2020–21 in French football

Football in France
Season	2020–21
Men's football
Ligue 1	Lille
Ligue 2	Troyes
Championnat National	Bastia
Coupe de France	Paris Saint-Germain
Trophée des Champions	Paris Saint-Germain
Women's football
Division 1	Paris Saint-Germain

The following article is a summary of the 2020–21 football season in France, which was the 87th season of competitive football in the country and runs from July 2020 to June 2021.

National teams[]

France national football team[]

Friendlies[]

7 October 2020	France	7–1	Ukraine	Saint-Denis, France
21:10 CEST (UTC+2)	Camavinga 9' Giroud 24', 34' Mykolenko 39' (o.g.) Tolisso 65' Mbappé 82' Griezmann 89'	Report	Tsyhankov 53'	Stadium: Stade de France Attendance: 0 Referee: Andris Treimanis (Latvia)

11 November 2020	France	0–2	Finland	Saint-Denis, France
21:10 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Forss 28' Valakari 31'	Stadium: Stade de France Attendance: 0 Referee: Nikola Popov (Bulgaria)

2 June 2021	France	3–0	Wales	Nice, France
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Mbappé 35' Griezmann 48' Dembélé 79'	Report		Stadium: Allianz Riviera Referee: Luís Godinho (Portugal)

8 June 2021	France	3–0	Bulgaria	Saint-Denis, France
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Griezmann 29' Giroud 83', 90'	Report		Stadium: Stade de France Referee: Anastasios Sidiropoulos (Greece)

UEFA Nations League A[]

Group 3[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	France	6	5	1	0	12	5	+7	16	Qualification to Nations League Finals	—	0–0	4–2	4–2
2	Portugal	6	4	1	1	12	4	+8	13		0–1	—	4–1	3–0
3	Croatia	6	1	0	5	9	16	−7	3^[a]		1–2	2–3	—	2–1
4	Sweden (R)	6	1	0	5	5	13	−8	3^[a]	Relegation to League B	0–1	0–2	2–1	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(R) Relegated
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Tied on head-to-head results. Overall goal difference was used as the tiebreaker.

5 September 2020	Sweden	0–1	France	Solna, Sweden
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Mbappé 41'	Stadium: Friends Arena Attendance: 0^{[note 1]} Referee: Szymon Marciniak (Poland)

8 September 2020	France	4–2	Croatia	Saint-Denis, France
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Griezmann 43' Livaković 45+1' (o.g.) Upamecano 65' Giroud 77' (pen.)	Report	Lovren 17' Brekalo 55'	Stadium: Stade de France Attendance: 0^{[note 1]} Referee: Ovidiu Hațegan (Romania)

11 October 2020	France	0–0	Portugal	Saint-Denis, France
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Stade de France Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande (Spain)

14 October 2020	Croatia	1–2	France	Zagreb, Croatia
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Vlašić 65'	Report	Griezmann 8' Mbappé 79'	Stadium: Stadion Maksimir Referee: Björn Kuipers (Netherlands)

14 November 2020	Portugal	0–1	France	Lisbon, Portugal
20:45 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Kanté 54'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Referee: Tobias Stieler (Germany)

17 November 2020	France	4–2	Sweden	Saint-Denis
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Giroud 16', 59' Pavard 36' Coman 90+5'	Report	Claesson 5' Quaison 88'	Stadium: Stade de France Referee: Aleksei Kulbakov (Belarus)

2022 FIFA World Cup qualification[]

Group D[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	France	8	5	3	0	18	3	+15	18	Qualification to 2022 FIFA World Cup	—	1–1	2–0	1–1	8–0
2	Ukraine	8	2	6	0	11	8	+3	12	Advance to play-offs	1–1	—	1–1	1–1	1–1
3	Finland	8	3	2	3	10	10	0	11		0–2	1–2	—	2–2	1–0
4	Bosnia and Herzegovina	8	1	4	3	9	12	−3	7		0–1	0–2	1–3	—	2–2
5	Kazakhstan	8	0	3	5	5	20	−15	3		0–2	2–2	0–2	0–2	—

