The 2020–21 Ligue 1 season, also known as Ligue 1

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for sponsorship reasons, was a French association football tournament within

Ligue 1 Ligue 1, officially known as Ligue 1 Uber Eats for sponsorship reasons, is a French professional league for men's association football clubs. At the top of the French football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. A ...

. It was the 83rd season since its establishment. The season started on 21 August 2020 and ended on 23 May 2021. The league fixtures were announced on 9 July 2020.

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were the three-time defending champions, after they were awarded the title for the previous season following the league's cancellation due to the

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. Following a 2–1 win against

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on the final day of the season,

Lille Lille ( , ; nl, Rijsel ; pcd, Lile; vls, Rysel) is a city in the northern part of France, in French Flanders. On the river Deûle, near France's border with Belgium, it is the capital of the Hauts-de-France Regions of France, region, the Pref ...

secured a fourth French league title, and their first since

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Teams

Changes

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and

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were promoted from the 2019–20 Ligue 2. After the French court had initially ruled that the season would proceed with 22 teams, the relegation of

Amiens Amiens (English: or ; ; pcd, Anmien, or ) is a city and commune in northern France, located north of Paris and south-west of Lille. It is the capital of the Somme department in the region of Hauts-de-France. In 2021, the population of ...

and

Toulouse Toulouse ( , ; oc, Tolosa ) is the prefecture of the French department of Haute-Garonne and of the larger region of Occitania. The city is on the banks of the River Garonne, from the Mediterranean Sea, from the Atlantic Ocean and from Par ...

to the 2020–21 Ligue 2 was confirmed on 23 June 2020, following a vote by the LFP.

Stadiums and locations

Number of teams by regions

Personnel and kits

Managerial changes

League table

Following the discontinuation of the

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at the end of the 2019–20 season, its European qualification place was given to the team finishing fifth in Ligue 1.

Results

Relegation play-offs

The 2020–21 season ended with a relegation play-off between the 18th-placed Ligue 1 team,

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, and the winner of the semi-final of the Ligue 2 play-off, Toulouse, on a two-legged confrontation. 1st leg 2nd leg ''2–2 on aggregate. Nantes won on away goals and therefore both clubs remained in their respective leagues.''

Season statistics

Top goalscorers

Clean sheets

Hat-tricks

Scoring

*First goal of the season:
Ismaël Traoré for Angers against Dijon *Last goal of the season:

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for Marseille against Metz

Discipline

Player

* Most yellow cards: 14 ** Álvaro (Marseille) * Most red cards: 3 ** Moreto Cassamá (Reims)

Team

* Most yellow cards: 94 **

Marseille Marseille ( , , ; also spelled in English as Marseilles; oc, Marselha ) is the prefecture of the French department of Bouches-du-Rhône and capital of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region. Situated in the camargue region of southern Franc ...

* Most red cards: 10 **

Lyon Lyon,, ; Occitan: ''Lion'', hist. ''Lionés'' also spelled in English as Lyons, is the third-largest city and second-largest metropolitan area of France. It is located at the confluence of the rivers Rhône and Saône, to the northwest of t ...

* Fewest yellow cards: 56 **

Strasbourg Strasbourg (, , ; german: Straßburg ; gsw, label=Bas Rhin Alsatian, Strossburi , gsw, label=Haut Rhin Alsatian, Strossburig ) is the prefecture and largest city of the Grand Est region of eastern France and the official seat of the Eu ...

* Fewest red cards: 2 **

Saint-Étienne Saint-Étienne (; frp, Sant-Etiève; oc, Sant Estève, ) is a city and the prefecture of the Loire department in eastern-central France, in the Massif Central, southwest of Lyon in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region. Saint-Étienne is the t ...

Awards

Monthly

Annual

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:2020-21 Ligue 1 Ligue 1 seasons 1

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