# 2020–21 AS Saint-Étienne season

The 2020–21 season was the 87th season in the existence of AS Saint-Étienne and the club's 17th consecutive season in the top flight of French football. In addition to the domestic league, Saint-Étienne participated in this season's edition of the Coupe de France. The season covered the period from 25 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. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | FRA | Stefan Bajic |
| 2 | DF | CMR | Harold Moukoudi |
| 4 | DF | GRE | Panagiotis Retsos (on loan from Bayer Leverkusen) |
| 5 | DF | FRA | Timothée Kolodziejczak |
| 6 | DF | SEN | Pape Abou Cissé (on loan from Olympiacos) |
| 7 | MF | ALG | Ryad Boudebouz |
| 8 | MF | FRA | Mahdi Camara |
| 9 | FW | FRA | Charles Abi |
| 10 | FW | TUN | Wahbi Khazri |
| 11 | DF | BRA | Gabriel Silva |
| 13 | DF | PER | Miguel Trauco |
| 14 | FW | FRA | Anthony Modeste (on loan from 1. FC Köln) |
| 15 | MF | FRA | Bilal Benkhedim |
| 17 | MF | FRA | Adil Aouchiche |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 18 | FW | FRA | Arnaud Nordin |
| 19 | MF | CMR | Yvan Neyou (on loan from Braga) |
| 20 | MF | GAB | Denis Bouanga |
| 21 | FW | FRA | Romain Hamouma (vice-captain) |
| 22 | MF | FRA | Kévin Monnet-Paquet |
| 26 | DF | FRA | Mathieu Debuchy (captain) |
| 27 | DF | FRA | Yvann Maçon |
| 28 | MF | FRA | Zaydou Youssouf |
| 30 | GK | FRA | Jessy Moulin |
| 31 | DF | FRA | Alpha Sissoko |
| 32 | MF | FRA | Maxence Rivera |
| 35 | DF | GUI | Saïdou Sow |
| 50 | GK | SEN | Boubacar Fall |

### 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 | GRE | Alexandros Katranis (at Hatayspor) |
| — | DF | ESP | Sergi Palencia (at Leganés) |
| — | FW | CIV | Jean-Philippe Krasso (at Le Mans) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | SEN | Assane Dioussé (at MKE Ankaragücü) |
| — | FW | FRA | Lamine Ghezali (at Sporting Club Lyon) |

## Transfers
### In

| No. | Pos | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date |
| 14 | FW | Jean-Philippe Krasso | Épinal | | 1 July 2020 |
| 19 | MF | Yvan Neyou | Braga B | Loan | 9 July 2020 |
| 5 | DF | Timothée Kolodziejczak | UANL | | 17 July 2020 |
| 17 | MF | Adil Aouchiche | Paris Saint-Germain | | 20 July 2020 |
| 4 | DF | Panagiotis Retsos | Bayer Leverkusen | Loan | 5 October 2020 |

### Out

| Pos | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date | Source |
| MF | Yohan Cabaye | End of contract (retired) | N/A | 1 July 2020 | |
| DF | Alexandros Katranis | Hatayspor | Loan | 27 August 2020 | |

## 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 | 30 August 2020 | 23 May 2021 | Matchday 1 | 11th | 38 | 12 | 10 | 16 | 42 | 54 | −12 | 031.58 |
| Coupe de France | 11 February 2021 | 11 February 2021 | Round of 64 | Round of 64 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 000.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 39 | 12 | 10 | 17 | 42 | 55 | −13 | 030.77 |
Source: Soccerway

### Ligue 1
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 9 | Nice | 38 | 15 | 7 | 16 | 50 | 53 | −3 | 52 |
| 10 | Metz | 38 | 12 | 11 | 15 | 44 | 48 | −4 | 47 |
| 11 | Saint-Étienne | 38 | 12 | 10 | 16 | 42 | 54 | −12 | 46 |
| 12 | Bordeaux | 38 | 13 | 6 | 19 | 42 | 56 | −14 | 45 |
| 13 | Angers | 38 | 12 | 8 | 18 | 40 | 58 | −18 | 44 |

#### 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 | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | W | W | D | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | D | D | D | W | D | D | D | L | L | L | W | D | W | W | D | L | L | W | L | W | W | L | L | W | W | D | L |
| Position | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 13 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 |

#### 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 | FRA | Stefan Bajic | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 30 | GK | FRA | Jessy Moulin | 29 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | GK | ENG | Etienne Green | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 50 | GK | SEN | Boubacar Fall | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 2 | DF | CMR | Harold Moukoudi | 26 | 3 | 26 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | GRE | Panagiotis Retsos | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | FRA | Timothée Kolodziejczak | 25 | 0 | 23+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | SEN | Pape Abou Cissé | 15 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | DF | BRA | Gabriel Silva | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | PER | Miguel Trauco | 27 | 0 | 22+4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | FRA | Mathieu Debuchy | 26 | 2 | 25+1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | FRA | Yvann Maçon | 6 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | DF | FRA | Alpha Sissoko | 9 | 0 | 6+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | DF | GUI | Saïdou Sow | 16 | 0 | 10+5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 42 | DF | FRA | Marvin Tshibuabua | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | FRA | Rayan Souici | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 7 | MF | ALG | Ryad Boudebouz | 15 | 0 | 7+7 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | FRA | Mahdi Camara | 38 | 3 | 37 | 3 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | FRA | Bilal Benkhedim | 3 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | FRA | Adil Aouchiche | 35 | 2 | 21+13 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | CMR | Yvan Neyou | 31 | 1 | 29+2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | GAB | Denis Bouanga | 36 | 7 | 30+6 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | FRA | Kévin Monnet-Paquet | 17 | 0 | 7+9 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | FRA | Zaydou Youssouf | 30 | 1 | 14+15 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 32 | MF | FRA | Maxence Rivera | 18 | 0 | 1+16 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 33 | MF | FRA | Lucas Gourna-Douath | 30 | 0 | 13+17 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | MF | FRA | Aimen Moueffek | 20 | 0 | 6+13 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 36 | MF | FRA | Baptiste Gabard | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | MF | FRA | Mathys Saban | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 9 | FW | FRA | Charles Abi | 25 | 3 | 9+15 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | TUN | Wahbi Khazri | 23 | 7 | 16+6 | 7 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | FRA | Anthony Modeste | 8 | 0 | 3+4 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | FRA | Arnaud Nordin | 35 | 4 | 20+14 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | FW | FRA | Romain Hamouma | 29 | 6 | 19+10 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | FW | FRA | Tyrone Tormin | 3 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | FRA | Abdoulaye Sidibé | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | FRA | Yanis Lhéry | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||
| 14 | FW | CIV | Jean-Philippe Krasso | 14 | 5 | 9+5 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
Last updated: 23 May 2021 Source:

### Goalscorers

    As of 18 October 2020
| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Ligue 1 | Coupe de France | Total |
| 1 | 21 | FW | | Romain Hamouma | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | 17 | MF | | Adil Aouchiche | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | 20 | MF | | Denis Bouanga | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | 27 | DF | | Yvann Maçon | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | 8 | MF | | Mahdi Camara | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 9 | 0 | 9 |