2023–24 Stade Malherbe Caen season

Stade Malherbe Caen
2023–24 season
Chairman	Olivier Pickeu
Manager	Jean-Marc Furlan (until 4 November 2023); Patrice Sauvaget (interim); Nicolas Seube (from 30 November)
Stadium	Stade Michel d'Ornano
Ligue 2	6th
Coupe de France	Round of 64
Top goalscorer	League: ; Alexandre Mendy (22); All: ; Alexandre Mendy (23)
Highest home attendance	Valenciennes (19,466), 17 May 2024
Lowest home attendance	Troyes (13,198), 27 Jan. 2024
Average home league attendance	15,479
	← 2022–23 2024–25 →

The 2023–24 season was Stade Malherbe Caen's 111th season in existence and fifth consecutive in the Ligue 2. They also competed in the Coupe de France.

Players

First-team squad

As of 20 March 2024.^[2]

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	ALG	Anthony Mandrea
2	DF	TUN	Ali Abdi
3	DF	FRA	Diabé Bolumbu
4	DF	FRA	Valentin Henry
5	DF	TUN	Syam Ben Youssef
6	MF	FRA	Quentin Daubin
7	FW	FRA	Tidiam Gomis
11	FW	FRA	Mickaël Le Bihan
15	FW	FRA	Amine Salama
16	GK	MTQ	Yannis Clementia
17	FW	FRA	Godson Kyeremeh
18	MF	FRA	Hiang'a Mbock
19	FW	GNB	Alexandre Mendy
20	MF	FRA	Noé Lebreton


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
21	MF	FRA	Bilal Brahimi
22	FW	FRA	Mohamed Hafid
23	MF	FRA	Mathias Autret
27	DF	FRA	Daylam Meddah
29	DF	FRA	Romain Thomas (c)
30	GK	FRA	Destiné Jopanguy
35	GK	FRA	Parfait Mandanda
61	DF	FRA	Brahim Traoré
80	MF	FRA	Mario Fortunato
92	DF	FRA	Alexandre Coeff
97	DF	CIV	Dieudonné Gaucho Debohi
—	DF	RUS	Vladislav Molchan
—	MF	CIV	Daouda Koné

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
—	MF	FRA	Lamine Sy (on loan to Rouen)
—	FW	COD	Samuel Essende (on loan to Vizela)
—	FW	BEN	Andréas Hountondji (on loan to Rodez)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	FW	FRA	Ilyes Najim (on loan to Martigues)
—	FW	MLI	Moussa Sylla (on loan to Pau)

Transfers

In

Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
DF	Valentin Henry	Sochaux	Free	1 July 2023
DF	Syam Ben Youssef	Quevilly-Rouen	Free	1 July 2023	^[3]
MF	Mathias Autret	Auxerre	Free	21 July 2023	^[4]

Out

Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
MF	Anton Salétros	AIK	€800,000	8 July 2023	^[5]

Pre-season and friendlies

29 July 2023 Friendly	Caen	2–2	Quevilly-Rouen	Caen
18:00 UTC+2	Daubin 22' Mendy 62' (pen.)		Pierret 16' Baboula 33' Yadé 84'	Stadium: Terrain Annexe 3 du Venoix Referee: Benjamin Lepaysan

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Ligue 2	5 August 2023	17 May 2024	Matchday 1	38	17	7	14	51	45	+6	044.74
Coupe de France	TBD		Seventh round	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
Total				38	17	7	14	51	45	+6	044.74

Last updated: 23 May 2024
Source: Soccerway

Ligue 2

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or Relegation
4	Rodez	38	16	12	10	62	51	+11	60	Qualification for promotion play-offs semi-final
5	Paris FC	38	16	11	11	49	42	+7	59	Qualification for promotion play-offs semi-final
6	Caen	38	17	7	14	51	45	+6	58
7	Laval	38	15	10	13	40	45	−5	55
8	Amiens	38	12	17	9	36	36	0	53

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

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	17	7	14	51	45	+6	58	11	3	5	26	12	+14	6	4	9	25	33	−8

