The 2020–21 season was the 94th season in the existence of Montpellier HSC and the club's 12th consecutive season in the top flight of French football. In addition to the domestic league, Montpellier participated in this season's edition of the Coupe de France. The season covered the period from 1 July 2020 to 30 June 2021.
2020–21 season | ||||
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President | Laurent Nicollin | |||
Head coach | Michel Der Zakarian | |||
Stadium | Stade de la Mosson | |||
Ligue 1 | 8th | |||
Coupe de France | Semi-finals | |||
Top goalscorer | League: Gaëtan Laborde (16) All: Andy Delort (19) | |||
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Players
editFirst-team squad
editNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Out on loan
editNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Pre-season and friendlies
editWin Draw Loss
25 July 2020 Friendly | Sète | Cancelled | Montpellier | Sète, France |
19:00 CEST (UTC+2) | Stadium: Stade Louis Michel |
28 July 2020 Friendly | Strasbourg | 2–1 | Montpellier | Divonne-les-Bains, France |
17:00 CEST (UTC+2) | Report |
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Stadium: Complexe sportif de Divonne-les-Bains |
1 August 2020 Friendly | Bastia | 2–2 | Montpellier | Furiani, France |
19:00 CEST (UTC+2) | Report | Stadium: Stade Armand Cesari |
5 August 2020 Friendly | Marseille | Cancelled | Montpellier | Marseille, France |
20:30 CEST (UTC+2) | Stadium: Stade Vélodrome |
8 August 2020 Friendly | Montpellier | Cancelled | Clermont | Millau, France |
18:30 CEST (UTC+2) | Report | Stadium: Stade Gabriel-Monteillet |
14 August 2020 Friendly | Montpellier | 3–1 | Rodez | Montpellier, France |
19:00 CEST (UTC+2) | Report |
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Stadium: Stade de la Mosson |
Competitions
editOverview
editCompetition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | |||||||
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Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | |||||
Ligue 1 | 29 August 2020 | 23 May 2021 | Matchday 1 | 8th | 38 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 60 | 62 | −2 | 36.84 |
Coupe de France | 10 February 2021 | 12 May 2021 | Round of 64 | Semi-finals | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 4 | +5 | 80.00 |
Total | 43 | 18 | 13 | 12 | 69 | 66 | +3 | 41.86 |
Source: Soccerway
Ligue 1
editLeague table
editPos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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6 | Rennes | 38 | 16 | 10 | 12 | 52 | 40 | +12 | 58 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League play-off round[a] |
7 | Lens | 38 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 55 | 54 | +1 | 57 | |
8 | Montpellier | 38 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 60 | 62 | −2 | 54 | |
9 | Nice | 38 | 15 | 7 | 16 | 50 | 53 | −3 | 52 | |
10 | Metz | 38 | 12 | 11 | 15 | 44 | 48 | −4 | 47 |
Source: Ligue 1
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Fairplay ranking.[1]
Notes:
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Fairplay ranking.[1]
Notes:
- ^ Since the winners of the 2020–21 Coupe de France, Paris Saint-Germain, qualified for European competition based on league position, the Europa League group stage spot reserved for the cup winners was passed to the fifth-placed team, and the Europa Conference League play-off round spot was passed to the sixth-placed team.
