2024–25 Stade Rennais FC season

The 2024–25 season is the 124th season in the history of Stade Rennais Football Club, and the club's 31st consecutive season in Ligue 1. In addition to the domestic league, the club is participating in the Coupe de France.

Stade Rennais F.C.

2024–25 season
Owner	Artémis
President	Olivier Cloarec
Head coach	Julien Stéphan (until 7 November) Jorge Sampaoli (from 11 November)
Stadium	Roazhon Park
Ligue 1	13th
Coupe de France	Round of 32
Top goalscorer	League: Arnaud Kalimuendo (8) All: Arnaud Kalimuendo (9)
Home colours Away colours Third colours
← 2023–24
All statistics correct as of 11 January 2025.

Players

First-team squad

As of 8 January 2025^[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 Gauthier Gallon 3 DF  FRA Adrien Truffert 4 DF  CMR Christopher Wooh 6 MF  NED Azor Matusiwa 7 MF  DEN Albert Grønbæk 8 MF  FRA Baptiste Santamaria 9 FW  FRA Arnaud Kalimuendo 10 FW  ALG Amine Gouiri 11 FW  FRA Ludovic Blas 15 DF  SEN Mikayil Faye 16 MF  CIV Seko Fofana 17 MF  WAL Jordan James 18 DF  CMR Aboubakar Nagida 19 FW  DEN Henrik Meister

No. Pos. Nation Player 20 FW  COL Andrés Gómez 22 DF  FRA Lorenz Assignon 27 FW  POR Jota 28 MF  FIN Glen Kamara 30 GK  FRA Steve Mandanda (captain) 32 MF  FRA Naouirou Ahamada (on loan from Crystal Palace) 33 DF  NED Hans Hateboer 36 DF  GHA Alidu Seidu 38 MF  FRA Djaoui Cissé 40 GK  CTA Geoffrey Lembet 48 DF  MAR Abdelhamid Aït Boudlal 55 DF  NOR Leo Østigård 80 GK  TUR Doğan Alemdar — GK  FRA Brice Samba

Out on loan

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 — DF  FRA Jérémy Jacquet (at Clermont until 30 June 2025) — DF  MAR Mohamed Jaouab (at Amiens until 30 June 2025) — DF  COM Warmed Omari (at Lyon until 30 June 2025) — DF  BEL Arthur Theate (at Eintracht Frankfurt until 30 June 2025)

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  SUI Fabian Rieder (at VfB Stuttgart until 30 June 2025) — FW  MAR Ibrahim Salah (at Brest until 30 June 2025) — FW  TUR Bertuğ Yıldırım (at Getafe until 30 June 2025)

Transfers

In

Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
FW	Matthis Abline	Nantes	Loan return	30 June 2024	[2]
DF	Mohamed Jaouab	Amiens	€1,000,000	1 July 2024	[3]
MF	Albert Grønbæk	Bodø/Glimt	€15,000,000[4]	15 July 2024	[5]
MF	Glen Kamara	Leeds United	€10,000,000	16 July 2024	[6]
DF	Leo Østigård	Napoli	€7,000,000	30 July 2024	[7]
DF	Hans Hateboer	Atalanta	Undisclosed	6 August 2024	[8]
MF	Jordan James	Birmingham City	€5,000,000	12 August 2024	[9]
FW	Henrik Meister	Sarpsborg 08	€7,000,000	15 August 2024	[10]
FW	Andrés Gómez	Real Salt Lake	€10,500,000	16 August 2024	[11]
DF	Mikayil Faye	Barcelona B	€10,300,000	25 August 2024	[12]
FW	Jota	Al-Ittihad	€8,000,000	30 August 2024	[13]
MF	Naouirou Ahamada	Crystal Palace	Loan	30 August 2024	[14]
MF	Seko Fofana	Al-Nassr	€20,000,000	1 January 2025	[15]
GK	Brice Samba	Lens	€14,000,000	8 January 2025	[16]

Out

Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
DF	Jeanuël Belocian	Bayer Leverkusen	€15,000,000	1 July 2024	[17]
MF	Fabian Rieder	VfB Stuttgart	Loan	1 July 2024	[18]
FW	Matthis Abline	Nantes	€12,000,000	3 July 2024	[19]
GK	Alfred Gomis	Palermo	Undisclosed	6 July 2024	[20]
MF	Enzo Le Fée	Roma	€23,000,000	10 July 2024	[21]
FW	Martin Terrier	Bayer Leverkusen	€20,000,000	18 July 2024	[22]
DF	Guéla Doué	Strasbourg	€6,000,000	26 July 2024	[23]
DF	Jérémy Jacquet	Clermont	Loan	6 August 2024	[24]
MF	Désiré Doué	Paris Saint-Germain	€50,000,000	17 August 2024	[25]
DF	Arthur Theate	Eintracht Frankfurt	Loan	17 August 2024	[26]
FW	Bertuğ Yıldırım	Getafe	Loan	23 August 2024	[27]
MF	Benjamin Bourigeaud	Al-Duhail	€10,000,000	30 August 2024	[28]
FW	Ibrahim Salah	Brest	Loan	30 August 2024	[29]
FW	Mathis Lambourde	Hellas Verona	Free	30 August 2024	[30]
DF	Warmed Omari	Lyon	Loan (€500,000)	30 August 2024	[31]
DF	Mohamed Jaouab	Amiens	Loan	30 August 2024	[32]

