# 2022–23 Stade Rennais FC season

The 2022–23 season was the 121st season in the history of Stade Rennais F.C. and their 29th consecutive season in the top flight. The club participated in Ligue 1, the Coupe de France, and the UEFA Europa League.

## Players
### First-team squad

    As of 1 February 2023
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 | TUR | Doğan Alemdar |
| 2 | DF | WAL | Joe Rodon (on loan from Tottenham Hotspur) |
| 3 | DF | FRA | Adrien Truffert |
| 5 | DF | BEL | Arthur Theate |
| 6 | MF | FRA | Lesley Ugochukwu |
| 7 | FW | FRA | Martin Terrier |
| 8 | MF | FRA | Baptiste Santamaria |
| 9 | FW | FRA | Arnaud Kalimuendo |
| 10 | FW | BEL | Jérémy Doku |
| 14 | MF | FRA | Benjamin Bourigeaud (vice-captain) |
| 15 | DF | CMR | Christopher Wooh |
| 17 | FW | CMR | Karl Toko Ekambi (on loan from Lyon) |
| 18 | DF | FRA | Jeanuël Belocian |
| 19 | FW | FRA | Amine Gouiri |
| 20 | MF | FRA | Flavien Tait |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 21 | MF | CRO | Lovro Majer |
| 22 | DF | FRA | Lorenz Assignon |
| 23 | DF | FRA | Warmed Omari |
| 25 | DF | NOR | Birger Meling |
| 27 | DF | MLI | Hamari Traoré (captain) |
| 30 | GK | FRA | Steve Mandanda |
| 31 | DF | CIV | Guéla Doué |
| 33 | MF | FRA | Désiré Doué |
| 34 | FW | MAR | Ibrahim Salah |
| 39 | GK | TUN | Elias Damergy |
| 41 | FW | GAB | Alan Do Marcolino |
| 80 | MF | POR | Xeka |
| 89 | GK | FRA | Romain Salin |
| 90 | DF | ENG | Djed Spence (on loan from Tottenham Hotspur) |

### 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 | SEN | Alfred Gomis (at Como) |
| — | DF | FRA | Loïc Badé (at Sevilla) |
| — | FW | FRA | Matthis Abline (at Auxerre) |
| — | FW | FRA | Andy Diouf (at Basel) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | FW | GUI | Serhou Guirassy (at VfB Stuttgart) |
| — | FW | FRA | Junior Kadile (at Famalicão) |
| — | FW | FRA | Loum Tchaouna (at Dijon) |

## Transfers
### In

| Pos. | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date |
| GK | Steve Mandanda | Marseille | Free | 6 July 2022 |
| DF | Arthur Theate | Bologna | €20M | 29 July 2022 |
| DF | Joe Rodon | Tottenham Hotspur | Loan | 1 August 2022 |
| FW | Arnaud Kalimuendo | Paris Saint-Germain | €25M | 11 August 2022 |
| FW | Amine Gouiri | Nice | €25M | 1 September 2022 |
| DF | Christopher Wooh | Lens | €9M | 1 September 2022 |
| MF | Xeka | Lille | Free | 21 September 2022 |
| FW | Karl Toko Ekambi | Lyon | Loan | 26 January 2023 |
| DF | Djed Spence | Tottenham Hotspur | Loan | 31 January 2023 |
| FW | Ibrahim Salah | Gent | €3M | 1 February 2023 |

### Out

| Pos. | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date |
| DF | Nayef Aguerd | West Ham United | €35M | 20 June 2022 |
| GK | Pépé Bonet | Red Star | Free | 22 June 2022 |
| DF | Jonas Martin | Lille | Free | 1 July 2022 |
| DF | Jérémy Gelin | Amiens | Free | 7 July 2022 |
| FW | Andy Diouf | Basel | Loan | 18 July 2022 |
| FW | James Léa Siliki | Estoril | Free | 22 July 2022 |
| FW | Metehan Güçlü | Emmen | Free | 22 July 2022 |
| FW | Mathys Tel | Bayern Munich | €20M | 25 July 2022 |
| MF | Yann Gboho | Cercle Brugge | Free | 19 August 2022 |
| DF | Loïc Badé | Nottingham Forest | Loan | 1 September 2022 |
| FW | Gaëtan Laborde | Nice | €15M | 1 September 2022 |
| FW | Serhou Guirassy | VfB Stuttgart | Loan | 1 September 2022 |
| DF | Loïc Badé | Sevilla | Loan | 4 January 2023 |
| FW | Kamaldeen Sulemana | Southampton | €25M | 1 February 2023 |
* ↑ Bonuses included.

