The 2020–21 season was

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's eighth consecutive season in

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since promotion from

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in 2013.

Season events

On 19 July, AS Monaco announced the departure of Robert Moreno as their manager, and later the same day announced the appointment of

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as manager on a three-year contract.

Transfers

Summer

On 4 June, AS Monaco announced that they had agreed a deal for Kévin N'Doram to make his loan deal at

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a permanent transfer. On 25 June, Everton announced that they had agreed a deal with AS Monaco to extend the loan of Djibril Sidibé until the end of their season. On 29 June, AS Monaco confirmed this, along with Gil Dias' loan being extended until the end of the

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season. On 26 June, AS Monaco announced that they had agreed a deal for Anthony Musaba to join from

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on a five-year contract, with the deal to be concluded upon the opening of the international transfer window on 1 July 2020. On 30 June, AS Monaco announced that Romain Faivre would be leaving the club to join

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. On 1 July, AS Monaco confirmed that the loan deals for

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, Jordi Mboula and Antonio Barreca had all been extended until the end of their respective seasons. On 8 July, Benjamin Henrichs moved to

RB Leipzig RasenBallsport Leipzig e.V. (), commonly known as RB Leipzig or informally as Red Bull Leipzig, is a German professional association football, football club based in Leipzig, Saxony. The club was founded in 2009 by the initiative of the company ...

on a season-long loan deal, with the option for RB Leipzig to make the move permanent. On 7 August, AS Monaco announced the signing of

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to a five-year contract from

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. On 10 August, AS Monaco signed their first professional contract with Jonathan Bakali. On 11 August, AS Monaco announced that

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would be leaving the club to join

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, with Nabil Alioui joining

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the following day. On 13 August,

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left AS Monaco to sign for

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, whilst Lyle Foster made a permanent move to

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. On 21 August, Julien Serrano joined Livingston on a season-long loan deal. On 24 August, Anthony Musaba joined

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on a season-long loan deal. On 26 August, Wilson Isidor joined Bastia-Borgo on a season-long loan deal, whilst Jonathan Panzo left the club to sign for

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. On 27 August, AS Monaco announced the signing of Caio Henrique from

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to a five-year contract. On 2 September, AS Monaco announced the signing of

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from

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to a four-year contract. On 8 September,

Adrien Bongiovanni Adrien Bongiovanni (born 20 September 1999) is a Belgian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Challenger Pro League club RAAL La Louvière. Club career Monaco Bongiovanni made his professional debut on 26 April 2017 in the Coupe de Franc ...

joined

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on a season-long loan deal. On 10 September,

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Left AS Monaco to sign permanently with

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. The following day, 11 September, AS Monaco announced the signing of

Vito Mannone Vito Mannone (born 2 March 1988) is an Italian professional Association football, footballer who plays as a Goalkeeper (association football), goalkeeper for Ligue 1 club Lille OSC, Lille. Born in Desio, Mannone was a member of Atalanta B.C., At ...

on a two-year contract after his

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contract had expired at the end of the previous season, whilst Adama Traoré moved permanently to

Hatayspor Hatayspor Kulübü, known as Atakaş Hatayspor due to sponsorship reasons, is a Turkish professional football club located in Antakya, Hatay Province. Hatayspor, founded in 1967 through a merger of three local clubs, aimed to promote sports and po ...

and Jean Marcelin joined

on a season-long loan deal. On 17 September, Jordi Mboula left AS Monaco to sign for

Real Mallorca Real Club Deportivo Mallorca, S.A.D. (, , ''Royal Sporting Club Mallorca''), commonly known as Real Mallorca or RCD Mallorca, is a Spanish professional football club based in Palma on the island of Mallorca in the Balearic Islands. Founded on ...

. On 23 September,

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was loaned to Las Rozas for the season, whilst

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joined AS Monaco on a season-long loan deal on 25 September. On 25 September, Gil Dias was loaned to Famalicão for the season, whilst on 29 September,

returned to Rio Ave on a season-long loan and Jean-Eudes Aholou returned to

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on a similar deal. The following day

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moved on loan to

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for the season. On 1 October, Gabriel Pereira joined

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on a season long loan deal, with

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joining

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on a similar deal the following day. On 5 October, Yoann Etienne moved from AS Monaco to

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, Antonio Barreca joined

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on loan for the season, and Giulian Biancone extended is contract with AS Monaco until the summer of 2024 and joined

on loan for the season. The next day, 6 October, Arthur Zagre moved to

on loan for the season. On 17 October, Russian forward Kirill Klimov moved to

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Winter

On 21 January, defender

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joined

on loan for the remainder of the season, whilst the following day, 22 January, Monaco announced the signing of

Krépin Diatta Krépin Diatta (born 25 February 1999) is a Senegalese professional footballer who plays as a right winger for Ligue 1 club Monaco and the Senegal national team. Club career Sarpsborg 08 On 26 February 2017, Diatta signed a four-year contract ...

from

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on a five-year contract. On 25 January, Henry Onyekuru was loaned to

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for the remainder of the season.

Squad

Reserves

Transfers

In

Loans in

Out

: Transfers announced on the above date, became official when the transfer window opened on 1 July.

Loans out

Released

Trial

Friendlies

Competitions

Overview

Ligue 1

League table

Results summary

Results by matches

Results

Coupe de France

Statistics

Appearances and goals

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Goalscorers

Clean sheets

Disciplinary record

, - , colspan="17", ''Players away on loan:'' , - , colspan="17", ''Players who left Monaco during the season:''

References

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