2019–20 Nîmes Olympique season

The 2019–20 Nîmes Olympique season was the club's 82nd season in existence and the club's second consecutive season in the top flight of French football. In addition to the domestic league, Nîmes 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.

Nîmes Olympique
2019–20 season
PresidentRani Assaf
Head coachBernard Blaquart
StadiumStade des Costières
Ligue 118th
Coupe de FranceRound of 32
Coupe de la LigueRound of 16
Top goalscorerLeague:
Romain Philippoteaux (5)

All:
Romain Philippoteaux
Renaud Ripart
(5 each)
Highest home attendance13,802
(vs Saint-Étienne, 29 September 2019)
Lowest home attendance11,867
(vs Reims, 11 January 2020)
Average home league attendance12,531
Biggest winNîmes 3–0 Brest
Biggest defeatBordeaux 6–0 Nîmes

Players

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
4 DF  FRA Pablo Martinez
5 DF  FRA Loïck Landre
6 MF  SEN Sidy Sarr
7 MF  FRA Romain Philippoteaux
8 MF  FRA Lucas Deaux
9 FW  FRA Clément Depres
10 MF  ALG Zinedine Ferhat
11 FW  MKD Vlatko Stojanovski
12 MF  FRA Lamine Fomba
14 MF  FRA Antoine Valério
15 DF  FRA Gaëtan Paquiez
16 GK  FRA Lucas Dias
No. Pos. Nation Player
17 MF  BIH Haris Duljević
18 MF  FRA Theo Valls
19 DF  FRA Lucas Buadés
20 FW  FRA Renaud Ripart (vice-captain)
21 DF  FRA Kelyan Guessoum
22 MF  MAR Yassine Benrahou (on loan from Bordeaux)
23 DF  FRA Anthony Briançon (captain)
24 FW  MAR Sami Ben Amar
26 DF  FRA Florian Miguel
27 FW  TOG Kévin Denkey
29 DF  FRA Sofiane Alakouch
30 GK  FRA Paul Bernardoni (on loan from Bordeaux)

Reserve squad

As of 4 November 2019[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 Côme Charrier
GK  FRA Valentin Rabouille
DF  FRA Alexandre Ferreira
DF  FRA Jérémy Iafrate
DF  FRA Enzo Fontanelli
DF  FRA Matéo Maillefaud
DF  FRA Julien Megier
DF  FRA Mickaël Gas
MF  FRA Kléri Serber
No. Pos. Nation Player
MF  FRA Mattéo Ahlinvi
MF  FRA Simon Calancha
MF  FRA Nacim El Hassani
MF  FRA Quentin Gregorio
FW  FRA Luca Valls
FW  FRA Axel Urie
FW  FRA Timothy Cardona
MF  FRA Hugo Huriez
MF  FRA Houssine Labiad

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
DF  FRA Théo Sainte-Luce (on loan to Gazélec until 30 June 2020)

Transfers

Pre-season and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss

5 July 2019 Friendly Béziers 0–0 Nîmes Béziers, France
17:30 CEST (UTC+2) Report Stadium: Stade de Sauclières
12 July 2019 Friendly Nîmes 3–2 Rodez Nîmes, France
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Centre de Formation La Bastide
19 July 2019 Friendly Nîmes 2–2 Ajaccio Saint-Gilles, Gard, France
17:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Stadium: Stade d’Espeyran
3 August 2019 Friendly Nîmes 0–2 Dijon Vauvert, France
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Stadium: Stade de Vauvert

Competitions

Overview

Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Ligue 1 11 August 2019 7 March 2020 Matchday 1 18th 28 7 6 15 29 44 −15 025.00
Coupe de France 4 January 2020 19 January 2020 Round of 64 Round of 32 2 0 1 1 2 7 −5 000.00
Coupe de la Ligue 29 October 2019 18 December 2019 Round of 32 Round of 16 2 1 0 1 4 2 +2 050.00
Total 32 8 7 17 35 53 −18 025.00
Source: Soccerway

Ligue 1

League table

Pos Team 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[lower-alpha 1] 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.[3][4]
(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

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
28 7 6 15 29 44  −15 27 6 2 6 17 15  +2 1 4 9 12 29  −17

