2024–25 FC Lorient season
| 2024–25 season | |
|---|---|
| Manager | Olivier Pantaloni[1] |
| Stadium | Stade du Moustoir |
| Ligue 2 | 2nd |
| Coupe de France | Seventh round |
| Top goalscorer | League: Eli Junior Kroupi (7) All: Eli Junior Kroupi (7) |
The 2024–25 season is the 98th season in the history of the FC Lorient, and the club's first season back in Ligue 2. In addition to the domestic league, the team is participating in the Coupe de France.
Transfers
[edit]In
[edit]Out
[edit]| Pos. | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MF |  Badredine Bouanani
|
 Nice
|
Loan return | 30 June 2024 | |
| MF |  Imran Louza
|
 Watford
|
Loan return | 30 June 2024 | |
| MF | Quentin Boisgard
|
 Apollon Limassol
|
End of contract | 1 July 2024 | [2] |
| MF | Taofeek Ismaheel
|
 Górnik Zabrze
|
Undisclosed | 17 July 2024 | [3] |
| MF | Yoann Cathline
|
 FC Utrecht
|
Loan | 23 July 2024 | [4] |
Friendlies
[edit]Pre-season
[edit]| 13 July 2024 Friendly | Lorient | 0–0 | US Concarneau | |
| 18:00 |
| 20 July 2024 Friendly | Lorient | 1–1 | Brest | Inzinzac-Lochrist |
| 17:00 |
|
Stadium: Stade de Mané-Braz |
| 27 July 2024 Friendly | Le Havre | 0–1 | Lorient | Dinan |
| 16:00 | ||||
| Note: Two periods of 30 minutes | ||||
Competitions
[edit]Overall record
[edit]| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Record | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | ||||
| Ligue 2 | 16–18 August 2024[5] | 10 May 2025 | Matchday 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | — |
| Coupe de France | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | — | |||
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | — | |||
Source: Soccerway
Ligue 2
[edit]League table
[edit]| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or Relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lorient | 20 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 34 | 19 | +15 | 40 | Promotion to Ligue 1 |
| 2 | Metz | 20 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 30 | 14 | +16 | 37 | |
| 3 | Paris FC | 20 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 31 | 19 | +12 | 37 | Qualification for promotion play-offs |
| 4 | Dunkerque | 20 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 30 | 24 | +6 | 36 | |
| 5 | Guingamp | 20 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 35 | 24 | +11 | 35 |
Updated to match(es) played on 27 January 2025. 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
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Fair play points
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 |
| 19 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 31 | 17 | +14 | 37 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 6 | +16 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 11 | −2 |
Last updated: 18 January 2025.
Source: soccerway
Results by round
[edit]Updated to match(es) played on 18 January 2025. Source: worldfootball
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
Matches
[edit]The match schedule was released on 21 June 2024.[6]
| 19 August 2024 1 | Martigues | 0-1 | Lorient | Martigues |
| 20:45 CET | Report |
|
Stadium: Stade Francis-Turcan Attendance: 2,655 Referee: Olivier Thual |
| 24 August 2024 2 | Lorient | 2-0 | Grenoble Foot 38 | Lorient |
| 14:30 CET | Report | Stadium: Stade du Moustoir - Yves Allainmat Attendance: 10,798 Referee: Faouzi Benchabane |
| 31 August 2024 3 | Amiens SC | 1-0 | Lorient | Amiens |
| 14:30 CET |
|
Report | Stadium: Stade de la Licorne Attendance: 5,460 Referee: Pierre Gaillouste |
| 13 September 2024 4 | Lorient | 2-1 | Red Star | Lorient |
| 20:00 CET | Report | Stadium: Stade du Moustoir - Yves Allainmat Attendance: 5,748 Referee: Pierre Legat |
| 21 September 2024 5 | Metz | 1-1 | Lorient | Longeville-lès-Metz |
| 14:30 CET | Report | Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien Attendance: 17,970 Referee: Marc Bollengier |
| 24 September 2024 6 | Pau | 1-0 | Lorient | Bizanos |
| 20:30 CET |
|
Report | Stadium: Nouste Camp Attendance: 3,054 Referee: Aurélien Petit |
| 27 September 2024 7 | Lorient | 3-0 | Ajaccio | Lorient |
| 20:00 CET | Report |
|
Stadium: Stade du Moustoir - Yves Allainmat Attendance: 10,042 Referee: Eddy Rosier |
| 5 October 2024 8 | Caen | 1-2 | Lorient | Caen |
| 14:00 CET | Report | Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano Attendance: 15,429 Referee: Florent Batta |
| 19 October 2024 9 | Lorient | 4-2 | Annecy | Lorient |
| 20:00 CET | Report | Stadium: Stade du Moustoir - Yves Allainmat Attendance: 11,512 Referee: Robin Chapapria |
| 25 October 2024 10 | Rodez | 3-3 | Lorient | Rodez |
| 20:00 CET |
|
Report | Stadium: Stade Paul-Lignon Attendance: 4,751 Referee: Thierry Bouille |
| 29 October 2024 11 | Lorient | 4-2 | Dunkerque | Lorient |
| 20:30 CET | Report |
|
Stadium: Stade du Moustoir - Yves Allainmat Attendance: 12,036 Referee: Pierre Gaillouste |
Coupe de France
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Gouzerh, Paul-Marie (June 23, 2024). "Olivier Pantaloni nommé entraîneur du FC Lorient". FC Lorient.
- ^ "Mercato FC Lorient : Qui reste, qui part ?". 20 May 2024.
- ^ "Le FC Lorient annonce le départ d'un joueur qui n'a jamais joué au club". 17 July 2024.
- ^ "Franse flankflitser Yoann Cathline versterkt FC Utrecht".
- ^ "2024/2025 French Football Calendar Released".
- ^ Gouzerh, Paul-Marie (June 21, 2024). "Découvrez le calendrier 2024/2025 des Merlus !". FC Lorient.