2022–23 Valenciennes FC season

Valenciennes FC
2022–23 season
President	Eddy Zdziech
Head coach	Christophe Delmotte
Stadium	Stade du Hainaut
Ligue 2	14th
Coupe de France	Round of 64
Top goalscorer	League: ; Adrian Grbić (9); All: ; Adrian Grbić (9)
	← 2021–22 2023–24 →
	All statistics correct as of 22 May 2023.

The 2022–23 season was the 110th in the history of Valenciennes FC and their ninth consecutive season in the second division. The club participated in Ligue 2 and the Coupe de France.

Players

As of 25 July 2022.^[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	Gautier Larsonneur (on loan from Brest)
2	DF	FRA	Éric Vandenabeele
6	MF	FRA	Julien Masson
7	FW	TOG	Floyd Ayité
8	MF	BFA	Sacha Bansé
10	MF	FRA	Florian Martin
11	FW	FRA	Ugo Bonnet
14	DF	FRA	Joffrey Cuffaut
15	FW	FRA	Aeron Zinga
16	GK	BFA	Hillel Konaté
17	MF	ALG	Aymen Boutoutaou
19	DF	FRA	Nassim Innocenti
20	FW	FRA	Ilyes Hamache


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
21	MF	FRA	Mohamed Kaba
22	FW	MAR	Yacine El Amri
24	DF	FRA	Allan Linguet
25	MF	FRA	Madou Touré
26	DF	FRA	Mathieu Debuchy
27	MF	FRA	Mathis Picouleau
28	DF	FRA	Quentin Lecoeuche
29	MF	FRA	Jawed Kalai
31	DF	FRA	Aloïs Penin
36	MF	FRA	Eyram Viegbe
37	DF	FRA	Mattéo Rabuel
—	GK	FRA	Lassana Sy

Transfers

Pre-season and friendlies

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

1 July 2022 Friendly	Valenciennes	1–0	UNFP	Cambrai
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Hamache 87'			Stadium: Stade de la Liberté Attendance: 600

8 July 2022 Friendly	Lens	3–0	Valenciennes	Avion
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Camara 48' Clauss 52' Danso 64'			Stadium: Stade Daniel Leclercq

16 July 2022 Friendly	Zulte Waregem	1–1	Valenciennes	Waregem, Belgium
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Elindus Arena

23 July 2022 Friendly	Valenciennes	2–1	Boulogne	Valenciennes
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stade du Hainaut

23 July 2022 Friendly	Valenciennes	0–0	Dunkerque	Valenciennes
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stade du Hainaut

22 September 2022 Friendly	Valenciennes	0–1	Oostende	Valenciennes
14:30 CEST (UTC+2)			Ndicka 59'

14 December 2022 Friendly	Standard Liège	0–1	Valenciennes	Liège, Belgium
14:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Kaba 80'	Stadium: Stade Maurice Dufrasne

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	30 July 2022	2 June 2023	Matchday 1	7	3	3	1	7	6	+1	042.86
Coupe de France	30 October 2022		Seventh round	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
Total				7	3	3	1	7	6	+1	042.86

Last updated: 2 September 2022
Source: Soccerway

Ligue 2

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or Relegation
14	Rodez	38	11	13	14	39	44	−5	46
15	Laval	38	14	4	20	44	56	−12	46
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

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


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
7	3	3	1	7	6	+1	12	2	2	0	6	4	+2	1	1	1	1	2	−1

Last updated: 2 September 2022.
Source: Ligue 2

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
Ground	A	H	A	H	H	A	H
Result	D	W	L	D	D	W	W
Position	8	6	11	12	14	9

Updated to match(es) played on 2 September 2022. Source: Ligue 2
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

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

30 July 2022 1	Bordeaux	0–0	Valenciennes	Bordeaux
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Matmut Atlantique Attendance: 19,279 Referee: Benjamin Lepaysant

