2020–21 Montpellier HSC season

Montpellier
2020–21 season
Owner	Sabah
Chairman	Laurent Nicollin
Manager	Michel Der Zakarian
Stadium	Stade de la Mosson
Ligue 1	11th
Coupe de France	Round of 64
Top goalscorer	League: ; Andy Delort (9); All: ; Andy Delort (9)
	← 2019–20 2021–22 →
	All statistics correct as of 22 January 2021.

The 2020–21 season is the 94th season in the existence of Montpellier HSC and the club's 19th consecutive season in the top flight of French football. In addition to the domestic league, Montpellier 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 20 October 2020^[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	SUI	Jonas Omlin
2	DF	FRA	Arnaud Souquet
3	DF	FRA	Daniel Congré (vice-captain)
4	DF	BRA	Vitorino Hilton (captain)
5	DF	POR	Pedro Mendes
6	MF	FRA	Junior Sambia
7	DF	SRB	Mihailo Ristić
8	DF	CMR	Ambroise Oyongo
9	FW	ALG	Andy Delort
10	FW	FRA	Gaëtan Laborde
11	MF	FRA	Téji Savanier
12	MF	FRA	Jordan Ferri
13	MF	FRA	Joris Chotard
14	MF	FRA	Damien Le Tallec


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
16	GK	FRA	Dimitry Bertaud
18	FW	FRA	Yanis Ammour
19	FW	ENG	Stephy Mavididi
20	MF	RSA	Keagan Dolly
23	DF	FRA	Thibaut Vargas
24	FW	KOR	Yun Il-lok
25	MF	FRA	Florent Mollet
26	MF	FRA	Samy Benchama
27	DF	FRA	Clément Vidal
28	FW	CGO	Béni Makouana
30	GK	FRA	Mathis Carvalho
31	DF	FRA	Nicolas Cozza
32	FW	SRB	Petar Škuletić

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	URU	Mathías Suárez (on loan at Nacional)
—	FW	FRA	Bastian Badu (on loan at FC Chambly)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	FRA	Kylian Kaïboué (on loan at Sète)

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

25 July 2020 Friendly	Sète	Cancelled	Montpellier	Sète, France
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stade Louis Michel

28 July 2020 Friendly	Strasbourg	2–1	Montpellier	Divonne-les-Bains, France
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Ajorque 31' (pen.) Saadi 71'	Report	Mollet 15'	Stadium: Complexe sportif de Divonne-les-Bains

1 August 2020 Friendly	Bastia	2–2	Montpellier	Furiani, France
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Ben Saada 54' (pen.) Bocognano 90'	Report	Mavididi 35' Savanier 51'	Stadium: Stade Armand Cesari

5 August 2020 Friendly	Marseille	Cancelled	Montpellier	Marseille, France
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stade Vélodrome

8 August 2020 Friendly	Montpellier	Cancelled	Clermont	Millau, France
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Stade Gabriel-Monteillet

14 August 2020 Friendly	Montpellier	3–1	Rodez	Montpellier, France
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Laborde 43' Mendes 60' Dolly 81'	Report	Bardy 2'	Stadium: Stade de la Mosson

22 August 2020 Friendly	Metz	1–1	Montpellier	Besançon, France
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Bronn 25' Angban 52' Boulaya 65'	Report	Laborde 41'	Stadium: Stade Léo Lagrange Referee: Mathieu Vernice

4 September 2020 Friendly	Montpellier	1–3	Clermont	Montpellier, France
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Savanier 80'		Allevinah 54' Tell 75' Chader 90'	Stadium: Centre d'entraînement Bernard-Gasset

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 1	29 August 2020	23 May 2021	Matchday 1	23	8	5	10	35	42	−7	034.78
Coupe de France	10 February 2021		Round of 64	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
Total				23	8	5	10	35	42	−7	034.78

Last updated: 3 February 2021
Source: Soccerway

Ligue 1

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
6	Rennes	38	16	10	12	52	40	+12	58	Qualification for the Europa Conference League play-off round^[a]
7	Lens	38	15	12	11	55	54	+1	57
8	Montpellier	38	14	12	12	60	62	−2	54
9	Nice	38	15	7	16	50	53	−3	52
10	Metz	38	12	11	15	44	48	−4	47

Source: Ligue 1
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Fairplay ranking.^[2]
Notes:

^ Since the winners of the 2020–21 Coupe de France, Paris Saint-Germain, qualified for European competition based on league position, the Europa League group stage spot reserved for the cup winners was passed to the fifth-placed team, and the Europa Conference League play-off round spot was passed to the sixth-placed team.

