2019–20 Montpellier HSC season

Montpellier 2019–20 football season
Montpellier
2019–20 season
ChairmanLaurent Nicollin
Head coachMichel Der Zakarian
StadiumStade de la Mosson
Ligue 18th
Coupe de FranceRound of 16
Coupe de la LigueRound of 16
Top goalscorerLeague:
Andy Delort (9)
All:
Andy Delort (12)
Highest home attendance20,197
(vs Paris Saint-Germain, 7 December 2019)
Lowest home attendance10,786
(vs Metz, 5 February 2020)
Average home league attendance14,147
Biggest winLeague: Montpellier 4–0 Brest
All: Montpellier 5–0 Caen, CdF
Biggest defeatLeague/All:
Paris Saint-Germain 5–0 Montpellier
Rennes 5–0 Montpellier
Home colours
Away colours
Third colours

The 2019–20 season was Montpellier HSC's 101st season in existence and the club's 11th consecutive season in the top flight of French football. In addition to the domestic league, Montpellier participated in this season's editions of the Coupe de France, and the Coupe de la Ligue. The season covered the period from 1 July 2019 to 30 June 2020.

Players

Squad information

As of 18 January 2020[1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Argentina ARG Gerónimo Rulli (on loan from Real Sociedad)
2 DF France FRA Arnaud Souquet
3 DF France FRA Daniel Congré
4 DF Brazil BRA Hilton (vice-captain)
5 DF Portugal POR Pedro Mendes
6 MF France FRA Junior Sambia
8 DF Cameroon CMR Ambroise Oyongo
9 FW Algeria ALG Andy Delort
10 FW France FRA Gaëtan Laborde
11 MF France FRA Téji Savanier
12 MF France FRA Jordan Ferri
13 MF France FRA Joris Chotard
14 DF France FRA Damien Le Tallec
15 FW Algeria ALG Bilal Boutobba
No. Pos. Nation Player
16 GK France FRA Dimitry Bertaud
19 FW Senegal SEN Souleymane Camara (captain)
20 MF South Africa RSA Keagan Dolly
21 MF France FRA Kylian Kaïboué
24 FW South Korea KOR Yun Il-lok
25 MF France FRA Florent Mollet
26 DF Serbia SRB Mihailo Ristić
27 DF France FRA Clément Vidal
29 MF Russia RUS Amir Adouyev
30 GK France FRA Mathis Carvalho
31 DF France FRA Nicolas Cozza
32 FW Serbia SRB Petar Škuletić

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF France FRA Killian Sanson (on loan at Quevilly-Rouen)
— FW France FRA Bastian Badu (on loan at FC Chambly)
No. Pos. Nation Player
— FW France FRA Yanis Ammour (on loan at Béziers)

Transfers

In

Out

Pre-season and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss

Montpellier France v France Béziers
12 July 2019 Friendly Montpellier France 2–2 France Béziers Millau, France
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stade Gabriel-Monteillet
Saint-Étienne France v France Montpellier
19 July 2019 Friendly Saint-Étienne France 4–2 France Montpellier Washington, D.C., United States
20:00 EDT (UTC−4)
Report
Stadium: Audi Field
Montpellier France v France Bordeaux
21 July 2019 Friendly Montpellier France 1–2 France Bordeaux Washington, D.C., United States
20:00 EDT (UTC−4)
Report
Stadium: Audi Field
Huddersfield Town England v France Montpellier
27 July 2019 Friendly Huddersfield Town England 1–1 France Montpellier Huddersfield, England
15:00 BST (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Kirklees Stadium
Attendance: 5,833
Girona Spain v France Montpellier
3 August 2019 Friendly Girona Spain 0–1 France Montpellier Girona, Spain
20:30 CEST (UTC+2) Report Stadium: Estadi Montilivi

Competitions

Overview

Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Ligue 1 10 August 2019 8 March 2020 Matchday 1 8th 28 11 7 10 35 34 +1 039.29
Coupe de France 5 January 2020 28 January 2020 Round of 64 Round of 16 3 2 1 0 6 0 +6 066.67
Coupe de la Ligue 30 October 2019 17 December 2019 Round of 32 Round of 16 2 1 0 1 3 3 +0 050.00
Total 33 14 8 11 44 37 +7 042.42

