2020–21 FC Nantes season

The 2020–21 season was the 77th season in the existence of FC Nantes and the club's 8th consecutive season in the top flight of French football. In addition to the domestic league, Nantes participated in this season's edition of the Coupe de France. The season covered the period from 1 July 2020 to 30 June 2021.

FC Nantes

2020–21 season
Owner	Waldemar Kita
President	Waldemar Kita
Head coach	Christian Gourcuff (until 8 December) Patrick Collot (caretaker, from 8 December) Raymond Domenech (from 26 December to 11 February) Antoine Kombouaré (from 11 February)
Stadium	Stade de la Beaujoire
Ligue 1	18th (play-off winners)
Coupe de France	Round of 64
Top goalscorer	League: Ludovic Blas (10) All: Ludovic Blas (11)
Biggest win	Dijon 0–4 Nantes
Biggest defeat	Nantes 0–4 Strasbourg
Home colours Away colours Third colours
← 2019–20 2021–22 →

Players

First-team squad

As of 29 January 2021^[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 Alban Lafont (on loan from Fiorentina) 2 DF  BRA Fábio 3 MF  BRA Andrei Girotto 4 DF  FRA Nicolas Pallois (captain) 5 MF  ESP Pedro Chirivella 6 MF  FRA Roli Pereira de Sa 7 FW  MLI Kalifa Coulibaly 10 MF  FRA Ludovic Blas 11 FW  FRA Marcus Coco 12 DF  FRA Dennis Appiah 14 DF  MLI Charles Traoré 15 DF  FRA Thomas Basila 17 FW  BEL Anthony Limbombe

No. Pos. Nation Player 19 MF  FRA Abdoulaye Touré 20 FW  FRA Jean-Kévin Augustin 21 DF  CMR Jean-Charles Castelletto 22 FW  FRA Bridge Ndilu 23 FW  FRA Randal Kolo 24 DF  FRA Sébastien Corchia 26 MF  FRA Imran Louza 27 FW  NGA Moses Simon 28 FW  BEL Renaud Emond 29 MF  FRA Batista Mendy 30 GK  SVN Denis Petrić 32 FW  FRA Kader Bamba 40 GK  FRA Charly Jan

Players 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  MLI Molla Wagué (at Amiens until 30 June 2021) — MF  FRA Abou Ba (at Cosenza until 30 June 2021) — MF  FRA Abdoulaye Dabo (at Juventus U23 until 30 June 2021)

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  COD Samuel Moutoussamy (at Fortuna Sittard until 30 June 2021) — MF  BRA Lucas Evangelista (at Red Bull Bragantino until 30 June 2021) — FW  FRA Élie Youan (at St. Gallen until 30 June 2021)

Transfers

In

No.	Pos	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
5	MF	Pedro Chirivella	Liverpool	Free	1 July 2020	[2]
27	FW	Moses Simon	Levante	€5M	1 July 2020	[3]
20	FW	Jean-Kévin Augustin	RB Leipzig	Free	6 October 2020	[4]

Out

No.	Pos	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
10	MF	Cristian Benavente	Pyramids	Loan return	1 July 2020	[5]

Pre-season and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss

Nantes v FC Stade Nyonnais

18 July 2020 Friendly	Nantes	6–0	FC Stade Nyonnais	Annecy-le-Vieux, France
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Coco 7' Girotto 15' Blas 43' Kolo 57' Moutoussamy 61' Emond 65'	Report		Stadium: Complexe Sportif D'Albigny Attendance: 200

Anderlecht v Nantes

25 July 2020 Friendly	Anderlecht	0–0	Nantes	Anderlecht, Belgium
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: RSCA Football Academy Attendance: 0

Bordeaux v Nantes

1 August 2020 Friendly	Bordeaux	Cancelled	Nantes	La Roche-sur-Yon, France
--:-- CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stade Henri Desgrange

