2022–23 Chamois Niortais F.C. season

Chamois Niortais F.C.
2022–23 season
Chairman	Karim Fradin
Manager	Sébastien Desabre; (until 7 August); Andé Dona Ndoh; (until 4 September); Rui Almeida; (from 4 September until 1 February); Bernard Simondi; (from 9 March)
Stadium	Stade René Gaillard
Ligue 2	20th (relegated)
Coupe de France	Round of 32
Top goalscorer	League: ; Bilal Boutobba (7); All: ; Bilal Boutobba (7)
	← 2021–22 2023–24 →

The 2022–23 season was the 98th in the history of Chamois Niortais F.C. and their ninth consecutive season in the second division. The club participated in Ligue 2 and the Coupe de France.

Players edit

As of 31 January 2023^[1]^[2]

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	Mathieu Michel
2	DF	FRA	Quentin Bernard
4	DF	GUI	Ibrahima Conté
5	DF	CMR	Guy Kilama
7	MF	TUN	Moataz Zemzemi
8	MF	GHA	Godwin Bentil
9	FW	FRA	Kévin Rocheteau
10	MF	FRA	Bilal Boutobba
11	FW	FRA	Yanis Merdji
14	DF	FRA	Dylan Durivaux
15	MF	BEN	Junior Olaitan
16	GK	FRA	Jean Louchet
17	MF	MTQ	Samuel Renel
18	DF	FRA	Bradley M'bondo


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
19	MF	FRA	Yohan Cassubie
20	FW	SEN	Amadou Sagna
21	DF	FRA	Lenny Vallier
22	FW	FRA	Ryan Bakayoko
23	FW	FRA	Sidi Cissé
24	MF	FRA	Tyrone Tormin
25	MF	BFA	Charles Kaboré
26	MF	FRA	Samy Benchamma
27	DF	CGO	Bryan Passi
28	MF	FRA	Nacim El Hassani
29	DF	FRA	Joris Moutachy
30	GK	FRA	Yanis Maronne
36	MF	MTN	Oumar Ngom
—	FW	JAM	Junior Flemmings (on loan from Toulouse)

Out on loan edit

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	FRA	Tom Lebeau (at Concarneau until 30 June 2023)

Transfers edit

Pre-season and friendlies edit

Win Draw Loss

1 July 2022 Friendly	Guingamp	3–1	Niort	Ploufragan, France
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Le Normand 14' Baaloudj 24' Luvambo 26'		Conté 63'	Stadium: Centre Technique Régional Henri Guérin – terrain 1

10 July 2022 Friendly	Angers	2–1	Niort	Saint-Martin-de-Ré, France
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Diony 12' Salama 78'	Report	Sagna 8'	Stadium: Complexe Sportif Marcel Gaillard

13 July 2022 Friendly	Ajaccio	2–0	Niort	Fougères
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Courtet 18' Cimignani 67'	Report		Stadium: Château du Bois-Guy

23 July 2022 Friendly	Pau	0–1	Niort	Saint-Médard-en-Jalles, France
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Bentil 17'	Stadium: Complexe Sportif Robert Monseau

7 December 2022 Friendly	Estrela da Amadora	1–2	Niort	Grândola, Portugal
14:00 WET (UTC±0)	[[]]		Merdji El Hassani	Stadium: José Mourinho Training Center

14 December 2022 Friendly	Angers	0–1	Niort	Angers, France
15:00 CET (UTC+1)			Boutobba 37' (pen.)	Stadium: Stade Raymond Kopa

20 December 2022 Friendly	Niort	5–3	Bordeaux	Niort
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Merdji 12', 52' Boutobba 22', 86', 90'		Mwanga 35' Bokele 47' Delaurier-Chaubet 89'	Stadium: Stade René Gaillard

Competitions edit

Overall record edit

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 2	30 July 2022	2 June 2023	Matchday 1	20th	38	7	8	23	35	67	−32	018.42
Coupe de France	29 October 2022	22 January 2023	Seventh round	Round of 16	4	2	1	1	4	4	+0	050.00
Total					42	9	9	24	39	71	−32	021.43

Source: Soccerway

Ligue 2 edit

League table edit

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or Relegation
16	Valenciennes	38	10	15	13	42	49	−7	45
17	Annecy	38	11	12	15	39	51	−12	45	Spared from relegation
18	Dijon (R)	38	10	12	16	38	43	−5	42	Relegation to Championnat National
19	Nîmes (R)	38	10	6	22	44	62	−18	36
20	Niort (R)	38	7	8	23	35	67	−32	29

