2021–22 Chamois Niortais F.C. season

Chamois Niortais F.C.
2021–22 season
Chairman	Karim Fradin
Manager	Sébastien Desabre
Stadium	Stade René Gaillard
Ligue 2	13th
Top goalscorer	League: ; Ibrahim Sissoko (10); All: ; Ibrahim Sissoko (10)
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2020–21 2022–23 →

The 2021–22 season was the 97th season in the existence of Chamois Niortais F.C. and the club's eighth consecutive season in the second division of French football. The team was excluded from Coupe de France this season.^[1]

Players

First-team squad

As of 2 February 2022^[2]^[3]

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	Mathieu Michel
3	DF	CMR	Darlin Yongwa
4	DF	GUI	Ibrahima Conté
5	DF	CMR	Guy Kilama
6	MF	FRA	Dylan Louiserre (captain)
7	MF	TUN	Moataz Zemzemi
8	MF	GHA	Godwin Bentil
9	FW	FRA	Ibrahim Sissoko
10	MF	FRA	Bilal Boutobba
11	FW	FRA	Yanis Merdji
12	FW	GNB	Joseph Mendes
15	MF	BEN	Junior Olaitan
16	GK	FRA	Yanis Maronne
17	MF	MTQ	Samuel Renel
18	DF	FRA	Bradley M'bondo
19	DF	FRA	Brahima Doukansy


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
21	DF	FRA	Lenny Vallier
22	MF	FRA	Quentin Bena
23	MF	FRA	Tom Lebeau
24	MF	FRA	Tyrone Tormin
26	MF	FRA	Samy Benchamma
27	DF	FRA	Bryan Passi
28	DF	BFA	Issouf Paro
29	DF	FRA	Joris Moutachy
30	GK	FRA	Quentin Braat
33	MF	FRA	Yohan Cassubie
34	DF	FRA	Tao Sako
35	FW	FRA	Sidi Cissé
36	MF	FRA	Mathis Ansar
37	MF	FRA	Yassine Benhattab
40	GK	FRA	Jean Louchet

Transfers

Pre-season and friendlies

Win Draw Loss

11 July 2021 Friendly	Angers	2–2	Niort	Saint-Martin-de-Ré, France
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Complexe Sportif Marcel Gaillard

16 July 2021 Challenge Emiliano Sala	Bordeaux	1–1 (5–3 p)	Niort	Orléans, France
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Briand 24'	Report	Kilama 64'	Stadium: Stade de la Source
	Penalties
	Maja Mara Bakwa Traoré Lauray		Vallier Renel Conté Braat

18 July 2021 Challenge Emiliano Sala	Nantes	0–1	Niort	Orléans, France
14:00 CEST (UTC+2)			Ansart 80'	Stadium: Stade de la Source Attendance: 400

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	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	13th	38	12	10	16	39	42	−3	031.58
Total					38	12	10	16	39	42	−3	031.58

Source: Soccerway

Ligue 2

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
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
14	Amiens	38	9	17	12	43	41	+2	44
15	Grenoble	38	12	8	18	32	44	−12	44

Source: Ligue 2
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Fair play points

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
38	12	10	16	39	42	−3	46	7	5	7	21	17	+4	5	5	9	18	25	−7

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	A	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
Result	D	L	W	W	L	D	L	W	D	W	L	W	L	W	L	L	W	D	W	W	W	L	D	L	L	L	L	L	D	W	D	D	W	D	L	L	D	L
Position	15	16	10	7	12	11	13	12	10	8	9	6	7	7	7	9	9	8	7	7	7	6	6	7	6	7	9	11	13	8	12	12	9	9	10	11	10	13

Source: Ligue 2
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 25 June 2021.^[4]^[5]

24 July 2021 1	Valenciennes	0–0	Niort	Valenciennes
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Kaba 58' D'Almeida 75'	Report	Vallier 41' Boutobba 65' Louiserre 73'	Stadium: Stade du Hainaut Referee: Arnaud Baert

31 July 2021 2	Niort	0–1	Caen	Niort
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Yongwa 33' 64'	Report	Wadja 25' Deminguet 46' Mendy 48'	Stadium: Stade René Gaillard Attendance: 1,523 Referee: Abdelatif Kherradji

7 August 2021 3	Dunkerque	1–2	Niort	Dunkerque
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Pierre 16' Dudouit 37'	Report	Cassubie 19' Mendes 90+4'	Stadium: Stade Marcel-Tribut Referee: Benjamin Lepaysant

14 August 2021 4	Niort	1–0	Grenoble	Niort
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Boutobba 45+2' Cassubie 48' Bâ 51' Braat 78'	Report	Monfray 33' Belmonte 48' de Iriondo 54' Pickel 54' Ravet 80'	Stadium: Stade René Gaillard Referee: Guillaume Paradis

