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France
2021–22
Season information
Ligue 1 PSG
Ligue 2 Toulouse
Championnat National Stade Lavallois
Coupe de France Nantes
Trophée des Champions Lille
 ← 2020–21
2022–23 → 

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.

National team[]

Frendlies[]

2022 FIFA World Cup qualification[]

Group D[]

Main article: 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group D
Team Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Notes
 France 8 5 3 0 18 3 +15 18 Qualification to 2022 FIFA World Cup
 Ukraine 8 2 6 0 11 8 +3 12 Advance to second round
 Finland 8 3 2 3 10 10 0 11
 Bosnia and Herzegovina 8 1 4 3 9 12 −3 7
 Kazakhstan 8 0 3 5 5 20 −15 3

UEFA competitions[]

UEFA Champions League[]

Main article: 2021–22 UEFA Champions League

Qualifying rounds[]

Main article: 2021–22 UEFA Champions League qualifying phase and play-off round#First qualifying round
Third qualifying round[]

Group stage[]

Main article: 2021–22 UEFA Champions League group stage#Groups#Third qualifying round

UEFA Europa League[]

Main article: 2021–22 UEFA Europa League

Group Stage[]

Main article: 2021–22 UEFA Europa League group stage#Groups

UEFA Europa Conference League[]

Main article: 2021–22 UEFA Europa Conference League

Qualifying phase and play-off round[]

Main article: 2021–22 UEFA Europa Conference League qualifying phase and play-off round
Play-off round[]
Main article: 2021–22 UEFA Europa Conference League qualifying phase and play-off round#Play-off round

League season[]

Ligue 1[]

Main article: 2021–22 Ligue 1
Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Notes
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
UEFA Champions League Third qualifying round
4 Rennes 38 20 6 12 82 40 +42 66
Europa League group stage
5 Nice 38 20 7 11 52 36 +16 67
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 62
9 Nantes 38 15 10 13 55 48 +7 55
Europa League group stage
10 Lille 38 14 13 11 48 48 0 55
11 Brest 39 14 9 16 49 57 −8 51
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 69 −31 36
18 Saint-Étienne  (R) 38 7 11 20 42 77 −35 32 Qualification to the Relegation play-offs
19 Metz  (R) 38 6 13 19 35 69 −34 31 Relegation to Ligue 2
20 Bordeaux  (R) 38 6 13 19 52 91 −39 31

Updated to games played on 21 May 2022
Source: Ligue 1 and Soccerway
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

Ligue 2[]

Main article: 2021–22 Ligue 2
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

Championnat National[]

Main article: Championnat National
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or Relegation
1 Laval (C, P) 34 20 7 7 50 31 +19 67 Promotion to Ligue 2
2 Annecy (P) 34 19 9 6 55 30 +25 66
3 Villefranche 34 19 8 7 47 29 +18 65 Qualification to promotion play-offs
4 Concarneau 34 15 13 6 48 31 +17 58
5 Châteauroux 34 15 10 9 41 28 +13 55
6 Bourg-Péronnas 34 15 9 10 55 37 +18 54
7 Stade Briochin 34 14 10 10 47 35 +12 52
8 Sedan 34 13 11 10 37 37 0 50
9 Orléans 34 12 11 11 37 35 +2 47
10 Le Mans 34 12 10 12 35 35 0 46
11 Red Star 34 13 6 15 55 50 +5 44
12 Avranches 34 12 6 16 37 58 −21 42
13 Cholet 34 11 8 15 49 62 −13 41
14 Sète (R) 34 10 7 17 35 42 −7 37 Relegation to Championnat National 2
15 Bastia-Borgo 34 7 10 17 40 58 −18 31
16 Chambly (R) 34 7 8 19 35 62 −27 29 Relegation to Championnat National 2
17 Créteil (R) 34 6 8 20 35 58 −23 26
18 Boulogne (R) 34 6 9 19 28 48 −20 27
Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) head-to-head results; 2) head-to-head goal difference; 3) goal difference; 4) goals scored; 5) fair play points
(C) Champion; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Cup competitions[]

2021–22 Coupe de France[]

Main article: 2021–22 Coupe de France

Final[]

Main article: 2022 Coupe de France Final

2021 Trophée des Champions[]

Main article: 2021 Trophée des Champions
French football seasons

2016–17 · 2017–18 · 2018–19 · 2019–20 · 2020–21 · 2021–22 · 2022–23 · 2023–24 · 2024–25 ·

2021–22 in French football
Domestic leagues
Ligue 1 · Ligue 2 · National · National 2 · National 3
Domestic cups
Coupe de France (Preliminaries, Final) · Trophée des Champions
European competitions
Champions League (Final) · Europa League (Final)
National teams
2022 FIFA World Cup qualification, (UEFA Group D) · UEFA Euro 2020, (Group F)
Club seasons
Ligue 1

Angers · Bordeaux · Brest · Clermont · Lens · Lille · Lorient · Lyon · Marseille · Metz · Monaco · Montpellier · Nantes · Nice · Paris Saint-Germain · Strasbourg · Reims · Rennes · Saint-Étienne · Troyes

2020-21                                                        2022-23