2020–21 Ligue 1

The 2020–21 Ligue 1 season, also known as Ligue 1 Uber Eats for sponsorship reasons, is a French association football tournament within Ligue 1. It is the 83rd season since its establishment. The season started on 21 August 2020 and is scheduled to end on 23 May 2021. The league fixtures were announced on 9 July 2020. 
 Teams 

 Changes 
Lorient and Lens were promoted from the 2019–20 Ligue 2. After the French court had initially ruled that the season would proceed with 22 teams, the relegation of Amiens and Toulouse to the 2020–21 Ligue 2 was confirmed on 23 June 2020, following a vote by the LFP.
Promoted to 2020–21 Ligue 1Relegated from 2019–20 Ligue 1Lorient
LensAmiens
Toulouse

 Stadiums and locations 
ClubLocationVenueCapacity2019–20 seasonAngersStade Raymond Kopa18,752BordeauxMatmut Atlantique42,115BrestStade Francis-Le Blé15,931DijonStade Gaston Gérard15,995LensStade Bollaert-Delelis37,705Villeneuve-d'AscqStade Pierre-Mauroy50,186LorientStade du Moustoir18,890Décines-CharpieuGroupama Stadium59,186MarseilleOrange Vélodrome67,394MetzStade Saint-Symphorien25,636 MonacoStade Louis II18,523MontpellierStade de la Mosson32,900NantesStade de la Beaujoire35,322NiceAllianz Riviera35,624NîmesStade des Costières18,482ParisParc des Princes48,583ReimsStade Auguste Delaune21,684RennesRoazhon Park29,778Saint-ÉtienneStade Geoffroy-Guichard41,965StrasbourgStade de la Meinau29,230

 Number of teams by regions 
TeamsRegion or countryTeam(s)3 BrittanyBrest, Lorient and RennesMetz, Reims, and Strasbourg2Lyon and Saint-ÉtienneLens and LilleMontpellier and NîmesAngers and NantesMarseille and Nice1DijonParis Saint-GermainMonacoBordeaux

 Personnel and kits 
TeamManagerCaptainKit manufacturerMain sponsorAngers   KappaScania (H), Le Gaulois (A & 3)Bordeaux  AdidasBistro RégentBrest  AdidasQuéguiner (H), Yaourts Malo (A)Dijon  LottoGroupe Roger Martin (H)Lens  MacronAuchanLille  New BalanceBoulangerLorient  KappaJean Floc'hLyon  AdidasEmirates, Veolia (European)Marseille  PumaUber Eats, Iqoniq (sleeve)Monaco  KappaFedcomMetz  KappaCar Avenue & MOSL (H), MOSL (A)Montpellier Michel Der Zakarian NikeGroupe MartyNantes  MacronSynergieNice  MacronIneosNîmes  PumaBastide MédicalParis Saint-Germain  NikeAccor, QNB Group (sleeve), Ooredoo(back)Reims  UmbroMaisons France Confort (H), Hexaom (A & 3)Rennes  PumaSamsicSaint-Étienne  Le Coq SportifAesioStrasbourg  AdidasÉS Énergies (H), Winamax (A)

 Managerial changes 
TeamOutgoing managerManner of departureDate of vacancyPosition in tableIncoming managerDate of appointmentNîmes Mutual consent23 June 2020Pre-season 23 June 2020Monaco Sacked19 July 2020 19 July 2020Bordeaux Resigned10 August 2020 10 August 2020Metz Mutual consent12 October 202015th 12 October 2020Dijon Sacked5 November 202020th 5 November 2020Nice 4 December 202011th 4 December 2020Nantes 8 December 202014th 26 December 2020Paris Saint-Germain 29 December 20203rd 2 January 2021Marseille Resigned and then sacked2 February 20219th 26 February 2021Nîmes Jérôme ArpinonSacked5 February 202120th 5 February 2021Nantes 10 February 202118th 11 February 2021Rennes Resigned1 March 20219th 4 March 2021

League table
Following the discontinuation of the Coupe de la Ligue at the end of 2019–20, its European qualification place was given to the team finishing fifth in Ligue 1. 

Results

Positions by round
The table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches. In order to preserve chronological evolvements, any postponed matches are not included to the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards.

 Season statistics 

 Top goalscorers 

RankPlayerClubGoals1 Kylian MbappéParis Saint-Germain262 Wissam Ben YedderMonaco20 Memphis DepayLyon4 Ludovic AjorqueStrasbourg16 Kevin VollandMonaco6 Gaëtan LabordeMontpellier15 Burak YılmazLille8 Andy DelortMontpellier14 Boulaye DiaReims Terem MoffiLorient

 Most assists 

RankPlayerClubAssists1 Memphis DepayLyon10 Zinedine FerhatNîmes Dimitri PayetMarseille4 Jonathan BambaLille9 Andy DelortMontpellier Ángel Di MaríaParis Saint-Germain Aleksandr GolovinMonaco8 Farid BoulayaMetz8 Gaëtan LabordeMontpellier Florian ThauvinMarseille

 Most clean sheets 

RankPlayerClubClean sheets1 Mike MaignanLille212 Benoît CostilBordeaux14 Keylor NavasParis Saint-Germain4 Benjamin LecomteMonaco125 Anthony LopesLyon116 Predrag RajkovićReims107 Walter BenítezNice9 Paul BernardoniAngers Jessy MoulinSaint-Étienne10 Eiji KawashimaStrasbourg8 Steve MandandaMarseille Alexandre OukidjaMetz Baptiste ReynetNîmes

 Hat-tricks 

PlayerClubAgainstResultDate Memphis DepayLyonDijon4–1 (H) Ibrahima NianeMetzLorient3–1 (H)  Boulaye DiaReimsMontpellier4–0 (A) Aleksandr GolovinMonacoNîmes4–3 (A) Wahbi KhazriSaint-ÉtienneBordeaux4–1 (H)  Terem MoffiLorientBordeaux4–1 (H)  Arkadiusz MilikMarseilleAngers3–2 (H) 

 Scoring 

 First goal of the season:
 Ismaël Traoré for Angers against Dijon
 Last goal of the season:

 Discipline 

 Player 

 Most yellow cards: 13
  Álvaro (Marseille)
 Most red cards: 3
  Moreto Cassamá (Reims)

 Team 

 Most yellow cards: 89
 Marseille
 Most red cards: 10
 Lyon
 Fewest yellow cards: 54
 Strasbourg
 Fewest red cards: 2
 Angers
 Lille
 Saint-Étienne

 Awards 

 Monthly 
MonthPlayer of the MonthRef.PlayerClubSeptember Ibrahima NianeMetzOctober Jonathan BambaLilleNovember Andy DelortMontpellierDecember Yusuf YazıcıLilleJanuary Farid BoulayaMetzFebruary Kylian MbappéParis Saint-GermainMarch Keylor NavasParis Saint-Germain

References

Other websites


Category:2020-21 association football seasons
Ligue 1
Category:2020 in France
Category:2020 in European football