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	Metz	2–0	Valenciennes	Metz
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Jallow 29' Mikautadze 86'	Report		Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien Attendance: 14,253 Referee: Mikael Lesage

20 August 2022 4	Valenciennes	0–0	Quevilly-Rouen	Valenciennes
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Stade du Hainaut Attendance: 4,443 Referee: Romain Lissorgue

27 August 2022 5	Valenciennes	2–2	Saint-Étienne	Valenciennes
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Zinga 26' Cuffaut 90+4' (pen.)	Report	Maçon 30' Krasso 48'	Stadium: Stade du Hainaut Attendance: 8,210 Referee: Guillaume Paradis

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	Valenciennes	3–2	Nîmes	Valenciennes
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Kaba 29' Noubissi 49' Bonnet 77'	Report	Tchokounté 45' (pen.) Koné 69'	Stadium: Stade du Hainaut Attendance: 4,740 Referee: Alexandre Perreau Niel

10 September 2022 (2022-09-10) 8	Rodez	1–1	Valenciennes	Rodez
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Senaya 49' Corredor 52' Boissier 61' 70'	Report	Debuchy 42' Noubissi 73' Picouleau 90+4'	Stadium: Stade Paul-Lignon Attendance: 1,275 Referee: Mikael Lesage

17 September 2022 (2022-09-17) 9	Pau	1–0	Valenciennes	Pau
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Evan 26' D'Almeida 40' Gomis 70' Bassouamina 72'	Report	Debuchy 33' 48' Bonnet 59'	Stadium: Nouste Camp Attendance: 2,708 Referee: Nicolas Rainville

1 October 2022 (2022-10-01) 10	Valenciennes	2–1	Sochaux	Valenciennes
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Kaba 15' Cuffaut 25' Diliberto 58', 90+4' Picouleau 60' Innocenti 72'	Report	Kalulu 31' Ndiaye 70' Do Couto 89'	Stadium: Stade du Hainaut Attendance: 5,704 Referee: Pierre Legat

8 October 2022 (2022-10-08) 11	Paris FC	0–1	Valenciennes	Paris
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Dabila 50' 56'	Report	Diliberto 22' Buatu 55' Berthomier 80'	Stadium: Stade Sébastien Charléty Attendance: 3,157 Referee: Faouzi Benchabane

15 October 2022 (2022-10-15) 12	Valenciennes	1–0	Guingamp	Valenciennes
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Cuffaut 36' Berthomier 72'	Report	Muyumba 35'	Stadium: Stade du Hainaut Attendance: 5,761 Referee: Aurélien Petit

22 October 2022 (2022-10-22) 13	Grenoble	1–0	Valenciennes	Grenoble
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Diarra 34' Gaspar 71' Tchaptchet 85'	Report		Stadium: Stade des Alpes Attendance: 5,074 Referee: Florent Batta

5 November 2022 14	Valenciennes	1–1	Caen	Valenciennes
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Cuffaut 39', 56' Noubissi 88'	Report	Ntim 6' Mendy 23' Mandrea 37' Thomas 41' Abdi 90+1'	Stadium: Stade du Hainaut Attendance: 11,212 Referee: Abdelatif Kherradji

12 November 2022 (2022-11-12) 15	Laval	1–0	Valenciennes	Laval
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Gonçalves 17' Tavares 34' Baudry 41' Maggiotti 67'	Report	Berthomier 49'	Stadium: Stade Francis Le Basser Attendance: 6,823 Referee: Benjamin Lepaysant

26 December 2022 (2022-12-26) 16	Valenciennes	1–1	Amiens	Valenciennes
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Picouleau 22'	Report	Fofana (MF) 16' Kakuta 23', 60'	Stadium: Stade du Hainaut Attendance: 6,339 Referee: Antoine Valnet

30 December 2022 (2022-12-30) 17	Bastia	1–0	Valenciennes	Furiani
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Ndiaye 41' Dramé 78' Alfarela 89'	Report	Kaba 54' Linguet 89'	Stadium: Stade Armand-Cesari Attendance: 8,900 Referee: Benjamin Lepaysant

