2021–22 Valenciennes FC season

The 2021–22 season is the 109th season in the existence of Valenciennes FC and the club's eighth consecutive season in the second division of French football. In addition to the domestic league, Valenciennes participated in this season's edition of the Coupe de France.

Valenciennes FC
2021–22 season
PresidentEddy Zdziech
Head coachChristophe Delmotte
StadiumStade du Hainaut
Ligue 215th
Coupe de FranceRound of 64
Top goalscorerLeague:
Baptiste Guillaume (6)
All:
Baptiste Guillaume (7)
All statistics correct as of 2 April 2022.

Players

First-team squad
As of 1 February 2022.[1][2]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
2 DF  FRA Éric Vandenabeele
3 DF  MTN Aly Abeid
5 DF  ALG Maxime Spano
6 MF  FRA Julien Masson
7 MF  TOG Floyd Ayité
8 MF  FRA Noah Diliberto
9 MF  FRA Gaëtan Robail (on loan from Lens)
10 MF  CMR Arsène Elogo
11 DF  FRA Laurent Dos Santos (captain)
12 FW  FRA Ugo Bonnet
13 MF  FRA Florian Martin
14 DF  FRA Joffrey Cuffaut
15 FW  CIV Cheick Timité
16 GK  CIV Hillel Konaté
No. Pos. Nation Player
17 MF  ALG Aymen Boutoutaou
18 FW  BEL Baptiste Guillaume
19 MF  BFA Abou Ouattara
20 MF  FRA Ilyes Hamache
21 MF  FRA Mohamed Kaba
22 MF  MLI Sambou Yatabaré
23 MF  FRA Gaëtan Arib
24 DF  FRA Allan Linguet
25 DF  GHA Emmanuel Ntim
26 DF  FRA Mathieu Debuchy
27 MF  FRA Mathis Picouleau
28 DF  FRA Quentin Lecoeuche
29 MF  FRA Jawed Kalai
30 GK  FRA Lucas Chevalier (on loan from Lille)

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
— GK  FRA Nicolas Kocik (on loan to Cholet until 30 June 2022)
— MF  BEN Sessi D'Almeida (on loan to Tondela until 30 June 2022)
No. Pos. Nation Player
— FW  CIV Moussa Guel (on loan to Red Star until 30 June 2022)
— FW  CIV Issouf Macalou (on loan to Le Mans until 30 June 2022)

Pre-season and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

2 July 2021 Friendly Valenciennes 0–0 Dunkerque Cambrai, France
17:00 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stade de la Liberté
6 July 2021 Friendly Kortrijk 0–1 Valenciennes Kortrijk, Belgium
11:00 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Guldensporenstadion
10 July 2021 Friendly OH Leuven 1–0 Valenciennes Oud-Heverlee, Belgium
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)
  • Vekemans
Stadium: Gemeentelijk Stadion
14 July 2021 Friendly Union SG 1–1 Valenciennes Overijse, Belgium
18:00 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Begijnhofstadion
17 July 2021 Friendly Valenciennes 0–1 Reims Valenciennes, France
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Stadium: Stade du Hainaut

Competitions

Overall record
Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Ligue 2 24 July 2021 May 2022 Matchday 1 36 8 14 14 31 46 −15 022.22
Coupe de France 14 November 2021 16 December 2021 Seventh round Round of 64 3 2 0 1 6 2 +4 066.67
Total 39 10 14 15 37 48 −11 025.64

Last updated: 30 April 2022
Source: Soccerway

Ligue 2
Main article: 2021–22 Ligue 2

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or Relegation
14 Bastia 36 9 16 11 36 35 +1 43
15 Grenoble 36 12 7 17 31 41 −10 43
16 Valenciennes 36 8 14 14 31 46 −15 38
17 Rodez 36 8 13 15 29 42 −13 37
18 Quevilly-Rouen 35 8 10 17 27 47 −20 34 Qualification for the relegation play-offs
Updated to match(es) played on 2 May 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

