FC Lorient
2023–24 season
PresidentLoïc Fery
Head coachRégis Le Bris
StadiumStade du Moustoir
Ligue 117th
Coupe de FranceRound of 64
Top goalscorerLeague:
Romain Faivre (5)

All:
Romain Faivre (5)
All statistics correct as of 17 December 2023.

The 2023–24 season is Football Club Lorient's 98th season in existence and fourth consecutive season in Ligue 1. They are also competing in the Coupe de France.

Players

First-team squad

As of 4 September 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 Senegal SEN Alfred Gomis (on loan from Rennes)
2 DF Brazil BRA Igor Silva
3 DF Tunisia TUN Montassar Talbi
4 DF France FRA Loris Mouyokolo
5 DF France FRA Benjamin Mendy
8 MF Nigeria NGA Bonke Innocent
10 MF France FRA Romain Faivre (on loan from Bournemouth)
11 FW Senegal SEN Bamba Dieng
12 DF Cameroon CMR Darlin Yongwa
13 DF Senegal SEN Formose Mendy
14 MF France FRA Tiémoué Bakayoko
15 DF France FRA Julien Laporte
17 MF France FRA Jean-Victor Makengo
19 MF France FRA Laurent Abergel (captain)
20 DF Guinea GUI Dembo Sylla
21 MF France FRA Julien Ponceau
No. Pos. Nation Player
22 FW France FRA Eli Junior Kroupi
24 DF Democratic Republic of the Congo COD Gédéon Kalulu
25 DF France FRA Vincent Le Goff
26 FW France FRA Pablo Pagis
27 FW Benin BEN Tosin Aiyegun
29 FW France FRA Siriné Doucouré
33 FW Senegal SEN Bassirou N'Diaye
37 MF France FRA Théo Le Bris
38 GK Switzerland SUI Yvon Mvogo
44 MF France FRA Ayman Kari (on loan from Paris SG)
77 FW Austria AUT Adrian Grbić
93 MF Norway NOR Joel Mvuka
94 GK Central African Republic CAF Dominique Youfeigane
95 DF France FRA Isaak Touré
97 MF France FRA Quentin Boisgard

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
DF Ivory Coast CIV Bamo Meïté (at Marseille until 30 June 2024)
MF Ivory Coast CIV Stéphane Diarra (at Saint-Étienne until 30 June 2024)
FW France FRA Yoann Cathline (at Almere City until 30 June 2024)
No. Pos. Nation Player
FW Nigeria NGA Taofeek Ismaheel (at Beveren until 30 June 2024)
FW Senegal SEN Sambou Soumano (at Quevilly-Rouen until 30 June 2024)

Transfers

In

Pos. Player Transferred from Fee Date Source
MF France Romain Faivre England Bournemouth Loan 13 July 2023 [2]
DF Guinea Dembo Sylla France Laval €1,000,000 17 July 2023 [3]
DF France Benjamin Mendy Unattached Free 19 July 2023 [4]
DF Senegal Formose Mendy France Amiens €7,500,000 20 July 2023 [5]
FW Benin Tosin Aiyegun Switzerland Zürich €4,000,000 25 July 2023 [6]
DF France Isaak Touré France Marseille €8,000,000 1 September 2023 [7]

Out

Pos. Player Transferred to Fee Date Source
FW Nigeria Terem Moffi France Nice €22,500,000 1 July 2023
MF France Enzo Le Fée France Rennes €20,000,000 7 July 2023 [8]
FW Mali Ibrahima Koné Spain Almería €7,500,000 16 August 2023 [9]
MF France Yoann Cathline Netherlands Almere City Loan 21 August 2023 [10]

Pre-season and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

22 July 2023 Friendly Guingamp France 2–2 France Lorient Guingamp
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Stadium: Pro Park
Note: Match was played in four periods of 30 minutes each.
29 July 2023 Friendly Lorient France 2–0 France Le Havre Dinan
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Stadium: Stade du Clos Gastel
2 August 2023 Friendly Lorient France 3–1 France Nantes Vannes
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Stadium: Stade de la Rabine
5 August 2023 Friendly Bournemouth England 2–0 France Lorient Bournemouth, England
17:00 BST (UTC+1)
Stadium: Dean Court

Competitions

Overall record

Competition First match Last match Starting round Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Ligue 1 12 August 2023 30 May–2 June 2024 Matchday 1 17 2 6 9 21 35 −14 011.76
Coupe de France 6 January 2024 Round of 64 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !
Total 17 2 6 9 21 35 −14 011.76

Last updated: 20 December 2023
Source: Soccerway

Ligue 1

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
14 Toulouse 18 3 8 7 16 23 7 17
15 Metz 18 4 4 10 16 28 12 16
16 Lyon 18 4 4 10 17 30 13 16 Qualification for the relegation play-offs
17 Clermont 18 3 5 10 13 27 14 14 Relegation to Ligue 2
18 Lorient 18 2 6 10 21 38 17 12
Updated to match(es) played on 14 January 2024 (5 of 6 matches played). 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).[11]

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
17 2 6 9 21 35  −14 12 2 3 4 14 17  −3 0 3 5 7 18  −11

Last updated: 20 December 2023.
Source: Ligue 1

Results by round

Round1234567891011121314151617
GroundAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHHA
ResultDDWLDLLDWLDLLDLLL
Position71371112141616121515161616161717
Updated to match(es) played on 20 December 2023. Source: Ligue 1
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were unveiled on 29 June 2023.[12]

