Ligue 1 2021-22 Champions, point table, matches and facts

Ligue 1 2021-22 was the 84th season since its establishment. It began on 6 August 2021 and concluded on 21 May 2022. The league fixtures were announced on 25 June 2021. Lille were the defending champions.
On 23 April, Paris Saint-Germain won a record-equalling tenth title with four matches to spare following a 1–1 draw against Lens.

Champions: Paris Saint-Germain (10th title)
Top Goal Scorer: Kylian Mbappé ( PSG), 28 Goal

Ligue 1 2021-22 Annual Award

Award	Winner	Club
Player of the Season	Kylian Mbappé	PSG
Young Player of the Season	William Saliba	Marseille
Goalkeeper of the Season	Gianluigi Donnarumma	PSG
Goal of the Season	Bamba Dieng	Marseille
Manager of the Season	Bruno Génésio	Rennes

Ligue 1 2021-22 Point Table and Standings

Position	Team	Played	Win	Draw	Loss	GF	GA	GD	Point	Qualification \| Relegation
1	PSG	38	26	8	4	90	36	+54	86	Qualify to UCL
2	Marseille	38	21	8	9	63	38	+25	71	Qualify to UCL
3	Monaco	38	20	9	9	65	40	+25	69	Qualify to UCL third qualifying round
4	Rennes	38	20	6	12	82	40	+42	66	Qualify to Europa League
5	Nice	38	20	7	11	52	36	+16	66	Qualify to Conference League
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	61
9	FC Nantes	38	15	10	13	55	48	+7	55	Qualify to Europa League
10	Lille	38	14	13	11	48	48	0	55
11	Brest	38	13	9	16	49	57	−8	48
12	Reims FC	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	Qualify for the relegation play-offs
19	Metz (R)	38	6	13	19	35	69	−34	31	Relegated to Ligue 2
20	Bordeaux (R)	38	6	13	19	52	91	−39	31	Relegated to Ligue 2

Note A: Nice were deducted one point for uncontrolled crowd trouble that caused the abandonment of their match against Marseille.
Note B: Lyon were deducted one point for uncontrolled crowd trouble that caused the abandonment of their match against Marseille.
Note C: Nantes qualified for the Europa League group stage as the 2021–22 Coupe de France winners.
Note D: 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. On 27 July 2022, Bordeaux won its appeal and was officially maintained in Ligue 2 for the 2022–23 season.

Team Promoted to 2021-22 Ligue 1
1. Troyes
2. Clermont
Team Relegated from 2020-21 Ligue 1
1. Dijon
2. Nîmes

Relegation play-offs
The 2021–22 season ended with a relegation play-off between the 18th-placed Ligue 1 team, Saint-Étienne, and the winner of the semi-final of the Ligue 2 play-off, Auxerre, on a two-legged confrontation.

Team 1	Aggregate	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Auxerre	2 – 2 5 – 4 (penalties)	Saint-Étienne	1 – 1	1 – 1 (a.e.t.) 5 – 4 (penalties)

Top Goal Scorer List

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Kylian Mbappé	PSG	28
2	Wissam Ben Yedder	Monaco	25
3	Moussa Dembélé	Lyon	21
4	Martin Terrier	Rennes	21
5	Andy Delort	Montpellier Nice	18
6	Jonathan David	Lille	15
7	Gaëtan Laborde	Montpellier Rennes	15
8	Mohamed Bayo	Clermont	14
9	Neymar Jr	PSG	13

Most Assist Provider List

Rank	Player	Club	Assists
1	Kylian Mbappé	PSG	17
2	Lionel Messi	PSG	14
3	Benjamin Bourigeaud	Rennes	12
4	Jonathan Clauss	Lens	11
5	Dimitri Payet	Marseille	10
6	Hamari Traoré	Rennes	10

Most Clean Sheets

Rank	Player	Club	Clean Sheets
1	Walter Benítez	Nice	14
2	Matz Sels	Strasbourg	13
3	Alexander Nübel	Monaco	11
4	Predrag Rajković	Reims FC	11
5	Alfred Gomis	Rennes	10
6	Pau López	Marseille	10
7	Gauthier Gallon	Troyes	8
8	Léo Jardim	Lille	8
9	Alban Lafont	FC Nantes	8
10	Anthony Lopes	Lyon	8
11	Jonas Omlin	Montpellier	8

Discipline
Most yellow cards: 12
Marco Verratti ( PSG)
Most red cards: 3
Dante ( Nice)

Team of the Year

Position	Player	Club
Goalkeeper	Gianluigi Donnarumma	PSG
Defender	Jonathan Clauss	Lens
Defender	Marquinhos	PSG
Defender	William Saliba	Marseille
Defender	Nuno Mendes	PSG
Midfielder	Dimitri Payet	Marseille
Midfielder	Aurélien Tchouaméni	Monaco
Midfielder	Seko Fofana	Lens
Midfielder	Martin Terrier	Rennes
Forward	Wissam Ben Yedder	Monaco
Forward	Kylian Mbappé	PSG

Ligue 1 Season 2021-22 Team information and Sponsor

Team	Manager	Captain	Kit Manufacturer
Angers	Gérald Baticle	Ismaël Traoré	Kappa
Bordeaux	David Guion	Benoît Costil	Adidas
Brest	Michel Der Zakarian	Steve Mounié	Adidas
Clermont	Pascal Gastien	Florent Ogier	Patrick
Lens	Franck Haise	Yannick Cahuzac	Puma
Lille	Jocelyn Gourvennec	José Fonte	New Balance
Lorient	Christophe Pélissier	Fabien Lemoine	Kappa
Lyon	Peter Bosz	Léo Dubois	Adidas
Marseille	Jorge Sampaoli	Steve Mandanda	Puma
Metz	Frédéric Antonetti	Dylan Bronn	Kappa
Monaco	Philippe Clement	Wissam Ben Yedder	Kappa
Montpellier	Olivier Dall'Oglio	Téji Savanier	Nike
FC Nantes	Antoine Kombouaré	Alban Lafont	Macron
Nice	Christophe Galtier	Dante	Macron
PSG	Mauricio Pochettino	Marquinhos	Air Jordan, Nike (away)
Reims FC	Óscar García	Yunis Abdelhamid	Umbro
Rennes	Bruno Génésio	Hamari Traoré	Puma
Saint-Étienne	Pascal Dupraz	Wahbi Khazri	Le Coq Sportif
Strasbourg	Julien Stéphan	Dimitri Liénard	Adidas
Troyes	Bruno Irles	Vacant	Le Coq Sportif