2020–21 Valenciennes FC season

The 2020–21 Valenciennes FC season was the club's 108th season in existence and the seventh consecutive season in the second flight of French football. In addition to the domestic league, Valenciennes participated in this season's edition of the Coupe de France. The season covered the period from 1 July 2020 to 30 June 2021.

Valenciennes FC

2020–21 season
Chairman	Eddy Zdziech
Manager	Olivier Guégan
Stadium	Stade du Hainaut
Ligue 2	11th
Coupe de France	Round of 32
Top goalscorer	League: Baptiste Guillaume (11) All: Baptiste Guillaume (14)
Home colours Away colours Third colours
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Players

First-team squad

As of 7 January 2021.^[1][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 Jérôme Prior 3 DF  MTN Aly Abeid 4 MF  BEN Sessi D'Almeida 5 DF  ALG Maxime Spano 6 MF  FRA Gaëtan Arib 7 FW  CIV Moussa Guel 8 MF  SUI Matteo Fedele 9 FW  FRA Gaëtan Robail (on loan from Lens) 10 MF  CMR Arsène Elogo 11 MF  ALG Malek Chergui 13 MF  FRA Julien Masson 14 DF  FRA Joffrey Cuffaut 15 DF  FRA Éric Vandenabeele 16 GK  CIV Hillel Konaté

No. Pos. Nation Player 17 MF  ALG Aymen Boutoutaou 18 FW  BEL Baptiste Guillaume 19 DF  SEN Elhadj Dabo 20 DF  FRA Ismaël Doukouré 21 MF  FRA Noah Diliberto 22 FW  TUR Metehan Güçlü (on loan from Rennes) 24 DF  FRA Allan Linguet 25 DF  GHA Emmanuel Ntim 26 FW  FRA Kévin Cabral 27 MF  FRA Mathis Picouleau 28 DF  FRA Laurent Dos Santos (captain) 29 FW  CIV Issouf Macalou 30 GK  FRA Nicolas Kocik

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 — DF  CMR Frédéric Bong (on loan at SC Lyon)

Pre-season and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss

Valenciennes v Excel Mouscron

24 July 2020 Friendly	Valenciennes	0–1	Excel Mouscron	Famars, France
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Stade Centre Formation VAFC N° 2 Attendance: 0

Villefranche v Valenciennes

29 July 2020 Friendly	Villefranche	0–4	Valenciennes	Villefranche-sur-Mer, France
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Güçlü Chevalier Cabral Cuffaut	Stadium: Stade Municipal Attendance: 0

Sporting Club Lyon v Valenciennes

1 August 2020 Friendly	Sporting Club Lyon	3–4	Valenciennes	Chasse-sur-Rhône, France
11:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Complexe Sportif de Moleyre

Amiens v Valenciennes

5 August 2020 Friendly	Amiens	1–2	Valenciennes	Amiens, France
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Papeau 14'	Report	Gendrey 17' (o.g.) Chevalier 19'	Stadium: Stade de la Licorne

Competitions

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
					Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Ligue 2	22 August 2020	15 May 2021	Matchday 1	11th	38	12	11	15	50	59	−9	031.58
Coupe de France	19 January 2021	6 March 2021	Eighth round	Round of 32	3	2	0	1	6	7	−1	066.67
Total					41	14	11	16	56	66	−10	034.15

Source: Soccerway

Ligue 2

Main article: 2020–21 Ligue 2

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
9	Guingamp	38	10	17	11	41	43	−2	47
10	Amiens	38	11	14	13	34	40	−6	47
11	Valenciennes	38	12	11	15	50	59	−9	47
12	Le Havre	38	11	14	13	38	48	−10	47
13	Ajaccio	38	11	13	14	34	43	−9	46

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

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	12	11	15	50	59	−9	47	7	6	6	24	23	+1	5	5	9	26	36	−10

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	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	W	L	W	L	W	L	D	D	L	W	D	D	D	W	D	L	W	L	W	W	D	W	D	L	L	D	L	W	L	D	L	W	L	L	D	W	L	L
Position	2	7	6	8	6	9	8	11	15	11	11	11	10	10	9	11	11	11	10	10	7	7	7	8	11	10	12	11	11	11	9	8	8	10	10	8	8	11