Source: FIFA, UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

24 March 2021 (2021-03-24)	France	1–1	Ukraine	Saint-Denis, France
20:45	Griezmann 19'	Report	Sydorchyk 57'	Stadium: Stade de France Referee: Tobias Stieler (Germany)

28 March 2021 (2021-03-28)	Kazakhstan	0–2	France	Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan
19:00		Report	Dembélé 19' Malyi 44' (o.g.)	Stadium: Astana Arena Referee: Aleksei Kulbakov (Belarus)

31 March 2021 (2021-03-31)	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0–1	France	Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
20:45		Report	Griezmann 60'	Stadium: Stadion Grbavica Referee: Daniele Orsato (Italy)

UEFA Euro 2020[]

Group F[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	France	3	1	2	0	4	3	+1	5	Advance to knockout phase
2	Germany (H)	3	1	1	1	6	5	+1	4^[a]
3	Portugal	3	1	1	1	7	6	+1	4^[a]
4	Hungary (H)	3	0	2	1	3	6	−3	2

Source: UEFA
(H) Host
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Head-to-head result: Portugal 2–4 Germany.

15 June 2021 (2021-06-15)	France	1–0	Germany	Munich, Germany
21:00	Hummels 20' (o.g.)	Report		Stadium: Allianz Arena Attendance: 13,000 Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande (Spain)

19 June 2021 (2021-06-19)	Hungary	1–1	France	Budapest, Hungary
15:00	Fiola 45+2'	Report	Griezmann 66'	Stadium: Puskás Aréna Attendance: 55,998 Referee: Michael Oliver (England)

23 June 2021 (2021-06-23)	Portugal	2–2	France	Budapest, Hungary
21:00	Ronaldo 31' (pen.), 60' (pen.)	Report	Benzema 45+2' (pen.), 47'	Stadium: Puskás Aréna Attendance: 54,886 Referee: Antonio Mateu Lahoz (Spain)

Knockout phase[]

28 June 2021 (2021-06-28) R16	France	3–3 (a.e.t.) (4–5 p)	Switzerland	Bucharest, Romania
21:00 (22:00 UTC+3)	Benzema 57', 59' Pogba 75'	Report	Seferovic 15', 81' Gavranović 90'	Stadium: Arena Națională Attendance: 22,642 Referee: Fernando Rapallini (Argentina)
	Penalties
	Pogba Giroud Thuram Kimpembe Mbappé		Gavranović Schär Akanji Vargas Mehmedi

France national under-21 football team[]

Summer Olympics[]

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the games have been postponed to the summer of 2021. However, their official name remains 2020 Summer Olympics with the rescheduled 2021 dates have yet to be announced.^[3]

Group A[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Japan (H)	3	3	0	7	1	+6	9	Advance to knockout stage
2	Mexico	3	2	1	8	3	+5	6	Advance to knockout stage
3	France	3	1	2	5	11	−6	3
4	South Africa	3	0	3	3	8	−5	0

Source: TOCOG and FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Host

22 July 2021 (2021-07-22)	Mexico	v	France	Tokyo, Japan
				Stadium: Tokyo Stadium

25 July 2021 (2021-07-25)	France	v	South Africa	Saitama, Japan
				Stadium: Saitama Stadium 2002

28 July 2021 (2021-07-28)	France	v	Japan	Yokohama, Japan
				Stadium: International Stadium Yokohama

France women's national football team[]

Friendly matches[]

20 February 2021 (2021-02-20)	France	2–0	Switzerland	Metz, France
	Renard 12' Morroni 81'			Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien

23 February 2021 (2021-02-23)	France	2–0	Switzerland	Metz, France
	Renard 77', 90+1' (pen.)			Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien

9 April 2021	France	3–1	England	Caen, France
21:10 CEST (UTC+2)	Baltimore 32' Asseyi 63' (pen.) Katoto 82'	Report	Kirby 79' (pen.)	Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano Referee: Sara Persson (Sweden)

