2020–21 Angers SCO season

Angers SCO
2020–21 season
President	Saïd Chabane
Head coach	Stéphane Moulin
Stadium	Stade Raymond Kopa
Ligue 1	13th
Coupe de France	Quarter-finals
Top goalscorer	League: ; Angelo Fulgini (7); All: ; Angelo Fulgini (10)
Biggest win	Angers 5–0 Club Franciscain
Biggest defeat	Paris Saint-Germain 6–1 Angers
	← 2019–20 2021–22 →
	All statistics correct as of 23 May 2021.

The 2020–21 season was the 102nd season in the existence of Angers SCO and the club's sixth consecutive season in the top flight of French football. In addition to the domestic league, Angers 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 1 March 2021.^[1]

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	Paul Bernardoni
3	DF	CIV	Souleyman Doumbia
4	DF	CRO	Mateo Pavlović
5	MF	FRA	Thomas Mangani (3rd captain)
6	DF	FRA	Enzo Ebosse
7	FW	MAR	Rachid Alioui
8	DF	CIV	Ismaël Traoré (captain)
9	FW	FRA	Loïs Diony
10	MF	FRA	Angelo Fulgini
11	MF	FRA	Jimmy Cabot
12	MF	FRA	Zinédine Ould Khaled
13	MF	MAR	Sofiane Boufal
14	MF	MLI	Lassana Coulibaly
15	MF	FRA	Pierrick Capelle
16	GK	FRA	Ludovic Butelle (vice-captain)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
18	MF	FRA	Ibrahim Amadou (on loan from Sevilla)
19	FW	CMR	Stéphane Bahoken
20	FW	SEN	Sada Thioub
21	FW	FRA	Mohamed-Ali Cho
23	MF	FRA	Antonin Bobichon
24	DF	FRA	Romain Thomas
25	DF	CIV	Abdoulaye Bamba
27	MF	POR	Mathias Pereira Lage
28	FW	ALG	Farid El Melali
29	DF	FRA	Vincent Manceau
30	GK	MNE	Danijel Petković
31	FW	FRA	Yassin Fortuné (on loan from FC Sion)
32	FW	CIV	Thomas Touré

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	Anthony Mandrea (at SO Cholet)
—	DF	FRA	Rayan Aït-Nouri (at Wolverhampton)
—	MF	FRA	Kevin Bemanga (at FC Sion)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	FRA	Anthony Gomez Mancini (at Burnley)
—	FW	CHA	Casimir Ninga (at Sivasspor)

Transfers

In

No.	Pos	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
1	GK	Paul Bernardoni	Bordeaux	€8,000,000	1 July 2020	^[2]

Out

Pos	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
MF	Baptiste Santamaria	SC Freiburg	€10,000,000	17 September 2020	^[3]

Pre-season and friendlies

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

22 July 2020 Friendly	Cholet	0–1	Angers	Les Sables-d'Olonne, France
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Pereira Lage 90'	Stadium: Stade de la Rudelière

25 July 2020 Friendly	Angers	1–1	Bordeaux	Cholet, France
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Mouaddib 90'	Report	Koscielny 73'	Stadium: Stade Omnisports Jean Bouin

28 July 2020 Friendly	Le Havre	3–1	Angers	Alençon, France
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Cornette 5' Meraş 48' Bonnet 66'	Report	Kanga 12'	Stadium: Stade Jacques-Fould Attendance: 300 Referee: Mikael Lesage (France)

1 August 2020 Friendly	Angers	0–1	Rennes	Vannes, France
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Da Silva 39' Traoré 70' Pavlović 89' (o.g.)	Stadium: Stade de la Rabine Referee: François Letexier (France)

8 August 2020 Friendly	Lorient	0–0	Angers	Lorient, France
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Stade du Moustoir

12 August 2020 Friendly	Angers	3–2	Le Mans	Mauges-sur-Loire, France
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Kanga 10' Ninga 13' Bobichon 40'	Report	Donisa 20' (pen.) Youssouf 45'	Stadium: Centre Equestre de La Pommeraye

