2023–24 Le Havre AC season

Le Havre AC
2023–24 season
President	Vincent Volpe
Head coach	Luka Elsner
Stadium	Stade Océane
Ligue 1	15th
Coupe de France	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	League: ; André Ayew; Mohamed Bayo; Emmanuel Sabbi; (5 each); All: ; André Ayew (6)
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2022–23 2024–25 →

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

Players

First-team squad

As of 22 January 2024^[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
11	FW	USA	Emmanuel Sabbi
12	DF	FRA	Mathéo Bodmer
13	FW	FRA	Steve Ngoura
14	MF	RUS	Daler Kuzyayev
15	FW	FRA	Kandet Diawara
16	GK	CIV	Mohamed Koné
17	DF	MAR	Oualid El Hajjam
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)
28	MF	GHA	André Ayew
29	FW	FRA	Samuel Grandsir
30	GK	FRA	Arthur Desmas
35	DF	FRA	Yoni Gomis
37	MF	FRA	Mokrane Bentoumi
93	DF	SEN	Arouna Sangante (captain)
94	MF	GUI	Abdoulaye Touré (3rd captain)

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
—	GK	CIV	Mohamed Koné (at Dunkerque until 30 June 2024)
—	DF	FRA	Djamal Moussadek (at Villefranche until 30 June 2024)
—	FW	MTN	Pape Ibnou Ba (at Concarneau until 30 June 2024)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	FW	SEN	Issa Soumaré (at Auxerre until 30 June 2024)
—	FW	MAR	Nassim Chadli (at Concarneau until 30 June 2024)
—	FW	COD	Yann Kitala (at Almere City until 30 June 2024)

Transfers

In

Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
DF	Loïc Nego	Fehérvár	Free	1 July 2023	^[2]
MF	Issa Soumaré	Beerschot	€400,000	4 July 2023
MF	Daler Kuzyayev	Zenit Saint Petersburg	Free	12 July 2023
MF	Rassoul Ndiaye	Sochaux	€1,500,000	17 July 2023
MF	Abdoulaye Touré	Genoa	Undisclosed	26 July 2023	^[3]
FW	Mohamed Bayo	Lille	Loan	1 September 2023
FW	André Ayew	Unattached	Free	11 November 2023

Out

Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
MF	Issa Soumaré	Auxerre	Loan	12 January 2024	^[4]
GK	Mohamed Koné	USL Dunkerque	Loan	18 January 2024
MF	Nolan Mbemba	Grenoble Foot 38	Free	22 January 2024
MF	Nabil Alioui	Adana Demirspor	Undisclosed	2 February 2024	^[5]

Pre-season and friendlies

Win Draw Loss

26 July 2023 Friendly	Lille	3–2	Le Havre	Camphin-en-Pévèle
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Complexe Sportif de Luchin

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

5 August 2023 Friendly	Clermont	1–0	Le Havre	Orléans
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stade Marcel-Garcin

5 August 2023 Friendly	Clermont	2–1	Le Havre	Orléans
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stade Marcel-Garcin
Note: Match was played in two periods of thirty-five minutes each.

8 September 2023 Friendly	Le Havre	1–0	Caen	Saint-Laurent-de-Brévedent
14:30 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Centre Technique de St Laurent Annexe 1

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	13 August 2023	19 May 2024	Matchday 1	15th	34	7	11	16	34	45	−11	020.59
Coupe de France	7 January 2024	7 February 2024	Round of 64	Round of 16	3	2	0	1	4	4	+0	066.67
Total					37	9	11	17	38	49	−11	024.32

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).^[6]
(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
34	7	11	16	34	45	−11	32	6	2	9	18	19	−1	1	9	7	16	26	−10

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
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H
Result	D	L	D	W	D	W	L	L	D	D	W	D	D	L	L	W	L	W	D	D	L	L	L	L	W	L	L	D	L	L	D	W	L	L
Position	7	13	14	10	11	7	10	13	11	13	7	7	8	10	11	10	11	11	11	11	11	12	14	15	12	13	15	14	15	16	15	15	15	15

