2020–21 RC Strasbourg Alsace season

Strasbourg
2020–21 season
President	Marc Keller
Head coach	Thierry Laurey
Stadium	Stade de la Meinau
Ligue 1	15th
Coupe de France	Round of 64
Top goalscorer	League: ; Ludovic Ajorque (16); All: ; Ludovic Ajorque (16)
Biggest win	Strasbourg 5–0 Nîmes
Biggest defeat	Paris Saint-Germain 4–0 Strasbourg
Home colours	Away colours
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The 2020–21 RC Strasbourg Alsace season was the club's 115th season in existence and the fourth consecutive season in the top flight of French football. In addition to the domestic league, Strasbourg participated in this season's edition of the Coupe de France. The season covered the period from 1 July 2020 to 30 June 2021.

Players

First-team squad

As of 1 February 2021^[1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	BEL	Matz Sels
2	DF	FRA	Mohamed Simakan
4	DF	FRA	Frédéric Guilbert (on loan from Aston Villa)
5	DF	CIV	Lamine Koné (vice-captain)
6	MF	CIV	Jean-Eudes Aholou (on loan from Monaco)
7	MF	TUN	Moataz Zemzemi
8	FW	GHA	Abdul Majeed Waris
9	FW	ALG	Idriss Saadi
11	MF	FRA	Dimitri Liénard
12	FW	RSA	Lebo Mothiba
13	DF	SRB	Stefan Mitrović (captain)
14	MF	BIH	Sanjin Prcić
16	GK	JPN	Eiji Kawashima
17	MF	FRA	Jean-Ricner Bellegarde


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
18	MF	FRA	Mahamé Siby
19	MF	FRA	Anthony Caci
20	FW	MLI	Kévin Zohi
21	MF	FRA	Mehdi Chahiri
23	DF	FRA	Lionel Carole
24	DF	GHA	Alexander Djiku
25	FW	FRA	Ludovic Ajorque
26	MF	FRA	Adrien Thomasson
27	MF	FRA	Ibrahima Sissoko
28	FW	SEN	Habib Diallo
29	DF	FRA	Ismaël Aaneba
30	GK	SEN	Bingourou Kamara
34	MF	FRA	Adrien Lebeau

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	DF	CMR	Duplexe Tchamba (on loan to Strømsgodset)

Transfers

In

No.	Pos	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
15			TBD		1 July 2020

Out

No.	Pos	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
15			TBD		1 July 2020

Pre-season and friendlies

Win Draw Loss

24 July 2020 Friendly	Strasbourg	1–0	Nîmes	Évian-les-Bains, France
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Mothiba 88' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Stade Camille-Fournier

28 July 2020 Friendly	Strasbourg	2–1	Montpellier	Divonne-les-Bains, France
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Ajorque 31' (pen.) Saadi 71'	Report	Mollet 15'	Stadium: Complexe sportif de Divonne-les-Bains

1 August 2020 Friendly	Haguenau	Cancelled	Strasbourg	Tomblaine, France
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stade Marcel Picot

1 August 2020 Friendly	Nancy	Cancelled	Strasbourg	Tomblaine, France
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stade Marcel Picot

4 August 2020 Friendly	Dijon	Cancelled	Strasbourg	Dijon, France
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stade Gaston Gérard
Note: The match was cancelled after several Strasbourg players tested positive for COVID-19.^[2]

8 August 2020 Friendly	Reims	Cancelled	Strasbourg	Reims, France
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stade Auguste-Delaune

15 August 2020 Friendly	Strasbourg	2–3	Metz	Molsheim, France
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Saadi 58' Besic 87'	Report	Niane 21', 35' Boulaya 40' Pajot 44'	Stadium: Stadium de Molsheim

15 August 2020 Friendly	Strasbourg	Cancelled	Metz	Colmar, France
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Colmar Stadium

5 September 2020 Friendly	VfB Stuttgart	4–2	Strasbourg	Stuttgart, Germany
16:30 CEST (UTC+2)	González 10' (pen.) Didavi 37' Endo 52' Kalajdžić 55'	Report	Ajorque 8' Thomasson 14'	Stadium: Robert-Schlienz-Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Marco Fritz

9 October 2020 Friendly	FC Aarau	0–2	Strasbourg	Aarau, Switzerland
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Prcić 42' Aaneba 83'	Stadium: Stadion Brügglifeld Attendance: 0

Competitions

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Ligue 1	23 August 2020	23 May 2021	Matchday 1	15th	38	11	9	18	49	58	−9	028.95
Coupe de France	10 February 2021		Round of 64	Round of 64	1	0	0	1	0	2	−2	000.00
Total					39	11	9	19	49	60	−11	028.21

