2019–20 FC Nantes season

The 2019–20 season was Football Club de Nantes's 76th season in existence and the club's 16th consecutive season in the top flight of French football. In addition to the domestic league, Nantes 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.

Nantes
2019–20 season
PresidentWaldemar Kita
Head coachChristian Gourcuff
StadiumLa Beaujoire-Louis
Fonteneau
Ligue 113th
Coupe de FranceRound of 32
Coupe de la LigueRound of 16
Top goalscorerLeague:
Ludovic Blas
Moses Simon
(5 each)

All:
Moses Simon (9)
Highest home attendance34,832
(vs Marseille, 17 August 2019)
Lowest home attendance13,751
(vs Toulouse, 1 December 2019)
Average home league attendance24,187
Biggest winAll: Nantes 8–0 Paris FC
(30 October 2019, CdlL)
League: +2 goals (twice)
Saint-Étienne 0–2 Nantes
(12 January 2020)
Marseille 1–3 Nantes
(22 February 2020)

Players

Current squad

As of 19 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  FRA Alban Lafont (on loan from Fiorentina)
2 DF  BRA Fábio
3 DF  FRA Wesley Moustache
4 DF  FRA Nicolas Pallois (vice-captain)
6 MF  FRA Roli Pereira de Sa
7 FW  MLI Kalifa Coulibaly
8 FW  FRA Marcus Coco
10 MF  PER Cristian Benavente (on loan from Pyramids FC)
11 MF  ALG Mehdi Abeid
12 DF  FRA Dennis Appiah
13 DF  MLI Molla Wagué
14 DF  MLI Charles Traoré
15 FW  BEL Anthony Limbombe
16 GK  FRA Alexandre Olliero
No. Pos. Nation Player
17 MF  FRA Ludovic Blas
18 MF  COD Samuel Moutoussamy
19 MF  FRA Abdoulaye Touré (captain)
20 DF  BRA Andrei Girotto
21 MF  SVN Rene Krhin
22 FW  FRA Bridge Ndilu
23 DF  FRA Thomas Basila
24 FW  FRA Élie Youan
25 DF  TOG Josué Homawoo
26 MF  FRA Imran Louza
27 MF  NGA Moses Simon (on loan from Levante)
28 FW  BEL Renaud Emond
30 GK  SVN Denis Petric
32 FW  FRA Kader Bamba

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
GK  FRA Quentin Braat (at Niort until 30 June 2020)
GK  FRA Maxime Dupé (at Clermont Foot until 30 June 2020)
No. Pos. Nation Player
MF  FRA Abou Ba (at Aris until 30 June 2020)
MF  BRA Lucas Evangelista (at Vitoria SC until 30 June 2020)
FW  COD Randal Kolo (at Boulogne until 30 June 2020)

Reserve squad

As of 1 January 2020[2]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
GK  FRA Nassim Badri
GK  BIH Adem Husejnovic
GK  FRA Charly Jan
GK  FRA Anthony Robin
DF  FRA Victor Daguin
DF  FRA Nathan Gassama
DF  FRA Aristote Lusinga
DF  FRA Ryan Sabry
DF  FRA Abdoulaye Sylla
DF  FRA Sekou Traore
DF  COD Anthony Walongwa
MF  FRA Teddy Bouriaud
MF  FRA Theo Chendri
No. Pos. Nation Player
MF  FRA Abdoulaye Dabo
MF  EQG Santiago Eneme-Bocari
MF  CMR James Eto'o-Eyenga
MF  FRA Alexis Mané
MF  FRA Bryan Mavinzi
MF  FRA Batista Mendy
33 MF  PER Percy Prado
MF  FRA Mathis Thévenin
FW  FRA Hakim Abdallah
FW  MLI Amadou Coulibaly
FW  FRA Taylor Luvambo
FW  FRA Akram Tsague

