en 2024%E2%80%9325 FC Lorient season

FC Lorient
2024–25 season
Manager	Olivier Pantaloni
Stadium	Stade du Moustoir
Ligue 2	2nd
Coupe de France	Seventh round
Top goalscorer	League: Eli Junior Kroupi (7); All: Eli Junior Kroupi (7)
	← 2023–24

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

In

Out

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

Pre-season

13 July 2024 Friendly	Lorient	0–0	US Concarneau
18:00

20 July 2024 Friendly	Lorient	1–1	Brest	Inzinzac-Lochrist
17:00	Yongwa 55' Mouyokolo 78' Innocent 81' 83'		Martin 28' Camara 38' Le Cardinal 43' Le Douaron 45+2' Dari 82'	Stadium: Stade de Mané-Braz

27 July 2024 Friendly	Le Havre	0–1	Lorient	Dinan
16:00
Note: Two periods of 30 minutes

27 July 2024 Friendly	Lorient	0–2	Guingamp	Dinan
18:45			Siwe 4' Guendouz 30'
Note: Two periods of 30 minutes

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	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

League table

Pos	Team v t e	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	Promotion to Ligue 1
3	Paris FC	20	11	4	5	31	19	+12	37	Qualification for promotion play-offs
4	Guingamp	20	11	2	7	35	24	+11	35
5	Laval	20	9	6	5	30	19	+11	33

Updated to match(es) played on 26 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

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
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

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	W	W	L	W	D	L	W	W	W	D	W	L	W	D	W	W	L	D	W
Position	7	3	5	3	4	10	4	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	1	1	1	1

Updated to match(es) played on 18 January 2025. Source: worldfootball
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The match schedule was released on 21 June 2024.^[6]

19 August 2024 1	Martigues	0-1	Lorient	Martigues
20:45 CET		Report	Dieng 61'	Stadium: Stade Francis-Turcan Attendance: 2,655 Referee: Olivier Thual

24 August 2024 2	Lorient	2-0	Grenoble Foot 38	Lorient
14:30 CET	Yongwa 17' Kroupi 46' Ponceau 68'	Report	Sylvestre 8' Meïssa Ba 51'	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	Siaka Bakayoko 37'	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	Katseris 12' Soumano 77' (pen.) Abergel 79' Talbi 82'	Report	Benali 45+17' Ifnaoui 47' Badji 48' Mbock 88'	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	Sabaly 27' Kouao 53' Udol 90+3'	Report	Abergel 68' Mendy 78' Bamba 85'	Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien Attendance: 17,970 Referee: Marc Bollengier

24 September 2024 6	Pau	1-0	Lorient	Bizanos
20:30 CET	Mboup 34' Jordy Gaspar 45+1'	Report	Kalulu 33' Talbi 40'	Stadium: Nouste Camp Attendance: 3,054 Referee: Aurélien Petit

27 September 2024 7	Lorient	3-0	Ajaccio	Lorient
20:00 CET	Isaac James 42' Soumano 62' Kroupi 69' 78' Enzo Genton 90+2'	Report	Jabol-Folcarelli 16' Mangani 42' Anziani 83'	Stadium: Stade du Moustoir - Yves Allainmat Attendance: 10,042 Referee: Eddy Rosier

5 October 2024 8	Caen	1-2	Lorient	Caen
14:00 CET	Gomis 17' Debohi 38' Lecoeuche 49'	Report	Kroupi 35' Bamba 87'	Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano Attendance: 15,429 Referee: Florent Batta

19 October 2024 9	Lorient	4-2	Annecy	Lorient
20:00 CET	Kroupi 55' 72' 74' Mvuka 70' Soumano 88'	Report	Djoco 7' Escales 36' Pajot 40' Dago 90+2'	Stadium: Stade du Moustoir - Yves Allainmat Attendance: 11,512 Referee: Robin Chapapria

25 October 2024 10	Rodez	3-3	Lorient	Rodez
20:00 CET	Bouchouari 78' Taïbi 89' Mpasi 90+7'	Report	Kroupi 32' Ponceau 34' Talbi 51' Mendy 56' Soumano 85'	Stadium: Stade Paul-Lignon Attendance: 4,751 Referee: Thierry Bouille

29 October 2024 11	Lorient	4-2	Dunkerque	Lorient
20:30 CET	Mvuka 28' Soumano 55' 85' Tosin 83'	Report	Rivera 7' 44' Diogo Queirós 18' Opa Sanganté 49' Sasso 90+1' Anto Sekongo 90+3'	Stadium: Stade du Moustoir - Yves Allainmat Attendance: 12,036 Referee: Pierre Gaillouste

Coupe de France

References

^ 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.

[1] Gouzerh, Paul-Marie (June 23, 2024). "Olivier Pantaloni nommé entraîneur du FC Lorient". FC Lorient.

[2] "Mercato FC Lorient : Qui reste, qui part ?". 20 May 2024.

[3] "Le FC Lorient annonce le départ d'un joueur qui n'a jamais joué au club". 17 July 2024.

[4] "Franse flankflitser Yoann Cathline versterkt FC Utrecht".

[5] "2024/2025 French Football Calendar Released".

[6] Gouzerh, Paul-Marie (June 21, 2024). "Découvrez le calendrier 2024/2025 des Merlus !". FC Lorient.

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