2020–21 Angers SCO season
# 2020–21 Angers SCO season

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.

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 | 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. 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 | |

### Out

| Pos | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date | Source |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| MF | Baptiste Santamaria | SC Freiburg | €10,000,000 | 17 September 2020 | |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

## 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 | 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 | Total | Total | Total | Total | 42 | 15 | 8 | 19 | 48 | 64 | −16 | 035.71 |

Source: Soccerway

### Ligue 1

**League table**

| Pos | Teamvte | 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 |

**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 | 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 |

**Matches**

The league fixtures were announced on 9 July 2020.

## Statistics

### Goalscorers

    As of 23 October 2020

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Ligue 1 | Coupe de France | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 8 | DF | | Ismaël Traoré | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | 10 | MF | | Angelo Fulgini | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | 19 | FW | | Stéphane Bahoken | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | 5 | MF | | Thomas Mangani | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | 13 | MF | | Sofiane Boufal | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | 20 | MF | | Sada Thioub | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 10 | 0 | 10 |
