2020–21 in French football

Football in France
Season	2020–21
Men's football
Ligue 1	Lille
Ligue 2	Troyes
Championnat National	Bastia
Coupe de France	Paris Saint-Germain
Trophée des Champions	Paris Saint-Germain
Women's football
Division 1	Paris Saint-Germain
Coupe de France	Not awarded

The following article is a summary of the 2020–21 football season in France, which was the 87th season of competitive football in the country and ran from July 2020 to June 2021.

National teams

France national football team

Friendlies

7 October 2020	France	7–1	Ukraine	Saint-Denis, France
21:10 CEST (UTC+2)	Camavinga 9' Giroud 24', 34' Mykolenko 39' (o.g.) Tolisso 65' Mbappé 82' Griezmann 89'	Report	Tsyhankov 53'	Stadium: Stade de France Attendance: 0 Referee: Andris Treimanis (Latvia)

11 November 2020	France	0–2	Finland	Saint-Denis, France
21:10 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Forss 28' Valakari 31'	Stadium: Stade de France Attendance: 0 Referee: Nikola Popov (Bulgaria)

2 June 2021	France	3–0	Wales	Nice, France
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Mbappé 35' Griezmann 48' Dembélé 79'	Report		Stadium: Allianz Riviera Referee: Luís Godinho (Portugal)

8 June 2021	France	3–0	Bulgaria	Saint-Denis, France
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Griezmann 29' Giroud 83', 90'	Report		Stadium: Stade de France Referee: Anastasios Sidiropoulos (Greece)

UEFA Nations League A

Group 3

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	France	6	5	1	0	12	5	+7	16	Qualification for Nations League Finals	—	0–0	4–2	4–2
2	Portugal	6	4	1	1	12	4	+8	13		0–1	—	4–1	3–0
3	Croatia	6	1	0	5	9	16	−7	3^[a]		1–2	2–3	—	2–1
4	Sweden (R)	6	1	0	5	5	13	−8	3^[a]	Relegation to League B	0–1	0–2	2–1	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(R) Relegated
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Tied on head-to-head results. Overall goal difference was used as the tiebreaker.

5 September 2020	Sweden	0–1	France	Solna, Sweden
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Mbappé 41'	Stadium: Friends Arena Attendance: 0^{[note 1]} Referee: Szymon Marciniak (Poland)

8 September 2020	France	4–2	Croatia	Saint-Denis, France
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Griezmann 43' Livaković 45+1' (o.g.) Upamecano 65' Giroud 77' (pen.)	Report	Lovren 17' Brekalo 55'	Stadium: Stade de France Attendance: 0^{[note 1]} Referee: Ovidiu Hațegan (Romania)

11 October 2020	France	0–0	Portugal	Saint-Denis, France
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Stade de France Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande (Spain)

14 October 2020	Croatia	1–2	France	Zagreb, Croatia
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Vlašić 65'	Report	Griezmann 8' Mbappé 79'	Stadium: Stadion Maksimir Referee: Björn Kuipers (Netherlands)

14 November 2020	Portugal	0–1	France	Lisbon, Portugal
20:45 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Kanté 54'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Referee: Tobias Stieler (Germany)

17 November 2020	France	4–2	Sweden	Saint-Denis
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Giroud 16', 59' Pavard 36' Coman 90+5'	Report	Claesson 5' Quaison 88'	Stadium: Stade de France Referee: Aleksei Kulbakov (Belarus)

2022 FIFA World Cup qualification

Group D

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	France	8	5	3	0	18	3	+15	18	Qualification for 2022 FIFA World Cup	—	1–1	2–0	1–1	8–0
2	Ukraine	8	2	6	0	11	8	+3	12	Advance to play-offs	1–1	—	1–1	1–1	1–1
3	Finland	8	3	2	3	10	10	0	11		0–2	1–2	—	2–2	1–0
4	Bosnia and Herzegovina	8	1	4	3	9	12	−3	7		0–1	0–2	1–3	—	2–2
5	Kazakhstan	8	0	3	5	5	20	−15	3		0–2	2–2	0–2	0–2	—

