2022–23 FC Nantes season

FC Nantes
2022–23 season
Owner	Waldemar Kita
President	Waldemar Kita
Head coach	Antoine Kombouaré; (until 9 May); Pierre Aristouy; (from 9 May)
Stadium	Stade de la Beaujoire
Ligue 1	16th
Coupe de France	Runners-up
Trophée des Champions	Runners-up
UEFA Europa League	Knockout round play-offs
Top goalscorer	League: ; Mostafa Mohamed (8); All: ; Ludovic Blas (12)
	← 2021–22 2023–24 ⊟

The 2022–23 season was the 80th season in the history of FC Nantes and their 10th consecutive season in the top flight. The club participated in Ligue 1, the Coupe dr France, the Trophée des Champions and the UEFA Europa League.^[1]^[2] The season covers the period from 1 July 2022 to 30 June 2023.

Despite a 14-match winless run between February and May, which led them being in danger of relegation, Les Canaris ultimately preserved their top flight status with a 1–0 win over Angers, and Auxerre 1–3 defeat to Lens, thus avoiding a return to the second tier of French football for the first time since the 2012–13 season.

Players

First-team squad

As of 30 January 2023^[3]

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	FRA	Alban Lafont (captain)
3	DF	BRA	Andrei Girotto
4	DF	FRA	Nicolas Pallois (vice-captain)
5	MF	ESP	Pedro Chirivella
7	FW	FRA	Evann Guessand (on loan from Nice)
8	MF	COD	Samuel Moutoussamy
10	MF	FRA	Ludovic Blas
11	FW	FRA	Marcus Coco
14	FW	CMR	Ignatius Ganago
16	GK	FRA	Rémy Descamps
17	MF	FRA	Moussa Sissoko
21	DF	CMR	Jean-Charles Castelletto


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
24	DF	FRA	Sébastien Corchia
25	MF	FRA	Florent Mollet
26	DF	FRA	Jaouen Hadjam
27	MF	NGA	Moses Simon
28	DF	FRA	Fabien Centonze
29	MF	FRA	Quentin Merlin
30	GK	SRB	Denis Petrić
31	FW	EGY	Mostafa Mohamed (on loan from Galatasaray)
38	DF	BRA	João Victor (on loan from Benfica)
93	DF	MLI	Charles Traoré
99	FW	ALG	Andy Delort (on loan from Nice)

Reserve squad

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
15	FW	COM	Adel Mahamoud
18	MF	FRA	Samuel Yepié Yepié
19	MF	FRA	Mohamed Achi
20	MF	FRA	Lohann Doucet
22	MF	ARM	Gor Manvelyan


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
23	DF	FRA	Robin Voisine
55	FW	FRA	Kader Bamba
61	FW	FRA	Joe-Loïc Affamah
63	DF	CIV	Michel Junior Diaz

Out on loan

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
53	FW	FRA	Bridge Ndilu (at SO Cholet until 30 June 2023)
—	DF	FRA	Yannis M'Bemba (at Le Puy until 30 June 2023)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	DF	FRA	Ryan Sabry (at Stade Briochin until 30 June 2023)
—	MF	FRA	Abou Ba (at Seraing until 30 June 2023)

Transfers

In

No.	Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
55	FW	Abdoul Kader Bamba	Amiens	Loan return	30 June 2022
53	FW	Bridge Ndilu	Quevilly Rouen	Loan return	30 June 2022
17	MF	Moussa Sissoko	Watford	Undisclosed	1 July 2022	^[4]
7	FW	Evann Guessand	Nice	Loan	12 July 2022	^[5]
31	FW	Mostafa Mohamed	Galatasaray	Loan	21 July 2022	^[6]
14	FW	Ignatius Ganago	Lens	€4.4M	1 September 2022	^[7]
28	DF	Fabien Centonze	Metz	€4M	22 September 2022	^[8]