Charleroi v Nantes

1 August 2020 Friendly	Charleroi	Cancelled	Nantes	Charleroi, Belgium
16:30 CEST (UTC+2)

Nantes v Saint-Étienne

15 August 2020 Friendly	Nantes	Cancelled	Saint-Étienne	La Baule, France
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stade Moreau Défarges

Nantes v Le Havre

15 August 2020 Friendly	Nantes	3–1	Le Havre	La Baule, France
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Simon 7' Coulibaly 49' Ndilu 90+2'	Report	Abdelli 45+2' (pen.)	Stadium: Stade Moreau Défarges Referee: Jérémy Stinat

Nantes v Angers

9 October 2020 Friendly	Nantes	1–2	Angers	Basse-Goulaine, France
11:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Augustin 11'	Report	Thomas 68' Fulgini 90+2'	Stadium: Complexe Sportif Henri Michel

Competitions

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
					Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Ligue 1	21 August 2020	23 May 2021	Matchday 1	18th	38	9	13	16	47	55	−8	023.68
Ligue 1 relegation play-offs	27 May 2021	30 May 2021	First leg	Winners	2	1	0	1	2	2	+0	050.00
Coupe de France	10 February 2021		Round of 64	Round of 64	1	0	0	1	2	4	−2	000.00
Total					41	10	13	18	51	61	−10	024.39

Source: Soccerway

Ligue 1

Main article: 2020–21 Ligue 1

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
16	Lorient	38	11	9	18	50	68	−18	42
17	Brest	38	11	8	19	50	66	−16	41
18	Nantes (O)	38	9	13	16	47	55	−8	40	Qualification for the Relegation play-offs
19	Nîmes (R)	38	9	8	21	40	71	−31	35	Relegation to the Ligue 2
20	Dijon (R)	38	4	9	25	25	73	−48	21

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

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
38	9	13	16	47	55	−8	40	3	8	8	21	29	−8	6	5	8	26	26	0

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	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H
Result	D	W	L	D	L	L	W	D	L	W	D	L	L	D	L	D	L	D	D	D	L	L	D	L	W	D	D	L	W	D	L	L	L	W	W	W	W	L
Position	9	6	12	14	15	16	15	15	17	14	14	14	14	14	16	15	16	17	17	17	17	17	17	18	18	17	19	19	18	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	18

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

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 9 July 2020.^[7]

Bordeaux v Nantes

21 August 2020 1	Bordeaux	0–0	Nantes	Bordeaux
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Zerkane  20' De Préville  59' Otávio  87'	Report	Traoré  45' Chirivella  89' Ndilu  90+1'	Stadium: Matmut Atlantique Referee: Benoît Bastien
Note: Match originally scheduled for 22 August, but brought forward instead of the postponed Marseille–Saint-Étienne match.[8]

Nantes v Nîmes

30 August 2020 2	Nantes	2–1	Nîmes	Nantes
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Fábio  9'  87' Girotto 11' Louza 27' (pen.),  47' Lafont  90+3'	Report	Denkey  3' Landre  35' Ferhat 57'	Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Referee: Hakim Ben El Hadj

Monaco v Nantes

13 September 2020 3	Monaco	2–1	Nantes	Monaco
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Diop 5',  7' Tchouaméni  11' Geubbels 65',  68'	Report	Touré  9' Blas 61'	Stadium: Stade Louis II Referee: Clément Turpin

Nantes v Saint-Étienne

20 September 2020 4	Nantes	2–2	Saint-Étienne	Nantes
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Pallois  68' Simon 71' Emond 86' Bamba  90'	Report	Aouchiche 2' Moueffek  42' Maçon 66' Sidibe  84'	Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Referee: Antony Gautier

Lille v Nantes

25 September 2020 5	Lille	2–0	Nantes	Villeneuve-d'Ascq
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Pallois 43' (o.g.) Yılmaz 87' (pen.)	Report	Appiah  85' Girotto  90+4'	Stadium: Stade Pierre-Mauroy Referee: Willy Delajod

