2021–22 in French football

Football in France
Season	2021–22
Men's football
Ligue 1	Paris Saint-Germain
Ligue 2	Toulouse
Championnat National	Laval
Coupe de France	Nantes
Trophée des Champions	Lille
Women's football
Division 1	Lyon
Coupe de France	Paris Saint-Germain

Last updated September 11, 2024

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

National team
France national football team
France national under-23 football team
France women's national football team
UEFA competitions
UEFA Champions League
UEFA Europa League
UEFA Europa Conference League
UEFA Youth League
UEFA Women's Champions League
League season
Men
Women
Cup competitions
2021–22 Coupe de France
2021 Trophée des Champions
2021–22 Coupe de France Féminine
References

National team

France national football team

Friendlies

25 March 2022	France	2–1	Ivory Coast	Marseille, France
21:15	Giroud 22' Tchouaméni 90+3'	Report	Pépé 19'	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Referee: Vítor Ferreira (Portugal)

29 March 2022	France	5–0	South Africa	Villeneuve d'Ascq, France
21:15	Mbappé 23', 76' (pen.) Giroud 34' Ben Yedder 81' Guendouzi 90+2'	Report		Stadium: Stade Pierre-Mauroy Referee: Sandro Schärer (Switzerland)

2022 FIFA World Cup qualification

Group D

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	France	8	5	3	0	18	3	+15	18	Qualification for 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	Džeko 36'	Stadium: Stade de la Meinau Attendance: 21,754 Referee: Sandro Schärer (Switzerland)

4 September 2021	Ukraine	1–1	France	Kyiv, Ukraine
20:45	Shaparenko 44'	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	Benzema 66' Mbappé 76'	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

10 October 2021

20:45

Spain	1–2	France
Oyarzabal 64'	Report	Benzema 66' Mbappé 80'

San Siro, Milan

Attendance: 31,511^[1]

Referee: Anthony Taylor (England)

UEFA Nations League

Group 1

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Croatia	6	4	1	1	8	6	+2	13	Qualification for Nations League Finals	—	2–1	1–1	0–3
2	Denmark	6	4	0	2	9	5	+4	12		0–1	—	2–0	2–0
3	France	6	1	2	3	5	7	−2	5		0–1	1–2	—	2–0
4	Austria (R)	6	1	1	4	6	10	−4	4	Relegation to League B	1–3	1–2	1–1	—

Source: UEFA
(R) Relegated

3 June 2022	France	1–2	Denmark	Saint-Denis, France
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Benzema 51'	Report	Cornelius 68', 88'	Stadium: Stade de France Attendance: 75,833 Referee: Felix Zwayer (Germany)

6 June 2022	Croatia	1–1	France	Split, Croatia
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Kramarić 83' (pen.)	Report	Rabiot 52'	Stadium: Stadion Poljud Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Marco Guida (Italy)

10 June 2022	Austria	1–1	France	Vienna, Austria
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Weimann 37'	Report	Mbappé 83'	Stadium: Ernst-Happel-Stadion Attendance: 44,800 Referee: Anastasios Sidiropoulos (Greece)

13 June 2022	France	0–1	Croatia	Saint-Denis, France
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Modrić 5' (pen.)	Stadium: Stade de France Attendance: 77,410 Referee: Orel Grinfeld (Israel)

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 v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Japan (H)	3	3	0	7	1	+6	9	Advance to knockout stage
2	Mexico	3	2	1	8	3	+5	6	Advance to knockout stage
3	France	3	1	2	5	11	−6	3
4	South Africa	3	0	3	3	8	−5	0

Source: TOCOG and FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

22 July 2021 (2021-07-22)	Mexico	4–1	France	Tokyo, Japan
	Vega 47' Córdova 55' Antuna 80' Aguirre 90+1'	Report	Gignac 69' (pen.)	Stadium: Tokyo Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Chris Beath (Australia)

25 July 2021 (2021-07-25)	France	4–3	South Africa	Saitama, Japan
	Gignac 57', 78', 86' (pen.) Savanier 90+3'	Report	Kodisang 53' Makgopa 73' Mokoena 82'	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