Out

No.	Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
26	FW	Osman Bukari	Gent	Loan return	30 June 2022
8	MF	Wylan Cyprien	Parma	Loan return	30 June 2022
19	FW	Willem Geubbels	Monaco	Loan return	30 June 2022
6	MF	Roli Pereira de Sa	Sochaux	Free	1 July 2022	^[9]
20	FW	Jean-Kévin Augustin	Basel	Undisclosed	1 July 2022	^[10]
23	FW	Randal Kolo Muani	Eintracht Frankfurt	Free	1 July 2022	^[11]
7	FW	Kalifa Coulibaly	Red Star Belgrade	Free	29 August 2022	^[12]
53	FW	Bridge Ndilu	SO Cholet	Loan	17 September 2022	^[13]

Pre-season and friendlies

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

13 July 2022 Friendly	Nantes	0–1	Guingamp	La Baule-Escoublac
16:00 CEST (UTC 2)			Livolant 86'	Stadium: Stade Moreau Défarges

16 July 2022 Friendly	Caen	0–2	Nantes	Avranches
17:00 CEST (UTC 2)			Blas 17' (pen.) Sissoko 54'	Stadium: Stade René-Fenouillère

23 July 2022 Friendly	Nantes	2–0	Lorient	La Baule-Escoublac
16:00 CEST (UTC 2)	Doucet 15' Blas 76'			Stadium: Stade Moreau Défarges

27 July 2022 Friendly	Nantes	0–1	Rennes	Saint-Nazaire
17:00 CEST (UTC 2)			Guirassy 49'	Stadium: Stade Léo Lagrange

16 December 2022 Friendly	Nantes	1–1	Laval	Nantes
15:30 CET (UTC 1)				Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire

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	16th	38	7	15	16	37	55	−18	018.42
Coupe de France	7 January 2023	29 April 2023	Round of 64	Runners-up	6	3	2	1	7	7	0	050.00
Trophée des Champions	31 July 2022		Final	Runners-up	1	0	0	1	0	4	−4	000.00
UEFA Europa League	8 September 2022	23 February 2023	Group stage	Knockout round play-offs	8	3	1	4	7	15	−8	037.50
Total					53	13	18	22	51	81	−30	024.53

Source: Soccerway

Ligue 1

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
14	Brest	38	11	11	16	44	54	−10	44
15	Strasbourg	38	9	13	16	51	59	−8	40
16	Nantes	38	7	15	16	37	55	−18	36
17	Auxerre (R)	38	8	11	19	35	63	−28	35	Relegation to Ligue 2
18	Ajaccio (R)	38	7	5	26	23	74	−51	26	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).^[14]
(R) Relegated

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	7	15	16	37	55	−18	36	5	8	6	20	26	−6	2	7	10	17	29	−12

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	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	D	D	L	W	D	L	L	D	L	L	W	D	D	L	D	D	W	D	W	D	L	W	W	L	L	L	D	D	L	D	L	D	L	L	D	L	L	W
Position	11	13	15	11	10	13	15	15	16	19	14	15	15	16	15	16	15	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	15	15	16	17	17	17	17	17	16

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

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 17 June 2022.^[15]

7 August 2022 1	Angers	0–0	Nantes	Angers
15:00 CEST (UTC 2)	Capelle 41' Doumbia 53'	Report	Sissoko 37' Merlin 60' Corchia 84'	Stadium: Stade Raymond Kopa Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Hakim Ben El Hadj

12 August 2022 2	Nantes	1–1	Lille	Nantes
21:00 CEST (UTC 2)	Simon 28' Girotto 90'	Report	Zedadka 14' Djaló 18' Fonte 18' André 37' Ismaily 76'	Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 30,689 Referee: Bastien Dechepy

20 August 2022 3	Marseille	2–1	Nantes	Marseille
21:00 CEST (UTC 2)	Rongier 53' Gigot 60' 76' Mbemba 70' López 76' Pallois 82' (o.g.) Veretout 90 4'	Report	Guessand 59' Blas 78' (pen.)	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 63,147 Referee: Jérémie Pignard

28 August 2022 4	Nantes	3–1	Toulouse	Nantes
13:00 CEST (UTC 2)	Guessand 50' Mohamed 56' Simon 61'	Report	Aboukhlal 15' Van den Boomen 36' Dejaegere 45' Nicolaisen 87'	Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 26,574 Referee: Mathieu Vernice

