2021–22 FC Sochaux-Montbéliard season

Sochaux
2021–22 season
Owner	Nenking
Chairman	Frankie Yau
Head coach	Omar Daf
Stadium	Stade Auguste Bonal
Ligue 2	5th
Coupe de France	Round of 64
Top goalscorer	League: ; Aldo Kalulu (8); All: ; Aldo Kalulu (8)
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2020–21 2022–23 →

The 2021–22 season was the 94th season in the existence of FC Sochaux-Montbéliard and the club's 10th consecutive season in the second division of French football. In addition to the domestic league, Sochaux 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. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	ALG	Mehdi Jeannin
2	DF	FRA	Marvin Senaya (on loan from Strasbourg)
4	DF	SEN	Abdallah Ndour
6	MF	SEN	Ousseynou Thioune
7	FW	FRA	Tony Mauricio
8	MF	SEN	Joseph Lopy
9	FW	COD	Yann Kitala
10	MF	FRA	Younès Kaabouni
11	FW	FRA	Maxime Do Couto
14	MF	FRA	Rassoul Ndiaye
15	FW	FRA	Aldo Kalulu
16	GK	FRA	Maxence Prévot


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
17	FW	GNB	Steve Ambri
18	DF	SEN	Christophe Diedhiou
19	DF	GUI	Florentin Pogba
20	FW	FRA	Hermann Tebily
22	DF	FRA	Ismaël Aaneba
23	MF	ALG	Samy Faraj
24	MF	FRA	Malcolm Viltard
25	DF	FRA	Nathan Zohoré
26	FW	FRA	Alan Virginius
28	MF	FRA	Gaëtan Weissbeck (captain)
29	DF	FRA	Valentin Henry
40	GK	FRA	Quentin Galvez-Diarra

Out on loan

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	FW	FRA	Walid Jarmouni (on loan at Sète)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	FW	MLI	Adama Niane (on loan at Dunkerque)

Transfers

In

Out

Pre-season and friendlies

Win Draw Loss

2 July 2021 Friendly	Dijon	1–2	Sochaux	Besançon, France
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stade Léo Lagrange

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	5th	38	19	11	8	47	34	+13	050.00
Ligue 1 promotion play-offs	17 May 2022	20 May 2022	Round 1	Round 2	2	1	1	0	2	1	+1	050.00
Coupe de France	13 November 2021	18 December 2021	Seventh round	Round of 64	3	2	1	0	6	1	+5	066.67
Total					43	22	13	8	55	36	+19	051.16

Source: Soccerway

Ligue 2

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or Relegation
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
6	Guingamp	38	15	13	10	52	48	+4	58
7	Caen	38	13	11	14	51	42	+9	50

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; (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	19	11	8	47	34	+13	68	10	6	3	22	14	+8	9	5	5	25	20	+5

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	A	H	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
Result	W	L	W	W	D	W	L	W	W	D	W	W	D	D	L	L	W	D	D	W	W	D	D	W	L	L	W	L	D	W	W	W	W	D	W	W	L	D
Position	3	8	6	3	5	3	6	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	4	4	3	5	5	5	3	4	4	3	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	5	5

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

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 25 June 2021.^[1]^[2]

26 July 2021 1	Dijon	1–3	Sochaux	Dijon
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Benzia 18' Rocchia 34' Assalé 84'	Report	Mauricio 8' Weissbeck 51' Kalulu 74' Pogba 90+3' Virginius 90+7'	Stadium: Stade Gaston Gérard Referee: Aurelien Petit

31 July 2021 2	Sochaux	0–2	Le Havre	Montbéliard
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Henry 6' Thioune 47' Weissbeck 90'	Report	Boutaïb 7', 27'	Stadium: Stade Auguste Bonal Referee: Gael Angoula

7 August 2021 3	Caen	1–2	Sochaux	Caen
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Hountondji 90' Inoussa 90+6'	Report	Aaneba 28' Kalulu 63' Virginus 90+1'	Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano Attendance: 9,177 Referee: Frank Schneider

14 August 2021 4	Sochaux	1–0	Dunkerque	Montbéliard
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Kalulu 37' Vannoye 43' (o.g.) Henry 90+7'	Report	Brahimi 20' Maraval 37' Dudouit 47'	Stadium: Stade Auguste Bonal Referee: Bartolomeu Varela

21 August 2021 5	Amiens	0–0	Sochaux	Amiens
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Lomotey 32' 67'	Report	Lopy 60' 75' Thioune 70' Weissbeck 28' Tebily 90+2'	Stadium: Stade de la Licorne Referee: Jérôme Miguelgorry

28 August 2021 6	Sochaux	1–0	Grenoble	Montbéliard
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Weissbeck 43' Kaabouni 78' Ndiaye 90+4'	Report	Monfray 65'	Stadium: Stade Auguste Bonal Referee: Olivier Thual

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

18 September 2021 8	Sochaux	2–0	Paris FC	Montbéliard
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Kalulu 10' Lopy 36' Bernauer 86' (o.g.)	Report	Kanté 17' Gory 82'	Stadium: Stade Auguste Bonal Referee: Jérémie Pignard

