2021–22 in French football

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Football in France
Season2021–22
Men's football
Ligue 1Paris Saint-Germain
Ligue 2Toulouse
Championnat NationalLaval
Coupe de FranceNantes
Trophée des ChampionsLille
Women's football
Division 1Lyon
Coupe de FranceParis Saint-Germain
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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[edit]

France national football team[edit]

Friendlies[edit]

25 March 2022 France  2–1  Ivory Coast Marseille, France
21:15
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[edit]

Group D[edit]
Pos Team 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) 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[edit]

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[edit]
Spain 1–2 France
Report
Attendance: 31,511[1]

UEFA Nations League[edit]

Group 1[edit]
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation Croatia Denmark France Austria
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)
Report
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)
Report
Stadium: Stadion Poljud
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Marco Guida (Italy)
10 June 2022 Austria  1–1  France Vienna, Austria
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
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
Stadium: Stade de France
Attendance: 77,410
Referee: Orel Grinfeld (Israel)

France national under-23 football team[edit]

Summer Olympics[edit]

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[edit]
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) Hosts
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[edit]

Friendlies[edit]

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

2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification[edit]

Group I[edit]
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification France Wales Slovenia Greece Estonia Kazakhstan
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
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
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 Llanelli
21:10
Report
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 Report Stadium: MMArena
Referee: Sandra Braz (Portugal)

2022 Tournoi de France[edit]

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
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
Report Stadium: Stade Océane
Attendance: 5,231
Referee: Marta Huerta de Aza (Spain)

UEFA competitions[edit]

UEFA Champions League[edit]

Qualifying rounds[edit]

Third qualifying round[edit]
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Sparta Prague Czech Republic 1–5 France Monaco 0–2 1–3
Play-off round[edit]
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Monaco France 2–3 Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk 0–1 2–2 (a.e.t.)

Group stage[edit]

Group A[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification MCI PAR RBL BRU
1 England Manchester City 6 4 0 2 18 10 +8 12 Advance to knockout phase 2–1 6–3 4–1
2 France Paris Saint-Germain 6 3 2 1 13 8 +5 11 2–0 3–2 4–1
3 Germany RB Leipzig 6 2 1 3 15 14 +1 7 Transfer to Europa League 2–1 2–2 1–2
4 Belgium Club Brugge 6 1 1 4 6 20 −14 4 1–5 1–1 0–5
Source: UEFA
Group G[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification LOSC SAL SEV WOL
1 France Lille 6 3 2 1 7 4 +3 11 Advance to knockout phase 1–0 0–0 0–0
2 Austria Red Bull Salzburg 6 3 1 2 8 6 +2 10 2–1 1–0 3–1
3 Spain Sevilla 6 1 3 2 5 5 0 6 Transfer to Europa League 1–2 1–1 2–0
4 Germany VfL Wolfsburg 6 1 2 3 5 10 −5 5 1–3 2–1 1–1
Source: UEFA

Knockout phase[edit]

Round of 16[edit]
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Chelsea England 4–1 France Lille 2–0 2–1
Paris Saint-Germain France 2–3 Spain Real Madrid 1–0 1–3

UEFA Europa League[edit]

Group stage[edit]

Group A[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification LYO RAN SPP BRO
1 France Lyon 6 5 1 0 16 5 +11 16 Advance to round of 16 1–1 3–0 3–0
2 Scotland Rangers 6 2 2 2 6 5 +1 8 Advance to knockout round play-offs 0–2 2–0 2–0
3 Czech Republic Sparta Prague 6 2 1 3 6 9 −3 7 Transfer to Europa Conference League 3–4 1–0 2–0
4 Denmark Brøndby 6 0 2 4 2 11 −9 2 1–3 1–1 0–0
Source: UEFA
Group B[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification MON RSO PSV STU
1 France Monaco 6 3 3 0 7 4 +3 12 Advance to round of 16 2–1 0–0 1–0
2 Spain Real Sociedad 6 2 3 1 9 6 +3 9 Advance to knockout round play-offs 1–1 3–0 1–1
3 Netherlands PSV Eindhoven 6 2 2 2 9 8 +1 8 Transfer to Europa Conference League 1–2 2–2 2–0
4 Austria Sturm Graz 6 0 2 4 3 10 −7 2 1–1 0–1 1–4
Source: UEFA
Group E[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification GAL LAZ MAR LOK
1 Turkey Galatasaray 6 3 3 0 7 3 +4 12 Advance to round of 16 1–0 4–2 1–1
2 Italy Lazio 6 2 3 1 7 3 +4 9 Advance to knockout round play-offs 0–0 0–0 2–0
3 France Marseille 6 1 4 1 6 7 −1 7 Transfer to Europa Conference League 0–0 2–2 1–0
4 Russia Lokomotiv Moscow 6 0 2 4 2 9 −7 2 0–1 0–3 1–1
Source: UEFA

Knockout phase[edit]

Round of 16[edit]
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Braga Portugal 3–1 France Monaco 2–0 1–1
Porto Portugal 1–2 France Lyon 0–1 1–1
Quarter-finals[edit]
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
West Ham United England 4–1 France Lyon 1–1 3–0