31 August 2022 5	Strasbourg	1–1	Nantes	Strasbourg
19:00 CEST (UTC 2)	Diallo 28'	Report	Moutoussamy 34' Fábio 69' Mohamed 85' Descamps 89'	Stadium: Stade de la Meinau Attendance: 25,162 Referee: Clément Turpin

3 September 2022 6	Nantes	0–3	Paris Saint-Germain	Nantes
21:00 CEST (UTC 2)	Fábio 24' Pallois 33'	Report	Mbappé 18', 54', 57' Bernat 45 2' Verratti 50' Mendes 68' Ramos 69'	Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 34,406 Referee: Pierre Gaillouste

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

18 September 2022 8	Nantes	0–0	Lens	Nantes
17:05 CEST (UTC 2)	Moutoussamy 79'	Report	Abdul Samed 90 2'	Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 28,854 Referee: Willy Delajod

2 October 2022 9	Monaco	4–1	Nantes	Monaco
17:05 CEST (UTC 2)	Embolo 2' Ben Yedder 6', 28', 62' (pen.)	Report	Girotto 60' Caio Henrique 79' (o.g.)	Stadium: Stade Louis II Attendance: 5,202 Referee: Thomas Léonard

9 October 2022 10	Rennes	3–0	Nantes	Rennes
17:05 CEST (UTC 2)	Gouiri 26' Traoré 61' Terrier 79' D. Doué 84' Rodon 88'	Report		Stadium: Roazhon Park Attendance: 27,844 Referee: Florent Batta

16 October 2022 11	Nantes	4–1	Brest	Nantes
15:00 CEST (UTC 2)	Blas 12' Simon 35' (pen.) Ganago 36' Mohamed 71' Sissoko 88'	Report	Fadiga 18' Lees-Melou 33' Pereira Lage 40'	Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 25,759 Referee: Marc Bollengier

23 October 2022 12	Nice	1–1	Nantes	Nice
17:05 CEST (UTC 2)	Todibo 60' Bryan 68' Bard 81' Pépé 90 7' (pen.)	Report	Ganago 49' Sissoko 84' Lafont 90 4' 90 9' Bamba 90 8' Moutoussamy 90 9'	Stadium: Allianz Riviera Attendance: 20,166 Referee: François Letexier

30 October 2022 13	Nantes	1–1	Clermont	Nantes
15:00 CET (UTC 1)	Mohamed 73'	Report	Caufriez 32' Borges 54' Magnin 67'	Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 30,894 Referee: Benoît Bastien

6 November 2022 14	Reims	1–0	Nantes	Reims
15:00 CEST (UTC 2)	Cajuste 8' Balogun 83' (pen.)	Report	Pallois 30' 54' Blas 58' Moutoussamy 90 1'	Stadium: Stade Auguste-Delaune Attendance: 11,477 Referee: Ruddy Buquet

13 November 2022 15	Nantes	2–2	Ajaccio	Nantes
15:00 CET (UTC 1)	Blas 37', 70' Castelletto 45 1' Girotto 62' Simon 89'	Report	Koné 35' Nouri 45 1' Gonzalez 51' Belaïli 57' (pen.) Hamouma 66' Marchetti 90'	Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 29,407 Referee: Jérémie Pignard

28 December 2022 16	Troyes	0–0	Nantes	Troyes
21:00 CEST (UTC 2)		Report	Castelletto 15' Centonze 79'	Stadium: Stade de l'Aube Attendance: 9,043 Referee: Stéphanie Frappart

1 January 2023 17	Nantes	1–0	Auxerre	Nantes
15:00 CET (UTC 1)	Coco 74' Moutoussamy 90 1'	Report	Mensah 21' Camara 82'	Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 23,266 Referee: Benoît Bastien

11 January 2023 18	Nantes	0–0	Lyon	Nantes
19:00 CET (UTC 1)	Traoré 68' Corchia 90'	Report	Tetê 53' Lukeba 75' Kumbedi 84'	Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 27,657 Referee: Marc Bollengier