Nice v Nantes

3 October 2020 6	Nice	2–1	Nantes	Nice
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Dante 27' Thuram  28', 62' Pelmard  45+5'	Report	Girotto  3' Louza 45+5' (pen.) Pallois  56'	Stadium: Allianz Riviera Referee: Jérôme Brisard

Nantes v Brest

18 October 2020 7	Nantes	3–1	Brest	Nantes
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Kolo 16' Blas 30' Abeid  38' Fábio  47' Pallois  67' Bamba 79'	Report	Duverne  42' Magnetti  60' Faivre 68'	Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Referee: Jérémie Pignard

Nantes v Paris Saint-Germain

31 October 2020 9	Nantes	0–3	Paris Saint-Germain	Nantes
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Blas  32' Coco  67' Bamba 70'	Report	Herrera 46' Mbappé 65' (pen.) Dagba  80' Sarabia 88'	Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 0 Referee: Hakim Ben El Hadj

Lorient v Nantes

8 November 2020 10	Lorient	0–2	Nantes	Lorient
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Abergel  18' Laurienté  19' Morel  82'	Report	Louza  32' Bamba 80' Blas 84'	Stadium: Stade du Moustoir Attendance: 0 Referee: Stéphanie Frappart

Nantes v Metz

22 November 2020 11	Nantes	1–1	Metz	Nantes
13:00 CET (UTC+1)	Kolo 29' Abeid  41' Fábio  45+4'	Report	Leya Iseka 45+4' (pen.) Fofana  71' Oukidja  85' Boye  87'	Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 0 Referee: Benoît Millot

Lens v Nantes

25 November 2020 8	Lens	1–1	Nantes	Lens
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Kakuta 27',  64' Doucouré  37' Gradit  78' Badé  85'	Report	Girotto  7' Kolo  71' Touré 81' (pen.)	Stadium: Stade Bollaert-Delelis Attendance: 0 Referee: Florent Batta
Note: The match originally scheduled for 25 October, but postponed after eleven Lens players tested positive for COVID-19.[9]

Marseille v Nantes

28 November 2020 12	Marseille	3–1	Nantes	Marseille
17:00 CET (UTC+1)	Thauvin 2' Payet 35',  47' Rongier  54' Benedetto 60' (pen.) Álvaro  72' Strootman  90+3'	Report	Castelletto  57' Blas 73',  83'	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 0 Referee: Mikael Lesage

Nantes v Strasbourg

6 December 2020 13	Nantes	0–4	Strasbourg	Nantes
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Abeid  64' Louza  67' Corchia  77'	Report	Liénard 16' (pen.),  32' Diallo 34' Lala  62' Ajorque 78' (pen.) Zohi 83'	Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 0 Referee: Clément Turpin

Nantes v Dijon

13 December 2020 14	Nantes	1–1	Dijon	Nantes
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Simon 24' (pen.) Chirivella  31' Blas  33'	Report	Panzo  22' Konaté 54' Scheidler  90+2'	Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 0 Referee: Antony Gautier

Reims v Nantes

16 December 2020 15	Reims	3–2	Nantes	Reims
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Konan  7' Cassamá  58' Touré 68' Dia 72' (pen.) Cafaro 74'	Report	Fábio  5' Pallois 18' Traoré  72' Blas 79'	Stadium: Stade Auguste-Delaune Attendance: 0 Referee: Karim Abed

Nantes v Angers

20 December 2020 16	Nantes	1–1	Angers	Nantes
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Abeid  27' Traoré  45', 90+3' Pallois  62'	Report	Thomas 42'	Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 0 Referee: Willy Delajod

Lyon v Nantes

23 December 2020 17	Lyon	3–0	Nantes	Décines-Charpieu
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Toko Ekambi 4' Marcelo  14' Kadewere 37' Paquetá 44'	Report	Coco  34' Abeid  56' Pallois  68'	Stadium: Parc Olympique Lyonnais Attendance: 0 Referee: Ruddy Buquet

