2019–20 Amiens SC season

Amiens
2019–20 season
President	Bernard Joannin
Head coach	Luka Elsner
Stadium	Stade de la Licorne
Ligue 1	19th (relegated)
Coupe de France	Round of 64
Coupe de la Ligue	Quarter-finals
Top goalscorer	League: ; Serhou Guirassy (9); All: ; Serhou Guirassy (9)
Biggest win	Amiens 3–1 Marseille
Biggest defeat	Amiens 0–4 Strasbourg
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2018–19 2020–21 →

The 2019–20 season was Amiens's 76th season in existence and the club's 3rd consecutive season in the top flight of French football. In addition to the domestic league, Amiens participated in this season's editions of the Coupe de France, and the Coupe de la Ligue. The season covered the period from 1 July 2019 to 30 June 2020.

Players

Squad

As of 5 February 2020.^[1]

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	Régis Gurtner (Vice-captain)
2	DF	FRA	Prince-Désir Gouano (Captain)
3	DF	ITA	Arturo Calabresi (on loan from Bologna)
4	DF	GHA	Nicholas Opoku (on loan from Udinese)
5	MF	FRA	Eddy Gnahoré
6	MF	FRA	Thomas Monconduit (3rd captain)
7	MF	IRN	Saman Ghoddos
8	MF	RSA	Bongani Zungu
9	FW	FRA	Serhou Guirassy
10	FW	COD	Gaël Kakuta
11	MF	COL	Juan Ferney Otero
12	DF	MLI	Bakaye Dibassy
13	DF	FRA	Christophe Jallet
14	DF	NOR	Haitam Aleesami
15	FW	SEN	Moussa Konaté
16	GK	FRA	Matthieu Dreyer
17	MF	FRA	Alexis Blin


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
18	DF	FRA	Sanasi Sy
19	MF	COD	Chadrac Akolo (on loan from VfB Stuttgart)
20	FW	COL	Stiven Mendoza
22	FW	FRA	Madih Talal
23	FW	SWE	Jack Lahne
24	MF	FRA	Mathieu Bodmer
27	DF	CMR	Aurélien Chedjou
28	FW	MLI	Fousseni Diabaté (on loan from Leicester City)
29	FW	FRA	Quentin Cornette
30	GK	CMR	Boris Essele
31	MF	FRA	Umit Demirel
32	FW	FRA	Darell Tokpa
35	DF	FRA	Valentin Gendrey
38	FW	FRA	Ulrick Eneme Ella
39	MF	FRA	Jonathan Bumbu
—	FW	BEL	Isaac Mbenza (on loan from Huddersfield)

Out on loan

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
—	DF	FRA	Jordan Lefort (on loan to BSC Young Boys)
—	MF	CIV	Cheick Timité (on loan to Paris FC)
—	MF	FRA	Jayson Papeau (on loan to FC Chambly)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	FRA	Gaoussou Traoré (on loan to Quevilly-Rouen)
—	MF	POL	Rafał Kurzawa (on loan to Esbjerg fB)

Transfers

In

Out

Pre-season and friendlies

Win Draw Loss

24 July 2019 Friendly	Hull City	0–2	Amiens	Kingston upon Hull, England
19:30 BST (UTC+1)			Guirassy 53' Ghoddos 84'	Stadium: KCOM Stadium

3 August 2019 Friendly	Amiens	0–1	Leganés	Amiens, France
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)			Rosales 82'	Stadium: Stade de la Licorne

Competitions

Win Draw Loss

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 1	10 August 2019	6 March 2020	Matchday 1	19th	28	4	11	13	31	50	−19	014.29
Coupe de France	4 January 2020		Round of 64	Round of 64	1	0	1	0	0	0	+0	000.00
Coupe de la Ligue	30 October 2019	8 January 2020	Round of 32	Quarter-finals	3	2	0	1	6	6	+0	066.67
Total					32	6	12	14	37	56	−19	018.75

