2021–22 Ligue 1

Ligue 1
Season	2021–22
Dates	6 August 2021 – 21 May 2022
Matches played	49
Goals scored	146 (2.98 per match)
Top goalscorer	Moussa Dembélé; Amine Gouiri; Kylian Mbappé; (4 goals each)
Biggest home win	Nice 4–0 Bordeaux; (28 August 2021); Paris Saint-Germain 4–0 Clermont; (11 September 2021)
Biggest away win	Lille 0–4 Nice; (14 August 2021)
Highest scoring	Metz 3–3 Lille; (8 August 2021); Paris Saint-Germain 4–2 Strasbourg; (14 August 2021); Reims 3–3 Montpellier; (15 August 2021); Brest 2–4 Paris Saint-Germain; (20 August 2021); Lyon 3–3 Clermont; (22 August 2021)
Longest winning run	Paris Saint-Germain; (5 matches)
Longest unbeaten run	Angers; Lens; Paris Saint-Germain; (5 matches)
Longest winless run	Bordeaux; Brest; Metz; Saint-Étienne; (5 matches)
Longest losing run	Nantes; (3 matches)
	← 2020–21 2022–23 → All statistics correct as of 12 September 2021.

The 2021–22 Ligue 1 season, also known as Ligue 1 Uber Eats for sponsorship reasons, is a French association football tournament within Ligue 1. It is the 84th season since its establishment. It began on 6 August 2021 and will conclude on 21 May 2022.^[1] The league fixtures were announced on 25 June 2021.^[2]^[3] Lille are the defending champions.

Teams[]

A total of twenty teams will participate in the 2021–22 edition of the Ligue 1.

Changes[]

Troyes (promoted after a three-year absence) and Clermont (promoted to Ligue 1 for the first time) were promoted from the 2020–21 Ligue 2. Dijon (relegated after five years in the top flight) and Nîmes (relegated after three years in the top flight) were relegated to 2021–22 Ligue 2.

Promoted to 2021–22 Ligue 1	Relegated from 2020–21 Ligue 1
Troyes Clermont	Dijon Nîmes

Stadiums and locations[]

Angers

Brest

Clermont

Lens

Lille

Lorient

Lyon

Marseille

Metz

Monaco

Montpellier

Nantes

Nice

PSG

Rennes

St-Étienne

Troyes

Strasbourg

Bordeaux

Reims

Location of teams in 2021–22 Ligue 1

Club	Location	Venue	Capacity	2020–21 season
Angers	Angers	Stade Raymond Kopa	18,752	13th
Bordeaux	Bordeaux	Matmut Atlantique	42,115	12th
Brest	Brest	Stade Francis-Le Blé	15,931	17th
Clermont	Clermont-Ferrand	Stade Gabriel Montpied	11,980	Ligue 2, 2nd
Lens	Lens	Stade Bollaert-Delelis	37,705	7th
Lille	Villeneuve-d'Ascq	Stade Pierre-Mauroy	50,186	1st
Lorient	Lorient	Stade du Moustoir	18,890	16th
Lyon	Décines-Charpieu	Groupama Stadium	59,186	4th
Marseille	Marseille	Orange Vélodrome	67,394	5th
Metz	Longeville-lès-Metz	Stade Saint-Symphorien	25,636	10th
Monaco	Monaco	Stade Louis II	18,523	3rd
Montpellier	Montpellier	Stade de la Mosson	32,900	8th
Nantes	Nantes	Stade de la Beaujoire	35,322	18th
Nice	Nice	Allianz Riviera	35,624	9th
Paris Saint-Germain	Paris	Parc des Princes	48,583	2nd
Reims	Reims	Stade Auguste Delaune	21,684	14th
Rennes	Rennes	Roazhon Park	29,778	6th
Saint-Étienne	Saint-Étienne	Stade Geoffroy-Guichard	41,965	11th
Strasbourg	Strasbourg	Stade de la Meinau	29,230	15th
Troyes	Troyes	Stade de l'Aube	21,684	Ligue 2, 1st

