2021–22 Valenciennes FC season

Valenciennes FC
2021–22 season
President	Eddy Zdziech
Head coach	Christophe Delmotte
Stadium	Stade du Hainaut
Ligue 2	16th
Coupe de France	Round of 64
Top goalscorer	League: ; Baptiste Guillaume (6); All: ; Baptiste Guillaume (7)
	← 2020–21 2022–23 →

The 2021–22 season was the 109th season in the existence of Valenciennes FC and the club's eighth consecutive season in the second division of French football. In addition to the domestic league, Valenciennes participated in this season's edition of the Coupe de France.

Players

First-team squad

As of 1 February 2022.^[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
2	DF	FRA	Éric Vandenabeele
3	DF	MTN	Aly Abeid
5	DF	ALG	Maxime Spano
6	MF	FRA	Julien Masson
7	MF	TOG	Floyd Ayité
8	MF	FRA	Noah Diliberto
9	MF	FRA	Gaëtan Robail (on loan from Lens)
10	MF	CMR	Arsène Elogo
11	DF	FRA	Laurent Dos Santos (captain)
12	FW	FRA	Ugo Bonnet
13	MF	FRA	Florian Martin
14	DF	FRA	Joffrey Cuffaut
15	FW	CIV	Cheick Timité
16	GK	CIV	Hillel Konaté


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
17	MF	ALG	Aymen Boutoutaou
18	FW	BEL	Baptiste Guillaume
19	MF	BFA	Abou Ouattara
20	MF	FRA	Ilyes Hamache
21	MF	FRA	Mohamed Kaba
22	MF	MLI	Sambou Yatabaré
23	MF	FRA	Gaëtan Arib
24	DF	FRA	Allan Linguet
25	DF	GHA	Emmanuel Ntim
26	DF	FRA	Mathieu Debuchy
27	MF	FRA	Mathis Picouleau
28	DF	FRA	Quentin Lecoeuche
29	MF	FRA	Jawed Kalai
30	GK	FRA	Lucas Chevalier (on loan from Lille)

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
—	GK	FRA	Nicolas Kocik (on loan to Cholet until 30 June 2022)
—	MF	BEN	Sessi D'Almeida (on loan to Tondela until 30 June 2022)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	FW	CIV	Moussa Guel (on loan to Red Star until 30 June 2022)
—	FW	CIV	Issouf Macalou (on loan to Le Mans until 30 June 2022)

Transfers

Pre-season and friendlies

Win Draw Loss

2 July 2021 Friendly	Valenciennes	0–0	Dunkerque	Cambrai, France
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stade de la Liberté

6 July 2021 Friendly	Kortrijk	0–1	Valenciennes	Kortrijk, Belgium
11:00 CEST (UTC+2)			Boutoutaou 26'	Stadium: Guldensporenstadion

10 July 2021 Friendly	OH Leuven	1–0	Valenciennes	Oud-Heverlee, Belgium
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Vekemans			Stadium: Gemeentelijk Stadion

14 July 2021 Friendly	Union Saint-Gilloise	1–1	Valenciennes	Overijse, Belgium
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Lapoussin 7'		Boutoutaou 81'	Stadium: Begijnhofstadion

17 July 2021 Friendly	Valenciennes	0–1	Reims	Valenciennes, France
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)			Hornby 28'	Stadium: Stade du Hainaut

7 October 2021 Friendly	Valenciennes	3–2	Kortrijk	Valenciennes, France
11:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Ouattara 32' Yatabaré 46' Hamache 72'		Messaoudi 22' Mbayo 62'	Stadium: Stade du Hainaut

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	16th	38	10	14	14	34	47	−13	026.32
Coupe de France	14 November 2021	16 December 2021	Seventh round	Round of 64	3	2	0	1	6	2	+4	066.67
Total					41	12	14	15	40	49	−9	029.27

Source: Soccerway

Ligue 2

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or Relegation
14	Amiens	38	9	17	12	43	41	+2	44
15	Grenoble	38	12	8	18	32	44	−12	44
16	Valenciennes	38	10	14	14	34	47	−13	44
17	Rodez	38	10	13	15	32	42	−10	43
18	Quevilly-Rouen (O)	38	10	10	18	33	50	−17	40	Qualification for the relegation play-offs

