2024–25 Stade Malherbe Caen season

Stade Malherbe Caen
2024–25 season
Chairman	Ziad Hammoud
Manager	Nicolas Seube (until 22 December 2024); Bruno Baltazar (until 17 February 2025); Michel Der Zakarian (since 22 February 2025)
Stadium	Stade Michel d'Ornano
Ligue 2	18th
Coupe de France	Round of 64
Top goalscorer	League: Alexandre Mendy (8); All: Alexandre Mendy (11)
Highest home attendance	Martigues (18,674) 18 Apr. 2025
Lowest home attendance	Red Star (12,190) 2 May 2025

The 2024–25 season was the 112th season in the history of the Stade Malherbe Caen, and the club's sixth consecutive season in Ligue 2. In addition to the domestic league, the team has participated in the Coupe de France. For the first time in forty-one years, Caen is relegated in Championnat National.

Squad

First-team squad

As of 18 February 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	ALG	Anthony Mandrea
3	DF	FRA	Diabé Bolumbu
4	DF	FRA	Valentin Henry
5	DF	GAB	Alex Moucketou-Moussounda
6	MF	FRA	Yann M'Vila
8	FW	FRA	Mickaël Le Bihan
10	MF	FRA	Bilal Brahimi
11	FW	GNB	Umaro Candé
14	MF	FRA	Lorenzo Rajot
16	GK	MTQ	Yannis Clementia
17	FW	FRA	Godson Kyeremeh
18	FW	MLI	Kalifa Coulibaly
19	FW	GNB	Alexandre Mendy
20	MF	FRA	Noé Lebreton
21	FW	FRA	Samuel Grandsir
22	FW	MAR	Mohamed Hafid
23	MF	FRA	Mathias Autret
24	MF	FRA	Yassine Benrahou


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
25	DF	FRA	Lamine Sy
26	DF	FRA	Heliodino Tavares
27	DF	FRA	Jules Gaudin
28	DF	FRA	Quentin Lecoeuche
29	MF	FRA	Romain Thomas (c)
32	MF	FRA	Zoumana Bagbema
35	GK	COD	Parfait Mandanda
47	FW	FRA	Abdoulaye Niakaté
50	FW	FRA	Ilyes Najim
61	DF	FRA	Brahim Traoré
77	DF	CIV	Dieudonné Gaucho Debohi
88	FW	CIV	Adriel Ba Loua
91	DF	GHA	Emmanuel Ntim
—	MF	CIV	Daouda Koné

Transfers

In

Out

Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
DF	Syam Ben Youssef		End of contract	1 July 2024	^[2]
MF	Quentin Daubin	Gaziantep FK	End of contract	1 July 2024	^[3]
FW	Andréas Hountondji	Burnley	Undisclosed	17 July 2024	^[4]

Friendlies

Pre-season

12 July 2024 Friendly	Caen	0–1	Nantes
18:00 UTC+2			Mahamoud 60'

20 July 2024 Friendly	Caen	1–3	Annecy	Port Valais, Switzerland
16:00	Niakaté 78'	Report	Djoco 6' Casadei 81' Billemaz 85'

24 July 2024 Friendly	Caen	0–2	Le Mans
18:00

27 July 2024 Friendly

Caen

v

Le Havre

27 July 2024 Friendly	Caen	1–2	Quevilly-Rouen
16:00

3 August 2024 Friendly	Caen	1–6	Guingamp
18:00

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	17 August 2024	10 May 2025	Matchday 1	34	5	7	22	31	58	−27	014.71
Coupe de France	16 November 2024	22 December 2024	7th round	3	2	0	1	11	2	+9	066.67
Total				37	7	7	23	42	60	−18	018.92

Last updated: 12 May 2025
Source: Soccerway

Ligue 2

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or Relegation
14	Rodez	34	9	12	13	56	54	+2	39
15	Red Star	34	9	11	14	37	51	−14	38
16	Clermont (O)	34	7	12	15	30	46	−16	33	Qualification for relegation play-offs
17	Martigues (D, R)	34	9	5	20	29	56	−27	32	Revival in Regional 1
18	Caen (R)	34	5	7	22	31	58	−27	22	Relegation to Championnat National

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
(D) Disqualified; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated

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
34	5	7	22	31	58	−27	22	3	5	9	15	24	−9	2	2	13	16	34	−18

Last updated: 12 May 2025.
Source: Ligue 2

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	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	L	L	D	L	W	W	L	L	D	L	W	W	L	D	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	D	W	L	L	L	D	D	L	L	D	L
Position	15	17	16	16	15	13	13	14	15	15	14	13	14	14	16	16	16	16	17	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18

Updated to match(es) played on 10 May 2025. Source: Ligue 2
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Win Draw Loss

17 August 2024 1	Caen	0–2	Paris FC	Caen
14:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Lebreton 28' Meddah 64' Gaucho Debohi 74'	Report	Gory 76' 83' Kebbal 86' (pen.)	Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano Attendance: 16,639 Referee: Pierre Gaillouste

23 August 2024 2	Pau	1–0	Caen	Pau
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Boutaïb 8' 56' Ngom 32' Gaspar 56'	Report	Kyeremeh 90+5' Vandermersch 90+7'	Stadium: Nouste Camp Attendance: 3,033 Referee: Mickaël Leleu

30 August 2024 3	Caen	1–1	Annecy	Caen
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Rajot 42' 62'	Report	Lajugie 35' Tiendrebeogo 47' 52'	Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano Attendance: 13,706 Referee: Antoine Valnet

16 September 2024 4	Grenoble	3–1	Caen	Grenoble
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Joseph 12' Meïssa Ba 42' (pen.) 45' Paquiez 59'	Report	Mendy 4' Lecoeuche 41' Meddah 52' M'Vila 70' Tavares Correia 80'	Stadium: Stade des Alpes Attendance: 3,996 Referee: Olivier Thual

20 September 2024 5	Caen	1–0	Ajaccio	Caen
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Henry 77' Brahimi 80'	Report	Ayessa 42' Soumano 85' Strata 90+6'	Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano Attendance: 13,650 Referee: Geoffrey Kubler

24 September 2024 6	Caen	2–1	Amiens	Caen
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Mendy 13' Bolumbu 45' Lebreton 70' Mendy 81' Brahimi 90+7'	Report	Mafouta 26' Gene 30' Boya 73'	Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano Attendance: 14,204 Referee: Thierry Bouille

30 September 2024 7	Guingamp	3–1	Caen	Guingamp
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Siwe 6' 45+4' Hemia 28' Picard 67' Luvambo 78'	Report	Henry 33' M'Vila 47' Mendy 51' Gaucho Debohi 54'	Stadium: Stade de Roudourou Attendance: 7,558 Referee: Romain Lissorgue

5 October 2024 8	Caen	1–2	Lorient	Caen
14:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Gomis 17' Gaucho Debohi 38' Lecoeuche 49'	Report	Kroupi 35' Bamba 87'	Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano Attendance: 15,429 Referee: Florent Batta

18 October 2024 9	Red Star	2–2	Caen	Saint-Ouen-sur-Seine
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Durand 45+1' 81' Hachem 65' Benali 90+4'	Report	Lebreton 11' Henry 43' Gomis 63'	Stadium: Stade Bauer Attendance: 4,643 Referee: Pierre Gaillouste

26 October 2024 10	Caen	0–1	Troyes	Caen
14:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Thomas 39' Rajot 45+2'	Report	Adeline 10' Saïd 45+4' Gozzi 79' Ripart 85'	Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano Attendance: 15,771 Referee: Aurélien Petit

29 October 2024 11	Martigues	0–3	Caen	Gueugnon
20:30 CET (UTC+1)	Falette 68' 90+4'	Report	Bolumbu 50' Mendy 69' (pen.), 90+1' 90+2' Coulibaly 84' Lebreton 90+5'	Stadium: Stade Jean Laville Attendance: 580 Referee: Eddy Rosier

2 November 2024 12	Caen	2–0	Bastia	Caen
14:00 CET (UTC+1)	Mendy 31' Brahimi 57' Gaucho Debohi 69'	Report	Ariss 45'	Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano Attendance: 15,441 Referee: Ahmed Taleb

9 November 2024 13	Metz	1–0	Caen	Metz
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Hein 26' Traoré 45+1' Van Den Kerkhof 60'	Report		Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien Attendance: 18,481 Referee: Antoine Valnet