Personnel and kits[]

Team	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Main sponsor
Angers	Gérald Baticle	Ismaël Traoré	Kappa	Scania (H), Le Gaulois (A & 3)
Bordeaux	Vladimir Petkovic	Laurent Koscielny	Adidas	Bistro Régent
Brest	Michel Der Zakarian	Steve Mounié	Adidas	Quéguiner (H), Yaourts Malo (A)
Clermont	Pascal Gastien	Jonathan Iglesias	Patrick	Crédit Mutuel
Lens	Franck Haise	Yannick Cahuzac	Puma	Auchan
Lille	Jocelyn Gourvennec	José Fonte	New Balance	Boulanger
Lorient	Christophe Pélissier	Fabien Lemoine	Kappa	Jean Floc'h
Lyon	Peter Bosz	Léo Dubois	Adidas	Emirates, Veolia (UEFA matches only)
Marseille	Jorge Sampaoli	Steve Mandanda	Puma	Uber Eats, Iqoniq (sleeve)
Metz	Frédéric Antonetti	Dylan Bronn	Kappa	Car Avenue & MOSL (H), MOSL (A)
Monaco	Niko Kovač	Wissam Ben Yedder	Kappa	eToro, Fedcom (UEFA matches only)
Montpellier	Olivier Dall'Oglio	Téji Savanier	Nike	Groupe Marty
Nantes	Antoine Kombouaré	Alban Lafont	Macron	Synergie
Nice	Christophe Galtier	Dante	Macron	Ineos
Paris Saint-Germain	Mauricio Pochettino	Marquinhos	Air Jordan	Accor, QNB Group (sleeve), Ooredoo (back)
Reims	Óscar García	Yunis Abdelhamid	Umbro	Maisons France Confort (H), Hexaom (A & 3)
Rennes	Bruno Génésio	Hamari Traoré	Puma	Samsic
Saint-Étienne	Claude Puel	Mahdi Camara	Le Coq Sportif	Aesio
Strasbourg	Julien Stéphan	Dimitri Liénard	Adidas	ÉS Énergies (H), Winamax (A)
Troyes	Laurent Batlles	Jimmy Giraudon	Le Coq Sportif	Babeau Seguin

Managerial changes[]

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Angers	Stéphane Moulin	Resigned	24 May 2021^[4]	Pre-season	Gérald Baticle	27 May 2021^[5]
Lyon	Rudi Garcia	Resigned	24 May 2021^[6]		Peter Bosz	29 May 2021^[7]
Nice	Adrian Ursea	Mutual consent	24 May 2021^[8]		Christophe Galtier	30 June 2021^[9]
Lille	Christophe Galtier	Resigned	25 May 2021^[10]		Jocelyn Gourvennec	5 July 2021^[11]
Reims	David Guion	Resigned	30 June 2021^[12]		Óscar García	1 July 2021^[13]
Montpellier	Michel Der Zakarian	Mutual consent	30 June 2021^[14]		Olivier Dall'Oglio	1 July 2021^[15]
Strasbourg	Thierry Laurey	End of contract	30 June 2021^[16]		Julien Stéphan	1 July 2021^[17]
Brest	Olivier Dall'Oglio	Signed for Montpellier	30 June 2021^[18]		Michel Der Zakarian	1 July 2021^[19]
Bordeaux	Jean-Louis Gasset	Sacked	27 July 2021		Vladimir Petković	27 July 2021^[20]