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
(O) Play-off 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	10	14	14	34	47	−13	44	5	5	9	19	28	−9	5	9	5	15	19	−4

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	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	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	D	D	L	W	L	L	L	D	W	W	W	L	L	L	D	W	D	L	D	D	L	W	D	L	D	W	D	D	D	W	L	L	L	L	D	D	W	W
Position	14	11	15	12	15	16	17	18	16	13	10	12	15	16	17	13	14	17	17	16	17	15	16	17	17	15	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	16

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	Valenciennes	0–0	Niort	Valenciennes
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Kaba 58' D'Almeida 75'	Report	Vallier 41' Boutobba 65' Louiserre 73'	Stadium: Stade du Hainaut Referee: Arnaud Baert

31 July 2021 2	Guingamp	1–1	Valenciennes	Guingamp
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Diarra 4' M'Changama 60' Muyumba 63' Sampaio 79', 90'	Report	Masson 10' D'Almeida 24' Robail 76'	Stadium: Stade de Roudourou Referee: Mathieu Vernice

7 August 2021 3	Valenciennes	0–3	Nîmes	Valenciennes
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Cuffaut 28' Yatabaré 70'	Report	Fomba 32' Ómarsson 45+1', 56' Benrahou 81' Eliasson 83'	Stadium: Stade du Hainaut Referee: Bartolomeu Varela

14 August 2021 4	Nancy	0–1	Valenciennes	Tomblaine
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	El Kaoutari 4' Haag 11' 68'	Report	Abeid 31' Robail 48' Guillaume 74' Masson 90'	Stadium: Stade Marcel Picot Referee: Pierre Legat

21 August 2021 5	Valenciennes	1–4	Rodez	Valenciennes
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Guillaume 16' Dos Santos 31' Robail 35' Yatabaré 52'	Report	Buadés 27', 47' Leborgne 56' Bardy 59' Ouammou 66' Dépres 73' David 77'	Stadium: Stade du Hainaut Referee: Benjamin Lepaysant

28 August 2021 6	Toulouse	1–0	Valenciennes	Toulouse
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Evitt-Healey 13' Onaiwu 45+2' Ngoumou 59' Dejaegere 76'	Report		Stadium: Stadium de Toulouse Referee: Mathieu Vernice

11 September 2021 7	Valenciennes	1–2	Rouen	Valenciennes
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Guillaume 18' Ouattara 44' D'Almeida 53'	Report	Diaby 20' Bansais 23' Nazon 52' Haddad 57 Boé-Kane 57' Gbellé 83'	Stadium: Stade du Hainaut Referee: Arnaud Baert

18 September 2021 8	Pau	1–1	Valenciennes	Pau
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Assifuah 14', 65' Boto 40' Armand 59' Beusnard 79'	Report	Yatabaré 24' Doukouré 51' Cuffaut 68'	Stadium: Nouste Camp Referee: Jordane Lomi

21 September 2021 9	Valenciennes	2–1	Bastia	Valenciennes
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Cuffaut 7' (pen.) Ntim 16' Lecoeuche 62' Robail 66' Kaba 88'	Report	Palun 6' Santelli 43' Robic 57'	Stadium: Stade du Hainaut Referee: Alexandre Perreau Niel

24 September 2021 10	Dijon	0–1	Valenciennes	Dijon
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Benzia 85' Scheidler 85'	Report	Ayité 43' Picouleau 45' Hamache 57' Ouattara 73' Haouari 90'	Stadium: Stade Gaston Gérard Referee: Frank Schneider

2 October 2021 11	Caen	1–2	Valenciennes	Caen
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Gonçalves 73' Chahiri 90+2'	Report	Abdi 16' (o.g.) Robail 29' Debuchy 31' Robail 81'	Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano Attendance: 8,490 Referee: Abdelatif Kherradji

16 October 2021 12	Valenciennes	1–3	Dunkerque	Valenciennes
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Ntim 2' Yatabaré 27' Hamache 54' Kaba 74'	Report	Rocheteau 3' (pen.), 47' Dudouit 7' Azankpo 41' Kikonda 45+1' Kerrouche 74' Pierre 78'	Stadium: Stade du Hainaut Referee: Benjamin Lepaysant