10 January 2023 (2023-01-10) 18	Valenciennes	2–2	Annecy	Valenciennes
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Boutoutaou 45+1', 73' Linguet 59'	Report	Sahi 42', 70' Kashi 85'	Stadium: Stade du Hainaut Attendance: 6,277 Referee: Benoît Bastien

13 January 2023 (2023-01-13) 19	Dijon	2–1	Valenciennes	Dijon
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Le Bihan 45+1' Camara 75'	Report	Berthomier 50' Boutoutaou 89'	Stadium: Stade Gaston Gérard Attendance: 5,883 Referee: Gaël Angoula

28 January 2023 (2023-01-28) 20	Valenciennes	1–1	Metz	Valenciennes
19:00 CET (UTC+2)	Bonnet 75'	Report	Joseph 90+2'	Stadium: Stade Nungesser Attendance: 5,303 Referee: Aurélien Petit

31 January 2023 21	Sochaux	4–0	Valenciennes	Montbéliard
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Linguet 14' (o.g.) Mauricio 20' Doumbia 51', 64' Dossou 87'	Report	Picouleau 16' Touré 49'	Stadium: Stade Auguste Bonal Attendance: 8,623 Referee: Olivier Thual

3 February 2023 (2023-02-03) 22	Valenciennes	3–1	Laval	Valenciennes
20:45 CET (UTC+2)	Grbić 12' Diliberto 17' Ayité 90+3'	Report	Duterte 16' Sylla 34' Naidji 82' Roye 86'	Stadium: Stade Nungesser Attendance: 5,369 Referee: Romain Lissorgue

11 February 2022 (2022-02-11) 23	Guingamp	3–1	Valenciennes	Guingamp
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Gaudin 30' Gomis 41' Guillaume 60' El Ouazzani 90'	Report	Debuchy 66'	Stadium: Stade de Roudourou Attendance: 7,052 Referee: Rémi Landry

18 February 2023 (2023-02-18) 24	Valenciennes	0–0	Rodez	Valenciennes
19:00 CET (UTC+2)		Report	Chougrani 4' Boissier 81'	Stadium: Stade Nungesser Attendance: 6,646 Referee: Abdelatif Kherradji

25 February 2023 (2023-02-25) 25	Valenciennes	2–2	Dijon	Valenciennes
19:00 CET (UTC+2)	Kaba 51' Grbić 55' Ben Seghir 82'	Report	Fofana 40' Le Bihan 49' Silva 72' Thioune 78'	Stadium: Stade Nungesser Attendance: 5,124 Referee: Azzédine Souifi

4 March 2023 (2023-03-04) 26	Quevilly-Rouen	1–1	Valenciennes	Le Petit-Quevilly
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Bangré 86'	Report	Grbić 1' Diliberto 11' Masson 50' Hamache 56' Debuchy	Stadium: Stade Robert Diochon Attendance: 3,217 Referee: Guillaume Paradis

11 March 2023 (2023-03-11) 27	Valenciennes	2–2	Bastia	Valenciennes
19:00 CET (UTC+2)	Debuchy 15' Grbić 25', 48' Linguet 30' Picouleau 79'	Report	Magri 4', 69'	Stadium: Stade Nungesser Attendance: 8,631 Referee: Aurélien Petit

18 March 2023 28	Caen	2–1	Valenciennes	Caen
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Brahimi 8' Mendy 45' 76' Vandermersch 62' Hafid 90'	Report	Bonnet 29'	Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano Attendance: 11,825 Referee: Clément Turpin

1 April 2023 (2023-04-01) 29	Valenciennes	4–5	Paris FC	Valenciennes
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Grbić 5', 45+1' Masson 40' Kaba 62' Lecoeuche 72' Buatu 85'	Report	Guilavogui 33', 38', 43', 58' Koré 80' Boutaïb 90'	Stadium: Stade Nungesser Attendance: 9,908 Referee: Gaël Angoula

