2022–23 FC Lorient season

FC Lorient
2022–23 season
Owner	Loïc Fery
President	Loïc Fery
Head coach	Régis Le Bris
Stadium	Stade du Moustoir
Ligue 1	10th
Coupe de France	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	League: ; Terem Moffi (12); All: ; Terem Moffi (12)
	← 2021–22 2023–24 →

The 2022–23 season was the 97th season in the history of FC Lorient and their third consecutive season in the top flight. The club participated in Ligue 1 and the Coupe de France. The season covers the period from 1 July 2022 to 30 June 2023.

Players

First-team squad

As of 20 February 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	ITA	Vito Mannone
2	DF	BRA	Igor Silva
3	DF	TUN	Montassar Talbi
7	FW	CIV	Stéphane Diarra
8	MF	NGA	Bonke Innocent
9	FW	MLI	Ibrahima Koné
10	MF	FRA	Adil Aouchiche
11	FW	SEN	Bamba Dieng
12	DF	CMR	Darlin Yongwa
14	MF	FRA	Romain Faivre (on loan from Lyon)
15	DF	FRA	Julien Laporte
17	MF	FRA	Jean-Victor Makengo
18	MF	CIV	Bamo Meïté


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
19	MF	FRA	Laurent Abergel (captain)
21	DF	FRA	Julien Ponceau
22	FW	FRA	Yoann Cathline
23	GK	GER	Julian Pollersbeck (on loan from Lyon)
24	DF	COD	Gédéon Kalulu
25	DF	FRA	Vincent Le Goff
29	FW	FRA	Siriné Doucouré
37	DF	FRA	Théo Le Bris
38	GK	SUI	Yvon Mvogo
44	FW	FRA	Ayman Kari (on loan from Paris Saint-Germain)
77	GK	FRA	Teddy Bartouche
80	MF	FRA	Enzo Le Fée

Transfers

In

Out

Pre-season and friendlies

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

9 July 2022 Friendly	Lorient	1–0	Concarneau	Ploemeur
11:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Ouattara 69'			Stadium: Complexe Sportif Espace FCL

16 July 2022 Friendly	Brest	1–0	Lorient	Dinan
17:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Dembélé 90'			Stadium: Stade du Clos Gastel

23 July 2022 Friendly	Nantes	2–0	Lorient	La Baule-Escoublac
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Doucet 15' Blas 75'			Stadium: Stade Moreau Défarges

27 July 2022 Friendly	Lorient	2–1	Châteauroux	Inzinzac-Lochrist
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Grbić 84', 89' (pen.)		Ntolla 25'	Stadium: Stade de Mané-Braz

30 July 2022 Friendly	Lorient	1–1	Ajaccio	Lorient
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Laporte 24'		Alphonse 36'	Stadium: Stade du Moustoir

10 December 2022 Friendly	Osasuna	1–1	Lorient	Pamplona
13:00 CET (UTC+1)	Torró 5' Aridane 45' R. García 85'		Diarra 39'

16 December 2022 Friendly	Guingamp	1–0	Lorient	Guingamp
--:-- CET (UTC+1)

21 December 2022 Friendly	Lorient	2–1	Nantes	Vannes
18:00 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Stade de la Rabine

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 1	7 August 2022	3 June 2023	Matchday 1	10th	38	15	10	13	52	53	−1	039.47
Coupe de France	8 January 2023	9 February 2023	Round of 64	Round of 16	3	1	2	0	8	2	+6	033.33
Total					41	16	12	13	60	55	+5	039.02

Source: Soccerway

Ligue 1

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
8	Clermont	38	17	8	13	45	49	−4	59
9	Nice	38	15	13	10	48	37	+11	58
10	Lorient	38	15	10	13	52	53	−1	55
11	Reims	38	12	15	11	45	45	0	51
12	Montpellier	38	15	5	18	65	62	+3	50

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]

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	15	10	13	52	53	−1	55	9	4	6	26	21	+5	6	6	7	26	32	−6

Source: Ligue 1

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	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	W	W	D	W	L	W	W	W	W	W	D	D	L	L	D	L	W	D	L	W	L	D	L	W	L	D	W	D	L	D	L	L	W	W	D	L	L	W
Position	8	8	8	5	7	5	4	3	3	2	2	3	4	6	5	7	6	6	7	6	7	7	8	7	8	9	9	8	10	10	10	11	10	9	9	10	10	10

Source: Ligue 1
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 17 June 2022.^[3]

