2020–21 Le Havre AC season

Le Havre AC
2020–21 season
President	Vincent Volpe
Head coach	Paul Le Guen
Stadium	Stade Océane
Ligue 2	12th
Coupe de France	Eighth round
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2019–20 2021–22 →

The 2020–21 Le Havre AC season was the club's 127th season in existence and its 12th consecutive season in the second flight of French football. In addition to the domestic league, Le Havre 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 15 February 2021.^[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	FRA	Mathieu Gorgelin
2	DF	MAR	Abdelwahed Wahib
3	DF	TUR	Umut Meraş
4	DF	TUR	Ertuğrul Ersoy
5	DF	CGO	Fernand Mayembo
6	MF	FRA	Romain Basque
7	MF	FRA	Jean-Pascal Fontaine (vice-captain)
8	MF	FRA	Himad Abdelli
9	FW	FRA	Nabil Alioui
10	FW	FRA	Alan Dzabana
11	FW	FRA	Quentin Cornette
12	DF	TUN	Ayman Ben Mohamed
13	FW	MAR	Khalid Boutaïb
14	FW	SEN	Jamal Thiaré


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
16	GK	CAN	Nikola Curcija
17	MF	FRA	Alexandre Bonnet (captain)
18	MF	FRA	Nolan Mbemba
19	DF	BFA	Yacouba Coulibaly
20	FW	GHA	Godwin Bentil
21	FW	FRA	Ylan Gomes
22	MF	ALG	Victor Lekhal
24	MF	FRA	Mamadou Fofana
26	DF	FRA	Woyo Coulibaly
27	DF	FRA	Pierre Gibaud
28	FW	FRA	Elies Mahmoud
29	FW	HAI	Hervé Bazile
30	GK	FRA	Yahia Fofana
36	DF	FRA	Isaak Touré

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	BFA	Yacouba Coulibaly (on loan to Paris FC)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	DF	GLP	Kelly Irep (on loan to Bourg-en-Bresse)

Pre-season and friendlies

Win Draw Loss

12 July 2020 Friendly	Le Havre	0–9	Paris Saint-Germain	Le Havre, France
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Casimir 27'	Report	Icardi 8', 19' Neymar 21', 43' (pen.) Mbappé 29' Gueye 50' Sarabia 52', 60' Kalimuendo 59'	Stadium: Stade Océane Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Mikael Lesage (France)

16 July 2020 Friendly	Lens	1–3	Le Havre	Billy-Montigny, France
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Sotoca 24'	Report	Thiaré 37' Meraş 50' Abdelli 57'	Stadium: Les Carabiniers Billy-Montigny Referee: Ruddy Buquet (France)

22 July 2020 Friendly	Reims	3–0	Le Havre	Le Touquet, France
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Sierhuis 18' Touré 44' Zeneli 46' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Stade Ferdi Petit Attendance: 300

28 July 2020 Friendly	Le Havre	3–1	Angers	Alençon, France
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Cornette 5' Meraş 48' Bonnet 66'	Report	Kanga 12'	Stadium: Stade Jacques-Fould Attendance: 300 Referee: Mikael Lesage (France)

1 August 2020 Friendly	Caen	1–2	Le Havre	Caen, France
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Tchokounté 14'	Report	Bentil 30' Fontaine 75'	Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Bartolomeu Varela (France)

5 August 2020 Friendly	Le Havre	1–1	Quevilly-Rouen	Le Havre, France
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Bentil 90+1'	Report	Rotsen 90'	Stadium: Centre d'entraînement du H.A.C Attendance: 0

8 August 2020 Friendly	Guingamp	Cancelled	Le Havre	Guingamp, France
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stade de Roudourou

12 August 2020 Friendly	Avranches	5–4	Le Havre	Avranches, France
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Kouakou 15', 47' Belliard 33' Essende 42' (pen.) Magnon 87'	Report	Thiaré 20' Fontaine 39' Dzabana 71' Mahmoud 90'	Stadium: Stade René Fenouillère

