2020–21 Ligue 1

The 2020–21 Ligue 1 season, also known as Ligue 1 Uber Eats for sponsorship reasons, is a French association football tournament within Ligue 1. It is the 83rd season since its establishment. The season started on 21 August 2020 and is scheduled to end on 23 May 2021.[1] The league fixtures were announced on 9 July 2020.[2]

Ligue 1
Season2020–21
Dates21 August 2020 – 23 May 2021
Matches played227
Goals scored622 (2.74 per match)
Top goalscorerKylian Mbappé
(15 goals)
Biggest home winParis Saint-Germain 6–1 Angers
(2 October 2020)
Strasbourg 5–0 Nîmes
(6 January 2021)
Biggest away winSaint-Étienne 0–5 Lyon
(24 January 2021)
Highest scoringLens 4–4 Reims
(8 November 2020)
Longest winning runParis Saint-Germain
(8 matches)
Longest unbeaten runLyon
(16 matches)
Longest winless runNantes
(14 matches)
Longest losing runSaint-Étienne
(7 matches)
2021–22 →
All statistics correct as of 3 February 2021.

Teams

Changes

Lorient and Lens were promoted from the 2019–20 Ligue 2. After the French court had initially ruled that the season would proceed with 22 teams,[3] the relegation of Amiens and Toulouse to the 2020–21 Ligue 2 was confirmed on 23 June 2020, following a vote by the LFP.[4]

Promoted to 2020–21 Ligue 1Relegated from 2019–20 Ligue 1
Lorient
Lens		Amiens
Toulouse

Stadia and locations
Location of teams in 2020–21 Ligue 1
Club Location Venue Capacity 2019–20 season
Angers Angers Stade Raymond Kopa 18,752 11th
Bordeaux Bordeaux Matmut Atlantique 42,115 12th
Brest Brest Stade Francis-Le Blé 15,931 14th
Dijon Dijon Stade Gaston Gérard 15,995 16th
Lens Lens Stade Bollaert-Delelis 37,705 Ligue 2, 2nd
Lille Villeneuve-d'Ascq Stade Pierre-Mauroy 50,186 4th
Lorient Lorient Stade du Moustoir 18,890 Ligue 2, 1st
Lyon Décines-Charpieu Groupama Stadium 59,186 7th
Marseille Marseille Orange Vélodrome 67,394 2nd
Metz Metz Stade Saint-Symphorien 25,636 15th
Monaco Monaco Stade Louis II 18,523 9th
Montpellier Montpellier Stade de la Mosson 32,900 8th
Nantes Nantes Stade de la Beaujoire 35,322 13th
Nice Nice Allianz Riviera 35,624 6th
Nîmes Nîmes Stade des Costières 18,482 18th
PSG Paris Parc des Princes 48,583 1st
Reims Reims Stade Auguste Delaune 21,684 5th
Rennes Rennes Roazhon Park 29,778 3rd
Saint-Étienne Saint-Étienne Stade Geoffroy-Guichard 41,965 17th
Strasbourg Strasbourg Stade de la Meinau 29,230 10th

Number of teams by regions
Teams Region or country Team(s)
3 BrittanyBrest, Lorient and Rennes
 Grand EstMetz, Reims, and Strasbourg
2  Auvergne-Rhône-AlpesLyon and Saint-Étienne
 Hauts-de-FranceLens and Lille
 OccitanieMontpellier and Nîmes
 Pays de la LoireAngers and Nantes
 Provence-Alpes-Côte d'AzurMarseille and Nice
1  Bourgogne-Franche-ComtéDijon
 Île-de-FranceParis Saint-Germain
 MonacoMonaco
 Nouvelle-AquitaineBordeaux

