2021–22 in French football

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The following article is a summary of the 2021–22 football season in France, which is the 88th season of competitive football in the country and runs from July 2021 to June 2022.

National team[]

France national football team[]

Frendlies[]

2022 FIFA World Cup qualification[]

Group D[]
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  France 8 5 3 0 18 3 +15 18 Qualification to 2022 FIFA World Cup 1–1 2–0 1–1 8–0
2  Ukraine 8 2 6 0 11 8 +3 12 Advance to play-offs 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–1
3  Finland 8 3 2 3 10 10 0 11 0–2 1–2 2–2 1–0
4  Bosnia and Herzegovina 8 1 4 3 9 12 −3 7 0–1 0–2 1–3 2–2
5  Kazakhstan 8 0 3 5 5 20 −15 3 0–2 2–2 0–2 0–2
Source: FIFA, UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
1 September 2021 France  1–1  Bosnia and Herzegovina Strasbourg, France
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)
  • Griezmann 40'
Report
Stadium: Stade de la Meinau
Attendance: 21,754
Referee: Sandro Schärer (Switzerland)
4 September 2021 Ukraine  1–1  France Kyiv, Ukraine
20:45 Report
  • Martial 51'
Stadium: NSK Olimpiyskiy
Attendance: 48,000
Referee: Slavko Vinčić (Slovenia)
7 September 2021 France  2–0  Finland Décines-Charpieu, France
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)
  • Griezmann 25', 53'
Report Stadium: Groupama Stadium
Referee: Deniz Aytekin (Germany)
13 November 2021 France  8–0  Kazakhstan Paris, France
20:45
  • Mbappé 6', 12', 32', 87'
  • Benzema 55', 59'
  • Rabiot 75'
  • Griezmann 84' (pen.)
Report Stadium: Parc des Princes
Attendance: 45,551
Referee: Glenn Nyberg (Sweden)
16 November 2021 Finland  0–2  France Helsinki, Finland
20:45 Report
Stadium: Helsinki Olympic Stadium
Referee: Marco Guida (Italy)

2021 UEFA Nations League Finals[]

7 October 2021 (2021-10-07) 2021 UEFA Nations League SF Belgium  2–3  France Turin, Italy
20:45
  • Carrasco 37'
  • Lukaku 40'
Report
  • Benzema 62'
  • Mbappé 69' (pen.)
  • T. Hernandez 90'
Stadium: Juventus Stadium
Attendance: 12,409
Referee: Daniel Siebert (Germany)
Final[]
Spain 1–2 France
Report
San Siro, Milan
Attendance: 31,511[1]
Referee: Anthony Taylor (England)

UEFA Nations League[]

Group 1[]
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation France Denmark Croatia Austria
1  France 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualification to Nations League Finals 3 Jun 13 Jun 22 Sep
2  Denmark 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 25 Sep 10 Jun 13 Jun
3  Croatia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 Jun 22 Sep 3 Jun
4  Austria 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Relegation to League B 10 Jun 6 Jun 25 Sep
First match(es) will be played on 3 June 2022. Source: UEFA
3 June 2022 France  v  Denmark France
20:45 CEST (UTC+2) Report
6 June 2022 Croatia  v  France Croatia
20:45 CEST (UTC+2) Report
10 June 2022 Austria  v  France Austria
20:45 CEST (UTC+2) Report
13 June 2022 France  v  Croatia France
20:45 CEST (UTC+2) Report

France national under-23 football team[]

Summer Olympics[]

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the games have been postponed to the summer of 2021. However, their official name remains 2020 Summer Olympics with the rescheduled 2021 dates have yet to be announced.[2]

Group A[]
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Japan (H) 3 3 0 0 7 1 +6 9 Advance to knockout stage
2  Mexico 3 2 0 1 8 3 +5 6
3  France 3 1 0 2 5 11 −6 3
4  South Africa 3 0 0 3 3 8 −5 0
Source: TOCOG and FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Host
22 July 2021 (2021-07-22) Mexico  4–1  France Tokyo, Japan
Report
Stadium: Tokyo Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Chris Beath (Australia)
25 July 2021 (2021-07-25) France  4–3  South Africa Saitama, Japan
Report
Stadium: Saitama Stadium 2002
Referee: Kevin Ortega (Peru)
28 July 2021 (2021-07-28) France  0–4  Japan Yokohama, Japan
Report
  • Kubo 27'
  • Sakai 34'
  • Miyoshi 70'
  • Maeda 90+1'
Stadium: International Stadium Yokohama
Referee: Iván Barton (El Salvador)

