The 2020–21 season was

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's eighth consecutive season in

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since promotion from

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in 2013.

Season events

On 19 July, AS Monaco announced the departure of Robert Moreno as their manager, and later the same day announced the appointment of

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as manager on a three-year contract.

Transfers

Summer

On 4 June, AS Monaco announced that they had agreed a deal for

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to make his loan deal at FC Metz a permanent transfer. 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. On 29 June, AS Monaco confirmed this, along with Gil Dias' loan being extended until the end of the

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season. On 26 June, AS Monaco announced that they had agreed a deal for

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to join from

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on a five-year contract, with the deal to be concluded upon the opening of the international transfer window on 1 July 2020. On 30 June, AS Monaco announced that Romain Faivre would be leaving the club to join Stade Brest. On 1 July, AS Monaco confirmed that the loan deals for

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and

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had all been extended until the end of their respective seasons. On 8 July,

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moved to RB Leipzig on a season-long loan deal, with the option for RB Leipzig to make the move permanent. On 7 August, AS Monaco announced the signing of

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to a five-year contract from

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. On 10 August, AS Monaco signed their first professional contract with Jonathan Bakali. On 11 August, AS Monaco announced that Kamil Glik would be leaving the club to join

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, with Nabil Alioui joining

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the following day. On 13 August,

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left AS Monaco to sign for

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, whilst

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made a permanent move to Vitória de Guimarães. On 21 August, Julien Serrano joined

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on a season-long loan deal. On 24 August,

joined

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on a season-long loan deal. On 26 August,

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joined Bastia-Borgo on a season-long loan deal, whilst Jonathan Panzo left the club to sign for

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. On 27 August, AS Monaco announced the signing of Caio Henrique from

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to a five-year contract. On 2 September, AS Monaco announced the signing of

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from Bayer Leverkusen to a four-year contract. On 8 September,

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joined Den Bosch on a season-long loan deal. On 10 September, Nacer Chadli Left AS Monaco to sign permanently with

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. The following day, 11 September, AS Monaco announced the signing of Vito Mannone on a two-year contract after his

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contract had expired at the end of the previous season, whilst Adama Traoré moved permanently to Hatayspor and Jean Marcelin joined

on a season-long loan deal. On 17 September,

left AS Monaco to sign for

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. On 23 September,

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was loaned to

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for the season, whilst

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joined AS Monaco on a season-long loan deal on 25 September. On 25 September, Gil Dias was loaned to Famalicão for the season, whilst on 29 September,

returned to

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on a season-long loan and Jean-Eudes Aholou returned to

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on a similar deal. The following day

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moved on loan to

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for the season. On 1 October, Gabriel Pereira joined

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on a season long loan deal, with Jorge joining

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on a similar deal the following day. On 5 October, Yoann Etienne moved from AS Monaco to Lorient,

joined

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on loan for the season, and

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extended is contract with AS Monaco until the summer of 2024 and joined

on loan for the season. The next day, 6 October,

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moved to

on loan for the season. On 17 October, Russian forward

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moved to Rubin Kazan.

Winter

On 21 January, defender

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joined

on loan for the remainder of the season, whilst the following day, 22 January, Monaco announced the signing of

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from

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on a five-year contract. On 25 January,

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was loaned to Galatasaray for the remainder of the season.

Squad

Reserves

Transfers

In

Loans in

Out

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

Loans out

Released

Trial

Friendlies

Competitions

Overview

Ligue 1

League table

Results summary

Results by matches

Results

Coupe de France

Statistics

Appearances and goals

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Goalscorers

Clean sheets

Disciplinary record

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References

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