2020–21 LB Châteauroux season

The 2020–21 LB Châteauroux season was the club's 105th season in existence and its club's fourth consecutive season in the second division of French football. In addition to the domestic league, Châteauroux participated in this season's edition of the Coupe de France. The season covered the period from 1 July 2020 to 30 June 2021.

LB Châteauroux

2020–21 season
Chairman	Michel Denisot
Manager	Nicolas Usaï (until 13 December) Benoît Cauet (from 1 January to 10 March) Marco Simone (from 10 March)
Stadium	Stade Gaston Petit
Ligue 2	20th (relegated)
Coupe de France	Eighth round
Top goalscorer	League: Romain Grange (6) All: Romain Grange (6)
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Players

First-team squad

As of 11 February 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	Julien Fabri
2	DF	CIV	Ibrahim Cissé (on loan from Nice)
3	DF	CMR	Yannick M'Boné (captain)
4	MF	COD	Rémi Mulumba
6	DF	FRA	Leandro Morante
7	MF	FRA	Amir Nouri
9	FW	FRA	Yanis Merdji
10	FW	FRA	Guevin Tormin
11	FW	TOG	Razak Boukari
12	DF	FRA	Nama Fofana
13	FW	CGO	Prince Ibara
14	FW	FRA	Alexis Gonçalves
15	MF	FRA	Romain Grange
16	GK	FRA	Rémi Pillot
17	MF	FRA	Issa Marega

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
18	FW	TOG	Gilles Sunu
19	MF	GNB	Opa Sanganté
20	DF	FRA	Alexandre Raineau
21	DF	CIV	Christopher Operi
22	FW	SEN	Philippe Paulin Keny
23	MF	FRA	Kalidou Sidibé
24	DF	COM	Chaker Alhadhur
25	FW	FRA	Ilyas Chouaref
26	MF	FRA	Baptiste Canelhas
27	MF	FRA	Léo Leroy
28	DF	GLP	Jérémy Cordoval
29	FW	FRA	Siriné Doucouré
30	GK	CMR	Wilfried Bedfian
40	GK	POL	Marcin Bułka

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
—	FW	FRA	Andrew Jung (on loan to Quevilly-Rouen)

Pre-season and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss

Rennes v Châteauroux

16 July 2020 Friendly	Rennes	3–0	Châteauroux	Rennes, France
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Terrier 15' Raphinha 62' Rutter 64'		Cissé  83'	Stadium: Centre d’entraînement Henri-Guérin Referee: Amaury Delerue

Châteauroux v Niort

22 July 2020 Friendly	Châteauroux	Cancelled	Niort	Châteauroux, France
14:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stade Gaston Petit

Châteauroux v US Orléans

1 August 2020 Friendly	Châteauroux	Cancelled	US Orléans	Châteauroux, France
14:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stade Gaston Petit

Clermont v Châteauroux

5 August 2020 Friendly	Clermont	3–1	Châteauroux	Clermont-Ferrand, France
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Tell 32' (pen.), 36', 61'		Sunu 3'	Stadium: Stade Gabriel Montpied

SO Romorantin v Châteauroux

9 August 2020 Friendly	SO Romorantin	0–2	Châteauroux	Romorantin-Lanthenay, France
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)			Grange 38' (pen.), 44'	Stadium: Stade Jules Ladoumègue

Châteauroux v Sporting Club Lyon

14 August 2020 Friendly	Châteauroux	0–2	Sporting Club Lyon	Châteauroux, France
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)			Pierre-Charles 42' (pen.) Botella 73' (pen.)	Stadium: Stade Gaston Petit

Angers v Châteauroux

4 September 2020 Friendly	Angers	6–1	Châteauroux	Saumur, France
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)

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	15 May 2021	Matchday 1	20th	38	4	11	23	32	58	−26	010.53
Coupe de France	19 January 2021		Eighth round	Eighth round	1	0	0	1	0	2	−2	000.00
Total					39	4	11	24	32	60	−28	010.26

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
16	Dunkerque	38	10	11	17	34	47	−13	41
17	Caen	38	9	14	15	34	49	−15	41
18	Niort (O)	38	9	14	15	34	58	−24	41	Qualification for the relegation play-offs
19	Chambly (R)	38	9	11	18	41	64	−23	38	Relegation to Championnat National
20	Châteauroux (R)	38	4	11	23	32	58	−26	23

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
(O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated

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	4	11	23	32	58	−26	23	3	5	11	21	31	−10	1	6	12	11	27	−16

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	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	W	L	L	D	L	W	D	L	L	L	W	D	L	L	L	D	L	L	L	L	D	L	W	D	L	L	L	L	D	D	D	L	L	D	L	L	L	D
Position	5	10	14	15	18	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20

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

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 9 July 2020.

