# 2020–21 Dijon FCO season

The 2020–21 season was the 23rd season in the existence of Dijon FCO and the club's fifth consecutive season in the top flight of French football. In addition to the domestic league, Dijon participated in this season's edition of the Coupe de France. The season covered the period from 1 July 2020 to 30 June 2021.
The head coach Stéphane Jobard was relieved of his duties nine games to the season. He was replaced by David Linarès.

## Players
### First-team squad

    As of 1 February 2021
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 | SUI | Anthony Racioppi |
| 2 | DF | FRA | Sacha Boey |
| 3 | DF | COD | Ngonda Muzinga |
| 4 | DF | ENG | Jonathan Panzo |
| 5 | DF | FRA | Senou Coulibaly |
| 6 | MF | SEN | Pape Cheikh Diop (on loan from Lyon) |
| 7 | MF | FRA | Frédéric Sammaritano |
| 8 | MF | FRA | Éric Ebimbe (on loan from PSG) |
| 9 | MF | KOS | Bersant Celina |
| 10 | MF | ALG | Yassine Benzia |
| 11 | FW | SEN | Moussa Konaté |
| 12 | DF | FRA | Arthur Zagre (on loan from Monaco) |
| 13 | DF | ECU | Aníbal Chalá |
| 14 | MF | FRA | Jordan Marié |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 15 | FW | CIV | Roger Assalé |
| 16 | GK | BEN | Saturnin Allagbé |
| 17 | MF | GNB | Mama Baldé |
| 18 | MF | CMR | Wilitty Younoussa |
| 19 | DF | CMR | Ahmad Ngouyamsa |
| 21 | FW | FRA | Mounir Chouiar |
| 22 | MF | GAB | Didier Ndong |
| 24 | DF | NCL | Wesley Lautoa |
| 25 | DF | GAB | Bruno Ecuele Manga (captain) |
| 26 | DF | MAR | Fouad Chafik |
| 27 | FW | MTN | Aboubakar Kamara (on loan from Fulham) |
| 29 | MF | ROU | Alex Dobre |
| 30 | GK | FRA | Lévi Ntumba |

### Out on loan

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 |
| — | DF | FRA | Théo Barbet (on loan to Bastia-Borgo until the end of 2020/21 season) |
| — | MF | FRA | Bryan Soumaré (on loan to Sochaux-Montbéliard until the end of 2020/21 season) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | FW | FRA | Rayan Philippe (on loan to AS Nancy until the end of 2020/21 season) |
| — | FW | FRA | Aurélien Scheidler (on loan to AS Nancy until the end of 2020/21 season) |

## Transfers
### In

| No. | Pos | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date |
| 6 | MF | Pape Cheikh Diop | Lyon | Loan | 5 August 2020 |
| 4 | DF | Jonathan Panzo | Monaco | Undisclosed | 26 August 2020 |
| 1 | GK | Anthony Racioppi | Lyon | Free | 25 September 2020 |
| 2 | DF | Sacha Boey | Rennes | Loan | 5 October 2020 |

### Out

| No. | Pos | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date |
| 27 | DF | Hamza Mendyl | Schalke 04 | Loan return | 1 July 2020 |
| 4 | DF | Nayef Aguerd | Rennais | €4,000,000 | 14 August 2020 |
| 12 | MF | Enzo Loiodice | Las Palmas | Free | 18 August 2020 |
| 11 | FW | Júlio Tavares | Al Faisaly | €1,000,000 | 13 September 2020 |
| 1 | GK | Rúnar Alex Rúnarsson | Arsenal | €2,000,000 | 21 September 2020 |
| 16 | GK | Alfred Gomis | Rennais | €10,000,000 | 29 September 2020 |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss

## Competitions
### Overall record

| 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 | 22 August 2020 | 23 May 2021 | Matchday 1 | 20th | 38 | 4 | 9 | 25 | 25 | 73 | −48 | 010.53 |
| Coupe de France | 10 February 2021 | 10 February 2021 | Round of 64 | Round of 64 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 000.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 39 | 4 | 9 | 26 | 25 | 74 | −49 | 010.26 |
Source: Soccerway

### Ligue 1
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 16 | Lorient | 38 | 11 | 9 | 18 | 50 | 68 | −18 | 42 | |
| 17 | Brest | 38 | 11 | 8 | 19 | 50 | 66 | −16 | 41 | |
| 18 | Nantes (O) | 38 | 9 | 13 | 16 | 47 | 55 | −8 | 40 | Qualification for the Relegation play-offs |
| 19 | Nîmes (R) | 38 | 9 | 8 | 21 | 40 | 71 | −31 | 35 | Relegation to the Ligue 2 |
| 20 | Dijon (R) | 38 | 4 | 9 | 25 | 25 | 73 | −48 | 21 | Relegation to the Ligue 2 |

#### 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 | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | L | L | L | L | D | L | D | L | D | D | L | W | D | D | L | L | W | D | D | L | D | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | W | L | L | L | L | W |
| Position | 18 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 9 July 2020.

### Coupe de France
## Statistics
### Goalscorers

    As of 16 October 2020
| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Ligue 1 | Coupe de France | Total |
| 1 | 25 | DF | | Bruno Ecuele Manga | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 8 | MF | | Eric Dina-Ebimbe | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 17 | MF | | Mama Baldé | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 27 | FW | | Aurélien Scheidler | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 4 | 0 | 4 |