2020–21 Chamois Niortais F.C. season

Niort
2020–21 season
Chairman	Karim Fradin
Manager	Sébastien Desabre
Stadium	Stade René Gaillard
Ligue 2	18th
Coupe de France	Eighth round
Top goalscorer	League: ; Pape Ibnou Bâ (14); All: ; Pape Ibnou Bâ (14)
	← 2019–20 2021–22 →

The 2020–21 Chamois Niortais F.C. season was the club's 96th season in existence and its seventh consecutive season in the second flight of French football. In addition to the domestic league, Niort 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

As of 14 October 2020.^[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	Mathieu Michel
3	DF	CMR	Darlin Yongwa
5	DF	CMR	Guy Kilama
6	MF	FRA	Dylan Louiserre (captain)
7	MF	BEN	David Djigla
8	MF	FRA	Olivier Kemen
9	FW	MLI	Ibrahim Sissoko
10	MF	FRA	Valentin Jacob
11	FW	SEN	Pape Ibnou Bâ
12	FW	GNB	Joseph Mendes
15	DF	GUI	Ibrahima Conté
16	GK	FRA	Yanis Maronne
17	MF	GAB	Louis Ameka
18	FW	FRA	Goduine Koyalipou
19	DF	FRA	Brahima Doukansy
20	FW	FRA	Antoine Baroan


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
21	DF	FRA	Lenny Vallier
22	MF	FRA	Quentin Bena
23	MF	FRA	Tom Lebeau
24	MF	COM	Yacine Bourhane
25	MF	FRA	Bilal Boutobba
26	MF	FRA	Brahim Konaté
27	DF	FRA	Bryan Passi
28	DF	BFA	Issouf Paro
29	DF	FRA	Joris Moutachy
30	GK	FRA	Quentin Braat
34	MF	MTQ	Samuel Renel
36	DF	FRA	Gabin Delguel
37	MF	FRA	Yassine Benhattab
38	DF	FRA	Bradley Matufueni
40	GK	SGP	Emyl Leclercq

Pre-season and friendlies

Win Draw Loss

22 July 2020 Friendly	Châteauroux	Cancelled	Niort	Châteauroux, France
14:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stade Gaston Petit

25 July 2020 Friendly	Niort	0–1	Stade Laval	Niort, France
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Robinet 45'	Stadium: Stade René Gaillard

29 July 2020 Friendly	Stade Briochin	2–1	Niort	Ploufragan, France
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Mbock 60' Blondel 88'	Report	Lebeau 64'	Stadium: Centre Technique Régional Henri Guérin

8 August 2020 Friendly	Pau	0–0	Niort	Saint-Médard-en-Jalles, France
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Stade Robert Monseau

11 August 2020 Friendly	Niort	0–0	Cholet	Niort, France
11:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Stade René Gaillard

15 August 2020 Friendly	Toulouse	1–2	Niort	Villenave-d'Ornon, France
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Antiste 60'	Report	Bâ 8' Koyalipou 27'	Stadium: Stade Alain-Roche

5 September 2020 Friendly	Lorient	3–1	Niort	Sarzeau, France
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Monconduit 27' Wissa 37' Marveaux 43'		Koyalipou 54'

13 November 2020 Friendly	Angers	3–3	Niort	Angers, France
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Diony 19' Alioui 69' Cho 78'	Report	Kemen 1' Baroan 57' Boutobba 83'	Stadium: Stade Raymond Kopa Attendance: 0

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 2	22 August 2020	15 May 2021	Matchday 1	18th	38	9	14	15	34	58	−24	023.68
Ligue 2 relegation play-offs	19 May 2021	22 May 2021	First leg	Winners	2	1	0	1	3	3	+0	050.00
Coupe de France	20 January 2021		Eighth round	Eighth round	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1	000.00
Total					41	10	14	17	37	62	−25	024.39

