2020–21 Stade Malherbe Caen season

The 2020–21 Stade Malherbe Caen season was the 108th season and current season of the club since its creation in 1913.^[1] Caen participated in Ligue 2, the second division of French football, for the second year in a row after relegation from Ligue 1 in 2019, and also competed in the Coupe de France.

Caen

2020–21 season
Chairman	Olivier Pickeu
Manager	Pascal Dupraz Fabrice Vandeputte
Stadium	Stade Michel d'Ornano
Ligue 2	17th
Coupe de France	Round of 64
Top goalscorer	League: Yacine Bammou (6) All: Yacine Bammou (6)
Home colours Away colours
← 2019–20 2021–22 →

Transfers

In

Out

First-team squad

As of 6 October 2020.^[2]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  FRA Garissone Innocent (on loan from Paris SG) 2 MF  FRA Loup Hervieu 3 DF  FRA Yoël Armougom 4 DF  FRA Jason Ngouabi 5 DF  RUS Vladislav Molchan 6 MF  CGO Prince Oniangué 7 FW  USA Nicholas Gioacchini 8 MF  FRA Jessy Deminguet 9 FW  FRA Benjamin Jeannot 10 FW  MAR Yacine Bammou 11 FW  SEN Santy Ngom 12 MF  FRA Johann Lepenant 13 FW  FRA Yoann Court 14 FW  CIV Caleb Zady 15 MF  FRA Aliou Traoré (on loan from Manchester Utd) 17 MF  FRA Anthony Gonçalves 18 DF  FRA Jonathan Rivierez (captain)

No. Pos. Nation Player 19 FW  GNB Alexandre Mendy 20 DF  BFA Steeve Yago 21 FW  FRA Kélian Nsona 22 DF  SEN Adama Mbengue 24 DF  FRA Hugo Vandermersch 25 MF  FRA Godson Kyeremeh 26 DF  FRA Alexis Beka Beka 27 MF  FRA Azzeddine Toufiqui 28 DF  FRA Anthony Weber 29 MF  FRA Jessy Pi 30 GK  FRA Rémy Riou 32 DF  CMR Aloys Fouda 35 DF  FRA Pathy Malumandsoko 39 FW  FRA Ayoub Jebbari 40 GK  FRA Sullivan Péan — FW  FRA Steve Shamal

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player — GK  FRA Marvin Golitin (on loan at Bobigny) — DF  COM Younn Zahary (on loan at Pau) — FW  FRA Evens Joseph (on loan at Boulogne)

No. Pos. Nation Player — FW  CGO Herman Moussaki (on loan at Boulogne) — FW  FIN Timo Stavitski (on loan at MVV) — FW  FRA Brice Tutu (on loan at Beauvais)

Pre-season and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

Competitions

Ligue 2

Main article: 2020–21 Ligue 2

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or Relegation
15	Rodez	38	8	19	11	38	44	−6	43
16	Dunkerque	38	10	11	17	34	47	−13	41
17	Caen	38	9	14	15	34	49	−15	41
18	Niort (O)	38	9	14	15	34	58	−24	41	Qualification for the relegation play-offs
19	Chambly (R)	38	9	11	18	41	64	−23	38	Relegation to Championnat National

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
(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
30	8	11	11	29	38	−9	35	5	6	4	13	16	−3	3	5	7	16	22	−6

Last updated: 25 March 2021.
Source: Ligue 2

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	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	D	W	W	D	L	W	L	W	L	W	W	D	L	D	D	W	L	D	D	L	L	L	D	D	W	D	L	L	L	D	D	L	L	D	L	D	L	W
Position	11	6	2	4	8	4	7	4	9	4	4	4	6	7	8	7	7	8	8	9	10	10	11	11	10	9	9	12	14	14	15	15	16	17	17	18	18	17

Source: Ligue 2
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 9 July 2020.^[3]

Clermont v Caen

22 August 2020 1	Clermont	0–0	Caen	Clermont-Ferrand
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Stade Gabriel Montpied Attendance: 0 Referee: Olivier Thual

Caen v Ajaccio

29 August 2020 2	Caen	1–0	Ajaccio	Caen
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Bammou 18' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano Attendance: 0 Referee: Remi Landry

Rodez v Caen

12 September 2020 3	Rodez	0–3	Caen	Rodez
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Gioacchini 3' Bammou 67' Deminguet 89'	Stadium: Stade Paul-Lignon Attendance: 0 Referee: Pierre Gaillouste

Caen v Chambly

19 September 2020 4	Caen	0–0	Chambly	Caen
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano Attendance: 5,593 Referee: Romain Lissorgue

Valenciennes v Caen

26 September 2020 5	Valenciennes	1–0	Caen	Valenciennes
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Ntim 10'	Report		Stadium: Stade du Hainaut Attendance: 4,180 Referee: Florent Batta

Caen v Amiens

3 October 2020 6	Caen	1–0	Amiens	Caen
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Gioacchini 42'	Report		Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano Referee: Jérémy Stinat