Results summary
editOverall | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||
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Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
38 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 60 | 62 | −2 | 54 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 34 | 35 | −1 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 26 | 27 | −1 |
Source: Ligue 1
Results by round
editMatches
editThe league fixtures were announced on 9 July 2020.[2]
29 August 2020 2 | Rennes | 2–1 | Montpellier | Rennes |
17:00 CEST (UTC+2) | Report | Stadium: Roazhon Park Referee: Willy Delajod |
12 September 2020 3 | Montpellier | 3–1 | Nice | Montpellier |
17:00 CEST (UTC+2) | Report | Stadium: Stade de la Mosson Referee: Antony Gautier |
15 September 2020 1 | Montpellier | 2–1 | Lyon | Montpellier |
21:00 CEST (UTC+2) | Report |
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Stadium: Stade de la Mosson Referee: Frank Schneider | |
Note: Match originally scheduled for 23 August, but postponed due the delayed conclusion of the knockout phase of the UEFA Champions League.[3] |
20 September 2020 4 | Montpellier | 4–1 | Angers | Montpellier |
15:00 CEST (UTC+2) | Report | Stadium: Stade de la Mosson Referee: Stéphanie Frappart |
27 September 2020 5 | Dijon | 2–2 | Montpellier | Dijon |
15:00 CEST (UTC+2) |
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Report | Stadium: Stade Gaston Gérard Referee: Aurélien Petit |
4 October 2020 6 | Montpellier | 0–1 | Nîmes | Montpellier |
13:00 CEST (UTC+2) | Report | Stadium: Stade de la Mosson Referee: Benoît Millot |
18 October 2020 7 | Monaco | 1–1 | Montpellier | Monaco |
15:00 CEST (UTC+2) |
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Report | Stadium: Stade Louis II Referee: Hakim Ben El Hadj |
25 October 2020 8 | Montpellier | 0–4 | Reims | Montpellier |
15:00 CET (UTC+1) | Report | Stadium: Stade de la Mosson Referee: Willy Delajod |
1 November 2020 9 | Saint-Étienne | 0–1 | Montpellier | Saint-Étienne |
13:00 CET (UTC+1) | Report | Stadium: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard Attendance: 0 Referee: Jérôme Miguelgorry |
7 November 2020 10 | Bordeaux | 0–2 | Montpellier | Bordeaux |
17:00 CET (UTC+1) | Report | Stadium: Matmut Atlantique Attendance: 0 Referee: Antony Gautier |
22 November 2020 11 | Montpellier | 4–3 | Strasbourg | Montpellier |
15:00 CET (UTC+1) | Report | Stadium: Stade de la Mosson Attendance: 0 Referee: Jérôme Brisard |
29 November 2020 12 | Lorient | 0–1 | Montpellier | Lorient |
15:00 CET (UTC+1) | Report | Stadium: Stade du Moustoir Attendance: 0 Referee: Bastien Dechepy |
5 December 2020 13 | Montpellier | 1–3 | Paris Saint-Germain | Montpellier |
21:00 CET (UTC+1) | Report | Stadium: Stade de la Mosson Attendance: 0 Referee: Mikael Lesage |
12 December 2020 14 | Lens | 2–3 | Montpellier | Lens |
21:00 CET (UTC+1) | Report | Stadium: Stade Bollaert-Delelis Attendance: 0 Referee: Jérémy Stinat |
16 December 2020 15 | Montpellier | 0–2 | Metz | Montpellier |
19:00 CET (UTC+1) | Report |
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Stadium: Stade de la Mosson Attendance: 0 Referee: Jérémie Pignard |
20 December 2020 16 | Brest | 2–2 | Montpellier | Brest |
13:00 CET (UTC+1) |
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Report | Stadium: Stade Francis-Le Blé Attendance: 0 Referee: Benoît Millot |
23 December 2020 17 | Montpellier | 2–3 | Lille | Montpellier |
21:00 CET (UTC+1) | Report | Stadium: Stade de la Mosson Attendance: 0 Referee: Clément Turpin |
6 January 2021 18 | Marseille | 3–1 | Montpellier | Marseille |
21:00 CET (UTC+1) | Report |
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Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 0 Referee: Stéphanie Frappart |
9 January 2021 19 | Montpellier | 1–1 | Nantes | Montpellier |
21:00 CET (UTC+1) | Report |
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Stadium: Stade de la Mosson Attendance: 0 Referee: François Letexier |
15 January 2021 20 | Montpellier | 2–3 | Monaco | Montpellier |
21:00 CET (UTC+1) | Report | Stadium: Stade de la Mosson Attendance: 0 Referee: Aurélien Petit |
22 January 2021 21 | Paris Saint-Germain | 4–0 | Montpellier | Paris |