Source: Soccerway

Ligue 2

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or Relegation
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
20	Châteauroux (R)	38	4	11	23	32	58	−26	23	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
38	9	14	15	34	58	−24	41	6	6	7	17	25	−8	3	8	8	17	33	−16

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	H	A	H	A	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
Result	W	D	W	W	D	L	W	L	D	W	L	L	W	L	W	L	L	D	L	D	D	D	D	D	L	W	D	L	L	W	D	L	L	L	D	D	D	L
Position	7	4	1	1	1	5	2	4	7	3	7	10	7	8	7	8	9	9	11	12	11	11	12	12	13	12	8	13	15	12	13	14	14	15	15	17	16	18

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	Guingamp	0–1	Niort	Guingamp
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Bâ 39'	Stadium: Stade de Roudourou Referee: Bastien Dechepy

29 August 2020 2	Niort	1–1	Chambly	Niort
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Baroan 84'	Report	Jaques 42' (pen.)	Stadium: Stade René Gaillard Referee: Bartolomeu Varela

12 September 2020 3	Niort	1–0	Nancy	Niort
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Bâ 55'	Report		Stadium: Stade René Gaillard Referee: Alexandre Perreau Niel

19 September 2020 4	Le Havre	0–1	Niort	Le Havre
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Kemen 90'	Stadium: Stade Océane Attendance: 4,377 Referee: Remi Landry

26 September 2020 5	Niort	2–2	Paris FC	Niort
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Kemen 36', 54'	Report	Martin 58' (pen.) Kanté 88'	Stadium: Stade René Gaillard Attendance: 2,419 Referee: Benjamin Lepaysant

3 October 2020 6	Châteauroux	2–0	Niort	Châteauroux
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Tormin 37' Grange 49' Sanganté 77' Mulumba 87' Cissé 90+2'	Report	Louiserre 86'	Stadium: Stade Gaston Petit Referee: Mehdi Mokhtari

17 October 2020 7	Niort	3–0	Caen	Niort
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Bâ 16' Moutachy 56' Bourhane 68' Bena 68' Jacob 80'	Report		Stadium: Stade René Gaillard Referee: Romain Delpech

24 October 2020 (2020-10-24) 8	Pau	4–1	Niort	Pau
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Lobry 36' Assifuah 38' Sabaly 45', 80' Batisse 59' Beusnard 75' Armand 90+1' Scaramozzino 90+6	Report	Doukansy 13' Paro 20' Michel 90+5'	Stadium: Stade du Hameau Referee: Aurélien Petit

31 October 2020 (2020-10-31) 9	Niort	P–P	Grenoble	Niort
19:00 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Stade René Gaillard
Note: Match postponed due to multiple covid positives among the Grenoble squad.^{[citation needed]}

7 November 2020 (2020-11-07) 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 (2020-11-21) 11	Niort	1–2	Dunkerque	Niort
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Bâ 45+6', 88' Boutobba 72'	Report	Diarra 1' Kebbal 14' Kerrouche 73'	Stadium: Stade René Gaillard Referee: Bastien Dechepy

28 November 2020 (2020-11-28) 12	Toulouse	2–1	Niort	Toulouse
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	van den Boomen 9' Bayo 78' Healey 79'	Report	Bâ 7' Kemen 90+4'	Stadium: Stadium de Toulouse Referee: Gaël Angoula

1 December 2020 (2020-12-01) 13	Niort	1–0	Clermont	Niort
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Vallier 15' Bâ 22' Moutachy 73' Kemen 78'	Report	Tell 42' Gastien 62' Desmas 78'	Stadium: Stade René Gaillard Referee: Nicolas Rainville

5 December 2020 (2020-12-05) 14	Auxerre	6–0	Niort	Auxerre
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Le Bihan 4', 50', 81' Arcus 27' Autret 34' Hein 65' Sakhi 76'	Report	Moutachy 38'	Stadium: Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps Referee: Romain Lissorgue