Source: Soccerway

Ligue 1

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	PPG	Qualification or relegation
16	Dijon	28	7	9	12	27	37	−10	30	1.07
17	Saint-Étienne	28	8	6	14	29	45	−16	30	1.07
18	Nîmes^[a]	28	7	6	15	29	44	−15	27	0.96
19	Amiens (R)	28	4	11	13	31	50	−19	23	0.82	Relegation to Ligue 2
20	Toulouse (R)	28	3	4	21	22	58	−36	13	0.46	Relegation to Ligue 2

Source: Ligue 1
Rules for classification: 1) Points per game; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Fairplay ranking.^[2]^[3]
(R) Relegated
Notes:

^ Originally, the 18th-placed Ligue 1 team would play in promotion-relegation play-offs at the end of the season with a team from Ligue 2 to decide whether they would remain in Ligue 1 for the 2020–21 season, but the play-offs were cancelled and the 18th-placed team remained in Ligue 1.

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	4	11	13	31	50	−19	23	3	5	6	17	23	−6	1	6	7	14	27	−13

Source: Ligue 1

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	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	L	W	L	L	D	W	L	D	W	D	D	W	L	L	L	D	L	D	L	L	L	D	D	L	D	D	L	D	C	C	C	C	C	C	C	C	C	C
Position	14	9	16	18	16	14	15	16	11	13	14	13	15	16	16	17	17	18	18	18	18	18	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19

Source: Ligue 1
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; C = Cancelled

Matches

The Ligue 1 schedule was announced on 14 June 2019.^[4] The Ligue 1 matches were suspended by the LFP on 13 March 2020 due to COVID-19 until further notices.^[5] 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.^[6] On 30 April, The LFP ended officially the 2019–20 season.^[7]

10 August 2019 1	Nice	2–1	Amiens	Nice
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Hérelle 32' Le Bihan 77' Tameze 88' Dante 90+5', 90+5'	Report	Monconduit 6' Gnahoré 17' 27' Guirassy 77' Akolo 81'	Stadium: Allianz Riviera Attendance: 17,718 Referee: Jérémie Pignard

17 August 2019 2	Amiens	1–0	Lille	Amiens
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Guirassy 70' Ghoddos 87'	Report	Soumaré 39' Ikoné 49'	Stadium: Stade de la Licorne Attendance: 12,481 Referee: Karim Abed

24 August 2019 3	Amiens	1–2	Nantes	Amiens
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Aleesami 16' Dibassy 51' Lafont 71' (o.g.)	Report	Touré 45+2' Coulibaly 53' Simon 84'	Stadium: Stade de la Licorne Attendance: 11,393 Referee: Jérémy Stinat

31 August 2019 4	Toulouse	2–0	Amiens	Toulouse
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Makengo 50' Koulouris 59'	Report	Lefort 22'	Stadium: Stadium de Toulouse Attendance: 10,184 Referee: Florent Batta

13 September 2019 5	Amiens	2–2	Lyon	Amiens
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Diabaté 3' Jallet 7' Monconduit 85' Aleesami 88' Bodmer 90+2'	Report	Dembélé 9', 34' Reine-Adélaïde 74' Tousart 90+3'	Stadium: Stade de la Licorne Attendance: 12,577 Referee: Benoît Bastien

21 September 2019 6	Metz	1–2	Amiens	Metz
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Diallo 69' Sunzu 90'	Report	Guirassy 40', 87' Dibassy 55'	Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien Attendance: 15,106 Referee: Hakim Ben El Hadj

25 September 2019 7	Amiens	1–3	Bordeaux	Amiens
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Mendoza 3' Dibassy 11' Calabresi 45'	Report	Adli 9', 45+1' Kwateng 25' Tchouaméni 31' Kalu 73'	Stadium: Stade de la Licorne Attendance: 11,367 Referee: Willy Delajod

28 September 2019 8	Angers	1–1	Amiens	Angers
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Cissé 35' Alioui 83'	Report	Mendoza 13'	Stadium: Stade Raymond Kopa Attendance: 9,331 Referee: Karim Abed