France women's national football team[]

Friendlies[]

2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification[]

Group I[]
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  France 6 6 0 0 37 2 +35 18 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup 2–0 12 Apr 6 Sep 6–0 11–0
2  Wales 6 4 1 1 17 3 +14 13 Play-offs 8 Apr 6 Sep 5–0 6–0 4–0
3  Slovenia 6 3 2 1 17 5 +12 11 2–3 1–1 0–0 2 Sep 6–0
4  Greece 6 2 1 3 5 21 −16 7 0–10 2 Sep 1–4 3–2 12 Apr
5  Kazakhstan (Y) 5 0 0 5 2 21 −19 0 0–5 12 Apr 8 Apr 0–1 6 Sep
6  Estonia (Y) 5 0 0 5 0 26 −26 0 2 Sep 0–1 0–4 8 Apr 28 Jun
Updated to match(es) played on 30 November 2021. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(Y) Cannot qualify automatically but can still qualify via the play-offs.
17 September 2021 (2021-09-17) 2023 Women's World Cup qualification Greece  0–10  France Patras, Greece
Report
  • Majri 14'
  • Geyoro 15', 40'
  • Katoto 18', 25', 53'
  • 30' (o.g.)
  • Diani 38'
  • Asseyi 65'
  • Renard 90+2' (pen.)
Stadium: Pampeloponnisiako Stadium
Referee: Anastasia Pustovoitova (Russia)
21 September 2021 (2021-09-21) 2023 Women's World Cup qualification Slovenia  2–3  France Murska Sobota, Slovenia
Report
  • Katoto 28', 60'
  • Majri 90+4' (pen.)
Stadium: Fazanerija City Stadium
Referee: Riem Hussein (Germany)
22 October 2021 (2021-10-22) 2023 Women's World Cup qualification France  11–0  Estonia Créteil
Report Stadium: Stade Dominique Duvauchelle
Referee: (England)
26 October 2021 (2021-10-26) 2023 Women's World Cup qualification Kazakhstan  0–5  France Nur-Sultan
Report
  • Katoto 9', 23'
  • Dali 17'
  • Malard 38', 54'
Stadium: Astana Arena
26 November 2021 (2021-11-26) 2023 Women's World Cup qualification France  6–0  Kazakhstan Vannes
Report Stadium: Stade de la Rabine
Referee: (Portugal)
30 November 2021 (2021-11-30) 2023 Women's World Cup qualification France  2–0  Wales Guingamp
Report Stadium: Stade du Roudourou
Referee: (Romania)
8 April 2022 (2022-04-08) 2023 Women's World Cup qualification Wales  v  France
Report
12 April 2022 (2022-04-12) 2023 Women's World Cup qualification France  v  Slovenia
Report

2022 Tournoi de France[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  Brazil 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2  Finland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  France (H) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4  Netherlands 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on 16 February 2022. Source:[citation needed]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result; 5) fair play ranking.
(H) Host
16 February 2022 Tournoi de France France  v  Finland Le Havre
Stadium: Stade Océane

UEFA competitions[]

UEFA Champions League[]

Qualifying rounds[]

Third qualifying round[]
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Sparta Prague Czech Republic 1–5 France Monaco 0–2 1–3
Play-off round[]
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Monaco France 2–3 Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk 0–1 2–2 (a.e.t.)