12 December 2020 (2020-12-12) 15	Niort	2–0	Ajaccio	Niort
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Bâ 50' Sainati 77' (o.g.)	Report		Stadium: Stade René Gaillard Referee: Pierre Gaillouste

15 December 2020 (2020-12-15) 9	Niort	0–0	Grenoble	Niort
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Kilama 11' Louiserre 87'	Report		Stadium: Stade René Gaillard Referee: Mehdi Mokhtari

18 December 2020 (2020-12-18) 16	Troyes	1–0	Niort	Troyes
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Suk Hyun-jun 52', 67'	Report	Mendes 35' Conté 45' Benhattab 89'	Stadium: Stade de l'Aube Referee: Aurélien Petit

22 December 2020 (2020-12-22) 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]}

5 January 2021 (2021-01-05) 18	Rodez	1–1	Niort	Rodez
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Ouhafsa 15' Célestine 69' Henry 75' David 87' (pen.)	Report	Sanaia 47' (o.g.) Yongwa 74' 86' Djigla 83'	Stadium: Stade Paul-Lignon Referee: Olivier Thual

8 January 2021 (2021-01-08) 19	Niort	0–2	Amiens	Niort
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Paro 71'	Report	Opoku 18' Assogba 45+2' Lusamba 38' Akolo 24', 40' Traoré 90+1'	Stadium: Stade René Gaillard Referee: Arnaud Baert

23 January 2021 (2021-01-23) 21	Nancy	2–2	Niort	Tomblaine
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Conté 28' (o.g.) Biron 82' Scheidler 90+2'	Report	Doukansy 6' 45+1' Bâ 12', 62' Kemen 46' Bourhane 84' Yongwa 88'	Stadium: Stade Marcel Picot Referee: Gaël Angoula

27 January 2021 (2021-01-27) 20	Chambly	1–1	Niort	Beauvais
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Correa 41' Derrien 89'	Report	Conté 15' Passi 29' Yongwa 67' Bourhane 88'	Stadium: Stade Pierre Brisson Referee: Sylvain Palhies
Note: The match originally scheduled for 16 January 2021, was postponed due to heavy snowfall.^[4]

30 January 2021 (2021-01-30) 22	Niort	0–0	Le Havre	Niort
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Passi 26' Kemen 38'	Report	W. Coulibaly 23' Gorgelin 35'	Stadium: Stade René Gaillard Referee: Benjamin Lepaysant

2 February 2021 (2021-02-02) 23	Paris FC	3–3	Niort	Paris
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Abdi 1', 33' Martin 9', 54' Gakpa 45+3' Laura 88'	Report	Jacob 20', 50' Doukansy 34' Boutobba 38' Kilama 42' 80' Bâ 55'	Stadium: Stade Sébastien Charléty Referee: Mehdi Mokhtari

5 February 2021 (2021-02-05) 24	Niort	1–1	Châteauroux	Niort
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Conté 59' Boutobba 68'	Report	Ibara 14', 25' Keny 49' Mulumba 56'	Stadium: Stade René Gaillard Referee: Guillaume Paradis

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

20 February 2021 26	Niort	2–1	Pau	Niort
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Louiserre 32' Bâ 40' Kemen 45' Vallier 78'	Report	Scaramozzino 17' George 59'	Stadium: Stade René Gaillard Referee: Alexandre Perreau Niel

27 February 2021 27	Grenoble	1–1	Niort	Grenoble
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Monfray 19' Mombris 44' Djitté 84' Abdallah 90+2'	Report	Bâ 20' (pen.) Doukansy 32'	Stadium: Stade des Alpes Referee: Gaël Angoula

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	Dunkerque	2–0	Niort	Dunkerque
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Kerrouche 24' Tchokounté 58' Ketkeophomphone 61' Pierre 85'	Report	Doukansy 43' Vallier 73' Conté 78'	Stadium: Stade Marcel-Tribut Referee: Olivier Thual

