2023–24 Stade Rennais FC season

Stade Rennais F.C.
2023–24 season
President	Nicolas Holveck
Head coach	Bruno Génésio; (until 19 November); Julien Stéphan; (from 19 November)
Stadium	Roazhon Park
Ligue 1	10th
Coupe de France	Semi-finals
UEFA Europa League	Knockout round play-offs
Top goalscorer	League: ; Arnaud Kalimuendo (10); All: ; Benjamin Bourigeaud; Arnaud Kalimuendo; (15 each)
	← 2022–23 2024–25 →

The 2023–24 season was Stade Rennais Football Club's 123rd season in existence and 30th consecutive season in Ligue 1. They also competed in the Coupe de France and the UEFA Europa League.

Players

First-team squad

As of 1 February 2024^[1]

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
1	GK	FRA	Gauthier Gallon
3	DF	FRA	Adrien Truffert
5	DF	BEL	Arthur Theate
6	MF	NED	Azor Matusiwa
7	FW	FRA	Martin Terrier
8	MF	FRA	Baptiste Santamaria
9	FW	FRA	Arnaud Kalimuendo
10	FW	ALG	Amine Gouiri
11	MF	FRA	Ludovic Blas
14	MF	FRA	Benjamin Bourigeaud (captain)
15	DF	CMR	Christopher Wooh
16	DF	FRA	Jeanuël Belocian


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
17	DF	CIV	Guéla Doué
23	DF	FRA	Warmed Omari
28	MF	FRA	Enzo Le Fée
30	GK	FRA	Steve Mandanda (vice-captain)
32	MF	SUI	Fabian Rieder
33	MF	FRA	Désiré Doué
34	FW	MAR	Ibrahim Salah
36	DF	GHA	Alidu Seidu
39	FW	FRA	Mathis Lambourde
40	GK	CTA	Geoffrey Lembet
43	DF	CMR	Aboubakar Nagida
99	FW	TUR	Bertuğ Yıldırım

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	TUR	Doğan Alemdar (at Troyes until 30 June 2024)
—	GK	SEN	Alfred Gomis (at Lorient until 30 June 2024)
—	DF	FRA	Lorenz Assignon (at Burnley until 30 June 2024)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	DF	FRA	Jérémy Jacquet (at Clermont until 30 June 2024)
—	MF	FRA	Matthis Abline (at Nantes until 30 June 2024)
—	FW	GAB	Alan Do Marcolino (at Quevilly-Rouen until 30 June 2024)

Transfers

In

Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
GK	Gauthier Gallon	Troyes	Undisclosed	5 July 2023	^[2]
MF	Ludovic Blas	Nantes	€15,000,000	5 July 2023	^[3]
MF	Enzo Le Fée	Lorient	€20,000,000	7 July 2023	^[4]
GK	Geoffrey Lembet	Sedan	Free	18 July 2023	^[5]
MF	Nemanja Matić	Roma	€3,000,000	14 August 2023	^[6]
DF	Aboubakar Nagida	EFBC	Free	21 August 2023	^[7]
FW	Bertuğ Yıldırım	Hatayspor	€5,000,000	29 August 2023	^[8]
MF	Fabian Rieder	Young Boys	€15,000,000	31 August 2023	^[9]

Out

Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
FW	Serhou Guirassy	VfB Stuttgart	€9,000,000	1 July 2023	^[10]
DF	Hamari Traoré	Real Sociedad	Free	1 July 2023	^[11]
DF	Loïc Badé	Sevilla	€12,000,000	1 July 2023
MF	Andy Diouf	Basel	€5,500,000	1 July 2023	^[12]
GK	Doğan Alemdar	Troyes	Loan	5 July 2023	^[13]
MF	Lesley Ugochukwu	Chelsea	€27,000,000	1 August 2023	^[14]
MF	Lovro Majer	VfL Wolfsburg	€30,000,000	16 August 2023	^[15]
DF	Birger Meling	Copenhagen	€2,000,000	14 August 2023	^[16]
FW	Jérémy Doku	Manchester City	€55,500,000	24 August 2023	^[17]
FW	Matthis Abline	Nantes	Loan	25 August 2023	^[18]
MF	Loum Tchaouna	Salernitana	Undisclosed	31 August 2023	^[19]
GK	Alfred Gomis	Lorient	Loan	1 September 2023
MF	Flavien Tait	Samsunspor	Free	6 September 2023	^[20]
MF	Nemanja Matić	Lyon	€2,600,000	27 January 2024	^[21]
DF	Jérémy Jacquet	Clermont	Loan	29 January 2024	^[22]
DF	Lorenz Assignon	Burnley	Loan	1 February 2024	^[23]