Source: FIFA, UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

24 March 2021 (2021-03-24)	France	1–1	Ukraine	Saint-Denis, France
20:45	Griezmann 19'	Report	Sydorchyk 57'	Stadium: Stade de France Referee: Tobias Stieler (Germany)

28 March 2021 (2021-03-28)	Kazakhstan	0–2	France	Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan
19:00		Report	Dembélé 19' Malyi 44' (o.g.)	Stadium: Astana Arena Referee: Aleksei Kulbakov (Belarus)

31 March 2021 (2021-03-31)	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0–1	France	Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
20:45		Report	Griezmann 60'	Stadium: Stadion Grbavica Referee: Daniele Orsato (Italy)

UEFA Euro 2020

Group F

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	France	3	1	2	0	4	3	+1	5	Advance to knockout stage
2	Germany (H)	3	1	1	1	6	5	+1	4^[a]
3	Portugal	3	1	1	1	7	6	+1	4^[a]
4	Hungary (H)	3	0	2	1	3	6	−3	2

Source: UEFA
(H) Hosts
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Head-to-head result: Portugal 2–4 Germany.

15 June 2021 (2021-06-15)	France	1–0	Germany	Munich, Germany
21:00	Hummels 20' (o.g.)	Report		Stadium: Allianz Arena Attendance: 13,000 Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande (Spain)

19 June 2021 (2021-06-19)	Hungary	1–1	France	Budapest, Hungary
15:00	Fiola 45+2'	Report	Griezmann 66'	Stadium: Puskás Aréna Attendance: 55,998 Referee: Michael Oliver (England)

23 June 2021 (2021-06-23)	Portugal	2–2	France	Budapest, Hungary
21:00	Ronaldo 31' (pen.), 60' (pen.)	Report	Benzema 45+2' (pen.), 47'	Stadium: Puskás Aréna Attendance: 54,886 Referee: Antonio Mateu Lahoz (Spain)

Knockout phase

28 June 2021 (2021-06-28) R16	France	3–3 (a.e.t.) (4–5 p)	Switzerland	Bucharest, Romania
21:00 (22:00 UTC+3)	Benzema 57', 59' Pogba 75'	Report	Seferovic 15', 81' Gavranović 90'	Stadium: Arena Națională Attendance: 22,642 Referee: Fernando Rapallini (Argentina)
	Penalties
	Pogba Giroud Thuram Kimpembe Mbappé		Gavranović Schär Akanji Vargas Mehmedi

France national under-21 football team

Summer Olympics

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the games have been postponed to the summer of 2021. However, their official name remains 2020 Summer Olympics with the rescheduled 2021 dates have yet to be announced.^[3]

Group A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Japan (H)	3	3	0	7	1	+6	9	Advance to knockout stage
2	Mexico	3	2	1	8	3	+5	6	Advance to knockout stage
3	France	3	1	2	5	11	−6	3
4	South Africa	3	0	3	3	8	−5	0

Source: TOCOG and FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

22 July 2021 (2021-07-22)	Mexico	v	France	Tokyo, Japan
				Stadium: Tokyo Stadium

25 July 2021 (2021-07-25)	France	v	South Africa	Saitama, Japan
				Stadium: Saitama Stadium 2002

28 July 2021 (2021-07-28)	France	v	Japan	Yokohama, Japan
				Stadium: International Stadium Yokohama

France women's national football team

Friendly matches

20 February 2021 (2021-02-20)	France	2–0	Switzerland	Metz, France
	Renard 12' Morroni 81'			Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien

23 February 2021 (2021-02-23)	France	2–0	Switzerland	Metz, France
	Renard 77', 90+1' (pen.)			Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien

9 April 2021	France	3–1	England	Caen, France
21:10 CEST (UTC+2)	Baltimore 32' Asseyi 63' (pen.) Katoto 82'	Report	Kirby 79' (pen.)	Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano Referee: Sara Persson (Sweden)

