2022–23 Stade de Reims season

Stade de Reims
2022–23 season
President	Jean-Pierre Caillot
Head coach	Óscar García; (until 13 October); Will Still; (from 13 October)
Stadium	Stade Auguste-Delaune
Ligue 1	11th
Coupe de France	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	League: ; Folarin Balogun (21); All: ; Folarin Balogun (22)
	← 2021–22 2023–24 →

The 2022–23 season was the 91st season in the existence of Stade de Reims and the club's fifth consecutive season in the top flight of French football. In addition to the domestic league, Reims participated in this season's edition of the Coupe de France. The season covers the period from 1 July 2022 to 30 June 2023.

Despite a 19-match unbeaten run between October and March, they achieved only two wins in their last 11 games, ultimately finished 11th.

Players

First-team squad

As of 1 February 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
3	MF	MLI	Kamory Doumbia
4	DF	BEL	Maxime Busi
5	DF	MAR	Yunis Abdelhamid (captain)
7	FW	NOR	Noah Holm (on loan from Rosenborg)
8	MF	SWE	Jens Cajuste
9	FW	NED	Kaj Sierhuis
10	MF	KOS	Arbër Zeneli
11	FW	FRA	Myziane Maolida (on loan from Hertha BSC)
15	MF	ZIM	Marshall Munetsi
19	FW	NED	Mitchell van Bergen
21	MF	NED	Azor Matusiwa
24	DF	CIV	Emmanuel Agbadou


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
25	DF	BEL	Thibault De Smet
26	MF	SEN	Dion Lopy
29	FW	USA	Folarin Balogun (on loan from Arsenal)
30	GK	FRA	Nicolas Penneteau
32	DF	BEL	Thomas Foket
39	FW	JPN	Junya Itō
40	GK	FRA	Florent Duparchy
70	MF	FRA	Alexis Flips
80	GK	SRB	Ognjen Lukić
94	GK	FRA	Yehvann Diouf
96	GK	FRA	Alexandre Olliero

Transfers

Loans in

Date	No.	Pos.	Nat.	Player	Loaned from	On loan until	Ref.
3 August 2022	26	FW		Folarin Balogun	Arsenal	End of season	^[3]
1 September 2022	7	FW		Noah Holm	Rosenborg	End of season	^[4]

Loans out

Date	No.	Pos.	Nat.	Player	Loaned to	On loan until	Ref.
31 August 2022	17	FW		Anastasios Donis	APOEL	End of season
7 September 2022	14	MF		Valon Berisha	Melbourne City	End of season	^[5]

Pre-season and friendlies

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

9 July 2022 Friendly	Reims	1–2	Paris 13 Atletico	Bétheny, France
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Hornby 34' (pen.)		Cissé 66' Etonde 80'	Stadium: Stade Louis Blériot N°1

13 July 2022 Friendly	Lommel	1–2	Reims	Overijse, France
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Talvitie 4'		Abdelhamid 64' Adeline 75'	Stadium: Begijnhofstadion

16 July 2022 Friendly	Auxerre	0–2	Reims	Auxerre, France
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)			Koeberlé 4' Agbadou 40'	Stadium: Stade Pierre-Bouillot

20 July 2022 Friendly	Reims	1–0	Metz	Épernay, France
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Gravillon 79'			Stadium: Stade Paul Chandon

24 July 2022 Friendly	Reims	0–1	Villarreal	Reims, France
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Locko 18' Cajuste 50' Kebbal 53'		Dia 37' Pino 90'	Stadium: Stade Auguste Delaune Referee: Willy Delajod (France)

31 July 2022 Friendly	Reims	2–2	Sassuolo	Reims, France
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Van Bergen 20' Zeneli 62'		Ceide 64' Raspadori 67'	Stadium: Stade Auguste-Delaune

8 December 2022 Friendly	Reims	3–0	Sochaux	San Pedro del Pinatar, Spain
16:00 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Pinatar Arena

