# 2022–23 AS Monaco FC season

The 2022–23 season was the 98th season in the history of AS Monaco FC and their 10th consecutive season in the top flight. The club participated in Ligue 1, the Coupe de France, the UEFA Champions League and the UEFA Europa League.

## Players
### First-team squad

    As of 5 January 2023
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 2 | DF | BRA | Vanderson |
| 3 | DF | CHI | Guillermo Maripán |
| 4 | MF | MLI | Mohamed Camara |
| 6 | DF | FRA | Axel Disasi |
| 9 | FW | NED | Myron Boadu |
| 10 | FW | FRA | Wissam Ben Yedder (captain) |
| 11 | MF | BRA | Jean Lucas |
| 12 | DF | BRA | Caio Henrique |
| 14 | DF | SEN | Ismail Jakobs |
| 15 | MF | BEL | Eliot Matazo |
| 16 | GK | GER | Alexander Nübel (on loan from Bayern Munich) |
| 17 | MF | RUS | Aleksandr Golovin |
| 18 | MF | JPN | Takumi Minamino |
| 19 | MF | FRA | Youssouf Fofana |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 21 | MF | FRA | Maghnes Akliouche |
| 23 | DF | FRA | Malang Sarr (on loan from Chelsea) |
| 26 | DF | FRA | Ruben Aguilar |
| 27 | FW | SEN | Krépin Diatta |
| 30 | GK | FRA | Thomas Didillon (on loan from Cercle Brugge) |
| 31 | FW | GER | Kevin Volland |
| 34 | DF | FRA | Chrislain Matsima |
| 36 | FW | SUI | Breel Embolo |
| 41 | MF | FRA | Soungoutou Magassa |
| 42 | MF | FRA | Edan Diop |
| 44 | MF | FRA | Eliesse Ben Seghir |
| 50 | GK | FRA | Yann Liénard |
| 77 | MF | POR | Gelson Martins |
| 99 | DF | FRA | Yllan Okou |

## Transfers
### In

| No. | Pos. | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date |
| | GK | Benjamin Lecomte | Atlético Madrid | Loan return | 30 June 2022 |
| 21 | DF | Strahinja Pavlović | Basel | Loan return | 30 June 2022 |
| | DF | Antonio Barreca | Lecce | Loan return | 30 June 2022 |
| | MF | Jean-Eudes Aholou | Strasbourg | Loan return | 30 June 2022 |
| 19 | FW | Pietro Pellegri | Torino | Loan return | 30 June 2022 |
| 53 | FW | Willem Geubbels | Nantes | Loan return | 30 June 2022 |
| 25 | FW | Anthony Musaba | Heerenveen | Loan return | 30 June 2022 |
| 18 | MF | Takumi Minamino | Liverpool | €17.8M | 1 July 2022 |
| 36 | FW | Breel Embolo | Borussia Mönchengladbach | €12.5M | 15 July 2022 |
| 30 | GK | Thomas Didillon | Cercle Brugge | Loan | 20 July 2022 |
| 23 | DF | Malang Sarr | Chelsea | Loan | 10 August 2022 |
| 4 | MF | Mohamed Camara | Red Bull Salzburg | €15M | 14 August 2022 |
| | FW | Anthony Musaba | Metz | Loan return | 3 January 2023 |
| | GK | Benjamin Lecomte | Espanyol | Loan return | 25 January 2023 |
| | DF | Arthur Zagré | Utrecht | Loan return | 30 January 2023 |

### Out

| No. | Pos. | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date |
| 30 | GK | Vito Mannone | Lorient | End of contract | 1 July 2022 |
| 19 | DF | Djibril Sidibé | AEK Athens | End of contract | 1 July 2022 |
| 21 | DF | Strahinja Pavlović | Red Bull Salzburg | €7M | 1 July 2022 |
| 8 | MF | Aurélien Tchouaméni | Real Madrid | €80M | 1 July 2022 |
| 4 | MF | Cesc Fàbregas | Como | End of contract | 1 July 2022 |
| | MF | Jean-Eudes Aholou | Strasbourg | €3M | 1 July 2022 |
| 19 | FW | Pietro Pellegri | Torino | €5M | 1 July 2022 |
| 40 | GK | Benjamin Lecomte | Espanyol | Loan | 13 July 2022 |
| 1 | GK | Radoslaw Majecki | Cercle Brugge | Loan | 20 July 2022 |
| | MF | Pelé | Famalicão | Loan | 5 August 2022 |
| 34 | DF | Chrislain Matsima | Lorient | Loan | 16 August 2022 |
| | DF | Jean Marcelin | Cercle Brugge | Loan | 23 August 2022 |
| | DF | Antonio Barreca | Released | Free | 25 August 2022 |
| 25 | FW | Anthony Musaba | Metz | Loan | 29 August 2022 |
| 7 | MF | Sofiane Diop | Nice | €22M | 29 August 2022 |
| | FW | Anthony Musaba | NEC Nijmegen | Loan | 4 January 2023 |
| 5 | DF | Benoît Badiashile | Chelsea | €38M | 5 January 2023 |
| 13 | FW | Willem Geubbels | Released | Free | 23 January 2023 |
| | GK | Benjamin Lecomte | Montpellier | €2M | 26 January 2023 |
| 37 | MF | Félix Lemaréchal | Brest | Loan | 31 January 2023 |
| | DF | Arthur Zagré | Excelsior | Loan | 31 January 2023 |
* ↑ Includes an option to sign permanently.
* ↑ Includes an option to sign permanently.
* ↑ On 25 August 2022, Barreca joined Cagliari.
* ↑ Includes an option to sign permanently.
* ↑ On 23 January 2023, Geubbels joined St. Gallen.

