2020–21 FC Sochaux-Montbéliard season

The 2020–21 FC Sochaux-Montbéliard season was the club's 93rd season in existence and its seventh consecutive season in the second division of French football. In addition to the domestic league, Sochaux participated in this season's edition of the Coupe de France. The season covered the period from 1 July 2020 to 30 June 2021.

Sochaux
2020–21 season
ChairmenSamuel Laurent
Frankie Yau
ManagerOmar Daf
StadiumStade Auguste Bonal
Ligue 27th
Coupe de FranceRound of 32
Top goalscorerLeague:
Chris Bedia
Bryan Lasme
(9 each)
All:
Chris Bedia (12 goals)

Players

First-team squad
As of 4 February 2020.[1]

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  ALG Mehdi Jeannin
2 DF  FRA Pape Paye
3 DF  FRA Nicolas Senzemba
4 DF  CMR Adolphe Teikeu
5 DF  FRA Maxence Lacroix
6 MF  SEN Ousseynou Thioune
7 FW  FRA Sofiane Diop (on loan from Monaco)
8 MF  ALG Sofiane Daham
9 FW  GUF Sloan Privat
10 FW  FRA Fabien Ourega
12 FW  ENG Tope Obadeyi
13 DF  FRA Christopher Rocchia (on loan from Marseille)
14 FW  CIV Thomas Touré (on loan from Angers)
15 FW  FRA Bryan Lasme
16 GK  FRA Maxence Prévot
No. Pos. Nation Player
17 FW  SEN Amadou Dia N'Diaye (on loan from Metz)
18 DF  SEN Christophe Diedhiou
19 DF  FRA Romain Sans
20 MF  FRA Younès Kaabouni
21 MF  FRA Melvin Sitti (on loan from Norwich City)
22 DF  COD Salem Mbakata
23 DF  FRA Boris Moltenis
25 MF  FRA Rassoul Ndiaye
27 FW  SEN Abdoulaye Sané
28 MF  FRA Gaëtan Weissbeck
29 FW  FRA Jérémy Livolant (on loan from Guingamp)
31 FW  FRA Victor Glaentzlin
40 GK  FRA Aubin Long
— DF  FRA Nathan Zohore

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 Rayan Senhadji (on loan at Béziers)
— MF  FRA Martin François (on loan at Villefranche)
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF  FRA Isaak Umbdenstock (on loan at Belfort)

Reserve squad
As of 2 August 2019[2]

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 Cheick Diarra
— GK  FRA Quentin Galvez
— GK  FRA Koca Agro
— DF  FRA Loic Cianti
— DF  FRA Jalen Segor
— DF  FRA Rodrigue N'Donda
— DF  FRA Marwan Trabelsi
— DF  CGO Aristode Youlou
— DF  FRA Koly Soumare
— DF  FRA Hugo Voirol
— DF  FRA Madibiramou Traore]
— DF  FRA Jesah Mabepa-Ayessa
— MF  FRA Malcolm Viltard
— MF  FRA Noor Arabat
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF  CMR Heidi Ngueumbeu
— MF  FRA Emmanuel Francois
— MF  FRA Darren-Kinsley Guere
— MF  FRA Coli Saco
— MF  FRA Toni Lesueur
— MF  FRA Melvin Sitti
— FW  ANG Wiltord Antonio
— FW  FRA Mehdi Bariki
— FW  FRA Cameron Djassougue
— FW  FRA Walid Jarmouni
— FW  FRA Natanael Ntoula
— FW  FRA Skelly Alvero
— FW  CIV Niava Behiratche
— FW  FRA Jessim Pelissard

Pre-season and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss

17 July 2020 Friendly Sochaux 3–0 CS Chênois Delle, France
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)
  • Ourega 41'
  • Ambri 67'
  • Virginius 69'
 Report Stadium: Stade des Fromentaux
Attendance: 500
Referee: Philippe Mercier
24 July 2020 Friendly Sochaux 2–1 Sporting Club Lyon Dole, France
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Robert Bobin Stadium
Attendance: 400
Referee: Antoine Valnet
28 July 2020 Friendly Belfort 2–4 Sochaux Belfort, France
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stade Roger-Serzian
Attendance: 1,200
Referee: Antoine Valnet
1 August 2020 Friendly Sochaux 0–0 Dijon Besançon, France
16:00 CEST (UTC+2) Report Stadium: Stade Léo Lagrange
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Antoine Valnet
5 August 2020 Friendly Paris Saint-Germain 1–0 Sochaux Paris, France
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report Stadium: Parc de Princes
Attendance: 0
Referee: Bastien Dechepy
Note: Match was played in two 40-minutes halves.
8 August 2020 Friendly Sochaux 4–0 ASC Saint-Apollinaire Montbéliard, France
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report Stadium: Stade Auguste Bonal
Attendance: 0
Referee: William Toulliou

