2020–21 FC Lorient season

FC Lorient
2020–21 season
Chairman	Loïc Fery
Manager	Christophe Pélissier
Stadium	Stade du Moustoir
Ligue 1	16th
Coupe de France	Round of 32
Top goalscorer	League: ; Terem Moffi (14); All: ; Terem Moffi (15)
Biggest win	Lorient 3–0 Nîmes; Lorient 4–1 Bordeaux
Biggest defeat	Lille 4–0 Lorient
	← 2019–20 2021–22 →

The 2020–21 season was Football Club Lorient's 95th season in existence and the club's first season back in the top flight of French football. In addition to the domestic league, Lorient 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
1	GK	FRA	Matthieu Dreyer
2	DF	GLP	Andreaw Gravillon (on loan from Inter)
4	DF	POR	Tiago Ilori (on loan from Sporting CP)
5	DF	MAD	Thomas Fontaine
6	MF	FRA	Laurent Abergel
7	FW	CIV	Stéphane Diarra
8	MF	ENG	Trevoh Chalobah (on loan from Chelsea)
10	MF	FRA	Enzo Le Fée
11	MF	FRA	Quentin Boisgard
12	MF	FRA	Sylvain Marveaux
13	FW	NGA	Terem Moffi
14	DF	FRA	Jérôme Hergault
15	DF	FRA	Julien Laporte
16	GK	FRA	Teddy Bartouche
17	DF	FRA	Houboulang Mendes


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
18	MF	FRA	Fabien Lemoine (captain)
19	FW	COD	Yoane Wissa
20	DF	FRA	Matthieu Saunier
21	DF	MAD	Jérémy Morel
22	MF	FRA	Jonathan Delaplace
23	MF	FRA	Thomas Monconduit
24	MF	CMR	Franklin Wadja
25	DF	FRA	Vincent Le Goff
27	FW	AUT	Adrian Grbić
28	FW	FRA	Armand Laurienté
29	FW	FRA	Pierre-Yves Hamel
30	GK	FRA	Paul Nardi
40	GK	FRA	Thomas Callens
31	DF	FRA	Yoann Étienne
—	DF	TOG	Josué Homawoo

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
—	GK	FRA	Maxime Pattier (on loan at Saint-Brieuc)
—	DF	FRA	Quentin Lecoeuche (on loan at Ajaccio)
—	DF	FRA	Tom Renaud (on loan at Cholet)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	FRA	Julien Ponceau (on loan at Rodez)
—	FW	FRA	Junior Burban (on loan at Saint-Priest)
—	FW	FRA	Samuel Loric (on loan at Avranches)
—	FW	TUR	Umut Bozok (on loan at Troyes)

Transfers

In

No.	Pos	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
27	FW	Adrian Grbić	Clermont	€9,000,000	9 July 2020	^[1]

Out

No.	Pos	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
15	GK	Illan Meslier	Leeds United	5,000,000	23 July 2020	^[2]

Pre-season and friendlies

Win Draw Loss

18 July 2020 Friendly	Lorient	1–0	Concarneau	Ploemeur, France
11:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Complexe Sportif Espace FCL

25 July 2020 Friendly	Lorient	Cancelled	US Avranches	Sarzeau, France
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Sarzeau Football Club

31 July 2020 Friendly	Lorient	2–2	Brest	Lorient, France
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Bozok 74' (pen.) Boisgard 78'	Report	Chardonnet 23' Cardona 35'	Stadium: Stade du Moustoir

4 August 2020 Friendly	Lorient	1–1	Rennes	Lorient, France
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Diarra 10'	Report	Martin 86' (pen.) Traoré 90+2'	Stadium: Stade du Moustoir Attendance: 0 Referee: Mikael Lesage

8 August 2020 Friendly	Lorient	0–0	Angers	Lorient, France
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Stade du Moustoir

15 August 2020 Friendly	Lorient	1–0	Guingamp	Lorient, France
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Bozok 77'	Report		Stadium: Stade du Moustoir

