# 2021–22 Stade Rennais FC season

The 2021–22 season was the 120th season in the existence of Stade Rennais and the club's 28th consecutive season in the top flight of French football. In addition to the domestic league, Rennes participated in this season's editions of the Coupe de France and the UEFA Europa Conference League.

## Players
### First-team squad

    As of 1 February 2022.
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 | Romain Salin |
| 3 | DF | FRA | Adrien Truffert |
| 4 | DF | FRA | Loïc Badé |
| 6 | DF | MAR | Nayef Aguerd |
| 7 | FW | FRA | Martin Terrier |
| 8 | MF | FRA | Baptiste Santamaria |
| 9 | FW | GUI | Serhou Guirassy |
| 10 | FW | GHA | Kamaldeen Sulemana |
| 11 | FW | BEL | Jérémy Doku |
| 14 | MF | FRA | Benjamin Bourigeaud (vice-captain) |
| 16 | GK | SEN | Alfred Gomis |
| 17 | FW | FRA | Loum Tchaouna |
| 19 | FW | FRA | Andy Diouf |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 20 | MF | FRA | Flavien Tait |
| 21 | MF | CRO | Lovro Majer |
| 22 | DF | FRA | Lorenz Assignon |
| 23 | DF | FRA | Warmed Omari |
| 24 | FW | FRA | Gaëtan Laborde |
| 25 | DF | NOR | Birger Meling |
| 26 | MF | FRA | Lesley Ugochukwu |
| 27 | DF | MLI | Hamari Traoré (captain) |
| 28 | MF | FRA | Jonas Martin |
| 30 | GK | COD | Pépé Bonet |
| 31 | DF | FRA | Jérémy Gelin |
| 39 | FW | FRA | Mathys Tel |
| 40 | GK | TUR | Doğan Alemdar |

### 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 |
| — | MF | CMR | James Léa Siliki (on loan to Middlesbrough until 30 June 2022) |
| — | MF | FRA | Yann Gboho (on loan to Vitesse until 30 June 2022) |
| — | FW | FRA | Franck Rivollier (on loan to Stade Briochin until 30 June 2022) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | FW | FRA | Matthis Abline (on loan to Le Havre AC until 30 June 2022) |
| — | FW | TUR | Metehan Güçlü (on loan to FC Emmen until 30 June 2022) |

## Transfers
### In

| No. | Pos. | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date |
| 22 | DF | Lorenz Assignon | Bastia | Loan return | 1 July 2021 |
| 31 | DF | Jérémy Gelin | Antwerp | Loan return | 1 July 2021 |
| | FW | Metehan Güçlü | Valenciennes | Loan return | 1 July 2021 |
| — | FW | M'Baye Niang | Al-Ahli | Loan return | 1 July 2021 |
| 4 | DF | Loïc Badé | Lens | €20M | 5 July 2021 |
| 18 | FW | Kamaldeen Sulemana | Nordsjælland | €15M | 16 July 2021 |
| 25 | DF | Birger Meling | Nîmes | €3M | 20 July 2021 |
| 8 | MF | Baptiste Santamaria | SC Freiburg | €14M | 17 August 2021 |
| 21 | MF | Lovro Majer | Dinamo Zagreb | €12M | 26 August 2021 |
| 40 | GK | Doğan Alemdar | Kayserispor | €3.5M | 27 August 2021 |
| 24 | FW | Gaëtan Laborde | Montpellier | €15M | 31 August 2021 |

