2021–22 Ligue 1

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

Ligue 1

Season	2021–22
Dates	6 August 2021 – 21 May 2022
Champions	Paris Saint-Germain 10th Ligue 1 title 10th French title
Relegated	Saint-Étienne Metz Bordeaux
Champions League	Paris Saint-Germain Marseille Monaco
Europa League	Nantes (as Coupe de France winners) Rennes
Europa Conference League	Nice
Matches played	380
Goals scored	1,067 (2.81 per match)
Top goalscorer	Kylian Mbappé (28 goals)
Biggest home win	Rennes 6–0 Clermont (22 September 2021) Rennes 6–0 Bordeaux (16 January 2022)
Biggest away win	Saint-Étienne 0–5 Rennes (5 December 2021) Clermont 1–6 Paris Saint-Germain (9 April 2022)
Highest scoring	Lorient 6–2 Saint-Étienne (8 April 2022) Nantes 5–3 Bordeaux (24 April 2022)
Longest winning run	Monaco (9 matches)
Longest unbeaten run	Paris Saint-Germain (15 matches)
Longest winless run	Lorient (15 matches)
Longest losing run	Angers Lorient Saint-Étienne (7 matches)
← 2020–21 2022–23 →

On 23 April, Paris Saint-Germain won a record-equalling tenth title with four matches to spare following a 1–1 draw against Lens.^[4]

Teams

A total of twenty teams participated 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 in their history) 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	21,029	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	20,400	Ligue 2, 1st

Personnel and kits

Team	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor (front)	Shirt sponsor (back)	Shirt sponsor (sleeve)	Shorts sponsor	Socks sponsor
Angers	Gérald Baticle	Ismaël Traoré	Kappa	Groupe Actual (H), Le Gaulois (A & 3), L'Atoll Angers, Angers	Open Energie	P2I	Système U	None
Bordeaux	David Guion	Benoît Costil	Adidas	Fonds de dotation Cœur Marine et Blanc, Crédit Mutuel du Sud-Ouest	Bistro Régent	Cupra	None	None
Brest	Michel Der Zakarian	Steve Mounié	Adidas	Quéguiner Matériaux (H), Yaourt Malo (A & 3), SILL (H), Breizh Cola (A & 3), GUYOT Environnement, Oceania Hotels	Écomiam, Groupe Océanic	None	E.Leclerc, E.Leclerc Drive	BSP Securité
Clermont	Pascal Gastien	Florent Ogier	Patrick	Crédit Mutuel, Clermont Ferrand, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes (H)	Systèmes Solaires, Groupe Batipro	Radio SCOOP	Veolia	None
Lens	Franck Haise	Yannick Cahuzac	Puma	Auchan, Groupe Lempereur, Smart Good Things	Assifep, Winamax	Aushopping Noyelles	Pas-de-Calais, McDonald's	None
Lille	Jocelyn Gourvennec	José Fonte	New Balance	Boulanger, RIKA, Métropole Européenne de Lille (H), Hello Lille (A & 3)	Carrosserie Essalmi	Sibel Energie	Winamax	None
Lorient	Christophe Pélissier	Fabien Lemoine	Kappa	Jean Floc'h, Breizh Cola	KarrGreen, Olmix Group	Groupe Actual, Lorient Agglomération	Virage Conseil, B&B Hotels	None
Lyon	Peter Bosz	Léo Dubois	Adidas	Emirates	OOGarden, Groupe ALILA	MG Motor	Teddy Smith	None
Marseille	Jorge Sampaoli	Steve Mandanda	Puma	Uber Eats, Parions Sport	Boulanger	None	Hotels.com	None
Metz	Frédéric Antonetti	Dylan Bronn	Kappa	Car Avenue (H), MOSL, Malezieux, Axia Interim	technoit, Nacon Gaming (H), Forcepower (A & 3)	Eurométropole de Metz	E.Leclerc, LCR	None
Monaco	Philippe Clement	Wissam Ben Yedder	Kappa	eToro, Fedcom (UEFA matches only), Triangle Intérim	Fedcom, Alain Afflelou	None	VBET	None
Montpellier	Olivier Dall'Oglio	Téji Savanier	Nike	Partouche, FAUN-Environnement, Montpellier Métropole, Smart Good Things	NG Promotion, Sud de France	NG Promotion	Système U, Groupe Ilios, UP2IT	None
Nantes	Antoine Kombouaré	Alban Lafont	Macron	Synergie, Groupe AFD, Proginov	Préservation du Patrimoine, Millet	LNA Santé	Univers City Immo, Flamino	None
Nice	Christophe Galtier	Dante	Macron	Ineos	Ineos Grenadier	Ineos Hygienics	Ville de Nice	None
Paris Saint-Germain	Mauricio Pochettino	Marquinhos	Air Jordan, Nike (away)	ALL - Accor Live Limitless	Ooredoo	QNB Group	None	None
Reims	Óscar García	Yunis Abdelhamid	Umbro	Maisons France Confort (H), Hexaom (A & 3), Transports Caillot, Crédit Agricole	SOS Malus	Triangle Intérim, Grand Reims (H), Reims (A & 3)	Winamax	None
Rennes	Bruno Génésio	Hamari Traoré	Puma	Samsic, Del Arte, Groupe Launay, Association ELA	PokerStars Sports, Blot Immobilier	Ici Rennes	Convivio	None
Saint-Étienne	Pascal Dupraz	Wahbi Khazri	Le Coq Sportif	ZEbet, Loire, Groupe BYmyCAR, Groupe Atrium	ASSE Cœur-Vert, Alain Afflelou	Smart Good Things	Aésio Mutuelle, Desjoyaux Piscines	None
Strasbourg	Julien Stéphan	Dimitri Liénard	Adidas	ÉS Énergies (H), Winamax (A & 3), Hager, Pierre Schmidt (H), Stoeffler (A & 3)	Winamax (H), ÉS Énergies (A & 3), Boulanger	Würth	Eurométropole de Strasbourg, LCR, Atheo	None
Troyes	Bruno Irles	Vacant	Le Coq Sportif	Babeau Seguin, Lex Persona, norelem, Festilight	Sinfin, Premium Automobiles	Desimo	Troyes, LCR	None

