2020–21 Nîmes Olympique season

Nîmes Olympique
2020–21 season
President	Rani Assaf
Head coach	Jérôme Arpinon; (until 5 February); Pascal Plancque; (from 5 February)
Stadium	Stade des Costières
Ligue 1	19th (relegated)
Coupe de France	Round of 64
Top goalscorer	League: ; Renaud Ripart (11); All: ; Renaud Ripart (11)
Biggest win	Nîmes 4–0 Brest
Biggest defeat	Strasbourg 5–0 Nîmes
	← 2019–20 2021–22 →

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

24 July 2020 Friendly	Strasbourg	1–0	Nîmes	Évian-les-Bains, France
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Mothiba 88' (pen.)			Stadium: Stade Camille-Fournier

31 July 2020 Friendly	Grenoble	2–0	Nîmes	Saint-Marcellin, France
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Ondaan 65' Diallo 90'			Stadium: Stade La Saulaie

4 August 2020 Friendly	Rodez	1–1	Nîmes	Nîmes, France
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Bonnet 66'		Philippoteaux 49'	Stadium: Sports Complex La Bastide

9 August 2020 Friendly	Nîmes	0–1	Marseille	Nîmes, France
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)			Ćaleta-Car 31' Kamara 69'	Stadium: Stade des Costières Referee: Stéphanie Frappart

15 August 2020 Friendly	Dijon	Cancelled	Nîmes	Dijon, France
14:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stade Gaston Gérard

4 September 2020 Friendly	Marseille	2–2	Nîmes	Marseille, France
11:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Lopez 5' Rongier 8'		Koné 15' Benrahou 48'	Stadium: Centre d'entraînement Robert Louis-Dreyfus

Competitions

Overview

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	19th	38	9	8	21	40	71	−31	023.68
Coupe de France	10 February 2021		Round of 64	Round of 64	1	0	0	1	1	3	−2	000.00
Total					39	9	8	22	41	74	−33	023.08

Source: Soccerway

Ligue 1

League table

Pos	Team v t e	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

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

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	9	8	21	40	71	−31	35	3	5	11	22	39	−17	6	3	10	18	32	−14

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

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

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 9 July 2020.^[2]

23 August 2020 1	Nîmes	4–0	Brest	Nîmes
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Denkey 8' Meling 31' Deaux 37' Benrahou 42' Philippoteaux 69' Koné 84'	Report	Faussurier 35' Duverne 50' Pierre-Gabriel 65' Chardonnet 77'	Stadium: Stade des Costières Referee: Jérémie Pignard

30 August 2020 2	Nantes	2–1	Nîmes	Nantes
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Fábio 9' 87' Girotto 11' Louza 27' (pen.), 47' Lafont 90+3'	Report	Denkey 3' Landre 35' Ferhat 57'	Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Referee: Hakim Ben El Hadj

13 September 2020 3	Nîmes	2–4	Rennes	Nîmes
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Cubas 36' Denkey 50' Ferhat 55' Ripart 72'	Report	Guirassy 12', 39' Maouassa 27' Camavinga 60' Nzonzi 60' Aguerd 72' Bourigeaud 79', 90+7' Da Silva 85' Salin 90+5'	Stadium: Stade des Costières Referee: Mikaël Lesage

18 September 2020 4	Lyon	0–0	Nîmes	Décines-Charpieu
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Cornet 34' Dubois 52' Jean Lucas 90+4'	Report	Cubas 48' Fomba 68'	Stadium: Parc Olympique Lyonnais Referee: Amaury Delerue

27 September 2020 5	Nîmes	1–1	Lens	Nîmes
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Ferhat 87'	Report	Gradit 2' Ganago 34' Medina 50' Perez 90+5'	Stadium: Stade des Costières Referee: Frank Schneider

4 October 2020 6	Montpellier	0–1	Nîmes	Montpellier
13:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Souquet 43' Savanier 90'	Report	Briançon 34' Ripart 84'	Stadium: Stade de la Mosson Referee: Benoît Millot

16 October 2020 7	Nîmes	0–4	Paris Saint-Germain	Nîmes
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Deaux 6' Landre 12'	Report	Rafinha 18' Gueye 20' Mbappé 32', 83' Florenzi 78' Sarabia 88'	Stadium: Stade des Costières Referee: Clément Turpin

25 October 2020 8	Bordeaux	2–0	Nîmes	Bordeaux
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Otávio 36' Maja 42' Briand 69', 79' (pen.) Oudin 81'	Report	Briançon 46' Miguel 77' Reynet 80'	Stadium: Matmut Atlantique Referee: Bastien Dechepy

