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Stade Rennais F.C.

2022–23 season
President	Nicolas Holveck
Head coach	Bruno Génésio
Stadium	Roazhon Park
Ligue 1	4th
Coupe de France	Round of 32
UEFA Europa League	Knockout round play-offs
Top goalscorer	League: Amine Gouiri (15) All: Amine Gouiri (17)
Home colours Away colours Third colours
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The 2022–23 season was the 121st season in the history of Stade Rennais F.C. and their 29th consecutive season in the top flight. The club participated in Ligue 1, the Coupe de France, and the UEFA Europa League.

Players

First-team squad

As of 1 February 2023

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  TUR Doğan Alemdar 2 DF  WAL Joe Rodon (on loan from Tottenham Hotspur) 3 DF  FRA Adrien Truffert 5 DF  BEL Arthur Theate 6 MF  FRA Lesley Ugochukwu 7 FW  FRA Martin Terrier 8 MF  FRA Baptiste Santamaria 9 FW  FRA Arnaud Kalimuendo 10 FW  BEL Jérémy Doku 14 MF  FRA Benjamin Bourigeaud (vice-captain) 15 DF  CMR Christopher Wooh 17 FW  CMR Karl Toko Ekambi (on loan from Lyon) 18 DF  FRA Jeanuël Belocian 19 FW  FRA Amine Gouiri 20 MF  FRA Flavien Tait

No. Pos. Nation Player 21 MF  CRO Lovro Majer 22 DF  FRA Lorenz Assignon 23 DF  FRA Warmed Omari 25 DF  NOR Birger Meling 27 DF  MLI Hamari Traoré (captain) 30 GK  FRA Steve Mandanda 31 DF  CIV Guéla Doué 33 MF  FRA Désiré Doué 34 FW  MAR Ibrahim Salah 39 GK  TUN Elias Damergy 41 FW  GAB Alan Do Marcolino 80 MF  POR Xeka 89 GK  FRA Romain Salin 90 DF  ENG Djed Spence (on loan from Tottenham Hotspur)

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player — GK  SEN Alfred Gomis (at Como) — DF  FRA Loïc Badé (at Sevilla) — FW  FRA Matthis Abline (at Auxerre) — FW  FRA Andy Diouf (at Basel)

No. Pos. Nation Player — FW  GUI Serhou Guirassy (at VfB Stuttgart) — FW  FRA Junior Kadile (at Famalicão) — FW  FRA Loum Tchaouna (at Dijon)

Transfers

In

Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
GK	Steve Mandanda	Marseille	Free	6 July 2022
DF	Arthur Theate	Bologna	€20M	29 July 2022
DF	Joe Rodon	Tottenham Hotspur	Loan	1 August 2022
FW	Arnaud Kalimuendo	Paris Saint-Germain	€25M	11 August 2022
FW	Amine Gouiri	Nice	€25M	1 September 2022
DF	Christopher Wooh	Lens	€9M	1 September 2022
MF	Xeka	Lille	Free	21 September 2022
FW	Karl Toko Ekambi	Lyon	Loan	26 January 2023
DF	Djed Spence	Tottenham Hotspur	Loan	31 January 2023
FW	Ibrahim Salah	Gent	€3M	1 February 2023

Out

Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
DF	Nayef Aguerd	West Ham United	€35M	20 June 2022
GK	Pépé Bonet	Red Star	Free	22 June 2022
DF	Jonas Martin	Lille	Free	1 July 2022
DF	Jérémy Gelin	Amiens	Free	7 July 2022
FW	Andy Diouf	Basel	Loan	18 July 2022
FW	James Léa Siliki	Estoril	Free	22 July 2022
FW	Metehan Güçlü	Emmen	Free	22 July 2022
FW	Mathys Tel	Bayern Munich	€20M	25 July 2022
MF	Yann Gboho	Cercle Brugge	Free	19 August 2022
DF	Loïc Badé	Nottingham Forest	Loan	1 September 2022
FW	Gaëtan Laborde	Nice	€15M	1 September 2022
FW	Serhou Guirassy	VfB Stuttgart	Loan	1 September 2022
DF	Loïc Badé	Sevilla	Loan	4 January 2023
FW	Kamaldeen Sulemana	Southampton	€25M	1 February 2023

1. Bonuses included.

Pre-season and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss

16 July 2022 Friendly	SC Freiburg	1–0	Rennes	Freiburg, Germany
17:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Gregoritsch 71'	Report		Stadium: Europa-Park Stadion Attendance: 13,000

20 July 2022 Friendly	Caen	1–2	Rennes	Caen
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Kyeremeh 90'	Report	Terrier 39' Thomas 41' (o.g.) Assignon  85'	Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano

23 July 2022 Friendly	FC Augsburg	2–3	Rennes	Augsburg, Germany
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Demirović 22' Malone 117'	Report	Bourigeaud 5' Laborde 54' Uduokhai 56' (o.g.)	Stadium: WWK Arena Attendance: 6,500
Note: Match was played in four 30-minute periods.

