# 2020–21 Chamois Niortais F.C. season

The 2020–21 Chamois Niortais F.C. season was the club's 96th season in existence and its seventh consecutive season in the second flight of French football. In addition to the domestic league, Niort 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 14 October 2020.
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | FRA | Mathieu Michel |
| 3 | DF | CMR | Darlin Yongwa |
| 5 | DF | CMR | Guy Kilama |
| 6 | MF | FRA | Dylan Louiserre (captain) |
| 7 | MF | BEN | David Djigla |
| 8 | MF | FRA | Olivier Kemen |
| 9 | FW | MLI | Ibrahim Sissoko |
| 10 | MF | FRA | Valentin Jacob |
| 11 | FW | SEN | Pape Ibnou Bâ |
| 12 | FW | GNB | Joseph Mendes |
| 15 | DF | GUI | Ibrahima Conté |
| 16 | GK | FRA | Yanis Maronne |
| 17 | MF | GAB | Louis Ameka |
| 18 | FW | FRA | Goduine Koyalipou |
| 19 | DF | FRA | Brahima Doukansy |
| 20 | FW | FRA | Antoine Baroan |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 21 | DF | FRA | Lenny Vallier |
| 22 | MF | FRA | Quentin Bena |
| 23 | MF | FRA | Tom Lebeau |
| 24 | MF | COM | Yacine Bourhane |
| 25 | MF | FRA | Bilal Boutobba |
| 26 | MF | FRA | Brahim Konaté |
| 27 | DF | FRA | Bryan Passi |
| 28 | DF | BFA | Issouf Paro |
| 29 | DF | FRA | Joris Moutachy |
| 30 | GK | FRA | Quentin Braat |
| 34 | MF | MTQ | Samuel Renel |
| 36 | DF | FRA | Gabin Delguel |
| 37 | MF | FRA | Yassine Benhattab |
| 38 | DF | FRA | Bradley Matufueni |
| 40 | GK | SGP | Emyl Leclercq |

## 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 | 18th | 38 | 9 | 14 | 15 | 34 | 58 | −24 | 023.68 |
| Ligue 2 relegation play-offs | 19 May 2021 | 22 May 2021 | First leg | Winners | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | +0 | 050.00 |
| Coupe de France | 20 January 2021 | 20 January 2021 | Eighth round | Eighth round | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 000.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 41 | 10 | 14 | 17 | 37 | 62 | −25 | 024.39 |
Source: Soccerway

### Ligue 2
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or Relegation |
| 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 |
| 19 | Chambly (R) | 38 | 9 | 11 | 18 | 41 | 64 | −23 | 38 | Relegation to Championnat National |
| 20 | Châteauroux (R) | 38 | 4 | 11 | 23 | 32 | 58 | −26 | 23 | Relegation to Championnat National |

#### 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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | D | W | W | D | L | W | L | D | W | L | L | W | L | W | L | L | D | L | D | D | D | D | D | L | W | D | L | L | W | D | L | L | L | D | D | D | L |
| Position | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 8 | 13 | 15 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 17 | 16 | 18 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 9 July 2020.