Nîmes Olympique — overview (around the 2020/21 season)

• Club: Nîmes Olympique (commonly called Nîmes)
• Country / League (2020/21): France — Ligue 1
• Head coach around 2020/21: Jérôme Arpinon
• Home stadium: Stade des Costières (Nîmes)
• Colours / nickname: Red & white; nicknamed "Les Crocodiles" (symbol tied to the city’s Roman heritage)

Season summary (2020/21)

• Nîmes competed in the 2020/21 Ligue 1 season, where they struggled for much of the campaign.
• Under coach Jérôme Arpinon the club was unable to avoid relegation and dropped to Ligue 2 for the following season.
• The club’s focus after relegation was rebuilding and adjusting its squad and budget for the second tier.

About Jérôme Arpinon

• Jérôme Arpinon served as head coach of Nîmes around that period after having been part of the club’s coaching setup; he led the first team through the 2020/21 Ligue 1 campaign.
• His role involved trying to stabilize results and manage the squad during a difficult top-flight season for the club.

Context

• Nîmes is a provincial club with a passionate local following; maintaining top-flight status has been challenging against bigger-budget Ligue 1 teams.
• The 2020/21 season was impacted by the broader difficulties clubs faced during the COVID-19 period (scheduling, finances, limited crowd attendance), which affected many clubs’ seasons and planning.

Key identifiers

• Founded: 1937
• Location: Nîmes, Occitanie, southern France
• Stadium capacity (Stade des Costières): ~18,000

This provides a concise snapshot of Nîmes Olympique and Jérôme Arpinon’s role around the 2020/21 season, including the club’s league status and key context from that period.