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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.[1] The fixtures were announced on 25 June 2021.[2][3]
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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 |
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[4] |
Dunkerque | ![]() |
Mutual consent | 31 May 2021 | ![]() |
31 May 2021[5] | |
Toulouse | ![]() |
Sacked | 2 June 2021[6] | ![]() |
23 June 2021[7] | |
Amiens | ![]() |
Mutual consent | 16 June 2021 | ![]() |
16 June 2021[8] | |
Grenoble | ![]() |
Signed by Amiens | 16 June 2021 | ![]() |
18 June 2021[9] | |
Paris FC | ![]() |
Resigned | 18 June 2021[10] | ![]() |
20 June 2021[11] | |
Caen | ![]() |
End of tenure as caretaker | 30 June 2021 | ![]() |
1 July 2021[12] | |
Guingamp | ![]() |
End of tenure as caretaker | 30 June 2021 | ![]() |
1 July 2021[13] | |
Dijon | ![]() |
Sacked | 23 August 2021[14] | 19th | ![]() |
23 August 2021[15] |
Bastia | ![]() |
Sacked | 22 September 2021[16] | 18th | ![]() |
2 October 2021[17] |
Nancy | ![]() |
Sacked | 25 September 2021[18] | 20th | ![]() |
25 September 2021 |
Valenciennes | ![]() |
Sacked | 5 November 2021[19] | 16th | ![]() |
5 November 2021 |
Grenoble | ![]() |
Sacked | 14 December 2021[20] | 15th | ![]() |
29 December 2021[21] |
Quevilly-Rouen | ![]() |
Signed by Troyes | 3 January 2022[22] | 11th | ![]() |
4 January 2022[23] |
Nancy | ![]() |
End of tenure as caretaker | 3 January 2022 | 20th | ![]() |
3 January 2022[24] |
Nîmes | ![]() |
Sacked | 4 January 2022[25] | 12th | ![]() |
4 January 2022 |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or 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 |
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.[26]
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.
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.[1]
First leg
Villefranche | 1–3 | Quevilly-Rouen |
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Second leg
Quevilly-Rouen | 2–0 | Villefranche |
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Quevilly-Rouen won 5–1 on aggregate and therefore both clubs remained in their respective leagues.
Rank | Player | Club | Goals[27] |
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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 |
Month | Player of the Month | Ref. | |
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Player | Club | ||
August | ![]() |
Caen | [28] |
September | ![]() |
Auxerre | [29] |
October | ![]() |
Guingamp | [30] |
November | ![]() |
Toulouse | [31] |
December | ![]() |
Paris FC | [32] |
January | ![]() |
Ajaccio | [33] |
February | ![]() |
Toulouse | [34] |
March | ![]() |
Toulouse | [35] |
April | ![]() |
Toulouse | [36] |
Award | Winner | Club | Ref. |
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Player of the Season | ![]() |
Toulouse | [37] |
Goalkeeper of the Season | ![]() |
Ajaccio | |
Goal of the Season | ![]() |
Guingamp | |
Manager of the Season | ![]() |
Toulouse |