7 August 2022 1	Rennes	0–1	Lorient	Rennes
17:05 CEST (UTC+2)	Truffert 62' Theate 87' Traoré 87'	Report	Theate 65' (o.g.) Le Goff 75'	Stadium: Roazhon Park Attendance: 28,177 Referee: Bastien Dechepy

21 August 2022 3	Toulouse	2–2	Lorient	Toulouse
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Ratão 31' Dallinga 43', 64' Van den Boomen 72'	Report	Laurienté 2' Le Fée 22' Koné 80' (pen.)	Stadium: Stadium de Toulouse Attendance: 23,862 Referee: Gustavo Correia

28 August 2022 4	Lorient	2–1	Clermont	Lorient
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Kalulu 15' Moffi 24' (pen.), 41'	Report	Neto 22' 48' Gonalons 39' Cham 62'	Stadium: Stade du Moustoir Attendance: 10,591 Referee: Willy Delajod

31 August 2022 5	Lens	5–2	Lorient	Lens
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Sotoca 24', 77' Saïd 28' Abdul Samed 57' Gradit 63' Openda 86'	Report	Moffi 41', 50', 63' Ouattara 58' Abergel 60'	Stadium: Stade Bollaert-Delelis Attendance: 37,161 Referee: Benoît Bastien

4 September 2022 6	Ajaccio	0–1	Lorient	Ajaccio
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Nouri 38' Gonzalez 47' El Idrissy 68' Youssouf 90+4'	Report	Koné 35' Ouattara 51'	Stadium: Stade François Coty Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Jérémy Stinat

7 September 2022 2	Lorient	3–1	Lyon	Lorient
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Le Fée 6' Moffi 33' Diarra 43' Ouattara 49'	Report	Mendes 23' Lacazette 28' Da Silva 55' Dembélé 84'	Stadium: Stade du Moustoir Attendance: 13,685 Referee: Bastien Depechy
Note: The match was originally scheduled for 14 August 2022 at 13:00, but was postponed for safety reasons due to the poor condition of Lorient's pitch.^[4]

11 September 2022 7	Lorient	3–2	Nantes	Lorient
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Ouattara 19' Cathline 60' Koné 74', 78' Laporte 76'	Report	Ganago 13' Simon 40', 85' Chirivella 45' Appiah 56'	Stadium: Stade du Moustoir Attendance: 15,080 Referee: Johan Hamel

16 September 2022 8	Auxerre	1–3	Lorient	Auxerre
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Mensah 40' Hein 50' Touré 75' Dugimont 83'	Report	Ouattara 15' Moffi 37' Le Fée 42' Kalulu 59'	Stadium: Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps Attendance: 14,866 Referee: Ruddy Buquet

2 October 2022 9	Lorient	2–1	Lille	Lorient
13:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Diakité 9' (o.g.) Ouattara 33' 62' Abergel 42' Le Bris 87'	Report	Ang. Gomes 25' Martin 45' Diakité 49' David 78'	Stadium: Stade du Moustoir Attendance: 14,916 Referee: Hakim Ben El Hadj

9 October 2022 10	Brest	1–2	Lorient	Brest
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Del Castillo 17', 63' Slimani 21' Honorat 66'	Report	Moffi 24', 53' Boisgard 68'	Stadium: Stade Francis-Le Blé Attendance: 9,819 Referee: Bastien Dechepy

15 October 2022 11	Lorient	0–0	Reims	Lorient
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Ponceau 22'	Report	Agbadou 13' 90+1' Lopy 45+2' 46'	Stadium: Stade du Moustoir Attendance: 15,776 Referee: Mathieu Vernice

23 October 2022 12	Troyes	2–2	Lorient	Troyes
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Porozo 27' Laporte 34' (o.g.) Lopes 61' Lis 65'	Report	Diarra 50' Boisgard 81'	Stadium: Stade de l'Aube Attendance: 7,975 Referee: Marc Bollengier

30 October 2022 13	Lorient	1–2	Nice	Lorient
17:05 CET (UTC+1)	Ouattara 18'	Report	Lemina 58' Atal 61' Laborde 69'	Stadium: Stade du Moustoir Attendance: 16,034 Referee: Clément Turpin

6 November 2022 14	Lorient	1–2	Paris Saint Germain	Lorient
13:00 CET (UTC+1)	Moffi 53' Innocent 63'	Report	Neymar 9' Pereira 81'	Stadium: Stade du Moustoir Attendance: 16,778 Referee: Benoît Bastien