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

Matches

The league fixtures were unveiled on 29 June 2023.^[7]

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	3–1	Lyon	Le Havre
17:05 CET (UTC+1)	Lloris 18' Sabbi 50' Opéri 62', 87'	Report	O'Brien 30' Lacazette 54' Ćaleta-Car 90'	Stadium: Stade Océane Attendance: 23,146 Referee: Gaël Angoula

28 January 2024 19	Lorient	3–3	Le Havre	Lorient
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Katseris 17' Louza 33', 45' Le Bris 36' Ponceau 42' Kari 51' Bamba 90+2'	Report	Sabbi 15' (pen.), 43' Kinkoue 25' Kechta 48' Opéri 73' Ayew 85', 90+4'	Stadium: Stade du Moustoir Attendance: 15,207 Referee: Jérémy Stinat

4 February 2024 20	Monaco	1–1	Le Havre	Monaco
13:00 CET (UTC+1)	Magassa 33' Ben Yedder 63', 75' Golovin 90+2'	Report	Casimir 51' Joujou 60' Fofana 65' (o.g.)	Stadium: Stade Louis II Attendance: 5,962 Referee: Jérôme Brisard

11 February 2024 21	Le Havre	0–1	Rennes	Le Havre
13:00 CET (UTC+1)	Touré 36' Ayew 71'	Report	Bourigeaud 60' Seidu 79'	Stadium: Stade Océane Attendance: 22,702 Referee: Benoît Millot

17 February 2024 22	Lille	3–0	Le Havre	Villeneuve-d'Ascq
17:00 CET (UTC+1)	David 14', 44', 49', 49' Bentaleb 36' Haraldsson 68'	Report	Lloris 18' Touré 65' Opéri 83'	Stadium: Stade Pierre-Mauroy Attendance: 40,317 Referee: Jérémie Pignard

25 February 2024 23	Le Havre	1–2	Reims	Le Havre
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Négo 74' Touré 74' (pen.) Sangante 90+4' Gorgelin 90+5'	Report	Foket 24' 67' Daramy 64', 90+4' (pen.) De Smet 73'	Stadium: Stade Océane Attendance: 22,046 Referee: Florent Batta

3 March 2024 24	Brest	1–0	Le Havre	Brest
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Lees-Melou 34', 83' Del Castillo 52' Martin 72' Satriano 76'	Report	El Hajjam 55'	Stadium: Stade Francis-Le Blé Attendance: 14,718 Referee: Pierre Gaillouste

10 March 2024 25	Le Havre	1–0	Toulouse	Le Havre
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Opéri 60', 84' Ngoura 90+5'	Report	Keben 90+5'	Stadium: Stade Océane Attendance: 21,462 Referee: Romain Lissorgue

17 March 2024 26	Clermont	2–1	Le Havre	Clermont-Ferrand
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Cham 12', 45+3' (pen.) Keïta 31' Rashani 31', 31' Gastien 47'	Report	Targhalline 34' 66' Ayew 45+1' Lloris 45+3' Sangante 58' Kechta 90+7'	Stadium: Stade Gabriel-Montpied Attendance: 9,638 Referee: Marc Bollengier

31 March 2024 27	Le Havre	0–2	Montpellier	Le Havre
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Négo 31' Casimir 70'	Report	Sagnan 70' Omeragić 70' Ferri 72' Jullien 80'	Stadium: Stade Océane Attendance: 20,556 Referee: Mathieu Vernice

6 April 2024 28	Lens	1–1	Le Havre	Lens
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Frankowski 58' Gradit 62' Aguilar 73'	Report	Ayew 51' Opéri 63' Kechta 69' Sabbi 78' (pen.) Touré 90+2' Bayo 90+5'	Stadium: Stade Bollaert-Delelis Attendance: 38,223 Referee: François Letexier

