2022–23 FC Lorient season

FC Lorient
2022–23 season
Owner	Loïc Fery
President	Loïc Fery
Head coach	Régis Le Bris
Stadium	Stade du Moustoir
Ligue 1	10th
Coupe de France	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	League: ; Terem Moffi (12); All: ; Terem Moffi (12)
	← 2021–22 2023–24 →

The 2022–23 season was the 97th season in the history of FC Lorient and their third consecutive season in the top flight. The club participated in Ligue 1 and the Coupe de France. The season covers the period from 1 July 2022 to 30 June 2023.

Players

First-team squad

As of 20 February 2023^[1]

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

Transfers

In

Out

Pre-season and friendlies

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

9 July 2022 Friendly	Lorient	1–0	Concarneau	Ploemeur
11:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Ouattara 69'			Stadium: Complexe Sportif Espace FCL

16 July 2022 Friendly	Brest	1–0	Lorient	Dinan
17:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Dembélé 90'			Stadium: Stade du Clos Gastel

23 July 2022 Friendly	Nantes	2–0	Lorient	La Baule-Escoublac
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Doucet 15' Blas 75'			Stadium: Stade Moreau Défarges

27 July 2022 Friendly	Lorient	2–1	Châteauroux	Inzinzac-Lochrist
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Grbić 84', 89' (pen.)		Ntolla 25'	Stadium: Stade de Mané-Braz

30 July 2022 Friendly	Lorient	1–1	Ajaccio	Lorient
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Laporte 24'		Alphonse 36'	Stadium: Stade du Moustoir

10 December 2022 Friendly	Osasuna	1–1	Lorient	Pamplona
13:00 CET (UTC+1)	Torró 5' Aridane 45' R. García 85'		Diarra 39'

16 December 2022 Friendly	Guingamp	1–0	Lorient	Guingamp
--:-- CET (UTC+1)

21 December 2022 Friendly	Lorient	2–1	Nantes	Vannes
18:00 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Stade de la Rabine

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	7 August 2022	3 June 2023	Matchday 1	10th	38	15	10	13	52	53	−1	039.47
Coupe de France	8 January 2023	9 February 2023	Round of 64	Round of 16	3	1	2	0	8	2	+6	033.33
Total					41	16	12	13	60	55	+5	039.02

Source: Soccerway

Ligue 1

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
8	Clermont	38	17	8	13	45	49	−4	59
9	Nice	38	15	13	10	48	37	+11	58
10	Lorient	38	15	10	13	52	53	−1	55
11	Reims	38	12	15	11	45	45	0	51
12	Montpellier	38	15	5	18	65	62	+3	50

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).^[2]

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	15	10	13	52	53	−1	55	9	4	6	26	21	+5	6	6	7	26	32	−6

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	35	36	37	38
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	W	W	D	W	L	W	W	W	W	W	D	D	L	L	D	L	W	D	L	W	L	D	L	W	L	D	W	D	L	D	L	L	W	W	D	L	L	W
Position	8	8	8	5	7	5	4	3	3	2	2	3	4	6	5	7	6	6	7	6	7	7	8	7	8	9	9	8	10	10	10	11	10	9	9	10	10	10

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

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 17 June 2022.^[3]

7 August 2022 1	Rennes	0–1	Lorient	Rennes
17:05 CEST (UTC+2)	Truffert 62' Theate 87' Traoré 87'	Report	Theate 65' (o.g.) Le Goff 75'	Stadium: Roazhon Park Attendance: 28,177 Referee: Bastien Dechepy

21 August 2022 3	Toulouse	2–2	Lorient	Toulouse
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Ratão 31' Dallinga 43', 64' Van den Boomen 72'	Report	Laurienté 2' Le Fée 22' Koné 80' (pen.)	Stadium: Stadium de Toulouse Attendance: 23,862 Referee: Gustavo Correia

28 August 2022 4	Lorient	2–1	Clermont	Lorient
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Kalulu 15' Moffi 24' (pen.), 41'	Report	Neto 22' 48' Gonalons 39' Cham 62'	Stadium: Stade du Moustoir Attendance: 10,591 Referee: Willy Delajod