Group stage[]

Group A[]
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification MCI PAR RBL BRU
1 England Manchester City 6 4 0 2 18 10 +8 12 Advance to knockout phase 2–1 6–3 4–1
2 France Paris Saint-Germain 6 3 2 1 13 8 +5 11 2–0 3–2 4–1
3 Germany RB Leipzig 6 2 1 3 15 14 +1 7 Transfer to Europa League 2–1 2–2 1–2
4 Belgium Club Brugge 6 1 1 4 6 20 −14 4 1–5 1–1 0–5
Source: UEFA
Group G[]
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification LOSC SAL SEV WOL
1 France Lille 6 3 2 1 7 4 +3 11 Advance to knockout phase 1–0 0–0 0–0
2 Austria Red Bull Salzburg 6 3 1 2 8 6 +2 10 2–1 1–0 3–1
3 Spain Sevilla 6 1 3 2 5 5 0 6 Transfer to Europa League 1–2 1–1 2–0
4 Germany VfL Wolfsburg 6 1 2 3 5 10 −5 5 1–3 2–1 1–1
Source: UEFA

Knockout phase[]

Round of 16[]
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Chelsea England France Lille 22 Feb 16 Mar
Paris Saint-Germain France Spain Real Madrid 15 Feb 9 Mar

UEFA Europa League[]

Group Stage[]

Group A[]
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification LYO RAN SPP BRO
1 France Lyon 6 5 1 0 16 5 +11 16 Advance to round of 16 1–1 3–0 3–0
2 Scotland Rangers 6 2 2 2 6 5 +1 8 Advance to knockout round play-offs 0–2 2���0 2–0
3 Czech Republic Sparta Prague 6 2 1 3 6 9 −3 7 Transfer to Europa Conference League 3–4 1–0 2–0
4 Denmark Brøndby 6 0 2 4 2 11 −9 2 1–3 1–1 0–0
Source: UEFA
Group B[]
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification MON RSO PSV STU
1 France Monaco 6 3 3 0 7 4 +3 12 Advance to round of 16 2–1 0–0 1–0
2 Spain Real Sociedad 6 2 3 1 9 6 +3 9 Advance to knockout round play-offs 1–1 3–0 1–1
3 Netherlands PSV Eindhoven 6 2 2 2 9 8 +1 8 Transfer to Europa Conference League 1–2 2–2 2–0
4 Austria Sturm Graz 6 0 2 4 3 10 −7 2 1–1 0–1 1–4
Source: UEFA
Group E[]
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification GAL LAZ MAR LOK
1 Turkey Galatasaray 6 3 3 0 7 3 +4 12 Advance to round of 16 1–0 4–2 1–1
2 Italy Lazio 6 2 3 1 7 3 +4 9 Advance to knockout round play-offs 0–0 0–0 2–0
3 France Marseille 6 1 4 1 6 7 −1 7 Transfer to Europa Conference League 0–0 2–2 1–0
4 Russia Lokomotiv Moscow 6 0 2 4 2 9 −7 2 0–1 0–3 1–1
Source: UEFA

Knockout phase[]

Round of 16[]
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
France Lyon
France Monaco

UEFA Europa Conference League[]

Qualifying phase and play-off round[]

Play-off round[]
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Rennes France 5–1 Norway Rosenborg 2–0 3–1

Group stage[]

Group G[]
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification REN VIT TOT MUR
1 France Rennes 6 4 2 0 13 7 +6 14 Advance to round of 16 3–3 2–2 1–0
2 Netherlands Vitesse 6 3 1 2 12 9 +3 10 Advance to knockout round play-offs 1–2 1–0 3–1
3 England Tottenham Hotspur 6 2 1 3 11 11 0 7 0–3[a] 3–2 5–1
4 Slovenia Mura 6 1 0 5 5 14 −9 3 1–2 0–2 2–1
Source: UEFA
Notes:
  1. ^ The Tottenham Hotspur v Rennes match was awarded as a 3–0 win to Rennes due to numerous positive COVID-19 tests in the Tottenham Hotspur squad.[3]

Knockout phase[]

Knockout round play-offs[]
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Marseille France Azerbaijan Qarabağ 17 Feb 24 Feb
Round of 16[]
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
France Rennes

UEFA Youth League[]

UEFA Champions League Path[]

