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.

Sochaux

2020–21 season
Chairmen	Samuel Laurent Frankie Yau
Manager	Omar Daf
Stadium	Stade Auguste Bonal
Ligue 2	7th
Coupe de France	Round of 32
Top goalscorer	League: Chris Bedia Bryan Lasme (9 each) All: Chris Bedia (12 goals)
Home colours Away colours

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

Sochaux v CS Chênois

17 July 2020 Friendly	Sochaux	3–0	CS Chênois	Delle, France
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Ourega 41' Ambri 67' Virginius 69'	Report		Stadium: Stade des Fromentaux Attendance: 500 Referee: Philippe Mercier

Sochaux v Sporting Club Lyon

24 July 2020 Friendly	Sochaux	2–1	Sporting Club Lyon	Dole, France
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Weissbeck 84' (pen.) Semedo 87'	Report	Rivas 5'	Stadium: Robert Bobin Stadium Attendance: 400 Referee: Antoine Valnet

Belfort v Sochaux

28 July 2020 Friendly	Belfort	2–4	Sochaux	Belfort, France
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Souaré 78' Nowa 83'	Report	Ourega 40' Daham 53' Thioune 58' Lacroix 65'	Stadium: Stade Roger-Serzian Attendance: 1,200 Referee: Antoine Valnet

Sochaux v Dijon

1 August 2020 Friendly	Sochaux	0–0	Dijon	Besançon, France
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Stade Léo Lagrange Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Antoine Valnet

Paris Saint-Germain v Sochaux

5 August 2020 Friendly	Paris Saint-Germain	1–0	Sochaux	Paris, France
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Choupo-Moting 15' Sarabia  39'	Report		Stadium: Parc de Princes Attendance: 0 Referee: Bastien Dechepy
Note: Match was played in two 40-minutes halves.

Sochaux v ASC Saint-Apollinaire

8 August 2020 Friendly	Sochaux	4–0	ASC Saint-Apollinaire	Montbéliard, France
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Kitala 29' (pen.), 48' Thioune 43' Jarmouni 62'	Report		Stadium: Stade Auguste Bonal Attendance: 0 Referee: William Toulliou

Competitions

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
					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					41	14	15	12	49	42	+7	034.15

Source: Soccerway

Ligue 2

Main article: 2020–21 Ligue 2

League table

Pos	Team	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

Source: Ligue 2
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Fair play points

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	15	11	45	37	+8	51	6	7	6	24	22	+2	6	8	5	21	15	+6

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

Source: Ligue 2
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 9 July 2020.

Auxerre v Sochaux

22 August 2020 1	Auxerre	0–2	Sochaux	Auxerre
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Diedhiou 3' Kitala 46'	Stadium: Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps Referee: Mehdi Mokhtari

Sochaux v Troyes

29 August 2020 2	Sochaux	2–1	Troyes	Montbéliard
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Lopy 29' Weissbeck 84'	Report	Ba 90'	Stadium: Stade Auguste Bonal Referee: Mikael Lesage

Toulouse v Sochaux

14 September 2020 3	Toulouse	0–0	Sochaux	Toulouse
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Adli  9' Amian  65' Healey  90+1'	Report	Soumaré  26' Bedia  38' Paye  61' Ambri  80' Ndiaye  90+3'	Stadium: Stadium de Toulouse Referee: Johan Hamel

Sochaux v Rodez

19 September 2020 4	Sochaux	2–2	Rodez	Montbéliard
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Bedia 68' (pen.) Weissbeck 84'	Report	Boissier 15', 45+2'	Stadium: Stade Auguste Bonal Attendance: 4,970 Referee: Jérôme Brisard

Ajaccio v Sochaux

26 September 2020 5	Ajaccio	1–1	Sochaux	Ajaccio
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Barreto 11'	Report	Ambri 48'	Stadium: Stade François Coty Attendance: 2,279 Referee: Benoît Millot

