# 2020–21 Nîmes Olympique season

The 2020–21 Nîmes Olympique season was the club's 83rd season in existence and its third consecutive season in the top flight of French football. In addition to the domestic league, Nîmes 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 |
| 2 | DF | FRA | Kelyan Guessoum |
| 3 | DF | NOR | Birger Meling |
| 4 | DF | FRA | Pablo Martinez |
| 5 | DF | FRA | Loïck Landre |
| 6 | MF | SEN | Sidy Sarr |
| 7 | MF | SWE | Niclas Eliasson |
| 8 | MF | FRA | Lucas Deaux |
| 9 | FW | FRA | Clément Depres |
| 10 | MF | ALG | Zinedine Ferhat |
| 11 | MF | BEN | Mattéo Ahlinvi |
| 12 | MF | FRA | Lamine Fomba |
| 13 | FW | ALG | Karim Aribi |
| 14 | MF | FRA | Antoine Valério |
| 15 | DF | FRA | Gaëtan Paquiez |
| 16 | GK | FRA | Lucas Dias |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 17 | MF | BIH | Haris Duljević |
| 18 | MF | PAR | Andrés Cubas |
| 19 | FW | FRA | Lucas Buadés |
| 20 | FW | FRA | Renaud Ripart (vice-captain) |
| 21 | DF | FRA | Patrick Burner |
| 22 | MF | MAR | Yassine Benrahou |
| 23 | DF | FRA | Anthony Briançon (captain) |
| 24 | FW | MAR | Sami Ben Amar |
| 25 | FW | FRA | Nolan Roux |
| 26 | DF | FRA | Florian Miguel |
| 27 | DF | JPN | Naomichi Ueda (on loan from Cercle Brugge) |
| 28 | FW | SEN | Moussa Koné |
| 29 | DF | FRA | Sofiane Alakouch |
| 30 | GK | FRA | Baptiste Reynet |

### 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 | FRA | Théo Sainte-Luce (on loan to Red Star until 30 June 2021) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | FW | MKD | Vlatko Stojanovski (to Chambly until 30 June 2021) |

## 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 | 23 August 2020 | 23 May 2021 | Matchday 1 | 19th | 38 | 9 | 8 | 21 | 40 | 71 | −31 | 023.68 |
| Coupe de France | 10 February 2021 | 10 February 2021 | Round of 64 | Round of 64 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 000.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 39 | 9 | 8 | 22 | 41 | 74 | −33 | 023.08 |
Source: Soccerway

### Ligue 1
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 16 | Lorient | 38 | 11 | 9 | 18 | 50 | 68 | −18 | 42 | |
| 17 | Brest | 38 | 11 | 8 | 19 | 50 | 66 | −16 | 41 | |
| 18 | Nantes (O) | 38 | 9 | 13 | 16 | 47 | 55 | −8 | 40 | Qualification for the Relegation play-offs |
| 19 | Nîmes (R) | 38 | 9 | 8 | 21 | 40 | 71 | −31 | 35 | Relegation to the Ligue 2 |
| 20 | Dijon (R) | 38 | 4 | 9 | 25 | 25 | 73 | −48 | 21 | Relegation to the Ligue 2 |

#### 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 | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | 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 |
| Result | W | L | L | D | D | W | L | L | L | L | W | L | L | L | L | D | L | L | L | W | W | L | L | L | W | W | D | L | D | W | L | D | D | L | D | W | L | L |
| Position | 1 | 7 | 13 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 16 | 16 | 18 | 18 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 18 | 19 | 18 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 9 July 2020.

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

    As of 4 December 2020
| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Ligue 1 | Coupe de France | Total |
| 1 | 10 | MF | | Zinedine Ferhat | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | 20 | FW | | Renaud Ripart | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | 28 | FW | | Moussa Koné | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | 3 | DF | | Birger Meling | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | 7 | MF | | Romain Philippoteaux | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | 18 | MF | | Andrés Cubas | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | 27 | FW | | Kévin Denkey | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 11 | 0 | 11 |