2021–22 Ligue 2

Ligue 2 2021–22
Season information
Dates	24 July 2021–14 May 2022
Winners	Toulouse
Promoted	Toulouse Ajaccio Auxerre
Relegated	Dunkerque Nancy
Season statistics
Matches played	380
Goals scored	868
Average	(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)
← 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

from Championnat National	to Ligue 1	from Ligue 1	to Championnat National
Bastia Quevilly-Rouen	Troyes Clermont	Dijon Nîmes	Châteauroux Chambly

Stadia and locations

Club	Location	Venue	Capacity
Ajaccio !Ajaccio	Ajaccio	Stade François Coty	10,446
Amiens !Amiens	Amiens	Stade de la Licorne	12,097
Auxerre !Auxerre	Auxerre	Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps	21,379
Bastia !Bastia	Bastia	Stade Armand Cesari	16,078
Caen !Caen	Caen	Stade Michel d'Ornano	21,215
Dijon !Dijon	Dijon	Stade Gaston Gérard	15,995
Dunkerque !Dunkerque	Dunkirk	Stade Marcel-Tribut	4,200
Grenoble !Grenoble	Grenoble	Stade des Alpes	20,068
Guingamp !Guingamp	Guingamp	Stade de Roudourou	18,378
Le Havre !Le Havre	Le Havre	Stade Océane	25,178
Nancy !Nancy	Nancy	Stade Marcel Picot	20,087
Nîmes !Nîmes	Nîmes	Stade des Costières	18,482
Niort !Niort	Niort	Stade René Gaillard	10,886
Paris !Paris FC	Paris (13th arrondissement)	Stade Charléty	20,000
Pau !Pau	Pau	Stade du Hameau	13,819
Rodez !Rodez	Rodez	Stade Paul-Lignon	5,955
Quevilly-Rouen !Quevilly-Rouen	Rouen	Stade Robert Diochon	12,018
Sochaux !Sochaux	Montbéliard	Stade Auguste Bonal	20,005
Toulouse !Toulouse	Toulouse	Stadium Municipal	33,150
Valenciennes !Valenciennes	Valenciennes	Stade du Hainaut	25,172

Personnel and kits

Team	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Main sponsor
Ajaccio	Pantaloni, OlivierOlivier Pantaloni	Avinel, CédricCédric Avinel	Adidas	Auchan Atrium
Amiens	Hinschberger, PhilippePhilippe Hinschberger	Lusamba, ArnaudArnaud Lusamba	Puma	Intersport
Auxerre	Furlan, Jean-MarcJean-Marc Furlan	Touré, BiramaBirama Touré	Macron	Remorques LOUALT
Bastia	Chabert, MathieuMathieu Chabert	Vincent, ChristopheChristophe Vincent	Adidas	Oscaro Power
Caen	Moulin, StéphaneStéphane Moulin	Rivierez, JonathanJonathan Rivierez	Umbro	Maisons France Confort (H), Campagne de France (A & 3)
Dijon	Linarès, DavidDavid Linarès	Ecuele Manga, BrunoBruno Ecuele Manga	Lotto	Groupe Roger Martin (H)
Dunkerque	Revelli, RomainRomain Revelli	Maraval, AxelAxel Maraval	Kappa	Intersport
Grenoble	Jacobacci, MaurizioMaurizio Jacobacci	Maubleu, BriceBrice Maubleu	Nike	Carrefour, Sempa, BONTAZ
Guingamp	Dumont, StéphaneStéphane Dumont	M'Changama, YoussoufYoussouf M'Changama	Umbro	Servagroupe (H), Aroma Celte (A)
Le Havre	Le Guen, PaulPaul Le Guen	Bonnet, AlexandreAlexandre Bonnet	Joma	Filiassur, SEAFRIGO Group
Nancy	Stendel, DanielDaniel Stendel	Seka, ErnestErnest Seka	Puma	Lor Port
Nîmes	Plancque, PascalPascal Plancque	Briançon, AnthonyAnthony Briançon	Puma	Bastide Médical
Niort	Desabre, SébastienSébastien Desabre	Louiserre, DylanDylan Louiserre	Erima	Restaurant Le Billon (H), Cheminées Poujoulat (A)
Paris FC	Laurey, ThierryThierry Laurey	Demarconnay, VincentVincent Demarconnay	Nike	Vinci
Pau	Tholot, DidierDidier Tholot	Batisse, AntoineAntoine Batisse	Adidas	Iroise Bellevie
Quevilly-Rouen	Irles, BrunoBruno Irles	Padovani, RomainRomain Padovani	Kappa	Matmut
Rodez	Peyrelade, LaurentLaurent Peyrelade	Bardy, PierrePierre Bardy	Adidas	Max Outil
Sochaux	Daf, OmarOmar Daf	Weissbeck, GaëtanGaëtan Weissbeck	Nike	Nedey Automobiles
Toulouse	Montanier, PhilippePhilippe Montanier	Gabrielsen, RubenRuben Gabrielsen	Joma	Triangle Interim
Valenciennes	Guégan, OlivierOlivier Guégan	Dos Santos, LaurentLaurent Dos Santos	Acerbis	Mutuelle Just