Source: Soccerway

Ligue 1

League table

Pos Team
  • v
  • t
  • e
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts PPG Qualification or relegation
6 Reims 28 10 11 7 26 21 +5 41[a] 1.46[a] Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round[b]
7 Lyon 28 11 7 10 42 27 +15 40 1.43
8 Montpellier 28 11 7 10 35 34 +1 40 1.43
9 Monaco 28 11 7 10 44 44 0 40 1.43
10 Strasbourg 27 11 5 11 32 32 0 38 1.41
Source: Ligue 1
Rules for classification: 1) Points per game; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Fairplay ranking.[2][3]
Notes:
  1. ^ Nice finished ahead of Reims on head-to-head points: Nice 2–0 Reims, Reims 1–1 Nice.
  2. ^ Since the winners of the Coupe de France and the Coupe de la Ligue, Paris Saint-Germain, qualified for the Champions League, the spot given to the Coupe de France winners (Europa League group stage) was passed to the fifth-placed team and the spot given to the Coupe de la Ligue winners (Europa League second qualifying round) was passed to the sixth-placed team.

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
28 11 7 10 35 34  +1 40 10 2 2 26 10  +16 1 5 8 9 24  −15

Last updated: 8 March 2020.
Source: Ligue 1

Results by round

Source: Ligue 1
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; C = Cancelled

Matches

The Ligue 1 schedule was announced on 14 June 2019.[4] The Ligue 1 matches were suspended by the LFP on 13 March 2020 due to COVID-19 until further notices.[5] On 28 April 2020, it was announced that Ligue 1 and Ligue 2 campaigns would not resume, after the country banned all sporting events until September.[6] On 30 April, The LFP ended officially the 2019–20 season.[7]