Nantes v Rennes

6 January 2021 18	Nantes	0–0	Rennes	Nantes
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Coulibaly  13' Traoré  68'	Report	Grenier  25' Bourigeaud  55'	Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 0 Referee: Jérémie Pignard

Montpellier v Nantes

9 January 2021 19	Montpellier	1–1	Nantes	Montpellier
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Oyongo 6' Souquet  31' Delort  55' Le Tallec  59' Ferri  73' Congré  75'	Report	Louza 51'	Stadium: Stade de la Mosson Attendance: 0 Referee: François Letexier

Nantes v Lens

17 January 2021 20	Nantes	1–1	Lens	Nantes
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Louza 36' (pen.) Kolo  50' Corchia  67' Touré  87'	Report	Kakuta 33', 81' Gradit  35' Haïdara  69' Fortès  77'	Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 0 Referee: Frank Schneider

Metz v Nantes

24 January 2021 21	Metz	2–0	Nantes	Metz
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Vagner  29' Leya Iseka 35' Sarr  85' Boulaya  89', 90+4'	Report	Coco  66'	Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien Attendance: 0 Referee: Jérôme Miguelgorry

Nantes v Monaco

31 January 2021 22	Nantes	1–2	Monaco	Nantes
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Appiah  55' Pallois  73'  73' Emond 83',  90+2'	Report	Diatta  19' Fofana  29' Maripán 45' Volland 60' Florentino  90+3'	Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 0 Referee: Thomas Léonard

Saint-Étienne v Nantes

3 February 2021 23	Saint-Étienne	1–1	Nantes	Saint-Étienne
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Camara 57' Cissé  61' Khazri  80' Bouanga  89'	Report	Kolo 36' Girotto  65'	Stadium: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard Attendance: 0 Referee: Eric Wattellier

Nantes v Lille

7 February 2021 24	Nantes	0–2	Lille	Nantes
17:00 CET (UTC+1)	Coco  29' Corchia  31' Louza  32'	Report	David 9', 83'	Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 0 Referee: Stéphanie Frappart

Angers v Nantes

14 February 2021 25	Angers	1–3	Nantes	Angers
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Mangani 33' (pen.) Diony  61' Coulibaly  77'	Report	Simon 4' Louza 7' (pen.) Lafont  33' Blas  83' Bamba 86' Kolo  90+5'	Stadium: Stade Raymond Kopa Attendance: 0 Referee: François Letexier

Nantes v Marseille

20 February 2021 26	Nantes	1–1	Marseille	Nantes
17:00 CET (UTC+1)	Traoré  32' Castelletto  43' Blas 50' Chirivella  74' Bamba  88'	Report	Payet 69' Álvaro  88' Sakai  90+4'	Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 0 Referee: Amaury Delerue

Nîmes v Nantes

28 February 2021 27	Nîmes	1–1	Nantes	Nîmes
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Miguel  5'  90+1' Koné 76'	Report	Blas 27' Appiah  58'	Stadium: Stade des Costières Attendance: 0 Referee: Florent Batta

Nantes v Reims

3 March 2021 28	Nantes	1–2	Reims	Nantes
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Simon 14'	Report	Faes  6' Konan  11', 39' Cassamá  29' Chavalerin  69' Abdelhamid  80', 89'	Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 0 Referee: Willy Delajod

Paris Saint-Germain v Nantes

14 March 2021 29	Paris Saint-Germain	1–2	Nantes	Paris
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Draxler 42' Rafinha  48' Verratti  67'	Report	Simon  45', 71' Traoré  51' Kolo Muani 59'	Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 0 Referee: Karim Abed

Nantes v Lorient

21 March 2021 30	Nantes	1–1	Lorient	Nantes
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Kolo Muani 2'	Report	Laurienté  24', 87'	Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 0 Referee: Antony Gautier

Nantes v Nice

4 April 2021 31	Nantes	1–2	Nice	Nantes
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Touré 32' Pallois  43'	Report	Dolberg 11' (pen.), 29' Maolida  61' Benítez  72'	Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 0 Referee: Stéphanie Frappart

