2021–22 in French football

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.

Football in France
Season2021–22
Men's football
Ligue 1Paris Saint-Germain
Trophée des ChampionsLille

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
Stadium: Stade Vélodrome
Referee: Vítor Ferreira (Portugal)
29 March 2022 France  5–0  South Africa Villeneuve d'Ascq, France
21:15
Report Stadium: Stade Pierre-Mauroy
Referee: Sandro Schärer (Switzerland)

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) 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
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)
Report Stadium: Groupama Stadium
Referee: Deniz Aytekin (Germany)
13 November 2021 France  8–0  Kazakhstan Paris, France
20:45
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
Report Stadium: Juventus Stadium
Attendance: 12,409
Referee: Daniel Siebert (Germany)
Final
Spain 1–2 France
Report
Attendance: 31,511[1]

UEFA Nations League

Group 1
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
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
Stadium: International Stadium Yokohama
Referee: Iván Barton (El Salvador)

France women's national football team

2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification

Group I
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  France (Q) 8 8 0 0 40 3 +37 24 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup 2–0 1–0 5 Sep 6–0 11–0
2  Wales (Y) 8 5 1 2 21 5 +16 16 Play-offs 1–2 5 Sep 5–0 6–0 4–0
3  Slovenia (Y) 8 4 2 2 19 6 +13 14 2–3 1–1 0–0 1 Sep 6–0
4  Greece (Y) 8 4 1 3 11 22 11 13 0–10 1 Sep 1–4 3–2 3–0
5  Kazakhstan (E) 7 0 0 7 2 26 24 0 0–5 0–3 0–2 0–1 5 Sep
6  Estonia (E) 7 0 0 7 1 32 31 0 1 Sep 0–1 0–4 1–3 28 Jun
Updated to match(es) played on 12 April 2022. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(E) Eliminated; (Q) Qualified to the phase indicated; (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
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
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: Abigail Marriott (England)
26 October 2021 (2021-10-26) 2023 Women's World Cup qualification Kazakhstan  0–5  France Nur-Sultan
Report
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: Silvia Domingos (Portugal)
30 November 2021 (2021-11-30) 2023 Women's World Cup qualification France  2–0  Wales Guingamp
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
Report
12 April 2022 (2022-04-12) 2023 Women's World Cup qualification France  1–0  Slovenia
Report

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) Champion; (H) Host
16 February 2022 Tournoi de France France  5–0  Finland Le Havre
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)

UEFA competitions

UEFA Champions League

Qualifying rounds

Third qualifying round
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Sparta Prague 1–5 Monaco 0–2 1–3
Play-off round
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Monaco 2–3 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 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 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 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification LOSC 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 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. 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 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 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 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. 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. 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. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Rennes 5–1 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 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:
  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 6–1 Qarabağ 3–1 3–0
Round of 16
Team 1 Agg. 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. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Marseille 3–1 PAOK 2–1 1–0
Semi-finals
Team 1 Agg. 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 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification PSG BRU MCI LPZ
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 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification SLZ 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. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Miercurea Ciuc 0–5 Angers 0–2 0–3
Second round
Team 1 Agg. 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. 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 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 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 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 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. 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. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Lyon 5–3 Paris Saint-Germain 3–2 2–1
Final
Barcelona v Lyon
Report

League season

Ligue 1

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Paris Saint-Germain (C, Q) 35 24 7 4 79 34 +45 79 Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2 Marseille 35 19 8 8 56 36 +20 65
3 Rennes 35 19 5 11 77 36 +41 62 Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
4 Monaco 35 18 8 9 57 35 +22 62 Qualification for the Europa League group stage
5 Nice 35 18 7 10 44 29 +15 60[lower-alpha 1] Qualification for the Europa Conference League play-off round
6 Strasbourg 35 15 12 8 58 39 +19 57
7 Lyon 35 15 11 9 59 45 +14 55[lower-alpha 2]
8 Lens 35 15 10 10 55 44 +11 55
9 Nantes 35 14 9 12 50 43 +7 51
10 Lille 35 13 12 10 42 43 1 51
11 Brest 35 13 9 13 45 48 3 48
12 Reims 35 10 13 12 38 38 0 43
13 Montpellier 35 12 7 16 48 53 5 43
14 Troyes 35 9 9 17 33 47 14 36
15 Angers 35 8 11 16 38 53 15 35
16 Lorient 35 8 10 17 34 59 25 34
17 Clermont 35 8 9 18 35 65 30 33
18 Saint-Étienne 35 7 10 18 38 70 32 31 Qualification for the Relegation play-offs
19 Bordeaux 35 5 12 18 47 85 38 27 Relegation to Ligue 2
20 Metz 35 4 13 18 31 62 31 25
Updated to match(es) played on 1 May 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]
(C) Champion; (Q) Qualified to the phase indicated
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 (P) 36 22 10 4 80 31 +49 76 Promotion to Ligue 1
2 Ajaccio (X) 36 21 8 7 37 18 +19 71
3 Auxerre (X) 36 19 11 6 57 37 +20 68 Qualification to promotion play-offs
4 Sochaux (X) 36 19 10 7 45 31 +14 67
5 Paris FC (X) 36 18 10 8 50 34 +16 64
6 Guingamp 36 13 13 10 47 46 +1 52
7 Le Havre 36 13 11 12 36 37 1 50
8 Nîmes 36 14 7 15 43 47 4 49
9 Caen 36 12 11 13 49 40 +9 47
10 Dijon 36 13 7 16 44 48 4 46
11 Niort 36 12 9 15 36 38 2 45
12 Pau 36 13 6 17 36 45 9 45
13 Amiens 36 9 17 10 41 37 +4 44
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
19 Dunkerque 36 8 7 21 26 47 21 31 Relegation to Championnat National
20 Nancy (R) 35 5 9 21 27 61 34 24
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
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated; (X) Assured of at least promotion play-offs

Championnat National

Division 1 Féminine

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Lyon (T) 19 18 1 0 72 8 +64 55 Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2 Paris Saint-Germain (T) 19 16 2 1 63 9 +54 50 Qualification for the Champions League second round
3 Paris FC (T) 19 14 2 3 43 18 +25 44 Qualification for the Champions League first round
4 Fleury 19 11 1 7 24 24 0 34
5 Bordeaux 19 10 2 7 35 20 +15 32
6 Montpellier 19 9 2 8 30 22 +8 29
7 Reims 19 8 2 9 25 36 11 26
8 Guingamp 19 3 5 11 19 52 33 14
9 Dijon 18 3 4 11 9 35 26 13
10 Issy 19 4 1 14 17 43 26 13
11 Soyaux 19 3 1 15 13 52 39 10 Relegation to Division 2 Féminine
12 Saint-Étienne 18 1 3 14 13 44 31 6
Updated to match(es) played on 17 April 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
(T) Qualified, but not yet to the particular phase indicated

Cup competitions

2021–22 Coupe de France

Final

NicevNantes
Report

2021 Trophée des Champions

Lille1–0Paris Saint-Germain
Report
Attendance: 29,000
Referee: Yigal Frid (Israel)

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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