5 September 2020 Friendly	Lorient	3–1	Niort	Sarzeau, France
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Monconduit 27' Wissa 37' Marveaux 43'		Koyalipou 54'

9 October 2020 Friendly	Rennes	2–0	Lorient	Rennes, France
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Bourigeaud 13' (pen.) Gboho 16'	Report		Stadium: Roazhon Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Bartolomeu Varela

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	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	16th	38	11	9	18	50	68	−18	028.95
Coupe de France	9 February 2021	6 March 2021	Round of 64	Round of 32	2	1	0	1	2	2	+0	050.00
Total					40	12	9	19	52	70	−18	030.00

Source: Soccerway

Ligue 1

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
14	Reims	38	9	15	14	42	50	−8	42
15	Strasbourg	38	11	9	18	49	58	−9	42
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

Source: Ligue 1
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Fairplay ranking.^[3]
(O) Play-off winners

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
38	11	9	18	50	68	−18	42	10	2	7	31	29	+2	1	7	11	19	39	−20

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	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A
Result	W	L	L	L	D	L	W	L	D	L	L	L	L	W	L	L	D	L	L	W	L	W	D	W	D	L	W	D	D	D	W	L	L	W	W	L	W	D
Position	2	11	14	16	16	17	17	17	16	17	18	18	19	17	18	19	18	19	19	20	20	18	18	17	17	19	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	16

Source: Ligue 1
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 9 July 2020.^[4]

23 August 2020 1	Lorient	3–1	Strasbourg	Lorient
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Wissa 51' Grbić 60' (pen.) Boisgard 69' Wadja 72' Laporte 79' Hamel 87'	Report	Chahiri 30' Simakan 37' Carole 82'	Stadium: Stade du Moustoir Referee: Johan Hamel

30 August 2020 2	Saint-Étienne	2–0	Lorient	Saint-Étienne
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Hamouma 19', 51' Neyou 27' Fofana 78'	Report	Le Fée 28'	Stadium: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard Referee: Florent Batta

13 September 2020 3	Lorient	2–3	Lens	Lorient
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Boisgard 6' Grbić 14' Laporte 30' Diarra 45' Le Fée 65' Wissa 90+2' (pen.)	Report	Kakuta 31' (pen.) Medina 34' Cahuzac 49' Ganago 63' Badé 79' 90+1'	Stadium: Stade du Moustoir Referee: Aurélien Petit

20 September 2020 4	Brest	3–2	Lorient	Brest
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Belkebla 4' Perraud 30' Mounié 32' Honorat 62' Mbock 73'	Report	Hérelle 34' (o.g.) Hamel 85' Monconduit 90+1'	Stadium: Stade Francis-Le Blé Referee: Karim Abed

27 September 2020 5	Lorient	1–1	Lyon	Lorient
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Hamel 54' Wissa 63' Nardi 90+5'	Report	Dubois 74'	Stadium: Stade du Moustoir Referee: Clément Turpin

4 October 2020 6	Metz	3–1	Lorient	Metz
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Angban 40' Niane 44' (pen.), 59', 64'	Report	Hamel 36' Abergel 52' Wissa 86'	Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien Referee: Jérôme Miguelgorry

17 October 2020 7	Reims	1–3	Lorient	Reims
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Cassamá 15', 70' Chavalerin 19' Ekitike 45+1' Drammeh 48' Faes 54' Donis 90'	Report	Hamel 34', 61' Wissa 64' (pen.) Moffi 80'	Stadium: Stade Auguste-Delaune Referee: Mikael Lesage

24 October 2020 8	Lorient	0–1	Marseille	Lorient
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Boisgard 19' Mendes 53' Gravillon 73'	Report	Benedetto 36' Balerdi 53' Álvaro 55' Rongier 72'	Stadium: Stade du Moustoir Referee: Benoît Bastien

1 November 2020 9	Dijon	0–0	Lorient	Dijon
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Boey 41' Allagbé 54'	Report	Wissa 57' Lemoine 79'	Stadium: Stade Gaston Gérard Attendance: 0 Referee: Aurélien Petit

