2020–21 Stade de Reims season

Stade de Reims
2020–21 season
President	Jean-Pierre Caillot
Head coach	David Guion
Stadium	Stade Auguste-Delaune
Ligue 1	14th
Coupe de France	Round of 64
UEFA Europa League	Third qualifying round
Top goalscorer	League: ; Boulaye Dia (14); All: ; Boulaye Dia (16)
Biggest win	Montpellier 0–4 Reims
Biggest defeat	Lyon 3–0 Reims
	← 2019–20 2021–22 ⊟
	All statistics correct as of 23 May 2021.

Fourth kit, used vs Monaco (23 August)

The 2020–21 season was the 89th season in the existence of Stade de Reims and the club's third consecutive season in the top flight of French football. In addition to the domestic league, Reims participated in this season's edition of the Coupe de France and the UEFA Europa League. This was the Reims' first season since 1962–63 in the European football. The season covered the period from 1 July 2020 to 30 June 2021.

Players

First-team squad

As of 1 February 2021.^[1]

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	SRB	Predrag Rajković
2	DF	BEL	Wout Faes
3	DF	CIV	Ghislain Konan
5	DF	MAR	Yunis Abdelhamid (captain)
7	MF	FRA	Xavier Chavalerin
8	MF	SUI	Dereck Kutesa
9	FW	NED	Kaj Sierhuis
10	MF	KOS	Arbër Zeneli
11	FW	SEN	Boulaye Dia
14	MF	KOS	Valon Berisha
15	MF	ZIM	Marshall Munetsi


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
16	GK	FRA	Yehvann Diouf
21	FW	FRA	Nathanaël Mbuku
23	MF	GNB	Moreto Cassamá
24	MF	FRA	Mathieu Cafaro
25	MF	MLI	Moussa Doumbia
27	FW	MLI	El Bilal Touré
28	DF	BEL	Thibault De Smet
29	DF	AUT	Dario Maresic
30	GK	SEN	Dialy N'Diaye
32	DF	BEL	Thomas Foket

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	Nicolas Lemaître (on loan at Quevilly-Rouen)
—	DF	FRA	Logan Costa (on loan at Le Mans)
—	MF	FRA	Ilan Kebbal (on loan at Dunkerque)
—	MF	FRA	Sambou Sissoko (on loan at Quevilly-Rouen)
—	FW	FRA	Billal Brahimi (on loan at Le Mans)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	FW	SCO	Fraser Hornby (on loan at Aberdeen)
—	FW	FRA	Timothé Nkada (on loan at AaB)
—	FW	FRA	Hugo Ekitike (on loan at Vejle BK)
—	FW	GRE	Tasos Donis (on loan at VVV-Venlo)

Reserve team

As of 1 February 2021^[2]

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	Trey Vimalin
—	GK	FRA	Louis Pelletier
—	GK	FRA	Yannis Laib
—	DF	FRA	Redouane Tbahriti
—	DF	FRA	Enzo Valentim
—	DF	FRA	Antar Yalaoui
—	DF	FRA	Bradley Locko
—	DF	SEN	Moustapha Mbow


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	DF	MLI	Fodé Doucouré
—	MF	CMR	Christian Rosin Bella
—	MF	FRA	Mouhamadou Drammeh
—	MF	FRA	Fahem Benaissa
—	MF	FRA	Hamza Khida
—	MF	FRA	Nabil Homssa
—	MF	FRA	Isaac Solet
—	MF	CMR	Moïse Sakava
—	FW	CIV	N'dri Philippe Koffi
—	FW	FRA	Maxime Penneteau

Transfers

In

No.	Pos	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
14	MF	Valon Berisha	Lazio	€5,000,000	9 July 2020	^[3]

Out

No.	Pos	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
15			TBD		1 July 2020

Pre-season and friendlies

Win Draw Loss

9 July 2020 Friendly	Reims	3–1	Troyes	Bétheny, France
17:00 CEST (UTC 2)	Zeneli 12' Touré 43' Hornby 60'	Report	Camara 75'	Stadium: Stade Louis Blériot N°1

15 July 2020 Friendly	Reims	Cancelled	Royal Excel Mouscron	Le Touquet, France
17:00 CEST (UTC 2)				Stadium: Stade Ferdi Petit

15 July 2020 Friendly	Reims	3–0	Rouen	Le Touquet, France
17:00 CEST (UTC 2)	Dia 25' (pen.) Banor 34' (o.g.) Zeneli 80' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Stade Ferdi Petit
Note: Match was played in three 30-minute periods.

