2020–21 Ligue 1

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Ligue 1
Season2020–21
Dates21 August 2020 – 23 May 2021
Matches played197
Goals scored542 (2.75 per match)
Top goalscorerBoulaye Dia
Kylian Mbappé
(12 goals each)
Biggest home winParis Saint-Germain 6–1 Angers
(2 October 2020)
Strasbourg 5–0 Nîmes
(6 January 2021)
Biggest away winNîmes 0–4 Paris Saint-Germain
(16 October 2020)
Montpellier 0–4 Reims
(25 October 2020)
Nîmes 1–5 Angers
(8 November 2020)
Nantes 0–4 Strasbourg
(6 December 2020)
Highest scoringLens 4–4 Reims
(8 November 2020)
Longest winning runParis Saint-Germain
(8 matches)
Longest unbeaten runLyon
(16 matches)
Longest winless runDijon
Nantes
Saint-Étienne
(11 matches)
Longest losing runSaint-Étienne
(7 matches)
All statistics correct as of 17 January 2021.

The 2020–21 Ligue 1 season, also known as Ligue 1 Uber Eats for sponsorship reasons, is a French association football tournament within Ligue 1. It is the 83rd season since its establishment. The season started on 21 August 2020 and is scheduled to end on 23 May 2021.[1] The league fixtures were announced on 9 July 2020.[2]

Teams[edit]

Changes[edit]

Lorient and Lens were promoted from the 2019–20 Ligue 2. After the French court had initially ruled that the season would proceed with 22 teams,[3] the relegation of Amiens and Toulouse to the 2020–21 Ligue 2 was confirmed on 23 June 2020, following a vote by the LFP.[4]

Promoted to 2020–21 Ligue 1 Relegated from 2019–20 Ligue 1
Lorient
Lens		 Amiens
Toulouse

Stadia and locations[edit]

Location of teams in 2020–21 Ligue 1
Club Location Venue Capacity 2019–20 season
Angers Angers Stade Raymond Kopa 18,752 11th
Bordeaux Bordeaux Matmut Atlantique 42,115 12th
Brest Brest Stade Francis-Le Blé 15,931 14th
Dijon Dijon Stade Gaston Gérard 15,995 16th
Lens Lens Stade Bollaert-Delelis 37,705 Ligue 2, 2nd
Lille Villeneuve-d'Ascq Stade Pierre-Mauroy 50,186 4th
Lorient Lorient Stade du Moustoir 18,890 Ligue 2, 1st
Lyon Décines-Charpieu Groupama Stadium 59,186 7th
Marseille Marseille Orange Vélodrome 67,394 2nd
Metz Metz Stade Saint-Symphorien 25,636 15th
Monaco Monaco Monaco Stade Louis II 18,523 9th
Montpellier Montpellier Stade de la Mosson 32,900 8th
Nantes Nantes Stade de la Beaujoire 35,322 13th
Nice Nice Allianz Riviera 35,624 6th
Nîmes Nîmes Stade des Costières 18,482 18th
PSG Paris Parc des Princes 48,583 1st
Reims Reims Stade Auguste Delaune 21,684 5th
Rennes Rennes Roazhon Park 29,778 3rd
Saint-Étienne Saint-Étienne Stade Geoffroy-Guichard 41,965 17th
Strasbourg Strasbourg Stade de la Meinau 29,230 10th

Number of teams by regions[edit]

Teams Region or country Team(s)
3 Brittany Brittany Brest, Lorient and Rennes
 Grand Est Metz, Reims, and Strasbourg
2  Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Lyon and Saint-Étienne
 Hauts-de-France Lens and Lille
 Occitanie Montpellier and Nîmes
 Pays de la Loire Angers and Nantes
 Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Marseille and Nice
1  Bourgogne-Franche-Comté Dijon
 Île-de-France Paris Saint-Germain
 Monaco Monaco
 Nouvelle-Aquitaine Bordeaux

Personnel and kits[edit]

Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Main sponsor
Angers France Stéphane Moulin Ivory Coast Ismaël Traoré Kappa Scania (H), Le Gaulois (A & 3)
Bordeaux France Jean-Louis Gasset France Laurent Koscielny Adidas Bistro Régent
Brest France Olivier Dall'Oglio France Jean-Kévin Duverne Adidas Quéguiner (H), Yaourts Malo (A)
Dijon France David Linarès Gabon Bruno Ecuele Manga Lotto Groupe Roger Martin (H)
Lens France Franck Haise France Yannick Cahuzac Macron Auchan
Lille France Christophe Galtier Portugal José Fonte New Balance Boulanger
Lorient France Christophe Pélissier France Fabien Lemoine Kappa Jean Floc'h
Lyon France Rudi Garcia Netherlands Memphis Depay Adidas Emirates, Veolia (European)
Marseille Portugal André Villas-Boas France Steve Mandanda Puma Uber Eats, Iqoniq (sleeve)
Monaco Croatia Niko Kovač France Wissam Ben Yedder Kappa Fedcom
Metz France Frédéric Antonetti Ghana John Boye Kappa Car Avenue & MOSL (H), MOSL (A)
Montpellier Armenia Michel Der Zakarian Brazil Vitorino Hilton Nike Groupe Marty
Nantes France Raymond Domenech France Abdoulaye Toure Macron Synergie
Nice Romania Adrian Ursea Brazil Dante Macron Ineos
Nîmes France Jérôme Arpinon France Anthony Briançon Puma Bastide Médical
Paris Saint-Germain Argentina Mauricio Pochettino Brazil Marquinhos Nike Accor, QNB Group (sleeve), Ooredoo (back)
Reims France David Guion Morocco Yunis Abdelhamid Umbro Maisons France Confort (H), Hexaom (A & 3)
Rennes France Julien Stephan France Damien Da Silva Puma Samsic
Saint-Étienne France Claude Puel France Mathieu Debuchy Le Coq Sportif Aesio
Strasbourg France Thierry Laurey Serbia Stefan Mitrović Adidas ÉS Énergies (H), Winamax (A)

Managerial changes[edit]

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Nîmes France Bernard Blaquart Mutual consent 23 June 2020[5] Pre-season France Jérôme Arpinon 23 June 2020
Monaco Spain Robert Moreno Sacked 19 July 2020[6] Croatia Niko Kovač 19 July 2020[7]
Bordeaux Portugal Paulo Sousa Resigned 10 August 2020[8] France Jean-Louis Gasset 10 August 2020
Metz France Vincent Hognon Mutual consent 12 October 2020[9] 15th France Frédéric Antonetti 12 October 2020
Dijon France Stéphane Jobard Sacked 5 November 2020[10] 20th France David Linarès 5 November 2020
Nice France Patrick Vieira 4 December 2020[11] 11th Romania Adrian Ursea 4 December 2020[12]
Nantes France Christian Gourcuff 8 December 2020[13] 14th France Raymond Domenech 26 December 2020[14]
Paris Saint-Germain Germany Thomas Tuchel 29 December 2020[15] 3rd Argentina Mauricio Pochettino 2 January 2021[16]

League table[edit]

Following the discontinuation of the Coupe de la Ligue at the end of 2019–20, its European qualification place was given to the team finishing fifth in Ligue 1.

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Paris Saint-Germain 20 13 3 4 44 11 +33 42 Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2 Lille 20 12 6 2 35 15 +20 42
3 Lyon 20 11 7 2 39 19 +20 40 Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
4 Monaco 20 11 3 6 39 29 +10 36 Qualification for the Europa League group stage
5 Rennes 20 10 6 4 30 22 +8 36 Qualification for the Europa Conference League play-off round
6 Marseille 18 9 5 4 26 18 +8 32
7 Angers 20 9 3 8 25 31 −6 30
8 Bordeaux 20 8 5 7 23 21 +2 29
9 Metz 20 7 7 6 21 18 +3 28
10 Lens 19 8 4 7 29 29 0 28
11 Montpellier 20 8 4 8 33 35 −2 28
12 Brest 20 8 2 10 31 36 −5 26
13 Strasbourg 20 7 2 11 29 32 −3 23
14 Nice 19 6 5 8 22 28 −6 23
15 Reims 20 5 6 9 28 31 −3 21
16 Saint-Étienne 20 4 7 9 20 30 −10 19
17 Nantes 20 3 9 8 20 32 −12 18
18 Nîmes 20 4 3 13 16 41 −25 15 Qualification for the Relegation play-offs
19 Dijon 19 2 8 9 12 26 −14 14 Relegation to Ligue 2
20 Lorient 19 3 3 13 20 38 −18 12
Updated to match(es) played on 17 January 2021. Source: Ligue 1
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Fairplay ranking.[17]

