2020–21 FC Sochaux-Montbéliard season

Sochaux
2020–21 season
Chairmen	Samuel Laurent; Frankie Yau
Manager	Omar Daf
Stadium	Stade Auguste Bonal
Ligue 2	7th
Coupe de France	Round of 32
Top goalscorer	League: ; Chris Bedia; Bryan Lasme; (9 each); All: ; Chris Bedia (12 goals)
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2019–20 2021–22 →

The 2020–21 FC Sochaux-Montbéliard season was the club's 93rd season in existence and its seventh consecutive season in the second division of French football. In addition to the domestic league, Sochaux 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 4 February 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
1	GK	ALG	Mehdi Jeannin
2	DF	FRA	Pape Paye
3	DF	FRA	Nicolas Senzemba
4	DF	CMR	Adolphe Teikeu
5	DF	FRA	Maxence Lacroix
6	MF	SEN	Ousseynou Thioune
7	FW	FRA	Sofiane Diop (on loan from Monaco)
8	MF	ALG	Sofiane Daham
9	FW	GUF	Sloan Privat
10	FW	FRA	Fabien Ourega
12	FW	ENG	Tope Obadeyi
13	DF	FRA	Christopher Rocchia (on loan from Marseille)
14	FW	CIV	Thomas Touré (on loan from Angers)
15	FW	FRA	Bryan Lasme
16	GK	FRA	Maxence Prévot


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
17	FW	SEN	Amadou Dia N'Diaye (on loan from Metz)
18	DF	SEN	Christophe Diedhiou
19	DF	FRA	Romain Sans
20	MF	FRA	Younès Kaabouni
21	MF	FRA	Melvin Sitti (on loan from Norwich City)
22	DF	COD	Salem Mbakata
23	DF	FRA	Boris Moltenis
25	MF	FRA	Rassoul Ndiaye
27	FW	SEN	Abdoulaye Sané
28	MF	FRA	Gaëtan Weissbeck
29	FW	FRA	Jérémy Livolant (on loan from Guingamp)
31	FW	FRA	Victor Glaentzlin
40	GK	FRA	Aubin Long
—	DF	FRA	Nathan Zohore

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	Rayan Senhadji (on loan at Béziers)
—	MF	FRA	Martin François (on loan at Villefranche)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	FRA	Isaak Umbdenstock (on loan at Belfort)

Reserve squad

As of 2 August 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	Cheick Diarra
—	GK	FRA	Quentin Galvez
—	GK	FRA	Koca Agro
—	DF	FRA	Loic Cianti
—	DF	FRA	Jalen Segor
—	DF	FRA	Rodrigue N'Donda
—	DF	FRA	Marwan Trabelsi
—	DF	CGO	Aristode Youlou
—	DF	FRA	Koly Soumare
—	DF	FRA	Hugo Voirol
—	DF	FRA	Madibiramou Traore]
—	DF	FRA	Jesah Mabepa-Ayessa
—	MF	FRA	Malcolm Viltard
—	MF	FRA	Noor Arabat


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	CMR	Heidi Ngueumbeu
—	MF	FRA	Emmanuel Francois
—	MF	FRA	Darren-Kinsley Guere
—	MF	FRA	Coli Saco
—	MF	FRA	Toni Lesueur
—	MF	FRA	Melvin Sitti
—	FW	ANG	Wiltord Antonio
—	FW	FRA	Mehdi Bariki
—	FW	FRA	Cameron Djassougue
—	FW	FRA	Walid Jarmouni
—	FW	FRA	Natanael Ntoula
—	FW	FRA	Skelly Alvero
—	FW	CIV	Niava Behiratche
—	FW	FRA	Jessim Pelissard

Pre-season and friendlies

Win Draw Loss

17 July 2020 Friendly	Sochaux	3–0	CS Chênois	Delle, France
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Ourega 41' Ambri 67' Virginius 69'	Report		Stadium: Stade des Fromentaux Attendance: 500 Referee: Philippe Mercier

24 July 2020 Friendly	Sochaux	2–1	Sporting Club Lyon	Dole, France
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Weissbeck 84' (pen.) Semedo 87'	Report	Rivas 5'	Stadium: Robert Bobin Stadium Attendance: 400 Referee: Antoine Valnet

28 July 2020 Friendly	Belfort	2–4	Sochaux	Belfort, France
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Souaré 78' Nowa 83'	Report	Ourega 40' Daham 53' Thioune 58' Lacroix 65'	Stadium: Stade Roger-Serzian Attendance: 1,200 Referee: Antoine Valnet

1 August 2020 Friendly	Sochaux	0–0	Dijon	Besançon, France
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Stade Léo Lagrange Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Antoine Valnet

5 August 2020 Friendly	Paris Saint-Germain	1–0	Sochaux	Paris, France
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Choupo-Moting 15' Sarabia 39'	Report		Stadium: Parc de Princes Attendance: 0 Referee: Bastien Dechepy
Note: Match was played in two 40-minutes halves.