22 November 2024 14	Caen	3–3	Rodez	Caen
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Thomas 45+7' Brahimi 51' Meddah 90+6'	Report	Baldé 13' Bouchouari 45+1' Nkada 53' Laurent 76' Mambo 86' Mpasi 90+6'	Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano Attendance: 15,104 Referee: Thierry Bouille

6 December 2024 15	Laval	1–0	Caen	Laval
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Sanna 12' Roye 62' Camara 70'	Report	Lecoeuche 59'	Stadium: Stade Francis Le Basser Attendance: 7,154 Referee: Pierre Legat

16 December 2024 16	Dunkerque	3–1	Caen	Dunkirk
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Raghouber 8' Bammou 53' Sasso 65' Courtet 83' (pen.)	Report	Gaucho Debohi 52' Lebreton 69' Tomé 73' Milliner 75' Lecoeuche 82'	Stadium: Stade Marcel-Tribut Attendance: 4,165 Referee: Florent Batta

3 January 2025 17	Caen	0–1	Clermont Foot	Caen
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Rajot 35' Gaucho Debohi 52'	Report	Douane 39' Keïta 84' Diaby 89'	Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano Attendance: 15,248 Referee: Eddy Rosier

11 January 2025 18	Caen	0–1	Grenoble	Caen
14:00 CET (UTC+1)	Brahimi 7' Mendy 45+3' Henry 60' Coulibaly 90+11' 90+11'	Report	Valls 45+1' Xantippe 74' Diarra 85' Mendy 88' Sylvestre 90+10'	Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano Attendance: 13,095 Referee: Guillaume Paradis

17 January 2025 19	Ajaccio	2–1	Caen	Ajaccio
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Anziani 40' Bamba 42' 70' Kanté 83' Santelli 90+3'	Report	Rajot 16' Traoré 42' Mendy 62'	Stadium: Stade Michel-Moretti Attendance: 4,495 Referee: Pierre Gaillouste

24 January 2025 20	Caen	0–1	Guingamp	Caen
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Clementia 30' Lecoeuche 75'	Report	Labeau 44' Guendouz 45+4' Touzghar 83'	Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano Attendance: 14,740 Referee: Thierry Bouille

1 February 2025 21	Troyes	3–0	Caen	Troyes
14:00 CET (UTC+1)	de Préville 28' M'Changama 48' Saïd 51' Diop 70'	Report	Le Bihan 18' Gaucho Debohi 85'	Stadium: Stade de l'Aube Attendance: 9,645 Referee: Aurélien Petit

10 February 2025 22	Caen	0–2	Dunkerque	Caen
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Lebreton 30' Brahimi 37' Clementia 38' Gaudin 54' M'Vila 87' Mendy 87'	Report	Sasso 25' Courtet 45' Skyttä 56' Raghouber 87' Bammou 87' Tejan 90+2'	Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano Attendance: 15,540 Referee: Pierre Legat

17 February 2025 23	Annecy	1–0	Caen	Annecy
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Demoncy 13' Nsakala 38' Paris 90'	Report		Stadium: Parc des Sports Attendance: 4,768 Referee: Olivier Thual

22 February 2025 24	Caen	2–2	Pau	Caen
14:00 CET (UTC+1)	Traoré 6' M'Vila 10' 90+7' Gaucho Debohi 30' Mendy 35' Thomas 59' 63' Gaudin 86'	Report	Mille 7' (pen.) 54' Kouassi 33' 58' Kamara 34' Mboup 71' (pen.)	Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano Attendance: 15,231 Referee: Robin Chapapria

28 February 2025 25	Clermont Foot	0–1	Caen	Clermont-Ferrand
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Douane 70'	Report	Gaucho Debohi 56' Henry 70' Coulibaly 86'	Stadium: Stade Gabriel-Montpied Attendance: 4,478 Referee: Geoffrey Kubler

7 March 2025 26	Caen	0–1	Laval	Caen
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Gaudin 48' Lecoeuche 73' Gaucho Debohi 82'	Report	Kokolo 6' Tchokounté 35' Tavares 39'	Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano Attendance: 17,746 Referee: Aurélien Petit

