2023–24 Le Havre AC season

Le Havre AC
2023–24 season
President	Vincent Volpe
Head coach	Luka Elsner
Stadium	Stade Océane
Ligue 1	11th
Coupe de France	Round of 64
Top goalscorer	League: ; Nabil Alioui; Mohamed Bayo; (4 each); All: ; Nabil Alioui; Mohamed Bayo; (4 each)
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2022–23 2024–25 →
	All statistics correct as of 20 December 2023.

The 2023–24 season is Le Havre Athletic Club's 130th season in existence and first season back in Ligue 1. They are also competing in the Coupe de France.

Players

First-team squad

As of 26 August 2023^[1]


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	FRA	Mathieu Gorgelin
4	DF	FRA	Gautier Lloris
5	MF	MAR	Oussama Targhalline
6	DF	FRA	Étienne Youte Kinkoue
7	DF	HUN	Loïc Négo
8	MF	MAR	Yassine Kechta
9	FW	GUI	Mohamed Bayo (on loan from Lille)
10	FW	FRA	Nabil Alioui
12	DF	FRA	Mathéo Bodmer
13	FW	FRA	Steve Ngoura
14	MF	RUS	Daler Kuzyayev
15	FW	GUI	Kandet Diawara
16	GK	CIV	Mohamed Koné
17	DF	MAR	Oualid El Hajjam
18	MF	CGO	Nolan Mbemba
19	MF	SEN	Rassoul Ndiaye


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
20	FW	FRA	Élysée Logbo
21	FW	FRA	Antoine Joujou
22	DF	GUF	Yoann Salmier
23	FW	GLP	Josué Casimir
24	DF	FRA	Cheick Doumbia
25	MF	FRA	Alois Confais
26	MF	CMR	Simon Ebonog
27	DF	CIV	Christopher Opéri (vice-captain)
29	FW	FRA	Samuel Grandsir
30	GK	FRA	Arthur Desmas
35	DF	FRA	Yoni Gomis
37	MF	FRA	Mokrane Bentoumi
45	FW	SEN	Issa Soumaré
93	DF	SEN	Arouna Sangante (captain)
94	MF	GUI	Abdoulaye Touré
99	FW	USA	Emmanuel Sabbi

Transfers

In

Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source

Out

Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source

Pre-season and friendlies

29 July 2023 Friendly	Lorient	2–0	Le Havre	Dinan
17:00 UTC+2	Laporte 55' Koné 90+2'			Stadium: Stade du Clos Gastel

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Ligue 1	13 August 2023	30 May–2 June 2024	Matchday 1	17	4	7	6	16	19	−3	023.53
Coupe de France	7 January 2024		Round of 64	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1	100.00
Total				18	5	7	6	18	20	−2	027.78

Last updated: 7 January 2024
Source: Soccerway

Ligue 1

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
13	Strasbourg	34	10	9	15	38	50	−12	39
14	Nantes	34	9	6	19	30	55	−25	33
15	Le Havre	34	7	11	16	34	45	−11	32
16	Metz (R)	34	8	5	21	35	58	−23	29^[a]	Qualification for the Relegation play-offs
17	Lorient (R)	34	7	8	19	43	66	−23	29^[a]	Relegation to Ligue 2

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).^[2]
(R) Relegated
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Metz finished ahead of Lorient on head-to-head away goals scored: Lorient 2–3 Metz, Metz 1–2 Lorient.

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
17	4	7	6	16	19	−3	19	3	2	3	9	8	+1	1	5	3	7	11	−4

Last updated: 20 December 2023.
Source: Ligue 1

Results by round

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

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.^[3]

13 August 2023 1	Montpellier	2–2	Le Havre	Montpellier
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Jullien 48' Adams 58', 60'	Report	Lloris 6' Sangante 55' Targhalline 65' Grandsir 90+1'	Stadium: Stade de la Mosson Attendance: 15,852 Referee: Clément Turpin

20 August 2023 2	Le Havre	1–2	Brest	Le Havre
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Kuzyayev 52'	Report	Del Castillo 28' Camara 47' Brassier 56' Camblan 89'	Stadium: Stade Océane Attendance: 19,575 Referee: Florent Batta

27 August 2023 3	Rennes	2–2	Le Havre	Rennes
13:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Blas 10' Wooh 24' Matić 75'	Report	Alioui 40', 70' Grandsir 45+1' 62'	Stadium: Roazhon Park Attendance: 28,311 Referee: Eric Wattelier

3 September 2023 4	Le Havre	3–0	Lorient	Le Havre
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Kuzyayev 52' Alioui 70' Mbemba 90+6'	Report		Stadium: Stade Océane Attendance: 18,707 Referee: Romain Lissorgue

