2023–24 Clermont Foot season
The 2023–24 season was Clermont Foot's 113th season in existence and third consecutive season in Ligue 1. They also competed in the Coupe de France.
| 2023–24 season | ||||
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| President | Ahmet Schaefer | |||
| Head coach | Pascal Gastien | |||
| Stadium | Stade Gabriel Montpied | |||
| Ligue 1 | 18th (relegated) | |||
| Coupe de France | Round of 32 | |||
| Top goalscorer | League: Muhammed Cham (8) All: Muhammed Cham (8) | |||
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Clermont officially suffered relegation on 12 May following a narrow 0–1 loss to Lyon. After a three-year absence, they thus made a return to Ligue 2.[1]
Players
First-team squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Out on loan
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Out on loan
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Transfers
In
| Pos. | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date | Source |
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| DF | Maximiliano Caufriez | Spartak Moscow | €3,500,000 | 1 July 2023 | [4] |
| DF | Habib Keïta | Lyon | €1,200,000 | 4 July 2023 | [5] |
| DF | Andy Pelmard | Basel | €1,900,000 | 12 July 2023 | [6] |
| FW | Shamar Nicholson | Spartak Moscow | Loan + €500,000 | 1 September 2023 | |
| FW | Alan Virginius | Lille | Loan | 9 January 2024 | [7] |
| DF | Jérémy Jacquet | Rennes | Loan | 29 January 2024 | [8] |
| DF | Chrislain Matsima | Monaco | Loan | 1 February 2024 | [9] |
Out
| Pos. | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date | Source |
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| MF | Saîf-Eddine Khaoui | Khor Fakkan | Free | 11 July 2023 | |
| FW | Charly Keita | Beerschot | Free | 1 August 2023 | [10] |
| DF | Mateusz Wieteska | Cagliari | €5,000,000 | 29 August 2023 | [11] |
| FW | Yanis Massolin | Francs Borains | Undisclosed | 5 September 2023 | [12] |
| MF | Aïman Maurer | Dunkerque | Loan | 1 January 2024 | [13] |
| DF | Alidu Seidu | Rennes | €11,000,000 | 29 January 2024 |
Pre-season and friendlies
Win Draw Loss Fixtures
| 26 July 2023 Friendly | Montpellier | 1–1 | Clermont | Millau |
| 18:30 CEST (UTC+2) | Stadium: Stade Gabriel-Monteillet |
Competitions
Overall record
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | |||||||
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| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | |||||
| Ligue 1 | 13 August 2023 | 19 May 2024 | Matchday 1 | 18th | 34 | 5 | 10 | 19 | 26 | 60 | −34 | 14.71 |
| Coupe de France | 5 January 2024 | 21 January 2024 | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 0.00 |
| Total | 36 | 5 | 11 | 20 | 28 | 64 | −36 | 13.89 | ||||
Source: Soccerway
Ligue 1
League table
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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| 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[lower-alpha 1] | Qualification for the Relegation play-offs |
| 17 | Lorient (R) | 34 | 7 | 8 | 19 | 43 | 66 | −23 | 29[lower-alpha 1] | Relegation to Ligue 2 |
| 18 | Clermont (R) | 34 | 5 | 10 | 19 | 26 | 60 | −34 | 25 |
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).[14]
(R) Relegated
Notes:
- 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 | |||||||||||||||||
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| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
| 34 | 5 | 10 | 19 | 26 | 60 | −34 | 25 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 27 | −13 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 33 | −21 |
Source: Ligue 1
Results by round
Matches
The league fixtures were unveiled on 29 June 2023.[15]
| 13 August 2023 1 | Clermont | 2–4 | Monaco | Clermont-Ferrand |
| 15:00 CEST (UTC+2) | Report | Stadium: Stade Gabriel Montpied Attendance: 10,450 Referee: François Letexier |
