2019–20 Nîmes Olympique season

Nîmes Olympique
2019–20 season
President	Rani Assaf
Head coach	Bernard Blaquart
Stadium	Stade des Costières
Ligue 1	18th
Coupe de France	Round of 32
Coupe de la Ligue	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	League: ; Romain Philippoteaux (5); All: ; Romain Philippoteaux; Renaud Ripart; (5 each)
Highest home attendance	13,802; (vs Saint-Étienne, 29 September 2019)
Lowest home attendance	11,867; (vs Reims, 11 January 2020)
Average home league attendance	12,531
Biggest win	Nîmes 3–0 Brest
Biggest defeat	Bordeaux 6–0 Nîmes
	← 2018–19 2020–21 →

The 2019–20 Nîmes Olympique season was the club's 82nd season in existence and the club's second consecutive season in the top flight of French football. In addition to the domestic league, Nîmes participated in this season's editions of the Coupe de France, and the Coupe de la Ligue. The season covered the period from 1 July 2019 to 30 June 2020.

Players

Squad

As of 19 January 2020.^[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
4	DF	FRA	Pablo Martinez
5	DF	FRA	Loïck Landre
6	MF	SEN	Sidy Sarr
7	MF	FRA	Romain Philippoteaux
8	MF	FRA	Lucas Deaux
9	FW	FRA	Clément Depres
10	MF	ALG	Zinedine Ferhat
11	FW	MKD	Vlatko Stojanovski
12	MF	FRA	Lamine Fomba
14	MF	FRA	Antoine Valério
15	DF	FRA	Gaëtan Paquiez
16	GK	FRA	Lucas Dias


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
17	MF	BIH	Haris Duljević
18	MF	FRA	Theo Valls
19	DF	FRA	Lucas Buadés
20	FW	FRA	Renaud Ripart (vice-captain)
21	DF	FRA	Kelyan Guessoum
22	MF	MAR	Yassine Benrahou (on loan from Bordeaux)
23	DF	FRA	Anthony Briançon (captain)
24	FW	MAR	Sami Ben Amar
26	DF	FRA	Florian Miguel
27	FW	TOG	Kévin Denkey
29	DF	FRA	Sofiane Alakouch
30	GK	FRA	Paul Bernardoni (on loan from Bordeaux)

Reserve squad

As of 4 November 2019^[2]

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	GK	FRA	Côme Charrier
—	GK	FRA	Valentin Rabouille
—	DF	FRA	Alexandre Ferreira
—	DF	FRA	Jérémy Iafrate
—	DF	FRA	Enzo Fontanelli
—	DF	FRA	Matéo Maillefaud
—	DF	FRA	Julien Megier
—	DF	FRA	Mickaël Gas
—	MF	FRA	Kléri Serber


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	FRA	Mattéo Ahlinvi
—	MF	FRA	Simon Calancha
—	MF	FRA	Nacim El Hassani
—	MF	FRA	Quentin Gregorio
—	FW	FRA	Luca Valls
—	FW	FRA	Axel Urie
—	FW	FRA	Timothy Cardona
—	MF	FRA	Hugo Huriez
—	MF	FRA	Houssine Labiad

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	FRA	Théo Sainte-Luce (on loan to Gazélec until 30 June 2020)

Transfers

In

Out

Pre-season and friendlies

Win Draw Loss

5 July 2019 Friendly	Béziers	0–0	Nîmes	Béziers, France
17:30 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Stade de Sauclières

12 July 2019 Friendly	Nîmes	3–2	Rodez	Nîmes, France
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Ripart 32' Philippoteaux 63' Denkey 89'	Report	Bonnet 64' Ruffaut 71' (pen.)	Stadium: Centre de Formation La Bastide

19 July 2019 Friendly	Nîmes	2–2	Ajaccio	Saint-Gilles, Gard, France
17:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Ripart 5', 26' (pen.)		Youssouf 45+1' Avinel 52'	Stadium: Stade d’Espeyran

3 August 2019 Friendly	Nîmes	0–2	Dijon	Vauvert, France
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)			Baldé 6' Jeannot 20'	Stadium: Stade de Vauvert

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	11 August 2019	7 March 2020	Matchday 1	18th	28	7	6	15	29	44	−15	025.00
Coupe de France	4 January 2020	19 January 2020	Round of 64	Round of 32	2	0	1	1	2	7	−5	000.00
Coupe de la Ligue	29 October 2019	18 December 2019	Round of 32	Round of 16	2	1	0	1	4	2	+2	050.00
Total					32	8	7	17	35	53	−18	025.00