13 November 2022 15	Strasbourg	1–1	Lorient	Strasbourg
17:05 CET (UTC+1)	Aholou 22' Thomasson 42' Bellegarde 85' Diallo 87' Liénard 89'	Report	Moffi 5' Innocent 26'	Stadium: Stade de la Meinau Attendance: 25,117 Referee: Pierre Gaillouste

28 December 2022 16	Lorient	0–2	Montpellier	Lorient
17:00 CET (UTC+1)	Le Fée 7' Kalulu 50' Innocent 59'	Report	Savanier 3', 90' Wahi 22' Leroy 28' Sacko 43' Omlin 58'	Stadium: Stade du Moustoir Attendance: 15,963 Referee: Willy Delajod

1 January 2023 17	Angers	1–2	Lorient	Angers
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Capelle 4' Sima 10' Hountondji 52'	Report	Sima 79' (o.g.) Le Fée 88'	Stadium: Stade Raymond Kopa Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Florent Batta

11 January 2023 18	Lorient	2–2	Monaco	Lorient
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Innocent 42' Ouattara 75' Moffi 77'	Report	Caio Henrique 37' Embolo 61' Ben Yedder 90+3'	Stadium: Stade du Moustoir Attendance: 14,521 Referee: Jérôme Brisard

14 January 2023 19	Marseille	3–1	Lorient	Marseille
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Kolašinac 38' Ünder 50' Sánchez 53' Veretout 59'	Report	Moffi 29'	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 63,276 Referee: Bastien Dechepy

27 January 2023 20	Lorient	2–1	Rennes	Lorient
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Talbi 13' Le Bris 31' Meïté 90+3'	Report	Theate 65' Tait 72'	Stadium: Stade du Moustoir Attendance: 16,782 Referee: Benoît Millot

1 February 2023 21	Reims	4–2	Lorient	Reims
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Balogun 44' (pen.), 61', 64' Doumbia 51' Matusiwa 77'	Report	Le Fée 10' Koné 35'	Stadium: Stade Auguste-Delaune Attendance: 10,746 Referee: Florent Batta

5 February 2023 22	Lorient	0–0	Angers	Lorient
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Le Fée 74' Kalulu 88'	Report	Mendy 23' Chetti 62' Blažič 89' Abdelli 90+2'	Stadium: Stade du Moustoir Attendance: 12,705 Referee: Willy Delajod

12 February 2023 23	Nantes	1–0	Lorient	Nantes
17:05 CET (UTC+1)	Blas 66'	Report		Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 33,579 Referee: Mathieu Vernice

19 February 2023 24	Lorient	3–0	Ajaccio	Lorient
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Dieng 6' (pen.) Faivre 43' Ponceau 58'	Report	Youssouf 28' Vidal 49'	Stadium: Stade du Moustoir Attendance: 12,918 Referee: Eric Wattelier

26 February 2023 25	Lorient	0–1	Auxerre	Lorient
13:00 CET (UTC+1)	Meïté 56' Abergel 77'	Report	Touré 32' Raveloson 58' Dembélé 67' Massengo 77'	Stadium: Stade du Moustoir Attendance: 13,089 Referee: Benoît Millot

5 March 2023 26	Lyon	0–0	Lorient	Décines-Charpieu
17:05 CET (UTC+1)	Lukeba 66'	Report		Stadium: Parc Olympique Lyonnais Attendance: 38,568 Referee: Thomas Léonard

12 March 2023 27	Lorient	2–0	Troyes	Lorient
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Dieng 8' Diarra 90+2'	Report	Palmer-Brown 76' Kouamé 79'	Stadium: Stade du Moustoir Attendance: 6,889 Referee: Clément Turpin

19 March 2023 28	Nice	1–1	Lorient	Nice
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Laborde 78'	Report	Meïté 30' Mannone 74' Silva 89', 90+2'	Stadium: Allianz Riviera Attendance: 20,762 Referee: Ruddy Buquet

2 April 2023 29	Lille	3–1	Lorient	Villeneuve-d'Ascq
13:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Cabella 12' And. Gomes 45' Weah 50' André 84' Zhegrova 88', 90'	Report	Abergel 45' Meïté 53' 78' Koné 76'	Stadium: Stade Pierre-Mauroy Attendance: 33,862 Referee: Jérémie Pignard

9 April 2023 30	Lorient	0–0	Marseille	Lorient
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Malinovskyi 83' Balerdi 86'	Stadium: Stade du Moustoir Attendance: 16,767 Referee: Willy Delajod

