2022–23 Rodez AF season

Rodez AF

2022–23 season
President	Pierre-Olivier Murat
Head coach	Laurent Peyrelade (until 8 November) Didier Santini (from 28 November)
Stadium	Stade Paul-Lignon
Ligue 2	14th
Coupe de France	Quarter-finals
Top goalscorer	League: Clément Depres (7) All: Clément Depres (7)
Home colours Away colours Third colours

The 2022–23 season was the 94th in the history of Rodez AF and their fourth consecutive season in the second division. The club participated in Ligue 2 and the Coupe de France.

Players

As of 1 February 2023.^[1][2][3]

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  FRA Sébastien Cibois 2 DF  FRA Éric Vandenabeele 4 DF  TUN Aymen Abdennour 5 DF  TOG Kévin Boma 6 MF  FRA Rémy Boissier 8 MF  FRA Lorenzo Rajot 9 FW  KOR Park Jung-bin 10 MF  FRA Martin Adeline (on loan from Reims) 11 FW  GNB Joseph Mendes 12 FW  FRA Kilian Corredor 13 DF  GEO Amiran Sanaia 14 MF  FRA Bradley Danger 15 DF  FRA Serge-Philippe Raux-Yao 16 GK  COD Lionel Mpasi

No. Pos. Nation Player 18 MF  FRA Antoine Valério 19 DF  FRA Lucas Buadés 20 DF  FRA Marvin Senaya (on loan from Strasbourg) 21 DF  FRA Joris Chougrani 22 DF  FRA Loris Mouyokolo (on loan from Lorient) 23 FW  GEO Nikoloz Kutateladze 24 FW  FRA Andy Pembélé (on loan from Paris FC) 25 FW  FRA Clément Depres 26 MF  CMR Wilitty Younoussa 28 DF  COM Akim Abdallah 29 DF  FRA Louis Torres (on loan from Cercle Brugge) 30 GK  FRA Thomas Secchi 35 FW  SEN Sambou Soumano (on loan from Lorient)

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 — DF  FRA Grégory Coelho (at Borgo until 30 June 2023)

No. Pos. Nation Player — FW  FRA Hatim Far (at Paris 13 Atletico until 30 June 2023)

Transfers

Pre-season and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss

Bordeaux v Rodez

6 July 2022 Friendly	Bordeaux	2–1	Rodez	Agen
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Delaurier-Chaubet 4' Mwanga 45'		David 53'	Stadium: Stade Pierre-Fernandez

Montpellier v Rodez

9 July 2022 Friendly	Montpellier	0–1	Rodez	Montpellier
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)			Corredor 3'	Stadium: Stade Bernard Gasset Terrain n°2

Rodez v Bastia

14 July 2022 Friendly	Rodez	0–2	Bastia	Onet-le-Château
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)			Alfarela 42' Magri 61'	Stadium: Stade d'honneur

Rodez v Lens

16 July 2022 Friendly	Rodez	0–1	Lens	Rodez
11:00 CEST (UTC+2)			Banza 30'	Stadium: Stade Paul Lignon
Note: Match was played in two 30-minute halves.

Bourg-en-Bresse v Rodez

20 July 2022 Friendly	Bourg-en-Bresse	2–1	Rodez	Vichy
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Dembélé 13' Najim 24'		David 41'

Clermont v Rodez

23 July 2022 Friendly	Clermont	2–0	Rodez	Clermont-Ferrand
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Kyei 44' Khaoui 51'			Stadium: Stade Philippe Marcombes

Nîmes v Rodez

10 December 2022 Friendly	Nîmes	0–2	Rodez	Nîmes
15:00 CET (UTC+1)			Raux-Yao 16' Boissier 83'	Stadium: Stade des Costières

Montpellier v Rodez

16 December 2022 Friendly	Montpellier	5–0	Rodez	Montpellier
16:00 CET (UTC+1)	Nordin 10' Savanier 23' Mavididi 34' Germain 67' Souquet 73'			Stadium: Stade Bernard Gasset Terrain n°2

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
					Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Ligue 2	30 July 2022	2 June 2023	Matchday 1	14th	38	11	13	14	39	44	−5	028.95
Coupe de France	29 October 2022	1 March 2023	Seventh round	Quarter-finals	6	2	3	1	7	10	−3	033.33
Total					44	13	16	15	46	54	−8	029.55

