2020–21 Valenciennes FC season

Valenciennes FC 2020–21 football season
Valenciennes FC
2020–21 season
ChairmanEddy Zdziech
ManagerOlivier Guégan
StadiumStade du Hainaut
Ligue 211th
Coupe de FranceRound of 32
Top goalscorerLeague:
Baptiste Guillaume (11)
All:
Baptiste Guillaume (14)
Home colours
Away colours
Third colours
← 2019–20

The 2020–21 Valenciennes FC season was the club's 108th season in existence and the seventh consecutive season in the second flight of French football. In addition to the domestic league, Valenciennes 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 7 January 2021.[1][2]

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 France FRA Jérôme Prior
3 DF Mauritania MTN Aly Abeid
4 MF Benin BEN Sessi D'Almeida
5 DF Algeria ALG Maxime Spano
6 MF France FRA Gaëtan Arib
7 FW Ivory Coast CIV Moussa Guel
8 MF Switzerland SUI Matteo Fedele
9 FW France FRA Gaëtan Robail (on loan from Lens)
10 MF Cameroon CMR Arsène Elogo
11 MF Algeria ALG Malek Chergui
13 MF France FRA Julien Masson
14 DF France FRA Joffrey Cuffaut
15 DF France FRA Éric Vandenabeele
16 GK Ivory Coast CIV Hillel Konaté
No. Pos. Nation Player
17 MF Algeria ALG Aymen Boutoutaou
18 FW Belgium BEL Baptiste Guillaume
19 DF Senegal SEN Elhadj Dabo
20 DF France FRA Ismaël Doukouré
21 MF France FRA Noah Diliberto
22 FW Turkey TUR Metehan Güçlü (on loan from Rennes)
24 DF France FRA Allan Linguet
25 DF Ghana GHA Emmanuel Ntim
26 FW France FRA Kévin Cabral
27 MF France FRA Mathis Picouleau
28 DF France FRA Laurent Dos Santos (captain)
29 FW Ivory Coast CIV Issouf Macalou
30 GK France FRA Nicolas Kocik

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
— DF Cameroon CMR Frédéric Bong (on loan at SC Lyon)

Pre-season and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss

Valenciennes France v Belgium Excel Mouscron
24 July 2020 Friendly Valenciennes France 0–1 Belgium Excel Mouscron Famars, France
16:00 CEST (UTC+2) Report Stadium: Stade Centre Formation VAFC N° 2
Attendance: 0
Villefranche France v France Valenciennes
29 July 2020 Friendly Villefranche France 0–4 France Valenciennes Villefranche-sur-Mer, France
15:00 CEST (UTC+2) Report Stadium: Stade Municipal
Attendance: 0
Sporting Club Lyon France v France Valenciennes
1 August 2020 Friendly Sporting Club Lyon France 3–4 France Valenciennes Chasse-sur-Rhône, France
11:00 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Complexe Sportif de Moleyre
Amiens France v France Valenciennes
5 August 2020 Friendly Amiens France 1–2 France Valenciennes Amiens, France
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stade de la Licorne

Competitions

Overview

Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Ligue 2 22 August 2020 15 May 2021 Matchday 1 11th 38 12 11 15 50 59 −9 031.58
Coupe de France 19 January 2021 6 March 2021 Eighth round Round of 32 3 2 0 1 6 7 −1 066.67
Total 41 14 11 16 56 66 −10 034.15

Source: Soccerway

Ligue 2

League table

Pos Team
  • v
  • t
  • e
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
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
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

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 12 11 15 50 59  −9 47 7 6 6 24 23  +1 5 5 9 26 36  −10

Source: Ligue 2

Results by round

Source: Ligue 2
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 9 July 2020.[3]