New contracts

Position	Player	Until	Ref.
DF	Adrien Truffert	June 2026	^[24]

Pre-season and friendlies

Win Draw Loss

19 July 2023 Friendly	Rennes	1–1	Concarneau	Rennes
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Abline 73'	Report	El Khoumisti 52'	Stadium: Centre d'entraînement - La Piverdière

22 July 2023 Friendly	Saint-Malo	1–2	Rennes	Rennes
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Diakhaby 41'	Report	Majer 57' Tait 84'	Stadium: Centre d'entraînement - La Piverdière Attendance: 1,000

26 July 2023 Friendly	Brest	0–1	Rennes	Dinan
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Camara 55'	Report	Blas 24'	Stadium: Stade du Clos Gastel Attendance: 2,500
Note: Match was played in four periods of thirty minutes each.

29 July 2023 Friendly	Rennes	3–1	West Ham United	Rennes
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Santamaria 9' Kalimuendo 75' Ogbonna 89' (o.g.)	Report	Souček 66'	Stadium: Roazhon Park Attendance: 26,387 Referee: Romain Lissorgue (France)

2 August 2023 Friendly	Notthingham Forest	0–5	Rennes	Burton upon Trent, England
19:00 BST (UTC+1)		Report	Bourigeaud 35', 45' Abline 52' Majer 57' Gouiri 90'	Stadium: St George's Park National Football Centre Referee: Paul Tierney (England)

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	10th	34	12	10	12	53	46	+7	035.29
Coupe de France	7 January 2024	3 April 2024	Round of 64	Semi-finals	5	3	1	1	12	4	+8	060.00
UEFA Europa League	21 September 2023	22 February 2024	Group stage	Knockout round play-offs	8	5	0	3	16	11	+5	062.50
Total					47	20	11	16	81	61	+20	042.55

Source: Soccerway

Ligue 1

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
8	Marseille	34	13	11	10	52	41	+11	50
9	Reims	34	13	8	13	42	47	−5	47
10	Rennes	34	12	10	12	53	46	+7	46
11	Toulouse	34	11	10	13	42	46	−4	43
12	Montpellier^[a]	34	10	12	12	43	48	−5	41

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).^[26]
Notes:

^ Montpellier was deducted one point for uncontrolled crowd trouble that caused the abandonment of its match against Clermont.^[25]

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	12	10	12	53	46	+7	46	7	4	6	34	26	+8	5	6	6	19	20	−1

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	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	W	D	D	D	D	D	W	L	L	D	L	L	W	L	L	D	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	L	D	W	L	L	L	W	L	W	D	L
Position	1	3	6	7	8	7	6	8	9	8	11	13	10	12	13	13	10	10	9	9	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	9	10	7	9	8	9	10

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

Matches

The league fixtures were unveiled on 29 June 2023.^[27]

13 August 2023 1	Rennes	5–1	Metz	Rennes
17:05 CEST (UTC+2)	Kalimuendo 20' Gouiri 52' Doku 67' Salah 87', 90+4'	Report	Maziz 21' Kouao 45+2' Colin 46'	Stadium: Roazhon Park Attendance: 26,065 Referee: Jérémy Stinat

20 August 2023 2	Lens	1–1	Rennes	Lens
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Machado 3' Abdul Samed 51' Gradit 79'	Report	Bourigeaud 53' (pen.) Omari 57'	Stadium: Stade Bollaert-Delelis Attendance: 37,233 Referee: Benoît Millot

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

2 September 2023 4	Brest	0–0	Rennes	Brest
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Del Castillo 27' Martin 80' Chardonnet 90+3'	Report	Assignon 74'	Stadium: Stade Francis-Le Blé Attendance: 15,021 Referee: Hakim Ben El Hadj

16 September 2023 5	Rennes	2–2	Lille	Rennes
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Matić 33' Assignon 74' Salah 89'	Report	Yazıcı 30' Yoro 33' Diakité 51', 62' David 86' Gomes 88'	Stadium: Roazhon Park Attendance: 28,178 Referee: François Letexier