13 April 2021	France	0–2	United States	Le Havre, France
		Report	Rapinoe 5' (pen.) Morgan 19'	Stadium: Stade Océane Referee: Riem Hussein (Germany)

10 June 2021	France	1–0	Germany	Strasbourg, France
21:10 CET (UTC+1)	Dali 30'			Stadium: Stade de la Meinau Referee: Ivana Martinčić (Croatia)

UEFA Women's Euro 2022 qualifying[]

Group G[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	France	8	7	1	0	44	0	+44	22	Final tournament	—	3–0	6–0	11–0	12–0
2	Austria	8	6	1	1	22	3	+19	19	Final tournament	0–0	—	1–0	3–0	9–0
3	Serbia	8	4	0	4	21	12	+9	12		0–2	0–1	—	8–1	4–1
4	North Macedonia	8	2	0	6	8	39	−31	6		0–7	0–3	0–6	—	4–1
5	Kazakhstan	8	0	0	8	2	43	−41	0		0–3	0–5	0–3	0–3	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

18 September 2020 (2020-09-18)	Serbia	0–2	France	Subotica
21:00		Report	Frajtović 6' (o.g.) Majri 15'	Stadium: Subotica City Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: (Denmark)

22 September 2020 (2020-09-22)	North Macedonia	0–7	France	Skopje
21:00		Report	Le Sommer 15', 19' (pen.) Katoto 22' De Almeida 52', 90+3' Torrent 79' Asseyi 83' (pen.)	Stadium: Toše Proeski Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: (Estonia)

23 October 2020 (2020-10-23)	France	11–0	North Macedonia	Orléans
21:00	Gauvin 1' Le Sommer 5', 21', 73', 78' De Almeida 39' Diani 45+1' Asseyi 55' Geyoro 60', 63' D. Cascarino 76'	Report		Stadium: Stade de la Source Attendance: 612 Referee: (Russia)

27 October 2020 (2020-10-27)	Austria	0–0	France	Wiener Neustadt
21:00		Report		Stadium: Stadion Wiener Neustadt Attendance: 650 Referee: Pernilla Larsson (Sweden)

27 November 2020 (2020-11-27)	France	3–0	Austria	Guingamp
21:00	Renard 11' Katoto 27', 73'	Report		Stadium: Stade de Roudourou Attendance: 0 Referee: Esther Staubli (Switzerland)

1 December 2020 (2020-12-01)	France	12–0	Kazakhstan	Vannes
21:00	De Almeida 5' Diani 7', 17' Katoto 12', 16' Dali 24' Périsset 33' D. Cascarino 50' Laurent 58' Morroni 67' Baltimore 72' Matéo 83'	Report		Stadium: Stade de la Rabine Attendance: 0 Referee: Lorraine Watson (Scotland)

2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification[]

Group B[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	France	6	6	0	0	37	2	+35	18	2023 FIFA Women's World Cup	—	2–0	12 Apr	6 Sep	6–0	11–0
2	Wales	6	4	1	1	17	3	+14	13	Play-offs	8 Apr	—	6 Sep	5–0	6–0	4–0
3	Slovenia	6	3	2	1	17	5	+12	11		2–3	1–1	—	0–0	2 Sep	6–0
4	Greece	6	2	1	3	5	21	−16	7		0–10	2 Sep	1–4	—	3–2	12 Apr
5	Kazakhstan (Y)	5	0	0	5	2	21	−19	0		0–5	12 Apr	8 Apr	0–1	—	6 Sep
6	Estonia (Y)	5	0	0	5	0	26	−26	0		2 Sep	0–1	0–4	8 Apr	28 Jun	—

Updated to match(es) played on 30 November 2021. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(Y) Cannot qualify automatically but can still qualify via the play-offs.

