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Lorient

France · Ligue 1 · Manager: Alexandre Dujeux (#450 in the world) since Aug 2026
#74 World rank · club rating
1,919 Club rating
12th in Ligue 1

Lorient have had 7 managers since 2015/16. Olivier Pantaloni (Aug 2024 – May 2026) had the best points per game of them (1.78 in 76 matches) and took the club rating from 1,837 to 1,938.

Lorient managers

11 spells since 1998 · newest first
Manager Period MatchesGP W-D-L PPG Club rating Coach ratingCoach Vs expected
Alexandre Dujeux #450 now Aug 2026 – present · PPG 1.50 current Aug 2026 – present 10 4-3-3 1.50 1,964 → 1,940 −24 −1.1 +0.07
Olivier Pantaloni #320 now Aug 2024 – May 2026 · PPG 1.78 Aug 2024 – May 2026 76 39-18-19 1.78 1,837 → 1,938 +101 +24.0 +0.03
Régis Le Bris #91 now Aug 2022 – May 2024 · PPG 1.17 Aug 2022 – May 2024 76 23-20-33 1.17 1,760 → 1,835 +75 +14.2 +0.20
Christophe Pélissier #20 now Jul 2019 – May 2022 · PPG 1.28 Jul 2019 – May 2022 111 39-25-47 1.28 1,737 → 1,800 +64 +17.3 −0.04
Mickael Landreau Jul 2017 – May 2019 · PPG 1.65 Jul 2017 – May 2019 81 38-20-23 1.65 1,781 → 1,690 −91 −11.6 −0.02
Bernard Casoni Nov 2016 – May 2017 · PPG 1.10 Nov 2016 – May 2017 31 9-7-15 1.10 1,643 → 1,745 +102 +19.3 +0.05
Sylvain Ripoll #894 now Aug 2014 – Nov 2016 · PPG 1.11 Aug 2014 – Nov 2016 94 27-23-44 1.11 1,735 → 1,641 −94 −24.4 +0.05
Before 2015/16 · 4 spells, Aug 1998 – May 2014
Manager Period MatchesGP W-D-L PPG Club rating Coach ratingCoach Vs expected
Christian Gourcuff Aug 2006 – May 2014 · PPG 1.31 Aug 2006 – May 2014 318 104-104-110 1.31 1,608 → 1,760 +152 +23.2 +0.31
Albert Emon (stand-in) 17 Feb 2007 17 Feb 2007 1 0-0-1 −5.2
Yvon Pouliquen Dec 2001 – May 2002 · PPG 0.89 Dec 2001 – May 2002 18 3-7-8 0.89 1,460 → 1,496 +35 +9.1 +0.12
Ángel Marcos Jul 2001 – Nov 2001 · PPG 0.94 Jul 2001 – Nov 2001 16 4-3-9 0.94 1,472 → 1,461 −12 −8.1 +0.10
Christian Gourcuff Aug 1998 – May 1999 · PPG 1.03 Aug 1998 – May 1999 34 8-11-15 1.03 1,326 → 1,510 +184 +39.1

Before 2015/16 the source names the manager on fewer matches, so these rows can miss games.

Christian Gourcuff is the longest-serving: 318 matches over 7 years (Aug 2006 – May 2014). Christian Gourcuff added the most coach rating: +39.1 over 34 matches.

Club rating - the club's rating at the manager's first rated match → after the last. Coach rating - what the spell added to the manager's coach rating. Vs expected - average result per match above what the club rating predicted. Stand-in - a caretaker who covered a few matches during another manager's spell, folded under that spell. Every competition we hold, lower divisions included.

Club rating

since 2015/16 · line by manager
1,919Club ratingWeek 46, 2026
#74World rankof 943 active clubs
#12Ligue 1of 19 clubs
1,977Peak since 2015/16Apr 2026 · low 1,542, Dec 2020
1,4001,6001,8002,000201620182020202220242026Nov 2026 · Alexandre Dujeux1,892 club rating1,4001,6001,8002,000201620202024Nov 2026 · Alexandre Dujeux1,892 club rating
Colour changes with each manager (7 since 2015/16) · hover a point for the name

Lorient's club rating peaked at 1,977 in April 2026, under Olivier Pantaloni, its highest since 2015/16; the low was 1,542 in December 2020, under Christophe Pélissier.

One point per month: the club's rating before its last rated match of the month, the manager's part left out. World rank among the 943 clubs with a match in the last 12 months and 30+ rated matches. The rating describes results so far - it doesn't predict the next game. How the club rating works ›

Next matches

next 14 days · UK time
Sun 22 Nov · 16:15 Ligue 1 H v Stade Rennais
Preview Lorient v Stade Rennais ›

Club rating chances on league games only (home / draw / away), calibrated on 85,718 league matches. This week's matches ›

Cards and corners

a game · by season
Season GP Cards Agst Lg 2nd half Corners Agst Lg
2026/27 10 1.30 2.10 1.82 69% 3.30 5.20 4.54
2025/26 34 1.68 2.29 2.01 65% 3.50 5.38 4.80
2023/24 34 1.94 1.94 2.08 65% 3.97 5.62 4.72
2022/23 38 1.37 2.16 1.82 72% 3.82 5.55 4.63
2021/22 38 1.92 2.16 2.11 67% 4.26 5.11 4.88
3 earlier seasons, 2015/16 – 2020/21
Season GP Cards Agst Lg 2nd half Corners Agst Lg
2020/21 38 1.89 2.18 2.08 65% 4.63 4.29 4.74
2016/17 40 1.88 1.85 1.89 5.13 4.60 4.80
2015/16 38 1.92 1.79 2.15 63% 4.45 5.13 4.77

Lorient picked up 1.30 cards a game in 2026/27, their fewest in any season since 2015/16 and 28% below Ligue 1's average side (1.82).

