# 2023–24 FC Nantes season

The 2023–24 season was FC Nantes's 81st season in existence and 11th consecutive season in Ligue 1. They also competed in the Coupe de France.

## Players
### First-team squad

    As of 7 February 2024
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 | Alban Lafont |
| 2 | DF | HAI | Jean-Kévin Duverne |
| 3 | DF | FRA | Nicolas Cozza (on loan from VfL Wolfsburg) |
| 4 | DF | FRA | Nicolas Pallois |
| 5 | MF | ESP | Pedro Chirivella (captain) |
| 6 | MF | BRA | Douglas Augusto |
| 7 | FW | CMR | Ignatius Ganago |
| 8 | MF | COD | Samuel Moutoussamy |
| 11 | MF | GLP | Marcus Coco |
| 12 | FW | FRA | Kader Bamba |
| 15 | FW | ZIM | Tino Kadewere (on loan from Lyon) |
| 16 | GK | FRA | Rémy Descamps |
| 17 | MF | FRA | Moussa Sissoko |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 19 | MF | FRA | Mohamed Achi |
| 21 | DF | CMR | Jean-Charles Castelletto |
| 22 | DF | FRA | Yannis M'Bemba |
| 23 | MF | FRA | Stredair Appuah |
| 24 | DF | SUI | Eray Cömert (on loan from Valencia) |
| 25 | MF | FRA | Florent Mollet |
| 27 | MF | NGA | Moses Simon |
| 30 | GK | SVN | Denis Petrić |
| 31 | FW | EGY | Mostafa Mohamed |
| 39 | FW | FRA | Matthis Abline (on loan from Rennes) |
| 44 | DF | FRA | Nathan Zézé |
| 71 | DF | FRA | Hugo Boutsingkham |
| 77 | FW | CIV | Bénie Traoré (on loan from Sheffield United) |
| 98 | DF | FRA | Kelvin Amian |

## Transfers
### In

| Pos. | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date |
| FW | Mostafa Mohamed | Galatasaray | €5,750,000 | 1 July 2023 |
| FW | Andy Delort | Nice | €5,000,000 | 1 July 2023 |
| MF | Lamine Diack | MKE Ankaragücü | Loan + €400,000 | 31 July 2023 |
| MF | Douglas Augusto | PAOK | €5,500,000 | 12 August 2023 |
| MF | Adson | Corinthians | €6,000,000 | 23 August 2023 |
| FW | Matthis Abline | Rennes | Loan | 25 August 2023 |
| DF | Kelvin Amian | Spezia | €3,000,000 | 25 January 2024 |
| MF | Lamine Diack | MKE Ankaragücü | €2,000,000 | 31 January 2024 |
| DF | Nicolas Cozza | VfL Wolfsburg | Loan | 1 February 2024 |
| FW | Tino Kadewere | Lyon | Free | 14 May 2024 |

### Out

| Pos. | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date |
| MF | Ludovic Blas | Rennes | €15,000,000 | 5 July 2023 |
| FW | Andy Delort | Umm Salal | €2,500,000 | 10 July 2023 |
| DF | Andrei Girotto | Al-Taawoun | €4,000,000 | 6 August 2023 |
| MF | Adson | Vasco da Gama | €5,000,000 | 24 January 2024 |
| MF | Quentin Merlin | Marseille | €12,000,000 | 26 January 2024 |
| DF | Fabien Centonze | Hellas Verona | Loan | 1 February 2024 |
| MF | Lamine Diack | Colorado Rapids | Loan | 1 February 2024 |
| DF | Ronaël Pierre-Gabriel | Dinamo Zagreb | Free | 7 February 2024 |
| MF | Lohann Doucet | Paris FC | €300,000 | 23 May 2024 |

## 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 | 13 August 2023 | 19 May 2024 | Matchday 1 | 14th | 34 | 9 | 6 | 19 | 30 | 55 | −25 | 026.47 |
| Coupe de France | 5 January 2024 | 20 January 2024 | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 050.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 36 | 10 | 6 | 20 | 34 | 57 | −23 | 027.78 |
Source: Soccerway

### Ligue 1
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 12 | Montpellier | 34 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 43 | 48 | −5 | 41 | |
| 13 | Strasbourg | 34 | 10 | 9 | 15 | 38 | 50 | −12 | 39 | |
| 14 | Nantes | 34 | 9 | 6 | 19 | 30 | 55 | −25 | 33 | |
| 15 | Le Havre | 34 | 7 | 11 | 16 | 34 | 45 | −11 | 32 | |
| 16 | Metz (R) | 34 | 8 | 5 | 21 | 35 | 58 | −23 | 29 | Qualification for the Relegation play-offs |
* ↑ Montpellier was deducted one point for uncontrolled crowd trouble that caused the abandonment of its match against Clermont.
* ↑ Metz finished ahead of Lorient on head-to-head away goals scored: Lorient 2–3 Metz, Metz 1–2 Lorient.

#### 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 |
| Ground | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A |
| Result | L | L | D | D | W | W | L | W | W | L | L | L | D | W | L | L | L | L | D | L | W | L | W | L | L | L | W | L | W | L | D | D | L | L |
| Position | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 10 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 16 | 12 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were unveiled on 29 June 2023.