2023–24 FC Sochaux-Montbéliard season

FC Sochaux-Montbéliard
2023–24 season
Manager	Oswald Tanchot
Stadium	Stade Auguste-Bonal
Championnat National	4th
Coupe de France	Round of 16
Biggest defeat	Sochaux 1–6 Rennes
	← 2022–23

2023–24 FC Sochaux-Montbéliard season is the club's 96th season in history and its first season in the third tier of French football, the Championnat National, having been subjected to administrative relegation from the Ligue 2. They will also take part in the Coupe de France, entering from the seventh round. The club played its first game on 25 August. This is manager's Oswald Tanchot first season with the club after having been appointed on 1 July 2023.

Players[edit]

As of 26 January 2024^[1]

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 Patouillet
2	DF	FRA	Nolan Galves
3	DF	FRA	Amilcar Silva
4	DF	FRA	Arthur Vitelli
5	DF	MTQ	Boris Moltenis
6	MF	FRA	Mouhamadou Drammeh
7	MF	FRA	Tony Mauricio
8	MF	FRA	Kévin Hoggas
9	FW	CIV	N'Dri Philippe Koffi
10	MF	FRA	Roli Pereira de Sa
11	FW	CIV	Issouf Macalou
14	DF	SUI	Sidy Diagne
15	DF	MAD	Thomas Fontaine
16	GK	FRA	Baptiste Valette
17	FW	FRA	Noah Fatar


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
19	DF	FRA	Julien Dacosta
20	FW	BEN	Jodel Dossou
21	MF	FRA	Dimitri Liénard
22	FW	MLI	Kévin Zohi
24	MF	FRA	Malcolm Viltard
25	MF	FRA	Alex Daho
27	MF	FRA	Diego Michel
28	DF	FRA	Maxime Bastian
30	GK	FRA	Charly Dosso
33	MF	CMR	Joseph Atangana
33	FW	FRA	Martin Lecolier
34	MF	FRA	Allan Ackra
35	DF	FRA	Dalangunypole Gomis
36	DF	FRA	Malcolm Rangon
37	MF	FRA	Elie Kayembe Tete

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
—	DF	CMR	Alex Guett Guett (on loan to Progrès Niederkorn)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	FRA	Gaëtan Weissbeck (on loan to Bordeaux)

Transfers[edit]

In[edit]

Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
FW	N'dri Philippe Koffi	Reims	Free	21 August 2023
DF	Maxime Bastian	Strasbourg	Free	25 January 2024

Out[edit]

Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
MF	Rassoul Ndiaye	Le Havre	€1,500,000	17 July 2023
DF	Daylam Meddah	Released		28 July 2023	^[2]

Pre-season and friendlies[edit]

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

22 July 2023 Friendly	Lens	3–0	Sochaux	Divonne-les-Bains
11:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Sishuba 6', 18' Thomasson 35'			Stadium: Complexe sportif de Divonne-les-Bains

18 August 2023 Friendly	Sochaux	1–0	Vesoul	Montbéliard
	Botuluma 21'			Stadium: Stade Auguste-Bonal Attendance: 0
Note: Behind closed doors

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 %
Championnat National	25 August 2023	17 May 2024	Matchday 1		24	9	8	7	36	29	+7	037.50
Coupe de France	17 November 2023	6 February 2024	Seventh round	Round of 16	5	3	1	1	11	10	+1	060.00
Total					29	12	9	8	47	39	+8	041.38

Last updated: 15 March 2024
Source: Soccerway

Championnat National[edit]

League table[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
6	Dijon	31	13	8	10	42	39	+3	47^[a]
7	Rouen^[b]	31	14	9	8	37	28	+9	46^[c]
8	Sochaux	31	12	10	9	48	39	+9	46^[c]
9	Versailles	31	11	10	10	38	30	+8	43
10	Orléans	31	10	9	12	33	35	−2	39

Updated to match(es) played on 26 April 2024. Source: soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) head-to-head results; 2) head-to-head goal difference; 3) goal difference; 4) goals scored; 5) fair play points
Notes:

^ Nancy are ahead of Dijon on head-to-head goal difference: Nancy 3–0 Dijon, Dijon 3–1 Nancy
^ On 28 November 2023, the DNCG announced a deduction of five points for Rouen, due to financial issues.^[3] The punishment was upheld on appeal.^[4]
^ ^a ^b Rouen are ahead of Sochaux on head-to-head points: Sochauex 0–1 Rouen, Rouen 1–0 Sochaux

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
24	9	8	7	36	29	+7	35	5	4	3	21	16	+5	4	4	4	15	13	+2

Last updated: 15 March 2024.
Source: Soccerway

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	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H
Result	D	W	L	L	W	W	L	L	W	D	D	D	W	L	W	W	W	D	D	P	L	D
Position	6	1	8	13	10	3	6	9	9	7	7	7	6	8	7	6	6

Updated to match(es) played on 15 March 2024. Source: ^{[citation needed]}
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; P = Postponed

Matches[edit]

The league fixtures were unveiled on 13 July 2023.^[5]

25 August 2023 3	Red Star	2–0	Sochaux	Saint-Ouen-sur-Seine
19:30 CEST (UTC+2)	N'Doye 3' Ifnaoui 13'	Report		Stadium: Stade Bauer Referee: Alexandre Perreau Niel

1 September 2023 4	Sochaux	0–3	GOAL FC	Montbéliard
19:30 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Camelo 20' Dufau 27' Rambaud 47' (pen.)	Stadium: Stade Auguste-Bonal Referee: Jordane Lomi