16 December 2022 Friendly	Reims	3–0	Charleroi	Bétheny, France
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Balogun 37' Adeline 60' Zeneli 75'	Report		Stadium: Stade Louis Blériot N°1

21 December 2022 Friendly	Reims	1–2	Lens	Reims, France
16:00 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Stade Auguste-Delaune II

Competitions

Overall record

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 1	7 August 2022	3 June 2023	Matchday 1	11th	38	12	15	11	45	45	+0	031.58
Coupe de France	8 January 2023	8 February 2023	Round of 64	Round of 16	3	2	0	1	11	3	+8	066.67
Total					41	14	15	12	56	48	+8	034.15

Source: Soccerway

Ligue 1

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
9	Nice	38	15	13	10	48	37	+11	58
10	Lorient	38	15	10	13	52	53	−1	55
11	Reims	38	12	15	11	45	45	0	51
12	Montpellier	38	15	5	18	65	62	+3	50
13	Toulouse	38	13	9	16	51	57	−6	48	Qualification for the Europa League group stage^[a]

Source: Ligue 1
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Head-to-head points; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Head-to-head goals scored; 6) Head-to-head away goals scored; 7) Goals scored; 8) Away goals scored; 9) Fair-play points (Note: Head-to-head record is used only after all the matches between the teams in question have been played).^[6]
Notes:

^ Toulouse qualified for the Europa League group stage as the 2022–23 Coupe de France winners.

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
38	12	15	11	45	45	0	51	8	6	5	28	23	+5	4	9	6	17	22	−5

Source: Ligue 1

Results by round

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	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	L	L	D	D	W	D	L	L	D	D	D	W	D	W	D	W	D	W	D	D	W	D	W	D	W	W	W	L	W	D	L	L	L	W	L	D	L	L
Position	18	20	19	19	14	14	16	17	17	15	15	14	13	11	11	10	10	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	8	8	9	7	8	8	8	11	10	11	11	11	11

Source: Ligue 1
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 17 June 2022.^[7]

7 August 2022 1	Marseille	4–1	Reims	Marseille
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Faes 13' (o.g.) Tavares 45+1' Gigot 59' Suárez 76', 90+4'	Report	Balogun 84'	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 62,738 Referee: Jérôme Brisard

14 August 2022 2	Reims	2–4	Clermont	Reims
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Balogun 7', 30' (pen.) Doumbia 23' (pen.) Agbadou 47' Van Bergen 51' Gravillon 71'	Report	Ogier 21' Magnin 29' Gastien 35' Andrić 51' (pen.), 62' Cham 72' Bela 77'	Stadium: Stade Auguste-Delaune Attendance: 9,456 Referee: Johan Hamel

21 August 2022 3	Strasbourg	1–1	Reims	Strasbourg
13:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Djiku 39', 45+2'	Report	Busi 13' Munetsi 70' Balogun 80' Cajuste 87' Faes 90'	Stadium: Stade de la Meinau Attendance: 25,175 Referee: Ruddy Buquet

28 August 2022 4	Reims	1–1	Lyon	Reims
17:05 CEST (UTC+2)	Itō 24' Lopy 63' Faes 64'	Report	Caqueret 48' Dembélé 86'	Stadium: Stade Auguste-Delaune Attendance: 14,930 Referee: Jérémy Stinat

31 August 2022 5	Angers	2–4	Reims	Angers
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Boufal 59' (pen.) Hunou 67' Thioub 85'	Report	Munetsi 23', 46' Itō 45+1' Busi 58' Cajuste 64' 65' Balogun 70' (pen.) Adeline 80' Pentz 89' Flips 90'	Stadium: Stade Raymond Kopa Attendance: 6,500 Referee: Jérémie Pignard

4 September 2022 6	Reims	1–1	Lens	Reims
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Gravillon 33' Locko 46' Balogun 72'	Report	Medina 45' Gradit 56' Machado 67' Openda 82'	Stadium: Stade Auguste-Delaune Attendance: 15,761 Referee: Eric Wattelier