4 October 2019 9	Amiens	3–1	Marseille	Amiens
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Aleesami 11' Guirassy 41' (pen.) Blin 67' Mendoza 90+1'	Report	Benedetto 23' Ćaleta-Car 39' Lopez 42' Rongier 66'	Stadium: Stade de la Licorne Attendance: 12,737 Referee: Johan Hamel

19 October 2019 10	Nîmes	1–1	Amiens	Nîmes
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Fomba 24' Martinez 41' Briançon 81'	Report	Mendoza 29' Guirassy 30' Aleesami 76' Calabresi 90+5' Dibassy 90+6'	Stadium: Stade des Costières Attendance: 12,189 Referee: Jérémy Stinat

27 October 2019 11	Saint-Étienne	2–2	Amiens	Saint-Étienne
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Khazri 45' Fofana 71' M'Vila 78' Dibassy 80' (o.g.)	Report	Chedjou 24' Mendoza 68' Akolo 76' Kakuta 79' Calabresi 90'	Stadium: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard Attendance: 18,877 Referee: Amaury Delerue

2 November 2019 12	Amiens	1–0	Brest	Amiens
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Otero 27' Calabresi 49' Bodmer 58' Zungu 90+5'	Report	Chardonnet 54'	Stadium: Stade de la Licorne Attendance: 12,246 Referee: Frank Schneider

10 November 2019 13	Rennes	3–1	Amiens	Rennes
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Gboho 16' Bourigeaud 16' Hunou 39' Niang 62' Raphinha 79' (pen.) Del Castillo 83'	Report	Kakuta 19' Guirassy 35' Monconduit 45+1' Gnahoré 51' Calabresi 68'	Stadium: Roazhon Park Attendance: 20,677 Referee: Benoît Bastien

23 November 2019 14	Amiens	0–4	Strasbourg	Amiens
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Chedjou 70' 82'	Report	Caci 43' Ajorque 56' Mothiba 72' Da Costa 76' Simakan 78'	Stadium: Stade de la Licorne Attendance: 10,358 Referee: Alain Bieri (Switzerland)

30 November 2019 15	Montpellier	4–2	Amiens	Montpellier
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Le Tallec 14' Laborde 64' Delort 67' Mollet 72' Mendes 74'	Report	Lefort 26' Mendoza 40' Kakuta 44' Otero 53' Lahne 86'	Stadium: Stade de la Mosson Attendance: 11,744 Referee: Jérémie Pignard

7 December 2019 17	Monaco	3–0	Amiens	Monaco
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Ben Yedder 61' Maripán 67' Keita 70'	Report		Stadium: Stade Louis II Attendance: 4,203 Referee: Jérémy Stinat

14 December 2019 18	Amiens	1–1	Dijon	Amiens
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Akolo 9' Konaté 28'	Report	Cádiz 19' Chouiar 44' Alphonse 62' Amalfitano 77'	Stadium: Stade de la Licorne Attendance: 10,530 Referee: Thomas Leonard

21 December 2019 19	Paris Saint-Germain	4–1	Amiens	Paris
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Mbappé 10', 65' Neymar 46' Icardi 84'	Report	Gnahoré 28' Mendoza 70'	Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 47,693 Referee: Eric Wattellier

11 January 2020 20	Amiens	1–2	Montpellier	Amiens
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Dibassy 14', 55' Blin 62'	Report	Laborde 50' Sambia 58' Delort 83'	Stadium: Stade de la Licorne Attendance: 10,205 Referee: Karim Abed

15 January 2020 16	Amiens	1–1	Reims	Amiens
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Zungu 20' Konaté 54'	Report	Kutesa 45+1' Doumbia 72' Nkada 78' Suk 90+4'	Stadium: Stade de la Licorne Attendance: 10,712 Referee: Johan Hamel
Note: Match originally scheduled for 4 December, but postponed due to fog,^[8] and rearranged for 15 January 2020.^[9]

