2019–20 FC Lorient season

The 2019–20 season was the 94th season in the existence of FC Lorient and the club's third consecutive season in the second division of French football. In addition to the domestic league, Lorient participated in this season's editions of the Coupe de France and the Coupe de la Ligue. The season was scheduled to cover the period from 1 July 2019 to 30 June 2020.

FC Lorient

2019–20 season
Chairman	Loïc Fery
Manager	Christophe Pélissier
Stadium	Stade du Moustoir
Ligue 2	1st (promoted)
Coupe de France	Round of 32
Coupe de la Ligue	First round
Top goalscorer	League: Yoane Wissa (15) All: Yoane Wissa (16)
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Players

First-team squad

As of 19 October 2019.[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 Romain Cagnon 4 DF  FRA Joris Sainati 5 DF  MAD Thomas Fontaine 6 MF  FRA Laurent Abergel 7 DF  FRA Jonathan Martins Pereira 8 MF  FRA Maxime Etuin 9 FW  TUR Umut Bozok 11 FW  COD Yann Kitala (on loan from Lyon) 14 DF  FRA Jérôme Hergault 15 DF  FRA Julien Laporte 16 GK  FRA Teddy Bartouche 17 DF  FRA Houboulang Mendes 18 MF  FRA Fabien Lemoine 19 FW  FRA Yoane Wissa 20 DF  FRA Matthieu Saunier

No. Pos. Nation Player 21 FW  FRA Samuel Loric 22 MF  FRA Jonathan Delaplace 23 DF  FRA Quentin Lecoeuche 24 MF  CMR Franklin Wadja 25 DF  FRA Vincent Le Goff (captain) 27 MF  FRA Jimmy Cabot 28 FW  FRA Armand Laurienté (on loan from Rennes) 29 FW  FRA Pierre-Yves Hamel 30 GK  FRA Paul Nardi 31 MF  FRA Enzo Le Fée 32 MF  FRA Sylvain Marveaux 37 MF  FRA Julien Ponceau 39 DF  FRA Tom Renaud 40 GK  FRA Maxime Pattier

Transfers

Competitions

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
					Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Ligue 2	29 July 2019	7 March 2020	Matchday 1	Winners	28	17	3	8	45	25	+20	060.71
Coupe de France	16 November 2019	19 January 2020	Seventh round	Round of 32	4	3	0	1	6	2	+4	075.00
Coupe de la Ligue	13 August 2019		First round	First round	1	0	0	1	1	2	−1	000.00
Total					33	20	3	10	52	29	+23	060.61

Source: Soccerway

Ligue 2

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or Relegation
1	Lorient (C, P)	28	17	3	8	45	25	+20	54	Promotion to Ligue 1
2	Lens (P)	28	15	8	5	39	24	+15	53
3	Ajaccio	28	15	7	6	38	22	+16	52
4	Troyes	28	16	3	9	34	25	+9	51
5	Clermont	28	14	8	6	35	25	+10	50

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
(C) Champion; (P) Promoted.

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
28	17	3	8	45	25	+20	54	9	1	4	22	12	+10	8	2	4	23	13	+10

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	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	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
Result	W	W	D	W	W	L	W	W	W	D	D	L	L	W	W	W	W	W	L	W	W	W	W	L	L	W	L	L	C	C	C	C	C	C	C	C	C	C
Position	1	2	1	2	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	4	2	2	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

Source: Ligue 2
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 14 June 2019.[2] The Ligue 2 matches were suspended by the LFP on 13 March 2020 due to COVID-19 until further notices.[3] On 28 April 2020, it was announced that Ligue 1 and Ligue 2 campaigns would not resume, after the country banned all sporting events until September.[4] On 30 April, The LFP ended officially the 2019–20 season.[5]

29 July 2019 1	Lorient	3–0	Paris FC	Lorient
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Stade du Moustoir

5 August 2019 2	Caen	1–2	Lorient	Caen
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano

9 August 2019 3	Nancy	1–1	Lorient	Tomblaine
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Stade Marcel Picot

16 August 2019 4	Lorient	1–0	Sochaux	Lorient
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Stade du Moustoir

23 August 2019 5	Le Mans	1–2	Lorient	Le Mans
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: MMArena

31 August 2019 6	Lorient	0–1	Guingamp	Lorient
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Stade du Moustoir

14 September 2019 7	Clermont	0–2	Lorient	Clermont-Ferrand
14:45 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Stade Gabriel Montpied