Source: Soccerway

Ligue 2

Main article: 2022–23 Ligue 2

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
12	Amiens	38	13	8	17	40	52	−12	47
13	Pau	38	12	11	15	40	52	−12	47
14	Rodez	38	11	13	14	39	44	−5	46
15	Laval	38	14	4	20	44	56	−12	46
16	Valenciennes	38	10	15	13	42	49	−7	45

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

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
38	11	13	14	39	44	−5	46	4	7	8	18	27	−9	7	6	6	21	17	+4

Source: Ligue 2

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
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H
Result	D	L	L	D	W	L	D	D	W	L	D	D	L	L	W	L	W	D	L	L	D	L
Position	11	17	18	17	17	18	18	20	16	14	15	17	17	18	18	18	17	16	17	17	18	19

Source: Ligue 2
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 17 June 2022.^[4]

Quevilly-Rouen v Rodez

30 July 2022 1	Quevilly-Rouen	0–0	Rodez	Le Petit-Quevilly
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Stade Robert Diochon Attendance: 2,571 Referee: Antoine Valnet

Rodez v Bordeaux

6 August 2022 2	Rodez	0–3	Bordeaux	Rodez
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Ihnatenko 4' Bakwa 14' De Lima 90+4'	Stadium: Stade Paul-Lignon Attendance: 1,565 Referee: Ruddy Buquet

Nîmes v Rodez

13 August 2022 3	Nîmes	1–0	Rodez	Nîmes
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Ómarsson 63'	Report		Stadium: Stade des Costières Attendance: 2,615 Referee: Aurélien Petit

Rodez v Annecy

20 August 2022 4	Rodez	2–2	Annecy	Rodez
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Danger 32' (pen.) Depres 90'	Report	Sahi 3' (pen.), 33'	Stadium: Stade Paul-Lignon Attendance: 1,339 Referee: Pierre Legat

Bastia v Rodez

27 August 2022 5	Bastia	0–2	Rodez	Furiani
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Depres 52' Far 71'	Stadium: Stade Armand Cesari Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Bastien Dechepy

Rodez v Metz

30 August 2022 6	Rodez	1–4	Metz	Rodez
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Depres 69'	Report	Mikautadze 21', 36' Udol 44' Maziz 75'	Stadium: Stade Paul-Lignon Attendance: 1,626 Referee: Romain Lissorgue

Rodez v Valenciennes

10 September 2022 (2022-09-10) 8	Rodez	1–1	Valenciennes	Rodez
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Senaya  49' Corredor 52' Boissier  61'  70'	Report	Debuchy  42' Noubissi 73' Picouleau  90+4'	Stadium: Stade Paul-Lignon Attendance: 1,275 Referee: Mikael Lesage

Paris FC v Rodez

17 September 2022 (2022-09-17) 9	Paris FC	1–2	Rodez	Paris
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Guilavogui 24' (pen.) Le Cardinal  77' Dabila  80'	Report	Depres  14' Vandenabeele 61' Rajot  68' Danger 81' (pen.)	Stadium: Stade Sébastien Charléty Attendance: 2,467 Referee: Antoine Valnet

Rodez v Amiens

1 October 2022 (2022-10-01) 10	Rodez	0–1	Amiens	Rodez
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Abdallah  58'		Cissé 29' Opoku  34' Fofana  37'	Stadium: Stade Paul-Lignon Attendance: 1,187 Referee: Faouzi Benchabane

Guingamp v Rodez

4 October 2022 (2022-10-04) 7	Guingamp	0–0	Rodez	Guingamp
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Gaudin  68'	Report	Danger  19' Chougrani  64' Pembélé  90+2'	Stadium: Stade de Roudourou Attendance: 7,737 Referee: Olivier Thual
Note: Match postponed from 2 Sept. due to travel difficulties experienced by the Rodez squad.[5]

Pau v Rodez

8 October 2022 (2022-10-08) 11	Pau	2–2	Rodez	Pau
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Sow  14' Bassouamina  33' Bâ 45' Hải 86'	Report	Danger  12' Pembélé 50' Ouammou 67' Boissier  87' Senaya  87'	Stadium: Nouste Camp Attendance: 2,744 Referee: William Toulliou