23 October 2021 13	Amiens	3–0	Valenciennes	Amiens
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Badji 35' Lusamba 42' (pen.). 78' Bamba 57', 77' Lomotey 81'	Report	Lecoeuche 77'	Stadium: Stade de la Licorne Referee: Bartolomeu Varela

1 November 2021 14	Valenciennes	1–2	Auxerre	Valenciennes
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Hamache 48'	Report	Sinayoko 50' Perrin 63'	Stadium: Stade du Hainaut Referee: Aurelien Petit

6 November 2021 15	Le Havre	0–0	Valenciennes	Le Havre
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Ntim 90+2'	Stadium: Stade Océane Referee: Arnaud Baert

20 November 2021 16	Valenciennes	1–0	Grenoble	Valenciennes
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Guillaume 21' Kaba 55' D'Almeida 76'	Report	Maubleu 32' Ravet 82'	Stadium: Stade du Hainaut Referee: Gaël Angoula

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	Valenciennes	1–4	Paris FC	Valenciennes
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Yatabaré 4' Cuffaut 5' Masson 22' Guillaume 28', 65'	Report	Name 6' (pen.) Guilavogui 18', 49' Laura 20' Siby 26' Alfarela 80'	Stadium: Stade du Hainaut Referee: Arnaud Baert

21 December 2021 19	Sochaux	1–1	Valenciennes	Montbéliard
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Thioune 31' Mauricio 46', 63'	Report	Ayité 11' Lecoeuche 45+1' 54' Chevalier 86'	Stadium: Stade Auguste Bonal Referee: Abdelatif Kherradji

8 January 2022 20	Valenciennes	1–1	Guingamp	Valenciennes
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Ntim 22' Debuchy 73'	Report	Lemonnier 26' Sivis 70' Pierrot 75' (pen.), 75'	Stadium: Stade du Hainaut Referee: Gaël Angoula

28 January 2022 21	Nîmes	2–1	Valenciennes	Nîmes
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Benrahou 11' (pen.) Ponceau 16' Fomba 42'	Report	Picouleau 5' Cuffaut 53' (pen.) Guillaume 62'	Stadium: Stade des Costières Referee: Romain Lissorgue

1 February 2022 22	Valenciennes	6–1	Nancy	Valenciennes
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Yatabaré 12', 18' Cuffaut 24' (pen.) Guillaume 31', 50' Kaba 41' Hamache 44' Ouattara 87'	Report	Bianda 2' Karamoko 17' 23' Biron 27' Latouchent 46' El Kaoutari 60'	Stadium: Stade du Hainaut Referee: Mathieu Vernice

5 February 2022 23	Rodez	0–0	Valenciennes	Rodez
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Vilhjálmsson 78' Boissier 79'	Report		Stadium: Stade Paul-Lignon Referee: Olivier Thual

12 February 2022 24	Valenciennes	1–3	Toulouse	Valenciennes
15:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Stade du Hainaut

19 February 2022 25	Quevilly-Rouen	1–1	Valenciennes	Rouen
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Diaby 40' Sidibé 54' Gbellé 76'	Report	Kaba 18' Debuchy 27' Bonnet 29' Yatabaré 70' Lecoeuche 87'	Stadium: Stade Robert Diochon Referee: Guillaume Paradis

26 February 2022 26	Valenciennes	1–0	Pau	Valenciennes
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Ayité 66' Masson 71' Bonnet 71' Linguet 75'	Report	Dembélé 28'	Stadium: Stade du Hainaut Referee: Benjamin Lepaysant

5 March 2022 27	Bastia	1–1	Valenciennes	Furiani
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Sainati 16' Abeid 20' (o.g.) Magri 64' Robic 87' Guidi 89'	Report	Bonnet 11', 89' Abeid 59' Chevalier 87'	Stadium: Stade Armand Cesari Referee: Jérôme Brisard

12 March 2022 28	Valenciennes	0–0	Dijon	Valenciennes
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Lecoeuche 14' Ntim 22' Masson 30' Linguet 39' Cuffaut 82'	Report	Traoré 12' Pi 42' Coulibaly 61'	Stadium: Stade du Hainaut Referee: Mathieu Vernice

15 March 2022 29	Valenciennes	1–1	Caen	Valenciennes
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Ntim 24' Cuffaut 42' Kaba 43' Yatabaré 59' Masson 89'	Report	da Costa 13' Abdi 59' Cissé 88'	Stadium: Stade du Hainaut Referee: Abdelatif Kherradji

