2020–21 Toulouse FC season

Toulouse
2020–21 season
President	Damien Comolli
Head coach	Patrice Garande
Stadium	Stadium de Toulouse
Ligue 2	3rd
Coupe de France	Quarter-finals
Top goalscorer	League: ; Rhys Healey (15); All: ; Rhys Healey (16)
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2019–20 2021–22 →
	All statistics correct as of 30 May 2021.

The 2020–21 Toulouse FC season was the club's 84th season in existence and its first season back in the second division of French football. In addition to the domestic league, Toulouse 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 11 February 2021^[1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	URU	Mauro Goicoechea
2	DF	FRA	Kelvin Amian
3	DF	COL	Deiver Machado
4	DF	NOR	Ruben Gabrielsen (captain)
5	DF	FRA	Steven Moreira
7	FW	FRA	Wesley Saïd
8	MF	FRA	Kouadio Koné (on loan from Borussia M'gladbach)
9	FW	ENG	Rhys Healey
11	FW	COD	Ndombe Mubele
12	DF	BEL	Sébastien Dewaest (on loan from Genk)
14	MF	NED	Branco van den Boomen
15	FW	CIV	Vakoun Issouf Bayo (on loan from Celtic)
16	GK	FRA	Florentin Bloch
17	MF	NED	Stijn Spierings


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
18	DF	URU	Agustín Rogel
19	DF	FRA	Bafodé Diakité
20	FW	GRE	Efthymis Koulouris
21	MF	FRA	Amine Adli
23	DF	FRA	Moussa Diarra
24	DF	FRA	Anthony Rouault
25	MF	CMR	Stève Mvoué
26	MF	FRA	Sam Sanna
27	FW	CMR	Stéphane Zobo
28	FW	FRA	Janis Antiste
29	MF	FRA	Nathan Ngoumou
30	GK	FRA	Maxime Dupé
31	MF	BEL	Brecht Dejaegere (on loan from Gent)
40	GK	SWE	Isak Pettersson

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	DF	FRA	Mathieu Gonçalves (on loan to Le Mans)
—	FW	COD	Aaron Leya Iseka (on loan to Metz)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	FRA	Kalidou Sidibé (on loan to Châteauroux)
—	DF	GUI	Issiaga Sylla (on loan to Lens)

Transfers

Out

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Notes	Ref.
9 October 2020	MF		John Bostock	Free agent	Mutual Consent	^[2]

Pre-season and friendlies

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

21 July 2020 Friendly	Toulouse	3–3	Sète	Toulouse, France
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Koulouris 40' Leya Iseka 63' Sangaré 75' (pen.)	Report	Mané 15' Patrao 41' Ferhaoui 61'	Stadium: Stadium Annexe de Toulouse

31 July 2020 Friendly	Toulouse	2–2	Pau	Saint-Gaudens, France
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Gabrielsen 14' Zobo 75'	Report	Assifuah 44' Jarju 72'	Stadium: Stade de Sède

4 August 2020 Friendly	Toulouse	0–0	Bordeaux	Agen, France
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Lauray 38'	Stadium: Stade Armandie Attendance: 2,800 Referee: Olivier Thual

8 August 2020 Friendly	Rodez	Cancelled	Toulouse	Montauban, France
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Stade Jean-Verbeke

15 August 2020 Friendly	Toulouse	1–2	Niort	Villenave-d'Ornon, France
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Antiste 60'	Report	Bâ 8' Koyalipou 27'	Stadium: Stade Alain-Roche

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	3rd	38	20	10	8	71	42	+29	052.63
Ligue 1 promotion play-offs	21 May 2021	30 May 2021	Semi-finals	Runners-up	3	2	0	1	5	2	+3	066.67
Coupe de France	20 January 2021	20 April 2021	Eighth round	Quarter-finals	5	4	0	1	7	3	+4	080.00
Total					46	26	10	10	83	47	+36	056.52

Last updated: 30 May 2021
Source: Soccerway

Ligue 2

League table

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

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; (P) Promoted

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	20	10	8	71	42	+29	70	13	4	2	44	18	+26	7	6	6	27	24	+3

Last updated: 15 May 2021.
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	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	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	L	L	D	D	W	D	W	W	W	L	D	W	W	D	W	W	W	W	D	W	W	W	L	D	W	L	W	L	W	L	W	D	W	W	D	L	W	D
Position	14	20	17	17	14	15	12	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3

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	Grenoble	5–3	Toulouse	Grenoble
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Nestor 12' Anani 16' Bénet 32' Semedo 42' Djitté 69'	Report	Bayo 30', 45' Antiste 80'	Stadium: Stade des Alpes Referee: Arnaud Baert