Personnel and kits
Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Main sponsor
Angers Stéphane Moulin Ismaël Traoré Kappa Scania (H), Le Gaulois (A & 3)
Bordeaux Jean-Louis Gasset Laurent Koscielny Adidas Bistro Régent
Brest Olivier Dall'Oglio Jean-Kévin Duverne Adidas Quéguiner (H), Yaourts Malo (A)
Dijon David Linarès Bruno Ecuele Manga Lotto Groupe Roger Martin (H)
Lens Franck Haise Yannick Cahuzac Macron Auchan
Lille Christophe Galtier José Fonte New Balance Boulanger
Lorient Christophe Pélissier Fabien Lemoine Kappa Jean Floc'h
Lyon Rudi Garcia Memphis Depay Adidas Emirates, Veolia (European)
Marseille Vacant Steve Mandanda Puma Uber Eats, Iqoniq (sleeve)
Monaco Niko Kovač Wissam Ben Yedder Kappa Fedcom
Metz Frédéric Antonetti John Boye Kappa Car Avenue & MOSL (H), MOSL (A)
Montpellier Michel Der Zakarian Vitorino Hilton Nike Groupe Marty
Nantes Raymond Domenech Abdoulaye Toure Macron Synergie
Nice Adrian Ursea Dante Macron Ineos
Nîmes Vacant Anthony Briançon Puma Bastide Médical
Paris Saint-Germain Mauricio Pochettino Marquinhos Nike Accor, QNB Group (sleeve), Ooredoo (back)
Reims David Guion Yunis Abdelhamid Umbro Maisons France Confort (H), Hexaom (A & 3)
Rennes Julien Stephan Damien Da Silva Puma Samsic
Saint-Étienne Claude Puel Mathieu Debuchy Le Coq Sportif Aesio
Strasbourg Thierry Laurey Stefan Mitrović Adidas ÉS Énergies (H), Winamax (A)

    Managerial changes
    Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment
    Nîmes Bernard Blaquart Mutual consent 23 June 2020[5] Pre-season Jérôme Arpinon 23 June 2020
    Monaco Robert Moreno Sacked 19 July 2020[6] Niko Kovač 19 July 2020[7]
    Bordeaux Paulo Sousa Resigned 10 August 2020[8] Jean-Louis Gasset 10 August 2020
    Metz Vincent Hognon Mutual consent 12 October 2020[9] 15th Frédéric Antonetti 12 October 2020
    Dijon Stéphane Jobard Sacked 5 November 2020[10] 20th David Linarès 5 November 2020
    Nice Patrick Vieira 4 December 2020[11] 11th Adrian Ursea 4 December 2020[12]
    Nantes Christian Gourcuff 8 December 2020[13] 14th Raymond Domenech 26 December 2020[14]
    Paris Saint-Germain Thomas Tuchel 29 December 2020[15] 3rd Mauricio Pochettino 2 January 2021[16]
    Marseille André Villas-Boas Resigned and suspended 2 February 2021[17] 9th
    Nîmes Jérôme Arpinon Sacked 5 February 2021[18] 20th

    League table

    Following the discontinuation of the Coupe de la Ligue at the end of 2019–20, its European qualification place was given to the team finishing fifth in Ligue 1.

    Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
    1 Lille 24 16 6 2 42 15 +27 54 Qualification for the Champions League group stage
    2 Lyon 24 15 7 2 50 20 +30 52
    3 Paris Saint-Germain 23 15 3 5 53 14 +39 48 Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
    4 Monaco 24 15 3 6 50 35 +15 48 Qualification for the Europa League group stage
    5 Rennes 23 10 8 5 31 24 +7 38 Qualification for the Europa Conference League play-off round
    6 Lens 24 10 6 8 34 33 +1 36
    7 Metz 24 9 8 7 28 22 +6 35
    8 Angers 24 10 4 10 29 37 −8 34
    9 Marseille 21 9 6 6 29 24 +5 33
    10 Bordeaux 24 9 5 10 27 29 −2 32
    11 Montpellier 24 9 5 10 39 44 −5 32
    12 Brest 24 9 3 12 37 44 −7 30
    13 Nice 23 8 5 10 27 31 −4 29
    14 Reims 24 7 7 10 30 32 −2 28
    15 Saint-Étienne 24 6 8 10 23 36 −13 26
    16 Strasbourg 24 7 4 13 32 39 −7 25
    17 Lorient 23 6 4 13 28 43 −15 22
    18 Nantes 24 3 10 11 22 39 −17 19 Qualification for the Relegation play-offs
    19 Dijon 24 2 9 13 17 36 −19 15 Relegation to Ligue 2
    20 Nîmes 23 4 3 16 20 51 −31 15
    Updated to match(es) played on 7 February 2021. Source: Ligue 1
    Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Fairplay ranking.[19]