UEFA Europa Conference League[edit]

Qualifying phase and play-off round[edit]

Play-off round[edit]
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Rennes France 5–1 Norway Rosenborg 2–0 3–1

Group stage[edit]

Group G[edit]
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification REN VIT TOT MUR
1 France Rennes 6 4 2 0 13 7 +6 14 Advance to round of 16 3–3 2–2 1–0
2 Netherlands Vitesse 6 3 1 2 12 9 +3 10 Advance to knockout round play-offs 1–2 1–0 3–1
3 England Tottenham Hotspur 6 2 1 3 11 11 0 7 0–3[a] 3–2 5–1
4 Slovenia 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[edit]

Knockout round play-offs[edit]
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Marseille France 6–1 Azerbaijan Qarabağ 3–1 3–0
Round of 16[edit]
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Marseille France 6–1 Azerbaijan Qarabağ 3–1 3–0
Leicester City England 3–2 France Rennes 2–0 1–2
Quarter-finals[edit]
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Marseille France 3–1 Greece PAOK 2–1 1–0
Semi-finals[edit]
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Feyenoord Netherlands 3–2 France Marseille 3–2 0–0

UEFA Youth League[edit]

UEFA Champions League Path[edit]

Group A[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification PSG BRU MCI LPZ
1 France Paris Saint-Germain 6 4 2 0 16 7 +9 14 Round of 16 3–2 1–1 3–0
2 Belgium Club Brugge 6 3 2 1 18 11 +7 11 Play-offs 2–2 1–1 4–1
3 England Manchester City 6 2 2 2 12 11 +1 8 1–3 3–5 5–1
4 Germany RB Leipzig 6 0 0 6 4 21 −17 0 1–4 1–4 0–1
Source: UEFA
Group G[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification SLZ SEV LIL WOL
1 Austria Red Bull Salzburg 6 4 0 2 10 5 +5 12 Round of 16 2–0 3–1 3–0
2 Spain Sevilla 6 3 2 1 8 3 +5 11 Play-offs 2–0 0–0 2–0
3 France Lille 6 3 1 2 7 6 +1 10 1–0 0–3 2–0
4 Germany VfL Wolfsburg 6 0 1 5 2 13 −11 1 1–2 1–1 0–3
Source: UEFA

Domestic Champions Path[edit]

First round[edit]
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Miercurea Ciuc Romania 0–5 France Angers 0–2 0–3
Second round[edit]
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Angers France 1–1 (4–5 p) Netherlands AZ 0–1 1–0

Play-offs[edit]

Round of 16[edit]
Team 1  Score  Team 2
Paris Saint-Germain France 2–0 Spain Sevilla
Quarter-finals[edit]
Team 1  Score  Team 2
Paris Saint-Germain France 1–3 Austria Red Bull Salzburg

UEFA Women's Champions League[edit]

Qualifying rounds[edit]

Round 1[edit]
Semi-finals[edit]
Team 1  Score  Team 2
Bordeaux France 2–1 Scotland Celtic
Final / Third-place play-off[edit]
Team 1  Score  Team 2
Bordeaux France 3–1 Sweden Kristianstad
Round 2[edit]
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Levante Spain 2–4 France Lyon 1–2 1–2
VfL Wolfsburg Germany 5–5 (3–0 p) France Bordeaux 3–2 2–3 (a.e.t.)

Group stage[edit]

Group B[edit]
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification PSG RMA KHA BRE
1 France Paris Saint-Germain 6 6 0 0 25 0 +25 18 Advance to Quarter-finals 4–0 5–0 6–0
2 Spain Real Madrid 6 4 0 2 12 6 +6 12 0–2 3–0 5–0
3 Ukraine Zhytlobud-1 Kharkiv 6 1 1 4 2 15 −13 4 0–6 0–1 0–0
4 Iceland Breiðablik 6 0 1 5 0 18 −18 1 0–2 0–3 0–2
Source: UEFA
Group D[edit]
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification LYO BAY BEN HAK
1 France Lyon 6 5 0 1 19 2 +17 15 Advance to Quarter-finals 2–1 5–0 4–0
2 Germany Bayern Munich 6 4 1 1 15 3 +12 13 1–0 4–0 4–0
3 Portugal Benfica 6 1 1 4 2 16 −14 4 0–5 0–0 0–1
4 Sweden BK Häcken 6 1 0 5 3 18 −15 3 0–3 1–5 1–2
Source: UEFA

Knockout phase[edit]

Quarter-finals[edit]
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Bayern Munich Germany 3–4 France Paris Saint-Germain 1–2 2–2 (a.e.t.)
Juventus Italy 3–4 France Lyon 2–1 1–3
Semi-finals[edit]
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Lyon France 5–3 France Paris Saint-Germain 3–2 2–1
Final[edit]
Barcelona Spain1–3France Lyon
Report
Attendance: 32,257[4]

League season[edit]

Men[edit]

Ligue 1[edit]

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Pos Team 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