League matches only (Ligue 1), from 2015/16 - European and cup games carry no card or corner data. Lg = the league's average side that season. Bold green / red = 15%+ above / below it. Ligue 1 cards table › · corners table ›

Half-time / full-time

270 league matches since 2015/16
FT winFT W FT drawFT D FT lossFT L
HT winHT W 4216% 135% 83%
HT drawHT D 249% 4517% 4617%
HT lossHT L 114% 166% 6524%
49
Points won from behindPts from behind
losing at half-time in 92 matches
50
Points dropped from aheadPts dropped
winning at half-time in 63 matches
1st half · W 63 · D 115 · L 92 GD −51
2nd half · W 75 · D 88 · L 107 GD −59

League matches since 2015/16. Each half scored as its own match: 2nd half = goals after the break only.

Referees at Lorient

27 referees with 5+ matches · most matches first
Referee MatchesGP W-D-L PPG Cards/g Club avg +/−
Bastien Dechepy 22 8-6-8 1.36 1.95 1.76 +11%
Benoît Bastien 13 2-2-9 0.62 2.31 1.80 +28%
Clement Turpin 13 5-5-3 1.54 1.31 1.80 −27%
Ruddy Buquet 12 3-6-3 1.25 1.75 1.78 −2%
Willy Delajod 12 4-4-4 1.33 1.58 1.76 −10%
Johan Hamel 11 2-2-7 0.73 2.18 1.80 +21%
Romain Lissorgue 11 4-1-6 1.18 1.73 1.80 −4%
Hakim Ben el Salem Hadj 10 3-4-3 1.30 1.40 1.79 −22%
Jeremy Stinat 9 3-2-4 1.22 2.33 1.76 +33%
Jerome Miguelgorry 9 3-3-3 1.33 2.22 1.90 +17%
17 more referees with 5+ matches
Referee MatchesGP W-D-L PPG Cards/g Club avg +/−
Thomas Leonard 9 3-4-2 1.44 1.89 1.76 +7%
Florent Batta 8 2-0-6 0.75 0.63 1.78 −65%
Mikael Lesage 8 4-3-1 1.88 2.13 1.90 +12%
Eric Wattellier 7 3-0-4 1.29 1.29 1.73 −26%
Karim Abed 7 3-1-3 1.43 1.71 1.88 −9%
Marc Bollengier 7 2-3-2 1.29 1.43 1.62 −12%
Antony Gautier 6 1-2-3 0.83 1.67 1.90 −12%
Benoit Millot 6 2-2-2 1.33 2.00 1.73 +16%
Benoît Millot 6 1-1-4 0.67 1.83 1.83 0%
Jeremie Pignard 6 1-1-4 0.67 2.17 1.76 +23%
Mathieu Vernice 6 1-2-3 0.83 1.33 1.65 −19%
Pierre Gaillouste 6 0-2-4 0.33 1.50 1.74 −14%
Amaury Delerue 5 1-0-4 0.60 2.20 1.91 +15%
Gael Angoula 5 1-2-2 1.00 0.40 1.81 −78%
Jérôme Brisard 5 3-1-1 2.00 2.40 1.62 +48%
Olivier Thual 5 0-1-4 0.20 2.00 1.88 +7%
Stephanie Frappart 5 2-1-2 1.40 1.40 1.65 −15%

Under Benoît Bastien, Lorient picked up 2.31 cards a game, 28% above their own average in the same seasons (13 matches).

League matches since 2015/16 with the referee named (268). Cards = Lorient's own yellows and reds. Club avg = their cards a game in the same seasons with every referee. Under 10 matches the gap is grey: too few to call. Referees aren't drawn at random - the big games go to the senior ones - so a gap here describes, it doesn't prove a bias.

Quick answers

4 questions · from the tables on this page

Who is Lorient's manager?

Alexandre Dujeux, #450 in this week's coach world ranking, since August 2026 - 10 matches, 4 won (1.50 points per game).

How many managers has Lorient had since 2015?

7.

Who is Lorient's longest-serving manager?

Christian Gourcuff: 318 matches from August 2006 to May 2014.

How many cards a game do Lorient get?

1.30 a game in Ligue 1 in 2026/27, against 1.82 for the league's average side.

The coach rating describes, it doesn't predict. It measures what a manager's teams did against what was expected of them. Match chances come from the club rating, calibrated on 85,718 league matches. How the rating works ›

Source: spells, ratings and ranks from the weekly ranking (Week 46, 2026); season stats updated nightly; next matches refreshed every hour.