# 2019–20 Stade Brestois 29 season

The 2019–20 season was Stade Brestois 29's 70th season in existence and the club's first season back in the top flight of French football. In addition to the domestic league, Brest 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
### Current squad

    As of 14 January 2020.
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 | Gautier Larsonneur |
| 2 | DF | FRA | Jean-Kévin Duverne |
| 5 | DF | FRA | Brendan Chardonnet |
| 6 | MF | FRA | Ibrahima Diallo |
| 7 | MF | ALG | Haris Belkebla |
| 8 | MF | FRA | Yoann Court |
| 9 | FW | FRA | Kévin Mayi |
| 10 | FW | FRA | Gaëtan Charbonnier |
| 11 | MF | ITA | Christian Battocchio |
| 12 | DF | BEN | David Kiki |
| 13 | MF | FRA | Paul Lasne |
| 14 | FW | FRA | Irvin Cardona |
| 15 | FW | FRA | Alexandre Mendy (on loan from Bordeaux) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 16 | GK | GUF | Donovan Léon |
| 17 | DF | FRA | Dénys Bain |
| 18 | DF | FRA | Romain Perraud |
| 19 | MF | FRA | Ferris N'Goma |
| 20 | DF | FRA | Gaëtan Belaud (captain) |
| 21 | DF | CMR | Jean-Charles Castelletto |
| 22 | MF | FRA | Julien Faussurier |
| 23 | MF | FRA | Mathias Autret (vice-captain) |
| 24 | DF | GUF | Ludovic Baal |
| 25 | FW | FRA | Samuel Grandsir (on loan from Monaco) |
| 27 | MF | FRA | Hugo Magnetti |
| 28 | MF | FRA | Hiang'a Mbock |
| 30 | GK | FRA | Sébastien Cibois |

### 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 | FRA | Guillaume Buon (on loan to Avranches) |
| — | MF | FRA | Derick Osei (on loan to Béziers) |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss

## Competitions
### Overview

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Ligue 1 | 10 August 2019 | 7 March 2020 | Matchday 1 | 14th | 28 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 34 | 37 | −3 | 028.57 |
| Coupe de France | 5 January 2020 | 5 January 2020 | Round of 64 | Round of 64 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 000.00 |
| Coupe de la Ligue | 30 October 2019 | 8 January 2020 | Round of 32 | Quarter-finals | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | +0 | 033.33 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 32 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 39 | 43 | −4 | 028.13 |
Source: Soccerway

### Ligue 1
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | PPG |
| 12 | Bordeaux | 28 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 40 | 34 | +6 | 37 | 1.32 |
| 13 | Nantes | 28 | 11 | 4 | 13 | 28 | 31 | −3 | 37 | 1.32 |
| 14 | Brest | 28 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 34 | 37 | −3 | 34 | 1.21 |
| 15 | Metz | 28 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 27 | 35 | −8 | 34 | 1.21 |
| 16 | Dijon | 28 | 7 | 9 | 12 | 27 | 37 | −10 | 30 | 1.07 |
* 1 2 3 4 Bordeaux finished ahead of Nantes on head-to-head points: Bordeaux 2–0 Nantes, Nantes 0–1 Bordeaux.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source: Ligue 1

#### 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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | D | D | W | L | D | D | D | L | W | W | W | L | L | D | L | W | L | D | L | W | W | L | D | D | W | D | L | L | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C |
| Position | 12 | 12 | 7 | 12 | 13 | 15 | 13 | 18 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 13 | 15 | 12 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 |

#### Matches

The Ligue 1 schedule was announced on 14 June 2019. The Ligue 1 matches were suspended by the LFP on 13 March 2020 due to COVID-19 until further notices. 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. On 30 April, The LFP ended officially the 2019–20 season.