2020–21 USL Dunkerque season

USL Dunkerque
2020–21 season
Chairman	Jean-Pierre Scouarnec
Manager	Fabien Mercadal
Stadium	Stade Marcel-Tribut
Ligue 2	3rd
Coupe de France	Pre-season
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	← 2019–20 2021–22 →
	All statistics correct as of 29 August 2020.

The 2020–21 USL Dunkerque season is the club's 111th season in existence and its first season back in the second flight of French football. In addition to the domestic league, Dunkerque 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 14 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
2	DF	FRA	Emeric Dudouit
3	DF	FRA	Loïc Kouagba
5	DF	CMR	Jovanie Tchouatcha
6	DF	FRA	Jérémy Huysman
7	FW	FRA	Guillaume Bosca
8	MF	FRA	Thibault Vialla
9	FW	FRA	Nathan Bizet
10	MF	FRA	Dimitri Boudaud
11	MF	FRA	Iron Gomis (on loan from Amiens)
12	DF	GAB	Wilfried Ebane (on loan from Lorient)
16	GK	FRA	Dorian Salhi
17	MF	FRA	Ludovic Gamboa
18	DF	FRA	Nicolas Bruneel


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
19	MF	HAI	Leverton Pierre (on loan from Metz)
21	MF	FRA	Rayane Chayebi
22	MF	CGO	Randi Goteni
23	DF	FRA	David Kabamba
24	DF	FRA	Alexandre Lauray (on loan from Bordeaux)
25	FW	GLP	Jorris Romil
26	DF	FRA	Alexis Callant
27	FW	FRA	Mohamed Bayo (on loan from Clermont)
28	DF	FRA	Demba Thiam
29	DF	FRA	Thomas Vannoye
30	GK	FRA	Axel Maraval
40	GK	FRA	Marc-Antoine Guillaume

Transfers

In

No.	Pos	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
15			TBD		1 July 2020

Out

No.	Pos	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
15			TBD		1 July 2020

Pre-season and friendlies

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

18 July 2020 Friendly	Reims	2–2	Dunkerque	Le Touquet, France
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Sierhuis 11' (pen.) Zeneli 90' (pen.)		Bosca 55' Bruneel 68'	Stadium: Stade Ferdi Petit

24 July 2020 Friendly	Dunkerque	1–1	Chambly	Loon-Plage, France
--:-- CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stade Marcel Rosseel - Terrain 1

31 July 2020 Friendly	Dunkerque	2–2	US Quevilly-Rouen	Dinard, France
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stade d'athlétisme Cosec

4 August 2020 Friendly	Saint-Omer	0–3	Dunkerque	Saint-Omer, France
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stade Gaston Bonnet

15 August 2020 Friendly	Dunkerque	3–1	Boulogne	Dunkirk, France
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stade Marcel-Tribut

4 September 2020 Friendly	Cercle Brugge	1–1	Dunkerque	Bruges, Belgium
13:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Hotić 89' (pen.)		Vialla 84'	Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium Attendance: 0

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		5	2	1	2	4	4	+0	040.00
Coupe de France	19 January 2021		Eighth round	Eighth round	1	0	1	0	1	1	+0	000.00
Total					6	2	2	2	5	5	+0	033.33

Last updated: 19 January 2021
Source: Soccerway

Ligue 2

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or Relegation
14	Pau	38	11	11	16	42	49	−7	44
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

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

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
5	2	1	2	4	4	0	7	1	1	0	2	1	+1	1	0	2	2	3	−1

Last updated: 30 September 2020.
Source: Ligue 2

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	W	D	L	W	L
Position	6	3			10

Updated to match(es) played on 30 September 2020. 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	Toulouse	0–1	Dunkerque	Toulouse
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Koné 51'	Report	Pierre 31' Bruneel 55'	Stadium: Stadium de Toulouse Referee: Aurélien Petit

29 August 2020 2	Dunkerque	1–1	Clermont	Dunkirk
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Ketkeophomphone 39'	Report	Magnin 53'	Stadium: Stade Marcel-Tribut Referee: Mathieu Vernice

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	Rodez	2–1	Dunkerque	Rodez
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Dembélé 21' Bonnet 82'	Report	Ketkeophomphone 50' (pen.)	Stadium: Stade Paul-Lignon Attendance: 1,696 Referee: Remi Landry

30 September 2020 3	Ajaccio	1–0	Dunkerque	Ajaccio
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Barreto 73' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Stade François Coty Referee: Benjamin Lepaysant
Note: Match originally scheduled for 12 September, but postponed due to detection of a COVID-19 case.^[4]

3 October 2020 6	Dunkerque	1–0	Guingamp	Dunkirk
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Sy 5' Romil 63'	Report	Rebocho 2' Niakaté 29'	Stadium: Stade Marcel-Tribut Referee: Abdelatif Kherradji

17 October 2020 (2020-10-17) 7	Nancy	2–1	Dunkerque	Tomblaine
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Haag 20', 31' Bassi 43' Cissokho 90'	Report	Pierre 28' Diarra 73'	Stadium: Stade Marcel Picot Referee: Sylvain Palhies

24 October 2020 (2020-10-24) 8	Dunkerque	0–1	Le Havre	Dunkerque
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Goteni 40' Kebbal 70'	Report	Bazile 26' Basque 70' Lekhal 74'	Stadium: Stade Marcel-Tribut Referee: Romain Lissorgue

