnac | Free Transfer | 28 August 2024 |
| DF | Omar Sané | Libourne | Free Transfer | 28 August 2024 |
| DF | Driss Trichard | Dunkerque | Free Transfer | 28 August 2024 |
| MF | Issam Ben Khemis | Angoulême | Free Transfer | 28 August 2024 |
| MF | Nolan Bonte | Lens B | Free Transfer | 28 August 2024 |
| MF | N'Famady Diaby | Bayonne | Free Transfer | 28 August 2024 |
| MF | Rio Mavuba | Unattached | Free Transfer | 28 August 2024 |
| MF | Junah Zucolotto | SO Châtellerault | Free Transfer | 28 August 2024 |
| FW | Pape Massar Djitte | Pau B | Free Transfer | 28 August 2024 |
| FW | Jérémy Grain | Trélissac | Free Transfer | 28 August 2024 |
| FW | Yanis Merdji | Concarneau | Free Transfer | 28 August 2024 |
| FW | Malhory Noc | Unattached | Free Transfer | 28 August 2024 |
| FW | Malick Seck | Libourne | Free Transfer | 28 August 2024 |
| FW | Hamidou Yameogo | Caen | Free Transfer | 28 August 2024 |
| DF | Adrien Louveau | ŁKS Łódź | Free Transfer | 29 August 2024 |
| FW | Andy Carroll | Amiens | Free Transfer | 18 September 2024 |

### Out

| Pos. | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date | Source |

## Players
### First-team squad

    As of 26 October 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 | MLI | Lassana Diabaté |
| 2 | DF | FRA | Nama Fofana |
| 3 | DF | FRA | Nathanaël Bai |
| 4 | DF | CTA | Cédric Yambéré (captain) |
| 5 | DF | FRA | Jean Grillot |
| 7 | MF | FRA | Soufiane Bahassa |
| 8 | MF | CIV | Trazié Thomas |
| 9 | FW | ENG | Andy Carroll |
| 10 | FW | FRA | Yanis Merdji |
| 11 | MF | ENG | Amadou Diallo |
| 12 | MF | FRA | N'Famady Diaby |
| 14 | FW | CIV | Etienne Beugre |
| 15 | DF | BEN | Youssouf Assogba |
| 16 | GK | FRA | Georges Grimaud |
| 18 | MF | TUN | Issam Ben Khemis |
| 20 | MF | UGA | Travis Mutyaba |
| 22 | FW | FRA | Yvan Ikia Dimi (on loan from Amiens) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 23 | DF | SEN | Elhadji Pape Diaw |
| 24 | DF | FRA | Adrien Louveau |
| 25 | FW | FRA | Malhory Noc |
| 26 | MF | FRA | Emeric Depussay |
| 27 | DF | FRA | Nassim Ranem |
| 28 | DF | FRA | Driss Trichard |
| — | GK | FRA | Over Mandanda |
| — | DF | FRA | Sékou Fofana |
| — | DF | COM | Glenn Younousse |
| — | MF | FRA | Nolan Bonte |
| — | MF | FRA | Younès Kaabouni |
| — | MF | MAR | Safouane Karim |
| — | FW | SEN | Pape Massar Djitte |
| — | FW | FRA | Jérémy Grain |
| — | FW | FRA | Noah Ramon |
| — | FW | SEN | Malick Seck |

## Pre-season and friendlies

The club would compete in just one friendly, on 24 July 2024, before their pre-season was cancelled amid the bankruptcy issues.

## 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 % |
| Championnat National 2 | 31 August 2024 | 26 April 2025 | Matchday 1 | TBD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | !— |
| Coupe de France | TBD | TBD | Fourth round | TBD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | !— |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | !— |
Source: Soccerway

### Championnat National 2
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Saint-Malo | 16 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 26 | 12 | +14 | 33 | Promotion to National |
| 2 | Bordeaux | 16 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 20 | 12 | +8 | 30 | |
| 3 | Saint-Pryvé | 16 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 25 | 12 | +13 | 27 | |
| 4 | Saint-Colomban Locminé | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 19 | +1 | 25 | |
| 5 | Poitiers | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 18 | +3 | 22 | |
| 6 | Les Herbiers | 15 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 18 | 11 | +7 | 22 | |
| 7 | Stade Briochin | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 16 | +1 | 22 | |
| 8 | Avranches | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 19 | −1 | 22 | |
| 9 | Blois | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 19 | 17 | +2 | 21 | |
| 10 | Dinan Léhon | 16 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 19 | −7 | 18 | |
| 11 | Bourges Foot 18 | 15 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 19 | 18 | +1 | 17 | |
| 12 | Châteaubriant | 15 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 18 | 21 | −3 | 16 | |
| 13 | Saumur | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 18 | 23 | −5 | 14 | |
| 14 | La Roche | 15 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 15 | 20 | −5 | 13 | Relegation to National 3 |
| 15 | Granville | 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 19 | 29 | −10 | 12 | Relegation to National 3 |
| 16 | Poiré-sur-Vie | 15 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 27 | −19 | 9 | Relegation to National 3 |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source: Soccerway

#### 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 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | L | W | D | L | D | D | W | W | D | W | D | D | W | W | W | W | W | W | L | L | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Position | 15 | 15 | 13 | 14 | | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | | | | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |