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2023–24 Stade Rennais F.C. season

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Stade Rennais F.C.
2023–24 season
PresidentNicolas Holveck
Head coachBruno Génésio
(until 19 November)
Julien Stéphan
(from 19 November)
StadiumRoazhon Park
Ligue 110th
Coupe de FranceSemi-finals
UEFA Europa LeagueKnockout round play-offs
Top goalscorerLeague:
Arnaud Kalimuendo (10)

All:
Benjamin Bourigeaud
Arnaud Kalimuendo
(15 each)

The 2023–24 season was Stade Rennais Football Club's 123rd season in existence and 30th consecutive season in Ligue 1. They also competed in the Coupe de France and the UEFA Europa League.

Players

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First-team squad

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As of 1 February 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 France FRA Gauthier Gallon
3 DF France FRA Adrien Truffert
5 DF Belgium BEL Arthur Theate
6 MF Netherlands NED Azor Matusiwa
7 FW France FRA Martin Terrier
8 MF France FRA Baptiste Santamaria
9 FW France FRA Arnaud Kalimuendo
10 FW Algeria ALG Amine Gouiri
11 MF France FRA Ludovic Blas
14 MF France FRA Benjamin Bourigeaud (captain)
15 DF Cameroon CMR Christopher Wooh
16 DF France FRA Jeanuël Belocian
No. Pos. Nation Player
17 DF Ivory Coast CIV Guéla Doué
23 DF France FRA Warmed Omari
28 MF France FRA Enzo Le Fée
30 GK France FRA Steve Mandanda (vice-captain)
32 MF Switzerland SUI Fabian Rieder
33 MF France FRA Désiré Doué
34 FW Morocco MAR Ibrahim Salah
36 DF Ghana GHA Alidu Seidu
39 FW France FRA Mathis Lambourde
40 GK Central African Republic CTA Geoffrey Lembet
43 DF Cameroon CMR Aboubakar Nagida
99 FW Turkey TUR Bertuğ Yıldırım

Out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
GK Turkey TUR Doğan Alemdar (at Troyes until 30 June 2024)
GK Senegal SEN Alfred Gomis (at Lorient until 30 June 2024)
DF France FRA Lorenz Assignon (at Burnley until 30 June 2024)
No. Pos. Nation Player
DF France FRA Jérémy Jacquet (at Clermont until 30 June 2024)
MF France FRA Matthis Abline (at Nantes until 30 June 2024)
FW Gabon GAB Alan Do Marcolino (at Quevilly-Rouen until 30 June 2024)

Transfers

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In

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Pos. Player Transferred from Fee Date Source
GK France Gauthier Gallon France Troyes Undisclosed 5 July 2023 [2]
MF France Ludovic Blas France Nantes €15,000,000 5 July 2023 [3]
MF France Enzo Le Fée France Lorient €20,000,000 7 July 2023 [4]
GK Central African Republic Geoffrey Lembet France Sedan Free 18 July 2023 [5]
MF Serbia Nemanja Matić Italy Roma €3,000,000 14 August 2023 [6]
DF Cameroon Aboubakar Nagida Cameroon EFBC Free 21 August 2023 [7]
FW Turkey Bertuğ Yıldırım Turkey Hatayspor €5,000,000 29 August 2023 [8]
MF Switzerland Fabian Rieder Switzerland Young Boys €15,000,000 31 August 2023 [9]

Out

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Pos. Player Transferred to Fee Date Source
FW Guinea Serhou Guirassy Germany VfB Stuttgart €9,000,000 1 July 2023 [10]
DF Mali Hamari Traoré Spain Real Sociedad Free 1 July 2023 [11]
DF France Loïc Badé Spain Sevilla €12,000,000 1 July 2023
MF France Andy Diouf Switzerland Basel €5,500,000 1 July 2023 [12]
GK Turkey Doğan Alemdar France Troyes Loan 5 July 2023 [13]
MF France Lesley Ugochukwu England Chelsea €27,000,000 1 August 2023 [14]
MF Croatia Lovro Majer Germany VfL Wolfsburg €30,000,000 16 August 2023 [15]
DF Norway Birger Meling Denmark Copenhagen €2,000,000 14 August 2023 [16]
FW Belgium Jérémy Doku England Manchester City €55,500,000 24 August 2023 [17]
FW France Matthis Abline France Nantes Loan 25 August 2023 [18]
MF France Loum Tchaouna Italy Salernitana Undisclosed 31 August 2023 [19]
GK Senegal Alfred Gomis France Lorient Loan 1 September 2023
MF France Flavien Tait Turkey Samsunspor Free 6 September 2023 [20]
MF Serbia Nemanja Matić France Lyon €2,600,000 27 January 2024 [21]
DF France Jérémy Jacquet France Clermont Loan 29 January 2024 [22]
DF France Lorenz Assignon England Burnley Loan 1 February 2024 [23]

New contracts

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Position Player Until Ref.
DF France Adrien Truffert June 2026 [24]

Pre-season and friendlies

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  Win   Draw   Loss

19 July 2023 Friendly Rennes France 1–1 France Concarneau Rennes
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)
  • Abline 73'
Report Stadium: Centre d'entraînement - La Piverdière
22 July 2023 Friendly Saint-Malo France 1–2 France Rennes Rennes
17:00 CEST (UTC+2) Report
Stadium: Centre d'entraînement - La Piverdière
Attendance: 1,000
26 July 2023 Friendly Brest France 0–1 France Rennes Dinan
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stade du Clos Gastel
Attendance: 2,500
Note: Match was played in four periods of thirty minutes each.
29 July 2023 Friendly Rennes France 3–1 England West Ham United Rennes
18:00 CEST (UTC+2) Report
Stadium: Roazhon Park
Attendance: 26,387
Referee: Romain Lissorgue (France)
2 August 2023 Friendly Notthingham Forest England 0–5 France Rennes Burton upon Trent, England
19:00 BST (UTC+1) Report
Stadium: St George's Park National Football Centre
Referee: Paul Tierney (England)

Competitions

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Overall record

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Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Ligue 1 13 August 2023 19 May 2024 Matchday 1 10th 34 12 10 12 53 46 +7 035.29
Coupe de France 7 January 2024 3 April 2024 Round of 64 Semi-finals 5 3 1 1 12 4 +8 060.00
UEFA Europa League 21 September 2023 22 February 2024 Group stage Knockout round play-offs 8 5 0 3 16 11 +5 062.50
Total 47 20 11 16 81 61 +20 042.55

Source: Soccerway

Ligue 1

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League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
8 Marseille 34 13 11 10 52 41 +11 50
9 Reims 34 13 8 13 42 47 −5 47
10 Rennes 34 12 10 12 53 46 +7 46
11 Toulouse 34 11 10 13 42 46 −4 43
12 Montpellier[a] 34 10 12 12 43 48 −5 41
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).[26]
Notes:
  1. ^ Montpellier was deducted one point for uncontrolled crowd trouble that caused the abandonment of its match against Clermont.[25]

Results summary

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Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
34 12 10 12 53 46  +7 46 7 4 6 34 26  +8 5 6 6 19 20  −1

Source: Ligue 1

Results by round

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Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334
GroundHAHAHAHHAHAHHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHA
ResultWDDDDDWLLDLLWLLDWWWWWWDLDWLLLWLWDL
Position13678768981113101213131010997778888910798910
Source: Ligue 1
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

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The league fixtures were unveiled on 29 June 2023.[27]

