2020–21 Montpellier HSC season

Montpellier HSC
2020–21 season
Chairman	Laurent Nicollin
Manager	Michel Der Zakarian
Stadium	Stade de la Mosson
Ligue 1	Preseason
Coupe de France	Preseason
	← 2019–20

The 2020–21 season is Montpellier Hérault Sport Club's 94th season in existence 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

Current squad

As of 31 January 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	ARG	Gerónimo Rulli (on loan from Real Sociedad)
2	DF	FRA	Arnaud Souquet
3	DF	FRA	Daniel Congré
4	DF	BRA	Vitorino Hilton (Vice-Captain)
5	DF	POR	Pedro Mendes
6	MF	FRA	Junior Sambia
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
15	FW	FRA	Bilal Boutobba
16	GK	FRA	Dimitry Bertaud
19	FW	SEN	Souleymane Camara (Captain)
20	MF	RSA	Keagan Dolly
21	MF	FRA	Kylian Kaïboué
23	MF	FRA	Thibaut Vargas
24	FW	KOR	Yun Il-lok
25	MF	FRA	Florent Mollet
26	DF	SRB	Mihailo Ristić
27	DF	FRA	Clément Vidal
29	MF	RUS	Amir Adouyev
30	GK	FRA	Mathis Carvalho
31	DF	FRA	Nicolas Cozza

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
—	MF	FRA	Killian Sanson (on loan at Quevilly-Rouen)
—	FW	FRA	Bastian Badu (on loan at FC Chambly)
—	FW	SRB	Petar Škuletić (on loan at Sivasspor)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	DF	URU	Mathías Suárez (on loan at Club Nacional)
—	FW	FRA	Yanis Ammour (on loan at Béziers)

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

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	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	!—
Total				0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—

Last updated: August 2020
Source: Competitions

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
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: ^{[citation needed]}

Results by round

Round	1
Ground
Result
Position

Updated to match(es) played on August 2020. Source: ^{[citation needed]}
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	Montpellier	v	Lyon	Montpellier
--:-- CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stade de la Mosson

Coupe de France

References

^ "Effectif et staff". mhscfoot.com. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
^ "League Table". Ligue1.com. Retrieved 12 August 2016.
^ [1]

External links

Official website

[table_note_res_ELGS0.48901482647705-2] 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.

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