24 September 2023 6	Montpellier	0–0	Rennes	Montpellier
17:05 CEST (UTC+2)	Chotard 78' Ferri 90+4'	Report	Yıldırım 32'	Stadium: Stade de la Mosson Attendance: 15,430 Referee: Stéphanie Frappart

1 October 2023 7	Rennes	3–1	Nantes	Rennes
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Bourigeaud 6' (pen.), 58' Assignon 55' Matić 63' D. Doué 73' Kalimuendo 90+5' (pen.)	Report	Mollet 37' Chirivella 44', 62' Moutoussamy 58' Douglas Augusto 60' Mohamed 77' 77' Castelletto 87'	Stadium: Roazhon Park Attendance: 27,316 Referee: Ruddy Buquet

8 October 2023 8	Rennes	1–3	Paris Saint-Germain	Rennes
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Omari 42' Gouiri 56'	Report	Vitinha 32' Hakimi 36' Kolo Muani 58'	Stadium: Roazhon Park Attendance: 27,734 Referee: Benoît Bastien

22 October 2023 9	Lorient	2–1	Rennes	Lorient
13:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Omari 3' (o.g.) Touré 45+2'	Report	Blas 21' Wooh 48' Salah 90+2'	Stadium: Stade du Moustoir Attendance: 16,711 Referee: Gaël Angoula

29 October 2023 10	Rennes	1–1	Strasbourg	Rennes
17:05 CET (UTC+1)	Truffert 23' Matić 45' Assignon 61'	Report	Nyamsi 5' Sels 23' Mothiba 81'	Stadium: Roazhon Park Attendance: 28,100 Referee: Florent Batta

5 November 2023 11	Nice	2–0	Rennes	Nice
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Boga 45' Ndayishimiye 75' Mandanda 87' (o.g.)	Report	Assignon 17' Truffert 68' Omari 85'	Stadium: Allianz Riviera Attendance: 22,430 Referee: Clément Turpin

12 November 2023 12	Rennes	0–1	Lyon	Rennes
17:05 CET (UTC+1)	G. Doué 5' Salah 45' Theate 75' Matić 75'	Report	O'Brien 67' Tagliafico 79'	Stadium: Roazhon Park Attendance: 28,441 Referee: Stéphanie Frappart

26 November 2023 13	Rennes	3–1	Reims	Rennes
17:05 CET (UTC+1)	Gouiri 4' Bourigeaud 46' Theate 66' Matić 70' Kalimuendo 78'	Report	O. Diakité 45+1' Agbadou 85' Teuma 90'	Stadium: Roazhon Park Attendance: 27,718 Referee: Ruddy Buquet

3 December 2023 14	Marseille	2–0	Rennes	Marseille
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Aubameyang 10' (pen.) Ounahi 65' Ndiaye 68' Mughe 81'	Report	Santamaria 36' Wooh 61' Matić 76' Gouiri 90'	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 54,162 Referee: Willy Delajod

9 December 2023 15	Rennes	1–2	Monaco	Rennes
17:00 CET (UTC+1)	Omari 38' Theate 61' Bourigeaud 90' (pen.)	Report	Camara 13' Vanderson 51', 54' 75' Salisu 62' Zakaria 65' Singo 69' Fofana 85'	Stadium: Roazhon Park Attendance: 26,856 Referee: Clément Turpin

17 December 2023 16	Toulouse	0–0	Rennes	Toulouse
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Dallinga 45' Costa 51' Diarra 90+2'	Report	Le Fée 7' Omari 10'	Stadium: Stadium de Toulouse Attendance: 23,311 Referee: Jérémy Stinat

20 December 2023 17	Clermont	1–3	Rennes	Clermont-Ferrand
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Nicholson 4' Caufriez 45+2'	Report	Gallon 33' Kalimuendo 52', 73' D. Doué 88', 89' Blas 90+7' (pen.)	Stadium: Stade Gabriel Montpied Attendance: 8,840 Referee: Eric Wattellier

13 January 2024 18	Rennes	2–0	Nice	Rennes
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Bourigeaud 31' (pen.) Kalimuendo 54' Omari 79'	Report		Stadium: Roazhon Park Attendance: 26,689 Referee: Bastien Dechepy

