2022–23 Le Havre AC season

Le Havre AC
2022–23 season
President	Vincent Volpe
Head coach	Luka Elsner
Stadium	Stade Océane
Ligue 2	1st (promoted)
Coupe de France	Seventh round
Top goalscorer	League: ; Nabil Alioui; Quentin Cornette; Victor Lekhal; (6 each); All: ; Nabil Alioui; Quentin Cornette; Victor Lekhal; (6 each)
	← 2021–22 2023–24 →

The 2022–23 season was the 151st in the history of Le Havre AC and their 14th consecutive season in the second division. The club participated in Ligue 2 and the Coupe de France.

Players edit

As of 23 January 2023^[1]


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	FRA	Mathieu Gorgelin
2	DF	MAR	Abdelwahed Wahib
4	DF	FRA	Gautier Lloris
5	MF	MAR	Oussama Targhalline
6	MF	FRA	Check Oumar Diakité (on loan from Paris FC)
7	FW	FRA	Amadou Samoura
8	MF	MAR	Yassine Kechta
9	FW	COD	Yann Kitala
10	FW	FRA	Nabil Alioui
11	FW	FRA	Quentin Cornette
13	FW	FRA	Steve Ngoura
14	FW	SEN	Jamal Thiaré
15	DF	NED	Terence Kongolo (on loan from Fulham)
16	GK	CIV	Mohamed Koné
17	DF	MAR	Oualid El Hajjam
18	DF	CGO	Nolan Mbemba


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
19	DF	FRA	Djamal Moussadek
20	FW	FRA	Élysée Logbo
21	FW	FRA	Ylan Gomes
22	MF	ALG	Victor Lekhal
23	FW	FRA	Josué Casimir
24	MF	MAR	Amir Richardson (on loan from Reims)
25	MF	FRA	Alois Confais
26	MF	FRA	Simon Ebonog
27	DF	CIV	Christopher Opéri
28	FW	FRA	Elies Mahmoud
29	FW	FRA	Samuel Grandsir
30	GK	FRA	Arthur Desmas
33	MF	FRA	Antoine Joujou
35	DF	FRA	Yoni Gomis
66	MF	CMR	Aristide Wam
92	DF	FRA	Étienne Youte Kinkoue
93	DF	SEN	Arouna Sangante

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
—	FW	MTN	Pape Ibnou Bâ (on loan to Pau)

Transfers edit

Pre-season and friendlies edit

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

9 July 2022 Friendly	Le Havre	2–1	Quevilly-Rouen	Le Havre
17:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Thiaré 18' (pen.) Lekhal 77'		Hountondji 6'	Stadium: Stade Charles Argentin

13 July 2022 Friendly	Avranches	2–2	Le Havre	Deauville
17:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Lamrabette 43' Mbuyi 84'		Thiaré 9' Cornette 17'	Stadium: Stade du Commandant-Hébert Referee: Gaëtan Deneuve

16 July 2022 Friendly	Amiens	4–1	Le Havre	Amiens
17:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Badji 7', 20' Arokodare 15' Chibozo 84'		Mahmoud 65'	Stadium: Annexe 2 Licorne Referee: Anthony Ustaritz

20 July 2022 Friendly	Troyes	3–0	Le Havre	Poissy
17:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Salmier 29' Ilić 70' (pen.) Lefebvre 88'			Stadium: Stade Léo-Lagrange

22 July 2022 Friendly	Dijon	1–0	Le Havre	Clairefontaine-en-Yvelines
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Le Bihan 44'

8 December 2022 Friendly	Hassania Agadir	0–1	Le Havre	Agadir, Morocco
19:30 CET (UTC+1)			Cornette 29'	Stadium: Stade Adrar

13 December 2022 Friendly	Le Havre	1–2	Guingamp	Avranches
14:30 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Stade René Fenouillère

17 December 2022 Friendly	Lens	3–0	Le Havre	Lens
13:00 CET (UTC+1)	Machado 10', 24' Openda 89' Sotoca 90'			Stadium: Stade Bollaert-Delelis

17 December 2022 Friendly	Lens	0–0	Le Havre	Lens
15:30 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Stade Bollaert-Delelis
Note: Match was played in two 35-minute halves.