Sochaux v Chambly

3 October 2020 6	Sochaux	3–2	Chambly	Montbéliard
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Weissbeck 24', 48' Lopy  50' Ambri  70' Niane 89'	Report	Correa 8' Flochon  34' Šušnjara  47' Beaulieu  84' Danger 88'	Stadium: Stade Auguste Bonal Referee: Arnaud Baert

Valenciennes v Sochaux

17 October 2020 7	Valenciennes	0–0	Sochaux	Valenciennes
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Masson  5' Ntim  40' Spano  82' Elogo  90+1'	Report	Pogba  19' Weissbeck  45+2' Niane  71' Ourega  90+5'	Stadium: Stade du Hainaut Referee: Pierre Gaillouste

Sochaux v Amiens

26 October 2020 8	Sochaux	0–2	Amiens	Montbéliard
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Ourega  43' Pogba  45' Thioune  45' Soumaré  45+1' Ndour  78'  90'	Report	Mendoza 14' Sy  19' Papeau  85' Ciss 90+2' (pen.) Timite 90+3'	Stadium: Stade Auguste Bonal Referee: Jérémy Stinat

Guingamp v Sochaux

31 October 2020 9	Guingamp	0–0	Sochaux	Guingamp
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Mellot  38'	Report	Bedia  64'	Stadium: Stade de Roudourou Referee: Sylvain Palhies

Sochaux v Niort

7 November 2020 10	Sochaux	3–4	Niort	Montbéliard
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Lasme 32' (pen.) Diedhiou  62' Weissbeck 79', 84'	Report	Boutobba 9' Louiserre 29', 68' Vallier  45+1' Bâ 66' Mendes  89'	Stadium: Stade Auguste Bonal Referee: Romain Lissorgue

Châteauroux v Sochaux

21 November 2020 11	Châteauroux	2–1	Sochaux	Châteauroux
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Fofana  24' Opéri  75' Sunu 90+1' Gonçalves 90+3'	Report	Lasme 18' Lopy  49'	Stadium: Stade Gaston Petit Referee: Bartolomeu Varela

Sochaux v Le Havre

28 November 2020 12	Sochaux	4–0	Le Havre	Montbéliard
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Bedia 9', 15' Lasme 21' (pen.) Weissbeck 65' Virginius  84'	Report		Stadium: Stade Auguste Bonal Referee: Mehdi Mokhtari

Paris FC v Sochaux

1 December 2020 13	Paris FC	0–0	Sochaux	Paris
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Name  67'	Report	Lasme  34'	Stadium: Stade Sébastien Charléty Referee: Abdelatif Kherradji

Sochaux v Nancy

5 December 2020 14	Sochaux	1–1	Nancy	Montbéliard
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Virginius 51' Diedhiou  59'	Report	Karamoko  75' Rocha Santos 57' Fischer  81'	Stadium: Stade Auguste Bonal Referee: Arnaud Baert

Pau v Sochaux

15 December 2020 15	Pau	0–0	Sochaux	Pau
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Kouassi  32'	Report	Bedia  52'	Stadium: Stade du Hameau Referee: Sylvain Palhies

Sochaux v Grenoble

18 December 2020 16	Sochaux	1–1	Grenoble	Montbéliard
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Ourega  12' Thioune  14' Bedia  32' Lasme 40' Pogba  45+3' Ambri  74'	Report	Djitté 17'  61' Mombris  27' Tapoko  38'	Stadium: Stade Auguste Bonal Referee: Benjamin Lepaysant

Caen v Sochaux

22 December 2020 17	Caen	1–4	Sochaux	Caen
20:00 (CET) (UTC+1)	Beka Beka 7',  18' Oniangué  24' Weber  43' Deminguet  53'	Report	Soumaré 6' Weissbeck  16' Niane 36' Lasme 37', 45' (pen.)	Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano Referee: Frank Schneider