11 September 2022 7	Toulouse	1–0	Reims	Toulouse
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Aboukhlal 31' Spierings 56' Genreau 86'	Report	Flips 61' Lopy 73' Abdelhamid 90'	Stadium: Stadium de Toulouse Attendance: 21,315 Referee: Stéphanie Frappart

18 September 2022 8	Reims	0–3	Monaco	Reims
13:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Busi 19' Locko 22' Munetsi 38' Lopy 45+1'	Report	Golovin 47' Akliouche 50' Nübel 84' Minamino 87' Ben Yedder 90'	Stadium: Stade Auguste-Delaune Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Marc Bollengier

2 October 2022 9	Troyes	2–2	Reims	Troyes
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Salmier 19' Odobert 51' Gallon 57' Bruus 83' Porozo 90' Palmer-Brown 90+6'	Report	Balogun 12' Itō 54', 56' Diakité 90+4' Agbadou 90+6'	Stadium: Stade de l'Aube Attendance: 10,164 Referee: Benoît Millot

8 October 2022 10	Reims	0–0	Paris Saint-Germain	Reims
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Munetsi 39' Gravillon 90' Locko 90+3'	Report	Ramos 41' 41' Verratti 42' Hakimi 90' Neymar 90+2' Mbappé 90+2'	Stadium: Stade Auguste-Delaune Attendance: 20,543 Referee: Pierre Gaillouste

15 October 2022 11	Lorient	0–0	Reims	Lorient
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Ponceau 22'	Report	Agbadou 13' 90+1' Lopy 45+2' 46'	Stadium: Stade du Moustoir Attendance: 15,776 Referee: Mathieu Vernice

23 October 2022 12	Reims	2–1	Auxerre	Reims
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Locko 25' Balogun 28' Matusiwa 42' Keita 74' Itō 87' Diouf 90+2'	Report	Niang 33'	Stadium: Stade Auguste-Delaune Attendance: 11,411 Referee: Hakim Ben El Hadj

30 October 2022 13	Brest	0–0	Reims	Brest
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Slimani 73'	Report	Flips 55'	Stadium: Stade Francis-Le Blé Attendance: 11,008 Referee: Willy Delajod

6 November 2022 14	Reims	1–0	Nantes	Reims
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Cajuste 8' Balogun 83' (pen.)	Report	Pallois 30' 54' Blas 58' Moutoussamy 90+1'	Stadium: Stade Auguste-Delaune Attendance: 11,477 Referee: Ruddy Buquet

13 November 2022 15	Montpellier	1–1	Reims	Montpellier
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Souquet 27' Leroy 40' Delaye 90+1'	Report	Diouf 24' Cajuste 72' Munetsi 87'	Stadium: Stade Auguste-Delaune Attendance: 11,778 Referee: Florent Batta

29 December 2022 16	Reims	3–1	Rennes	Reims
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Balogun 6', 84', 83' Itō 20' Flips 22'	Report	Bourigeaud 42' Theate 45+1' Omari 59'	Stadium: Stade Auguste-Delaune Attendance: 13,262 Referee: Hakim Ben El Hadj

2 January 2023 17	Lille	1–1	Reims	Villeneuve-d'Ascq
17:00 CET (UTC+1)	David 31' Alexsandro 84'	Report	Abdelhamid 28' Cajuste 78'	Stadium: Stade Pierre-Mauroy Attendance: 31,086 Referee: Eric Wattellier

11 January 2023 18	Ajaccio	0–1	Reims	Ajaccio
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Youssouf 16' Nouri 19' El Idrissy 70'	Report	Munetsi 3' De Smet 50' Balogun 70' Adeline 81'	Stadium: Stade François Coty Attendance: 6,648 Referee: Willy Delajod

15 January 2023 19	Reims	0–0	Nice	Reims
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Cajuste 51'	Report	Lotomba 90+5'	Stadium: Stade Auguste-Delaune Attendance: 11,383 Referee: François Letexier

