# 2021–22 Clermont Foot season

The 2021–22 season was the 111th season in existence of Clermont Foot and its first in the Ligue 1, the French top flight. In addition to the domestic league, Clermont 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. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | FRA | Arthur Desmas |
| 4 | DF | BEN | Cédric Hountondji |
| 5 | DF | CMR | Jean-Claude Billong |
| 6 | MF | TUN | Saîf-Eddine Khaoui |
| 7 | MF | FRA | Yohann Magnin |
| 8 | MF | FRA | Jason Berthomier |
| 9 | FW | FRA | Grejohn Kyei |
| 10 | FW | FRA | Lucas Da Cunha (on loan from OGC Nice) |
| 11 | FW | GAB | Jim Allevinah |
| 12 | DF | COD | Vital N'Simba |
| 15 | DF | SEN | Arial Mendy |
| 16 | GK | FRA | Lucas Margueron |
| 17 | DF | GUF | Josué Albert |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 18 | FW | KOS | Elbasan Rashani |
| 19 | MF | GHA | Salis Abdul Samed |
| 20 | DF | FRA | Akim Zedadka |
| 21 | DF | FRA | Florent Ogier (captain) |
| 22 | MF | ESP | Oriol Busquets |
| 23 | DF | FRA | Jérôme Phojo |
| 24 | MF | BEN | Jodel Dossou |
| 25 | MF | FRA | Johan Gastien (vice-captain) |
| 26 | FW | FRA | Pierre-Yves Hamel (on loan from FC Lorient) |
| 27 | FW | GUI | Mohamed Bayo |
| 29 | MF | FRA | Naël Jaby |
| 36 | DF | GHA | Alidu Seidu |
| 40 | GK | FRA | Ouparine Djoco |

### 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 | FRA | Julien Boyer (on loan to SC Bastia) |
| — | MF | GHA | Blankson Anoff (on loan to Swift Hesperange) |
| — | MF | BEL | Brandon Baiye (on loan to Austria Lustenau) |
| — | MF | FRA | Sofyan Chader (on loan to Stade Lausanne Ouchy) |
| — | DF | FRA | Till Cissokho (on loan to Quevilly-Rouen) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | DF | FRA | Baïla Diallo (on loan to Orléans) |
| — | MF | AUT | Muhammed Cham (on loan to Austria Lustenau) |
| — | MF | FRA | Bryan Teixeira (on loan to Austria Lustenau) |
| — | MF | TUR | Cem Türkmen (on loan to Austria Lustenau) |

## Transfers
### In

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 5 | DF | CMR | Jean-Claude Billong (from Benevento, previously on loan at Hatayspor) |
| 6 | MF | TUN | Saîf-Eddine Khaoui (from Marseille) |
| 15 | DF | SEN | Arial Mendy (from Servette) |
| 18 | FW | KOS | Elbasan Rashani (from BB Erzurumspor) |
| 19 | MF | GHA | Salis Abdul Samed (from JMG Academy, previously on loan) |
| — | MF | ESP | Oriol Busquets (from Barcelona B) |
| — | MF | TUR | Cem Türkmen (from Bayer Leverkusen) |

### Out

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 8 | MF | FRA | Lorenzo Rajot (to Rodez) |
| 18 | MF | FRA | Sofyan Chader (on loan to Stade Lausanne Ouchy) |
| 22 | DF | FRA | Driss Trichard (to Dunkerque) |
| 28 | FW | GNB | David Gomis (to Pau) |
| 32 | DF | BIH | Muamer Aljic (to Louhans-Cuiseaux) |
| 34 | DF | FRA | Baïla Diallo (on loan to Orléans) |
| — | MF | TUR | Cem Türkmen (on loan to Austria Lustenau) |
| — | DF | FRA | Till Cissokho (on loan to Quevilly-Rouen, previously on loan at Austria Lustenau) |
| — | MF | GHA | Blankson Anoff (on loan to Swift Hesperange, previously on loan at Austria Lustenau) |
| — | MF | AUT | Muhammed Cham (on loan to Austria Lustenau, previously on loan at Vendsyssel) |

## 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 | 17th | 38 | 9 | 9 | 20 | 38 | 69 | −31 | 023.68 |
| Coupe de France | 18 December 2021 | 2 January 2022 | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 050.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 40 | 10 | 9 | 21 | 42 | 71 | −29 | 025.00 |
Source: Soccerway

### Ligue 1
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 15 | Troyes | 38 | 9 | 11 | 18 | 37 | 53 | −16 | 38 | |
| 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 |
* ↑ 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 | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | W | D | D | L | D | L | L | D | W | L | L | L | L | L | D | L | W | L | D | L | W | W | L | W | D | L | L | L | L | L | D | W | D | L | W | L | L |
| Position | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 18 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 17 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 25 June 2021.

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

    As of 15 August 2021
| Rank | No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Ligue 1 | Coupe de France | Total |
| 1 | 27 | FW | | Mohamed Bayo | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | 24 | MF | | Jodel Dossou | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 4 | 0 | 4 |