2019–20 Amiens SC season

The 2019–20 season was Amiens's 76th season in existence and the club's 3rd consecutive season in the top flight of French football. In addition to the domestic league, Amiens participated in this season's editions of the Coupe de France, and the Coupe de la Ligue. The season covered the period from 1 July 2019 to 30 June 2020.

Amiens

2019–20 season
President	Bernard Joannin
Head coach	Luka Elsner
Stadium	Stade de la Licorne
Ligue 1	19th (relegated)
Coupe de France	Round of 64
Coupe de la Ligue	Quarter-finals
Top goalscorer	League: Serhou Guirassy (9) All: Serhou Guirassy (9)
Biggest win	Amiens 3–1 Marseille
Biggest defeat	Amiens 0–4 Strasbourg
Home colours Away colours
← 2018–19 2020–21 →

Players

Squad

As of 5 February 2020.^[1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  FRA Régis Gurtner (Vice-captain) 2 DF  FRA Prince-Désir Gouano (Captain) 3 DF  ITA Arturo Calabresi (on loan from Bologna) 4 DF  GHA Nicholas Opoku (on loan from Udinese) 5 MF  FRA Eddy Gnahoré 6 MF  FRA Thomas Monconduit (3rd captain) 7 MF  IRN Saman Ghoddos 8 MF  RSA Bongani Zungu 9 FW  FRA Serhou Guirassy 10 FW  COD Gaël Kakuta 11 MF  COL Juan Ferney Otero 12 DF  MLI Bakaye Dibassy 13 DF  FRA Christophe Jallet 14 DF  NOR Haitam Aleesami 15 FW  SEN Moussa Konaté 16 GK  FRA Matthieu Dreyer 17 MF  FRA Alexis Blin

No. Pos. Nation Player 18 DF  FRA Sanasi Sy 19 MF  COD Chadrac Akolo (on loan from VfB Stuttgart) 20 FW  COL Stiven Mendoza 22 FW  FRA Madih Talal 23 FW  SWE Jack Lahne 24 MF  FRA Mathieu Bodmer 27 DF  CMR Aurélien Chedjou 28 FW  MLI Fousseni Diabaté (on loan from Leicester City) 29 FW  FRA Quentin Cornette 30 GK  CMR Boris Essele 31 MF  FRA Umit Demirel 32 FW  FRA Darell Tokpa 35 DF  FRA Valentin Gendrey 38 FW  FRA Ulrick Eneme Ella 39 MF  FRA Jonathan Bumbu — FW  BEL Isaac Mbenza (on loan from Huddersfield)

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player — DF  FRA Jordan Lefort (on loan to BSC Young Boys) — MF  CIV Cheick Timité (on loan to Paris FC) — MF  FRA Jayson Papeau (on loan to FC Chambly)

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  FRA Gaoussou Traoré (on loan to Quevilly-Rouen) — MF  POL Rafał Kurzawa (on loan to Esbjerg fB)

Transfers

In

Out

Pre-season and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss

Hull City v Amiens

24 July 2019 Friendly	Hull City	0–2	Amiens	Kingston upon Hull, England
19:30 BST (UTC+1)			Guirassy 53' Ghoddos 84'	Stadium: KCOM Stadium

Amiens v Leganés

3 August 2019 Friendly	Amiens	0–1	Leganés	Amiens, France
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)			Rosales 82'	Stadium: Stade de la Licorne

Competitions

  Win   Draw   Loss

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
					Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Ligue 1	10 August 2019	6 March 2020	Matchday 1	19th	28	4	11	13	31	50	−19	014.29
Coupe de France	4 January 2020		Round of 64	Round of 64	1	0	1	0	0	0	+0	000.00
Coupe de la Ligue	30 October 2019	8 January 2020	Round of 32	Quarter-finals	3	2	0	1	6	6	+0	066.67
Total					32	6	12	14	37	56	−19	018.75

Source: Soccerway

Ligue 1

Main article: 2019–20 Ligue 1

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	PPG	Qualification or relegation
16	Dijon	28	7	9	12	27	37	−10	30	1.07
17	Saint-Étienne	28	8	6	14	29	45	−16	30	1.07
18	Nîmes[a]	28	7	6	15	29	44	−15	27	0.96
19	Amiens (R)	28	4	11	13	31	50	−19	23	0.82	Relegation to Ligue 2
20	Toulouse (R)	28	3	4	21	22	58	−36	13	0.46

Source: Ligue 1
Rules for classification: 1) Points per game; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Fairplay ranking.^[2][3]
(R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Originally, the 18th-placed Ligue 1 team would play in promotion-relegation play-offs at the end of the season with a team from Ligue 2 to decide whether they would remain in Ligue 1 for the 2020–21 season, but the play-offs were cancelled and the 18th-placed team remained in Ligue 1.

