2020–21 in French football

The following article is a summary of the 2020–21 football season in France, which is the 87th season of competitive football in the country and runs from July 2020 to June 2021.

Football in France

Season	2020–21
Men's football
Trophée des Champions	Paris Saint-Germain
← 2019–20 2021–22 →

National teams

France national football team

Friendlies

7 October 2020	France	7–1	Ukraine	Saint-Denis, France
21:10 CEST (UTC+2)	Camavinga  9' Giroud  24', 34' Mykolenko  39' (o.g.) Tolisso  65' Mbappé  82' Griezmann  89'	Report	Tsyhankov  53'	Stadium: Stade de France Attendance: 0 Referee: Andris Treimanis (Latvia)

11 November 2020	France	0–2	Finland	Saint-Denis, France
21:10 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Forss  28' Valakari  31'	Stadium: Stade de France Attendance: 0 Referee: Nikola Popov (Bulgaria)

UEFA Nations League A

Group 3

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	France	6	5	1	0	12	5	+7	16	Qualification to Nations League Finals		—	0–0	4–2	4–2
2	Portugal	6	4	1	1	12	4	+8	13			0–1	—	4–1	3–0
3	Croatia	6	1	0	5	9	16	−7	3[lower-alpha 1]			1–2	2–3	—	2–1
4	Sweden (R)	6	1	0	5	5	13	−8	3[lower-alpha 1]	Relegation to League B		0–1	0–2	2–1	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(R) Relegated.
Notes:

1. Tied on head-to-head results. Overall goal difference was used as the tiebreaker.

5 September 2020	Sweden	0–1	France	Solna, Sweden
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Mbappé  41'	Stadium: Friends Arena Attendance: 0[note 1] Referee: Szymon Marciniak (Poland)

8 September 2020	France	4–2	Croatia	Saint-Denis, France
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Griezmann  43' Livaković  45+1' (o.g.) Upamecano  65' Giroud  77' (pen.)	Report	Lovren  17' Brekalo  55'	Stadium: Stade de France Attendance: 0[note 1] Referee: Ovidiu Hațegan (Romania)

11 October 2020	France	0–0	Portugal	Saint-Denis, France
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Stade de France Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande (Spain)

14 October 2020	Croatia	1–2	France	Zagreb, Croatia
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Vlašić  65'	Report	Griezmann  8' Mbappé  79'	Stadium: Stadion Maksimir Referee: Björn Kuipers (Netherlands)

14 November 2020	Portugal	0–1	France	Lisbon, Portugal
20:45 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Kanté  54'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Referee: Tobias Stieler (Germany)

17 November 2020	France	4–2	Sweden	Saint-Denis
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Giroud  16', 59' Pavard  36' Coman  90+5'	Report	Claesson  5' Quaison  88'	Stadium: Stade de France Referee: Aleksei Kulbakov (Belarus)

UEFA Euro 2020

Group F

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		HUN	POR	FRA	GER
1	Hungary (H)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Advance to knockout phase		—
2	Portugal	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				—
3	France	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Possible knockout phase based on ranking				—
4	Germany (H)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						—

First match(es) will be played on 15 June 2021. Source: UEFA
(H) Host.

15 June 2021	France	v	Germany	Munich, Germany
				Stadium: Allianz Arena

19 June 2021	Winner Play-off Path A/D	v	France	Budapest, Hungary
				Stadium: Puskás Aréna

23 June 2021	Portugal	v	France	Budapest, Hungary
				Stadium: Puskás Aréna

France national under-21 football team

Summer Olympics

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the games have been postponed to the summer of 2021. However, their official name remains 2020 Summer Olympics with the rescheduled 2021 dates have yet to be announced.[3]

France women's national football team

Group G

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	France	8	7	1	0	44	0	+44	22	Final tournament		—	3–0	6–0	11–0	12–0
2	Austria	8	6	1	1	22	3	+19	19	Final tournament if among three best runners-up (play-offs otherwise)		0–0	—	1–0	3–0	9–0
3	Serbia	8	4	0	4	21	12	+9	12			0–2	0–1	—	8–1	4–1
4	North Macedonia	8	2	0	6	8	39	−31	6			0–7	0–3	0–6	—	4–1
5	Kazakhstan	8	0	0	8	2	43	−41	0			0–3	0–5	0–3	0–3	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

18 September 2020	Serbia	0–2	France	Subotica
		Report	Frajtović  6' (o.g.) Majri  15'	Stadium: Subotica City Stadium Referee: Frida Nielsen (Denmark)

