2021–22 AC Ajaccio season

AC Ajaccio
2021–22 season
Chairman	Christian Leca
Manager	Olivier Pantaloni
Stadium	Stade François Coty
Ligue 2	2nd (promoted)
Coupe de France	Seventh round
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2020–21 2022–23 →

The 2021–22 season was the 112th season in the existence of AC Ajaccio and the club's ninth consecutive season in the second division of French football. In addition to the domestic league, Ajaccio participated in this season's edition of the Coupe de France.

Players

First-team squad

As of 12 October 2021.^[1]^[2]

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	Benjamin Leroy
2	DF	COD	Gédéon Kalulu
3	DF	CIV	Ismaël Diallo
4	MF	FRA	Mickaël Barreto
5	MF	FRA	Riad Nouri
6	MF	FRA	Mathieu Coutadeur (captain)
7	FW	FRA	Mounaïm El Idrissy
8	MF	FRA	Vincent Marchetti
9	FW	FRA	Gaëtan Courtet
10	MF	ALB	Qazim Laçi
11	FW	CGO	Bevic Moussiti-Oko
12	FW	FRA	Taïryk Arconte
14	FW	BFA	Cyrille Bayala
15	DF	FRA	Clément Vidal (on loan from Montpellier)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
16	GK	FRA	François-Joseph Sollacaro
17	FW	FRA	Jean-Philippe Krasso (on loan from Saint-Étienne)
18	FW	BFA	Kouamé Botué
19	MF	FRA	Alassane N'Diaye
20	MF	COM	Mohamed Youssouf
21	DF	GLP	Cédric Avinel
22	MF	FRA	Yanis Cimignani
24	DF	COM	Chaker Alhadhur
25	DF	CMR	Oumar Gonzalez
29	FW	FRA	Florian Chabrolle
33	MF	TUN	Anis Ajroud
34	MF	FRA	Paolo Lebas
40	GK	FRA	Ghjuvanni Quilichini

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
—	DF	GAB	Sidney Obissa (on loan at Olympic Charleroi)
—	MF	FRA	Tony Njiké (on loan at Cholet)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	FW	FRA	Simon Elisor (on loan at Villefranche)
—	FW	COM	Faiz Mattoir (on loan at Cholet)

Transfers

Pre-season and friendlies

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

30 June 2021 Friendly	Ajaccio	2–1	Bastia-Borgo	Ajaccio, France
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stade François Coty

3 July 2021 Friendly	Quevilly-Rouen	0–3	Ajaccio	Lisieux, France
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stade Lisieux

7 July 2021 Friendly	Laval	1–2	Ajaccio	Fougères, France
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stade Jean Manfredi

10 July 2021 Friendly	Caen	0–0	Ajaccio	Mondeville, France
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stade Michel Farré

17 July 2021 Friendly	Nîmes	1–0	Ajaccio	Mallemort, France
17:30 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stade D'Honneur Mallemort

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Ligue 2	24 July 2021	14 May 2022	Matchday 1	2nd	38	22	9	7	39	19	+20	057.89
Coupe de France	12 November 2021		Seventh round	Seventh round	1	0	1	0	0	0	+0	000.00
Total					39	22	10	7	39	19	+20	056.41

Source: Soccerway

Ligue 2

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or Relegation
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	Promotion to Ligue 1
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

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

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	22	9	7	39	19	+20	75	13	3	3	21	8	+13	9	6	4	18	11	+7

Source: Ligue 2

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	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	D	W	D	W	W	D	W	W	D	L	L	W	W	L	W	W	D	W	W	W	D	L	L	L	W	W	W	L	D	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	D	W
Position	6	5	7	4	3	5	2	2	2	4	5	3	3	4	3	2	2	1	1	1	4	3	2	2	1	1	1	1	2	3	4	2	2	2	2	2	2	2

Source: Ligue 2
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 25 June 2021.^[3]^[4]

24 July 2021 1	Toulouse	2–2	Ajaccio	Toulouse
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Evitt-Healey 34', 50' Kalulu 54' (o.g.) Adli 90+5'	Report	Vidal 10' 38' Youssouf 14' Laçi 35', 59' Huard 40' Leroy 77' Avinel 90+4'	Stadium: Stadium de Toulouse Referee: Frank Schneider

31 July 2021 2	Ajaccio	3–1	Amiens	Ajaccio
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Cimignani 10' Courtet 45+1' Avinel 46' Gonzalez 65' Moussiti-Oko 74'	Report	Arokodare 47' (pen.) Lachuer 62' Diakhaby 65' Gomis 69' Papeau 88'	Stadium: Stade François Coty Referee: Nicolas Rainville

7 August 2021 3	Auxerre	0–0	Ajaccio	Auxerre
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Touré 60' Sinayoko 68' Hein 90+7'	Report	Youssouf 40' Botué 78' Gonzalez 83' Courtet 90'	Stadium: Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps Referee: Olivier Thual

