2020–21 FC Nantes season

FC Nantes
2020–21 season
Owner	Waldemar Kita
President	Waldemar Kita
Head coach	Christian Gourcuff; (until 8 December); Patrick Collot; (caretaker, from 8 December); Raymond Domenech; (from 26 December to 11 February); Antoine Kombouaré; (from 11 February)
Stadium	Stade de la Beaujoire
Ligue 1	18th (play-off winners)
Coupe de France	Round of 64
Top goalscorer	League: ; Ludovic Blas (10); All: ; Ludovic Blas (11)
Biggest win	Dijon 0–4 Nantes
Biggest defeat	Nantes 0–4 Strasbourg
	← 2019–20 2021–22 →

The 2020–21 season was the 77th season in the existence of FC Nantes and the club's 8th consecutive season in the top flight of French football. In addition to the domestic league, Nantes 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 29 January 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	FRA	Alban Lafont (on loan from Fiorentina)
2	DF	BRA	Fábio
3	MF	BRA	Andrei Girotto
4	DF	FRA	Nicolas Pallois (captain)
5	MF	ESP	Pedro Chirivella
6	MF	FRA	Roli Pereira de Sa
7	FW	MLI	Kalifa Coulibaly
10	MF	FRA	Ludovic Blas
11	FW	FRA	Marcus Coco
12	DF	FRA	Dennis Appiah
14	DF	MLI	Charles Traoré
15	DF	FRA	Thomas Basila
17	FW	BEL	Anthony Limbombe


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
19	MF	FRA	Abdoulaye Touré
20	FW	FRA	Jean-Kévin Augustin
21	DF	CMR	Jean-Charles Castelletto
22	FW	FRA	Bridge Ndilu
23	FW	FRA	Randal Kolo
24	DF	FRA	Sébastien Corchia
26	MF	FRA	Imran Louza
27	FW	NGA	Moses Simon
28	FW	BEL	Renaud Emond
29	MF	FRA	Batista Mendy
30	GK	SVN	Denis Petrić
32	FW	FRA	Kader Bamba
40	GK	FRA	Charly Jan

Players 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	MLI	Molla Wagué (at Amiens until 30 June 2021)
—	MF	FRA	Abou Ba (at Cosenza until 30 June 2021)
—	MF	FRA	Abdoulaye Dabo (at Juventus U23 until 30 June 2021)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	COD	Samuel Moutoussamy (at Fortuna Sittard until 30 June 2021)
—	MF	BRA	Lucas Evangelista (at Red Bull Bragantino until 30 June 2021)
—	FW	FRA	Élie Youan (at St. Gallen until 30 June 2021)

Transfers

In

No.	Pos	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
5	MF	Pedro Chirivella	Liverpool	Free	1 July 2020	^[2]
27	FW	Moses Simon	Levante	€5M	1 July 2020	^[3]
20	FW	Jean-Kévin Augustin	RB Leipzig	Free	6 October 2020	^[4]

Out

No.	Pos	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
10	MF	Cristian Benavente	Pyramids	Loan return	1 July 2020	^[5]

Pre-season and friendlies

Win Draw Loss

18 July 2020 Friendly	Nantes	6–0	FC Stade Nyonnais	Annecy-le-Vieux, France
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Coco 7' Girotto 15' Blas 43' Kolo 57' Moutoussamy 61' Emond 65'	Report		Stadium: Complexe Sportif D'Albigny Attendance: 200

25 July 2020 Friendly	Anderlecht	0–0	Nantes	Anderlecht, Belgium
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: RSCA Football Academy Attendance: 0

1 August 2020 Friendly	Bordeaux	Cancelled	Nantes	La Roche-sur-Yon, France
--:-- CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stade Henri Desgrange

1 August 2020 Friendly	Charleroi	Cancelled	Nantes	Charleroi, Belgium
16:30 CEST (UTC+2)

15 August 2020 Friendly	Nantes	Cancelled	Saint-Étienne	La Baule, France
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stade Moreau Défarges