Group A[]
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification PSG BRU MCI LPZ
1 France Paris Saint-Germain 6 4 2 0 16 7 +9 14 Round of 16 3–2 1–1 3–0
2 Belgium Club Brugge 6 3 2 1 18 11 +7 11 Play-offs 2–2 1–1 4–1
3 England Manchester City 6 2 2 2 12 11 +1 8 1–3 3–5 5–1
4 Germany RB Leipzig 6 0 0 6 4 21 −17 0 1–4 1–4 0–1
Source: UEFA
Group G[]
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification SLZ SEV LIL WOL
1 Austria Red Bull Salzburg 6 4 0 2 10 5 +5 12 Round of 16 2–0 3–1 3–0
2 Spain Sevilla 6 3 2 1 8 3 +5 11 Play-offs 2–0 0–0 2–0
3 France Lille 6 3 1 2 7 6 +1 10 1–0 0–3 2–0
4 Germany VfL Wolfsburg 6 0 1 5 2 13 −11 1 1–2 1–1 0–3
Source: UEFA

Domestic Champions Path[]

First round[]
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Miercurea Ciuc Romania 0–5 France Angers 0–2 0–3
Second round[]
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Angers France 1–1 (4–5 p) Netherlands AZ 0–1 1–0

Play-offs[]

Round of 16[]
Team 1  Score  Team 2
France Paris Saint-Germain

UEFA Women's Champions League[]

Qualifying rounds[]

Round 1[]
Semi-finals[]
Team 1  Score  Team 2
Bordeaux France 2–1 Scotland Celtic
Final / Third-place play-off[]
Team 1  Score  Team 2
Bordeaux France 3–1 Sweden Kristianstad
Round 2[]
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Levante Spain 2–4 France Lyon 1–2 1–2
VfL Wolfsburg Germany 5–5 (3–0 p) France Bordeaux 3–2 2–3 (a.e.t.)

Group stage[]

Group B[]
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification PSG RMA KHA BRE
1 France Paris Saint-Germain 6 6 0 0 25 0 +25 18 Advance to Quarter-finals 4–0 5–0 6–0
2 Spain Real Madrid 6 4 0 2 12 6 +6 12 0–2 3–0 5–0
3 Ukraine Zhytlobud-1 Kharkiv 6 1 1 4 2 15 −13 4 0–6 0–1 0–0
4 Iceland Breiðablik 6 0 1 5 0 18 −18 1 0–2 0–3 0–2
Source: UEFA
Group D[]
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification LYO BAY BEN HAK
1 France Lyon 6 5 0 1 19 2 +17 15 Advance to Quarter-finals 2–1 5–0 4–0
2 Germany Bayern Munich 6 4 1 1 15 3 +12 13 1–0 4–0 4–0
3 Portugal Benfica 6 1 1 4 2 16 −14 4 0–5 0–0 0–1
4 Sweden BK Häcken 6 1 0 5 3 18 −15 3 0–3 1–5 1–2
Source: UEFA

Knockout phase[]

Quarter-finals[]
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Bayern Munich Germany France Paris Saint-Germain 22 Mar 30 Mar
Juventus Italy France Lyon 23 Mar 31 Mar

League season[]

Men[]

Ligue 1[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Paris Saint-Germain 23 17 5 1 51 19 +32 56 Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2 Marseille 23 12 7 4 36 20 +16 43
3 Nice 23 13 4 6 36 19 +17 42[a] Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
4 Strasbourg 23 11 5 7 45 29 +16 38 Qualification for the Europa League group stage
5 Rennes 23 11 4 8 43 21 +22 37 Qualification for the Europa Conference League play-off round
6 Monaco 23 10 6 7 37 26 +11 36
7 Montpellier 23 10 4 9 38 33 +5 34
8 Lyon 23 9 8 6 31 30 +1 34[b]
9 Lens 23 9 6 8 36 33 +3 33
10 Nantes 23 9 5 9 30 28 +2 32
11 Lille 23 8 8 7 31 35 −4 32
12 Angers 23 7 8 8 30 34 −4 29
13 Brest 23 7 7 9 28 35 −7 28
14 Reims 23 6 9 8 27 27 0 27
15 Clermont 23 6 6 11 23 39 −16 24
16 Troyes 23 5 6 12 20 31 −11 21
17 Lorient 23 4 8 11 20 38 −18 20
18 Metz 23 4 8 11 24 43 −19 20 Qualification for the Relegation play-offs
19 Bordeaux 23 4 8 11 34 58 −24 20 Relegation to
20 Saint-Étienne 23 4 6 13 22 44 −22 18
Updated to match(es) played on 6 February 2022. Source: Ligue 1
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Fairplay ranking.[6]
Notes:
  1. ^ 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.[4]
  2. ^ Lyon were deducted one point for crowd trouble that caused the abandonment of their match against Marseille.[5]