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 23 May 2021 Matchday 1 7th 38 12 15 11 45 37 +8 031.58
Coupe de France 20 January 2021 6 March 2021 Eighth round Round of 32 3 2 0 1 4 5 −1 066.67
Total 41 14 15 12 49 42 +7 034.15

Source: Soccerway

Ligue 2
Main article: 2020–21 Ligue 2

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or Relegation
5 Paris FC 38 17 13 8 53 37 +16 64 Qualification to promotion play-offs
6 Auxerre 38 16 14 8 64 43 +21 62
7 Sochaux 38 12 15 11 45 37 +8 51
8 Nancy 38 11 14 13 53 53 0 47
9 Guingamp 38 10 17 11 41 43 −2 47
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
OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
38 12 15 11 45 37  +8 51 6 7 6 24 22  +2 6 8 5 21 15  +6

Source: Ligue 2

Results by round
Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
GroundAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAH
ResultWWDDDWDLDLLWDDDDWWDLLDLWWWDWDWLDDLWLLL
Position32345
Source: Ligue 2
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

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

22 August 2020 1 Auxerre 0–2 Sochaux Auxerre
19:00 CEST (UTC+2) Report
Stadium: Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps
Referee: Mehdi Mokhtari
29 August 2020 2 Sochaux 2–1 Troyes Montbéliard
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stade Auguste Bonal
Referee: Mikael Lesage
14 September 2020 3 Toulouse 0–0 Sochaux Toulouse
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stadium de Toulouse
Referee: Johan Hamel
19 September 2020 4 Sochaux 2–2 Rodez Montbéliard
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stade Auguste Bonal
Attendance: 4,970
Referee: Jérôme Brisard
26 September 2020 5 Ajaccio 1–1 Sochaux Ajaccio
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stade François Coty
Attendance: 2,279
Referee: Benoît Millot
3 October 2020 6 Sochaux 3–2 Chambly Montbéliard
19:00 CEST (UTC+2) Weissbeck 24', 48'
Lopy  50'
Ambri  70'
Niane 89'		 Report Correa 8'
Flochon  34'
Šušnjara  47'
Beaulieu  84'
Danger 88'		 Stadium: Stade Auguste Bonal
Referee: Arnaud Baert
17 October 2020 7 Valenciennes 0–0 Sochaux Valenciennes
19:00 CEST (UTC+2) Masson  5'
Ntim  40'
Spano  82'
Elogo  90+1'		 Report Pogba  19'
Weissbeck  45+2'
Niane  71'
Ourega  90+5'		 Stadium: Stade du Hainaut
Referee: Pierre Gaillouste
26 October 2020 8 Sochaux 0–2 Amiens Montbéliard
19:00 CEST (UTC+2) Ourega  43'
Pogba  45'
Thioune  45'
Soumaré  45+1'
Ndour  78'  90'		 Report Mendoza 14'
Sy  19'
Papeau  85'
Ciss 90+2' (pen.)
Timite 90+3'		 Stadium: Stade Auguste Bonal
Referee: Jérémy Stinat
31 October 2020 9 Guingamp 0–0 Sochaux Guingamp
19:00 CET (UTC+1) Mellot  38' Report Bedia  64' Stadium: Stade de Roudourou
Referee: Sylvain Palhies
7 November 2020 10 Sochaux 3–4 Niort Montbéliard
19:00 CET (UTC+1) Lasme 32' (pen.)
Diedhiou  62'
Weissbeck 79', 84'		 Report Boutobba 9'
Louiserre 29', 68'
Vallier  45+1'
Bâ 66'
Mendes  89'		 Stadium: Stade Auguste Bonal
Referee: Romain Lissorgue
21 November 2020 11 Châteauroux 2–1 Sochaux Châteauroux
19:00 CET (UTC+1) Fofana  24'
Opéri  75'
Sunu 90+1'
Gonçalves 90+3'		 Report Lasme 18'
Lopy  49'		 Stadium: Stade Gaston Petit
Referee: Bartolomeu Varela
28 November 2020 12 Sochaux 4–0 Le Havre Montbéliard