15 August 2020 Friendly	Nantes	3–1	Le Havre	La Baule, France
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Simon 7' Coulibaly 49' Ndilu 90+2'	Report	Abdelli 45+2' (pen.)	Stadium: Stade Moreau Défarges Referee: Jérémy Stinat (France)

Competitions

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Ligue 2	24 August 2020	15 May 2021	Matchday 1	12th	38	11	14	13	38	48	−10	028.95
Coupe de France	19 January 2021		Eighth round	Eighth round	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1	000.00
Total					39	11	14	14	38	49	−11	028.21

Source: Soccerway

Ligue 2

League table

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

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	11	14	13	38	48	−10	47	4	8	7	16	23	−7	7	6	6	22	25	−3

Source: Ligue 2

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	L	W	W	L	W	L	D	W	W	L	L	L	D	D	D	L	D	W	L	D	D	D	D	W	W	D	L	L	W	L	D	D	D	L	D	L	W	W
Position	18	13	10	10	7	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	13	13	13	13	13	10	9	10	14	8	13	12	12	12	13	13	14	13	12

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

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 9 July 2020.^[2]

24 August 2020 1	Troyes	2–0	Le Havre	Troyes
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Salmier 32' Lumeka 78', 90+1'	Report	Fontaine 3' 61' Ersoy 53'	Stadium: Stade de l'Aube Referee: Antony Gautier

29 August 2020 2	Le Havre	1–0	Amiens	Le Havre
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Monzango 44' (o.g.)	Report		Stadium: Stade Océane Referee: Sylvain Palhies

12 September 2020 3	Guingamp	1–3	Le Havre	Guingamp
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Phaeton 73'	Report	Thiaré 6', 45' Mellot 68' (o.g.)	Stadium: Stade de Roudourou Referee: Frank Schneider

19 September 2020 4	Le Havre	0–1	Niort	Le Havre
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Kemen 90'	Stadium: Stade Océane Attendance: 4,377 Referee: Remi Landry

26 September 2020 5	Nancy	0–1	Le Havre	Tomblaine
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Gibaud 66'	Stadium: Stade Marcel Picot Attendance: 4,191 Referee: Romain Delpech

3 October 2020 6	Paris FC	3–0	Le Havre	Paris
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Abdi 33' López 56' 77'	Report	Gibaud 78'	Stadium: Stade Sébastien Charléty Attendance: 0 Referee: Oliver Thual

17 October 2020 7	Le Havre	1–1	Châteauroux	Le Havre
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Bentil 8' 65' Ersoy 54'	Report	Sunu 16' Opa Sanganté 29' Mulumba 58'	Stadium: Stade Océane Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Mathieu Vernice

24 October 2020 8	Dunkerque	0–1	Le Havre	Dunkerque
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Goteni 40' Kebbal 70'	Report	Bazile 26' Basque 70' Lekhal 74'	Stadium: Stade Marcel-Tribut Attendance: 0 Referee: Romain Lissorgue

31 October 2020 9	Le Havre	1–0	Pau	Le Havre
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Bentil 3' Cornette 38' Fontaine 58'	Report	Batisse 50' 85' Scaramozzino 89' Bayard 90'	Stadium: Stade Océane Attendance: 0 Referee: Romain Delpech

7 November 2020 (2020-11-07) 10	Grenoble	2–1	Le Havre	Grenoble
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Tapoko 40' Gaspar 61' Semedo 82'	Report	Bentil 43' Ben Mohamed 55' Basque 64' Mbemba 90+4'	Stadium: Stade des Alpes Referee: Eric Wattellier

21 November 2020 (2020-11-21) 11	Le Havre	1–2	Caen	Le Havre
15:00 (CET) (UTC+1)	Abdelli 45' Lekhal 52' Bonnet 84'	Report	Vandermersch 29' Mendy 68' Armougom 70' Court 76' Bammou 85' (pen.)	Stadium: Stade Océane Referee: Stéphanie Frappart

28 November 2020 (2020-11-28) 12	Sochaux	4–0	Le Havre	Montbéliard
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Bedia 9', 15' Lasme 21' (pen.) Weissbeck 65' Virginius 84'	Report		Stadium: Stade Auguste Bonal Referee: Mehdi Mokhtari