15 January 2023 19	Montpellier	0–3	Nantes	Montpellier
15:00 CET (UTC 1)	Khazri 42' Wahi 67' 67'	Report	Guessand 45 11' Girotto 45 13' Simon 69' Mohamed 81' Blas 84'	Stadium: Stade de la Mosson Attendance: 10,947 Referee: Thomas Léonard

29 January 2023 20	Clermont	0–0	Nantes	Clermont-Ferrand
15:00 CET (UTC 1)	Caufriez 12' Seidu 54'	Report	Sissoko 12'	Stadium: Stade Gabriel Montpied Attendance: 11,015 Referee: Florent Batta

1 February 2023 21	Nantes	0–2	Marseille	Nantes
19:00 CET (UTC 1)	Traoré 12' Mollet 26' Centonze 45' Simon 66'	Report	Malinovskyi 16' João Victor 56' (o.g.) Balerdi 78' López 86' Ounahi 90 2'	Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 34,125 Referee: Willy Delajod

5 February 2023 22	Ajaccio	0–2	Nantes	Ajaccio
15:00 CET (UTC 1)	Chabrolle 19' El Idrissy 56' Diallo 88'	Report	João Victor 56' Guessand 63' Blas 89' (pen.)	Stadium: Stade François Coty Attendance: 11,598 Referee: Ruddy Buquet

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	Lens	3–1	Nantes	Lens
17:05 CET (UTC 1)	Machado 34' Thomasson 36' Traoré 74' (o.g.)	Report	Mollet 41'	Stadium: Stade Bollaert-Delelis Attendance: 37,984 Referee: Pierre Gaillouste

26 February 2023 25	Nantes	0–1	Rennes	Nantes
15:00 CET (UTC 1)	Centonze 78' Coco 89'	Report	Doku 19' Omari 81' Gouiri 90 3'	Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 34,467 Referee: Jérémie Pignard

4 March 2023 26	Paris Saint-Germain	4–2	Nantes	Paris
21:00 CET (UTC 1)	Messi 12' Hadjam 17' (o.g.) Pereira 60' Mbappé 90 2'	Report	Blas 31' Ganago 38' Hadjam 63' Girotto 69'	Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 47,000 Referee: Jérémy Stinat

12 March 2023 27	Nantes	2–2	Nice	Nantes
15:00 CET (UTC 1)	Moutoussamy 29' Sissoko 31' Blas 35' Mohamed 88'	Report	Moffi 5' Bard 30' Ndayishimiye 71'	Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 33,568 Referee: Willy Delajod

17 March 2022 28	Lyon	1–1	Nantes	Décines-Charpieu
21:00 CET (UTC 1)	Lacazette 24'	Report	Lukeba 2' (o.g.) João Victor 29'	Stadium: Parc Olympique Lyonnais Attendance: 38,880 Referee: Benoît Millot

2 April 2023 29	Nantes	0–3	Reims	Nantes
15:00 CEST (UTC 2)	Girotto 48'	Report	Cajuste 16' Flips 37', 38' Munetsi 57' Matusiwa 78'	Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 26,285 Referee: Marc Bollengier

9 April 2023 30	Nantes	2–2	Monaco	Nantes
17:05 CEST (UTC 2)	Girotto 56' Corchia 62' Mohamed 65' Blas 78', 79'	Report	Disasi 21' Matazo 30' Volland 87'	Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 30,050 Referee: Clément Turpin

16 April 2023 31	Auxerre	2–1	Nantes	Auxerre
15:00 CEST (UTC 2)	Jubal 5' (pen.) Zedadka 33' Da Costa 43' I. Touré 90 4'	Report	João Victor 36' Mohamed 55' Pallois 89'	Stadium: Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps Attendance: 15,714 Referee: Éric Wattellier

23 April 2023 32	Nantes	2–2	Troyes	Nantes
15:00 CEST (UTC 2)	Pallois 25' Centonze 90 1' Guessand 90 6'	Report	M. Baldé 64' (pen.) Odobert 90 2' Agoumé 90 9'	Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 34,082 Referee: Jérémie Pignard

