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Monaco

2022–23 season
President	Dmitry Rybolovlev
Head coach	Philippe Clement
Stadium	Stade Louis II
Ligue 1	6th
Coupe de France	Round of 64
UEFA Champions League	Third qualifying round
UEFA Europa League	Knockout round play-offs
Top goalscorer	League: Wissam Ben Yedder (19) All: Wissam Ben Yedder (25)
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The 2022–23 season was the 98th season in the history of AS Monaco FC and their 10th consecutive season in the top flight. The club participated in Ligue 1, the Coupe de France, the UEFA Champions League and the UEFA Europa League.

Players

First-team squad

As of 5 January 2023

No. Pos. Nation Player 2 DF  BRA Vanderson 3 DF  CHI Guillermo Maripán 4 MF  MLI Mohamed Camara 6 DF  FRA Axel Disasi 9 FW  NED Myron Boadu 10 FW  FRA Wissam Ben Yedder (captain) 11 MF  BRA Jean Lucas 12 DF  BRA Caio Henrique 14 DF  SEN Ismail Jakobs 15 MF  BEL Eliot Matazo 16 GK  GER Alexander Nübel (on loan from Bayern Munich) 17 MF  RUS Aleksandr Golovin 18 MF  JPN Takumi Minamino 19 MF  FRA Youssouf Fofana

No. Pos. Nation Player 21 MF  FRA Maghnes Akliouche 23 DF  FRA Malang Sarr (on loan from Chelsea) 26 DF  FRA Ruben Aguilar 27 FW  SEN Krépin Diatta 30 GK  FRA Thomas Didillon (on loan from Cercle Brugge) 31 FW  GER Kevin Volland 34 DF  FRA Chrislain Matsima 36 FW  SUI Breel Embolo 41 MF  FRA Soungoutou Magassa 42 MF  FRA Edan Diop 44 MF  FRA Eliesse Ben Seghir 50 GK  FRA Yann Liénard 77 MF  POR Gelson Martins 99 DF  FRA Yllan Okou

Transfers

In

No.	Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
	GK	Benjamin Lecomte	Atlético Madrid	Loan return	30 June 2022
21	DF	Strahinja Pavlović	Basel	Loan return	30 June 2022
	DF	Antonio Barreca	Lecce	Loan return	30 June 2022
	MF	Jean-Eudes Aholou	Strasbourg	Loan return	30 June 2022
19	FW	Pietro Pellegri	Torino	Loan return	30 June 2022
53	FW	Willem Geubbels	Nantes	Loan return	30 June 2022
25	FW	Anthony Musaba	Heerenveen	Loan return	30 June 2022
18	MF	Takumi Minamino	Liverpool	€17.8M	1 July 2022
36	FW	Breel Embolo	Borussia Mönchengladbach	€12.5M	15 July 2022
30	GK	Thomas Didillon	Cercle Brugge	Loan	20 July 2022
23	DF	Malang Sarr	Chelsea	Loan	10 August 2022
4	MF	Mohamed Camara	Red Bull Salzburg	€15M	14 August 2022
	FW	Anthony Musaba	Metz	Loan return	3 January 2023
	GK	Benjamin Lecomte	Espanyol	Loan return	25 January 2023
	DF	Arthur Zagré	Utrecht	Loan return	30 January 2023