1 November 2020 9	Nîmes	0–1	Metz	Nîmes
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Roux 40' Fomba 45+3' Martinez 65'	Report	Gueye 15', 57' Udol 44' Centonze 90+3'	Stadium: Stade des Costières Attendance: 0 Referee: Amaury Delerue

8 November 2020 10	Nîmes	1–5	Angers	Nîmes
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Benrahou 39' Deaux 55' Koné 90+1'	Report	Pereira Lage 1', 14' Mangani 17' Bahoken 23', 56' Amadou 54' Coulibaly 78' Diony 82' (pen.) Cabot 90+3' Manceau 90+4'	Stadium: Stade des Costières Attendance: 0 Referee: Frank Schneider

22 November 2020 11	Reims	0–1	Nîmes	Reims
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Sierhuis 19' Munetsi 47' Berisha 82'	Report	Ripart 34', 62' (pen.)	Stadium: Stade Auguste-Delaune Attendance: 0 Referee: Jérémy Stinat

29 November 2020 12	Monaco	3–0	Nîmes	Monaco
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Diop 19' Martins 75' Volland 77' Fofana 83'	Report	Denkey 4' Deaux 69'	Stadium: Stade Louis II Attendance: 0 Referee: Antony Gautier

4 December 2020 13	Nîmes	0–2	Marseille	Nîmes
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Landre 44' Cubas 74' 77'	Report	Amavi 1' Cuisance 21' Ćaleta-Car 40' Álvaro 44' Benedetto 57' Germain 84'	Stadium: Stade des Costières Attendance: 0 Referee: Willy Delajod

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	Nîmes	0–2	Nice	Nîmes
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Roux 60'	Report	Schneiderlin 28' 57' Ndoye 85' Claude-Maurice 90+3'	Stadium: Stade des Costières Attendance: 0 Referee: Ruddy Buquet

20 December 2020 16	Saint-Étienne	2–2	Nîmes	Saint-Étienne
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Moukoudi 8' Hamouma 26' Boudebouz 36' Nordin 63' Neyou 82'	Report	Ahlinvi 14' Eliasson 30' Reynet 35' Ripart 56' (pen.) Sarr 67'	Stadium: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard Attendance: 0 Referee: Mikael Lesage

23 December 2020 17	Nîmes	1–3	Dijon	Nîmes
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Ahlinvi 31' Alakouch 43' Ferhat 43' Miguel 76'	Report	Baldé 14', 77' Konaté 75', 90+3' Celina 90+2'	Stadium: Stade des Costières Attendance: 0 Referee: Jérémie Pignard

6 January 2021 18	Strasbourg	5–0	Nîmes	Strasbourg
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Aholou 8' Ajorque 36', 51', 58' Diallo 38' Lala 45+1' (pen.) Waris 90' (pen.)	Report	Deaux 57' Fomba 89'	Stadium: Stade de la Meinau Attendance: 0 Referee: Benoît Millot

9 January 2021 19	Nîmes	0–1	Lille	Nîmes
21:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Bradarić 19' Yılmaz 29' Soumaré 34' Xeka 90+1'	Stadium: Stade des Costières Attendance: 0 Referee: Jérôme Brisard

16 January 2021 20	Marseille	1–2	Nîmes	Marseille
17:00 CET (UTC+1)	Thauvin 35' Rongier 61' Ćaleta-Car 68' Benedetto 85'	Report	Cubas 20' Eliasson 55', 58' Briançon 90'	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 0 Referee: Jérémy Stinat

31 January 2021 22	Angers	3–1	Nîmes	Angers
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Capelle 20' Coulibaly 35', 43' Diony 55'	Report	Fomba 18' Alakouch 27' Cubas 34' Ripart 41' (pen.)	Stadium: Stade Raymond Kopa Attendance: 0 Referee: Ruddy Buquet

3 February 2021 23	Paris Saint-Germain	3–0	Nîmes	Paris
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Di María 18' Sarabia 36' Mbappé 68'	Report	Meling 21'	Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 0 Referee: François Letexier

7 February 2021 24	Nîmes	3–4	Monaco	Nîmes
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Deaux 23' Ferhat 32' Meling 37' Eliasson 81'	Report	Golovin 3', 12', 62' Ballo-Touré 4' Badiashile 58' Volland 77'	Stadium: Stade des Costières Attendance: 0 Referee: Clément Turpin

14 February 2021 25	Dijon	0–2	Nîmes	Dijon
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Chouiar 49' Lautoa 61' Sammaritano 79', 90' Ndong 90+4'	Report	Ferhat 42' Ripart 76' Eliasson 87'	Stadium: Stade Gaston Gérard Attendance: 0 Referee: Aurélien Petit