15 August 2020 Friendly	Angers	1–0	Saint-Étienne	Angers, France
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Santamaria 20' Kanga 56'	Report	Maçon 71'	Stadium: Stade Raymond Kopa Referee: Jérôme Brisard

4 September 2020 Friendly	Angers	6–1	Châteauroux	Saumur, France
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)

9 October 2020 Friendly	Nantes	1–2	Angers	Basse-Goulaine, France
11:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Augustin 11'		Thomas 68' Fulgini 90+2'	Stadium: Complexe Sportif Henri Michel

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

Competitions

Overall record

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 1	22 August 2020	23 May 2021	Matchday 1	13th	38	12	8	18	40	58	−18	031.58
Coupe de France	11 February 2021	21 April 2021	Round of 64	Quarter-finals	4	3	0	1	8	6	+2	075.00
Total					42	15	8	19	48	64	−16	035.71

Source: Soccerway

Ligue 1

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
11	Saint-Étienne	38	12	10	16	42	54	−12	46
12	Bordeaux	38	13	6	19	42	56	−14	45
13	Angers	38	12	8	18	40	58	−18	44
14	Reims	38	9	15	14	42	50	−8	42
15	Strasbourg	38	11	9	18	49	58	−9	42

Source: Ligue 1
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Fairplay ranking.^[4]

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	8	18	40	58	−18	44	6	3	10	20	27	−7	6	5	8	20	31	−11

Source: Ligue 1

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	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H
Result	W	L	W	L	W	L	D	W	L	W	L	W	W	D	L	D	W	W	L	L	L	W	D	L	L	D	D	W	L	D	D	L	L	L	L	W	L	L
Position	4	13	9	11	8	12	11	8	11	9	11	8	7	7	9	9	9	7	7	7	10	8	8	8	10	10	10	9	10	10	11	11	12	12	13	12	12	13

Source: Ligue 1
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 9 July 2020.^[5]

22 August 2020 1	Dijon	0–1	Angers	Dijon
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Traoré 22'	Stadium: Stade Gaston Gérard Referee: Eric Wattellier

30 August 2020 2	Angers	0–2	Bordeaux	Angers
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Santamaria 84'	Report	Maja 25' Bašić 27', 65' Oudin 37' Sabaly 54'	Stadium: Stade Raymond Kopa Referee: Karim Abed

13 September 2020 3	Angers	1–0	Reims	Angers
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Bahoken 19', 44', 55' Thomas 52' 61' Fulgini 90+1'	Report	Faes 42' Touré 49' Munetsi 86'	Stadium: Stade Raymond Kopa Referee: Benoît Bastien

20 September 2020 4	Montpellier	4–1	Angers	Montpellier
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Congré 16' Souquet 18', 41' Delort 33', 43', 60' Cozza 66' Mollet 86'	Report	Ebosse 11' Bahoken 25', 56' Pavlović 62'	Stadium: Stade de la Mosson Referee: Stéphanie Frappart

27 September 2020 5	Angers	3–2	Brest	Angers
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Thioub 22' Pavlović 39' Mangani 43' Traoré 78' Fulgini 80' Cho 90+2'	Report	Mounié 3' (pen.) Diallo 27' Charbonnier 32' Cardona 85'	Stadium: Stade Raymond Kopa Referee: Jérémy Stinat

2 October 2020 6	Paris Saint-Germain	6–1	Angers	Paris
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Florenzi 7' Kimpembe 33' Neymar 36', 48' Draxler 57' Gueye 71' Mbappé 84'	Report	Bahoken 30' Traoré 52' Cabot 73'	Stadium: Parc des Princes Referee: Frank Schneider

18 October 2020 7	Angers	1–1	Metz	Angers
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Doumbia 14' Thomas 36' Mangani 38' (pen.) Traoré 73' Fulgini 86'	Report	Udol 37' Nguette 39' Pajot 84'	Stadium: Stade Raymond Kopa Referee: Aurélien Petit