22 September 2020	North Macedonia	0–7	France	Skopje
				Stadium: Toše Proeski Arena Referee: Reelika Turi (Estonia)

23 October 2020	France	11–0	North Macedonia	Dijon, France
	Gauvin  1' Le Sommer  5', 21', 73', 78' de Almeida  39' Diani  45+1' Asseyi  55' Geyoro  60', 63' D. Cascarino  76'			Stadium: Stade Gaston Gérard Referee: Petra Pavlikova (Slovakia)

26 October 2020	Austria	0–0	France	Wiener Neustadt
				Stadium: Stadion Wiener Neustadt Referee: Pernilla Larsson (Sweden)

26 November 2020	France	3–0	Austria	France
	Renard  11' Katoto  27', 73'	Report		Referee: Esther Staubli (Switzerland)

30 November 2020	France	v	Kazakhstan	Vannes, France
				Stadium: Stade de la Rabine

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UEFA competitions

UEFA Champions League

Group stage

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		MCI	POR	OLY	MAR
1	Manchester City	6	5	1	0	13	1	+12	16	Advance to knockout phase		—	3–1	3–0	3–0
2	Porto	6	4	1	1	10	3	+7	13			0–0	—	2–0	3–0
3	Olympiacos	6	1	0	5	2	10	−8	3[lower-alpha 1]	Transfer to Europa League		0–1	0–2	—	1–0
4	Marseille	6	1	0	5	2	13	−11	3[lower-alpha 1]			0–3	0–2	2–1	—

Source: UEFA
Notes:

1. Tied on head-to-head points (3). Head-to-head away goals: Olympiacos 1, Marseille 0.

Group E

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		CHE	SEV	KRA	REN
1	Chelsea	6	4	2	0	14	2	+12	14	Advance to knockout phase		—	0–0	1–1	3–0
2	Sevilla	6	4	1	1	9	8	+1	13			0–4	—	3–2	1–0
3	Krasnodar	6	1	2	3	6	11	−5	5	Transfer to Europa League		0–4	1–2	—	1–0
4	Rennes	6	0	1	5	3	11	−8	1			1–2	1–3	1–1	—

Source: UEFA

Group H

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		PAR	RBL	MUN	IBFK
1	Paris Saint-Germain	6	4	0	2	13	6	+7	12[lower-alpha 1]	Advance to knockout phase		—	1–0	1–2	5–1
2	RB Leipzig	6	4	0	2	11	12	−1	12[lower-alpha 1]			2–1	—	3–2	2–0
3	Manchester United	6	3	0	3	15	10	+5	9	Transfer to Europa League		1–3	5–0	—	4–1
4	İstanbul Başakşehir	6	1	0	5	7	18	−11	3			0–2	3–4	2–1	—

Source: UEFA
Notes:

1. Tied on head-to-head points (3). Head-to-head away goals: Paris Saint-Germain 1, RB Leipzig 0.

Knockout phase

Round of 16

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Barcelona		Paris Saint-Germain	16 Feb	10 Mar

UEFA Europa League

UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round

Second Qualifying Round

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Servette	0–1	Reims

Third qualifying round

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Fehérvár	0–0 (a.e.t.) (4–1 p)	Reims

Group Stage

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		LEV	SLP	HBS	NCE
1	Bayer Leverkusen	6	5	0	1	21	8	+13	15	Advance to knockout phase		—	4–0	4–1	6–2
2	Slavia Prague	6	4	0	2	11	10	+1	12			1–0	—	3–0	3–2
3	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	6	2	0	4	7	13	−6	6			2–4	3–1	—	1–0
4	Nice	6	1	0	5	8	16	−8	3			2–3	1–3	1–0	—

Source: UEFA

Group H

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		MIL	LOSC	SPP	CEL
1	Milan	6	4	1	1	12	7	+5	13	Advance to knockout phase		—	0–3	3–0	4–2
2	Lille	6	3	2	1	14	8	+6	11			1–1	—	2–1	2–2
3	Sparta Prague	6	2	0	4	10	12	−2	6			0–1	1–4	—	4–1
4	Celtic	6	1	1	4	10	19	−9	4			1–3	3–2	1–4	—

Source: UEFA

Knockout phase

Round of 32

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Lille		Ajax	18 Feb	25 Feb

UEFA Youth League

UEFA Champions League Path

• Paris Saint-Germain
• Marseille
• Rennes

Domestic Champions Path

• Angers

UEFA Women's Champions League

Knockout phase

Round of 32

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Juventus	2–6	Lyon	2–3	0–3
Górnik Łęczna	2–6	Paris Saint-Germain	0–2	0–3