14 September 2020 3	Toulouse	0–0	Sochaux	Toulouse
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Adli 9' Amian 65' Healey 90+1'	Report	Soumaré 26' Bedia 38' Paye 61' Ambri 80' Ndiaye 90+3'	Stadium: Stadium de Toulouse Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Johan Hamel

19 September 2020 4	Clermont	1–1	Toulouse	Clermont-Ferrand
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Berthomier 10'	Report	Antiste 88'	Stadium: Stade Gabriel Montpied Attendance: 3,406 Referee: Pierre Gaillouste

26 September 2020 5	Toulouse	3–1	Auxerre	Toulouse
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Van den Boomen 69' (pen.) Moreira 86' Healey 90+3'	Report	Le Bihan 58'	Stadium: Stadium de Toulouse Attendance: 0 Referee: Mathieu Vernice

3 October 2020 6	Toulouse	0–0	Troyes	Toulouse
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Diakité 36' 53' Gabrielsen 80' Adli 90+4' Sidibé 90+5'	Report	Tardieu 90+5'	Stadium: Stadium de Toulouse Attendance: 0 Referee: Rémi Landry

17 October 2020 7	Ajaccio	0–1	Toulouse	Ajaccio
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Huard 29' Laçi 37' Avinel 52' Kalulu 87' 90+2' Barreto 90'	Report	Antiste 8' Spierings 10', 87' (pen.) Sanna 38' Dejaegere 54'	Stadium: Stade François Coty Attendance: 2,200 Referee: Mehdi Mokhtari

24 October 2020 8	Toulouse	3–0	Rodez	Toulouse
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Dejaegere 13' Amian 56' Spierings 67', 90+6' (pen.) Van den Boomen 90+3'	Report	Ouammou 28' Poujol 34'	Stadium: Stadium de Toulouse Attendance: 540 Referee: Bartolomeu Varela

2 November 2020 9	Amiens	0–1	Toulouse	Amiens
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Gomis 34' Blin 47' Sy 67' Lusamba 89'	Report	Spierings 55' Dejaegere 60' Gabrielsen 90+1'	Stadium: Stade de la Licorne Attendance: 0 Referee: Alexandre Perreau Niel

7 November 2020 10	Toulouse	4–5	Valenciennes	Toulouse
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Adli 14', 23' Amian 37' Dejaegere 58' Spierings 62' Rouault 76' Antiste 83'	Report	Elogo 11' D'Almeida 21' Cabral 26', 53' Cuffaut 33', 63', 77', 86'	Stadium: Stadium de Toulouse Attendance: 0 Referee: Sylvain Palhies

21 November 2020 11	Chambly	1–1	Toulouse	Chambly
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	David 19' Doucouré 74'	Report	Koné 31' Antiste 56' Rouault 63' Van den Boomen 65' Amian 86'	Stadium: Stade des Marais Attendance: 0 Referee: Romain Lissorgue

28 November 2020 12	Toulouse	2–1	Niort	Toulouse
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Van den Boomen 9' Bayo 78' Healey 79'	Report	Bâ 7' Kremen 90+4'	Stadium: Stadium de Toulouse Attendance: 0 Referee: Gaël Angoula

1 December 2020 13	Nancy	1–3	Toulouse	Tomblaine
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Biron 25' Valette 64' Akichi 77'	Report	Healey 54' Spierings 65' (pen.), 89' Rouault 70' Adli 90+3'	Stadium: Stade Marcel Picot Attendance: 0 Referee: Johan Hamel

5 December 2020 14	Toulouse	2–2	Guingamp	Toulouse
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Healey 51' Moreira 55' Amian 63' Antiste 73'	Report	Valdivia 50' Gomis 56' (pen.) Livolant 65' Ngbakoto 81' Niakaté 88' Fofana 90+4'	Stadium: Stadium de Toulouse Attendance: 0 Referee: Rémi Landry

12 December 2020 15	Châteauroux	0–3	Toulouse	Châteauroux
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	M'Boné 42' Cissé 65' Fofana 70' Leroy 90+1'	Report	Machado 18' Spierings 37' (pen.) Healey 65' Antiste 85'	Stadium: Stade Gaston Petit Attendance: 0 Referee: Mathieu Vernice

19 December 2020 16	Toulouse	4–3	Le Havre	Toulouse
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Healey 2', 12', 80' Adli 31' Amian 60' Spierings 90+8' (pen.)	Report	Bonnet 19' Gibaud 29' Meraş 50', 90+4' Basque 56' Alioui 83'	Stadium: Stadium de Toulouse Attendance: 0 Referee: Arnaud Baert