25 January 2020 21	Brest	2–1	Amiens	Brest
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Mendy 51', 68' Faussurier 57' Cardona 83'	Report	Guirassy 58' (pen.), 76' Kakuta 74' Monconduit 90'	Stadium: Stade Francis-Le Blé Attendance: 12,866 Referee: Thomas Leonard

1 February 2020 22	Amiens	0–0	Toulouse	Amiens
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Monconduit 20' Dibassy 65' Guirassy 75'	Report	Sangaré 78' Koné 90+1'	Stadium: Stade de la Licorne Attendance: 10,992 Referee: François Letexier

5 February 2020 23	Lyon	0–0	Amiens	Décines-Charpieu
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Jean Lucas 52'	Report	Dibassy 1' Monconduit 60'	Stadium: Parc Olympique Lyonnais Attendance: 36,670 Referee: Jérôme Miguelgorry

8 February 2020 24	Amiens	1–2	Monaco	Amiens
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Guirassy 9' Diabaté 42'	Report	Silva 66' Golovin 70' Jovetić 84' Ben Yedder 85' Slimani 90+3'	Stadium: Stade de la Licorne Attendance: 11,683 Referee: Olivier Thual

15 February 2020 25	Amiens	4–4	Paris Saint-Germain	Amiens
17:30 CET (UTC+1)	Guirassy 5', 90+1', 90+2' Kakuta 29', 81' Diabaté 40' Blin 71'	Report	Herrera 45' Bakker 49' Kouassi 60', 65' Icardi 74' Verratti 90+3'	Stadium: Stade de la Licorne Attendance: 14,964 Referee: Hakim Ben El Hadj

22 February 2020 26	Strasbourg	0–0	Amiens	Strasbourg
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Sissoko 16' Simakan 86'	Report	Opoku 19' Zungu 27' Chedjou 51' Aleesami 53' Diabaté 63' Monconduit 80'	Stadium: Stade de la Meinau Attendance: 25,076 Referee: Amaury Delerue

29 February 2020 27	Amiens	0–1	Metz	Amiens
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Blin 59' Zungu 67'	Report	Boye 18' Boulaya 26'	Stadium: Stade de la Licorne Attendance: 12,375 Referee: Johan Hamel

6 March 2020 28	Marseille	2–2	Amiens	Marseille
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Amavi 17' Payet 40', 57' Sanson 45+1'	Report	Monconduit 38' Calabresi 60' Guirassy 84' (pen.) Ghoddos 90+4'	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 49,748 Referee: François Letexier

29	Amiens	Cancelled	Angers	Amiens
--:-- CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Stade de la Licorne Attendance: 0^[10]

30	Dijon	Cancelled	Amiens	Dijon
--:-- CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Stade Gaston Gérard Attendance: 0^[10]

31	Amiens	Cancelled	Rennes	Amiens
--:-- CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stade de la Licorne Attendance: 0^[10]

32	Bordeaux	Cancelled	Amiens	Bordeaux
--:-- CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Matmut Atlantique

33	Amiens	Cancelled	Nîmes	Amiens
--:-- CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stade de la Licorne

34	Nantes	Cancelled	Amiens	Nantes
--:-- CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire

35	Amiens	Cancelled	Saint-Étienne	Amiens
--:-- CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stade de la Licorne

36	Reims	Cancelled	Amiens	Reims
--:-- CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stade Auguste-Delaune

37	Lille	Cancelled	Amiens	Villeneuve-d'Ascq
--:-- CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stade Pierre-Mauroy

38	Amiens	Cancelled	Nice	Amiens
--:-- CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stade de la Licorne

Coupe de France

4 January 2020 Round of 64	Rennes	0–0 (a.e.t.) (5–4 p)	Amiens	Rennes
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Da Silva 90'	Report	Talal 60'	Stadium: Roazhon Park Attendance: 13,525 Referee: Mikael Lesage
	Penalties
	Siebatcheu Hunou Gboho Traoré Del Castillo Gnagnon Silva		Chedjou Talal Ghoddos Aleesami Gnahoré Diabaté Dibassy

