2019–20 Stade Malherbe Caen season

The 2019–20 Stade Malherbe Caen season was the 107th season of the French football club since its creation in 1913.^[1] Following relegation from Ligue 1 in 2018-19, this was the club's first season back in Ligue 2 after five consecutive seasons in the top flight.

Caen

2019–20 season
Chairman	Fabrice Clément
Manager	Pascal Dupraz
Stadium	Stade Michel d'Ornano
Ligue 2	13th
Coupe de France	Round of 32
Coupe de la Ligue	First round
Top goalscorer	League: Jessy Deminguet (6) All: Jessy Deminguet (6)
Home colours Away colours Third colours
← 2018–19 2020–21 →

Players

Current 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 Erwin Zelazny 2 DF  FRA Steeve Yago 3 DF  FRA Yoël Armougom 4 DF  SEN Elhadji Pape Diaw 5 MF  GUI Baïssama Sankoh 6 MF  CGO Prince Oniangué 7 FW  USA Nicholas Gioacchini 8 MF  FRA Jessy Deminguet 9 FW  FRA Benjamin Jeannot 10 FW  FRA Jordan Tell 11 FW  FRA Santy Ngom 12 MF  FRA Jad Mouaddib 13 FW  FRA Evens Joseph 14 FW  CIV Caleb Zady 15 MF  SVN Jan Repas 16 GK  FRA Thomas Callens

No. Pos. Nation Player 17 MF  FRA Anthony Gonçalves 18 DF  FRA Jonathan Rivierez (c) 19 FW  FRA Malik Tchokounté 20 MF  COD Durel Avounou 21 FW  FRA Brice Tutu 22 DF  SEN Adama Mbengue 23 FW  FRA Herman Moussaki 24 DF  FRA Hugo Vandermersch 25 MF  FRA Godson Kyeremeh 27 MF  FRA Azzeddine Toufiqui 28 DF  FRA Anthony Weber 29 DF  FRA Jessy Pi 30 GK  FRA Rémy Riou 32 FW  FRA Kélian Nsona 33 MF  FRA Alexis Beka Beka 34 MF  FIN Timo Stavitski

Competitions

Ligue 2

Main article: 2019–20 Ligue 2

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
11	Auxerre	28	8	10	10	31	30	+1	34
12	Nancy	28	6	16	6	27	26	+1	34
13	Caen	28	8	10	10	33	34	−1	34
14	Sochaux	28	8	10	10	28	30	−2	34
15	Châteauroux	28	9	7	12	22	38	−16	34

Source: Ligue 2
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Fair play points

Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss

Sochaux v Caen

26 July 2019 1	Sochaux	0–0	Caen	Sochaux
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Touré  84'	Report	Moussaki  35' Gonçalves  84' Gradit  90+3'	Stadium: Stade Auguste Bonal Attendance: 6,429 Referee: Frank Schneider

Caen v Lorient

5 August 2019 2	Caen	1–2	Lorient	Caen
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Pi  26' Gonçalves  26' Armougom  32' Gradit  64' Deminguet 90+1'	Report	Wissa 22' Hamel 33' Saunier  47' Le Goff  90'	Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano Attendance: 11,216 Referee: Sylvain Palhies

AC Ajaccio v Caen

9 August 2019 3	AC Ajaccio	1–2	Caen	Ajaccio
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Avinel  45+1' Courtet 61' Coutadeur  64' Tramoni  83'	Report	Deminguet 4' Diaw  27' Sankoh 45+2' (pen.) Pi  65'	Stadium: Stade François Coty Attendance: 3,117 Referee: Benoît Bastien

Caen v Chambly

16 August 2019 4	Caen	0–0	Chambly	Caen
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Rivierez  38' Tchokounté  90+4'	Report	Santelli  47' Beaulieu  53' El Hriti  87' Gonzalez  89'	Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano Attendance: 9,762 Referee: Arnaud Baert

Niort v Caen

23 August 2019 5	Niort	1–1	Caen	Niort
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Sissoko 53' (pen.)	Report	Sankoh 6' Vandermersch  52'	Stadium: Stade René Gaillard Attendance: 3,456 Referee: Olivier Thual

Caen v Le Havre

30 August 2019 6	Caen	0–3	Le Havre	Caen
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Thiaré  8' 58' Dina-Ebimbe 29' Meraş  36' Kadewere 90+3'	Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano Attendance: 14,578 Referee: Thierry Bouille

