2022–23 Nîmes Olympique season

Nîmes Olympique
2022–23 season
President	Rani Assaf
Head coach	Nicolas Usaï; (until 16 November); Frédéric Bompard; (from 21 November)
Stadium	Stade des Costières; (until 5 November); Stade des Antonins; (from 5 November)
Ligue 2	19th (relegated)
Coupe de France	Round of 64
Top goalscorer	League: ; Malik Tchokounté (13); All: ; Malik Tchokounté (14)
	← 2021–22 2023–24 →

The 2022–23 season was the 86th in the history of Nîmes Olympique and their second consecutive season in the second division. The club participated in Ligue 2 and the Coupe de France, suffering relegation in the former.

Players

As of 31 January 2023^[1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	FRA	Axel Maraval
2	DF	FRA	Kelyan Guessoum
3	DF	FRA	Scotty Sadzoute (on loan from OH Leuven)
4	DF	FRA	Maël de Gevigney
6	DF	FRA	Benoît Poulain
7	FW	FRA	Lys Mousset (on loan from VfL Bochum)
8	DF	FRA	Thibaut Vargas
9	MF	GNB	Steve Ambri
10	MF	FRA	Nicolas Benezet
11	FW	FRA	Pablo Pagis (on loan from Lorient)
14	MF	DEN	Jens Jakob Thomasen
15	FW	COM	Rafiki Saïd
16	GK	FRA	Lucas Dias


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
17	DF	MTQ	Ronny Labonne
18	FW	FRA	Malik Tchokounté
19	DF	BFA	Nasser Djiga (on loan from Basel)
20	MF	FRA	Léon Delpech
21	MF	CIV	Jean N'Guessan (on loan from Nice)
24	FW	MLI	Mahamadou Doucouré
26	DF	FRA	Sanasi Sy
28	MF	SEN	Joseph Lopy
30	GK	FRA	Amjhad Nazih
65	FW	SEN	Moussa Koné
76	MF	MTN	Guessouma Fofana
97	DF	MTQ	Patrick Burner

Pre-season and friendlies

Win Draw Loss

2 July 2022 Friendly	Toulouse	2–0	Nîmes	Béziers
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Ratão 42' Chaïbi 48'			Stadium: Stade de Sauclières Attendance: 500 Referee: Abdelatif Kherradji

16 July 2022 Friendly	Nîmes	0–1	Bastia	Mallemort
17:30 CEST (UTC+2)			Kaïboue 85'	Stadium: Stade d'honneur

23 July 2022 Friendly	Nîmes	4–2	UNFP FC	Nîmes
17:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Benrahou 42' (pen.) Poulain 80' Labonne 84' Fomba 87'		Dembélé 29' Mandefu 90'	Stadium: Stade des Costières

23 September 2022 Friendly	Toulouse	2–1	Nîmes	Toulouse
11:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Flemmings 61' Zodehougan 67', 71'		Pagis 6' Vargas 70'	Stadium: Annexe 1 du Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Souiffi

10 December 2022 Friendly	Nîmes	0–2	Rodez	Nîmes
15:00 CET (UTC+1)			Raux-Yao 16' Boissier 83'	Stadium: Stade des Costières

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 2	30 July 2022	2 June 2023	Matchday 1	19th	38	10	6	22	44	62	−18	026.32
Coupe de France	29 October 2022	6 January 2023	Seventh round	Round of 64	3	2	0	1	7	1	+6	066.67
Total					41	12	6	23	51	63	−12	029.27

Source: Soccerway

Ligue 2

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or Relegation
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
19	Nîmes (R)	38	10	6	22	44	62	−18	36
20	Niort (R)	38	7	8	23	35	67	−32	29

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
38	10	6	22	44	62	−18	36	9	2	8	27	23	+4	1	4	14	17	39	−22

Source: Ligue 2

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	A
Result	L	D	W	L	W	L	L
Position	16	13	10	15	9	13

Source: Ligue 2
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 17 June 2022.^[2]

30 July 2022 1	Nîmes	0–1	Caen	Nîmes
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Guessoum 18' Fomba 44' De Gevigney 68'	Report	Mendy 45+3' Essende 77' Kyeremeh 90+3'	Stadium: Stade des Costières Attendance: 2,969 Referee: Rémi Landry

6 August 2022 2	Saint-Étienne	1–1	Nîmes	Saint-Étienne
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Krasso 45' (pen.)	Report	Thomasen 32'	Stadium: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard Referee: Mathieu Vernice

13 August 2022 3	Nîmes	1–0	Rodez	Nîmes
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Ómarsson 63'	Report		Stadium: Stade des Costières Attendance: 2,615 Referee: Aurélien Petit

20 August 2022 4	Dijon	2–1	Nîmes	Dijon
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Jacob 38' Le Bihan 75'	Report	Koné 83'	Stadium: Stade Gaston Gérard Attendance: 7,500 Referee: Faouzi Benchabane

27 August 2022 5	Nîmes	1–0	Laval	Nîmes
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Koné 54'	Report		Stadium: Stade des Costières Attendance: 2,221 Referee: Azzedine Souifi