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
28	4	11	13	31	50	−19	23	3	5	6	17	23	−6	1	6	7	14	27	−13

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	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38
Ground	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	L	W	L	L	D	W	L	D	W	D	D	W	L	L	L	D	L	D	L	L	L	D	D	L	D	D	L	D	C	C	C	C	C	C	C	C	C	C
Position	14	9	16	18	16	14	15	16	11	13	14	13	15	16	16	17	17	18	18	18	18	18	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19

Source: Ligue 1
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; C = Cancelled

Matches

The Ligue 1 schedule was announced on 14 June 2019.^[4] The Ligue 1 matches were suspended by the LFP on 13 March 2020 due to COVID-19 until further notices.^[5] On 28 April 2020, it was announced that Ligue 1 and Ligue 2 campaigns would not resume, after the country banned all sporting events until September.^[6] On 30 April, The LFP ended officially the 2019–20 season.^[7]

Nice v Amiens

10 August 2019 1	Nice	2–1	Amiens	Nice
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Hérelle 32' Le Bihan  77' Tameze  88' Dante 90+5',  90+5'	Report	Monconduit  6' Gnahoré  17'  27' Guirassy  77' Akolo 81'	Stadium: Allianz Riviera Attendance: 17,718 Referee: Jérémie Pignard

Amiens v Lille

17 August 2019 2	Amiens	1–0	Lille	Amiens
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Guirassy 70' Ghoddos  87'	Report	Soumaré  39' Ikoné  49'	Stadium: Stade de la Licorne Attendance: 12,481 Referee: Karim Abed

Amiens v Nantes

24 August 2019 3	Amiens	1–2	Nantes	Amiens
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Aleesami  16' Dibassy  51' Lafont 71' (o.g.)	Report	Touré  45+2' Coulibaly 53' Simon 84'	Stadium: Stade de la Licorne Attendance: 11,393 Referee: Jérémy Stinat

Toulouse v Amiens

31 August 2019 4	Toulouse	2–0	Amiens	Toulouse
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Makengo 50' Koulouris 59'	Report	Lefort  22'	Stadium: Stadium de Toulouse Attendance: 10,184 Referee: Florent Batta

Amiens v Lyon

13 September 2019 5	Amiens	2–2	Lyon	Amiens
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Diabaté  3' Jallet 7' Monconduit  85' Aleesami  88' Bodmer 90+2'	Report	Dembélé 9', 34' Reine-Adélaïde  74' Tousart  90+3'	Stadium: Stade de la Licorne Attendance: 12,577 Referee: Benoît Bastien

Metz v Amiens

21 September 2019 6	Metz	1–2	Amiens	Metz
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Diallo 69' Sunzu  90'	Report	Guirassy 40',  87' Dibassy 55'	Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien Attendance: 15,106 Referee: Hakim Ben El Hadj

Amiens v Bordeaux

25 September 2019 7	Amiens	1–3	Bordeaux	Amiens
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Mendoza 3' Dibassy  11' Calabresi  45'	Report	Adli 9', 45+1' Kwateng  25' Tchouaméni  31' Kalu 73'	Stadium: Stade de la Licorne Attendance: 11,367 Referee: Willy Delajod

Angers v Amiens

28 September 2019 8	Angers	1–1	Amiens	Angers
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Cissé  35' Alioui 83'	Report	Mendoza 13'	Stadium: Stade Raymond Kopa Attendance: 9,331 Referee: Karim Abed

Amiens v Marseille

4 October 2019 9	Amiens	3–1	Marseille	Amiens
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Aleesami 11' Guirassy 41' (pen.) Blin  67' Mendoza 90+1'	Report	Benedetto 23' Ćaleta-Car  39' Lopez  42' Rongier  66'	Stadium: Stade de la Licorne Attendance: 12,737 Referee: Johan Hamel

Nîmes v Amiens

19 October 2019 10	Nîmes	1–1	Amiens	Nîmes
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Fomba  24' Martinez 41' Briançon  81'	Report	Mendoza  29' Guirassy  30' Aleesami  76' Calabresi 90+5' Dibassy  90+6'	Stadium: Stade des Costières Attendance: 12,189 Referee: Jérémy Stinat

Saint-Étienne v Amiens

27 October 2019 11	Saint-Étienne	2–2	Amiens	Saint-Étienne
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Khazri 45' Fofana  71' M'Vila  78' Dibassy 80' (o.g.)	Report	Chedjou  24' Mendoza 68' Akolo 76' Kakuta  79' Calabresi  90'	Stadium: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard Attendance: 18,877 Referee: Amaury Delerue