13 April 2021	France	0–2	United States	Le Havre, France
		Report	Rapinoe 5' (pen.) Morgan 19'	Stadium: Stade Océane Referee: Riem Hussein (Germany)

10 June 2021	France	1–0	Germany	Strasbourg, France
21:10 CET (UTC+1)	Dali 30'			Stadium: Stade de la Meinau Referee: Ivana Martinčić (Croatia)

UEFA Women's Euro 2022 qualifying

Group G

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	France	8	7	1	0	44	0	+44	22	Final tournament	—	3–0	6–0	11–0	12–0
2	Austria	8	6	1	1	22	3	+19	19	Final tournament	0–0	—	1–0	3–0	9–0
3	Serbia	8	4	0	4	21	12	+9	12		0–2	0–1	—	8–1	4–1
4	North Macedonia	8	2	0	6	8	39	−31	6		0–7	0–3	0–6	—	4–1
5	Kazakhstan	8	0	0	8	2	43	−41	0		0–3	0–5	0–3	0–3	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

18 September 2020 (2020-09-18)	Serbia	0–2	France	Subotica
21:00		Report	Frajtović 6' (o.g.) Majri 15'	Stadium: Subotica City Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Frida Nielsen (Denmark)

22 September 2020 (2020-09-22)	North Macedonia	0–7	France	Skopje
21:00		Report	Le Sommer 15', 19' (pen.) Katoto 22' De Almeida 52', 90+3' Torrent 79' Asseyi 83' (pen.)	Stadium: Toše Proeski Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Reelika Turi (Estonia)

23 October 2020 (2020-10-23)	France	11–0	North Macedonia	Orléans
21:00	Gauvin 1' Le Sommer 5', 21', 73', 78' De Almeida 39' Diani 45+1' Asseyi 55' Geyoro 60', 63' D. Cascarino 76'	Report		Stadium: Stade de la Source Attendance: 612 Referee: Vera Opeykina (Russia)

27 October 2020 (2020-10-27)	Austria	0–0	France	Wiener Neustadt
21:00		Report		Stadium: Stadion Wiener Neustadt Attendance: 650 Referee: Pernilla Larsson (Sweden)

27 November 2020 (2020-11-27)	France	3–0	Austria	Guingamp
21:00	Renard 11' Katoto 27', 73'	Report		Stadium: Stade de Roudourou Attendance: 0 Referee: Esther Staubli (Switzerland)

1 December 2020 (2020-12-01)	France	12–0	Kazakhstan	Vannes
21:00	De Almeida 5' Diani 7', 17' Katoto 12', 16' Dali 24' Périsset 33' D. Cascarino 50' Laurent 58' Morroni 67' Baltimore 72' Matéo 83'	Report		Stadium: Stade de la Rabine Attendance: 0 Referee: Lorraine Watson (Scotland)

2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification

Group B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	France	10	10	0	0	54	4	+50	30	2023 FIFA Women's World Cup	—	2–0	1–0	5–1	11–0	6–0
2	Wales	10	6	2	2	22	5	+17	20	Play-offs	1–2	—	0–0	5–0	4–0	6–0
3	Slovenia	10	5	3	2	21	6	+15	18		2–3	1–1	—	0–0	6–0	2–0
4	Greece	10	4	1	5	12	28	−16	13		0–10	0–1	1–4	—	3–0	3–2
5	Estonia	10	2	0	8	7	43	−36	6		0–9	0–1	0–4	1–3	—	4–2
6	Kazakhstan	10	0	0	10	4	34	−30	0		0–5	0–3	0–2	0–1	0–2	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

17 September 2021	Greece	0–10	France	Patras, Greece
		Report	Majri 14' Geyoro 15', 40' Katoto 18', 25', 53' Palama 30' (o.g.) Diani 38' Asseyi 65' Renard 90+2' (pen.)	Stadium: Pampeloponnisiako Stadium Referee: Anastasia Pustovoitova (Russia)