21 September 2021 9	Guingamp	1–2	Sochaux	Guingamp
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	M'Changama 5' Mombris 13' Sivis 45+2' Muyumba 63' Camara 76' Merghem 90+5'	Report	Ndiaye 48', 58' Do Couto 54' Ambri 78' (pen.) Kitala 81' Prévot 87' Kalulu 90+8'	Stadium: Stade de Roudourou Referee: Nicolas Rainville

24 September 2021 10	Sochaux	0–0	Auxerre	Montbéliard
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Pellenard 65' Ndom 77'	Stadium: Stade Auguste Bonal Referee: Remi Landry

2 October 2021 11	Sochaux	1–0	Niort	Montbéliard
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Ndiaye 52' Senaya 69' Weissbeck 75' Kalulu 83'	Report	Louiserre 90+1'	Stadium: Stade Auguste Bonal Referee: Aurelien Petit

16 October 2021 (2021-10-16) 12	Rodez	0–1	Sochaux	Rodez
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Malanda 44' Chougrani 55' Danger 60'	Report	Mauricio 75' Ambri 84'	Stadium: Stade Paul-Lignon Referee: Olivier Thual

23 October 2021 13	Sochaux	1–1	Quevilly-Rouen	Montbéliard
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Do Couto 48', 56' Ambri 52'	Report	Gbellé 3' Sangaré 40' Boé-Kane 76'	Stadium: Stade Auguste Bonal Referee: Jeremy Stinat

30 October 2021 14	Nancy	0–0	Sochaux	Tomblaine
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Bertrand 25'	Report	Thioune 86' Henry 88'	Stadium: Stade Marcel Picot Referee: Benjamin Lepaysant

6 November 2021 15	Sochaux	0–1	Nîmes	Montbéliard
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Sainte-Luce 59' Benrahou 77'	Stadium: Stade Auguste Bonal Referee: Bastien Dechepy

20 November 2021 16	Toulouse	4–1	Sochaux	Toulouse
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Evitt-Healey 25', 53', 59', 75' Van den Boomen 47'	Report	Mauricio 25' Weissbeck 37' Thioune 56' Tebily 74'	Stadium: Stadium de Toulouse Referee: Olivier Thual

3 December 2021 17	Sochaux	2–1	Pau	Montbéliard
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Ndour 47' Thioune 53' Lopy 90+3'	Report	Kouassi 55' 56' Evans 70', 75'	Stadium: Stade Auguste Bonal Referee: Nicolas Rainville

11 December 2021 18	Bastia	2–2	Sochaux	Furiani
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Salles-Lamonge 26' Vincent 28' Saadi 35' Le Cardinal 56'	Report	Kalulu 67', 79' Kitala 77' Ndiaye 87'	Stadium: Stade Armand Cesari Referee: Aurelien Petit

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	Le Havre	0–1	Sochaux	Le Havre
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Touré 89'	Report	Aaneba 58' Kitala 65', 69'	Stadium: Stade Océane Referee: Marc Bollengier

15 January 2022 21	Sochaux	3–2	Caen	Montbéliard
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Senaya 14' Henry 16' Kitala 40' Kalulu 52', 90+2' Mauricio 64' Virginius 66' Ndour 83' Do Couto 90+2', 90+3'	Report	Gonçalves 13' da Costa 17', 37' 60' Deminguet 28' (pen.), 67' Rivierez 69' Teikeu 90+4'	Stadium: Stade Auguste Bonal Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Arnaud Petit

22 January 2022 22	Dunkerque	0–0	Sochaux	Dunkirk
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Yohou 37' A. Gomis 53' Dudouit 73' Pierre 77' Majouga 78'	Report	Weissbeck 18'	Stadium: Stade Marcel-Tribut Referee: Arnaud Baert

5 February 2022 23	Sochaux	1–1	Amiens	Montbéliard
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Do Couto 21'		Badji 39'	Stadium: Stade Auguste Bonal Referee: Frank Schneider

12 February 2022 24	Grenoble	1–3	Sochaux	Grenoble
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Tell 1' Bambock 10' Ravet 24' Perez 86'	Report	Weissbeck 31' Thioune 42' Aaneba 50' Do Couto 52' Mauricio 87' (pen.) Kitala 90+1'	Stadium: Stade des Alpes Referee: Abdelatif Kherradji

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	Paris FC	3–1	Sochaux	Paris
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Siby 64' Boutaïb 69' Guilavogui 73' Gueye 76'	Report	Mauricio 35' Thioune 80'	Stadium: Stade Sébastien Charléty Referee: Guillaume Paradis

5 March 2022 27	Sochaux	1–0	Guingamp	Montbéliard
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Virginius 68'	Report		Stadium: Stade Auguste Bonal Attendance: Alexandre Perreau Niel

12 March 2022 28	Auxerre	3–2	Sochaux	Auxerre
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Sakhi 5' Autret 18' Hein 35' Charbonnier 56'	Report	Kitala 36' Aaneba 55' Mauricio 76' Kalulu 86'	Stadium: Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps Referee: Benjamin Lepaysant