30 August 2022 6	Grenoble	3–2	Nîmes	Grenoble
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Sanyang 19' Correa 61' Ba 81'	Report	Tchokounté 76', 90+1' (pen.)	Stadium: Stade des Alpes Attendance: 4,850 Referee: Jérôme Brisard

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	Nîmes	0–0	Bastia	Nîmes
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Vargas 27' Guessoum 45+3' N'Guessan 78'	Report	Vincent 45+3' 59' Santelli 45+3' Magri 88'	Stadium: Stade des Costières Attendance: 2,870 Referee: Guillaume Paradis

17 September 2022 (2022-09-17) 9	Sochaux	3–1	Nîmes	Montbéliard
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Sissoko 20', 34', 53' Mauricio 22'	Report	N'Guessan 4', 76'	Stadium: Stade Auguste Bonal Attendance: 11,287 Referee: Florent Batta

1 October 2022 (2022-10-01) 10	Nîmes	0–1	Paris	Nîmes
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Dabila 45' Phiri 77' Djiga 87' (o.g.)	Stadium: Stade des Costières Attendance: 2,303 Referee: Mikael Lesage

8 October 2022 (2022-10-08) 11	Quevilly-Rouen	3–1	Nîmes	Caen
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Diedhiou 18' Mafouta 45', 56'	Report	Fomba 32' N'Guessan 59' Tchokounté 62'	Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano Attendance: 2,900 Referee: Aurélien Petit

15 October 2022 (2022-10-15) 12	Nîmes	2–0	Amiens	Nîmes
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Tchokounté 22' Thomasen 34' Fomba 82'	Report		Stadium: Stade des Costières Attendance: 2,293 Referee: Bastien Dechepy

22 October 2022 (2022-10-22) 13	Pau	1–0	Nîmes	Pau
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Beusnard 26' Sylvestre 51' Sow 59' Koffi 74'	Report	Vargas 31' Djiga 35' Tchokounté 48' Koné 90+2'	Stadium: Nouste Camp Attendance: 3,328 Referee: Rémi Landry

5 November 2022 14	Nîmes	1–0	Bordeaux	Nîmes
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	N'Guessan 6', 51' Djiga 74'	Report	Lacoux 44' N'Simba 84'	Stadium: Stade des Costières Attendance: 9,462 Referee: Aurélien Petit

12 November 2022 (2022-11-12) 15	Niort	1–1	Nîmes	Niort
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Zemzemi 54' Merdji 63'	Report	Burner 21' Tchokounté 27' Djiga 58' Delpech 81' Guessoum 89'	Stadium: Stade René Gaillard Attendance: 3,788 Referee: William Toulliou

26 December 2022 (2022-12-26) 16	Nîmes	1–2	Guingamp	Nîmes
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Tchokounté 30' N'Guessan 68' Benezet 90'	Report	Livolant 22', 30' Courtet 90+2'	Stadium: Stade des Antonins Attendance: 5,063 Referee: William Toulliou

30 December 2022 (2022-12-30) 17	Annecy	0–0	Nîmes	Annecy
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Pajot 55'	Report	Labonne 78'	Stadium: Parc des Sports Attendance: 6,513 Referee: Azzédine Souifi

10 January 2023 (2023-01-10) 18	Nîmes	1–4	Metz	Nîmes
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Fomba 45+2' Ahamada 54'	Report	Kouyaté 36' Joseph 48', 60' Sabaly 56', 74' Mikautadze 89'	Stadium: Stade des Antonins Attendance: 1,809 Referee: Mikael Lesage

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: 8,262 Referee: Benjamin Lepaysant

28 January 2023 (2023-01-28) 20	Nîmes	3–2	Niort	Nîmes
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Tchokounté 12', 44' Pagis 17', 35'	Report	Boutobba 30' Rocheteau 39' Durivaux 53' Benchamma 63'	Stadium: Stade des Antonins Attendance: 1,405 Referee: Pierre Legat

31 January 2023 (2023-01-31) 21	Guingamp	1–2	Nimes	Guingamp
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Mbe Soh 33' Barthelmé 49' Muyumba 61'	Report	Benezet 63' Lopy 76' Koné 90+4', 90+5'	Stadium: Stade de Roudourou Attendance: 7,916 Referee: Antoine Valnet

3 February 2023 (2023-02-03) 22	Nîmes	0–2	Grenoble	Nîmes
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	N'Guessan 89'	Report	Phaëton 12' Touray 44' Bambock 53'	Stadium: Stade des Antonins Attendance: 2,125 Referee: Benjamin Lepaysant

11 February 2022 (2022-02-11) 23	Rodez	1–1	Nimes	Rodez
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Depres 7' Raux-Yao 33'	Report	Saïd 50' Benezet 78' Ambri 90+4'	Stadium: Stade Paul-Lignon Attendance: 2,605 Referee: Romain Lissorgue

