# 2020–21 Stade Rennais FC season

The 2020–21 season was the 119th season in the existence of Stade Rennais and the club's 27th consecutive season in the top flight of French football. In addition to the domestic league, Rennes participated in this season's edition of the Coupe de France and entered the UEFA Champions League for the first time in the group stage as a result of finishing in third place during the previous Ligue 1 season. The season covered the period from 1 July 2020 to 30 June 2021.

## 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 | FRA | Romain Salin |
| 3 | DF | FRA | Damien Da Silva (captain) |
| 4 | DF | FRA | Gerzino Nyamsi |
| 5 | DF | BRA | Dalbert (on loan from Inter Milan) |
| 6 | DF | MAR | Nayef Aguerd |
| 7 | FW | FRA | Martin Terrier |
| 8 | MF | FRA | Clément Grenier |
| 9 | FW | FRA | Serhou Guirassy |
| 10 | MF | FRA | Eduardo Camavinga |
| 11 | FW | SEN | M'Baye Niang |
| 12 | MF | FRA | James Léa Siliki |
| 14 | MF | FRA | Benjamin Bourigeaud |
| 15 | MF | FRA | Steven Nzonzi (on loan from Roma) |
| 16 | GK | SEN | Alfred Gomis |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 17 | DF | FRA | Faitout Maouassa |
| 18 | FW | BEL | Jérémy Doku |
| 19 | MF | FRA | Yann Gboho |
| 20 | MF | FRA | Flavien Tait |
| 22 | FW | FRA | Romain Del Castillo |
| 23 | MF | FRA | Adrien Hunou |
| 27 | DF | MLI | Hamari Traoré |
| 28 | MF | FRA | Jonas Martin |
| 30 | GK | COD | Pépé Bonet |
| 31 | DF | FRA | Adrien Truffert |
| 34 | DF | FRA | Brandon Soppy |
| 36 | DF | FRA | Namakoro Diallo |

#### 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 | Sacha Boey (on loan to Dijon) |
| — | DF | FRA | Jérémy Gelin (on loan to Royal Antwerp) |
| — | DF | FRA | Lilian Brassier (on loan to Brest) |
| — | MF | FRA | Rafik Guitane (on loan to Marítimo) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | FRA | Hakim El Mokeddem (on loan to Sète) |
| — | FW | TUR | Metehan Güçlü (on loan to Valenciennes) |
| — | FW | USA | Jordan Siebatcheu (on loan to Young Boys) |

## Transfers
### In

| No. | Pos | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date |
| 21 | FW | Martin Terrier | Lyon | €12M | 6 July 2020 |
| 6 | DF | Nayef Aguerd | Dijon | Undisclosed | 14 August 2020 |
| 18 | FW | Serhou Guirassy | Amiens | €15M | 27 August 2020 |
| 16 | GK | Alfred Gomis | Dijon | €15M | 29 September 2020 |
| 5 | DF | Dalbert | Inter Milan | Loan | 3 October 2020 |
| 24 | DF | Daniele Rugani | Juventus | Loan | 3 October 2020 |
| 18 | FW | Jérémy Doku | Anderlecht | Undisclosed | 5 October 2020 |

### Out

| No. | Pos | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date |
| 15 | DF | Jérémy Morel | Lorient | Free | 1 July 2020 |
| 16 | GK | Édouard Mendy | Chelsea | €26M | 24 September 2020 |
| 7 | MF | Raphinha | Leeds United | Undisclosed | 5 October 2020 |

## Pre-season

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 | 6th | 38 | 16 | 10 | 12 | 52 | 40 | +12 | 042.11 |
| Coupe de France | 11 February 2021 | 11 February 2021 | Round of 64 | Round of 64 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 000.00 |
| UEFA Champions League | 20 October 2020 | 8 December 2020 | Group stage | Group stage | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 11 | −8 | 000.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 45 | 16 | 11 | 18 | 56 | 53 | +3 | 035.56 |
Last updated: 23 May 2021 Source: Soccerway

### Ligue 1
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 4 | Lyon | 38 | 22 | 10 | 6 | 81 | 43 | +38 | 76 | Qualification for the Europa League group stage |
| 5 | Marseille | 38 | 16 | 12 | 10 | 54 | 47 | +7 | 60 | Qualification for the Europa League group stage |
| 6 | Rennes | 38 | 16 | 10 | 12 | 52 | 40 | +12 | 58 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League play-off round |
| 7 | Lens | 38 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 55 | 54 | +1 | 57 | |
| 8 | Montpellier | 38 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 60 | 62 | −2 | 54 | |
* 1 2 Since the winners of the 2020–21 Coupe de France, Paris Saint-Germain, qualified for European competition based on league position, the Europa League group stage spot reserved for the cup winners was passed to the fifth-placed team, and the Europa Conference League play-off round spot was passed to the sixth-placed team.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 23 May 2021. 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 | 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 | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | D | W | W | W | W | D | D | L | W | L | L | D | L | W | W | W | W | D | D | W | L | L | D | D | L | L | L | L | W | W | D | W | W | W | L | D | L | W |
| Position | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 9 July 2020.