Last updated: 23 May 2024.
Source: Ligue 2 BKT

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	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	W	W	W	W	L	L	D	L	L	L	D	D	L	D	L	W	W	W	D	W	W	D	L	W	L	W	W	L	L	W	L	W	L	W	L	W	D	W
Position	4	1	1	1	1	2	4	7	10	11	11	11	12	13	16	12	12	9	11	10	5	6	7	5	7	6	5	5	8	6	7	6	8	7	8	6	6	6

Updated to match(es) played on 23 May 2024. Source: Ligue 2 BKT
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	Paris FC	0–2	Caen	Troyes
19:00 UTC+2	Gaudin 2' 33'	Report	Daubin 29' Mendy 45+3' Vandermersch 52' Abdi 62'	Stadium: Stade de l'Aube Attendance: 1,056 Referee: Nicolas Rainville

12 August 2023 2	Caen	2–0	Pau	Caen
19:00 UTC+2	Daubin 37' Mendy 45+2' (pen.)	Report	Kanté 35' 57'	Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano Attendance: 15,168 Referee: Ahmed Taleb

19 August 2023 3	Concarneau	0–2	Caen	Brest
19:00 UTC+2	Mouazan 60'	Report	Mendy 54' (pen.) Brahimi 65' Abdi 90+2'	Stadium: Stade Francis-Le Blé Attendance: 3,001 Referee: Thierry Bouille

26 August 2023 4	Caen	3–0	Ajaccio	Caen
19:00 UTC+2	Mendy 37', 45', 63' Kyeremeh 87'	Report	Bayala 53' Bammou 65'	Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano Attendance: 16,190 Referee: Aurélien Petit

2 September 2023 5	Laval	2–1	Caen	Laval
19:00 UTC+2	Kadile 56' Vargas 79' Martins 88' Vargas 90+2' Tchokounté 90+5' (pen.)	Report	Daubin 44' Mandrea 61' Abdi 78' Henry 90+4'	Stadium: Stade Francis Le Basser Attendance: 8,889 Referee: Rémi Landry

16 September 2023 6	Caen	1–2	Saint-Étienne	Caen
15:00 UTC+2	Henry 35' Abdi 67' Mandrea 77' Mendy 90+4'	Report	Tardieu 30' (pen.) Fomba 77' Sissoko 88'	Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano Attendance: 19,013 Referee: Abdelatif Kherradji

3 October 2023 7	Bordeaux	1–1	Caen	Bordeaux
18:45 UTC+2	Davitashvili 34' Michelin 40' Badji 49' Ihnatenko 89'	Report	Mendy 15' Henry 55'	Stadium: Matmut Atlantique Attendance: 21,038 Referee: Hakim Bel Hadj

26 September 2023 8	Caen	1–2	Grenoble	Caen
20:45 UTC+2	Abdi 19'	Report	Mendy 24' Ba 46', 49' Touray 56' Postolachi 73'	Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano Attendance: 14,770 Referee: Nicolas Rainville

30 September 2023 9	Caen	0–1	Guingamp	Caen
19:00 UTC+2	Thomas 90+4'	Report	Sagna 77' Gomis 79' Sidibé 89'	Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano Attendance: 14,881 Referee: Guillaume Paradis

7 October 2023 10	Rodez	5–3	Caen	Rodez
19:00 UTC+2	Rajot 4' Arconte 13', 72', 76' Abdallah 23' Haag 43' Arconte 84' Younoussa 90+2'	Report	Thomas 42' Mendy 45+1' Le Bihan 45+3' Court 62' Henry 75' Ntim 90+5'	Stadium: Stade Paul-Lignon Attendance: 2,892 Referee: Romain Delpech

21 October 2023 11	Caen	1–1	Auxerre	Caen
15:00 UTC+2	Ntim 42' Abdi 52'	Report	Abdi 6' (o.g.) Jubal 39'	Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano Attendance: 17,917 Referee: Jérémie Pignard

28 October 2023 12	Valenciennes	2–2	Caen	Valenciennes
19:00 UTC+2	Lilepo 8' Hamache 29'	Report	Daubin 53' Ntim 61' Le Bihan 87' Abdi 90+1'	Stadium: Stade du Hainaut Attendance: 6,682 Referee: Karim Abed

4 November 2023 13	Troyes	2–1	Caen	Troyes
19:00 UTC+1	Ilić 17' Ndiaye 38' Saïd 41' Dong 50' Assoumou 64' Mazou-Sacko 90+2'	Report	Abdi 21' Mendy 61'	Stadium: Stade de l'Aube Attendance: 4,401 Referee: Rémi Landry