Out

No.	Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
30	GK	Vito Mannone	Lorient	End of contract	1 July 2022
19	DF	Djibril Sidibé	AEK Athens	End of contract	1 July 2022
21	DF	Strahinja Pavlović	Red Bull Salzburg	€7M	1 July 2022
8	MF	Aurélien Tchouaméni	Real Madrid	€80M	1 July 2022
4	MF	Cesc Fàbregas	Como	End of contract	1 July 2022
	MF	Jean-Eudes Aholou	Strasbourg	€3M	1 July 2022
19	FW	Pietro Pellegri	Torino	€5M	1 July 2022
40	GK	Benjamin Lecomte	Espanyol	Loan	13 July 2022
1	GK	Radoslaw Majecki	Cercle Brugge	Loan	20 July 2022
	MF	Pelé	Famalicão	Loan	5 August 2022
34	DF	Chrislain Matsima	Lorient	Loan	16 August 2022
	DF	Jean Marcelin	Cercle Brugge	Loan	23 August 2022
	DF	Antonio Barreca	Released	Free	25 August 2022
25	FW	Anthony Musaba	Metz	Loan	29 August 2022
7	MF	Sofiane Diop	Nice	€22M	29 August 2022
	FW	Anthony Musaba	NEC Nijmegen	Loan	4 January 2023
5	DF	Benoît Badiashile	Chelsea	€38M	5 January 2023
13	FW	Willem Geubbels	Released	Free	23 January 2023
	GK	Benjamin Lecomte	Montpellier	€2M	26 January 2023
37	MF	Félix Lemaréchal	Brest	Loan	31 January 2023
	DF	Arthur Zagré	Excelsior	Loan	31 January 2023

1. Includes an option to sign permanently.
2. Includes an option to sign permanently.
3. On 25 August 2022, Barreca joined Cagliari.
4. Includes an option to sign permanently.
5. On 23 January 2023, Geubbels joined St. Gallen.

Pre-season and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

25 June 2022 Friendly	Monaco	1–0	Cercle Brugge	La Turbie
11:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Musaba 18'	Report

29 June 2022 Friendly	Monaco	1–1	St. Gallen	La Turbie
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Jean Lucas 2'	Report	Babic 75'	Stadium: Stade Municipal

6 July 2022 Friendly	Monaco	2–2	Austria Wien	Lagos, Portugal
17:00 WEST (UTC+1)	Maripán 14' Martins 16'	Report	Jukic 6' Gruber 28'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal Fernando Cabrita

9 July 2022 Friendly	Portimonense	0–2	Monaco	Lagos, Portugal
17:00 WEST (UTC+1)		Report	Ben Yedder 43' Fofana 89'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal Fernando Cabrita

16 July 2022 Friendly	Inter Milan	2–2	Monaco	Ferrara, Italy
19:30 WEST (UTC+1)	Gagliardini 42' Asllani 59'	Report	Golovin 7' Ben Yedder 30'	Stadium: Stadio Paolo Mazza Referee: Matteo Marcenaro (Italy)

23 July 2022 Friendly	Porto	2–1	Monaco	Porto, Portugal
20:00 WEST (UTC+1)	Marcano  28' Taremi 67' (pen.) Galeno 71' Otávio  90+5'	Report	Minamino  44' Maripán  54' Ben Yedder 90' (pen.)	Stadium: Estádio do Dragão

27 July 2022 Friendly	Southampton	3–1	Monaco	Southampton, England
19:45 BST (UTC+1)	A. Armstrong 52' S. Armstrong 73' Ward-Prowse 88'	Report	Golovin 39'	Stadium: St Mary's Stadium Attendance: 8,317

7 December 2022 Friendly	Sevilla	1–1	Monaco	Seville, Spain
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Álvarez  69' Ortiz 73'	Report	Martins 59'	Stadium: Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Referee: Jorge Figueroa Vázquez (Spain)

16 December 2022 Friendly	Empoli	0–1	Monaco	Empoli, Italy
17:00 CET (UTC+1)	Ismajli  24' Luperto  83'		Diop 44'	Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani

21 December 2022 Friendly	Leeds United	2–4	Monaco	Leeds, England
19:00 GMT	Koch 12' Gelhardt 90+3' (pen.)		Embolo 25', 54' Martins 47' Jakobs 52',  77'	Stadium: Elland Road Attendance: 20,978 Referee: Andrew Madley

Competitions

Overall record

Source: Soccerway

Ligue 1

League table

Results summary

Source: Ligue 1

Results by round

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 17 June 2022.

Coupe de France

UEFA Champions League

Third qualifying round

The draw for the third qualifying round was held on 18 July 2022.

