2022–23 Stade Rennais FC season

Stade Rennais F.C.
2022–23 season
PresidentNicolas Holveck
Head coachBruno Génésio
StadiumRoazhon Park
Ligue 14th
Coupe de FranceRound of 32
UEFA Europa LeagueKnockout round play-offs
Top goalscorerLeague:
Amine Gouiri (15)

All:
Amine Gouiri (17)

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

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First-team squad

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As of 1 February 2023[1]

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 Turkey TUR Doğan Alemdar
2 DF Wales WAL Joe Rodon (on loan from Tottenham Hotspur)
3 DF France FRA Adrien Truffert
5 DF Belgium BEL Arthur Theate
6 MF France FRA Lesley Ugochukwu
7 FW France FRA Martin Terrier
8 MF France FRA Baptiste Santamaria
9 FW France FRA Arnaud Kalimuendo
10 FW Belgium BEL Jérémy Doku
14 MF France FRA Benjamin Bourigeaud (vice-captain)
15 DF Cameroon CMR Christopher Wooh
17 FW Cameroon CMR Karl Toko Ekambi (on loan from Lyon)
18 DF France FRA Jeanuël Belocian
19 FW France FRA Amine Gouiri
20 MF France FRA Flavien Tait
No. Pos. Nation Player
21 MF Croatia CRO Lovro Majer
22 DF France FRA Lorenz Assignon
23 DF France FRA Warmed Omari
25 DF Norway NOR Birger Meling
27 DF Mali MLI Hamari Traoré (captain)
30 GK France FRA Steve Mandanda
31 DF Ivory Coast CIV Guéla Doué
33 MF France FRA Désiré Doué
34 FW Morocco MAR Ibrahim Salah
39 GK Tunisia TUN Elias Damergy
41 FW Gabon GAB Alan Do Marcolino
80 MF Portugal POR Xeka
89 GK France FRA Romain Salin
90 DF England ENG Djed Spence (on loan from Tottenham Hotspur)

Out on loan

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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 Senegal SEN Alfred Gomis (at Como)
DF France FRA Loïc Badé (at Sevilla)
FW France FRA Matthis Abline (at Auxerre)
FW France FRA Andy Diouf (at Basel)
No. Pos. Nation Player
FW Guinea GUI Serhou Guirassy (at VfB Stuttgart)
FW France FRA Junior Kadile (at Famalicão)
FW France FRA Loum Tchaouna (at Dijon)

Transfers

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In

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Pos. Player Transferred from Fee Date Source
GK France Steve Mandanda France Marseille Free 6 July 2022 [2]
DF Belgium Arthur Theate Italy Bologna €20M 29 July 2022 [3]
DF Wales Joe Rodon England Tottenham Hotspur Loan 1 August 2022 [4]
FW France Arnaud Kalimuendo France Paris Saint-Germain €25M[A] 11 August 2022 [5][6]

FW

France Amine Gouiri France Nice €25M 1 September 2022 [7]

DF

Cameroon Christopher Wooh France Lens €9M 1 September 2022 [8]
MF Portugal Xeka France Lille Free 21 September 2022 [9]
FW Cameroon Karl Toko Ekambi France Lyon Loan 26 January 2023 [10]
DF England Djed Spence England Tottenham Hotspur Loan 31 January 2023 [11]
FW Belgium Ibrahim Salah Belgium Gent €3M 1 February 2023 [12]

Out

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Pos. Player Transferred to Fee Date Source
DF Morocco Nayef Aguerd England West Ham United €35M 20 June 2022 [13]
GK Democratic Republic of the Congo Pépé Bonet France Red Star Free 22 June 2022 [14]
DF France Jonas Martin France Lille Free 1 July 2022 [15]
DF France Jérémy Gelin France Amiens Free 7 July 2022 [16]
FW France Andy Diouf Switzerland Basel Loan 18 July 2022 [17]
FW Cameroon James Léa Siliki Portugal Estoril Free 22 July 2022 [18]
FW Turkey Metehan Güçlü Netherlands Emmen Free 22 July 2022 [19]
FW France Mathys Tel Germany Bayern Munich €20M 25 July 2022 [20]
MF France Yann Gboho Belgium Cercle Brugge Free 19 August 2022 [21]
DF France Loïc Badé England Nottingham Forest Loan 1 September 2022 [22]
FW France Gaëtan Laborde France Nice €15M 1 September 2022 [23]
FW Guinea Serhou Guirassy Germany VfB Stuttgart Loan 1 September 2022 [24]
DF France Loïc Badé Spain Sevilla Loan 4 January 2023 [25]
FW Ghana Kamaldeen Sulemana England Southampton €25M 1 February 2023 [26]
  1. ^ Bonuses included.