21 September 2021	Slovenia	2–3	France	Murska Sobota, Slovenia
	Prašnikar 20' Zver 88' (pen.)	Report	Katoto 28', 60' Majri 90+4' (pen.)	Stadium: Fazanerija City Stadium Referee: Riem Hussein (Germany)

22 October 2021	France	v	Estonia
		Report

26 October 2021	Kazakhstan	v	France
		Report

26 November 2021	France	v	Kazakhstan
		Report

30 November 2021	France	v	Wales
		Report

8 April 2022	Wales	v	France
		Report

12 April 2022	France	v	Slovenia
		Report

UEFA competitions

UEFA Champions League

Group stage

Group C

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	MCI	POR	OLY	MAR
1	Manchester City	6	5	1	0	13	1	+12	16	Advance to knockout phase	—	3–1	3–0	3–0
2	Porto	6	4	1	1	10	3	+7	13	Advance to knockout phase	0–0	—	2–0	3–0
3	Olympiacos	6	1	0	5	2	10	−8	3^[a]	Transfer to Europa League	0–1	0–2	—	1–0
4	Marseille	6	1	0	5	2	13	−11	3^[a]		0–3	0–2	2–1	—

Source: UEFA
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Tied on head-to-head points (3). Head-to-head away goals: Olympiacos 1, Marseille 0.

Group E

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	CHE	SEV	KRA	REN
1	Chelsea	6	4	2	0	14	2	+12	14	Advance to knockout phase	—	0–0	1–1	3–0
2	Sevilla	6	4	1	1	9	8	+1	13	Advance to knockout phase	0–4	—	3–2	1–0
3	Krasnodar	6	1	2	3	6	11	−5	5	Transfer to Europa League	0–4	1–2	—	1–0
4	Rennes	6	0	1	5	3	11	−8	1		1–2	1–3	1–1	—

Source: UEFA

Group H

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	PAR	RBL	MUN	IBS
1	Paris Saint-Germain	6	4	2	13	6	+7	12^[a]	Advance to knockout phase	—	1–0	1–2	5–1
2	RB Leipzig	6	4	2	11	12	−1	12^[a]	Advance to knockout phase	2–1	—	3–2	2–0
3	Manchester United	6	3	3	15	10	+5	9	Transfer to Europa League	1–3	5–0	—	4–1
4	İstanbul Başakşehir	6	1	5	7	18	−11	3		0–2	3–4	2–1	—

Source: UEFA
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Tied on head-to-head points (3). Head-to-head away goals: Paris Saint-Germain 1, RB Leipzig 0.

Knockout phase

Round of 16

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Barcelona	2–5	Paris Saint-Germain	1–4	1–1

Quarter-finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Bayern Munich	3–3 (a)	Paris Saint-Germain	2–3	1–0

Semi-finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Paris Saint-Germain	1–4	Manchester City	1–2	0–2

UEFA Europa League

UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round

Second qualifying round

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Servette	0–1	Reims

Third qualifying round

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Fehérvár	0–0 (a.e.t.) (4–1 p)	Reims

Group stage

Group C

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	LEV	SLP	HBS	NCE
1	Bayer Leverkusen	6	5	1	21	8	+13	15	Advance to knockout phase	—	4–0	4–1	6–2
2	Slavia Prague	6	4	2	11	10	+1	12	Advance to knockout phase	1–0	—	3–0	3–2
3	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	6	2	4	7	13	−6	6		2–4	3–1	—	1–0
4	Nice	6	1	5	8	16	−8	3		2–3	1–3	1–0	—

Source: UEFA

Group H

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	MIL	LOSC	SPP	CEL
1	Milan	6	4	1	1	12	7	+5	13	Advance to knockout phase	—	0–3	3–0	4–2
2	Lille	6	3	2	1	14	8	+6	11	Advance to knockout phase	1–1	—	2–1	2–2
3	Sparta Prague	6	2	0	4	10	12	−2	6		0–1	1–4	—	4–1
4	Celtic	6	1	1	4	10	19	−9	4		1–3	3–2	1–4	—

