2021–22 FC Nantes season

FC Nantes

2021–22 season
Owner	Waldemar Kita
President	Waldemar Kita
Head coach	Antoine Kombouaré
Stadium	Stade de la Beaujoire
Ligue 1	9th
Coupe de France	Winners
Top goalscorer	League: Randal Kolo Muani (12) All: Ludovic Blas (15)
Home colours Away colours Third colours

The 2021–22 season was the 78th season in the existence of FC Nantes and the club's 9th consecutive season in the top flight of French football. In addition to the domestic league, Nantes participated in this season's edition of the Coupe de France.

Players

First-team squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  FRA Alban Lafont (captain) 2 DF  BRA Fábio 3 DF  BRA Andrei Girotto 4 DF  FRA Nicolas Pallois (vice-captain) 5 MF  ESP Pedro Chirivella 6 MF  FRA Roli Pereira de Sa 7 FW  MLI Kalifa Coulibaly 8 MF  FRA Wylan Cyprien (on loan from Parma) 10 MF  FRA Ludovic Blas 11 FW  FRA Marcus Coco 12 DF  FRA Dennis Appiah 14 DF  MLI Charles Traoré

No. Pos. Nation Player 16 GK  FRA Rémy Descamps 18 MF  COD Samuel Moutoussamy 19 FW  FRA Willem Geubbels (on loan from Monaco) 20 FW  FRA Jean-Kévin Augustin 21 DF  CMR Jean-Charles Castelletto 23 FW  FRA Randal Kolo Muani 24 DF  FRA Sébastien Corchia 26 FW  GHA Osman Bukari (on loan from Gent) 27 MF  NGA Moses Simon 29 MF  FRA Quentin Merlin 30 GK  SVN Denis Petrić

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  FRA Abou Ba (on loan at Alessandria) — FW  FRA Kader Bamba (on loan at Amiens)

No. Pos. Nation Player — FW  FRA Bridge Ndilu (on loan at Quevilly-Rouen)

Transfers

In

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  FRA Alban Lafont (from Fiorentina, previously on loan)[1] 8 MF  FRA Wylan Cyprien (on loan from Parma)[2] 16 GK  FRA Rémy Descamps (from Charleroi)[3] 26 FW  GHA Osman Bukari (on loan from Gent)[4]

Out

No. Pos. Nation Player 15 DF  FRA Thomas Basila (to Oostende)[5] 26 MF  FRA Imran Louza (to Watford)[6] 29 MF  FRA Batista Mendy (to Angers)[7] — GK  FRA Alexandre Olliero (to Pau, previously on loan)[8] — MF  BRA Lucas Evangelista (to Red Bull Bragantino, previously on loan)[9] — FW  FRA Élie Youan (to St. Gallen, previously on loan)[10]

Pre-season and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss

Nantes v Guingamp

14 July 2021 Friendly	Nantes	1–0	Guingamp	Pornic, France
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Emond 50'	Report		Stadium: Stade du Val Saint-Martin

Caen v Nantes

17 July 2021 Challenge Emiliano Sala	Caen	1–0	Nantes	Orléans, France
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Court 61'	Report		Stadium: Stade de la Source Attendance: 300

Niort v Nantes

18 July 2021 Challenge Emiliano Sala	Niort	1–0	Nantes	Orléans, France
14:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Ansart 80'	Report		Stadium: Stade de la Source Attendance: 400

Brest v Nantes

24 July 2021 Friendly	Brest	1–3	Nantes	Brest, France
11:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Mounié 17'	Report	Emond 5', 61' Pereira de Sa 25'	Stadium: Stade Francis-Le Blé

Nantes v Lorient

28 July 2021 Friendly	Nantes	0–1	Lorient	France
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Loric 79'

Nantes v Clermont

31 July 2021 Friendly	Nantes	1–2	Clermont	Indre-et-Loire, France
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Blas  29' Girotto  63' Moutoussamy 90'	Report	Ogier  31' Tell 60' (pen.) Dossou 79' Seidu  81'	Stadium: Stade Marcel Vignaud Referee: Amaury Delerue

