# 2021–22 AS Saint-Étienne season

The 2021–22 season was the 103rd season in the existence of AS Saint-Étienne and the club's 18th consecutive season in the top flight of French football. In addition to the domestic league, Saint-Étienne participated in this season's editions of the Coupe de France.
On 29 May 2022, the club's relegation to the second division was confirmed after 18 years in the top tier.

## Players
### First-team squad

    As of 4 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 |
| 2 | DF | CMR | Harold Moukoudi |
| 3 | DF | FRA | Mickaël Nadé |
| 4 | DF | GUI | Saïdou Sow |
| 5 | DF | FRA | Timothée Kolodziejczak (vice-captain) |
| 6 | MF | FRA | Lucas Gourna-Douath |
| 7 | MF | ALG | Ryad Boudebouz |
| 8 | MF | FRA | Mahdi Camara |
| 9 | FW | SEN | Sada Thioub (on loan from Angers) |
| 10 | FW | TUN | Wahbi Khazri (captain) |
| 11 | DF | BRA | Gabriel Silva |
| 13 | DF | PER | Miguel Trauco |
| 14 | DF | MLI | Falaye Sacko (on loan from Vitória S.C.) |
| 15 | MF | FRA | Bilal Benkhedim |
| 16 | GK | SEN | Boubacar Fall |
| 17 | MF | FRA | Adil Aouchiche |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 18 | FW | FRA | Arnaud Nordin |
| 19 | MF | CMR | Yvan Neyou |
| 20 | MF | GAB | Denis Bouanga |
| 21 | FW | FRA | Romain Hamouma (vice-captain) |
| 22 | DF | FRA | Eliaquim Mangala |
| 23 | DF | FRA | Joris Gnagnon |
| 25 | MF | SEN | Assane Dioussé |
| 26 | FW | MLI | Bakary Sako |
| 27 | DF | FRA | Yvann Maçon |
| 28 | MF | FRA | Zaydou Youssouf |
| 29 | MF | FRA | Aïmen Moueffek |
| 30 | MF | FRA | Maxence Rivera |
| 31 | FW | FRA | Enzo Crivelli (on loan from İstanbul Başakşehir) |
| 40 | GK | ENG | Etienne Green |
| 50 | GK | FRA | Paul Bernardoni (on loan from Angers) |

### 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 |
| — | DF | ESP | Sergi Palencia (at Leganés until 30 June 2022) |
| — | FW | CIV | Jean-Philippe Krasso (at AC Ajaccio until 30 June 2022) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | FW | FRA | Charles Abi (at Guingamp until 30 June 2022) |

## Transfers
### In

| No. | Pos | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date |
| 50 | GK | Paul Bernardoni | Angers | Loan | 5 January 2022 |
| 22 | DF | Eliaquim Mangala | Free transfer | Free transfer | 20 January 2022 |
| 14 | DF | Falaye Sacko | Vitória de Guimarães | Loan | 31 January 2022 |
| 31 | FW | Enzo Crivelli | İstanbul Başakşehir | Loan | 31 January 2022 |

### Out

| No. | Pos | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date |
| 6 | DF | Pape Abou Cissé | Olympiacos | Loan return | 30 June 2021 |
| 14 | FW | Anthony Modeste | 1. FC Köln | Loan return | 30 June 2021 |
| 30 | GK | Jessy Moulin | Troyes | Free | 19 July 2021 |
| 26 | DF | Mathieu Debuchy | Valenciennes | Free | 13 August 2021 |
| 9 | FW | Charles Abi | Guingamp | Loan | 31 August 2021 |
| 14 | FW | Jean-Philippe Krasso | Ajaccio | Loan | 27 January 2022 |

## Pre-season and 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 | 18th | 38 | 7 | 11 | 20 | 42 | 77 | −35 | 018.42 |
| Ligue 1 relegation play-offs | 26 May 2022 | 29 May 2022 | First leg | Runners-up | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | +0 | 000.00 |
| Coupe de France | 19 December 2021 | 30 January 2022 | Round of 64 | Round of 16 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 066.67 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 43 | 9 | 13 | 21 | 49 | 81 | −32 | 020.93 |
Source: Soccerway

### Ligue 1
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 16 | Lorient | 38 | 8 | 12 | 18 | 35 | 63 | −28 | 36 | |
| 17 | Clermont | 38 | 9 | 9 | 20 | 38 | 69 | −31 | 36 | |
| 18 | Saint-Étienne (R) | 38 | 7 | 11 | 20 | 42 | 77 | −35 | 32 | Qualification for the relegation play-offs |
| 19 | Metz (R) | 38 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 35 | 69 | −34 | 31 | Relegation to Ligue 2 |
| 20 | Bordeaux (R) | 38 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 52 | 91 | −39 | 31 | Relegation to Ligue 2 |
* ↑ Bordeaux were initially relegated to Ligue 2. However, on 14 June it was decided by the DNCG to relegate Bordeaux administratively to the Championnat National for financial issues. On 27 July 2022, Bordeaux won its appeal and was officially maintained in Ligue 2 for the 2022–23 season.

#### 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 | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A |
| Result | D | D | D | L | L | L | L | L | D | L | D | D | W | W | L | L | L | L | L | W | L | L | W | W | D | L | W | D | D | L | L | W | D | L | L | L | L | D |
| Position | 14 | 10 | 11 | 16 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 18 | 16 | 19 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 18 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 25 June 2021.

#### Relegation play-offs
### Coupe de France
## Statistics
### Goalscorers

    As of 29 May 2022
| Rank | Pos. | No. | Player | Ligue 1 | Relegation play-offs | Coupe de France | Total |
| 1 | FW | 10 | Wahbi Khazri | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 2 | MF | 20 | Denis Bouanga | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| 3 | FW | 18 | Arnaud Nordin | 4 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 4 | MF | 7 | Ryad Boudebouz | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | MF | 8 | Mahdi Camara | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 6 | FW | 21 | Romain Hamouma | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | DF | 5 | Timothée Kolodziejczak | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | DF | 3 | Mickaël Nadé | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | DF | 4 | Saïdou Sow | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | MF | 28 | Zaydou Youssouf | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | MF | 6 | Lucas Gourna-Douath | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | FW | 14 | Jean-Philippe Krasso | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | DF | 22 | Eliaquim Mangala | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | FW | 26 | Bakary Sako | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | DF | 22 | Miguel Trauco | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 42 | 2 | 5 | 49 |