2020–21 Division 1 Féminine

The 2020–21 Division 1 Féminine season, also known as D1 Arkema for sponsorship reasons, was the 47th edition of Division 1 Féminine since its establishment in 1974. The season began on 5 September 2020 and ended on 5 June 2021.^[4] Lyon were the defending champions, having won the title for last fourteen consecutive seasons.^[5] Paris Saint-Germain won their first league title in history after securing a 3–0 win against Dijon on the final day of the season.^[6]

Division 1 Féminine

Season	2020–21
Dates	5 September 2020 – 5 June 2021
Champions	Paris Saint-Germain (1st title)
Relegated	Le Havre
Champions League	Paris Saint-Germain Lyon Bordeaux
Matches played	132
Goals scored	422 (3.2 per match)
Top goalscorer	Khadija Shaw (22 goals)[1]
Biggest home win	Lyon 9–0 Issy (12 December 2020)[2]
Biggest away win	Issy 0–14 Paris Saint-Germain (14 November 2020)[3]
Highest scoring	Issy 0–14 Paris Saint-Germain (14 November 2020)[3]
Longest winning run	Paris Saint-Germain (19 matches)
Longest unbeaten run	Paris Saint-Germain (22 matches)
Longest winless run	Le Havre (19 matches)
Longest losing run	Le Havre (8 matches)
← 2019–20 2021–22 →

Teams

Bordeaux

Dijon

Fleury

Guingamp

Issy

Le Havre

Lyon

Montpellier

Paris FC

Paris SG

Reims

Soyaux

Location of teams in 2020–21 Division 1 Féminine

A total of 12 teams compete in the league. Champions and runners-up of previous season's Division 2 Féminine (Issy and Le Havre) replaced two relegated teams from last season's Division 1 Féminine (Metz and Marseille).

Team	Manager	Ground	Capacity	2019–20 season
Bordeaux	Pedro Martínez Losa	Stade Sainte-Germaine [fr], Le Bouscat	7,048	3rd
Dijon	Yannick Chandioux [fr]	Stade des Poussots, Dijon	498	9th
Fleury	David Fanzel [fr]	Stade Walter Felder, Fleury-Mérogis	1,000	7th
Guingamp	Frédéric Biancalani	Stade de l'Akademi EA Guingamp, Pabu	1,960	6th
Lyon	Sonia Bompastor	Groupama OL Training Center [fr], Décines-Charpieu	1,500	1st
Issy	Camillo Vaz	Stade Le Gallo, Boulogne-Billancourt	2,000	D2 Group A, 1st
Le Havre	Michaël Bunel	Stade Océane, Le Havre	25,000	D2 Group B, 1st
Montpellier	Frédéric Mendy	Stade Bernard Gasset - Mama Ouattara Field, Montpellier	1,280	4th
Paris FC	Sandrine Soubeyrand	Stade Robert Bobin, Bondoufle	18,845	5th
Paris Saint-Germain	Olivier Echouafni	Stade Jean-Bouin, Paris Stade Georges Lefèvre, St-Germain-en-Laye	20,000 2,164	2nd
Reims	Amandine Miquel	Stade Louis Blériot, Bétheny	500	8th
Soyaux	Laurent Mortel [fr]	Stade Léo Lagrange, Soyaux	385	10th

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Paris Saint-Germain (C)	22	20	2	0	83	4	+79	62	Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2	Lyon	22	20	1	1	78	6	+72	61	Qualification for the Champions League second round
3	Bordeaux	22	14	2	6	50	23	+27	44	Qualification for the Champions League first round
4	Paris FC	22	11	4	7	39	29	+10	37
5	Guingamp	22	9	4	9	29	32	−3	31
6	Reims	22	9	3	10	34	42	−8	30[a]
7	Montpellier	22	9	3	10	27	35	−8	30[a]
8	Dijon	22	8	2	12	24	37	−13	26
9	Fleury	22	7	4	11	18	42	−24	25
10	Soyaux	22	5	2	15	15	46	−31	17
11	Issy	22	3	1	18	11	77	−66	10
12	Le Havre (R)	22	2	2	18	14	49	−35	8	Relegation to Division 2 Féminine

Source: ^[7]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) goals scored
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Reims finished ahead of Montpellier on head-to-head goal difference: Reims 0–1 Montpellier, Montpellier 0–4 Reims.