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

Matches

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

Valenciennes v Pau

22 August 2020 1	Valenciennes	3–0	Pau	Valenciennes
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Guillaume 4' Chevalier 13' (pen.) Cabral 57'	Report		Stadium: Stade du Hainaut Referee: Alexandre Perreau Niel

Paris FC v Valenciennes

29 August 2020 2	Paris FC	1–0	Valenciennes	Paris
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Laura 47'	Report		Stadium: Stade Sébastien Charléty Referee: Guillaume Paradis

Valenciennes v Châteauroux

12 September 2020 3	Valenciennes	1–0	Châteauroux	Valenciennes
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Chevalier 67'	Report		Stadium: Stade du Hainaut Referee: Sylvain Palhies

Dunkerque v Valenciennes

19 September 2020 4	Dunkerque	1–0	Valenciennes	Dunkirk
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Gomis 75'	Report		Stadium: Stade Marcel-Tribut Attendance: 1,394 Referee: Bartolomeu Varela

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

Grenoble v Valenciennes

3 October 2020 6	Grenoble	2–0	Valenciennes	Grenoble
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Diallo 30' Ravet 58' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Stade des Alpes Attendance: 0 Referee: Romain Lissorgue

Valenciennes v Sochaux

17 October 2020 7	Valenciennes	0–0	Sochaux	Valenciennes
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Stade du Hainaut Attendance: 0 Referee: Pierre Gaillouste

Troyes v Valenciennes

24 October 2020 8	Troyes	1–1	Valenciennes	Troyes
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Salmier  3' Touzghar 16'	Report	Chevalier 8' (pen.)	Stadium: Stade de l'Aube Attendance: 0 Referee: Abdelatif Kherradji

Valenciennes v Clermont

31 October 2020 9	Valenciennes	1–3	Clermont	Valenciennes
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Cabral 37'	Report	Bayo 20' (pen.), 67', 86'	Stadium: Stade du Hainaut Attendance: 0 Referee: Benjamin Lepaysant

Toulouse v Valenciennes

7 November 2020 10	Toulouse	4–5	Valenciennes	Toulouse
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Adli 14', 23' Dejaegere 58' Antiste 83'	Report	Cabral 26' Cuffaut 33', 63', 77', 86'	Stadium: Stadium de Toulouse Attendance: 0 Referee: Sylvain Palhies

Valenciennes v Rodez

21 November 2020 11	Valenciennes	1–1	Rodez	Valenciennes
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Guillaume 39'	Report	Douline 71'	Stadium: Stade du Hainaut Attendance: 0 Referee: Olivier Thual

Auxerre v Valenciennes

28 November 2020 12	Auxerre	1–1	Valenciennes	Auxerre
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Autret 45+1'	Report	Chevalier 12'	Stadium: Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps Attendance: 0 Referee: Rémi Landry

Valenciennes v Ajaccio

1 December 2020 13	Valenciennes	1–1	Ajaccio	Valenciennes
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Guillaume 58'	Report	Masson 24' (o.g.)	Stadium: Stade du Hainaut Attendance: 0 Referee: Mathieu Vernice

Chambly v Valenciennes

5 December 2020 14	Chambly	1–2	Valenciennes	Chambly
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Correa 35'	Report	Guillaume 66' Cabral 87'	Stadium: Stade Pierre Brisson Attendance: 0 Referee: Romain Delpech

Guingamp v Valenciennes

12 December 2020 15	Guingamp	1–1	Valenciennes	Guingamp
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Ngbakoto 66'	Report	Guillaume 55'	Stadium: Stade du Roudourou Attendance: 0 Referee: Romain Lissorgue

Valenciennes v Amiens

18 December 2020 16	Valenciennes	0–2	Amiens	Valenciennes
20:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Alphonse 81' Gomis 85'	Stadium: Stade du Hainaut Attendance: 0 Referee: Alexandre Perreau Niel

Niort v Valenciennes

22 December 2020 17	Niort	0–3	Valenciennes	Niort
20:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Stade René Gaillard Referee: Remi Landry
Note: Match awarded as a forfeit to Valenciennes due to numerous covid positives in the Niort organization.[citation needed]