25 June 2022	France	4–0	Cameroon	Beauvais, France
21:10		Report		Stadium: Stade Pierre Brisson

2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification

Group I

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	France	10	10	0	0	54	4	+50	30	2023 FIFA Women's World Cup	—	2–0	1–0	5–1	11–0	6–0
2	Wales	10	6	2	2	22	5	+17	20	Play-offs	1–2	—	0–0	5–0	4–0	6–0
3	Slovenia	10	5	3	2	21	6	+15	18		2–3	1–1	—	0–0	6–0	2–0
4	Greece	10	4	1	5	12	28	−16	13		0–10	0–1	1–4	—	3–0	3–2
5	Estonia	10	2	0	8	7	43	−36	6		0–9	0–1	0–4	1–3	—	4–2
6	Kazakhstan	10	0	0	10	4	34	−30	0		0–5	0–3	0–2	0–1	0–2	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

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' Palama 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
	Prašnikar 20' Zver 88' (pen.)	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
	Geyoro 5' Katoto 15' Périsset 25' (pen.) Cascarino 29' Toletti 45' Orav 52' (o.g.) Diani 53' Tounkara 65', 72' Saar 79' (o.g.) Dali 90'	Report		Stadium: Stade Dominique Duvauchelle Referee: Abigail Marriott (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
	Asseyi 5' Cascarino 9' Katoto 24' Périsset 37' Gauvin 72' (pen.) Diani 74'	Report		Stadium: Stade de la Rabine Referee: Silvia Domingos (Portugal)

30 November 2021 (2021-11-30) 2023 Women's World Cup qualification	France	2–0	Wales	Guingamp
	Diani 45+2' Bacha 90'	Report		Stadium: Stade du Roudourou Referee: Iuliana Demetrescu (Romania)

8 April 2022 (2022-04-08) 2023 Women's World Cup qualification	Wales	1–2	France	Llanelli
21:10	Ingle 71'	Report	Renard 31' Katoto 57'	Stadium: Parc y Scarlets Referee: Jana Adámková (Czech Republic)

12 April 2022 (2022-04-12) 2023 Women's World Cup qualification	France	1–0	Slovenia	Le Mans
21:10	Cascarino 47'	Report		Stadium: MMArena Referee: Sandra Braz (Portugal)

2022 Tournoi de France

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	France (H, C)	3	3	0	0	10	2	+8	9
2	Netherlands	3	1	1	1	5	4	+1	4
3	Brazil	3	0	2	1	2	3	−1	2
4	Finland	3	0	1	2	0	8	−8	1

Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result; 5) fair play ranking.
(C) Champions; (H) Hosts

16 February 2022 Tournoi de France	France	5–0	Finland	Le Havre
	Westerlund 12' (o.g.) Malard 16' Renard 34', 89' Geyoro 57'	Report		Stadium: Stade Océane Referee: Eszter Urbán (Hungary)

19 February 2022 Tournoi de France	France	2–1	Brazil	Caen
	Katoto 23', 59'	Report	Marta 19' (pen.)	Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano Attendance: 12,050 Referee: Esther Staubli (Switzerland)

22 February 2022 Tournoi de France	France	3–1	Netherlands	Le Havre
21:10	Renard 20' (pen.) Katoto 25', 74'	Report	Beerensteyn 50'	Stadium: Stade Océane Attendance: 5,231 Referee: Marta Huerta de Aza (Spain)

UEFA competitions

UEFA Champions League

Qualifying rounds

Third qualifying round

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Sparta Prague	1–5	Monaco	0–2	1–3

Play-off round

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Monaco	2–3	Shakhtar Donetsk	0–1	2–2 (a.e.t.)

Group stage

Group A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	MCI	PAR	RBL	BRU
1	Manchester City	6	4	0	2	18	10	+8	12	Advance to knockout phase	—	2–1	6–3	4–1
2	Paris Saint-Germain	6	3	2	1	13	8	+5	11	Advance to knockout phase	2–0	—	3–2	4–1
3	RB Leipzig	6	2	1	3	15	14	+1	7	Transfer to Europa League	2–1	2–2	—	1–2
4	Club Brugge	6	1	1	4	6	20	−14	4		1–5	1–1	0–5	—

