2020–21 AS Monaco FC season

The 2020–21 season is Monaco's eight consecutive season in Ligue 1 since promotion from Ligue 2 in 2013.

Monaco

2020–21 season
President	Dmitry Rybolovlev
Head coach	Robert Moreno (until 19 July) Niko Kovač (from 19 July)
Stadium	Stade Louis II
Ligue 1	Preseason
Coupe de France	Preseason
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Season events

On 19 July, AS Monaco announced the departure of Robert Moreno as their manager,[1] and later the same day announced the appointment of Niko Kovač as manager on a three-year contract.[2]

Transfers

Summer

On 4 June, AS Monaco announced that they had agreed a deal for Kévin N'Doram to make his loan deal at FC Metz a permanent transfer.[3]

On 25 June, Everton announced that they had agreed a deal with AS Monaco to extend the loan of Djibril Sidibé until the end of their season.[4] On 29 June, AS Monaco confirmed this, along with Gil Dias' loan being extended until the end of the 2019–20 La Liga season.[5]

On 26 June, AS Monaco announced that they had agreed a deal for Anthony Musaba to join from NEC Nijmegen on a five-year contract, with the deal to be concluded upon the opening of the international transfer window on 1 July 2020.[6]

On 30 June, AS Monaco announced that Romain Faivre would be leaving the club to join Stade Brest.[7]

On 1 July, AS Monaco confirmed that the loan deals for Pelé, Jordi Mboula and Antonio Barreca had all been extended until the end of their respective seasons.[8]

On 8 July, Benjamin Henrichs moved to RB Leipzig on a season-long loan deal, with the option for RB Leipzig to make the move permanent.[9]

On 7 August, AS Monaco announced the signing of Axel Disasi to a five-year contract from Reims.[10]

On 10 August, AS Monaco signed their first professional contract with Jonathan Bakali.[11]

On 11 August, AS Monaco announced that Kamil Glik would be leaving the club to join Benevento,[12] with Nabil Alioui joining Le Havre the following day.[13]

On 13 August, Francesco Antonucci left AS Monaco to sign for Feyenoord,[14] whilst Lyle Foster made a permanent move to Vitória de Guimarães.[15]

Squad

As of 11 August 2020[16]

