2020–21 USL Dunkerque season

USL Dunkerque
2020–21 season
Chairman	Jean-Pierre Scouarnec
Manager	Fabien Mercadal
Stadium	Stade Marcel-Tribut
Ligue 2	16th
Coupe de France	Eighth round
Top goalscorer	League: ; Malik Tchokounté (9); All: ; Malik Tchokounté (10)
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2019–20 2021–22 →

The 2020–21 USL Dunkerque season was the club's 111th season in existence and its first season back in the second flight of French football. In addition to the domestic league, Dunkerque 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 5 September 2020.^[1]^[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
1	GK	FRA	Jérémy Vachoux
2	DF	FRA	Emeric Dudouit
3	DF	FRA	Loïc Kouagba
5	DF	CMR	Jovanie Tchouatcha
6	DF	FRA	Jérémy Huysman
7	FW	FRA	Guillaume Bosca
8	MF	FRA	Thibault Vialla
9	FW	FRA	Kévin Rocheteau
10	MF	FRA	Dimitri Boudaud
11	FW	LAO	Billy Ketkeophomphone
12	DF	FRA	Ibrahim Cissé
15	DF	FRA	Alioune Ba
16	GK	FRA	Dorian Salhi
17	DF	FRA	Harouna Sy


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
18	FW	FRA	Malik Tchokounté
19	MF	HAI	Leverton Pierre
20	MF	FRA	Ilan Kebbal (on loan from Reims)
21	MF	FRA	Nicolas Bruneel
22	MF	CGO	Randi Goteni
23	DF	FRA	David Kabamba
24	MF	FRA	Redouane Kerrouche
25	FW	GLP	Jorris Romil
27	DF	FRA	Adon Gomis
28	DF	FRA	Demba Thiam
29	DF	FRA	Thomas Vannoye
30	GK	FRA	Axel Maraval (captain)
34	MF	FRA	Ozkan Cetiner
40	GK	FRA	Marc-Antoine Guillaume

Pre-season and friendlies

Win Draw Loss

18 July 2020 Friendly	Reims	2–2	Dunkerque	Le Touquet, France
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Sierhuis 11' (pen.) Zeneli 90' (pen.)		Bosca 55' Bruneel 68'	Stadium: Stade Ferdi Petit

24 July 2020 Friendly	Dunkerque	1–1	Chambly	Loon-Plage, France
--:-- CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stade Marcel Rosseel - Terrain 1

31 July 2020 Friendly	Dunkerque	2–2	US Quevilly-Rouen	Dinard, France
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stade d'athlétisme Cosec

4 August 2020 Friendly	Saint-Omer	0–3	Dunkerque	Saint-Omer, France
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stade Gaston Bonnet

15 August 2020 Friendly	Dunkerque	3–1	Boulogne	Dunkirk, France
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stade Marcel-Tribut

4 September 2020 Friendly	Cercle Brugge	1–1	Dunkerque	Bruges, Belgium
13:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Hotić 89' (pen.)		Vialla 84'	Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium Attendance: 0

13 November 2020 Friendly	Oostende	2–1	Dunkerque	Ostend, Belgium
11:00 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Diaz Arena

Competitions

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Ligue 2	22 August 2020	15 May 2021	Matchday 1	16th	38	10	11	17	34	47	−13	026.32
Coupe de France	19 January 2021		Eighth round	Eighth round	1	0	1	0	1	1	+0	000.00
Total					39	10	12	17	35	48	−13	025.64

Source: Soccerway

Ligue 2

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or Relegation
14	Pau	38	11	11	16	42	49	−7	44
15	Rodez	38	8	19	11	38	44	−6	43
16	Dunkerque	38	10	11	17	34	47	−13	41
17	Caen	38	9	14	15	34	49	−15	41
18	Niort (O)	38	9	14	15	34	58	−24	41	Qualification for the relegation play-offs

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
(O) Play-off winners

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	10	11	17	34	47	−13	41	6	8	5	22	18	+4	4	3	12	12	29	−17

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	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	A	H	A	H
Result	W	D	L	W	L	W	L	L	W	L	W	D	L	W	L	L	L	L	D	L	W	L	D	D	L	D	D	L	W	L	D	W	D	D	L	W	L	D
Position	6	4	10	6	10	7	10	13	10	12	9	9	11	9	11	12	12	14	14	15	14	14	14	15	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	17	17	18	17	16	17	16