Last updated: 23 May 2021
Source: Soccerway

Ligue 1

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
13	Angers	38	12	8	18	40	58	−18	44
14	Reims	38	9	15	14	42	50	−8	42
15	Strasbourg	38	11	9	18	49	58	−9	42
16	Lorient	38	11	9	18	50	68	−18	42
17	Brest	38	11	8	19	50	66	−16	41

Source: Ligue 1
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Fairplay ranking.^[3]

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
38	11	9	18	49	58	−9	42	4	5	10	21	29	−8	7	4	8	28	29	−1

Last updated: 23 May 2021.
Source: Ligue 1

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	35	36	37	38
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	L	L	L	W	L	L	L	W	L	L	L	D	W	D	W	L	L	W	W	W	D	L	D	L	W	D	D	W	L	L	W	L	D	L	D	L	W	D
Position	19	18	20	18	18	18	18	18	19	19	19	19	17	16	15	16	17	16	15	13	15	15	15	16	16	15	15	14	15	15	13	14	14	15	16	16	15	15

Updated to match(es) played on 23 May 2021. Source: Ligue 1
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 9 July 2020.^[4]

23 August 2020 1	Lorient	3–1	Strasbourg	Lorient
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Wissa 51' Grbić 60' (pen.) Boisgard 69' Wadja 72' Laporte 79' Hamel 87'	Report	Chahiri 30' Simakan 37' Carole 82'	Stadium: Stade du Moustoir Referee: Johan Hamel

29 August 2020 2	Strasbourg	0–2	Nice	Strasbourg
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Koné 36' Djiku 73'	Report	Lotomba 13' Schneiderlin 17' Dante 24' Sylvestre 27' Dolberg 37' (pen.), 59', 45+2' Lees-Melou 42'	Stadium: Stade de la Meinau Referee: Jérôme Brisard

12 September 2020 3	Saint-Étienne	2–0	Strasbourg	Saint-Étienne
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Neyou 45+1' Bouanga 57' (pen.) Camara 82'	Report	Bellegarde 7' Sissoko 39' Djiku 56'	Stadium: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard Referee: Eric Wattellier

20 September 2020 4	Strasbourg	1–0	Dijon	Strasbourg
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Ajorque 13' Mitrović 80'	Report	Sammaritano 33'	Stadium: Stade de la Meinau Referee: Florent Batta

27 September 2020 5	Monaco	3–2	Strasbourg	Monaco
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Ben Yedder 9', 53' Tchouaméni 21' 55' Ballo-Touré 40' Aguilar 45+1' Disasi 67'	Report	Chahiri 46' Thomasson 60' Ajorque 70' (pen.)	Stadium: Stade Louis II Referee: Jérémie Pignard

4 October 2020 6	Strasbourg	0–3	Lille	Strasbourg
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Djiku 42'	Report	Çelik 21' Sanches 53' Luiz Araújo 59' Yılmaz 68'	Stadium: Stade de la Meinau Referee: Mikael Lesage

18 October 2020 7	Strasbourg	2–3	Lyon	Strasbourg
13:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Diallo 44' Aholou 55', 90+2' Ajorque 57'	Report	Kadewere 12', 20' Toko Ekambi 25', 42', 52' Cornet 45+1'	Stadium: Stade de la Meinau Referee: Ruddy Buquet

25 October 2020 8	Brest	0–3	Strasbourg	Brest
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Charbonnier 42'	Report	Ajorque 21', 67' Diallo 26' Lala 40' (pen.) Mitrović 41' Aholou 80'	Stadium: Stade Francis-Le Blé Referee: Jérôme Miguelgorry

1 November 2020 9	Reims	2–1	Strasbourg	Reims
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Kamara 22' (o.g.) Faes 26'	Report	Diallo 3' Ajorque 30' (pen.) Prcić 73'	Stadium: Stade Auguste-Delaune Attendance: 0 Referee: Eric Wattellier

6 November 2020 10	Strasbourg	0–1	Marseille	Strasbourg
21:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Amavi 52' Kamara 58' Sanson 72' Khaoui 87' Mandanda 89'	Stadium: Stade de la Meinau Attendance: 0 Referee: Johan Hamel

22 November 2020 11	Montpellier	4–3	Strasbourg	Montpellier
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Mendes 8', 25' Delort 13', 31' Congré 54' Laborde 68'	Report	Lala 22' (pen.) Diallo 26' (pen.) Ajorque 45' Aholou 49'	Stadium: Stade de la Mosson Attendance: 0 Referee: Jérôme Brisard

27 November 2020 12	Strasbourg	1–1	Rennes	Strasbourg
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Thomasson 24' Mitrović 40'	Report	Hunou 61'	Stadium: Stade de la Meinau Attendance: 0 Referee: Benoît Millot