Results

Home \ Away	BOR	DIJ	FLE	GUI	ISY	LHV	LYO	MON	PFC	PSG	REI	SOY
Bordeaux	—	5–1	6–1	1–0	1–0	6–0	0–1	2–0	2–3	0–0	7–1	2–1
Dijon	0–2	—	3–1	2–1	3–1	2–1	0–3	1–0	0–1	0–3	0–0	3–2
Fleury	1–2	2–0	—	0–2	3–1	1–0	0–3	0–0	1–1	0–5	1–2	0–0
Guingamp	4–2	1–2	0–1	—	2–0	2–1	0–5	4–1	1–1	0–5	0–0	3–0
Issy	3–1	1–0	0–1	1–6	—	0–4	0–4	0–3	0–4	0–14	1–2	0–1
Le Havre	0–2	0–2	1–3	0–1	0–0	—	1–3	1–4	1–0	0–2	0–1	0–1
Lyon	2–1	2–0	8–0	4–0	9–0	5–1	—	2–1	4–0	0–0	3–0	5–1
Montpellier	0–1	1–1	0–0	2–0	3–1	3–1	0–5	—	2–1	0–3	0–4	2–1
Paris FC	0–1	3–2	2–0	0–0	5–0	1–1	0–5	2–0	—	2–3	3–1	2–0
PSG	1–0	3–0	4–0	4–1	4–0	5–0	1–0	4–0	4–1	—	4–0	7–0
Reims	4–4	2–1	1–2	0–1	7–1	2–1	0–3	0–1	1–4	0–4	—	4–0
Soyaux	0–2	2–1	1–0	0–0	0–1	3–0	0–2	1–4	0–3	0–3	1–2	—

Source: Division 1 Féminine
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Positions by round

The table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches. In order to preserve chronological evolvements, any postponed matches are not included to the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards.

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22
Bordeaux	5	9	9	7	4	5	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Dijon	9	8	5	6	9	4	6	6	7	6	7	8	7	8	8	8	9	8	8	8	8	8
Fleury	7	2	3	4	7	7	7	7	5	5	5	6	5	5	7	7	7	9	9	9	9	9
Guingamp	10	11	11	11	11	11	9	9	8	9	8	7	8	6	5	6	5	5	5	5	6	5
Issy	11	12	12	12	12	12	10	10	10	10	11	11	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Le Havre	1	7	6	8	10	10	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Lyon	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Montpellier	8	3	2	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	6	6	6	6	5	7
Paris FC	12	5	7	9	5	6	5	5	6	7	6	5	6	7	6	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
PSG	3	4	4	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Reims	6	10	10	10	6	8	8	8	9	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	7	7	7	7	6
Soyaux	4	6	8	5	8	9	11	11	11	11	10	10	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10

	Leader and UEFA Champions League group stage
	UEFA Champions League second round
	UEFA Champions League first round
	Relegation to 2021–22 Division 2 Féminine

Source: Division 1

Season statistics

Top scorers

As of 5 June 2021^[8]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Khadija Shaw	Bordeaux	22
2	Marie-Antoinette Katoto	Paris Saint-Germain	21
3	Kadidiatou Diani	Paris Saint-Germain	13
	Clara Matéo	Paris FC
	Nikita Parris	Lyon
6	Faustine Robert	Guingamp	11
	Évelyne Viens	Paris FC
8	Mélissa Gomes	Reims	10
	Amel Majri	Lyon
	Nadia Nadim	Paris Saint-Germain
	Wendie Renard	Lyon

Most clean sheets

As of 5 June 2021

Rank	Player	Club	Clean sheets
1	Christiane Endler	Paris Saint-Germain	19
2	Sarah Bouhaddi	Lyon	14
3	Anna Moorhouse	Bordeaux	10
4	Solène Durand	Guingamp	8
5	Chiamaka Nnadozie	Paris FC	7
6	Romane Munich	Soyaux	6
7	Manon Heil	Fleury	5
	Phallon Tullis-Joyce	Reims
9	Laëtitia Philippe	Fleury/Issy	4
	Lisa Schmitz	Montpellier

Hat-tricks

Player	Club	Against	Result	Date
Kadidiatou Diani	Paris Saint-Germain	Guingamp	4–1 (H)	5 September 2020
Sonia Ouchène	Reims	Issy	7–1 (H)	3 October 2020
Khadija Shaw4	Bordeaux	Fleury	6–1 (H)	10 October 2020
Évelyne Viens	Paris FC	Issy	5–0 (H)	10 October 2020
Clara Matéo	Paris FC	Reims	3–1 (H)	31 October 2020
Khadija Shaw	Bordeaux	Dijon	5–1 (H)	31 October 2020
Nadia Nadim7	Paris Saint-Germain	Issy	14–0 (A)	14 November 2020
Nikita Parris4	Lyon	Issy	9–0 (H)	12 December 2020
Amel Majri	Lyon	Issy	9–0 (H)	12 December 2020
Marie-Antoinette Katoto4	Paris Saint-Germain	Le Havre	5–0 (H)	13 December 2020
Khadija Shaw	Bordeaux	Reims	7–1 (H)	23 January 2021
Maëlle Garbino	Bordeaux	Le Havre	6–0 (H)	27 February 2021
Marie-Antoinette Katoto	Paris Saint-Germain	Soyaux	7–0 (H)	4 April 2021

• ⁴ Player scored four goals.
• ⁷ Player scored seven goals.