### UEFA Champions League
#### Group stage

The group stage draw was held on 1 October 2020.
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | CHE | SEV | KRA | REN |
| 1 | Chelsea | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 2 | +12 | 14 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 |
| 2 | Sevilla | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 8 | +1 | 13 | Advance to knockout phase | 0–4 | — | 3–2 | 1–0 |
| 3 | Krasnodar | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | −5 | 5 | Transfer to Europa League | 0–4 | 1–2 | — | 1–0 |
| 4 | Rennes | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 11 | −8 | 1 | | 1–2 | 1–3 | 1–1 | — |

## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Ligue 1 | Ligue 1 | Coupe de France | Coupe de France | UEFA Champions League | UEFA Champions League |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | FRA | Romain Salin | 17 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | GK | SEN | Alfred Gomis | 29 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 30 | GK | COD | Pépé Bonet | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||
| 3 | DF | FRA | Damien Da Silva | 37 | 4 | 30 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | FRA | Gerzino Nyamsi | 17 | 1 | 10+4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | BRA | Dalbert | 18 | 0 | 3+10 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | MAR | Nayef Aguerd | 40 | 3 | 35 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | FRA | Faitout Maouassa | 26 | 0 | 13+10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | MLI | Hamari Traoré | 42 | 1 | 34+1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 31 | DF | FRA | Adrien Truffert | 34 | 1 | 23+6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2+3 | 0 |
| 34 | DF | FRA | Brandon Soppy | 12 | 0 | 5+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 36 | DF | FRA | Namakoro Diallo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||
| 8 | MF | FRA | Clément Grenier | 28 | 4 | 12+11 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2+3 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | FRA | Eduardo Camavinga | 39 | 1 | 28+7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 12 | MF | FRA | James Lea Siliki | 12 | 0 | 3+4 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | FRA | Benjamin Bourigeaud | 43 | 6 | 29+8 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | FRA | Steven Nzonzi | 39 | 1 | 33+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | FRA | Yann Gboho | 15 | 0 | 2+8 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | FRA | Flavien Tait | 26 | 1 | 16+7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | FRA | Adrien Hunou | 24 | 4 | 5+15 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | FRA | Jonas Martin | 14 | 0 | 6+6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 32 | MF | FRA | Andy Diouf | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | MF | FRA | Chimuanya Ugochukwu | 3 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||
| 7 | FW | FRA | Martin Terrier | 38 | 9 | 30+4 | 9 | 0+1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | FRA | Serhou Guirassy | 32 | 13 | 19+8 | 10 | 0+1 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
| 18 | FW | BEL | Jérémy Doku | 37 | 2 | 26+4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4+2 | 0 |
| 22 | FW | FRA | Romain Del Castillo | 31 | 0 | 5+21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 |
| 35 | MF | FRA | Matthis Abline | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||||
| 16 | GK | SEN | Édouard Mendy | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | FRA | Sacha Boey | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | FRA | Lilian Brassier | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | ITA | Daniele Rugani | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | FRA | Jérémy Gelin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | BRA | Raphinha | 6 | 1 | 5+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 43 | MF | FRA | Hakim El Mokeddem | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | FRA | Theoson Siebatcheu | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | SEN | M'Baye Niang | 12 | 1 | 4+5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 |
| 25 | FW | FRA | Armand Laurienté | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | FW | FRA | Lucas Da Cunha | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | FW | FRA | Georginio Rutter | 5 | 1 | 0+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 1 |
Last updated: 23 May 2021 Source: Competitions

### Goalscorers

    As of 23 May 2021
| Rank | No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Ligue 1 | Coupe de France | Champions League | Total |
| 1 | 18 | FW | | Serhou Guirassy | 10 | 1 | 2 | 13 |
| 2 | 21 | FW | | Martin Terrier | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| 3 | 14 | MF | | Benjamin Bourigeaud | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 4 | 3 | DF | | Damien Da Silva | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | 23 | MF | | Adrien Hunou | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 6 | 6 | DF | | Nayef Aguerd | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | 8 | MF | | Clément Grenier | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | 18 | FW | | Jérémy Doku | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | 4 | DF | | Gerzino Nyamsi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | 7 | MF | | Raphinha | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | 10 | MF | | Eduardo Camavinga | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | 11 | FW | | M'Baye Niang | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | 15 | MF | | Steven Nzonzi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | 20 | MF | | Flavien Tait | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | 27 | DF | | Hamari Traoré | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | 31 | DF | | Adrien Truffert | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | 35 | FW | | Georginio Rutter | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 52 | 1 | 3 | 56 |