Coupe de la Ligue

30 October 2019 Round of 32	Amiens	3–2	Angers	Amiens
21:05 CET (UTC+1)	Zungu 35' Jallet 45' Otero 47' Cornette 50' Blin 90+5'	Report	Cissé 39' Bahoken 44', 84' Pavlović 72' Kanga 83'	Stadium: Stade de la Licorne Attendance: 5,217 Referee: François Letexier

18 December 2019 Round of 16	Amiens	3–2	Rennes	Amiens
21:05 CET (UTC+1)	Zungu 35', 38' Mendoza 42' Cornette 89' Monconduit 90+1'	Report	Bourigeaud 27' (pen.) Hunou 73' Raphinha 89'	Stadium: Stade de la Licorne Attendance: 4,883 Referee: Stéphanie Frappart

8 January 2020 Quarter-finals	Lille	2–0	Amiens	Villeneuve-d'Ascq
21:05 CET (UTC+1)	André 45+1' Luiz Araújo 50' Osimhen 58' Léo 90+2'	Report	Zungu 21' 38' Calabresi 87'	Stadium: Stade Pierre-Mauroy Attendance: 19,029 Referee: Benoît Bastien

References

^ "Effectif" (in French). amiensfootball.com. Retrieved 3 August 2017.
^ "League Table". Ligue1.com. Retrieved 12 August 2016.
^ "PSG champions as season ended". Ligue1.com. 30 April 2020. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
^ "Ligue 1 : Le calendrier 2019/2020 dévoilé". Foot National (in French). 14 June 2019. Archived from the original on 28 October 2019. Retrieved 1 November 2019.
^ "La Ligue 1 Conforama suspendue". ligue1.fr (in French). 13 March 2020.
^ "Ligue 1 & 2: France's top two divisions will not resume this season". BBC Sport. 28 April 2020. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
^ "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.
^ "Amiens-Reims postponed due to fog". ligue1.com. Ligue de Football Professionnel. 4 December 2019. Archived from the original on 4 December 2019. Retrieved 4 December 2019.
^ "Amiens SC-Stade de Reims rescheduled". ligue1.com. Ligue de Football Professionnel. 7 December 2019. Archived from the original on 7 December 2019. Retrieved 7 December 2019.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Les matchs à huis clos total jusqu'au 15 avril". lfp.fr (in French). Ligue de Football Professionnel. 10 March 2020. Retrieved 11 March 2020.

External links

Official website

[table_note_NIM0.58479703943468-2] Originally, the 18th-placed Ligue 1 team would play in promotion-relegation play-offs at the end of the season with a team from Ligue 2 to decide whether they would remain in Ligue 1 for the 2020–21 season, but the play-offs were cancelled and the 18th-placed team remained in Ligue 1.

[1] "Effectif" (in French). amiensfootball.com. Retrieved 3 August 2017.

[3] "League Table". Ligue1.com. Retrieved 12 August 2016.

[4] "PSG champions as season ended". Ligue1.com. 30 April 2020. Retrieved 30 April 2020.

[5] "Ligue 1 : Le calendrier 2019/2020 dévoilé". Foot National (in French). 14 June 2019. Archived from the original on 28 October 2019. Retrieved 1 November 2019.

[6] "La Ligue 1 Conforama suspendue". ligue1.fr (in French). 13 March 2020.

[7] "Ligue 1 & 2: France's top two divisions will not resume this season". BBC Sport. 28 April 2020. Retrieved 28 April 2020.

[8] "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.

[9] "Amiens-Reims postponed due to fog". ligue1.com. Ligue de Football Professionnel. 4 December 2019. Archived from the original on 4 December 2019. Retrieved 4 December 2019.

[10] "Amiens SC-Stade de Reims rescheduled". ligue1.com. Ligue de Football Professionnel. 7 December 2019. Archived from the original on 7 December 2019. Retrieved 7 December 2019.

[LFP-11] "Les matchs à huis clos total jusqu'au 15 avril". lfp.fr (in French). Ligue de Football Professionnel. 10 March 2020. Retrieved 11 March 2020.

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