Awards

Player of the Month

Main article: Division 1 Féminine Player of the Month

Month	Winner	Club	Ref.
September 2020	Kadidiatou Diani	Paris Saint-Germain	[9]
October 2020	Khadija Shaw	Bordeaux	[10]
November 2020	Marie-Antoinette Katoto	Paris Saint-Germain	[11]
December 2020	Marie-Antoinette Katoto	Paris Saint-Germain	[12]
January 2021	Khadija Shaw	Bordeaux	[13]
February 2021	Maëlle Garbino	Bordeaux	[14]
March 2021	Melissa Herrera	Reims	[15]
April 2021	Melissa Herrera	Reims	[16]

UNFP Awards

See also: Trophées UNFP du football

Nominations for Player of the Year, Young Player of the Year and Goalkeeper of the Year were announced on 11 May 2021.^[17] Winners along with Team of the Year were announced on 21, 22 and 23 May.^[18]

Note: Winners are displayed in boldface.

Player of the Year

Player	Club
Delphine Cascarino	Lyon
Kadidiatou Diani	Paris Saint-Germain
Grace Geyoro	Paris Saint-Germain
Marie-Antoinette Katoto	Paris Saint-Germain
Khadija Shaw	Bordeaux

Young Player of the Year

Player	Club
Sandy Baltimore	Paris Saint-Germain
Kessya Bussy	Reims
Ellie Carpenter	Lyon
Julie Dufour	Bordeaux
Melvine Malard	Lyon

Goalkeeper of the Year

Player	Club
Sarah Bouhaddi	Lyon
Christiane Endler	Paris Saint-Germain
Anna Moorhouse	Bordeaux
Constance Picaud	Le Havre
Phallon Tullis-Joyce	Reims

Team of the Year

Position	Player	Club
GK	Christiane Endler	Paris Saint-Germain
DF	Ashley Lawrence	Paris Saint-Germain
DF	Wendie Renard	Lyon
DF	Irene Paredes	Paris Saint-Germain
DF	Sakina Karchaoui	Lyon
MF	Dzsenifer Marozsán	Lyon
MF	Grace Geyoro	Paris Saint-Germain
MF	Sandy Baltimore	Paris Saint-Germain
FW	Kadidiatou Diani	Paris Saint-Germain
FW	Marie-Antoinette Katoto	Paris Saint-Germain
FW	Delphine Cascarino	Lyon

FFF D1 Arkema Awards

Nominations for Goal of the Season were announced on 26 May 2021.^[19] Nominations for Best Player, Best Young Player, Best Manager and Best Goalkeeper were announced on 1 June.^[20] Winners along with Team of the Season were published in FFF's official website on 5 June.^[21]

Note: Winners are displayed in boldface.

Best Player

Player	Club
Kadidiatou Diani	Paris Saint-Germain
Marie-Antoinette Katoto	Paris Saint-Germain
Khadija Shaw	Bordeaux

Best Young Player

Player	Club
Sandy Baltimore	Paris Saint-Germain
Kessya Bussy	Reims
Ellie Carpenter	Lyon

Best Goalkeeper

Player	Club
Mylène Chavas	Dijon
Christiane Endler	Paris Saint-Germain
Phallon Tullis-Joyce	Reims

Best Manager

Player	Club
Frédéric Biancalani	Guingamp
Olivier Echouafni	Paris Saint-Germain
Sandrine Soubeyrand	Paris FC

Goal of the Season

Player	Club
Grace Geyoro	Paris Saint-Germain
Sh'Nia Gordon	Dijon
Ghoutia Karchouni	Bordeaux
Amel Majri	Lyon

Team of the Season

Position	Player	Club
GK	Christiane Endler	Paris Saint-Germain
DF	Ellie Carpenter	Lyon
DF	Irene Paredes	Paris Saint-Germain
DF	Wendie Renard	Lyon
DF	Sakina Karchaoui	Lyon
MF	Kadidiatou Diani	Paris Saint-Germain
MF	Dzsenifer Marozsán	Lyon
MF	Grace Geyoro	Paris Saint-Germain
MF	Sandy Baltimore	Paris Saint-Germain
FW	Marie-Antoinette Katoto	Paris Saint-Germain
FW	Khadija Shaw	Bordeaux