30 April 2023 33	Brest	2–0	Nantes	Brest
21:00 CEST (UTC 2)	Le Douaron 17' Pereira Lage 34'	Report	Moutoussamy 84'	Stadium: Stade Francis-Le Blé Attendance: 14,470 Referee: Willy Delajod

7 May 2023 34	Nantes	0–2	Strasbourg	Nantes
15:00 CEST (UTC 2)	João Victor 45' Coco 53' Mollet 76'	Report	Diallo 27' (pen.) Diarra 47' Dagba 68'	Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 28,563 Referee: Benoît Bastien

14 May 2023 35	Toulouse	0–0	Nantes	Toulouse
15:00 CEST (UTC 2)	Desler 90 2'	Report	Girotto 58'	Stadium: Stadium de Toulouse Attendance: 27,033 Referee: Jérôme Brisard

21 May 2023 36	Nantes	0–3	Montpellier	Nantes
17:00 CEST (UTC 2)	Merlin 20' Moutoussamy 49' Mollet 58' Blas 77'	Report	Ferri 38' Nordin 47' Sacko 88'	Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 30,170 Referee: Ruddy Buquet

27 May 2023 37	Lille	2–1	Nantes	Villeneuve-d'Ascq
21:00 CEST (UTC 2)	Baleba 43' David 50' (pen.), 87' (pen.), 88'	Report	Merlin 17' Castelletto 35' João Victor 78' Mohamed 85' Blas 86'	Stadium: Stade Pierre-Mauroy Attendance: 41,136 Referee: Éric Wattellier

3 June 2023 38	Nantes	1–0	Angers	Nantes
21:00 CEST (UTC 2)	Ganago 16' Blas 90 4'	Report		Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 27,650 Referee: Clément Turpin

Coupe de France

7 January 2023 Round of 64	AF Virois	0–2	Nantes	Caen^[16]
18:00 CET (UTC 1)	Epailly 20'	Report	Mohamed 29' Guessand 55'	Stadium: Michel d'Ornano Attendance: 8,500 Referee: Benoît Millot

22 January 2023 Round of 32	ES Thaon	0–0 (2–4 p)	Nantes	Épinal
18:30 CET (UTC 1)	Cissé 45 1' Condi 48' Dufour 48'	Report	Castelletto 56' Girotto 64' Hadjam 85'	Stadium: Stade de la Colombière Attendance: 5,500 Referee: Hakim Ben El Hadj
	Penalties
	Colin Koriche Gazagnes Didierjean		Guessand Hadjam Girotto Ganago Mohamed

8 February 2023 Round of 16	Angers	1–1 (2–4 p)	Nantes	Angers
18:15 CET (UTC 1)	Sima 6'	Report	Guessand 54' Mollet 87' Traoré 90'	Stadium: Stade Raymond Kopa Attendance: 13,934 Referee: Benoît Bastien
	Penalties
	Salama Ghoulam Hunou Thioub		Delort Mohamed Mollet João Victor

1 March 2023 Quarter-finals	Nantes	2–1	Lens	Nantes
18:15 CET (UTC 1)	Delort 31' (pen.), 59' (pen.)	Report	Fofana 28' Leca 90 1'	Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 0 Referee: Clément Turpin

5 April 2023 Semi-finals	Nantes	1–0	Lyon	Nantes
21:15 CEST (UTC 2)	Blas 57' Girotto 83'	Report	Tolisso 45 4' Lovren 90 5'	Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 34,687 Referee: Bastien Dechepy

29 April 2023 Final	Nantes	1–5	Toulouse	Saint-Denis
21:00 CEST (UTC 2)	João Victor 26' Pallois 38' Descamps 43' Blas 75' (pen.)	Report	Costa 4', 10' Dallinga 23', 31' Dejaegere 58' Aboukhlal 79' Desler 88'	Stadium: Stade de France Attendance: 78,038 Referee: Benoît Millot

Trophée des Champions

31 July 2022 Final	Paris Saint-Germain	4–0	Nantes	Tel Aviv
21:00 CEST (UTC 2)	Vitinha 16' Messi 22' Neymar 45 5', 82' (pen.) Ramos 57'	Report	Coco 38' Moutoussamy 75' Castelletto 81'	Stadium: Bloomfield Stadium Attendance: 28,000 Referee: Orel Grinfeld (Israel)

