2023–24 Valenciennes FC season

Valenciennes FC
2023–24 season
Manager	Jorge Maciel; (until 6 December); Ahmed Kantari; (from 7 December)
Stadium	Stade du Hainaut
Ligue 2	20th (relegated)
Coupe de France	Semi-finals
Top goalscorer	League: ; Aymen Boutoutaou (4); All: ; Andrew Jung (5)
	← 2022–23 2024–25 →

The 2023–24 season is Valenciennes FC's 111th season in existence and 10th consecutive in the Ligue 2. They are also competing in the Coupe de France.

Players

First-team squad

As of 1 September 2023^[1]^[2]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
4	DF	ENG	Taylor Moore
5	MF	FRA	Jason Berthomier
6	MF	FRA	Julien Masson
8	MF	BFA	Sacha Bansé
9	FW	CMR	Marius Noubissi
10	FW	NED	Nick Venema
11	FW	FRA	Ugo Bonnet
14	DF	FRA	Joffrey Cuffaut
15	DF	NED	Lucas Woudenberg
16	GK	FRA	Jean Louchet
17	MF	ALG	Aymen Boutoutaou
18	FW	FRA	Landry Nomel
19	DF	FRA	Nassim Innocenti
20	FW	FRA	Ilyes Hamache
22	FW	MAR	Yacine El Amri
23	MF	DEN	David Kruse


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
24	DF	FRA	Allan Linguet
25	MF	FRA	Madou Touré
28	MF	POR	Bruno Costa
29	MF	FRA	Jawed Kalai
30	GK	FRA	Lassana Diabaté
34	MF	COD	Makabi Lilepo
36	MF	FRA	Eyram Viegbe
39	DF	ANG	Jonathan Buatu
40	GK	NIG	Naim Van Attenhoven
41	MF	FRA	Sofiane Boudraa
45	MF	FRA	Tidyane Diagouraga
49	DF	FRA	Joachim Kayi Sanda
54	DF	FRA	Jordan Poha
57	DF	FRA	Gabin Blanquart
63	MF	FRA	Ismail Bouneb
93	MF	FRA	Anthony Knockaert

Transfers

In

Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
FW	Nick Venema	VVV-Venlo	Undisclosed	15 August 2023
MF	Anthony Knockaert	Fulham	Free	1 September 2023	^[3]
MF	Bruno Costa	Porto B		1 September 2023
FW	Mathias Oyewusi	FK Žalgiris	Free	1 January 2024	^[4]
DF	Halid Šabanović	Angers	Loan	30 January 2024
FW	Siriné Doucouré	Lorient	Loan	1 February 2024
MF	Jean-Éric Moursou	Coton Sport		2 February 2024

Out

Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
MF	Mohamed Kaba	Lecce	€3,000,000	14 August 2023	^[5]
FW	Ugo Bonnet	En Avant Guingamp	Free	1 February 2024
DF	Nassim Innocenti	FC Košice	Undisclosed	2 February 2024

Pre-season and friendlies

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

29 July 2023 Friendly	Dunkerque	2–2	Valenciennes
19:00	Youssouf 31' Mbemba 90'		Boutoutaou 37', 59'

8 September 2023 Friendly	RWD Molenbeek	1–2	Valenciennes
15:00

12 October 2023 Friendly	Oostende	2–2	Valenciennes
13:00

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	20th	36	5	11	20	25	51	−26	013.89
Coupe de France	18 November 2023	2 April 2024	Seventh round	Semi-finals	7	4	2	1	10	7	+3	057.14
Total					43	9	13	21	35	58	−23	020.93

Last updated: 10 May 2024
Source: Soccerway

Ligue 2

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or Relegation
16	Dunkerque	38	12	10	16	36	52	−16	46
17	Troyes	38	9	14	15	42	50	−8	41	Spared from relegation
18	Quevilly-Rouen (R)	38	7	17	14	51	55	−4	38	Relegation to National
19	Concarneau (R)	38	10	8	20	39	57	−18	38
20	Valenciennes (R)	38	6	11	21	26	54	−28	29

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
(R) Relegated

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	1	8	8	10	23	−13	11	0	4	4	5	11	−6	1	4	4	5	12	−7

Last updated: 6 December 2023.
Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17
Ground	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	L	L	D	W	D	L	D	L	L	D	D	D	L	L	D	D	L
Position	18	20	18	17	17	19	18	19	19	18	18	18	20

Updated to match(es) played on 6 December 2023. Source: ^{[citation needed]}
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were unveiled on 29 June 2023.^[6]