No.	Name	Nationality	Position	Date of birth (Age)	Signed from	Signed in	Contract ends	Apps.	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	Radosław Majecki		GK	(1999-11-16) 16 November 1999	Legia Warsaw	2020[17]	2024[17]	6	0
40	Benjamin Lecomte		GK	(1991-04-26) 26 April 1991	Montpellier	2019[18]	2024[18]	32	0
	Loïc Badiashile		GK	(1998-02-05) 5 February 1998	SC Malesherbes	2013	2021	6	0
Defenders
2	Fodé Ballo-Touré		DF	(1997-01-03) 3 January 1997	Lille	2019[19]	2023[19]	45	0
3	Guillermo Maripán		DF	(1994-05-06) 6 May 1994	Deportivo Alavés	2019[20]	2024[20]	24	2
5	Jemerson		DF	(1992-08-24) 24 August 1992	Atlético Mineiro	2016	2021	101	2
12	Ruben Aguilar		DF	(1993-04-26) 26 April 1993	Montpellier	2019[21]	2024[21]	23	1
15	Jean Marcelin		DF	(2000-02-12) 12 February 2000	Auxerre	2020[22]	2024[22]	0	0
18	Arthur Zagre		DF	(2001-10-04) 4 October 2001	Paris Saint-Germain	2019[23]	2022[23]	3	0
28	Jorge		DF	(1996-03-28) 28 March 1996	Flamengo	2017		34	2
32	Benoît Badiashile		DF	(2001-03-06) 6 March 2001	Academy	2016		46	1
34	Chrislain Matsima		DF	(2002-05-15) 15 May 2002	Academy	2019		0	0
35	Jonathan Panzo		DF	(2000-10-25) 25 October 2000	Chelsea	2018[24]		3	0
	Giulian Biancone		DF	(2000-03-31) 31 March 2000	Academy	2018		5	1
	Axel Disasi		DF	(1998-03-11) 11 March 1998	Reims	2020[10]	2025[10]	0	0
	Julien Serrano		DF	(1998-02-13) 13 February 1998	Le Pontet	2013	2022[25]	11	0
	Strahinja Pavlović		DF	(2001-05-24) 24 May 2001	Partizan	2020[26]	2024[26]	0	0
Midfielders
4	Cesc Fàbregas		MF	(1987-05-04) 4 May 1987	Chelsea	2019[27]	2022[27]	36	1
6	Jean-Eudes Aholou		MF	(1994-03-20) 20 March 1994	Strasbourg	2018[28]	2023[28]	21	0
11	Gelson Martins		MF	(1995-05-11) 11 May 1995	Atlético Madrid	2019[29]	2024[29]	40	8
17	Aleksandr Golovin		MF	(1996-05-30) 30 May 1996	CSKA Moscow	2018[30]	2023[30]	65	7
22	Youssouf Fofana		MF	(1999-01-10) 10 January 1999	Strasbourg	2020[31]	2024[31]	7	0
24	Aurélien Tchouaméni		MF	(2000-01-27) 27 January 2000	Girondins de Bordeaux	2020[32]	2024[32]	3	0
36	Eliot Matazo		MF	(2002-02-15) 15 February 2002	Anderlecht	2018		0	0
38	Enzo Millot		MF	(2002-07-17) 17 July 2002	Academy	2018		0	0
	Adrien Bongiovanni		MF	(1999-09-20) 20 September 1999	Standard Liège	2015		1	0
	Nacer Chadli		MF	(1989-08-02) 2 August 1989	West Bromwich Albion	2018[33]	2021[33]	21	0
	Sofiane Diop		MF	(2000-06-09) 9 June 2000	Rennes	2018[34]		21	0
	Pelé		MF	(1991-09-29) 29 September 1991	Rio Ave	2018[35]	2023[35]	11	0
	Adama Traoré		MF	(1995-06-28) 28 June 1995	Lille	2015		27	5
Forwards
9	Wissam Ben Yedder		FW	(1990-08-12) 12 August 1990	Sevilla	2019[36]	2024[36]	31	19
10	Stevan Jovetić		FW	(1989-11-02) 2 November 1989	Inter Milan	2017		44	14
13	Willem Geubbels		FW	(2001-08-16) 16 August 2001	Lyon	2018[37]		2	0
14	Keita Baldé		FW	(1995-03-08) 8 March 1995	Lazio	2017		60	16
19	Pietro Pellegri		FW	(2001-03-17) 17 March 2001	Genoa	2018		5	1
27	Anthony Musaba		FW	(2000-12-06) 6 December 2000	NEC Nijmegen	2020[6]	2025[6]	0	0
	Jonathan Bakali		FW	(2002-03-29) 29 March 2002	Youth team	2020[11]	2023[11]	0	0
	Samuel Grandsir		FW	(1996-08-14) 14 August 1996	Troyes	2018[38]	2023[38]	17	1
	Wilson Isidor		FW	(2000-08-27) 27 August 2000	Rennes	2018[39]		3	0
	Henry Onyekuru		FW	(1997-06-05) 5 June 1997	Everton	2019[40]	2024[40]	4	0
U23
	Gobé Gouano		FW	(2000-12-10) 10 December 2000	Academy	2018		1	0
Players away on loan
39	Benjamin Henrichs		DF	(1997-02-23) 23 February 1997	Bayer 04 Leverkusen	2018[41]	2023[41]	43	1
	Djibril Sidibé		DF	(1992-07-29) 29 July 1992	Lille	2016	2021	110	6
	Antonio Barreca		DF	(1995-03-18) 18 March 1995	Torino	2018[42]	2023[42]	9	0
	Gil Dias		MF	(1996-09-28) 28 September 1996	Braga B	2015		17	0
	Jordi Mboula		FW	(1999-03-16) 16 March 1999	Barcelona B	2018	2022	10	1
Left during the season

