2020–21 Valenciennes FC season

Valenciennes FC
2020–21 season
Chairman	Eddy Zdziech
Manager	Olivier Guégan
Stadium	Stade du Hainaut
Ligue 2	8th
Coupe de France	Round of 64
	← 2019–20 2021–22 →
	All statistics correct as of 23 January 2021.

The 2020–21 Valenciennes FC season is the club's 108th season in existence and its seventh consecutive season in the second flight of French football. In addition to the domestic league, Valenciennes will participate in this season's edition of the Coupe de France. The season covers the period from 1 July 2020 to 30 June 2021.

Players

First-team squad

As of 22 February 2020.^[1]^[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	CIV	Hillel Konaté
2	DF	MTN	Aly Abeid
3	DF	FRA	Lilian Brassier (on loan from Rennes)
4	MF	BEN	Sessi D'Almeida
5	DF	ALG	Maxime Spano
6	MF	FRA	Gaëtan Arib
7	FW	FRA	Steve Ambri
8	MF	SUI	Matteo Fedele
9	FW	FRA	Teddy Chevalier
10	MF	FRA	Gauthier Hein (on loan from Metz)
11	MF	FRA	Malek Chergui
12	FW	CMR	Benjamin Moukandjo
13	MF	FRA	Julien Masson


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
14	DF	FRA	Joffrey Cuffaut
15	DF	FRA	Chérif Quenum
17	MF	FRA	Aymen Boutoutaou
18	FW	BEL	Baptiste Guillaume (on loan from Angers)
19	DF	SEN	Elhadj Dabo
20	MF	FRA	Mahamé Siby
24	DF	FRA	Allan Linguet
25	DF	GHA	Emmanuel Ntim
26	FW	FRA	Kévin Cabral
27	DF	CMR	Frédéric Bong
28	DF	FRA	Laurent Dos Santos
30	GK	FRA	Nicolas Kocik
40	GK	FRA	Jérôme Prior

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
—	GK	FRA	Damien Perquis (on loan at TOP Oss)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	FW	FRA	Gwenn Foulon (on loan at Bastia-Borgo)

Pre-season and friendlies

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

24 July 2020 Friendly	Valenciennes	0–1	Mouscron	Famars, France
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Stade Centre Formation VAFC N° 2 Attendance: 0

29 July 2020 Friendly	Villefranche	0–4	Valenciennes	Villefranche-sur-Mer, France
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Güçlü Chevalier Cabral Cuffaut	Stadium: Stade Municipal Attendance: 0

1 August 2020 Friendly	Sporting Club Lyon	3–4	Valenciennes	Chasse-sur-Rhône, France
11:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Complexe Sportif de Moleyre

5 August 2020 Friendly	Amiens	1–2	Valenciennes	Amiens, France
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Papeau 14'	Report	Gendrey 17' (o.g.) Chevalier 19'	Stadium: Stade de la Licorne

Competitions

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Ligue 2	22 August 2020	23 May 2021	Matchday 1	21	8	7	6	30	25	+5	038.10
Coupe de France	19 January 2021		Eighth round	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2	100.00
Total				22	9	7	6	32	25	+7	040.91

Last updated: 26 January 2021
Source: Soccerway

Ligue 2

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
9	Guingamp	38	10	17	11	41	43	−2	47
10	Amiens	38	11	14	13	34	40	−6	47
11	Valenciennes	38	12	11	15	50	59	−9	47
12	Le Havre	38	11	14	13	38	48	−10	47
13	Ajaccio	38	11	13	14	34	43	−9	46

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
21	8	7	6	30	25	+5	31	4	3	3	12	10	+2	4	4	3	18	15	+3

Last updated: 26 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	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	W	L	W	L	W	L	D	D	L	W	D	D	D	W	D	L	P	L	W	P	D	W
Position	2	7	6	8	6

Updated to match(es) played on 26 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	Valenciennes	3–0	Pau	Valenciennes
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Guillaume 4' Chevalier 13' (pen.) Cabral 57'	Report		Stadium: Stade du Hainaut Referee: Alexandre Perreau Niel

29 August 2020 2	Paris FC	1–0	Valenciennes	Paris
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Laura 47'	Report		Stadium: Stade Sébastien Charléty Referee: Guillaume Paradis

12 September 2020 3	Valenciennes	1–0	Châteauroux	Valenciennes
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Chevalier 67'	Report		Stadium: Stade du Hainaut Referee: Sylvain Palhies

19 September 2020 4	Dunkerque	1–0	Valenciennes	Dunkirk
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Gomis 75'	Report		Stadium: Stade Marcel-Tribut Attendance: 1,394 Referee: Bartolomeu Varela

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	Grenoble	2–0	Valenciennes	Grenoble
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Diallo 30' Ravet 58' (pen.) Nestor 80' Gaspar 89'	Report	Cuffaut 53' Picouleau 56' Masson 78'	Stadium: Stade des Alpes Referee: Romain Lissorgue

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

24 October 2020 8	Troyes	1–1	Valenciennes	Troyes
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Salmier 3' Gallon 7' Touzghar 16' Chambost 33' Ba 87'	Report	Chevalier 8' (pen.) Fedele 40'	Stadium: Stade de l'Aube Referee: Abdelatif Kherradji

31 October 2020 9	Valenciennes	1–3	Clermont	Valenciennes
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Diliberto 33' Cabral 37', 45' Doukouré 69'	Report	Bayo 20' (pen.), 67', 86'	Stadium: Stade du Hainaut Referee: Benjamin Lepaysant

7 November 2020 10	Toulouse	4–5	Valenciennes	Toulouse
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Adli 14', 23' Amian 37' Dejaegere 58' Spierings 62' Rouault 76' Antiste 83'	Report	Elogo 11' D'Almeida 21' Cabral 26', 53' Cuffaut 33', 63', 77', 86'	Stadium: Stadium de Toulouse Referee: Sylvain Palhies