Watford v Nantes

31 July 2021 Friendly	Watford	Cancelled	Nantes	Watford, England
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Vicarage Road

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
					Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Ligue 1	6 August 2021	21 May 2022	Matchday 1	9th	38	15	10	13	55	48	+7	039.47
Coupe de France	18 December 2021	7 May 2022	Round of 64	Winners	6	4	2	0	9	2	+7	066.67
Total					44	19	12	13	64	50	+14	043.18

Source: Soccerway

Ligue 1

Main article: 2021–22 Ligue 1

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
7	Lens	38	17	11	10	62	48	+14	62
8	Lyon	38	17	11	10	66	51	+15	61[a]
9	Nantes	38	15	10	13	55	48	+7	55	Qualification for the Europa League group stage[b]
10	Lille	38	14	13	11	48	48	0	55
11	Brest	38	13	9	16	49	57	−8	48

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).[12]
Notes:

1. Lyon were deducted one point for uncontrolled crowd trouble that caused the abandonment of their match against Marseille.[11]
2. Nantes qualified for the Europa League group stage as the 2021–22 Coupe de France winners.

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
38	15	10	13	55	48	+7	55	11	4	4	33	20	+13	4	6	9	22	28	−6

Source: Ligue 1

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38
Ground	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	D	W	L	L	L	W	W	L	W	D	W	L	D	L	D	L	W	W	W	D	L	W	L	W	W	D	W	L	L	W	D	D	L	W	D	W	L	D
Position	12	5	9	12	14	10	8	10	9	9	7	9	10	11	10	13	13	10	7	9	9	10	10	9	7	7	6	7	9	8	9	10	10	10	9	9	9	9

Source: Ligue 1
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 25 June 2021.[13][14]

Monaco v Nantes

6 August 2021 1	Monaco	1–1	Nantes	Monaco
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Martins 13'	Report	Castelletto 41'	Stadium: Stade Louis II Attendance: 7,500 Referee: Antony Gautier

Nantes v Metz

15 August 2021 2	Nantes	2–0	Metz	Nantes
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Kolo Muani 12' Blas 49',  52' Coco  90'	Report		Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 12,054 Referee: Johan Hamel

Rennes v Nantes

22 August 2021 3	Rennes	1–0	Nantes	Rennes
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Traoré  11' Terrier 58' Sulemana  79'	Report	Blas  27' Castelletto  57'	Stadium: Roazhon Park Attendance: 27,569 Referee: Stéphanie Frappart

Nantes v Lyon

27 August 2021 4	Nantes	0–1	Lyon	Nantes
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Fábio  7' Kolo Muani  90+3'	Report	Dembélé 35' Da Silva  43'  78'	Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 23,177 Referee: Jérôme Brisard

Nantes v Nice

12 September 2021 5	Nantes	0–2	Nice	Nantes
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Girotto  31' Fábio  51'	Report	Boudaoui  33' Lemina  64' Dante  65' Dolberg 75' Gouiri 80'	Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 14,597 Referee: Benoît Millot

Angers v Nantes

19 September 2021 6	Angers	1–4	Nantes	Angers
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Traoré 10' Fulgini  24' Mangani  45+4'	Report	Girotto 3' Blas 6' (pen.), 79' Kolo Muani 23' Simon  25' Chirivella  45+2'	Stadium: Stade Raymond Kopa Attendance: 9,046 Referee: Amaury Delerue

Nantes v Brest

22 September 2021 7	Nantes	3–1	Brest	Nantes
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Blas 27' Castelletto  31' Chirivella 55' Brassier 58' (o.g.)	Report	Chardonnet  52' Le Douaron 67' Brassier  85'	Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 19,676 Referee: Thomas Léonard

Reims v Nantes

26 September 2021 8	Reims	3–1	Nantes	Reims
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Foket  15', 51' Ekitike 72', 78'	Report	Simon  25', 62'	Stadium: Stade Auguste-Delaune Attendance: 280 Referee: Eric Wattellier

Nantes v Troyes

3 October 2021 9	Nantes	2–0	Troyes	Nantes
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Castelletto  45+1' Girotto 58' Blas 69' (pen.) Chirivella  90+1'	Report	Rodrigues  66' Chadli  83'	Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 15,150 Referee: Jérôme Brisard