18 July 2020 Friendly	Reims	2–2	Dunkerque	Le Touquet, France
18:00 CEST (UTC 2)	Sierhuis 11' (pen.) Zeneli 90' (pen.)	Report	Bosca 55' Bruneel 68'	Stadium: Stade Ferdi Petit

22 July 2020 Friendly	Reims	3–0	Le Havre	Le Touquet, France
17:00 CEST (UTC 2)	Sierhuis 18' Touré 44' Zeneli 46' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Stade Ferdi Petit

1 August 2020 Friendly	Standard Liège	1–0	Reims	Liège, Belgium
15:00 CEST (UTC 2)	Carcela 65'	Report		Stadium: Stade Maurice Dufrasne Attendance: 0

1 August 2020 Friendly	Standard Liège	3–0	Reims	Seraing, Belgium
17:30 CEST (UTC 2)	Shamir 20' Balikwisha 45' Čop 59'	Report		Stadium: Académie Robert Louis-Dreyfus Attendance: 0

5 August 2020 Friendly	Maribor	0–2	Reims	Feldbach, Austria
18:00 CEST (UTC 2)		Report	Zeneli 30', 32'	Stadium: Sparkassenstadion Attendance: 0

8 August 2020 Friendly	Reims	Cancelled	Strasbourg	Reims, France
18:00 CEST (UTC 2)				Stadium: Stade Auguste-Delaune

8 August 2020 Friendly	Reims	0–4	Bordeaux	Reims, France
18:00 CEST (UTC 2)		Report	Oudin 28' De Préville 30' Zerkane 41' Briand 67'	Stadium: Stade Auguste-Delaune Attendance: 2,189

15 August 2020 Friendly	Reims	3–1	Midtjylland	Reims, France
18:00 CEST (UTC 2)	Foket 58' Munetsi 69' Kutesa 72' Faes 73' Touré 90 1'	Report	Mabil 15'	Stadium: Stade Auguste-Delaune

Competitions

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Ligue 1	23 August 2020	23 May 2021	Matchday 1	14th	38	9	15	14	42	50	−8	023.68
Coupe de France	9 February 2021		Round of 64	Round of 64	1	0	0	1	3	4	−1	000.00
UEFA Europa League	17 September 2020	24 September 2020	Second qualifying round	Third qualifying round	2	1	1	0	1	0	1	050.00
Total					41	10	16	15	46	54	−8	024.39

Last updated: 23 May 2021
Source: Soccerway

Ligue 1

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
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
16	Lorient	38	11	9	18	50	68	−18	42

Source: Ligue 1
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Fairplay ranking.^[4]

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	9	15	14	42	50	−8	42	4	8	7	16	21	−5	5	7	7	26	29	−3

Last updated: 23 May 2021.
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	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H
Result	D	L	L	L	L	D	L	W	W	D	L	L	D	L	W	D	W	D	W	L	W	W	D	L	D	D	D	W	D	W	D	D	D	L	D	L	L	L
Position	5	14	17	19	19	19	19	19	15	16	17	17	18	19	17	17	15	15	14	15	14	12	12	14	13	13	13	12	13	12	12	12	11	11	11	13	13	14

Source: Ligue 1
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 9 July 2020.^[5]

23 August 2020 1	Monaco	2–2	Reims	Monaco
13:00 CEST (UTC 2)	Disasi 45 2', 90' Badiashile 55'	Report	Dia 5' Touré 21' Kutesa 41' Faes 76' Foket 90'	Stadium: Stade Louis II Attendance: 5,000 Referee: François Letexier

30 August 2020 2	Reims	0–1	Lille	Reims
13:00 CEST (UTC 2)	Faes 75' Hornby 80' Chavalerin 81' Rajković 90'	Report	Bamba 32' Çelik 34'	Stadium: Stade Auguste-Delaune Referee: Stéphanie Frappart

13 September 2020 3	Angers	1–0	Reims	Angers
15:00 CEST (UTC 2)	Bahoken 19', 44', 55' Thomas 52' 61' Fulgini 90 1'	Report	Faes 42' Touré 49' Munetsi 86'	Stadium: Stade Raymond Kopa Referee: Benoît Bastien

20 September 2020 4	Metz	2–1	Reims	Metz
15:00 CEST (UTC 2)	Niane 18', 88' Boulaya 43'	Report	Abdelhamid 17' Cassamá 27' Dia 43' (pen.) Konan 48' Munetsi 50' Cafaro 53'	Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien Referee: Johan Hamel

