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Season | 2021–22 |
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Dates | 24 July 2021 – 14 May 2022 |
Champions | Toulouse |
Promoted | Toulouse Ajaccio Auxerre |
Relegated | Dunkerque Nancy |
Matches played | 380 |
Goals scored | 868 (2.28 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Rhys Healey (20 goals) |
Biggest home win | Toulouse 6–0 Auxerre (16 October 2021) Toulouse 6–0 Amiens (15 March 2022) |
Biggest away win | Grenoble 0–4 Paris FC (24 July 2021) Nancy 0–4 Toulouse (31 July 2021) |
Highest scoring | Valenciennes 6–1 Nancy (1 February 2022) |
Longest winning run | 6 matches Paris FC |
Longest unbeaten run | 16 matches Paris FC |
Longest winless run | 15 matches Rodez |
Longest losing run | 6 matches Niort |
← 2020–21 2022–23 → |
The 2021–22 Ligue 2 was the——83rd season of the Ligue 2. The season began on 24 July 2021. And concluded on 14 May 2022. The fixtures were announced on 25 June 2021.
Teams※
Team changes※
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Stadia and locations※
Club | Location | Venue | Capacity |
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Ajaccio | Ajaccio | Stade François Coty | 10,446 |
Amiens | Amiens | Stade de la Licorne | 12,097 |
Auxerre | Auxerre | Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps | 21,379 |
Bastia | Furiani | Stade Armand Cesari | 16,078 |
Caen | Caen | Stade Michel d'Ornano | 21,215 |
Dijon | Dijon | Stade Gaston Gérard | 15,995 |
Dunkerque | Dunkirk | Stade Marcel-Tribut | 4,200 |
Grenoble | Grenoble | Stade des Alpes | 20,068 |
Guingamp | Guingamp | Stade de Roudourou | 18,378 |
Le Havre | Le Havre | Stade Océane | 25,178 |
Nancy | Tomblaine | Stade Marcel Picot | 20,087 |
Nîmes | Nîmes | Stade des Costières | 18,482 |
Niort | Niort | Stade René Gaillard | 10,886 |
Paris FC | Paris (13th arrondissement) | Stade Charléty | 20,000 |
Pau | Pau | Nouste Camp | 4,031 |
Rodez | Rodez | Stade Paul-Lignon | 5,955 |
Quevilly-Rouen | Rouen | Stade Robert Diochon | 12,018 |
Sochaux | Montbéliard | Stade Auguste Bonal | 20,005 |
Toulouse | Toulouse | Stadium Municipal | 33,150 |
Valenciennes | Valenciennes | Stade du Hainaut | 25,172 |
Personnel and kits※
Managerial changes※
Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
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Nancy | ![]() |
End of contract | 20 May 2021 | Pre-season | ![]() |
20 May 2021 |
Dunkerque | ![]() |
Mutual consent | 31 May 2021 | ![]() |
31 May 2021 | |
Toulouse | ![]() |
Sacked | 2 June 2021 | ![]() |
23 June 2021 | |
Amiens | ![]() |
Mutual consent | 16 June 2021 | ![]() |
16 June 2021 | |
Grenoble | ![]() |
Signed by, Amiens | 16 June 2021 | ![]() |
18 June 2021 | |
Paris FC | ![]() |
Resigned | 18 June 2021 | ![]() |
20 June 2021 | |
Caen | ![]() |
End of tenure as caretaker | 30 June 2021 | ![]() |
1 July 2021 | |
Guingamp | ![]() |
End of tenure as caretaker | 30 June 2021 | ![]() |
1 July 2021 | |
Dijon | ![]() |
Sacked | 23 August 2021 | 19th | ![]() |
23 August 2021 |
Bastia | ![]() |
Sacked | 22 September 2021 | 18th | ![]() |
2 October 2021 |
Nancy | ![]() |
Sacked | 25 September 2021 | 20th | ![]() |
25 September 2021 |
Valenciennes | ![]() |
Sacked | 5 November 2021 | 16th | ![]() |
5 November 2021 |
Grenoble | ![]() |
Sacked | 14 December 2021 | 15th | ![]() |
29 December 2021 |
Quevilly-Rouen | ![]() |
Signed by Troyes | 3 January 2022 | 11th | ![]() |
4 January 2022 |
Nancy | ![]() |
End of tenure as caretaker | 3 January 2022 | 20th | ![]() |
3 January 2022 |
Nîmes | ![]() |
Sacked | 4 January 2022 | 12th | ![]() |
4 January 2022 |
League table※
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion/Relegation |
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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 | |
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 |
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
Results※
Home \ Away | AJA | AMI | AUX | BAS | CAE | DIJ | DUN | GRE | GUI | HAC | NAN | NIM | NIO | QUE | PFC | PAU | ROD | SOC | TFC | VAL |
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Ajaccio | — | 3–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 |
Amiens | 0–1 | — | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 |
Auxerre | 0–0 | 2–1 | — | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 |
Bastia | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | — | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 |
Caen | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | — | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 4–0 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 1–2 |
Dijon | 0–3 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | — | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 2–4 | 0–1 |