Round of 16

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
		Lyon
		Paris Saint-Germain

League tables

Ligue 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Lille	24	16	6	2	42	15	+27	54	Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2	Lyon	24	15	7	2	50	20	+30	52
3	Paris Saint-Germain	24	16	3	5	55	14	+41	51	Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
4	Monaco	24	15	3	6	50	35	+15	48	Qualification for the Europa League group stage
5	Rennes	23	10	8	5	31	24	+7	38	Qualification for the Europa Conference League play-off round
6	Lens	24	10	6	8	34	33	+1	36
7	Metz	24	9	8	7	28	22	+6	35
8	Angers	24	10	4	10	29	37	−8	34
9	Marseille	22	9	6	7	29	26	+3	33
10	Bordeaux	24	9	5	10	27	29	−2	32
11	Montpellier	24	9	5	10	39	44	−5	32
12	Brest	24	9	3	12	37	44	−7	30
13	Nice	23	8	5	10	27	31	−4	29
14	Reims	24	7	7	10	30	32	−2	28
15	Saint-Étienne	24	6	8	10	23	36	−13	26
16	Strasbourg	24	7	4	13	32	39	−7	25
17	Lorient	23	6	4	13	28	43	−15	22
18	Nantes	24	3	10	11	22	39	−17	19	Qualification for the Relegation play-offs
19	Dijon	24	2	9	13	17	36	−19	15	Relegation to Ligue 2
20	Nîmes	23	4	3	16	20	51	−31	15

Updated to match(es) played on 7 February 2021. Source: Ligue 1
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Fairplay ranking.[5]

Ligue 2

• Promoted In Ligue 1:

• Lorient
• RC Lens

• Promoted In Ligue 2:

• Pau FC
• USL Dunkerque

Championnat National

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or Relegation
1	SC Bastia	20	12	5	3	36	17	+19	41	Promotion to Ligue 2
2	Quevilly-Rouen	19	11	4	4	33	18	+15	37
3	Red Star	19	8	6	5	25	20	+5	30	Qualification to promotion play-offs
4	Le Mans	20	6	10	4	22	20	+2	28
5	Avranches	19	8	3	8	23	23	0	27
6	Créteil	19	6	9	4	17	16	+1	27
7	Cholet	19	7	5	7	25	28	−3	26
8	Laval	19	6	7	6	21	19	+2	25
9	Orléans	19	6	7	6	28	21	+7	25
10	Concarneau	19	5	10	4	22	21	+1	25
11	Villefranche	19	6	5	8	12	15	−3	23
12	Saint-Brieuc	19	5	8	6	17	19	−2	23
13	Bastia-Borgo	19	5	7	7	20	30	−10	22
14	Sète	19	5	7	7	17	18	−1	22
15	Bourg-Péronnas	19	4	8	7	15	22	−7	20	Relegation to National 2
16	Boulogne	19	3	9	7	14	21	−7	18
17	Annecy	19	3	8	8	22	32	−10	17
18	Sporting Club Lyon	19	2	10	7	15	24	−9	16

Updated to match(es) played on 8 February 2021. Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored; 4) head-to-head goal difference; 5) fair play points

Promoted In Clubs: SC Bastia, FC Sète 34, Annecy FC, Stade Briochin

Relegation In Championnat National 2: Le Puy Foot 43 Auvergne, AS Béziers, Gazélec Ajaccio, Sporting Toulon Var

Promoted In Ligue 2: Pau FC, USL Dunkerque

Relegation In Ligue 2: Le Mans FC, Orléans

Division 1 Féminine

Cup competitions

2020–21 Coupe de France

2020 Trophée des Champions

13 January 2021

21:00 CET

Paris Saint-Germain	2–1	Marseille
Icardi  39' Neymar  85' (pen.)	Report	Payet  89'

Stade Bollaert-Delelis, Lens

Attendance: 0[note 2]

Referee: Ruddy Buquet

Notes

1. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe, all matches scheduled for September 2020 will be played behind closed doors.[1][2]
2. The match was played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic in France.

References

1. "UEFA meets general secretaries of member associations". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 19 August 2020. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
2. "UEFA Super Cup to test partial return of spectators". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 25 August 2020. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
3. McCurry, Justin; Ingle, Sean (2020-03-24). "Tokyo Olympics postponed to 2021 due to coronavirus pandemic". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2020-03-24.
4. https://www.uefa.com/womenseuro/matches/2021/qualifying/#/mt/2020/09
5. "League Table". Ligue1.com. Retrieved 12 August 2016.