29 January 2023 20	Paris Saint-Germain	1–1	Reims	Paris
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Marquinhos 29' Neymar 51' Verratti 58' Donnarumma 90+3'	Report	Itō 35' Balogun 90+5'	Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 46,000 Referee: Ruddy Buquet

1 February 2023 21	Reims	4–2	Lorient	Reims
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Balogun 44' (pen.), 61', 64' Doumbia 51' Matusiwa 77'	Report	Le Fée 10' Koné 35'	Stadium: Stade Auguste-Delaune Attendance: 10,746 Referee: Florent Batta

5 February 2023 22	Auxerre	0–0	Reims	Auxerre
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Mensah 22' Jubal 37'	Report		Stadium: Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps Attendance: 14,680 Referee: Pierre Gaillouste

12 February 2023 23	Reims	4–0	Troyes	Reims
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Munetsi 9' Flips 40' Maolida 43' Balogun 49' Cajuste 81'	Report	Palmer-Brown 42' Agoumé 56'	Stadium: Stade Auguste Delaune Attendance: 8,115 Referee: Jérémie Pignard

18 February 2023 24	Nice	0–0	Reims	Nice
17:00 CET (UTC+1)	Lotomba 45'	Report	Lopy 87'	Stadium: Allianz Riviera Attendance: 18,102 Referee: Marc Bollengier

26 February 2023 25	Reims	3–0	Toulouse	Reims
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Itō 4' Munetsi 7' Abdelhamid 68'	Report		Stadium: Stade Auguste Delaune Attendance: 12,139 Referee: Mathieu Vernice

5 March 2023 26	Reims	1–0	Ajaccio	Reims
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Matusiwa 67' Abdelhamid 90+1' Cajuste 84', 90+5'	Report	Belaïli 58' Barreto 83' El Idrissy 89' Sollacaro 90+6'	Stadium: Stade Auguste Delaune Attendance: 12,855 Referee: Pierre Gaillouste

12 March 2023 27	Monaco	0–1	Reims	Monaco
17:05 CET (UTC+1)	Sarr 64'	Report	Balogun 50' Itō 61' Cajuste 83'	Stadium: Stade Louis II Attendance: 5,383 Referee: Thomas Léonard

19 March 2023 28	Reims	1–2	Marseille	Reims
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Balogun 13' De Smet 14' Agbadou 90+1'	Report	Guendouzi 14' Sánchez 16', 29' Malinovskyi 19' Rongier 69'	Stadium: Stade Auguste Delaune Attendance: 20,479 Referee: François Letexier

2 April 2023 29	Nantes	0–3	Reims	Nantes
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Girotto 48'	Report	Cajuste 17' Flips 38', 40' Munetsi 58' Matusiwa 79'	Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 26,285 Referee: Marc Bollengier

9 April 2023 30	Reims	1–1	Brest	Reims
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Balogun 90+1' (pen.)	Report	Lees-Melou 6' Lala 90'	Stadium: Stade Auguste Delaune Attendance: 12,023 Referee: Benoît Millot

15 April 2023 31	Rennes	3–0	Reims	Rennes
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Doku 9', 19' Ugochukwu 46' Theate 68'	Report	Munetsi 81' Agbadou 82'	Stadium: Roazhon Park Attendance: 27,936 Referee: Jérémy Stinat

23 April 2023 32	Reims	0–2	Strasbourg	Reims
13:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Lopy 18' Agbadou 75'	Report	Diallo 1', 37' Djiku 26'	Stadium: Stade Auguste Delaune Attendance: 13,737 Referee: Clément Turpin

30 April 2023 33	Clermont	1–0	Reims	Clermont-Ferrand
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Kyei 4' Wieteska 80'	Report	Balogun 81' Munetsi 90+2'	Stadium: Stade Gabriel Montpied Attendance: 11,446 Referee: Stéphanie Frappart

6 May 2023 34	Reims	1–0	Lille	Reims
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Munetsi 21' Abdelhamid 71' Alexsandro 83' Busi 90+4'	Report	Fonte 37' Ang. Gomes 60'	Stadium: Stade Auguste Delaune Attendance: 17,911 Referee: Thomas Léonard

