# 2023–24 Valenciennes FC season

The 2023–24 season is Valenciennes FC's 111th season in existence and 10th consecutive in the Ligue 2. They are also competing in the Coupe de France.

## Players
### First-team squad

    As of 1 September 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 |
| 4 | DF | ENG | Taylor Moore |
| 5 | MF | FRA | Jason Berthomier |
| 6 | MF | FRA | Julien Masson |
| 8 | MF | BFA | Sacha Bansé |
| 9 | FW | CMR | Marius Noubissi |
| 10 | FW | NED | Nick Venema |
| 11 | FW | FRA | Ugo Bonnet |
| 14 | DF | FRA | Joffrey Cuffaut |
| 15 | DF | NED | Lucas Woudenberg |
| 16 | GK | FRA | Jean Louchet |
| 17 | MF | ALG | Aymen Boutoutaou |
| 18 | FW | FRA | Landry Nomel |
| 19 | DF | FRA | Nassim Innocenti |
| 20 | FW | FRA | Ilyes Hamache |
| 22 | FW | MAR | Yacine El Amri |
| 23 | MF | DEN | David Kruse |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 24 | DF | FRA | Allan Linguet |
| 25 | MF | FRA | Madou Touré |
| 28 | MF | POR | Bruno Costa |
| 29 | MF | FRA | Jawed Kalai |
| 30 | GK | FRA | Lassana Diabaté |
| 34 | MF | COD | Makabi Lilepo |
| 36 | MF | FRA | Eyram Viegbe |
| 39 | DF | ANG | Jonathan Buatu |
| 40 | GK | NIG | Naim Van Attenhoven |
| 41 | MF | FRA | Sofiane Boudraa |
| 45 | MF | FRA | Tidyane Diagouraga |
| 49 | DF | FRA | Joachim Kayi Sanda |
| 54 | DF | FRA | Jordan Poha |
| 57 | DF | FRA | Gabin Blanquart |
| 63 | MF | FRA | Ismail Bouneb |
| 93 | MF | FRA | Anthony Knockaert |

## Transfers
### In

| Pos. | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date |
| FW | Nick Venema | VVV-Venlo | Undisclosed | 15 August 2023 |
| MF | Anthony Knockaert | Fulham | Free | 1 September 2023 |
| MF | Bruno Costa | Porto B | | 1 September 2023 |
| FW | Mathias Oyewusi | FK Žalgiris | Free | 1 January 2024 |
| DF | Halid Šabanović | Angers | Loan | 30 January 2024 |
| FW | Siriné Doucouré | Lorient | Loan | 1 February 2024 |
| MF | Jean-Éric Moursou | Coton Sport | | 2 February 2024 |

### Out

| Pos. | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date |
| MF | Mohamed Kaba | Lecce | €3,000,000 | 14 August 2023 |
| FW | Ugo Bonnet | En Avant Guingamp | Free | 1 February 2024 |
| DF | Nassim Innocenti | FC Košice | Undisclosed | 2 February 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 2 | 5 August 2023 | 17 May 2024 | Matchday 1 | 20th | 36 | 5 | 11 | 20 | 25 | 51 | −26 | 013.89 |
| Coupe de France | 18 November 2023 | 2 April 2024 | Seventh round | Semi-finals | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 7 | +3 | 057.14 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 43 | 9 | 13 | 21 | 35 | 58 | −23 | 020.93 |
Last updated: 10 May 2024 Source: Soccerway

### Ligue 2
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or Relegation |
| 16 | Dunkerque | 38 | 12 | 10 | 16 | 36 | 52 | −16 | 46 | |
| 17 | Troyes | 38 | 9 | 14 | 15 | 42 | 50 | −8 | 41 | Spared from relegation |
| 18 | Quevilly-Rouen (R) | 38 | 7 | 17 | 14 | 51 | 55 | −4 | 38 | Relegation to National |
| 19 | Concarneau (R) | 38 | 10 | 8 | 20 | 39 | 57 | −18 | 38 | Relegation to National |
| 20 | Valenciennes (R) | 38 | 6 | 11 | 21 | 26 | 54 | −28 | 29 | Relegation to National |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 6 December 2023. Source:

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | L | L | D | W | D | L | D | L | L | D | D | D | L | L | D | D | L |
| Position | 18 | 20 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 19 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 20 | | | | |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were unveiled on 29 June 2023.