27 September 2020 5	Reims	0–2	Paris Saint-Germain	Reims
21:00 CEST (UTC 2)	Cassamá 35' Foket 74'	Report	Icardi 9', 63' Draxler 52' Marquinhos 90 2'	Stadium: Stade Auguste-Delaune Referee: Ruddy Buquet

4 October 2020 6	Rennes	2–2	Reims	Rennes
17:00 CEST (UTC 2)	Raphinha 24' Da Silva 35', 37' Tait 38' Camavinga 54' Aguerd 90 3'	Report	Abdelhamid 11' Faes 40' Chavalerin 57' Dia 66' Munetsi 71'	Stadium: Roazhon Park Referee: Florent Batta

17 October 2020 7	Reims	1–3	Lorient	Reims
17:00 CEST (UTC 2)	Cassamá 15', 70' Chavalerin 19' Ekitike 45 1' Drammeh 48' Faes 54' Donis 90'	Report	Hamel 34', 61' Wissa 64' (pen.) Moffi 80'	Stadium: Stade Auguste-Delaune Referee: Mikael Lesage

25 October 2020 8	Montpellier	0–4	Reims	Montpellier
15:00 CET (UTC 1)	Hilton 7' Le Tallec 42' Oyongo 55'	Report	Dia 9' (pen.), 13', 56' (pen.) Mbuku 31'	Stadium: Stade de la Mosson Referee: Willy Delajod

1 November 2020 9	Reims	2–1	Strasbourg	Reims
15:00 CET (UTC 1)	Kamara 22' (o.g.) Faes 26'	Report	Diallo 3' Ajorque 30' (pen.) Prcić 73'	Stadium: Stade Auguste-Delaune Attendance: 0 Referee: Eric Wattellier

8 November 2020 10	Lens	4–4	Reims	Lens
15:00 CET (UTC 1)	Medina 14' Mauricio 18' Banza 21' Badé 76' Foket 77' (o.g.) Sotoca 90', 90 1'	Report	Faes 46' Cafaro 47' Dia 54', 81' Medina 79' (o.g.)	Stadium: Stade Bollaert-Delelis Attendance: 0 Referee: Thomas Léonard

22 November 2020 11	Reims	0–1	Nîmes	Reims
15:00 CET (UTC 1)	Sierhuis 19' Munetsi 47' Berisha 82'	Report	Ripart 34', 62' (pen.)	Stadium: Stade Auguste-Delaune Attendance: 0 Referee: Jérémy Stinat

29 November 2020 12	Lyon	3–0	Reims	Décines-Charpieu
13:00 CET (UTC 1)	Toko Ekambi 22' Bruno Guimarães 49' Cornet 62' Dembélé 66', 82'	Report	Touré 14' Cassamá 32'	Stadium: Parc Olympique Lyonnais Attendance: 0 Referee: Jérôme Miguelgorry

6 December 2020 13	Reims	0–0	Nice	Reims
17:00 CET (UTC 1)	Dia 59'	Report	Boudaoui 16' Danilo 85'	Stadium: Stade Auguste-Delaune Attendance: 0 Referee: Stéphanie Frappart

13 December 2020 14	Brest	2–1	Reims	Brest
15:00 CET (UTC 1)	Honorat 30' Mounié 36', 77' Hérelle 50'	Report	Munetsi 51' Zeneli 65'	Stadium: Stade Francis-Le Blé Attendance: 0 Referee: Aurélien Petit

16 December 2020 15	Reims	3–2	Nantes	Reims
19:00 CET (UTC 1)	Konan 7' Cassamá 58' Touré 68' Dia 72' (pen.) Cafaro 74'	Report	Fábio 5' Pallois 18' Traoré 72' Blas 79'	Stadium: Stade Auguste-Delaune Attendance: 0 Referee: Karim Abed

19 December 2020 16	Marseille	1–1	Reims	Marseille
19:00 CET (UTC 1)	Nagatomo 25' Thauvin 45'	Report	De Smet 19' Nagatomo 21' (o.g.) Touré 78' Cassamá 90 2'	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 0 Referee: Thomas Léonard

23 December 2020 17	Bordeaux	1–3	Reims	Bordeaux
19:00 CET (UTC 1)	Benito 41' Bašić 66' Hwang 73' Adli 78'	Report	Abdelhamid 15' Dia 18' Berisha 78' Munetsi 89'	Stadium: Matmut Atlantique Attendance: 0 Referee: Jérôme Brisard

6 January 2021 18	Reims	0–0	Dijon	Reims
21:00 CET (UTC 1)	Foket 59' Chavalerin 74'	Report	Diop 25' Celina 42' Sammaritano 79'	Stadium: Stade Auguste-Delaune Attendance: 0 Referee: Amaury Delerue