21 February 2021 26	Nîmes	2–0	Bordeaux	Nîmes
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Meling 14' Ripart 71'	Report	Kalu 49' Adli 53' Benito 68' Zerkane 87'	Stadium: Stade des Costières Attendance: 0 Referee: Willy Delajod

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.^[3]

28 February 2021 27	Nîmes	1–1	Nantes	Nîmes
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Miguel 5' 90+1' Koné 76'	Report	Blas 27' Appiah 58'	Stadium: Stade des Costières Attendance: 0 Referee: Florent Batta

3 March 2021 28	Nice	2–1	Nîmes	Nice
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Gouiri 4' Atal 54' Claude-Maurice 75' Schneiderlin 79' Lotomba 90+3'	Report	Landre 50' Meling 55' Fomba 60' Guessoum 90+1'	Stadium: Allianz Riviera Attendance: 0 Referee: Hakim Ben El Hadj

14 March 2021 29	Nîmes	1–1	Montpellier	Nîmes
13:00 CET (UTC+1)	Alakouch 47' Koné 63' Fomba 67'	Report	Delort 79'	Stadium: Stade des Costières Attendance: 0 Referee: Eric Wattellier

21 March 2021 30	Lille	1–2	Nîmes	Villeneuve-d'Ascq
17:05 CET (UTC+1)	Xeka 20' Bamba 53' Soumaré 80'	Report	Koné 12' Ripart 45'	Stadium: Stade Pierre-Mauroy Attendance: 0 Referee: Frank Schneider

4 April 2021 31	Nîmes	0–2	Saint-Étienne	Nîmes
17:05 CEST (UTC+2)	Alakouch 11' Ripart 37', 87' Cubas 43' Duljević 89' Briançon 89'	Report	Khazri 23', 45+1' Bouanga 66', 76'	Stadium: Stade des Costières Attendance: 0 Referee: Thomas Léonard

11 April 2021 32	Brest	1–1	Nîmes	Brest
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Chardonnet 26' Mounié 46' Perraud 47' Magnetti 50' Jean Lucas 86'	Report	Koné 11' Fomba 22'	Stadium: Stade Francis-Le Blé Attendance: 0 Referee: Willy Delajod

18 April 2021 33	Nîmes	1–1	Strasbourg	Nîmes
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Ripart 55' (pen.)	Report	Aholou 29' Guilbert 47' Thomasson 61' Liénard 82', 82'	Stadium: Stade des Costières Attendance: 0 Referee: Antony Gautier

25 April 2021 34	Lens	2–1	Nîmes	Lens
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Ganago 17' Sylla 24' Badé 34' Haïdara 76'	Report	Ferhat 52' (pen.) Koné 81' Miguel 90+1'	Stadium: Stade Bollaert-Delelis Attendance: 0 Referee: Aurélien Petit

2 May 2021 35	Nîmes	2–2	Reims	Nîmes
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Paquiez 45' Ripart 47' Koné 71', 72'	Report	Zeneli 21' Mbuku 30' De Smet 56' Flips 80'	Stadium: Stade des Costières Attendance: 0 Referee: Benoît Millot

9 May 2021 36	Metz	0–3	Nîmes	Metz
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Maïga 1'	Report	Fomba 61', 70' Ripart 67' (pen.) Meling 69' Ferhat 89'	Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien Attendance: 0 Referee: François Letexier

16 May 2021 37	Nîmes	2–5	Lyon	Nîmes
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Koné 5', 62'	Report	Paquetá 8', 24' Depay 20' Aouar 55' Slimani 87'	Stadium: Stade des Costières Attendance: 0 Referee: Ruddy Buquet

23 May 2021 38	Rennes	2–0	Nîmes	Rennes
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Guirassy 24' Bourigeaud 51' Ugochukwu 89'	Report		Stadium: Roazhon Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Willy Delajod

Coupe de France

10 February 2021 Round of 64	Nîmes	1–3	Nice	Nîmes
17:00 CET (UTC+1)	Duljević 36'	Report	Lopes 13', 29' Lees-Melou 82'	Stadium: Stade des Costières Attendance: 0 Referee: Amaury Delerue

Statistics

Goalscorers

As of 4 December 2020

Rank	No.	Pos	Name	Ligue 1	Total
1	10	MF	Zinedine Ferhat	3	3
2	20	FW	Renaud Ripart	2	2
2	28	FW	Moussa Koné	2	2
4	3	DF	Birger Meling	1	1
	7	MF	Romain Philippoteaux	1	1
	18	MF	Andrés Cubas	1	1
	27	FW	Kévin Denkey	1	1
Totals				11	11

References

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

External links

Official website

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

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

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

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