17 September 2021	Greece	0–10	France	Patras, Greece
		Report	Majri 14' Geyoro 15', 40' Katoto 18', 25', 53' 30' (o.g.) Diani 38' Asseyi 65' Renard 90+2' (pen.)	Stadium: Pampeloponnisiako Stadium Referee: Anastasia Pustovoitova (Russia)

21 September 2021	Slovenia	2–3	France	Murska Sobota, Slovenia
	Prašnikar 20' Zver 88' (pen.)	Report	Katoto 28', 60' Majri 90+4' (pen.)	Stadium: Fazanerija City Stadium Referee: Riem Hussein (Germany)

22 October 2021	France	v	Estonia
		Report

26 October 2021	Kazakhstan	v	France
		Report

26 November 2021	France	v	Kazakhstan
		Report

30 November 2021	France	v	Wales
		Report

8 April 2022	Wales	v	France
		Report

12 April 2022	France	v	Slovenia
		Report

UEFA competitions[]

UEFA Champions League[]

Group stage[]

Group C[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	MCI	POR	OLY	MAR
1	Manchester City	6	5	1	0	13	1	+12	16	Advance to knockout phase	—	3–1	3–0	3–0
2	Porto	6	4	1	1	10	3	+7	13	Advance to knockout phase	0–0	—	2–0	3–0
3	Olympiacos	6	1	0	5	2	10	−8	3^[a]	Transfer to Europa League	0–1	0–2	—	1–0
4	Marseille	6	1	0	5	2	13	−11	3^[a]		0–3	0–2	2–1	—

Source: UEFA
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Tied on head-to-head points (3). Head-to-head away goals: Olympiacos 1, Marseille 0.

Group E[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	CHE	SEV	KRA	REN
1	Chelsea	6	4	2	0	14	2	+12	14	Advance to knockout phase	—	0–0	1–1	3–0
2	Sevilla	6	4	1	1	9	8	+1	13	Advance to knockout phase	0–4	—	3–2	1–0
3	Krasnodar	6	1	2	3	6	11	−5	5	Transfer to Europa League	0–4	1–2	—	1–0
4	Rennes	6	0	1	5	3	11	−8	1		1–2	1–3	1–1	—

Source: UEFA

Group H[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	PAR	RBL	MUN	IBFK
1	Paris Saint-Germain	6	4	2	13	6	+7	12^[a]	Advance to knockout phase	—	1–0	1–2	5–1
2	RB Leipzig	6	4	2	11	12	−1	12^[a]	Advance to knockout phase	2–1	—	3–2	2–0
3	Manchester United	6	3	3	15	10	+5	9	Transfer to Europa League	1–3	5–0	—	4–1
4	İstanbul Başakşehir	6	1	5	7	18	−11	3		0–2	3–4	2–1	—

Source: UEFA
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Tied on head-to-head points (3). Head-to-head away goals: Paris Saint-Germain 1, RB Leipzig 0.

Knockout phase[]

Round of 16[]

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Barcelona	2–5	Paris Saint-Germain	1–4	1–1

Quarter-finals[]

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Bayern Munich	3–3 (a)	Paris Saint-Germain	2–3	1–0

Semi-finals[]

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Paris Saint-Germain	1–4	Manchester City	1–2	0–2

UEFA Europa League[]

UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round[]

Second Qualifying Round[]

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Servette	0–1	Reims

Third qualifying round[]

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Fehérvár	0–0 (a.e.t.) (4–1 p)	Reims

Group Stage[]

Group C[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	LEV	SLP	HBS	NCE
1	Bayer Leverkusen	6	5	1	21	8	+13	15	Advance to knockout phase	—	4–0	4–1	6–2
2	Slavia Prague	6	4	2	11	10	+1	12	Advance to knockout phase	1–0	—	3–0	3–2
3	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	6	2	4	7	13	−6	6		2–4	3–1	—	1–0
4	Nice	6	1	5	8	16	−8	3		2–3	1–3	1–0	—

Source: UEFA

Group H[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	MIL	LOSC	SPP	CEL
1	Milan	6	4	1	1	12	7	+5	13	Advance to knockout phase	—	0–3	3–0	4–2
2	Lille	6	3	2	1	14	8	+6	11	Advance to knockout phase	1–1	—	2–1	2–2
3	Sparta Prague	6	2	0	4	10	12	−2	6		0–1	1–4	—	4–1
4	Celtic	6	1	1	4	10	19	−9	4		1–3	3–2	1–4	—