Montpellier v Rennes
10 August 2019 1 Montpellier 0–1 Rennes Montpellier
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stade de la Mosson
Attendance: 15,212
Referee: Willy Delajod
Bordeaux v Montpellier
17 August 2019 2 Bordeaux 1–1 Montpellier Bordeaux
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Matmut Atlantique
Attendance: 30,192
Referee: Frank Schneider
Montpellier v Lyon
27 August 2019 3 Montpellier 1–0 Lyon Montpellier
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stade de la Mosson
Attendance: 19,387
Referee: Mikael Lesage
Nantes v Montpellier
31 August 2019 4 Nantes 1–0 Montpellier Nantes
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire
Attendance: 18,980
Referee: Karim Abed
Montpellier v Nice
14 September 2019 5 Montpellier 2–1 Nice Montpellier
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stade de la Mosson
Attendance: 12,765
Referee: Olivier Thual
Marseille v Montpellier
21 September 2019 6 Marseille 1–1 Montpellier Marseille
17:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stade Vélodrome
Attendance: 48,007
Referee: Amaury Delerue
Montpellier v Nîmes
25 September 2019 7 Montpellier 1–0 Nîmes Montpellier
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stade de la Mosson
Attendance: 16,445
Referee: Benoît Bastien
Strasbourg v Montpellier
29 September 2019 8 Strasbourg 1–0 Montpellier Strasbourg
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stade de la Meinau
Attendance: 25,010
Referee: Hakim Ben El Hadj
Montpellier v Monaco
5 October 2019 9 Montpellier 3–1 Monaco Montpellier
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stade de la Mosson
Attendance: 15,532
Referee: François Letexier
Reims v Montpellier
19 October 2019 10 Reims 1–0 Montpellier Reims
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report Stadium: Stade Auguste-Delaune
Attendance: 12,187
Referee: Florent Batta
Montpellier v Angers
26 October 2019 11 Montpellier 0–0 Angers Montpellier
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stade de la Mosson
Attendance: 12,678
Referee: Benoît Millot
Metz v Montpellier
2 November 2019 12 Metz 2–2 Montpellier Metz
20:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien
Attendance: 14,644
Referee: Stéphanie Frappart
Montpellier v Toulouse
10 November 2019 13 Montpellier 3–0 Toulouse Montpellier
17:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stade de la Mosson
Attendance: 12,734
Referee: Thomas Leonard
Saint-Étienne v Montpellier
24 November 2019 14 Saint-Étienne 0–0 Montpellier Saint-Étienne
17:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard
Attendance: 24,336
Referee: Frank Schneider
Montpellier v Amiens
30 November 2019 15 Montpellier 4–2 Amiens Montpellier
20:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stade de la Mosson
Attendance: 11,744
Referee: Jérémie Pignard
Dijon v Montpellier
4 December 2019 16 Dijon 2–2 Montpellier Dijon
19:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stade Gaston Gérard
Attendance: 11,926
Referee: François Letexier
Montpellier v Paris Saint-Germain
7 December 2019 17 Montpellier 1–3 Paris Saint-Germain Montpellier
17:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stade de la Mosson
Attendance: 20,197
Referee: Antony Gautier
Lille v Montpellier
13 December 2019 18 Lille 2–1 Montpellier Villeneuve-d'Ascq
20:45 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stade Pierre-Mauroy
Attendance: 30,170
Referee: Jérôme Brisard
Montpellier v Brest
21 December 2019 19 Montpellier 4–0 Brest Montpellier
20:45 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stade de la Mosson
Attendance: 12,975
Referee: Jérémy Stinat
Amiens v Montpellier
11 January 2020 20 Amiens 1–2 Montpellier Amiens
20:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stade de la Licorne
Attendance: 10,205
Referee: Karim Abed
Montpellier v Dijon
25 January 2020 21 Montpellier 2–1 Dijon Montpellier
20:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stade de la Mosson
Attendance: 11,129
Referee: Jérôme Miguelgorry
Paris Saint-Germain v Montpellier
1 February 2020 22 Paris Saint-Germain 5–0 Montpellier Paris
17:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Parc des Princes
Attendance: 47,701
Referee: Jérôme Brisard
Montpellier v Metz
5 February 2020 23 Montpellier 1–1 Metz Montpellier
19:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stade de la Mosson
Attendance: 10,786
Referee: Hakim Ben El Hadj
Montpellier v Saint-Étienne
9 February 2020 24 Montpellier 1–0 Saint-Étienne Montpellier
15:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stade de la Mosson
Attendance: 14,669
Referee: Amaury Delerue
Monaco v Montpellier
14 February 2020 25 Monaco 1–0 Montpellier Monaco
20:45 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stade Louis II
Attendance: 4,384
Referee: Ruddy Buquet
Angers v Montpellier
22 February 2020 26 Angers 1–0 Montpellier Angers
20:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stade Raymond Kopa
Attendance: 9,453
Referee: Antony Gautier
Montpellier v Strasbourg
29 February 2020 27 Montpellier 3–0 Strasbourg Montpellier
20:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stade de la Mosson
Attendance: 11,799
Referee: Mikael Lesage
Rennes v Montpellier
8 March 2020 28 Rennes 5–0 Montpellier Rennes
17:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Roazhon Park
Attendance: 24,818
Referee: Jérémie Pignard
Montpellier v Marseille
29 Montpellier Cancelled Marseille Montpellier
--:-- CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stade de la Mosson
Attendance: 0[8]
Nice v Montpellier
30 Nice Cancelled Montpellier Nice
--:-- CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Allianz Riviera
Attendance: 0[8]
Montpellier v Lille
31 Montpellier Cancelled Lille Montpellier
--:-- CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stade de la Mosson
Attendance: 0[8]
Nîmes v Montpellier
32 Nîmes Cancelled Montpellier Nîmes
--:-- CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stade des Costières
Attendance: 0[8]
Montpellier v Reims
33 Montpellier Cancelled Reims Montpellier
--:-- CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stade de la Mosson
Brest v Montpellier
34 Brest Cancelled Montpellier Brest
--:-- CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stade Francis-Le Blé
Montpellier v Bordeaux
35 Montpellier Cancelled Bordeaux Montpellier
--:-- CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stade de la Mosson
Lyon v Montpellier
36 Lyon Cancelled Montpellier Décines-Charpieu
--:-- CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Parc Olympique Lyonnais
Montpellier v Nantes
37 Montpellier Cancelled Nantes Montpellier
--:-- CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stade de la Mosson
Toulouse v Montpellier
38 Toulouse Cancelled Montpellier Toulouse
--:-- CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stadium de Toulouse

Coupe de France

EF Reims Ste Anne Châtillons v Montpellier
5 January 2020 Round of 64 EF Reims Ste Anne Châtillons 0–1 Montpellier Reims[9]
14:15 CET (UTC+1)
  • Trémor Yellow card 90+1'
  • Barrilliot Yellow card 90+2'
 Report
Stadium: Stade Auguste-Delaune
Attendance: 3,824
Referee: Florent Batta
Montpellier v Caen
19 January 2020 Round of 32 Montpellier 5–0 Caen Montpellier
17:15 CET (UTC+1)
Report
  • Pi Yellow card 32' Yellow-red card 43'
 Stadium: Stade de la Mosson
Attendance: 4,697
Referee: Thomas Léonard
ASM Belfort v Montpellier
28 January 2020 Round of 16 ASM Belfort 0–0 (a.e.t.)
(5–4 p)		 Montpellier Belfort
18:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stade Roger Serzian
Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Olivier Thual
Penalties
  • Régnier soccer ball with check mark
  • Magassouba soccer ball with check mark
  • Grasso soccer ball with red X
  • Ranneaud soccer ball with check mark
  • Cuenin soccer ball with check mark
  • Loichot soccer ball with check mark

