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)
Highest home attendance	16,785 v Laval; (06 Apr 2024, Ligue 2)
Lowest home attendance	4,972 v Bastia; (20 Sept 2023, Ligue 2)
Biggest win	4-1 v Amiens; (Away, 7 Oct 2023, Ligue 2); 4-1 v Troyes; (Away, 16 Dec 2023, Ligue 2); 3-0 v Caen; (Home, 27 Nov 2023, Ligue 2)
Biggest defeat	4-1 v Rodez; (Away, 16 Sept 2023, Ligue 2); 3-0 v Saint-Étienne; (Home, 17 Feb 2024, Ligue 2)
	← 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; some limited exceptions apply. 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; some limited exceptions apply. 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
38	20	8	10	56	42	+14	68	13	4	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	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38
Ground	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H
Result	L	D	D	W	W	L	W	W	W	W	W	L	W	D	W	D	W	W	W	L	W	L	W	L	L	L	W	D	L	W	D	D	W	W	L	W	W	D
Position	16	15	16	12	7	12	7	5	4	3	2	3	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	2	1	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	3	3	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	Dunkirk
	Ghrieb 31' Orelien 40' Thiam 90+4'	Report	Bahoya 65' Niane 77' Abdelli 90+5'	Stadium: Stade Marcel-Tribut Attendance: 4,200 Referee: Ahmed Taleb

2 September 2023 5	Angers	2–0	Paris FC	Angers
	Diony 33' Abdelli 62' Bahoya 90+4'	Report	Camara 35' Diaby-Fadinga 45'	Stadium: Stade Raymond Kopa Attendance: 5,276 Referee: Faouzi Benchabane

16 September 2023 6	Rodez	4–1	Angers	Rodez
	Haag 45+5' Corredor 46' Taïbi 49' Ngouyamsa 83' Hountondji 86' Rajot 88'	Report	Diony 2' Bahoya 52' Fofana 81'	Stadium: Stade Paul-Lignon Attendance: 2,722 Referee: Bastien Dechepy

23 September 2023 7	Angers	2–0	Bastia	Angers
19:00	Capelle 29', 73' Bahoya 90+7'	Report	Yapi 41' 90+4' Keita 63'	Stadium: Stade Raymond Kopa Attendance: 4,972 Referee: Mikael Lesage

26 September 2023 8	Quevilly-Rouen	0–1	Angers	Le Petit-Quevilly
	Cissé 61' 79' Coulibaly 90+5'	Report	Lefort 35' Diony 38' Valery 47' Lopy 67' Capelle 70'	Stadium: Stade Robert Diochon Attendance: 5,194 Referee: Ahmed Taleb

30 September 2023 9	Angers	2–0	Concarneau	Angers
	Niane 28' Diony 77' El Melali 90+6'	Report	Mouazan 42' Ba 90+8'	Stadium: Stade Raymond Kopa Attendance: 5,487 Referee: Benjamin Lepaysant

7 October 2023 10	Amiens	1–4	Angers	Amiens
	Kaïboué 11' Carroll 14' Do Couto 39' Urhoghide 45+3' M. Fofana 45+8' Leautey 70'	Report	Y. Fofana 20' El Melali 22' Abdelli 45+5' (pen.) Ferhat 71' (pen.) Bahoya 77' Valery 80' 87' Hunou 90+7'	Stadium: Stade de la Licorne Attendance: 6,799 Referee: Olivier Thual

21 October 2023 11	Angers	2–0	Bordeaux	Angers
	Lopy 33' Bahoya 60'	Report		Stadium: Stade Raymond Kopa Attendance: 10,416 Referee: Antoine Valnet

30 October 2023 12	Saint-Étienne	2–0	Angers	Saint-Étienne
20:45	Sissoko 51' Pétrot 59' Bouchouari 61' Lobry 82'	Report	Bamba 84'	Stadium: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard Attendance: 27,153

4 November 2023 13	Angers	2–0	Valenciennes	Angers
20:45	El Melali 14', 45+5' Buatu 29' (o.g.) Lefort 33' Valery 43' Ferhat 45+5' Capelle 90+2'	Report	Louchet 16' Poha 45+5' Bonnet 90+2'	Stadium: Stade Raymond Kopa Attendance: 8,094 Referee: Thierry Bouille