Transfers

Pre-season and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss

8 July 2019 Friendly Stade Nyonnais 0–1 Nantes Nyon, Switzerland
19:00 CEST (UTC+2) Report Lima  84' Stadium: Colovray Sports Centre
Attendance: 250
12 July 2019 Friendly Stade Lausanne-Ouchy 0–1 Nantes Nyon, Switzerland
18:00 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Juan-Antonio-Samaranch Stadium
19 July 2019 Friendly Nantes 3–2 Niort Luçon, France
18:30 CEST (UTC+2) Basila  8'
Bamba  21'
Touré  62' (pen.)
Report Louiserre  55' (pen.)
Passi  79'
Stadium: Stade Jean de Mouzon
26 July 2019 Friendly Brest 1–0 Nantes Inzinzac-Lochrist, France
19:00 CEST (UTC+2) N'Goma  32' Report Stadium: Stade de Mané-Braz
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Amaury Delerue (France)
30 July 2019 Friendly Nantes 2–0 Sporting Gijón La Baule-Escoublac, France
19:00 CEST (UTC+2) Touré  19' (pen.)
Louza  76'
Report Stadium: Stade Moreau-Defarges
Referee: Hakim Ben El Hadj (France)
2 August 2019 Friendly Nantes 1–1 Genoa Nantes, France
19:00 CEST (UTC+2) Homawoo  66'
Lima  84'
Kolo  85'
Report Lerager  28'
Cassata  68'
El Yamiq  80'
Romero  82'
Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire
Referee: Jérémy Stinat (France)
5 September 2019 Friendly Caen 1–0 Nantes Caen, France
17:00 CEST (UTC+2) Tell  37' Report Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano

Competitions

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

Overview

Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Ligue 1 10 August 2019 7 March 2020 Matchday 1 13th 28 11 4 13 28 31 −3 039.29
Coupe de France 4 January 2020 18 January 2020 Round of 64 Round of 32 2 1 0 1 5 4 +1 050.00
Coupe de la Ligue 30 October 2019 18 December 2019 Round of 32 Round of 16 2 1 0 1 8 1 +7 050.00
Total 32 13 4 15 41 36 +5 040.63
Source: Soccerway

Ligue 1

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts PPG
11 Angers 28 11 6 11 28 33 5 39 1.39
12 Bordeaux 28 9 10 9 40 34 +6 37[lower-alpha 1] 1.32[lower-alpha 1]
13 Nantes 28 11 4 13 28 31 3 37[lower-alpha 1] 1.32[lower-alpha 1]
14 Brest 28 8 10 10 34 37 3 34 1.21
15 Metz 28 8 10 10 27 35 8 34 1.21
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.[3][4]
Notes:
  1. Bordeaux finished ahead of Nantes on head-to-head points: Bordeaux 2–0 Nantes, Nantes 0–1 Bordeaux.

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
28 11 4 13 28 31  −3 37 6 2 6 11 11  0 5 2 7 17 20  −3

Source: Ligue 1

Results by round

Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
GroundAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAH
ResultLDWWWLWWWLLLLDWLWWLWLLLDDWLLCCCCCCCCCC
Position131411737432223986965546911121211111313131313131313131313
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.[5] The Ligue 1 matches were suspended by the LFP on 13 March 2020 due to COVID-19 until further notices.[6] 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.[7] On 30 April, The LFP ended officially the 2019–20 season.[8]