27 July 2022 Friendly	Nantes	0–1	Rennes	Saint-Nazaire
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Guirassy 49'	Stadium: Stade Léo Lagrange Attendance: 4,000

30 July 2022 Friendly	Rennes	1–2	Aston Villa	Rennes
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Theate 7' Belocian  77'	Report	Bailey 14' Douglas Luiz  59' Diego Carlos 81' Iroegbunam  90+2'	Stadium: Roazhon Park Attendance: 19,706 Referee: Willy Delajod (France)

10 December 2022 Friendly	Rennes	4–3	Celtic	Portugal
--:-- WET (UTC±0)	Terrier 1' Gouiri 20' Assignon 27' Omari 38'	Report	O'Riley 18', 44' Furuhashi 40'	Attendance: 0

16 December 2022 Friendly	Rennes	2–1	Feyenoord	Portugal
--:-- WET (UTC±0)	Kalimuendo 6' Abline 80' (pen.)	Report	Kökçü 13'	Attendance: 0

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 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		FEN	REN	AEK	DKV
1	Fenerbahçe	6	4	2	0	13	7	+6	14	Advance to round of 16		—	3–3	2–0	2–1
2	Rennes	6	3	3	0	11	8	+3	12	Advance to knockout round play-offs		2–2	—	1–1	2–1
3	AEK Larnaca	6	1	2	3	7	10	−3	5	Transfer to Europa Conference League		1–2	1–2	—	3–3
4	Dynamo Kyiv	6	0	1	5	5	11	−6	1			0–2	0–1	0–1	—

8 September 2022 1	AEK Larnaca	1–2	Rennes	Larnaca, Cyprus
19:45 EEST (UTC+3)	Oier 33' Christoforou  90'	Report	Theate 29' Santamaria  69' Assignon 90+4'	Stadium: AEK Arena – Georgios Karapatakis Attendance: 4,103 Referee: Giorgi Kruashvili (Georgia)

15 September 2022 2	Rennes	2–2	Fenerbahçe	Rennes
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Terrier 52' Majer 54',  76' Traoré  83' Bourigeaud  90+1' Rodon  90+3' Theate  90+4'	Report	Kahveci 60' Valencia 90+2' (pen.) João Pedro  90+3'	Stadium: Roazhon Park Attendance: 20,993 Referee: Aleksei Kulbakov (Belarus)

6 October 2022 3	Rennes	2–1	Dynamo Kyiv	Rennes
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Terrier 23' D. Doué 89'	Report	Tsyhankov 33' Zabarnyi  88'	Stadium: Roazhon Park Attendance: 24,761 Referee: José María Sánchez Martínez (Spain)

13 October 2022 4	Dynamo Kyiv	0–1	Rennes	Kraków, Poland
18:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Besedin  44' Tymchyk  53' Vanat  90+4'	Report	Bourigeaud  24' Wooh 48' D. Doué  70'	Stadium: Stadion Cracovii im. Józefa Piłsudskiego Attendance: 5,398 Referee: Serdar Gözübüyük (Netherlands)
Note: Dynamo Kyiv played at Stadion Cracovii im. Józefa Piłsudskiego in Kraków, Poland, instead of their regular stadium NSC Olimpiyskiy in Kyiv, due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

27 October 2022 5	Fenerbahçe	3–3	Rennes	Istanbul, Turkey
19:45 TRT (UTC+3)	Arão  3' Kahveci  28' Valencia 42' Zajc 82' Mor 88'	Report	Gouiri 5', 30' Terrier 16' D. Doué  73' Ugochukwu  90+2' Traoré  90+4'	Stadium: Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium Attendance: 34,840 Referee: Novak Simović (Serbia)

3 November 2022 6	Rennes	1–1	AEK Larnaca	Rennes
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Abline 17' Tait  18'	Report	Miličević  28' Lopes 76' Rosales  85'	Stadium: Roazhon Park Attendance: 27,210 Referee: Mohammed Al-Hakim (Sweden)