31 October 2020 (2020-10-31) 9	Chambly	0–1	Dunkerque	Beauvais
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Stojanovski 21' Beaulieu 43' Soubervie 59' Derrien 67'	Report	Goteni 16' Dudouit 26', 58' (pen.) Sy 42' Kerrouche 45+1'	Stadium: Stade Pierre Brisson Referee: Bartolomeu Varela

7 November 2020 (2020-11-07) 10	Dunkerque	0–1	Paris FC	Dunkerque
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Pierre 19'	Report	Caddy 6' Abdi 44' 90+4'	Stadium: Stade Marcel-Tribut Referee: Pierre Gaillouste

21 November 2020 (2020-11-21) 11	Niort	1–2	Dunkerque	Niort
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Bâ 45+6', 88' Boutobba 72'	Report	Diarra 1' Kebbal 14' Kerrouche 73'	Stadium: Stade René Gaillard Referee: Bastien Dechepy

28 November 2020 (2020-11-28) 12	Dunkerque	2–2	Pau	Dunkerque
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Tchokounté 7' Diarra 31'	Report	Armand 24', 90+4' Scaramozzino 87' Bayard 90'	Stadium: Stade Marcel-Tribut Referee: Alexandre Perreau Niel

1 December 2020 (2020-12-01) 13	Amiens SC	1–0	Dunkerque	Amiens
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Odey 13' Gomis 70' Blin 73'	Report	Dudouit 23' Kebbal 34' Kouagba 67' Sy 82'	Stadium: Stade de la Licorne Referee: Arnaud Baert

5 December 2020 (2020-12-05) 14	Dunkerque	2–0	Châteauroux	Dunkerque
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Diarra 44', 55' Tchokounté 45+2' Maraval 72'	Report	Cordoval 19' Mulumba 69' M'Boné 90'	Stadium: Stade Marcel-Tribut Referee: Nicolas Rainville

12 December 2020 (2020-12-12) 15	Grenoble	4–0	Dunkerque	Grenoble
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Semedo 43' Djitté 51' Nestor 70' Tapoko 87' Anani 90+1' 90+3'	Report	Pierre 64' Kerrouche 65'	Stadium: Stade des Alpes Referee: Alessandro Dudic

18 December 2020 (2020-12-18) 16	Dunkerque	2–3	Caen	Dunkerque
20:00 (CET) (UTC+1)	Kebbal 16' Dudouit 46' Kerrouche 71' Bosca 89' Huysman 90+4'	Report	Court 17' Beka Beka 36' Gioacchini 45' Yago 57' Nsona 74' Jeannot 90+2'	Stadium: Stade Marcel-Tribut Referee: Romain Lissorgue

22 December 2020 (2020-12-22) 17	Dunkerque	0–1	Auxerre	Dunkerque
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Huysman 17' Dudouit 34'	Report	Dugimont 58' Hein 86'	Stadium: Stade Marcel-Tribut Referee: Yohann Larhant

5 January 2021 (2021-01-05) 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 (2021-01-08) 19	Dunkerque	0–0	Troyes	Dunkerque
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Kerrouche 46' Tchokounté 56' A. Gomis 74' Huysman 89'	Report	Raveloson 35'	Stadium: Stade Marcel-Tribut Referee: Alexandre Perreau Niel

16 January 2021 (2021-01-16) 20	Clermont	5–0	Dunkerque	Clermont-Ferrand
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Dossou 28' Allevinah 45' Bayo 46', 56', 59' Hountondji 68'	Report		Stadium: Stade Gabriel Montpied Referee: Benjamin Lepaysant

23 January 2021 (2021-01-23) 21	Dunkerque	3–1	Ajaccio	Dunkerque
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Tchokounté 26', 87' Romil 35' Maraval 81' Kerrouche 82'	Report	Coutadeur 3' Bayala 46' Leroy 51'	Stadium: Stade Marcel-Tribut Referee: Guillaume Paradis

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	Dunkerque	–	Rodez	Dunkerque
20:00 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Stade Marcel-Tribut

Coupe de France

19 January 2021 Eighth round	Dunkerque	1–1 (2–4 p)	Amiens	Dunkirk
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Tchokounté 81'	Report	Blin 43'	Stadium: Stade Marcel Tribut Referee: Sylvain Palhies
	Penalties
	Romil Dudouit Bosca Tchokounté		Lomotey Sangaré Ciss Bianchini Akolo

Statistics

Goalscorers

As of

Rank	No.	Pos	Nat	Name	Ligue 2	Coupe de France	Total
		FW		[[]]
Totals

References

^ "quipe USL Dunkerque saison 2019/2020 évoluant en National" (in French). usldunkerque.com. Retrieved 14 February 2020.
^ "US du Littoral de Dunkerque - Squad". soccerway. Retrieved 14 February 2020.
^ "Ligue 2 BKT : le calendrier de la saison 2020/2021". LFP (in French). 9 July 2020.
^ "Ligue 2 : Ajaccio - Dunkerque reporté pour cause de Covid-19". leparisien.fr (in French).

External links

Official website

[1] "quipe USL Dunkerque saison 2019/2020 évoluant en National" (in French). usldunkerque.com. Retrieved 14 February 2020.

[2] "US du Littoral de Dunkerque - Squad". soccerway. Retrieved 14 February 2020.

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

[4] "Ligue 2 : Ajaccio - Dunkerque reporté pour cause de Covid-19". leparisien.fr (in French).

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