Source: Soccerway

Ligue 1

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	PPG	Qualification or relegation
16	Dijon	28	7	9	12	27	37	−10	30	1.07
17	Saint-Étienne	28	8	6	14	29	45	−16	30	1.07
18	Nîmes^[a]	28	7	6	15	29	44	−15	27	0.96
19	Amiens (R)	28	4	11	13	31	50	−19	23	0.82	Relegation to Ligue 2
20	Toulouse (R)	28	3	4	21	22	58	−36	13	0.46	Relegation to Ligue 2

Source: Ligue 1
Rules for classification: 1) Points per game; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Fairplay ranking.^[3]^[4]
(R) Relegated
Notes:

^ Originally, the 18th-placed Ligue 1 team would play in promotion-relegation play-offs at the end of the season with a team from Ligue 2 to decide whether they would remain in Ligue 1 for the 2020–21 season, but the play-offs were cancelled and the 18th-placed team remained in Ligue 1.

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
28	7	6	15	29	44	−15	27	6	2	6	17	15	+2	1	4	9	12	29	−17

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	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	L	L	D	W	D	W	L	L	D	D	D	L	L	L	D	L	L	L	L	W	L	W	W	W	W	L	L	L	C	C	C	C	C	C	C	C	C	C
Position	19	19	18	13	14	11	12	15	14	18	18	20	20	19	19	20	20	19	19	19	19	19	18	18	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18

Source: Ligue 1
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; C = Cancelled

Matches

The Ligue 1 schedule was announced on 14 June 2019.^[5] The Ligue 1 matches were suspended by the LFP on 13 March 2020 due to COVID-19 until further notices.^[6] On 28 April 2020, it was announced that Ligue 1 and Ligue 2 campaigns would not resume, after the country banned all sporting events until September.^[7] On 30 April, The LFP ended officially the 2019–20 season.^[8]

11 August 2019 1	Paris Saint-Germain	3–0	Nîmes	Paris
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Cavani 24' (pen.) Verratti 45+1' Mbappé 56' Draxler 61' Di María 69'	Report		Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 47,151 Referee: Clément Turpin

17 August 2019 2	Nîmes	1–2	Nice	Nîmes
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Valls 25' Ripart 45+1' (pen.) Martinez 71' 90+8' Philippoteaux 89' Alakouch 90+1' Briançon 90+8'	Report	Cyprien 10' (pen.), 43' Coly 11' 51' Ganago 16' Hérelle 35' Tameze 72'	Stadium: Stade des Costières Attendance: 13,243 Referee: François Letexier

25 August 2019 3	Monaco	2–2	Nîmes	Monaco
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Slimani 13', 39' Ben Yedder 45+1' Jemerson 53' 56' Golovin 90+2'	Report	Philippoteaux 70' Denkey 82' Sarr 90+1'	Stadium: Stade Louis II Attendance: 7,438 Referee: Amaury Delerue

31 August 2019 4	Nîmes	3–0	Brest	Nîmes
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Ferhat 2' Valls 33' Fomba 79' Denkey 90'	Report	Perraud 14' Chardonnet 15' Court 27' Castelletto 71'	Stadium: Stade des Costières Attendance: 12,488 Referee: Thomas Leonard

14 September 2019 5	Dijon	0–0	Nîmes	Dijon
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Mendyl 35' Pereira 44' Aguerd 77'	Report	Miguel 87'	Stadium: Stade Gaston Gérard Attendance: 11,413 Referee: Stéphanie Frappart

21 September 2019 6	Nîmes	1–0	Toulouse	Nîmes
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Philippoteaux 39' Deaux 43'	Report	Saïd 43' Reynet 72' Amian 75' Diakité 81'	Stadium: Stade des Costières Attendance: 12,258 Referee: Karim Abed

25 September 2019 7	Montpellier	1–0	Nîmes	Montpellier
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Souquet 31' Mollet 49' Delort 67' Hilton 83'	Report	Deaux 21' Miguel 53' Landre 60' Fomba 65'	Stadium: Stade de la Mosson Attendance: 16,445 Referee: Benoît Bastien

29 September 2019 8	Nîmes	0–1	Saint-Étienne	Nîmes
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Alakouch 4'	Report	Cabaye 7' Kolodziejczak 62' Hamouma 64' 74' Debuchy 68'	Stadium: Stade des Costières Attendance: 13,802 Referee: Thomas Leonard