Valenciennes v Pau
22 August 2020 1 Valenciennes 3–0 Pau Valenciennes
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report Stadium: Stade du Hainaut
Referee: Alexandre Perreau Niel
Paris FC v Valenciennes
29 August 2020 2 Paris FC 1–0 Valenciennes Paris
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report Stadium: Stade Sébastien Charléty
Referee: Guillaume Paradis
Valenciennes v Châteauroux
12 September 2020 3 Valenciennes 1–0 Châteauroux Valenciennes
19:00 CEST (UTC+2) Report Stadium: Stade du Hainaut
Referee: Sylvain Palhies
Dunkerque v Valenciennes
19 September 2020 4 Dunkerque 1–0 Valenciennes Dunkirk
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report Stadium: Stade Marcel-Tribut
Attendance: 1,394
Referee: Bartolomeu Varela
Valenciennes v Caen
26 September 2020 5 Valenciennes 1–0 Caen Valenciennes
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report Stadium: Stade du Hainaut
Attendance: 4,180
Referee: Florent Batta
Grenoble v Valenciennes
3 October 2020 6 Grenoble 2–0 Valenciennes Grenoble
19:00 CEST (UTC+2) Diallo 30'
Ravet 58' (pen.)		 Report Stadium: Stade des Alpes
Attendance: 0
Referee: Romain Lissorgue
Valenciennes v Sochaux
17 October 2020 7 Valenciennes 0–0 Sochaux Valenciennes
15:00 CEST (UTC+2) Report Stadium: Stade du Hainaut
Attendance: 0
Referee: Pierre Gaillouste
Troyes v Valenciennes
24 October 2020 8 Troyes 1–1 Valenciennes Troyes
17:00 CEST (UTC+2) Salmier Red card 3'
Touzghar 16'		 Report Chevalier 8' (pen.) Stadium: Stade de l'Aube
Attendance: 0
Referee: Abdelatif Kherradji
Valenciennes v Clermont
31 October 2020 9 Valenciennes 1–3 Clermont Valenciennes
19:00 CET (UTC+1) Cabral 37' Report Bayo 20' (pen.), 67', 86' Stadium: Stade du Hainaut
Attendance: 0
Referee: Benjamin Lepaysant
Toulouse v Valenciennes
7 November 2020 10 Toulouse 4–5 Valenciennes Toulouse
19:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stadium de Toulouse
Attendance: 0
Referee: Sylvain Palhies
Valenciennes v Rodez
21 November 2020 11 Valenciennes 1–1 Rodez Valenciennes
19:00 CET (UTC+1) Guillaume 39' Report Douline 71' Stadium: Stade du Hainaut
Attendance: 0
Referee: Olivier Thual
Auxerre v Valenciennes
28 November 2020 12 Auxerre 1–1 Valenciennes Auxerre
19:00 CET (UTC+1) Autret 45+1' Report Chevalier 12' Stadium: Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps
Attendance: 0
Referee: Rémi Landry
Valenciennes v Ajaccio
1 December 2020 13 Valenciennes 1–1 Ajaccio Valenciennes
19:00 CET (UTC+1) Guillaume 58' Report Masson 24' (o.g.) Stadium: Stade du Hainaut
Attendance: 0
Referee: Mathieu Vernice
Chambly v Valenciennes
5 December 2020 14 Chambly 1–2 Valenciennes Chambly
19:00 CET (UTC+1) Correa 35' Report Guillaume 66'
Cabral 87'		 Stadium: Stade Pierre Brisson
Attendance: 0
Referee: Romain Delpech
Guingamp v Valenciennes
12 December 2020 15 Guingamp 1–1 Valenciennes Guingamp
18:00 CET (UTC+1) Ngbakoto 66' Report Guillaume 55' Stadium: Stade du Roudourou
Attendance: 0
Referee: Romain Lissorgue
Valenciennes v Amiens
18 December 2020 16 Valenciennes 0–2 Amiens Valenciennes
20:00 CET (UTC+1) Report
Stadium: Stade du Hainaut
Attendance: 0
Referee: Alexandre Perreau Niel
Niort v Valenciennes
22 December 2020 17 Niort 0–3 Valenciennes Niort
20:00 CET (UTC+1) Report Stadium: Stade René Gaillard
Referee: Remi Landry
Note: Match awarded as a forfeit to Valenciennes due to numerous covid positives in the Niort organization.[citation needed]
Valenciennes v Nancy
5 January 2021 18 Valenciennes 2–3 Nancy Valenciennes
20:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stade du Hainaut
Attendance: 0
Referee: Nicolas Rainville
Le Havre v Valenciennes
8 January 2021 19 Le Havre 0–2 Valenciennes Le Havre
20:00CET (UTC+1) Report Stadium: Stade Océane
Attendance: 0
Referee: Pierre Gaillouste
Châteauroux v Valenciennes
23 January 2021 21 Châteauroux 3–3 Valenciennes Châteauroux
19:00 CET (UTC+1) Ntim 9' (o.g.)
Chouaref 57'
Gonçalves 90'		 Report Cuffaut 47', 73'
Ntim 83'		 Stadium: Stade Gaston Petit
Attendance: 0
Referee: Rémi Landry
Valenciennes v Paris FC
26 January 2021 20 Valenciennes 2–0 Paris FC Valenciennes
19:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report Stadium: Stade du Hainaut
Attendance: 0
Referee: Arnaud Baert
Valenciennes v Dunkerque
30 January 2021 22 Valenciennes 1–0 Dunkerque Valenciennes
19:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report Stadium: Stade du Hainaut
Attendance: 0