Source: UEFA

Knockout phase[]

Round of 32[]

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Lille	2–4	Ajax	1–2	1–2

UEFA Youth League[]

On 17 February 2021, the UEFA Executive Committee cancelled the tournament.^[4]

UEFA Champions League Path[]

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Sevilla	3 Mar	Paris Saint-Germain
Zenit Saint Petersburg	3 Mar	Rennes
Liverpool	2 Mar	Marseille

Domestic Champions Path[]

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Angers	2 Mar	Red Star Belgrade

UEFA Women's Champions League[]

Knockout phase[]

Round of 32[]

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Juventus	2–6	Lyon	2–3	0–3
Górnik Łęczna	2–6	Paris Saint-Germain	0–2	0–3

Round of 16[]

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Paris Saint-Germain	5–3^[A]	Sparta Prague	5–0	0–3 (awd.)^[B]
Lyon	5–1	Brøndby	2–0	3–1

Notes

^ Order of legs between Paris Saint-Germain and Sparta Prague reversed after original draw, due to quarantine of a large number of AC Sparta Prague players prior to the first leg.^[5]
^ The Sparta Prague v Paris Saint-Germain could not be played due to quarantine of the Paris Saint-Germain players prior to the second leg.^[6]

Quarter-finals[]

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Paris Saint-Germain	2–2 (a)	Lyon	0–1	2–1

Semi-finals[]

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Paris Saint-Germain	2–3	Barcelona	1–1	1–2

League tables[]

Men[]

Ligue 1[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Lille (C)	38	24	11	3	64	23	+41	83	Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2	Paris Saint-Germain	38	26	4	8	86	28	+58	82	Qualification for the Champions League group stage
3	Monaco	38	24	6	8	76	42	+34	78	Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
4	Lyon	38	22	10	6	81	43	+38	76	Qualification for the Europa League group stage^[a]
5	Marseille	38	16	12	10	54	47	+7	60	Qualification for the Europa League group stage^[a]
6	Rennes	38	16	10	12	52	40	+12	58	Qualification for the Europa Conference League play-off round^[a]
7	Lens	38	15	12	11	55	54	+1	57
8	Montpellier	38	14	12	12	60	62	−2	54
9	Nice	38	15	7	16	50	53	−3	52
10	Metz	38	12	11	15	44	48	−4	47
11	Saint-Étienne	38	12	10	16	42	54	−12	46
12	Bordeaux	38	13	6	19	42	56	−14	45
13	Angers	38	12	8	18	40	58	−18	44
14	Reims	38	9	15	14	42	50	−8	42
15	Strasbourg	38	11	9	18	49	58	−9	42
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	Relegation to Ligue 2

Source: Ligue 1
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Fairplay ranking.^[7]
(C) Champion; (O) Play-off winner; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Since the winners of the 2020–21 Coupe de France, Paris Saint-Germain, qualified for European competition based on league position, the Europa League group stage spot reserved for the cup winners was passed to the fifth-placed team, and the Europa Conference League play-off round spot was passed to the sixth-placed team.

Ligue 2[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or Relegation
1	Troyes (C, P)	38	23	8	7	60	36	+24	77	Promotion to Ligue 1
2	Clermont (P)	38	21	9	8	61	25	+36	72	Promotion to Ligue 1
3	Toulouse	38	20	10	8	71	42	+29	70	Qualification to promotion play-offs
4	Grenoble	38	18	11	9	51	35	+16	65
5	Paris FC	38	17	13	8	53	37	+16	64
6	Auxerre	38	16	14	8	64	43	+21	62
7	Sochaux	38	12	15	11	45	37	+8	51
8	Nancy	38	11	14	13	53	53	0	47
9	Guingamp	38	10	17	11	41	43	−2	47
10	Amiens	38	11	14	13	34	40	−6	47
11	Valenciennes	38	12	11	15	50	59	−9	47
12	Le Havre	38	11	14	13	38	48	−10	47
13	Ajaccio	38	11	13	14	34	43	−9	46
14	Pau	38	11	11	16	42	49	−7	44
15	Rodez	38	8	19	11	38	44	−6	43
16	Dunkerque	38	10	11	17	34	47	−13	41
17	Caen	38	9	14	15	34	49	−15	41
18	Niort (O)	38	9	14	15	34	58	−24	41	Qualification for the relegation play-offs
19	Chambly (R)	38	9	11	18	41	64	−23	38	Relegation to Championnat National
20	Châteauroux (R)	38	4	11	23	32	58	−26	23	Relegation to Championnat National