Results[edit]

Home \ Away ANG BOR BRE DIJ LEN LIL LOR OL OM MET ASM MON FCN NIC NMS PSG REI REN STE STR
Angers — 0–2 3–2 09 May 28 Feb 23 May 2–0 0–1 2–1 1–1 25 Apr 04 Apr 14 Feb 0–3 31 Jan 0–1 1–0 18 Apr 14 Mar 0–2
Bordeaux 24 Jan — 1–0 3–0 16 May 03 Feb 2–1 0–0 14 Feb 28 Feb 18 Apr 0–2 0–0 0–0 2–0 07 Mar 1–3 02 May 1–2 04 Apr
Brest 21 Mar 07 Feb — 07 Mar 18 Apr 3–2 3–2 21 Feb 2–3 31 Jan 1–0 2–2 02 May 2–0 11 Apr 23 May 2–1 1–2 4–1 0–3
Dijon 0–1 14 Mar 0–2 — 0–1 0–2 0–0 03 Feb 0–0 02 May 0–1 2–2 16 May 18 Apr 14 Feb 28 Feb 21 Mar 1–1 0–0 24 Jan
Lens 1–3 2–1 2–1 21 Feb — 09 May 11 Apr 04 Apr 03 Feb 14 Mar 23 May 2–3 1–1 23 Jan 25 Apr 1–0 4–4 06 Feb 2–0 0–1
Lille 1–2 2–1 14 Feb 31 Jan 4–0 — 4–0 1–1 07 Mar 1–0 2–1 18 Apr 2–0 02 May 21 Mar 0–0 2–1 1–1 28 Feb 23 Aug
Lorient 02 May 25 Apr 04 Apr PPD[18] 2–3 21 Feb — 1–1 0–1 16 May 2–5 0–1 0–2 14 Mar 3–0 31 Jan 06 Feb 0–3 28 Feb 3–1
Lyon 11 Apr 29 Jan 2–2 4–1 3–2 25 Apr 09 May — 1–1 0–1 4–1 14 Feb 3–0 23 May 0–0 21 Mar 3–0 07 Mar 2–1 06 Feb
Marseille 16 May 3–1 14 Mar 04 Apr 20 Jan 1–1 18 Apr 28 Feb — 1–1 2–1 3–1 3–1 PPD[18] 1–2 07 Feb 1–1 30 Jan 0–2 02 May
Metz 07 Mar 0–0 0–2 1–1 2–0 11 Apr 3–1 1–3 23 May — 0–1 3 Feb 24 Jan 1–1 09 May 25 Apr 2–1 21 Mar 2–0 14 Feb
Monaco 3–0 4–0 28 Feb 11 Apr 0–3 14 Mar 14 Feb 02 May 23 Jan 04 Apr — 1–1 2–1 03 Feb 3–0 3–2 2–2 16 May 2–2 3–2
Montpellier 4–1 21 Mar 16 May 07 Feb 30 Jan 2–3 07 Mar 2–1 11 Apr 0–2 2–3 — 1–1 3–1 0–1 1–3 0–4 21 Feb 02 May 4–3
Nantes 1–1 09 May 3–1 1–1 1–1 07 Feb 21 Mar 18 Apr 21 Feb 1–1 31 Jan 23 May — 04 Apr 2–1 0–3 07 Mar 0–0 2–2 0–4
Nice 07 Feb 0–3 09 May 1–3 2–1 1–1 2–2 1–4 21 Mar 21 Feb 1–2 25 Apr 2–1 — 07 Mar 0–3 11 Apr 0–1 31 Jan 16 May
Nîmes 1–5 21 Feb 4–0 1–3 1–1 0–1 24 Jan 16 May 0–2 0–1 07 Feb 14 Mar 28 Feb 0–2 — 0–4 02 May 2–4 04 Apr 18 Apr
Paris SG 6–1 2–2 3–0 4–0 02 May 04 Apr 2–0 0–1 0–1 1–0 21 Feb 22 Jan 14 Mar 14 Feb 03 Feb — 16 May 3–0 18 Apr 4–0
Reims 03 Feb 23 May 24 Jan 0–0 14 Feb 0–1 1–3 14 Mar 25 Apr 18 Apr 09 May 28 Feb 3–2 0–0 0–1 0–2 — 04 Apr 3–1 2–1
Rennes 1–2 0–1 2–1 25 Apr 0–2 24 Jan 03 Feb 2–2 2–1 1–0 2–1 2–1 11 Apr 28 Feb 23 May 09 May 2–2 — 14 Feb 14 Mar
Saint-Étienne 0–0 11 Apr 25 Apr 23 May 07 Mar 1–1 2–0 24 Jan 09 May 07 Feb 21 Mar 0–1 03 Feb 1–3 2–2 1–1 21 Feb 0–3 — 2–0
Strasbourg 21 Feb 0–2 03 Feb 1–0 21 Mar 0–3 23 May 2–3 0–1 2–2 07 Mar 09 May 25 Apr 0–2 5–0 11 Apr 31 Jan 1–1 1–0 —
Updated to match(es) played on 17 January 2021. Source: Ligue 1
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Positions by round[edit]