12 August 2023 1 Paris Saint-Germain 0–0 Lorient Paris
21:00 CEST (UTC+2) Report Stadium: Parc des Princes
Attendance: 47,579
Referee: Benoît Bastien
20 August 2023 2 Lorient 1–1 Nice Lorient
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stade du Moustoir
Attendance: 15,848
Referee: Hakim Ben El Hadj
27 August 2023 3 Lorient 4–1 Lille Lorient
17:05 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stade du Moustoir
Attendance: 15,101
Referee: Willy Delajod
3 September 2023 4 Le Havre 3–0 Lorient Le Havre
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report Stadium: Stade Océane
Attendance: 18,707
Referee: Romain Lissorgue
17 September 2023 5 Lorient 2–2 Monaco Lorient
13:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stade du Moustoir
Attendance: 15,247
Referee: Marc Bollengier
23 September 2023 6 Nantes 5–3 Lorient Nantes
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire
Attendance: 30,704
Referee: Florent Batta
1 October 2023 7 Lorient 0–3 Montpellier Lorient
17:05 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stade du Moustoir
Attendance: 13,492
Referee: Jérémy Stinat
8 October 2023 8 Lyon 3–3 Lorient Décines-Charpieu
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Parc Olympique Lyonnais
Attendance: 43,100
Referee: Clément Turpin
22 October 2023 9 Lorient 2–1 Rennes Lorient
13:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stade du Moustoir
Attendance: 16,711
Referee: Gaël Angoula
28 October 2023 10 Reims 1–0 Lorient Reims
17:00 CEST (UTC+2) Report
Stadium: Stade Auguste-Delaune
Attendance: 14,033
Referee: Benoît Bastien
4 November 2023 11 Lorient 0–0 Lens Lorient
17:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stade du Moustoir
Attendance: 16,599
Referee: Bastien Dechepy
12 November 2023 12 Clermont 1–0 Lorient Clermont-Ferrand
15:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stade Gabriel-Montpied
Attendance: 9,798
Referee: Romain Lissorgue
26 November 2023 13 Lorient 2–3 Metz Lorient
15:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stade du Moustoir
Attendance: 14,469
Referee: Jérémie Pignard
3 December 2023 14 Toulouse 1–1 Lorient Toulouse
15:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stadium de Toulouse
Attendance: 22,799
Referee: Thomas Léonard
10 December 2023 15 Lorient 2–4 Marseille Lorient
20:45 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stade du Moustoir
Attendance: 15,848
Referee: Eric Wattellier
17 December 2023 16 Lorient 1–2 Strasbourg Lorient
15:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stade du Moustoir
Attendance: 14,580
Referee: Bastien Dechepy
20 December 2023 17 Brest 4–0 Lorient Brest
21:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stade Francis-Le Blé
Attendance: 14,544
Referee: Mathieu Vernice
14 January 2024 18 Lille v Lorient Villeneuve-d'Ascq
13:00 CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Stade Pierre-Mauroy
28 January 2024 19 Lorient v Le Havre Lorient
--:-- CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Stade du Moustoir
4 February 2024 20 Metz v Lorient Metz
--:-- CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien
11 February 2024 21 Lorient v Reims Lorient
--:-- CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Stade du Moustoir
18 February 2024 22 Strasbourg v Lorient Strasbourg
--:-- CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Stade de la Meinau
25 February 2024 23 Lorient v Nantes Lorient
--:-- CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Stade du Moustoir
3 March 2024 24 Rennes v Lorient Rennes
--:-- CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Roazhon Park
10 March 2024 25 Lorient v Lyon Lorient
--:-- CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Stade du Moustoir
17 March 2024 26 Moncao v Lorient Monaco
--:-- CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Stade Louis II
31 March 2024 27 Lorient v Brest Lorient
--:-- CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stade du Moustoir
7 April 2024 28 Montpellier v Lorient Montpellier
--:-- CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stade de la Mosson
14 April 2024 29 Lorient v Paris Saint-Germain Lorient
--:-- CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stade du Moustoir
21 April 2024 30 Nice v Lorient Nice
--:-- CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Allianz Riviera
28 April 2024 31 Lorient v Toulouse Lorient
--:-- CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stade du Moustoir
4 May 2024 32 Lens v Lorient Lens
--:-- CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stade Bollaert-Delelis
11 May 2024 33 Marseille v Lorient Marseille
--:-- CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stade Vélodrome
18 May 2024 34 Lorient v Clermont Lorient
--:-- CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stade du Moustoir

Coupe de France

6 January 2024 Round of 64 Sochaux v Lorient Montbéliard
18:00 CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Stade Auguste-Bonal

References

  1. "L'équipe professionnelle 2023-24". FC Lorient. Retrieved 19 July 2023.
  2. "Bournemouth sign £12.8m Lyon midfielder Faivre" via www.bbc.com.
  3. "Dembo Sylla, un Tango chez les Merlus". FC Lorient. July 17, 2023.
  4. "Former Man City defender Benjamin Mendy signs for Ligue 1 club Lorient".
  5. "FC Lorient. l'Arrivée de Formose Mendy (Amiens SC) officialisée jusqu'en 2028". 20 July 2023.
  6. "Transferts : Aiyegun Tosin signe officiellement à Lorient".
  7. Gouzerh, Paul-Marie (September 1, 2023). "Isaak Touré, un Olympien chez les Merlus". FC Lorient.
  8. "Stade Rennais. Enzo le Fée signe jusqu'en 2028". 7 July 2023.
  9. "UD Almería bolster frontline by signing Ibrahima Koné". www.udalmeriasad.com.
  10. "Met Yoann Cathline haalt City nieuwe aanvalskracht". August 21, 2023.
  11. "League Rules" (PDF). Ligue de Football Professionnel. Retrieved 1 September 2022.
  12. "Ligue 1. Le calendrier complet de la saison 2023-2024". Ouest-France (in French). 29 June 2023.
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