15 August 2020 Friendly	Nantes	3–1	Le Havre	La Baule, France
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Simon 7' Coulibaly 49' Ndilu 90+2'	Report	Abdelli 45+2' (pen.)	Stadium: Stade Moreau Défarges Referee: Jérémy Stinat

9 October 2020 Friendly	Nantes	1–2	Angers	Basse-Goulaine, France
11:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Augustin 11'	Report	Thomas 68' Fulgini 90+2'	Stadium: Complexe Sportif Henri Michel

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	21 August 2020	23 May 2021	Matchday 1	18th	38	9	13	16	47	55	−8	023.68
Ligue 1 relegation play-offs	27 May 2021	30 May 2021	First leg	Winners	2	1	0	1	2	2	+0	050.00
Coupe de France	10 February 2021		Round of 64	Round of 64	1	0	0	1	2	4	−2	000.00
Total					41	10	13	18	51	61	−10	024.39

Source: Soccerway

Ligue 1

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
16	Lorient	38	11	9	18	50	68	−18	42
17	Brest	38	11	8	19	50	66	−16	41
18	Nantes (O)	38	9	13	16	47	55	−8	40	Qualification for the Relegation play-offs
19	Nîmes (R)	38	9	8	21	40	71	−31	35	Relegation to the Ligue 2
20	Dijon (R)	38	4	9	25	25	73	−48	21	Relegation to the Ligue 2

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

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	9	13	16	47	55	−8	40	3	8	8	21	29	−8	6	5	8	26	26	0

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	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	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H
Result	D	W	L	D	L	L	W	D	L	W	D	L	L	D	L	D	L	D	D	D	L	L	D	L	W	D	D	L	W	D	L	L	L	W	W	W	W	L
Position	9	6	12	14	15	16	15	15	17	14	14	14	14	14	16	15	16	17	17	17	17	17	17	18	18	17	19	19	18	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	18

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

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 9 July 2020.^[7]

21 August 2020 1	Bordeaux	0–0	Nantes	Bordeaux
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Zerkane 20' De Préville 59' Otávio 87'	Report	Traoré 45' Chirivella 89' Ndilu 90+1'	Stadium: Matmut Atlantique Referee: Benoît Bastien
Note: Match originally scheduled for 22 August, but brought forward instead of the postponed Marseille–Saint-Étienne match.^[8]

30 August 2020 2	Nantes	2–1	Nîmes	Nantes
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Fábio 9' 87' Girotto 11' Louza 27' (pen.), 47' Lafont 90+3'	Report	Denkey 3' Landre 35' Ferhat 57'	Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Referee: Hakim Ben El Hadj

13 September 2020 3	Monaco	2–1	Nantes	Monaco
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Diop 5', 7' Tchouaméni 11' Geubbels 65', 68'	Report	Touré 9' Blas 61'	Stadium: Stade Louis II Referee: Clément Turpin

20 September 2020 4	Nantes	2–2	Saint-Étienne	Nantes
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Pallois 68' Simon 71' Emond 86' Bamba 90'	Report	Aouchiche 2' Moueffek 42' Maçon 66' Sidibe 84'	Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Referee: Antony Gautier

25 September 2020 5	Lille	2–0	Nantes	Villeneuve-d'Ascq
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Pallois 43' (o.g.) Yılmaz 87' (pen.)	Report	Appiah 85' Girotto 90+4'	Stadium: Stade Pierre-Mauroy Referee: Willy Delajod

3 October 2020 6	Nice	2–1	Nantes	Nice
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Dante 27' Thuram 28', 62' Pelmard 45+5'	Report	Girotto 3' Louza 45+5' (pen.) Pallois 56'	Stadium: Allianz Riviera Referee: Jérôme Brisard

18 October 2020 7	Nantes	3–1	Brest	Nantes
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Kolo 16' Blas 30' Abeid 38' Fábio 47' Pallois 67' Bamba 79'	Report	Duverne 42' Magnetti 60' Faivre 68'	Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Referee: Jérémie Pignard