Results summary
OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
36 8 14 14 31 46  −15 38 4 5 9 18 28  −10 4 9 5 13 18  −5

Last updated: 30 April 2022.
Source: Ligue 2

Results by round
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Position
Updated to match(es) played on 30 April 2022. Source: Ligue 2
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 25 June 2021.[3][4]

24 July 2021 1 Valenciennes 0–0 Niort Valenciennes
20:00 CEST (UTC+2) Kaba  58'
D'Almeida  75'		 Report Vallier  41'
Boutobba  65'
Louiserre  73'		 Stadium: Stade du Hainaut
Referee: Arnaud Baert
31 July 2021 2 Guingamp 1–1 Valenciennes Guingamp
19:00 CET (UTC+1) Diarra  4'
M'Changama  60'
Muyumba  63'
Sampaio  79', 90'		 Report Masson  10'
D'Almeida  24'
Robail 76'		 Stadium: Stade de Roudourou
Referee: Mathieu Vernice
7 August 2021 3 Valenciennes 0–3 Nîmes Valenciennes
19:00 CEST (UTC+2) Cuffaut  28'
Yatabaré  70'		 Report Fomba  32'
Ómarsson  45+1', 56'
Benrahou 81'
Eliasson 83'		 Stadium: Stade du Hainaut
Referee: Bartolomeu Varela
14 August 2021 4 Nancy 0–1 Valenciennes Tomblaine
19:00 CEST (UTC+2) El Kaoutari  4'
Haag  11'  68'		 Report Abeid  31'
Robail 48'
Guillaume  74'
Masson  90'		 Stadium: Stade Marcel Picot
Referee: Pierre Legat
21 August 2021 5 Valenciennes 1–4 Rodez Valenciennes
19:00 CEST (UTC+2) Guillaume 16'
Dos Santos  31'
Robail  35'
Yatabaré  52'		 Report Buadés 27', 47'
Leborgne  56'
Bardy  59'
Ouammou  66'
Dépres 73'
David 77'		 Stadium: Stade du Hainaut
Referee: Benjamin Lepaysant
28 August 2021 6 Toulouse 1–0 Valenciennes Toulouse
15:00 CEST (UTC+2) Evitt-Healey  13'
Onaiwu 45+2'
Ngoumou  59'
Dejaegere  76'		 Report Stadium: Stadium de Toulouse
Referee: Mathieu Vernice
11 September 2021 7 Valenciennes 1–2 Rouen Valenciennes
19:00 CEST (UTC+2) Guillaume 18'
Ouattara  44'
D'Almeida  53'		 Report Diaby  20'
Bansais  23'
Nazon  52'
Haddad 57
Boé-Kane 57'
Gbellé 83'		 Stadium: Stade du Hainaut
Referee: Arnaud Baert
18 September 2021 8 Pau 1–1 Valenciennes Pau
19:00 CEST (UTC+2) Assifuah 14',  65'
Boto  40'
Armand  59'
Beusnard 79'		 Report Yatabaré 24'
Doukouré  51'
Cuffaut  68'		 Stadium: Nouste Camp
Referee: Jordane Lomi
21 September 2021 9 Valenciennes 2–1 Bastia Valenciennes
20:00 CEST (UTC+2) Cuffaut 7' (pen.)
Ntim  16'
Lecoeuche  62'
Robail 66'
Kaba  88'		 Report Palun  6'
Santelli 43'
Robic  57'		 Stadium: Stade du Hainaut
Referee: Alexandre Perreau Niel
24 September 2021 10 Dijon 0–1 Valenciennes Dijon
19:00 CEST (UTC+2) Benzia  85'
Scheidler  85'		 Report Ayité  43'
Picouleau 45'
Hamache  57'
Ouattara  73'
Haouari  90'		 Stadium: Stade Gaston Gérard
Referee: Frank Schneider
2 October 2021 11 Caen 1–2 Valenciennes Caen
19:00 CEST (UTC+2) Gonçalves  73'
Chahiri 90+2'		 Report Abdi 16' (o.g.)
Robail 29'
Debuchy  31'
Robail  81'		 Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano
Attendance: 8,490
Referee: Abdelatif Kherradji
16 October 2021 12 Valenciennes 1–3 Dunkerque Valenciennes
20:00 CEST (UTC+2) Ntim  2'
Yatabaré  27'
Hamache 54'
Kaba  74'		 Report Rocheteau 3' (pen.), 47'
Dudouit  7'
Azankpo 41'
Kikonda  45+1'
Kerrouche  74'
Pierre  78'		 Stadium: Stade du Hainaut
Referee: Benjamin Lepaysant
23 October 2021 13 Amiens 3–0 Valenciennes Amiens
19:00 CEST (UTC+2) Badji  35'
Lusamba 42' (pen.). 78'
Bamba 57',  77'
Lomotey  81'		 Report Lecoeuche  77' Stadium: Stade de la Licorne
Referee: Bartolomeu Varela
1 November 2021 14 Valenciennes 1–2 Auxerre Valenciennes
20:45 CET (UTC+1) Hamache 48' Report Sinayoko 50'