14 March 2025 27	Amiens	2–1	Caen	Amiens
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Monconduit 19' Jaouab 53' Leautey 58' Kandil 73' Vita 90+6'	Report	M'Vila 82' Coulibaly 90+2'	Stadium: Stade de la Licorne Attendance: 12,035 Referee: Mickaël Leleu

31 March 2025 28	Paris FC	4–2	Caen	Paris
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Kolodziejczak 13' Krasso 32', 60' 74' Cafaro 44'	Report	Henry 27' Moucketou-Mounssounda 45+3' Lebreton 54' Kyeremeh 82' Tourraine 90+1' (o.g.)	Stadium: Stade Sébastien Charléty Attendance: 9,227 Referee: Eddy Rosier

5 April 2025 29	Caen	2–2	Metz	Caen
14:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Grandsir 47' Lebreton 27' 68' Traoré 50' M'Vila 74'	Report	Van Den Kerkhof 42' Sabaly 61' Sané 78'	Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano Attendance: 16,555 Referee: Rémi Landry

11 April 2025 30	Rodez	2–2	Caen	Rodez
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Nkada 47' Baldé 90+1'	Report	Lebreton 60' Kyeremeh 82'	Stadium: Stade Paul-Lignon Attendance: 4,760 Referee: Pierre Legat

18 April 2025 31	Caen	0–3	Martigues	Caen
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Gaucho Debohi 58'	Report	Solvet 5' Mendy 17' 53' Djaha 34' Robin 50'	Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano Attendance: 18,674 Referee: Olivier Thual

26 April 2025 32	Lorient	4–0	Caen	Lorient
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Laporte 13' Bamba 16' Kroupi 23' Soumano 78', 90+3'	Report	M'Vila 43'	Stadium: Stade du Moustoir Attendance: 14,535 Referee: Guillaume Paradis

2 May 2025 33	Caen	1–1	Red Star	Caen
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Najim 72'	Report	Badji 31' Durivaux 84' Escartin 90+4'	Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano Attendance: 12,190 Referee: Karim Abed

10 May 2025 34	Bastia	2–1	Caen	Bastia
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Guidi 24' Ariss 72'	Report	Lebreton 3' Najim 28' Le Bihan 47'	Stadium: Stade Armand-Cesari Attendance: 9,757 Referee: Mickaël Leleu

Coupe de France

16 November 2024 Seventh round	C'Chartres Football	0–4	Caen	Chartres
CET (UTC+1)		Report	Brahimi 3' 39' Le Bihan 7' Mendy 23'	Stadium: Stade Jacques-Couvret

30 November 2024 Eight round	Caen	6–0	Bolbec	Caen
13:30 CET (UTC+1)	Le Bihan 8' Autret 48' Kyeremeh 58' 87' Mendy 66' Brahimi 71'	Report		Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano

22 December 2024 Round of 64	Guingamp	2–1	Caen	Guingamp
17:30 CET (UTC+1)	Hemia 60' Luvambo 79' Picard 90+2' Demouchy 90+6'	Report	Autret 23' Ntim 28' Mendy 86'	Stadium: Stade de Roudourou Referee: Jérôme Brisard

References

^ "Effectif Première 2024-25". Stade Malherbe Caen.
^ BRIARD), Valentin PINEAU
(avec Gaëtan (May 18, 2024). "SM Caen. Traoré, Mendy, Abdi, Hountondji, Gomis… Les grands enjeux du mercato caennais". Ouest-France.fr.
^ RENOUF, Victor (July 9, 2024). "SM Caen. En fin de contrat, Quentin Daubin part en Turquie". Ouest-France.fr.
^ "Andréas Hountondji transféré à Burnley". Stade Malherbe Caen. July 17, 2024.

[1] "Effectif Première 2024-25". Stade Malherbe Caen.

[2] BRIARD), Valentin PINEAU
(avec Gaëtan (May 18, 2024). "SM Caen. Traoré, Mendy, Abdi, Hountondji, Gomis… Les grands enjeux du mercato caennais". Ouest-France.fr.

[3] RENOUF, Victor (July 9, 2024). "SM Caen. En fin de contrat, Quentin Daubin part en Turquie". Ouest-France.fr.

[4] "Andréas Hountondji transféré à Burnley". Stade Malherbe Caen. July 17, 2024.

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