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)
Stadium	Stade de la Beaujoire
Ligue 1	17th
Coupe de France	Round of 64
Top goalscorer	League: ; Ludovic Blas (5); All: ; Ludovic Blas (5)
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2019–20 2021–22 →
	All statistics correct as of 24 January 2021.

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
19	MF	FRA	Abdoulaye Touré (captain)
20	FW	FRA	Jean-Kévin Augustin
21	DF	CMR	Jean-Charles Castelletto
22	FW	FRA	Bridge Ndilu
23	DF	FRA	Thomas Basila
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	COD	Samuel Moutoussamy (at Fortuna Sittard until 30 June 2021)


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

Reserve squad

As of 1 January 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
—	GK	FRA	Nassim Badri
—	GK	BIH	Adem Husejnovic
—	GK	FRA	Anthony Robin
—	DF	FRA	Victor Daguin
—	DF	FRA	Nathan Gassama
—	DF	FRA	Aristote Lusinga
—	DF	FRA	Ryan Sabry
—	DF	FRA	Abdoulaye Sylla
—	DF	FRA	Sekou Traore
—	DF	COD	Anthony Walongwa
—	MF	FRA	Teddy Bouriaud


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	FRA	Theo Chendri
—	MF	FRA	Abdoulaye Dabo
—	MF	EQG	Santiago Eneme
—	MF	CMR	James Eto'o-Eyenga
—	MF	FRA	Alexis Mané
—	MF	FRA	Bryan Mavinzi
—	MF	FRA	Mathis Thévenin
—	FW	FRA	Hakim Abdallah
—	FW	MLI	Amadou Coulibaly
—	FW	FRA	Akram Tsague

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

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	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Ligue 1	21 August 2020	23 May 2021	Matchday 1	23	3	10	10	22	37	−15	013.04
Coupe de France	10 February 2021		Round of 64	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
Total				23	3	10	10	22	37	−15	013.04

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
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.^[3]
(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
23	3	10	10	22	37	−15	19	2	6	3	12	17	−5	1	4	7	10	20	−10

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	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	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
Position	9	6	12	14	15	16	15	15	17	14	14	14	14	14	16	15	16	17	17	17	17	17	17

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.^[4]

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.^[5]

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 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 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 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 Referee: Florent Batta
Note: The match originally scheduled for 25 October, but postponed after eleven Lens players tested positive for COVID-19.^[6]

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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 Referee: Eric Wattellier

7 February 2021 24	Nantes	v	Lille	Nantes
17:00 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire

Coupe de France

10 February 2021 Round of 64	Nantes	v	Lens	Nantes
14:45 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire

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" (in French). fcnantes.com. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
^ "EFFECTIF NATIONAL 2". fcnantes.com. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
^ "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" (in French). fcnantes.com. Retrieved 8 August 2020.

[2] "EFFECTIF NATIONAL 2". fcnantes.com. Retrieved 10 October 2018.

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

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

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