8 November 2020 10	Lorient	0–2	Nantes	Lorient
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Abergel 18' Laurienté 19' Morel 82'	Report	Louza 32' Bamba 80' Blas 84'	Stadium: Stade du Moustoir Attendance: 0 Referee: Stéphanie Frappart

22 November 2020 11	Lille	4–0	Lorient	Villeneuve-d'Ascq
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Yazıcı 29', 51' Xeka 37' Luiz Araújo 57' David 90'	Report	Wissa 32' Mendes 45+2' Lemoine 79'	Stadium: Stade Pierre-Mauroy Attendance: 0 Referee: Willy Delajod

29 November 2020 12	Lorient	0–1	Montpellier	Lorient
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Laporte 48' Le Fée 52'	Report	Savanier 45+2', 90' Škuletić 79'	Stadium: Stade du Moustoir Attendance: 0 Referee: Bastien Dechepy

6 December 2020 13	Angers	2–0	Lorient	Angers
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Fulgini 10' Amadou 21' Boufal 40' Bahoken 45+1' Capelle 90+6'	Report		Stadium: Stade Raymond Kopa Attendance: 0 Referee: Thomas Léonard

13 December 2020 14	Lorient	3–0	Nîmes	Lorient
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Boisgard 2' Laurienté 19' Hamel 29' (pen.) Gravillon 55' Wissa 90'	Report		Stadium: Stade du Moustoir Attendance: 0 Referee: Karim Abed

16 December 2020 15	Paris Saint-Germain	2–0	Lorient	Paris
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Mbappé 34', 51' (pen.) Kean 58', 60' Fadiga 87'	Report	Gravillon 49'	Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 0 Referee: Johan Hamel

20 December 2020 16	Lorient	0–3	Rennes	Lorient
17:00 CET (UTC+1)	Delaplace 74'	Report	Da Silva 23' Maouassa 48' Truffert 66' Bourigeaud 70' Terrier 76'	Stadium: Stade du Moustoir Attendance: 0 Referee: Eric Wattellier

23 December 2020 17	Nice	2–2	Lorient	Nice
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Lotomba 18', 90' Reine-Adélaïde 34', 90+2' Boudaoui 73' Bambu 81'	Report	Laporte 38' Monconduit 44' Lemoine 45+1' Moffi 49' Grbić 82' (pen.) Le Fée 90+2'	Stadium: Allianz Riviera Attendance: 0 Referee: Aurélien Petit

6 January 2021 18	Lorient	2–5	Monaco	Lorient
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Moffi 31' Laurienté 34' Delaplace 48' Gravillon 67'	Report	Sidibé 3' Martins 6' Disasi 9' Golovin 64' Diop 66', 78' Volland 68' Maripán 89'	Stadium: Stade du Moustoir Attendance: 0 Referee: Frank Schneider

9 January 2021 19	Bordeaux	2–1	Lorient	Bordeaux
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Oudin 13', 43' Hwang 41' Baysse 90'	Report	Moffi 23'	Stadium: Matmut Atlantique Attendance: 0 Referee: Willy Delajod

27 January 2021 20	Lorient	3–2	Dijon	Lorient
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Chalobah 30', 90+2' Moffi 58' Etienne 65' Racioppi 90+5' (o.g.)	Report	Baldé 10', 42' Konaté 26' Ecuele Manga 40' Ndong 73'	Stadium: Stade du Moustoir Attendance: 0 Referee: Bastien Dechepy
Note: The match originally scheduled for 17 January 2021, but postponed after more than ten Lorient players tested positive for COVID-19.^[5]

31 January 2021 22	Lorient	3–2	Paris Saint-Germain	Lorient
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Le Fée 12' Monconduit 28' Abergel 36', 90' Lemoine 72' Wissa 80' Moffi 90+1'	Report	Pereira 2' Neymar 45' (pen.), 58' (pen.) Paredes 75'	Stadium: Stade du Moustoir Attendance: 0 Referee: Jérémy Stinat