Friendlies

Pre-season

Saint-Malo v Rennes

13 July 2024 Friendly	Saint-Malo	3–3	Rennes	Dinard
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Gerbeaud 37' Barroug 41' Heinry 57'	Report	Wooh 28' Bourigeaud 45' Blas 90'	Stadium: Stade du COSEC

Rennes v Laval

20 July 2024 Friendly	Rennes	2–1	Laval	Dinard
17:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Grønbæk 15' Do Marcolino 74'	Report	Tell 48'	Stadium: Stade du COSEC

Angers v Rennes

27 July 2024 Friendly	Angers	1–2	Rennes	Vitré
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Hountondji 22'	Report	Gouiri 4', 17'	Stadium: Stade Municipal

Guingamp v Rennes

31 July 2024 Friendly	Guingamp	3–0	Rennes	Guingamp
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Siwe 19' Louiserre 40' (pen.) Sagna 45'	Report		Stadium: Stade de Roudourou

Rennes v Real Sociedad

3 August 2024 Friendly	Rennes	2–0	Real Sociedad	Rennes
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Grønbæk 22' Seidu  45' Gouiri 67' Wooh  90+1'	Report	Olasagasti  34'	Stadium: Roazhon Park Attendance: 14,643 Referee: Maxime Jamet (France)

Rennes v Werder Bremen

10 August 2024 Friendly	Rennes	1–1	Werder Bremen	Rennes, France
14:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Do Marcolino 35'	Report	Malatini 13'	Stadium: Roazhon Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Thierry Bouille (France)

Rennes v Werder Bremen

10 August 2024 Friendly	Rennes	1–0	Werder Bremen	Rennes, France
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Bourigeaud 48'	Report		Stadium: Roazhon Park Referee: Bastien Dechepy (France)

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Record
				Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Ligue 1	18 August 2024	17 May 2025	Matchday 1	17	5	2	10	23	25	−2	029.41
Coupe de France	22 December 2024		Round of 64	1	1	0	0	4	1	+3	100.00
Total				18	6	2	10	27	26	+1	033.33

Last updated: 11 January 2025
Source: Soccerway

Ligue 1

Main article: 2024–25 Ligue 1

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
12	Reims	17	5	5	7	23	25	−2	20
13	Angers	17	5	4	8	19	27	−8	19
14	Rennes	17	5	2	10	23	25	−2	17
15	Nantes	17	3	7	7	20	27	−7	16
16	Saint-Étienne	17	5	1	11	16	37	−21	16	Qualification for the relegation play-offs

Updated to match(es) played on 12 January 2025. 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).^[33]

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
17	5	2	10	23	25	−2	17	5	1	3	17	7	+10	0	1	7	6	18	−12

Last updated: 11 January 2025.
Source: Ligue 1

Results by round

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

Updated to match(es) played on 11 January 2025. Source: Ligue 1
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league schedule was released on 21 June 2024.^[34]

Rennes v Lyon

18 August 2024 1	Rennes	3–0	Lyon	Rennes
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Bourigeaud 19' Gouiri 21' Østigård  42' Assignon  64' Meister 90+1'	Report	Ćaleta-Car  44' Mikautadze 71'	Stadium: Roazhon Park Attendance: 26,026 Referee: Benoît Millot

Strasbourg v Rennes

25 August 2024 2	Strasbourg	3–1	Rennes	Strasbourg
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Andrey Santos 23' Emegha 48' Moreira  55' Wooh 87' (o.g.) Mara  89'	Report	Wooh  19' Seidu  40' Blas 57' Østigård  89' James  90'	Stadium: Stade de la Meinau Attendance: 19,026 Referee: Eric Wattellier

Reims v Rennes

1 September 2024 3	Reims	2–1	Rennes	Reims
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Buta  31' Itō 41' Diakité 48' Okumu  90+3'	Report	Østigård 13' Truffert  53'	Stadium: Stade Auguste-Delaune Attendance: 12,856 Referee: Mathieu Vernice

Rennes v Montpellier

15 September 2024 4	Rennes	3–0	Montpellier	Rennes
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Seidu  8' Blas 24' Kalimuendo 35' Grønbæk 60'	Report	Sagnan  22' Nzingoula  79' Džodić  85'	Stadium: Roazhon Park Attendance: 27,451 Referee: Jérémie Pignard

Rennes v Lens

21 September 2024 5	Rennes	1–1	Lens	Rennes
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Kalimuendo 24' (pen.) Blas  45' Hateboer  90+9'	Report	Labeau  34' Medina  73' Ojediran  77' Nzola 90+6' Saïd  90+10'	Stadium: Roazhon Park Attendance: 28,500 Referee: Jérémy Stinat