25 August 2021 4	Ajaccio	2–0	Caen	Ajaccio
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Botué 1' Courtet 53' Gonzalez 75' Kalulu 85'	Report	Deminguet 53' Lepenant 70' Mendy 80'	Stadium: Stade François Coty Attendance: 2,830 Referee: Rémi Landry

28 August 2021 6	Guingamp	1–1	Ajaccio	Guingamp
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Ba 78'	Report	Gonzalez 38'	Stadium: Stade de Roudourou Referee: Guillaume Paradis

11 September 2021 7	Ajaccio	1–0	Sochaux	Ajaccio
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Cimignani 24' Gonzalez 26' Courtet 70', 75' Moussiti-Oko 80' Diallo 82'	Report	Pogba 29' Ambri 79'	Stadium: Stade François Coty Referee: Frank Schneider

14 September 2021 5	Ajaccio	1–0	Paris FC	Ajaccio
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Gonzalez 89'	Report	Bernauer 48' López 64' Laura 90+5'	Stadium: Stade François Coty Referee: Eric Wattellier

18 September 2021 (2021-09-18) 8	Rodez	0–2	Ajaccio	Rodez
19:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Moussiti-Oko 3' Sollacaro 31' Gonzalez 38' Nouri 49' Courtet 90+3'	Stadium: Stade Paul-Lignon Referee: Gael Angoula

21 September 2021 9	Ajaccio	0–0	Niort	Ajaccio
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Diallo 24' Vidal 45' Laçi 68'	Report	Conté 19' Sissoko 24' Passi 86'	Stadium: Stade François Coty Referee: Benjamin Lepaysant

25 September 2021 10	Bastia	2–0	Ajaccio	Furiani
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Santelli 49' Schur 61', 63'	Report	Courtet 34' Kalulu 42' Diallo 51'	Stadium: Stade Armand Cesari Referee: Florent Batta

2 October 2021 11	Ajaccio	0–1	Quevilly-Rouen	Ajaccio
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Cimignani 8' Nouri 84'	Report	Zabou 25' Sidibé 49' Diaby 62' Cissokho 68' Sangaré 73' 83' Bansais 75'	Stadium: Stade François Coty Referee: Alexandre Perreau Niel

18 October 2021 12	Nîmes	0–2	Ajaccio	Nîmes
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Ferhat 66' Guessoum 90'	Report	Courtet 12' Cimignani 31' Nouri 33' El Idrissy 40'	Stadium: Stade des Costières Referee: Guillaume Paradis

23 October 2021 13	Ajaccio	2–0	Nancy	Ajaccio
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Nouri 8', 58' Gonzalez 16'	Report	Jung 42'	Stadium: Stade François Coty Referee: Mathieu Vernice

30 October 2021 14	Pau	1–0	Ajaccio	Pau
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Sylvestre 44' Kouassi 52' Lobry 55'	Report	El Idrissy 39' Coutadeur 74' Courtet 75' Gonzalez 81'	Stadium: Nouste Camp Referee: Marc Bollengier

6 November 2021 15	Ajaccio	1–0	Dijon	Ajaccio
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Cimignani 8' Bayala 40' Avinel 74' Marchetti 89' Nouri 90+1' El Idrissy 90+4'	Report	Le Bihan 17' Scheidler 61' Coulibaly 89'	Stadium: Stade François Coty Referee: Bartolomeu Varela

20 November 2021 16	Dunkerque	0–1	Ajaccio	Dunkerque
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Kikonda 54' Bruneel 90+2'	Report	Cimignani 68' Avinel 70' Courtet 73'	Stadium: Stade Marcel-Tribut Referee: Arnaud Baert

3 December 2021 17	Ajaccio	0–0	Valenciennes	Ajaccio
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Botué 80'	Report	Masson 61' Doukouré 66' Ntim 84'	Stadium: Stade François Coty Referee: Pierre Legat

11 December 2021 18	Le Havre	0–1	Ajaccio	Le Havre
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Lekhal 31'	Report	Courtet 85'	Stadium: Stade Océane Referee: Jérôme Brisard

21 December 2021 19	Ajaccio	1–0	Grenoble	Ajaccio
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Courtet 45' Nouri 49'	Report	Monfray 22' Anani 45+1' Henen 60' Correa 90+1' Perez 90+6'	Stadium: Stade François Coty Referee: Arnaud Baert

19 January 2022 20	Amiens	0–1	Ajaccio	Amiens
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Pavlović 54' Mendy 66' Zungu 66'	Report	Avinel 25' Nouri 42' Cimignani 87'	Stadium: Stade de la Licorne Referee: Guillaume Paradis

24 January 2022 22	Caen	2–0	Ajaccio	Caen
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Mendy 65' (pen.) Vandermersch 80' Lepenant 86' Deminguet 90'	Report		Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano Referee: Jérémy Stinat

28 January 2022 21	Ajaccio	0–0	Auxerre	Ajaccio
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Vidal 48' Marchetti 60' 70'	Report	Joly 30' Léon 35' Jubal 72'	Stadium: Stade François Coty Referee: Mathieu Vernice

