# 2022–23 RC Strasbourg Alsace season

The 2022–23 season was the 117th season in the history of RC Strasbourg Alsace and their sixth consecutive season in the top flight. The club participated in Ligue 1 and the Coupe de France.

## Players
### First-team squad

    As of 31 January 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 | BEL | Matz Sels |
| 2 | DF | FRA | Colin Dagba (on loan from Paris Saint-Germain) |
| 3 | DF | FRA | Thomas Delaine |
| 5 | DF | FRA | Lucas Perrin |
| 6 | MF | CIV | Jean-Eudes Aholou |
| 8 | MF | FRA | Morgan Sanson (on loan from Aston Villa) |
| 9 | FW | FRA | Kevin Gameiro |
| 11 | MF | FRA | Dimitri Liénard (captain) |
| 12 | FW | RSA | Lebo Mothiba |
| 14 | MF | BIH | Sanjin Prcić |
| 16 | GK | JPN | Eiji Kawashima |
| 17 | MF | FRA | Jean-Ricner Bellegarde |
| 18 | MF | JPN | Yuito Suzuki (on loan from Shimizu S-Pulse) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 19 | MF | FRA | Habib Diarra |
| 20 | FW | SEN | Habib Diallo |
| 22 | DF | FRA | Gerzino Nyamsi |
| 23 | DF | FRA | Maxime Le Marchand |
| 24 | DF | GHA | Alexander Djiku (vice-captain) |
| 27 | MF | FRA | Ibrahima Sissoko |
| 29 | DF | FRA | Ismaël Doukouré |
| 32 | DF | FRA | Frédéric Guilbert |
| 34 | MF | MAR | Nordine Kandil |
| 35 | DF | FRA | Franci Bouebari |
| 40 | GK | FRA | Robin Risser |
| 77 | DF | UKR | Eduard Sobol |
| — | GK | HAI | Alexandre Pierre |

### 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 |
| — | GK | MAR | Alaa Bellaarouch (at Stade Briochin until 30 June 2023) |
| — | DF | FRA | Maxime Bastian (at Annecy until 30 June 2023) |
| — | DF | FRA | Marvin Elimbi (at Orléans until 30 June 2023) |
| — | DF | FRA | Marvin Senaya (at Rodez until 30 June 2023) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | FRA | Mehdi Chahiri (at Paris FC until 30 June 2023) |
| — | FW | CIV | Moïse Sahi (at Annecy until 30 June 2023) |
| — | DF | POL | Karol Fila (at Zulte Waregem until 30 June 2023) |

## Transfers
### In

| Pos. | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date |
| DF | Lucas Perrin | Marseille | €1.5 million | 1 July 2022 |
| MF | Jean-Eudes Aholou | Monaco | €3 million | 1 July 2022 |
| DF | Ronaël Pierre-Gabriel | Mainz 05 | Loan | 23 July 2022 |
| DF | Frédéric Guilbert | Aston Villa | Free | 17 January 2023 |
| DF | Eduard Sobol | Club Brugge | €2.5 million | 23 January 2023 |
| MF | Morgan Sanson | Aston Villa | Loan | 23 January 2023 |
| FW | Yuito Suzuki | Shimizu S-Pulse | Loan | 27 January 2023 |

### Out

| Pos. | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date |
| MF | Adrien Thomasson | Lens | €3.9 million | 12 January 2023 |
| DF | Ronaël Pierre-Gabriel | Mainz 05 | Loan return | 18 January 2023 |
| FW | Ludovic Ajorque | Mainz 05 | €6 million | 24 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 | 6 August 2022 | 3 June 2023 | Matchday 1 | 15th | 38 | 9 | 13 | 16 | 51 | 59 | −8 | 023.68 |
| Coupe de France | 6 January 2023 | 6 January 2023 | Round of 64 | Round of 64 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | 000.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 39 | 9 | 14 | 16 | 51 | 59 | −8 | 023.08 |
Source: Soccerway

### Ligue 1
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 13 | Toulouse | 38 | 13 | 9 | 16 | 51 | 57 | −6 | 48 | Qualification for the Europa League group stage |
| 14 | Brest | 38 | 11 | 11 | 16 | 44 | 54 | −10 | 44 | |
| 15 | Strasbourg | 38 | 9 | 13 | 16 | 51 | 59 | −8 | 40 | |
| 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 |
* ↑ Toulouse qualified for the Europa League group stage as the 2022–23 Coupe de France winners.

#### 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 | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | L | D | D | L | D | D | D | L | L | W | L | D | D | L | D | L | L | D | W | L | L | W | L | W | D | L | D | W | L | L | W | W | L | W | W | D | D | L |
| Position | 16 | 15 | 14 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 14 | 17 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 15 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 15 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 17 June 2022.