19:00 CET (UTC+1) Bedia 9', 15'
Lasme 21' (pen.)
Weissbeck 65'
Virginius  84'		 Report Stadium: Stade Auguste Bonal
Referee: Mehdi Mokhtari
1 December 2020 13 Paris FC 0–0 Sochaux Paris
19:00 CET (UTC+1) Name  67' Report Lasme  34' Stadium: Stade Sébastien Charléty
Referee: Abdelatif Kherradji
5 December 2020 14 Sochaux 1–1 Nancy Montbéliard
19:00 CET (UTC+1) Virginius 51'
Diedhiou  59'		 Report Karamoko  75'
Rocha Santos 57'
Fischer  81'		 Stadium: Stade Auguste Bonal
Referee: Arnaud Baert
15 December 2020 15 Pau 0–0 Sochaux Pau
20:00 CET (UTC+1) Kouassi  32' Report Bedia  52' Stadium: Stade du Hameau
Referee: Sylvain Palhies
18 December 2020 16 Sochaux 1–1 Grenoble Montbéliard
20:00 CET (UTC+1) Ourega  12'
Thioune  14'
Bedia  32'
Lasme 40'
Pogba  45+3'
Ambri  74'		 Report Djitté 17'  61'
Mombris  27'
Tapoko  38'		 Stadium: Stade Auguste Bonal
Referee: Benjamin Lepaysant
22 December 2020 17 Caen 1–4 Sochaux Caen
20:00 (CET) (UTC+1) Beka Beka 7',  18'
Oniangué  24'
Weber  43'
Deminguet  53'		 Report Soumaré 6'
Weissbeck  16'
Niane 36'
Lasme 37', 45' (pen.)		 Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano
Referee: Frank Schneider
5 January 2021 18 Sochaux 1–0 Dunkerque Montbéliard
20:00 CET (UTC+1) Lasme  25'
Lopy  58'
Weissbeck 63'		 Report Thiam  41'
Kerrouche  45+3'
Dudouit  84'		 Stadium: Stade Auguste Bonal
Referee: Mathieu Vernice
8 January 2021 19 Sochaux 0–0 Clermont Montbéliard
20:00 CET (UTC+1) Paye  44' Report Magnin  41'
Seidu  71'		 Stadium: Stade Auguste Bonal
Referee: Romain Delpech
16 January 2021 20 Troyes 2–1 Sochaux Troyes
15:00 CET (UTC+1) Tardieu 13', 68' (pen.)
El Hajjam  36'
Chambost  90'		 Report Ambri  12'
Thioune  32'
Soumaré 60'
Lopy  67'		 Stadium: Stade de l'Aube
Referee: Rémi Landry
22 January 2021 (2021-01-22) 21 Sochaux 0–1 Toulouse Montbéliard
20:45 CET (UTC+1) Lasme  39'
M'Bakata  55'
Ambri  90+1'		 Report Diakité 54'
van den Boomen  75'
Koné  90+4'		 Stadium: Stade Auguste Bonal
Referee: Mehdi Mokhtari
30 January 2021 (2021-01-30) 22 Rodez 1–1 Sochaux Rodez
19:00 CET (UTC+1) Douline 89' Report Lasme  40'
Ourega  72'
Bedia 76'
Ambri  88'		 Stadium: Stade Paul-Lignon
Referee: Sylvain Palhies
2 February 2021 (2021-02-02) 23 Sochaux 0–2 Ajaccio Montbéliard
20:00 CET (UTC+1) Diedhiou  44'
Niane 68'		 Report Courtet 45+1' (pen.)
Barreto 46'
Sainati  84'		 Stadium: Stade Auguste Bonal
Referee: Jérôme Miguelgorry
5 February 2021 (2021-02-05) 24 Chambly 1–4 Sochaux Chambly
20:00 CET (UTC+1) El Hriti  11'
Lopy 35' (o.g.)
Guezoui  57'		 Report Ndour  42'
Lasme 47'
Kaabouni  51'
Virginius 54', 60'
Bedia 89'		 Stadium: Stade Pierre Brisson
Referee: Mathieu Vernice
15 February 2021 25 Sochaux 2–0 Valenciennes Montbéliard
19:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stade Auguste Bonal
Referee: Bartolomeu Varela
20 February 2021 26 Amiens 0–1 Sochaux Amiens
19:00 CET (UTC+1) Coly  24'
Bianchini  86'		 Report Weissbeck  43'
Ourega  56'
Bedia 65'		 Stadium: Stade de la Licorne
Referee: Abdelatif Kherradji
27 February 2021 27 Sochaux 0–0 Guingamp Montbéliard
19:00 CET (UTC+1) Report Niakaté  22'
Romao  51'		 Stadium: Stade Auguste Bonal
Referee: Arnaud Baert
2 March 2021 (2021-03-02) 28 Niort 1–3 Sochaux Niort
20:00 CET (UTC+1) Mendes 31'
Yongwa  57'
Jacob  74'