31 October 2020 9	Nantes	0–3	Paris Saint-Germain	Nantes
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Blas 32' Coco 67' Bamba 70'	Report	Herrera 46' Mbappé 65' (pen.) Dagba 80' Sarabia 88'	Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 0 Referee: Hakim Ben El Hadj

8 November 2020 10	Lorient	0–2	Nantes	Lorient
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Abergel 18' Laurienté 19' Morel 82'	Report	Louza 32' Bamba 80' Blas 84'	Stadium: Stade du Moustoir Attendance: 0 Referee: Stéphanie Frappart

22 November 2020 11	Nantes	1–1	Metz	Nantes
13:00 CET (UTC+1)	Kolo 29' Abeid 41' Fábio 45+4'	Report	Leya Iseka 45+4' (pen.) Fofana 71' Oukidja 85' Boye 87'	Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 0 Referee: Benoît Millot

25 November 2020 8	Lens	1–1	Nantes	Lens
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Kakuta 27', 64' Doucouré 37' Gradit 78' Badé 85'	Report	Girotto 7' Kolo 71' Touré 81' (pen.)	Stadium: Stade Bollaert-Delelis Attendance: 0 Referee: Florent Batta
Note: The match originally scheduled for 25 October, but postponed after eleven Lens players tested positive for COVID-19.^[9]

28 November 2020 12	Marseille	3–1	Nantes	Marseille
17:00 CET (UTC+1)	Thauvin 2' Payet 35', 47' Rongier 54' Benedetto 60' (pen.) Álvaro 72' Strootman 90+3'	Report	Castelletto 57' Blas 73', 83'	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 0 Referee: Mikael Lesage

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	Nantes	1–1	Dijon	Nantes
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Simon 24' (pen.) Chirivella 31' Blas 33'	Report	Panzo 22' Konaté 54' Scheidler 90+2'	Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 0 Referee: Antony Gautier

16 December 2020 15	Reims	3–2	Nantes	Reims
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Konan 7' Cassamá 58' Touré 68' Dia 72' (pen.) Cafaro 74'	Report	Fábio 5' Pallois 18' Traoré 72' Blas 79'	Stadium: Stade Auguste-Delaune Attendance: 0 Referee: Karim Abed

20 December 2020 16	Nantes	1–1	Angers	Nantes
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Abeid 27' Traoré 45', 90+3' Pallois 62'	Report	Thomas 42'	Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 0 Referee: Willy Delajod

23 December 2020 17	Lyon	3–0	Nantes	Décines-Charpieu
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Toko Ekambi 4' Marcelo 14' Kadewere 37' Paquetá 44'	Report	Coco 34' Abeid 56' Pallois 68'	Stadium: Parc Olympique Lyonnais Attendance: 0 Referee: Ruddy Buquet

6 January 2021 18	Nantes	0–0	Rennes	Nantes
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Coulibaly 13' Traoré 68'	Report	Grenier 25' Bourigeaud 55'	Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 0 Referee: Jérémie Pignard

9 January 2021 19	Montpellier	1–1	Nantes	Montpellier
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Oyongo 6' Souquet 31' Delort 55' Le Tallec 59' Ferri 73' Congré 75'	Report	Louza 51'	Stadium: Stade de la Mosson Attendance: 0 Referee: François Letexier

17 January 2021 20	Nantes	1–1	Lens	Nantes
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Louza 36' (pen.) Kolo 50' Corchia 67' Touré 87'	Report	Kakuta 33', 81' Gradit 35' Haïdara 69' Fortès 77'	Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 0 Referee: Frank Schneider

24 January 2021 21	Metz	2–0	Nantes	Metz
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Vagner 29' Leya Iseka 35' Sarr 85' Boulaya 89', 90+4'	Report	Coco 66'	Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien Attendance: 0 Referee: Jérôme Miguelgorry

31 January 2021 22	Nantes	1–2	Monaco	Nantes
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Appiah 55' Pallois 73' 73' Emond 83', 90+2'	Report	Diatta 19' Fofana 29' Maripán 45' Volland 60' Florentino 90+3'	Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 0 Referee: Thomas Léonard