Bordeaux v Nantes

17 October 2021 10	Bordeaux	1–1	Nantes	Bordeaux
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Otávio  57' Hwang 62' Koscielny  85'	Report	Fábio  42' Pallois  45+1' Moutoussamy  68' Chirivella 75'	Stadium: Matmut Atlantique Attendance: 39,510 Referee: Willy Delajod

Nantes v Clermont

23 October 2021 11	Nantes	2–1	Clermont	Nantes
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Fábio  36' Girotto 38' Corchia  39' Blas 61'	Report	Gastien  30' Bayo 49'	Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 19,968 Referee: Romain Lissorgue

Montpellier v Nantes

31 October 2021 12	Montpellier	2–0	Nantes	Montpellier
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Savanier  37' Sakho  42' Mollet 64' Wahi 71' Ferri  90+2'	Report	Appiah  35' Traoré  44' Pallois  73' Girotto  90' Castelletto  90+2'	Stadium: Stade de la Mosson Attendance: 11,267 Referee: Bastien Dechepy

Nantes v Strasbourg

7 November 2021 13	Nantes	2–2	Strasbourg	Nantes
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Pallois  5' Coulibaly 20' Kolo Muani 48'	Report	Diallo 44' Thomasson 68'	Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 18,853 Referee: Clément Turpin

Paris Saint-Germain v Nantes

20 November 2021 14	Paris Saint-Germain	3–1	Nantes	Paris
17:00 CET (UTC+1)	Mbappé 2' Navas  65' Verratti  71' Appiah 82' (o.g.) Messi 87'	Report	Chirivella  39' Kolo Muani 76' Blas  83'	Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 47,777 Referee: Jérémy Stinat

Lille v Nantes

27 November 2021 15	Lille	1–1	Nantes	Villeneuve-d'Ascq
17:00 CET (UTC+1)	Yılmaz 9' Onana  62' David 79'	Report	Girotto  21' Blas 24',  48' Fábio  78'	Stadium: Stade Pierre-Mauroy Attendance: 30,419 Referee: Johan Hamel

Nantes v Marseille

1 December 2021 16	Nantes	0–1	Marseille	Nantes
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Pallois  14'  32' Lafont  78'	Report	Gerson 30',  71' Álvaro  78'	Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 34,018 Referee: Eric Wattellier

Lorient v Nantes

5 December 2021 17	Lorient	0–1	Nantes	Lorient
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Ouattara  26'	Report	Coulibaly  18' Moutoussamy  48' Cyprien 83' Girotto  90+1'	Stadium: Stade du Moustoir Attendance: 16,025 Referee: Ruddy Buquet

Nantes v Lens

10 December 2021 18	Nantes	3–2	Lens	Nantes
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Girotto  31' Kolo Muani 49', 57' Blas  60' Chirivella  76' Simon 90'	Report	Costa 7' Kalimuendo 15' Haïdara  46' Gradit  60' Medina  61'	Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 21,890 Referee: Stephanie Frappart

Saint-Étienne v Nantes

22 December 2021 19	Saint-Étienne	0–1	Nantes	Saint-Étienne
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Moueffek  90+3'	Report	Castelletto  71' Kolo Muani 83'	Stadium: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard Attendance: 23,681 Referee: Clément Turpin

Nantes v Monaco

9 January 2022 20	Nantes	0–0	Monaco	Nantes
17:05 CET (UTC+1)	Kolo Muani  22'	Report	Diop  72' Matazo  80'	Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 4,133 Referee: Thomas Léonard

Nice v Nantes

14 January 2022 21	Nice	2–1	Nantes	Nice
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Dolberg 21' (pen.) Dante  44' Thuram 56' Amavi  64'	Report	Sylla  15' Girotto 45'	Stadium: Allianz Riviera Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Ruddy Buquet

Nantes v Lorient

23 January 2022 22	Nantes	4–2	Lorient	Nantes
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Girotto 39' Moutoussamy  45+1' Kolo Muani 53' Bukari 69' Fábio  77' Appiah  83' Geubbels 86'	Report	Moffi 56' Soumano 85'	Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 4,275 Referee: Pierre Gaillouste

