2020–21 Stade Malherbe Caen season

Caen
2020–21 season
Chairman	Olivier Pickeu
Manager	Pascal Dupraz
Stadium	Stade Michel d'Ornano
Ligue 2	9th
Coupe de France	Preseason
Top goalscorer	League: ; Yacine Bammou; Nicholas Gioacchini; (2 each); All: ; Yacine Bammou; Nicholas Gioacchini; (2 each)
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2019–20

The 2020–21 Stade Malherbe Caen season is the 108th season and current season of the club since its creation in 1913.^[1] Caen will participate in 2020–21 Ligue 2, the second division of French football for the second year in a row after relegation from Ligue 1 in 2019, and the 2020–21 Coupe de France.

Transfers

In

Out

Squad

As of 22 September 2020.^[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
1	GK	FRA	Garissone Innocent
2	MF	FRA	Loup Hervieu
3	DF	FRA	Yoël Armougom
4	DF	FRA	Jason Ngouabi
6	MF	CGO	Prince Oniangué
7	FW	USA	Nicholas Gioacchini
8	MF	FRA	Jessy Deminguet
9	FW	FRA	Benjamin Jeannot
10	FW	MAR	Yacine Bammou
11	FW	SEN	Santy Ngom
12	MF	FRA	Johann Lepenant
13	FW	FRA	Yoann Court
14	FW	CIV	Caleb Zady
15	MF	FRA	Aliou Traoré (on loan from Manchester United)
16	GK	FRA	Thomas Callens
17	MF	FRA	Anthony Gonçalves (captain)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
18	DF	FRA	Jonathan Rivierez
20	DF	BFA	Steeve Yago
21	FW	FRA	Kélian Nsona
22	DF	SEN	Adama Mbengue
23	FW	CGO	Herman Moussaki
24	DF	FRA	Hugo Vandermersch
25	MF	FRA	Godson Kyeremeh
26	DF	FRA	Alexis Beka Beka
27	MF	FRA	Azzeddine Toufiqui
28	DF	FRA	Anthony Weber
29	MF	FRA	Jessy Pi
30	GK	FRA	Rémy Riou
32	DF	CMR	Aloys Fouda
35	DF	FRA	Pathy Malumandsoko
38	FW	FRA	Brice Tutu
39	FW	FRA	Ayoub Jebbari

Pre-season and friendlies

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

Competitions

Ligue 2

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or Relegation
15	Rodez	38	8	19	11	38	44	−6	43
16	Dunkerque	38	10	11	17	34	47	−13	41
17	Caen	38	9	14	15	34	49	−15	41
18	Niort (O)	38	9	14	15	34	58	−24	41	Qualification for the relegation play-offs
19	Chambly (R)	38	9	11	18	41	64	−23	38	Relegation to Championnat National

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
(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
21	7	7	7	21	24	−3	28	4	5	2	11	11	0	3	2	5	10	13	−3

Last updated: 23 January 2021.
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
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	D	W	W	D	L	W	L	W	L	W	W	D	L	D	D	W	L	D	D	L	L
Position	11	6	2	4	8	4	7	4	9	4	4	4	6	7	8	7	7	8	8	9	10

Updated to match(es) played on 23 January 2021. 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	Clermont	0–0	Caen	Clermont-Ferrand
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Stade Gabriel Montpied Attendance: 0 Referee: Olivier Thual

29 August 2020 2	Caen	1–0	Ajaccio	Caen
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Bammou 18' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano Attendance: 0 Referee: Remi Landry

12 September 2020 3	Rodez	0–3	Caen	Rodez
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Gioacchini 3' Bammou 67' Deminguet 89'	Stadium: Stade Paul-Lignon Attendance: 0 Referee: Pierre Gaillouste

19 September 2020 4	Caen	0–0	Chambly	Caen
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano Attendance: 5,593 Referee: Romain Lissorgue

26 September 2020 5	Valenciennes	1–0	Caen	Valenciennes
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Ntim 10'	Report		Stadium: Stade du Hainaut Attendance: 4,180 Referee: Florent Batta

3 October 2020 6	Caen	1–0	Amiens	Caen
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Gioacchini 42'	Report		Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano Referee: Jérémy Stinat

17 October 2020 7	Niort	3–0	Caen	Niort
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Bâ 16' Bourhane 68' Jacob 80'	Report		Stadium: Stade René Gaillard Referee: Romain Delpech