Niort v Caen

17 October 2020 7	Niort	3–0	Caen	Niort
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Bâ 16' Bourhane 68' Jacob 80'	Report		Stadium: Stade René Gaillard Referee: Romain Delpech

Caen v Guingamp

24 October 2020 8	Caen	1–0	Guingamp	Caen
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Deminguet 90'	Report		Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano Referee: Thomas Léonard

Paris FC v Caen

31 October 2020 9	Paris FC	3–1	Caen	Paris
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Kanté 43' López 50' (pen.) Caddy 70' (pen.)	Report	Bammou 12' (pen.)	Stadium: Stade Charléty Referee: Nicolas Rainville

Caen v Nancy

7 November 2020 10	Caen	2–1	Nancy	Caen
19:00 (CET) (UTC+1)	Coulibaly 30' (o.g.) Gioacchini 90'	Report	Rocha Santos 27'	Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano Referee: Ruddy Buquet

Le Havre v Caen

21 November 2020 11	Le Havre	1–2	Caen	Le Havre
15:00 (CET) (UTC+1)	Abdelli 45'	Report	Court 76' Bammou 85' (pen.)	Stadium: Stade Océane Referee: Stéphanie Frappart

Caen v Châteauroux

28 November 2020 12	Caen	1–1	Châteauroux	Caen
19:00 (CET) (UTC+1)	Bammou 74' (pen.)	Report	Nouri 66'	Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano Referee: Romain Lissorgue

Pau v Caen

2 December 2020 13	Pau	1–0	Caen	Pau
19:00 (CET) (UTC+1)	Armand 14'	Report		Stadium: Stade du Hameau Referee: Guillaume Paradis

Caen v Grenoble

5 December 2020 14	Caen	1–1	Grenoble	Caen
19:00 (CET) (UTC+1)	Court 76' (pen.)	Report	Ravet 11'	Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano Referee: Alexandre Perreau Niel

Caen v Troyes

12 December 2020 15	Caen	0–0	Troyes	Caen
15:30 (CET) (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano Referee: Bartolomeu Varela

Dunkerque v Caen

18 December 2020 16	Dunkerque	2–3	Caen	Dunkirk
20:00 (CET) (UTC+1)	Kebbal 16' Bosca 89'	Report	Court 17' Gioacchini 45' Nsona 74'	Stadium: Stade Marcel-Tribut Referee: Romain Lissorgue

Caen v Sochaux

22 December 2020 17	Caen	1–4	Sochaux	Caen
20:00 (CET) (UTC+1)	Beka Beka 7'	Report	Soumaré 6' Niane 36' Lasme 37', 45' (pen.)	Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano Referee: Frank Schneider

Auxerre v Caen

5 January 2021 18	Auxerre	1–1	Caen	Auxerre
20:00 (CET) (UTC+1)	Dugimont 53'	Report	Jeannot 81'	Stadium: Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps Referee: Rémi Landry

Caen v Toulouse

11 January 2021 19	Caen	2–2	Toulouse	Caen
20:45 (CET) (UTC+1)	Nsona 10' Mendy 18'	Report	Diakité 45' Ngoumou 79'	Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano Referee: Bastien Dechepy

AC Ajaccio v Caen

16 January 2021 20	AC Ajaccio	1–0	Caen	Ajaccio
19:00 (CET) (UTC+1)	Moussiti-Oko 6'	Report		Stadium: Stade François Coty Referee: Romain Delpech

Caen v Rodez

23 January 2021 (2021-01-23) 21	Caen	1–2	Rodez	Caen
19:00 (CET) (UTC+1)	Mendy 27' (pen.) Deminguet  71' Rivierez  89'	Report	Bardy 3', 18' Leborgne  26' Célestine  32'	Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano Referee: Arnaud Baert

Chambly v Caen

30 January 2021 22	Chambly	4–2	Caen	Chambly
19:00 (CET) (UTC+1)	Eickmayer 25' Badu 27' Soubervie  39'  85' Doucouré  52', 67' Guezoui 60' (pen.)	Report	Zady 2' Gioacchini  32' Deminguet 90+2'	Stadium: Stade des Marais Referee: Bartolomeu Varela Teles

Caen v Valenciennes

2 February 2021 (2021-02-02) 23	Caen	1–1	Valenciennes	Caen
20:00 (CET) (UTC+1)	Deminguet  31' Bammou 52' (pen.)	Report	Guel 5' Pellenard  34' Spano  51' Ntim  65' Doukouré  86'	Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano Referee: Gaël Angoula

Amiens v Caen

5 February 2021 (2021-02-05) 24	Amiens	0–0	Caen	Amiens
20:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Rivierez  43' Mbengue  61' Beka Beka  69'	Stadium: Stade de la Licorne Referee: Pierre Gaillouste

Caen v Niort

13 February 2021 (2021-02-13) 25	Caen	1–0	Niort	Caen
19:00 (CET) (UTC+1)	Vandermersch  50' Court  58' Weber 74'	Report	Yongwa  46' Lebeau  81'	Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano Referee: Remi Landry