Source: UEFA

Group G

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	LIL	SAL	SEV	WOL
1	Lille	6	3	2	1	7	4	+3	11	Advance to knockout phase	—	1–0	0–0	0–0
2	Red Bull Salzburg	6	3	1	2	8	6	+2	10	Advance to knockout phase	2–1	—	1–0	3–1
3	Sevilla	6	1	3	2	5	5	0	6	Transfer to Europa League	1–2	1–1	—	2–0
4	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. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Chelsea	4–1	Lille	2–0	2–1
Paris Saint-Germain	2–3	Real Madrid	1–0	1–3

UEFA Europa League

Group stage

Group A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	LYO	RAN	SPP	BRO
1	Lyon	6	5	1	0	16	5	+11	16	Advance to round of 16	—	1–1	3–0	3–0
2	Rangers	6	2	2	2	6	5	+1	8	Advance to knockout round play-offs	0–2	—	2–0	2–0
3	Sparta Prague	6	2	1	3	6	9	−3	7	Transfer to Europa Conference League	3–4	1–0	—	2–0
4	Brøndby	6	0	2	4	2	11	−9	2		1–3	1–1	0–0	—

Source: UEFA

Group B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	MON	RSO	PSV	STU
1	Monaco	6	3	3	0	7	4	+3	12	Advance to round of 16	—	2–1	0–0	1–0
2	Real Sociedad	6	2	3	1	9	6	+3	9	Advance to knockout round play-offs	1–1	—	3–0	1–1
3	PSV Eindhoven	6	2	2	2	9	8	+1	8	Transfer to Europa Conference League	1–2	2–2	—	2–0
4	Sturm Graz	6	0	2	4	3	10	−7	2		1–1	0–1	1–4	—

Source: UEFA

Group E

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	GAL	LAZ	MAR	LOK
1	Galatasaray	6	3	3	0	7	3	+4	12	Advance to round of 16	—	1–0	4–2	1–1
2	Lazio	6	2	3	1	7	3	+4	9	Advance to knockout round play-offs	0–0	—	0–0	2–0
3	Marseille	6	1	4	1	6	7	−1	7	Transfer to Europa Conference League	0–0	2–2	—	1–0
4	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. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Braga	3–1	Monaco	2–0	1–1
Porto	1–2	Lyon	0–1	1–1

Quarter-finals

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
West Ham United	4–1	Lyon	1–1	3–0

UEFA Europa Conference League

Qualifying phase and play-off round

Play-off round

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Rennes	5–1	Rosenborg	2–0	3–1

Group stage

Group G

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	REN	VIT	TOT	MUR
1	Rennes	6	4	2	0	13	7	+6	14	Advance to round of 16	—	3–3	2–2	1–0
2	Vitesse	6	3	1	2	12	9	+3	10	Advance to knockout round play-offs	1–2	—	1–0	3–1
3	Tottenham Hotspur	6	2	1	3	11	11	0	7		0–3 ^{[lower-alpha 1]}	3–2	—	5–1
4	Mura	6	1	0	5	5	14	−9	3		1–2	0–2	2–1	—

Source: UEFA
Notes:

↑ 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. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Marseille	6–1	Qarabağ	3–1	3–0

Round of 16

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Marseille	6–1	Qarabağ	3–1	3–0
Leicester City	3–2	Rennes	2–0	1–2

Quarter-finals

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Marseille	3–1	PAOK	2–1	1–0

Semi-finals

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Feyenoord	3–2	Marseille	3–2	0–0

UEFA Youth League

UEFA Champions League Path

Group A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	PAR	BRU	MCI	RBL
1	Paris Saint-Germain	6	4	2	0	16	7	+9	14	Round of 16	—	3–2	1–1	3–0
2	Club Brugge	6	3	2	1	18	11	+7	11	Play-offs	2–2	—	1–1	4–1
3	Manchester City	6	2	2	2	12	11	+1	8		1–3	3–5	—	5–1
4	RB Leipzig	6	0	0	6	4	21	−17	0		1–4	1–4	0–1	—

Source: UEFA

Group G

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	SAL	SEV	LIL	WOL
1	Red Bull Salzburg	6	4	0	2	10	5	+5	12	Round of 16	—	2–0	3–1	3–0
2	Sevilla	6	3	2	1	8	3	+5	11	Play-offs	2–0	—	0–0	2–0
3	Lille	6	3	1	2	7	6	+1	10		1–0	0–3	—	2–0
4	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. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Miercurea Ciuc	0–5	Angers	0–2	0–3