11 November 2023 14	Pau	4–4	Angers	Pau
19:00	Bassouamina 2' Koudou 13' Boutaïb 30', 90+5' Ruiz 52' Sylla 62' Beusnard 69'	Report	Diony 20' Lopy 47' Abdelli 58' (pen.) Bahoya 88'	Stadium: Nouste Camp Attendance: 3,162 Referee: Mickaël Leleu

27 November 2023 15	Angers	3–0	Caen	Angers
20:45	Diony 29' Hountondji 72' Capelle 87' Bahoya 90+4'	Report	Abdi 8' Mbock 47' Ben Youssef 74' 75' Henry 78'	Stadium: Stade Raymond Kopa Attendance: 9,202 Referee: Ahmed Taleb

2 December 2023 16	Ajaccio	1–1	Angers	Ajaccio
19:00	Jacob 28' Campanini 36' Chanot 64' Marchetti 76'	Report	El Melali 42' Hountondji 66'	Stadium: Stade Michel Moretti Attendance: 3,956 Referee: Rémi Landry

5 December 2023 17	Angers	1–0	Grenoble	Angers
20:45	Diony 34'	Report		Stadium: Stade Raymond Kopa Attendance: 9,006 Referee: Nicolas Rainville

16 December 2023 18	Troyes	1–4	Angers	Troyes
	Hanin 8' (o.g.) Titi 41'	Report	Capelle 31' Ferhat 33' Diony 34' Abdelli 55' Valery 73'	Stadium: Stade de l'Aube Attendance: 5,039 Referee: Mikael Lesage

19 December 2023 19	Angers	1–0	Guingamp	Angers
20:45	Diony 24', 79'	Report	Sidibé 51' Louiserre 53'	Stadium: Stade Raymond Kopa Attendance: 10,205 Referee: Faouzi Benchabane

13 January 2024 20	Bastia	2–0	Angers	Furiani
	Janneh 23' Bianchini 29' Alfarela 60'	Report		Stadium: Stade Armand-Cesari Attendance: 10,328 Referee: Benjamin LePaysant

23 January 2024 21	Angers	3–2	Quevilly-Rouen	Angers
20:45	Abdelli 25' (pen.) El Melali 41', 90+3', 90+5'	Report	Cadiou 19' Camara 67' Cissokho 76'	Stadium: Stade Raymond Kopa Attendance: 7,803 Referee: Aurélien Petit

29 January 2024 22	Bordeaux	1–0	Angers	Bordeaux
	Ihnatenko 10' Nsimba 27' Davitashvili 70' Marcelin 71' Elis 90+5'	Report	Ould Khaled 44' El Melali 83' Abdelli 90+5'	Stadium: Matmut Atlantique Attendance: 17,148 Referee: Ruddy Buquet

3 February 2024 23	Angers	2–1	Rodez	Angers
	Lopy 45+2', 90+3' El Melali 52' Ferhat 90'	Report	Corredor 4' Abdallah 45+4' Depres 63' Danger 81'	Stadium: Stade Raymond Kopa Attendance: 8,473 Referee: Karim Abed

10 February 2024 24	Auxerre	1–0	Angers	Auxerre
	Owusu 33' 36' Jubal 90+1' (pen.)	Report	Lepaul 27' Raolisoa 90+2'	Stadium: Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps Attendance: 16,732 Referee: Mathieu Vernice

17 February 2024 25	Angers	0–3	Saint-Étienne	Angers
	Raolisoa 71' Niane 83' Abdelli 90+1'	Report	Cardona 42', 44' Lefort 64' (o.g.) Monconduit 76'	Stadium: Stade Raymond Kopa Attendance: 15,662 Referee: Nicolas Rainville

26 February 2024 26	Caen	2–0	Angers	Caen
	Abdi 13', 58' Mandrea 83'	Report	Abdelli 79'	Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano Attendance: 16,965 Referee: Aurélien Petit