Rodez v Le Havre

15 October 2022 (2022-10-15) 12	Rodez	1–1	Le Havre	Rodez
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Ouammou  22' Boissier  54' Depres  64' Mendes 74' Danger  76'	Report	Kechta  36' Danger 45' (o.g.) Thiaré  66' Opéri  83' Sangante  90+5'	Stadium: Stade Paul-Lignon Attendance: 1,538 Referee: Pierre Legat

Caen v Rodez

22 October 2022 (2022-10-22) 13	Caen	2–0	Rodez	Caen
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Daubin  49' Abdi  57' Mendy 68' Essende 71' Ntim  86'	Report	Abdallah  44' Chougrani  86'	Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano Attendance: 11,197 Referee: Guillaume Paradis

Rodez v Grenoble

5 November 2022 (2022-11-05) 14	Rodez	0–1	Grenoble	Rodez
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Diarra 61',  84' Tell  81' Paquiez  87'	Stadium: Stade Paul-Lignon Attendance: 1,515 Referee: Romain Lissorgue

Saint-Étienne v Rodez

12 November 2022 (2022-11-12) 15	Saint-Étienne	0–2	Rodez	Saint-Étienne
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Nadé  24' Krasso  38' Cafaro  57' Giraudon  68',  68'	Report	Danger  20' Chougrani  26' Depres  44' Senaya 54' Namri 60' (o.g.)	Stadium: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard Attendance: 19,743 Referee: Pierre Legat

Sochaux v Rodez

26 December 2022 (2022-12-26) 16	Sochaux	1–0	Rodez	Montbéliard
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Agouzoul  49' Kalulu 73'	Report	Senaya  59'	Stadium: Stade Auguste Bonal Attendance: 11,719 Referee: Mathieu Vernice

Rodez v Dijon

30 December 2022 (2022-12-30) 17	Rodez	2–1	Dijon	Rodez
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Depres 9' Senaya 16' Boissier  58'	Report	Congré  35' Silva 68' Le Bihan  90+4'	Stadium: Stade Paul-Lignon Attendance: 3,009 Referee: Pierre Legat

Rodez v Niort

10 January 2022 (2022-01-10) 18	Rodez	1–1	Niort	Rodez
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Raux-Yao  21' Danger  25' Rajot 63'	Report	Boutobba 59' Zemzemi  90+5'	Stadium: Stade Paul-Lignon Attendance: 2,728 Referee: Faouzi Benchabane

Laval v Rodez

13 January 2023 (2023-01-13) 19	Laval	3–1	Rodez	Laval
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Durbant 16' Gonçalves  39' Bobichon 49' Seidou  62' Baudry 78'	Report	Depres  34' Rajot  45' Pembélé  50' Mouyokolo  55' Mendes 75'	Stadium: Stade Francis Le Basser Attendance: 5,252 Referee: Rémi Landry

Rodez v Guingamp

28 January 2022 (2022-01-28) 20	Rodez	0–1	Guingamp	Rodez
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Vandenabeele  45+3' Depres  45+3' Senaya  63'	Report	Guillaume 58',  72'	Stadium: Stade Paul-Lignon Attendance: 2,233 Referee: Guillaume Paradis

Metz v Rodez

31 January 2023 21	Metz	1–1	Rodez	Metz
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Jean Jacques  22' Joseph  40' Kouao  54' Mikautadze 63',  74'	Report	Vandenabeele  18' Mouyokolo  28' Boissier 79' Senaya  82' M'Pasi  90'	Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien Attendance: 11,442 Referee: Pierre Legat

Rodez v Sochaux

3 February 2022 (2022-02-03) 22	Rodez	1–2	Sochaux	Rodez
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Depres 41' Boma  78'	Report	Doumbia 11' Sissoko  17', 79' (pen.)	Stadium: Stade Paul-Lignon Attendance: 2,300 Referee: William Toulliou