League table[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Paris Saint-Germain	5	5	0	0	16	5	+11	15	Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2	Angers	5	3	2	0	9	2	+7	11	Qualification for the Champions League group stage
3	Marseille	4	3	1	0	10	5	+5	10	Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
4	Nice	4	3	1	0	10	0	+10	9^[a]	Qualification for the Europa League group stage
5	Lens	5	2	3	0	10	7	+3	9	Qualification for the Europa Conference League play-off round
6	Clermont	5	2	2	1	9	9	0	8
7	Lyon	5	2	2	1	8	8	0	8
8	Lorient	5	2	2	1	7	7	0	8
9	Montpellier	5	2	1	2	11	9	+2	7
10	Reims	5	1	3	1	6	6	0	6
11	Rennes	5	1	2	2	3	6	−3	5
12	Lille	5	1	2	2	7	11	−4	5
13	Troyes	5	1	1	3	5	7	−2	4
14	Nantes	5	1	1	3	3	5	−2	4
15	Strasbourg	5	1	1	3	7	11	−4	4
16	Monaco	5	1	1	3	3	7	−4	4
17	Brest	5	0	3	2	6	10	−4	3
18	Metz	5	0	3	2	6	10	−4	3	Qualification for the Relegation play-offs
19	Saint-Étienne	5	0	3	2	5	9	−4	3	Relegation to
20	Bordeaux	5	0	2	3	5	12	−7	2	Relegation to

Updated to match(es) played on 12 September 2021. Source: Ligue 1
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Fairplay ranking.^[21]
Notes:

^ Nice were deducted one point for uncontrolled crowd trouble that caused the abandonment of their match against Marseille. They may be deducted an additional point if this trouble occurs again.

Results[]

Home \ Away	ANG	BOR	BRE	CLE	LEN	LIL	LOR	OL	OM	MET	ASM	MON	FCN	NIC	PSG	REI	REN	STE	STR	TRO
Angers	—							3–0									2–0
Bordeaux	1–1	—		0–2	2–3
Brest	1–1		—												2–4		1–1
Clermont				—						2–2										2–0
Lens					—	a	2–2											2–2
Lille					a	—						2–1		0–4
Lorient						2–1	—				1–0
Lyon			1–1	3–3				—											3–1
Marseille		2–2							—						a			3–1
Metz						3–3				—						1–1				0–2
Monaco					0–2				0–2		—		1–1	a
Montpellier							3–1		2–3			—						2–0
Nantes								0–1		2–0			—	0–2			a
Nice		4–0							TBD^{[n 1]}		a			—		0–0
Paris SG				4–0					a						—				4–2
Reims												3–3			0–2	—
Rennes					1–1								1–0			0–2	—
Saint-Étienne						1–1	1–1											—
Strasbourg	0–2		3–1																—	1–1
Troyes											1–2				1–2					—

Updated to match(es) played on 12 September 2021. Source: Ligue 1
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

^ Due to incidents, the match was stopped after 74 minutes, with hosts Nice 1–0 ahead. Final result is still depending on further investigation.

Positions by round[]

The table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches. In order to preserve chronological evolvements, any postponed matches are not included to the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards.

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5
Team ╲ Round
Angers	1	1	2	2	2
Bordeaux	19	16	15	19	20
Brest	7	11	14	18	17
Clermont	2	2	3	3	6
Lens	8	8	4	6	5
Lille	5	18	17	10	12
Lorient	9	7	9	7	8
Lyon	10	17	16	9	7
Marseille	3	6	7	4	3
Metz	6	15	13	15	18
Monaco	11	14	19	14	16
Montpellier	17	13	6	11	9
Nantes	12	5	8	12	14
Nice	15	4	10	5	4
Paris SG	4	3	1	1	1
Reims	16	9	12	17	10
Rennes	13	12	5	8	11
Saint-Étienne	14	10	11	16	19
Strasbourg	20	20	20	13	15
Troyes	18	19	18	20	13

	Leader and 2022–23 UEFA Champions League group stage
	2022–23 UEFA Champions League group stage
	2022–23 UEFA Champions League third qualifying round
	2022–23 UEFA Europa League group stage
	2022–23 UEFA Europa Conference League play-off round
	Qualification to relegation play-offs
	Relegation to Ligue 2

Updated to match(es) played on 12 September 2021. Source: Ligue 1

Relegation play-offs[]

The relegation play-offs will take place on 26 and 29 May 2022.