Pre-season and friendlies

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  Win   Draw   Loss

16 July 2022 Friendly SC Freiburg Germany 1–0 France Rennes Freiburg, Germany
17:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report Stadium: Europa-Park Stadion
Attendance: 13,000
20 July 2022 Friendly Caen France 1–2 France Rennes Caen
19:00 CEST (UTC+2) Report
Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano
23 July 2022 Friendly FC Augsburg Germany 2–3 France Rennes Augsburg, Germany
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report Stadium: WWK Arena
Attendance: 6,500
Note: Match was played in four 30-minute periods.
27 July 2022 Friendly Nantes France 0–1 France Rennes Saint-Nazaire
17:00 CEST (UTC+2) Report Stadium: Stade Léo Lagrange
Attendance: 4,000
30 July 2022 Friendly Rennes France 1–2 England Aston Villa Rennes
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report Stadium: Roazhon Park
Attendance: 19,706
Referee: Willy Delajod (France)
10 December 2022 Friendly Rennes France 4–3 Scotland Celtic Portugal
--:-- WET (UTC±0)
Report
Attendance: 0
16 December 2022 Friendly Rennes France 2–1 Netherlands Feyenoord Portugal
--:-- WET (UTC±0) Report Attendance: 0

Competitions

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Overall record

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Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Ligue 1 7 August 2022 3 June 2023 Matchday 1 4th 38 21 5 12 69 39 +30 055.26
Coupe de France 7 January 2022 20 January 2023 Round of 64 Round of 32 2 1 0 1 2 2 +0 050.00
UEFA Europa League 8 September 2022 23 February 2023 Group stage Knockout round play-offs 8 4 3 1 14 11 +3 050.00
Total 48 26 8 14 85 52 +33 054.17

Source: Soccerway

Ligue 1

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League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
2 Lens 38 25 9 4 68 29 +39 84 Qualification for the Champions League group stage
3 Marseille 38 22 7 9 67 40 +27 73 Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
4 Rennes 38 21 5 12 69 39 +30 68 Qualification for the Europa League group stage
5 Lille 38 19 10 9 65 44 +21 67 Qualification for the Europa Conference League play-off round
6 Monaco 38 19 8 11 70 58 +12 65
Source: Ligue 1
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Head-to-head points; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Head-to-head goals scored; 6) Head-to-head away goals scored; 7) Goals scored; 8) Away goals scored; 9) Fair-play points (Note: Head-to-head record is used only after all the matches between the teams in question have been played).[27]

Results summary

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Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
38 21 5 12 69 39  +30 68 15 0 4 43 14  +29 6 5 8 26 25  +1

Source: Ligue 1

Results by round

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Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
GroundHAHAHAHAAHHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHA
ResultLDWLWDWDWWWWWDWLWLWLWLLWWLDWLLWLWLWWWW
Position17169136968665433344455556555556666666654
Source: Ligue 1
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

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The league fixtures were announced on 17 June 2022.[28]