9 January 2021 19	Reims	3–1	Saint-Étienne	Reims
21:00 CET (UTC 1)	Dia 12' (pen.), 37' Cassamá 14' Mbuku 32' Cafaro 59'	Report	Boudebouz 11' Nordin 43' Moulin 58' Bouanga 69' Abi 72'	Stadium: Stade Auguste-Delaune Attendance: 0 Referee: Florent Batta

17 January 2021 20	Lille	2–1	Reims	Villeneuve-d'Ascq
17:00 CET (UTC 1)	Bamba 48' Djaló 85' David 90 1' Luiz Araújo 90 4'	Report	Cassamá 31' Zeneli 36'	Stadium: Stade Pierre-Mauroy Attendance: 0 Referee: Benoît Millot

24 January 2021 21	Reims	1–0	Brest	Reims
15:00 CET (UTC 1)	Mbuku 40' Cafaro 70' Faes 76' Abdelhamid 83'	Report		Stadium: Stade Auguste-Delaune Attendance: 0 Referee: Johan Hamel

31 January 2021 22	Strasbourg	0–1	Reims	Strasbourg
15:00 CET (UTC 1)	Djiku 64'	Report	Faes 38' Kutesa 80' Chavalerin 85'	Stadium: Stade de la Meinau Attendance: 0 Referee: Stéphanie Frappart

3 February 2021 23	Reims	0–0	Angers	Reims
19:00 CET (UTC 1)	Cassamá 24' Faes 75'	Report	Bamba 20'	Stadium: Stade Auguste-Delaune Attendance: 0 Referee: Aurélien Petit

6 February 2021 24	Lorient	1–0	Reims	Lorient
17:00 CET (UTC 1)	Abergel 53'	Report	Kutesa 27' Mbuku 74' De Smet 87' Chavalerin 90 5'	Stadium: Stade du Moustoir Attendance: 0 Referee: Thomas Léonard

13 February 2021 25	Reims	1–1	Lens	Reims
19:00 CET (UTC 1)	Zeneli 13' Konan 43' Faes 48'	Report	Kakuta 45' Sotoca 61'	Stadium: Stade Auguste-Delaune Attendance: 0 Referee: Eric Wattellier

20 February 2021 26	Saint-Étienne	1–1	Reims	Saint-Étienne
13:00 CET (UTC 1)	Abi 89'	Report	Touré 72' Mbuku 79' Doumbia 89'	Stadium: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard Attendance: 0 Referee: Antony Gautier

28 February 2021 27	Reims	0–0	Montpellier	Reims
15:00 CET (UTC 1)	Dia 81'	Report	Hilton 64'	Stadium: Stade Auguste-Delaune Attendance: 0 Referee: François Letexier

3 March 2021 28	Nantes	1–2	Reims	Nantes
21:00 CET (UTC 1)	Simon 14'	Report	Faes 6' Konan 11', 39' Cassamá 29' Chavalerin 69' Abdelhamid 80', 89'	Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 0 Referee: Willy Delajod

12 March 2021 29	Reims	1–1	Lyon	Reims
21:00 CET (UTC 1)	Cafaro 33', 43' Abdelhamid 61' Munetsi 68'	Report	Depay 30' Kadewere 90 2'	Stadium: Stade Auguste-Delaune Attendance: 0 Referee: Jérôme Brisard

21 March 2021 30	Dijon	0–1	Reims	Dijon
15:00 CET (UTC 1)	Baldé 59' Ndong 78' Lautoa 87'	Report	Dia 50'	Stadium: Stade Gaston Gérard Attendance: 0 Referee: Benoît Bastien

4 April 2021 31	Reims	2–2	Rennes	Reims
15:00 CEST (UTC 2)	Chavalerin 39' Dia 60' Faes 74' Konan 81' Rajković 84' Cassamá 85'	Report	Bourigeaud 39' Terrier 67' Guirassy 75' (pen.), 83' Nzonzi 76'	Stadium: Stade Auguste-Delaune Attendance: 0 Referee: Karim Abed

11 April 2021 32	Nice	0–0	Reims	Nice
15:00 CEST (UTC 2)		Report	Touré 88'	Stadium: Allianz Riviera Attendance: 0 Referee: Jérémy Stinat

18 April 2021 33	Reims	0–0	Metz	Reims
15:00 CEST (UTC 2)	Munetsi 18' Konan 53' Foket 65'	Report	Kouyaté 81'	Stadium: Stade Auguste-Delaune Attendance: 0 Referee: Jérôme Miguelgorry

