2020–21 AC Ajaccio season

AC Ajaccio
2020–21 season
ChairmanChristian Leca
ManagerOlivier Pantaloni
StadiumStade François Coty
Ligue 213th
Coupe de FranceRound of 64
Top goalscorerLeague:
Gaëtan Courtet
Bevic Moussiti-Oko
(8 each)

All:
Gaëtan Courtet
(9 goals)

The 2020–21 AC Ajaccio season was the club's 111th season in existence and the eighth consecutive season in the second division of French football. In addition to the domestic league, Ajaccio 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 15 January 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 France FRA Benjamin Leroy
2 DF Democratic Republic of the Congo COD Gédéon Kalulu
3 DF Ivory Coast CIV Ismaël Diallo
4 MF France FRA Mickaël Barreto
5 MF France FRA Riad Nouri
6 MF France FRA Mathieu Coutadeur (captain)
7 FW France FRA Mounaïm El Idrissy
8 DF France FRA Jérémy Corinus
9 FW France FRA Gaëtan Courtet
10 MF Albania ALB Qazim Laçi
11 DF France FRA Quentin Lecoeuche (on loan from Lorient)
12 MF Mali MLI Abdoulaye Keita (on loan from Olympiacos)
16 GK France FRA François-Joseph Sollacaro
17 MF France FRA Tony Njiké
18 FW Comoros COM Faiz Mattoir
19 FW France FRA Alassane N'Diaye
No. Pos. Nation Player
20 MF Comoros COM Mohamed Youssouf
21 DF Guadeloupe GLP Cédric Avinel
22 MF France FRA Yanis Cimignani
23 DF France FRA Matthieu Huard
24 DF Gabon GAB Sidney Obissa
25 FW Republic of the Congo CGO Bevic Moussiti-Oko
27 MF France FRA Vincent Marchetti
28 DF France FRA Joris Sainati
33 FW France FRA Simon Elisor
34 DF France FRA Baptiste Dedola
35 FW Tunisia TUN Anis Ajroud
40 GK France FRA Lucas Marsella
FW Japan JPN Ryotaro Ishiyama (on loan from Tokyo Verdy)
FW France FRA Florian Chabrolle
FW Burkina Faso BFA Cyrille Bayala

Pre-season and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss

10 July 2020 Friendly Ajaccio France 1–0 France Bastia Ajaccio, France
16:00 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stade François Coty
22 July 2020 Friendly Béziers France 1–3 France Ajaccio Saint-Gaudens, France
16:00 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stade Jules Ribet
24 July 2020 Friendly Bayonne France 1–2 France Ajaccio Bayonne, France
19:00 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stade Didier Deschamps
1 August 2020 Friendly Charleroi Belgium 2–2 France Ajaccio Charleroi, Belgium
19:00 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stade du Pays de Charleroi

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 13th 38 11 13 14 34 43 −9 028.95
Coupe de France 20 January 2021 9 February 2021 Eighth round Round of 64 2 1 0 1 3 5 −2 050.00
Total 40 12 13 15 37 48 −11 030.00

Source: Soccerway

Ligue 2

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
11 Valenciennes 38 12 11 15 50 59 −9 47
12 Le Havre 38 11 14 13 38 48 −10 47
13 Ajaccio 38 11 13 14 34 43 −9 46
14 Pau 38 11 11 16 42 49 −7 44
15 Rodez 38 8 19 11 38 44 −6 43
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

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 11 13 14 34 43  −9 46 8 6 5 21 17  +4 3 7 9 13 26  −13