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Nancy	Garcia, Jean-LouisJean-Louis Garcia	End of contract	20 May 2021	Pre-season	Stendel, DanielDaniel Stendel	20 May 2021
Dunkerque	Mercadal, FabienFabien Mercadal	Mutual consent	31 May 2021		Revelli, RomainRomain Revelli	31 May 2021
Toulouse	Garande, PatricePatrice Garande	Sacked	2 June 2021		Montanier, PhilippePhilippe Montanier	23 June 2021
Amiens	Tanchot, OswaldOswald Tanchot	Mutual consent	16 June 2021		Hinschberger, PhilippePhilippe Hinschberger	16 June 2021
Grenoble	Hinschberger, PhilippePhilippe Hinschberger	Signed by Amiens	16 June 2021		Jacobacci, MaurizioMaurizio Jacobacci	18 June 2021
Paris FC	Girard, RenéRené Girard	Resigned	18 June 2021		Laurey, ThierryThierry Laurey	20 June 2021
Caen	Vandeputte, FabriceFabrice Vandeputte	End of tenure as caretaker	30 June 2021		Moulin, StéphaneStéphane Moulin	1 July 2021
Guingamp	Bompard, FrédéricFrédéric Bompard	End of tenure as caretaker	30 June 2021		Dumont, StéphaneStéphane Dumont	1 July 2021
Dijon	Linarès, DavidDavid Linarès	Sacked	23 August 2021	19th	Garande, PatricePatrice Garande	23 August 2021
Bastia	Chabert, MathieuMathieu Chabert	Sacked	22 September 2021	18th	Brouard, RégisRégis Brouard	2 October 2021
Nancy	Stendel, DanielDaniel Stendel	Sacked	25 September 2021	20th	Pedretti, BenoîtBenoît Pedretti (caretaker)	25 September 2021
Valenciennes	Guégan, OlivierOlivier Guégan	Sacked	5 November 2021	16th	Delmotte, ChristopheChristophe Delmotte (caretaker)	5 November 2021
Grenoble	Jacobacci, MaurizioMaurizio Jacobacci	Sacked	14 December 2021	15th	Hognon, VincentVincent Hognon	29 December 2021
Quevilly-Rouen	Irles, BrunoBruno Irles	Signed by Troyes	3 January 2022	11th	Mercadal, FabienFabien Mercadal	4 January 2022
Nancy	Pedretti, BenoîtBenoît Pedretti	End of tenure as caretaker	3 January 2022	20th	Cartier, AlbertAlbert Cartier	3 January 2022
Nîmes	Plancque, PascalPascal Plancque	Sacked	4 January 2022	12th	Usaï, NicolasNicolas Usaï	4 January 2022