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	Shakhtar Donetsk	2–1	Rennes	Warsaw, Poland
18:45 CET (UTC+1)	Kryskiv 11' Stepanenko  40' Bondarenko 45' (pen.) Mykhaylichenko  85' Zubkov  85'	Report	Bourigeaud  43' Ugochukwu  57' Toko Ekambi 59' Omari  85'	Stadium: Stadion Wojska Polskiego Attendance: 13,415 Referee: Irfan Peljto (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Note: Due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Ukrainian teams were required to play their home matches at neutral venues until further notice. Therefore, Shakhtar Donetsk played at Stadion Wojska Polskiego, Warsaw, Poland, instead of their regular stadium Donbass Arena, Donetsk.

23 February 2023 Second leg	Rennes	2–1 (a.e.t.) (3–3 agg.) (4–5 p)	Shakhtar Donetsk	Rennes
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Toko Ekambi 52' Spence  54' Salah 106'	Report	Bondar  63' Traoré  68' Mykhaylichenko  82' Konoplya  90+4' Belocian 119' (o.g.) Matviyenko  120+2'	Stadium: Roazhon Park Attendance: 27,781 Referee: Tobias Stieler (Germany)
	Penalties
	D. Doué Doku Meling Gouiri Tait Omari Ugochukwu		Nazaryna Sudakov Bondarenko Bondar Sikan Konoplya Kelsy

Statistics

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Ligue 1		Coupe de France		UEFA Europa League
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	TUR	Doğan Alemdar	5	0	2+1	0	1	0	1	0
30	GK	FRA	Steve Mandanda	34	0	26	0	1	0	7	0
39	GK	TUN	Elias Damergy	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
89	GK	FRA	Romain Salin	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
2	DF	WAL	Joe Rodon	20	1	14	1	1	0	5	0
3	DF	FRA	Adrien Truffert	34	0	24+4	0	0+1	0	4+1	0
5	DF	BEL	Arthur Theate	34	3	27	2	2	0	5	1
15	DF	CMR	Christopher Wooh	14	1	10+1	0	2	0	1	1
18	DF	FRA	Jeanuël Belocian	5	0	1+1	0	0	0	3	0
22	DF	FRA	Lorenz Assignon	12	1	2+4	0	0+1	0	3+2	1
23	MF	FRA	Warmed Omari	9	0	6+1	0	0	0	2	0
25	MF	NOR	Birger Meling	28	0	5+15	0	1	0	5+2	0
27	DF	MLI	Hamari Traoré	26	1	18+3	1	2	0	3	0
31	DF	FRA	Guéla Doué	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
90	DF	ENG	Djed Spence	9	0	7	0	0	0	2	0
Midfielders
6	MF	FRA	Lesley Ugochukwu	26	0	9+8	0	1+1	0	5+2	0
8	MF	FRA	Baptiste Santamaria	20	1	14+2	1	0+1	0	2+1	0
14	MF	FRA	Benjamin Bourigeaud	36	4	27	3	2	1	6+1	0
20	MF	FRA	Flavien Tait	32	2	16+8	2	1	0	4+3	0
21	MF	CRO	Lovro Majer	32	2	12+10	1	2	0	7+1	1
33	MF	FRA	Désiré Doué	29	4	10+11	3	1	0	1+6	1
35	MF	FRA	Noah Françoise	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
80	MF	POR	Xeka	9	0	6+2	0	1	0	0	0
Forwards
7	FW	FRA	Martin Terrier	22	12	16	9	0	0	5+1	3
9	FW	FRA	Arnaud Kalimuendo	28	7	18+3	7	0+1	0	4+2	0
11	FW	BEL	Jérémy Doku	25	2	5+14	1	1+1	1	2+2	0
17	FW	CMR	Karl Toko Ekambi	10	3	6+2	1	0	0	2	2
19	FW	FRA	Amine Gouiri	32	11	20+3	9	2	0	5+2	2
38	FW	MAR	Ibrahim Salah	9	1	1+6	0	0	0	0+2	1
41	FW	GAB	Alan Do Marcolino	2	0	0+2	0	0	0	0	0
Players transferred out during the season
9	FW	GUI	Serhou Guirassy	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
10	MF	GHA	Kamaldeen Sulemana	20	1	2+12	1	2	0	2+2	0
28	FW	FRA	Matthis Abline	14	2	0+11	1	0	0	2+1	1

Last updated: 19 March 2023
Source: Competitions

References

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