Source: Ligue 2

Results by round

Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
GroundHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHA
ResultLLWLDLLWLWDDDDLWDWDWLWWDLLLWLLWDWLDDDD
Position1219202019191918181617161615161414131311121291012131491215111191111111113
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 Caen 1–0 Ajaccio Caen
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano
Referee: Remi Landry
19 September 2020 4 Grenoble 2–0 Ajaccio Grenoble
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report Stadium: Stade des Alpes
Attendance: 3,892
Referee: Guillaume Paradis
26 September 2020 5 Ajaccio 1–1 Sochaux Ajaccio
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stade François Coty
Attendance: 2,279
Referee: Benoît Millot
30 September 2020 3 Ajaccio 1–0 Dunkerque Ajaccio
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report Stadium: Stade François Coty
Referee: Benjamin Lepaysant
Note: Match originally scheduled for 12 September, but postponed due to detection of a COVID-19 case.[3]
3 October 2020 6 Auxerre 5–1 Ajaccio Auxerre
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps
Attendance: 0
Referee: Bartolomeu Varela
17 October 2020 7 Ajaccio 0–1 Toulouse Ajaccio
19:00 CEST (UTC+2) Report Spierings 87' (pen.) Stadium: Stade François Coty
Attendance: 0
Referee: Mehdi Mokhtari
24 October 2020 8 Clermont 0–2 Ajaccio Clermont-Ferrand
19:00 CET (UTC+1) Report Courtet 54' (pen.)
Nouri 90' (pen.)
Stadium: Stade Gabriel Montpied
Attendance: 0
Referee: Olivier Thual
31 October 2020 9 Ajaccio 0–4 Troyes Ajaccio
19:00 CET (UTC+1) Report Saint-Louis 22'
Touzghar 49'
Baya 63'
Domingues 83'
Stadium: Stade François Coty
Attendance: 0
Referee: Thomas Léonard
7 November 2020 10 Rodez 0–1 Ajaccio Rodez
19:00 CET (UTC+1) Report Nouri 82' Stadium: Stade Paul-Lignon
Attendance: 0
Referee: Nicolas Rainville
23 November 2020 11 Guingamp 2–2 Ajaccio Guingamp
20:45 CET (UTC+1) Gomis 49'
Palun 90'
Report Nouri 22'
Moussiti-Oko 54'
Stadium: Stade du Roudourou
Attendance: 0
Referee: Romain Delpech
28 November 2020 12 Ajaccio 0–0 Chambly Ajaccio
19:00 CET (UTC+1) Report Gonzalez Red card 63' Stadium: Stade François Coty
Attendance: 0
Referee: Abdelatif Kherradji
1 December 2020 13 Valenciennes 1–1 Ajaccio Valenciennes
19:00 CET (UTC+1) Guillaume 58' Report Masson 24' (o.g.) Stadium: Stade du Hainaut
Attendance: 0
Referee: Mathieu Vernice
7 December 2020 14 Ajaccio 1–1 Le Havre Ajaccio
20:45 CET (UTC+1) Courtet 65' (pen.) Report Gibaud 40' Stadium: Stade François Coty
Attendance: 0
Referee: Jérémie Pignard
12 December 2020 15 Niort 2–0 Ajaccio Niort
19:00 CET (UTC+1) 50'
Sainati 77' (o.g.)
Report Stadium: Stade René Gaillard
Attendance: 0
Referee: Pierre Gaillouste
18 December 2020 16 Ajaccio 1–0 Nancy Ajaccio
20:00 CET (UTC+1) Moussiti-Oko 45+3' Report Stadium: Stade François Coty
Attendance: 0
Referee: Olivier Thual
22 December 2020 17 Amiens 0–0 Ajaccio Amiens
20:00 CET (UTC+1) Report Stadium: Stade de la Licorne
Attendance: 0
Referee: Nicolas Rainville
5 January 2021 18 Ajaccio 4–1 Pau Ajaccio
20:00 CET (UTC+1) Moussiti-Oko 12'
Nouri 30' (pen.)
El Idrissy 50'
Diallo 61'
Report Sabaly 32' Stadium: Stade François Coty
Attendance: 0
Referee: Florent Batta
8 January 2021 19 Paris FC 1–1 Ajaccio Paris
20:00 CET (UTC+1) Arab 90' Report Moussiti-Oko 31' Stadium: Stade Sébastien Charléty
Attendance: 0
Referee: Mehdi Mokhtari
16 January 2021 20 Ajaccio 1–0 Caen Ajaccio
19:00 CET (UTC+1) Moussiti-Oko 6' Report Stadium: Stade François Coty
Attendance: 0
Referee: Romain Delpech
23 January 2021 21 Dunkerque 3–1 Ajaccio Dunkirk
19:00 CET (UTC+1) Tchokounté 26', 87'
Romil 35'
Report Bayala 46' Stadium: Stade Marcel-Tribut
Attendance: 0
Referee: Guillaume Paradis
30 January 2021 22 Ajaccio 2–1 Grenoble Ajaccio
19:00 CET (UTC+1) Bayala 59' (pen.)
Barreto 67'
Report Djitté 62' Stadium: Stade François Coty
Attendance: 0