11 November 2023 14	Caen	3–3	Quevilly-Rouen	Caen
19:00 UTC+1	Kyeremeh 12' Ben Youssef 31' Mendy 43' Le Bihan 90+7'	Report	Delaurier-Chaubet 20' Gbelle 22' Pierret 45' Cissé 45+2' Coulibaly 58' Yade 90+7'	Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano Attendance: 14,485 Referee: Aurélien Petit

27 November 2023 15	Angers	3–0	Caen	Angers
20:45 UTC+1	Diony 29' Hountondji 72' Capelle 87' Bahoya 90+4'	Report	Abdi 8' Mbock 47' Ben Youssef 74' 75' Henry 79'	Stadium: Stade Raymond Kopa Attendance: 9,202 Referee: Ahmed Taleb

2 December 2023 16	Caen	1–0	Bastia	Caen
19:00 UTC+1	Gaucho Debohi 78' Mendy 88' Brahimi 90'	Report	Keita 33' Janneh 67' Djoco 74' Tavares 90+3'	Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano Attendance: 14,469 Referee: Thierry Bouille

6 December 2023 17	Annecy	1–2	Caen	Annecy
19:00 UTC+1	Shamal 12' Ntamack 20' Soukouna 90'	Report	Lebreton 50' Mendy 77' Autret 80'	Stadium: Parc des Sports Attendance: 3,513 Referee: Faouzi Benchabane

16 December 2023 18	Caen	1–0	Dunkerque	Caen
19:00 UTC+1	Brahimi 8' Gaucho Debohi 57' Henry 81'	Report	Sy 63' Anziani 81'	Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano Attendance: 13,723 Referee: Mickaël Leleu

19 December 2023 19	Amiens	0–0	Caen	Amiens
20:45 UTC+1	Gelin 53' Mafouta 82'	Report	Brahimi 36'	Stadium: Stade de la Licorne Attendance: 5,927 Referee: Romain Delpech

13 January 2024 20	Caen	1–0	Concarneau	Caen
19:00 UTC+1	Kyeremeh 49' Mendy 72'	Report	Georgen 18' Jannez 34'	Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano Attendance: 13,487 Referee: Azzédine Souifi

23 January 2024 21	Bastia	1–2	Caen	Bastia
20:45 UTC+1	Santelli 33' (pen.) Charbonnier 81' 84'	Report	Mbock 23' Thomas 56' Mbock 60' Gaucho Debohi 62' Mendy 83' (pen.) Le Bihan 90+1'	Stadium: Stade Furiani Attendance: 9,598 Referee: Rémi Landry

27 January 2024 22	Caen	0–0	Troyes	Caen
19:00 UTC+1	Lebreton 52' Traoré 69'	Report	Chavalerin 50'	Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano Attendance: 13,198 Referee: Olivier Thual

3 February 2024 23	Grenoble	5–1	Caen	Grenoble
19:00 UTC+1	Nestor 36' Ba 45+1' (pen.) 55' Rigo 59' Sbaï 66' (pen.) Touray 90+5'	Report	Coeff 85' Mendy 89' Meddah 90+1'	Stadium: Stade des Alpes Attendance: 4,876 Referee: Guillaume Paradis

10 February 2024 24	Caen	2–0	Amiens	Caen
19:00 UTC+1	Abdi 59' 81' Autret 63' Mendy 84'	Report	Kaïboué 53' Boya 78'	Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano Attendance: 13,454 Referee: Antoine Valnet

17 February 2024 25	Guingamp	1–0	Caen	Guingamp
19:00 UTC+1	Gomis 4' Sivis 63' Lobry 89'	Report	Abdi 48' Daubin 68' Lebreton 89'	Stadium: Stade de Roudourou Attendance: 9,371 Referee: Karim Abed

26 February 2024 26	Caen	2–0	Angers	Caen
20:45 UTC+1	Abdi 13', 58' Mandrea 83'	Report	Abdelli 79'	Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano Attendance: 16,965 Referee: Aurélien Petit