2 August 2022 First leg	Monaco	1–1	PSV Eindhoven	Monaco
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Matazo  3' Jakobs  67' Disasi 80'	Report	Veerman 38',  89' Gutiérrez  87'	Stadium: Stade Louis II Attendance: 10,802 Referee: Davide Massa (Italy)

9 August 2022 Second leg	PSV Eindhoven	3–2 (a.e.t.) (4–3 agg.)	Monaco	Eindhoven, Netherlands
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Til  7' Veerman 21' Sangaré  23' Obispo  85' Gutiérrez 89' De Jong 109' Ramalho  120+1'	Report	Golovin  36' Maripán 58',  120' Ben Yedder 70' Vanderson  78'	Stadium: Philips Stadion Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Jesús Gil Manzano (Spain)

UEFA Europa League

Group stage

The draw for the group stage was held on 26 August 2022.

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		FER	MON	TRA	ZVE
1	Ferencváros	6	3	1	2	8	9	−1	10	Advance to round of 16		—	1–1	3–2	2–1
2	Monaco	6	3	1	2	9	8	+1	10	Advance to knockout round play-offs		0–1	—	3–1	4–1
3	Trabzonspor	6	3	0	3	11	9	+2	9	Transfer to Europa Conference League		1–0	4–0	—	2–1
4	Red Star Belgrade	6	2	0	4	9	11	−2	6			4–1	0–1	2–1	—

1. ^ Head to head points: Ferencváros 4, Monaco 1.

8 September 2022 1	Red Star Belgrade	0–1	Monaco	Belgrade, Serbia
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Dragović  7' Pešić  45' Milunović  88'	Report	Badiashile  18' Minamino  43' Golovin  69' Embolo 74' (pen.)	Stadium: Red Star Stadium Attendance: 40,226 Referee: Harm Osmers (Germany)

15 September 2022 2	Monaco	0–1	Ferencváros	Monaco
18:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Embolo  77'	Report	Bešić  69' Vécsei 80' Traoré  90+4'	Stadium: Stade Louis II Attendance: 3,931 Referee: Espen Eskås (Norway)

6 October 2022 3	Monaco	3–1	Trabzonspor	Monaco
18:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Ben Yedder 14', 45+2' (pen.) Vanderson  22' Disasi 55' Diatta  74'	Report	Denswil  4' Gómez  11' Bakasetas 72'	Stadium: Stade Louis II Attendance: 5,050 Referee: Giorgi Kruashvili (Georgia)

13 October 2022 4	Trabzonspor	4–0	Monaco	Trabzon, Turkey
22:00 TRT (UTC+3)	Bardhi  23', 57' Djaniny  37' Sarr 44' (o.g.) Vitor Hugo 48' Denswil  51' Siopis  67' Trézéguet 69'	Report	Fofana  63'	Stadium: Şenol Güneş Sports Complex Attendance: 24,343 Referee: Jakob Kehlet (Denmark)

27 October 2022 5	Ferencváros	1–1	Monaco	Budapest, Hungary
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Botka  24' Dibusz  32' Laïdouni  80' Zachariassen 81' Bešić  90+3'	Report	Ben Yedder 31' Camara  57' Maripán  84'	Stadium: Ferencváros Stadion Attendance: 20,517 Referee: Enea Jorgji (Albania)

3 November 2022 6	Monaco	4–1	Red Star Belgrade	Monaco
18:45 CET (UTC+1)	Volland 5', 27', 87' Rodić 50' (o.g.) Badiashile  54'	Report	Rodić  23' Katai  38' Kanga 54' (pen.),  64' Srnić  62'	Stadium: Stade Louis II Attendance: 6,341 Referee: Serdar Gözübüyük (Netherlands)

Knockout phase

Knockout round play-offs

The draw for the knockout round play-offs was held on 7 November 2022.