31 August 2022 5	Lens	5–2	Lorient	Lens
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Sotoca 24', 77' Saïd 28' Abdul Samed 57' Gradit 63' Openda 86'	Report	Moffi 41', 50', 63' Ouattara 58' Abergel 60'	Stadium: Stade Bollaert-Delelis Attendance: 37,161 Referee: Benoît Bastien

4 September 2022 6	Ajaccio	0–1	Lorient	Ajaccio
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Nouri 38' Gonzalez 47' El Idrissy 68' Youssouf 90+4'	Report	Koné 35' Ouattara 51'	Stadium: Stade François Coty Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Jérémy Stinat

7 September 2022 2	Lorient	3–1	Lyon	Lorient
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Le Fée 6' Moffi 33' Diarra 43' Ouattara 49'	Report	Mendes 23' Lacazette 28' Da Silva 55' Dembélé 84'	Stadium: Stade du Moustoir Attendance: 13,685 Referee: Bastien Depechy
Note: The match was originally scheduled for 14 August 2022 at 13:00, but was postponed for safety reasons due to the poor condition of Lorient's pitch.^[4]

11 September 2022 7	Lorient	3–2	Nantes	Lorient
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Ouattara 19' Cathline 60' Koné 74', 78' Laporte 76'	Report	Ganago 13' Simon 40', 85' Chirivella 45' Appiah 56'	Stadium: Stade du Moustoir Attendance: 15,080 Referee: Johan Hamel

16 September 2022 8	Auxerre	1–3	Lorient	Auxerre
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Mensah 40' Hein 50' Touré 75' Dugimont 83'	Report	Ouattara 15' Moffi 37' Le Fée 42' Kalulu 59'	Stadium: Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps Attendance: 14,866 Referee: Ruddy Buquet

2 October 2022 9	Lorient	2–1	Lille	Lorient
13:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Diakité 9' (o.g.) Ouattara 33' 62' Abergel 42' Le Bris 87'	Report	Ang. Gomes 25' Martin 45' Diakité 49' David 78'	Stadium: Stade du Moustoir Attendance: 14,916 Referee: Hakim Ben El Hadj

9 October 2022 10	Brest	1–2	Lorient	Brest
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Del Castillo 17', 63' Slimani 21' Honorat 66'	Report	Moffi 24', 53' Boisgard 68'	Stadium: Stade Francis-Le Blé Attendance: 9,819 Referee: Bastien Dechepy

15 October 2022 11	Lorient	0–0	Reims	Lorient
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Ponceau 22'	Report	Agbadou 13' 90+1' Lopy 45+2' 46'	Stadium: Stade du Moustoir Attendance: 15,776 Referee: Mathieu Vernice

23 October 2022 12	Troyes	2–2	Lorient	Troyes
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Porozo 27' Laporte 34' (o.g.) Lopes 61' Lis 65'	Report	Diarra 50' Boisgard 81'	Stadium: Stade de l'Aube Attendance: 7,975 Referee: Marc Bollengier

30 October 2022 13	Lorient	1–2	Nice	Lorient
17:05 CET (UTC+1)	Ouattara 18'	Report	Lemina 58' Atal 61' Laborde 69'	Stadium: Stade du Moustoir Attendance: 16,034 Referee: Clément Turpin

6 November 2022 14	Lorient	1–2	Paris Saint Germain	Lorient
13:00 CET (UTC+1)	Moffi 53' Innocent 63'	Report	Neymar 9' Pereira 81'	Stadium: Stade du Moustoir Attendance: 16,778 Referee: Benoît Bastien

13 November 2022 15	Strasbourg	1–1	Lorient	Strasbourg
17:05 CET (UTC+1)	Aholou 22' Thomasson 42' Bellegarde 85' Diallo 87' Liénard 89'	Report	Moffi 5' Innocent 26'	Stadium: Stade de la Meinau Attendance: 25,117 Referee: Pierre Gaillouste

28 December 2022 16	Lorient	0–2	Montpellier	Lorient
17:00 CET (UTC+1)	Le Fée 7' Kalulu 50' Innocent 59'	Report	Savanier 3', 90' Wahi 22' Leroy 28' Sacko 43' Omlin 58'	Stadium: Stade du Moustoir Attendance: 15,963 Referee: Willy Delajod