22 December 2020 17	Pau	0–3	Toulouse	Pau
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Scaramozzino 80'	Report	Moreira 22' Healey 30' Amian 57' Koné 84'	Stadium: Stade du Hameau Attendance: 0 Referee: Bartolomeu Varela Teles

5 January 2021 18	Toulouse	1–0	Paris FC	Toulouse
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Rouault 9' 32' Moreira 14' Dejaegere 18' Spierings 66'	Report	Diakité 13' Bamba 57'	Stadium: Stadium de Toulouse Attendance: 0 Referee: Willy Delajod

11 January 2021 19	Caen	2–2	Toulouse	Caen
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Nsona 10' Mendy 18', 18' Court 40'	Report	Amian 32' Machado 38' Diakité 45' Ngoumou 79'	Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano Attendance: 0 Referee: Bastien Dechepy

16 January 2021 20	Toulouse	2–0	Grenoble	Toulouse
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Koné 36'} Bayo 65' Adli 73'	Report	Abdallah 51' Monfray 64' Pickel 71'	Stadium: Stadium de Toulouse Attendance: 0 Referee: Romain Lissorgue

22 January 2021 21	Sochaux	0–1	Toulouse	Montbéliard
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Lasme 39' M'Bakata 55' Ambri 90+1'	Report	Diakité 54' Van den Boomen 75' Koné 90+4'	Stadium: Stade Auguste Bonal Attendance: 0 Referee: Mehdi Mokhtari

30 January 2021 22	Toulouse	3–2	Clermont	Toulouse
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Van den Boomen 5', 50' Spierings 21', 67' Dejaegere 53' Antiste 90+2'	Report	Magnin 23' Allevinah 42' Iglesias 85'	Stadium: Stadium de Toulouse Attendance: 0 Referee: Karim Abed

2 February 2021 23	Auxerre	3–1	Toulouse	Auxerre
20:00 (CET) (UTC+1)	Dugimont 4', 77' Ngando 42' Bernard 90+2'	Report	Healey 80', 90+3' (pen.) Spierings 84' Machado 88'	Stadium: Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps Attendance: 0 Referee: Guillaume Paradis

6 February 2021 (2021-02-06) 24	Troyes	1–1	Toulouse	Troyes
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Giraudon 29' Salmier 36' Dingomé 49' El Hajjam 90+3'	Report	Adli 15' Spierings 30' Dejaegere 38' Healey 70'	Stadium: Stade de l'Aube Attendance: 0 Referee: Benoît Millot

15 February 2021 25	Toulouse	3–0	Ajaccio	Toulouse
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Machado 27' Gabrielsen 47' Adli 85', 86' Bayo 90+1'	Report	Coutadeur 62'	Stadium: Stadium de Toulouse Attendance: 0 Referee: Jérémy Stinat

20 February 2021 26	Rodez	1–0	Toulouse	Rodez
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Boissier 39' Bonnet 41' Sanaia 78' Leborgne 82'	Report	Bayo 78' Adli 84' Moreira 90'	Stadium: Stade Paul-Lignon Attendance: 0 Referee: Olivier Thual

27 February 2021 (2021-02-27) 27	Toulouse	3–0	Amiens	Toulouse
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Healey 15' Spierings 41' (pen.) Van den Boomen 44' Bayo 86'	Report	Lomotey 37' Coly 39'	Stadium: Stadium de Toulouse Referee: Eric Wattellier

2 March 2021 (2021-03-02) 28	Valenciennes	1–0	Toulouse	Valenciennes
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Guillaume 19' Kankava 88'	Report	Koné 77'	Stadium: Stade du Hainaut Referee: Abdelatif Kherradji

13 March 2021 (2021-03-13) 29	Toulouse	4–0	Chambly	Toulouse
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Machado 26' Van den Boomen 56' Amian 68' Koné 79' Bayo 86'	Report	Camelo 30'	Stadium: Stadium de Toulouse Referee: Guillaume Paradis

20 March 2021 (2021-03-20) 30	Niort	1–0	Toulouse	Niort
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Bâ 87'	Report	Moreira 90+6'	Stadium: Stade René Gaillard Attendance: 0 Referee: Mehdi Mokhtari

3 April 2021 31	Toulouse	4–1	Nancy	Toulouse
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Gabrielsen 16', 50' Ciss 32' (o.g.) Healey 36' Antiste 47' Adli 62' Spierings 82'	Report	Bassi 43' Triboulet 77'	Stadium: Stadium de Toulouse Attendance: 0 Referee: Romain Lissorgue