23 October 2020 8	Rennes	1–2	Angers	Rennes
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Nzonzi 11' Hunou 17' Da Silva 44'	Report	Boufal 26' Fulgini 56'	Stadium: Roazhon Park Referee: Jérémie Pignard

1 November 2020 9	Angers	0–3	Nice	Angers
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Bernardoni 22' Doumbia 35' Coulibaly 80' Thomas 87' Mangani 90+1'	Report	Lopes 12', 40' Lees-Melou 23' (pen.) Bambu 36' Boudaoui 77'	Stadium: Stade Raymond Kopa Attendance: 0 Referee: Jérémy Stinat

8 November 2020 10	Nîmes	1–5	Angers	Nîmes
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Benrahou 39' Deaux 55' Koné 90+1'	Report	Pereira Lage 1', 14' Mangani 17' Bahoken 23', 56' Amadou 54' Coulibaly 78' Diony 82' (pen.) Cabot 90+3' Manceau 90+4'	Stadium: Stade des Costières Attendance: 0 Referee: Frank Schneider

22 November 2020 11	Angers	0–1	Lyon	Angers
17:00 CET (UTC+1)	Doumbia 47' Pereira Lage 59'	Report	Cherki 32' De Sciglio 70' Kadewere 78' Mendes 85'	Stadium: Stade Raymond Kopa Attendance: 0 Referee: Amaury Delerue

29 November 2020 12	Lens	1–3	Angers	Lens
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Medina 25' Kalimuendo 34' Sotoca 83'	Report	Pereira Lage 22' Bahoken 49' Manceau 52' Traoré 65' Capelle 90+1'	Stadium: Stade Bollaert-Delelis Attendance: 0 Referee: Aurélien Petit

6 December 2020 13	Angers	2–0	Lorient	Angers
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Fulgini 10' Amadou 21' Boufal 40' Bahoken 45+1' Capelle 90+6'	Report		Stadium: Stade Raymond Kopa Attendance: 0 Referee: Thomas Léonard

11 December 2020 14	Saint-Étienne	0–0	Angers	Saint-Étienne
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Debuchy 33' Moukoudi 39' Camara 66'	Report	Capelle 85' Doumbia 88' El Melali 90+1'	Stadium: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard Attendance: 0 Referee: Jérôme Miguelgorry

16 December 2020 15	Angers	0–2	Strasbourg	Angers
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Doumbia 73'	Report	Djiku 12' Diallo 77' Ajorque 90+1', 90+5'	Stadium: Stade Raymond Kopa Attendance: 0 Referee: Bastien Dechepy

20 December 2020 16	Nantes	1–1	Angers	Nantes
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Abeid 27' Traoré 45', 90+3' Pallois 62'	Report	Thomas 42'	Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 0 Referee: Willy Delajod

23 December 2020 17	Angers	2–1	Marseille	Angers
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Pereira Lage 4' Diony 23' Doumbia 46' Fulgini 48'	Report	Rongier 14', 75' Sakai 38' Ćaleta-Car 55' Payet 71' Khaoui 88'	Stadium: Stade Raymond Kopa Attendance: 0 Referee: Hakim Ben El Hadj

6 January 2021 18	Lille	1–2	Angers	Villeneuve-d'Ascq
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Yılmaz 42', 83' Fonte 66' André 68'	Report	Thomas 5', 10' Bamba 90'	Stadium: Stade Pierre-Mauroy Attendance: 0 Referee: Thomas Léonard

9 January 2021 19	Monaco	3–0	Angers	Monaco
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Badiashile 18' Volland 29', 72' Maripán 40' Jovetić 81'	Report		Stadium: Stade Louis II Attendance: 0 Referee: Benoît Bastien

16 January 2021 20	Angers	0–1	Paris Saint-Germain	Angers
21:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Kurzawa 70' Verratti 89' Neymar 90+3'	Stadium: Stade Raymond Kopa Attendance: 0 Referee: Amaury Delerue