19 March 2022 30	Dunkerque	1–2	Valenciennes	Dunkirk
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Niané 81'	Report	Linguet 9' Boutoutaou 84'	Stadium: Stade Marcel-Tribut Referee: Frank Schneider

2 April 2022 31	Valenciennes	0–2	Amiens	Valenciennes
19:00 CEST (UTC+1)	Cuffaut 41' Picouleau 67'	Report	Akolo 29', 33'	Stadium: Stade du Hainaut Referee: Arnaud Baert

9 April 2022 32	Auxerre	1–0	Valenciennes	Auxerre
15:00 CEST (UTC+1)	Pellenard 8' Sinayoko 60'	Report	Debuchy 52' Masson 52' Lecoeuche 89'	Stadium: Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps Referee: Gaël Angoula

16 April 2022 33	Valenciennes	0–1	Le Havre	Valenciennes
19:00 CEST (UTC+1)	Chevalier 15' Masson 75' Linguet 81'	Report	Abline 14', 81' Richardson 89'	Stadium: Stade du Hainaut Referee: Pierre Legat

19 April 2022 34	Grenoble	3–0	Valenciennes	Grenoble
20:00 CEST (UTC+1)	Jeno 24' Tell 31' (pen.) Michel 45+2' de Iriondo 65' Bambock 83' Correa 85' Anani 88'	Report	Linguet 63' Ntim 90'	Stadium: Stade des Alpes Referee: Olivier Thual

22 April 2022 35	Valenciennes	0–0	Ajaccio	Valenciennes
19:00 CEST (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	Paris FC	1–1	Valenciennes	Paris
19:00 CEST (UTC+1)	Alfarela 11' Siby 34' Guilavogui 49' Bernauer 57' Boutaïb 70'	Report	Hamache 3' Debuchy 90+7'	Stadium: Stade Sébastien Charléty Referee: Guillaume Paradis

7 May 2022 37	Valenciennes	1–0	Sochaux	Valenciennes
19:00 CEST (UTC+1)	Ntim 39' Bonnet 50' Cuffaut 54' Robail 81'	Report	Ndiaye 36' Henry 52' Kitala 90+3'	Stadium: Stade du Hainaut Referee: Jeremy Stinat

14 May 2022 38	Niort	1–2	Valenciennes	Niort
19:00 CEST (UTC+1)	Bentil 28'	Report	Bonnet 37' Kalai 74'	Stadium: Stade René Gaillard Referee: Abdelatifa Kherradji

Coupe de France

14 November 2021 Seventh round	US Tourcoing FC	0–2	Valenciennes	Tourcoing
14:30 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Hamache 57' Sidibe 67'	Stadium: Stade Charles Van de Veegaete Referee: Ali Djedid

27 November 2021 Eighth round	Calonne-Ricouart FC Cite 6	1–4	Valenciennes	Avion^[5]
16:00 CET (UTC+1)	Tahar 27'	Report	Doukouré 45' (pen.) Picouleau 57' Guillaume 74' Hamache 89'	Stadium: Stade François Blin Referee: Mehdi Mokhtari

16 December 2021 Round of 64	Valenciennes	0–1	Strasbourg	Valenciennes
21:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Diallo 15'	Stadium: Stade du Hainaut Attendance: 3,206 Referee: Olivier Tuhal

References

^ "Effectif – Saison 2017/2018" (in French). Valenciennes FC. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
^ "Valenciennes FC". Scoresway.com. Archived from the original on 25 May 2011. Retrieved 27 February 2018.
^ "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.
^ "Coupe de France : le match entre Calonne-Ricouart et Valenciennes se jouera à Avion" (in French). L'Avenir de l'Artois. 17 November 2021.

[usva_team-1] "Effectif – Saison 2017/2018" (in French). Valenciennes FC. Retrieved 6 April 2018.

[2] "Valenciennes FC". Scoresway.com. Archived from the original on 25 May 2011. Retrieved 27 February 2018.

[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.

[5] "Coupe de France : le match entre Calonne-Ricouart et Valenciennes se jouera à Avion" (in French). L'Avenir de l'Artois. 17 November 2021.

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