2020–21 FC Lorient season
# 2020–21 FC Lorient season

The 2020–21 season was Football Club Lorient's 95th season in existence and the club's first season back in the top flight of French football. In addition to the domestic league, Lorient 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

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 | FRA | Matthieu Dreyer |
| 2 | DF | GLP | Andreaw Gravillon (on loan from Inter) |
| 4 | DF | POR | Tiago Ilori (on loan from Sporting CP) |
| 5 | DF | MAD | Thomas Fontaine |
| 6 | MF | FRA | Laurent Abergel |
| 7 | FW | CIV | Stéphane Diarra |
| 8 | MF | ENG | Trevoh Chalobah (on loan from Chelsea) |
| 10 | MF | FRA | Enzo Le Fée |
| 11 | MF | FRA | Quentin Boisgard |
| 12 | MF | FRA | Sylvain Marveaux |
| 13 | FW | NGA | Terem Moffi |
| 14 | DF | FRA | Jérôme Hergault |
| 15 | DF | FRA | Julien Laporte |
| 16 | GK | FRA | Teddy Bartouche |
| 17 | DF | FRA | Houboulang Mendes |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 18 | MF | FRA | Fabien Lemoine (captain) |
| 19 | FW | COD | Yoane Wissa |
| 20 | DF | FRA | Matthieu Saunier |
| 21 | DF | MAD | Jérémy Morel |
| 22 | MF | FRA | Jonathan Delaplace |
| 23 | MF | FRA | Thomas Monconduit |
| 24 | MF | CMR | Franklin Wadja |
| 25 | DF | FRA | Vincent Le Goff |
| 27 | FW | AUT | Adrian Grbić |
| 28 | FW | FRA | Armand Laurienté |
| 29 | FW | FRA | Pierre-Yves Hamel |
| 30 | GK | FRA | Paul Nardi |
| 40 | GK | FRA | Thomas Callens |
| 31 | DF | FRA | Yoann Étienne |
| — | DF | TOG | Josué Homawoo |

### 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 |
| - | - | - | - |
| — | GK | FRA | Maxime Pattier (on loan at Saint-Brieuc) |
| — | DF | FRA | Quentin Lecoeuche (on loan at Ajaccio) |
| — | DF | FRA | Tom Renaud (on loan at Cholet) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | FRA | Julien Ponceau (on loan at Rodez) |
| — | FW | FRA | Junior Burban (on loan at Saint-Priest) |
| — | FW | FRA | Samuel Loric (on loan at Avranches) |
| — | FW | TUR | Umut Bozok (on loan at Troyes) |

## Transfers

### In

| No. | Pos | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date | Source |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 27 | FW | Adrian Grbić | Clermont | €9,000,000 | 9 July 2020 | |

### Out

| No. | Pos | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date | Source |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 15 | GK | Illan Meslier | Leeds United | 5,000,000 | 23 July 2020 | |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss

## Competitions

### Overall record

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Ligue 1 | 23 August 2020 | 23 May 2021 | Matchday 1 | 16th | 38 | 11 | 9 | 18 | 50 | 68 | −18 | 028.95 |
| Coupe de France | 9 February 2021 | 6 March 2021 | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | +0 | 050.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 40 | 12 | 9 | 19 | 52 | 70 | −18 | 030.00 |

Source: Soccerway

### Ligue 1

**League table**

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 14 | Reims | 38 | 9 | 15 | 14 | 42 | 50 | −8 | 42 | |
| 15 | Strasbourg | 38 | 11 | 9 | 18 | 49 | 58 | −9 | 42 | |
| 16 | Lorient | 38 | 11 | 9 | 18 | 50 | 68 | −18 | 42 | |
| 17 | Brest | 38 | 11 | 8 | 19 | 50 | 66 | −16 | 41 | |
| 18 | Nantes (O) | 38 | 9 | 13 | 16 | 47 | 55 | −8 | 40 | Qualification for the Relegation play-offs |

**Results summary**

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |

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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | L | L | L | D | L | W | L | D | L | L | L | L | W | L | L | D | L | L | W | L | W | D | W | D | L | W | D | D | D | W | L | L | W | W | L | W | D |
| Position | 2 | 11 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 19 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 16 |

**Matches**

The league fixtures were announced on 9 July 2020.

## Statistics

### Goalscorers

    As of 21 February 2021

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Ligue 1 | Coupe de France | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 13 | FW | | Terem Moffi | 8 | 1 | 9 |
| 2 | 19 | FW | | Yoane Wissa | 6 | 1 | 7 |
| 3 | 29 | FW | | Pierre-Yves Hamel | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | 27 | FW | | Adrian Grbić | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | 6 | MF | | Laurent Abergel | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | 11 | MF | | Quentin Boisgard | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | 2 | DF | | Andreaw Gravillon | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | 8 | MF | | Trevoh Chalobah | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 14 | DF | | Jérôme Hergault | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 23 | MF | | Thomas Monconduit | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 31 | 2 | 33 |