Rodez v Nîmes

11 February 2022 (2022-02-11) 23	Rodez	1–1	Nîmes	Rodez
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Depres 7' (pen.) Raux-Yao  33'	Report	Saïd 50' Benezet  78' Ambri  90+4'	Stadium: Stade Paul-Lignon Attendance: 2,605 Referee: Romain Lissorgue

Valenciennes v Rodez

18 February 2023 (2023-02-18) 24	Valenciennes	0–0	Rodez	Valenciennes
19:00 CET (UTC+2)		Report	Chougrani  4' Boissier  81'	Stadium: Stade Nungesser Attendance: 6,646 Referee: Abdelatif Kherradji

Rodez v Bastia

25 February 2022 (2022-02-25) 25	Rodez	0–2	Bastia	Rodez
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Adeline  42'	Report	Kaïboué 25' Palun  45' Vincent 60' Van Den Kerkhof  79' Djoco  85'	Stadium: Stade Paul-Lignon Attendance: 2,613 Referee: Rémi Landry

Niort v Rodez

4 March 2023 (2023-03-04) 26	Niort	2–3	Rodez	Niort
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Olaitan 11' Flemmings 79'	Report	Danger 24' (pen.) Passi 31' (o.g.) Abdallah  45+2' Buadés 87' Boissier  88' Valério  88'	Stadium: Stade René Gaillard Attendance: 2,349 Referee: Mikael Lesage

Rodez v Caen

11 March 2023 27	Rodez	3–2	Caen	Rodez
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Soumano 15' Raux-Yao 27' Corredor 54' Pembélé  84' Abdallah  89' Mendes  90'	Report	Court 38' Diani  90' Abdi 90+2'	Stadium: Stade Paul-Lignon Attendance: 2,012 Referee: Faouzi Benchabane

Amiens v Rodez

18 March 2023 (2023-03-18) 28	Amiens	1–3	Rodez	Amiens
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Antiste 19' Gene  55'	Report	Valério  10' Rajot 13' Soumano 62' Corredor 76'	Stadium: Stade de la Licorne Attendance: 6,010 Referee: William Toulliou

Rodez v Quevilly-Rouen

1 April 2023 (2023-04-01) 29	Rodez	1–0	Quevilly-Rouen	Rodez
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	M'Pasi  21' Depres  59' Boissier 62',  70'	Report	Sidibé  55'	Stadium: Stade Paul-Lignon Attendance: 2,577 Referee: Aurélien Petit

Dijon v Rodez

8 April 2023 (2023-04-08) 30	Dijon	1–0	Rodez	Dijon
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Ahlinvi  71' Le Bihan 75'	Report		Stadium: Stade Gaston-Gérard Attendance: 6,859 Referee: Abdelatif Kherradji

Rodez v Laval

15 April 2023 (2023-04-15) 31	Rodez	1–0	Laval	Rodez
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Valério  25' Corredor 36' Depres  90'	Report	Bobichon  19' A. Gonçalves  38' Tapoko  90+4'	Stadium: Stade Paul-Lignon Attendance: 2,701 Referee: Antoine Valnet

Annecy v Rodez

22 April 2023 (2023-04-22) 32	Annecy	0–3	Rodez	Annecy
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Mendy  67'	Report	Corredor 53' Senaya 59' Depres 90+3'	Stadium: Parc des Sports Attendance: 6,818 Referee: Benjamin Lepaysant

Rodez v Saint-Etienne

29 April 2023 (2023-04-29) 33	Rodez	1–1	Saint-Etienne	Rodez
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Danger 48' (pen.) Younoussa  81'	Report	Nkounkou  44' Fomba  54' Bamba 83'	Stadium: Stade Paul-Lignon Attendance: 3,263 Referee: Guillaume Paradis

Le Havre v Rodez

8 May 2023 (2023-05-08) 34	Le Havre	1–0	Rodez	Le Havre
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Valério 88' (o.g.)	Report	Abdallah  40'	Stadium: Stade Océane Attendance: 14,688 Referee: Gaël Angoula

Rodez v Paris FC

13 May 2023 (2023-05-13) 35	Rodez	0–0	Paris FC	Rodez
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Depres  66'	Report	Guilavogui  39'	Stadium: Stade Paul-Lignon Attendance: 2,900 Referee: Aurélien Petit