24 January 2021 21	Bordeaux	2–1	Angers	Bordeaux
13:00 CET (UTC+1)	Hwang 8', 11' Koscielny 67'	Report	Amadou 32' Fulgini 39' Boufal 74'	Stadium: Matmut Atlantique Attendance: 0 Referee: Florent Batta

31 January 2021 22	Angers	3–1	Nîmes	Angers
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Capelle 20' Coulibaly 35', 43' Diony 55'	Report	Fomba 18' Alakouch 27' Cubas 34' Ripart 41' (pen.)	Stadium: Stade Raymond Kopa Attendance: 0 Referee: Ruddy Buquet

3 February 2021 23	Reims	0–0	Angers	Reims
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Cassamá 24' Faes 75'	Report	Bamba 20'	Stadium: Stade Auguste-Delaune Attendance: 0 Referee: Aurélien Petit

7 February 2021 24	Nice	3–0	Angers	Nice
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Doumbia 9' (o.g.) Todibo 15' Maolida 17' Gouiri 36', 83'	Report	Amadou 33'	Stadium: Allianz Riviera Attendance: 0 Referee: Jérôme Miguelgorry

14 February 2021 25	Angers	1–3	Nantes	Angers
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Mangani 33' (pen.) Diony 61' Coulibaly 77'	Report	Simon 4' Louza 7' (pen.) Lafont 33' Blas 83' Bamba 86' Kolo 90+5'	Stadium: Stade Raymond Kopa Attendance: 0 Referee: François Letexier

21 February 2021 26	Strasbourg	0–0	Angers	Strasbourg
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Sissoko 45+2' Mitrović 58'	Report	Diony 76'	Stadium: Stade de la Meinau Attendance: 0 Referee: Hakim Ben El Hadj

28 February 2021 27	Angers	2–2	Lens	Angers
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Diony 5' Mangani 10' (pen.)	Report	Clauss 22' Kalimuendo 90+2'	Stadium: Stade Raymond Kopa Attendance: 0 Referee: Bastien Dechepy

3 March 2021 28	Metz	0–1	Angers	Metz
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Kouyaté 44' Ambrose 76' Oukidja 90+1'	Report	Fulgini 44' (pen.) Pereira Lage 79' Doumbia 90+1'	Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien Attendance: 0 Referee: Johan Hamel

13 March 2021 29	Angers	0–1	Saint-Étienne	Angers
13:00 CET (UTC+1)	Fulgini 88'	Report	Khazri 52' Bouanga 54' Aouchiche 59'	Stadium: Stade Raymond Kopa Attendance: 0 Referee: Benoît Millot

21 March 2021 30	Brest	0–0	Angers	Brest
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Lasne 46'	Report	Doumbia 24' Amadou 47' Boufal 84'	Stadium: Stade Francis-Le Blé Attendance: 0 Referee: Aurélien Petit

4 April 2021 31	Angers	1–1	Montpellier	Angers
13:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Capelle 49' Bahoken 72'	Report	Sambia 30' Mavididi 47'	Stadium: Stade Raymond Kopa Attendance: 0 Referee: Florent Batta

11 April 2021 32	Lyon	3–0	Angers	Décines-Charpieu
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Depay 21', 83' Paquetá 41'	Report		Stadium: Parc Olympique Lyonnais Attendance: 0 Referee: Mikael Lesage

17 April 2021 33	Angers	0–3	Rennes	Angers
12:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Amadou 45+2' Traoré 66'	Report	Doku 45+1' Terrier 63' Guirassy 90+1'	Stadium: Stade Raymond Kopa Attendance: 0 Referee: Thomas Léonard

25 April 2021 34	Angers	0–1	Monaco	Angers
17:05 CEST (UTC+2)	Manceau 45+1' Ould Khaled 74'	Report	Tchouaméni 57' Ben Yedder 74', 79'	Stadium: Stade Raymond Kopa Attendance: 0 Referee: Hakim Ben El Hadj

2 May 2021 35	Lorient	2–0	Angers	Lorient
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Laporte 28' 50' Wissa 44' (pen.) Lemoine 47' Le Fée 65'	Report	Coulibaly 15' Manceau 43' Pereira Lage 46' Pavlović 90+2'	Stadium: Stade du Moustoir Attendance: 0 Referee: Willy Delajod