Coupe de la Ligue

Montpellier v Nancy
30 October 2019 Round of 32 Montpellier 3–2 Nancy Montpellier
21:05 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stade de la Mosson
Attendance: 7,655
Referee: Hakim Ben El Hadj
Reims v Montpellier
17 December 2019 Round of 16 Reims 1–0 Montpellier Reims
18:45 CET (UTC+1)
Report
  • Ristić Red card 69'
  • Mendes Yellow card 77'
 Stadium: Stade Auguste-Delaune
Attendance: 4,606
Referee: Willy Delajod

Statistics

Appearances and goals

No. Pos Nat Player Total Ligue 1 Coupe de France Coupe de la Ligue
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Goalkeepers
1 GK Argentina ARG Gerónimo Rulli 20 0 19 0 1 0 0 0
16 GK France FRA Dimitry Bertaud 3 0 1 0 0 0 2 0
30 GK France FRA Mathis Carvalho 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Defenders
2 DF France FRA Arnaud Souquet 20 2 17+1 2 1 0 0+1 0
3 DF France FRA Daniel Congré 19 0 15+1 0 1 0 2 0
4 DF Brazil BRA Vitorino Hilton 23 1 20 0 1 1 1+1 0
5 DF Portugal POR Pedro Mendes 17 1 15 1 0 0 2 0
8 DF Cameroon CMR Ambroise Oyongo 18 0 17 0 0 0 0+1 0
14 DF France FRA Damien Le Tallec 23 2 20 2 1 0 1+1 0
24 DF Uruguay URU Mathías Suárez 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
26 DF Serbia SRB Mihailo Ristić 16 0 4+9 0 1 0 2 0
27 DF France FRA Clément Vidal 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
31 DF France FRA Nicolas Cozza 8 0 6+1 0 0 0 1 0
Midfielders
6 MF France FRA Junior Sambia 13 1 3+7 1 1 0 2 0
11 MF France FRA Téji Savanier 13 3 10+1 3 0 0 2 0
12 MF France FRA Jordan Ferri 9 0 7+1 0 0+1 0 0 0
13 MF France FRA Joris Chotard 17 1 12+3 0 1 0 1 1
20 MF South Africa RSA Keagan Dolly 6 0 1+5 0 0 0 0 0
21 MF France FRA Kylian Kaiboue 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
25 MF France FRA Florent Mollet 19 6 12+5 5 0 0 2 1
29 MF Russia RUS Amir Adouyev 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Forwards
9 FW Algeria ALG Andy Delort 22 8 19 7 1 0 1+1 1
10 FW France FRA Gaëtan Laborde 23 5 19+1 5 1 0 1+1 0
15 FW Algeria ALG Bilal Boutobba 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 FW Senegal SEN Souleymane Camara 12 1 0+11 1 0 0 1 0
32 FW Serbia SRB Petar Škuletić 6 0 1+4 0 0 0 1 0
Players transferred out during the season

Last updated: 11 January 2020
Source: Competitions

References

  1. ^ "Effectif et staff". mhscfoot.com. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
  2. ^ "League Table". Ligue1.com. Retrieved 12 August 2016.
  3. ^ "PSG champions as season ended". Ligue1.com. 30 April 2020. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
  4. ^ "Ligue 1 : Le calendrier 2019/2020 dévoilé". Foot National (in French). 14 June 2019. Archived from the original on 28 October 2019. Retrieved 1 November 2019.
  5. ^ "La Ligue 1 Conforama suspendue". ligue1.fr (in French). 13 March 2020.
  6. ^ "Ligue 1 & 2: France's top two divisions will not resume this season". BBC Sport. 28 April 2020. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
  7. ^ "Ligue 1 / Ligue 2 : la LFP acte la fin de la saison 19/20". lfp.fr. Ligue de Football Professionnel. 30 April 2020. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
  8. ^ a b c d "Les matchs à huis clos total jusqu'au 15 avril". lfp.fr (in French). Ligue de Football Professionnel. 10 March 2020. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
  9. ^ "Football (Coupe de France). Reims Sainte-Anne – Montpellier à Delaune" (in French). L'Union. 12 December 2019.

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