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.

Ligue 1
Season2020–21
Dates21 August 2020 – 23 May 2021
RelegatedDijon
Nîmes
Champions LeagueLille
Matches played360
Goals scored995 (2.76 per match)
Top goalscorerKylian Mbappé
(25 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 runDijon
Nantes
(15 matches)
Longest losing runDijon
(12 matches)
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

Lens

Amiens

Toulouse

Stadiums and locations

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
Paris Saint-Germain 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   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

Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Main sponsor
Angers   Moulin, StéphaneStéphane Moulin   Traoré, IsmaëlIsmaël Traoré Kappa Scania (H), Le Gaulois (A & 3)
Bordeaux   Gasset, Jean-LouisJean-Louis Gasset   Koscielny, LaurentLaurent Koscielny Adidas Bistro Régent
Brest   Dall'Oglio, OlivierOlivier Dall'Oglio   Duverne, Jean-KévinJean-Kévin Duverne Adidas Quéguiner (H), Yaourts Malo (A)
Dijon   Linarès, DavidDavid Linarès   Ecuele Manga, BrunoBruno Ecuele Manga Lotto Groupe Roger Martin (H)
Lens   Haise, FranckFranck Haise   Cahuzac, YannickYannick Cahuzac Macron Auchan
Lille   Galtier, ChristopheChristophe Galtier   Fonte, JoséJosé Fonte New Balance Boulanger
Lorient   Pélissier, ChristopheChristophe Pélissier   Lemoine, FabienFabien Lemoine Kappa Jean Floc'h
Lyon   Garcia, RudiRudi Garcia   Depay, MemphisMemphis Depay Adidas Emirates, Veolia (European)
Marseille   Sampaoli, JorgeJorge Sampaoli   Mandanda, SteveSteve Mandanda Puma Uber Eats, Iqoniq (sleeve)
Monaco   Kovač, NikoNiko Kovač   Ben Yedder, WissamWissam Ben Yedder Kappa Fedcom
Metz   Antonetti, FrédéricFrédéric Antonetti   Boye, JohnJohn Boye Kappa Car Avenue & MOSL (H), MOSL (A)
Montpellier   Michel Der Zakarian   Hilton, VitorinoVitorino Hilton Nike Groupe Marty
Nantes   Kombouaré, AntoineAntoine Kombouaré   Toure, AbdoulayeAbdoulaye Toure Macron Synergie
Nice   Ursea, AdrianAdrian Ursea   , DanteDante Macron Ineos
Nîmes   Plancque, PascalPascal Plancque   Briançon, AnthonyAnthony Briançon Puma Bastide Médical
Paris Saint-Germain   Pochettino, MauricioMauricio Pochettino   , MarquinhosMarquinhos Nike Accor, QNB Group (sleeve), Ooredoo(back)
Reims   Guion, DavidDavid Guion   Abdelhamid, YunisYunis Abdelhamid Umbro Maisons France Confort (H), Hexaom (A & 3)
Rennes   Génésio, BrunoBruno Génésio   Da Silva, DamienDamien Da Silva Puma Samsic
Saint-Étienne   Puel, ClaudeClaude Puel   Debuchy, MathieuMathieu Debuchy Le Coq Sportif Aesio
Strasbourg   Laurey, ThierryThierry Laurey   Mitrović, StefanStefan 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   Blaquart, BernardBernard Blaquart Mutual consent 23 June 2020[3] Pre-season   Arpinon, JérômeJérôme Arpinon 23 June 2020
Monaco   Moreno, RobertRobert Moreno Sacked 19 July 2020[4]   Kovač, NikoNiko Kovač 19 July 2020[5]
Bordeaux   Sousa, PauloPaulo Sousa Resigned 10 August 2020[6]   Gasset, Jean-LouisJean-Louis Gasset 10 August 2020
Metz   Hognon, VincentVincent Hognon Mutual consent 12 October 2020[7] 15th   Antonetti, FrédéricFrédéric Antonetti 12 October 2020
Dijon   Jobard, StéphaneStéphane Jobard Sacked 5 November 2020[8] 20th   Linarès, DavidDavid Linarès 5 November 2020
Nice   Vieira, PatrickPatrick Vieira 4 December 2020[9] 11th   Ursea, AdrianAdrian Ursea 4 December 2020[10]
Nantes   Gourcuff, ChristianChristian Gourcuff 8 December 2020[11] 14th   Domenech, RaymondRaymond Domenech 26 December 2020[12]
Paris Saint-Germain   Tuchel, ThomasThomas Tuchel 29 December 2020[13] 3rd   Pochettino, MauricioMauricio Pochettino 2 January 2021[14]
Marseille   Villas-Boas, AndréAndré Villas-Boas Resigned and then sacked 2 February 2021[15] 9th   Sampaoli, JorgeJorge Sampaoli 26 February 2021[16]
Nîmes   Jérôme Arpinon Sacked 5 February 2021[17] 20th   Plancque, PascalPascal Plancque 5 February 2021
Nantes   Domenech, RaymondRaymond Domenech 10 February 2021[18] 18th   Kombouaré, AntoineAntoine Kombouaré 11 February 2021[19]
Rennes   Stéphan, JulienJulien Stéphan Resigned 1 March 2021[20] 9th   Génésio, BrunoBruno 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.

Template:2020–21 Ligue 1 table

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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Team ╲ Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
Angers413911812118119118779997771088810101091010111112121312
Bordeaux1021013129129121212131011131213121087101010111111151113141516161515
Brest20201691311131414131310121010111110111213141312121214131414161615131414
Dijon1819192020202020202020202020202019181819181919192020202020202020202020202020
Lens17126463571011998978789109776756565555556
Lille854522122222211123322111111112111111
Lorient21114161617171716171818191718191819192019181817171917171717171717171717
Lyon15811121114966533323211133222323333444444
Marseille141087910645466444455666999687856666665
Metz121718171715141071010121313121010111298667865679910910910
Monaco6336568128644568766444444444444333333
Montpellier13155335711975565568981111111111998798888888
Nantes9612141516151517141414141416151617171717171718181819191819191919181818
Nice317101084548811111211131213131412131413141612111211109109109
Nîmes1713151413161618181516161819182020201820202020191718181918181818191919
Paris SG161615874211111132332211333232221222222
Reims51417191919191915161717181917171515141514121214131313121312121211111113
Rennes7422113333779865445555555791087777777
Saint-Étienne1191147101313151615151514141414161616161615151416161616151313141211
Strasbourg191820181818181819191919171615161716151315151516161515141515131414151616
Leader and 2021–22 UEFA Champions League group stage
2021–22 UEFA Champions League group stage
2021–22 UEFA Champions League third qualifying round
2021–22 UEFA Europa League group stage
2021–22 UEFA Europa Conference League play-off round
Qualification to relegation play-offs
Relegation to Ligue 2
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

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

Team

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

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