Season 2022/2023

After a fabulous previous season, where the Stade Rennais broke numerous records, and finished 4th in Ligue 1, Stade Rennais began the 2022/2023 with plenty of confidence and ambition. Reinforced by the arrivals of Gouri and Kalimuendo in attack, and with the arrivals of Theate and Rodon in defence, the Red and Blacks gave themselves the means to aim high once more in the three competitions in which Rennes would be participating. After a sluggish start to the league campaign, Rennes would quickly get back into the groove, winning 8 matches between matchdays 5 and 15, rising up to 3rd place. From the month of September to mid-November, Stade Rennais would string together an unbeaten run of 17 matches in all competitions (a club record), qualifying brilliantly for the Round of 32 in the Europa League, finishing unbeaten as runners-up in their group. Alas, the enforced Winter break, owing to the World Cup, would put the brakes on Rennes' progress. They had significantly less success, notably due to long-term injuries to several key players (Terrier, Santamaria, Xeka and Truffert), but also due to a dip in form collectively and a number of individual errors. The Red and Blacks, were knocked out of the French Cup in the Round of 32 against Marseille, and bowed out of Europe, despite two good performances against Shakhtar Donetsk. Rennes remained, however, in the top six, despite disappointing results away from home, mainly down to their home form. Rennes would somehow manage to turn things around in the run-in at the end of the season. They would finish with four straight wins, in a breathless finish, to finish 4th in Ligue 1 for the second season running, and achieve qualification for Europe for the sixth successive season. Stade Rennais would establish two new club records in the process. They achieved a record number of victories in a season (21), and their record number of points in the First Division (68 points). Stade Rennais finished with the 3rd ranked attack and defence in Ligue 1, in a season which eventually turned out to be a successful one for the club.