Source: UEFA

Knockout phase

Round of 32

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Lille	2–4	Ajax	1–2	1–2

UEFA Youth League

On 17 February 2021, the UEFA Executive Committee cancelled the tournament.^[4]

UEFA Champions League Path

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Sevilla	3 Mar	Paris Saint-Germain
Zenit Saint Petersburg	3 Mar	Rennes
Liverpool	2 Mar	Marseille

Domestic Champions Path

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Angers	2 Mar	Red Star Belgrade

UEFA Women's Champions League

Knockout phase

Round of 32

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Juventus	2–6	Lyon	2–3	0–3
Górnik Łęczna	2–6	Paris Saint-Germain	0–2	0–3

Round of 16

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Paris Saint-Germain	5–3^[A]	Sparta Prague	5–0	0–3 (awd.)^[B]
Lyon	5–1	Brøndby	2–0	3–1

Notes

^ Order of legs between Paris Saint-Germain and Sparta Prague reversed after original draw, due to quarantine of a large number of AC Sparta Prague players prior to the first leg.^[5]
^ The Sparta Prague v Paris Saint-Germain could not be played due to quarantine of the Paris Saint-Germain players prior to the second leg.^[6]

Quarter-finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Paris Saint-Germain	2–2 (a)	Lyon	0–1	2–1

Semi-finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Paris Saint-Germain	2–3	Barcelona	1–1	1–2

League tables

Men

Ligue 1

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Lille (C)	38	24	11	3	64	23	+41	83	Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2	Paris Saint-Germain	38	26	4	8	86	28	+58	82	Qualification for the Champions League group stage
3	Monaco	38	24	6	8	76	42	+34	78	Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
4	Lyon	38	22	10	6	81	43	+38	76	Qualification for the Europa League group stage^[a]
5	Marseille	38	16	12	10	54	47	+7	60	Qualification for the Europa League group stage^[a]
6	Rennes	38	16	10	12	52	40	+12	58	Qualification for the Europa Conference League play-off round^[a]
7	Lens	38	15	12	11	55	54	+1	57
8	Montpellier	38	14	12	12	60	62	−2	54
9	Nice	38	15	7	16	50	53	−3	52
10	Metz	38	12	11	15	44	48	−4	47
11	Saint-Étienne	38	12	10	16	42	54	−12	46
12	Bordeaux	38	13	6	19	42	56	−14	45
13	Angers	38	12	8	18	40	58	−18	44
14	Reims	38	9	15	14	42	50	−8	42
15	Strasbourg	38	11	9	18	49	58	−9	42
16	Lorient	38	11	9	18	50	68	−18	42
17	Brest	38	11	8	19	50	66	−16	41
18	Nantes (O)	38	9	13	16	47	55	−8	40	Qualification for the Relegation play-offs
19	Nîmes (R)	38	9	8	21	40	71	−31	35	Relegation to the Ligue 2
20	Dijon (R)	38	4	9	25	25	73	−48	21	Relegation to the Ligue 2

Source: Ligue 1
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Fairplay ranking.^[7]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Since the winners of the 2020–21 Coupe de France, Paris Saint-Germain, qualified for European competition based on league position, the Europa League group stage spot reserved for the cup winners was passed to the fifth-placed team, and the Europa Conference League play-off round spot was passed to the sixth-placed team.

Ligue 2

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or Relegation
1	Troyes (C, P)	38	23	8	7	60	36	+24	77	Promotion to Ligue 1
2	Clermont (P)	38	21	9	8	61	25	+36	72	Promotion to Ligue 1
3	Toulouse	38	20	10	8	71	42	+29	70	Qualification to promotion play-offs
4	Grenoble	38	18	11	9	51	35	+16	65
5	Paris FC	38	17	13	8	53	37	+16	64
6	Auxerre	38	16	14	8	64	43	+21	62
7	Sochaux	38	12	15	11	45	37	+8	51
8	Nancy	38	11	14	13	53	53	0	47
9	Guingamp	38	10	17	11	41	43	−2	47
10	Amiens	38	11	14	13	34	40	−6	47
11	Valenciennes	38	12	11	15	50	59	−9	47
12	Le Havre	38	11	14	13	38	48	−10	47
13	Ajaccio	38	11	13	14	34	43	−9	46
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
19	Chambly (R)	38	9	11	18	41	64	−23	38	Relegation to Championnat National
20	Châteauroux (R)	38	4	11	23	32	58	−26	23	Relegation to Championnat National