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[5]	Pre-season	Gérald Baticle	27 May 2021[6]
Lyon	Rudi Garcia	Resigned	24 May 2021[7]		Peter Bosz	29 May 2021[8]
Nice	Adrian Ursea	Mutual consent	24 May 2021[9]		Christophe Galtier	30 June 2021[10]
Lille	Christophe Galtier	Resigned	25 May 2021[11]		Jocelyn Gourvennec	5 July 2021[12]
Reims	David Guion	Resigned	30 June 2021[13]		Óscar García	1 July 2021[14]
Montpellier	Michel Der Zakarian	Mutual consent	30 June 2021[15]		Olivier Dall'Oglio	1 July 2021[16]
Strasbourg	Thierry Laurey	End of contract	30 June 2021[17]		Julien Stéphan	1 July 2021[18]
Brest	Olivier Dall'Oglio	Signed for Montpellier	30 June 2021[19]		Michel Der Zakarian	1 July 2021[20]
Bordeaux	Jean-Louis Gasset	Sacked	27 July 2021		Vladimir Petković	27 July 2021[21]
Saint-Étienne	Claude Puel		5 December 2021[22]	20th	Pascal Dupraz	14 December 2021[23]
Troyes	Laurent Batlles	Resigned	30 December 2021[24]	15th	Bruno Irles	3 January 2022[25]
Monaco	Niko Kovač	Sacked	1 January 2022[26]	6th	Philippe Clement	3 January 2022[27]
Bordeaux	Vladimir Petković		12 February 2022[28]	19th	David Guion	17 February 2022[29]

League table

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
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[a]	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[b]
9	Nantes	38	15	10	13	55	48	+7	55	Qualification for the Europa League group stage[c]
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[d]
20	Bordeaux (R)	38	6	13	19	52	91	−39	31

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).^[35]
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Nice were deducted one point for uncontrolled crowd trouble that caused the abandonment of their match against Marseille.^[30]
2. Lyon were deducted one point for uncontrolled crowd trouble that caused the abandonment of their match against Marseille.^[31]
3. Nantes qualified for the Europa League group stage as the 2021–22 Coupe de France winners.
4. 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.^[32] On 27 July 2022, Bordeaux won its appeal and was officially maintained in Ligue 2 for the 2022–23 season.^[33][34]