1 December 2020 (2020-12-01) 13	Le Havre	1–1	Auxerre	Le Havre
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Abdelli 14' 65' Thiaré 34' Gorgelin 44' Lloris 49' (o.g.)	Report	Autret 39' Jubal 52' Bellugou 56'	Stadium: Stade Océane Referee: Bartolomeu Varela

7 December 2020 (2020-12-07) 14	Ajaccio	1–1	Le Havre	Ajaccio
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Laçi 39' Courtet 65' (pen.), 66' Avinel 68' Barreto 84'	Report	Mayembo 4' Gibaud 40' Bazile 66', 66'	Stadium: Stade François Coty Referee: Jeremie Pignard

14 December 2020 (2020-12-14) 15	Le Havre	0–0	Clermont	Le Havre
20:45 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Stade Océane Referee: Olivier Thual

19 December 2020 (2020-12-19) 16	Toulouse	4–3	Le Havre	Toulouse
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Healey 2', 12', 80' Adli 31' Amian 60' Spierings 90+8' (pen.)	Report	Bonnet 19' Gibaud 29' Meraş 50', 90+4' Basque 56' Alioui 83'	Stadium: Stadium de Toulouse Referee: Arnaud Baert

22 December 2020 (2020-12-22) 17	Le Havre	1–1	Rodez	Le Havre
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Basque 50'	Report	Ouhafsa 80'	Stadium: Stade Océane Referee: Sylvain Palhies

5 January 2021 18	Chambly	0–1	Le Havre	Beauvais
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Soubervie 34' Gonzalez 56'	Report	Meraş 69' Abdelli 80' (pen.)	Stadium: Stade Pierre Brisson Referee: Romain Lissorgue

8 January 2021 19	Le Havre	0–2	Valenciennes	Le Havre
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Ersoy 54' Ben Mohamed 82' Mayembo 86'	Report	Güçlü 42' Picouleau 63' Guillaume 67'	Stadium: Stade Océane Referee: Pierre Gaillouste

16 January 2021 20	Amiens	0–0	Le Havre	Amiens
19:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Boutaïb 79'	Stadium: Stade de la Licorne Referee: Gaël Angoula

23 January 2021 21	Le Havre	1–1	Guingamp	Le Havre
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Thiaré 59' (pen.) Y. Coulibaly 90+3'	Report	Niakaté 58' Rodelin 90'	Stadium: Stade Océane Referee: Mathieu Vernice

30 January 2021 22	Niort	0–0	Le Havre	Niort
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Passi 26' Kemen 38'	Report	W. Coulibaly 23' Gorgelin 35'	Stadium: Stade René Gaillard Referee: Benjamin Lepaysant

2 February 2021 23	Le Havre	1–1	Nancy	Le Havre
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Thiaré 41' Alioui 63' Seka 85' (o.g.) Bonnet 90'	Report	Scheidler 35' Ciss 38' Rocha Santos 49' Haag 86'	Stadium: Stade Océane Referee: Pierre Gaillouste

6 February 2021 24	Le Havre	1–0	Paris FC	Le Havre
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Thiaré 28'	Report	Kikonda 48' Bamba 51'	Stadium: Stade Océane Referee: Olivier Thual

13 February 2021 25	Châteauroux	0–1	Le Havre	Châteauroux
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Sidibé 23' Vargas 66'	Report	Alioui 50' Lekhal 63' Bonnet 67' (pen.)	Stadium: Stade Gaston Petit Referee: Stéphanie Frappart

20 February 2021 26	Le Havre	1–1	Dunkerque	Le Havre
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Bonnet 83' (pen.)	Report	Cissé 28' Vialla 45+1' Tchokounté 46' Huysman 80'	Stadium: Stade Océane Referee: Remi Landry

27 February 2021 27	Pau	2–0	Le Havre	Pau
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Sabaly 55' George 60', 64' Beusnard 79'	Report	Boutaïb 16'	Stadium: Stade du Hameau Referee: Sylvain Palhies