12 April 2021 32	Guingamp	1–1	Toulouse	Guingamp
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Livolant 27' Mellot 55' Sampaio 71' Niakaté 90+2'	Report	Healey 37' Koné 40' Sanna 50'	Stadium: Stade de Roudourou Attendance: 0 Referee: Alexandre Perreau Niel

17 April 2021 33	Toulouse	1–0	Châteauroux	Toulouse
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Amian 52' Bayo 56'	Report	Ibara 48' Canelhas 89'	Stadium: Stadium de Toulouse Attendance: 0 Referee: Nicolas Rainville

1 May 2021 36	Paris FC	3–1	Toulouse	Paris
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Martin 12' Name 22', 86' Arab 90+4'	Report	Bayo 16' Diakité 26' Spierings 55' Adli 78'	Stadium: Stade Sébastien Charléty Attendance: 0 Referee: Benjamin Lepaysant

4 May 2021 34	Le Havre	0–1	Toulouse	Le Havre
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Bonnet 4' 60' Lekhal 69' Boutaïb 89'	Report	Koné 28' Van den Boomen 47' Gabrielsen 70' Spierings 77' Dewaest 83'	Stadium: Stade Océane Attendance: 0 Referee: Rémi Landry

8 May 2021 37	Toulouse	3–0	Caen	Toulouse
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Dejaegere 30' Bayo 67' Ngoumou 81'	Report	Court 47' Weber 57' Yago 66' 66' Mbala 82'	Stadium: Stadium de Toulouse Attendance: 0 Referee: Florent Batta

12 May 2021 35	Toulouse	2–2	Pau	Toulouse
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Bayo 9', 54' Gabrielsen 29' Koné 84'	Report	Daubin 22' Koffi 46' Dembélé 53' Diarra 53' Assifuah 66'	Stadium: Stadium de Toulouse Attendance: 0 Referee: Willy Delajod

15 May 2021 38	Dunkerque	3–3	Toulouse	Dunkerque
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 Attendance: 0 Referee: Johan Hamel

Promotion play-offs

21 May 2021 Semi-finals	Toulouse	3–0	Grenoble	Toulouse
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Spierings 3', 3' Dejaegere 16' Koné 23' Adli 69' Healey 90+2'	Report	Pickel 4' Djitté 36' Belmonte 54'	Stadium: Stadium de Toulouse Attendance: 0 Referee: Amaury Delerue

27 May 2021 Final First leg	Toulouse	1–2	Nantes	Toulouse
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Machado 19' Koné 63' Moreira 72'	Report	Blas 10' Kolo Muani 22' Chirivella 46'	Stadium: Stadium de Toulouse Attendance: 0 Referee: Jérémie Pignard

30 May 2021 Final Second leg	Nantes	0–1 (2 (a)–2 agg.)	Toulouse	Nantes
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Appiah 5' Kolo Muani 41' Chirivella 77'	Report	Bayo 53', 62' Machado 70' Antiste 81' Ngoumou 87'	Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 0 Referee: Benoît Bastien

Coupe de France

20 January 2021 Eighth round	Toulouse	1–0	Niort	Toulouse
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Bayo 37'	Report		Stadium: Stadium de Toulouse Attendance: 0 Referee: Nicolas Rainville

10 February 2021 Round of 64	Bordeaux	0–2	Toulouse	Bordeaux
14:45 CET (UTC+1)	Mara 30'	Report	Dewaest 36' Bayo 39' Antiste 57'	Stadium: Matmut Atlantique Attendance: 0 Referee: Hakim Ben El Hadj

5 March 2021 Round of 32	Aubagne FC	0–2	Toulouse	Martigues
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Petrozzi 88'	Report	Koné 9' Ngoumou 53'	Stadium: Stade Francis Turcan Attendance: 0 Referee: Aurélien Petit

7 April 2021 Round of 16	Olympique Saumur FC	1–2	Toulouse	Saumur
18:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Coquau 15' Bouhoutt 32' Billeaux 42' Kamguem 78'	Report	Spierings 20' (pen.) Diakité 45' Kasongo 67'	Stadium: Stade des Rives du Thouet Attendance: 0 Referee: Johan Hamel

20 April 2021 Quarter-finals	GFA Rumilly-Vallières	2–0	Toulouse	Annecy
18:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Guillaud 19' Rouault 83' (o.g.)	Report	Rouault 58' Pettersson 85'	Stadium: Parc des Sports Attendance: 0 Referee: Jérôme Brisard