title: 2019–20 Dijon FCO season
text: # 2019–20 Dijon FCO season
  
  The 2019–20 season was Dijon Football Côte d'Or's 22nd season in existence and the club's 4th consecutive season in the top flight of French football. In addition to the domestic league, Dijon 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 31 January 2020.
  
  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 | ISL | Rúnar Alex Rúnarsson |
  | 2 | DF | GLP | Mickaël Alphonse |
  | 3 | DF | COD | Ngonda Muzinga |
  | 4 | DF | MAR | Nayef Aguerd |
  | 5 | DF | FRA | Senou Coulibaly |
  | 6 | MF | ALG | Yassine Benzia |
  | 7 | MF | FRA | Frédéric Sammaritano |
  | 8 | MF | FRA | Bryan Soumaré |
  | 9 | FW | ENG | Stephy Mavididi (on loan from Juventus) |
  | 11 | FW | CPV | Júlio Tavares (captain) |
  | 14 | MF | FRA | Jordan Marié |
  | 15 | MF | FRA | Florent Balmont |
  | No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
  | 16 | GK | SEN | Alfred Gomis |
  | 17 | MF | GNB | Mama Baldé |
  | 19 | MF | VEN | Jhonder Cádiz (on loan from Benfica) |
  | 20 | MF | FRA | Romain Amalfitano |
  | 21 | FW | FRA | Mounir Chouiar |
  | 22 | MF | GAB | Didier Ndong |
  | 24 | DF | NCL | Wesley Lautoa |
  | 25 | DF | GAB | Bruno Ecuele Manga |
  | 26 | DF | MAR | Fouad Chafik |
  | 27 | DF | MAR | Hamza Mendyl (on loan from Schalke) |
  | 30 | GK | FRA | Lévi Ntumba |
  | 31 | FW | FRA | Rayan Philippe |
  
  ### Out of squad
  
  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 | Théo Barbet |
  
  ### 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 |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 12 | MF | FRA | Enzo Loiodice (at Wolves until end of 2019/20 season, with an option to buy) |
  | — | FW | FRA | Aurélien Scheidler (at US Orléans until end of 2019/20 season) |
  
  ### Reserve team
  
      As of 20 March 2020
  
  Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
  
  | No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | — | GK | FRA | Mathis Malandre |
  | — | DF | FRA | Théo Barbet |
  | — | DF | ALG | Reda Maarif |
  | — | DF | FRA | Maël Sedagondji |
  | — | DF | FRA | Dylan Tchamajieu |
  | — | DF | FRA | Antoine Tchong |
  | — | DF | FRA | Arthur Vitelli |
  | — | DF | CMR | Ahmad Ngouyamsa |
  | — | MF | FRA | Hugo Coldefy |
  | No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
  | — | MF | FRA | Corentin Faussot |
  | — | MF | FRA | Théo Godard |
  | — | MF | FRA | Noé Messin |
  | — | MF | FRA | Steve Solvet |
  | — | FW | FRA | Clément Billemaz |
  | — | FW | FRA | Sory Doumbouya |
  | — | FW | FRA | Marco Ateba |
  | — | FW | FRA | Rayan Philippe |
  | — | FW | FRA | Cheick Touré |
  
  ## Pre-season and friendlies
  
  Win  Draw  Loss
  
  ## Competitions
  
  ### Overview
  
  | Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
  | Ligue 1 | 10 August 2019 | 7 March 2020 | Matchday 1 | 16th | 28 | 7 | 9 | 12 | 27 | 37 | −10 | 025.00 |
  | Coupe de France | 5 January 2020 | 12 February 2020 | Round of 64 | Quarter-finals | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 8 | +2 | 075.00 |
  | Coupe de la Ligue | 29 October 2019 | 29 October 2019 | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | −2 | 000.00 |
  | Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 33 | 10 | 9 | 14 | 37 | 47 | −10 | 030.30 |
  
  Source: Soccerway
  
  ### Ligue 1
  
  **League table**
  
  | Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | PPG |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 14 | Brest | 28 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 34 | 37 | −3 | 34 | 1.21 |
  | 15 | Metz | 28 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 27 | 35 | −8 | 34 | 1.21 |
  | 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 | 28 | 7 | 6 | 15 | 29 | 44 | −15 | 27 | 0.96 |
  
  * ↑ 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 | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  
  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 |
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  | Ground | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
  | Result | L | L | L | L | D | L | D | W | W | D | L | W | L | W | L | D | L | D | D | W | L | W | L | D | D | D | L | W | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C |
  | Position | 15 | 18 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 17 | 18 | 17 | 18 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 |
  
  **Matches**
  
  The Ligue 1 schedule was announced on 14 June 2019. The Ligue 1 matches were suspended by the LFP on 13 March 2020 due to COVID-19 until further notices. 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. On 30 April, The LFP ended officially the 2019–20 season.
  
  