# 2020–21 FC Girondins de Bordeaux season

The 2020–21 season was the 140th season in the existence of FC Girondins de Bordeaux and the club's 59th consecutive season in the top flight of French football. In addition to the domestic league, Bordeaux 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

    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 | Benoît Costil (vice-captain) |
| 4 | DF | MOZ | Mexer |
| 5 | MF | BRA | Otávio |
| 6 | DF | FRA | Laurent Koscielny (captain) |
| 7 | FW | FRA | Jimmy Briand |
| 8 | FW | FRA | Hatem Ben Arfa |
| 10 | FW | NGA | Samuel Kalu |
| 12 | FW | FRA | Nicolas de Préville |
| 14 | DF | SRB | Vukašin Jovanović |
| 16 | GK | FRA | Gaëtan Poussin |
| 17 | MF | ALG | Mehdi Zerkane |
| 18 | FW | KOR | Hwang Ui-jo |
| 19 | MF | FRA | Yacine Adli |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 20 | DF | SEN | Youssouf Sabaly |
| 23 | DF | SUI | Loris Benito |
| 24 | DF | FRA | Paul Baysse |
| 25 | DF | FRA | Enock Kwateng |
| 26 | MF | CRO | Toma Bašić |
| 28 | FW | FRA | Rémi Oudin |
| 29 | DF | FRA | Maxime Poundjé |
| 30 | GK | FRA | Darren Lima Semedo |
| 31 | FW | FRA | Amadou Traoré |
| 32 | FW | FRA | Dilane Bakwa |
| — | DF | TOG | Loïc Bessilé |
| 15 | MF | CIV | Jean Michaël Seri (on loan from Fulham) |

### 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 |
| — | GK | FRA | Over Mandanda (on loan at Stade Laval) |
| — | DF | ITA | Raoul Bellanova (on loan at Pescara) |
| — | DF | FRA | Alexandre Lauray (on loan at Villefranche) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | DF | ALG | Abdel Medioub (on loan at Tondela) |
| — | MF | ESP | Rubén Pardo (on loan at Leganés) |
| — | FW | NGA | Josh Maja (on loan at Fulham) |

## Transfers
### In

| No. | Pos | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date | Source |
| 8 | MF | Hatem Ben Arfa | Valladolid | Free | 7 October 2020 | |

### Out

| No. | Pos | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date |
| 17 | MF | Youssef Aït Bennasser | Monaco | Loan return | 1 July 2020 |
| – | GK | Paul Bernardoni | Angers | Undisclosed | 1 July 2020 |
| – | MF | Yassine Benrahou | Nîmes | €1.5m | 1 July 2020 |
| – | FW | Aaron Boupendza | Hatayspor | Undisclosed | 6 August 2020 |
| 11 | FW | François Kamano | Lokomotiv Moscow | €5.5m | 17 August 2020 |
| 24 | MF | Albert Lottin | Jong Utrecht | Undisclosed | 1 September 2020 |
| – | FD | Alexandre Lauray | Villefranche | Loan | 1 September 2020 |
| 8 | MF | Rubén Pardo | Leganés | Loan | 27 September 2020 |
| – | FW | Alexandre Mendy | Caen | Undisclosed | 1 October 2020 |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

## 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 | 21 August 2020 | 23 May 2021 | Matchday 1 | 12th | 38 | 13 | 6 | 19 | 42 | 56 | −14 | 034.21 |
| Coupe de France | 10 February 2021 | 10 February 2021 | Round of 64 | Round of 64 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | −2 | 000.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 39 | 13 | 6 | 20 | 42 | 58 | −16 | 033.33 |
Last updated: 23 May 2021 Source: Soccerway

### Ligue 1
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 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 |
| 14 | Reims | 38 | 9 | 15 | 14 | 42 | 50 | −8 | 42 |

#### 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 | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | 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 |
| Result | D | W | D | L | D | W | L | W | L | L | W | D | W | L | L | W | L | D | W | W | W | L | L | L | D | L | L | L | W | L | L | L | L | L | W | L | W | W |
| Position | 10 | 2 | 10 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 15 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 12 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 9 July 2020.

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

    As of 6 December 2020
| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Ligue 1 | Coupe de France | Total |
| 1 | 26 | MF | | Toma Bašić | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 1 | 9 | FW | | Josh Maja | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 1 | 10 | FW | | Samuel Kalu | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 1 | 28 | FW | | Rémi Oudin | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 1 | 8 | FW | | Hatem Ben Arfa | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | 19 | MF | | Yacine Adli | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | 7 | FW | | Jimmy Briand | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 13 | 0 | 13 |