3 February 2021 23	Saint-Étienne	1–1	Nantes	Saint-Étienne
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Camara 57' Cissé 61' Khazri 80' Bouanga 89'	Report	Kolo 36' Girotto 65'	Stadium: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard Attendance: 0 Referee: Eric Wattellier

7 February 2021 24	Nantes	0–2	Lille	Nantes
17:00 CET (UTC+1)	Coco 29' Corchia 31' Louza 32'	Report	David 9', 83'	Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 0 Referee: Stéphanie Frappart

14 February 2021 25	Angers	1–3	Nantes	Angers
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Mangani 33' (pen.) Diony 61' Coulibaly 77'	Report	Simon 4' Louza 7' (pen.) Lafont 33' Blas 83' Bamba 86' Kolo 90+5'	Stadium: Stade Raymond Kopa Attendance: 0 Referee: François Letexier

20 February 2021 26	Nantes	1–1	Marseille	Nantes
17:00 CET (UTC+1)	Traoré 32' Castelletto 43' Blas 50' Chirivella 74' Bamba 88'	Report	Payet 69' Álvaro 88' Sakai 90+4'	Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 0 Referee: Amaury Delerue

28 February 2021 27	Nîmes	1–1	Nantes	Nîmes
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Miguel 5' 90+1' Koné 76'	Report	Blas 27' Appiah 58'	Stadium: Stade des Costières Attendance: 0 Referee: Florent Batta

3 March 2021 28	Nantes	1–2	Reims	Nantes
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Simon 14'	Report	Faes 6' Konan 11', 39' Cassamá 29' Chavalerin 69' Abdelhamid 80', 89'	Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 0 Referee: Willy Delajod

14 March 2021 29	Paris Saint-Germain	1–2	Nantes	Paris
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Draxler 42' Rafinha 48' Verratti 67'	Report	Simon 45', 71' Traoré 51' Kolo Muani 59'	Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 0 Referee: Karim Abed

21 March 2021 30	Nantes	1–1	Lorient	Nantes
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Kolo Muani 2'	Report	Laurienté 24', 87'	Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 0 Referee: Antony Gautier

4 April 2021 31	Nantes	1–2	Nice	Nantes
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Touré 32' Pallois 43'	Report	Dolberg 11' (pen.), 29' Maolida 61' Benítez 72'	Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 0 Referee: Stéphanie Frappart

11 April 2021 32	Rennes	1–0	Nantes	Rennes
13:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Aguerd 19' Da Silva 36' Salin 41' Guirassy 43' Terrier 52' Camavinga 57' Tait 68'	Report	Simon 40' Castelletto 90+2'	Stadium: Roazhon Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Amaury Delerue

18 April 2021 33	Nantes	1–2	Lyon	Nantes
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Pallois 60'	Report	Depay 5', 37' (pen.) Denayer 67'	Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 0 Referee: Benoît Bastien

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

2 May 2021 35	Brest	1–4	Nantes	Brest
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Larsonneur 61' Faivre 83' Charbonnier 89'	Report	Simon 15' Blas 27' Louza 56' Coulibaly 62' (pen.)	Stadium: Stade Francis-Le Blé Attendance: 0 Referee: Mikael Lesage

8 May 2021 36	Nantes	3–0	Bordeaux	Nantes
13:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Coulibaly 19' Louza 51' (pen.) Kolo Muani 70'	Report	Mexer 31' Benito 50' Lacoux 57' De Préville 74' Bašić 90+1'	Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 0 Referee: Benoît Millot

16 May 2021 37	Dijon	0–4	Nantes	Dijon
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Marié 27' Ecuele Manga 85'	Report	Coulibaly 6', 61' Kolo Muani 32', 90+2' Blas 90+1'	Stadium: Stade Gaston Gérard Attendance: 0 Referee: Karim Abed

23 May 2021 38	Nantes	1–2	Montpellier	Nantes
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Kolo Muani 33' Coco 82' Blas 90+1'	Report	Hilton 18' Delort 29', 76' Laborde 30' Souquet 45+1'	Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 0 Referee: Ruddy Buquet