1 January 2023 17	Angers	1–2	Lorient	Angers
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Capelle 4' Sima 10' Hountondji 52'	Report	Sima 79' (o.g.) Le Fée 88'	Stadium: Stade Raymond Kopa Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Florent Batta

11 January 2023 18	Lorient	2–2	Monaco	Lorient
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Innocent 42' Ouattara 75' Moffi 77'	Report	Caio Henrique 37' Embolo 61' Ben Yedder 90+3'	Stadium: Stade du Moustoir Attendance: 14,521 Referee: Jérôme Brisard

14 January 2023 19	Marseille	3–1	Lorient	Marseille
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Kolašinac 38' Ünder 50' Sánchez 53' Veretout 59'	Report	Moffi 29'	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 63,276 Referee: Bastien Dechepy

27 January 2023 20	Lorient	2–1	Rennes	Lorient
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Talbi 13' Le Bris 31' Meïté 90+3'	Report	Theate 65' Tait 72'	Stadium: Stade du Moustoir Attendance: 16,782 Referee: Benoît Millot

1 February 2023 21	Reims	4–2	Lorient	Reims
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Balogun 44' (pen.), 61', 64' Doumbia 51' Matusiwa 77'	Report	Le Fée 10' Koné 35'	Stadium: Stade Auguste-Delaune Attendance: 10,746 Referee: Florent Batta

5 February 2023 22	Lorient	0–0	Angers	Lorient
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Le Fée 74' Kalulu 88'	Report	Mendy 23' Chetti 62' Blažič 89' Abdelli 90+2'	Stadium: Stade du Moustoir Attendance: 12,705 Referee: Willy Delajod

12 February 2023 23	Nantes	1–0	Lorient	Nantes
17:05 CET (UTC+1)	Blas 66'	Report		Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 33,579 Referee: Mathieu Vernice

19 February 2023 24	Lorient	3–0	Ajaccio	Lorient
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Dieng 6' (pen.) Faivre 43' Ponceau 58'	Report	Youssouf 28' Vidal 49'	Stadium: Stade du Moustoir Attendance: 12,918 Referee: Eric Wattelier

26 February 2023 25	Lorient	0–1	Auxerre	Lorient
13:00 CET (UTC+1)	Meïté 56' Abergel 77'	Report	Touré 32' Raveloson 58' Dembélé 67' Massengo 77'	Stadium: Stade du Moustoir Attendance: 13,089 Referee: Benoît Millot

5 March 2023 26	Lyon	0–0	Lorient	Décines-Charpieu
17:05 CET (UTC+1)	Lukeba 66'	Report		Stadium: Parc Olympique Lyonnais Attendance: 38,568 Referee: Thomas Léonard

12 March 2023 27	Lorient	2–0	Troyes	Lorient
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Dieng 8' Diarra 90+2'	Report	Palmer-Brown 76' Kouamé 79'	Stadium: Stade du Moustoir Attendance: 6,889 Referee: Clément Turpin

19 March 2023 28	Nice	1–1	Lorient	Nice
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Laborde 78'	Report	Meïté 30' Mannone 74' Silva 89', 90+2'	Stadium: Allianz Riviera Attendance: 20,762 Referee: Ruddy Buquet

2 April 2023 29	Lille	3–1	Lorient	Villeneuve-d'Ascq
13:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Cabella 12' And. Gomes 45' Weah 50' André 84' Zhegrova 88', 90'	Report	Abergel 45' Meïté 53' 78' Koné 76'	Stadium: Stade Pierre-Mauroy Attendance: 33,862 Referee: Jérémie Pignard

9 April 2023 30	Lorient	0–0	Marseille	Lorient
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Malinovskyi 83' Balerdi 86'	Stadium: Stade du Moustoir Attendance: 16,767 Referee: Willy Delajod

16 April 2023 31	Monaco	3–1	Lorient	Monaco
17:05 CEST (UTC+2)	Diatta 14' Golovin 27' Volland 55'	Report	Silva 25' Koné 86'	Stadium: Stade Louis II Attendance: 6,930 Referee: Bastien Dechepy