Reserves

As of 26 June 2020[43]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player — GK  MAR Yanis Henin — DF  FRA Yoann Etienne — DF  FRA Abdoulaye Koté — DF  CIV Jonathan Cissé — DF  POR Dinis Almeida — MF  FRA Jalil Enjolras — MF  FRA Théo Epailly

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  FRA Tristan Muyumba — MF  MLI Salam Jiddou — MF  POR Tiago Ribeiro — FW  FRA Jason Mbock — FW  GHA Eric Ayiah

Transfers

Main article: List of French football transfers summer 2020

In

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
26 June 2020	FW		Anthony Musaba	NEC Nijmegen	Undisclosed	[6]
7 August 2020	DF		Axel Disasi	Reims	Undisclosed	[10]

Out

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
4 June 2020	MF		Kévin N'Doram	Metz	Undisclosed	[3]
30 June 2020	MF		Romain Faivre	Brest	Undisclosed	[7]
11 August 2020	DF		Kamil Glik	Benevento	Undisclosed	[12]
12 August 2020	FW		Nabil Alioui	Le Havre	Undisclosed	[13]
13 August 2020	MF		Francesco Antonucci	Feyenoord	Undisclosed	[14]
13 August 2020	FW		Lyle Foster	Vitória de Guimarães	Undisclosed	[15]

Transfers announced on the above date, became official when the transfer window opened on 1 July.

Loans out

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Date to	Ref.
7 August 2019	DF		Djibril Sidibé	Everton	26 July 2020	[4][5]
31 January 2020	MF		Gil Dias	Granada	31 July 2020	[5]
10 July 2019	DF		Antonio Barreca	Genoa	16 August 2020	[8]
6 August 2019	MF		Pelé	Reading	5 August 2020	[8]
29 January 2020	FW		Jordi Mboula	Huesca	5 August 2020	[8]
8 July 2020	DF		Benjamin Henrichs	RB Leipzig	End of Season	[9]

Trial

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	Last Club	Date to	Ref.
	GK		Anton Mitryushkin	Sion		[44]

Friendlies

Cercle Brugge v AS Monaco

17 July 2020	Cercle Brugge	0–2	AS Monaco	Bruges, Belgium
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Ben Yedder  4' Golovin  7'	Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium Attendance: 0

Standard Liège v AS Monaco

22 July 2020	Standard Liège	2–1	AS Monaco	Seraing, Belgium
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Avenatti  88', 90'	Report	Geubbels  19'	Stadium: Stade du Pairay Attendance: 0

Eintracht Frankfurt v AS Monaco

1 August 2020	Eintracht Frankfurt	1–1	AS Monaco	Frankfurt
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Paciência  59'	Report	Musaba  85'	Stadium: Deutsche Bank Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Tobias Welz

AZ v AS Monaco

15 August 2020	AZ	0–2	AS Monaco	Alkmaar
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Golovin  20' Ben Yedder  74'	Stadium: AFAS Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Kevin Puts

Competitions

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
					Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Ligue 1	TBC	TBC	Matchday 1	-	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
Coupe de France	TBC	TBC	Round of 64	-	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
Total					0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—

Last updated: 7 March 2020

Source: Soccerway

Ligue 1

Main article: 2020–21 Ligue 1

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
9	Marseille	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	Metz	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	Monaco	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	Montpellier	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
13	Nantes	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

First match(es) will be played on 21 August 2020. Source: Ligue 1
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Fairplay ranking.[45]

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
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Last updated: 7 March 2020.
Source: Results

Results by matches

Round	1
Ground
Result
Position

Updated to match(es) played on 7 March 2020. Source: Results
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; P = Postponed

Results

AS Monaco v Reims

22 August 2020 1	AS Monaco	v	Reims	Monaco
CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stade Louis II

Coupe de France

Statistics

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