21:00 CET (UTC+1) | Report | Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 0 Referee: Willy Delajod |
30 January 2021 22 | Montpellier | 1–2 | Lens | Montpellier |
17:00 CET (UTC+1) | Report | Stadium: Stade de la Mosson Attendance: 0 Referee: Amaury Delerue |
3 February 2021 23 | Metz | 1–1 | Montpellier | Metz |
19:00 CET (UTC+1) | Report | Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien Attendance: 0 Referee: Bastien Dechepy |
7 February 2021 24 | Montpellier | 4–2 | Dijon | Montpellier |
15:00 CET (UTC+1) | Report | Stadium: Stade de la Mosson Attendance: 0 Referee: Frank Schneider |
13 February 2021 25 | Lyon | 1–2 | Montpellier | Décines-Charpieu |
21:00 CET (UTC+1) |
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Report | Stadium: Parc Olympique Lyonnais Attendance: 0 Referee: Antony Gautier |
21 February 2021 26 | Montpellier | 2–1 | Rennes | Montpellier |
13:00 CET (UTC+1) | Report | Stadium: Stade de la Mosson Attendance: 0 Referee: Clément Turpin |
28 February 2021 27 | Reims | 0–0 | Montpellier | Reims |
15:00 CET (UTC+1) |
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Report |
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Stadium: Stade Auguste-Delaune Attendance: 0 Referee: François Letexier |
3 March 2021 28 | Montpellier | 1–1 | Lorient | Montpellier |
21:00 CET (UTC+1) | Report | Stadium: Stade de la Mosson Attendance: 0 Referee: Benoît Bastien |
14 March 2021 29 | Nîmes | 1–1 | Montpellier | Nîmes |
13:00 CET (UTC+1) | Report |
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Stadium: Stade des Costières Attendance: 0 Referee: Eric Wattellier |
21 March 2021 30 | Montpellier | 3–1 | Bordeaux | Montpellier |
15:00 CET (UTC+1) | Report | Stadium: Stade de la Mosson Attendance: 0 Referee: Hakim Ben El Hadj |
4 April 2021 31 | Angers | 1–1 | Montpellier | Angers |
13:00 CEST (UTC+2) | Report | Stadium: Stade Raymond Kopa Attendance: 0 Referee: Florent Batta |
10 April 2021 32 | Montpellier | 3–3 | Marseille | Montpellier |
21:00 CEST (UTC+2) | Report | Stadium: Stade de la Mosson Attendance: 0 Referee: Jérôme Brisard |
16 April 2021 33 | Lille | 1–1 | Montpellier | Villeneuve-d'Ascq |
21:00 CEST (UTC+2) |
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Report | Stadium: Stade Pierre-Mauroy Attendance: 0 Referee: Benoît Millot |
25 April 2021 34 | Nice | 3–1 | Montpellier | Nice |
13:00 CEST (UTC+2) |
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Report | Stadium: Allianz Riviera Attendance: 0 Referee: Bastien Dechepy |
2 May 2021 35 | Montpellier | 1–2 | Saint-Étienne | Montpellier |
17:05 CEST (UTC+2) | Report |
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Stadium: Stade de la Mosson Attendance: 0 Referee: Karim Abed |
9 May 2021 36 | Strasbourg | 2–3 | Montpellier | Strasbourg |
15:00 CEST (UTC+2) | Report | Stadium: Stade de la Meinau Attendance: 0 Referee: Jérôme Miguelgorry |
16 May 2021 37 | Montpellier | 0–0 | Brest | Montpellier |
21:00 CEST (UTC+2) |
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Report |
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Stadium: Stade de la Mosson Attendance: 0 Referee: Aurélien Petit |
23 May 2021 38 | Nantes | 1–2 | Montpellier | Nantes |
21:00 CEST (UTC+2) |
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Report | Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 0 Referee: Ruddy Buquet |
Coupe de France
edit10 February 2021 Round of 64 | Strasbourg | 0–2 | Montpellier | Strasbourg |
14:45 CET (UTC+1) | Report | Stadium: Stade de la Meinau Attendance: 0 Referee: Ruddy Buquet |
6 March 2021 Round of 32 | Olympique Alès | 1–2 | Montpellier | Alès |
14:15 CET (UTC+1) | Report | Stadium: Stade Pierre Pibarot Attendance: 0 Referee: Jérémie Pignard |
7 April 2021 Round of 16 | Voltigeurs de Châteaubriant | 0–1 | Montpellier | Châteaubriant |
18:45 CEST (UTC+2) |
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Report | Stadium: Stade de la Ville en Bois Attendance: 0 Referee: Ruddy Buquet |
20 April 2021 Quarter-finals | Canet Roussillon FC | 1–2 | Montpellier | Perpignan |
21:00 CEST (UTC+2) | Report | Stadium: Stade Gilbert Brutus Attendance: 0 Referee: Mikael Lesage |
12 May 2021 Semi-finals | Montpellier | 2–2 (5–6 p) | Paris Saint-Germain | Montpellier |