Grenoble v Rodez

19 May 2023 (2023-05-19) 36	Grenoble	1–1	Rodez	Grenoble
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Isola 34' Mendy  74'	Report	Corredor 17'	Stadium: Stade des Alpes Attendance: 3,880 Referee: Alexandre Perreau Niel

Rodez v Pau

26 May 2023 (2023-05-26) 37	Rodez	2–3	Pau	Rodez
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	M'Pasi  10' Boissier 19' Younoussa 74' Cibois  88'	Report	Begraoui 11pen.' (41) George 26' Abzi  29' Boli  90+3' Batisse  90+6'	Stadium: Stade Paul-Lignon Attendance: 3,049 Referee: Faouzi Benchabane

Bordeaux v Rodez

2 June 2023 (2023-06-02) 38	Bordeaux	0–1	Rodez	Bordeaux
13:45 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Buadés 22'	Stadium: Matmut Atlantique Attendance: 41,591 Referee: Nicolas Rainville
Note: Match suspended following a pitch invasion after the 22nd minute goal and the win was awarded to Rodez. [6]

Coupe de France

Main article: 2022–23 Coupe de France

Saint-Étienne v Rodez

29 October 2022 (2022-10-29) 7th Rnd	Saint-Étienne	0–0 (3–4 p)	Rodez	Saint-Étienne
15:00 CEST	Pintor  50' Monconduit  72'	Report	Mouyokolo  66'	Stadium: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard Attendance: 17,085 Referee: Faouzi Benchabane

FC Roche-Saint-Genest v Rodez

19 November 2022 (2022-11-19) 8th Rnd	FC Roche-Saint-Genest	0–1	Rodez	Feurs
18:00 CET		Report	Rajot 38'	Stadium: Stade Maurice Rousson Attendance: 1,018 Referee: Anthony Ustaritz

Monaco v Rodez

7 January 2023 (2023-01-07) Rnd of 64	Monaco	2–2 (4–5 p)	Rodez	Monaco
18:00 CET	Akliouche 23' Ben Yedder 37'	Report	Mendes 42' Abdennour 80'	Stadium: Stade Louis II Referee: Hakim Ben El Hadj
	Penalties
	Ben Yedder Disasi Seghir Caio Henrique Golovin Magassa		Abdennour Danger Corredor Senaya Depres Pembélé

RC Grasse v Rodez

21 January 2023 Rnd of 32	RC Grasse	0–0 (4–5 p)	Rodez	Grasse
18:00 CET		Report		Stadium: Stade de la Paoute Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Jeremy Stinat
	Penalties
	Gazzaoui Guèye Ako Muratori Souda Châtelain Medjian		Raux-Yao Vandenabeele Abdallah Danger Pembélé Younoussa Boissier

Auxerre v Rodez

8 February 2023 Rnd of 16	Auxerre	2–3	Rodez	Auxerre
18:15 CET	Niang 45+2' Sakhi  65' Bain  75' Jubal 90+1'	Report	Mendes 3' Valério  61' Corredor 68' Park Jung-bin 76' (pen.) Adeline  90+5'	Stadium: Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Stéphanie Frappart

Toulouse v Rodez

1 March 2023 Quarter-finals	Toulouse	6–1	Rodez	Toulouse
18:45 CET (UTC+1)	Aboukhlal 5' Van den Boomen 7' Dallinga 10', 51' (pen.) Chaïbi 21' Suazo 38'	Report	Raux-Yao  20' Younoussa 69'	Stadium: Stadium de Toulouse Attendance: 30,480 Referee: Jérémie Pignard

References

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2. "Rodez Aveyron Football - Squad". Scoresway. Retrieved 4 February 2019.
3. "Ligue 2 BKT : Le point complet sur l'effectif !" (in French). Rodez AF. Retrieved 2 July 2022.
4. "Ligue 1 Uber Eats et Ligue 2 BKT Saison 2022–2023 les Calendriers". 17 June 2022.
5. "Rodez's plane turns around, match against Guingamp in Ligue 2 postponed". 3 September 2022. Retrieved January 2, 2023.
6. "Bordeaux denied promotion after fan assaults Rodez player". 12 June 2023. Retrieved 22 June 2023.