Source: Ligue 2
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Fair play points
(C) Champion; (O) Play-off winner; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

• Promoted In Ligue 1:

Lorient
RC Lens

• Promoted In Ligue 2:

Pau FC
USL Dunkerque

Championnat National[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or Relegation
1	SC Bastia (C, P)	34	19	9	6	57	28	+29	66	Promotion to Ligue 2
2	Quevilly-Rouen (P)	34	16	10	8	48	31	+17	58	Promotion to Ligue 2
3	Villefranche (Q)	34	15	10	9	40	29	+11	55	Qualification to promotion play-offs
4	Le Mans	34	13	13	8	46	36	+10	52
5	Concarneau	34	11	15	8	38	32	+6	48
6	Orléans	34	12	11	11	49	41	+8	47
7	Red Star	34	11	14	9	39	33	+6	47
8	Cholet	34	11	10	13	36	48	−12	43
9	Bourg-Péronnas	34	10	13	11	29	33	−4	43
10	Stade Briochin	34	10	13	11	32	33	−1	43
11	Sète	34	10	13	11	31	32	−1	43
12	Laval	34	10	12	12	33	32	+1	42
13	Avranches	34	11	8	15	36	42	−6	41
14	Annecy	34	9	13	12	42	47	−5	40
15	Boulogne	34	7	17	10	29	38	−9	38
16	Bastia-Borgo	34	7	14	13	37	49	−12	35
17	Créteil	34	8	11	15	29	48	−19	35
18	SC Lyon (R)	34	5	16	13	33	52	−19	31	Possible relegation to 2021–22 Championnat National 2

Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) head-to-head results; 2) head-to-head goal difference; 3) goal difference; 4) goals scored; 5) fair play points
(C) Champion; (P) Promoted; (Q) Qualified to the phase indicated; (R) Relegated

Promoted In Clubs: SC Bastia, FC Sète 34, Annecy FC, Stade Briochin

Relegation In Championnat National 2: Le Puy Foot 43 Auvergne, AS Béziers, Gazélec Ajaccio, Sporting Toulon Var

Promoted In Ligue 2: Pau FC, USL Dunkerque

Relegation In Ligue 2: Le Mans FC, Orléans

Women[]

Division 1 Féminine[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Paris Saint-Germain (C)	22	20	2	0	83	4	+79	62	Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2	Lyon	22	20	1	1	78	6	+72	61	Qualification for the Champions League second round
3	Bordeaux	22	14	2	6	50	23	+27	44	Qualification for the Champions League first round
4	Paris FC	22	11	4	7	39	29	+10	37
5	Guingamp	22	9	4	9	29	32	−3	31
6	Reims	22	9	3	10	34	42	−8	30^[a]
7	Montpellier	22	9	3	10	27	35	−8	30^[a]
8	Dijon	22	8	2	12	24	37	−13	26
9	Fleury	22	7	4	11	18	42	−24	25
10	Soyaux	22	5	2	15	15	46	−31	17
11	Issy	22	3	1	18	11	77	−66	10
12	Le Havre (R)	22	2	2	18	14	49	−35	8	Relegation to Division 2 Féminine

Source: ^[8]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) goals scored
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Reims finished ahead of Montpellier on head-to-head goal difference: Reims 0–1 Montpellier, Montpellier 0–4 Reims.