Perrin 63'		 Stadium: Stade du Hainaut
Referee: Aurelien Petit
6 November 2021 15 Le Havre 0–0 Valenciennes Le Havre
19:00 CEST (UTC+2) Report Ntim  90+2' Stadium: Stade Océane
Referee: Arnaud Baert
20 November 2021 16 Valenciennes 1–0 Grenoble Valenciennes
20:45 CET (UTC+1) Guillaume 21'
Kaba  55'
D'Almeida  76'		 Report Maubleu  32'
Ravet  82'		 Stadium: Stade du Hainaut
Referee: Gaël Angoula
3 December 2021 17 Ajaccio 0–0 Valenciennes Ajaccio
19:00 CET (UTC+1) Botué  80' Report Masson  61'
Doukouré  66'
Ntim  84'		 Stadium: Stade François Coty
Referee: Pierre Legat
11 December 2021 18 Valenciennes 1–4 Paris FC Valenciennes
19:00 CET (UTC+1) Yatabaré  4'
Cuffaut  5'
Masson  22'
Guillaume  28', 65'		 Report Name 6' (pen.)
Guilavogui 18',  49'
Laura 20'
Siby  26'
Alfarela 80'		 Stadium: Stade du Hainaut
Referee: Arnaud Baert
21 December 2021 19 Sochaux 1–1 Valenciennes Montbéliard
20:45 CET (UTC+1) Thioune  31'
Mauricio  46', 63'		 Report Ayité 11'
Lecoeuche  45+1'  54'
Chevalier  86'		 Stadium: Stade Auguste Bonal
Referee: Abdelatif Kherradji
8 January 2022 20 Valenciennes 1–1 Guingamp Valenciennes
19:00 CET (UTC+1) Ntim 22'
Debuchy  73'		 Report Lemonnier  26'
Sivis  70'
Pierrot 75' (pen.),  75'		 Stadium: Stade du Hainaut
Referee: Gaël Angoula
28 January 2022 21 Nîmes 2–1 Valenciennes Nîmes
20:45 CET (UTC+1) Benrahou 11' (pen.)
Ponceau 16'
Fomba  42'		 Report Picouleau  5'
Cuffaut 53' (pen.)
Guillaume  62'		 Stadium: Stade des Costières
Referee: Romain Lissorgue
1 February 2022 22 Valenciennes 6–1 Nancy Valenciennes
19:00 CET (UTC+1) Yatabaré 12', 18'
Cuffaut 24' (pen.)
Guillaume 31', 50'
Kaba  41'
Hamache 44'
Ouattara  87'		 Report Bianda  2'
Karamoko  17'  23'
Biron 27'
Latouchent  46'
El Kaoutari  60'		 Stadium: Stade du Hainaut
Referee: Mathieu Vernice
5 February 2022 23 Rodez 0–0 Valenciennes Rodez
19:00 CET (UTC+1) Vilhjálmsson  78'
Boissier  79'		 Report Stadium: Stade Paul-Lignon
Referee: Olivier Thual
12 February 2022 24 Valenciennes 1–3 Toulouse Valenciennes
15:00 CET (UTC+1) Report Stadium: Stade du Hainaut
19 February 2022 25 Quevilly-Rouen 1–1 Valenciennes Rouen
19:00 CET (UTC+1) Diaby 40'
Sidibé  54'
Gbellé  76'		 Report Kaba  18'
Debuchy  27'
Bonnet 29'
Yatabaré  70'
Lecoeuche  87'		 Stadium: Stade Robert Diochon
Referee: Guillaume Paradis
26 February 2022 26 Valenciennes 1–0 Pau Valenciennes
19:00 CET (UTC+1) Ayité 66'
Masson  71'
Bonnet  71'
Linguet  75'		 Report Dembélé  28' Stadium: Stade du Hainaut
Referee: Benjamin Lepaysant
5 March 2022 27 Bastia 1–1 Valenciennes Furiani
19:00 CET (UTC+1) Sainati  16'
Abeid 20' (o.g.)
Magri  64'
Robic  87'
Guidi  89'		 Report Bonnet 11',  89'
Abeid  59'
Chevalier  87'		 Stadium: Stade Armand Cesari
Referee: Jérôme Brisard
12 March 2022 28 Valenciennes 0–0 Dijon Valenciennes
19:00 CET (UTC+1) Lecoeuche  14'
Ntim  22'
Masson  30'
Linguet  39'
Cuffaut  82'		 Report Traoré  12'
Pi  42'
Coulibaly  61'		 Stadium: Stade du Hainaut
Referee: Mathieu Vernice
15 March 2022 29 Valenciennes 1–1 Caen Valenciennes
19:00 CET (UTC+1) Ntim 24'
Cuffaut  42'
Kaba  43'
Yatabaré  59'
Masson  89'		 Report da Costa 13'
Abdi  59'
Cissé  88'		 Stadium: Stade du Hainaut
Referee: Abdelatif Kherradji
19 March 2022 30 Dunkerque 1–2 Valenciennes Dunkirk
19:00 CET (UTC+1) Niané 81' Report Linguet 9'
Boutoutaou 84'		 Stadium: Stade Marcel-Tribut
Referee: Frank Schneider
2 April 2022 31 Valenciennes 0–2 Amiens Valenciennes
19:00 CET (UTC+1) Cuffaut  41'
Picouleau  67'		 Report Akolo 29', 33' Stadium: Stade du Hainaut
Referee: Arnaud Baert