Second round

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Angers	1–1 (4–5 p)	AZ	0–1	1–0

Play-offs

Round of 16

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Paris Saint-Germain	2–0	Sevilla

Quarter-finals

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Paris Saint-Germain	1–3	Red Bull Salzburg

UEFA Women's Champions League

Qualifying rounds

Round 1

Semi-finals

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Bordeaux	2–1	Celtic

Final / Third-place play-off

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Bordeaux	3–1	Kristianstad

Round 2

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Levante	2–4	Lyon	1–2	1–2
VfL Wolfsburg	5–5 (3–0 p)	Bordeaux	3–2	2–3 (a.e.t.)

Group stage

Group B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	PSG	RMA	KHA	BRE
1	Paris Saint-Germain	6	6	0	0	25	0	+25	18	Advance to Quarter-finals	—	4–0	5–0	6–0
2	Real Madrid	6	4	0	2	12	6	+6	12	Advance to Quarter-finals	0–2	—	3–0	5–0
3	Zhytlobud-1 Kharkiv	6	1	1	4	2	15	−13	4		0–6	0–1	—	0–0
4	Breiðablik	6	0	1	5	0	18	−18	1		0–2	0–3	0–2	—

Source: UEFA

Group D

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	LYO	BAY	BEN	HAK
1	Lyon	6	5	0	1	19	2	+17	15	Advance to Quarter-finals	—	2–1	5–0	4–0
2	Bayern Munich	6	4	1	1	15	3	+12	13	Advance to Quarter-finals	1–0	—	4–0	4–0
3	Benfica	6	1	1	4	2	16	−14	4		0–5	0–0	—	0–1
4	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. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Bayern Munich	3–4	Paris Saint-Germain	1–2	2–2 (a.e.t.)
Juventus	3–4	Lyon	2–1	1–3

Semi-finals

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Lyon	5–3	Paris Saint-Germain	3–2	2–1

Final

21 May 2022

19:00 CEST

Barcelona	1–3	Lyon
Putellas 41'	Report	Henry 6' Hegerberg 23' Macario 33'

Juventus Stadium, Turin

Attendance: 32,257^[4]

Referee: Lina Lehtovaara (Finland)

League season

Men

Ligue 1

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Paris Saint-Germain (C)	38	26	8	4	90	36	+54	86	Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2	Marseille	38	21	8	9	63	38	+25	71	Qualification for the Champions League group stage
3	Monaco	38	20	9	9	65	40	+25	69	Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
4	Rennes	38	20	6	12	82	40	+42	66	Qualification for the Europa League group stage
5	Nice	38	20	7	11	52	36	+16	66^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Qualification for the Europa Conference League play-off round
6	Strasbourg	38	17	12	9	60	43	+17	63
7	Lens	38	17	11	10	62	48	+14	62
8	Lyon	38	17	11	10	66	51	+15	61^{[lower-alpha 2]}
9	Nantes	38	15	10	13	55	48	+7	55	Qualification for the Europa League group stage ^{[lower-alpha 3]}
10	Lille	38	14	13	11	48	48	0	55
11	Brest	38	13	9	16	49	57	−8	48
12	Reims	38	11	13	14	43	44	−1	46
13	Montpellier	38	12	7	19	49	61	−12	43
14	Angers	38	10	11	17	44	55	−11	41
15	Troyes	38	9	11	18	37	53	−16	38
16	Lorient	38	8	12	18	35	63	−28	36
17	Clermont	38	9	9	20	38	69	−31	36
18	Saint-Étienne (R)	38	7	11	20	42	77	−35	32	Qualification for the relegation play-offs
19	Metz (R)	38	6	13	19	35	69	−34	31	Relegation to Ligue 2 ^{[lower-alpha 4]}
20	Bordeaux (R)	38	6	13	19	52	91	−39	31	Relegation to Ligue 2 ^{[lower-alpha 4]}

Source: Ligue 1
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Head-to-head points; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Head-to-head goals scored; 6) Head-to-head away goals scored; 7) Goals scored; 8) Away goals scored; 9) Fair-play points (Note: Head-to-head record is used only after all the matches between the teams in question have been played).^[10]
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