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
(R) Relegated

Results summary edit


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
23	6	5	12	22	36	−14	23	4	2	6	12	18	−6	2	3	6	10	18	−8

Last updated: 11 February 2023.
Source: Ligue 2

Results by round edit

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
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	W	L	L	W	L	L	D	L	L	D	L	L	W	L	D	D	W	D	L	L	L	W	W
Position	4	11	13	9	16	16	16	18	20	20	20	20	20	20	19	19	19	18	19	20	20	20	18

Updated to match(es) played on 11 February 2023. Source: Ligue 2
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches edit

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

30 July 2022 1	Annecy	1–2	Niort	Annecy
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Temanfo 63'	Report	Merdji 29' Boutobba 39' (pen.)	Stadium: Parc des Sports Attendance: 5,288 Referee: Azzedine Souifi

6 August 2022 2	Niort	1–4	Bastia	Niort
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Boutobba 82' (pen.)	Report	Tavares 1' Magri 2', 24' Ndiaye 21'	Stadium: Stade René Gaillard Attendance: 2,190 Referee: Benjamin Lepaysant

13 August 2022 3	Bordeaux	1–0	Niort	Bordeaux
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Delaurier-Chaubet 61'	Report		Stadium: Matmut Atlantique Attendance: 20,709 Referee: Gaël Angoula

20 August 2022 4	Niort	2–1	Paris FC	Niort
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Boutobba 56' Zemzemi 61'	Report	Caddy 73'	Stadium: Stade René Gaillard Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Rémi Landry

27 August 2022 5	Sochaux	3–0	Niort	Montbéliard
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Weissbeck 16' Kaboré 62' (o.g.) Kalulu 90+2'	Report		Stadium: Stade Auguste Bonal Attendance: 8,980 Referee: Abdelatif Kherradji

30 August 2022 6	Niort	0–1	Valenciennes	Niort
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Hamache 30'	Stadium: Stade René Gaillard Attendance: 2,300 Referee: Faouzi Benchabane

2 September 2022 7	Quevilly-Rouen	3–3	Niort	Caen
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Soumaré 12', 40' Mafouta 32'	Report	Boutobba 27' (pen.), 52' (pen.) Sagna 33'	Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano Attendance: 200 Referee: Nicolas Rainville
Note: Match moved from Stade Robert Diochon due to a Rugby Pro D2 match being played at the stadium on the same day.^[4]

10 September 2022 (2022-09-10) 8	Niort	0–1	Le Havre	Niort
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Vallier 31' Passi 53' Kilama 90+2'	Report	Lekhal 54' (pen.) Richardson 79' Mahmoud 90' Confais 90+3'	Stadium: Stade René Gaillard Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Alexandre Perreau Niel

17 September 2022 (2022-09-17) 9	Amiens	3–0	Niort	Amiens
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Fofana 55' Cissé 60' (pen.) Arokodare 75'	Report	Moutachy 45+1' 59'	Stadium: Stade de la Licorne Attendance: 6,188 Referee: William Toulliou

1 October 2022 (2022-10-01) 10	Niort	0–0	Guingamp	Niort
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Kaboré 5' Conté 40' Merdji 46'	Report	Muyumba 44' Louiserre 62'	Stadium: Stade René Gaillard Attendance: 2,184 Referee: Abdelatif Kherradji

8 October 2022 (2022-10-08) 11	Caen	1–0	Niort	Caen
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Deminguet 45+3' Kyeremeh 45+4' Obiang 50' Mendy 67' Brahimi 90'	Report	Vallier 43'	Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano Attendance: 11,142 Referee: Gaël Angoula

15 October 2022 (2022-10-15) 12	Niort	0–3	Grenoble	Niort
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Kilama 9' Benchamma 65' Sagna 74' Kaboré 84'	Report	Phaëton 19', 77' Bambock 37' Ba 84'	Stadium: Stade René Gaillard Attendance: 1,755 Referee: Olivier Thual

22 October 2022 (2022-10-22) 13	Niort	2–1	Dijon	Niort
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	M'bondo 9' Sagna 62' Boutobba 90', 90+1' Olaitan 89' Conté 90+3'	Report	Assalé 52' Silva 76'	Stadium: Stade René Gaillard Attendance: 3,869 Referee: Azzédine Souifi

5 November 2022 (2022-11-05) 14	Laval	2–1	Niort	Laval
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Roye 14' Maggiotti 59'	Report	Sagna 24'	Stadium: Stade Francis Le Basser Attendance: 6,717 Referee: Mikael Lesage

