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	10th
Coupe de France	Round of 64
Home colours	Away colours
	All statistics correct as of 10 December 2021.

The 2021–22 season is the 78th season in the existence of FC Nantes and the club's 18th consecutive season in the top flight of French football. In addition to the domestic league, Nantes are participating in this season's edition of the Coupe de France.

Players

First-team squad

As of 20 July 2021[1]

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	FRA	Alban Lafont
2	DF	BRA	Fábio
3	MF	BRA	Andrei Girotto
4	DF	FRA	Nicolas Pallois (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
16	GK	FRA	Rémy Descamps
17	FW	BEL	Anthony Limbombe
19	MF	FRA	Abdoulaye Touré


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
20	FW	FRA	Jean-Kévin Augustin
21	DF	CMR	Jean-Charles Castelletto
22	FW	FRA	Bridge Ndilu
23	FW	FRA	Randal Kolo Muani
24	DF	FRA	Sébastien Corchia
27	FW	NGA	Moses Simon
28	FW	BEL	Renaud Emond
29	FW	FRA	Quentin Merlin
30	GK	SVN	Denis Petrić
32	FW	FRA	Kader Bamba
52	DF	FRA	Yannis M'Bemba
60	GK	FRA	Lucas Bonelli
63	MF	ARM	Gor Manvelyan
—	MF	EQG	Santiago Eneme

Other players under contract

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
18	MF	COD	Samuel Moutoussamy


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	DF	MLI	Molla Wagué

Transfers

In

No.	Pos	Player	Transferred from	Fee'	Date	Source
	MF	Wylan Cyprien	Parma	Loan	1 July 2021	[2]

Pre-season and friendlies

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

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

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

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

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

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

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

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	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Ligue 1	6 August 2021	21 May 2022	Matchday 1	18	7	4	7	24	23	+1	038.89
Coupe de France	18 December 2021		Round of 64	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
Total				18	7	4	7	24	23	+1	038.89

Last updated: 10 December 2021
Source: Soccerway

Ligue 1

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
8	Monaco	18	7	5	6	27	22	+5	26
9	Angers	18	6	7	5	25	23	+2	25
10	Nantes	18	7	4	7	24	23	+1	25
11	Lille	18	6	7	5	23	24	−1	25
12	Brest	18	6	6	6	25	27	−2	24

Updated to match(es) played on 12 December 2021. Source: Ligue 1
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Fairplay ranking.[3]

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
18	7	4	7	24	23	+1	25	5	1	3	14	10	+4	2	3	4	10	13	−3

Last updated: 10 December 2021.
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
Ground	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A
Result	D	W	L	L	L	W	W	L	W	D	W	L	D	L	D	L	W	W
Position	12	5		12	14	10	8	10	9	9	7	9	10	11	10	13	13	10

Updated to match(es) played on 10 December 2021. Source: Ligue 1
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 25 June 2021.[4][5]

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 Referee: Johan Hamel

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

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

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 Referee: Stephanie Frappart

22 December 2021 19	Saint-Étienne	v	Nantes	Saint-Étienne
21:00 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard

Coupe de France

18 December 2021 Round of 64	Sochaux	v	Nantes	Montbéliard
16:00 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Stade Auguste Bonal

Statistics

Goalscorers

As of 6 August 2021

Rank	No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Ligue 1	Coupe de France	Total
1	21	DF		Jean-Charles Castelletto	1	0	1
Totals					1	0	1

References

"Effectif" (in French). fcnantes.com. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
"Groupe Pro - Wylan Cyprien prêté chez les Jaune et Vert !". FR. 24 June 2021.
"League Table". Ligue1.com. Retrieved 12 August 2016.
"2021-22 Ligue 1 Uber Eats calendar unveiled on 25 June". ligue1.com. 23 June 2021.
"Ligue 1 Uber Eats and Ligue 2 BKT: 2021-22 calendars!". ligue1.com. 25 June 2021.

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[1] "Effectif" (in French). fcnantes.com. Retrieved 8 August 2020.

[2] "Groupe Pro - Wylan Cyprien prêté chez les Jaune et Vert !". FR. 24 June 2021.

[3] "League Table". Ligue1.com. Retrieved 12 August 2016.

[4] "2021-22 Ligue 1 Uber Eats calendar unveiled on 25 June". ligue1.com. 23 June 2021.

[5] "Ligue 1 Uber Eats and Ligue 2 BKT: 2021-22 calendars!". ligue1.com. 25 June 2021.

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