8 August 2020 Friendly	Sochaux	4–0	ASC Saint-Apollinaire	Montbéliard, France
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Kitala 29' (pen.), 48' Thioune 43' Jarmouni 62'	Report		Stadium: Stade Auguste Bonal Attendance: 0 Referee: William Toulliou

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 2	22 August 2020	23 May 2021	Matchday 1	7th	38	12	15	11	45	37	+8	031.58
Coupe de France	20 January 2021	6 March 2021	Eighth round	Round of 32	3	2	0	1	4	5	−1	066.67
Total					41	14	15	12	49	42	+7	034.15

Source: Soccerway

Ligue 2

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or Relegation
5	Paris FC	38	17	13	8	53	37	+16	64	Qualification to promotion play-offs
6	Auxerre	38	16	14	8	64	43	+21	62
7	Sochaux	38	12	15	11	45	37	+8	51
8	Nancy	38	11	14	13	53	53	0	47
9	Guingamp	38	10	17	11	41	43	−2	47

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

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	12	15	11	45	37	+8	51	6	7	6	24	22	+2	6	8	5	21	15	+6

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	35	36	37	38
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H
Result	W	W	D	D	D	W	D	L	D	L	L	W	D	D	D	D	W	W	D	L	L	D	L	W	W	W	D	W	D	W	L	D	D	L	W	L	L	L
Position	3	2	3	4	5	3	3	5	6	10	12	8	9	11	10	10	8	7	7	7	8	9	10	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7

Source: Ligue 2
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 9 July 2020.^[3]

22 August 2020 1	Auxerre	0–2	Sochaux	Auxerre
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Diedhiou 3' Kitala 46'	Stadium: Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps Referee: Mehdi Mokhtari

29 August 2020 2	Sochaux	2–1	Troyes	Montbéliard
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Lopy 29' Weissbeck 84'	Report	Ba 90'	Stadium: Stade Auguste Bonal Referee: Mikael Lesage

14 September 2020 3	Toulouse	0–0	Sochaux	Toulouse
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Adli 9' Amian 65' Healey 90+1'	Report	Soumaré 26' Bedia 38' Paye 61' Ambri 80' Ndiaye 90+3'	Stadium: Stadium de Toulouse Referee: Johan Hamel

19 September 2020 4	Sochaux	2–2	Rodez	Montbéliard
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Bedia 68' (pen.) Weissbeck 84'	Report	Boissier 15', 45+2'	Stadium: Stade Auguste Bonal Attendance: 4,970 Referee: Jérôme Brisard

26 September 2020 5	Ajaccio	1–1	Sochaux	Ajaccio
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Barreto 11'	Report	Ambri 48'	Stadium: Stade François Coty Attendance: 2,279 Referee: Benoît Millot

3 October 2020 6	Sochaux	3–2	Chambly	Montbéliard
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Weissbeck 24', 48' Lopy 50' Ambri 70' Niane 89'	Report	Correa 8' Flochon 34' Šušnjara 47' Beaulieu 84' Danger 88'	Stadium: Stade Auguste Bonal Referee: Arnaud Baert

17 October 2020 7	Valenciennes	0–0	Sochaux	Valenciennes
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Masson 5' Ntim 40' Spano 82' Elogo 90+1'	Report	Pogba 19' Weissbeck 45+2' Niane 71' Ourega 90+5'	Stadium: Stade du Hainaut Referee: Pierre Gaillouste

26 October 2020 8	Sochaux	0–2	Amiens	Montbéliard
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Ourega 43' Pogba 45' Thioune 45' Soumaré 45+1' Ndour 78' 90'	Report	Mendoza 14' Sy 19' Papeau 85' Ciss 90+2' (pen.) Timite 90+3'	Stadium: Stade Auguste Bonal Referee: Jérémy Stinat

31 October 2020 9	Guingamp	0–0	Sochaux	Guingamp
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Mellot 38'	Report	Bedia 64'	Stadium: Stade de Roudourou Referee: Sylvain Palhies

7 November 2020 10	Sochaux	3–4	Niort	Montbéliard
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Lasme 32' (pen.) Diedhiou 62' Weissbeck 79', 84'	Report	Boutobba 9' Louiserre 29', 68' Vallier 45+1' Bâ 66' Mendes 89'	Stadium: Stade Auguste Bonal Referee: Romain Lissorgue

21 November 2020 11	Châteauroux	2–1	Sochaux	Châteauroux
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Fofana 24' Opéri 75' Sunu 90+1' Gonçalves 90+3'	Report	Lasme 18' Lopy 49'	Stadium: Stade Gaston Petit Referee: Bartolomeu Varela