26 January 2024 19	Lyon	2–3	Rennes	Décines-Charpieu
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Mata 33' Henrique 57' Nuamah 58' Lacazette 78'	Report	Santamaria 7' Terrier 22', 41' D. Doué 36' Truffert 66'	Stadium: Groupama Stadium Attendance: 40,516 Referee: Thomas Léonard

3 February 2024 20	Rennes	2–1	Montpellier	Rennes
17:00 CET (UTC+1)	Terrier 3' Truffert 45+4' Kalimuendo 48' (pen.), 53' Yıldırım 80' Le Fée 86'	Report	Sagnan 12' Khazri 29' Mincarelli 47' Savanier 73'	Stadium: Roazhon Park Attendance: 24,898 Referee: Mathieu Vernice

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

18 February 2024 22	Rennes	3–1	Clermont	Rennes
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Omari 31' Blas 40' Terrier 58', 64' Seidu 66'	Report	Matsima 62' Caufriez 77'	Stadium: Roazhon Park Attendance: 27,501 Referee: Romain Lissorgue

25 February 2024 23	Paris Saint-Germain	1–1	Rennes	Paris
17:05 CET (UTC+1)	Hakimi 54' Hernandez 70' Ramos 87', 90+7' (pen.) Fabián 89' Beraldo 90+5'	Report	Gouiri 33' D. Doué 48' Blas 90+2' Mandanda 90+5'	Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 47,874 Referee: Bastien Dechepy

3 March 2024 24	Rennes	1–2	Lorient	Rennes
17:05 CET (UTC+1)	Blas 74' Gouiri 90+4'	Report	Touré 56' Bamba 59' Abergel 72' Kroupi 90'	Stadium: Roazhon Park Attendance: 28,615 Referee: Benoît Bastien

10 March 2024 25	Lille	2–2	Rennes	Villeneuve d'Ascq
17:05 CET (UTC+1)	Bentaleb 21' Diakité 26' Yoro 53' Gomes 80' Dago 83' David 84', 90+2'	Report	Blas 1', 50' Truffert 8' Kalimuendo 20'	Stadium: Stade Pierre-Mauroy Referee: Benoît Millot

17 March 2024 26	Rennes	2–0	Marseille	Rennes
17:05 CET (UTC+1)	Terrier 21' Kalimuendo 77' Bourigeaud 78' (pen.)	Report	Harit 38' López 77' Sarr 80'	Stadium: Roazhon Park Attendance: 28,610 Referee: Eric Wattelier

31 March 2024 27	Strasbourg	2–0	Rennes	Strasbourg
17:05 CEST (UTC+2)	Senaya 71' Sebas 73' Delaine 76'	Report	Terrier 17' Matusiwa 24'	Stadium: Stade de la Meinau Attendance: 25,407 Referee: Hakim Ben El Hadj

7 April 2024 28	Monaco	1–0	Rennes	Monaco
17:05 CEST (UTC+2)	Akliouche 25' Kehrer 36' 64' Singo 58'	Report	Terrier 46' Theate 81'	Stadium: Stade Louis II Attendance: 6,634 Referee: Stéphanie Frappart

13 April 2024 29	Rennes	1–2	Toulouse	Rennes
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	D. Doué 20' Gouiri 60' Yıldırım 88' Salah 90+1'	Report	Cásseres 22' Diarra 32' Mawissa 34' Spierings 81' Restes 88'	Stadium: Roazhon Park Attendance: 28,055 Referee: Florent Batta

20 April 2024 30	Nantes	0–3	Rennes	Nantes
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Chirivella 84'	Report	Wooh 39' D. Doué 45' Santamaria 52' G. Doué 63' Kalimuendo 67' Bourigeaud 76' (pen.) Gouiri 90+1'	Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 25,433 Referee: Willy Delajod

28 April 2024 31	Rennes	4–5	Brest	Rennes
17:05 CEST (UTC+2)	Kalimuendo 4', 9', 80' Terrier 45+1', 79' Theate 68' Le Fée 90+6'	Report	Mounié 11' Omari 47' (o.g.) Satriano 54' Camara 66' Lees-Melou 75' Brassier 90+7'	Stadium: Roazhon Park Attendance: 28,527 Referee: Benoît Bastien

4 May 2024 32	Metz	2–3	Rennes	Metz
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Mikautadze 17', 90+4' Diallo 45' Traoré 71' Hérelle 75'	Report	Gouiri 22' Truffert 44' Bourigeaud 73' (pen.) Theate 75' Kalimuendo 90+3', 90+4'	Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien Attendance: 23,290 Referee: Ruddy Buquet