24 October 2020 8	Caen	1–0	Guingamp	Caen
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Deminguet 90'	Report		Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano Referee: Thomas Léonard

31 October 2020 9	Paris FC	3–1	Caen	Paris
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Kanté 43' López 50' (pen.) Caddy 70' (pen.)	Report	Bammou 12' (pen.)	Stadium: Stade Charléty Referee: Nicolas Rainville

7 November 2020 10	Caen	2–1	Nancy	Caen
19:00 (CET) (UTC+1)	Coulibaly 30' (o.g.) Gioacchini 90'	Report	Rocha Santos 27'	Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano Referee: Ruddy Buquet

21 November 2020 11	Le Havre	1–2	Caen	Le Havre
15:00 (CET) (UTC+1)	Abdelli 45'	Report	Court 76' Bammou 85' (pen.)	Stadium: Stade Océane Referee: Stéphanie Frappart

28 November 2020 12	Caen	1–1	Châteauroux	Caen
19:00 (CET) (UTC+1)	Bammou 74' (pen.)	Report	Nouri 66'	Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano Referee: Romain Lissorgue

2 December 2020 13	Pau	1–0	Caen	Pau
19:00 (CET) (UTC+1)	Armand 14'	Report		Stadium: Stade du Hameau Referee: Guillaume Paradis

5 December 2020 14	Caen	1–1	Grenoble	Caen
19:00 (CET) (UTC+1)	Court 76' (pen.)	Report	Ravet 11'	Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano Referee: Alexandre Perreau Niel

12 December 2020 15	Caen	0–0	Troyes	Caen
15:30 (CET) (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano Referee: Bartolomeu Varela

18 December 2020 16	Dunkerque	2–3	Caen	Dunkirk
20:00 (CET) (UTC+1)	Kebbal 16' Bosca 89'	Report	Court 17' Gioacchini 45' Nsona 74'	Stadium: Stade Marcel-Tribut Referee: Romain Lissorgue

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

5 January 2021 18	Auxerre	1–1	Caen	Auxerre
20:00 (CET) (UTC+1)	Dugimont 53'	Report	Jeannot 81'	Stadium: Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps Referee: Rémi Landry

11 January 2021 19	Caen	2–2	Toulouse	Caen
20:45 (CET) (UTC+1)	Nsona 10' Mendy 18'	Report	Diakité 45' Ngoumou 79'	Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano Referee: Bastien Dechepy

16 January 2021 20	AC Ajaccio	1–0	Caen	Ajaccio
19:00 (CET) (UTC+1)	Moussiti-Oko 6'	Report		Stadium: Stade François Coty Referee: Romain Delpech

23 January 2021 (2021-01-23) 21	Caen	1–2	Rodez	Caen
19:00 (CET) (UTC+1)	Mendy 27' (pen.) Deminguet 71' Rivierez 89'	Report	Bardy 3', 18' Leborgne 26' Célestine 32'	Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano Referee: Arnaud Baert

30 January 2021 22	Chambly	4–2	Caen	Chambly
19:00 (CET) (UTC+1)	Eickmayer 25' Badu 27' Soubervie 39' 85' Doucouré 52', 67' Guezoui 60' (pen.)	Report	Zady 2' Gioacchini 32' Deminguet 90+2'	Stadium: Stade des Marais Referee: Bartolomeu Varela Teles

2 February 2021 (2021-02-02) 23	Caen	–	Valenciennes	Caen
20:00 (CET) (UTC+1)				Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano

Coupe de France

20 January 2021 Eighth round	Guingamp	1–3	Caen	Guingamp
18:45 CET (UTC+1)	M'Changama 90+3'	Report	Deminguet 45' Gioacchini 47' Mendy 75'	Stadium: Stade du Roudourou

10 February 2021 Round of 64	Caen	v	Paris Saint-Germain	Caen
21:00 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano

References

^ "Stade Malherbe Caen on Ligue2.fr". LFP. Retrieved 15 August 2019.
^ Effectif Caen – Equipe Pro
^ "Ligue 2 BKT : le calendrier de la saison 2020/2021" (in French). LFP. 9 July 2020.

[1] "Stade Malherbe Caen on Ligue2.fr". LFP. Retrieved 15 August 2019.

[2] Effectif Caen – Equipe Pro

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

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