13 August 2023 1 Rennes 5–1 Metz Rennes
17:05 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Roazhon Park
Attendance: 26,065
Referee: Jérémy Stinat
20 August 2023 2 Lens 1–1 Rennes Lens
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stade Bollaert-Delelis
Attendance: 37,233
Referee: Benoît Millot
27 August 2023 3 Rennes 2–2 Le Havre Rennes
13:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Roazhon Park
Attendance: 28,311
Referee: Eric Wattelier
2 September 2023 4 Brest 0–0 Rennes Brest
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stade Francis-Le Blé
Attendance: 15,021
Referee: Hakim Ben El Hadj
16 September 2023 5 Rennes 2–2 Lille Rennes
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Roazhon Park
Attendance: 28,178
Referee: François Letexier
24 September 2023 6 Montpellier 0–0 Rennes Montpellier
17:05 CEST (UTC+2)
Report Stadium: Stade de la Mosson
Attendance: 15,430
Referee: Stéphanie Frappart
1 October 2023 7 Rennes 3–1 Nantes Rennes
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Roazhon Park
Attendance: 27,316
Referee: Ruddy Buquet
8 October 2023 8 Rennes 1–3 Paris Saint-Germain Rennes
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)
Report Stadium: Roazhon Park
Attendance: 27,734
Referee: Benoît Bastien
22 October 2023 9 Lorient 2–1 Rennes Lorient
13:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stade du Moustoir
Attendance: 16,711
Referee: Gaël Angoula
29 October 2023 10 Rennes 1–1 Strasbourg Rennes
17:05 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Roazhon Park
Attendance: 28,100
Referee: Florent Batta
5 November 2023 11 Nice 2–0 Rennes Nice
20:45 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Allianz Riviera
Attendance: 22,430
Referee: Clément Turpin
12 November 2023 12 Rennes 0–1 Lyon Rennes
17:05 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Roazhon Park
Attendance: 28,441
Referee: Stéphanie Frappart
26 November 2023 13 Rennes 3–1 Reims Rennes
17:05 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Roazhon Park
Attendance: 27,718
Referee: Ruddy Buquet
3 December 2023 14 Marseille 2–0 Rennes Marseille
20:45 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stade Vélodrome
Attendance: 54,162
Referee: Willy Delajod
9 December 2023 15 Rennes 1–2 Monaco Rennes
17:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Roazhon Park
Attendance: 26,856
Referee: Clément Turpin
17 December 2023 16 Toulouse 0–0 Rennes Toulouse
15:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stadium de Toulouse
Attendance: 23,311
Referee: Jérémy Stinat
20 December 2023 17 Clermont 1–3 Rennes Clermont-Ferrand
21:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stade Gabriel Montpied
Attendance: 8,840
Referee: Eric Wattellier
13 January 2024 18 Rennes 2–0 Nice Rennes
21:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report Stadium: Roazhon Park
Attendance: 26,689
Referee: Bastien Dechepy
26 January 2024 19 Lyon 2–3 Rennes Décines-Charpieu
21:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Groupama Stadium
Attendance: 40,516
Referee: Thomas Léonard
3 February 2024 20 Rennes 2–1 Montpellier Rennes
17:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Roazhon Park
Attendance: 24,898
Referee: Mathieu Vernice
11 February 2024 21 Le Havre 0–1 Rennes Le Havre
13:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stade Océane
Attendance: 22,702
Referee: Benoît Millot
18 February 2024 22 Rennes 3–1 Clermont Rennes
15:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Roazhon Park
Attendance: 27,501
Referee: Romain Lissorgue
25 February 2024 23 Paris Saint-Germain 1–1 Rennes Paris
17:05 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Parc des Princes
Attendance: 47,874
Referee: Bastien Dechepy
3 March 2024 24 Rennes 1–2 Lorient Rennes
17:05 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Roazhon Park
Attendance: 28,615
Referee: Benoît Bastien
10 March 2024 25 Lille 2–2 Rennes Villeneuve d'Ascq
17:05 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stade Pierre-Mauroy
Referee: Benoît Millot
17 March 2024 26 Rennes 2–0 Marseille Rennes
17:05 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Roazhon Park
Attendance: 28,610
Referee: Eric Wattelier
31 March 2024 27 Strasbourg 2–0 Rennes Strasbourg
17:05 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stade de la Meinau
Attendance: 25,407
Referee: Hakim Ben El Hadj
7 April 2024 28 Monaco 1–0 Rennes Monaco
17:05 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stade Louis II
Attendance: 6,634
Referee: Stéphanie Frappart
13 April 2024 29 Rennes 1–2 Toulouse Rennes
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Roazhon Park
Attendance: 28,055
Referee: Florent Batta
20 April 2024 30 Nantes 0–3 Rennes Nantes
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire
Attendance: 25,433
Referee: Willy Delajod
28 April 2024 31 Rennes 4–5 Brest Rennes
17:05 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Roazhon Park
Attendance: 28,527
Referee: Benoît Bastien
4 May 2024 32 Metz 2–3 Rennes Metz
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien
Attendance: 23,290
Referee: Ruddy Buquet
12 May 2024 33 Rennes 1–1 Lens Rennes
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Roazhon Park
Attendance: 28,660
Referee: Benoît Millot
19 May 2024 34 Reims 2–1 Rennes Reims
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stade Auguste Delaune
Attendance: 16,077
Referee: Mathieu Vernice