↑ Nice were deducted one point for uncontrolled crowd trouble that caused the abandonment of their match against Marseille.^[5]
↑ Lyon were deducted one point for uncontrolled crowd trouble that caused the abandonment of their match against Marseille.^[6]
↑ Nantes qualified for the Europa League group stage as the 2021–22 Coupe de France winners.
↑ Bordeaux were initially relegated to Ligue 2. However, on 14 June it was decided by the DNCG to relegate Bordeaux administratively to the Championnat National for financial issues.^[7] On 27 July 2022, Bordeaux won its appeal and was officially maintained in Ligue 2 for the 2022–23 season.^[8]^[9]

Ligue 2

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or Relegation
1	Toulouse (C, P)	38	23	10	5	82	33	+49	79	Promotion to Ligue 1
2	Ajaccio (P)	38	22	9	7	39	19	+20	75	Promotion to Ligue 1
3	Auxerre (O, P)	38	21	11	6	61	39	+22	74	Qualification to promotion play-offs
4	Paris FC	38	20	10	8	54	35	+19	70
5	Sochaux	38	19	11	8	47	34	+13	68
6	Guingamp	38	15	13	10	52	48	+4	58
7	Caen	38	13	11	14	51	42	+9	50
8	Le Havre	38	13	11	14	38	41	−3	50
9	Nîmes	38	14	7	17	44	51	−7	49
10	Pau	38	14	7	17	41	49	−8	49
11	Dijon	38	13	8	17	48	53	−5	47
12	Bastia	38	10	16	12	38	36	+2	46
13	Niort	38	12	10	16	39	42	−3	46
14	Amiens	38	9	17	12	43	41	+2	44
15	Grenoble	38	12	8	18	32	44	−12	44
16	Valenciennes	38	10	14	14	34	47	−13	44
17	Rodez	38	10	13	15	32	42	−10	43
18	Quevilly-Rouen (O)	38	10	10	18	33	50	−17	40	Qualification for the relegation play-offs
19	Dunkerque (R)	38	8	7	23	28	53	−25	31	Relegation to Championnat National
20	Nancy (R)	38	6	9	23	32	69	−37	27	Relegation to Championnat National

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
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Championnat National

Women

Division 1 Féminine

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Lyon (C)	22	21	1	0	79	8	+71	64	Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2	Paris Saint-Germain	22	17	2	3	68	12	+56	53	Qualification for the Champions League second round
3	Paris FC	22	16	2	4	49	21	+28	50	Qualification for the Champions League first round
4	Fleury	22	14	1	7	36	26	+10	43
5	Montpellier	22	11	2	9	38	25	+13	35
6	Bordeaux	22	11	2	9	38	29	+9	35
7	Reims	22	10	3	9	29	38	−9	33
8	Guingamp	22	4	5	13	23	57	−34	17
9	Soyaux	22	5	1	16	18	55	−37	16
10	Dijon	22	3	6	13	13	45	−32	15
11	Issy (R)	22	4	1	17	19	57	−38	13	Relegation to Division 2 Féminine
12	Saint-Étienne (R)	22	1	4	17	17	54	−37	7	Relegation to Division 2 Féminine

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
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Cup competitions

2021–22 Coupe de France

Final

7 May 2022

21:00 CEST

Nice	0–1	Nantes
	Report	Blas 47' (pen.)

Stade de France, Saint-Denis

Attendance: 78,961

Referee: Stéphanie Frappart

2021 Trophée des Champions

1 August 2021

21:00 CEST

Lille	1–0	Paris Saint-Germain
Xeka 45'	Report

Bloomfield Stadium, Tel Aviv

Attendance: 29,000

Referee: Yigal Frid (Israel)