3 February 2021 23	Rennes	1–1	Lorient	Rennes
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Terrier 14' Soppy 79' Martin 90'	Report	Boisgard 83' Chalobah 87'	Stadium: Roazhon Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Hakim Ben El Hadj

6 February 2021 24	Lorient	1–0	Reims	Lorient
17:00 CET (UTC+1)	Abergel 53'	Report	Kutesa 27' Mbuku 74' De Smet 87' Chavalerin 90+5'	Stadium: Stade du Moustoir Attendance: 0 Referee: Thomas Léonard

14 February 2021 25	Monaco	2–2	Lorient	Monaco
13:00 CET (UTC+1)	Lecomte 6' Diop 39' Tchouaméni 45' Ben Yedder 48' (pen.), 90+3'	Report	Moffi 7' (pen.), 62' Mendes 35' Dreyer 88' Chalobah 90+1'	Stadium: Stade Louis II Attendance: 0 Referee: Benoît Millot

21 February 2021 26	Lorient	1–4	Lille	Lorient
17:00 CET (UTC+1)	Hergault 23' Lemoine 61' Monconduit 70'	Report	Gravillon 21' (o.g.) Fonte 38' Ikoné 59' Bradarić 90+1'	Stadium: Stade du Moustoir Attendance: 0 Referee: Johan Hamel

24 February 2021 21	Nîmes	1–0	Lorient	Nîmes
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Guessoum 65' Ripart 88' (pen.) Reynet 89'	Report	Moffi 39' Boisgard 61' Grbić 90+1' Laporte 90+3'	Stadium: Stade des Costières Attendance: 0 Referee: Mikael Lesage
Note: The match originally scheduled for 24 January 2021, but postponed after more than ten Lorient players tested positive for COVID-19.^[6]

28 February 2021 27	Lorient	2–1	Saint-Étienne	Lorient
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Chalobah 48' Laurienté 66', 86'	Report	Moukoudi 14' Debuchy 56' Moueffek 73' Gourna-Douath 84'	Stadium: Stade du Moustoir Attendance: 0 Referee: Stéphanie Frappart

3 March 2021 28	Montpellier	1–1	Lorient	Montpellier
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Mavididi 28' Ferri 60' Mendes 69'	Report	Grbić 9' (pen.) Lemoine 35' Chalobah 62' Gravillon 86'	Stadium: Stade de la Mosson Attendance: 0 Referee: Benoît Bastien

14 March 2021 29	Lorient	1–1	Nice	Lorient
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Boisgard 3' Wissa 66' Abergel 73'	Report	Kamara 42' Maolida 58' Schneiderlin 73'	Stadium: Stade du Moustoir Attendance: 0 Referee: Ruddy Buquet

21 March 2021 30	Nantes	1–1	Lorient	Nantes
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Kolo Muani 2'	Report	Laurienté 24', 87'	Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 0 Referee: Antony Gautier

4 April 2021 31	Lorient	1–0	Brest	Lorient
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Abergel 20', 45' Monconduit 78' Hamel 88'	Report	Mounié 52' Brassier 85' Belkebla 90+3'	Stadium: Stade du Moustoir Attendance: 0 Referee: Bastien Dechepy

11 April 2021 32	Lens	4–1	Lorient	Lens
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Kakuta 16' (pen.) Jean 39' Kalimuendo 55' Banza 88' (pen.)	Report	Moffi 29'	Stadium: Stade Bollaert-Delelis Attendance: 0 Referee: Eric Wattellier

17 April 2021 33	Marseille	3–2	Lorient	Marseille
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Balerdi 39' Payet 53' Lirola 56', 90+1'	Report	Moffi 19', 70'	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 0 Referee: Hakim Ben El Hadj

25 April 2021 34	Lorient	4–1	Bordeaux	Lorient
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Lemoine 7' Wissa 18' Moffi 20', 43', 80', 81'	Report	Baysse 13' Sabaly 75' Sissokho 83', 87'	Stadium: Stade du Moustoir Attendance: 0 Referee: Jérémie Pignard