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	Winners	38	20	15	3	46	19	+27	052.63
Coupe de France	29 October 2022		Seventh round	Seventh round	1	0	1	0	3	3	+0	000.00
Total					39	20	16	3	49	22	+27	051.28

Source: Soccerway

Ligue 2 edit

League table edit

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or Relegation
1	Le Havre (C, P)	38	20	15	3	46	19	+27	75	Promotion to Ligue 1
2	Metz (P)	38	20	12	6	61	33	+28	72	Promotion to Ligue 1
3	Bordeaux	38	20	9	9	51	28	+23	69
4	Bastia	38	17	9	12	52	45	+7	60
5	Caen	38	16	11	11	52	43	+9	59

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
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted

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
21	13	7	1	32	9	+23	46	7	3	0	16	4	+12	6	4	1	16	5	+11

Last updated: 31 January 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
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H
Result	D	L	D	W	D	W	W	W	W	D	W	D	W	W	W	W	D	W	W	D	W
Position	7	15	15	10	10	8	4	2	2	4	3	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

Updated to match(es) played on 31 January 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.^[2]

30 July 2022 1	Le Havre	0–0	Grenoble	Le Havre
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Stade Océane Attendance: 5,388 Referee: Pierre Legat

6 August 2022 2	Valenciennes	1–0	Le Havre	Valenciennes
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Hamache 13'	Report		Stadium: Stade du Hainaut Attendance: 4,657 Referee: Alexandre Perreau Niel

13 August 2022 3	Le Havre	1–1	Pau	Le Havre
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Kechta 21'	Report	Beusnard 82'	Stadium: Stade Océane Attendance: 4,612 Referee: Azzedine Souifi

20 August 2022 4	Saint-Étienne	0–6	Le Havre	Saint-Étienne
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Sangante 51' Alioui 56' Lekhal 64' Operi 80', 84' Kitala 89'	Stadium: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard Referee: François Letexier

27 August 2022 5	Le Havre	1–1	Amiens	Le Havre
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Thiaré 72'	Report	Arokodare 13'	Stadium: Stade Océane Attendance: 5,431 Referee: Antoine Valnet

30 August 2022 6	Laval	1–3	Le Havre	Laval
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Diaw 32'	Report	Kitala 49' Thiaré 71' Richardson 78'	Stadium: Stade Francis Le Basser Attendance: 8,201 Referee: Aurélien Petit

2 September 2022 7	Le Havre	2–1	Caen	Le Havre
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Lekhal 7' (pen.) Thiaré 76'	Report	Kyeremeh 90+1'	Stadium: Stade Océane Attendance: 16,007 Referee: Abdelatif Kherradji

10 September 2022 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 9	Le Havre	2–0	Annecy	Le Havre
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Kechta 49' Casimir 67' Alioui 75' (pen.) Cornette 83'	Report	Bastian 42' 63' Mouanga 51' Pajot 70' Baldé 86'	Stadium: Stade Océane Attendance: 5,965 Referee: Guillaume Paradis

1 October 2022 10	Dijon	0–0	Le Havre	Dijon
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Fofana 1' Rocchia 41' Tchaouna 71' Thioune 85'	Report	Kitala 6' Casimir 8' Mbemba 19'	Stadium: Stade Gaston Gérard Attendance: 6,533 Referee: Romain Lissorgue

8 October 2022 11	Le Havre	3–0	Bastia	Le Havre
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Lloris 23' Cornette 33' Lekhal 45' 48' Kitala 67' Diallo 89'	Report	Robic 45' Ducrocq 54' Mamadou Camara 72'	Stadium: Stade Océane Attendance: 6,398 Referee: Remi Landry

15 October 2022 12	Rodez	1–1	Le Havre	Rodez
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Ouammou 22' Boissier 54' Depres 64' Joseph Mendes 74' Danger 76'	Report	Kechta 36' Danger 45' (o.g.) Thiaré 66' Opéri 83' Sangante 90+5'	Stadium: Stade Paul-Lignon Attendance: 1,538 Referee: Pierre Legat

24 October 2022 13	Le Havre	2–0	Metz	Le Havre
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Lloris 10' Richardson 35' Alioui 53' Kechta 63'	Report	Fali Candé 40' Jean Jacques 56'	Stadium: Stade Océane Attendance: 11,832 Referee: Gaël Angoula

