# 2020–21 Montpellier HSC season

The 2020–21 season was the 94th season in the existence of Montpellier HSC and the club's 12th consecutive season in the top flight of French football. In addition to the domestic league, Montpellier 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

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 | SUI | Jonas Omlin |
| 2 | DF | FRA | Arnaud Souquet |
| 3 | DF | FRA | Daniel Congré (vice-captain) |
| 4 | DF | BRA | Hilton (captain) |
| 5 | DF | POR | Pedro Mendes |
| 6 | MF | FRA | Junior Sambia |
| 7 | DF | SRB | Mihailo Ristić |
| 9 | FW | ALG | Andy Delort |
| 10 | FW | FRA | Gaëtan Laborde |
| 11 | MF | FRA | Téji Savanier |
| 12 | MF | FRA | Jordan Ferri |
| 13 | MF | FRA | Joris Chotard |
| 14 | MF | FRA | Damien Le Tallec |
| 16 | GK | FRA | Dimitry Bertaud |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 18 | FW | FRA | Yanis Ammour |
| 19 | FW | ENG | Stephy Mavididi |
| 20 | MF | RSA | Keagan Dolly |
| 21 | FW | FRA | Elye Wahi |
| 24 | FW | KOR | Yun Il-lok |
| 25 | MF | FRA | Florent Mollet |
| 26 | MF | FRA | Samy Benchama |
| 27 | DF | FRA | Clément Vidal |
| 28 | FW | CGO | Béni Makouana |
| 30 | GK | FRA | Mathis Carvalho |
| 31 | DF | FRA | Nicolas Cozza |
| 32 | FW | SRB | Petar Škuletić |
| — | DF | URU | Mathías Suárez |

### 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 | CMR | Ambroise Oyongo (on loan at FC Krasnodar) |
| — | DF | FRA | Thibaut Vargas (on loan at LB Châteauroux) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | FRA | Kylian Kaïboué (on loan at Sète) |
| — | FW | FRA | Bastian Badu (on loan at FC Chambly) |

## 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 | 29 August 2020 | 23 May 2021 | Matchday 1 | 8th | 38 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 60 | 62 | −2 | 036.84 |
| Coupe de France | 10 February 2021 | 12 May 2021 | Round of 64 | Semi-finals | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 4 | +5 | 080.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 43 | 18 | 13 | 12 | 69 | 66 | +3 | 041.86 |
Source: Soccerway

### Ligue 1
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 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 | |
| 9 | Nice | 38 | 15 | 7 | 16 | 50 | 53 | −3 | 52 | |
| 10 | Metz | 38 | 12 | 11 | 15 | 44 | 48 | −4 | 47 | |
* ↑ 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 |
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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | L | W | W | D | L | D | L | W | W | W | W | L | W | L | D | L | L | D | L | L | L | D | W | W | W | D | D | D | W | D | D | D | L | L | W | D | W |
| Position | 13 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 9 July 2020.

### Coupe de France
## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Ligue 1 | Ligue 1 | Coupe de France | Coupe de France |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||
| 1 | GK | SUI | Jonas Omlin | 31 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | GK | FRA | Dimitry Bertaud | 12 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 30 | GK | FRA | Mathis Carvalho | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 2 | DF | FRA | Arnaud Souquet | 27 | 1 | 14+9 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | FRA | Daniel Congré | 43 | 2 | 38 | 2 | 4+1 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | BRA | Hilton | 33 | 0 | 24+5 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | POR | Pedro Mendes | 24 | 2 | 19+3 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 7 | DF | SRB | Mihailo Ristić | 37 | 0 | 26+8 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | FRA | Clément Vidal | 2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | DF | FRA | Nicolas Cozza | 23 | 0 | 15+5 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| | DF | URU | Mathías Suárez | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 6 | MF | FRA | Junior Sambia | 41 | 1 | 26+10 | 1 | 2+3 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | FRA | Téji Savanier | 31 | 5 | 26+1 | 5 | 2+2 | 0 |
| 12 | MF | FRA | Jordan Ferri | 38 | 0 | 31+3 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 13 | MF | FRA | Joris Chotard | 33 | 0 | 11+18 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | FRA | Damien Le Tallec | 27 | 0 | 13+10 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | RSA | Keagan Dolly | 21 | 0 | 3+15 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | FRA | Florent Mollet | 39 | 3 | 30+4 | 3 | 4+1 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | FRA | Samy Benchama | 5 | 0 | 0+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | MF | FRA | Sacha Delaye | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 9 | FW | ALG | Andy Delort | 34 | 15 | 30 | 15 | 4 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | FRA | Gaëtan Laborde | 43 | 16 | 38 | 16 | 3+2 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | FRA | Yanis Ammour | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | ENG | Stephy Mavididi | 40 | 9 | 23+12 | 9 | 3+2 | 0 |
| 21 | FW | FRA | Elye Wahi | 22 | 3 | 3+15 | 3 | 2+2 | 0 |
| 24 | FW | KOR | Yun Il-lok | 13 | 0 | 3+9 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 28 | FW | CGO | Béni Makouana | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | FW | SRB | Petar Škuletić | 24 | 2 | 19+1 | 2 | 1+3 | 0 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||
| 8 | DF | CMR | Ambroise Oyongo | 13 | 1 | 5+8 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Last updated: 23 May 2021 Source: Competitions

### Goalscorers

    As of 15 January 2021
| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Ligue 1 | Coupe de France | Total |
| 1 | 9 | FW | | Andy Delort | 9 | 0 | 9 |
| 2 | 10 | FW | | Gaëtan Laborde | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 3 | 19 | FW | | Stephy Mavididi | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | 11 | MF | | Téji Savanier | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | 25 | MF | | Florent Mollet | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | 3 | DF | | Daniel Congré | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | 5 | DF | | Pedro Mendes | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | 2 | DF | | Arnaud Souquet | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 8 | DF | | Ambroise Oyongo | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 32 | FW | | Petar Škuletić | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 33 | FW | | Elye Wahi | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 33 | 0 | 33 |