# 2019–20 Angers SCO season

The 2019–20 season was Angers SCO's 101st season in existence and the club's 5th consecutive season in the top flight of French football. In addition to the domestic league, Angers participated in this season's editions of the Coupe de France, and the Coupe de la Ligue. The season covered the period from 1 July 2019 to 30 June 2020.

## Players
### Current squad

As of 15 January 2020.
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 2 | DF | FRA | Rayan Aït-Nouri |
| 4 | DF | CRO | Mateo Pavlović |
| 5 | MF | FRA | Thomas Mangani (3rd captain) |
| 7 | FW | MAR | Rachid Alioui |
| 8 | DF | CIV | Ismaël Traoré (Captain) |
| 10 | MF | FRA | Angelo Fulgini |
| 11 | FW | FRA | Wilfried Kanga |
| 13 | DF | ALG | Haithem Loucif |
| 14 | MF | FRA | Anthony Gomez Mancini |
| 15 | MF | FRA | Pierrick Capelle |
| 16 | GK | FRA | Ludovic Butelle (Vice-captain) |
| 18 | MF | FRA | Baptiste Santamaria |
| 19 | FW | CMR | Stéphane Bahoken |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 20 | MF | SEN | Sada Thioub |
| 21 | FW | CHA | Casimir Ninga |
| 23 | MF | FRA | Antonin Bobichon |
| 24 | DF | FRA | Romain Thomas |
| 25 | DF | CIV | Abdoulaye Bamba |
| 26 | DF | FRA | Théo Pellenard |
| 27 | MF | POR | Mathias Pereira Lage |
| 28 | FW | ALG | Farid El Melali |
| 29 | DF | FRA | Vincent Manceau |
| 30 | GK | MNE | Danijel Petković |
| 40 | GK | FRA | Anthony Mandrea |
| — | GK | FRA | Alexandre Letellier |

### 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 | SEN | Elhadji Pape Diaw (on loan to Caen) |
| — | FW | BEL | Baptiste Guillaume (on loan to Valenciennes) |
| — | MF | FRA | Vincent Pajot (on loan to Metz) |
| — | MF | MLI | Lassana Coulibaly (on loan to Cercle Brugge) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | DF | FRA | Ibrahim Cissé (on loan to Paris) |
| — | FW | COD | Harrison Manzala (on loan to Le Mans) |
| — | FW | CIV | Thomas Touré (on loan to Sochaux) |

## 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 | 10 August 2019 | 7 March 2020 | Matchday 1 | 11th | 28 | 11 | 6 | 11 | 28 | 33 | −5 | 039.29 |
| Coupe de France | 5 January 2020 | 28 January 2020 | Round of 64 | Round of 16 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 7 | +4 | 066.67 |
| Coupe de la Ligue | 30 October 2019 | 30 October 2019 | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 000.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 32 | 13 | 6 | 13 | 41 | 43 | −2 | 040.63 |
Source: Soccerway

### Ligue 1
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | PPG |
| 9 | Monaco | 28 | 11 | 7 | 10 | 44 | 44 | 0 | 40 | 1.43 |
| 10 | Strasbourg | 27 | 11 | 5 | 11 | 32 | 32 | 0 | 38 | 1.41 |
| 11 | Angers | 28 | 11 | 6 | 11 | 28 | 33 | −5 | 39 | 1.39 |
| 12 | Bordeaux | 28 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 40 | 34 | +6 | 37 | 1.32 |
| 13 | Nantes | 28 | 11 | 4 | 13 | 28 | 31 | −3 | 37 | 1.32 |
* 1 2 3 4 Bordeaux finished ahead of Nantes on head-to-head points: Bordeaux 2–0 Nantes, Nantes 0–1 Bordeaux.

#### 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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | L | W | W | L | W | W | D | L | L | D | W | D | W | L | L | L | D | W | D | D | L | L | L | L | W | W | W | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C |
| Position | 3 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 |

#### Matches

The Ligue 1 schedule was announced on 14 June 2019. The Ligue 1 matches were suspended by the LFP on 13 March 2020 due to COVID-19 until further notices. On 28 April 2020, it was announced that Ligue 1 and Ligue 2 campaigns would not resume, after the country banned all sporting events until September. On 30 April, The LFP ended officially the 2019–20 season.

### Coupe de la Ligue
## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Ligue 1 | Ligue 1 | Coupe de France | Coupe de France | Coupe de la Ligue | Coupe de la Ligue | UEFA Europa League | UEFA Europa League |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||||
| 16 | GK | FRA | Ludovic Butelle | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | GK | MNE | Danijel Petković | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | GK | FRA | Anthony Mandrea | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||||
| 2 | DF | ALG | Rayan Aït-Nouri | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | FRA | Ibrahim Cissé | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | CRO | Mateo Pavlović | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | DF | CIV | Ismaël Traoré | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | ALG | Haithem Loucif | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | FRA | Romain Thomas | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | CIV | Abdoulaye Bamba | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | FRA | Théo Pellenard | 2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | DF | FRA | Vincent Manceau | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||||
| 5 | MF | FRA | Thomas Mangani | 7 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | FRA | Vincent Pajot | 5 | 0 | 1+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | FRA | Angelo Fulgini | 3 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | FRA | Anthony Gomez Mancini | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | FRA | Pierrick Capelle | 8 | 1 | 7+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | FRA | Baptiste Santamaria | 8 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | SEN | Sada Thioub | 4 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | FRA | Antonin Bobichon | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | POR | Mathias Pereira Lage | 8 | 1 | 7+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||||
| 7 | FW | MAR | Rachid Alioui | 8 | 4 | 5+3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | FRA | Wilfried Kanga | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | CMR | Stéphane Bahoken | 6 | 1 | 3+3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | FW | CHA | Casimir Ninga | 6 | 3 | 1+5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | FW | ALG | Farid El Melali | 3 | 2 | 2+1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||||||
Last updated: 28 September 2019 Source: Competitions