2022–23 Valenciennes FC season

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

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)
Home colours Away colours Third colours
← 2021–22 2023–24 →
All statistics correct as of 22 May 2023.

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

Valenciennes   v   UNFP

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

Lens   v   Valenciennes

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

Zulte Waregem   v   Valenciennes

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

Valenciennes   v   Boulogne

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

Valenciennes   v   Dunkerque

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

Valenciennes   v   Oostende

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

Standard Liège   v   Valenciennes

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
				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

Main article: 2022–23 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]

Bordeaux v Valenciennes

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

Valenciennes v Le Havre

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

Metz v Valenciennes

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

Valenciennes v Quevilly-Rouen

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

Valenciennes v Saint-Étienne

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

Niort v Valenciennes

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

Valenciennes v Nîmes

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

Rodez v Valenciennes

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

Pau v Valenciennes

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

Valenciennes v Sochaux

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

Paris FC v Valenciennes

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

Valenciennes v Guingamp

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

Grenoble v Valenciennes

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

Valenciennes v Caen

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

Laval v Valenciennes

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

Valenciennes v Amiens

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

Bastia v Valenciennes

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

Valenciennes v Annecy

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

Dijon v Valenciennes

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

Valenciennes v Metz

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

Sochaux v Valenciennes

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

Valenciennes v Laval

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

Guingamp v Valenciennes

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

Valenciennes v Rodez

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

Valenciennes v Dijon

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

Quevilly-Rouen v Valenciennes

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

Valenciennes v Bastia

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

Caen v Valenciennes

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

Valenciennes v Paris FC

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

Annecy v Valenciennes

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

Valenciennes v Niort

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

Amiens v Valenciennes

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

Valenciennes v Bordeaux

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

Nîmes v Valenciennes

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

Valenciennes v Pau

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

Le Havre v Valenciennes

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

Valenciennes v Grenoble

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

Saint-Étienne v Valenciennes

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

Main article: 2022–23 Coupe de France

Valenciennes v Red Star F.C.

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

Entente Feignies Aulnoye FC v Valenciennes

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

Paris FC v Valenciennes

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

1. "Effectif – Saison 2017/2018" (in French). Valenciennes FC. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
2. . 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.