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

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 9 July 2020.^[3]

22 August 2020 1	Toulouse	0–1	Dunkerque	Toulouse
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Koné 51'	Report	Pierre 31' Bruneel 55'	Stadium: Stadium de Toulouse Referee: Aurélien Petit

29 August 2020 2	Dunkerque	1–1	Clermont	Dunkirk
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Ketkeophomphone 39'	Report	Magnin 53'	Stadium: Stade Marcel-Tribut Referee: Mathieu Vernice

19 September 2020 4	Dunkerque	1–0	Valenciennes	Dunkirk
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Gomis 75'	Report		Stadium: Stade Marcel-Tribut Attendance: 1,394 Referee: Bartolomeu Varela

26 September 2020 5	Rodez	2–1	Dunkerque	Rodez
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Dembélé 21' Bonnet 82'	Report	Ketkeophomphone 50' (pen.)	Stadium: Stade Paul-Lignon Attendance: 1,696 Referee: Remi Landry

30 September 2020 3	Ajaccio	1–0	Dunkerque	Ajaccio
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Barreto 73' (pen.)	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.^[4]

3 October 2020 6	Dunkerque	1–0	Guingamp	Dunkirk
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Sy 5' Romil 63'	Report	Rebocho 2' Niakaté 29'	Stadium: Stade Marcel-Tribut Referee: Abdelatif Kherradji

17 October 2020 (2020-10-17) 7	Nancy	2–1	Dunkerque	Tomblaine
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Haag 20', 31' Bassi 43' Cissokho 90'	Report	Pierre 28' Diarra 73'	Stadium: Stade Marcel Picot Referee: Sylvain Palhies

24 October 2020 (2020-10-24) 8	Dunkerque	0–1	Le Havre	Dunkirk
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Goteni 40' Kebbal 70'	Report	Bazile 26' Basque 70' Lekhal 74'	Stadium: Stade Marcel-Tribut Referee: Romain Lissorgue

31 October 2020 (2020-10-31) 9	Chambly	0–1	Dunkerque	Beauvais
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Stojanovski 21' Beaulieu 43' Soubervie 59' Derrien 67'	Report	Goteni 16' Dudouit 26', 58' (pen.) Sy 42' Kerrouche 45+1'	Stadium: Stade Pierre Brisson Referee: Bartolomeu Varela

7 November 2020 (2020-11-07) 10	Dunkerque	0–1	Paris FC	Dunkirk
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Pierre 19'	Report	Caddy 6' Abdi 44' 90+4'	Stadium: Stade Marcel-Tribut Referee: Pierre Gaillouste

21 November 2020 (2020-11-21) 11	Niort	1–2	Dunkerque	Niort
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Bâ 45+6', 88' Boutobba 72'	Report	Diarra 1' Kebbal 14' Kerrouche 73'	Stadium: Stade René Gaillard Referee: Bastien Dechepy

28 November 2020 (2020-11-28) 12	Dunkerque	2–2	Pau	Dunkirk
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Tchokounté 7' Diarra 31'	Report	Armand 24', 90+4' Scaramozzino 87' Bayard 90'	Stadium: Stade Marcel-Tribut Referee: Alexandre Perreau Niel

1 December 2020 (2020-12-01) 13	Amiens SC	1–0	Dunkerque	Amiens
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Odey 13' Gomis 70' Blin 73'	Report	Dudouit 23' Kebbal 34' Kouagba 67' Sy 82'	Stadium: Stade de la Licorne Referee: Arnaud Baert

5 December 2020 (2020-12-05) 14	Dunkerque	2–0	Châteauroux	Dunkirk
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Diarra 44', 55' Tchokounté 45+2' Maraval 72'	Report	Cordoval 19' Mulumba 69' M'Boné 90'	Stadium: Stade Marcel-Tribut Referee: Nicolas Rainville

12 December 2020 (2020-12-12) 15	Grenoble	4–0	Dunkerque	Grenoble
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Semedo 43' Djitté 51' Nestor 70' Tapoko 87' Anani 90+1' 90+3'	Report	Pierre 64' Kerrouche 65'	Stadium: Stade des Alpes Referee: Alessandro Dudic

18 December 2020 (2020-12-18) 16	Dunkerque	2–3	Caen	Dunkirk
20:00 (CET) (UTC+1)	Kebbal 16' Dudouit 46' Kerrouche 71' Bosca 89' Huysman 90+4'	Report	Court 17' Beka Beka 36' Gioacchini 45' Yago 57' Nsona 74' Jeannot 90+2'	Stadium: Stade Marcel-Tribut Referee: Romain Lissorgue

