2019–20 Stade Malherbe Caen season

Caen
2019–20 season
Chairman	Fabrice Clément
Manager	Pascal Dupraz
Stadium	Stade Michel d'Ornano
Ligue 2	13th
Coupe de France	Round of 32
Coupe de la Ligue	First round
Top goalscorer	League: ; Jessy Deminguet (6); All: ; Jessy Deminguet (6)
	← 2018–19 2020–21 →

The 2019–20 Stade Malherbe Caen season was the 107th season of the French football club since its creation in 1913.^[1] Following relegation from Ligue 1 in 2018-19, this was the club's first season back in Ligue 2 after five consecutive seasons in the top flight.

Players

Current squad

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	Erwin Zelazny
2	DF	FRA	Steeve Yago
3	DF	FRA	Yoël Armougom
4	DF	SEN	Elhadji Pape Diaw
5	MF	GUI	Baïssama Sankoh
6	MF	CGO	Prince Oniangué
7	FW	USA	Nicholas Gioacchini
8	MF	FRA	Jessy Deminguet
9	FW	FRA	Benjamin Jeannot
10	FW	FRA	Jordan Tell
11	FW	FRA	Santy Ngom
12	MF	FRA	Jad Mouaddib
13	FW	FRA	Evens Joseph
14	FW	CIV	Caleb Zady
15	MF	SVN	Jan Repas
16	GK	FRA	Thomas Callens


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
17	MF	FRA	Anthony Gonçalves
18	DF	FRA	Jonathan Rivierez (c)
19	FW	FRA	Malik Tchokounté
20	MF	COD	Durel Avounou
21	FW	FRA	Brice Tutu
22	DF	SEN	Adama Mbengue
23	FW	FRA	Herman Moussaki
24	DF	FRA	Hugo Vandermersch
25	MF	FRA	Godson Kyeremeh
27	MF	FRA	Azzeddine Toufiqui
28	DF	FRA	Anthony Weber
29	DF	FRA	Jessy Pi
30	GK	FRA	Rémy Riou
32	FW	FRA	Kélian Nsona
33	MF	FRA	Alexis Beka Beka
34	MF	FIN	Timo Stavitski

Competitions

Ligue 2

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
11	Auxerre	28	8	10	10	31	30	+1	34
12	Nancy	28	6	16	6	27	26	+1	34
13	Caen	28	8	10	10	33	34	−1	34
14	Sochaux	28	8	10	10	28	30	−2	34
15	Châteauroux	28	9	7	12	22	38	−16	34

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

Matches

Win Draw Loss

26 July 2019 1	Sochaux	0–0	Caen	Sochaux
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Touré 84'	Report	Moussaki 35' Gonçalves 84' Gradit 90+3'	Stadium: Stade Auguste Bonal Attendance: 6,429 Referee: Frank Schneider

5 August 2019 2	Caen	1–2	Lorient	Caen
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Pi 26' Gonçalves 26' Armougom 32' Gradit 64' Deminguet 90+1'	Report	Wissa 22' Hamel 33' Saunier 47' Le Goff 90'	Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano Attendance: 11,216 Referee: Sylvain Palhies

9 August 2019 3	AC Ajaccio	1–2	Caen	Ajaccio
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Avinel 45+1' Courtet 61' Coutadeur 64' Tramoni 83'	Report	Deminguet 4' Diaw 27' Sankoh 45+2' (pen.) Pi 65'	Stadium: Stade François Coty Attendance: 3,117 Referee: Benoît Bastien

16 August 2019 4	Caen	0–0	Chambly	Caen
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Rivierez 38' Tchokounté 90+4'	Report	Santelli 47' Beaulieu 53' El Hriti 87' Gonzalez 89'	Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano Attendance: 9,762 Referee: Arnaud Baert

23 August 2019 5	Niort	1–1	Caen	Niort
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Sissoko 53' (pen.)	Report	Sankoh 6' Vandermersch 52'	Stadium: Stade René Gaillard Attendance: 3,456 Referee: Olivier Thual

30 August 2019 6	Caen	0–3	Le Havre	Caen
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Thiaré 8' 58' Dina-Ebimbe 29' Meraş 36' Kadewere 90+3'	Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano Attendance: 14,578 Referee: Thierry Bouille