6 October 2019 9	Lille	2–2	Nîmes	Villeneuve-d'Ascq
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Rémy 12' Osimhen 38', 79' Fonte 45' André 73'	Report	Ripart 45+5' (pen.) Philippoteaux 53' Denkey 71'	Stadium: Stade Pierre-Mauroy Attendance: 31,542 Referee: Mikael Lesage

19 October 2019 10	Nîmes	1–1	Amiens	Nîmes
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Fomba 24' Martinez 41' Briançon 81'	Report	Mendoza 29' Guirassy 30' Aleesami 76' Calabresi 90+5' Dibassy 90+6'	Stadium: Stade des Costières Attendance: 12,189 Referee: Jérémy Stinat

26 October 2019 11	Reims	0–0	Nîmes	Reims
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Chavalerin 45+1' Romao 59' Foket 87'	Report	Fomba 39'	Stadium: Stade Auguste Delaune Attendance: 12,329 Referee: Clément Turpin

9 November 2019 13	Strasbourg	4–1	Nîmes	Strasbourg
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Ajorque 14' Thomasson 16' Mitrović 23' Mothiba 45+2', 85' Liénard 69'	Report	Miguel 40' 66' Philippoteaux 48'	Stadium: Stade de la Meinau Attendance: 24,745 Referee: Ruddy Buquet

23 November 2019 14	Angers	1–0	Nîmes	Angers
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Bamba 45+1' Mangani 67' Pellenard 69'	Report	Fomba 34'	Stadium: Stade Raymond Kopa Attendance: 8,714 Referee: Thomas Leonard

30 November 2019 15	Nîmes	1–1	Metz	Nîmes
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Philippoteaux 46' Ripart 61'	Report	Nguette 24' Cohade 29' Diallo 31' Maïga 65' Fofana 82' Boye 90+1' Boulaya 90+1'	Stadium: Stade des Costières Attendance: 12,180 Referee: Hakim Ben El Hadj

3 December 2019 16	Bordeaux	6–0	Nîmes	Bordeaux
19:00^[a] CET (UTC+1)	Maja 25', 38', 53' De Préville 58' Jovanović 64' Adli 66' Otávio 77', 87'	Report	Alakouch 44'	Stadium: Matmut Atlantique Attendance: 12,419 Referee: Clément Turpin

6 December 2019 17	Nîmes	0–4	Lyon	Nîmes
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Valls 5' Paquiez 38' 40'	Report	Depay 16' (pen.), 64' Caqueret 17' Traoré 50' Aouar 71' Andersen 79'	Stadium: Stade des Costières Attendance: 12,801 Referee: Olivier Thual

14 December 2019 18	Nîmes	0–1	Nantes	Nîmes
20:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Louza 29' Bamba 46' Simon 68' Pallois 81'	Stadium: Stade des Costières Attendance: 12,098 Referee: Karim Abed

21 December 2019 19	Marseille	3–1	Nîmes	Marseille
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Kamara 33' Sanson 45+1' Payet 45+2', 81' Alakouch 47' (o.g.) Benedetto 65'	Report	Paquiez 26' Sarr 63' Briançon 90+2'	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 59,043 Referee: François Letexier

11 January 2020 20	Nîmes	2–0	Reims	Nîmes
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Ripart 16' Martinez 78' Benrahou 90+2'	Report	Romao 35' 57' Suk 46' Doumbia 55' Kamara 63'	Stadium: Stade des Costières Attendance: 11,867 Referee: Olivier Thual

15 January 2020 12	Nîmes	0–1	Rennes	Nîmes
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Fomba 19'	Report	Traoré 15' Hunou 64' Salin 84' Siebatcheu 89'	Stadium: Stade des Costières Attendance: 12,388 Referee: Willy Delajod
Note: Match originally scheduled for 2 November, but postponed due to heavy rains,^[10] and rearranged for 15 January 2020.^[11]

25 January 2020 21	Saint-Étienne	2–1	Nîmes	Saint-Étienne
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Khazri 3', 34' (pen.) Honorat 26' Dioussé 62' Trauco 90+6'	Report	Ferhat 45' Miguel 69' Sarr 90+3'	Stadium: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard Attendance: 23,927 Referee: Jérémy Stinat