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
23	8	5	10	35	42	−7	29	4	1	7	20	25	−5	4	4	3	15	17	−2

Last updated: 3 February 2021.
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
Ground	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H
Result	W	L	W	W	D	L	D	L	W	W	W	W	L	W	L	D	L	L	D	L	L	L	D
Position	13	15	5	3	3	5	7	11	9	7	4	5	6	5	5	6	8	9	8	11	11	11	11

Updated to match(es) played on 3 February 2021. Source: Ligue 1
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 9 July 2020.^[3]

29 August 2020 2	Rennes	2–1	Montpellier	Rennes
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Le Tallec 22' (o.g.) Nzonzi 53' Da Silva 56' Bourigeaud 71' Terrier 73' Camavinga 77'	Report	Mollet 43' Savanier 45+1' Ristić 60' Laborde 90+1'	Stadium: Roazhon Park Referee: Willy Delajod

12 September 2020 3	Montpellier	3–1	Nice	Montpellier
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Laborde 18' Congré 50', 64'	Report	Maolida 40' Dante 69' Dolberg 82'	Stadium: Stade de la Mosson Referee: Antony Gautier

15 September 2020 1	Montpellier	2–1	Lyon	Montpellier
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Delort 7' Savanier 38' (pen.), 59' Ferri 62' Hilton 71', 81'	Report	Bruno Guimarães 36' Aouar 44' Toko Ekambi 45+2' Depay 82' (pen.)	Stadium: Stade de la Mosson Referee: Frank Schneider
Note: Match originally scheduled for 23 August, but postponed due the delayed conclusion of the knockout phase of the UEFA Champions League.^[4]

20 September 2020 4	Montpellier	4–1	Angers	Montpellier
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Congré 16' Souquet 18', 41' Delort 33', 43', 60' Cozza 66' Mollet 86'	Report	Ebosse 11' Bahoken 25', 56' Pavlović 62'	Stadium: Stade de la Mosson Referee: Stéphanie Frappart

27 September 2020 5	Dijon	2–2	Montpellier	Dijon
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Dina-Ebimbe 8', 28' Chafik 9' Celina 19' Manga 60' Panzo 88'	Report	Delort 50' Mavididi 77' Savanier 90' (pen.)	Stadium: Stade Gaston Gérard Referee: Aurélien Petit

4 October 2020 6	Montpellier	0–1	Nîmes	Montpellier
13:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Souquet 43' Savanier 90'	Report	Briançon 34' Ripart 84'	Stadium: Stade de la Mosson Referee: Benoît Millot

18 October 2020 7	Monaco	1–1	Montpellier	Monaco
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Ben Yedder 70' (pen.) Pellegri 73' Geubbels 90+2'	Report	Savanier 19' Mavididi 51' Souquet 90+4'	Stadium: Stade Louis II Referee: Hakim Ben El Hadj

25 October 2020 8	Montpellier	0–4	Reims	Montpellier
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Hilton 7' Le Tallec 42' Oyongo 55'	Report	Dia 9' (pen.), 13', 56' (pen.) Mbuku 31'	Stadium: Stade de la Mosson Referee: Willy Delajod

1 November 2020 9	Saint-Étienne	0–1	Montpellier	Saint-Étienne
13:00 CET (UTC+1)	Khazri 31' Hamouma 51' Aouchiche 72'	Report	Mavididi 14' Laborde 63' Dolly 68' Yun 90+1'	Stadium: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard Referee: Jérôme Miguelgorry

7 November 2020 10	Bordeaux	0–2	Montpellier	Bordeaux
17:00 CET (UTC+1)	Kwateng 51' Pablo 65'	Report	Ferri 32' Mollet 49' Delort 67'	Stadium: Matmut Atlantique Referee: Antony Gautier

22 November 2020 11	Montpellier	4–3	Strasbourg	Montpellier
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Mendes 8', 25' Delort 13', 31' Congré 54' Laborde 68'	Report	Lala 22' (pen.) Diallo 26' (pen.) Ajorque 45' Aholou 49'	Stadium: Stade de la Mosson Referee: Jérôme Brisard

29 November 2020 12	Lorient	0–1	Montpellier	Lorient
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Laporte 48' Le Fée 52'	Report	Savanier 45+2', 90' Škuletić 79'	Stadium: Stade du Moustoir Referee: Bastien Dechepy

5 December 2020 13	Montpellier	1–3	Paris Saint-Germain	Montpellier
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Mavididi 41' Savanier 71'	Report	Kurzawa 13' Kean 23', 77' Dagba 33', 42' Mbappé 90+1'	Stadium: Stade de la Mosson Referee: Mikael Lesage