23 September 2019 8	Lorient	2–1	Rodez	Lorient
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Stade du Moustoir

27 September 2019 9	Chambly	0–1	Lorient	Beauvais
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Stade Pierre Brisson

4 October 2019 10	Lorient	0–0	Ajaccio	Lorient
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Stade du Moustoir

19 October 2019 11	Le Havre	2–2	Lorient	Le Havre
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Stade Océane

26 October 2019 12	Lorient	0–1	Troyes	Lorient
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Stade du Moustoir

2 November 2019 13	Lens	1–0	Lorient	Lens
15:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Stade Bollaert-Delelis

8 November 2019 14	Lorient	4–1	Niort	Lorient
CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Stade du Moustoir

22 November 2019 15	Châteauroux	1–3	Lorient	Châteauroux
CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Stade Gaston Petit

29 November 2019 16	Lorient	2–1	Grenoble	Lorient
CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Stade du Moustoir

3 December 2019 17	Orléans	0–4	Lorient	Orléans
CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Stade de la Source

13 December 2019 18	Lorient	1–0	Auxerre	Lorient
CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Stade du Moustoir

20 December 2019 19	Valenciennes	3–0	Lorient	Valenciennes
CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Stade du Hainaut

13 January 2020 20	Lorient	2–1	Caen	Lorient
CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Stade du Moustoir

24 January 2020 21	Lorient	2–1	Nancy	Lorient
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Marveaux  29' Bozok  90'	Report	Lybohy  74'	Stadium: Stade du Moustoir Referee: Ruddy Buquet

1 February 2020 22	Sochaux	0–4	Lorient	Montbéliard
CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Stade Auguste Bonal

4 February 2020 23	Lorient	4–2	Le Mans	Lorient
CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Stade du Moustoir

8 February 2020 24	Guingamp	2–1	Lorient	Guingamp
CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Stade de Roudourou

15 February 2020 25	Lorient	0–1	Clermont	Lorient
CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Stade du Moustoir

21 February 2020 26	Rodez	0–1	Lorient	Rodez
CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Stade Paul-Lignon

29 February 2020 27	Lorient	1–2	Chambly	Lorient
CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Stade du Moustoir

7 March 2020 28	Ajaccio	1–0	Lorient	Ajaccio
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Bayala  52'	Report		Stadium: Stade François Coty Referee: Eric Wattellier

Coupe de France

16 November 2019 Seventh round	Lorient	3–0	Guingamp	Lorient
17:30 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Stade du Moustoir Attendance: 7,660 Referee: Bartolomeu Varela

7 December 2019 Eighth round	Stade Pontivyen	0–1	Lorient	Pontivy
14:15 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Stade du Faubourg de Verdun Attendance: 2,936 Referee: Cédric Dos Santos

5 January 2020 Round of 64	Lorient	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Brest	Lorient
14:15 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Stade du Moustoir Attendance: 10,686 Referee: Eric Wattellier

19 January 2020 Round of 32	Lorient	0–1	Paris Saint-Germain	Lorient
20:55 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Stade du Moustoir Attendance: 14,000 Referee: Karim Abed

Coupe de la Ligue

13 August 2019 First round	Lorient	1–2	Le Mans	Lorient
18:45 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stade du Moustoir Attendance: 7,454 Referee: Alexandre Perreau Niel

References

1. "L'équipe professionnelle 2019-20". FC Lorient Official Site. Retrieved 4 March 2019.
2. "Domino's ligue 2 : le calendrier de la SAISON 2019/2020". Ligue2. 14 June 2019.
3. "La Domino's Ligue 2 suspendue". ligue1.fr (in French). 13 March 2020.
4. "Ligue 1 & 2: France's top two divisions will not resume this season". BBC Sport. 28 April 2020. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
5. "Ligue 1 / Ligue 2 : la LFP acte la fin de la saison 19/20". lfp.fr. Ligue de Football Professionnel. 30 April 2020. Retrieved 30 April 2020.

External links

• Official website