28 November 2020 12	Sochaux	4–0	Le Havre	Montbéliard
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Bedia 9', 15' Lasme 21' (pen.) Weissbeck 65' Virginius 84'	Report		Stadium: Stade Auguste Bonal Referee: Mehdi Mokhtari

1 December 2020 13	Paris FC	0–0	Sochaux	Paris
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Name 67'	Report	Lasme 34'	Stadium: Stade Sébastien Charléty Referee: Abdelatif Kherradji

5 December 2020 14	Sochaux	1–1	Nancy	Montbéliard
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Virginius 51' Diedhiou 59'	Report	Karamoko 75' Rocha Santos 57' Fischer 81'	Stadium: Stade Auguste Bonal Referee: Arnaud Baert

15 December 2020 15	Pau	0–0	Sochaux	Pau
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Kouassi 32'	Report	Bedia 52'	Stadium: Stade du Hameau Referee: Sylvain Palhies

18 December 2020 16	Sochaux	1–1	Grenoble	Montbéliard
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Ourega 12' Thioune 14' Bedia 32' Lasme 40' Pogba 45+3' Ambri 74'	Report	Djitté 17' 61' Mombris 27' Tapoko 38'	Stadium: Stade Auguste Bonal Referee: Benjamin Lepaysant

22 December 2020 17	Caen	1–4	Sochaux	Caen
20:00 (CET) (UTC+1)	Beka Beka 7', 18' Oniangué 24' Weber 43' Deminguet 53'	Report	Soumaré 6' Weissbeck 16' Niane 36' Lasme 37', 45' (pen.)	Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano Referee: Frank Schneider

5 January 2021 18	Sochaux	1–0	Dunkerque	Montbéliard
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Lasme 25' Lopy 58' Weissbeck 63'	Report	Thiam 41' Kerrouche 45+3' Dudouit 84'	Stadium: Stade Auguste Bonal Referee: Mathieu Vernice

8 January 2021 19	Sochaux	0–0	Clermont	Montbéliard
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Paye 44'	Report	Magnin 41' Seidu 71'	Stadium: Stade Auguste Bonal Referee: Romain Delpech

16 January 2021 20	Troyes	2–1	Sochaux	Troyes
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Tardieu 13', 68' (pen.) El Hajjam 36' Chambost 90'	Report	Ambri 12' Thioune 32' Soumaré 60' Lopy 67'	Stadium: Stade de l'Aube Referee: Rémi Landry

22 January 2021 (2021-01-22) 21	Sochaux	0–1	Toulouse	Montbéliard
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Lasme 39' M'Bakata 55' Ambri 90+1'	Report	Diakité 54' van den Boomen 75' Koné 90+4'	Stadium: Stade Auguste Bonal Referee: Mehdi Mokhtari

30 January 2021 (2021-01-30) 22	Rodez	1–1	Sochaux	Rodez
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Douline 89'	Report	Lasme 40' Ourega 72' Bedia 76' Ambri 88'	Stadium: Stade Paul-Lignon Referee: Sylvain Palhies

2 February 2021 (2021-02-02) 23	Sochaux	0–2	Ajaccio	Montbéliard
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Diedhiou 44' Niane 68'	Report	Courtet 45+1' (pen.) Barreto 46' Sainati 84'	Stadium: Stade Auguste Bonal Referee: Jérôme Miguelgorry

5 February 2021 (2021-02-05) 24	Chambly	1–4	Sochaux	Chambly
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	El Hriti 11' Lopy 35' (o.g.) Guezoui 57'	Report	Ndour 42' Lasme 47' Kaabouni 51' Virginius 54', 60' Bedia 89'	Stadium: Stade Pierre Brisson Referee: Mathieu Vernice

15 February 2021 25	Sochaux	2–0	Valenciennes	Montbéliard
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Weissbeck 14' Mbakata 19' Lopy 28' Niane 76'	Report	Picouleau 39'	Stadium: Stade Auguste Bonal Referee: Bartolomeu Varela

20 February 2021 26	Amiens	0–1	Sochaux	Amiens
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Coly 24' Bianchini 86'	Report	Weissbeck 43' Ourega 56' Bedia 65'	Stadium: Stade de la Licorne Referee: Abdelatif Kherradji

27 February 2021 27	Sochaux	0–0	Guingamp	Montbéliard
19:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Niakaté 22' Romao 51'	Stadium: Stade Auguste Bonal Referee: Arnaud Baert

2 March 2021 (2021-03-02) 28	Niort	1–3	Sochaux	Niort
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Mendes 31' Yongwa 57' Jacob 74' Michel 83'	Report	Ambri 12', 54' Niane 29' Weissbeck 73', 84' (pen.)	Stadium: Stade René Gaillard Referee: Pierre Gaillouste