20 March 2021 (2021-03-20) 30	Niort	1–0	Toulouse	Niort
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Kilama 14' Moutachy 63' Kemen 73' Ba 87'	Report	Moreira 90+6'	Stadium: Stade René Gaillard Referee: Mehdi Mokhtari

3 April 2021 31	Clermont	0–0	Niort	Clermont-Ferrand
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Zedadka 35'	Report	Louiserre 23' Bourhane 41' Ba 52', 90+2' Kemen 76'	Stadium: Stade Gabriel Montpied Referee: Arnaud Baert

10 April 2021 (2021-04-10) 32	Niort	0–4	Auxerre	Niort
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Louiserre 50'	Report	Lloris 35', 59' Hein 69' Coeff 76'	Stadium: Stade René Gaillard Referee: Nicolas Rainville

17 April 2021 (2021-04-17) 33	Ajaccio	3–0	Niort	Ajaccio
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Courtet 22', 28' Marchetti 33' Laçi 82'	Report	Doukansy 9'	Stadium: Stade François Coty Referee: Rémi Landry

20 April 2021 (2021-04-20) 34	Niort	0–3	Troyes	Niort
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Vallier 9' Kilama 47' Jacob 81' Mendes 84'	Report	Tardieu 10' (pen.), 78' (pen.) Suk 75' Rui Pires 87'	Stadium: Stade René Gaillard Referee: Alexandre Perreau Niel

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

1 May 2021 (2021-05-01) 36	Niort	1–1	Rodez	Niort
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Matufueni 39'	Report	Bardy 9' Dembélé 37'	Stadium: Stade René Gaillard Referee: Gaël Angoula

8 May 2021 (2021-05-08) 37	Amiens	0–0	Niort	Amiens
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Lusamba 14' Lomotey 48' Odey 90+3'	Report	Matufueni 46'	Stadium: Stade de la Licorne Referee: Jeremy Stinat

15 May 2021 (2021-05-15) 38	Niort	0–2	Guingamp	Niort
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Jacob 55' Louiserre 81', 81' Ameka 81'	Report	Y. Gomis 39' (pen.) Muyumba 87', 90+2'	Stadium: Stade René Gaillard Referee: Olivier Thual

Relegation play-offs

19 May 2021 First leg	Villefranche	3–1	Niort	Villefranche-sur-Saône
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Blanc 54' Dauchy 84' Garita 90+3'	Report	Bâ 45+2'	Stadium: Stade Armand Chouffet Attendance: 0 Referee: Bartolomeu Varela Teles

22 May 2021 Second leg	Niort	2–0 (3–3 (a) agg.)	Villefranche	Niort
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Lebeau 78' Kemen 81'	Report		Stadium: Stade René Gaillard Attendance: 0 Referee: Nicolas Rainville

Coupe de France

20 January 2021 Eighth round	Toulouse	1–0	Niort	Toulouse
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Bayo 37'	Report		Stadium: Stadium de Toulouse Referee: Nicolas Rainville

References

^ "Effectif Saison 2020/2021" (in French). Chamois Niortais F.C. Archived from the original on 13 October 2017. Retrieved 5 February 2020.
^ "Chamois Niortais FC". scoresway.com. Archived from the original on 22 June 2018. Retrieved 28 February 2018.
^ "Ligue 2 BKT : le calendrier de la saison 2020/2021". LFP (in French). 9 July 2020.
^ "Ligue 2: Chambly – Niort postponed". archyde.com. January 17, 2021. Retrieved January 28, 2020.

External links

Official website

[effectif-1] "Effectif Saison 2020/2021" (in French). Chamois Niortais F.C. Archived from the original on 13 October 2017. Retrieved 5 February 2020.

[2] "Chamois Niortais FC". scoresway.com. Archived from the original on 22 June 2018. Retrieved 28 February 2018.

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

[4] "Ligue 2: Chambly – Niort postponed". archyde.com. January 17, 2021. Retrieved January 28, 2020.

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