12 November 2022 (2022-11-12) 15	Niort	1–1	Nîmes	Niort
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Zemzemi 54' Merdji 63'	Report	Burner 21' Tchokounté 27' Djiga 58' Delpech 81' Guessoum 89'	Stadium: Stade René Gaillard Attendance: 3,788 Referee: William Toulliou

26 December 2022 16	Metz	0–0	Niort	Metz
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Jean Jacques 73'	Report	Zemzemi 90+2'	Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien Attendance: 14,443 Referee: Alexandre Perreau Niel

30 December 2022 (2022-12-30) 17	Niort	2–1	Pau	Niort
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Boutobba 15' Durivaux 32' Renel 50'	Report	Ros 30' Kouassi 39' Yattara 54'	Stadium: Stade René Gaillard Attendance: 2,151 Referee: Marc Bollengier

10 January 2022 (2022-01-10) 18	Rodez	1–1	Niort	Rodez
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Raux-Yao 21' Danger 25' Rajot 63'	Report	Boutobba 59' Zemzemi 90+5'	Stadium: Stade Paul-Lignon Attendance: 2,728 Referee: Faouzi Benchabane

16 January 2023 (2023-01-16) 19	Niort	0–1	Saint-Étienne	Niort
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Moutachy 84'	Report	Bouchouari 43' Briançon 53' Charbonnier 86'	Stadium: Stade René Gaillard Referee: Antoine Valnet

28 January 2023 (2023-01-28) 20	Nîmes	3–2	Niort	Nîmes
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Tchokounté 12' (pen.), 44' Pagis 17', 35'	Report	Boutobba 30' Rocheteau 39' Durivaux 53' Benchamma 63'	Stadium: Stade des Antonins Attendance: 1,405 Referee: Pierre Legat

31 January 2023 (2023-01-31) 21	Niort	1–3	Amiens	Niort
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Kaboré 11' Kilama 50' Vallier 70' Durivaux 80'	Report	Cissé 30', 37', 51 Assogba 33'	Stadium: Stade René Gaillard Attendance: 1,753 Referee: William Toulliou

3 February 2023 (2023-02-03) 22	Dijon	0–1	Niort	Dijon
20:45 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Olaitan 22', 77' Zemzemi 47' Boutobba 90+5'	Stadium: Stade Gaston Gérard Attendance: 5,600 Referee: Olivier Thual

11 February 2023 (2023-02-11) 23	Niort	3–1	Bourdeaux	Niort
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Boutobba 15' Zemzemi 28' Passi 45+2' Olaitan 90+4', 90+5'	Report	Badji 30' Ihnatenko 45+1'	Stadium: Stade René Gaillard Attendance: 5,446 Referee: Aurélien Petit

18 February 2023 (2023-02-18) 24	Le Havre	1–0	Niort	Le Havre
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Grandsir 71' Kongolo 73' Cornette 87'	Report	Olaitan 90+4'	Stadium: Stade Océane Attendance: 9,064 Referee: Azzédine Souifi

25 February 2023 (2023-02-25) 25	Paris FC	3–0	Niort	Paris
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Guilavogui 72' (pen.), 86' Kebbal 90+3'	Report	Renel 9'	Stadium: Stade Sébastien Charléty Attendance: 2,205 Referee: William Toulliou

4 March 2023 (2023-03-04) 26	Niort	2–3	Rodez	Niort
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Olaitan 11' Flemmings 79'	Report	Danger 24' (pen.) Passi 31' (o.g.) Abdallah 45+2' Buadés 87' Boissier 88' Valério 88'	Stadium: Stade René Gaillard Attendance: 2,349 Referee: Mikael Lesage

11 March 2023 (2023-03-11) 27	Pau	1–0	Niort	Pau
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Boisgard 12' Beusnard 62' Monzango 90+1'	Report	Boutobba 39' Flemmings 78' Kaboré 79'	Stadium: Nouste Camp Attendance: 2,531 Referee: Azzédine Souifi

18 March 2023 (2023-03-18) 28	Niort	3–2	Laval	Niort
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Conté 3' 90+7' Kaboré 15' Boutobba 45+2' Renel 72' Rocheteau 88' (pen.) Passi 90+5'	Report	Bobichon 40' B. Gonçalves 79' 90+7' Elisor 83' Seidou 88'	Stadium: Stade René Gaillard Attendance: 2,213 Referee: Pierre Legat