Coupe de France

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7 January 2024 Round of 64 Guingamp 0–2 Rennes Guingamp
14:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stade de Roudourou
Attendance: 16,822
Referee: Jérôme Brisard
21 January 2024 Round of 32 Rennes 1–1
(9–8 p)
Marseille Rennes
21:05 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Roazhon Park
Attendance: 28,151
Referee: Jérémie Pignard
Penalties
6 February 2024 Round of 16 Sochaux 1–6 Rennes Montbéliard
20:45 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stade Auguste-Bonal
Attendance: 19,393
Referee: Jérémy Stinat
29 February 2024 Quarter-finals Le Puy 1–3 Rennes Saint-Étienne
20:45 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard
Attendance: 31,414
Referee: Hakim Ben El Hadj
Note: The match was played at the Stade Geoffroy-Guichard in Saint-Étienne, instead of Le Puy's regular stadium, the Stade Charles Massot in Le Puy-en-Velay, due to capacity limitations.
3 April 2024 Semi-finals Paris Saint-Germain 1–0 Rennes Paris
21:10 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Parc des Princes
Attendance: 47,879
Referee: Ruddy Buquet

UEFA Europa League

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Group stage

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The draw for the group stage was held on 1 September 2023.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification VIL REN MHA PAO
1 Spain Villarreal 6 4 1 1 9 7 +2 13 Advance to round of 16 1–0 0–0 3–2
2 France Rennes 6 4 0 2 13 6 +7 12 Advance to knockout round play-offs 2–3 3–0 3–1
3 Israel Maccabi Haifa 6 1 2 3 3 9 −6 5 Transfer to Europa Conference League 1–2 0–3 0–0
4 Greece Panathinaikos 6 1 1 4 7 10 −3 4 2–0 1–2 1–2
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
21 September 2023 1 Rennes France 3–0 Israel Maccabi Haifa Rennes
18:45 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Roazhon Park
Attendance: 26,838
Referee: Harm Osmers (Germany)
5 October 2023 2 Villarreal Spain 1–0 France Rennes Villarreal, Spain
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Estadio de la Cerámica
Attendance: 17,458
Referee: Harald Lechner (Austria)
26 October 2023 3 Panathinaikos Greece 1–2 France Rennes Athens, Greece
22:00 EEST (UTC+3)
Report
Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium
Attendance: 13,459
Referee: João Pinheiro (Portugal)
9 November 2023 4 Rennes France 3–1 Greece Panathinaikos Rennes
18:45 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Roazhon Park
Attendance: 28,004
Referee: Willie Collum (Scotland)
30 November 2023 5 Maccabi Haifa Israel 0–3 France Rennes Budapest, Hungary
18:45 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Puskás Aréna
Attendance: 0
Referee: Horațiu Feșnic (Romania)
Note: The match was played behind closed doors at the Puskás Aréna in Budapest, Hungary, instead of Maccabi Haifa's regular stadium, the Sammy Ofer Stadium in Haifa, Israel, as a result of the Israel–Hamas war.[28]
14 December 2023 6 Rennes France 2–3 Spain Villarreal Rennes
18:45 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Roazhon Park
Attendance: 27,761
Referee: Atilla Karaoğlan (Turkey)

Knockout phase

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Knockout round play-offs
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The draw for the knockout round play-offs was held on 18 December 2023.