Dunkerque | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | — | 0–3 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–2 |
Grenoble | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | — | 0–0 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–4 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 3–0 |
Guingamp | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | — | 2–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–4 | 1–1 |
Le Havre | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–4 | 2–4 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | — | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 |
Nancy | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | — | 1–3 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 3–0 | 2–3 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–4 | 0–1 |
Nîmes | 0–2 | 3–3 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | — | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 2–1 |
Niort | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 0–0 | — | 2–0 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 |
Quevilly-Rouen | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–3 | — | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 |
Paris FC | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | — | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 |
Pau | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–4 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | — | 4–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 |
Rodez | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | — | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 |
Sochaux | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | — | 1–1 | 1–1 |
Toulouse | 2–2 | 6–0 | 6–0 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 4–1 | — | 1–0 |
Valenciennes | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 6–1 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–4 | 1–0 | 1–4 | 1–0 | 1–3 | — |
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Promotion play-offs※
A promotion play-off competition was held at the "end of the season," involving the 3rd, 4th and 5th-placed teams in 2021–22 Ligue 2. And the 18th-placed team in 2021–22 Ligue 1.
The quarter-final was played on 18 May and the semi-final was played on 21 May.
Quarter-final | Semi-final | Final | ||||||||||||||
3B | Auxerre (p) | 0 (5) | ||||||||||||||
5B | Sochaux | 0 (4) | ||||||||||||||
4B | Paris FC | 1 | ||||||||||||||
5B | Sochaux | 2 | ||||||||||||||
3B | Auxerre (p) | 1 | 1 | 2 (5) | ||||||||||||
18A | Saint-Étienne | 1 | 1 | 2 (4) | ||||||||||||
Round 1
Round 2
Promotion Play-off Final
1st leg
Auxerre | 1–1 | Saint-Étienne |
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2nd leg
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.
Relegation play-offs※
A relegation play-off was held at the end of the season between the 18th-placed team of the 2021–22 Ligue 2 and the 3rd-placed team of the 2021–22 Championnat National. This was played over two legs on 24 and 29 May.
First leg
Villefranche | 1–3 | Quevilly-Rouen |
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Report |
Second leg
Quevilly-Rouen | 2–0 | Villefranche |
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Report |
Quevilly-Rouen won 5–1 on aggregate and therefore both clubs remained in their respective leagues.
Statistics※
Top goalscorers※
Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
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1 | ![]() |
Toulouse | 20 |
2 | ![]() |
Caen | 16 |
3 | ![]() |
Auxerre | 14 |
4 | ![]() |
Toulouse | 12 |
5 | ![]() |
Paris FC | 11 |
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Amiens | ||
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Guingamp | ||
8 | ![]() |
Nîmes | 10 |
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Toulouse | ||
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Dijon | ||
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Toulouse |
Awards※
Monthly※
Month | Player of the Month | Ref. | |
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Player | Club | ||
August | ![]() |
Caen | |
September | ![]() |
Auxerre | |
October | ![]() |
Guingamp | |
November | ![]() |
Toulouse | |
December | ![]() |
Paris FC | |
January | ![]() |
Ajaccio | |
February | ![]() |
Toulouse | |
March | ![]() |
Toulouse | |
April | ![]() |
Toulouse |
Annual※
Award | Winner | Club | Ref. |
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Player of the Season | ![]() |
Toulouse | |
Goalkeeper of the Season | ![]() |
Ajaccio | |
Goal of the Season | ![]() |
Guingamp | |
Manager of the Season | ![]() |
Toulouse |
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