Results

Home \ Away	ANG	BOR	BRE	CLE	LEN	LIL	LOR	OL	OM	MET	ASM	MON	FCN	NIC	PSG	REI	REN	STE	STR	TRO
Angers	—	4–1	1–0	0–1	1–2	1–1	1–0	3–0	0–0	3–2	1–3	2–0	1–4	1–2	0–3	0–1	2–0	0–1	0–1	2–1
Bordeaux	1–1	—	1–2	0–2	2–3	2–3	0–0	2–2	0–1	3–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	0–1	2–3	3–2	1–1	2–2	4–3	0–2
Brest	1–1	2–4	—	2–0	4–0	2–0	0–1	2–1	1–4	1–2	2–0	0–4	1–1	0–3	2–4	1–1	1–1	1–0	0–1	5–1
Clermont	2–2	1–1	1–1	—	2–2	1–0	0–2	1–2	0–1	2–2	1–3	2–1	2–3	1–2	1–6	0–0	2–1	1–2	0–2	2–0
Lens	2–2	3–2	0–1	3–1	—	1–0	2–2	1–1	0–2	4–1	2–2	2–0	2–2	3–0	1–1	2–0	1–0	2–2	0–1	4–0
Lille	1–1	0–0	1–1	4–0	1–2	—	3–1	0–0	2–0	0–0	1–2	2–1	1–1	0–4	1–5	2–1	2–2	0–0	1–0	2–1
Lorient	0–0	1–1	1–2	1–1	2–0	2–1	—	1–4	0–3	1–0	1–0	0–1	0–1	1–0	1–1	1–2	0–2	6–2	0–0	1–1
Lyon	3–2	6–1	1–1	3–3	2–1	0–1	1–1	—	2–1	1–1	2–0	5–2	3–2	2–0	1–1	1–2	2–4	1–0	3–1	3–1
Marseille	5–2	2–2	1–2	0–2	2–3	1–1	4–1	0–3	—	0–0	0–1	2–0	3–2	2–1	0–0	1–1	2–0	3–1	4–0	1–0
Metz	1–0	3–3	0–1	1–1	0–0	3–3	4–1	3–2	1–2	—	1–2	1–3	0–0	0–2	1–2	1–1	0–3	1–1	0–2	0–2
Monaco	2–0	3–0	4–2	4–0	0–2	2–2	0–0	2–0	0–2	4–0	—	3–1	1–1	1–0	3–0	1–2	2–1	3–1	1–1	2–1
Montpellier	4–1	3–3	1–2	1–0	1–0	0–1	3–1	0–1	2–3	2–2	3–2	—	2–0	0–0	0–4	0–0	2–4	2–0	1–1	0–1
Nantes	1–1	5–3	3–1	2–1	3–2	0–1	4–2	0–1	0–1	2–0	0–0	2–0	—	0–2	3–1	1–0	2–1	1–1	2–2	2–0
Nice	1–0	4–0	2–1	0–1	2–1	1–3	2–1	3–2	1–1	0–1	2–2	0–1	2–1	—	1–0	0–0	1–1	4–2	0–3	1–0
Paris SG	2–1	3–0	2–0	4–0	1–1	2–1	5–1	2–1	2–1	5–0	2–0	2–0	3–1	0–0	—	4–0	1–0	3–1	4–2	2–2
Reims	1–2	5–0	1–1	1–0	1–2	2–1	0–0	0–0	0–1	0–1	0–0	3–3	3–1	2–3	0–2	—	2–3	2–0	1–1	1–2
Rennes	2–0	6–0	2–0	6–0	1–1	1–2	5–0	4–1	2–0	6–1	2–3	2–0	1–0	1–2	2–0	0–2	—	2–0	1–0	4–1
Saint-Étienne	2–2	1–2	2–1	3–2	1–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–4	1–0	1–4	3–1	0–1	0–3	1–3	1–2	0–5	—	2–2	1–1
Strasbourg	0–2	5–2	3–1	1–0	1–0	1–2	4–0	1–1	0–2	3–0	1–0	3–1	1–0	0–0	3–3	1–1	2–1	5–1	—	1–1
Troyes	1–1	1–2	1–1	0–1	1–3	3–0	2–0	0–1	1–1	0–0	1–2	1–1	1–0	1–0	1–2	1–0	2–2	0–1	1–1	—

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.

Relegation play-offs

The 2021–22 season ended with a relegation play-off between the 18th-placed Ligue 1 team, Saint-Étienne, and the winner of the semi-final of the Ligue 2 play-off, Auxerre, on a two-legged confrontation.

1st leg

26 May 2022 (2022-05-26)

19:00 CEST

Auxerre	1–1	Saint-Étienne
Perrin 87'	Report	Youssouf 15'

Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps, Auxerre

Attendance: 17,479

Referee: Benoît Millot

2nd leg

29 May 2022 (2022-05-29)

19:00 CEST

Saint-Étienne	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Auxerre
Camara 76'	Report	Sakhi 51'
Penalties
Boudebouz Nordin Trauco Dioussé Bouanga	4–5	Dugimont Jubal Perrin Charbonnier Touré

Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, Saint-Étienne

Attendance: 24,489

Referee: Antony Gautier

2–2 on aggregate. Auxerre won 5–4 on penalties and were promoted to 2022–23 Ligue 1; Saint-Étienne were relegated to 2022–23 Ligue 2.