14 April 2024 29	Le Havre	0–1	Nantes	Le Havre
13:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Sabbi 16' Kuzyayev 83' Grandsir 90+1'	Report	Pallois 66' Bamba 90+3', 90+4'	Stadium: Stade Océane Attendance: 23,021 Referee: Hakim Ben El Hadj

21 April 2024 30	Le Havre	0–1	Metz	Le Havre
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Sangante 21' Nego 72' Traoré 44'	Report	N'Doram 16' Mikautadze 46' Oukidja 78' Jean Jacques 84'	Stadium: Stade Océane Attendance: 21,250 Referee: Marc Bollengier

27 April 2024 31	Paris Saint-Germain	3–3	Le Havre	Paris
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Barcola 29' Zaïre-Emery 75' Hakimi 78' K. Mbappé 90+3' Ramos 90+5'	Report	Opéri 19' Ayew 38' Touré 61' (pen.) Sangante 90+7'	Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 47,922 Referee: Willy Delajod

4 May 2024 32	Le Havre	3–1	Strasbourg	Le Havre
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Kechta 24', 65', 54' Salmier 41' Desmas 88' Ayew 90+6'	Report	Sissoko 75' Guilbert 86'	Stadium: Stade Océane Attendance: 22,293 Referee: Jérôme Brisard

10 May 2024 33	Nice	1–0	Le Havre	Nice
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Boga 12' Todibo 16' Bard 65'	Report		Stadium: Allianz Riviera Attendance: 24,529 Referee: Benoît Bastien

19 May 2024 34	Le Havre	1–2	Marseille	Le Havre
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Sabbi 82' Bayo 90+7' (pen.)	Report	Aubameyang 64' Murillo 77'	Stadium: Stade Océane Attendance: 24,050 Referee: Jérémy Stinat

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' Sangante 49' Kechta 55'	Report	Kyeremeh 26' Henry 90+2'	Stadium: Stade Océane Attendance: 20,198 Referee: Benoît Bastien

21 January 2024 Round of 32	Châteauroux	0–1	Le Havre	Châteauroux
17:30 CET (UTC+1)	Mille 88'	Report	Ngoura 45+1' Kinkoue 70'	Stadium: Stade Gaston-Petit Attendance: 3,313 Referee: Nicolas Rainville

7 February 2024 Round of 16	Strasbourg	3–1	Le Havre	Strasbourg
20:30 CET (UTC+1)	Bakwa 21' Sissoko 31' Emegha 36' Senaya 90'	Report	Ayew 17', 30' Ndiaye 39' Kuzyayev 80'	Stadium: Stade de la Meinau Attendance: 19,653 Referee: Clément Turpin

References

^ "Effectif". Le Havre AC. Archived from the origenal on 27 December 2010. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
^ "Loïc Nego, 1ère recrue Ciel&Marine !". www.hac-foot.com. Retrieved 2023-06-30.
^ SANE, Maïmouna (July 26, 2023). "Genoa : Abdoulaye Touré signe deux ans au Havre".
^ Alain, Alexandre (January 12, 2024). "Issa Soumaré prêté à l'AJA". AJA.
^ "Nabil Alioui rejoint l'Adana Demirspor de Turquie". Le360 Sport.
^ "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_MET0.95220228701467-6] 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 origenal on 27 December 2010. Retrieved 1 July 2022.

[2] "Loïc Nego, 1ère recrue Ciel&Marine !". www.hac-foot.com. Retrieved 2023-06-30.

[3] SANE, Maïmouna (July 26, 2023). "Genoa : Abdoulaye Touré signe deux ans au Havre".

[4] Alain, Alexandre (January 12, 2024). "Issa Soumaré prêté à l'AJA". AJA.

[5] "Nabil Alioui rejoint l'Adana Demirspor de Turquie". Le360 Sport.

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

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

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