Guingamp v Caen

22 February 2021 26	Guingamp	2–2	Caen	Guingamp
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Niakaté  47', 71' Pierrot 66' Ntep  75'	Report	Oniangué 26' Gioacchini  50' Mendy 55'	Stadium: Stade de Roudourou Referee: Mehdi Mokhtari

Caen v Paris FC

27 February 2021 (2021-02-27) 27	Caen	0–2	Paris FC	Caen
19:00 (CET) (UTC+1)	Gioacchini  30' Vandermersch  71'	Report	Laura 37' Hanin  42' Bamba 86'	Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano Referee: Abdelatif Kherradji

Nancy v Caen

2 March 2021 (2021-03-02) 28	Nancy	1–0	Caen	Tomblaine
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Scheidler 7' Biron  65'	Report	Vandermersch  14' Gonçalves  57' Armougom  81'	Stadium: Stade Marcel Picot Referee: Bartolomeu Varela Teles

Caen v Le Havre

15 March 2021 29	Caen	0–2	Le Havre	Caen
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Rivierez  26' Weber  33'	Report	Alioui 5' Bonnet 70' Wahib  77' Mahmoud  90+2'	Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano Referee: Romain Lissorgue

Châteauroux v Caen

20 March 2021 30	Châteauroux	2–2	Caen	Châteauroux
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Tormin 9' Grange 13' (pen.) Fofana  33' M'Boné  38' Chouaref  48' Mulumba  67'	Report	Jeannot 4', 28' Gioacchini  34' Beka Beka  58' Gonçalves  79' Mendy  86' Lepenant  90'	Stadium: Stade Gaston Petit Referee: Sylvain Palhies

Caen v Pau

3 April 2021 31	Caen	1–1	Pau	Caen
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Mendy 38'	Report	Lobry  42' Riou 56' (o.g.) Batisse  76'	Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano Referee: Gaël Angoula

Grenoble v Caen

10 April 2021 (2021-04-10) 32	Grenoble	3–1	Caen	Grenoble
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Pickel 49' Ravet 74' Straalman 81'	Report	Rivierez  61' Hountondji 70' Deminguet  87'	Stadium: Stade des Alpes Referee: Romain Delpech

Troyes v Caen

17 April 2021 (2021-04-17) 33	Troyes	1–0	Caen	Troyes
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Mutombo  24' Dingomé 32' Azamoum  69'	Report	Weber  33'	Stadium: Stade de l'Aube Referee: Pierre Gaillouste

Caen v Dunkerque

20 April 2021 34	Caen	1–1	Dunkerque	Caen
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Deminguet 20',  66' Court  46' Yago  60' Riou  88'	Report	Bosca  63' Dudouit 88' (pen.)	Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano Referee: Olivier Thual

Sochaux v Caen

24 April 2021 35	Sochaux	1–0	Caen	Montbéliard
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Soumaré  19' Bedia 63' (pen.) Mbakata  76'	Report	Deminguet  9' Oniangué  34' Rivierez  79'	Stadium: Stade Auguste Bonal Referee: Nicolas Rainville

Caen v Auxerre

1 May 2021 36	Caen	0–0	Auxerre	Caen
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Fouda  27' Deminguet  54' Traoré  86'	Report	Dugimont  57' Camara  75' Bellugou  85'	Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano Referee: Bartolomeu Varela

Toulouse v Caen

8 May 2021 (2021-05-08) 37	Toulouse	3–0	Caen	Toulouse
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Dejaegere 30' Bayo 67' Ngoumou 81'	Report	Court 47' Weber  57' Yago  66'  66' Mbala  82'	Stadium: Stadium de Toulouse Referee: Florent Batta

Caen v Clermont

15 May 2021 38	Caen	2–1	Clermont	Caen
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Hervieu  38' Oniangué 82' Jeannot 90+2' (pen.),  90+4'	Report	Bayo 89'	Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano Referee: Bastien Dechepy

Coupe de France

Main article: 2020–21 Coupe de France

Guingamp v Caen

20 January 2021 Eighth round	Guingamp	1–3	Caen	Guingamp
18:45 CET (UTC+1)	M'Changama 90+3'	Report	Deminguet 45' Gioacchini 47' Mendy 75'	Stadium: Stade de Roudourou

Caen v Paris Saint-Germain

10 February 2021 Round of 64	Caen	0–1	Paris Saint-Germain	Caen
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Yago  40' Beka Beka  55'	Report	Sarabia  31' Kean 49' Paredes  60'	Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano Attendance: 0 Referee: Jérôme Miguelgorry

References

1. "Stade Malherbe Caen on Ligue2.fr". LFP. Retrieved 15 August 2019.
2. "Effectif "Première" Saison 2020 / 2021". Stade Malherbe Caen (in French). Retrieved 2024-01-31.
3. "Ligue 2 BKT : le calendrier de la saison 2020/2021" (in French). LFP. 9 July 2020.