7 February 2022 23	Paris FC	2–0	Ajaccio	Le Mans
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Boutaïb 33' Gory 53' Guilavogui 62' (pen.)	Report	Gonzalez 43' Diallo 59'	Stadium: MMArena Referee: Hakim Ben El Hadj

12 February 2022 24	Ajaccio	0–1	Guingamp	Ajaccio
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Courtet 10' El Idrissy 90'	Report	Livolant 29' 66' Ba 40' Roux 57' 84' Philipe Sampaio 87'	Stadium: Stade François Coty Referee: Pierre Legat

19 February 2022 25	Sochaux	0–1	Ajaccio	Montbéliard
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Virginius 24' Kitala 75' Mauricio 81'	Report	El Idrissy 14' 47' Youssouf 18' Cimignani 77'	Stadium: Stade Auguste Bonal Referee: Thomas Léonard

26 February 2022 26	Ajaccio	2–1	Rodez	Ajaccio
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Krasso 11' 75' Marchetti 38' Nouri 45+1'	Report	Vilhjálmsson 33' Danger 40' Célestine 61' Bardy 67'	Stadium: Stade François Coty Referee: Mathieu Vernice

5 March 2022 27	Niort	0–1	Ajaccio	Niort
19:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Cimignani 19' Krasso 86'	Stadium: Stade René Gaillard Referee: Aurélien Petit

12 March 2022 28	Ajaccio	0–1	Bastia	Ajaccio
15:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Boyer 10' Robic 26' Roncaglia 42' Palun 49' Sylla 85' Santelli 87'	Stadium: Stade François Coty Referee: Hakim Ben El Hadj

15 March 2022 29	Quevilly-Rouen	0–0	Ajaccio	Le Petit-Quevilly
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Gbelle 44'	Report	Barreto 64' Krasso 69'	Stadium: Stade Robert Diochon Referee: Gaël Angoula

19 March 2022 30	Ajaccio	1–0	Nîmes	Ajaccio
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Laçi 48' Gonzalez 86'	Report	Benrahou 90+3'	Stadium: Stade François Coty Referee: Olivier Thual

4 April 2022 31	Nancy	0–2	Ajaccio	Tomblaine
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Bianda 71' Biron 89'	Report	Gonzalez 57' Laçi 59' El Idrissy 68' Nouri 75' Bayala 85' Krasso 90+2'	Stadium: Stade Marcel Picot Referee: Marc Bollengier

9 April 2022 32	Ajaccio	2–1	Pau	Ajaccio
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Krasso 59' 63' 69'	Report	Essende 30' Armand 69' Gomis 90+4'	Stadium: Stade François Coty Referee: Alexandre Perreau Niel

16 April 2022 33	Dijon	0–3	Ajaccio	Dijon
19:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Courtet 21' Bayala 53' Arconte 60', 87' Leroy 85'	Stadium: Stade Gaston Gérard Referee: Abdelatif Kherradji

19 April 2022 34	Ajaccio	2–1	Dunkerque	Ajaccio
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Courtet 3' Marchetti 17'	Report	Majouga 64' Pierre 77' Brahimi 90'	Stadium: Stade François Coty Referee: Nicolas Rainville

22 April 2022 35	Valenciennes	0–0	Ajaccio	Valenciennes
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Robail 71' Boutoutaou 80'	Report	Marchetti 10' Courtet 13' Moussiti-Oko 76'	Stadium: Stade du Hainaut Referee: Frank Schneider

30 April 2022 36	Ajaccio	2–1	Le Havre	Ajaccio
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Courtet 9' Barreto 21' Marchetti 32' Laçi 90+4'	Report	Abline 8' Abdelli 44'	Stadium: Stade François Coty Referee: Aurelien Petit

7 May 2022 37	Grenoble	1–1	Ajaccio	Grenoble
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Néry 39' Monfray 54' 59' Correa 88' de Iriondo 90'	Report	Nouri 64'	Stadium: Stade des Alpes Referee: Vernice

14 May 2022 38	Ajaccio	1–0	Toulouse	Ajaccio
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Nouri 28' (pen.)	Report	Costa 27'	Stadium: Stade François Coty Referee: Bastien Dechepy

Coupe de France

12 November 2021 Round 7	Ajaccio	0–0 (3–4 p)	Orléans	Ajaccio
20:00 CET	El Idrissy 90+1'	Report	Keïta 26' Yambéré 69'	Stadium: Stade François Coty Referee: Hakim Ben El Hadj

References

^ "I ghjucatori" (in French). AC Ajaccio Official Site. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
^ "L'heure de la reprise a sonné!" (in French). AC Ajaccio Official Site. Retrieved 3 July 2021.
^ "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.

[1] "I ghjucatori" (in French). AC Ajaccio Official Site. Retrieved 23 November 2019.

[2] "L'heure de la reprise a sonné!" (in French). AC Ajaccio Official Site. Retrieved 3 July 2021.

[3] "2021-22 Ligue 1 Uber Eats calendar unveiled on 25 June". ligue1.com. 23 June 2021.

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

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