13 September 2019 7	Troyes	2–1	Caen	Troyes
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Barthelmé 13' Pintor 35' Souaré 45' Chambost 90+2'	Report	Armougom 66' Sankoh 78'	Stadium: Stade de l'Aube Attendance: 5,465 Referee: Bartolomeu Varela

21 September 2019 8	Caen	0–2	Lens	Caen
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Yago 17' Weber 23' Sankoh 40' Pi 45+1'	Report	Rivierez 30' (o.g.) Radovanović 35' Banza 83'	Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano Attendance: 11,786 Referee: Johan Hamel

27 September 2019 9	Grenoble	1–0	Caen	Grenoble
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Djitté 18' Elogo 83'	Report	Zady 36' Gonçalves 60'	Stadium: Stade des Alpes Attendance: 5,742 Referee: Bastien Dechepy

4 October 2019 10	Caen	1–1	Châteauroux	Caen
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Vandermersch 46' Oniangué 60'	Report	Grange 68'	Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano Attendance: 9,277 Referee: Éric Wattellier

18 October 2019 11	Caen	0–0	Valenciennes	Caen
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Pi 41' Deminguet 65'	Report	Masson 35' Brassier 40' Ntim 67'	Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano Attendance: 8,945 Referee: Bartolomeu Varela

25 October 2019 12	Paris FC	2–4	Caen	Paris
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Armand 47' (pen.), 72' López 61' Yohou 63' Abdeldjelil 90+3'	Report	Rivierez 15' Gioacchini 29' Yago 57' Gonçalves 60' Pi 66' Sankoh 90+3' (pen.)	Stadium: Stade Charléty Attendance: 3,052 Referee: Mehdi Mokhtari

1 November 2019 13	Caen	2–1	Orléans	Caen
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Cambon 33' (o.g.) Gonçalves 37' Pi 70' Yago 88'	Report	Thill 34' Cambon 43' Scheidler 63' Perrin 82'	Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano Attendance: 10,135 Referee: Sylvain Palhies

8 November 2019 14	Auxerre	1–1	Caen	Auxerre
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Sakhi 41' Touré 61' Dugimont 72' Coeff 73' Michel 74'	Report	Pi 35' Oniangué 47' Gonçalves 68'	Stadium: Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps Attendance: 4,567 Referee: Cédric Dos Santos

22 November 2019 15	Caen	3–3	Le Mans	Caen
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Oniangué 5' Deminguet 26', 38', 56' 81' Weber 52'	Report	Gope-Fenepej 18' Créhin 74' (pen.) Kanté 79' Fofana 82'	Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano Attendance: 10,664 Referee: Bastien Dechepy

29 November 2019 16	Guingamp	1–1	Caen	Guingamp
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Ngbakoto 35' Valdivia 38' Ngbakoto 80'	Report	Weber 44' Tchokounté 79'	Stadium: Stade de Roudourou Attendance: 9,224 Referee: Arnaud Baert

2 December 2019 17	Caen	1–0	Nancy	Caen
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Gonçalves 28' Gioacchini 35' Yago 50' Gioacchini 60'	Report	Dembélé 41' El Kaoutari 64'	Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano Attendance: 8,798 Referee: Johan Hamel

13 December 2019 18	Rodez	2–1	Caen	Rodez
	Bardy 48' Roche 63' Bardy 75'	Report	Vandermersch 24' Oniangué 45+1' Gonçalves 62' Mbengue 73' Jeannot 85'	Attendance: 2,793 Referee: Thierry Bouille

20 December 2019 19	Caen	0–0	Clermont Foot	Caen
	Jeannot 23' Yago 59'	Report	Cissokho 53' Ogier 58'	Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano Attendance: 9,529 Referee: Pierre Gaillouste

13 January 2020 20	Lorient	2–1	Caen	Lorient
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Hamel 6' Wissa 69'	Report	Pi 16' (pen.)	Stadium: Stade du Moustoir Attendance: 7,110 Referee: Nicolas Rainville