    Results
    Home \ Away ANG BOR BRE DIJ LEN LIL LOR OL OM MET ASM MON FCN NIC NMS PSG REI REN STE STR
    Angers — 0–2 3–2 09 May 28 Feb 23 May 2–0 0–1 2–1 1–1 25 Apr 04 Apr 14 Feb 0–3 3–1 0–1 1–0 18 Apr 14 Mar 0–2
    Bordeaux 2–1 — 1–0 3–0 16 May 0–3 2–1 0–0 14 Feb 28 Feb 18 Apr 0–2 0–0 0–0 2–0 07 Mar 1–3 02 May 1–2 04 Apr
    Brest 21 Mar 2–1 — 07 Mar 18 Apr 3–2 3–2 21 Feb 2–3 2–4 1–0 2–2 02 May 2–0 11 Apr 23 May 2–1 1–2 4–1 0–3
    Dijon 0–1 14 Mar 0–2 — 0–1 0–2 0–0 0–1 0–0 02 May 0–1 2–2 16 May 18 Apr 14 Feb 28 Feb 21 Mar 1–1 0–0 1–1
    Lens 1–3 2–1 2–1 21 Feb — 09 May 11 Apr 04 Apr 2–2 14 Mar 23 May 2–3 1–1 0–1 25 Apr 1–0 4–4 0–0 2–0 0–1
    Lille 1–2 2–1 14 Feb 1–0 4–0 — 4–0 1–1 07 Mar 1–0 2–1 18 Apr 2–0 02 May 21 Mar 0–0 2–1 1–1 28 Feb 23 Aug
    Lorient 02 May 25 Apr 04 Apr 3–2 2–3 21 Feb — 1–1 0–1 16 May 2–5 0–1 0–2 14 Mar 3–0 3–2 1–0 0–3 28 Feb 3–1
    Lyon 11 Apr 2–1 2–2 4–1 3–2 25 Apr 09 May — 1–1 0–1 4–1 14 Feb 3–0 23 May 0–0 21 Mar 3–0 07 Mar 2–1 3–0
    Marseille 16 May 3–1 14 Mar 04 Apr 0–1 1–1 18 Apr 28 Feb — 1–1 2–1 3–1 3–1 PPD[20] 1–2 07 Feb 1–1 PPD 0–2 02 May
    Metz 07 Mar 0–0 0–2 1–1 2–0 11 Apr 3–1 1–3 23 May — 0–1 1–1 2–0 1–1 09 May 25 Apr 2–1 21 Mar 2–0 14 Feb
    Monaco 3–0 4–0 28 Feb 11 Apr 0–3 14 Mar 14 Feb 02 May 3–1 04 Apr — 1–1 2–1 2–1 3–0 3–2 2–2 16 May 2–2 3–2
    Montpellier 4–1 21 Mar 16 May 4–2 1–2 2–3 07 Mar 2–1 11 Apr 0–2 2–3 — 1–1 3–1 0–1 1–3 0–4 21 Feb 02 May 4–3
    Nantes 1–1 09 May 3–1 1–1 1–1 07 Feb 21 Mar 18 Apr 21 Feb 1–1 1–2 23 May — 04 Apr 2–1 0–3 07 Mar 0–0 2–2 0–4
    Nice 3–0 0–3 09 May 1–3 2–1 1–1 2–2 1–4 21 Mar 21 Feb 1–2 25 Apr 2–1 — 07 Mar 0–3 11 Apr 0–1 0–1 16 May
    Nîmes 1–5 21 Feb 4–0 1–3 1–1 0–1 PPD[20] 16 May 0–2 0–1 3–4 14 Mar 28 Feb 0–2 — 0–4 02 May 2–4 04 Apr 18 Apr
    Paris SG 6–1 2–2 3–0 4–0 02 May 04 Apr 2–0 0–1 0–1 1–0 21 Feb 4–0 14 Mar 14 Feb 3–0 — 16 May 3–0 18 Apr 4–0
    Reims 0–0 23 May 1–0 0–0 14 Feb 0–1 1–3 14 Mar 25 Apr 18 Apr 09 May 28 Feb 3–2 0–0 0–1 0–2 — 04 Apr 3–1 2–1
    Rennes 1–2 0–1 2–1 25 Apr 0–2 0–1 1–1 2–2 2–1 1–0 2–1 2–1 11 Apr 28 Feb 23 May 09 May 2–2 — 14 Feb 14 Mar
    Saint-Étienne 0–0 11 Apr 25 Apr 23 May 07 Mar 1–1 2–0 0–5 09 May 1–0 21 Mar 0–1 1–1 1–3 2–2 1–1 21 Feb 0–3 — 2–0
    Strasbourg 21 Feb 0–2 2–2 1–0 21 Mar 0–3 23 May 2–3 0–1 2–2 07 Mar 09 May 25 Apr 0–2 5–0 11 Apr 0–1 1–1 1–0 —
    Updated to match(es) played on 7 February 2021. Source: Ligue 1
    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 ╲ Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
    Angers41391181211811911877999777108
    Bordeaux102101312912912121213101113121312108710
    Brest2020169131113141413131012101011111011121314
    Dijon18191920202020202020202020202020191818191819
    Lens171264635710119989787891097
    Lille8545221222222111233221
    Lorient2111416161717171617181819171819181919201918
    Lyon158111211149665333232111332
    Marseille1410879106454664444556669
    Metz1217181717151410710101213131210101112986
    Monaco63365681286445687664444
    Montpellier1315533571197556556898111111
    Nantes961214151615151714141414141615161717171717
    Nice31710108454881111121113121313141213
    Nîmes171315141316161818151616181918202020182020
    Paris SG1616158742111111323322113
    Reims5141719191919191516171718191717151514151412
    Rennes7422113333779865445555
    Saint-Étienne119114710131315161515151414141416161616
    Strasbourg19182018181818181919191917161516171615131515
    Leader and 2020–21 UEFA Champions League group stage
    2020–21 UEFA Champions League group stage
    2020–21 UEFA Champions League third qualifying round
    2020–21 UEFA Europa League group stage
    2020–21 UEFA Europa Conference League play-off round
    Qualification to relegation play-offs
    Relegation to Ligue 2
    Updated to match(es) played on 17 January 2021. Source: Ligue 1