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
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  (P) (O)	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	Nimes	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 to relegation play-offs
19	Dunkirk  (R)	38	8	7	23	28	53	−25	31	Relegation to National
20	Nancy  (R)	38	6	9	23	32	69	−37	27

Source: Ligue 2
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd number of goals scored.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round; (Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament

Results

Home \ Away	AJA	AMI	AUX	BAS	CAE	DIJ	DUN	GRE	GUI	HAC	NAN	NIM	NIO	QUE	PFC	PAU	ROD	SOC	TFC	VAL
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	—

Source: Ligue 2
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 2020–21 Ligue 2, and the 18th-placed team in 2020–21 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)

4B

Paris FC

1

5B

Sochaux

0 (4)

5B

Sochaux

2

3B

Auxerre (p)

18A

Saint-Étienne

2

3

Round 1

17 May 2022 20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Paris FC	1–2	Sochaux	Stade Charléty Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Jérémie Pignard
	Siby  8'	Report	Ambri  45+1' Do Couto  90+2'

Round 2

20 May 2022 20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Auxerre	0–0 (a.e.t.)	Sochaux	Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps Referee: Jérôme Brisard
		Report
		Penalties
	Dugimont Jubal Perrin Charbonnier Touré	5–4	Pogba Henry Kitala Virginius Ambri

Promotion Play-off Final
1st leg

26 May 2022 19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Auxerre	1–1	Saint-Étienne	Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps Referee: Benoît Millot
	Perrin  86'	Report	Youssouf  15'

2nd leg

29 May 2022 19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Saint-Étienne	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Auxerre	Stade Geoffroy-Guichard Referee: Antony Gautier
	Camara  76'	Report	Sakhi  51'
		Penalties
	Boudebouz Nordin Trauco Dioussé Bouanga	4–5	Dugimont Jubal Perrin Charbonnier Touré

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

24 May 2022 20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Villefranche	1–3	Quevilly-Rouen	Stade Armand Chouffet Referee: Abdelatif Kherradji
	Elisor  28' (pen.)	Report	Soumaré  30', 73' Padovani  79'

Second leg

29 May 2022 16:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Quevilly-Rouen	2–0	Villefranche	Stade Robert-Dionchon Referee: Alexandre Perreau Niel
	Nazon  50', 81'	Report

Quevilly-Rouen won 5–1 on aggregate and therefore both clubs remained in their respective leagues.

Statistics

Top scorers

As of 11 April 2022

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Rhys Healey	Toulouse	20
2	Alexandre Mendy	Caen	16
3	Gaëtan Charbonnier	Auxerre	14
4	Branco van den Boomen	Toulouse	12
5	Morgan Guilavogui	Paris FC	11
	Aliou Badji	Amiens
	Frantzdy Pierrot	Guingamp
8	Yassine Benrahou	Nîmes	10
	Rafael Ratão	Toulouse
	Aurélien Scheidler	Dijon
	Ado Onaiwu	Toulouse

Awards

Monthly

Month	Player of the Month
	Player	Club
August	Alexandre Mendy	Caen
September	Gaëtan Charbonnier	Auxerre
October	Youssouf M'Changama	Guingamp
November	Rhys Healey	Toulouse
December	Morgan Guilavogui	Paris FC
January	Aldo Kalulu	AC Ajaccio
February	Branco van den Boomen	Toulouse
March	Branco van den Boomen	Toulouse
April	Rhys Healey	Toulouse

Annual

Award	Winner	Club
Player of the Season	Branco van den Boomen	Toulouse
Goalkeeper of the Season	Benjamin Leroy	Ajaccio
Goal of the Season	Youssouf M'Changama	Guingamp
Manager of the Season	Philippe Montanier	Toulouse

External links

• Official website