# 2022–23 AC Ajaccio season

The 2022–23 season was the 113th season in the existence of AC Ajaccio and the club's first season back in the top flight of French football since 2014. In addition to the domestic league, Ajaccio participated in this season's edition of 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 | Benjamin Leroy |
| 2 | DF | GLP | Mickaël Alphonse |
| 3 | DF | CIV | Ismaël Diallo |
| 4 | MF | FRA | Mickaël Barreto |
| 5 | MF | FRA | Riad Nouri |
| 6 | MF | FRA | Mathieu Coutadeur (captain) |
| 7 | FW | FRA | Mounaïm El Idrissy |
| 8 | MF | FRA | Vincent Marchetti (vice-captain) |
| 9 | FW | TUN | Yoann Touzghar |
| 10 | FW | ALG | Youcef Belaïli |
| 14 | FW | BFA | Cyrille Bayala |
| 15 | DF | FRA | Clément Vidal |
| 16 | GK | FRA | François-Joseph Sollacaro |
| 17 | FW | FRA | Romain Hamouma |
| 18 | FW | BFA | Kouamé Botué |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 19 | MF | FRA | Alassane N'Diaye |
| 20 | MF | COM | Mohamed Youssouf |
| 21 | DF | GLP | Cédric Avinel |
| 22 | MF | FRA | Yanis Cimignani |
| 23 | MF | FRA | Thomas Mangani |
| 24 | FW | BRA | Ruan Levine (on loan from SSA FC) |
| 25 | DF | CMR | Oumar Gonzalez |
| 27 | MF | SUI | Kevin Spadanuda |
| 28 | FW | SEN | Moussa Djitté (on loan from Austin FC) |
| 29 | FW | FRA | Florian Chabrolle |
| 30 | GK | FRA | Ghjuvanni Quilichini |
| 34 | FW | FRA | Moussa Soumano |
| 44 | DF | COM | Chaker Alhadhur |
| 77 | DF | CGO | Fernand Mayembo |
| 99 | DF | MLI | Youssouf Koné (on loan from Lyon) |

### Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | DF | GAB | Sidney Obissa (at Villefranche until 30 June 2023) |

## Transfers
### In

| Pos. | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date |
| MF | Thomas Mangani | Angers | Free | 13 June 2022 |
| MF | Kevin Spadanuda | Aarau | Undisclosed | 26 June 2022 |
| MF | Romain Hamouma | Saint-Étienne | Free | 1 July 2022 |
| DF | Clément Vidal | Montpellier | Free | 1 July 2022 |
| DF | Mickaël Alphonse | Maccabi Haifa | Free | 1 July 2022 |
| DF | Fernand Mayembo | Le Havre | €300,000 | 27 July 2022 |
| FW | Yoann Touzghar | Troyes | Free | 24 August 2022 |
| DF | Youssouf Koné | Lyon | Loan | 30 August 2022 |

### Out

| Pos. | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date |
| DF | Gédéon Kalulu | Lorient | Free | 3 June 2022 |
| MF | Tony Njiké | Argeș Pitești | Free | 21 June 2022 |
| FW | Faiz Mattoir | Almere City | Free | 27 June 2022 |
| FW | Simon Elisor | Seraing | Undisclosed | 11 July 2022 |
| FW | Gaëtan Courtet | Guingamp | €600,000 | 11 August 2022 |
| DF | Sidney Obissa | Villefranche | Loan | 11 August 2022 |
| FW | Taïryk Arconte | Brest | Undisclosed | 1 September 2022 |

## 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 | 5 August 2022 | 3 June 2023 | Matchday 1 | 18th | 38 | 7 | 5 | 26 | 23 | 74 | −51 | 018.42 |
| Coupe de France | 8 January 2023 | 21 January 2023 | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 050.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 40 | 8 | 5 | 27 | 25 | 77 | −52 | 020.00 |
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 | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | L | D | L | L | L | L | L | W | L | W | D | L | L | W | D | W | L | L | L | L | W | L | L | L | W | L | L | L | L | L | L | D | L | D | L | L | L | W |
| Position | 15 | 17 | 18 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 17 | 18 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 18 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 17 June 2022.

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

| Position | Players | Ligue 1 | Coupe de France | Total |
| MF | Youcef Belaïli | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| FW | Mounaïm El Idrissy | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| FW | Romain Hamouma | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| MF | Ruan Levine | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| DF | Cédric Avinel | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| MF | Mickaël Barreto | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| FW | Cyrille Bayala | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| MF | Thomas Mangani | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| FW | Bevic Moussiti-Oko | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| MF | Riad Nouri | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| FW | Moussa Soumano | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| DF | Clément Vidal | 1 | 0 | 1 |