Ajaccio v Châteauroux

22 August 2020 1	Ajaccio	0–1	Châteauroux	Ajaccio
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Nouri 78'	Stadium: Stade François Coty Referee: Benjamin Lepaysant

Châteauroux v Auxerre

29 August 2020 2	Châteauroux	1–2	Auxerre	Châteauroux
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Mulumba 66'	Report	Autret 59' Begraoui 90'	Stadium: Stade Gaston Petit Referee: Pierre Gaillouste

Valenciennes v Châteauroux

12 September 2020 3	Valenciennes	1–0	Châteauroux	Valenciennes
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Chevalier 67'	Report		Stadium: Stade du Hainaut Referee: Sylvain Palhies

Châteauroux v Amiens

19 September 2020 4	Châteauroux	0–0	Amiens	Châteauroux
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Stade Gaston Petit Attendance: 4,612 Referee: Alexandre Perreau Niel

Chambly v Châteauroux

26 September 2020 5	Chambly	2–1	Châteauroux	Beauvais
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Jaques 53' Correa 76'	Report	Keny 45+2'	Stadium: Stade Pierre Brisson Attendance: 1,338 Referee: Abdelatif Kherradji

Châteauroux v Niort

3 October 2020 6	Châteauroux	2–0	Niort	Châteauroux
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Tormin 37' Grange  49' Sanganté  77' Mulumba 87' Cissé  90+2'	Report	Louiserre  86'	Stadium: Stade Gaston Petit Referee: Mehdi Mokhtari

Le Havre v Châteauroux

17 October 2020 (2020-10-17) 7	Le Havre	1–1	Châteauroux	Le Havre
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Bentil 8',  65' Ersoy  54'	Report	Sunu 16' Opa Sanganté  29' Mulumba  58'	Stadium: Stade Océane Referee: Mathieu Vernice

Châteauroux v Paris FC

24 October 2020 (2020-10-24) 8	Châteauroux	1–2	Paris FC	Châteauroux
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Fofana  11' Cissé  20' Grange 45+2' Mulumba  51' Operi  55'	Report	Belaud  7' Laura 20' (pen.) Cissé 31' (o.g.) Kanté  90+2'	Stadium: Stade Gaston Petit Referee: Romain Delpech

Nancy v Châteauroux

31 October 2020 (2020-10-31) 9	Nancy	2–1	Châteauroux	Tomblaine
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Bassi 54' Coulibaly 71' Latouchent  86' Biron  90+1'	Report	Grange  8', 15'	Stadium: Stade Marcel Picot Referee: Guillaume Paradis

Châteauroux v Pau

7 November 2020 (2020-11-07) 10	Châteauroux	0–3	Pau	Châteauroux
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Sanganté  77'  78'	Report	Assifuah 9', 40' Daubin  18' Armand 33' Sabaly  45+2' Kouassi  87'	Stadium: Stade Gaston Petit Referee: Mehdi Mokhtari

Châteauroux v Sochaux

21 November 2020 (2020-11-21) 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

Caen v Châteauroux

28 November 2020 (2020-11-28) 12	Caen	1–1	Châteauroux	Caen
19:00 (CET) (UTC+1)	Bammou 74' (pen.) Rivierez  75'	Report	Nouri 66' Leroy  74'	Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano Referee: Romain Lissorgue

Châteauroux v Grenoble

1 December 2020 (2020-12-01) 13	Châteauroux	0–1	Grenoble	Châteauroux
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Cissé  42'  77'	Report	Ravet  77' Straalman  83' Diallo 87'	Stadium: Stade Gaston Petit Referee: Olivier Thual