21 November 2020 11	Valenciennes	1–1	Rodez	Valenciennes
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	D'Almeida 12' Guillaume 39'	Report	Douline 71'	Stadium: Stade du Hainaut Referee: Olivier Thual

28 November 2020 12	Auxerre	1–1	Valenciennes	Auxerre
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Coeff 21' Jubal 38' Autret 45+1' Le Bihan 58' Lloris 64' Ndom 90'	Report	Chevalier 12' Guillaume 14'	Stadium: Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps Referee: Romain Lissorgue

1 December 2020 13	Valenciennes	1–1	Ajaccio	Valenciennes
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Abeid 55' Guillaume 58', 77'	Report	Masson 24' (o.g.)	Stadium: Stade du Hainaut Referee: Mathieu Vernice

5 December 2020 14	Chambly	1–2	Valenciennes	Beauvais
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Correa 35' Guezoui 65'	Report	Guillaume 66' Cabral 87' Pellenard 90+4'	Stadium: Stade Pierre Brisson Referee: Romain Delpech

12 December 2020 15	Guingamp	1–1	Valenciennes	Guingamp
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Romao 44' Ngbakoto 66' M'Changama 90'	Report	D'Almeida 27' Pellenard 29' Guillaume 55'	Stadium: Stade de Roudourou Referee: Romain Lissorgue

18 December 2020 16	Valenciennes	0–2	Amiens	Valenciennes
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Cuffaut 16' Diliberto 18' Chevalier 56' Masson 90'	Report	Opoku 24' 55' Blin 69' Alphonse 45+1', 81' Gomis 85'	Stadium: Stade du Hainaut Referee: Alexandre Perreau Niel

22 December 2020 17	Niort	P–P	Valenciennes	Niort
20:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Stade René Gaillard Referee: Remi Landry
Note: Match postponed due to multiple covid positives in the Niort organization.^[4]

5 January 2021 18	Valenciennes	2–3	Nancy	Valenciennes
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Guillaume 45' Güçlü 46' Cabral 52' Spano 78' Spano 90+1'	Report	Latouchent 55' Biron 59' Rocha Santos 77'' Haag 77' Cissokho 90' (pen.)	Stadium: Stade du Hainaut Referee: Nicolas Rainville

8 January 2021 19	Le Havre	0–2	Valenciennes	Le Havre
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Ersoy 54' Ben Mohamed 82' Mayembo 86'	Report	Güçlü 42' Picouleau 63' Guillaume 67'	Stadium: Stade Océane Referee: Pierre Gaillouste

16 January 2021 20	Valenciennes	P–P	Paris FC	Valenciennes
19:00 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Stade du Hainaut
Note: Match postponed due to heavy snow. ^[5]

23 January 2021 21	Châteauroux	3–3	Valenciennes	Châteauroux
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Ntim 9' (o.g.) Gonçalves 34', 90' Chouaref 57' Leroy 62' Sunu 70' Mulumba 76' Fofana 83'	Report	Guillaume 36' Cuffaut 47', 73' Ntim 83'	Stadium: Stade Gaston Petit Referee: Remi Landry

26 January 2021 20	Valenciennes	2–0	Paris FC	Valenciennes
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Cuffaut 52', 59' Cabral 69'	Report	Gakpa 28' Kanté 36' Laura 76'	Stadium: Stade du Hainaut Referee: Arnaud Baert

30 January 2021 (2021-01-30) 22	Valenciennes	1–0	Dunkerque	Valenciennes
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Cabral 28' Cuffaut 39' Kankava 89'	Report	Bâ 53' Kerrouche 69' Ketkeophomphone 78'	Stadium: Stade du Hainaut Referee: Mathieu Vernice

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

Coupe de France

19 January 2021 Eighth round	Valenciennes	2–0	Chambly	Valenciennes
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Cabral 8' Guillaume 17' (pen.) Konaté 63' Linguet 67'	Report	Camelo 15' Beaulieu 70'	Stadium: Stade du Hainaut Referee: Mehdi Mokhtari

9 February 2021 Round of 64	Reims	v	Valenciennes	Reims
18:30 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Stade Auguste Delaune

Statistics

Goalscorers

As of 22 August 2020

Rank	No.	Pos	Name	Ligue 2	Total
1	9	FW	Teddy Chevalier	1	1
	18	FW	Baptiste Guillaume	1	1
	26	FW	Kévin Cabral	1	1
Totals				3	3

References

^ "Effectif – Saison 2017/2018" (in French). Valenciennes FC. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
^ "Valenciennes FC". Scoresway.com. Retrieved 27 February 2018.
^ "Ligue 2 BKT : le calendrier de la saison 2020/2021". LFP (in French). 9 July 2020.
^ "The LFP gives a lost match to the Chamois after the deprogramming of Niort-Valenciennes". World Today News. January 6, 2021. Retrieved January 25, 2021.
^ "Ligue 2: Paris FC - Valenciennes postponed because of the snow". The Limited Times. January 16, 2021. Retrieved January 28, 2021.

External links

Official website

[usva_team-1] "Effectif – Saison 2017/2018" (in French). Valenciennes FC. Retrieved 6 April 2018.

[2] "Valenciennes FC". Scoresway.com. Retrieved 27 February 2018.

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

[4] "The LFP gives a lost match to the Chamois after the deprogramming of Niort-Valenciennes". World Today News. January 6, 2021. Retrieved January 25, 2021.

[5] "Ligue 2: Paris FC - Valenciennes postponed because of the snow". The Limited Times. January 16, 2021. Retrieved January 28, 2021.

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