15 March 2022 29	Niort	1–1	Sochaux	Niort
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Moutachy 36' Sissoko 48' (pen.) Merdji 58'	Report	Kalulu 8', 80' Thioune 38' Do Couto 43' Weissbeck 62'	Stadium: Stade René Gaillard Referee: Nicolas Rainville

19 March 2022 30	Sochaux	2–0	Rodez	Montbéliard
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Weissbeck 2' Kalulu 13' Ndiaye 36' Pogba 50' Ndour 83' Ambri 90+1'	Report	Bardy 3' Rajot 7' Chougrani 45' Célestine 90+3'	Stadium: Stade Auguste Bonal Referee: Bartolomeu Varela

2 April 2022 31	Quevilly-Rouen	0–2	Sochaux	Le Petit-Quevilly
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Bahassa 71' Sidibé 74'	Report	Mauricio 45+1' Ambri 65'	Stadium: Stade Robert Diochon Referee: Pierre Legat

9 April 2022 32	Sochaux	1–0	Nancy	Montbéliard
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Ndiaye 36' Mauricio 45+2' Ndour 64'	Report	Bobichon 45+2' Valette 89'	Stadium: Stade Auguste Bonal Referee: Guillaume Paradis

16 April 2022 33	Nîmes	1–3	Sochaux	Nîmes
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Ponceau 4' Fomba 35' Koné 90+4'	Report	Thioune 39' Virginius 70' Kaabouni 73' Kitala 80' Ndour 90+3'	Stadium: Stade des Costières Referee: Mikaël Lesage

19 April 2022 34	Sochaux	1–1	Toulouse	Montbéliard
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Ndiaye 6' Mauricio 38' Ndour 43' Diedhiou 49' Henry 90'	Report	Rouault 50', 80' Ratão 90'	Stadium: Stade Auguste Bonal Referee: Benjamin Lepaysant

22 April 2022 35	Pau	0–1	Sochaux	Pau
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Poha 35'	Report	Kalulu 13' Aaneba 73'	Stadium: Nouste Camp Referee: Bartolomeu Varela

30 April 2022 36	Sochaux	2–1	Bastia	Montbéliard
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Robic 68' (o.g.) Ambri 73' Henry 90' Kalulu 90+3'	Report	Palun 13' Kaïboué 20' Sylla 56' Pogba 79' (o.g.)	Stadium: Stade Auguste Bonal Referee: Marc Bollengier

7 May 2022 37	Valenciennes	1–0	Sochaux	Valenciennes
19:00 CET (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	Sochaux	2–2	Dijon	Montbéliard
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Weissbeck 2', 51'	Report	Le Bihan 58' Philippoteaux 78' Traoré 87'	Stadium: Stade Auguste Bonal Referee: Frank Schneider

Promotion play-offs

17 May 2022 Round 1	Paris FC	1–2	Sochaux	Paris
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Name 3', 27' 43' Siby 8' Alfarela 12' Camara 67' Iglesias 73'	Report	Diedhiou 2' Ambri 45+1' Weissbeck 62' Do Couto 90+2'	Stadium: Stade Sébastien Charléty Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Jérémie Pignard

20 May 2022 Round 2	Auxerre	0–0 (a.e.t.) (5–4 p)	Sochaux	Auxerre
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Charbonnier 66' Bernard 92'	Report	Henry 60' Kitala 108' Prévot 116'	Stadium: Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps Referee: Jérôme Brisard
	Penalties
	Dugimont Jubal Perrin Charbonnier Touré		Pogba Henry Kitala Virginius Ambri

Coupe de France

13 November 2021 Seventh round	Bresse Jura Foot	1–3	Sochaux	Louhans^[3]
14:30 CET (UTC+1)	Elbachir 90'	Report	Faraj 56' Tebily 66' Niane 79'	Stadium: Stade du Bram Referee: William Toulliou

27 November 2021 Eighth round	AS Montchat Lyon	0–3	Sochaux	Lyon
16:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Niane 6', 9' Kitala 28'	Stadium: Stade Vuillermet Referee: Julien Rouquette

18 December 2021 Round of 64	Sochaux	0–0 (4–5 p)	Nantes	Montbéliard
16:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Stade Auguste Bonal Referee: Benoît Bastien

References

^ "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 FC Sochaux jouera le samedi, Morteau-Montlebon le dimanche" (in French). L'Est Républicain. 5 November 2021.

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

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

[3] "Coupe de France : le FC Sochaux jouera le samedi, Morteau-Montlebon le dimanche" (in French). L'Est Républicain. 5 November 2021.

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Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
38	19	11	8	47	34	+13	68	10	6	3	22	14	+8	9	5	5	25	20	+5

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
38	19	11	8	47	34	+13	68	10	6	3	22	14	+8	9	5	5	25	20	+5

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
38	19	11	8	47	34	+13	68	10	6	3	22	14	+8	9	5	5	25	20	+5