# 2022–23 Angers SCO season

The 2022–23 season was the 104th season in the history of Angers SCO and their eighth consecutive season in the top flight. The club participated in Ligue 1 and the Coupe de France. The season covers the period from 1 July 2022 to 30 June 2023.

## Players
### First-team squad

    As of 1 February 2023
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | FRA | Paul Bernardoni |
| 2 | DF | FRA | Batista Mendy |
| 3 | DF | CIV | Souleyman Doumbia (vice-captain) |
| 4 | DF | BIH | Halid Šabanović |
| 5 | DF | SVN | Miha Blažič |
| 6 | MF | ALG | Nabil Bentaleb (captain) |
| 7 | FW | SEN | Ibrahima Niane (on loan from Metz) |
| 8 | DF | ALG | Faouzi Ghoulam |
| 9 | FW | FRA | Loïs Diony |
| 10 | MF | FRA | Himad Abdelli |
| 11 | FW | FRA | Amine Salama |
| 14 | MF | FRA | Yassin Belkhdim |
| 15 | MF | FRA | Pierrick Capelle |
| 16 | GK | FRA | Melvin Zinga |
| 17 | MF | FRA | Ibrahim Amadou |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 19 | FW | SEN | Abdallah Sima (on loan from Brighton & Hove Albion) |
| 20 | FW | GAB | Ulrick Eneme Ella |
| 22 | DF | BEN | Cédric Hountondji |
| 23 | FW | FRA | Adrien Hunou |
| 24 | MF | FRA | Jean-Mattéo Bahoya |
| 25 | DF | CIV | Abdoulaye Bamba |
| 26 | MF | FRA | Waniss Taïbi |
| 27 | MF | FRA | Ali Kalla |
| 29 | DF | FRA | Ousmane Camara |
| 30 | GK | FRA | Yahia Fofana |
| 31 | DF | ALG | Ilyes Chetti |
| 35 | FW | FRA | Jason Mbock |
| 40 | GK | FRA | Théo Borne |
| 92 | FW | SEN | Sada Thioub |
| 94 | DF | TUN | Yan Valery |

## Transfers
### In

| Pos. | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date |
| FW | Rachid Alioui | Kortrijk | Loan return | 1 July 2022 |
| FW | Ulrick Eneme Ella | Brighton & Hove Albion | Free | 1 July 2022 |
| FW | Amine Salama | Dunkerque | Free | 1 July 2022 |
| DF | Halid Šabanović | FK Sarajevo | Free | 1 July 2022 |
| MF | Adrien Hunou | Minnesota United | Undisclosed | 1 July 2022 |
| GK | Yahia Fofana | Le Havre | Free | 1 July 2022 |
| MF | Himad Abdelli | Le Havre | Free | 1 July 2022 |
| DF | Miha Blažič | Ferencváros | Free | 1 July 2022 |
| FW | Abdallah Sima | Brighton & Hove Albion | Loan | 13 July 2022 |
| DF | Cédric Hountondji | Clermont | Undisclosed | 18 July 2022 |
| DF | Ilyes Chetti | ES Tunis | Undisclosed | 19 July 2022 |
| MF | Ousmane Camara | Paris FC | Undisclosed | 16 August 2022 |
| DF | Ibrahim Amadou | Metz | Free | 1 September 2022 |
| DF | Yan Valery | Southampton | Undisclosed | 1 September 2022 |
| DF | Faouzi Ghoulam | Unattached | Free | 31 January 2023 |

### Out

| Pos. | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date |
| FW | Rachid Alioui | Released | Free | 1 July 2022 |
| MF | Mathias Pereira Lage | Brest | Free | 1 July 2022 |
| MF | Angelo Fulgini | Mainz 05 | Undisclosed | 12 July 2022 |
| FW | Stéphane Bahoken | Kasımpaşa | Free | 15 July 2022 |
| MF | Azzedine Ounahi | Marseille | €8 million | 29 January 2023 |
| FW | Sofiane Boufal | Al-Rayyan | Undisclosed | 31 January 2023 |

## 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 | 7 August 2022 | 3 June 2023 | Matchday 1 | 20th | 38 | 4 | 6 | 28 | 33 | 81 | −48 | 010.53 |
| Coupe de France | 6 January 2023 | 8 February 2023 | Round of 64 | Round of 16 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 033.33 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 41 | 5 | 8 | 28 | 35 | 82 | −47 | 012.20 |
Source: Soccerway

### Ligue 1
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 16 | Nantes | 38 | 7 | 15 | 16 | 37 | 55 | −18 | 36 | |
| 17 | Auxerre (R) | 38 | 8 | 11 | 19 | 35 | 63 | −28 | 35 | Relegation to Ligue 2 |
| 18 | Ajaccio (R) | 38 | 7 | 5 | 26 | 23 | 74 | −51 | 26 | Relegation to Ligue 2 |
| 19 | Troyes (R) | 38 | 4 | 12 | 22 | 45 | 81 | −36 | 24 | Relegation to Ligue 2 |
| 20 | Angers (R) | 38 | 4 | 6 | 28 | 33 | 81 | −48 | 18 | Relegation to Ligue 2 |

#### 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 | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A |
| Result | D | D | L | L | L | L | W | W | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | D | D | L | L | L | L | L | D | W | L | L | L | L | L | D | W | L |
| Position | 12 | 11 | 17 | 17 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 14 | 15 | 17 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 17 June 2022.

### Coupe de France
## Statistics
### Goalscorers

| Position | Players | Ligue 1 | Coupe de France | Total |
| FW | Abdallah Sima | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| MF | Nabil Bentaleb | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| FW | Sofiane Boufal | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| FW | Adrien Hunou | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| DF | Miha Blažič | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| FW | Amine Salama | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| MF | Himad Abdelli | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| DF | Halid Šabanović | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| FW | Loïs Diony | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| FW | Ibrahima Niane | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| DF | Lilian Raolisoa | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| MF | Sada Thioub | 1 | 0 | 1 |