Rennes v Nantes

11 April 2021 32	Rennes	1–0	Nantes	Rennes
13:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Aguerd  19' Da Silva  36' Salin  41' Guirassy  43' Terrier 52' Camavinga  57' Tait  68'	Report	Simon  40' Castelletto  90+2'	Stadium: Roazhon Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Amaury Delerue

Nantes v Lyon

18 April 2021 33	Nantes	1–2	Lyon	Nantes
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Pallois 60'	Report	Depay 5', 37' (pen.) Denayer  67'	Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 0 Referee: Benoît Bastien

Strasbourg v Nantes

25 April 2021 34	Strasbourg	1–2	Nantes	Strasbourg
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Djiku  17' Ajorque 43'	Report	Chirivella  16' Louza  22' Castelletto 53',  57' Blas 76'	Stadium: Stade de la Meinau Attendance: 0 Referee: Ruddy Buquet

Brest v Nantes

2 May 2021 35	Brest	1–4	Nantes	Brest
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Larsonneur  61' Faivre 83' Charbonnier  89'	Report	Simon 15' Blas 27' Louza 56' Coulibaly 62' (pen.)	Stadium: Stade Francis-Le Blé Attendance: 0 Referee: Mikael Lesage

Nantes v Bordeaux

8 May 2021 36	Nantes	3–0	Bordeaux	Nantes
13:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Coulibaly 19' Louza 51' (pen.) Kolo Muani 70'	Report	Mexer  31' Benito  50' Lacoux  57' De Préville  74' Bašić  90+1'	Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 0 Referee: Benoît Millot

Dijon v Nantes

16 May 2021 37	Dijon	0–4	Nantes	Dijon
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Marié  27' Ecuele Manga  85'	Report	Coulibaly 6',  61' Kolo Muani 32', 90+2' Blas 90+1'	Stadium: Stade Gaston Gérard Attendance: 0 Referee: Karim Abed

Nantes v Montpellier

23 May 2021 38	Nantes	1–2	Montpellier	Nantes
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Kolo Muani 33' Coco  82' Blas  90+1'	Report	Hilton  18' Delort 29', 76' Laborde 30' Souquet  45+1'	Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 0 Referee: Ruddy Buquet

Relegation play-offs

Toulouse v Nantes

27 May 2021 First leg	Toulouse	1–2	Nantes	Toulouse
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Machado 19' Koné  63' Moreira  72'	Report	Blas 10' Kolo Muani 22' Chirivella  46'	Stadium: Stadium de Toulouse Attendance: 0 Referee: Jérémie Pignard

Nantes v Toulouse

30 May 2021 Second leg	Nantes	0–1 (2 (a)–2 agg.)	Toulouse	Nantes
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Appiah  5' Kolo Muani  41' Chirivella  77'	Report	Bayo  53', 62' Machado  70' Antiste  81' Ngoumou  87'	Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 0 Referee: Benoît Bastien

Coupe de France

Main article: 2020–21 Coupe de France

Nantes v Lens

10 February 2021 Round of 64	Nantes	2–4	Lens	Nantes
14:45 CET (UTC+1)	Basila  3' Bamba 24', 63'	Report	Jean 27', 39' Doucouré 36' Kalimuendo 58'	Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 0 Referee: Johan Hamel

Statistics

Goalscorers

As of 28 November 2020

Rank	No.	Pos	Nat	Name	Ligue 1	Coupe de France	Total
1	10	MF		Ludovic Blas	4	0	4
2	26	MF		Imran Louza	2	0	2
	15	FW		Randal Kolo	2	0	2
	32	FW		Kader Bamba	2	0	2
5	3	DF		Andrei Girotto	1	0	1
	19	MF		Abdoulaye Touré	1	0	1
	27	MF		Moses Simon	1	0	1
	28	FW		Renaud Emond	1	0	1
Totals					14	0	14