## 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 | 7 August 2022 | 3 June 2023 | Matchday 1 | 4th | 38 | 21 | 5 | 12 | 69 | 39 | +30 | 055.26 |
| Coupe de France | 7 January 2022 | 20 January 2023 | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | +0 | 050.00 |
| UEFA Europa League | 8 September 2022 | 23 February 2023 | Group stage | Knockout round play-offs | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 11 | +3 | 050.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 48 | 26 | 8 | 14 | 85 | 52 | +33 | 054.17 |
Source: Soccerway

### Ligue 1
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 2 | Lens | 38 | 25 | 9 | 4 | 68 | 29 | +39 | 84 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 3 | Marseille | 38 | 22 | 7 | 9 | 67 | 40 | +27 | 73 | Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round |
| 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 | |

#### 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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | L | D | W | L | W | D | W | D | W | W | W | W | W | D | W | L | W | L | W | L | W | L | L | W | W | L | D | W | L | L | W | L | W | L | W | W | W | W |
| Position | 17 | 16 | 9 | 13 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 4 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 17 June 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 | FEN | REN | AEK | DKV |
| 1 | Fenerbahçe | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 7 | +6 | 14 | Advance to round of 16 | — | 3–3 | 2–0 | 2–1 |
| 2 | Rennes | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 8 | +3 | 12 | Advance to knockout round play-offs | 2–2 | — | 1–1 | 2–1 |
| 3 | AEK Larnaca | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | −3 | 5 | Transfer to Europa Conference League | 1–2 | 1–2 | — | 3–3 |
| 4 | Dynamo Kyiv | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 11 | −6 | 1 | | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | — |

#### 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 Europa League | UEFA Europa League |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | TUR | Doğan Alemdar | 5 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 30 | GK | FRA | Steve Mandanda | 34 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 39 | GK | TUN | Elias Damergy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 89 | GK | FRA | Romain Salin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||
| 2 | DF | WAL | Joe Rodon | 20 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | FRA | Adrien Truffert | 34 | 0 | 24+4 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | BEL | Arthur Theate | 34 | 3 | 27 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| 15 | DF | CMR | Christopher Wooh | 14 | 1 | 10+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 18 | DF | FRA | Jeanuël Belocian | 5 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | FRA | Lorenz Assignon | 12 | 1 | 2+4 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 3+2 | 1 |
| 23 | MF | FRA | Warmed Omari | 9 | 0 | 6+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | NOR | Birger Meling | 28 | 0 | 5+15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5+2 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | MLI | Hamari Traoré | 26 | 1 | 18+3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 31 | DF | FRA | Guéla Doué | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 90 | DF | ENG | Djed Spence | 9 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||
| 6 | MF | FRA | Lesley Ugochukwu | 26 | 0 | 9+8 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 5+2 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | FRA | Baptiste Santamaria | 20 | 1 | 14+2 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | FRA | Benjamin Bourigeaud | 36 | 4 | 27 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6+1 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | FRA | Flavien Tait | 32 | 2 | 16+8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4+3 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | CRO | Lovro Majer | 32 | 2 | 12+10 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7+1 | 1 |
| 33 | MF | FRA | Désiré Doué | 29 | 4 | 10+11 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1+6 | 1 |
| 35 | MF | FRA | Noah Françoise | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 80 | MF | POR | Xeka | 9 | 0 | 6+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||
| 7 | FW | FRA | Martin Terrier | 22 | 12 | 16 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 5+1 | 3 |
| 9 | FW | FRA | Arnaud Kalimuendo | 28 | 7 | 18+3 | 7 | 0+1 | 0 | 4+2 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | BEL | Jérémy Doku | 25 | 2 | 5+14 | 1 | 1+1 | 1 | 2+2 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | CMR | Karl Toko Ekambi | 10 | 3 | 6+2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 19 | FW | FRA | Amine Gouiri | 32 | 11 | 20+3 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 5+2 | 2 |
| 38 | FW | MAR | Ibrahim Salah | 9 | 1 | 1+6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 1 |
| 41 | FW | GAB | Alan Do Marcolino | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||||
| 9 | FW | GUI | Serhou Guirassy | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | GHA | Kamaldeen Sulemana | 20 | 1 | 2+12 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 |
| 28 | FW | FRA | Matthis Abline | 14 | 2 | 0+11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2+1 | 1 |
Last updated: 19 March 2023 Source: Competitions