# 2021–22 Valenciennes FC season

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.
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) |

## 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 | 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 | Total | Total | Total | Total | 41 | 12 | 14 | 15 | 40 | 49 | −9 | 029.27 |
Source: Soccerway

### Ligue 2
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | 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 |

#### 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 | 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 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 25 June 2021.