### Out

| No. | Pos. | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date |
| 8 | MF | Clément Grenier | Released | | 24 May 2021 |
| 3 | DF | Damien Da Silva | Lyon | Free transfer | 26 May 2021 |
| 15 | MF | Steven Nzonzi | Roma | End of loan | 30 June 2021 |
| 5 | DF | Dalbert | Inter Milan | End of loan | 30 June 2021 |
| — | DF | Lilian Brassier | Brest | €2M | 30 June 2021 |
| — | FW | Jordan Siebatcheu | Young Boys | €2.5M | 30 June 2021 |
| 19 | MF | Yann Gboho | Vitesse | Loan | 22 July 2021 |
| — | DF | Sacha Boey | Galatasaray | €1M | 26 July 2021 |
| — | FW | Franck Rivollier | Stade Briochin | Loan | 5 August 2021 |
| — | MF | Rafik Guitane | Reims | Undisclosed | 30 August 2021 |
| 4 | DF | Gerzino Nyamsi | Strasbourg | €1.5M | 30 August 2021 |
| 34 | DF | Brandon Soppy | Udinese | €2M | 30 August 2021 |
| 12 | MF | James Léa Siliki | Middlesbrough | Loan | 31 August 2021 |
| 10 | MF | Eduardo Camavinga | Real Madrid | €30M | 31 August 2021 |
| 17 | DF | Faitout Maouassa | Club Brugge | €4M | 31 August 2021 |
| 22 | MF | Romain Del Castillo | Brest | Undisclosed | 31 August 2021 |
| — | FW | M'Baye Niang | Bordeaux | Free transfer | 24 September 2021 |

## Pre-season friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

## Competitions
### Overall record

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Ligue 1 | 8 August 2021 | 21 May 2022 | Matchday 1 | 4th | 38 | 20 | 6 | 12 | 82 | 40 | +42 | 052.63 |
| Coupe de France | 18 December 2021 | 2 January 2022 | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 050.00 |
| UEFA Europa Conference League | 19 August 2021 | 17 March 2022 | Play-off round | Round of 16 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 11 | +9 | 070.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 50 | 28 | 9 | 13 | 104 | 52 | +52 | 056.00 |
Source: Soccerway

### Ligue 1
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 2 | Marseille | 38 | 21 | 8 | 9 | 63 | 38 | +25 | 71 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 3 | Monaco | 38 | 20 | 9 | 9 | 65 | 40 | +25 | 69 | Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round |
| 4 | Rennes | 38 | 20 | 6 | 12 | 82 | 40 | +42 | 66 | Qualification for the Europa League group stage |
| 5 | Nice | 38 | 20 | 7 | 11 | 52 | 36 | +16 | 66 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League play-off round |
| 6 | Strasbourg | 38 | 17 | 12 | 9 | 60 | 43 | +17 | 63 | |
* ↑ Nice were deducted one point for uncontrolled crowd trouble that caused the abandonment of their match against Marseille.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
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 | 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 | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A |
| Result | D | D | W | L | L | L | W | D | W | W | W | D | W | W | W | L | W | L | L | L | W | L | W | L | W | W | W | W | W | D | W | L | L | W | W | L | W | D |
| Position | 13 | 12 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 16 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 25 June 2021.

### UEFA Europa Conference League
#### Play-off round

The draw for the play-off round was held on 2 August 2021.

#### Group stage

The draw for the group stage was held on 27 August 2021.
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | REN | VIT | TOT | MUR |
| 1 | Rennes | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 7 | +6 | 14 | Advance to round of 16 | — | 3–3 | 2–2 | 1–0 |
| 2 | Vitesse | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 9 | +3 | 10 | Advance to knockout round play-offs | 1–2 | — | 1–0 | 3–1 |
| 3 | Tottenham Hotspur | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 7 | | 0–3 | 3–2 | — | 5–1 |
| 4 | Mura | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 14 | −9 | 3 | | 1–2 | 0–2 | 2–1 | — |
* ↑ The Tottenham Hotspur v Rennes match was awarded as a 3–0 win to Rennes due to numerous positive COVID-19 tests in the Tottenham Hotspur squad.

#### Knockout phase
##### Round of 16

The round of 16 draw was held on 25 February 2022.

## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Ligue 1 | Ligue 1 | Coupe de France | Coupe de France | UEFA Conference League | UEFA Conference League |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | FRA | Romain Salin | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | GK | SEN | Alfred Gomis | 32 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 30 | GK | COD | Pépé Bonet | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | GK | TUR | Doğan Alemdar | 14 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||
| 3 | DF | FRA | Adrien Truffert | 41 | 3 | 18+12 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6+3 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | FRA | Loïc Badé | 21 | 1 | 11+3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| 6 | DF | MAR | Nayef Aguerd | 40 | 4 | 31 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 |
| 22 | DF | FRA | Lorenz Assignon | 26 | 0 | 5+15 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | FRA | Warmed Omari | 40 | 1 | 31+3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4+1 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | NOR | Birger Meling | 37 | 0 | 20+11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3+3 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | MLI | Hamari Traoré | 42 | 3 | 33 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 31 | DF | FRA | Jérémy Gelin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||
| 8 | MF | FRA | Baptiste Santamaria | 45 | 2 | 28+6 | 2 | 1+1 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | FRA | Benjamin Bourigeaud | 48 | 12 | 38 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 |
| 20 | MF | FRA | Flavien Tait | 39 | 7 | 24+4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 6+3 | 2 |
| 21 | MF | CRO | Lovro Majer | 36 | 6 | 21+8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 3+2 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | FRA | Lesley Ugochukwu | 22 | 1 | 3+15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | FRA | Jonas Martin | 35 | 1 | 24+5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 |
| 33 | MF | FRA | Jeanuël Belocian | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||
| 7 | FW | FRA | Martin Terrier | 46 | 21 | 37 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 5+3 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | GUI | Serhou Guirassy | 48 | 12 | 7+30 | 9 | 1+1 | 0 | 5+4 | 3 |
| 10 | FW | GHA | Kamaldeen Sulemana | 27 | 5 | 11+9 | 4 | 0+1 | 0 | 4+2 | 1 |
| 11 | FW | BEL | Jérémy Doku | 18 | 2 | 4+10 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | FRA | Loum Tchaouna | 14 | 0 | 0+10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | FRA | Andy Diouf | 6 | 0 | 0+5 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | FW | FRA | Gaëtan Laborde | 45 | 17 | 32+4 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 6+1 | 5 |
| 39 | FW | FRA | Mathys Tel | 10 | 0 | 0+7 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||||
| 10 | MF | FRA | Eduardo Camavinga | 6 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 13 | FW | FRA | Junior Kadile | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | FRA | Matthis Abline | 9 | 1 | 1+6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 1 |
| 22 | FW | FRA | Romain Del Castillo | 5 | 1 | 0+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 1 |
Last updated: 21 May 2022 Source: Competitions

### Goalscorers

    As of 9 April 2022
| Rank | No. | Pos. | Nat. | Player | Ligue 1 | Coupe de France | Europa Conference League | Total |
| 1 | 7 | FW | | Martin Terrier | 18 | 0 | 0 | 18 |
| 2 | 24 | FW | | Gaëtan Laborde | 11 | 0 | 5 | 16 |
| 3 | 9 | FW | | Serhou Guirassy | 8 | 0 | 3 | 11 |
| 4 | 14 | MF | | Benjamin Bourigeaud | 8 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| 5 | 11 | FW | | Kamaldeen Sulemana | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 6 | 6 | DF | | Nayef Aguerd | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 6 | 20 | MF | | Flavien Tait | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 8 | 3 | DF | | Adrien Truffert | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | 21 | MF | | Lovro Majer | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 10 | 8 | MF | | Baptiste Santamaria | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | 11 | FW | | Jérémy Doku | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | 27 | DF | | Hamari Traoré | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 13 | 4 | DF | | Loïc Badé | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 13 | 22 | MF | | Romain Del Castillo | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 13 | 23 | DF | | Warmed Omari | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | 26 | MF | | Lesley Ugochukwu | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | 28 | DF | | Jonas Martin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | 35 | FW | | Matthis Abline | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 67 | 2 | 17 | 82 |