Referee: Mathieu Vernice
Caen v Valenciennes
2 February 2021 23 Caen 1–1 Valenciennes Caen
20:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano
Attendance: 0
Referee: Gaël Angoula
Valenciennes v Grenoble
5 February 2021 24 Valenciennes 0–1 Grenoble Valenciennes
20:00 CET (UTC+1) Report
Stadium: Stade du Hainaut
Attendance: 0
Referee: Sylvain Palhies
Sochaux v Valenciennes
15 February 2021 25 Sochaux 2–0 Valenciennes Montbéliard
18:45 CET (UTC+1) Weissbeck 14'
Niane 76'		 Report Stadium: Stade Auguste Bonal
Attendance: 0
Referee: Bartolomeu Varela
Valenciennes v Troyes
20 February 2021 26 Valenciennes 2–2 Troyes Valenciennes
15:00 CET (UTC+1) Guillaume 13'
Vandenabeele 90+1'		 Report Touzghar 64' (pen.)
Gory 71'		 Stadium: Stade du Hainaut
Attendance: 0
Referee: Romain Lissorgue
Clermont v Valenciennes
27 February 2021 27 Clermont 4–0 Valenciennes Clermont-Ferrand
19:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report Stadium: Stade Gabriel Montpied
Attendance: 0
Referee: Alexandre Perreau Niel
Valenciennes v Toulouse
2 March 2021 28 Valenciennes 1–0 Toulouse Valenciennes
20:00 CET (UTC+1) Report Stadium: Stade du Hainaut
Attendance: 0
Referee: Abdelatif Kherradji
Rodez v Valenciennes
13 March 2021 (2021-03-13) 29 Rodez 3–0 Valenciennes Rodez
20:00 CET (UTC+1) Douline Yellow card 61'
David 66', 73' (pen.)
Bonnet 69'		 Report D'Almeida Yellow card 18'
Robail Yellow card 46'
Pellenard Yellow card 77'
Cuffaut Yellow card 83'		 Stadium: Stade Paul-Lignon
Referee: Mathieu Vernice
Valenciennes v Auxerre
20 March 2021 30 Valenciennes 2–2 Auxerre Valenciennes
20:00 CET (UTC+1) Cuffaut 45+1' (pen.)
Masson Yellow card 62'
Kankava Yellow card 83'
Guillaume 86'
Doukouré Yellow card 90+3'		 Report Lloris 22'
Le Bihan 32'
Touré Yellow card 81'		 Stadium: Stade du Hainaut
Referee: Pierre Gaillouste
Ajaccio v Valenciennes
3 April 2021 31 Ajaccio 3–0 Valenciennes Ajaccio
20:00 CEST (UTC+2) Courtet 40'
Barreto 47'
Moussiti-Oko Yellow card 53', 63'
Huard Yellow card 82'		 Report Abeid Yellow card 17' Yellow-red card 85'
D'Almeida Yellow card 68' Yellow-red card 73'
Dabo Yellow card 73'		 Stadium: Stade François Coty
Referee: Alexandre Perreau Niel
Valenciennes v Chambly
10 April 2021 (2021-04-10) 32 Valenciennes 2–1 Chambly Valenciennes
20:00 CET (UTC+1) Linguet 10'
Elogo 54'
Kankava Yellow card 71'		 Report Delos 6'
Callegari Red card 31'
Soubervie Yellow card 51'
Eickmayer Yellow card 59'
Derrien Yellow card 61'
Guezoui Yellow card 89' Yellow-red card 89'		 Stadium: Stade du Hainaut
Referee: Thomas Léonard
Valenciennes v Guingamp
17 April 2021 33 Valenciennes 0–1 Guingamp Valenciennes
20:00 CEST (UTC+2) Picouleau Yellow card 39' Report Phiri Yellow card 4'
Rodelin 48'
Mellot Yellow card 74'
Niakaté Yellow card 80'
Pierrot Yellow card 85'		 Stadium: Stade du Hainaut
Referee: Gaël Angoula
Amiens v Valenciennes
20 April 2021 34 Amiens 3–1 Valenciennes Amiens
20:00 CET (UTC+1) Lusamba Yellow card 45+1', 64' (pen.)
Odey Yellow card 80', 90+4'
Alphonse 90+2'		 Report Abeid Yellow card 19'
Guillaume Yellow card 62'
Doukouré Yellow card 76'
Cuffaut 90+1' (pen.)		 Stadium: Stade de la Licorne
Referee: Benjamin Lepaysant
Valenciennes v Niort
24 April 2021 35 Valenciennes 1–1 Niort Valenciennes
20:00 CEST (UTC+2) Vandenabeele Red card 40'
Ntim 64'
Guillaume Yellow card 79'
Kankava Yellow card 90'		 Report Ba soccer ball with red X 42'
Matufueni Yellow card 68'
Jacob 71'		 Stadium: Stade du Hainaut
Referee: Abdelatif Kherradji
Nancy v Valenciennes
1 May 2021 (2021-05-01) 36 Nancy 1–3 Valenciennes Tomblaine
20:00 CEST (UTC+2) Bassi 31' Report Boutoutaou 1', 60'
Ntim Yellow card 29'
Kankava Yellow card 70'
Chergui 79'		 Stadium: Stade Marcel Picot
Referee: Romain Delpech
Valenciennes v Le Havre
8 May 2021 (2021-05-08) 37 Valenciennes 3–5 Le Havre Valenciennes
20:00 CEST (UTC+2) Vandenabeele Yellow card 5'
Boutoutaou 31'
Doukouré Yellow card 44'
Cuffaut 53' (pen.)
Ntim Yellow card 66'
Macalou 89'		 Report Basque 6', 65'
Thiaré 10'
Boutaïb 42'
M. Fofana 73'		 Stadium: Stade du Hainaut
Referee: Mathieu Vernice
Pau v Valenciennes
15 May 2021 38 Pau 4–3 Valenciennes Pau
20:00 CEST (UTC+2) Itaitinga 3'
Lobry 12'
George 16', Yellow card 72'
Assifuah 50'
Armand Yellow card 59'
Kouassi Yellow card 71'		 Report Pellenard Yellow card 30'
Vandenabeele 56', Yellow card 63'
Dos Santos 62'
Chergui Yellow card 72'
Haouari 84'		 Stadium: Stade du Hameau
Referee: Remi Landry