Amiens v Brest

2 November 2019 12	Amiens	1–0	Brest	Amiens
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Otero 27' Calabresi  49' Bodmer  58' Zungu  90+5'	Report	Chardonnet  54'	Stadium: Stade de la Licorne Attendance: 12,246 Referee: Frank Schneider

Rennes v Amiens

10 November 2019 13	Rennes	3–1	Amiens	Rennes
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Gboho  16' Bourigeaud  16' Hunou 39' Niang 62' Raphinha 79' (pen.) Del Castillo  83'	Report	Kakuta  19' Guirassy 35' Monconduit  45+1' Gnahoré  51' Calabresi  68'	Stadium: Roazhon Park Attendance: 20,677 Referee: Benoît Bastien

Amiens v Strasbourg

23 November 2019 14	Amiens	0–4	Strasbourg	Amiens
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Chedjou  70'  82'	Report	Caci 43' Ajorque 56' Mothiba 72' Da Costa 76' Simakan  78'	Stadium: Stade de la Licorne Attendance: 10,358 Referee: Alain Bieri (Switzerland)

Montpellier v Amiens

30 November 2019 15	Montpellier	4–2	Amiens	Montpellier
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Le Tallec 14' Laborde 64' Delort 67' Mollet 72' Mendes  74'	Report	Lefort  26' Mendoza  40' Kakuta 44' Otero  53' Lahne 86'	Stadium: Stade de la Mosson Attendance: 11,744 Referee: Jérémie Pignard

Monaco v Amiens

7 December 2019 17	Monaco	3–0	Amiens	Monaco
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Ben Yedder 61' Maripán 67' Keita 70'	Report		Stadium: Stade Louis II Attendance: 4,203 Referee: Jérémy Stinat

Amiens v Dijon

14 December 2019 18	Amiens	1–1	Dijon	Amiens
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Akolo  9' Konaté 28'	Report	Cádiz 19' Chouiar  44' Alphonse  62' Amalfitano  77'	Stadium: Stade de la Licorne Attendance: 10,530 Referee: Thomas Leonard

Paris Saint-Germain v Amiens

21 December 2019 19	Paris Saint-Germain	4–1	Amiens	Paris
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Mbappé 10', 65' Neymar 46' Icardi 84'	Report	Gnahoré  28' Mendoza 70'	Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 47,693 Referee: Eric Wattellier

Amiens v Montpellier

11 January 2020 20	Amiens	1–2	Montpellier	Amiens
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Dibassy 14',  55' Blin  62'	Report	Laborde 50' Sambia  58' Delort 83'	Stadium: Stade de la Licorne Attendance: 10,205 Referee: Karim Abed

Amiens v Reims

15 January 2020 16	Amiens	1–1	Reims	Amiens
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Zungu  20' Konaté 54'	Report	Kutesa 45+1' Doumbia  72' Nkada  78' Suk  90+4'	Stadium: Stade de la Licorne Attendance: 10,712 Referee: Johan Hamel
Note: Match originally scheduled for 4 December, but postponed due to fog,[8] and rearranged for 15 January 2020.[9]

Brest v Amiens

25 January 2020 21	Brest	2–1	Amiens	Brest
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Mendy 51',  68' Faussurier  57' Cardona 83'	Report	Guirassy 58' (pen.),  76' Kakuta  74' Monconduit  90'	Stadium: Stade Francis-Le Blé Attendance: 12,866 Referee: Thomas Leonard

Amiens v Toulouse

1 February 2020 22	Amiens	0–0	Toulouse	Amiens
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Monconduit  20' Dibassy  65' Guirassy  75'	Report	Sangaré  78' Koné  90+1'	Stadium: Stade de la Licorne Attendance: 10,992 Referee: François Letexier

Lyon v Amiens

5 February 2020 23	Lyon	0–0	Amiens	Décines-Charpieu
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Jean Lucas  52'	Report	Dibassy  1' Monconduit  60'	Stadium: Parc Olympique Lyonnais Attendance: 36,670 Referee: Jérôme Miguelgorry

Amiens v Monaco

8 February 2020 24	Amiens	1–2	Monaco	Amiens
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Guirassy 9' Diabaté  42'	Report	Silva  66' Golovin  70' Jovetić  84' Ben Yedder 85' Slimani 90+3'	Stadium: Stade de la Licorne Attendance: 11,683 Referee: Olivier Thual