Michel  83'		 Report Ambri 12',  54'
Niane 29'
Weissbeck  73', 84' (pen.)		 Stadium: Stade René Gaillard
Referee: Pierre Gaillouste
13 March 2021 (2021-03-13) 29 Sochaux 0–0 Châteauroux Montbéliard
20:00 CET (UTC+1) Thioune  61' Report Mulumba  21'
Sunu  31'
Sidibé  48'		 Stadium: Stade Auguste Bonal
Referee: Nicolas Rainville
20 March 2021 30 Le Havre 0–2 Sochaux Le Havre
20:00 CET (UTC+1) Meraş  43'
Mayembo  90+3'		 Report Ourega 37'
Bedia 77',  90'
Kaabouni  84'
Virginius  90+4'		 Stadium: Stade Océane
Referee: Rémi Landry
3 April 2021 (2021-04-03) 31 Sochaux 1–2 Paris FC Montbéliard
20:00 CET (UTC+1) Paye  11'
Weissbeck  32'
Martial  67'
Ndour  83'
Bedia 90+3'		 Report Laura 6'
Kanté  42'  58'
Abdi 70'		 Stadium: Stade Auguste Bonal
Referee: Romain Delpech
10 April 2021 (2021-04-10) 32 Nancy 0–0 Sochaux Tomblaine
20:00 CEST (UTC+2) Ciss  43' Report Martial  45+1' Stadium: Stade Marcel Picot
Attendance: 0
Referee: Mehdi Mokhtari
17 April 2021 (2021-04-17) 33 Sochaux 1–1 Pau Montbéliard
20:00 CEST (UTC+2) Ambri 12'
Sans  84'
Thioune  87'		 Report Batisse 56' Stadium: Stade Auguste Bonal
Referee: Abdelatif Kherradji
20 April 2021 (2021-04-20) 34 Grenoble 2–0 Sochaux Grenoble
20:00 CET (UTC+1) Bénet 13' (pen.), 78' (pen.)
Djitté  38'
Tapoko  65'
H. Demba  82'		 Report Ambri  61'
Ourega  78'		 Stadium: Stade des Alpes
Referee: Bartolomeu Varela
24 April 2021 (2021-04-24) 35 Sochaux 1–0 Caen Montbéliard
20:00 CEST (UTC+2) Weissbeck 7'
Soumaré  19'
Bedia 64' (pen.)
Mbakata  76'		 Report Deminguet  9'
Oniangué  34'
Rivierez  79'		 Stadium: Stade Auguste Bonal
Referee: Nicolas Rainville
1 May 2021 (2021-05-01) 36 Dunkerque 1–0 Sochaux Dunkerque
20:00 CET (UTC+1) Dudouit  10'
Bosca 84'		 Report Bedia 18'
Weissbeck  37'
Ndour  68'
Thioune  90+2'		 Stadium: Stade Marcel-Tribut
Referee: Alexandre Perreau Niel
8 May 2021 (2021-05-08) 37 Clermont 3–1 Sochaux Clermont-Ferrand
20:00 CEST (UTC+2) Bayo 8'
Dossou 34'
Allevinah 50'		 Report Soumaré 28' (pen.)
Thioune  36'
Ambri  80'		 Stadium: Stade Gabriel Montpied
Referee: Romain Delpech
15 May 2021 (2021-05-15) 38 Sochaux 2–3 Auxerre Montbéliard
20:00 CEST (UTC+2) Lasme 43', 53' Report Hein 48'
Dugimont 61', 64'		 Stadium: Stade Auguste Bonal
Referee: Bartolomeu Varela

Coupe de France
Main article: 2020–21 Coupe de France
20 January 2021 Eighth round Nancy 0–1 Sochaux Nancy
18:30 CET (UTC+1) Report
Stadium: Stade Marcel Picot
Attendance: 0
Referee: Benjamin Lepaysant
11 February 2021 Round of 64 Sochaux 1–0 Saint-Étienne Montbéliard
18:45 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stade Auguste Bonal
Attendance: 0
Referee: Jérémy Stinat
6 March 2021 Round of 32 Lyon 5–2 Sochaux Décines-Charpieu
18:45 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Parc Olympique Lyonnais
Attendance: 0
Referee: Eric Wattellier

Statistics

Goalscorers
As of 22 August 2020
Rank No. Pos Nat Name Ligue 2 Coupe de France Total
1 18 DF Christophe Diedhiou 1 0 1
9 FW Yann Kitala 1 0 1
Totals 2 0 2

References
  1. "L'équipe première du FCSM". Retrieved 19 February 2019.
  2. "Groupe Élite" (in French). FC Sochaux-Montbéliard. Retrieved 2 August 2019.
  3. "Ligue 2 BKT : le calendrier de la saison 2020/2021". LFP (in French). 9 July 2020.
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