2020–21 FC Sochaux-Montbéliard season
# 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.

## Players

### First-team squad

    As of 4 February 2020.

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

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

## 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 | 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 | Total | Total | Total | Total | 41 | 14 | 15 | 12 | 49 | 42 | +7 | 034.15 |

Source: Soccerway

### Ligue 2

**League table**

| Pos | Teamvte | 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 | |

**Results summary**

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

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 | 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 | A | H |
| Result | W | W | D | D | D | W | D | L | D | L | L | W | D | D | D | D | W | W | D | L | L | D | L | W | W | W | D | W | D | W | L | D | D | L | W | L | L | L |
| Position | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 |

**Matches**

The league fixtures were announced on 9 July 2020.

## 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 |
| 1 | 9 | FW | | Yann Kitala | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 2 | 0 | 2 |