5 August 2023 1	Valenciennes	2–4	Auxerre	Valenciennes
19:00				Stadium: Stade du Hainaut

12 August 2023 2	Bastia	3–0	Valenciennes	Furiani
19:00

19 August 2023 3

Valenciennes

0–0

Guingamp

26 August 2023 4

Rodez

0–1

Valenciennes

2 September 2023 5

Saint-Étienne

0–0

Valenciennes

16 September 2023 6

Valenciennes

1–2

Bordeaux

23 September 2023 7	Amiens	0–0	Valenciennes	Amiens
19:00

26 September 2023 8	Valenciennes	0–1	Concarneau	Valenciennes
20:45				Stadium: Stade du Hainaut

30 September 2023 9	Laval	1–0	Valenciennes	Laval
19:00		Report

7 October 2023 10	Valenciennes	1–1	Troyes	Valenciennes
19:00				Stadium: Stade du Hainaut

21 October 2023 11

Grenoble

3–3

Valenciennes

28 October 2023 12

Valenciennes

2–2

Caen

4 November 2023 13	Angers	2–0	Valenciennes	Angers
19:00				Stadium: Stade Raymond Kopa

11 November 2023 14	Valenciennes	0–1	Dunkerque	Valenciennes
19:00 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Stade du Hainaut

25 November 2023 15	Quevilly-Rouen	0–0	Valenciennes	Le Petit-Quevilly
19:00				Stadium: Stade Robert Diochon

2 December 2023 16	Valenciennes	0–0	Annecy	Valenciennes
19:00 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Stade du Hainaut

5 December 2023 17	Pau	3–1	Valenciennes	Pau
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Sylla 45+2' (pen.), 89' Mons Bassouamina 71'	Report	Venema 47'	Stadium: Nouste Camp Referee: Abdelatif Kherradji

16 December 2023 18	Valenciennes	0–1	Paris FC	Valenciennes
19:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Stade du Hainaut

19 December 2023 19	Ajaccio	2–1	Valenciennes	Ajaccio
20:45 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Stade François Coty

13 January 2024 20	Valenciennes	0–1	Amiens	Valenciennes
CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Stade du Hainaut

23 January 2024 21	Bordeaux	3–1	Valenciennes	Bordeaux
20:45 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Matmut Atlantique

27 January 2024 22	Valenciennes	3–1	Bastia	Valenciennes
CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Stade du Hainaut

3 February 2024 23	Concarneau	1–0	Valenciennes	TBD
CET (UTC+1)		Report

10 February 2024 24	Valenciennes	1–1	Laval	Valenciennes
CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Stade du Hainaut

17 February 2024 25	Dunkerque	2–1	Valenciennes	Dunkirk
CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Stade Marcel-Tribut

24 February 2024 26	Valenciennes	0–2	Rodez	Valenciennes
CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Stade du Hainaut

2 March 2024 27	Auxerre	0–0	Valenciennes	Auxerre
CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps

9 March 2024 28	Valenciennes	0–0	Angers	Valenciennes
CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Stade du Hainaut

16 March 2024 29	Guingamp	3–0	Valenciennes	Guingamp
CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Stade de Roudourou

30 March 2024 30	Valenciennes	0–2	Saint-Étienne	Valenciennes
CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Stade du Hainaut

6 April 2024 31	Annecy	2–1	Valenciennes	Annecy
		Report		Stadium: Parc des Sports

13 April 2024 32	Valenciennes	1–4	Pau	Valenciennes
		Report		Stadium: Stade du Hainaut

20 April 2024 33	Paris FC	2–1	Valenciennes	Paris
		Report		Stadium: Stade Sébastien Charléty

23 April 2024 34	Valenciennes	1–0	Ajaccio	Valenciennes
20:45		Report		Stadium: Stade du Hainaut

27 April 2024 35	Valenciennes	2–0	Grenoble	Valenciennes
		Report		Stadium: Stade du Hainaut

3 May 2024 36	Troyes	0–1	Valenciennes	Troyes
		Report		Stadium: Stade de l'Aube

10 May 2024 37	Valenciennes	2–1	Quevilly-Rouen	Valenciennes
20:45		Report		Stadium: Stade du Hainaut

17 May 2024 38	Caen	3–0	Valenciennes	Caen
20:45		Report		Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano

Coupe de France

18 November 2023 Seventh round

FCSR Haguenau

0–2

Valenciennes

10 December 2023 Eighth round	FC Mulhouse	1–1 (4–5 p)	Valenciennes	Mulhouse
15:00 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Stade de l'Ill

5 January 2024 Round of 64

Sarreguemines FC

0–2

Valenciennes

20 January 2024 Round of 32

Valenciennes

2–1

Paris FC

7 February 2024 Round of 16

AS Saint-Priest

1–2

Valenciennes

28 February 2024 Quarter-finals

FC Rouen

1–1
(2–4 p)

Valenciennes

2 April 2024 Semi-finals

Lyon

3–0

Valenciennes

References

^ "Effectif – Saison 2017/2018" (in French). Valenciennes FC. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
^ "Valenciennes FC". Scoresway.com. Retrieved 27 February 2018.
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^ "Mohamed Kaba nelle prossime ore a Lecce per visite mediche". U.S. Lecce.
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External links

Official website

[usva_team-1] "Effectif – Saison 2017/2018" (in French). Valenciennes FC. Retrieved 6 April 2018.

[2] "Valenciennes FC". Scoresway.com. Retrieved 27 February 2018.

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[5] "Mohamed Kaba nelle prossime ore a Lecce per visite mediche". U.S. Lecce.

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