1 February 2020 22	Nîmes	3–1	Monaco	Nîmes
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Martinez 11', 79' Miguel 27', 45+3' Philippoteaux 62' Sarr 90+1'	Report	Ben Yedder 13' Bakayoko 32' Martins 32' Fofana 33' Silva 81' Tchouaméni 86'	Stadium: Stade des Costières Attendance: 12,580 Referee: Mikael Lesage

5 February 2020 23	Nîmes	2–0	Dijon	Nîmes
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Benrahou 4' Roux 44'	Report	Amalfitano 1' Ndong 37' Cádiz 87'	Stadium: Stade des Costières Attendance: 11,705 Referee: Florent Batta

8 February 2020 24	Nice	1–3	Nîmes	Nice
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Claude-Maurice 6' Nsoki 33' Boudaoui 49' Danilo 53'	Report	Martinez 31' Landre 43' Philippoteaux 53' Benrahou 65' Paquiez 65' Sarr 75' Koné 90+1'	Stadium: Allianz Riviera Attendance: 15,603 Referee: Antony Gautier

15 February 2020 25	Nîmes	1–0	Angers	Nîmes
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Miguel 17' Koné 80'	Report	Fulgini 3' Ninga 15' 76'	Stadium: Stade des Costières Attendance: 12,417 Referee: Karim Abed

23 February 2020 26	Rennes	2–1	Nîmes	Rennes
17:00 CET (UTC+1)	Niang 7', 89'	Report	Roux 1' Briançon 53' Paquiez 67'	Stadium: Roazhon Park Attendance: 28,084 Referee: Stéphanie Frappart

28 February 2020 27	Nîmes	2–3	Marseille	Nîmes
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Ferhat 5', 75' Landre 14' Sarr 78' Deaux 90+1' Paquiez 90+3'	Report	Benedetto 10', 36', 69' Álvaro 71' Payet 75' Mandanda 90+1'	Stadium: Stade des Costières Attendance: 13,755 Referee: Clément Turpin

7 March 2020 28	Metz	2–1	Nîmes	Metz
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Nguette 7' Boye 81'	Report	Deaux 49'	Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien Attendance: 14,797 Referee: Ruddy Buquet

29	Nantes	Cancelled	Nîmes	Nantes
--:-- CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 0^[12]

30	Nîmes	Cancelled	Bordeaux	Nîmes
--:-- CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stade des Costières Attendance: 0^[12]

31	Lyon	Cancelled	Nîmes	Décines-Charpieu
--:-- CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Parc Olympique Lyonnais Attendance: 0^[12]

32	Nîmes	Cancelled	Montpellier	Nîmes
--:-- CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stade des Costières Attendance: 0^[12]

33	Amiens	Cancelled	Nîmes	Amiens
--:-- CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stade de la Licorne

34	Nîmes	Cancelled	Lille	Nîmes
--:-- CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stade des Costières

35	Toulouse	Cancelled	Nîmes	Toulouse
--:-- CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stadium de Toulouse

36	Nîmes	Cancelled	Strasbourg	Nîmes
--:-- CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stade des Costières

37	Brest	Cancelled	Nîmes	Brest
--:-- CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stade Francis-Le Blé

38	Nîmes	Cancelled	Paris Saint-Germain	Nîmes
--:-- CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stade des Costières

Coupe de France

4 January 2020 Round of 64	Tours FC	2–2 (a.e.t.) (2–4 p)	Nîmes	Tours
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Da Silva 38' Peron 44' Camara 65' Perraguin 66'	Report	Briançon 24' Ripart 51' (pen.)	Stadium: Stade de la Vallée du Cher Attendance: 3,510 Referee: Clément Turpin
	Penalties
	Mouangué Dugain Hidasse Da Silva		Briançon Paquiez Stojanovski Denkey Valerio

19 January 2020 Round of 32	Dijon	5–0	Nîmes	Dijon
17:15 CET (UTC+1)	Cádiz 18' (pen.) Chafik 69' Chouiar 72', 79' Mavididi 75', 90' Manga 86'	Report	Guessoum 40' Sarr 59' Paquiez 62'	Stadium: Stade Gaston Gérard Attendance: 7,964 Referee: Hakim Ben El Hadj

Coupe de la Ligue

29 October 2019 Round of 32	Nîmes	3–0	Lens	Nîmes
18:45 CET (UTC+1)	Sene 24' (o.g.) Sainte-Luce 39' Stojanovski 87' (pen.)	Report	Ducrocq 77' Keita 79'	Stadium: Stade des Costières Attendance: 6,284 Referee: Frank Schneider