11 August 2019 1 Lille 2–1 Nantes Villeneuve-d'Ascq
15:00 CEST (UTC+2) Osimhen  19', 80'
Bamba  49'
Weah  65'
Report Fábio  43'
Traoré  45+3'
Çelik  51' (o.g.)
Wagué  77'
Pallois  90+4'
Stadium: Stade Pierre-Mauroy
Attendance: 34,494
Referee: Mikael Lesage
17 August 2019 2 Nantes 0–0 Marseille Nantes
17:30 CEST (UTC+2) Report Sanson  42'
Kamara  48'
Strootman  87'
Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire
Attendance: 34,832
Referee: Benoît Bastien
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
31 August 2019 4 Nantes 1–0 Montpellier Nantes
20:00 CEST (UTC+2) Bamba  33'
Abeid  71'
Touré  85'
Report Mendes  28'
Laborde  45+1'
Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire
Attendance: 18,980
Referee: Karim Abed
15 September 2019 5 Nantes 1–0 Reims Nantes
15:00 CEST (UTC+2) Pallois  47'
Coulibaly  69'
Report Kamara  67'
Romao  78'
Chavalerin  86'
Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire
Attendance: 18,897
Referee: Willy Delajod
20 September 2019 6 Strasbourg 2–1 Nantes Strasbourg
20:45 CEST (UTC+2) Liénard  66'
Koné  82'
Mitrović  83'
Ajorque  89' (pen.)
Report Coulibaly  28'
Louza  73'
Fábio  88'
Stadium: Stade de la Meinau
Attendance: 24,013
Referee: Florent Batta
25 September 2019 7 Nantes 1–0 Rennes Nantes
19:00 CEST (UTC+2) Fábio  22'
Lafont  32'
Touré  77' (pen.)
Report Lea Siliki  56'
Hunou  59'
Morel  75'
Raphinha  88'
Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire
Attendance: 26,952
Referee: Antony Gautier
28 September 2019 8 Lyon 0–1 Nantes Décines-Charpieu
13:30 CEST (UTC+2) Marcelo  10'
Dubois  55'
Report Appiah  13'
Marçal  59' (o.g.)
Pallois  64'
Stadium: Parc Olympique Lyonnais
Attendance: 46,647
Referee: Benoît Millot
5 October 2019 9 Nantes 1–0 Nice Nantes
20:00 CEST (UTC+2) Girotto  76'
Simon  86'
Report Burner  90+5'
Atal  90+5'
Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire
Attendance: 23,426
Referee: Amaury Delerue
19 October 2019 10 Metz 1–0 Nantes Metz
20:00 CEST (UTC+2) Cabit  49'
Maïga  72'
Diallo  87'
Report Wagué  62'
Abeid  72'
Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien
Attendance: 16,533
Referee: Jérémie Pignard
25 October 2019 11 Nantes 0–1 Monaco Nantes
20:45 CEST (UTC+2) Fábio  10'
Pallois  74'
Report Ben Yedder  22'
Lecomte  90+2'
Jemerson  90+5'
Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire
Attendance: 30,656
Referee: Thomas Leonard
3 November 2019 12 Bordeaux 2–0 Nantes Bordeaux
15:00 CET (UTC+1) Tchouaméni  6'
Kamano  37'
Mexer  56'
Hwang  57'
De Préville  68'
Jovanović  84'
Report Pallois  8'
Touré  23'
Girotto  72'
Stadium: Matmut Atlantique
Attendance: 19,545
Referee: François Letexier
10 November 2019 13 Nantes 2–3 Saint-Étienne Nantes
17:00 CET (UTC+1) Blas  15'
Louza  26'
Girotto  45'
Report Trauco  22'
Bouanga  34', 67'
Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire
Attendance: 34,191
Referee: Clément Turpin
23 November 2019 14 Brest 1–1 Nantes Brest
20:00 CET (UTC+1) Bain  18'
Charbonnier  40'
Cardona  68'
Report Basila  7'
Coulibaly  31'
Stadium: Stade Francis-Le Blé
Attendance: 14,232
Referee: Ruddy Buquet
1 December 2019 15 Nantes 2–1 Toulouse Nantes
15:00 CET (UTC+1) Bamba  40'
Touré  43' (pen.)
Blas  54'
Report Koné  8'  23'
Isimat-Mirin  48'
Leya Iseka  90+7' (pen.)
Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire
Attendance: 13,751
Referee: Florent Batta
4 December 2019 16 Paris Saint-Germain 2–0 Nantes Paris
21:05 CET (UTC+1) Draxler  34'
Mbappé  52'
Neymar  85' (pen.)
Report Abeid  29'
Bamba  39'
Stadium: Parc des Princes
Attendance: 47,485
Referee: Amaury Delerue
8 December 2019 17 Nantes 1–0 Dijon Nantes
17:00 CET (UTC+1) Pallois  70'
Blas  73'
Report Balmont  50'
Pereira  57'
Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire
Attendance: 16,001
Referee: Hakim Ben El Hadj