UEFA Europa League

Group stage

The draw for the group stage was held on 26 August 2022.^[17]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	FRE	NAN	QRB	OLY
1	SC Freiburg	6	4	2	0	13	3	10	14	Advance to round of 16	—	2–0	2–1	1–1
2	Nantes	6	3	0	3	6	11	−5	9	Advance to knockout round play-offs	0–4	—	2–1	2–1
3	Qarabağ	6	2	2	2	9	5	4	8	Transfer to Europa Conference League	1–1	3–0	—	0–0
4	Olympiacos	6	0	2	4	2	11	−9	2		0–3	0–2	0–3	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

8 September 2022 1	Nantes	2–1	Olympiacos	Nantes
21:00 CEST (UTC 2)	Mohamed 32' Sissoko 72' Pallois 85' Blas 90 2' Guessand 90 3'	Report	Moutoussamy 50' (o.g.) Retsos 56' Reabciuk 90 2'	Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 31,276 Referee: Harald Lechner (Austria)

15 September 2022 2	Qarabağ	3–0	Nantes	Baku, Azerbaijan
20:45 AZT (UTC 4)	Owusu 60' Zoubir 65' Janković 72' Cafarguliyev 87'	Report	Girotto 80'	Stadium: Tofiq Bahramov Republican Stadium Attendance: 26,495 Referee: Enea Jorgji (Albania)

6 October 2022 3	SC Freiburg	2–0	Nantes	Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
21:00 CEST (UTC 2)	Kyereh 48' Sildillia 66' Grifo 72' Günter 78' Keitel 90'	Report	Mohamed 66'	Stadium: Europa-Park Stadion Attendance: 33,200 Referee: Glenn Nyberg (Sweden)

13 October 2022 4	Nantes	0–4	SC Freiburg	Nantes
18:45 CEST (UTC 2)		Report	Kübler 25' Höfler 66' Gregoritsch 71' Schade 82' Jeong 87'	Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 31,845 Referee: Horațiu Feșnic (Romania)

27 October 2022 5	Nantes	2–1	Qarabağ	Nantes
21:00 CEST (UTC 2)	Blas 17' Bamba 41' Girotto 60' Chirivella 90 4' Ganago 90 5'	Report	Ozobić 56' (pen.) Vešović 82'	Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 30,927 Referee: Jakob Kehlet (Denmark)

3 November 2022 6	Olympiacos	0–2	Nantes	Piraeus, Greece
19:45 EET (UTC 2)	Retsos 90 3'	Report	Castelletto 48' Moutoussamy 67' Mohamed 79' Blas 90'	Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium Attendance: 16,254 Referee: Serhiy Boyko (Ukraine)

Knockout phase

Knockout round play-offs

The draw for the knockout round play-offs was held on 7 November 2022.^[18]

16 February 2023 First leg	Juventus	1–1	Nantes	Turin, Italy
21:00 CET (UTC 1)	Vlahović 13' Chiesa 54' Danilo 75'	Report	Castelletto 45 1' Mohamed 57' Blas 60' Corchia 90'	Stadium: Juventus Stadium Attendance: 41,019 Referee: João Pinheiro (Portugal)

23 February 2023 Second leg	Nantes	0–3 (1–4 agg.)	Juventus	Nantes
18:45 CET (UTC 1)	Pallois 17' Traoré 81'	Report	Di María 5', 20' (pen.), 78' Cuadrado 87'	Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 44,000 Referee: José María Sánchez Martínez (Spain)