1 April 2023 (2023-04-01) 29	Saint-Étienne	2–0	Niort	Saint-Étienne
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Wadji 51', 70'	Report	Bernard 58'	Stadium: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard Attendance: 24,284 Referee: Faouzi Benchabane

8 April 2023 (2023-04-08) 30	Niort	0–3	Sochaux	Niort
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Kaboré 48'	Report	Doumbia 4' Sissoko 29' Ndiaye 40' Agouzoul 48'	Stadium: Stade René Gaillard Attendance: 2,298 Referee: Romain Lissorgue

15 April 2023 (2023-04-15) 31	Valenciennes	0–0	Niort	Valenciennes
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Boudraa 19' Cuffaut 31'	Report		Stadium: Stade Nungesser Attendance: 8,375 Referee: Benjamin Lepaysant

22 April 2023 32	Niort	1–2	Caen	Niort
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Mandrea 55' (o.g.)	Report	Thomas 13' Kilama 32' (o.g.) Daubin 32'	Stadium: Stade René Gaillard Attendance: 2,184 Referee: William Toulliou

29 April 2023 (2023-04-29) 33	Grenoble	2–0	Niort	Grenoble
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Sanyang 30' Correa 90'	Report	Bernard 70'	Stadium: Stade des Alpes Attendance: 3,145 Referee: Gaël Angoula

6 May 2023 34	Niort	1–3	Metz	Niort
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Elphege 42'	Report	Mikautadze 45' (pen.), 83' Maziz 51' Jean Jacques 70' Kouao 76'	Stadium: Stade René Gaillard Attendance: 2,056 Referee: Romain Lissorgue

13 May 2023 (2023-05-13) 35	Bastia	2–1	Niort	Furiani
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Van Den Kerkhof 49' Tavares 53' Santelli 71' (pen.) Palun 73'	Report	Ngom 44', 54' Durivaux 47'	Stadium: Stade Armand-Cesari Attendance: 8,499 Referee: Antoine Valnet

20 May 2023 36	Niort	2–2	Annecy	Niort
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Zemzemi 49' Sagna 58' Merdji 90+4'	Report	Sahi 16', 64' Pajot 52' Farade 90+4'	Stadium: Stade René Gaillard Attendance: 1,627 Referee: Azzédine Souifi

26 May 2023 37	Guingamp	2–0	Niort	Guingamp
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Courtet 31', 90+4' Gaudin 86'	Report		Stadium: Stade de Roudourou Attendance: 12,885 Referee: William Toulliou

2 June 2023 38	Niort	3–3	Rouen	Niort
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Zemzemi 34' Sagna 44' Boutobba 90+3'	Report	Sidibé 45+1', 50' Bangré 49', 66'	Stadium: Stade René Gaillard Attendance: 1,759 Referee: Rémi Landry

Coupe de France edit

29 October 2022 (2022-10-29) Seventh round	FCE Mérignac Arlac	0–1	Niort	Mérignac
14:00 CEST		Report	Rocheteau 10'	Stadium: Stade Robert Brettes Attendance: 1,137 Referee: Robin Chapapria

18 November 2022 (2022-11-18) Eighth round	Bergerac Périgord FC	0–0 (4–5 p)	Niort	Bergerac
20:00 CET		Report		Stadium: Stade de Campréal Attendance: 1,021 Referee: Aurélien Petit

7 January 2023 (2023-01-07) Round of 64	US Granville	0–3	Niort	Granville
18:00 CET		Report	Olaitan 56', 69' Merdji 77'	Stadium: Stade Louis Dior Attendance: 1,390 Referee: Aurélien Petit

22 January 2023 Round of 32	Niort	0–4	Auxerre	Niort
18:30 CET		Report	Perrin 39', 67' Da Costa 43' Abline 64'	Stadium: Stade René Gaillard Attendance: 2,429 Referee: Ruddy Buquet

References edit

^ "Effectif Saison 2021/2022" (in French). Chamois Niortais F.C. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
^ "Chamois Niortais FC". scoresway.com. Retrieved 28 February 2018.
^ "Ligue 1 Uber Eats et Ligue 2 BKT Saison 2022–2023 les Calendriers". 17 June 2022.
^ "Ligue 2. La rencontre Quevilly-Rouen – Niort se jouera vendredi à Caen".

[effectif-1] "Effectif Saison 2021/2022" (in French). Chamois Niortais F.C. Retrieved 28 June 2022.

[2] "Chamois Niortais FC". scoresway.com. Retrieved 28 February 2018.

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

[4] "Ligue 2. La rencontre Quevilly-Rouen – Niort se jouera vendredi à Caen".

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