14 December 2019 18 Nîmes 0–1 Nantes Nîmes
20:00 CET (UTC+1) Report Louza  29'
Bamba  46'
Simon  68'
Pallois  81'
Stadium: Stade des Costières
Attendance: 12,098
Referee: Karim Abed
21 December 2019 19 Nantes 1–2 Angers Nantes
20:45 CET (UTC+1) Blas  17'
Pallois  90'
Report Bobichon  50'
El Melali  87'
Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire
Attendance: 29,807
Referee: Jérémie Pignard
12 January 2020 20 Saint-Étienne 0–2 Nantes Saint-Étienne
15:00 CET (UTC+1) Khazri  52'
Palencia  69'
Report Abeid  23'
Blas  48'
Louza  70'
Stadium: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard
Attendance: 0[lower-alpha 1]
Referee: Benoît Bastien
26 January 2020 21 Nantes 0–1 Bordeaux Nantes
17:00 CET (UTC+1) Girotto  17'  54'
Abeid  31'
Report De Préville  26'
Otávio  60'
Briand  86'
Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire
Attendance: 29,839
Referee: Karim Abed
31 January 2020 22 Rennes 3–2 Nantes Rennes
20:45 CET (UTC+1) Maouassa  32'
Del Castillo  59'
Raphinha  60',  71', 90+6'
Bourigeaud  90+4'
Camavinga  90+9'
Report Appiah  18'
Da Silva  47' (o.g.)
Emond  53'
Lafont  60'
Simon  80'
Bamba  90+1'
Stadium: Roazhon Park
Attendance: 27,836
Referee: Benoît Millot
4 February 2020 23 Nantes 1–2 Paris Saint-Germain Nantes
21:05 CET (UTC+1) Simon  68'
Traoré  85'
Report Icardi  29'
Verratti  36'
Kehrer  57'
Meunier  76'
Di María  90'
Kurzawa  90+2'
Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire
Attendance: 34,307
Referee: Frank Schneider
8 February 2020 24 Dijon 3–3 Nantes Dijon
20:00 CET (UTC+1) Mavididi  15', 90'
Tavares  24'
Alphonse  53'
Lautoa  77'
Report Simon  20'
Alphonse  34' (o.g.)
Prado  35'
Louza  71'
Girotto  90+2'
Stadium: Stade Gaston Gérard
Attendance: 11,780
Referee: Jérémie Pignard
15 February 2020 25 Nantes 0–0 Metz Nantes
20:00 CET (UTC+1) Report Udol  57'
Boulaya  84'
Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire
Attendance: 20,444
Referee: Jérémy Stinat
22 February 2020 26 Marseille 1–3 Nantes Marseille
17:30 CET (UTC+1) Sanson  39'
Amavi  44'
Report Limbombe  34'
Simon  45+1'
Bamba  53'
Traoré  61'
Girotto  65'
Álvaro  90+1' (o.g.)
Stadium: Stade Vélodrome
Attendance: 60,430
Referee: Jérôme Miguelgorry
1 March 2020 27 Nantes 0–1 Lille Nantes
15:00 CET (UTC+1) Lafont  8'
Abeid  32'
Pallois  45+1'
Coulibaly  66'
Report Ikoné  55'
André  58'
Fonte  68'
Xeka  90+3'
Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire
Attendance: 20,704
Referee: Willy Delajod
7 March 2020 28 Angers 2–0 Nantes Angers
20:00 CET (UTC+1) Bobichon  48'
Thomas  53'
Report Touré  51'
Pallois  54'
Louza  87'
Stadium: Stade Raymond Kopa
Attendance: 12,132
Referee: Stéphanie Frappart
29 Nantes Cancelled Nîmes Nantes
--:-- CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire
Attendance: 0[10]
30 Reims Cancelled Nantes Reims
--:-- CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Stade Auguste Delaune
Attendance: 0[10]
31 Monaco Cancelled Nantes Monaco
--:-- CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stade Louis II
Attendance: 0[10]
32 Nantes Cancelled Lyon Nantes
--:-- CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire
33 Toulouse Cancelled Nantes Toulouse
--:-- CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stadium de Toulouse
34 Nantes Cancelled Amiens Nantes
--:-- CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire
35 Nice Cancelled Nantes Nice
--:-- CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Allianz Riviera
36 Nantes Cancelled Brest Nantes
--:-- CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire
37 Montpellier Cancelled Nantes Montpellier
--:-- CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stade de la Mosson
38 Nantes Cancelled Strasbourg Nantes
--:-- CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire

Coupe de France

4 January 2020 Round of 64 Aviron Bayonnais FC 0–2 Nantes Bayonne[11]
13:00 CET (UTC+1) Fadiaga  65'
Chort  90'
Report Coulibaly  13'
Girotto  65'
Moutoussamy  77'
Abeid  90+4'
Stadium: Stade Jean Dauger
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Johan Hamel
18 January 2020 Round of 32 Nantes 3–4 Lyon Nantes
20:55 CET (UTC+1) Emond  16'
Basila  68'
Girotto  77'
Louza  83'
Simon  87'
Appiah  90+5'
Report Cherki  1', 9'
Terrier  37'
Dembélé  69'
Marçal  90+4'
Tete  90+6'
Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire
Attendance: 24,511
Referee: Mikael Lesage

Coupe de la Ligue

30 October 2019 Round of 32 Nantes 8–0 Paris FC Nantes
21:05 CET (UTC+1) Simon  22', 35', 43'
Youan  30'
Blas  36', 63'
Louza  47'
Basila  67'
Abeid  84'
Report Saad  42' Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire
Attendance: 15,475
Referee: Jérémy Stinat
18 December 2019 Round of 16 Nantes 0–1 Strasbourg Nantes
21:05 CET (UTC+1) Report Da Costa  78' Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire
Attendance: 9,565
Referee: Eric Wattellier

Statistics

Appearances and goals

No. Pos Nat Player TotalLigue 1Coupe de FranceCoupe de la Ligue
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Goalkeepers
1 GK Alban Lafont 2902702000
16 GK Alexandre Olliero 20000020
30 GK Denis Petric 10100000
Defenders
2 DF Fábio 1001000000
3 DF Wesley Moustache 10100000
4 DF Nicolas Pallois 2202100010
12 DF Dennis Appiah 22018+102010
13 DF Molla Wagué 1108+101010
14 DF Charles Traoré 2302002010
20 MF Andrei Girotto 2812512010
23 DF Thomas Basila 1003+401020
25 DF Josué Homawoo 100+100000
29 DF Batista Mendy 00000000
33 DF Percy Prado 402+10000+10
Midfielders
6 MF Roli Pereira de Sa 200+100010
10 MF Cristian Benavente 1304+800010
11 MF Mehdi Abeid 29320+51211+11
17 MF Ludovic Blas 28722+25201+12
18 MF Samuel Moutoussamy 3103+2501020
19 MF Abdoulaye Touré 30324+332010
21 MF Rene Krhin 1004+400+2000
26 MF Imran Louza 28422+22211+11
27 MF Moses Simon 30925+151+1123
Forwards
7 FW Kalifa Coulibaly 23518+34110+10
8 FW Marcus Coco 10100000
15 FW Anthony Limbombe 512+210+1000
22 FW Bridge Ndilu 10000+1000
24 FW Élie Youan 712+300021
28 FW Renaud Emond 713+301100
32 FW Kader Bamba 30116+1110+101+10
Players transferred out during the season

Last updated: 7 March 2020
Source: Competitions

Goalscorers

As of matches played until 4 February 2020
Rank No. Pos. Player Ligue 1 Coupe de France Coupe de la Ligue Total
127MF Moses Simon4138
217MF Ludovic Blas5027
37FW Kalifa Coulibaly4105
426MF Imran Louza2114
511MF Mehdi Abeid1113
19MF Abdoulaye Touré3003
728FW Renaud Emond0101
33FW Élie Youan0011
Own goals3003
TOTAL 225835

Notes

  1. The match was played behind closed doors due to punishment by the FFF.[9]

References

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  7. "Ligue 1 & 2: France's top two divisions will not resume this season". BBC Sport. 28 April 2020. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
  8. "Ligue 1 / Ligue 2 : la LFP acte la fin de la saison 19/20". lfp.fr. Ligue de Football Professionnel. 30 April 2020. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
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