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
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

• Promoted In Ligue 1:

• Promoted In Ligue 2:

Championnat National

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or Relegation
1	SC Bastia (C, P)	34	19	9	6	57	28	+29	66	Promotion to Ligue 2
2	Quevilly-Rouen (P)	34	16	10	8	48	31	+17	58	Promotion to Ligue 2
3	Villefranche (Q)	34	15	10	9	40	29	+11	55	Qualification to promotion play-offs
4	Le Mans	34	13	13	8	46	36	+10	52
5	Concarneau	34	11	15	8	38	32	+6	48
6	Orléans	34	12	11	11	49	41	+8	47
7	Red Star	34	11	14	9	39	33	+6	47
8	Cholet	34	11	10	13	36	48	−12	43
9	Bourg-Péronnas	34	10	13	11	29	33	−4	43
10	Stade Briochin	34	10	13	11	32	33	−1	43
11	Sète	34	10	13	11	31	32	−1	43
12	Laval	34	10	12	12	33	32	+1	42
13	Avranches	34	11	8	15	36	42	−6	41
14	Annecy	34	9	13	12	42	47	−5	40
15	Boulogne	34	7	17	10	29	38	−9	38
16	Bastia-Borgo	34	7	14	13	37	49	−12	35
17	Créteil	34	8	11	15	29	48	−19	35
18	SC Lyon (R)	34	5	16	13	33	52	−19	31	Possible relegation to 2021–22 Championnat National 2

Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) head-to-head results; 2) head-to-head goal difference; 3) goal difference; 4) goals scored; 5) fair play points
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated; (R) Relegated

Promoted In Clubs: SC Bastia, FC Sète 34, Annecy FC, Stade Briochin

Relegation In Championnat National 2: Le Puy Foot 43 Auvergne, AS Béziers, Gazélec Ajaccio, Sporting Toulon Var

Promoted In Ligue 2: Pau FC, USL Dunkerque

Relegation In Ligue 2: Le Mans FC, Orléans

Women

Division 1 Féminine

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Paris Saint-Germain (C)	22	20	2	0	83	4	+79	62	Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2	Lyon	22	20	1	1	78	6	+72	61	Qualification for the Champions League second round
3	Bordeaux	22	14	2	6	50	23	+27	44	Qualification for the Champions League first round
4	Paris FC	22	11	4	7	39	29	+10	37
5	Guingamp	22	9	4	9	29	32	−3	31
6	Reims	22	9	3	10	34	42	−8	30^[a]
7	Montpellier	22	9	3	10	27	35	−8	30^[a]
8	Dijon	22	8	2	12	24	37	−13	26
9	Fleury	22	7	4	11	18	42	−24	25
10	Soyaux	22	5	2	15	15	46	−31	17
11	Issy	22	3	1	18	11	77	−66	10
12	Le Havre (R)	22	2	2	18	14	49	−35	8	Relegation to Division 2 Féminine

Source: ^[8]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) goals scored
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Reims finished ahead of Montpellier on head-to-head goal difference: Reims 0–1 Montpellier, Montpellier 0–4 Reims.

