# 2021–22 Dijon FCO season

The 2021–22 season was the 24th season in the existence of Dijon FCO and the club's first season back in the second division of French football since 2016. In addition to the domestic league, Dijon 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 |
| 2 | DF | CIV | Adama Fofana |
| 3 | DF | FRA | Daniel Congré |
| 5 | DF | MLI | Senou Coulibaly |
| 6 | MF | BEN | Mattéo Ahlinvi |
| 7 | MF | FRA | Frédéric Sammaritano |
| 8 | FW | FRA | Mickaël Le Bihan |
| 11 | MF | FRA | Valentin Jacob |
| 12 | MF | FRA | Lucas Deaux |
| 13 | MF | TUR | Amir Arli |
| 14 | MF | FRA | Jordan Marié |
| 16 | GK | BEN | Saturnin Allagbé |
| 18 | MF | CMR | Wilitty Younoussa |
| 19 | DF | CMR | Ahmad Ngouyamsa |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 20 | DF | FRA | Christopher Rocchia |
| 21 | FW | FRA | Aurélien Scheidler |
| 22 | MF | FRA | Romain Philippoteaux (on loan from Brest) |
| 23 | DF | SEN | Zargo Touré |
| 24 | MF | FRA | Erwan Belhadji |
| 25 | DF | GAB | Bruno Ecuele Manga (captain) |
| 26 | MF | FRA | Jessy Pi |
| 27 | DF | MLI | Cheick Traoré |
| 28 | MF | FRA | Bryan Soumaré |
| 29 | MF | ROU | Alex Dobre |
| 30 | GK | FRA | Baptiste Reynet |
| — | GK | FRA | Thomas Roche |

### 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 |
| — | MF | ALG | Yassine Benzia (on loan to Hatayspor) |
| — | MF | KOS | Bersant Celina (on loan to Ipswich Town) |
| — | MF | GAB | Didier Ndong (on loan to Yeni Malatyaspor) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | FW | CIV | Roger Assalé (on loan to Werder Bremen) |
| — | FW | FRA | Mounir Chouiar (on loan to Yeni Malatyaspor) |
| — | FW | SEN | Moussa Konaté (on loan to Sivasspor) |

## 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 | 11th | 37 | 13 | 8 | 16 | 48 | 53 | −5 | 035.14 |
| 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 | 40 | 15 | 9 | 16 | 54 | 54 | +0 | 037.50 |
Source: Soccerway

### Ligue 2
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 9 | Nîmes | 38 | 14 | 7 | 17 | 44 | 51 | −7 | 49 |
| 10 | Pau | 38 | 14 | 7 | 17 | 41 | 49 | −8 | 49 |
| 11 | Dijon | 38 | 13 | 8 | 17 | 48 | 53 | −5 | 47 |
| 12 | Bastia | 38 | 10 | 16 | 12 | 38 | 36 | +2 | 46 |
| 13 | Niort | 38 | 12 | 10 | 16 | 39 | 42 | −3 | 46 |

#### 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 | 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 | A | H | A |
| Result | L | L | D | L | L | L | W | W | W | L | L | W | W | L | L | W | L | D | W | L | W | W | L | L | D | L | W | D | W | D | W | D | L | L | D | W | L | D |
| Position | 18 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 15 | 14 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 13 | 14 | 16 | 12 | 15 | 16 | 13 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 11 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 25 June 2021.