8 September 2023 5	Épinal	0–3	Sochaux	Épinal
19:30 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Koffi 28' (pen.) Hoggas 72' Michel 81'	Stadium: Stade de la Colombière Referee: Edgar Barenton

15 September 2023 6	Martigues	1–2	Sochaux	Martigues
CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stade Francis Turcan

25 September 2023 7	Sochaux	0–1	Rouen	Montbéliard
CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stade Auguste-Bonal

29 September 2023 8	Le Mans	2–1	Sochaux	Le Mans
CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stade Marie-Marvingt

3 October 2023 1	Versailles	1–1	Sochaux	Paris
19:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Diakhaby 5'	Report	Zohi 8'	Stadium: Stade Jean-Bouin Referee: Romain Perpinan

7 October 2023 9	Sochaux	2–1	Avranches	Montbéliard
CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stade Auguste-Bonal

11 October 2023 10	Châteauroux	1–1	Sochaux	Châteauroux
CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stade Gaston-Petit

20 October 2023 11	Sochaux	3–3	Villefranche	Montbéliard
CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stade Auguste-Bonal

25 October 2023 2	Sochaux	4–2	Orléans	Montbéliard
CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stade Auguste-Bonal

3 November 2023 12	Nancy	1–1	Sochaux	Tomblaine
				Stadium: Stade Marcel Picot

10 November 2023 13	Sochaux	2–0	Cholet	Montbéliard
				Stadium: Stade Auguste-Bonal

27 November 2023 14

Niort

4–2

Sochaux

Niort

1 December 2023 15	Sochaux	4–0	Marignane GCB	Montbéliard
				Stadium: Stade Auguste-Bonal

15 December 2023 16

Dijon

0–3

Sochaux

Dijon

15 January 2024 17	Sochaux	1–0	Nîmes	Montbéliard
				Stadium: Stade Auguste-Bonal

2 February 2024 19	Sochaux	2–2	Red Star	Montbéliard
19:30	Dacosta 19', 45+3'	Report	Cissé 48' Benali 90+6'	Stadium: Stade Auguste-Bonal Referee: Soulaimane Chamel

16 February 2024 21	Sochaux	0–1	Épinal	Montbéliard
19:30		Report	Labissiere 17'	Stadium: Stade Auguste-Bonal Referee: Pierre Retail

23 February 2024 22	Sochaux	1–1	Martigues	Montbéliard
19:30				Stadium: Stade Auguste-Bonal

27 February 2024 18	Orléans	0–0	Sochaux	Orléans
19:30				Stadium: Stade de la Source

4 March 2024 23	Rouen	1–0	Sochaux	Le Petit-Quevilly
18:30				Stadium: Stade Robert Diochon

26 March 2024 20	GOAL FC	v	Sochaux	Chasselay
19:00				Stadium: Stade Ludovic Giuly
Note: The match was originally scheduled for 10 February 2024 but was postponed.

Coupe de France[edit]

Sochaux entered in the fifth round along with other Championnat National clubs.

6 January 2024 Round of 64	Sochaux	2–1	Lorient	Montbéliard
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Michel 34' Dacosta 46' Daho 70' Macalou 90+3' (pen.)	Report	Makengo 26' Pelon 34', 75' Sylla 57'	Stadium: Stade Auguste-Bonal Attendance: 12,947 Referee: Willy Delajod

21 January 2024 Round of 32	Sochaux	2–2 (5–4 p)	Reims	Montbéliard
17:30 CET (UTC+1)	Gomis 16' Michel 21' Daho 44' (pen.) Ackra 66'	Report	Agbadou 6', 82' Bojang 82'	Stadium: Stade Auguste-Bonal Attendance: 18,754 Referee: Hakim Ben El Hadj
	Penalties
	Hoggas Liénard Zohi Daho Macalou Fontaine		Teuma Khadra Daramy Wilson-Esbrand Agbadou Okumu

6 February 2024 Round of 16	Sochaux	1–6	Rennes	Montbéliard
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Viltard 65' (pen.)	Report	Gouiri 24', 47' Salah 29' Kalimuendo 35', 41' Matusiwa 45+2' Bourigeaud 81'	Stadium: Stade Auguste-Bonal Referee: Jérémy Stinat

References[edit]

^ "Effectif". Retrieved 25 July 2022.
^ [1]
^ "DNCG. Des retraits de points pour le FC Rouen et l'AS Cannes !" (in French). Foot Amateur. 28 November 2023.
^ "DNCG. Cinq points de retrait pour Rouen, amende pour Cannes" (in French). Foot Amateur. 15 December 2023.
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[table_hth_NAN0.67177650503431-3] Nancy are ahead of Dijon on head-to-head goal difference: Nancy 3–0 Dijon, Dijon 3–1 Nancy

[table_note_ROU0.67177650503431-6] On 28 November 2023, the DNCG announced a deduction of five points for Rouen, due to financial issues.^[3] The punishment was upheld on appeal.^[4]

[table_hth_ROU0.67177650503431-7] Rouen are ahead of Sochaux on head-to-head points: Sochauex 0–1 Rouen, Rouen 1–0 Sochaux

[1] "Effectif". Retrieved 25 July 2022.

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[4] "DNCG. Des retraits de points pour le FC Rouen et l'AS Cannes !" (in French). Foot Amateur. 28 November 2023.

[5] "DNCG. Cinq points de retrait pour Rouen, amende pour Cannes" (in French). Foot Amateur. 15 December 2023.

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