24 January 2020 21	Caen	0–1	AC Ajaccio	Caen
20:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Youssouf 90'	Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano Attendance: 10,880 Referee: Bartolomeu Varela

31 January 2020 22	Chambly	0–1	Caen	Beauvais
20:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Zady 73'	Stadium: Stade Pierre Brisson Attendance: 2,333 Referee: Aurélien Petit

4 February 2020 23	Caen	4–3	Niort	Caen
21:05 CET (UTC+1)	Pi 49' (pen.) Deminguet 56' Jeannot 60', 79' (pen.)	Report	Vion 5' Jacob 50' Sissoko 72'	Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano Attendance: 8,316 Referee: Mehdi Mokhtari

7 February 2020 24	Le Havre	1–1	Caen	Le Havre
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Thiaré 33' (pen.)	Report	Oniangué 90'	Stadium: Stade Océane Attendance: 12,125 Referee: Bastien Dechepy

14 February 2020 25	Caen	0–1	Troyes	Caen
20:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Pintor 90'	Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano Attendance: 9,239 Referee: Nicolas Rainville

22 February 2020 26	Lens	1–4	Caen	Lens
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Jean 11'	Report	Tchokounté 22' (pen.), 75' Oniangué 32' (pen.), 72'	Stadium: Stade Félix Bollaert Attendance: 27,711 Referee: Sylvain Palhies

28 February 2020 27	Caen	2–0	Grenoble	Caen
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Pi 17' (pen.) Maubleu 18' (o.g.)	Report		Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano Attendance: 9,845 Referee: Ruddy Buquet

6 March 2020 28	Châteauroux	2–1	Caen	Châteauroux
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Grange 38' Diarra 90'	Report	Tchokounté 27'	Stadium: Stade Gaston Petit Attendance: 6,660 Referee: Aurélien Petit

Coupe de France

Seventh round

16 November 2019	ASI Mûrs-Erigné (7)	0–6	Caen (2)	Angers^[2]
18:00 CET		Report	Vandermersch 8' Gioacchini 11' Pi 18' (pen.) Rivierez 68' Armougom 83' Diaw 86'	Stadium: Stade Raymond Kopa Attendance: 4,065 Referee: Romain Lissourgue

Eighth round

7 December 2019	C'Chartres Football (4)	0–1	Caen (2)	Chartres
14:15 CET		Report	Gonçalves 26'	Stadium: Stade Jacques-Couvret Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Philippe Lucas

Round of 64

4 January 2020	FC Guichen (5)	1–2	Caen (2)	Rennes^[3]
13:00 CET	Manounou 78'	Report	Gioacchini 10' Rivierez 26'	Stadium: Stade du Commandant Bougouin Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Jérémy Stinat

Round of 32

19 January 2020	Montpellier (1)	5–0	Caen (2)	Montpellier
17:15 CET	Savanier 24' (pen.) Laborde 37' Delort 40', 64' Mollet 59'	Report		Stadium: Stade de la Mosson Attendance: 4,697 Referee: Thomas Léonard

Coupe de la Ligue

First round

13 August 2019	Caen (2)	0–1	Nancy (2)	Caen
20:00 CEST		Report	Gueye 64'	Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano Attendance: 7,807 Referee: Nicolas Rainville

References

^ "Stade Malherbe Caen on Ligue1.com". LFP. Archived from the original on 15 July 2019. Retrieved 15 August 2019.
^ "Football - Coupe de France. Mûrs-Erigné accueillera Caen au stade Raymond-Kopa !" (in French). ouest-france.fr. 1 November 2019.
^ "Coupe de France : Guichen se délocalisera au Vélodrome de Rennes pour affronter Caen" (in French). francetvinfo.fr. 13 December 2019.

[1] "Stade Malherbe Caen on Ligue1.com". LFP. Archived from the original on 15 July 2019. Retrieved 15 August 2019.

[2] "Football - Coupe de France. Mûrs-Erigné accueillera Caen au stade Raymond-Kopa !" (in French). ouest-france.fr. 1 November 2019.

[3] "Coupe de France : Guichen se délocalisera au Vélodrome de Rennes pour affronter Caen" (in French). francetvinfo.fr. 13 December 2019.

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