Season statistics

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals[36]
1	Kylian Mbappé	Paris Saint-Germain	28
2	Wissam Ben Yedder	Monaco	25
3	Moussa Dembélé	Lyon	21
	Martin Terrier	Rennes
5	Andy Delort	Montpellier/Nice[a]	18
6	Jonathan David	Lille	15
	Gaëtan Laborde	Montpellier/Rennes[b]
8	Mohamed Bayo	Clermont	14
9	Neymar	Paris Saint-Germain	13
10	Ludovic Ajorque	Strasbourg	12
	Arnaud Kalimuendo	Lens
	Randal Kolo Muani	Nantes
	Dimitri Payet	Marseille
	Karl Toko Ekambi	Lyon

1. Played for Montpellier until matchday 3, scoring 2 goals
2. Played for Montpellier until matchday 4, scoring 3 goals

Clean sheets

Rank	Player	Club	Clean sheets
1	Walter Benítez	Nice	14
2	Matz Sels	Strasbourg	13
3	Alexander Nübel	Monaco	11
	Predrag Rajković	Reims
5	Alfred Gomis	Rennes	10
	Pau López	Marseille
7	Gauthier Gallon	Troyes	8
	Léo Jardim	Lille
	Alban Lafont	Nantes
	Anthony Lopes	Lyon
	Jonas Omlin	Montpellier

Hat-tricks

Main article: List of Ligue 1 hat-tricks

Player	Club	Against	Result	Date
Martin Terrier	Rennes	Saint-Étienne	5–0 (A)	5 December 2021
Hwang Ui-jo	Bordeaux	Strasbourg	4–3 (H)	23 January 2022
Arkadiusz Milik	Marseille	Angers	5–2 (H)	4 February 2022
Serhou Guirassy	Rennes	Metz	6–1 (H)	20 March 2022
Kylian Mbappé	Paris Saint-Germain	Clermont	6–1 (A)	9 April 2022
Neymar
Wissam Ben Yedder	Monaco	Brest	4–2 (H)	14 May 2022
Kylian Mbappé	Paris Saint-Germain	Metz	5–0 (H)	21 May 2022
Andy Delort	Nice	Reims	3–2 (A)	21 May 2022

Discipline

Player

• Most yellow cards: 12
  • Marco Verratti (Paris Saint-Germain)
• Most red cards: 3
  • Dante (Nice)

Team

• Most yellow cards: 93
  • Lille
• Most red cards: 9
  • Metz
  • Montpellier
• Fewest yellow cards: 54
  • Rennes
• Fewest red cards: 2
  • Brest
  • Rennes

Awards

Monthly

Month	Player of the Month		Ref.
	Player	Club
August	Kylian Mbappé	Paris Saint-Germain	[37]
September	Seko Fofana	Lens	[38]
October	Lucas Paquetá	Lyon	[39]
November	Gaëtan Laborde	Rennes	[40]
December	Téji Savanier	Montpellier	[41]
January	Wissam Ben Yedder	Monaco	[42]
February	Kylian Mbappé	Paris Saint-Germain	[43]
March	Martin Terrier	Rennes	[44]
April	Benjamin Bourigeaud	Rennes	[45]

Annual

See also: Trophées UNFP du football

Award	Winner	Club	Ref.
Player of the Season	Kylian Mbappé	Paris Saint-Germain	[46]
Young Player of the Season	William Saliba	Marseille
Goalkeeper of the Season	Gianluigi Donnarumma	Paris Saint-Germain
Goal of the Season	Bamba Dieng	Marseille
Manager of the Season	Bruno Génésio	Rennes

Team of the Year[47]
Goalkeeper	Gianluigi Donnarumma (Paris Saint-Germain)
Defenders	Jonathan Clauss (Lens)	Marquinhos (Paris Saint-Germain)	William Saliba (Marseille)	Nuno Mendes (Paris Saint-Germain)
Midfielders	Dimitri Payet (Marseille)	Aurélien Tchouaméni (Monaco)	Seko Fofana (Lens)	Martin Terrier (Rennes)
Forwards	Wissam Ben Yedder (Monaco)	Kylian Mbappé (Paris Saint-Germain)