17 September 2023 5	Lyon	0–0	Le Havre	Lyon
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Lacazette 5' Mata 41' Kumbedi 79'	Report	Bayo 38' Casimir 65'	Stadium: Parc Olympique Lyonnais Attendance: 35,507 Referee: Benoît Bastien

24 September 2023 6	Le Havre	2–1	Clermont	Le Havre
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Alioui 4' Bayo 7' Sangate 48' Desmas 50'	Report	Gastien 22' Konaté 45+2' Nicholson 52' Seidu 85'	Stadium: Stade Océane Attendance: 18,071 Referee: Mathieu Vernice

1 October 2023 7	Le Havre	0–2	Lille	Le Havre
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Zhegrova 40' Salmier 52' (o.g.)	Stadium: Stade Océane Attendance: 21,919 Referee: Bastien Dechepy

8 October 2023 8	Marseille	3–0	Le Havre	Marseille
13:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Sangante 18' (o.g.) Aubameyang 21' Sarr 84'	Report	Ndiaye 12' 40' Casimir 51'	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 63,576 Referee: Thomas Léonard

20 October 2023 9	Le Havre	0–0	Lens	Le Havre
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Sabbi 29' Sangante 65'	Report	Diouf 12' Danso 20' Frankowski 34'	Stadium: Stade Océane Attendance: 23,590 Referee: François Letexier

29 October 2023 10	Metz	0–0	Le Havre	Metz
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	N'Duquidi 45+2' Udol 62'	Report	Salmier 42' Bayo 56'	Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien Attendance: 20,718 Referee: Hakim Ben El Hadj

5 November 2023 11	Toulouse	1–2	Le Havre	Toulouse
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Costa 30' Dallinga 45+3', 50' Schmidt 45+4'	Report	Casimir 45+2' Bayo 83', 90+5' Ndiaye 85'	Stadium: Stadium de Toulouse Attendance: 23,060 Referee: Marc Bollengier

11 November 2023 12	Le Havre	0–0	Monaco	Le Havre
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Bayo 10' Touré 68' Grandsir 90+10'	Report	Zakaria 21' Diop 90+7' Fofana 90+9'	Stadium: Stade Océane Attendance: 23,008 Referee: Thomas Léonard

26 November 2023 13	Nantes	0−0	Le Havre	Nantes
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Pierre-Gabriel 45'	Report	Ayew 67' Ndiaye 85' Sangante 90+6'	Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 29,346 Referee: Miguel Nogueira

3 December 2023 14	Le Havre	0–2	Paris Saint-Germain	Le Havre
13:00 CET (UTC+1)	Opéri 68' Alioui 76'	Report	Donnarumma 10' Mbappé 23' Pereira 87' Vitinha 89'	Stadium: Stade Océane Attendance: 24,569 Referee: Bastien Dechepy

10 December 2023 15	Strasbourg	2–1	Le Havre	Strasbourg
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Emegha 21' Sissoko 26' Perrin 40' Delaine 73' Sylla 90+7'	Report	Salmier 27', 49'	Stadium: Stade de la Meinau Attendance: 25,173 Referee: Benoît Millot

16 December 2023 16	Le Havre	3–1	Nice	Le Havre
17:00 CET (UTC+1)	Sabbi 5', 35', 27' Bayo 51' (pen.) Targhalline 62' Grandsir 81', 81'	Report	Bard 56' Dante 79' Todibo 81' Louchet 90+1'	Stadium: Stade Océane Attendance: 21,971 Referee: Jérémie Pignard

20 December 2023 17	Reims	1–0	Le Havre	Reims
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Nakamura 25' Foket 86'	Report	Ndiaye 21' Casimir 54'	Stadium: Stade Auguste-Delaune Attendance: 14,835 Referee: Stéphanie Frappart

14 January 2024 18	Le Havre	v	Lyon	Le Havre
17:05 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Stade Océane

Coupe de France

7 January 2024 Round of 64	Le Havre	2–1	Caen	Le Havre
14:30 CET (UTC+1)	Joujou 16' Kuzyayev 43'		Kyeremeh 26'	Stadium: Stade Océane Referee: Benoît Bastien

References

^ "Effectif". Le Havre AC. Archived from the original on 27 December 2010. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
^ "League Rules" (PDF). Ligue de Football Professionnel. Retrieved 1 September 2022.
^ "Ligue 1. Le calendrier complet de la saison 2023-2024". Ouest France (in French). 29 June 2023.

External links

Official website

[table_hth_MET0.36037580080348-2] Metz finished ahead of Lorient on head-to-head away goals scored: Lorient 2–3 Metz, Metz 1–2 Lorient.

[1] "Effectif". Le Havre AC. Archived from the original on 27 December 2010. Retrieved 1 July 2022.

[3] "League Rules" (PDF). Ligue de Football Professionnel. Retrieved 1 September 2022.

[4] "Ligue 1. Le calendrier complet de la saison 2023-2024". Ouest France (in French). 29 June 2023.

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