# 2020–21 USL Dunkerque season

The 2020–21 USL Dunkerque season was the club's 111th season in existence and its first season back in the second flight of French football. In addition to the domestic league, Dunkerque 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 5 September 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 | Jérémy Vachoux |
| 2 | DF | FRA | Emeric Dudouit |
| 3 | DF | FRA | Loïc Kouagba |
| 5 | DF | CMR | Jovanie Tchouatcha |
| 6 | DF | FRA | Jérémy Huysman |
| 7 | FW | FRA | Guillaume Bosca |
| 8 | MF | FRA | Thibault Vialla |
| 9 | FW | FRA | Kévin Rocheteau |
| 10 | MF | FRA | Dimitri Boudaud |
| 11 | FW | LAO | Billy Ketkeophomphone |
| 12 | DF | FRA | Ibrahim Cissé |
| 15 | DF | FRA | Alioune Ba |
| 16 | GK | FRA | Dorian Salhi |
| 17 | DF | FRA | Harouna Sy |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 18 | FW | FRA | Malik Tchokounté |
| 19 | MF | HAI | Leverton Pierre |
| 20 | MF | FRA | Ilan Kebbal (on loan from Reims) |
| 21 | MF | FRA | Nicolas Bruneel |
| 22 | MF | CGO | Randi Goteni |
| 23 | DF | FRA | David Kabamba |
| 24 | MF | FRA | Redouane Kerrouche |
| 25 | FW | GLP | Jorris Romil |
| 27 | DF | FRA | Adon Gomis |
| 28 | DF | FRA | Demba Thiam |
| 29 | DF | FRA | Thomas Vannoye |
| 30 | GK | FRA | Axel Maraval (captain) |
| 34 | MF | FRA | Ozkan Cetiner |
| 40 | GK | FRA | Marc-Antoine Guillaume |

## 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 2 | 22 August 2020 | 15 May 2021 | Matchday 1 | 16th | 38 | 10 | 11 | 17 | 34 | 47 | −13 | 026.32 |
| Coupe de France | 19 January 2021 | 19 January 2021 | Eighth round | Eighth round | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +0 | 000.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 39 | 10 | 12 | 17 | 35 | 48 | −13 | 025.64 |
Source: Soccerway

### Ligue 2
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or Relegation |
| 14 | Pau | 38 | 11 | 11 | 16 | 42 | 49 | −7 | 44 | |
| 15 | Rodez | 38 | 8 | 19 | 11 | 38 | 44 | −6 | 43 | |
| 16 | Dunkerque | 38 | 10 | 11 | 17 | 34 | 47 | −13 | 41 | |
| 17 | Caen | 38 | 9 | 14 | 15 | 34 | 49 | −15 | 41 | |
| 18 | Niort (O) | 38 | 9 | 14 | 15 | 34 | 58 | −24 | 41 | Qualification for the relegation play-offs |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
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 | 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 | A | H | A | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | D | L | W | L | W | L | L | W | L | W | D | L | W | L | L | L | L | D | L | W | L | D | D | L | D | D | L | W | L | D | W | D | D | L | W | L | D |
| Position | 6 | 4 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 17 | 16 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 9 July 2020.