2020–21 LB Châteauroux season

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)
	← 2019–20 2021–22 →

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.

Players

First-team squad

As of 11 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	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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	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

League table

Pos	Team v t e	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	Relegation to Championnat National

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.^[2]

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

References

^ "Le groupe" (in French). berrichonne.net. Archived from the original on 25 December 2017. Retrieved 22 June 2019.
^ "Ligue 2 BKT : le calendrier de la saison 2020/2021". LFP (in French). 9 July 2020.

External links

Official website

[1] "Le groupe" (in French). berrichonne.net. Archived from the original on 25 December 2017. Retrieved 22 June 2019.

[2] "Ligue 2 BKT : le calendrier de la saison 2020/2021". LFP (in French). 9 July 2020.

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