10 April 2023 (2023-04-10) 30	Annecy	2–1	Valenciennes	Annecy
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Kashi 16' 56' Ntamack Ndimba 29' Temanfo 45' Shamal 84'	Report	Buatu 40' Linguet 82' Kaba 87'	Stadium: Parc des Sports Attendance: 4,951 Referee: Alexandre Perreau Niel

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 (2023-04-22) 32	Amiens	0–2	Valenciennes	Amiens
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Fofana (MF) 34' Opoku 37'	Report	Masson 11' Linguet 52' Boudraa 65' Berthomier 71'	Stadium: Stade de la Licorne Attendance: 6,784 Referee: Olivier Thual

29 April 2023 (2023-04-29) 33	Valenciennes	0–2	Bordeaux	Valenciennes
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Poha 39'	Report	Maja 32', 82' Barbet 69'	Stadium: Stade Nungesser Attendance: 9,477 Referee: Antoine Valnet

6 May 2023 (2023-05-06) 34	Nîmes	3–3	Valenciennes	Nîmes
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Saïd 3' Tchokounté 41' Poulain 65' Benezet 71' Ambri 90+6'	Report	Hamache 21', 44' Boutoutaou 61', 70' Buatu 86'	Stadium: Stade des Antonins Attendance: 2,784 Referee: Rémi Landry

13 May 2023 (2023-05-13) 35	Valenciennes	1–1	Pau	Valenciennes
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Masson 55' Grbić 66', 68'	Report	D'Almeida 20' Bassouamina 74' Kouassi 76' George 79'	Stadium: Stade Nungesser Attendance: 12,669 Referee: William Toulliou

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	Valenciennes	1–0	Grenoble	Valenciennes
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Kaba 57'	Report	Mendy 8'	Stadium: Stade Nungesser Attendance: 21,790 Referee: Gaël Angoula

2 June 2023 (2023-06-02) 38	Saint-Étienne	2–0	Valenciennes	Saint-Étienne
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Cafaro 45+1' Krasso 48' Appiah 71' Bamba 81'	Report	Cuffaut 73' Bonnet 90+2'	Stadium: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard Attendance: 39,873 Referee: Abdelatif Kherradji

Coupe de France

29 October 2022 (2022-10-29) 7th Rnd	Valenciennes	1–1 (3–1 p)	Red Star F.C.	Valenciennes
18:00 CEST	Zinga 53'	Report	Fall 78'	Stadium: Stade du Hainaut Attendance: 2,938 Referee: Mickaël Leleu

19 November 2022 (2022-11-19) 8th Rnd	Entente Feignies Aulnoye FC	0–3	Valenciennes	Maubeuge
15:00 CET		Report	Nomel 11', 71' Zinga 56'	Stadium: Stade Léo Lagrange Attendance: 1,852 Referee: Rémi Landry

6 January 2023 (2023-01-06) Rnd of 64	Paris FC	3–1	Valenciennes	Paris
18:00 CET	Caddy 28' Chahiri 49' Guilavogui 69'	Report	Berthomier 16'	Stadium: Stade Sébastien Charléty Attendance: 2,614 Referee: Guillaume Paradis

References

^ "Effectif – Saison 2017/2018" (in French). Valenciennes FC. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
^ "Valenciennes FC". Scoresway.com. Archived from the original on 25 May 2011. Retrieved 27 February 2018.
^ "Ligue 1 Uber Eats et Ligue 2 BKT Saison 2022–2023 les Calendriers". 17 June 2022.

[usva_team-1] "Effectif – Saison 2017/2018" (in French). Valenciennes FC. Retrieved 6 April 2018.

[2] "Valenciennes FC". Scoresway.com. Archived from the original on 25 May 2011. Retrieved 27 February 2018.

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

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