21:00 CEST (UTC+2) | Report | Stadium: Stade de la Mosson Attendance: 0 Referee: Jérémie Pignard | ||
Penalties | ||||
Statistics
editAppearances and goals
editNo. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Ligue 1 | Coupe de France | |||||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||||
Goalkeepers | |||||||||||
1 | GK | SUI | Jonas Omlin | 31 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
16 | GK | FRA | Dimitry Bertaud | 12 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
30 | GK | FRA | Mathis Carvalho | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Defenders | |||||||||||
2 | DF | FRA | Arnaud Souquet | 27 | 1 | 14+9 | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||
3 | DF | FRA | Daniel Congré | 43 | 2 | 38 | 2 | 4+1 | 0 | ||
4 | DF | BRA | Hilton | 33 | 0 | 24+5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
5 | DF | POR | Pedro Mendes | 24 | 2 | 19+3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
7 | DF | SRB | Mihailo Ristić | 37 | 0 | 26+8 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | ||
27 | DF | FRA | Clément Vidal | 2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
31 | DF | FRA | Nicolas Cozza | 23 | 0 | 15+5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
DF | URU | Mathías Suárez | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Midfielders | |||||||||||
6 | MF | FRA | Junior Sambia | 41 | 1 | 26+10 | 1 | 2+3 | 0 | ||
11 | MF | FRA | Téji Savanier | 31 | 5 | 26+1 | 5 | 2+2 | 0 | ||
12 | MF | FRA | Jordan Ferri | 38 | 0 | 31+3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
13 | MF | FRA | Joris Chotard | 33 | 0 | 11+18 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | ||
14 | MF | FRA | Damien Le Tallec | 27 | 0 | 13+10 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | ||
20 | MF | RSA | Keagan Dolly | 21 | 0 | 3+15 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | ||
25 | MF | FRA | Florent Mollet | 39 | 3 | 30+4 | 3 | 4+1 | 0 | ||
26 | MF | FRA | Samy Benchama | 5 | 0 | 0+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
33 | MF | FRA | Sacha Delaye | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Forwards | |||||||||||
9 | FW | ALG | Andy Delort | 34 | 15 | 30 | 15 | 4 | 0 | ||
10 | FW | FRA | Gaëtan Laborde | 43 | 16 | 38 | 16 | 3+2 | 0 | ||
18 | FW | FRA | Yanis Ammour | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
19 | FW | ENG | Stephy Mavididi | 40 | 9 | 23+12 | 9 | 3+2 | 0 | ||
21 | FW | FRA | Elye Wahi | 22 | 3 | 3+15 | 3 | 2+2 | 0 | ||
24 | FW | KOR | Yun Il-lok | 13 | 0 | 3+9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
28 | FW | CGO | Béni Makouana | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
32 | FW | SRB | Petar Škuletić | 24 | 2 | 19+1 | 2 | 1+3 | 0 | ||
Players transferred out during the season | |||||||||||
8 | DF | CMR | Ambroise Oyongo | 13 | 1 | 5+8 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Last updated: 23 May 2021
Source: Competitions
Goalscorers
edit- As of 15 January 2021
Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Ligue 1 | Coupe de France | Total |
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1 | 9 | FW | Andy Delort | 9 | 0 | 9 | |
2 | 10 | FW | Gaëtan Laborde | 6 | 0 | 6 | |
3 | 19 | FW | Stephy Mavididi | 4 | 0 | 4 | |
4 | 11 | MF | Téji Savanier | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
25 | MF | Florent Mollet | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||
6 | 3 | DF | Daniel Congré | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
5 | DF | Pedro Mendes | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
8 | 2 | DF | Arnaud Souquet | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
8 | DF | Ambroise Oyongo | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
32 | FW | Petar Škuletić | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
33 | FW | Elye Wahi | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
Totals | 33 | 0 | 33 |
References
edit- ^ "League Table". Ligue1.com. Retrieved 12 August 2016.
- ^ "Ligue 1 Uber Eats : le calendrier de la saison 2020/2021". LFP (in French). 9 July 2020.
- ^ "Montpellier Hérault SC - Olympique Lyonnais, Paris Saint-Germain - FC Metz rescheduled". Ligue1. 20 August 2020.