References

^ Coupe de France: Nantes end 21-year trophy wait as Nice's 25-year drought goes on
^ Coupe de France: Nantes beats Nice (1-0) and wins its ticket for the Europa League
^ "Effectif" (in French). fcnantes.com. Retrieved 22 September 2022.
^ "Moussa Sissoko: Watford midfielder joins Nantes for undisclosed fee". www.bbc.com. BBC Sport. 1 July 2022. Retrieved 6 July 2022.
^ "EVANN GUESSAND PRÊTÉ AU FC NANTES !". www.fcnantes.com (in French). FC Nantes. 12 July 2022. Retrieved 14 August 2022.
^ Mihaitalazarica (21 July 2022). "OFFICIAL: Mostafa Mohamed joins FC Nantes on season-long loan". KingFut. Retrieved 21 July 2022.
^ Mihaitalazarica (1 September 2022). "Transferts : Ignatius Ganago (Lens) s'engage avec Nantes (officiel)" (in French). L'Équipe. Retrieved 1 September 2022.
^ Mihaitalazarica (22 September 2022). "FABIEN CENTONZE EST NANTAIS !" (in French). FC Nantes. Retrieved 22 September 2022.
^ Mihaitalazarica (1 June 2022). "ROLI PEREIRA DE SA EST OFFICIELLEMENT SOCHALIEN !" (in French). FC Sochaux-Montbéliard. Retrieved 1 June 2022.
^ "Sturmpower Für Den FCB: Herzlich Willkommen Jean-Kévin Augustin". www.fcb.ch (in German). FC Basel. 18 June 2022. Retrieved 7 July 2022.
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^ Mihaitalazarica (29 August 2022). "Калифа Кулибали у Звезди!" (in Serbian). Red Star Belgrade. Retrieved 29 August 2022.
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^ "Ligue 1 Uber Eats et Ligue 2 BKT Saison 2022–2023 les Calendriers". 17 June 2022.
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^ "UEFA Europa League knockout round play-off draw". UEFA. 7 November 2022. Retrieved 7 November 2022.

[1] Coupe de France: Nantes end 21-year trophy wait as Nice's 25-year drought goes on

[2] Coupe de France: Nantes beats Nice (1-0) and wins its ticket for the Europa League

[3] "Effectif" (in French). fcnantes.com. Retrieved 22 September 2022.

[4] "Moussa Sissoko: Watford midfielder joins Nantes for undisclosed fee". www.bbc.com. BBC Sport. 1 July 2022. Retrieved 6 July 2022.

[5] "EVANN GUESSAND PRÊTÉ AU FC NANTES !". www.fcnantes.com (in French). FC Nantes. 12 July 2022. Retrieved 14 August 2022.

[6] Mihaitalazarica (21 July 2022). "OFFICIAL: Mostafa Mohamed joins FC Nantes on season-long loan". KingFut. Retrieved 21 July 2022.

[7] Mihaitalazarica (1 September 2022). "Transferts : Ignatius Ganago (Lens) s'engage avec Nantes (officiel)" (in French). L'Équipe. Retrieved 1 September 2022.

[8] Mihaitalazarica (22 September 2022). "FABIEN CENTONZE EST NANTAIS !" (in French). FC Nantes. Retrieved 22 September 2022.

[9] Mihaitalazarica (1 June 2022). "ROLI PEREIRA DE SA EST OFFICIELLEMENT SOCHALIEN !" (in French). FC Sochaux-Montbéliard. Retrieved 1 June 2022.

[10] "Sturmpower Für Den FCB: Herzlich Willkommen Jean-Kévin Augustin". www.fcb.ch (in German). FC Basel. 18 June 2022. Retrieved 7 July 2022.

[11] "Kolo Muani signs for Eintracht". www.en.eintracht.de. Eintracht Frankfurt. 4 March 2022. Retrieved 1 June 2022.

[12] Mihaitalazarica (29 August 2022). "Калифа Кулибали у Звезди!" (in Serbian). Red Star Belgrade. Retrieved 29 August 2022.

[13] Mihaitalazarica (17 September 2022). "COMMUNIQUÉ OFFICIEL | BRIDGE NDILU S'ENGAGE AVEC LE SO CHOLET" (in French). SO Cholet. Retrieved 17 September 2022.

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

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

[16] "Coupe de France : Vire recevra Nantes au stade Michel-d'Ornano" (in French). lequipe.fr. 28 December 2022.

[17] "Ligue Europa. Rennes et Nantes héritent de groupes abordables, la composition complète des poules".

[18] "UEFA Europa League knockout round play-off draw". UEFA. 7 November 2022. Retrieved 7 November 2022.

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