Referee: Alexandre Perreau Niel
2 February 2021 23 Sochaux 0–2 Ajaccio Montbéliard
20:00 CET (UTC+1) Diedhiou Red card 44' Report Courtet 45+1' (pen.)
Barreto 46'
Stadium: Stade Auguste Bonal
Attendance: 0
Referee: Jérôme Miguelgorry
5 February 2021 24 Ajaccio 0–0 Auxerre Ajaccio
20:00 CET (UTC+1) Report Stadium: Stade François Coty
Attendance: 0
Referee: Gaël Angoula
15 February 2021 25 Toulouse 3–0 Ajaccio Toulouse
20:45 CET (UTC+1) Machado 27'
Adli 86'
Bayo 90+1'
Report Stadium: Stadium de Toulouse
Attendance: 0
Referee: Jérémy Stinat
20 February 2021 26 Ajaccio 0–2 Clermont Ajaccio
19:00 CET (UTC+1) Report Allevinah 54'
Bayo 58'
Stadium: Stade François Coty
Attendance: 0
Referee: Sylvain Palhies
27 February 2021 27 Troyes 1–0 Ajaccio Troyes
15:00 CET (UTC+1)
Stadium: Stade de l'Aube
Attendance: 0
Referee: Guillaume Paradis
2 March 2021 28 Ajaccio 1–0 Rodez Ajaccio
20:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report Stadium: Stade François Coty
Attendance: 0
Referee: Rémi Landry
13 March 2021 (2021-03-13) 29 Ajaccio 0–2 Guingamp Ajaccio
20:00 CET (UTC+1) Diallo Yellow card 61'
Bayala Yellow card 73'
Nouri Yellow card 87'
Report Fofana 22'
M'Changama Yellow card 51'
Sampaio Yellow card 53'
Ba Yellow card 58'
Pierrot 78'
Stadium: Stade François Coty
Referee: Benjamin Lepaysant
19 March 2021 30 Chambly 2–1 Ajaccio Chambly
19:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stade des Marais
Referee: Johan Hamel
3 April 2021 31 Ajaccio 3–0 Valenciennes Ajaccio
20:00 CEST (UTC+2) Courtet 40'
Barreto 47'
Moussiti-Oko Yellow card 53', 63'
Huard Yellow card 82'
Report Abeid Yellow card 17' Yellow-red card 85'
D'Almeida Yellow card 68' Yellow-red card 73'
Dabo Yellow card 73'
Stadium: Stade François Coty
Referee: Alexandre Perreau Niel
10 April 2021 (2021-04-10) 32 Le Havre 1–1 Ajaccio Le Havre
20:00 CET (UTC+1) Bonnet 33' (pen.), Yellow card 86'
Alioui Yellow card 61'
Report Kalulu Yellow card 31'
Laçi Yellow card 31'
Marchetti Yellow card 54'
Arconte 74'
Stadium: Stade Océane
Referee: Guillaume Paradis
17 April 2021 (2021-04-17) 33 Ajaccio 3–0 Niort Ajaccio
20:00 CEST (UTC+2) Courtet 22', 28'
Marchetti Yellow card 33'
Laçi 82'
Report Doukansy Yellow card 9' Stadium: Stade François Coty
Referee: Rémi Landry
20 April 2021 34 Nancy 2–0 Ajaccio Tomblaine
20:00 CEST (UTC+2) Ciss 63', 79' Report Stadium: Stade Marcel Picot
Attendance: 0
Referee: Bastien Dechepy
24 April 2021 35 Ajaccio 2–2 Amiens Ajaccio
19:00 CEST (UTC+2) Moussiti-Oko Yellow card 4' Yellow-red card 61', 48'
Courtet 39' (pen.)
Coutadeur Yellow card 85'
Report Monzango Yellow card 6'
Timité 25'
Diakhaby 90+3'
Stadium: Stade François Coty
Referee: Karim Abed
1 May 2021 (2021-05-01) 36 Pau 0–0 Ajaccio Pau
20:00 CEST (UTC+2) S. Diarra Yellow card 80' Report Marchetti Yellow card 80' Stadium: Stade du Hameau
Referee: Pierre Gaillouste
8 May 2021 (2021-05-08) 37 Ajaccio 1–1 Paris FC Ajaccio
20:00 CEST (UTC+2) Moussiti-Oko 39'
Barreto Yellow card 55'
Youssouf Yellow card 57'
Report Caddy 15'
Kanté Red card 27'
Stadium: Stade François Coty
Referee: Gaël Angoula
15 May 2021 (2021-05-15) 38 Châteauroux 0–0 Ajaccio Châteauroux
20:00 CEST (UTC+2) M'Boné Yellow card 49' Report Courtet soccer ball with red X 78', Yellow card 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) Report
Stadium: Stade Gaston Petit
Attendance: 0
Referee: France Mathieu Vernice
Note: Played Behind Closed Doors
9 February 2021 Round of 64 Lyon 5–1 Ajaccio Décines-Charpieu
21:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Parc Olympique Lyonnais
Attendance: 0
Referee: Florent Batta

References

  1. ^ "I ghjucatori" (in French). AC Ajaccio Official Site. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
  2. ^ "Ligue 2 BKT : le calendrier de la saison 2020/2021". LFP (in French). 9 July 2020.
  3. ^ "Ligue 2 : Ajaccio - Dunkerque reporté pour cause de Covid-19". leparisien.fr (in French).