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. The league fixtures were announced on 9 July 2020.
| Season | 2020–21 |
|---|---|
| Dates | 21 August 2020 – 23 May 2021 |
| Relegated | Dijon Nîmes |
| Champions League | Lille |
| Matches played | 360 |
| Goals scored | 995 (2.76 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Kylian Mbappé (25 goals) |
| Biggest home win | Paris Saint-Germain 6–1 Angers (2 October 2020) Strasbourg 5–0 Nîmes (6 January 2021) |
| Biggest away win | Saint-Étienne 0–5 Lyon (24 January 2021) |
| Highest scoring | Lens 4–4 Reims (8 November 2020) |
| Longest winning run | Paris Saint-Germain (8 matches) |
| Longest unbeaten run | Lyon (16 matches) |
| Longest winless run | Dijon Nantes (15 matches) |
| Longest losing run | Dijon (12 matches) |
← 2019–20 2021–22 →
All statistics correct as of 9 May 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,[1] the relegation of Amiens and Toulouse to the 2020–21 Ligue 2 was confirmed on 23 June 2020, following a vote by the LFP.[2]
| Promoted to 2020–21 Ligue 1 | Relegated from 2019–20 Ligue 1 |
|---|---|
| Lorient | Amiens |
Stadiums and locations
Number of teams by regions
| Teams | Region or country | Team(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 3 |  Brittany
|
Brest, Lorient and Rennes |
| [[File:|22x20px|border |alt=|link=]] Grand Est | Metz, Reims, and Strasbourg | |
| 2 | [[File:|22x20px|border |alt=|link=]] Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | Lyon and Saint-Étienne |
| [[File:|22x20px|border |alt=|link=]] Hauts-de-France | Lens and Lille | |
 Occitanie
|
Montpellier and Nîmes | |
 Pays de la Loire
|
Angers and Nantes | |
 Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
|
Marseille and Nice | |
| 1 | Template:Country data Bourgogne-Franche-Comté | Dijon |
| Template:Country data Île-de-France | Paris Saint-Germain | |
 Monaco
|
Monaco | |
| [[File:|22x20px|border |alt=|link=]] Nouvelle-Aquitaine | Bordeaux |
Personnel and kits
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[3] | Pre-season | Jérôme Arpinon
|
23 June 2020 |
| Monaco |  Robert Moreno
|
Sacked | 19 July 2020[4] |  Niko Kovač
|
19 July 2020[5] | |
| Bordeaux |  Paulo Sousa
|
Resigned | 10 August 2020[6] | Jean-Louis Gasset
|
10 August 2020 | |
| Metz | Vincent Hognon
|
Mutual consent | 12 October 2020[7] | 15th | Frédéric Antonetti
|
12 October 2020 |
| Dijon | Stéphane Jobard
|
Sacked | 5 November 2020[8] | 20th | David Linarès
|
5 November 2020 |
| Nice | Patrick Vieira
|
4 December 2020[9] | 11th |  Adrian Ursea
|
4 December 2020[10] | |
| Nantes | Christian Gourcuff
|
8 December 2020[11] | 14th | Raymond Domenech
|
26 December 2020[12] | |
| Paris Saint-Germain |  Thomas Tuchel
|
29 December 2020[13] | 3rd |  Mauricio Pochettino
|
2 January 2021[14] | |
| Marseille | André Villas-Boas
|
Resigned and then sacked | 2 February 2021[15] | 9th | Jorge Sampaoli
|
26 February 2021[16] |
| Nîmes | Jérôme Arpinon
|
Sacked | 5 February 2021[17] | 20th | Pascal Plancque
|
5 February 2021 |
| Nantes | Raymond Domenech
|
10 February 2021[18] | 18th | Antoine Kombouaré
|
11 February 2021[19] | |
| Rennes | Julien Stéphan
|
Resigned | 1 March 2021[20] | 9th | Bruno Génésio
|
4 March 2021[21] |
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.
Results
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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.