15 February 2024 First leg Milan Italy 3–0 France Rennes Milan, Italy
21:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 69,021
Referee: Nikola Dabanović (Montenegro)
22 February 2024 Second leg Rennes France 3–2
(3–5 agg.)
Italy Milan Rennes
18:45 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Roazhon Park
Attendance: 28,320
Referee: João Pinheiro (Portugal)

Statistics

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Goalscorers

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Position Players Ligue 1 Coupe de France Europa League Total
MF France Benjamin Bourigeaud 9 3 3 15
FW France Arnaud Kalimuendo 10 4 1 15
FW Algeria Amine Gouiri 7 2 2 11
FW France Martin Terrier 7 1 1 9
MF France Ludovic Blas 4 0 3 7
FW Morocco Ibrahim Salah 4 1 1 6
MF France Désiré Doué 4 0 0 4
MF Switzerland Fabian Rieder 1 0 2 3
DF Belgium Arthur Theate 2 1 0 3
DF France Adrien Truffert 1 0 1 2
DF France Lorenz Assignon 0 0 1 1
DF France Warmed Omari 1 0 0 1
DF Cameroon Christopher Wooh 1 0 0 1
FW Turkey Bertuğ Yıldırım 0 0 1 1

References

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  3. ^ "Les premiers mots de Ludovic Blas au Stade Rennais". 90min. 5 July 2023.
  4. ^ "Stade Rennais. Enzo le Fée signe jusqu'en 2028". 7 July 2023.
  5. ^ Macedo, Aurélien (18 July 2023). "Rennes s'offre Geoffrey Lembet". Foot Mercato.
  6. ^ "Rennes sign Serbia midfielder Matic from Roma". Reuters. 14 August 2023.
  7. ^ Ngwa, Lesley (22 August 2023). "Naguida Aboubakar switch from EFBC to Rennes".
  8. ^ "Bertuğ Yildirim, nouvel attaquant Rouge et Noir". Stade Rennais F.C. 29 August 2023.
  9. ^ "Fabian Rieder 2027 !". Stade Rennais F.C. 30 August 2023.
  10. ^ "Official: Stuttgart sign Guirassy permanently". BuliNews. 31 May 2023.
  11. ^ "Hamari Traoré, first signing". Real Sociedad. 9 June 2023.
  12. ^ "FC Basel exercise buy option for Rennes midfielder Andy Diouf". Get French Football News. 2 May 2023.
  13. ^ "Doğan Alemdar en prêt à l'ESTAC". ES Troyes AC.
  14. ^ "Lesley Ugochukwu rejoint Chelsea" (in French). Stade Rennais F.C. 1 August 2023. Retrieved 1 August 2023.
  15. ^ "Lovro Majer joins from Rennes". VfL Wolfsburg. 16 August 2023. Retrieved 16 August 2023.
  16. ^ "FCK sign Norway international Birger Meling". F.C. Copenhagen. 26 August 2023.
  17. ^ "Jeremy Doku: Man City sign Belgium winger from Rennes in £55.5m deal". Sky Sports. 25 August 2023.
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  19. ^ "Loum Tchaouna è un nuovo giocatore della Salernitana". US Salernitana 1919.
  20. ^ [2]
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  22. ^ [3]
  23. ^ "Transferts : Lorenz Assignon (Rennes) officiellement prêté à Burnley" [Transfers : Lorenz Assignon (Rennes) officially loaned to Burnley] (in French). L'Équipe. 2 February 2024. Retrieved 2 February 2024.
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