6 December 2020 13	Nantes	0–4	Strasbourg	Nantes
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Abeid 64' Louza 67' Corchia 77'	Report	Liénard 16' (pen.), 32' Diallo 34' Lala 62' Ajorque 78' (pen.) Zohi 83'	Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 0 Referee: Clément Turpin

13 December 2020 14	Strasbourg	2–2	Metz	Strasbourg
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Simakan 36', 66' Thomasson 78', 84' Aholou 90+4'	Report	Bronn 35' (pen.), 51' Nguette 70' Delaine 73' Maïga 80' Kouyaté 90' Angban 90'	Stadium: Stade de la Meinau Attendance: 0 Referee: François Letexier

16 December 2020 15	Angers	0–2	Strasbourg	Angers
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Doumbia 73'	Report	Djiku 12' Diallo 77' Ajorque 90+1', 90+5'	Stadium: Stade Raymond Kopa Attendance: 0 Referee: Bastien Dechepy

20 December 2020 16	Strasbourg	0–2	Bordeaux	Strasbourg
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Djiku 4' Sissoko 81'	Report	Pablo 2', 38' Otávio 66'	Stadium: Stade de la Meinau Attendance: 0 Referee: Benoît Bastien

23 December 2020 17	Paris Saint-Germain	4–0	Strasbourg	Paris
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Pembélé 18' Mbappé 80' Gueye 88' Kean 90+1'	Report		Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 0 Referee: Jérôme Miguelgorry

6 January 2021 18	Strasbourg	5–0	Nîmes	Strasbourg
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Aholou 8' Ajorque 36', 51', 58' Diallo 38' Lala 45+1' (pen.) Waris 90' (pen.)	Report	Deaux 57' Fomba 89'	Stadium: Stade de la Meinau Attendance: 0 Referee: Benoît Millot

9 January 2021 19	Lens	0–1	Strasbourg	Lens
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Cahuzac 50'	Report	Diallo 21' Bellegarde 50'	Stadium: Stade Bollaert-Delelis Attendance: 0 Referee: Clément Turpin

17 January 2021 20	Strasbourg	1–0	Saint-Étienne	Strasbourg
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Ajorque 29' Sissoko 36' Aholou 51'	Report	Boudebouz 10' Gabard 12' Gourna-Douath 56'	Stadium: Stade de la Meinau Attendance: 0 Referee: Antony Gautier

24 January 2021 21	Dijon	1–1	Strasbourg	Dijon
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Muzinga 54' Coulibaly 63'	Report	Ajorque 51'	Stadium: Stade Gaston Gérard Attendance: 0 Referee: Jérôme Brisard

31 January 2021 22	Strasbourg	0–1	Reims	Strasbourg
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Djiku 64'	Report	Faes 38' Kutesa 80' Chavalerin 85'	Stadium: Stade de la Meinau Attendance: 0 Referee: Stéphanie Frappart

3 February 2021 23	Strasbourg	2–2	Brest	Strasbourg
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Thomasson 8' Mitrović 48' Aholou 70' Kawashima 87'	Report	Charbonnier 83' Le Douaron 90+3'	Stadium: Stade de la Meinau Attendance: 0 Referee: Florent Batta

6 February 2021 24	Lyon	3–0	Strasbourg	Décines-Charpieu
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Depay 20', 68' Toko Ekambi 30' Marcelo 41' Diomandé 61'	Report	Thomasson 14' 14'	Stadium: Parc Olympique Lyonnais Attendance: 0 Referee: Amaury Delerue

14 February 2021 25	Metz	1–2	Strasbourg	Metz
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Delaine 17', 26' Kouyaté 44'	Report	Thomasson 33', 84' Sissoko 42'	Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien Attendance: 0 Referee: Mikael Lesage

21 February 2021 26	Strasbourg	0–0	Angers	Strasbourg
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Sissoko 45+2' Mitrović 58'	Report	Diony 76'	Stadium: Stade de la Meinau Attendance: 0 Referee: Hakim Ben El Hadj

28 February 2021 27	Lille	1–1	Strasbourg	Villeneuve-d'Ascq
17:05 CET (UTC+1)	Fonte 86'	Report	Ajorque 36' Guilbert 44' Aholou 90'	Stadium: Stade Pierre-Mauroy Attendance: 0 Referee: Jérôme Brisard

3 March 2021 28	Strasbourg	1–0	Monaco	Strasbourg
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Liénard 19' Ajorque 27' Thomasson 53' Guilbert 90+1'	Report		Stadium: Stade de la Meinau Attendance: 0 Referee: Eric Wattellier

14 March 2021 29	Rennes	1–0	Strasbourg	Rennes
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Bourigeaud 25'	Report	Koné 22' Bellegarde 31'	Stadium: Roazhon Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Bastien Dechepy