Troyes v Caen

13 September 2019 7	Troyes	2–1	Caen	Troyes
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Barthelmé  13' Pintor 35' Souaré  45' Chambost 90+2'	Report	Armougom  66' Sankoh 78'	Stadium: Stade de l'Aube Attendance: 5,465 Referee: Bartolomeu Varela

Caen v Lens

21 September 2019 8	Caen	0–2	Lens	Caen
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Yago  17' Weber  23' Sankoh  40' Pi  45+1'	Report	Rivierez 30' (o.g.) Radovanović  35' Banza 83'	Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano Attendance: 11,786 Referee: Johan Hamel

Grenoble v Caen

27 September 2019 9	Grenoble	1–0	Caen	Grenoble
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Djitté 18' Elogo  83'	Report	Zady  36' Gonçalves  60'	Stadium: Stade des Alpes Attendance: 5,742 Referee: Bastien Dechepy

Caen v Châteauroux

4 October 2019 10	Caen	1–1	Châteauroux	Caen
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Vandermersch  46' Oniangué 60'	Report	Grange 68'	Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano Attendance: 9,277 Referee: Éric Wattellier

Caen v Valenciennes

18 October 2019 11	Caen	0–0	Valenciennes	Caen
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Pi  41' Deminguet  65'	Report	Masson  35' Brassier  40' Ntim  67'	Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano Attendance: 8,945 Referee: Bartolomeu Varela

Paris FC v Caen

25 October 2019 12	Paris FC	2–4	Caen	Paris
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Armand 47' (pen.), 72' López  61' Yohou  63' Abdeldjelil  90+3'	Report	Rivierez  15' Gioacchini 29' Yago  57' Gonçalves 60' Pi 66' Sankoh 90+3' (pen.)	Stadium: Stade Charléty Attendance: 3,052 Referee: Mehdi Mokhtari

Caen v Orléans

1 November 2019 13	Caen	2–1	Orléans	Caen
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Cambon 33' (o.g.) Gonçalves  37' Pi  70' Yago  88'	Report	Thill  34' Cambon  43' Scheidler  63' Perrin 82'	Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano Attendance: 10,135 Referee: Sylvain Palhies

Auxerre v Caen

8 November 2019 14	Auxerre	1–1	Caen	Auxerre
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Sakhi  41' Touré  61' Dugimont 72' Coeff  73' Michel  74'	Report	Pi  35' Oniangué 47' Gonçalves  68'	Stadium: Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps Attendance: 4,567 Referee: Cédric Dos Santos

Caen v Le Mans

22 November 2019 15	Caen	3–3	Le Mans	Caen
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Oniangué  5' Deminguet 26', 38', 56'  81' Weber  52'	Report	Gope-Fenepej 18' Créhin 74' (pen.) Kanté 79' Fofana  82'	Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano Attendance: 10,664 Referee: Bastien Dechepy

Guingamp v Caen

29 November 2019 16	Guingamp	1–1	Caen	Guingamp
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Ngbakoto 35' Valdivia  38' Ngbakoto  80'	Report	Weber  44' Tchokounté 79'	Stadium: Stade de Roudourou Attendance: 9,224 Referee: Arnaud Baert

Caen v Nancy

2 December 2019 17	Caen	1–0	Nancy	Caen
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Gonçalves  28' Gioacchini  35' Yago  50' Gioacchini 60'	Report	Dembélé  41' El Kaoutari  64'	Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano Attendance: 8,798 Referee: Johan Hamel

Rodez v Caen

13 December 2019 18	Rodez	2–1	Caen	Rodez
	Bardy 48' Roche  63' Bardy 75'	Report	Vandermersch  24' Oniangué  45+1' Gonçalves  62' Mbengue 73' Jeannot  85'	Attendance: 2,793 Referee: Thierry Bouille

Caen v Clermont Foot

20 December 2019 19	Caen	0–0	Clermont Foot	Caen
	Jeannot  23' Yago  59'	Report	Cissokho  53' Ogier  58'	Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano Attendance: 9,529 Referee: Pierre Gaillouste

Lorient v Caen

13 January 2020 20	Lorient	2–1	Caen	Lorient
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Hamel 6' Wissa 69'	Report	Pi 16' (pen.)	Stadium: Stade du Moustoir Attendance: 7,110 Referee: Nicolas Rainville