Dunkerque v Châteauroux

5 December 2020 (2020-12-05) 14	Dunkerque	2–0	Châteauroux	Dunkerque
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Diarra 44', 55' Tchokounté  45+2' Maraval  72'	Report	Cordoval  19' Mulumba  69' M'Boné  90'	Stadium: Stade Marcel-Tribut Referee: Nicolas Rainville

Châteauroux v Toulouse

12 December 2020 (2020-12-12) 15	Châteauroux	0–3	Toulouse	Châteauroux
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	M'Boné  42' Cissé  65' Fofana  70' Leroy  90+1'	Report	Machado  18' Spierings 37' (pen.) Healey 65' Antiste 85'	Stadium: Stade Gaston Petit Referee: Mathieu Vernice

Rodez v Châteauroux

18 December 2020 (2020-12-18) 16	Rodez	1–1	Châteauroux	Rodez
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Henry  28' Boissier  47', 62'	Report	Sanganté  9' Cordoval  54' Mulumba  57' Boukari 68'	Stadium: Stade Paul-Lignon Referee: Romain Delpech

Châteauroux v Clermont

22 December 2020 (2020-12-22) 17	Châteauroux	0–1	Clermont	Châteauroux
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Opéri  77'	Report	Allevinah 11' Magnin  90+4'	Stadium: Stade Gaston Petit Referee: Mehdi Mokhtari

Troyes v Châteauroux

5 January 2021 (2021-01-05) 18	Troyes	2–0	Châteauroux	Troyes
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Gory  53' Cissé 77' (o.g.) Pintor 84'	Report	Cissé  45' Cordoval  61'  80'	Stadium: Stade de l'Aube Referee: Guillaume Paradis

Châteauroux v Guingamp

8 January 2021 (2021-01-08) 19	Châteauroux	2–3	Guingamp	Châteauroux
20:00 CEST (UTC+1)	Mulumba  38', 78' Operi 79' Morante  90'	Report	Rodelin 59' Pierrot 67',  90' Ngbakoto 74' Roux  88'	Stadium: Stade Gaston Petit Referee: Nicolas Rainville

Auxerre v Châteauroux

16 January 2021 (2021-01-16) 20	Auxerre	4–1	Châteauroux	Auxerre
19:00 (CET) (UTC+1)	Fortuné 9' Sakhi 67' Hein 79' Begraoui 90'	Report	Merdji 36'	Stadium: Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps Referee: Eric Wattellier

Châteauroux v Valenciennes

23 January 2021 (2021-01-23) 21	Châteauroux	3–3	Valenciennes	Châteauroux
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Ntim 9' (o.g.) Gonçalves  34', 90' Chouaref 57' Leroy  62' Sunu  70' Mulumba  76' Fofana  83'	Report	Guillaume  36' Cuffaut 47', 73' Ntim 83'	Stadium: Stade Gaston Petit Referee: Remi Landry

Amiens v Châteauroux

30 January 2021 (2021-01-30) 22	Amiens	1–0	Châteauroux	Amiens
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Odey 38',  90' Lomotey  71'	Report	Canelhas  11' Mulumba  73' Opéri  86'	Stadium: Stade de la Licorne Referee: Romain Lissorgue

Châteauroux v Chambly

2 February 2021 (2021-02-02) 23	Châteauroux	4–0	Chambly	Châteauroux
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Mulumba  47' Ibara  52' Grange 55' (pen.) Doucouré 72', 88' Merdji 85'	Report	Derrien  44' Pinot  54' Heinry  67'	Stadium: Stade Gaston Petit Referee: Arnaud Baert

Niort v Châteauroux

5 February 2021 (2021-02-05) 24	Niort	1–1	Châteauroux	Niort
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Conté  59' Boutobba 68'	Report	Ibara 14',  25' Keny  49' Mulumba  56'	Stadium: Stade René Gaillard Referee: Guillaume Paradis

Châteauroux v Le Havre

13 February 2021 (2021-02-13) 25	Châteauroux	0–1	Le Havre	Châteauroux
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Sidibé  23' Vargas  66'	Report	Alioui  50' Lekhal  63' Bonnet 67' (pen.)	Stadium: Stade Gaston Petit Referee: Stéphanie Frappart