22 December 2020 (2020-12-22) 17	Dunkerque	0–1	Auxerre	Dunkirk
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Huysman 17' Dudouit 34'	Report	Dugimont 58' Hein 86'	Stadium: Stade Marcel-Tribut Referee: Yohann Larhant

5 January 2021 (2021-01-05) 18	Sochaux	1–0	Dunkerque	Montbéliard
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Lasme 25' Lopy 58' Weissbeck 63'	Report	Thiam 41' Kerrouche 45+3' Dudouit 84'	Stadium: Stade Auguste Bonal Referee: Mathieu Vernice

8 January 2021 (2021-01-08) 19	Dunkerque	0–0	Troyes	Dunkirk
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Kerrouche 46' Tchokounté 56' A. Gomis 74' Huysman 89'	Report	Raveloson 35'	Stadium: Stade Marcel-Tribut Referee: Alexandre Perreau Niel

16 January 2021 (2021-01-16) 20	Clermont	5–0	Dunkerque	Clermont-Ferrand
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Dossou 28' Allevinah 45' Bayo 46', 56', 59' Hountondji 68'	Report		Stadium: Stade Gabriel Montpied Referee: Benjamin Lepaysant

23 January 2021 (2021-01-23) 21	Dunkerque	3–1	Ajaccio	Dunkirk
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Tchokounté 26', 87' Romil 35' Maraval 81' Kerrouche 82'	Report	Coutadeur 3' Bayala 46' Leroy 51'	Stadium: Stade Marcel-Tribut Referee: Guillaume Paradis

30 January 2021 (2021-01-30) 22	Valenciennes	1–0	Dunkerque	Valenciennes
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Cabral 28' Cuffaut 39' Kankava 89'	Report	Bâ 53' Kerrouche 69' Ketkeophomphone 78'	Stadium: Stade du Hainaut Referee: Mathieu Vernice

2 February 2021 (2021-02-02) 23	Dunkerque	0–0	Rodez	Dunkirk
20:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Roche 28' Dembélé 38' Mpasi-Nzau 45' David 77' Poujol 88'	Stadium: Stade Marcel-Tribut Referee: Romain Delpech

5 February 2021 (2021-02-05) 24	Guingamp	0–0	Dunkerque	Guingamp
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Palun 29' M'Changama 54'	Report	Bâ 39' Thiam 68' Dudouit 75' Kebbal 85' Maraval 90+2'	Stadium: Stade de Roudourou Referee: Alexandre Perreau Niel

13 February 2021 (2021-02-13) 25	Dunkerque	1–2	Nancy	Dunkirk
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Tchokounté 24' Diarra 68'	Report	Latouchent 31' Biron 54', 75' Seka 82' Wooh 90+3'	Stadium: Stade Marcel-Tribut Referee: Arnaud Baert

20 February 2021 26	Le Havre	1–1	Dunkerque	Le Havre
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Bonnet 83' (pen.)	Report	Cissé 28' Vialla 45+1' Tchokounté 46' Huysman 80'	Stadium: Stade Océane Referee: Remi Landry

27 February 2021 (2021-02-27) 27	Dunkerque	1–1	Chambly	Dunkirk
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Diarra 52'	Report	Callegari 30' Dequaire 62' Correa 81'	Stadium: Stade Marcel-Tribut Referee: Pierre Gaillouste

2 March 2021 (2021-03-02) 28	Paris FC	1–0	Dunkerque	Paris
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Belaud 20' Boli 45+2' Laura 66' Abdi 90+2'	Report	Sy 28' Kebbal 50'	Stadium: Stade Sébastien Charléty Referee: Karim Abed

13 March 2021 (2021-03-13) 29	Dunkerque	2–0	Niort	Dunkirk
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Kerrouche 24' Tchokounté 58' Ketkeophomphone 61' Pierre 85'	Report	Doukansy 43' Vallier 73' Conté 78'	Stadium: Stade Marcel-Tribut Referee: Olivier Thual

20 March 2021 30	Pau	3–1	Dunkerque	Pau
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Lobry 49' (pen.) Ketkeophomphone 76' (o.g.) Batisse 83'	Report	Kerrouche 31' Ketkeophomphone 90'	Stadium: Stade du Hameau Referee: Bartolomeu Varela Teles

