2023–24 Angers SCO season

Angers SCO
2023–24 season
Chairman	Romain Chabane
Manager	Alexandre Dujeux
Stadium	Stade Raymond Kopa
Ligue 2	2nd (promoted)
Coupe de France	Round of 64
Top goalscorer	League: ; Loïs Diony (15); All: ; Loïs Diony (16)
	← 2022–23 2024–25 →

The 2023–24 season was Angers Sporting Club de l'Ouest's 125th season in existence and first one back in the Ligue 2. They also competed in the Coupe de France.

Players

First-team squad

As of 4 August 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
2	MF	FRA	Batista Mendy
4	DF	BIH	Halid Šabanović
5	DF	FRA	Marius Courcoul
6	MF	ALG	Nabil Bentaleb (vice-captain)
7	FW	SEN	Ibrahima Niane
9	FW	FRA	Loïs Diony
10	MF	ALG	Himad Abdelli
11	FW	FRA	Sidiki Chérif
12	MF	ALG	Zinédine Ould Khaled
14	MF	MAR	Yassin Belkhdim
15	MF	FRA	Pierrick Capelle (captain)
16	GK	FRA	Melvin Zinga
17	FW	FRA	Justin-Noël Kalumba
19	FW	FRA	Noah Fatar


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
21	DF	FRA	Jordan Lefort
22	DF	BEN	Cédric Hountondji
23	FW	FRA	Adrien Hunou
24	FW	FRA	Jean-Mattéo Bahoya
25	DF	CIV	Abdoulaye Bamba
27	DF	FRA	Lilian Raolisoa
28	FW	ALG	Farid El Melali
29	DF	FRA	Ousmane Camara
30	GK	CIV	Yahia Fofana
45	FW	FRA	Noah Nadje
70	DF	ALG	Yacine Gaya
94	DF	TUN	Yan Valery
—	MF	FRA	Florent Hanin
—	MF	SEN	Joseph Lopy

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
—	FW	CRO	Marin Jakoliš (on loan to Melbourne City)

Transfers

In

Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date
DF	Jordan Lefort	Paris FC	Free	1 July 2023
FW	Ibrahima Niane	Metz	€500,000	1 July 2023
DF	Florent Hanin	Paris FC	Free	31 July 2023
MF	Zinedine Ferhat	Alanyaspor	Free	31 August 2023
FW	Esteban Lepaul	SAS Épinal	Undisclosed	25 January 2024

Out

Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
GK	Théo Borne	Clermont		1 July 2023
MF	Salim Akkal	Le Puy		1 July 2023
FW	Jason Mbock	Released		1 July 2023
DF	Souleyman Doumbia	Released		1 July 2023
MF	Sada Thioub	Released		1 July 2023
FW	Amine Salama	Reims	€4,000,000	1 July 2023	^[2]
DF	Faouzi Ghoulam	Released		1 July 2023
DF	Miha Blažič	Released		1 July 2023
MF	Waniss Taïbi	Rodez	Undisclosed	4 July 2023
DF	Oussama Falouh	Wydad AC	Free	19 July 2023
FW	Noah Fatar	Sochaux	Undisclosed	31 August 2023
MF	Batista Mendy	Trabzonspor	€4,400,000	8 September 2023
FW	Jean-Mattéo Bahoya	Eintracht Frankfurt	€8,500,000	25 January 2024
DF	Halid Šabanović	Valenciennes	Loan	30 January 2024

Pre-season and friendlies

Win Draw

8 July 2023 Friendly	Guingamp	1–0	Angers
15:00

15 July 2023 Friendly	SO Cholet	5–4	Angers
18:30

19 July 2023 Friendly	Angers	2–1	Le Mans FC
18:00

23 July 2023 Friendly	Nantes	1–0	Angers	Basse-Goulaine
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Mohamed 75' (pen.)			Stadium: Stade Henri-Michel

29 July 2023 Friendly	Angers	1–1	Bordeaux
18:00

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	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	2nd	38	20	8	10	56	42	+14	052.63
Coupe de France	18 November 2023	6 January 2024	Seventh round	Round of 64	3	2	0	1	4	2	+2	066.67
Total					41	22	8	11	60	44	+16	053.66

Source: Soccerway

Ligue 2

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or Relegation
1	Auxerre (C, P)	38	21	11	6	72	36	+36	74	Promotion to Ligue 1
2	Angers (P)	38	20	8	10	56	42	+14	68	Promotion to Ligue 1
3	Saint-Étienne (O, P)	38	19	8	11	48	31	+17	65	Qualification for promotion play-offs final
4	Rodez	38	16	12	10	62	51	+11	60	Qualification for promotion play-offs semi-final
5	Paris FC	38	16	11	11	49	42	+7	59	Qualification for promotion play-offs semi-final

