# 2021–22 FC Nantes season

The 2021–22 season was the 78th season in the existence of FC Nantes and the club's 9th consecutive season in the top flight of French football. In addition to the domestic league, Nantes 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. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | FRA | Alban Lafont (captain) |
| 2 | DF | BRA | Fábio |
| 3 | DF | BRA | Andrei Girotto |
| 4 | DF | FRA | Nicolas Pallois (vice-captain) |
| 5 | MF | ESP | Pedro Chirivella |
| 6 | MF | FRA | Roli Pereira de Sa |
| 7 | FW | MLI | Kalifa Coulibaly |
| 8 | MF | FRA | Wylan Cyprien (on loan from Parma) |
| 10 | MF | FRA | Ludovic Blas |
| 11 | FW | FRA | Marcus Coco |
| 12 | DF | FRA | Dennis Appiah |
| 14 | DF | MLI | Charles Traoré |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 16 | GK | FRA | Rémy Descamps |
| 18 | MF | COD | Samuel Moutoussamy |
| 19 | FW | FRA | Willem Geubbels (on loan from Monaco) |
| 20 | FW | FRA | Jean-Kévin Augustin |
| 21 | DF | CMR | Jean-Charles Castelletto |
| 23 | FW | FRA | Randal Kolo Muani |
| 24 | DF | FRA | Sébastien Corchia |
| 26 | FW | GHA | Osman Bukari (on loan from Gent) |
| 27 | MF | NGA | Moses Simon |
| 29 | MF | FRA | Quentin Merlin |
| 30 | GK | SVN | Denis Petrić |

### 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 | FRA | Abou Ba (on loan at Alessandria) |
| — | FW | FRA | Kader Bamba (on loan at Amiens) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | FW | FRA | Bridge Ndilu (on loan at Quevilly-Rouen) |

## Transfers
### In

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | FRA | Alban Lafont (from Fiorentina, previously on loan) |
| 8 | MF | FRA | Wylan Cyprien (on loan from Parma) |
| 16 | GK | FRA | Rémy Descamps (from Charleroi) |
| 26 | FW | GHA | Osman Bukari (on loan from Gent) |

### Out

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 15 | DF | FRA | Thomas Basila (to Oostende) |
| 26 | MF | FRA | Imran Louza (to Watford) |
| 29 | MF | FRA | Batista Mendy (to Angers) |
| — | GK | FRA | Alexandre Olliero (to Pau, previously on loan) |
| — | MF | BRA | Lucas Evangelista (to Red Bull Bragantino, previously on loan) |
| — | FW | FRA | Élie Youan (to St. Gallen, previously on loan) |

## 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 1 | 6 August 2021 | 21 May 2022 | Matchday 1 | 9th | 38 | 15 | 10 | 13 | 55 | 48 | +7 | 039.47 |
| Coupe de France | 18 December 2021 | 7 May 2022 | Round of 64 | Winners | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 2 | +7 | 066.67 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 44 | 19 | 12 | 13 | 64 | 50 | +14 | 043.18 |
Source: Soccerway

### Ligue 1
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 7 | Lens | 38 | 17 | 11 | 10 | 62 | 48 | +14 | 62 | |
| 8 | Lyon | 38 | 17 | 11 | 10 | 66 | 51 | +15 | 61 | |
| 9 | Nantes | 38 | 15 | 10 | 13 | 55 | 48 | +7 | 55 | Qualification for the Europa League group stage |
| 10 | Lille | 38 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 48 | 48 | 0 | 55 | |
| 11 | Brest | 38 | 13 | 9 | 16 | 49 | 57 | −8 | 48 | |
* ↑ Lyon were deducted one point for uncontrolled crowd trouble that caused the abandonment of their match against Marseille.
* ↑ Nantes qualified for the Europa League group stage as the 2021–22 Coupe de France winners.

#### 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 | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | D | W | L | L | L | W | W | L | W | D | W | L | D | L | D | L | W | W | W | D | L | W | L | W | W | D | W | L | L | W | D | D | L | W | D | W | L | D |
| Position | 12 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 25 June 2021.

### Coupe de France
## Statistics
### Goalscorers

| Position | Players | Ligue 1 | Coupe de France | Total |
| MF | Ludovic Blas | 10 | 5 | 15 |
| FW | Randal Kolo Muani | 12 | 1 | 13 |
| DF | Andrei Girotto | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| FW | Moses Simon | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| FW | Kalifa Coulibaly | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| MF | Pedro Chirivella | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| FW | Willem Geubbels | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| MF | Osman Bukari | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| MF | Wylan Cyprien | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| MF | Quentin Merlin | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| DF | Jean-Charles Castelletto | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| FW | Marcus Coco | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| MF | Samuel Moutoussamy | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| DF | Nicolas Pallois | 1 | 0 | 1 |