21 March 2021 30	Strasbourg	1–2	Lens	Strasbourg
13:00 CET (UTC+1)	Bellegarde 20' Thomasson 42' Sissoko 44'	Report	Haïdara 5' Badé 19' Fofana 40' Medina 44' Doucouré 86' Jean 90' Leca 90+4'	Stadium: Stade de la Meinau Attendance: 0 Referee: Jérémy Stinat

4 April 2021 31	Bordeaux	2–3	Strasbourg	Bordeaux
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Mexer 29' Baysse 36' Hwang 45+1' (pen.)	Report	Koné 6' Diallo 21' Ajorque 30' (pen.) Guilbert 57'	Stadium: Matmut Atlantique Attendance: 0 Referee: Jérôme Brisard

10 April 2021 32	Strasbourg	1–4	Paris Saint-Germain	Strasbourg
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Sahi 63'	Report	Mbappé 16' Sarabia 27' Kean 45', 56' Paredes 79'	Stadium: Stade de la Meinau Attendance: 0 Referee: Jérémie Pignard

18 April 2021 33	Nîmes	1–1	Strasbourg	Nîmes
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Ripart 55' (pen.)	Report	Aholou 29' Guilbert 47' Thomasson 61' Liénard 82', 82'	Stadium: Stade des Costières Attendance: 0 Referee: Antony Gautier

25 April 2021 34	Strasbourg	1–2	Nantes	Strasbourg
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Djiku 17' Ajorque 43'	Report	Chirivella 16' Louza 22' Castelletto 53', 57' Blas 76'	Stadium: Stade de la Meinau Attendance: 0 Referee: Ruddy Buquet

30 April 2021 35	Marseille	1–1	Strasbourg	Marseille
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Rongier 55' Lirola 81' Benedetto 86' Milik 90+2' Gueye 90+3'	Report	Koné 53' Mitrović 73' Diallo 85'	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 0 Referee: Stéphanie Frappart

9 May 2021 36	Strasbourg	2–3	Montpellier	Strasbourg
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Aholou 37' Ajorque 69' Djiku 90+1' Zohi 90+4'	Report	Laborde 36', 49' Le Tallec 43' Delort 46' Chotard 61' Ristić 90+5'	Stadium: Stade de la Meinau Attendance: 0 Referee: Jérôme Miguelgorry

16 May 2021 37	Nice	0–2	Strasbourg	Nice
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Saliba 26' Boudaoui 58'	Report	Ajorque 2', 66' Thomasson 38'	Stadium: Allianz Riviera Attendance: 0 Referee: Mikael Lesage

23 May 2021 38	Strasbourg	1–1	Lorient	Strasbourg
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Carole 10' Diallo 18'	Report	Laporte 53' Chalobah 55'	Stadium: Stade de la Meinau Attendance: 0 Referee: Stéphanie Frappart

Coupe de France

10 February 2021 Round of 64	Strasbourg	0–2	Montpellier	Strasbourg
14:45 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Delort 45+1' Škuletić 88'	Stadium: Stade de la Meinau Attendance: 0 Referee: Ruddy Buquet

Statistics

Goalscorers

Rank	No.	Pos.	Player	Ligue 1	Total
1	25	FW	Ludovic Ajorque	16	16
2	28	FW	Habib Diallo	9	9
3	26	MF	Adrien Thomasson	5	5
4	10	DF	Kenny Lala	3	3
5	6	MF	Jean-Eudes Aholou	2	2
	11	MF	Dimitri Liénard	2	2
	13	DF	Stefan Mitrović	2	2
	20	MF	Kévin Zohi	2	2
	21	MF	Mehdi Chahiri	2	2
10	2	DF	Mohamed Simakan	1	1
	4	DF	Frédéric Guilbert	1	1
	5	DF	Lamine Koné	1	1
	8	FW	Majeed Waris	1	1
	17	MF	Jean-Ricner Bellegarde	1	1
	31	FW	Moïse Dion Sahi	1	1
Totals				49	49

References

^ "L'effectif pro 20-21" (in French). rcstrasbourgalsace.fr. Archived from the original on 10 August 2020. Retrieved 19 August 2020.
^ "The friendly match Strasbourg - Dijon canceled due to Covid-19". www.tellerreport.com. 1 August 2020.
^ "League Table". Ligue1.com. Retrieved 12 August 2016.
^ "Ligue 1 Uber Eats : le calendrier de la saison 2020/2021". LFP (in French). 9 July 2020.

External links

Official website

[1] "L'effectif pro 20-21" (in French). rcstrasbourgalsace.fr. Archived from the original on 10 August 2020. Retrieved 19 August 2020.

[2] "The friendly match Strasbourg - Dijon canceled due to Covid-19". www.tellerreport.com. 1 August 2020.

[3] "League Table". Ligue1.com. Retrieved 12 August 2016.

[4] "Ligue 1 Uber Eats : le calendrier de la saison 2020/2021". LFP (in French). 9 July 2020.

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