16 February 2023 First leg	Bayer Leverkusen	2–3	Monaco	Leverkusen, Germany
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Tapsoba  14' Diaby 48' Wirtz  50', 59' Adli  64'	Report	Hradecky 9' (o.g.) Camara  63' Diatta 74',  90+7' Maripán  84' Disasi 90+2'	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 27,864 Referee: Orel Grinfeld (Israel)

23 February 2023 Second leg	Monaco	2–3 (a.e.t.) (5–5 agg.) (3–5 p)	Bayer Leverkusen	Monaco
18:45 CET (UTC+1)	Ben Yedder 19' (pen.) Fofana  41' Embolo 84' Caio Henrique  119' Jakobs  120'	Report	Wirtz 13' Palacios 21',  99' Adli 58' Andrich  65'	Stadium: Stade Louis II Attendance: 8,504 Referee: Alejandro Hernández Hernández (Spain)
	Penalties
	Disasi Matazo Embolo Volland		Azmoun Amiri Tapsoba Schick Diaby

Statistics

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Ligue 1		Coupe de France		UEFA Champions League		UEFA Europa League
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
16	GK	GER	Alexander Nübel	48	0	38	0	0	0	2	0	8	0
30	GK	FRA	Thomas Didillon	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
2	DF	BRA	Vanderson	39	1	24+7	1	0	0	2	0	5+1	0
3	DF	CHI	Guillermo Maripán	33	4	25+1	3	0	0	2	1	4+1	0
6	DF	FRA	Axel Disasi	49	6	37+1	3	1	0	2	1	8	2
12	DF	BRA	Caio Henrique	45	1	32+3	1	0+1	0	0+1	0	8	0
14	DF	SEN	Ismail Jakobs	41	0	9+23	0	1	0	2	0	0+6	0
23	DF	FRA	Malang Sarr	17	0	8+5	0	1	0	0	0	3	0
26	DF	FRA	Ruben Aguilar	23	0	14+6	0	1	0	0	0	1+1	0
34	DF	FRA	Chrislain Matsima	8	0	5+3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
99	DF	FRA	Yllan Okou	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Midfielders
4	MF	MLI	Mohamed Camara	37	0	25+4	0	0	0	0	0	8	0
11	MF	BRA	Jean Lucas	10	0	3+3	0	0	0	0+1	0	0+3	0
15	MF	BEL	Eliot Matazo	29	1	13+10	1	1	0	2	0	0+3	0
17	MF	RUS	Aleksandr Golovin	45	8	29+5	8	0+1	0	2	0	8	0
18	MF	JPN	Takumi Minamino	25	1	10+8	1	1	0	2	0	2+2	0
19	MF	FRA	Youssouf Fofana	47	2	35+1	2	0+1	0	2	0	8	0
21	MF	FRA	Maghnes Akliouche	18	1	11+5	0	1	1	0	0	0+1	0
41	MF	FRA	Soungoutou Magassa	3	0	0+2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
42	MF	FRA	Edan Diop	8	1	1+6	1	0	0	0	0	0+1	0
44	MF	FRA	Eliesse Ben Seghir	23	4	13+6	4	0+1	0	0	0	1+2	0
77	MF	POR	Gelson Martins	15	0	3+8	0	1	0	0+2	0	0+1	0
Forwards
9	FW	NED	Myron Boadu	16	3	3+9	3	0	0	0	0	0+4	0
10	FW	FRA	Wissam Ben Yedder	43	25	28+4	19	1	1	2	1	7+1	4
27	FW	SEN	Krépin Diatta	42	5	22+9	4	0+1	0	0+2	0	6+2	1
31	FW	GER	Kevin Volland	24	6	7+10	3	0	0	2	0	2+3	3
36	FW	SUI	Breel Embolo	42	14	19+13	12	0	0	0+2	0	3+5	2
Players transferred out during the season
5	DF	FRA	Benoît Badiashile	15	2	8+2	2	0	0	0	0	5	0
7	MF	FRA	Sofiane Diop	3	1	1	1	0	0	0+2	0	0	0

Source: Competitions

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