Paris FC v Châteauroux

20 February 2021 26	Paris FC	1–0	Châteauroux	Paris
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Kanté  48' Abdi 69' Caddy  88'	Report	Leroy  26' Opéri  39' Mulumba  77' Keny  84'	Stadium: Stade Sébastien Charléty Referee: Benjamin Lepaysant

Châteauroux v Nancy

27 February 2021 (2021-02-27) 27	Châteauroux	1–4	Nancy	Châteauroux
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Fofana  25' Sidibé  47' Opéri  62' Ibara 72'	Report	Karamoko  27' Biron 31', 41', 48' Scheidler 63'	Stadium: Stade Gaston Petit Referee: Olivier Thual

Pau v Châteauroux

2 March 2021 (2021-03-02) 28	Pau	1–0	Châteauroux	Pau
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Daubin  27' Assifuah  53' Sadzoute  56' George 58'	Report	Grange  20' Opéri  43' Ibara  85'	Stadium: Stade du Hameau Referee: Arnaud Baert

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

Châteauroux v Caen

20 March 2021 (2021-03-20) 30	Châteauroux	2–2	Caen	Châteauroux
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Tormin 9' Grange 13' (pen.)	Report	Jeannot 4', 28'	Stadium: Stade Gaston Petit Referee: Sylvain Palhies

Grenoble v Châteauroux

3 April 2021 (2021-04-03) 31	Grenoble	2–2	Châteauroux	Grenoble
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Ravet  18' Djitté 25' Bénet 31',  51' Monfray  37'  74' Tapoko  40'	Report	Sunu  26' Ibara 36' Tormin 54'	Stadium: Stade des Alpes Referee: Amaury Delerue

Châteauroux v Dunkerque

10 April 2021 (2021-04-10) 32	Châteauroux	1–2	Dunkerque	Châteauroux
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Sanganté  20' Grange 24'	Report	Huysman 7' Tchokounté 50' Diarra  69'	Stadium: Stade Gaston Petit Referee: Benjamin Lepaysant

Toulouse v Châteauroux

17 April 2021 33	Toulouse	1–0	Châteauroux	Toulouse
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Amian 52' Bayo  56'	Report	Ibara  48' Canelhas  89'	Stadium: Stadium de Toulouse Referee: Nicolas Rainville

Châteauroux v Rodez

20 April 2021 (2021-04-20) 34	Châteauroux	1–1	Rodez	Châteauroux
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Ibara  61' Bonny 77' Merdji  90'	Report	Boissier 71'	Stadium: Stade Gaston Petit Referee: Mathieu Vernice

Clermont v Châteauroux

24 April 2021 (2021-04-24) 35	Clermont	2–1	Châteauroux	Clermont-Ferrand
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Berthomier 6', 80'	Report	Grange 72'	Stadium: Stade Gabriel Montpied Referee: Olivier Thual

Châteauroux v Troyes

1 May 2021 (2021-05-01) 36	Châteauroux	1–2	Troyes	Châteauroux
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	M'Boné 20',  53' Mulumba  72'  83' Grange  90+2'	Report	Tardieu 51' (pen.) Touzghar 71'	Stadium: Stade Gaston Petit Referee: Mehdi Mokhtari

Guingamp v Chateauroux

8 May 2021 (2021-05-08) 37	Guingamp	2–0	Chateauroux	Guingamp
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Fofana 17' Pierrot  33', 53'	Report	Ibara  66'	Stadium: Stade de Roudourou Referee: Hakim Ben El Hadj

Châteauroux v Ajaccio

15 May 2021 (2021-05-15) 38	Châteauroux	0–0	Ajaccio	Châteauroux
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	M'Boné  49'	Report	Courtet 78',  86'	Stadium: Stade Gaston Petit Referee: Arnaud Baert

Coupe de France

Main article: 2020–21 Coupe de France

Châteauroux v Ajaccio

19 January 2021 Eighth round	Châteauroux	0–2	Ajaccio	Châteauroux
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Doucouré  38' Opa Sanganté  49'	Report	Barreto 18' Sainati  34' Courtet 61'	Stadium: Stade Gaston Petit Attendance: 0 Referee: Mathieu Vernice
Note: Played Behind Closed Doors

External links

• Official website