Strasbourg v Nantes

6 February 2022 23	Strasbourg	1–0	Nantes	Strasbourg
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Nyamsi  53' Liénard 74',  82' Sels  90'	Report	Chirivella  23' Pallois  48' Geubbels  78'	Stadium: Stade de la Meinau Attendance: 22,240 Referee: Amaury Delerue

Nantes v Reims

13 February 2022 24	Nantes	1–0	Reims	Nantes
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Simon 17' Girotto  53'	Report	Abdelhamid  14'	Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 14,304 Referee: Johan Hamel

Nantes v Paris Saint-Germain

19 February 2022 25	Nantes	3–1	Paris Saint-Germain	Nantes
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Kolo Muani 4' Merlin 16' Castelletto  18' Appiah  45+1' Blas 45+5' (pen.)	Report	Verratti  38' Wijnaldum  45+4' Neymar 47',  50', 59' Mbappé  83' Hakimi  90+1' Di María  90+3'	Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 35,500 Referee: Mikael Lesage

Metz v Nantes

27 February 2022 26	Metz	0–0	Nantes	Metz
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Amadou  59' Pajot  86'	Report	Cyprien  40' Traoré  51'	Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien Attendance: 15,851 Referee: Florent Batta

Nantes v Montpellier

6 March 2022 27	Nantes	2–0	Montpellier	Nantes
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Castelletto  30' Kolo Muani 69' Geubbels 90+2'	Report	Ristić  79'	Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 21,589 Referee: Hakim Ben El Hadj

Troyes v Nantes

12 March 2022 28	Troyes	1–0	Nantes	Troyes
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Ugbo 43' Conté  47'	Report	Simon  63'	Stadium: Stade de l'Aube Attendance: 7,400 Referee: Stéphanie Frappart

Nantes v Lille

19 March 2022 29	Nantes	0–1	Lille	Nantes
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Moutoussamy  53' Blas  81' Fábio  86'	Report	Xeka  15' Onana 41' Weah  64' André  64' Bamba  79' Bradarić  86'	Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 25,977 Referee: Pierre Gaillouste

Clermont v Nantes

3 April 2022 30	Clermont	2–3	Nantes	Clermont-Ferrand
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Abdul Samed  30', 63',  72' Ogier  34' Magnin  43' Khaoui 58' Zedadka  88' Seidu  90+3'	Report	Girotto  35' Blas 43' (pen.) Chirivella 62' Kolo Muani 67'	Stadium: Stade Gabriel Montpied Attendance: 11,785 Referee: Mikael Lesage

Brest v Nantes

10 April 2022 31	Brest	1–1	Nantes	Brest
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Hérelle  64' Chardonnet 67'	Report	Kolo Muani 10' Chirivella  43' Castelletto  70' Fábio  90+4'	Stadium: Stade Francis-Le Blé Attendance: 13,145 Referee: Johan Hamel

Nantes v Angers

17 April 2022 32	Nantes	1–1	Angers	Nantes
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Lafont  45+5' Coulibaly 53' Blas  70' Girotto  90' Pallois  90+2'	Report	Boufal 18' Thomas  50'	Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 25,102 Referee: Bastien Dechepy

Marseille v Nantes

20 April 2022 33	Marseille	3–2	Nantes	Marseille
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Peres  35' Payet 39' (pen.), 55' (pen.) Harit 75' Milik  87'	Report	Girotto 26' Blas  32' Coco 41',  45+1'  90+3' Fábio  81' Appiah  90+1'	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 55,890 Referee: Ruddy Buquet

Nantes v Bordeaux

24 April 2022 34	Nantes	5–3	Bordeaux	Nantes
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Coulibaly 47', 72' Mangas 51' (o.g.) Simon 76' Bukari 89',  90+1'	Report	Niang 6' Marcelo  15' Dilrosun 18' Kwateng 68' Briand 88'	Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 23,953 Referee: Clément Turpin