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Updated to match(es) played on 9 May 2021. Source: Ligue 1
Season statistics
Top goalscorers
- As of 16 May 2021[22]
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kylian Mbappé
|
Paris Saint-Germain | 26 |
| 2 | Wissam Ben Yedder
|
Monaco | 20 |
 Memphis Depay
|
Lyon | ||
| 4 | Ludovic Ajorque
|
Strasbourg | 16 |
| Kevin Volland
|
Monaco | ||
| 6 | Gaëtan Laborde
|
Montpellier | 15 |
 Burak Yılmaz
|
Lille | ||
| 8 |  Andy Delort
|
Montpellier | 14 |
 Boulaye Dia
|
Reims | ||
 Terem Moffi
|
Lorient |
Most assists
- As of 16 May 2021[23]
| Rank | Player | Club | Assists |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Memphis Depay
|
Lyon | 10 |
| Zinedine Ferhat
|
Nîmes | ||
| Dimitri Payet
|
Marseille | ||
| 4 | Jonathan Bamba
|
Lille | 9 |
| Andy Delort
|
Montpellier | ||
| Ángel Di María
|
Paris Saint-Germain | ||
 Aleksandr Golovin
|
Monaco | ||
| 8 | Farid Boulaya
|
Metz | 8 |
| Gaëtan Laborde
|
Montpellier | ||
| Florian Thauvin
|
Marseille |
Most clean sheets
- As of 16 May 2021
| Rank | Player | Club | Clean sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mike Maignan
|
Lille | 21 |
| 2 | Benoît Costil
|
Bordeaux | 14 |
 Keylor Navas
|
Paris Saint-Germain | ||
| 4 | Benjamin Lecomte
|
Monaco | 12 |
| 5 | Anthony Lopes
|
Lyon | 11 |
| 6 |  Predrag Rajković
|
Reims | 10 |
| 7 | Walter Benítez
|
Nice | 9 |
| Paul Bernardoni
|
Angers | ||
| Jessy Moulin
|
Saint-Étienne | ||
| 10 |  Eiji Kawashima
|
Strasbourg | 8 |
| Steve Mandanda
|
Marseille | ||
| Alexandre Oukidja
|
Metz | ||
| Baptiste Reynet
|
Nîmes |
Hat-tricks
Main page: 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 | Nîmes | 4–3 (A) | 7 February 2021 |
 Wahbi Khazri
|
Saint-Étienne | Bordeaux | 4–1 (H) | 11 April 2021 |
| Terem Moffi
|
Lorient | Bordeaux | 4–1 (H) | 25 April 2021 |
 Arkadiusz Milik
|
Marseille | Angers | 3–2 (H) | 16 May 2021 |
Scoring
- First goal of the season:
Ismaël Traoré for Angers against Dijon
- Last goal of the season:
Discipline
Player
- Most yellow cards: 13
- Álvaro (Marseille)
- Most red cards: 3
Moreto Cassamá (Reims)
Team
- Most yellow cards: 89
- Most red cards: 10
- Fewest yellow cards: 54
- Fewest red cards: 2
Awards
Monthly
| Month | Player of the Month | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Club | ||
| September | Ibrahima Niane
|
Metz | [24] |
| October | Jonathan Bamba
|
Lille | |
| November | Andy Delort
|
Montpellier | |
| December | Yusuf Yazıcı
|
Lille | |
| January | Farid Boulaya
|
Metz | |
| February | Kylian Mbappé
|
Paris Saint-Germain | |
| March | Keylor Navas
|
Paris Saint-Germain | |
References
- ↑ "Ligue 1 relegation overruled for Amiens and Toulouse but Lyon appeal dismissed". Sky Sports. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
- ↑ "LFP : l'assemblée générale vote à 74,49 % le maintien d'une Ligue 1 à vingt clubs". L'Équipe. Retrieved 23 June 2020.
- ↑ "Bernard Blaquart n'est plus l'entraîneur de Nîmes, Jérôme Arpinon le remplace" (in français). L'Équipe. 23 June 2020. Retrieved 23 August 2020.
- ↑ "Club statement". AS Monaco. 19 July 2020. Retrieved 19 July 2020.
- ↑ "Niko Kovac appointed AS Monaco head coach". AS Monaco. 19 July 2020. Retrieved 19 July 2020.
- ↑ "Bordeaux : Jean-Louis Gasset nommé entraîneur en remplacement de Paulo Sousa (officiel)" (in français). L'Équipe. 10 August 2020. Retrieved 21 August 2020.
- ↑ "Metz : Frédéric Antonetti redevient l'entraîneur principal (officiel)" (in français). L'Équipe. 12 October 2020. Retrieved 15 October 2020.
- ↑ "Ligue 1 : Dijon limoge Stéphane Jobard" (in français). Sud Ouest. 5 November 2020. Retrieved 4 December 2020.
- ↑ "L'OGC Nice limoge Patrick Vieira" (in français). L'Équipe. 4 December 2020. Retrieved 4 December 2020.
- ↑ "Qui est Adrian Ursea, le successeur de Patrick Vieira au poste d'entraîneur de Nice ?" (in français). L'Équipe. 4 December 2020. Retrieved 4 December 2020.
- ↑ "Christian Gourcuff n'est plus l'entraîneur du FC Nantes, Patrick Collot assure l'intérim" (in français). L'Équipe. 8 December 2020. Retrieved 8 December 2020.
- ↑ "Raymond Domenech nouvel entraîneur de Nantes (officiel)" (in français). L'Équipe. 26 December 2020. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
- ↑ "Thomas Tuchel leaves Paris Saint-Germain". Paris Saint-Germain. 29 December 2020. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
- ↑ "Mauricio Pochettino becomes coach of Paris Saint-Germain". Paris Saint-Germain. 2 January 2021. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
- ↑ "André Villas-Boas mis à pied par l'OM" (in français). L'Équipe. 2 February 2021. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
- ↑ "L'entraîneur argentin Jorge Sampaoli signe à l'OM jusqu'en 2023". L'Équipe (in français). 26 February 2021. Retrieved 26 February 2021.
- ↑ "Communiqué du Nîmes Olympique" (in français). Nîmes Olympique. 5 February 2021. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
- ↑ "Raymond Domenech limogé par le FC Nantes selon une source interne au club" (in français). L'Équipe. 10 February 2021. Retrieved 11 February 2021.
- ↑ "Antoine Kombouaré nouvel entraîneur du FC Nantes (officiel)" (in français). L'Équipe. 11 February 2021. Retrieved 11 February 2021.
- ↑ "L'entraîneur de Rennes Julien Stéphan a démissionné" (in français). L'Équipe. 1 March 2021. Retrieved 2 March 2021.
- ↑ "Rennes officialise l'arrivée de Bruno Genesio au poste d'entraîneur" (in français). L'Équipe. 4 March 2021. Retrieved 4 March 2021.
- ↑ "Classement buteurs - Ligue 1 Uber Eats - LFP". Retrieved 30 August 2020.
- ↑ "Classement passeurs - Ligue 1 Uber Eats". Retrieved 30 August 2020.
- ↑ "Découvrez les nommés des Trophées UNFP de Décembre ! #TropheesUNFP". Trophées UNFP.