## 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 | 6 August 2022 | 3 June 2023 | Matchday 1 | 6th | 38 | 19 | 8 | 11 | 70 | 58 | +12 | 050.00 |
| Coupe de France | 7 January 2023 | 7 January 2023 | Round of 64 | Round of 64 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | +0 | 000.00 |
| UEFA Champions League | 2 August 2022 | 9 August 2022 | Third qualifying round | Third qualifying round | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 000.00 |
| UEFA Europa League | 8 September 2022 | 23 February 2023 | Group stage | Knockout round play-offs | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 13 | +1 | 050.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 49 | 23 | 11 | 15 | 89 | 77 | +12 | 046.94 |
Source: Soccerway

### Ligue 1
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 4 | Rennes | 38 | 21 | 5 | 12 | 69 | 39 | +30 | 68 | Qualification for the Europa League group stage |
| 5 | Lille | 38 | 19 | 10 | 9 | 65 | 44 | +21 | 67 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League play-off round |
| 6 | Monaco | 38 | 19 | 8 | 11 | 70 | 58 | +12 | 65 | |
| 7 | Lyon | 38 | 18 | 8 | 12 | 65 | 47 | +18 | 62 | |
| 8 | Clermont | 38 | 17 | 8 | 13 | 45 | 49 | −4 | 59 | |

#### 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 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 |
| Ground | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H |
| Result | W | D | L | D | L | W | W | W | W | W | D | L | W | W | L | W | W | D | W | D | W | W | W | W | L | D | L | W | W | D | W | L | L | W | D | L | L | L |
| Position | 6 | 6 | 11 | 12 | 16 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 6 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 17 June 2022.

### UEFA Champions League
#### Third qualifying round

The draw for the third qualifying round was held on 18 July 2022.

### UEFA Europa League
#### Group stage

The draw for the group stage was held on 26 August 2022.
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | FER | MON | TRA | ZVE |
| 1 | Ferencváros | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 9 | −1 | 10 | Advance to round of 16 | — | 1–1 | 3–2 | 2–1 |
| 2 | Monaco | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | +1 | 10 | Advance to knockout round play-offs | 0–1 | — | 3–1 | 4–1 |
| 3 | Trabzonspor | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 9 | +2 | 9 | Transfer to Europa Conference League | 1–0 | 4–0 | — | 2–1 |
| 4 | Red Star Belgrade | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 11 | −2 | 6 | | 4–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | — |
* 1 2 Head to head points: Ferencváros 4, Monaco 1.

#### Knockout phase
##### Knockout round play-offs

The draw for the knockout round play-offs was held on 7 November 2022.

## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Ligue 1 | Ligue 1 | Coupe de France | Coupe de France | UEFA Champions League | UEFA Champions League | UEFA Europa League | UEFA Europa League |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||||
| 16 | GK | GER | Alexander Nübel | 48 | 0 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 30 | GK | FRA | Thomas Didillon | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||||
| 2 | DF | BRA | Vanderson | 39 | 1 | 24+7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | CHI | Guillermo Maripán | 33 | 4 | 25+1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4+1 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | FRA | Axel Disasi | 49 | 6 | 37+1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 2 |
| 12 | DF | BRA | Caio Henrique | 45 | 1 | 32+3 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | SEN | Ismail Jakobs | 41 | 0 | 9+23 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0+6 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | FRA | Malang Sarr | 17 | 0 | 8+5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | FRA | Ruben Aguilar | 23 | 0 | 14+6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 34 | DF | FRA | Chrislain Matsima | 8 | 0 | 5+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 99 | DF | FRA | Yllan Okou | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||||
| 4 | MF | MLI | Mohamed Camara | 37 | 0 | 25+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | BRA | Jean Lucas | 10 | 0 | 3+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | BEL | Eliot Matazo | 29 | 1 | 13+10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | RUS | Aleksandr Golovin | 45 | 8 | 29+5 | 8 | 0+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | JPN | Takumi Minamino | 25 | 1 | 10+8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | FRA | Youssouf Fofana | 47 | 2 | 35+1 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | FRA | Maghnes Akliouche | 18 | 1 | 11+5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 41 | MF | FRA | Soungoutou Magassa | 3 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 42 | MF | FRA | Edan Diop | 8 | 1 | 1+6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 44 | MF | FRA | Eliesse Ben Seghir | 23 | 4 | 13+6 | 4 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 |
| 77 | MF | POR | Gelson Martins | 15 | 0 | 3+8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||||
| 9 | FW | NED | Myron Boadu | 16 | 3 | 3+9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | FRA | Wissam Ben Yedder | 43 | 25 | 28+4 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7+1 | 4 |
| 27 | FW | SEN | Krépin Diatta | 42 | 5 | 22+9 | 4 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 6+2 | 1 |
| 31 | FW | GER | Kevin Volland | 24 | 6 | 7+10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2+3 | 3 |
| 36 | FW | SUI | Breel Embolo | 42 | 14 | 19+13 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 3+5 | 2 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||||||
| 5 | DF | FRA | Benoît Badiashile | 15 | 2 | 8+2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | FRA | Sofiane Diop | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Source: Competitions