12 May 2023 35	Lens	2–1	Reims	Lens
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Danso 9' Frankowski 39' (pen.), 51' Fofana 54' Gradit 63' Samba 89'	Report	Balogun 22' (pen.) Abdelhamid 37' Flips 66'	Stadium: Stade Bollaert-Delelis Attendance: 37,701 Referee: Jérémie Pignard

21 May 2023 36	Reims	2–2	Angers	Reims
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Itō 10' Balogun 54'	Report	Šabanović 46' Abdelli 60' Niane 64' Fofana 90'	Stadium: Stade Auguste Delaune Attendance: 11,242 Referee: Florent Batta

27 May 2023 37	Lyon	3–0	Reims	Décines-Charpieu
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Agbadou 1' (o.g.) Lacazette 8' Lepenant 79' Caqueret 81'	Report	Agbadou 53' Fall 74'	Stadium: Parc Olympique Lyonnais Attendance: 56,874 Referee: Jérémy Stinat

3 June 2023 38	Reims	1–3	Montpellier	Reims
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Abdelhamid 13' Balogun 28'	Report	Leroy 44' Wahi 54', 76' Nordin 59', 66'	Stadium: Stade Auguste Delaune Attendance: 15,036 Referee: Pierre Gaillouste

Coupe de France

8 January 2023 Round of 64	FC Loon-Plage	0–7	Reims	Loon-Plage
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Huysman 43' Bocquet 79'	Report	Zeneli 45+3' Cajuste 50' Sierhuis 54', 90' Flips 69' Adeline 77', 78' Guitane 63', 89'	Stadium: Stade Marcel Rosseel Attendance: 1,260 Referee: Thomas Léonard

21 January 2023 Round of 32	Les Herbiers VF	0–3	Reims	Les Herbiers
18:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Balogun 37' (pen.) Flips 64' Adeline 87'	Stadium: Stade Massabielle Attendance: 4,600 Referee: Mathieu Vernice

8 February 2023 Round of 16	Toulouse	3–1	Reims	Toulouse
18:15 CET (UTC+1)	Diouf 23' (o.g.) Aboukhlal 35', 54' Chaïbi 62' Spierings 70'	Report	Lopy 7' Busi 51' Cajuste 89'	Stadium: Stadium de Toulouse Attendance: 17,660 Referee: Willy Delajod

References

^ "Les joueurs" [The players] (in French). Stade de Reims. 26 January 2019.
^ "Stade de Reims Squad".
^ "Folarin Balogun joins Stade de Reims on loan". Arsenal F.C. 3 August 2022. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
^ "Noah lånes ut til Stade de Reims" [Noah on loan to Stade de Reims] (in Norwegian). RBK.no. 1 September 2022. Retrieved 1 September 2022.
^ "Berisha is City Blue". Melbourne City. 7 September 2022. Retrieved 6 January 2023.
^ "League Rules" (PDF). www.lfp.fr. Retrieved 1 September 2022.
^ "Ligue 1 Uber Eats et Ligue 2 BKT Saison 2022–2023 les Calendriers". 17 June 2022.

[table_note_res_ELGScup0.51354965218974-6] Toulouse qualified for the Europa League group stage as the 2022–23 Coupe de France winners.

[1] "Les joueurs" [The players] (in French). Stade de Reims. 26 January 2019.

[2] "Stade de Reims Squad".

[Balogun_on_loan-3] "Folarin Balogun joins Stade de Reims on loan". Arsenal F.C. 3 August 2022. Retrieved 3 August 2022.

[4] "Noah lånes ut til Stade de Reims" [Noah on loan to Stade de Reims] (in Norwegian). RBK.no. 1 September 2022. Retrieved 1 September 2022.

[5] "Berisha is City Blue". Melbourne City. 7 September 2022. Retrieved 6 January 2023.

[7] "League Rules" (PDF). www.lfp.fr. Retrieved 1 September 2022.

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

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