2 May 2021 35	Lorient	2–0	Angers	Lorient
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Laporte 28' 50' Wissa 44' (pen.) Lemoine 47' Le Fée 65'	Report	Coulibaly 15' Manceau 43' Pereira Lage 46' Pavlović 90+2'	Stadium: Stade du Moustoir Attendance: 0 Referee: Willy Delajod

8 May 2021 36	Lyon	4–1	Lorient	Décines-Charpieu
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Bruno Guimarães 18', 71' (pen.), 77' Aouar 41', 53' Paquetá 65'	Report	Lemoine 69' Hamel 79' Monconduit 83'	Stadium: Parc Olympique Lyonnais Attendance: 0 Referee: Mikael Lesage

16 May 2021 37	Lorient	2–1	Metz	Lorient
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Wissa 31' (pen.) Hergault 74' Grbić 90+1'	Report	Kouyaté 23' Bronn 30' Ambrose 65' Traoré 72' Centonze 84'	Stadium: Stade du Moustoir Attendance: 0 Referee: Florent Batta

23 May 2021 38	Strasbourg	1–1	Lorient	Strasbourg
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Carole 10' Diallo 18'	Report	Laporte 53' Chalobah 55'	Stadium: Stade de la Meinau Attendance: 0 Referee: Stéphanie Frappart

Coupe de France

9 February 2021 Round of 64	Lorient	2–1	Paris FC	Lorient
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Hamel 59' Wissa 72' (pen.) Moffi 83'	Report	Name 13'	Stadium: Stade du Moustoir Attendance: 0 Referee: Eric Wattellier

6 March 2021 Round of 32	Le Puy Foot 43 Auvergne	1–0	Lorient	Le Puy-en-Velay
16:30 CET (UTC+1)	Joseph 61'	Report		Stadium: Stade Charles Massot Attendance: 0 Referee: Franck Schneider

Statistics

Goalscorers

As of 21 February 2021

Rank	No.	Pos	Name	Ligue 1	Coupe de France	Total
1	13	FW	Terem Moffi	8	1	9
2	19	FW	Yoane Wissa	6	1	7
3	29	FW	Pierre-Yves Hamel	4	0	4
4	27	FW	Adrian Grbić	3	0	3
5	6	MF	Laurent Abergel	2	0	2
	11	MF	Quentin Boisgard	2	0	2
	2	DF	Andreaw Gravillon	2	0	2
8	8	MF	Trevoh Chalobah	1	0	1
	14	DF	Jérôme Hergault	1	0	1
	23	MF	Thomas Monconduit	1	0	1
Own goal				1	0	1
Totals				31	2	33

References

^ "Grbic joins Lorient". www.ligue1.com. Ligue 1. 9 July 2020.
^ "Illan Meslier: Leeds United sign Lorient keeper after loan spell". BBC Sport. 23 July 2020. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
^ "League Table". Ligue1.com. Retrieved 12 August 2016.
^ "Ligue 1 Uber Eats : le calendrier de la saison 2020/2021". LFP (in French). 9 July 2020.
^ "Lorient-Dijon postponed". ligue1.com. Ligue de Football Professionnel. 15 January 2021. Retrieved 15 January 2021.
^ "Nîmes Olympique-FC Lorient postponed". ligue1.com. Ligue de Football Professionnel. 20 January 2021. Retrieved 24 January 2021.

External links

Official website

[1] "Grbic joins Lorient". www.ligue1.com. Ligue 1. 9 July 2020.

[2] "Illan Meslier: Leeds United sign Lorient keeper after loan spell". BBC Sport. 23 July 2020. Retrieved 23 July 2020.

[3] "League Table". Ligue1.com. Retrieved 12 August 2016.

[4] "Ligue 1 Uber Eats : le calendrier de la saison 2020/2021". LFP (in French). 9 July 2020.

[5] "Lorient-Dijon postponed". ligue1.com. Ligue de Football Professionnel. 15 January 2021. Retrieved 15 January 2021.

[6] "Nîmes Olympique-FC Lorient postponed". ligue1.com. Ligue de Football Professionnel. 20 January 2021. Retrieved 24 January 2021.

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