4 March 2024 27	Angers	3–1	Ajaccio	Angers
	Abdelli 28' (pen.) El Melali 59' Lepaul 87' Diony 90+4'	Report	Ibayi 38' Soumano 64' Sakhi 81'	Stadium: Stade Raymond Kopa Attendance: 9,636 Referee: Mikael Lesage

9 March 2024 28	Valenciennes	0–0	Angers	Valenciennes
	Oyewusi 53' Doucouré 61'	Report	Bamba 50'	Stadium: Stade du Hainaut Attendance: 5,633 Referee: Antoine Valnet

16 March 2024 29	Angers	1–3	Amiens	Angers
	Ould Khaled 34'	Report	Chouiar 59' Carroll 68' Corchia 90+1' Jaouab 90+5' Mafouta 90+6'	Stadium: Stade Raymond Kopa Attendance: 9,685 Referee: Azzédine Souifi

30 March 2024 30	Concarneau	2–4	Angers	Concarneau
	Mouazan 9' Rodrigues 41' Georgen 47'	Report	Raolisoa 45+2' Diony 50', 90' El Melali 59' Lepaul 78'	Stadium: Stade Guy-Piriou Attendance: 1,442 Referee: Pierre Legat

6 April 2024 31	Angers	1–1	Laval	Angers
	Hountondji 12' Abdelli 87' (pen.) Lefort 90+3'	Report	Pagis 4' Diaw 22' Roye 26' Baldé 85'	Stadium: Stade Raymond Kopa Attendance: 16,785 Referee: Aurélien Petit

15 April 2024 32	Grenoble	0–0	Angers	Grenoble
	Paquiez 63' Touray 86'	Report	Ould Khaled 14' Bamba 45'	Stadium: Stade des Alpes Attendance: 5,132 Referee: Ahmed Taleb

20 April 2024 33	Angers	2–1	Troyes	Angers
	Bamba 45' Lepaul 60' Abdelli 68'	Report	Ntim 9' Chavalerin 11' Diop 29'	Stadium: Stade Raymond Kopa Attendance: 9,468 Referee: Abdelatif Kherradji

23 April 2024 34	Guingamp	1–2	Angers	Guingamp
	Guillaume 45+1' Siwe 89' Louiserre 90+4'	Report	Raolisoa 37' Bamba 45+2' Diony 83'	Stadium: Stade de Roudourou Attendance: 9,259 Referee: Olivier Thual

27 April 2024 35	Paris FC	3–1	Angers	Paris
18:00	Jabbari 18', 19' Kebbal 70', 83' Valery 79' (o.g.)	Report	Capelle 41'	Stadium: Stade Sébastien Charléty Attendance: 10,252 Referee: Ruddy Buquet

3 May 2024 36	Angers	2–1	Pau	Angers
19:00	Abdelli 12' Hanin 52' Kalumba 78' Zinga 90+5'	Report	Ruiz 56', 63' Obiang 60' Gaspar 82'	Stadium: Stade Raymond Kopa Attendance: 10,728 Referee: Eric Wattellier

10 May 2024 37	Annecy	1–2	Angers	Annecy
20:45	Demoncy 20' Gonçalves 84'	Report	Capelle 42' Hanin 83' Abdelli 89' Diony 90'	Stadium: Parc des Sports Attendance: 13,063 Referee: Romain Lissorgue

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

Coupe de France

18 November 2023 7th Round	AC Houilles	0–2	Angers	Houilles, Paris
14:00 CET (UTC+1)	Lacen 36'	Report	Diony 38' Abdelli 90+3' (pen.)	Stadium: Stade Maurice-Baquet Referee: William Toulliou

9 December 2023 8th Round	FC Plessis-Robinson	1–2	Angers	Le Plessis-Robinson, Paris
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Petiteaux 4' Barbette 44' Diabaté 87'	Report	Niane 25' Ould Khaled 45+2' Šabanović 59' Hunou 79'	Stadium: Parc des Sports du Hameau Referee: Valentin Giorgetti

6 January 2024 Round of 64	Brest	1–0	Angers	Brest
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Raolisoa 63' (o.g.) Camblan 90+3'	Report	Lopy 23' Ferhat 78'	Stadium: Stade Francis-Le Blé Attendance: 10,673 Referee: Stéphanie Frappart