Cup competitions[]

2020–21 Coupe de France[]

Final[]

19 May 2021

21:15 CEST

Monaco	0–2	Paris Saint-Germain
	Report	Icardi 19' Mbappé 81'

Stade de France, Saint-Denis

Attendance: 0^{[note 2]}

Referee: François Letexier

2020 Trophée des Champions[]

13 January 2021

21:00 CET

Paris Saint-Germain	2–1	Marseille
Icardi 39' Neymar 85' (pen.)	Report	Payet 89'

Stade Bollaert-Delelis, Lens

Attendance: 0^{[note 3]}

Referee: Ruddy Buquet

2020–21 Coupe de France Féminine[]

Notes[]

^ ^a ^b Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe, all matches scheduled for September 2020 will be played behind closed doors.^[1]^[2]
^ The final was played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic in France.
^ The match was played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic in France.

References[]

^ "UEFA meets general secretaries of member associations". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 19 August 2020. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
^ "UEFA Super Cup to test partial return of spectators". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 25 August 2020. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
^ McCurry, Justin; Ingle, Sean (2020-03-24). "Tokyo Olympics postponed to 2021 due to coronavirus pandemic". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2020-03-24.
^ "2020/21 UEFA Youth League cancelled". UEFA.com. 17 February 2021.
^ "Matches against Sparta Prague postponed and reversed". PSG. 26 February 2021. Retrieved 26 February 2021.
^ "Communiqué du club". PSG. 17 March 2021.
^ "League Table". Ligue1.com. Retrieved 12 August 2016.
^ "Championnat de France de D1 2020-2021 - Tous les classements". statsfootofeminin.fr.

[table_hth_CRO0.60287773357838-1] Tied on head-to-head results. Overall goal difference was used as the tiebreaker.

[table_hth_GER0.036832659988121-5] Head-to-head result: Portugal 2–4 Germany.

[table_hth_OLY0.11114629502927-7] Tied on head-to-head points (3). Head-to-head away goals: Olympiacos 1, Marseille 0.

[table_hth_PAR0.21847732235607-8] Tied on head-to-head points (3). Head-to-head away goals: Paris Saint-Germain 1, RB Leipzig 0.

[Order-11] Order of legs between Paris Saint-Germain and Sparta Prague reversed after original draw, due to quarantine of a large number of AC Sparta Prague players prior to the first leg.^[5]

[PSG-13] The Sparta Prague v Paris Saint-Germain could not be played due to quarantine of the Paris Saint-Germain players prior to the second leg.^[6]

[table_note_res_ELGS0.75333117728742-14] Since the winners of the 2020–21 Coupe de France, Paris Saint-Germain, qualified for European competition based on league position, the Europa League group stage spot reserved for the cup winners was passed to the fifth-placed team, and the Europa Conference League play-off round spot was passed to the sixth-placed team.

[table_hth_REI0.66114416702704-16] Reims finished ahead of Montpellier on head-to-head goal difference: Reims 0–1 Montpellier, Montpellier 0–4 Reims.

[September_behind_closed_doors-4] Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe, all matches scheduled for September 2020 will be played behind closed doors.^[1]^[2]

[Behind_closed_doors-18] The final was played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic in France.

[Trophée_des_Champions_behind_closed_doors-19] The match was played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic in France.

[2] "UEFA meets general secretaries of member associations". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 19 August 2020. Retrieved 1 September 2020.

[3] "UEFA Super Cup to test partial return of spectators". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 25 August 2020. Retrieved 1 September 2020.

[Postponement-6] McCurry, Justin; Ingle, Sean (2020-03-24). "Tokyo Olympics postponed to 2021 due to coronavirus pandemic". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2020-03-24.

[9] "2020/21 UEFA Youth League cancelled". UEFA.com. 17 February 2021.

[PSG_fixture_changes-10] "Matches against Sparta Prague postponed and reversed". PSG. 26 February 2021. Retrieved 26 February 2021.

[12] "Communiqué du club". PSG. 17 March 2021.

[15] "League Table". Ligue1.com. Retrieved 12 August 2016.

[pointstable-17] "Championnat de France de D1 2020-2021 - Tous les classements". statsfootofeminin.fr.

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