Relegation play-offs

27 May 2021 First leg	Toulouse	1–2	Nantes	Toulouse
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Machado 19' Koné 63' Moreira 72'	Report	Blas 10' Kolo Muani 22' Chirivella 46'	Stadium: Stadium de Toulouse Attendance: 0 Referee: Jérémie Pignard

30 May 2021 Second leg	Nantes	0–1 (2 (a)–2 agg.)	Toulouse	Nantes
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Appiah 5' Kolo Muani 41' Chirivella 77'	Report	Bayo 53', 62' Machado 70' Antiste 81' Ngoumou 87'	Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 0 Referee: Benoît Bastien

Coupe de France

10 February 2021 Round of 64	Nantes	2–4	Lens	Nantes
14:45 CET (UTC+1)	Basila 3' Bamba 24', 63'	Report	Jean 27', 39' Doucouré 36' Kalimuendo 58'	Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 0 Referee: Johan Hamel

Statistics

Goalscorers

As of 28 November 2020

Rank	No.	Pos	Name	Ligue 1	Total
1	10	MF	Ludovic Blas	4	4
2	26	MF	Imran Louza	2	2
	15	FW	Randal Kolo	2	2
	32	FW	Kader Bamba	2	2
5	3	DF	Andrei Girotto	1	1
	19	MF	Abdoulaye Touré	1	1
	27	MF	Moses Simon	1	1
	28	FW	Renaud Emond	1	1
Totals				14	14

References

^ "Effectif". fcnantes.com (in French). FC Nantes. Archived from the original on 20 January 2021. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
^ "Pedro Chirivella est Jaune et Vert" [Pedro Chirivella is Yellow and Green]. www.fcnantes.com (in French). Nantes. 12 June 2020. Retrieved 1 July 2020.
^ "Moses Simon: Option d'achat levée!" [Moses Simon: Purchase option lifted]. www.fcnantes.com (in French). Nantes. 15 June 2020. Retrieved 1 July 2020.
^ "Jean-Kévin Augustin rejoint le FC Nantes!" [Jean-Kévin Augustin joins FC Nantes!]. www.fcnantes.com (in French). Nantes. 6 October 2020. Retrieved 6 October 2020.
^ "Les 28 joueurs présents à La Jonelière" [The 28 players present at La Jonelière]. www.fcnantes.com (in French). Nantes. 15 June 2020. Retrieved 1 July 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.
^ "Bordeaux-Nantes brought forward to replace OM-ASSE". Ligue1. 18 August 2020.
^ "RC Lens - FC Nantes postponed". ligue1.com. Ligue de Football Professionnel. 24 October 2020. Retrieved 25 October 2020.

External links

Official website

[1] "Effectif". fcnantes.com (in French). FC Nantes. Archived from the original on 20 January 2021. Retrieved 8 August 2020.

[2] "Pedro Chirivella est Jaune et Vert" [Pedro Chirivella is Yellow and Green]. www.fcnantes.com (in French). Nantes. 12 June 2020. Retrieved 1 July 2020.

[3] "Moses Simon: Option d'achat levée!" [Moses Simon: Purchase option lifted]. www.fcnantes.com (in French). Nantes. 15 June 2020. Retrieved 1 July 2020.

[4] "Jean-Kévin Augustin rejoint le FC Nantes!" [Jean-Kévin Augustin joins FC Nantes!]. www.fcnantes.com (in French). Nantes. 6 October 2020. Retrieved 6 October 2020.

[5] "Les 28 joueurs présents à La Jonelière" [The 28 players present at La Jonelière]. www.fcnantes.com (in French). Nantes. 15 June 2020. Retrieved 1 July 2020.

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

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

[8] "Bordeaux-Nantes brought forward to replace OM-ASSE". Ligue1. 18 August 2020.

[9] "RC Lens - FC Nantes postponed". ligue1.com. Ligue de Football Professionnel. 24 October 2020. Retrieved 25 October 2020.

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