20 February 2023 (2023-02-20) 24	Nîmes	1–2	Saint-Étienne	Nîmes
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Tchokounté 68' Burner 87'	Report	Nkounkou 33', 34' Wadji 51', 84' Monconduit 81'	Stadium: Stade des Antonins Attendance: 5,527 Referee: Olivier Thual

25 February 2023 (2023-02-25) 25	Metz	2–0	Nîmes	Metz
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Mikautadze 29' Maziz 67'	Report	Fofana 31' De Gevigney 90+1'	Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien Attendance: 13,388 Referee: Aurélien Petit

4 March 2023 (2023-03-04) 26	Bastia	4–2	Nimes	Furiani
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Vincent 16' Djoco 28' Magri 29', 36' Van Den Kerkhof 74' Baï 88' Santelli 90+3'	Report	Tchokounté 11', 73' Djiga 38' Pagis 50'	Stadium: Stade Armand-Cesari Attendance: 9,793 Referee: Hakim Ben El Hadj

11 March 2023 (2023-03-11) 27	Nîmes	2–0	Quevilly-Rouen	Nîmes
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Djiga 45+2' Pagis 66', 71'	Report	Boé-Kane 19' Pierret 57'	Stadium: Stade des Antonins Attendance: 1,363 Referee: William Toulliou

18 March 2023 (2023-03-18) 28	Bordeaux	1–0	Nimes	Bordeaux
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Barbet 58' Maja 81'	Report	Burner 19'	Stadium: Matmut Atlantique Attendance: 15,856 Referee: Romain Lissorgue

1 April 2023 (2023-04-01) 29	Nîmes	4–0	Annecy	Nîmes
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Saïd 21', 25' Mousset 60' Fofana 73'	Report		Stadium: Stade des Antonins Attendance: 1,700 Referee: Azzédine Souifi

8 April 2023 (2023-04-08) 30	Amiens	1–0	Nîmes	Amiens
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Kakuta 49'	Report	N'Guessan 56' Thomasen 70'	Stadium: Stade de la Licorne Attendance: 5,920 Referee: Antoine Valnet

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	Paris FC	3–0	Nîmes	Paris
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Kebbal 41', 84' Chahiri 81'	Report		Stadium: Stade Sébastien Charléty Attendance: 3,252 Referee: Alexandre Perreau-Niel

29 April 2023 (2023-04-29) 33	Nîmes	3–2	Pau	Nîmes
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Saïd 2' Tchokounté 44' Guessoum 80', 90+3' Maraval 82' De Gevigney 85'	Report	Saivet 17' Abzi 27' Batisse 45+1' Kouassi 45+3' Boisgard 69' Begraoui 84' (pen.)	Stadium: Stade des Antonins Attendance: 1,532 Referee: Aurélien Petit

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	Caen	4–2	Nîmes	Caen
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Mendy 57 Mbock 69' Mendy 83 Kyeremeh 77' 90+3'	Report	Vargas 53' Zerkane 82' Saïd 84'	Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano Attendance: 14,611 Referee: Pierre Legat

20 May 2023 (2023-05-20) 36	Nîmes	1–2	Dijon	Nîmes
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Saïd 19' Benezet 64'	Report	Tchaouna 55' Marié 77' Thioune 84' Nassi 86'	Stadium: Stade des Antonins Attendance: 1,567 Referee: Jérémy Stinat

26 May 2023 (2023-05-26) 37	Laval	2–0	Nîmes	Laval
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Elisor 18' Naidji 36' Sylla 46' Roye 65'	Report	Ambri 40' Fofana 67'	Stadium: Stade Francis Le Basser Attendance: 8,673 Referee: Benjamin Lepaysant

2 June 2023 (2023-06-02) 38	Nîmes	3–1	Sochaux	Nîmes
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Tchokounté 9', 75' Fofana 45' Megier 82' Saïd 86'	Report	Sissoko 29' Meddah 40' Galves 85'	Stadium: Stade des Antonins Attendance: 1,143 Referee: William Toulliou

Coupe de France

29 October 2022 (2022-10-29) 7th Rnd	Nîmes	3–0	FC Borgo	Nîmes
19:00 CEST	Koné 2' Saïd 14' Pagis 81'	Report		Stadium: Stade des Costières Referee: Antoine Valnet

19 November 2022 (2022-11-19) 8th Rnd	Montauban FCTG	0–4	Nîmes	Montauban
15:00 CET		Report	Pagis 9', 37' Tchokounté 47' Ómarsson 66'	Stadium: Stade Sapiac Attendance: 3,160 Referee: Olivier Thual

6 January 2023 (2023-01-06) Rnd of 64	Grenoble	1–0	Nîmes	Grenoble
18:00 CET	Sanyang 88'	Report		Stadium: Stade des Alpes Attendance: 2,269 Referee: Alexandre Perreau Niel

References

^ "Effectif" (in French). nimes-olympique.com. Retrieved 23 December 2020.
^ "Ligue 1 Uber Eats et Ligue 2 BKT Saison 2022–2023 les Calendriers". 17 June 2022.

[1] "Effectif" (in French). nimes-olympique.com. Retrieved 23 December 2020.

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

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