13 March 2021 (2021-03-13) 29	Sochaux	0–0	Châteauroux	Montbéliard
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Thioune 61'	Report	Mulumba 21' Sunu 31' Sidibé 48'	Stadium: Stade Auguste Bonal Referee: Nicolas Rainville

20 March 2021 30	Le Havre	0–2	Sochaux	Le Havre
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Meraş 43' Mayembo 90+3'	Report	Ourega 37' Bedia 77', 90' Kaabouni 84' Virginius 90+4'	Stadium: Stade Océane Referee: Rémi Landry

3 April 2021 (2021-04-03) 31	Sochaux	1–2	Paris FC	Montbéliard
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Paye 11' Weissbeck 32' Martial 67' Ndour 83' Bedia 90+3'	Report	Laura 6' Kanté 42' 58' Abdi 70'	Stadium: Stade Auguste Bonal Referee: Romain Delpech

10 April 2021 (2021-04-10) 32	Nancy	0–0	Sochaux	Tomblaine
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Ciss 43'	Report	Martial 45+1'	Stadium: Stade Marcel Picot Attendance: 0 Referee: Mehdi Mokhtari

17 April 2021 (2021-04-17) 33	Sochaux	1–1	Pau	Montbéliard
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Ambri 12' Sans 84' Thioune 87'	Report	Batisse 56'	Stadium: Stade Auguste Bonal Referee: Abdelatif Kherradji

20 April 2021 (2021-04-20) 34	Grenoble	2–0	Sochaux	Grenoble
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Bénet 13' (pen.), 78' (pen.) Djitté 38' Tapoko 65' H. Demba 82'	Report	Ambri 61' Ourega 78'	Stadium: Stade des Alpes Referee: Bartolomeu Varela

24 April 2021 (2021-04-24) 35	Sochaux	1–0	Caen	Montbéliard
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Weissbeck 7' Soumaré 19' Bedia 64' (pen.) Mbakata 76'	Report	Deminguet 9' Oniangué 34' Rivierez 79'	Stadium: Stade Auguste Bonal Referee: Nicolas Rainville

1 May 2021 (2021-05-01) 36	Dunkerque	1–0	Sochaux	Dunkerque
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Dudouit 10' Bosca 84'	Report	Bedia 18' Weissbeck 37' Ndour 68' Thioune 90+2'	Stadium: Stade Marcel-Tribut Referee: Alexandre Perreau Niel

8 May 2021 (2021-05-08) 37	Clermont	3–1	Sochaux	Clermont-Ferrand
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Bayo 8' Dossou 34' Allevinah 50'	Report	Soumaré 28' (pen.) Thioune 36' Ambri 80'	Stadium: Stade Gabriel Montpied Referee: Romain Delpech

15 May 2021 (2021-05-15) 38	Sochaux	2–3	Auxerre	Montbéliard
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Lasme 43', 53'	Report	Hein 48' Dugimont 61', 64'	Stadium: Stade Auguste Bonal Referee: Bartolomeu Varela

Coupe de France

20 January 2021 Eighth round	Nancy	0–1	Sochaux	Nancy
18:30 CET (UTC+1)		Report	El Kaoutari 60' (o.g.)	Stadium: Stade Marcel Picot Attendance: 0 Referee: Benjamin Lepaysant

11 February 2021 Round of 64	Sochaux	1–0	Saint-Étienne	Montbéliard
18:45 CET (UTC+1)	Bedia 5' Ambri 90+2'	Report	Cissé 37'	Stadium: Stade Auguste Bonal Attendance: 0 Referee: Jérémy Stinat

6 March 2021 Round of 32	Lyon	5–2	Sochaux	Décines-Charpieu
18:45 CET (UTC+1)	Benlamri 8', 30' Cornet 10' Cherki 45', 87' Denayer 77'	Report	Ndour 40' Bedia 41', 56'	Stadium: Parc Olympique Lyonnais Attendance: 0 Referee: Eric Wattellier

Statistics

Goalscorers

As of 22 August 2020

Rank	No.	Pos	Name	Ligue 2	Total
1	18	DF	Christophe Diedhiou	1	1
1	9	FW	Yann Kitala	1	1
Totals				2	2

References

^ "L'équipe première du FCSM". Retrieved 19 February 2019.
^ "Groupe Élite" (in French). FC Sochaux-Montbéliard. Retrieved 2 August 2019.
^ "Ligue 2 BKT : le calendrier de la saison 2020/2021". LFP (in French). 9 July 2020.

External links

Official website

[1] "L'équipe première du FCSM". Retrieved 19 February 2019.

[2] "Groupe Élite" (in French). FC Sochaux-Montbéliard. Retrieved 2 August 2019.

[3] "Ligue 2 BKT : le calendrier de la saison 2020/2021". LFP (in French). 9 July 2020.

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