23 April 2023 32	Lorient	0–1	Toulouse	Lorient
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Abergel 70' Meïté 78' Kalulu 82'	Report	Sierro 51' Aboukhlal 68' Spierings 90+1'	Stadium: Stade du Moustoir Attendance: 15,948 Referee: Marc Bollengier

30 April 2023 33	Paris Saint-Germain	1–3	Lorient	Paris
17:05 CEST (UTC+2)	Hakimi 5' 20' Mbappé 29' Marquinhos 51' Verratti 73'	Report	Le Fée 16', 52' Innocent 32' Yongwa 39' Dieng 77', 88'	Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 41,454 Referee: Jérôme Brisard

7 May 2023 34	Lorient	2–1	Brest	Lorient
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Koné 32', 51' Yongwa 83' Makengo 89' 90+5'	Report	Duverne 42' Lees-Melou 60' Del Castillo 69' (pen.)	Stadium: Stade du Moustoir Attendance: 16,338 Referee: Benoît Millot

14 May 2023 35	Montpellier	1–1	Lorient	Montpellier
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Ferri 33' Kouyaté 89' Maouassa 90+4'	Report	Meïté 25' Koné 38' Faivre 68' Le Fée 90+1'	Stadium: Stade de la Mosson Attendance: 12,595 Referee: Mathieu Vernice

21 May 2023 36	Lorient	1–3	Lens	Lorient
17:05 CEST (UTC+2)	Faivre 6' Yongwa 71' Kalulu 75'	Report	Sotoca 20' Thomasson 25' Machado 39' Medina 43' Fofana 87'	Stadium: Stade du Moustoir Attendance: 16,724 Referee: Stéphanie Frappart

27 May 2023 37	Clermont	2–0	Lorient	Clermont-Ferrand
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Khaoui 44' Caufriez 74'	Report	Koné 43'	Stadium: Stade Gabriel Montpied Attendance: 13,050 Referee: Florent Batta

3 June 2023 38	Lorient	2–1	Strasbourg	Lorient
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Faivre 10', 36' Abergel 88'	Report	Bellegarde 56', 65'	Stadium: Stade du Moustoir Attendance: 16,351 Referee: Bastien Dechepy

Coupe de France

8 January 2023 Round of 64	AS La Châtaigneraie	0–6	Lorient	La Roche-sur-Yon
15:30 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Koné 43' (pen.) Cathline 45+2', 61' Aouchiche 51' Diarra 54' Grbić 77'	Stadium: Stade Henri Desgrange Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Marc Bollengier

21 January 2023 (2023-01-21) Round of 32	Bastia	1–1 (a.e.t.) (1–4 p)	Lorient	Bastia
18:00 CET	Sainati 81', 86' Bohnert 81'	Report	Koné 64', 65'	Stadium: Stade Armand-Cesari Attendance: 7,518 Referee: Eric Wattellier
	Penalties
	Magri Djoco Kaïboué		Boisgard Yongwa Le Bris Abergel

9 February 2023 Round of 16	Lorient	1–1 (2–4 p)	Lens	Lorient
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Le Fée 84'	Report	Fulgini 21' Poręba 50' Boura 60' Onana 82'	Stadium: Stade du Moustoir Attendance: 14,835 Referee: Jérémie Pignard
	Penalties
	Le Fée Talbi Doucouré Koné		Frankowski Sotoca Thomasson Medina

References

^ "L'équipe professionnelle 2022–23". FC Lorient. Retrieved 10 August 2022.
^ "League Rules" (PDF). www.lfp.fr. Retrieved 1 September 2022.
^ "Ligue 1 Uber Eats et Ligue 2 BKT Saison 2022–2023 les Calendriers". 17 June 2022.
^ "FC Lorient - Olympique Lyonnais postponed". Ligue 1. 12 August 2022. Retrieved 13 August 2022.

[1] "L'équipe professionnelle 2022–23". FC Lorient. Retrieved 10 August 2022.

[2] "League Rules" (PDF). www.lfp.fr. Retrieved 1 September 2022.

[3] "Ligue 1 Uber Eats et Ligue 2 BKT Saison 2022–2023 les Calendriers". 17 June 2022.

[4] "FC Lorient - Olympique Lyonnais postponed". Ligue 1. 12 August 2022. Retrieved 13 August 2022.

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