2 March 2024 27	Pau	2–3	Caen	Pau
19:00 UTC+1	Ahoussou 65' Boli 76' Ngom 90+1' Gaspar 90+7'	Report	Mendy 31' Daubin 61' Kyeremeh 69' Salama 85'	Stadium: Nouste Camp Attendance: 3,068 Referee: Thierry Bouille

8 March 2024 28	Caen	0–1	Paris FC	Caen
19:00 UTC+1		Report	Hamel 67' Ollila 85' Marchetti 89'	Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano Attendance: 17,015 Referee: Pierre Legat

16 March 2024 29	Auxerre	2–1	Caen	Auxerre
15:00 UTC+1	Raveloson 76' Hein 77' Jubal 82'	Report	Kyeremeh 10' Lebreton 38'	Stadium: Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps Attendance: 14,964 Referee: Rémi Landry

30 March 2024 30	Quevilly-Rouen	1–2	Caen	Rouen
19:00 UTC+1	Delaurier-Chaubet 16' Pierret 66' 89'	Report	Mendy 10', 43' Daubin 15' Meddah 75' Mbock 90+3'	Stadium: Stade Robert Diochon Attendance: 4,476 Referee: Guillaume Paradis

6 April 2024 31	Caen	0–1	Bordeaux	Caen
19:00 UTC+2	Lebreton 35' Meddah 65' Mandrea 90+7'	Report	Diaz 20' Pitu 50' Sissokho 90+5'	Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano Attendance: 19,168 Referee: Azzédine Souifi

13 April 2024 32	Caen	1–0	Rodez	Caen
19:00 UTC+2	Traoré 34' Raux-Yao 45' (o.g.) Henry 83'	Report		Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano Attendance: 17,250 Referee: Olivier Thual

20 April 2024 33	AC Ajaccio	2–1	Caen	Ajaccio
19:00 UTC+2	Barreto 20' 20' Ibayi 45' Sollacaro 90+4'	Report	Mendy 90+5'	Stadium: Stade Michel Moretti Attendance: 5,265 Referee: Rémi Landry

23 April 2024 34	Caen	2–1	Annecy	Caen
20:45 UTC+2	Gaucho Debohi 14' Abdi 19' Thomas 78'	Report	Demoncy 27' Pajot 27' Larose 72'	Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano Attendance: 17,137 Referee: Ahmed Taleb

27 April 2024 35	Saint-Étienne	1–0	Caen	Saint-Étienne
15:00 UTC+2	Moueffek 5'	Report	Abdi 44' Brahimi 70' Henry 76' Traoré 90+3'	Stadium: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard Attendance: 35,445 Referee: Nicolas Rainville

3 May 2024 36	Caen	1–0	Laval	Caen
20:00 UTC+2	Thomas 59' Brahimi 86'	Report	Baldé 70'	Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano Attendance: 18,348 Referee: Gaël Angoula

10 May 2024 37	Dunkerque	2–2	Caen	Dunkirk
20:00 UTC+2	Sanganté 50' Youssouf 55' Gbamin 77' Courtet 90+2'		Mendy 2' Bolumbu 23' Gaucho Debohi 69'	Stadium: Stade Marcel-Tribut Attendance: 4,933 Referee: Jérémie Pignard

17 May 2024 38	Caen	3–0	Valenciennes	Caen
	Gomis 23', 63' Mendy 85' (pen.)		Venema 0' Basse 51'	Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano Attendance: 19,466 Referee: Olivier Thual

Coupe de France

References

^ https://www.worldfootball.net/attendance/fra-ligue-2-2023-2024/1/
^ Effectif Caen – Equipe Pro
^ "Syam Ben Youssef de retour au SM Caen". July 2023.
^ "[Officiel] Mathias Autret au SM Caen jusqu'en 2025". 21 July 2023.
^ "Anton Salétros de retour à l'AIK Stockholm". 8 July 2023.
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External links

Official website

[1] ttps://www.worldfootball.net/attendance/fra-ligue-2-2023-2024/1/

[2] Effectif Caen – Equipe Pro

[3] "Syam Ben Youssef de retour au SM Caen". July 2023.

[4] "[Officiel] Mathias Autret au SM Caen jusqu'en 2025". 21 July 2023.

[5] "Anton Salétros de retour à l'AIK Stockholm". 8 July 2023.

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