Valenciennes v Nancy

5 January 2021 18	Valenciennes	2–3	Nancy	Valenciennes
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Guillaume 45' Cabral 52'	Report	Biron 59' Rocha Santos 77' Cissokho 90' (pen.)	Stadium: Stade du Hainaut Attendance: 0 Referee: Nicolas Rainville

Le Havre v Valenciennes

8 January 2021 19	Le Havre	0–2	Valenciennes	Le Havre
20:00CET (UTC+1)		Report	Picouleau 63' Guillaume 67'	Stadium: Stade Océane Attendance: 0 Referee: Pierre Gaillouste

Châteauroux v Valenciennes

23 January 2021 21	Châteauroux	3–3	Valenciennes	Châteauroux
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Ntim 9' (o.g.) Chouaref 57' Gonçalves 90'	Report	Cuffaut 47', 73' Ntim 83'	Stadium: Stade Gaston Petit Attendance: 0 Referee: Rémi Landry

Valenciennes v Paris FC

26 January 2021 20	Valenciennes	2–0	Paris FC	Valenciennes
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Cuffaut 59' Cabral 69'	Report		Stadium: Stade du Hainaut Attendance: 0 Referee: Arnaud Baert

Valenciennes v Dunkerque

30 January 2021 22	Valenciennes	1–0	Dunkerque	Valenciennes
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Cabral 28'	Report		Stadium: Stade du Hainaut Attendance: 0 Referee: Mathieu Vernice

Caen v Valenciennes

2 February 2021 23	Caen	1–1	Valenciennes	Caen
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Bammou 52' (pen.)	Report	Guel 5'	Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano Attendance: 0 Referee: Gaël Angoula

Valenciennes v Grenoble

5 February 2021 24	Valenciennes	0–1	Grenoble	Valenciennes
20:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Ntim 75' (o.g.)	Stadium: Stade du Hainaut Attendance: 0 Referee: Sylvain Palhies

Sochaux v Valenciennes

15 February 2021 25	Sochaux	2–0	Valenciennes	Montbéliard
18:45 CET (UTC+1)	Weissbeck 14' Niane 76'	Report		Stadium: Stade Auguste Bonal Attendance: 0 Referee: Bartolomeu Varela

Valenciennes v Troyes

20 February 2021 26	Valenciennes	2–2	Troyes	Valenciennes
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Guillaume 13' Vandenabeele 90+1'	Report	Touzghar 64' (pen.) Gory 71'	Stadium: Stade du Hainaut Attendance: 0 Referee: Romain Lissorgue

Clermont v Valenciennes

27 February 2021 27	Clermont	4–0	Valenciennes	Clermont-Ferrand
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Bayo 30' Dossou 31', 55' Allevinah 59'	Report		Stadium: Stade Gabriel Montpied Attendance: 0 Referee: Alexandre Perreau Niel

Valenciennes v Toulouse

2 March 2021 28	Valenciennes	1–0	Toulouse	Valenciennes
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Guillaume 19'	Report		Stadium: Stade du Hainaut Attendance: 0 Referee: Abdelatif Kherradji

Rodez v Valenciennes

13 March 2021 (2021-03-13) 29	Rodez	3–0	Valenciennes	Rodez
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Douline  61' David 66', 73' (pen.) Bonnet 69'	Report	D'Almeida  18' Robail  46' Pellenard  77' Cuffaut  83'	Stadium: Stade Paul-Lignon Referee: Mathieu Vernice

Valenciennes v Auxerre

20 March 2021 30	Valenciennes	2–2	Auxerre	Valenciennes
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Cuffaut 45+1' (pen.) Masson  62' Kankava  83' Guillaume 86' Doukouré  90+3'	Report	Lloris 22' Le Bihan 32' Touré  81'	Stadium: Stade du Hainaut Referee: Pierre Gaillouste

Ajaccio v Valenciennes

3 April 2021 31	Ajaccio	3–0	Valenciennes	Ajaccio
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Courtet 40' Barreto 47' Moussiti-Oko  53', 63' Huard  82'	Report	Abeid  17'  85' D'Almeida  68'  73' Dabo  73'	Stadium: Stade François Coty Referee: Alexandre Perreau Niel

Valenciennes v Chambly

10 April 2021 (2021-04-10) 32	Valenciennes	2–1	Chambly	Valenciennes
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Linguet 10' Elogo 54' Kankava  71'	Report	Delos 6' Callegari  31' Soubervie  51' Eickmayer  59' Derrien  61' Guezoui  89'  89'	Stadium: Stade du Hainaut Referee: Thomas Léonard