Coupe de France

Valenciennes v Chambly
19 January 2021 Eighth round Valenciennes 2–0 Chambly Valenciennes
18:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stade du Hainaut
Attendance: 0
Referee: Mehdi Mokhtari
Reims v Valenciennes
9 February 2021 Round of 64 Reims 3–4 Valenciennes Reims
18:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stade Auguste Delaune
Attendance: 0
Referee: Jérémie Pignard
Valenciennes v Metz
6 March 2021 Round of 32 Valenciennes 0–4 Metz Valenciennes
16:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stade du Hainaut
Attendance: 0
Referee: Stéphanie Frappart

Statistics

Goalscorers

As of 22 August 2020
Rank No. Pos Nat Name Ligue 2 Coupe de France Total
1 9 FW France Teddy Chevalier 1 0 1
18 FW Belgium Baptiste Guillaume 1 0 1
26 FW France Kévin Cabral 1 0 1
Totals 3 0 3

References

  1. ^ "Effectif – Saison 2017/2018" (in French). Valenciennes FC. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
  2. ^ "Valenciennes FC". Scoresway.com. Archived from the original on 25 May 2011. Retrieved 27 February 2018.
  3. ^ "Ligue 2 BKT : le calendrier de la saison 2020/2021". LFP (in French). 9 July 2020.

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