12 May 2024 33	Rennes	1–1	Lens	Rennes
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Seidu 42' Salah 82' Wooh 83'	Report	Costa 21' Medina 35' Fulgini 48' Sotoca 88'	Stadium: Roazhon Park Attendance: 28,660 Referee: Benoît Millot

19 May 2024 34	Reims	2–1	Rennes	Reims
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Abdelhamid 48' (pen.) Akieme 80', 85'	Report	Truffert 85' Rieder 90+4'	Stadium: Stade Auguste Delaune Attendance: 16,077 Referee: Mathieu Vernice

Coupe de France

7 January 2024 Round of 64	Guingamp	0–2	Rennes	Guingamp
14:30 CET (UTC+1)	Roux 66'	Report	Theate 41' Kalimuendo 45', 57' Gallon 88' Yıldırım 90+7'	Stadium: Stade de Roudourou Attendance: 16,822 Referee: Jérôme Brisard

21 January 2024 Round of 32	Rennes	1–1 (9–8 p)	Marseille	Rennes
21:05 CET (UTC+1)	D. Doué 27' Bourigeaud 45+4' Terrier 53' Yıldırım 88'	Report	Veretout 29' Onana 36' Garcia 45+3' Vitinha 49'	Stadium: Roazhon Park Attendance: 28,151 Referee: Jérémie Pignard
	Penalties
	Kalimuendo Bourigeaud Santamaria Le Fée Blas Yıldırım Omari Belocian Nagida		Veretout Balerdi Vitinha Aubameyang Onana Luis Henrique Clauss Garcia Gigot

6 February 2024 Round of 16	Sochaux	1–6	Rennes	Montbéliard
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Viltard 65' (pen.)	Report	Gouiri 24', 47' Salah 29' Kalimuendo 35', 41' Matusiwa 45+2' Bourigeaud 81'	Stadium: Stade Auguste-Bonal Attendance: 19,393 Referee: Jérémy Stinat

29 February 2024 Quarter-finals	Le Puy	1–3	Rennes	Saint-Étienne
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Diakhabi 53' Adinany 61' Piechocki 82'	Report	Theate 9' Bourigeaud 49' (pen.), 82' Matusiwa 90+1'	Stadium: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard Attendance: 31,414 Referee: Hakim Ben El Hadj
Note: The match was played at the Stade Geoffroy-Guichard in Saint-Étienne, instead of Le Puy's regular stadium, the Stade Charles Massot in Le Puy-en-Velay, due to capacity limitations.

3 April 2024 Semi-finals	Paris Saint-Germain	1–0	Rennes	Paris
21:10 CEST (UTC+2)	K. Mbappé 37', 40' Dembélé 69'	Report	Seidu 81'	Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 47,879 Referee: Ruddy Buquet

UEFA Europa League

Group stage

The draw for the group stage was held on 1 September 2023.

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	VIL	REN	MHA	PAO
1	Villarreal	6	4	1	1	9	7	+2	13	Advance to round of 16	—	1–0	0–0	3–2
2	Rennes	6	4	0	2	13	6	+7	12	Advance to knockout round play-offs	2–3	—	3–0	3–1
3	Maccabi Haifa	6	1	2	3	3	9	−6	5	Transfer to Europa Conference League	1–2	0–3	—	0–0
4	Panathinaikos	6	1	1	4	7	10	−3	4		2–0	1–2	1–2	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

21 September 2023 1	Rennes	3–0	Maccabi Haifa	Rennes
18:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Blas 1' Truffert 31' Yıldırım 55' Gouiri 79'	Report	Cafumana 59' Kandil 66' Chery 79' Khalaily 79' Mohamed 89'	Stadium: Roazhon Park Attendance: 26,838 Referee: Harm Osmers (Germany)

5 October 2023 2	Villarreal	1–0	Rennes	Villarreal, Spain
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Sørloth 36' Pino 43' Moreno 50' Baena 54' Pedraza 87'	Report	D. Doué 27' Truffert 58' Terrier 90+2'	Stadium: Estadio de la Cerámica Attendance: 17,458 Referee: Harald Lechner (Austria)