Valenciennes v Guingamp

17 April 2021 33	Valenciennes	0–1	Guingamp	Valenciennes
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Picouleau  39'	Report	Phiri  4' Rodelin 48' Mellot  74' Niakaté  80' Pierrot  85'	Stadium: Stade du Hainaut Referee: Gaël Angoula

Amiens v Valenciennes

20 April 2021 34	Amiens	3–1	Valenciennes	Amiens
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Lusamba  45+1', 64' (pen.) Odey  80', 90+4' Alphonse 90+2'	Report	Abeid  19' Guillaume  62' Doukouré  76' Cuffaut 90+1' (pen.)	Stadium: Stade de la Licorne Referee: Benjamin Lepaysant

Valenciennes v Niort

24 April 2021 35	Valenciennes	1–1	Niort	Valenciennes
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Vandenabeele  40' Ntim 64' Guillaume  79' Kankava  90'	Report	Ba 42' Matufueni  68' Jacob 71'	Stadium: Stade du Hainaut Referee: Abdelatif Kherradji

Nancy v Valenciennes

1 May 2021 (2021-05-01) 36	Nancy	1–3	Valenciennes	Tomblaine
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Bassi 31'	Report	Boutoutaou 1', 60' Ntim  29' Kankava  70' Chergui 79'	Stadium: Stade Marcel Picot Referee: Romain Delpech

Valenciennes v Le Havre

8 May 2021 (2021-05-08) 37	Valenciennes	3–5	Le Havre	Valenciennes
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Vandenabeele  5' Boutoutaou 31' Doukouré  44' Cuffaut 53' (pen.) Ntim  66' Macalou 89'	Report	Basque 6', 65' Thiaré 10' Boutaïb 42' M. Fofana 73'	Stadium: Stade du Hainaut Referee: Mathieu Vernice

Pau v Valenciennes

15 May 2021 38	Pau	4–3	Valenciennes	Pau
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Itaitinga 3' Lobry 12' George 16',  72' Assifuah 50' Armand  59' Kouassi  71'	Report	Pellenard  30' Vandenabeele 56',  63' Dos Santos 62' Chergui  72' Haouari 84'	Stadium: Stade du Hameau Referee: Remi Landry

Coupe de France

Main article: 2020–21 Coupe de France

Valenciennes v Chambly

19 January 2021 Eighth round	Valenciennes	2–0	Chambly	Valenciennes
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Cabral 8' Guillaume 17' (pen.) Konaté  63' Linguet  67'	Report	Camelo  15' Beaulieu  70'	Stadium: Stade du Hainaut Attendance: 0 Referee: Mehdi Mokhtari

Reims v Valenciennes

9 February 2021 Round of 64	Reims	3–4	Valenciennes	Reims
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Sierhuis 30' Maresic  39' Dia 84', 90'	Report	Guillaume 22', 56' Cabral 63', 81' D'Almeida  73'	Stadium: Stade Auguste Delaune Attendance: 0 Referee: Jérémie Pignard

Valenciennes v Metz

6 March 2021 Round of 32	Valenciennes	0–4	Metz	Valenciennes
16:30 CET (UTC+1)	Guillaume 5' Cuffaut  55'	Report	Centonze 7' (pen.) Ambrose 34' (pen.) Maziz  50' Vagner 61' Sarr 89'	Stadium: Stade du Hainaut Attendance: 0 Referee: Stéphanie Frappart

Statistics

Goalscorers

As of 22 August 2020

Rank	No.	Pos	Nat	Name	Ligue 2	Coupe de France	Total
1	9	FW		Teddy Chevalier	1	0	1
	18	FW		Baptiste Guillaume	1	0	1
	26	FW		Kévin Cabral	1	0	1
Totals					3	0	3

References

1. "Effectif – Saison 2017/2018" (in French). Valenciennes FC. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
2. "Valenciennes FC". Scoresway.com. Archived from the original on 25 May 2011. Retrieved 27 February 2018.
3. "Ligue 2 BKT : le calendrier de la saison 2020/2021". LFP (in French). 9 July 2020.

External links

• Official website