18 December 2019 Round of 16	Nîmes	1–2	Saint-Étienne	Nîmes
21:05 CET (UTC+1)	Stojanovski 68'	Report	Benkhedim 38' Edmilson 50' Youssouf 81'	Stadium: Stade des Costières Attendance: 4,240 Referee: Antony Gautier

Notes

^ The Bordeaux v Nîmes was interrupted for 25 minutes because of the presence of supporters at the edge of the field.^[9]

References

^ "Effectif" (in French). nimes-olympique.com. Retrieved 1 March 2018.
^ "SAISON 2018-2019 NATIONAL 2". nimes-olympique.com. Retrieved 4 November 2019.
^ "League Table". Ligue1.com. Retrieved 12 August 2016.
^ "PSG champions as season ended". Ligue1.com. 30 April 2020. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
^ "Ligue 1 : Le calendrier 2019/2020 dévoilé". Foot National (in French). 14 June 2019. Archived from the original on 28 October 2019. Retrieved 28 October 2019.
^ "La Ligue 1 Conforama suspendue". ligue1.fr (in French). 13 March 2020.
^ "Ligue 1 & 2: France's top two divisions will not resume this season". BBC Sport. 28 April 2020. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
^ "Ligue 1 / Ligue 2 : la LFP acte la fin de la saison 19/20". lfp.fr. Ligue de Football Professionnel. 30 April 2020. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
^ "Interruption, Maja, Longuépée, podium… La folle soirée des Girondins". www.20minutes.fr (in French). 4 December 2019. Retrieved 6 December 2019.
^ "Nîmes-Rennes Postponed". ligue1.com. Ligue de Football Professionnel. 2 November 2019. Archived from the original on 27 January 2020. Retrieved 2 November 2019.
^ "Nîmes-Rennes rescheduled". ligue1.com. Ligue de Football Professionnel. 7 November 2019. Archived from the original on 13 November 2019. Retrieved 7 November 2019.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Les matchs à huis clos total jusqu'au 15 avril". lfp.fr (in French). Ligue de Football Professionnel. 10 March 2020. Retrieved 11 March 2020.

External links

Official website

[table_note_NIM0.74166492034759-3] Originally, the 18th-placed Ligue 1 team would play in promotion-relegation play-offs at the end of the season with a team from Ligue 2 to decide whether they would remain in Ligue 1 for the 2020–21 season, but the play-offs were cancelled and the 18th-placed team remained in Ligue 1.

[fn1-11] The Bordeaux v Nîmes was interrupted for 25 minutes because of the presence of supporters at the edge of the field.^[9]

[1] "Effectif" (in French). nimes-olympique.com. Retrieved 1 March 2018.

[2] "SAISON 2018-2019 NATIONAL 2". nimes-olympique.com. Retrieved 4 November 2019.

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

[5] "PSG champions as season ended". Ligue1.com. 30 April 2020. Retrieved 30 April 2020.

[6] "Ligue 1 : Le calendrier 2019/2020 dévoilé". Foot National (in French). 14 June 2019. Archived from the original on 28 October 2019. Retrieved 28 October 2019.

[7] "La Ligue 1 Conforama suspendue". ligue1.fr (in French). 13 March 2020.

[8] "Ligue 1 & 2: France's top two divisions will not resume this season". BBC Sport. 28 April 2020. Retrieved 28 April 2020.

[9] "Ligue 1 / Ligue 2 : la LFP acte la fin de la saison 19/20". lfp.fr. Ligue de Football Professionnel. 30 April 2020. Retrieved 30 April 2020.

[10] "Interruption, Maja, Longuépée, podium… La folle soirée des Girondins". www.20minutes.fr (in French). 4 December 2019. Retrieved 6 December 2019.

[12] "Nîmes-Rennes Postponed". ligue1.com. Ligue de Football Professionnel. 2 November 2019. Archived from the original on 27 January 2020. Retrieved 2 November 2019.

[13] "Nîmes-Rennes rescheduled". ligue1.com. Ligue de Football Professionnel. 7 November 2019. Archived from the original on 13 November 2019. Retrieved 7 November 2019.

[LFP-14] "Les matchs à huis clos total jusqu'au 15 avril". lfp.fr (in French). Ligue de Football Professionnel. 10 March 2020. Retrieved 11 March 2020.

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