| 20 August 2023 2 | Reims | 2–0 | Clermont | Reims |
| 15:00 CEST (UTC+2) | Report | Stadium: Stade Auguste-Delaune Attendance: 12,887 Referee: Romain Lissorgue |
| 27 August 2023 3 | Clermont | 0–1 | Metz | Clermont-Ferrand |
| 15:00 CEST (UTC+2) |
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Stadium: Stade Gabriel Montpied Attendance: 9,146 Referee: Gaël Angoula |
| 3 September 2023 4 | Toulouse | 2–2 | Clermont | Toulouse |
| 13:00 CEST (UTC+2) | Report | Stadium: Stadium de Toulouse Attendance: 28,285 Referee: Florent Batta |
| 17 September 2023 5 | Clermont | 0–1 | Nantes | Clermont-Ferrand |
| 15:00 CEST (UTC+2) | Report |
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Stadium: Stade Gabriel Montpied Attendance: 9,759 Referee: Thomas Léonard |
| 24 September 2023 6 | Le Havre | 2–1 | Clermont | Le Havre |
| 15:00 CEST (UTC+2) | Report | Stadium: Stade Océane Attendance: 18,071 Referee: Mathieu Vernice |
| 30 September 2023 7 | Clermont | 0–0 | Paris Saint-Germain | Clermont-Ferrand |
| 17:00 CEST (UTC+2) | Report |
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Stadium: Stade Gabriel Montpied Attendance: 10,586 Referee: Marc Bollengier |
| 22 October 2023 9 | Lyon | 1–2 | Clermont | Décines-Charpieu |
| 20:45 CEST (UTC+2) | Report | Stadium: Parc Olympique Lyonnais Attendance: 43,999 Referee: Willy Delajod |
| 27 October 2023 10 | Clermont | 0–1 | Nice | Clermont-Ferrand |
| 21:00 CEST (UTC+2) | Report | Stadium: Stade Gabriel-Montpied Attendance: 10,140 Referee: Jérémie Pignard |
| 5 November 2023 11 | Strasbourg | 0–0 | Clermont | Strasbourg |
| 15:00 CET (UTC+1) |
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Report | Stadium: Stade de la Meinau Attendance: 25,039 Referee: Jérémy Stinat |
| 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 |
| 25 November 2023 13 | Clermont | 0–3 | Lens | Clermont-Ferrand |
| 17:00 CET (UTC+1) | Report | Stadium: Stade Gabriel-Montpied Attendance: 10,455 Referee: Benoît Millot |
| 29 November 2023 8 | Montpellier | 1–1 | Clermont | Montpellier |
| 19:00 CET (UTC+1) | Report | Stadium: Stade de la Mosson Attendance: 0 Referee: Mathieu Vernice | ||
| Note: The match was originally played on 8 October 2023, but was abandoned in second-half stoppage time, with Montpellier leading 4–2, after a firework thrown from a Montpellier stand exploded near Clermont goalkeeper Mory Diaw. The teams were then ordered to replay the match from the beginning behind closed doors at a later date.[16] | ||||
| 3 December 2023 14 | Brest | 3–0 | Clermont | Brest |
| 15:00 CET (UTC+1) |
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Report | Stadium: Stade Francis-Le Blé Attendance: 14,324 Referee: Marc Bollengier |
| 10 December 2023 15 | Clermont | 0–0 | Lille | Clermont-Ferrand |
| 15:00 CET (UTC+1) | Report | Stadium: Stade Gabriel Montpied Attendance: 8,789 Referee: Florent Batta |
| 17 December 2023 16 | Marseille | 2–1 | Clermont | Marseille |
| 17:05 CET (UTC+1) | Report | Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 63,751 Referee: Gaël Angoula |
| 20 December 2023 17 | Clermont | 1–3 | Rennes | Clermont-Ferrand |
| 21:00 CET (UTC+1) | Report |
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Stadium: Stade Gabriel-Montpied Attendance: 8,840 Referee: Eric Wattellier |
| 14 January 2024 18 | Nantes | 1–2 | Clermont | Nantes |
| 15:00 CET (UTC+1) | Report | Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 20,866 Referee: Romain Lissorgue |
| 28 January 2024 19 | Clermont | 1–1 | Strasbourg | Clermont-Ferrand |
| 15:00 CET (UTC+1) | Report | Stadium: Stade Gabriel-Montpied Attendance: 9,047 Referee: Benoît Millot |
| 4 February 2024 20 | Lille | 4–0 | Clermont | Villeneuve-d'Ascq |
| 15:00 CET (UTC+1) | Report |
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Stadium: Stade Pierre-Mauroy Attendance: 38,597 Referee: Bastien Dechepy |
