2020–21 Valenciennes FC season

Valenciennes FC

2020–21 season
Chairman	Eddy Zdziech
Manager	Olivier Guégan
Stadium	Stade du Hainaut
Ligue 2	Preseason
Coupe de France	Preseason

The 2020–21 Valenciennes FC season is the club's 108th season in existence and the 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

Current squad

As of 22 February 2020.

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)

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

Valenciennes v Mouscron

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

Villefranche v Valenciennes

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

Sporting Club Lyon v Valenciennes

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

Amiens v Valenciennes

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	Final position	Record
					Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Ligue 2	22 August 2020	23 May 2021	Matchday 1		0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
Coupe de France	2020		Round of 64		0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
French Division Cup	12 August 2020	12 August 2020	First Stage	First Stage	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1	000.00
Total					1	0	0	1	0	1	−1	000.00

Last updated: August 2020
Source: Competitions

Ligue 2

Main article: 2020–21 Ligue 2

League table

Pos	Team	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
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Last updated: August 2020.
Source:

Results by round

Round	1
Ground
Result
Position

Updated to match(es) played on August 2020. Source:
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 9 July 2020.

v

22 August 2020 1

v

Coupe de France

Main article: 2020–21 Coupe de France

External links

• Official website