Sochaux v Dunkerque

5 January 2021 18	Sochaux	1–0	Dunkerque	Montbéliard
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Lasme  25' Lopy  58' Weissbeck 63'	Report	Thiam  41' Kerrouche  45+3' Dudouit  84'	Stadium: Stade Auguste Bonal Referee: Mathieu Vernice

Sochaux v Clermont

8 January 2021 19	Sochaux	0–0	Clermont	Montbéliard
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Paye  44'	Report	Magnin  41' Seidu  71'	Stadium: Stade Auguste Bonal Referee: Romain Delpech

Troyes v Sochaux

16 January 2021 20	Troyes	2–1	Sochaux	Troyes
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Tardieu 13', 68' (pen.) El Hajjam  36' Chambost  90'	Report	Ambri  12' Thioune  32' Soumaré 60' Lopy  67'	Stadium: Stade de l'Aube Referee: Rémi Landry

Sochaux v Toulouse

22 January 2021 (2021-01-22) 21	Sochaux	0–1	Toulouse	Montbéliard
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Lasme  39' M'Bakata  55' Ambri  90+1'	Report	Diakité 54' van den Boomen  75' Koné  90+4'	Stadium: Stade Auguste Bonal Referee: Mehdi Mokhtari

Rodez v Sochaux

30 January 2021 (2021-01-30) 22	Rodez	1–1	Sochaux	Rodez
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Douline 89'	Report	Lasme  40' Ourega  72' Bedia 76' Ambri  88'	Stadium: Stade Paul-Lignon Referee: Sylvain Palhies

Sochaux v Ajaccio

2 February 2021 (2021-02-02) 23	Sochaux	0–2	Ajaccio	Montbéliard
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Diedhiou  44' Niane 68'	Report	Courtet 45+1' (pen.) Barreto 46' Sainati  84'	Stadium: Stade Auguste Bonal Referee: Jérôme Miguelgorry

Chambly v Sochaux

5 February 2021 (2021-02-05) 24	Chambly	1–4	Sochaux	Chambly
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	El Hriti  11' Lopy 35' (o.g.) Guezoui  57'	Report	Ndour  42' Lasme 47' Kaabouni  51' Virginius 54', 60' Bedia 89'	Stadium: Stade Pierre Brisson Referee: Mathieu Vernice

Sochaux v Valenciennes

15 February 2021 25	Sochaux	2–0	Valenciennes	Montbéliard
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Weissbeck 14' Mbakata  19' Lopy  28' Niane 76'	Report	Picouleau  39'	Stadium: Stade Auguste Bonal Referee: Bartolomeu Varela

Amiens v Sochaux

20 February 2021 26	Amiens	0–1	Sochaux	Amiens
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Coly  24' Bianchini  86'	Report	Weissbeck  43' Ourega  56' Bedia 65'	Stadium: Stade de la Licorne Referee: Abdelatif Kherradji

Sochaux v Guingamp

27 February 2021 27	Sochaux	0–0	Guingamp	Montbéliard
19:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Niakaté  22' Romao  51'	Stadium: Stade Auguste Bonal Referee: Arnaud Baert

Niort v Sochaux

2 March 2021 (2021-03-02) 28	Niort	1–3	Sochaux	Niort
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Mendes 31' Yongwa  57' Jacob  74' Michel  83'	Report	Ambri 12',  54' Niane 29' Weissbeck  73', 84' (pen.)	Stadium: Stade René Gaillard Referee: Pierre Gaillouste

Sochaux v Châteauroux

13 March 2021 (2021-03-13) 29	Sochaux	0–0	Châteauroux	Montbéliard
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Thioune  61'	Report	Mulumba  21' Sunu  31' Sidibé  48'	Stadium: Stade Auguste Bonal Referee: Nicolas Rainville

Le Havre v Sochaux

20 March 2021 30	Le Havre	0–2	Sochaux	Le Havre
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Meraş  43' Mayembo  90+3'	Report	Ourega 37' Bedia 77',  90' Kaabouni  84' Virginius  90+4'	Stadium: Stade Océane Referee: Rémi Landry

