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2021–22 in French football

2021–22 in French football

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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

France national football team

Friendlies

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

Group D
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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

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
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Attendance: 31,511[1]

UEFA Nations League

Group 1
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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

Summer Olympics

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
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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

Friendlies

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

2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification

Group I
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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
26 November 2021 (2021-11-26) 2023 Women's World Cup qualification France  6–0  Kazakhstan Vannes
Report Stadium: Stade de la Rabine
Referee: Silvia Domingos (Portugal)
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

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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

UEFA Champions League

Qualifying rounds

Third qualifying round
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Play-off round
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Group stage

Group A

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Source: UEFA
Group G

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Source: UEFA

Knockout phase

Round of 16
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UEFA Europa League

Group stage

Group A

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Source: UEFA
Group B

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Source: UEFA
Group E

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Source: UEFA

Knockout phase

Round of 16
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Quarter-finals
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UEFA Europa Conference League

Qualifying phase and play-off round

Play-off round
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Group stage

Group G
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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

Knockout round play-offs
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Round of 16
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Quarter-finals
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Semi-finals
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UEFA Youth League

UEFA Champions League Path

Group A

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Source: UEFA
Group G

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Source: UEFA

Domestic Champions Path

First round
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Second round
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Play-offs

Round of 16
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Quarter-finals
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UEFA Women's Champions League

Qualifying rounds

Round 1
Semi-finals
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Final / Third-place play-off
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Round 2
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Group stage

Group B
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Source: UEFA
Group D
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Source: UEFA

Knockout phase

Quarter-finals
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Semi-finals
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Final
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Attendance: 32,257[4]

League season

Men

Ligue 1

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Source: Ligue 1
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Head-to-head points; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Head-to-head goals scored; 6) Head-to-head away goals scored; 7) Goals scored; 8) Away goals scored; 9) Fair-play points (Note: Head-to-head record is used only after all the matches between the teams in question have been played).[10]
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. Nice were deducted one point for uncontrolled crowd trouble that caused the abandonment of their match against Marseille.[5]
  2. Lyon were deducted one point for uncontrolled crowd trouble that caused the abandonment of their match against Marseille.[6]
  3. Nantes qualified for the Europa League group stage as the 2021–22 Coupe de France winners.
  4. Bordeaux were initially relegated to Ligue 2. However, on 14 June it was decided by the DNCG to relegate Bordeaux administratively to the Championnat National for financial issues.[7] On 27 July 2022, Bordeaux won its appeal and was officially maintained in Ligue 2 for the 2022–23 season.[8][9]

Ligue 2

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Source: Ligue 2
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

Championnat National

Women

Division 1 Féminine

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Source: Division 1 Féminine
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) goals scored
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Cup competitions

2021–22 Coupe de France

Final

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2021 Trophée des Champions

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Attendance: 29,000
Referee: Yigal Frid (Israel)

2021–22 Coupe de France Féminine

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References

  1. "Full Time Report – Final – Spain v France" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 10 October 2021. Retrieved 10 October 2021.
  2. McCurry, Justin; Ingle, Sean (24 March 2020). "Tokyo Olympics postponed to 2021 due to coronavirus pandemic". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 24 March 2020.
  3. "Tottenham vs Rennes forfeited". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 20 December 2021. Retrieved 20 December 2021.
  4. "Discipline: Nice-OM to be replayed". Ligue1.com. 9 September 2021. Retrieved 9 September 2021.
  5. "Lyon deducted point for crowd trouble against Marseille & Dimitri Payet". BBC Sport. 8 December 2021. Retrieved 8 December 2021.
  6. Lemaître, Clément (14 June 2022). "Bordeaux rétrogradé en National : La DNCG a officialisé sa décision ce mardi 14 juin 2022". Eurosport (in French). Retrieved 14 June 2022.
  7. "Le Club maintenu en L2 : la FFF accepte la conciliation du CNOSF" (in French). FC Girondins de Bordeaux. 27 July 2022. Retrieved 27 July 2022.
  8. "La FFF donne son accord pour le maintien de Bordeaux en Ligue 2" (in French). L'Équipe. 27 July 2022. Retrieved 27 July 2022.
  9. "League Rules" (PDF). www.lfp.fr. Retrieved 22 May 2022.

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