Coupe de France
Main article: 2021–22 Coupe de France
14 November 2021 Seventh round US Tourcoing FC 0–2 Valenciennes Tourcoing
14:30 CET (UTC+1) Report
Stadium: Stade Charles Van de Veegaete
Referee: Ali Djedid
27 November 2021 Eighth round Calonne-Ricouart FC Cite 6 1–4 Valenciennes Avion[5]
16:00 CET (UTC+1)
  • Tahar 27'
 Report
Stadium: Stade François Blin
Referee: Mehdi Mokhtari
16 December 2021 Round of 64 Valenciennes 0–1 Strasbourg Valenciennes
21:00 CET (UTC+1) Report
Stadium: Stade du Hainaut
Attendance: 3,206
Referee: Olivier Tuhal

References
  1. "Effectif – Saison 2017/2018" (in French). Valenciennes FC. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
  2. "Valenciennes FC". Scoresway.com. Retrieved 27 February 2018.
  3. "2021-22 Ligue 1 Uber Eats calendar unveiled on 25 June". ligue1.com. 23 June 2021.
  4. "Ligue 1 Uber Eats and Ligue 2 BKT: 2021-22 calendars!". ligue1.com. 25 June 2021.
  5. "Coupe de France : le match entre Calonne-Ricouart et Valenciennes se jouera à Avion" (in French). L'Avenir de l'Artois. 17 November 2021.
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