Source: Ligue 1

Results by round

Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
GroundAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHHAHAHHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAH
ResultLLDWDWLLDDDLLLDLLLLWLWWWWLLLCCCCCCCCCC
Position1919181314111215141818202019192020191919191918181718181818181818181818181818
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 Paris Saint-Germain 3–0 Nîmes Paris
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report Stadium: Parc des Princes
Attendance: 47,151
Referee: Clément Turpin
17 August 2019 2 Nîmes 1–2 Nice Nîmes
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stade des Costières
Attendance: 13,243
Referee: François Letexier
25 August 2019 3 Monaco 2–2 Nîmes Monaco
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stade Louis II
Attendance: 7,438
Referee: Amaury Delerue
31 August 2019 4 Nîmes 3–0 Brest Nîmes
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stade des Costières
Attendance: 12,488
Referee: Thomas Leonard
14 September 2019 5 Dijon 0–0 Nîmes Dijon
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stade Gaston Gérard
Attendance: 11,413
Referee: Stéphanie Frappart
21 September 2019 6 Nîmes 1–0 Toulouse Nîmes
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stade des Costières
Attendance: 12,258
Referee: Karim Abed
25 September 2019 7 Montpellier 1–0 Nîmes Montpellier
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stade de la Mosson
Attendance: 16,445
Referee: Benoît Bastien
29 September 2019 8 Nîmes 0–1 Saint-Étienne Nîmes
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stade des Costières
Attendance: 13,802
Referee: Thomas Leonard
6 October 2019 9 Lille 2–2 Nîmes Villeneuve-d'Ascq
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stade Pierre-Mauroy
Attendance: 31,542
Referee: Mikael Lesage
19 October 2019 10 Nîmes 1–1 Amiens Nîmes
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stade des Costières
Attendance: 12,189
Referee: Jérémy Stinat
26 October 2019 11 Reims 0–0 Nîmes Reims
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stade Auguste Delaune
Attendance: 12,329
Referee: Clément Turpin
9 November 2019 13 Strasbourg 4–1 Nîmes Strasbourg
20:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stade de la Meinau
Attendance: 24,745
Referee: Ruddy Buquet
23 November 2019 14 Angers 1–0 Nîmes Angers
20:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stade Raymond Kopa
Attendance: 8,714
Referee: Thomas Leonard
30 November 2019 15 Nîmes 1–1 Metz Nîmes
20:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stade des Costières
Attendance: 12,180
Referee: Hakim Ben El Hadj
3 December 2019 16 Bordeaux 6–0 Nîmes Bordeaux
19:00[lower-alpha 1] CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Matmut Atlantique
Attendance: 12,419
Referee: Clément Turpin
6 December 2019 17 Nîmes 0–4 Lyon Nîmes
20:45 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stade des Costières
Attendance: 12,801
Referee: Olivier Thual
14 December 2019 18 Nîmes 0–1 Nantes Nîmes
20:00 CET (UTC+1) Report
Stadium: Stade des Costières
Attendance: 12,098
Referee: Karim Abed
21 December 2019 19 Marseille 3–1 Nîmes Marseille
20:45 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stade Vélodrome
Attendance: 59,043
Referee: François Letexier
11 January 2020 20 Nîmes 2–0 Reims Nîmes
20:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stade des Costières
Attendance: 11,867
Referee: Olivier Thual
15 January 2020 12 Nîmes 0–1 Rennes Nîmes
19:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stade des Costières
Attendance: 12,388
Referee: Willy Delajod
Note: Match originally scheduled for 2 November, but postponed due to heavy rains,[10] and rearranged for 15 January 2020.[11]
25 January 2020 21 Saint-Étienne 2–1 Nîmes Saint-Étienne
20:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard
Attendance: 23,927
Referee: Jérémy Stinat
1 February 2020 22 Nîmes 3–1 Monaco Nîmes
20:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stade des Costières
Attendance: 12,580
Referee: Mikael Lesage
5 February 2020 23 Nîmes 2–0 Dijon Nîmes
19:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stade des Costières
Attendance: 11,705
Referee: Florent Batta
8 February 2020 24 Nice 1–3 Nîmes Nice
20:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Allianz Riviera
Attendance: 15,603
Referee: Antony Gautier
15 February 2020 25 Nîmes 1–0 Angers Nîmes
20:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stade des Costières
Attendance: 12,417
Referee: Karim Abed
23 February 2020 26 Rennes 2–1 Nîmes Rennes
17:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Roazhon Park
Attendance: 28,084
Referee: Stéphanie Frappart
28 February 2020 27 Nîmes 2–3 Marseille Nîmes
20:45 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stade des Costières
Attendance: 13,755
Referee: Clément Turpin
7 March 2020 28 Metz 2–1 Nîmes Metz
20:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien
Attendance: 14,797
Referee: Ruddy Buquet
29 Nantes Cancelled Nîmes Nantes
--:-- CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire
Attendance: 0[12]
30 Nîmes Cancelled Bordeaux Nîmes
--:-- CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stade des Costières
Attendance: 0[12]
31 Lyon Cancelled Nîmes Décines-Charpieu
--:-- CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Parc Olympique Lyonnais
Attendance: 0[12]
32 Nîmes Cancelled Montpellier Nîmes
--:-- CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stade des Costières
Attendance: 0[12]
33 Amiens Cancelled Nîmes Amiens
--:-- CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stade de la Licorne
34 Nîmes Cancelled Lille Nîmes
--:-- CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stade des Costières
35 Toulouse Cancelled Nîmes Toulouse
--:-- CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stadium de Toulouse
36 Nîmes Cancelled Strasbourg Nîmes
--:-- CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stade des Costières
37 Brest Cancelled Nîmes Brest
--:-- CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stade Francis-Le Blé
38 Nîmes Cancelled Paris Saint-Germain Nîmes
--:-- CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stade des Costières