5 November 2022 14	Quevilly-Rouen	0–1	Le Havre	Le Petit-Quevilly
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Ben Youssef 45+2' Pierret 58'	Report	El Hajjam 7' Alioui 38' 55' Casimir 41' Richardson 64' Gomes 88' Salifou Soumah 90+6'	Stadium: Stade Robert Diochon Attendance: 7,963 Referee: Alexandre Perreau Niel

12 November 2022 15	Guingamp	0–1	Le Havre	Guingamp
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Livolant 3' Louiserre 59' Gaudin 82'	Report	Alioui 87' El Hajjam 90+3'	Stadium: Stade de Roudourou Attendance: 10,251 Referee: Azzedine Souifi

26 December 2022 16	Le Havre	1–0	Bordeaux	Le Havre
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Richardson 9' Cornette 14' 67' Sangante 45' Thiaré 69'	Report	Gregersen 38' Ihnatenko 77'	Stadium: Stade Océane Attendance: 23,005 Referee: Guillaume Paradis

30 December 2022 17	Paris FC	0–0	Le Havre	Paris
21:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Alioui 90+1'	Stadium: Stade Sébastien Charléty Attendance: 4,608 Referee: Olivier Thual

10 January 2023 (2023-01-10) 18	Le Havre	1–0	Sochaux	Le Havre
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Sangante 67' Alvero 76' (o.g.)	Report	Agouzoul 13' Alvero 49' Doumbia 82' Aaneba 88' Kanouté 90+2'	Stadium: Stade Océane Attendance: 12,026 Referee: Aurélien Petit

13 January 2023 (2023-01-13) 19	Le Havre	3–1	Nîmes	Le Havre
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Diakité 49' Cornette 61', 84', 90+2' Casimir 70'	Report	Fomba 50', 58' Benrahou 70' Saïd 85'	Stadium: Stade Océane Attendance: 8,562 Referee: Benjamin Lepaysant

28 January 2023 (2023-01-28) 20	Amiens	1–1	Le Havre	Amiens
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Lekhal 10' (o.g.) Gomis 27'	Report	Thiaré 88'	Stadium: Stade de la Licorne Attendance: 7,960 Referee: Romain Lissorgue

31 January 2023 (2023-01-31) 21	Bordeaux	1–2	Le Havre	Bordeaux
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Lacoux 36' Barbet 38' N'Simba 55' Badji 84'	Report	Casimir 15' Opéri 54' El Hajjam 77' Sangante 84' Mahmoud 90+2'	Stadium: Matmut Atlantique Attendance: 20,569 Referee: Mikael Lesage

3 February 2023 (2023-02-03) 22	Le Havre	0–0	Paris FC	Le Havre
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Opéri 86'	Report	Maçon 47'	Stadium: Stade Océane Attendance: 12,372 Referee: Gaël Angoula

11 February 2023 23	Sochaux	1–1	Le Havre	Montbéliard
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Henry 10' Kalulu 87' Weissbeck 90+14'	Report	Sangante 4' Lekhal 34' Desmas 75' Mahmoud 90+10'	Stadium: Stade Auguste Bonal Attendance: 15,203 Referee: Abdelatif Kherradji

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	Grenoble	0–0	Le Havre	Grenoble
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Bénet 5' M. Diarra 57'	Report	Targhalline 40' Richardson 63' Thiaré 71' Lekhal 86'	Stadium: Stade des Alpes Attendance: 7,034 Referee: Antoine Valnet

4 March 2023 (2023-03-04) 26	Le Havre	2–1	Laval	Le Havre
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Joujou 16' Sangante 32', 79' Grandsir 40' Thiaré 72'	Report	A. Gonçalves 8' Adéoti 10', 28' Bobichon 66'	Stadium: Stade Océane Attendance: 8,074 Referee: Faouzi Benchabane

13 March 2023 (2023-03-13) 27	Metz	1–1	Le Havre	Metz
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Maziz 20'	Report	Sangante 12' El Hajjam 15' Lekhal 16' Kongolo 28' Richardson 46' Mbemba 87'	Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien Attendance: 15,3995 Referee: Olivier Thual

18 March 2023 (2023-03-18) 28	Le Havre	2–2	Saint-Étienne	Le Havre
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Cornette 47' Alioui 58' Lekhal 66' Thiaré 71' Sangante 82'	Report	Lobry 32' Briançon 61' Bamba 68' Pétrot 79' Krasso 85'	Stadium: Stade Océane Attendance: 23,264 Referee: Guillaume Paradis