2021–22 Coupe de France Féminine

15 May 2022

Yzeure Allier	0–8	Paris Saint-Germain

References

↑ "Full Time Report – Final – Spain v France" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 10 October 2021. Retrieved 10 October 2021.
↑ 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.
↑ "Tottenham vs Rennes forfeited". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 20 December 2021. Retrieved 20 December 2021.
↑ Dawkes, Phil (21 May 2022). "Barcelona 1–3 Lyon: Brilliant Lyon win eighth Champions League crown". BBC Sport . Retrieved 21 May 2022.
↑ "Discipline: Nice-OM to be replayed". Ligue1.com. 9 September 2021. Retrieved 9 September 2021.
↑ "Lyon deducted point for crowd trouble against Marseille & Dimitri Payet". BBC Sport. 8 December 2021. Retrieved 8 December 2021.
↑ Lemaître, Clément (14 June 2022). "Bordeaux rétrogradé en National : La DNCG a officialisé sa décision ce mardi 14 juin 2022". Eurosport (in French). Retrieved 14 June 2022.
↑ "Le Club maintenu en L2 : la FFF accepte la conciliation du CNOSF" (in French). FC Girondins de Bordeaux. 27 July 2022. Retrieved 27 July 2022.
↑ "La FFF donne son accord pour le maintien de Bordeaux en Ligue 2" (in French). L'Équipe. 27 July 2022. Retrieved 27 July 2022.
↑ "League Rules" (PDF). www.lfp.fr. Retrieved 22 May 2022.

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[table_note_TOT_REN0.18886889246705-4] 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]

[table_hth_NIC0.098515100823024-7] Nice were deducted one point for uncontrolled crowd trouble that caused the abandonment of their match against Marseille.^[5]

[table_hth_OL0.098515100823024-9] Lyon were deducted one point for uncontrolled crowd trouble that caused the abandonment of their match against Marseille.^[6]

[table_note_res_ELGScup0.098515100823024-10] Nantes qualified for the Europa League group stage as the 2021–22 Coupe de France winners.

[table_note_res_RELN10.098515100823024-14] Bordeaux were initially relegated to Ligue 2. However, on 14 June it was decided by the DNCG to relegate Bordeaux administratively to the Championnat National for financial issues.^[7] On 27 July 2022, Bordeaux won its appeal and was officially maintained in Ligue 2 for the 2022–23 season.^[8]^[9]

[attendance2021-1] "Full Time Report – Final – Spain v France" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 10 October 2021. Retrieved 10 October 2021.

[Postponement-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.

[attendance-5] Dawkes, Phil (21 May 2022). "Barcelona 1–3 Lyon: Brilliant Lyon win eighth Champions League crown". BBC Sport . Retrieved 21 May 2022.

[6] "Discipline: Nice-OM to be replayed". Ligue1.com. 9 September 2021. Retrieved 9 September 2021.

[8] "Lyon deducted point for crowd trouble against Marseille & Dimitri Payet". BBC Sport. 8 December 2021. Retrieved 8 December 2021.

[11] Lemaître, Clément (14 June 2022). "Bordeaux rétrogradé en National : La DNCG a officialisé sa décision ce mardi 14 juin 2022". Eurosport (in French). Retrieved 14 June 2022.

[12] "Le Club maintenu en L2 : la FFF accepte la conciliation du CNOSF" (in French). FC Girondins de Bordeaux. 27 July 2022. Retrieved 27 July 2022.

[13] "La FFF donne son accord pour le maintien de Bordeaux en Ligue 2" (in French). L'Équipe. 27 July 2022. Retrieved 27 July 2022.

[15] "League Rules" (PDF). www.lfp.fr. Retrieved 22 May 2022.

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2021–22 in French football

Contents

National team

France national football team

Friendlies

2022 FIFA World Cup qualification

Group D

2021 UEFA Nations League Finals

Final

UEFA Nations League

Group 1

France national under-23 football team

Summer Olympics

Group A

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Friendlies

2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification

Group I

2022 Tournoi de France

UEFA competitions

UEFA Champions League

Qualifying rounds

Third qualifying round

Play-off round

Group stage

Group A

Group G

Knockout phase

Round of 16

UEFA Europa League

Group stage

Group A

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Group E

Knockout phase

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

UEFA Europa Conference League

Qualifying phase and play-off round

Play-off round

Group stage

Group G

Knockout phase

Knockout round play-offs

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

UEFA Youth League

UEFA Champions League Path

Group A

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Domestic Champions Path

First round

Second round

Play-offs

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

UEFA Women's Champions League

Qualifying rounds

Round 1

Semi-finals

Final / Third-place play-off

Round 2

Group stage

Group B

Group D

Knockout phase

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

League season

Men

Ligue 1

Ligue 2

Championnat National

Women

Division 1 Féminine

Cup competitions

2021–22 Coupe de France

Final