Updated to match(es) played on 17 May 2024. Source: Ligue 2
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Fair play points
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
37	20	7	10	56	42	+14	67	13	3	2	31	15	+16	7	4	8	25	27	−2

Last updated: 10 May 2024.
Source: Ligue 2 BKT

Results by round

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

Updated to match(es) played on 10 May 2024. Source: Ligue 2 BKT
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were unveiled on 29 June 2023.^[3]

5 August 2023 1	Laval	1–0	Angers	Laval
19:00	Tapoko 45+2' Sanna 66'	Report	Lefort 36' Abdelli 36' Hountondji 62'	Stadium: Stade François Coty Attendance: 8,912 Referee: Hakim Ben El Hadj

12 August 2023 2	Angers	0–0	Annecy	Angers
19:00	Mendy 55' Bahoya 77'	Report	Mahop 46' Kashi 68'	Stadium: Stade Raymond Kopa Attendance: 5,083 Referee: Karim Abed

19 August 2023 3	Angers	2–2	Auxerre	Angers
19:00	Abdelli 5' Diony 45+1' Nadje 62' Mendy 79' Capelle 86'	Report	Perrin 17' Joly 20' Hein 75'	Stadium: Stade Raymond Kopa Attendance: 5,906 Referee: Abdelatif Kherradji

26 August 2023 4

Dunkerque

0–1

Angers

2 September 2023 5

Angers

2–0

Paris FC

16 September 2023 6

Rodez

4–1

Angers

23 September 2023 7

Angers

2–0

Bastia

26 September 2023 8

Quevilly-Rouen

0–1

Angers

30 September 2023 9

Angers

2–0

Concarneau

7 October 2023 10

Amiens

1–4

Angers

21 October 2023 11

Angers

2–0

Bordeaux

30 October 2023 12	Saint-Étienne	2–0	Angers	Saint-Étienne
20:45

4 November 2023 13	Angers	2–0	Valenciennes	Angers
20:45				Stadium: Stade Raymond Kopa

11 November 2023 14	Pau	4–4	Angers	Pau
19:00

27 November 2023 15	Angers	3–0	Caen	Angers
20:45				Stadium: Stade Raymond Kopa

2 December 2023 16	Ajaccio	1–1	Angers	Ajaccio
19:00

5 December 2023 17	Angers	1–0	Grenoble	Angers
20:45		Report		Stadium: Stade Raymond Kopa

16 December 2023 18

Troyes

1–4

Angers

Troyes

19 December 2023 19	Angers	1–0	Guingamp	Angers
20:45		Report		Stadium: Stade Raymond Kopa

13 January 2024 20

Bastia

2–0

Angers

Furiani

23 January 2024 21	Angers	3–2	Quevilly-Rouen	Angers
20:45		Report		Stadium: Stade Raymond Kopa

29 January 2024 22

Bordeaux

1–0

Angers

3 February 2024 23	Angers	2–1	Rodez	Angers
		Report		Stadium: Stade Raymond Kopa

17 February 2024 25	Angers	0–3	Saint-Étienne	Angers
		Report		Stadium: Stade Raymond Kopa

4March 2024 27	Angers	3–1	Ajaccio	Angers
				Stadium: Stade Raymond Kopa

16 March 2024 29	Angers	1–3	Amiens	Angers
				Stadium: Stade Raymond Kopa

30 March 2024 30

Concarneau

2–4

Angers

Concarneau

6 April 2024 31	Angers	1–1	Laval	Angers
				Stadium: Stade Raymond Kopa

15 April 2024 32

Grenoble

0–0

Angers

Grenoble

20 April 2024 33	Angers	2–1	Troyes	Angers
				Stadium: Stade Raymond Kopa

23 April 2024 34

Guingamp

1–2

Angers

Guingamp

27 April 2024 35

Paris FC

3–1

Angers

Paris

3 May 2024 36	Angers	2–1	Pau	Angers
				Stadium: Stade Raymond Kopa

10 May 2024 37	Annecy	1–2	Angers	Annecy
20:45

17 May 2024 38	Angers	0–0	Dunkerque	Angers
20:45		Report	Mohamed Koné 72'	Stadium: Stade Raymond Kopa Attendance: 16,594 Referee: Florent Batta

Coupe de France

18 November 2023 Seventh round

AC Houilles

0–2

Angers

9 December 2023 Eight round

FC Plessis-Robinson

1–2

Angers

6 January 2024 Round of 64	Brest	1–0	Angers	Brest
15:30 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Stade Francis-Le Blé

References

^ "Effectif de l'équipe pro d'Angers SCO" (in French). Angers SCO. Retrieved 14 July 2018.
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External links

Official website

[1] "Effectif de l'équipe pro d'Angers SCO" (in French). Angers SCO. Retrieved 14 July 2018.

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