| 11 February 2024 21 | Clermont | 1–1 | Brest | Clermont-Ferrand |
| 15:00 CET (UTC+1) | Report |
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Stadium: Stade Gabriel-Montpied Attendance: 8,893 Referee: Stéphanie Frappart |
| 18 February 2024 22 | Rennes | 3–1 | Clermont | Rennes |
| 15:00 CET (UTC+1) | Report | Stadium: Roazhon Park Attendance: 27,501 Referee: Romain Lissorgue |
| 25 February 2024 23 | Nice | 0–0 | Clermont | Nice |
| 15:00 CET (UTC+1) | Report | Stadium: Allianz Riviera Attendance: 22,081 Referee: Hakim Ben El Hadj |
| 2 March 2024 24 | Clermont | 1–5 | Marseille | Clermont-Ferrand |
| 21:00 CET (UTC+1) | Report |
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Stadium: Stade Gabriel-Montpied Attendance: 10,692 Referee: Thomas Léonard |
| 10 March 2024 25 | Metz | 1–0 | Clermont | Metz |
| 15:00 CET (UTC+1) |
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Report | Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien Attendance: 22,673 Referee: Gaël Angoula |
| 17 March 2024 26 | Clermont | 2–1 | Le Havre | Clermont-Ferrand |
| 15:00 CET (UTC+1) | Report |
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Stadium: Stade Gabriel-Montpied Attendance: 9,638 Referee: Marc Bollengier |
| 31 March 2024 27 | Clermont | 0–3 | Toulouse | Clermont-Ferrand |
| 15:00 CEST (UTC+2) | Report | Stadium: Stade Gabriel-Montpied Attendance: 10,499 Referee: Pierre Gaillouste |
| 6 April 2024 28 | Paris Saint-Germain | 1–1 | Clermont | Paris |
| 21:00 CEST (UTC+2) | Report |
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Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 47,607 Referee: Gaël Angoula |
| 14 April 2024 29 | Clermont | 1–1 | Montpellier | Clermont-Ferrand |
| 15:00 CEST (UTC+2) | Report |
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Stadium: Stade Gabriel-Montpied Attendance: 10,174 Referee: Thomas Léonard |
| 20 April 2024 30 | Lens | 1–0 | Clermont | Lens |
| 21:00 CEST (UTC+2) | Report | Stadium: Stade Bollaert-Delelis Attendance: 37,495 Referee: Benoît Bastien |
| 28 April 2024 31 | Clermont | 4–1 | Reims | Clermont-Ferrand |
| 15:00 CEST (UTC+2) | Report | Stadium: Stade Gabriel-Montpied Attendance: 8,713 Referee: Florent Batta |
| 4 May 2024 32 | Monaco | 4–1 | Clermont | Monaco |
| 17:00 CEST (UTC+2) |
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Stadium: Stade Louis II Attendance: 7,256 Referee: Hakim Ben El Hadj |
| 12 May 2024 33 | Clermont | 0–1 | Lyon | Clermont-Ferrand |
| 21:00 CEST (UTC+2) |
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Report | Stadium: Stade Gabriel-Montpied Attendance: 10,603 Referee: Pierre Gaillouste |
Coupe de France
| 5 January 2024 Round of 64 | Metz | 1–1 (1–3 p) | Clermont | Metz |
| 20:45 CET (UTC+1) |
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Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien Attendance: 14,987 Referee: Jérémie Pignard |
| Penalties | ||||
| 21 January 2024 Round of 32 | Clermont | 1–3 | Strasbourg | Clermont-Ferrand |
| 17:30 CET (UTC+1) | Report | Stadium: Stade Gabriel-Montpied Attendance: 8,128 Referee: Mathieu Vernice |
References
- "Joueurs" (in French). Clermont Foot 63. Retrieved 11 February 2023.
- "Squad". WorldFootball.net. Retrieved 2 July 2023.
- "Communiqué du Clermont Foot 63 – Transfert Maximiliano Caufriez". 27 June 2023.
- "Habib Keïta, 3e recrue de l'été". 4 July 2023.
- "Andy Pelmard, nouveau renfort défensif". 12 July 2023.
- "Aanvaller Charly Keita tekent tweejarig contract bij Beerschot | Beerschot".
- "Wieteska al Cagliari". www.cagliaricalcio.com. 29 August 2023.
- "League Rules" (PDF). Ligue de Football Professionnel. Retrieved 1 September 2022.
- "Ligue 1. Le calendrier complet de la saison 2023-2024". Ouest-France.fr (in French). 29 June 2023.
- "Montpellier HSC - Clermont Foot rescheduled". Ligue 1. 1 November 2023. Retrieved 1 November 2023.