Season statistics[]

As of 12 September 2021

Top goalscorers[]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals^[22]
1	Moussa Dembélé	Lyon	4
	Amine Gouiri	Nice
	Kylian Mbappé	Paris Saint-Germain
4	Mohamed Bayo	Clermont	3
	Kasper Dolberg	Nice
	Seko Fofana	Lens
	Ander Herrera	Paris Saint-Germain
	Gaëtan Laborde	Montpellier/Rennes
	Dimitri Payet	Marseille
	Elbasan Rashani	Clermont
	Cengiz Ünder	Marseille

Top assists[]

Rank	Player	Club	Assists^[23]
1	Jonathan Clauss	Lens	3
	Przemysław Frankowski	Lens
	Moses Simon	Nantes
4	Laurent Abergel	Lorient	2
	Ludovic Ajorque	Strasbourg
	Houssem Aouar	Lyon
	Mohamed Bayo	Clermont
	Jimmy Cabot	Angers
	Konrad de la Fuente	Marseille
	Andy Delort	Nice
	Romain Faivre	Brest
	Achraf Hakimi	Paris Saint-Germain
	Ander Herrera	Paris Saint-Germain
	Ilan Kebbal	Reims
	Kylian Mbappé	Paris Saint-Germain
	Terem Moffi	Lorient
	Téji Savanier	Montpellier

References[]

^ "Ligue 1 : Les dates de la saison 2021/22 sont connues". 11 March 2021. Retrieved 18 March 2021 – via rmcsport.bfmtv.com.
^ "2021-22 Ligue 1 Uber Eats calendar unveiled on 25 June". ligue1.com. 23 June 2021.
^ "Ligue 1 Uber Eats and Ligue 2 BKT: 2021-22 calendars!". ligue1.com. 25 June 2021.
^ "Communiqué officiel" (in French). Angers. 26 March 2021. Retrieved 27 May 2021.
^ "Gérald Baticle nouvel entraîneur d'Angers" (in French). L'Équipe. 23 May 2021. Retrieved 27 May 2021.
^ "OL – Garcia non conservé, un échange « gagnant-gagnant »" (in French). Sport.fr. 13 May 2021. Retrieved 16 May 2021.
^ "Le Néerlandais Peter Bosz nouvel entraîneur de l'OL" (in French). L'Équipe. 29 May 2021. Retrieved 29 May 2021.
^ "Nice annonce le départ d'Adrian Ursea" (in French). footmercato.net. 23 May 2021. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
^ "Nice land Galtier to lead ambitious Ineos project". Ligue1.com. 30 June 2021. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
^ "Christophe Galtier leaves French champions Lille two days after winning title". BBC Sport. 25 May 2021. Retrieved 25 May 2021.
^ "JOCELYN GOURVENNEC EST LE NOUVEL ENTRAÎNEUR DU LOSC" (in French). Lille OSC. 5 July 2021. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
^ "Ligue 1 : David Guion quittera Reims à la fin de la saison" (in French). L'Équipe. 16 April 2021. Retrieved 23 June 2021.
^ "Oscar Garcia, nouvel entraîneur de Reims : « Les jeunes, c'est notre force »" (in French). L'Équipe. 23 June 2021. Retrieved 23 June 2021.
^ "Michel Der Zakarian va quitter Montpellier" (in French). L'Équipe. 2 May 2021. Retrieved 16 May 2021.
^ "Olivier Dall'Oglio officiellement nommé entraîneur de Montpellier" (in French). L'Équipe. 1 June 2021. Retrieved 1 June 2021.
^ "Merci Thierry Laurey" (in French). Strasbourg. 24 May 2021. Retrieved 27 May 2021.
^ "Julien Stéphan nouvel entraîneur de Strasbourg" (in French). L'Équipe. 28 May 2021. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
^ "Olivier Dall'Oglio officiellement nommé entraîneur de Montpellier" (in French). L'Équipe. 1 June 2021. Retrieved 1 June 2021.
^ "Michel Der Zakarian nommé entraîneur du Stade Brestois (officiel)" (in French). L'Équipe. 22 June 2021. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
^ "Vladimir Petkovic nouvel entraîneur des Girondins de Bordeaux" (in French). L'Équipe. 27 July 2021. Retrieved 18 August 2021.
^ "League Table". Ligue1.com. Retrieved 12 August 2016.
^ "Classement buteurs - Ligue 1 Uber Eats - LFP". Retrieved 19 August 2021.
^ "Ligue 1 Top Assists". Retrieved 28 August 2021.