The table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches. In order to preserve chronological evolvements, any postponed matches are not included to the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards.

Team ╲ Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
Angers41391181211811911877999777
Bordeaux102101312912912121213101113121312108
Brest202016913111314141313101210101111101112
Dijon1819192020202020202020202020202019181819
Lens1712646357101199897878910
Lille85452212222221112332
Lorient211141616171717161718181917181918191920
Lyon1581112111496653332321113
Marseille14108791064546644445566
Metz12171817171514107101012131312101011129
Monaco633656812864456876644
Montpellier131553357119755655689811
Nantes96121415161515171414141414161516171717
Nice3171010845488111112111312131314
Nîmes17131514131616181815161618191820202018
Paris SG16161587421111113233221
Reims514171919191919151617171819171715151415
Rennes74221133337798654455
Saint-Étienne11911471013131516151515141414141616
Strasbourg1918201818181818191919191716151617161513
Leader and 2020–21 UEFA Champions League group stage
2020–21 UEFA Champions League group stage
2020–21 UEFA Champions League third qualifying round
2020–21 UEFA Europa League group stage
2020–21 UEFA Europa Conference League play-off round
Qualification to relegation play-offs
Relegation to Ligue 2
Updated to match(es) played on 17 January 2021. Source: Ligue de Football Professionnel

Relegation play-offs[edit]

Season statistics[edit]

Top goalscorers[edit]

As of 17 January 2021[19]
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Senegal Boulaye Dia Reims 12
France Kylian Mbappé Paris Saint-Germain
3 Netherlands Memphis Depay Lyon 11
4 Germany Kevin Volland Monaco 10
5 France Ludovic Ajorque Strasbourg 9
France Wissam Ben Yedder Monaco
Algeria Andy Delort Montpellier
Italy Moise Kean Paris Saint-Germain
Cameroon Karl Toko Ekambi Lyon
Turkey Burak Yılmaz Lille

Most assists[edit]