Sochaux v Paris FC

3 April 2021 (2021-04-03) 31	Sochaux	1–2	Paris FC	Montbéliard
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Paye  11' Weissbeck  32' Martial  67' Ndour  83' Bedia 90+3'	Report	Laura 6' Kanté  42'  58' Abdi 70'	Stadium: Stade Auguste Bonal Referee: Romain Delpech

Nancy v Sochaux

10 April 2021 (2021-04-10) 32	Nancy	0–0	Sochaux	Tomblaine
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Ciss  43'	Report	Martial  45+1'	Stadium: Stade Marcel Picot Attendance: 0 Referee: Mehdi Mokhtari

Sochaux v Pau

17 April 2021 (2021-04-17) 33	Sochaux	1–1	Pau	Montbéliard
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Ambri 12' Sans  84' Thioune  87'	Report	Batisse 56'	Stadium: Stade Auguste Bonal Referee: Abdelatif Kherradji

Grenoble v Sochaux

20 April 2021 (2021-04-20) 34	Grenoble	2–0	Sochaux	Grenoble
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Bénet 13' (pen.), 78' (pen.) Djitté  38' Tapoko  65' H. Demba  82'	Report	Ambri  61' Ourega  78'	Stadium: Stade des Alpes Referee: Bartolomeu Varela

Sochaux v Caen

24 April 2021 (2021-04-24) 35	Sochaux	1–0	Caen	Montbéliard
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Weissbeck 7' Soumaré  19' Bedia 64' (pen.) Mbakata  76'	Report	Deminguet  9' Oniangué  34' Rivierez  79'	Stadium: Stade Auguste Bonal Referee: Nicolas Rainville

Dunkerque v Sochaux

1 May 2021 (2021-05-01) 36	Dunkerque	1–0	Sochaux	Dunkerque
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Dudouit  10' Bosca 84'	Report	Bedia 18' Weissbeck  37' Ndour  68' Thioune  90+2'	Stadium: Stade Marcel-Tribut Referee: Alexandre Perreau Niel

Clermont v Sochaux

8 May 2021 (2021-05-08) 37	Clermont	3–1	Sochaux	Clermont-Ferrand
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Bayo 8' Dossou 34' Allevinah 50'	Report	Soumaré 28' (pen.) Thioune  36' Ambri  80'	Stadium: Stade Gabriel Montpied Referee: Romain Delpech

Sochaux v Auxerre

15 May 2021 (2021-05-15) 38	Sochaux	2–3	Auxerre	Montbéliard
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Lasme 43', 53'	Report	Hein 48' Dugimont 61', 64'	Stadium: Stade Auguste Bonal Referee: Bartolomeu Varela

Coupe de France

Main article: 2020–21 Coupe de France

Nancy v Sochaux

20 January 2021 Eighth round	Nancy	0–1	Sochaux	Nancy
18:30 CET (UTC+1)		Report	El Kaoutari 60' (o.g.)	Stadium: Stade Marcel Picot Attendance: 0 Referee: Benjamin Lepaysant

Sochaux v Saint-Étienne

11 February 2021 Round of 64	Sochaux	1–0	Saint-Étienne	Montbéliard
18:45 CET (UTC+1)	Bedia 5' Ambri  90+2'	Report	Cissé  37'	Stadium: Stade Auguste Bonal Attendance: 0 Referee: Jérémy Stinat

Lyon v Sochaux

6 March 2021 Round of 32	Lyon	5–2	Sochaux	Décines-Charpieu
18:45 CET (UTC+1)	Benlamri 8',  30' Cornet 10' Cherki 45', 87' Denayer 77'	Report	Ndour  40' Bedia 41', 56'	Stadium: Parc Olympique Lyonnais Attendance: 0 Referee: Eric Wattellier

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
	9	FW		Yann Kitala	1	0	1
Totals					2	0	2

External links

• Official website