External links[]

Official website

[table_hth_NIC0.18867639367873-21] Nice were deducted one point for uncontrolled crowd trouble that caused the abandonment of their match against Marseille. They may be deducted an additional point if this trouble occurs again.

[23] Due to incidents, the match was stopped after 74 minutes, with hosts Nice 1–0 ahead. Final result is still depending on further investigation.

[1] "Ligue 1 : Les dates de la saison 2021/22 sont connues". 11 March 2021. Retrieved 18 March 2021 – via rmcsport.bfmtv.com.

[2] "2021-22 Ligue 1 Uber Eats calendar unveiled on 25 June". ligue1.com. 23 June 2021.

[3] "Ligue 1 Uber Eats and Ligue 2 BKT: 2021-22 calendars!". ligue1.com. 25 June 2021.

[4] "Communiqué officiel" (in French). Angers. 26 March 2021. Retrieved 27 May 2021.

[5] "Gérald Baticle nouvel entraîneur d'Angers" (in French). L'Équipe. 23 May 2021. Retrieved 27 May 2021.

[6] "OL – Garcia non conservé, un échange « gagnant-gagnant »" (in French). Sport.fr. 13 May 2021. Retrieved 16 May 2021.

[7] "Le Néerlandais Peter Bosz nouvel entraîneur de l'OL" (in French). L'Équipe. 29 May 2021. Retrieved 29 May 2021.

[8] "Nice annonce le départ d'Adrian Ursea" (in French). footmercato.net. 23 May 2021. Retrieved 28 May 2021.

[9] "Nice land Galtier to lead ambitious Ineos project". Ligue1.com. 30 June 2021. Retrieved 30 June 2021.

[10] "Christophe Galtier leaves French champions Lille two days after winning title". BBC Sport. 25 May 2021. Retrieved 25 May 2021.

[11] "JOCELYN GOURVENNEC EST LE NOUVEL ENTRAÎNEUR DU LOSC" (in French). Lille OSC. 5 July 2021. Retrieved 5 July 2021.

[12] "Ligue 1 : David Guion quittera Reims à la fin de la saison" (in French). L'Équipe. 16 April 2021. Retrieved 23 June 2021.

[13] "Oscar Garcia, nouvel entraîneur de Reims : « Les jeunes, c'est notre force »" (in French). L'Équipe. 23 June 2021. Retrieved 23 June 2021.

[14] "Michel Der Zakarian va quitter Montpellier" (in French). L'Équipe. 2 May 2021. Retrieved 16 May 2021.

[15] "Olivier Dall'Oglio officiellement nommé entraîneur de Montpellier" (in French). L'Équipe. 1 June 2021. Retrieved 1 June 2021.

[16] "Merci Thierry Laurey" (in French). Strasbourg. 24 May 2021. Retrieved 27 May 2021.

[17] "Julien Stéphan nouvel entraîneur de Strasbourg" (in French). L'Équipe. 28 May 2021. Retrieved 28 May 2021.

[18] "Olivier Dall'Oglio officiellement nommé entraîneur de Montpellier" (in French). L'Équipe. 1 June 2021. Retrieved 1 June 2021.

[19] "Michel Der Zakarian nommé entraîneur du Stade Brestois (officiel)" (in French). L'Équipe. 22 June 2021. Retrieved 22 June 2021.

[20] "Vladimir Petkovic nouvel entraîneur des Girondins de Bordeaux" (in French). L'Équipe. 27 July 2021. Retrieved 18 August 2021.

[22] "League Table". Ligue1.com. Retrieved 12 August 2016.

[topscorers-24] "Classement buteurs - Ligue 1 Uber Eats - LFP". Retrieved 19 August 2021.

[top_assists-25] "Ligue 1 Top Assists". Retrieved 28 August 2021.

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