Caen v AC Ajaccio

24 January 2020 21	Caen	0–1	AC Ajaccio	Caen
20:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Youssouf 90'	Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano Attendance: 10,880 Referee: Bartolomeu Varela

Chambly v Caen

31 January 2020 22	Chambly	0–1	Caen	Beauvais
20:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Zady 73'	Stadium: Stade Pierre Brisson Attendance: 2,333 Referee: Aurélien Petit

Caen v Niort

4 February 2020 23	Caen	4–3	Niort	Caen
21:05 CET (UTC+1)	Pi 49' (pen.) Deminguet 56' Jeannot 60', 79' (pen.)	Report	Vion 5' Jacob 50' Sissoko 72'	Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano Attendance: 8,316 Referee: Mehdi Mokhtari

Le Havre v Caen

7 February 2020 24	Le Havre	1–1	Caen	Le Havre
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Thiaré 33' (pen.)	Report	Oniangué 90'	Stadium: Stade Océane Attendance: 12,125 Referee: Bastien Dechepy

Caen v Troyes

14 February 2020 25	Caen	0–1	Troyes	Caen
20:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Pintor 90'	Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano Attendance: 9,239 Referee: Nicolas Rainville

Lens v Caen

22 February 2020 26	Lens	1–4	Caen	Lens
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Jean 11'	Report	Tchokounté 22' (pen.), 75' Oniangué 32' (pen.), 72'	Stadium: Stade Félix Bollaert Attendance: 27,711 Referee: Sylvain Palhies

Caen v Grenoble

28 February 2020 27	Caen	2–0	Grenoble	Caen
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Pi 17' (pen.) Maubleu 18' (o.g.)	Report		Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano Attendance: 9,845 Referee: Ruddy Buquet

Châteauroux v Caen

6 March 2020 28	Châteauroux	2–1	Caen	Châteauroux
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Grange 38' Diarra 90'	Report	Tchokounté 27'	Stadium: Stade Gaston Petit Attendance: 6,660 Referee: Aurélien Petit

Coupe de France

Main article: 2019–20 Coupe de France

Seventh round

ASI Mûrs-Erigné (7) v Caen (2)

16 November 2019	ASI Mûrs-Erigné (7)	0–6	Caen (2)	Angers[2]
18:00 CET		Report	Vandermersch 8' Gioacchini 11' Pi 18' (pen.) Rivierez 68' Armougom 83' Diaw 86'	Stadium: Stade Raymond Kopa Attendance: 4,065 Referee: Romain Lissourgue

Eighth round

C'Chartres Football (4) v Caen (2)

7 December 2019	C'Chartres Football (4)	0–1	Caen (2)	Chartres
14:15 CET		Report	Gonçalves 26'	Stadium: Stade Jacques-Couvret Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Philippe Lucas

Round of 64

FC Guichen (5) v Caen (2)

4 January 2020	FC Guichen (5)	1–2	Caen (2)	Rennes[3]
13:00 CET	Manounou 78'	Report	Gioacchini 10' Rivierez 26'	Stadium: Stade du Commandant Bougouin Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Jérémy Stinat

Round of 32

Montpellier (1) v Caen (2)

19 January 2020	Montpellier (1)	5–0	Caen (2)	Montpellier
17:15 CET	Savanier 24' (pen.) Laborde 37' Delort 40', 64' Mollet 59'	Report		Stadium: Stade de la Mosson Attendance: 4,697 Referee: Thomas Léonard

Coupe de la Ligue

Main article: 2019–20 Coupe de la Ligue

First round

Caen (2) v Nancy (2)

13 August 2019	Caen (2)	0–1	Nancy (2)	Caen
20:00 CEST		Report	Gueye 64'	Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano Attendance: 7,807 Referee: Nicolas Rainville

References

1. "Stade Malherbe Caen on Ligue1.com". LFP. Archived from the original on 15 July 2019. Retrieved 15 August 2019.
2. "Football - Coupe de France. Mûrs-Erigné accueillera Caen au stade Raymond-Kopa !" (in French). ouest-france.fr. 1 November 2019.
3. "Coupe de France : Guichen se délocalisera au Vélodrome de Rennes pour affronter Caen" (in French). francetvinfo.fr. 13 December 2019.