16 April 2023 31	Monaco	3–1	Lorient	Monaco
17:05 CEST (UTC+2)	Diatta 14' Golovin 27' Volland 55'	Report	Silva 25' Koné 86'	Stadium: Stade Louis II Attendance: 6,930 Referee: Bastien Dechepy

23 April 2023 32	Lorient	0–1	Toulouse	Lorient
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Abergel 70' Meïté 78' Kalulu 82'	Report	Sierro 51' Aboukhlal 68' Spierings 90+1'	Stadium: Stade du Moustoir Attendance: 15,948 Referee: Marc Bollengier

30 April 2023 33	Paris Saint-Germain	1–3	Lorient	Paris
17:05 CEST (UTC+2)	Hakimi 5' 20' Mbappé 29' Marquinhos 51' Verratti 73'	Report	Le Fée 16', 52' Innocent 32' Yongwa 39' Dieng 77', 88'	Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 41,454 Referee: Jérôme Brisard

7 May 2023 34	Lorient	2–1	Brest	Lorient
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Koné 32', 51' Yongwa 83' Makengo 89' 90+5'	Report	Duverne 42' Lees-Melou 60' Del Castillo 69' (pen.)	Stadium: Stade du Moustoir Attendance: 16,338 Referee: Benoît Millot

14 May 2023 35	Montpellier	1–1	Lorient	Montpellier
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Ferri 33' Kouyaté 89' Maouassa 90+4'	Report	Meïté 25' Koné 38' Faivre 68' Le Fée 90+1'	Stadium: Stade de la Mosson Attendance: 12,595 Referee: Mathieu Vernice

21 May 2023 36	Lorient	1–3	Lens	Lorient
17:05 CEST (UTC+2)	Faivre 6' Yongwa 71' Kalulu 75'	Report	Sotoca 20' Thomasson 25' Machado 39' Medina 43' Fofana 87'	Stadium: Stade du Moustoir Attendance: 16,724 Referee: Stéphanie Frappart

27 May 2023 37	Clermont	2–0	Lorient	Clermont-Ferrand
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Khaoui 44' Caufriez 74'	Report	Koné 43'	Stadium: Stade Gabriel Montpied Attendance: 13,050 Referee: Florent Batta

3 June 2023 38	Lorient	2–1	Strasbourg	Lorient
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Faivre 10', 36' Abergel 88'	Report	Bellegarde 56', 65'	Stadium: Stade du Moustoir Attendance: 16,351 Referee: Bastien Dechepy

Coupe de France

8 January 2023 Round of 64	AS La Châtaigneraie	0–6	Lorient	La Roche-sur-Yon
15:30 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Koné 43' (pen.) Cathline 45+2', 61' Aouchiche 51' Diarra 54' Grbić 77'	Stadium: Stade Henri Desgrange Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Marc Bollengier

21 January 2023 (2023-01-21) Round of 32	Bastia	1–1 (a.e.t.) (1–4 p)	Lorient	Bastia
18:00 CET	Sainati 81', 86' Bohnert 81'	Report	Koné 64', 65'	Stadium: Stade Armand-Cesari Attendance: 7,518 Referee: Eric Wattellier
	Penalties
	Magri Djoco Kaïboué		Boisgard Yongwa Le Bris Abergel

9 February 2023 Round of 16	Lorient	1–1 (2–4 p)	Lens	Lorient
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Le Fée 84'	Report	Fulgini 21' Poręba 50' Boura 60' Onana 82'	Stadium: Stade du Moustoir Attendance: 14,835 Referee: Jérémie Pignard
	Penalties
	Le Fée Talbi Doucouré Koné		Frankowski Sotoca Thomasson Medina

References

^ "L'équipe professionnelle 2022–23". FC Lorient. Retrieved 10 August 2022.
^ "League Rules" (PDF). www.lfp.fr. Retrieved 1 September 2022.
^ "Ligue 1 Uber Eats et Ligue 2 BKT Saison 2022–2023 les Calendriers". 17 June 2022.
^ "FC Lorient - Olympique Lyonnais postponed". Ligue 1. 12 August 2022. Retrieved 13 August 2022.

[1] "L'équipe professionnelle 2022–23". FC Lorient. Retrieved 10 August 2022.

[2] "League Rules" (PDF). www.lfp.fr. Retrieved 1 September 2022.

[3] "Ligue 1 Uber Eats et Ligue 2 BKT Saison 2022–2023 les Calendriers". 17 June 2022.

[4] "FC Lorient - Olympique Lyonnais postponed". Ligue 1. 12 August 2022. Retrieved 13 August 2022.

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