Cup competitions

2020–21 Coupe de France

Final

19 May 2021

21:15 CEST

Monaco	0–2	Paris Saint-Germain
	Report	Icardi 19' Mbappé 81'

Stade de France, Saint-Denis

Attendance: 0^{[note 2]}

Referee: François Letexier

2020 Trophée des Champions

13 January 2021

21:00 CET

Paris Saint-Germain	2–1	Marseille
Icardi 39' Neymar 85' (pen.)	Report	Payet 89'

Stade Bollaert-Delelis, Lens

Attendance: 0^{[note 3]}

Referee: Ruddy Buquet

2020–21 Coupe de France Féminine

Notes

^ ^a ^b Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe, all matches scheduled for September 2020 will be played behind closed doors.^[1]^[2]
^ The final was played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic in France.
^ The match was played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic in France.

References

^ "UEFA meets general secretaries of member associations". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 19 August 2020. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
^ "UEFA Super Cup to test partial return of spectators". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 25 August 2020. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
^ McCurry, Justin; Ingle, Sean (2020-03-24). "Tokyo Olympics postponed to 2021 due to coronavirus pandemic". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2020-03-24.
^ "2020/21 UEFA Youth League cancelled". UEFA.com. 17 February 2021.
^ "Matches against Sparta Prague postponed and reversed". PSG. 26 February 2021. Retrieved 26 February 2021.
^ "Communiqué du club". PSG. 17 March 2021.
^ "League Table". Ligue1.com. Retrieved 12 August 2016.
^ "Championnat de France de D1 2020-2021 - Tous les classements". statsfootofeminin.fr.

[table_hth_CRO0.79815774494696-1] Tied on head-to-head results. Overall goal difference was used as the tiebreaker.

[table_hth_GER0.70687050172448-5] Head-to-head result: Portugal 2–4 Germany.

[table_hth_OLY0.8589413710213-7] Tied on head-to-head points (3). Head-to-head away goals: Olympiacos 1, Marseille 0.

[table_hth_PAR0.21709774817205-8] Tied on head-to-head points (3). Head-to-head away goals: Paris Saint-Germain 1, RB Leipzig 0.

[Order-11] Order of legs between Paris Saint-Germain and Sparta Prague reversed after original draw, due to quarantine of a large number of AC Sparta Prague players prior to the first leg.^[5]

[PSG-13] The Sparta Prague v Paris Saint-Germain could not be played due to quarantine of the Paris Saint-Germain players prior to the second leg.^[6]

[table_note_res_ELGS0.44607014928296-14] Since the winners of the 2020–21 Coupe de France, Paris Saint-Germain, qualified for European competition based on league position, the Europa League group stage spot reserved for the cup winners was passed to the fifth-placed team, and the Europa Conference League play-off round spot was passed to the sixth-placed team.

[table_hth_REI0.12627723073879-16] Reims finished ahead of Montpellier on head-to-head goal difference: Reims 0–1 Montpellier, Montpellier 0–4 Reims.

[September_behind_closed_doors-4] Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe, all matches scheduled for September 2020 will be played behind closed doors.^[1]^[2]

[Behind_closed_doors-18] The final was played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic in France.

[Trophée_des_Champions_behind_closed_doors-19] The match was played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic in France.

[2] "UEFA meets general secretaries of member associations". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 19 August 2020. Retrieved 1 September 2020.

[3] "UEFA Super Cup to test partial return of spectators". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 25 August 2020. Retrieved 1 September 2020.

[Postponement-6] McCurry, Justin; Ingle, Sean (2020-03-24). "Tokyo Olympics postponed to 2021 due to coronavirus pandemic". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2020-03-24.

[9] "2020/21 UEFA Youth League cancelled". UEFA.com. 17 February 2021.

[PSG_fixture_changes-10] "Matches against Sparta Prague postponed and reversed". PSG. 26 February 2021. Retrieved 26 February 2021.

[12] "Communiqué du club". PSG. 17 March 2021.

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

[pointstable-17] "Championnat de France de D1 2020-2021 - Tous les classements". statsfootofeminin.fr.

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v t e 2020–21 in French football
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Club seasons
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v t e 2021 in association football
AFC	Australia China India Indonesia Japan Lebanon 20'–21' 21'–22' South Korea Thailand
CAF	Algeria
CONCACAF	Canada United States
CONMEBOL	Brazil
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