21 August 2021 5	Le Havre	2–1	Niort	Le Havre
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Thiaré 37', 56' Sangante 71' Bonnet 73' Lekhal 85'	Report	Passi 25' Vallier 33' Renel 62' Yongwa 81'	Stadium: Stade Océane Referee: Marc Bollengier

28 August 2021 6	Niort	0–0	Amiens	Niort
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Cassubie 54' Yongwa 90+2'	Report	Alphonse 55'	Stadium: Stade René Gaillard Referee: Bartolomeu Varela

11 September 2021 7	Auxerre	4–0	Niort	Auxerre
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Charbonnier 16', 70', 87' Conté 90+1' (o.g.)	Report		Stadium: Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps Referee: Abdelatif Kherradji

18 September 2021 8	Niort	2–0	Guingamp	Niort
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Boutobba 15', 64' Zemzemi 55' Louiserre 73'	Report	Gomis 9' Muyumba 67' Merghem 85'	Stadium: Stade René Gaillard Referee: Mathieu Vernice

21 September 2021 9	Ajaccio	0–0	Niort	Ajaccio
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Diallo 24' Vidal 45' Laçi 68'	Report	Conté 19' Sissoko 24' Passi 86'	Stadium: Stade François Coty Referee: Benjamin Lepaysant

24 September 2021 10	Niort	4–1	Paris FC	Niort
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Passi 4' Louiserre 17' Mendes 59' Sissoko 72' Vallier 76'	Report	Kanté 31' Laura 45' Tattevin 86'	Stadium: Stade René Gaillard Referee: Nicolas Rainville

2 October 2021 11	Sochaux	1–0	Niort	Montbéliard
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Ndiaye 52' Senaya 69' Weissbeck 75' Kalulu 83'	Report	Louiserre 90+1'	Stadium: Stade Auguste Bonal Referee: Aurelien Petit

16 October 2021 12	Quevilly-Rouen	0–3	Niort	Rouen
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Bansais 39'	Report	Vallier 7', 13' Mendes 23' (pen.) Zemzemi 51' Kilama 59' Renel 82'	Stadium: Stade Robert Diochon Referee: Bartolomeu Varela

23 October 2021 13	Niort	0–2	Rodez	Niort
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Chougrani 40' Dembélé 45' M'Pasi 89' Bonnet 90'	Stadium: Stade René Gaillard Referee: Alexandre Perreau Niel

30 October 2021 14	Nîmes	1–2	Niort	Nîmes
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Eliasson 53' Guessoum 66' Paquiez 85'	Report	Mendes 13', 51' Zemzemi 25'	Stadium: Stade des Costières Referee: Olivier Thual

6 November 2021 15	Niort	1–3	Nancy	Niort
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Thiam 56' (o.g.) M'bondo 83'	Report	Biron 11', 48', 70' (pen.), 70' Basila 39'	Stadium: Stade René Gaillard Referee: Jérôme Miguelgorry

20 November 2021 16	Bastia	2–0	Niort	Furiani
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Santelli 14', 34' Salles-Lamonge 43' Le Cardinal 57' Ducrocq 90+3'	Report	Mendes 34', 72' Merdji 75' Lebeau 90+3'	Stadium: Stade Armand Cesari Referee: Johann Hamel

6 December 2021 17	Niort	2–1	Toulouse	Niort
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Sissoko 50' Zemzemi 62' Conté 81'	Report	Ratão 76' Genreau 90'	Stadium: Stade René Gaillard Referee: Eric Wattellier

11 December 2021 18	Dijon	2–2	Niort	Dijon
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Coulibaly 33' Scheidler 49' Rocchia 58' Congré 69' Le Bihan 84' Deaux 86'	Report	Reynet 23' (o.g.) Merdji 28' Yongwa 67' Louiserre 80' Benchamma 83'	Stadium: Stade Gaston Gérard Referee: Abdelatif Kherradji

21 December 2021 19	Niort	3–0	Pau	Niort
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Sissoko 48' (pen.) Merdji 73' Boutobba 81'	Report	Lobry 17' Koffi 60' Batisse 62'	Stadium: Stade René Gaillard Referee: Aurelian Petit

28 January 2022 20	Caen	0–2	Niort	Caen
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Gonçalves 52' da Costa 66' Shamal 85' Court 90+5'	Report	Sissoko 4', 48' Moutachy 7' Cassubie 45+'	Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano Referee: Arnaud Baert

1 February 2022 21	Niort	2–0	Dunkerque	Niort
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Boutobba 56' Merdji 71'	Report	A. Gomis 35'	Stadium: Stade René Gaillard Referee: Jérôme Miguelgorry

15 February 2022 22	Grenoble	1–0	Niort	Grenoble
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Jeno 39' Nestor 47' Néry 66' Bambock 83'	Report	Passi 72'	Stadium: Stade des Alpes Referee: Mikael Lesage

5 February 2022 23	Niort	0–0	Le Havre	Niort
20:45 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Richardson 74'	Stadium: Stade René Gaillard Referee: Arnaud Petit