Paris Saint-Germain v Rennes

27 September 2024 6	Paris Saint-Germain	3–1	Rennes	Paris
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Barcola 30', 68' Dembelé  47' Zaïre-Emery  52' Lee 58'	Report	Santamaria  31' Assignon  42' Wooh  65' Kalimuendo 75' (pen.)	Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 47,582 Referee: Hakim Ben El Hadj

Rennes v Monaco

5 October 2024 7	Rennes	1–2	Monaco	Rennes
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Blas 11',  44' Assignon  75'	Report	Kehrer 6' Balogun 22' Zakaria  45+8' Ouattara  57' Minamino  72' Köhn  86'	Stadium: Roazhon Park Attendance: 26,533 Referee: Thomas Léonard

Brest v Rennes

19 October 2024 8	Brest	1–1	Rennes	Brest
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Del Castillo 54' (pen.) Ajorque  62' Ndiaye  90+2'	Report	Truffert  39' Seidu  72' Jota 86'	Stadium: Stade Francis-Le Blé Attendance: 15,099 Referee: Bastien Dechepy

Rennes v Le Havre

25 October 2024 9	Rennes	1–0	Le Havre	Rennes
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Seidu  32' Gómez 54' Grønbæk  66'	Report	Salmier  35' Kinkoue  89' Opéri  90+5'  90+5'	Stadium: Roazhon Park Attendance: 27,130 Referee: Florent Batta

Auxerre v Rennes

3 November 2024 10	Auxerre	4–0	Rennes	Auxerre
17:00 CET (UTC+1)	Perrin 27', 39' Sinayoko 65' (pen.) Onaiwu 90+2'	Report	Matusiwa  35' Faye  64'	Stadium: Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps Attendance: 16,366 Referee: Gaël Angoula

Rennes v Toulouse

10 November 2024 11	Rennes	0–2	Toulouse	Rennes
17:00 CET (UTC+1)	Gouiri  41' Assignon  44' Truffert  45+1'	Report	King 14' Dønnum 23' Cásseres  48'	Stadium: Roazhon Park Attendance: 27,525 Referee: Romain Lissorgue

Lille v Rennes

24 November 2024 12	Lille	1–0	Rennes	Villeneuve-d'Ascq
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Mandi  40' Zhegrova 45' Alexsandro  48' Fernandez-Pardo  90+2'	Report	Nagida  23' Østigård  90+4'	Stadium: Stade Pierre-Mauroy Attendance: 46,019 Referee: Mathieu Vernice

Rennes v Saint-Étienne

30 November 2024 13	Rennes	5–0	Saint-Étienne	Rennes
17:00 CET (UTC+1)	Kalimuendo 39' (pen.), 61', 67' (pen.) Blas 45+6' Gouiri 53'	Report	Cafaro  37' Larsonneur  81'	Stadium: Roazhon Park Attendance: 27,586 Referee: Marc Bollengier

Nantes v Rennes

8 December 2024 14	Nantes	1–0	Rennes	Nantes
17:00 CET (UTC+1)	Douglas Augusto  54' Simon 89'	Report	Faye  45+4' Kalimuendo  90+6'	Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 28,418 Referee: Eric Wattellier

Rennes v Angers

15 December 2024 15	Rennes	2–0	Angers	Rennes
17:00 CET (UTC+1)	Grønbæk 33' James  39' Østigård  56' Kalimuendo  80' Assignon 90+2'	Report	Ferhat  78'	Stadium: Roazhon Park Attendance: 27,781 Referee: Hakim Ben El Hadj

Nice v Rennes

3 January 2025 16	Nice	3–2	Rennes	Nice
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Boudaoui  10' Guessand 12' Diop 34',  66' Laborde 45+5' Rosario  90+2' Ndayishimiye  90+3'	Report	Kalimuendo 27' Assignon  31' Truffert 49' Matusiwa  61' Blas  90+3'	Stadium: Allianz Riviera Attendance: 21,332 Referee: Jérôme Brisard

Rennes v Marseille

11 January 2025 17	Rennes	1–2	Marseille	Rennes
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Kalimuendo 32', 43' Hateboer  63' Assignon  90+6'	Report	Greenwood 45' Rabiot 49' Cornelius  90+2' Balerdi  90+2'	Stadium: Roazhon Park Referee: Abdelatif Kherradji

Coupe de France

Main article: 2024–25 Coupe de France

Bordeaux v Rennes

22 December 2024 Round of 64	Bordeaux	1–4	Rennes	Bordeaux
14:45 CET (UTC+1)	Bahassa 18' Grillot  64' Assogba  70'	Report	Truffert 29' Hateboer  34' James  53', 59' Assignon 75' Kalimuendo 79'	Stadium: Matmut Atlantique Attendance: 19,877 Referee: Bastien Dechepy

Troyes v Rennes

15 January 2025 Round of 32	Troyes	v	Rennes	Troyes
18:30 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Stade de l'Aube

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