Amiens v Paris Saint-Germain

15 February 2020 25	Amiens	4–4	Paris Saint-Germain	Amiens
17:30 CET (UTC+1)	Guirassy 5', 90+1',  90+2' Kakuta 29',  81' Diabaté 40' Blin  71'	Report	Herrera 45' Bakker  49' Kouassi 60', 65' Icardi 74' Verratti  90+3'	Stadium: Stade de la Licorne Attendance: 14,964 Referee: Hakim Ben El Hadj

Strasbourg v Amiens

22 February 2020 26	Strasbourg	0–0	Amiens	Strasbourg
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Sissoko  16' Simakan  86'	Report	Opoku  19' Zungu  27' Chedjou  51' Aleesami  53' Diabaté  63' Monconduit  80'	Stadium: Stade de la Meinau Attendance: 25,076 Referee: Amaury Delerue

Amiens v Metz

29 February 2020 27	Amiens	0–1	Metz	Amiens
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Blin  59' Zungu  67'	Report	Boye  18' Boulaya 26'	Stadium: Stade de la Licorne Attendance: 12,375 Referee: Johan Hamel

Marseille v Amiens

6 March 2020 28	Marseille	2–2	Amiens	Marseille
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Amavi  17' Payet  40', 57' Sanson 45+1'	Report	Monconduit  38' Calabresi  60' Guirassy 84' (pen.) Ghoddos 90+4'	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 49,748 Referee: François Letexier

Amiens v Angers

29	Amiens	Cancelled	Angers	Amiens
--:-- CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Stade de la Licorne Attendance: 0[10]

Dijon v Amiens

30	Dijon	Cancelled	Amiens	Dijon
--:-- CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Stade Gaston Gérard Attendance: 0[10]

Amiens v Rennes

31	Amiens	Cancelled	Rennes	Amiens
--:-- CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stade de la Licorne Attendance: 0[10]

Bordeaux v Amiens

32	Bordeaux	Cancelled	Amiens	Bordeaux
--:-- CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Matmut Atlantique

Amiens v Nîmes

33	Amiens	Cancelled	Nîmes	Amiens
--:-- CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stade de la Licorne

Nantes v Amiens

34	Nantes	Cancelled	Amiens	Nantes
--:-- CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire

Amiens v Saint-Étienne

35	Amiens	Cancelled	Saint-Étienne	Amiens
--:-- CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stade de la Licorne

Reims v Amiens

36	Reims	Cancelled	Amiens	Reims
--:-- CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stade Auguste-Delaune

Lille v Amiens

37	Lille	Cancelled	Amiens	Villeneuve-d'Ascq
--:-- CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stade Pierre-Mauroy

Amiens v Nice

38	Amiens	Cancelled	Nice	Amiens
--:-- CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stade de la Licorne

Coupe de France

Main article: 2019–20 Coupe de France

Rennes v Amiens

4 January 2020 Round of 64	Rennes	0–0 (a.e.t.) (5–4 p)	Amiens	Rennes
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Da Silva  90'	Report	Talal  60'	Stadium: Roazhon Park Attendance: 13,525 Referee: Mikael Lesage
	Penalties
	Siebatcheu Hunou Gboho Traoré Del Castillo Gnagnon Silva		Chedjou Talal Ghoddos Aleesami Gnahoré Diabaté Dibassy

Coupe de la Ligue

Main article: 2019–20 Coupe de la Ligue

Amiens v Angers

30 October 2019 Round of 32	Amiens	3–2	Angers	Amiens
21:05 CET (UTC+1)	Zungu  35' Jallet  45' Otero 47' Cornette 50' Blin 90+5'	Report	Cissé  39' Bahoken 44',  84' Pavlović  72' Kanga 83'	Stadium: Stade de la Licorne Attendance: 5,217 Referee: François Letexier

Amiens v Rennes

18 December 2019 Round of 16	Amiens	3–2	Rennes	Amiens
21:05 CET (UTC+1)	Zungu 35',  38' Mendoza 42' Cornette  89' Monconduit 90+1'	Report	Bourigeaud 27' (pen.) Hunou 73' Raphinha  89'	Stadium: Stade de la Licorne Attendance: 4,883 Referee: Stéphanie Frappart

Lille v Amiens

8 January 2020 Quarter-finals	Lille	2–0	Amiens	Villeneuve-d'Ascq
21:05 CET (UTC+1)	André  45+1' Luiz Araújo 50' Osimhen 58' Léo  90+2'	Report	Zungu  21'  38' Calabresi  87'	Stadium: Stade Pierre-Mauroy Attendance: 19,029 Referee: Benoît Bastien