2 March 2021 28	Le Havre	0–2	Grenoble	Le Havre
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Bonnet 52' Boutaïb 76' Lekhal 86'	Report	Semedo 18' Belmonte 69'	Stadium: Stade Océane Referee: Mehdi Mokhtari

15 March 2021 29	Caen	0–2	Le Havre	Caen
20:45 (CET) (UTC+1)	Rivierez 26' Weber 33'	Report	Alioui 5' Bonnet 70' Wahib 77' Mahmoud 90+2'	Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano Referee: Romain Lissorgue

20 March 2021 30	Le Havre	0–2	Sochaux	Le Havre
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Meraş 43' Mayembo 90+3'	Report	Ourega 37' Bedia 77', 90' Kaabouni 84' Virginius 90+4'	Stadium: Stade Océane Referee: Rémi Landry

5 April 2021 31	Auxerre	1–1	Le Havre	Auxerre
20:45 CEST (UTC+1)	Jubal Jr. 37' Duigmont 39' Coeff 52' Autret 56'	Report	Bonnet 53' (pen.)	Stadium: Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps Referee: Mathieu Vernice

10 April 2021 (2021-04-10) 32	Le Havre	1–1	Ajaccio	Le Havre
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Bonnet 33' (pen.), 86' Alioui 61'	Report	Kalulu 31' Laçi 31' e=Marchetti 54' Arconte 74'	Stadium: Stade Océane Referee: Guillaume Paradis

17 April 2021 (2021-04-17) 33	Clermont	1–1	Le Havre	Clermont-Ferrand
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Seidu 44' Tell 72' Samed 77'	Report	Thiaré 18' W. Coulibaly 36'	Stadium: Stade Gabriel Montpied Referee: Romain Lissorgue

24 April 2021 (2021-04-24) 35	Rodez	1–1	Le Havre	Rodez
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Leborgne 33', 87' Henry 45+1'	Report	Boutaïb 81'	Stadium: Stade Paul-Lignon Referee: Arnaud Baert

1 May 2021 (2021-05-01) 36	Le Havre	2–4	Chambly	Le Havre
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Bonnet 10', 20' (pen.) Mayembo 40' Basque 44' Cornette 73', 78'	Report	Derrien 30' Petković 51', 87' Correa 62' (pen.) Camelo 68', 76' Gonzalez 77'	Stadium: Stade Océane Referee: Nicolas Rainville

4 May 2021 (2021-05-04) 34	Le Havre	0–1	Toulouse	Le Havre
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Bonnet 4' 60' Lekhal 69' Boutaïb 89'	Report	Koné 28' Van den Boomen 47' Gabrielsen 70' Spierings 77' Dewaest 83'	Stadium: Stade Océane Referee: Rémi Landry

8 May 2021 (2021-05-08) 37	Valenciennes	3–5	Le Havre	Valenciennes
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Vandenabeele 5' Boutoutaou 31' Doukouré 44' Cuffaut 53' (pen.) Ntim 66' Macalou 89'	Report	Basque 6', 65' Thiaré 10' Boutaïb 42' M. Fofana 73'	Stadium: Stade du Hainaut Referee: Mathieu Vernice

15 May 2021 (2021-05-15) 38	Le Havre	3–2	Troyes	Le Havre
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Ba 25' Thiaré 31' (pen.) Barker 45' Alioui 69'	Report	Raveloson 31' Touzghar 45+1' (pen.) Salmier 61', 89'	Stadium: Stade Océane Referee: Romain Lissorgue

Coupe de France

19 January 2021 Eighth round	Le Havre	0–1	Paris FC	Le Havre
16:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Martin 8'	Stadium: Stade Océane Attendance: 0 Referee: Alexandre Perreau Niel

References

^ "Effectif". Le Havre AC Official Site. Retrieved 5 March 2019.
^ "Ligue 2 BKT : le calendrier de la saison 2020/2021". LFP (in French). 9 July 2020.

External links

Official website

[1] "Effectif". Le Havre AC Official Site. Retrieved 5 March 2019.

[2] "Ligue 2 BKT : le calendrier de la saison 2020/2021". LFP (in French). 9 July 2020.

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