2019–20 Le Havre AC season

The 2019–20 season was the 149th season in the existence of Le Havre AC and the club's 11th consecutive season in the second division of French football. In addition to the domestic league, Le Havre participated in this season's editions of the Coupe de France and Coupe de la Ligue.

Le Havre

2019–20 season
President	Vincent Volpe
Head coach	Paul Le Guen
Stadium	Stade Océane
Ligue 2	6th
Coupe de France	Seventh round
Coupe de la Ligue	First round
Home colours Away colours
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Players

First-team squad

As of 15 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 Mathieu Gorgelin 3 DF  TUR Umut Meraş 4 DF  TUR Ertuğrul Ersoy 5 DF  CGO Fernand Mayembo 6 MF  FRA Romain Basque 7 MF  FRA Jean-Pascal Fontaine 8 MF  FRA Himad Abdelli 9 MF  FRA Ateef Konaté 10 FW  FRA Alan Dzabana 11 FW  ZIM Tino Kadewere (on loan from Lyon) 12 DF  TUN Ayman Ben Mohamed 13 FW  GHA Ebenezer Assifuah 14 FW  SEN Jamal Thiaré

No. Pos. Nation Player 17 MF  FRA Alexandre Bonnet 18 MF  CTA Amos Youga 20 DF  MLI Baba Traoré 21 MF  FRA Daylam Meddah 22 MF  ALG Victor Lekhal 23 MF  FRA Eric Junior Dina-Ebimbe (on loan from PSG) 24 MF  FRA Pape Gueye 25 DF  HUN Barnabás Bese 26 DF  FRA Woyo Coulibaly 28 DF  FRA Loïc Badé 29 FW  HAI Hervé Bazile 30 GK  FRA Yahia Fofana

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  BFA Yacouba Coulibaly (on loan to Paris FC)

No. Pos. Nation Player — DF  GLP Kelly Irep (on loan to Bourg-en-Bresse)

Pre-season and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss

Caen v Le Havre

13 July 2019 Friendly	Caen	2–0	Le Havre	Mondeville, France
17:30 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Stade Michel Farré

Angers v Le Havre

20 July 2019 Friendly	Angers	3–2	Le Havre	Sablé, France
16:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Fulgini 4', 16' El Melali 45+1'		Thiaré 25' Kadewere 90'	Stadium: Stade Rémy Lambert

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
					Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Ligue 2	26 July 2019	6 March 2020	Matchday 1	6th	28	11	11	6	38	25	+13	039.29
Coupe de France	15 November 2019		Seventh round	Seventh round	1	0	0	1	1	3	−2	000.00
Coupe de la Ligue	13 August 2019		First round	First round	1	0	1	0	1	1	+0	000.00
Total					30	11	12	7	40	29	+11	036.67

Source: Soccerway

Ligue 2

Main article: 2019–20 Ligue 2

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
4	Troyes	28	16	3	9	34	25	+9	51
5	Clermont	28	14	8	6	35	25	+10	50
6	Le Havre	28	11	11	6	38	25	+13	44
7	Valenciennes	28	11	9	8	24	20	+4	42
8	Guingamp	28	10	9	9	40	33	+7	39

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

Source: Ligue 2

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	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	D	D	W	W	W	W	D	D	L	L	D	D	D	L	W	W	W	L	D	W	W	D	D	D	L	L	W	W	C	C	C	C	C	C	C	C	C	C
Position

Source: Ligue 2
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 14 June 2019.^[2] The Ligue 2 matches were suspended by the LFP on 13 March 2020 due to COVID-19 until further notices.^[3] 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.^[4] On 30 April, The LFP ended officially the 2019–20 season.^[5]

Ajaccio v Le Havre

26 July 2019 1

Ajaccio

2–2

Le Havre

Ajaccio

Le Havre v Niort

2 August 2019 2

Le Havre

1–1

Niort

Le Havre

Troyes v Le Havre

9 August 2019 3

Troyes

1–2

Le Havre

Troyes

Lens v Le Havre

17 August 2019 4

Lens

1–3

Le Havre

Lens

Le Havre v Grenoble

23 August 2019 5

Le Havre

3–1

Grenoble

Le Havre

Caen v Le Havre

30 August 2019 6

Caen

0–3

Le Havre

Caen

Le Havre v Paris FC

13 September 2019 7

Le Havre

0–0

Paris FC

Le Havre

Orléans v Le Havre

20 September 2019 8

Orléans

2–2

Le Havre

Orléans

Le Havre v Châteauroux

27 September 2019 9

Le Havre

0–1

Châteauroux

Le Havre

Auxerre v Le Havre

5 October 2019 10

Auxerre

2–0

Le Havre

Auxerre

Le Havre v Lorient

19 October 2019 11

Le Havre

2–2

Lorient

Le Havre

Valenciennes v Le Havre

29 October 2019 12

Valenciennes

0–0

Le Havre

Valenciennes

Le Havre v Nancy

4 November 2019 13

Le Havre

1–1

Nancy

Le Havre

Sochaux v Le Havre

8 November 2019 14

Sochaux

2–0

Le Havre

Montbéliard

Le Havre v Guingamp

25 November 2019 15

Le Havre

4–0

Guingamp

Le Havre

Rodez v Le Havre

29 November 2019 16

Rodez

1–2

Le Havre

Rodez

Le Havre v Le Mans

3 December 2019 17

Le Havre

2–0

Le Mans

Le Havre

Clermont v Le Havre

13 December 2019 18

Clermont

2–1

Le Havre

Clermont

Le Havre v Chambly

20 December 2019 19

Le Havre

1–1

Chambly

Le Havre

Niort v Le Havre

10 January 2020 20

Niort

0–1

Le Havre

Niort

Le Havre v Troyes

27 January 2020 21

Le Havre

1–0

Troyes

Le Havre

Le Havre v Lens

31 January 2020 22

Le Havre

0–0

Lens

Le Havre

Grenoble v Le Havre

3 February 2020 23

Grenoble

1–1

Le Havre

Grenoble

Le Havre v Caen

7 February 2020 24

Le Havre

1–1

Caen

Le Havre

Paris FC v Le Havre

14 February 2020 25

Paris FC

1–0

Le Havre

Paris

Le Havre v Orléans

21 February 2020 26

Le Havre

1–2

Orléans

Le Havre

Châteauroux v Le Havre

28 February 2020 27

Châteauroux

0–3

Le Havre

Châteauroux

Le Havre v Auxerre

6 March 2020 28

Le Havre

1–0

Auxerre

Le Havre

Lorient v Le Havre

13 March 2020 29

Lorient

Cancelled

Le Havre

Lorient

Le Havre v Valenciennes

20 March 2020 30

Le Havre

Cancelled

Valenciennes

Le Havre

Coupe de France

Main article: 2019–20 Coupe de France

Le Havre v Dunkerque

15 November 2019 Seventh round	Le Havre	1–3	Dunkerque	Le Havre
20:00 CET	Basque 37'	Report	Goteni 27' Bayo 66', 83'	Stadium: Stade Océane Attendance: 1,938 Referee: Aurélien Petit

Coupe de la Ligue

Main article: 2019–20 Coupe de la Ligue

Clermont v Le Havre

13 August 2019 First round	Clermont	1–1 (4–3 p)	Le Havre	Clermont-Ferrand
20:00 CEST	N'Diaye 22' (pen.)	Report	Dzabana 6'	Stadium: Stade Gabriel Montpied Attendance: 1,785 Referee: Cédric Dos Santos
	Penalties
	Grbic Donisa González Gastien N'Simba		Abdelli Dzabana Fontaine Bazile Basque