FC Nantes 2020–21 football season
FC Nantes 2020–21 seasonOwner 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 Nantes 3–0 Bordeaux Biggest defeat Nantes 0–4 Strasbourg
The 2020–21 season was the 77th season in the existence of FC Nantes and the club's 17th 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.
Players [ ]
First-team squad [ ]
As of 29 January 2021 [1]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules . Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Players out on loan [ ]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules . Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Transfers [ ]
In [ ]
Out [ ]
Pre-season and friendlies [ ]
Win
Draw
Loss
Anderlecht v Nantes
25 July 2020 Friendly Anderlecht 0–0 Nantes show Anderlecht , Belgium15:00 CEST (UTC+2 )
Report
Stadium: RSCA Football Academy Attendance: 0
Bordeaux v Nantes
Nantes v Le Havre
15 August 2020 Friendly Nantes 3–1 Le Havre show La Baule , France16:00 CEST (UTC+2 )
Report
Stadium: Stade Moreau Défarges Referee: Jérémy Stinat
Nantes v Angers
9 October 2020 Friendly Nantes 1–2 Angers show Basse-Goulaine , France11:00 CEST (UTC+2 )
Report
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
0 23.68
Ligue 1 relegation play-offs
27 May 2021
30 May 2021
First leg
Winners
2
1
0
1
2
2
+0
0 50.00
Coupe de France
10 February 2021
Round of 64
Round of 64
1
0
0
1
2
4
−2
00 0.00
Total
41
10
13
18
51
61
−10
0 24.39
Ligue 1 [ ]
League table [ ]
Pos
Team
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 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 winner;
(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
Last updated: 23 May 2021.
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
Updated to match(es) played on 23 May 2021. 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 show Bordeaux 19:00 CEST (UTC+2 )
Report
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 Paris Saint-Germain
Lens v Nantes
25 November 2020 8 Lens 1–1 Nantes show Lens 19:00 CET (UTC+1 )
Report
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]
Paris Saint-Germain v Nantes
14 March 2021 29 Paris Saint-Germain 1–2 Nantes show Paris 21:00 CET (UTC+1 )
Draxler 42'
Rafinha 48'
Verratti 67'
Report
Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 0 Referee: Karim Abed
Relegation play-offs [ ]
Coupe de France [ ]
Statistics [ ]
Goalscorers [ ]
As of 28 November 2020
References [ ]
External links [ ]