2019–20 FC Lorient season
# 2019–20 FC Lorient season

The 2019–20 season was the 94th season in the existence of FC Lorient and the club's third consecutive season in the second division of French football. In addition to the domestic league, Lorient participated in this season's editions of the Coupe de France and the Coupe de la Ligue. The season was scheduled to cover the period from 1 July 2019 to 30 June 2020.

## Players

### First-team squad

    As of 19 October 2019.

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 | Romain Cagnon |
| 4 | DF | FRA | Joris Sainati |
| 5 | DF | MAD | Thomas Fontaine |
| 6 | MF | FRA | Laurent Abergel |
| 7 | DF | FRA | Jonathan Martins Pereira |
| 8 | MF | FRA | Maxime Etuin |
| 9 | FW | TUR | Umut Bozok |
| 11 | FW | COD | Yann Kitala (on loan from Lyon) |
| 14 | DF | FRA | Jérôme Hergault |
| 15 | DF | FRA | Julien Laporte |
| 16 | GK | FRA | Teddy Bartouche |
| 17 | DF | FRA | Houboulang Mendes |
| 18 | MF | FRA | Fabien Lemoine |
| 19 | FW | FRA | Yoane Wissa |
| 20 | DF | FRA | Matthieu Saunier |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 21 | FW | FRA | Samuel Loric |
| 22 | MF | FRA | Jonathan Delaplace |
| 23 | DF | FRA | Quentin Lecoeuche |
| 24 | MF | CMR | Franklin Wadja |
| 25 | DF | FRA | Vincent Le Goff (captain) |
| 27 | MF | FRA | Jimmy Cabot |
| 28 | FW | FRA | Armand Laurienté (on loan from Rennes) |
| 29 | FW | FRA | Pierre-Yves Hamel |
| 30 | GK | FRA | Paul Nardi |
| 31 | MF | FRA | Enzo Le Fée |
| 32 | MF | FRA | Sylvain Marveaux |
| 37 | MF | FRA | Julien Ponceau |
| 39 | DF | FRA | Tom Renaud |
| 40 | GK | FRA | Maxime Pattier |

## Competitions

### Overview

| 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 2 | 29 July 2019 | 7 March 2020 | Matchday 1 | Winners | 28 | 17 | 3 | 8 | 45 | 25 | +20 | 060.71 |
| Coupe de France | 16 November 2019 | 19 January 2020 | Seventh round | Round of 32 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 075.00 |
| Coupe de la Ligue | 13 August 2019 | 13 August 2019 | First round | First round | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 000.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 33 | 20 | 3 | 10 | 52 | 29 | +23 | 060.61 |

Source: Soccerway

### Ligue 2

**League table**

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or Relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Lorient (C, P) | 28 | 17 | 3 | 8 | 45 | 25 | +20 | 54 | Promotion to Ligue 1 |
| 2 | Lens (P) | 28 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 39 | 24 | +15 | 53 | Promotion to Ligue 1 |
| 3 | Ajaccio | 28 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 38 | 22 | +16 | 52 | |
| 4 | Troyes | 28 | 16 | 3 | 9 | 34 | 25 | +9 | 51 | |
| 5 | Clermont | 28 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 35 | 25 | +10 | 50 | |

**Results summary**

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
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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 |
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| Ground | 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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | W | D | W | W | L | W | W | W | D | D | L | L | W | W | W | W | W | L | W | W | W | W | L | L | W | L | L | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C |
| Position | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |

**Matches**

The league fixtures were announced on 14 June 2019. The Ligue 2 matches were suspended by the LFP on 13 March 2020 due to COVID-19 until further notices. On 28 April 2020, it was announced that Ligue 1 and Ligue 2 campaigns would not resume, after the country banned all sporting events until September. On 30 April, The LFP ended officially the 2019–20 season.