Ligue 2[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or Relegation
1 Toulouse 23 12 9 2 49 20 +29 45 Promotion to Ligue 1
2 Paris FC 23 13 5 5 32 20 +12 44
3 Ajaccio 23 12 6 5 21 12 +9 42 Qualification to promotion play-offs
4 Sochaux 23 11 8 4 25 19 +6 41
5 Auxerre 23 10 8 5 35 26 +9 38
6 Le Havre 23 8 11 4 22 16 +6 35
7 Niort 22 10 5 7 27 21 +6 35
8 Nîmes 23 9 5 9 29 27 +2 32
9 Pau 23 8 5 10 25 28 −3 29
10 Rodez 23 7 8 8 20 23 −3 29
11 Dijon 23 9 2 12 29 33 −4 29
12 Quevilly-Rouen 23 7 7 9 22 30 −8 28
13 Guingamp 23 6 9 8 25 32 −7 27
14 Amiens 23 5 11 7 27 22 +5 26
15 Caen 23 6 8 9 27 27 0 26
16 Valenciennes 23 6 8 9 23 31 −8 26
17 Bastia 23 5 10 8 21 22 −1 25
18 Grenoble 22 6 4 12 17 28 −11 22 Qualification for the relegation play-offs
19 Dunkerque 23 5 6 12 17 29 −12 21 Relegation to Championnat National
20 Nancy 23 3 7 13 18 45 −27 16
Updated to match(es) played on 7 February 2022. 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

Championnat National[]

Women[]

Division 1 Féminine[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Lyon 13 13 0 0 54 6 +48 39 Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2 Paris Saint-Germain 13 12 0 1 46 8 +38 36 Qualification for the Champions League second round
3 Paris FC 14 10 1 3 30 13 +17 31 Qualification for the Champions League first round
4 Fleury 14 9 1 4 19 15 +4 28
5 Montpellier 14 7 1 6 20 17 +3 22
6 Bordeaux 14 6 2 6 24 18 +6 20
7 Reims 14 5 2 7 19 30 −11 17
8 Dijon 13 3 4 6 9 22 −13 13
9 Guingamp 14 2 5 7 14 37 −23 11
10 Soyaux 13 3 1 9 11 31 −20 10
11 Saint-Étienne 14 1 2 11 10 33 −23 5 Relegation to Division 2 Féminine
12 Issy 14 1 1 12 6 32 −26 4
Updated to match(es) played on 8 February 2022. Source: Division 1 Féminine
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) goals scored

Cup competitions[]

2021–22 Coupe de France[]

Final[]

2021 Trophée des Champions[]

Lille1–0Paris Saint-Germain
  • Xeka 45'
Report
Bloomfield Stadium, Tel Aviv
Attendance: 29,000
Referee: Yigal Frid (Israel)

2021–22 Coupe de France Féminine[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Full Time Report – Final – Spain v France" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 10 October 2021. Retrieved 10 October 2021.
  2. ^ McCurry, Justin; Ingle, Sean (24 March 2020). "Tokyo Olympics postponed to 2021 due to coronavirus pandemic". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 24 March 2020.
  3. ^ "Tottenham vs Rennes forfeited". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 20 December 2021. Retrieved 20 December 2021.
  4. ^ "Discipline: Nice-OM to be replayed". Ligue1.com. 9 September 2021. Retrieved 9 September 2021.
  5. ^ "Lyon deducted point for crowd trouble against Marseille & Dimitri Payet". BBC Sport. 8 December 2021. Retrieved 8 December 2021.
  6. ^ "League Table". Ligue1.com. Retrieved 12 August 2016.
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