10 April 2021 (2021-04-10) 32	Châteauroux	1–2	Dunkerque	Châteauroux
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Sanganté 20' Grange 24'	Report	Huysman 7' Tchokounté 50' Diarra 69'	Stadium: Stade Gaston Petit Referee: Benjamin Lepaysant

17 April 2021 (2021-04-17) 33	Dunkerque	1–1	Grenoble	Dunkirk
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Cissé 30' Huysman 33' Boudaud 65'	Report	Anani 26' Diallo 34' 55' Mombris 56'	Stadium: Stade Marcel-Tribut Referee: Syvain Palhies

20 April 2021 (2021-04-20) 34	Caen	1–1	Dunkerque	Caen
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Deminguet 20', 66' Court 46' Yago 60' Riou 88'	Report	Bosca 63' Dudouit 88' (pen.)	Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano Referee: Olivier Thual

24 April 2021 (2021-04-24) 35	Auxerre	2–1	Dunkerque	Auxerre
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Touré 45+1' 84' Le Bihan 33', 55'	Report	Tchokounté 2' A. Gomis 53' Boudaud 62' Ba 89'	Stadium: Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps Referee: Guillaume Paradis

28 April 2021 (2021-04-28) 31	Dunkerque	1–1	Amiens	Dunkirk
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Dudouit 30' Kebbal 47'	Report	Papeau 23'	Stadium: Stade Marcel-Tribut Referee: Mathieu Vernice
Note: Re-schedule of match postponed from 3 April due to covid positives among the Amiens roster.^[5]

1 May 2021 (2021-05-01) 36	Dunkerque	1–0	Sochaux	Dunkirk
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Dudouit 10' Bosca 84'	Report	Bedia 18' Weissbeck 37' Ndour 68' Thioune 90+2'	Stadium: Stade Marcel-Tribut Referee: Alexandre Perreau Niel

8 May 2021 (2021-05-08) 37	Troyes	2–0	Dunkerque	Troyes
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Saint-Louis 24', 70' Tardieu 45' Gory 59' Suk 79'	Report	Diarra 90'	Stadium: Stade de l'Aube Referee: Nicolas Rainville

15 May 2021 38	Dunkerque	3–3	Toulouse	Dunkirk
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Dudouit 33' (pen.) Boudaud 49' Tchokounté 73' Maraval 78'	Report	Healey 27', 79' (pen.), 87' Sanna 32' Mvoué 68'	Stadium: Stade Marcel-Tribut Referee: Johan Hamel

Coupe de France

19 January 2021 Eighth round	Dunkerque	1–1 (2–4 p)	Amiens	Dunkirk
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Tchokounté 81'	Report	Blin 43'	Stadium: Stade Marcel Tribut Referee: Sylvain Palhies
	Penalties
	Romil Dudouit Bosca Tchokounté		Lomotey Sangaré Ciss Bianchini Akolo

References

^ "Équipe USL Dunkerque saison 2020/2021 évoluant en Ligue 2" (in French). usldunkerque.com. Archived from the original on 24 October 2020. Retrieved 14 February 2020.
^ "US du Littoral de Dunkerque - Squad". soccerway. Retrieved 14 February 2020.
^ "Ligue 2 BKT : le calendrier de la saison 2020/2021". LFP (in French). 9 July 2020.
^ "Ligue 2 : Ajaccio - Dunkerque reporté pour cause de Covid-19". leparisien.fr (in French). 12 September 2020.
^ "Dunkerque-Amiens, Clermont-Amiens et Amiens-Rodez reportés". ligue2.fr. 30 March 2021. Retrieved 11 April 2021.

External links

Official website

[1] "Équipe USL Dunkerque saison 2020/2021 évoluant en Ligue 2" (in French). usldunkerque.com. Archived from the original on 24 October 2020. Retrieved 14 February 2020.

[2] "US du Littoral de Dunkerque - Squad". soccerway. Retrieved 14 February 2020.

[3] "Ligue 2 BKT : le calendrier de la saison 2020/2021". LFP (in French). 9 July 2020.

[4] "Ligue 2 : Ajaccio - Dunkerque reporté pour cause de Covid-19". leparisien.fr (in French). 12 September 2020.

[5] "Dunkerque-Amiens, Clermont-Amiens et Amiens-Rodez reportés". ligue2.fr. 30 March 2021. Retrieved 11 April 2021.

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