12 December 2020 14	Lens	2–3	Montpellier	Lens
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Omlin 36' (o.g.) Kakuta 50' (pen.) Cahuzac 75'	Report	Mavididi 16' Mendes 26', 38' Laborde 69'	Stadium: Stade Bollaert-Delelis Referee: Jérémy Stinat

16 December 2020 15	Montpellier	0–2	Metz	Montpellier
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Mollet 39' Mavididi 64' Laborde 76'	Report	Leya Iseka 7', 50' (pen.) Maïga 30', 90' Delaine 38'	Stadium: Stade de la Mosson Referee: Jérémie Pignard

20 December 2020 16	Brest	2–2	Montpellier	Brest
13:00 CET (UTC+1)	Chardonnet 45+2', 79' Hérelle 51' Philippoteaux 58'	Report	Laborde 45+1' Chotard 66' Delort 82'	Stadium: Stade Francis-Le Blé Referee: Benoît Millot

23 December 2020 17	Montpellier	2–3	Lille	Montpellier
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Sambia 50' Laborde 57' Ristić 66' Delort 70' Ferri 87'	Report	André 17' Weah 23' Ikoné 68' (pen.) Xeka 77' Yılmaz 86'	Stadium: Stade de la Mosson Referee: Clément Turpin

6 January 2021 18	Marseille	3–1	Montpellier	Marseille
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Radonjić 41' Payet 80' Germain 84'	Report	Mollet 82'	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Referee: Stéphanie Frappart

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 Referee: François Letexier

15 January 2021 20	Montpellier	2–3	Monaco	Montpellier
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Wahi 64' Delort 69' Chotard 83' Savanier 90'	Report	Fofana 17' Volland 24' Ben Yedder 35', 61' (pen.) Aguilar 59' Maripán 88'	Stadium: Stade de la Mosson Referee: Aurélien Petit

22 January 2021 21	Paris Saint-Germain	4–0	Montpellier	Paris
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Mbappé 34', 63' Neymar 60', 76' Icardi 61' Verratti 82'	Report	Omlin 19' Mendes 45+1'	Stadium: Parc des Princes Referee: Willy Delajod

30 January 2021 22	Montpellier	1–2	Lens	Montpellier
17:00 CET (UTC+1)	Mavididi 15' Mendes 16' Laborde 18' Hilton 48' Wahi 78'	Report	Doucouré 7' Sotoca 51' Banza 55' Kakuta 67' Mauricio 83' Haïdara 90'	Stadium: Stade de la Mosson Referee: Amaury Delerue

3 February 2021 23	Metz	1–1	Montpellier	Metz
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Boye 9' Leya Iseka 33' Sarr 47' Maïga 74' Centonze 76' Bronn 82' Ambrose 90+1'	Report	Congré 58' Laborde 70'	Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien Referee: Bastien Dechepy

7 February 2021 24	Montpellier	v	Dijon	Montpellier
15:00 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Stade de la Mosson

Coupe de France

10 February 2021 Round of 64	Strasbourg	v	Montpellier	Strasbourg
14:45 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Stade de la Meinau

Statistics

Goalscorers

As of 15 January 2021

Rank	No.	Pos	Name	Ligue 1	Total
1	9	FW	Andy Delort	9	9
2	10	FW	Gaëtan Laborde	6	6
3	19	FW	Stephy Mavididi	4	4
4	11	MF	Téji Savanier	3	3
4	25	MF	Florent Mollet	3	3
6	3	DF	Daniel Congré	2	2
6	5	DF	Pedro Mendes	2	2
8	2	DF	Arnaud Souquet	1	1
	8	DF	Ambroise Oyongo	1	1
	32	FW	Petar Škuletić	1	1
	33	FW	Elye Wahi	1	1
Totals				33	33

References

^ "Effectif et staff". mhscfoot.com. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
^ "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.
^ "Montpellier Hérault SC - Olympique Lyonnais, Paris Saint-Germain - FC Metz rescheduled". Ligue1. 20 August 2020.

External links

Official website

[table_note_res_ELGS0.061996529373339-2] Since the winners of the 2020–21 Coupe de France, Paris Saint-Germain, qualified for European competition based on league position, the Europa League group stage spot reserved for the cup winners was passed to the fifth-placed team, and the Europa Conference League play-off round spot was passed to the sixth-placed team.

[1] "Effectif et staff". mhscfoot.com. Retrieved 1 July 2019.

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

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

[5] "Montpellier Hérault SC - Olympique Lyonnais, Paris Saint-Germain - FC Metz rescheduled". Ligue1. 20 August 2020.

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