1 April 2023 (2023-04-01) 29	Pau	0–1	Le Havre	Pau
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Kouassi 83'	Report	Grandsir 39' Cornette 83' Opéri 83' Targhalline 90+1'	Stadium: Nouste Camp Attendance: 3,009 Referee: Benjamin Lepaysant

8 April 2023 (2023-04-08) 30	Le Havre	0–0	Guingamp	Le Havre
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Sangante 11' Thiaré 69' Targhalline 78'	Report	Sivis 4'	Stadium: Stade Océane Attendance: 10,881 Referee: Pierre Legat

15 April 2023 (2023-04-15) 31	Nîmes	0–1	Le Havre	Nîmes
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Pagis 22' Poulain 45+3'	Report	Lekhal 45+4' (pen.)	Stadium: Stade des Antonins Attendance: 1,963 Referee: Ruddy Buquet

22 April 2023 (2023-04-22) 32	Le Havre	0–0	Quevilly-Rouen	Le Havre
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Opéri 75'	Report	Sidibé 56'	Stadium: Stade Océane Attendance: 16,594 Referee: Aurélien Petit

29 April 2023 33	Caen	1–2	Le Havre	Caen
14:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Ntim 89'	Report	Lloris 42' Casimir 52' Targhalline 56' Richardson 90+5'	Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano Attendance: 19,686 Referee: Romain Lissorgue

8 May 2023 (2023-05-08) 34	Le Havre	1–0	Rodez	Le Havre
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Lekhal 32' Valério 88' (o.g.)	Report	Abdallah 40'	Stadium: Stade Océane Attendance: 14,688 Referee: Gaël Angoula

15 May 2023 (2023-05-15) 35	Annecy	1–0	Le Havre	Annecy
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Rocchi 39' Mouanga 50' Lajugie 55' Demoncy 90+3'	Report	Targhalline 48' Cornette 82' Lekhal 85' Thiaré 90', 90' Sangante 90' Opéri 90+1'	Stadium: Parc des Sports Attendance: 8,063 Referee: Olivier Thual

22 May 2023 (2023-05-22) 36	Le Havre	0–2	Valenciennes	Le Havre
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Desmas 5' Lloris 45'	Report	Grbić 7' Poha 42' Kaba 45+2' Lecoeuche 79'	Stadium: Stade Océane Attendance: 19,799 Referee: Karim Abed

26 May 2023 (2023-05-26) 37	Bastia	1–1	Le Havre	Furiani
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Guidi 40', 53' Santelli 60' Djoco 69' Ducrocq 90+5'	Report	Casimir 45+1' El Hajjam 52' Logbo 64' Opéri 69' Grandsir 88' Lloris 90+7'	Stadium: Stade Armand-Cesari Attendance: 12,529 Referee: Guillaume Paradis

2 June 2023 (2023-06-02) 38	Le Havre	1–0	Dijon	Le Havre
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Casimir 11' Opéri 33' Sangante 40' Targhalline 60'	Report	Thioune 42'	Stadium: Stade Océane Attendance: 23,561 Referee: Romain Lissorgue

Coupe de France edit

29 October 2022 7th Round	Alençon	3–3 (5–3 p)	Le Havre	Alençon
18:00 CET	Amaury Tessier 13' 40' 42' Karim El Hamdaoui 5' Joachim Lepage 42' Jocelyn Sancho 58' Hakim El Hamdaoui 62'	Report	Mahmoud 22' 90+2' Gomes 43' Kongolo 88' Salifou Soumah 90+5'	Stadium: Stade Jacques Fould Attendance: 2,232 Referee: Ludovic Genest

References edit

^ "Effectif". Le Havre AC. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
^ "Ligue 1 Uber Eats et Ligue 2 BKT Saison 2022–2023 les Calendriers". 17 June 2022.

[1] "Effectif". Le Havre AC. Retrieved 1 July 2022.

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

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Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
21	13	7	1	32	9	+23	46	7	3	0	16	4	+12	6	4	1	16	5	+11

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
21	13	7	1	32	9	+23	46	7	3	0	16	4	+12	6	4	1	16	5	+11

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
21	13	7	1	32	9	+23	46	7	3	0	16	4	+12	6	4	1	16	5	+11