7 August 2022 1 Rennes 0–1 Lorient Rennes
17:05 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Roazhon Park
Attendance: 28,177
Referee: Bastien Dechepy
13 August 2022 2 Monaco 1–1 Rennes Monaco
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stade Louis II
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Jérémie Pignard
21 August 2022 3 Rennes 2–1 Ajaccio Rennes
17:05 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Roazhon Park
Attendance: 27,592
Referee: Hakim Ben El Hadj
27 August 2022 4 Lens 2–1 Rennes Lens
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stade Bollaert-Delelis
Attendance: 37,848
Referee: Jérôme Brisard
31 August 2022 5 Rennes 3–1 Brest Rennes
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Roazhon Park
Attendance: 27,392
Referee: Benoît Millot
4 September 2022 6 Troyes 1–1 Rennes Troyes
17:05 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stade de l'Aube
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Mathieu Vernice
11 September 2022 7 Rennes 5–0 Auxerre Rennes
17:05 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Roazhon Park
Attendance: 27,837
Referee: Thomas Léonard
18 September 2022 8 Marseille 1–1 Rennes Marseille
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stade Vélodrome
Attendance: 62,753
Referee: Benoît Bastien
1 October 2022 9 Strasbourg 1–3 Rennes Strasbourg
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stade de la Meinau
Attendance: 25,226
Referee: Eric Wattellier
9 October 2022 10 Rennes 3–0 Nantes Rennes
17:05 CEST (UTC+2)
Report Stadium: Roazhon Park
Attendance: 27,844
Referee: Florent Batta
16 October 2022 11 Rennes 3–2 Lyon Rennes
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Roazhon Park
Attendance: 28,152
Referee: Stéphanie Frappart
23 October 2022 12 Angers 1–2 Rennes Angers
13:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stade Raymond Kopa
Attendance: 11,240
Referee: Pierre Gaillouste
30 October 2022 13 Rennes 3–0 Montpellier Rennes
15:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Roazhon Park
Attendance: 25,617
Referee: Bastien Dechepy
6 November 2022 14 Lille 1–1 Rennes Villeneuve-d'Ascq
17:05 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stade Pierre-Mauroy
Attendance: 35,539
Referee: Johan Hamel
12 November 2022 15 Rennes 2–1 Toulouse Rennes
21:00 CET (UTC+1) Report Stadium: Roazhon Park
Attendance: 26,835
Referee: Willy Delajod
29 December 2022 16 Reims 3–1 Rennes Reims
19:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stade Auguste-Delaune
Attendance: 13,262
Referee: Hakim Ben El Hadj
2 January 2023 17 Rennes 2–1 Nice Rennes
21:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Roazhon Park
Attendance: 27,427
Referee: Thomas Léonard
11 January 2023 18 Clermont 2–1 Rennes Clermont-Ferrand
19:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stade Gabriel Montpied
Attendance: 10,648
Referee: Clément Turpin
15 January 2023 19 Rennes 1–0 Paris Saint-Germain Rennes
20:45 CET (UTC+1)
Report Stadium: Roazhon Park
Attendance: 27,566
Referee: Benoît Bastien
27 January 2023 20 Lorient 2–1 Rennes Lorient
21:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stade du Moustoir
Attendance: 16,782
Referee: Benoît Millot
1 February 2023 21 Rennes 3–0 Strasbourg Rennes
21:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Roazhon Park
Attendance: 28,176
Referee: Marc Bollengier
4 February 2023 22 Rennes 1–3 Lille Rennes
21:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Roazhon Park
Attendance: 28,082
Referee: Florent Batta
12 February 2023 23 Toulouse 3–1 Rennes Toulouse
13:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stadium de Toulouse
Attendance: 21,783
Referee: Jérémy Stinat
19 February 2023 24 Rennes 2–0 Clermont Rennes
15:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Roazhon Park
Attendance: 27,798
Referee: Bastien Dechepy
26 February 2023 25 Nantes 0–1 Rennes Nantes
15:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire
Attendance: 34,467
Referee: Jérémie Pignard
5 March 2023 26 Rennes 0–1 Marseille Rennes
20:45 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Roazhon Park
Attendance: 28,515
Referee: Eric Wattellier
11 March 2023 27 Auxerre 0–0 Rennes Auxerre
17:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps
Attendance: 15,695
Referee: Mathieu Vernice
19 March 2023 28 Paris Saint-Germain 0–2 Rennes Paris
17:05 CEST (UTC+2) Report
Stadium: Parc des Princes
Attendance: 47,000
Referee: Willy Delajod
2 April 2023 29 Rennes 0–1 Lens Rennes
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Roazhon Park
Attendance: 28,556
Referee: Clément Turpin
9 April 2023 30 Lyon 3–1 Rennes Décines-Charpieu
13:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Parc Olympique Lyonnais
Attendance: 44,671
Referee: Benoît Bastien
15 April 2023 31 Rennes 3–0 Reims Rennes
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Roazhon Park
Attendance: 27,936
Referee: Jérémy Stinat
23 April 2023 32 Montpellier 1–0 Rennes Montpellier
17:05 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stade de la Mosson
Attendance: 15,537
Referee: Ruddy Buquet
30 April 2023 33 Rennes 4–2 Angers Rennes
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Roazhon Park
Attendance: 28,028
Referee: Florent Batta
6 May 2023 34 Nice 2–1 Rennes Nice
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Allianz Riviera
Attendance: 22,601
Referee: Willy Delajod
14 May 2023 35 Rennes 4–0 Troyes Rennes
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Roazhon Park
Attendance: 27,836
Referee: Stéphanie Frappart
21 May 2023 36 Ajaccio 0–5 Rennes Ajaccio
13:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stade François Coty
Attendance: 6,637
Referee: Eric Wattelier
27 May 2023 37 Rennes 2–0 Monaco Rennes
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Roazhon Park
Attendance: 28,344
Referee: Clément Turpin
3 June 2023 38 Brest 1–2 Rennes Brest
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stade Francis-Le Blé
Attendance: 15,143
Referee: Jérôme Brisard