23 April 2021 34	Reims	1–3	Marseille	Reims
21:00 CEST (UTC 2)	Faes 29' 69' Mbuku 38'	Report	Payet 41', 76' Milik 45 1'	Stadium: Stade Auguste-Delaune Attendance: 0 Referee: Eric Wattellier

2 May 2021 35	Nîmes	2–2	Reims	Nîmes
15:00 CEST (UTC 2)	Paquiez 45' Ripart 47' Koné 71', 72'	Report	Zeneli 21' Mbuku 30' De Smet 56' Flips 80'	Stadium: Stade des Costières Attendance: 0 Referee: Benoît Millot

9 May 2021 36	Reims	0–1	Monaco	Reims
17:05 CEST (UTC 2)	Munetsi 31'	Report	Matazo 20' Badiashile 39' Maripán 89' Golovin 90 3'	Stadium: Stade Auguste-Delaune Attendance: 0 Referee: Antony Gautier

16 May 2021 37	Paris Saint-Germain	4–0	Reims	Paris
21:00 CEST (UTC 2)	Neymar 13' (pen.) Mbappé 24' Marquinhos 68' Kean 90'	Report	Abdelhamid 10'	Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 0 Referee: Clément Turpin

23 May 2021 38	Reims	1–2	Bordeaux	Reims
21:00 CEST (UTC 2)	Touré 15' Sierhuis 90 2'	Report	Adli 44' Kwateng 58', 90 2'	Stadium: Stade Auguste-Delaune Attendance: 0 Referee: Jérôme Brisard

Coupe de France

9 February 2021 Round of 64	Reims	3–4	Valenciennes	Reims
18:30 CET (UTC 1)	Sierhuis 30' Maresic 39' Dia 84', 90'	Report	Guillaume 22', 56' Cabral 63', 81' D'Almeida 73'	Stadium: Stade Auguste Delaune Attendance: 0 Referee: Jérémie Pignard

UEFA Europa League

17 September 2020 Second qualifying round	Servette	0–1	Reims	Geneva, Switzerland
20:45 CEST (UTC 2)		Report	Berisha 4' Chavalerin 43' Cassamá 45 1' Faes 67' Touré 83'	Stadium: Stade de Genève Attendance: 0 Referee: Stuart Attwell (England)

24 September 2020 Third qualifying round	Fehérvár	0–0 (a.e.t.) (4–1 p)	Reims	Székesfehérvár, Hungary
18:00 CEST (UTC 2)		Report	Berisha 8' Chavalerin 45 1' Foket 56' 115'	Stadium: MOL Aréna Sóstó Attendance: 0 Referee: Matej Jug (Slovenia)
	Penalties
	Evandro Stopira Hodžić Nego		Dia Abdelhamid Konan

Statistics

Goalscorers

As of 29 November 2020

Rank	No.	Pos	Name	Ligue 1	Europa League	Total
1	11	FW	Boulaye Dia	8	0	8
2	4	DF	Wout Faes	1	0	1
	5	DF	Yunis Abdelhamid	1	0	1
	14	MF	Valon Berisha	0	1	1
	23	MF	Moreto Cassamá	1	0	1
	24	MF	Mathieu Cafaro	1	0	1
	21	FW	Nathanaël Mbuku	1	0	1
	27	FW	El Bilal Touré	1	0	1
Own goals				2	0	2
Totals				16	1	17

References

^ "Les joueurs" [The players] (in French). Stade de Reims. 26 January 2019.
^ "Liste Joueurs | Stade de Reims". stade-de-reims.com.
^ "Official | Reims sign Valon Berisha from Lazio for €5m". www.getfootballnewsfrance.com. Get French Football News. 9 July 2020.
^ "League Table". Ligue1.com. Retrieved 12 August 2016.
^ "Ligue 1 Uber Eats : le calendrier de la saison 2020/2021". LFP (in French). 9 July 2020.

External links

Official website

[1] "Les joueurs" [The players] (in French). Stade de Reims. 26 January 2019.

[2] "Liste Joueurs | Stade de Reims". stade-de-reims.com.

[3] "Official | Reims sign Valon Berisha from Lazio for €5m". www.getfootballnewsfrance.com. Get French Football News. 9 July 2020.

[4] "League Table". Ligue1.com. Retrieved 12 August 2016.

[5] "Ligue 1 Uber Eats : le calendrier de la saison 2020/2021". LFP (in French). 9 July 2020.

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