2020–21 Valenciennes FC season

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.

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)

Players

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First-team squad

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

Out on loan

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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   CMR Frédéric Bong (on loan at SC Lyon)

Pre-season and friendlies

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  Win   Draw   Loss

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

Competitions

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Overview

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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

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League table

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Pos Team 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

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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

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Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
GroundHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHA
ResultWLWLWLDDLWDDDWDLWLWWDWDLLDLWLDLWLLDWLL
Position27686981115111111101091111111010777811101211111198810108811
Source: Ligue 2
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

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

22 August 2020 1 Valenciennes 3–0 Pau Valenciennes
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report Stadium: Stade du Hainaut
Referee: Alexandre Perreau Niel
29 August 2020 2 Paris FC 1–0 Valenciennes Paris
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report Stadium: Stade Sébastien Charléty
Referee: Guillaume Paradis
12 September 2020 3 Valenciennes 1–0 Châteauroux Valenciennes
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report Stadium: Stade du Hainaut
Referee: Sylvain Palhies
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
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
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
17 October 2020 7 Valenciennes 0–0 Sochaux Valenciennes
15:00 CEST (UTC+2) Report Stadium: Stade du Hainaut
Attendance: 0
Referee: Pierre Gaillouste
24 October 2020 8 Troyes 1–1 Valenciennes Troyes
17:00 CEST (UTC+2) Salmier   3'
Touzghar   16'
Report Chevalier   8' (pen.) Stadium: Stade de l'Aube
Attendance: 0
Referee: Abdelatif Kherradji
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
7 November 2020 10 Toulouse 4–5 Valenciennes Toulouse
19:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stadium de Toulouse
Attendance: 0
Referee: Sylvain Palhies
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
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
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
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
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
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
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]
5 January 2021 18 Valenciennes 2–3 Nancy Valenciennes
20:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stade du Hainaut
Attendance: 0
Referee: Nicolas Rainville
8 January 2021 19 Le Havre 0–2 Valenciennes Le Havre
20:00CET (UTC+1) Report
Stadium: Stade Océane
Attendance: 0
Referee: Pierre Gaillouste
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
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
30 January 2021 22 Valenciennes 1–0 Dunkerque Valenciennes
19:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report Stadium: Stade du Hainaut
Attendance: 0
Referee: Mathieu Vernice
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
5 February 2021 24 Valenciennes 0–1 Grenoble Valenciennes
20:00 CET (UTC+1) Report
Stadium: Stade du Hainaut
Attendance: 0
Referee: Sylvain Palhies
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
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
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
2 March 2021 28 Valenciennes 1–0 Toulouse Valenciennes
20:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report Stadium: Stade du Hainaut
Attendance: 0
Referee: Abdelatif Kherradji
13 March 2021 (2021-03-13) 29 Rodez 3–0 Valenciennes Rodez
20:00 CET (UTC+1) Douline   61'
David   66',   73' (pen.)
Bonnet   69'
Report D'Almeida   18'
Robail   46'
Pellenard   77'
Cuffaut   83'
Stadium: Stade Paul-Lignon
Referee: Mathieu Vernice
20 March 2021 30 Valenciennes 2–2 Auxerre Valenciennes
20:00 CET (UTC+1) Cuffaut   45+1' (pen.)
Masson   62'
Kankava   83'
Guillaume   86'
Doukouré   90+3'
Report Lloris   22'
Le Bihan   32'
Touré   81'
Stadium: Stade du Hainaut
Referee: Pierre Gaillouste
3 April 2021 31 Ajaccio 3–0 Valenciennes Ajaccio
20:00 CEST (UTC+2) Courtet   40'
Barreto   47'
Moussiti-Oko   53',   63'
Huard   82'
Report Abeid   17'   85'
D'Almeida   68'   73'
Dabo   73'
Stadium: Stade François Coty
Referee: Alexandre Perreau Niel
10 April 2021 (2021-04-10) 32 Valenciennes 2–1 Chambly Valenciennes
20:00 CET (UTC+1) Linguet   10'
Elogo   54'
Kankava   71'
Report Delos   6'
Callegari   31'
Soubervie   51'
Eickmayer   59'
Derrien   61'
Guezoui   89'   89'
Stadium: Stade du Hainaut
Referee: Thomas Léonard
17 April 2021 33 Valenciennes 0–1 Guingamp Valenciennes
20:00 CEST (UTC+2) Picouleau   39' Report Phiri   4'
Rodelin   48'
Mellot   74'
Niakaté   80'
Pierrot   85'
Stadium: Stade du Hainaut
Referee: Gaël Angoula
20 April 2021 34 Amiens 3–1 Valenciennes Amiens
20:00 CET (UTC+1) Lusamba   45+1',   64' (pen.)
Odey   80',   90+4'
Alphonse   90+2'
Report Abeid   19'
Guillaume   62'
Doukouré   76'
Cuffaut   90+1' (pen.)
Stadium: Stade de la Licorne
Referee: Benjamin Lepaysant
24 April 2021 35 Valenciennes 1–1 Niort Valenciennes
20:00 CEST (UTC+2) Vandenabeele   40'
Ntim   64'
Guillaume   79'
Kankava   90'
Report Ba   42'
Matufueni   68'
Jacob   71'
Stadium: Stade du Hainaut
Referee: Abdelatif Kherradji
1 May 2021 (2021-05-01) 36 Nancy 1–3 Valenciennes Tomblaine
20:00 CEST (UTC+2) Bassi   31' Report Boutoutaou   1',   60'
Ntim   29'
Kankava   70'
Chergui   79'
Stadium: Stade Marcel Picot
Referee: Romain Delpech
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 38 Pau 4–3 Valenciennes Pau
20:00 CEST (UTC+2) Itaitinga   3'
Lobry   12'
George   16',   72'
Assifuah   50'
Armand   59'
Kouassi   71'
Report Pellenard   30'
Vandenabeele   56',   63'
Dos Santos   62'
Chergui   72'
Haouari   84'
Stadium: Stade du Hameau
Referee: Remi Landry

Coupe de France

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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
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
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

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Goalscorers

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

References

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  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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