# 2021–22 FC Sochaux-Montbéliard season

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; some limited exceptions apply. 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; some limited exceptions apply. 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) |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss

## 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 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 | Total | Total | Total | Total | 43 | 22 | 13 | 8 | 55 | 36 | +19 | 051.16 |
Source: Soccerway

### Ligue 2
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | 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 | Qualification to promotion play-offs |
| 5 | Sochaux | 38 | 19 | 11 | 8 | 47 | 34 | +13 | 68 | Qualification to promotion play-offs |
| 6 | Guingamp | 38 | 15 | 13 | 10 | 52 | 48 | +4 | 58 | |
| 7 | Caen | 38 | 13 | 11 | 14 | 51 | 42 | +9 | 50 | |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
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 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 25 June 2021.