12 February 2022 24	Amiens	3–1	Niort	Amiens
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Badji 13', 36' Gene 19' Pavlović 61' Gnahoré 77'	Report	Sissoko 76'	Stadium: Stade de la Licorne Referee: Alexandre Perreau Niel

19 February 2022 25	Niort	0–1	Auxerre	Niort
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Merdji 61'	Report	Hein 33' Bernard 53' Charbonnier 84'	Stadium: Stade René Gaillard Referee: Frank Schneider

26 February 2022 26	Guingamp	1–0	Niort	Guingamp
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Merghem 72' Pierrot 78'	Report	Doukansy 40'	Stadium: Stade de Roudourou Referee: Gaël Angoula

5 March 2022 27	Niort	0–1	Ajaccio	Niort
19:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Cimignani 19' Krasso 86'	Stadium: Stade René Gaillard Referee: Aurélien Petit

12 March 2022 28	Paris FC	2–0	Niort	Paris
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Name 45+3', 45+3' Kanté 66'	Report	Sissoko 9'	Stadium: Stade Sébastien Charléty Referee: Olivier Thual

15 March 2022 29	Niort	1–1	Sochaux	Niort
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Moutachy 36' Sissoko 48' (pen.) Merdji 58'	Report	Kalulu 8', 80' Thioune 38' Do Couto 43' Weissbeck 62'	Stadium: Stade René Gaillard Referee: Nicolas Rainville

19 March 2022 30	Niort	2–0	Quevilly-Rouen	Niort
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Sissoko 33', 68'	Report	Bansais 6' Boé-Kane 22' Sangaré 88'	Stadium: Stade René Gaillard Referee: Benjamin Lepaysant

2 April 2022 31	Rodez	1–1	Niort	Rodez
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Chougrani 30' Raux-Yao 41'	Report	M'Pasi 33' (o.g.) Kilama 49'	Stadium: Stade Paul-Lignon Referee: Abdelatifa Kherradji

9 April 2022 32	Niort	0–0	Nîmes	Niort
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Mendes 90+1'	Report	Cubas 45' Fomba 50'	Stadium: Stade René Gaillard Referee: Marc Bollengier

16 April 2022 33	Nancy	0–2	Niort	Tomblaine
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Vallier 15' Boutobba 48' Mendes 83'	Stadium: Stade Marcel Picot Referee: Arnaud Baert

19 April 2022 34	Niort	1–1	Bastia	Niort
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Conté 36' Sissoko 45', 67'	Report	Schur 3' Boyer 35' Santelli 38' (pen.) Guidi 45' Magri 45'	Stadium: Stade René Gaillard Referee: Thomas Léonard

25 April 2022 35	Toulouse	2–0	Niort	Toulouse
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Dejaegere 21' Onaiwu 78'	Report	Kilama 41' Cassubie 52'	Stadium: Stadium de Toulouse Referee: Alexandre Perreau Niel

30 April 2022 36	Niort	1–3	Dijon	Niort
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Mendes 45+2' (pen.)	Report	Dobre 44', 50' Le Bihan 77' Jacob 83'	Stadium: Stade René Gaillard Referee: Pierre Legat

7 May 2022 37	Pau	2–2	Niort	Pau
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Essende 16', 56'	Report	Zemzemi 8' Boutobba 31'	Stadium: Nouste Camp Referee: Remi Landry

14 May 2022 38	Niort	1–2	Valenciennes	Niort
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Bentil 28'	Report	Bonnet 37' Kalai 74'	Stadium: Stade René Gaillard Referee: Abdelatifa Kherradji

References

^ "Coupe de France : Niort (L2) exclu de l'édition 2021-2022 par la DNCG" (in French). L'Équipe. 9 September 2020.
^ "Effectif Saison 2020/2021" (in French). Chamois Niortais F.C. Archived from the original on 13 October 2017. Retrieved 5 February 2020.
^ "Chamois Niortais FC". scoresway.com. Archived from the original on 22 June 2018. Retrieved 28 February 2018.
^ "2021-22 Ligue 1 Uber Eats calendar unveiled on 25 June". ligue1.com. 23 June 2021.
^ "Ligue 1 Uber Eats and Ligue 2 BKT: 2021-22 calendars!". ligue1.com. 25 June 2021.

[1] "Coupe de France : Niort (L2) exclu de l'édition 2021-2022 par la DNCG" (in French). L'Équipe. 9 September 2020.

[effectif-2] "Effectif Saison 2020/2021" (in French). Chamois Niortais F.C. Archived from the original on 13 October 2017. Retrieved 5 February 2020.

[3] "Chamois Niortais FC". scoresway.com. Archived from the original on 22 June 2018. Retrieved 28 February 2018.

[4] "2021-22 Ligue 1 Uber Eats calendar unveiled on 25 June". ligue1.com. 23 June 2021.

[5] "Ligue 1 Uber Eats and Ligue 2 BKT: 2021-22 calendars!". ligue1.com. 25 June 2021.

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