Coupe de France

4 January 2020 Round of 64 Tours FC 2–2 (a.e.t.)
(2–4 p)
Nîmes Tours
15:00 CET (UTC+1)
  • Da Silva  38'
  • Peron  44'
  • Camara  65'
  • Perraguin  66'
Report
Stadium: Stade de la Vallée du Cher
Attendance: 3,510
Referee: Clément Turpin
Penalties
  • Mouangué
  • Dugain
  • Hidasse
  • Da Silva
19 January 2020 Round of 32 Dijon 5–0 Nîmes Dijon
17:15 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stade Gaston Gérard
Attendance: 7,964
Referee: Hakim Ben El Hadj

Coupe de la Ligue

29 October 2019 Round of 32 Nîmes 3–0 Lens Nîmes
18:45 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stade des Costières
Attendance: 6,284
Referee: Frank Schneider
18 December 2019 Round of 16 Nîmes 1–2 Saint-Étienne Nîmes
21:05 CET (UTC+1) Report
Stadium: Stade des Costières
Attendance: 4,240
Referee: Antony Gautier

Notes

  1. The Bordeaux v Nîmes was interrupted for 25 minutes because of the presence of supporters at the edge of the field.[9]

References

  1. "Effectif" (in French). nimes-olympique.com. Retrieved 1 March 2018.
  2. "SAISON 2018-2019 NATIONAL 2". nimes-olympique.com. Retrieved 4 November 2019.
  3. "League Table". Ligue1.com. Retrieved 12 August 2016.
  4. "PSG champions as season ended". Ligue1.com. 30 April 2020. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
  5. "Ligue 1 : Le calendrier 2019/2020 dévoilé". Foot National (in French). 14 June 2019.
  6. "La Ligue 1 Conforama suspendue". ligue1.fr (in French). 13 March 2020.
  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.
  9. "Interruption, Maja, Longuépée, podium… La folle soirée des Girondins". www.20minutes.fr (in French). 4 December 2019. Retrieved 6 December 2019.
  10. "Nîmes-Rennes Postponed". ligue1.com. Ligue de Football Professionnel. 2 November 2019. Retrieved 2 November 2019.
  11. "Nîmes-Rennes rescheduled". ligue1.com. Ligue de Football Professionnel. 7 November 2019. Retrieved 7 November 2019.
  12. "Les matchs à huis clos total jusqu'au 15 avril". lfp.fr (in French). Ligue de Football Professionnel. 10 March 2020. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
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