Coupe de France

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7 January 2023 Round of 64 Bordeaux 1–2 Rennes Bordeaux
20:45 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Matmut Atlantique
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Pierre Gaillouste
20 January 2023 Round of 32 Marseille 1–0 Rennes Marseille
21:10 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stade Vélodrome
Attendance: 57,103
Referee: Stéphanie Frappart

UEFA Europa League

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Group stage

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The draw for the group stage was held on 26 August 2022.[29]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification FEN REN AEK DKV
1 Turkey Fenerbahçe 6 4 2 0 13 7 +6 14 Advance to round of 16 3–3 2–0 2–1
2 France Rennes 6 3 3 0 11 8 +3 12 Advance to knockout round play-offs 2–2 1–1 2–1
3 Cyprus AEK Larnaca 6 1 2 3 7 10 −3 5 Transfer to Europa Conference League 1–2 1–2 3–3
4 Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv 6 0 1 5 5 11 −6 1 0–2 0–1 0–1
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
8 September 2022 1 AEK Larnaca Cyprus 1–2 France Rennes Larnaca, Cyprus
19:45 EEST (UTC+3)
Report
Stadium: AEK Arena – Georgios Karapatakis
Attendance: 4,103
Referee: Giorgi Kruashvili (Georgia)
15 September 2022 2 Rennes France 2–2 Turkey Fenerbahçe Rennes
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Roazhon Park
Attendance: 20,993
Referee: Aleksei Kulbakov (Belarus)
6 October 2022 3 Rennes France 2–1 Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv Rennes
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Roazhon Park
Attendance: 24,761
Referee: José María Sánchez Martínez (Spain)
13 October 2022 4 Dynamo Kyiv Ukraine 0–1 France Rennes Kraków, Poland
18:45 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
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.[30]
27 October 2022 5 Fenerbahçe Turkey 3–3 France Rennes Istanbul, Turkey
19:45 TRT (UTC+3)
Report
Stadium: Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium
Attendance: 34,840
Referee: Novak Simović (Serbia)
3 November 2022 6 Rennes France 1–1 Cyprus AEK Larnaca Rennes
21:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Roazhon Park
Attendance: 27,210
Referee: Mohammed Al-Hakim (Sweden)

Knockout phase

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Knockout round play-offs
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The draw for the knockout round play-offs was held on 7 November 2022.[31]

16 February 2023 First leg Shakhtar Donetsk Ukraine 2–1 France Rennes Warsaw, Poland
18:45 CET (UTC+1)
Report
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.[32] Therefore, Shakhtar Donetsk played at Stadion Wojska Polskiego, Warsaw, Poland, instead of their regular stadium Donbass Arena, Donetsk.[33]
23 February 2023 Second leg Rennes France 2–1 (a.e.t.)
(3–3 agg.)
(4–5 p)
Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk Rennes
21:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Roazhon Park
Attendance: 27,781
Referee: Tobias Stieler (Germany)
Penalties

Statistics

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Appearances and goals

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No. Pos Nat Player Total Ligue 1 Coupe de France UEFA Europa League
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Goalkeepers
1 GK Turkey TUR Doğan Alemdar 5 0 2+1 0 1 0 1 0
30 GK France FRA Steve Mandanda 34 0 26 0 1 0 7 0
39 GK Tunisia TUN Elias Damergy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
89 GK France FRA Romain Salin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Defenders
2 DF Wales WAL Joe Rodon 20 1 14 1 1 0 5 0
3 DF France FRA Adrien Truffert 34 0 24+4 0 0+1 0 4+1 0
5 DF Belgium BEL Arthur Theate 34 3 27 2 2 0 5 1
15 DF Cameroon CMR Christopher Wooh 14 1 10+1 0 2 0 1 1
18 DF France FRA Jeanuël Belocian 5 0 1+1 0 0 0 3 0
22 DF France FRA Lorenz Assignon 12 1 2+4 0 0+1 0 3+2 1
23 MF France FRA Warmed Omari 9 0 6+1 0 0 0 2 0
25 MF Norway NOR Birger Meling 28 0 5+15 0 1 0 5+2 0
27 DF Mali MLI Hamari Traoré 26 1 18+3 1 2 0 3 0
31 DF France FRA