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
Home colours Away colours Third colours
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; some limited exceptions apply. 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; some limited exceptions apply. 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; some limited exceptions apply. 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

Reims v Troyes

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

Reims v Royal Excel Mouscron

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

Reims v Rouen

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.

Reims v Dunkerque

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

Reims v Le Havre

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

Standard Liège v Reims

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

Standard Liège v Reims

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

Maribor v Reims

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

Reims v Strasbourg

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

Reims v Bordeaux

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

Reims v Midtjylland

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
					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

Main article: 2020–21 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]

Monaco v Reims

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

Reims v Lille

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

Angers v Reims

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

Metz v Reims

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

Reims v Paris Saint-Germain

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

Rennes v Reims

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

Reims v Lorient

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

Montpellier v Reims

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

Reims v Strasbourg

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

Lens v Reims

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

Reims v Nîmes

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

Lyon v Reims

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

Reims v Nice

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

Brest v Reims

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

Reims v Nantes

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

Marseille v Reims

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

Bordeaux v Reims

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

Reims v Dijon

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

Reims v Saint-Étienne

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

Lille v Reims

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

Reims v Brest

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

Strasbourg v Reims

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

Reims v Angers

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

Lorient v Reims

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

Reims v Lens

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

Saint-Étienne v Reims

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

Reims v Montpellier

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

Nantes v Reims

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

Reims v Lyon

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

Dijon v Reims

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

Reims v Rennes

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

Nice v Reims

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

Reims v Metz

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

Reims v Marseille

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

Nîmes v Reims

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

Reims v Monaco

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

Paris Saint-Germain v Reims

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

Reims v Bordeaux

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

Main article: 2020–21 Coupe de France

Reims v Valenciennes

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

Main article: 2020–21 UEFA Europa League

Servette v Reims

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)

Fehérvár v Reims

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	Nat	Name	Ligue 1	Coupe de France	Europa League	Total
1	11	FW		Boulaye Dia	8	0	0	8
2	4	DF		Wout Faes	1	0	0	1
	5	DF		Yunis Abdelhamid	1	0	0	1
	14	MF		Valon Berisha	0	0	1	1
	23	MF		Moreto Cassamá	1	0	0	1
	24	MF		Mathieu Cafaro	1	0	0	1
	21	FW		Nathanaël Mbuku	1	0	0	1
	27	FW		El Bilal Touré	1	0	0	1
Own goals					2	0	0	2
Totals					16	0	1	17

References

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.

External links

• Official website