9 May 2021 36	Angers	3–0	Dijon	Angers
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Fulgini 7' Allagbé 50' (o.g.) Diony 89'	Report		Stadium: Stade Raymond Kopa Attendance: 0 Referee: Jérôme Brisard

16 May 2021 37	Marseille	3–2	Angers	Marseille
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Milik 9', 48', 90+5' (pen.), 37' Rongier 22' Álvaro 88'	Report	Pereira Lage 57', 62' Thomas 85', 90+3'	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 0 Referee: Frank Schneider

23 May 2021 38	Angers	1–2	Lille	Angers
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Fulgini 90+1'	Report	David 10' Yılmaz 45+1' (pen.) Sanches 75' Çelik 78'	Stadium: Stade Raymond Kopa Attendance: 0 Referee: Benoît Bastien

Coupe de France

11 February 2021 Round of 64	Angers	2–1	Rennes	Angers
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Fulgini 4', 14' (pen.) Thomas 26' Thioub 81'	Report	Maouassa 15' Guirassy 53' Gboho 74' Salin 85'	Stadium: Stade Raymond Kopa Attendance: 0 Referee: Benoît Bastien

7 March 2021 Round of 32	Angers	5–0	Club Franciscain	Angers
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Mangani 18' Fulgini 31' Pavlović 43' Amadou 45+1', 60' Bahoken 52' Fatar 87'	Report	Abaul 11' Jougon 21' Dondon 23' Lepel 36' Thimon 78'	Stadium: Stade Raymond Kopa Attendance: 0 Referee: Jérôme Miguelgorry

7 April 2021 Round of 16	CS Sedan Ardennes	0–1	Angers	Sedan
16:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Calvet 85'	Report	Manceau 25'	Stadium: Stade Louis Dugauguez Attendance: 0 Referee: Eric Wattellier

21 April 2021 Quarter-finals	Paris Saint-Germain	5–0	Angers	Paris
18:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Icardi 9', 68', 90' Manceau 23' (o.g.) Paredes 31' Neymar 65'	Report	Mangani 51'	Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 0 Referee: Amaury Delerue

Statistics

Goalscorers

As of 23 October 2020

Rank	No.	Pos	Name	Ligue 1	Total
1	8	DF	Ismaël Traoré	3	3
2	10	MF	Angelo Fulgini	2	2
2	19	FW	Stéphane Bahoken	2	2
3	5	MF	Thomas Mangani	1	1
	13	MF	Sofiane Boufal	1	1
	20	MF	Sada Thioub	1	1
Totals				10	10

References

^ "Effectif de l'équipe pro d'Angers SCO" (in French). Angers SCO. Retrieved 14 July 2018.
^ "Official | Angers buy Paul Bernardoni from Bordeaux for a record €8m". Get French Football News. 8 June 2020. Archived from the original on 2020-06-08. Retrieved 8 June 2020.
^ Kübler, René (17 September 2020). "SC Freiburg verpflichtet den Franzosen Baptiste Santamaria". Badische Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 17 September 2020.
^ "League Table". Ligue1.com. Retrieved 12 August 2016.
^ "Ligue 1 Uber Eats : le calendrier de la saison 2020/2021". LFP (in French). 9 July 2020.

External links

Official website

[1] "Effectif de l'équipe pro d'Angers SCO" (in French). Angers SCO. Retrieved 14 July 2018.

[2] "Official | Angers buy Paul Bernardoni from Bordeaux for a record €8m". Get French Football News. 8 June 2020. Archived from the original on 2020-06-08. Retrieved 8 June 2020.

[3] Kübler, René (17 September 2020). "SC Freiburg verpflichtet den Franzosen Baptiste Santamaria". Badische Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 17 September 2020.

[4] "League Table". Ligue1.com. Retrieved 12 August 2016.

[5] "Ligue 1 Uber Eats : le calendrier de la saison 2020/2021". LFP (in French). 9 July 2020.

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