Lens v Nantes

30 April 2022 35	Lens	2–2	Nantes	Lens
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Leca  19' Costa 67' Kalimuendo 81' (pen.)	Report	Simon 8', 32' Pereira de Sa  53' Cyprien  62' Moutoussamy  74' Pallois  80' Lafont  81'	Stadium: Stade Bollaert-Delelis Attendance: 36,727 Referee: Thomas Léonard

Nantes v Rennes

11 May 2022 36	Nantes	2–1	Rennes	Nantes
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Coulibaly 45' Cyprien  67' Pallois 71' Blas  86'	Report	Tait 32',  90'	Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 26,359 Referee: Antony Gautier

Lyon v Nantes

14 May 2022 37	Lyon	3–2	Nantes	Décines-Charpieu
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Dembélé 9' Ndombele  61' Paquetá 78' Tetê 84'	Report	Merlin 80' Cyprien 90+2'	Stadium: Groupama Stadium Attendance: 54,404 Referee: Florent Batta

Nantes v Saint-Étienne

21 May 2022 38	Nantes	1–1	Saint-Étienne	Nantes
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Blas 23' (pen.),  36' Augustin  85'	Report	Hamouma 79'	Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 28,636 Referee: François Letexier

Coupe de France

Main article: 2021–22 Coupe de France

Sochaux v Nantes

18 December 2021 Round of 64	Sochaux	0–0 (4–5 p)	Nantes	Montbéliard
16:00 CET (UTC+1)	Viltard  86'	Report	Coco  63' Moutoussamy  90+3'	Stadium: Stade Auguste Bonal Attendance: 8,001 Referee: Benoît Bastien
	Penalties
	Faraj Viltard Do Couto Senaya Diedhiou		Pereira de Sa Moutoussamy Corchia Coco Pallois

Nantes v AS Vitré

2 January 2022 Round of 32	Nantes	2–0	AS Vitré	Nantes[a]
13:45 CET (UTC+1)	Blas 25' Geubbels 67'	Report		Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 9,555 Referee: Eric Wattellier

Nantes v Brest

28 January 2022 Round of 16	Nantes	2–0	Brest	Nantes
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Blas 25', 53'	Report	Brassier  33' Hérelle  51' Chardonnet  72'	Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Benoît Bastien

Nantes v Bastia

10 February 2022 Quarter-finals	Nantes	2–0	Bastia	Nantes
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Blas 3' (pen.) Kolo Muani 71'	Report	Sainati  1' Robic  85'	Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 24,862 Referee: Antony Gautier

Nantes v Monaco

2 March 2022 Semi-finals	Nantes	2–2 (4–2 p)	Monaco	Nantes
21:15 CET (UTC+1)	Sidibé 21' (o.g.) Moutoussamy 74'	Report	Maripán 12' Boadu 76'	Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 33,929 Referee: Benoît Bastien
	Penalties
	Kolo Muani Merlin Moutoussamy Simon		Ben Yedder Disasi Tchouaméni Volland

Nice v Nantes

7 May 2022 Final	Nice	0–1	Nantes	Saint-Denis
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Todibo  42' Boudaoui  55' Dante  79' Lemina  90+3'	Report	Blas 47' (pen.) Kolo Muani  90+3'	Stadium: Stade de France Attendance: 78,961 Referee: Stéphanie Frappart

Statistics

Goalscorers

Position	Players	Ligue 1	Coupe de France	Total
MF	Ludovic Blas	10	5	15
FW	Randal Kolo Muani	12	1	13
DF	Andrei Girotto	6	0	6
FW	Moses Simon	6	0	6
FW	Kalifa Coulibaly	5	0	5
MF	Pedro Chirivella	3	0	3
FW	Willem Geubbels	2	1	3
MF	Osman Bukari	2	0	2
MF	Wylan Cyprien	2	0	2
MF	Quentin Merlin	2	0	2
DF	Jean-Charles Castelletto	1	0	1
FW	Marcus Coco	1	0	1
MF	Samuel Moutoussamy	0	1	1
DF	Nicolas Pallois	1	0	1

Notes

1. Tie reversed due to AS Vitré not being able to provide a stadium of the required standard.[15]

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