As of 17 January 2021[20]
Rank Player Club Assists
1 France Jonathan Bamba Lille 7
France Florian Thauvin Marseille
3 Algeria Andy Delort Montpellier 6
France Gaëtan Laborde Montpellier
Germany Kevin Volland Monaco
6 Netherlands Memphis Depay Lyon 5
Argentina Ángel Di María Paris Saint-Germain
France Kylian Mbappé Paris Saint-Germain
France Romain Perraud Brest
10 France Ludovic Ajorque Strasbourg 4
France Hatem Ben Arfa Bordeaux
France Wissam Ben Yedder Monaco
Democratic Republic of the Congo Gaël Kakuta Lens
France Junior Sambia Montpellier
Spain Pablo Sarabia Paris Saint-Germain
France Martin Terrier Rennes
Cameroon Karl Toko Ekambi Lyon
Turkey Burak Yılmaz Lille

Most clean sheets[edit]

As of 17 January 2021
Rank Player Club Clean sheets
1 France Benoît Costil Bordeaux 11
2 Costa Rica Keylor Navas Paris Saint-Germain 10
3 France Mike Maignan Lille 9
4 Portugal Anthony Lopes Lyon 6
Algeria Alexandre Oukidja Metz
6 Argentina Walter Benítez Nice 5
Japan Eiji Kawashima Strasbourg
France Jean-Louis Leca Lens
France Steve Mandanda Marseille
France Jessy Moulin Saint-Étienne
France Romain Salin Rennes

Hat-tricks[edit]

Main article: List of Ligue 1 hat-tricks
Player Club Against Result Date
Netherlands Memphis Depay Lyon Dijon 4–1 (H) 28 August 2020
Senegal Ibrahima Niane Metz Lorient 3–1 (H) 4 October 2020
Senegal Boulaye Dia Reims Montpellier 4–0 (A) 25 October 2020

Scoring[edit]

  • First goal of the season:
    Ivory Coast Ismaël Traoré for Angers against Dijon
  • Last goal of the season:

Discipline[edit]

Player[edit]

Team[edit]

Awards[edit]

Monthly[edit]

Month Player of the Month Ref.
Player Club
September Senegal Ibrahima Niane Metz [21]
October France Jonathan Bamba Lille
November Algeria Andy Delort Montpellier

References[edit]

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  2. ^ [2]
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  5. ^ "Bernard Blaquart n'est plus l'entraîneur de Nîmes, Jérôme Arpinon le remplace". L'Équipe. 23 June 2020. Retrieved 23 August 2020.
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  8. ^ "Bordeaux : Jean-Louis Gasset nommé entraîneur en remplacement de Paulo Sousa (officiel)". L'Équipe. 10 August 2020. Retrieved 21 August 2020.
  9. ^ "Metz : Frédéric Antonetti redevient l'entraîneur principal (officiel)". L'Équipe. 12 October 2020. Retrieved 15 October 2020.
  10. ^ "Ligue 1 : Dijon limoge Stéphane Jobard". Sud Ouest. 5 November 2020. Retrieved 4 December 2020.
  11. ^ "L'OGC Nice limoge Patrick Vieira". L'Équipe. 4 December 2020. Retrieved 4 December 2020.
  12. ^ "Qui est Adrian Ursea, le successeur de Patrick Vieira au poste d'entraîneur de Nice ?". L'Équipe. 4 December 2020. Retrieved 4 December 2020.
  13. ^ "Christian Gourcuff n'est plus l'entraîneur du FC Nantes, Patrick Collot assure l'intérim". L'Équipe. 8 December 2020. Retrieved 8 December 2020.
  14. ^ "Raymond Domenech nouvel entraîneur de Nantes (officiel)". L'Équipe. 26 December 2020. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
  15. ^ "Thomas Tuchel leaves Paris Saint-Germain". Paris Saint Germain. 29 December 2020. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
  16. ^ "Mauricio Pochettino becomes coach of Paris Saint-Germain". Paris Saint-Germain. 2 January 2021. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
  17. ^ "League Table". Ligue1.com. Retrieved 12 August 2016.
  18. ^ a b Postponed due to COVID-19 pandemic
  19. ^ "Classement buteurs - Ligue 1 Uber Eats - LFP". Retrieved 30 August 2020.
  20. ^ "Classement passeurs - Ligue 1 Uber Eats". Retrieved 30 August 2020.
  21. ^ "UNFP Player of the month".

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