26 October 2023 3	Panathinaikos	1–2	Rennes	Athens, Greece
22:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Bernard 25' Willian Arão 45' Ioannidis 61' (pen.)	Report	Gouiri 7' Belocian 22' Truffert 45+4' Kalimuendo 49', 80' Theate 90+4' Blas 90+5'	Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium Attendance: 13,459 Referee: João Pinheiro (Portugal)

9 November 2023 4	Rennes	3–1	Panathinaikos	Rennes
18:45 CET (UTC+1)	Rieder 9' Belocian 33' Bourigeaud 33' Wooh 55' Salah 65' Blas 70' (pen.) Santamaria 81'	Report	Ioannidis 34' (pen.) Vagiannidis 44' Pérez 52'	Stadium: Roazhon Park Attendance: 28,004 Referee: Willie Collum (Scotland)

30 November 2023 5	Maccabi Haifa	0–3	Rennes	Budapest, Hungary
18:45 CET (UTC+1)	Šimić 16' Cornud 65' Kandil 85'	Report	Terrier 29' Gouiri 47' Blas 85' Rieder 90+3'	Stadium: Puskás Aréna Attendance: 0 Referee: Horațiu Feșnic (Romania)
Note: The match was played behind closed doors at the Puskás Aréna in Budapest, Hungary, instead of Maccabi Haifa's regular stadium, the Sammy Ofer Stadium in Haifa, Israel, as a result of the Israel–Hamas war.^[28]

14 December 2023 6	Rennes	2–3	Villarreal	Rennes
18:45 CET (UTC+1)	Wooh 9' Bourigeaud 23' Belocian 34' Assignon 37' Mandanda 45+1' Blas 79'	Report	Albiol 19' Gerard 36' (pen.), 36' Akhomach 62' Parejo 80', 90+1'	Stadium: Roazhon Park Attendance: 27,761 Referee: Atilla Karaoğlan (Turkey)

Knockout phase

Knockout round play-offs

The draw for the knockout round play-offs was held on 18 December 2023.

15 February 2024 First leg	Milan	3–0	Rennes	Milan, Italy
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Loftus-Cheek 32', 47' Leão 53'	Report	Nagida 87'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 69,021 Referee: Nikola Dabanović (Montenegro)

22 February 2024 Second leg	Rennes	3–2 (3–5 agg.)	Milan	Rennes
18:45 CET (UTC+1)	Bourigeaud 11', 54' (pen.), 68' (pen.) Gouiri 69'	Report	Jović 22' Kjær 53' Leão 58' Maignan 79'	Stadium: Roazhon Park Attendance: 28,320 Referee: João Pinheiro (Portugal)

Statistics

Goalscorers

Position	Players	Ligue 1	Coupe de France	Europa League	Total
MF	Benjamin Bourigeaud	9	3	3	15
FW	Arnaud Kalimuendo	10	4	1	15
FW	Amine Gouiri	7	2	2	11
FW	Martin Terrier	7	1	1	9
MF	Ludovic Blas	4	0	3	7
FW	Ibrahim Salah	4	1	1	6
MF	Désiré Doué	4	0	0	4
MF	Fabian Rieder	1	0	2	3
DF	Arthur Theate	2	1	0	3
DF	Adrien Truffert	1	0	1	2
DF	Lorenz Assignon	0	0	1	1
DF	Warmed Omari	1	0	0	1
DF	Christopher Wooh	1	0	0	1
FW	Bertuğ Yıldırım	0	0	1	1

References

^ "Equipe Pro" (in French). Stade Rennais F.C. Archived from the original on 15 August 2019. Retrieved 3 September 2023.
^ "Gauthier Gallon file à Rennes". SO Foot. 5 July 2023.
^ "Les premiers mots de Ludovic Blas au Stade Rennais". 90min. 5 July 2023.
^ "Stade Rennais. Enzo le Fée signe jusqu'en 2028". 7 July 2023.
^ Macedo, Aurélien (18 July 2023). "Rennes s'offre Geoffrey Lembet". Foot Mercato.
^ "Rennes sign Serbia midfielder Matic from Roma". Reuters. 14 August 2023.
^ Ngwa, Lesley (22 August 2023). "Naguida Aboubakar switch from EFBC to Rennes".
^ "Bertuğ Yildirim, nouvel attaquant Rouge et Noir". Stade Rennais F.C. 29 August 2023.
^ "Fabian Rieder 2027 !". Stade Rennais F.C. 30 August 2023.
^ "Official: Stuttgart sign Guirassy permanently". BuliNews. 31 May 2023.
^ "Hamari Traoré, first signing". Real Sociedad. 9 June 2023.
^ "FC Basel exercise buy option for Rennes midfielder Andy Diouf". Get French Football News. 2 May 2023.
^ "Doğan Alemdar en prêt à l'ESTAC". ES Troyes AC.
^ "Lesley Ugochukwu rejoint Chelsea" (in French). Stade Rennais F.C. 1 August 2023. Retrieved 1 August 2023.
^ "Lovro Majer joins from Rennes". VfL Wolfsburg. 16 August 2023. Retrieved 16 August 2023.
^ "FCK sign Norway international Birger Meling". F.C. Copenhagen. 26 August 2023.
^ "Jeremy Doku: Man City sign Belgium winger from Rennes in £55.5m deal". Sky Sports. 25 August 2023.
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^ "Loum Tchaouna è un nuovo giocatore della Salernitana". US Salernitana 1919.
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^ "Adrien Truffert prolonge jusqu'en 2026 au Stade Rennais". L'Équipe.
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External links