    Season statistics

    Top goalscorers
    As of 7 February 2021[21]
    Rank Player Club Goals
    1 Kylian Mbappé Paris Saint-Germain 15
    2 Memphis Depay Lyon 13
    3 Boulaye Dia Reims 12
    Kevin Volland Monaco
    5 Wissam Ben Yedder Monaco 11
    Karl Toko Ekambi Lyon
    7 Ludovic Ajorque Strasbourg 10
    8 Andy Delort Montpellier 9
    Tino Kadewere Lyon
    Gaël Kakuta Lens
    Moise Kean Paris Saint-Germain
    Gaëtan Laborde Montpellier
    Burak Yılmaz Lille

    Most assists
    As of 7 February 2021[22]
    Rank Player Club Assists
    1 Jonathan Bamba Lille 8
    2 Ángel Di María Paris Saint-Germain 7
    Gaëtan Laborde Montpellier
    Florian Thauvin Marseille
    Kevin Volland Monaco
    6 Andy Delort Montpellier 6
    Memphis Depay Lyon
    Kylian Mbappé Paris Saint-Germain
    9 Romain Perraud Brest 5
    Junior Sambia Montpellier
    Karl Toko Ekambi Lyon

    Most clean sheets
    As of 6 February 2021
    Rank Player Club Clean sheets
    1 Mike Maignan Lille 12
    2 Benoît Costil Bordeaux 11
    3 Keylor Navas Paris Saint-Germain 10
    4 Anthony Lopes Lyon 9
    5 Jean-Louis Leca Lens 7
    Alexandre Oukidja Metz
    7 Walter Benítez Nice 6
    Jessy Moulin Saint-Étienne
    Predrag Rajković Reims
    10 Paul Bernardoni Angers 5
    Eiji Kawashima Strasbourg
    Steve Mandanda Marseille
    Romain Salin Rennes

    Hat-tricks
    Main article: List of Ligue 1 hat-tricks
    Player Club Against Result Date
    Memphis Depay Lyon Dijon 4–1 (H) 28 August 2020
    Ibrahima Niane Metz Lorient 3–1 (H) 4 October 2020
    Boulaye Dia Reims Montpellier 4–0 (A) 25 October 2020
    Aleksandr Golovin Monaco Nimes 4–3 (A) 7 February 2021

    Scoring
    • First goal of the season:
      Ismaël Traoré for Angers against Dijon
    • Last goal of the season:

    Player

    Team

    Awards

    Monthly
    Month Player of the Month Ref.
    Player Club
    September Ibrahima Niane Metz [23]
    October Jonathan Bamba Lille
    November Andy Delort Montpellier
    December Yusuf Yazıcı Lille

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