Official website

[table_note_MON0.32698155861673-26] Montpellier was deducted one point for uncontrolled crowd trouble that caused the abandonment of its match against Clermont.^[25]

[1] "Equipe Pro" (in French). Stade Rennais F.C. Archived from the original on 15 August 2019. Retrieved 3 September 2023.

[2] "Gauthier Gallon file à Rennes". SO Foot. 5 July 2023.

[3] "Les premiers mots de Ludovic Blas au Stade Rennais". 90min. 5 July 2023.

[4] "Stade Rennais. Enzo le Fée signe jusqu'en 2028". 7 July 2023.

[5] Macedo, Aurélien (18 July 2023). "Rennes s'offre Geoffrey Lembet". Foot Mercato.

[6] "Rennes sign Serbia midfielder Matic from Roma". Reuters. 14 August 2023.

[7] Ngwa, Lesley (22 August 2023). "Naguida Aboubakar switch from EFBC to Rennes".

[8] "Bertuğ Yildirim, nouvel attaquant Rouge et Noir". Stade Rennais F.C. 29 August 2023.

[9] "Fabian Rieder 2027 !". Stade Rennais F.C. 30 August 2023.

[10] "Official: Stuttgart sign Guirassy permanently". BuliNews. 31 May 2023.

[11] "Hamari Traoré, first signing". Real Sociedad. 9 June 2023.

[12] "FC Basel exercise buy option for Rennes midfielder Andy Diouf". Get French Football News. 2 May 2023.

[13] "Doğan Alemdar en prêt à l'ESTAC". ES Troyes AC.

[14] "Lesley Ugochukwu rejoint Chelsea" (in French). Stade Rennais F.C. 1 August 2023. Retrieved 1 August 2023.

[15] "Lovro Majer joins from Rennes". VfL Wolfsburg. 16 August 2023. Retrieved 16 August 2023.

[16] "FCK sign Norway international Birger Meling". F.C. Copenhagen. 26 August 2023.

[17] "Jeremy Doku: Man City sign Belgium winger from Rennes in £55.5m deal". Sky Sports. 25 August 2023.

[18] [1]

[19] "Loum Tchaouna è un nuovo giocatore della Salernitana". US Salernitana 1919.

[20] [2]

[21] "The Serbian International, Nemanja Matić, joins Olympique Lyonnais until 2026". Olympique Lyonnais. 27 January 2024. Retrieved 27 January 2024.

[22] [3]

[23] "Transferts : Lorenz Assignon (Rennes) officiellement prêté à Burnley" [Transfers : Lorenz Assignon (Rennes) officially loaned to Burnley] (in French). L'Équipe. 2 February 2024. Retrieved 2 February 2024.

[24] "Adrien Truffert prolonge jusqu'en 2026 au Stade Rennais". L'Équipe.

[25] "Commission de discipline: les décisions du 25 Octobre 2023" [Discipline committee: decisions of 25 October 2023] (in French). Ligue de Football Professionnel. 25 October 2023. Retrieved 25 October 2023.

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

[28] "Ligue 1. Le calendrier complet de la saison 2023-2024". 29 June 2023.

[29] "European Qualifier match between Belgium and Sweden declared abandoned with half-time result confirmed as final". UEFA.com (Press release). Union of European Football Associations. 19 October 2023. Retrieved 19 October 2023.

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