2021–22 Angers SCO season

Angers SCO
2021–22 season
President	Saïd Chabane
Head coach	Gérald Baticle
Stadium	Stade Raymond Kopa
Ligue 1	14th
Coupe de France	Round of 64
Top goalscorer	League: ; Sofiane Boufal (8); All: ; Sofiane Boufal (8)
	← 2020–21 2022–23 →

The 2021–22 season was the 103rd season in the existence of Angers SCO and the club's seventh consecutive season in the top flight of French football. In addition to the domestic league, Angers also participated in this season's edition of the Coupe de France.

Angers were allowed to stay in the top flight after their appeal against relegation to Ligue 2 along with Bordeaux was accepted.^[1]

Players

First-team squad

As of 28 January 2022^[2]

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	MF	FRA	Batista Mendy
3	DF	CIV	Souleyman Doumbia
5	MF	FRA	Thomas Mangani (3rd captain)
6	DF	CMR	Enzo Ebosse
7	MF	MAR	Sofiane Boufal
8	DF	CIV	Ismaël Traoré (captain)
9	FW	CHA	Casimir Ninga
10	MF	FRA	Angelo Fulgini
11	MF	FRA	Jimmy Cabot
12	MF	FRA	Zinédine Ould Khaled
15	MF	FRA	Pierrick Capelle
16	GK	FRA	Anthony Mandrea
17	FW	FRA	Noah Fatar


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
18	MF	MAR	Azzedine Ounahi
19	FW	CMR	Stéphane Bahoken
21	FW	FRA	Mohamed-Ali Cho
22	FW	CRO	Marin Jakoliš
23	MF	ALG	Nabil Bentaleb
24	DF	FRA	Romain Thomas
25	DF	CIV	Abdoulaye Bamba
26	MF	FRA	Waniss Taïbi
27	MF	POR	Mathias Pereira Lage
29	DF	FRA	Vincent Manceau
30	GK	MNE	Danijel Petković
35	MF	FRA	Jason Mbock
37	MF	FRA	Kevin Bemanga

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	Paul Bernardoni (at Saint-Étienne)
—	MF	FRA	Antonin Bobichon (at Nancy Lorraine)
—	MF	FRA	Anthony Gomez Mancini (at Burnley)
—	FW	ALG	Farid El Melali (at Pau)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	FW	SEN	Sada Thioub (at Saint-Étienne)
—	FW	MAR	Rachid Alioui (at Kortrijk)
—	FW	FRA	Loïs Diony (at Red Star Belgrade)

Transfers

In

Out

Pre-season and friendlies

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

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

14 July 2021 Friendly	Angers	Cancelled	US Avranches	France
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)

18 July 2021 Friendly	Châteauroux	0–3	Angers	Saumur, France
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)			Boufal 21' Alioui 31' Taïbi 73'	Stadium: Stade des Rives du Thouet

20 July 2021 Friendly	Sporting CP	2–0	Angers	Faro, Portugal
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Tabata 59' Feddal 60' Inácio 63' Paulinho 86'		Thomas 50'	Stadium: Estádio Algarve

24 July 2021 Friendly	Angers	3–0	Troyes	Romorantin, France
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Bahoken 34' Cho 42', 45'			Stadium: Stade Jules Ladoumègue

31 July 2021 Friendly	Lorient	1–0	Angers	Lorient, France
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Moffi 67'			Stadium: Stade du Moustoir

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 1	8 August 2021	21 May 2022	Matchday 1	14th	38	10	11	17	44	55	−11	026.32
Coupe de France	19 December 2021		Round of 64	Round of 64	1	0	0	1	0	2	−2	000.00
Total					39	10	11	18	44	57	−13	025.64

Source: Soccerway

Ligue 1

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
12	Reims	38	11	13	14	43	44	−1	46
13	Montpellier	38	12	7	19	49	61	−12	43
14	Angers	38	10	11	17	44	55	−11	41
15	Troyes	38	9	11	18	37	53	−16	38
16	Lorient	38	8	12	18	35	63	−28	36

Source: Ligue 1
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Head-to-head points; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Head-to-head goals scored; 6) Head-to-head away goals scored; 7) Goals scored; 8) Away goals scored; 9) Fair-play points (Note: Head-to-head record is used only after all the matches between the teams in question have been played).^[3]

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	10	11	17	44	55	−11	41	8	2	9	23	23	0	2	9	8	21	32	−11

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	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	A	H	A	H
Result	W	W	D	W	D	L	D	D	W	L	D	L	D	W	D	L	W	L	L	L	D	W	L	L	L	L	L	L	W	L	D	D	L	D	L	W	L	W
Position	1	1	2	2	2	4	3	5	4	5	6	8	9	6	6	8	8	9	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	14	14	14

Source: Ligue 1
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

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

8 August 2021 1	Strasbourg	0–2	Angers	Strasbourg
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Djiku 18' Liénard 40'	Report	Taïbi 35' Mangani 41' Traoré 57' Thomas 79' Bahoken 81'	Stadium: Stade de la Meinau Attendance: 23,250 Referee: Jérémy Stinat

15 August 2021 2	Angers	3–0	Lyon	Angers
13:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Boufal 20' Marcelo 53' (o.g.) Ounahi 77' Mendy 82'	Report	Lukeba 3' Marcelo 36' Cornet 49' 65' Diomande 87'	Stadium: Stade Raymond Kopa Attendance: 6,154 Referee: Clément Turpin

22 August 2021 3	Bordeaux	1–1	Angers	Bordeaux
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Mara 10' Mangas 61' Kwateng 74'	Report	Thomas 38'	Stadium: Matmut Atlantique Attendance: 18,281 Referee: Pierre Gaillouste

29 August 2021 4	Angers	2–0	Rennes	Angers
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Boufal 57' Fulgini 84' Cho 88'	Report	Badé 31' 43'	Stadium: Stade Raymond Kopa Attendance: 6,473 Referee: Anthony Gautier

12 September 2021 5	Brest	1–1	Angers	Brest
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Pierre-Gabriel 27' Honorat 45+1' Faivre 62' (pen.)	Report	Doumbia 24' Mangani 78' (pen.) Cabot 87'	Stadium: Stade Francis-Le Blé Attendance: 10,982 Referee: Jérémy Stinat

19 September 2021 6	Angers	1–4	Nantes	Angers
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Traoré 10' Fulgini 24' Mangani 45+4'	Report	Girotto 3' Blas 6' (pen.), 79' Kolo Muani 23' Simon 25' Chirivella 45+2'	Stadium: Stade Raymond Kopa Attendance: 9,046 Referee: Amaury Delerue

22 September 2021 7	Angers	0–0	Marseille	Angers
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Ounahi 44'	Report	Ćaleta-Car 52' Balerdi 59' Harit 65'	Stadium: Stade Raymond Kopa Attendance: 12,458 Referee: Ruddy Buquet

26 September 2021 8	Troyes	1–1	Angers	Troyes
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Chavalerin 8' Rodrigues 20' Baldé 22' Giraudon 63' 90+2'	Report	Cho 1' Mangani 65' (pen.) Boufal 80'	Stadium: Stade de l'Aube Attendance: 6,868 Referee: Thomas Léonard

3 October 2021 9	Angers	3–2	Metz	Angers
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Cho 52', 53' Mangani 65' Bahoken 90+2'	Report	Bronn 10', 90+1' Maïga 30' De Préville 39' Boulaya 58'	Stadium: Stade Raymond Kopa Attendance: 3,989 Referee: Stéphanie Frappart

15 October 2021 10	Paris Saint-Germain	2–1	Angers	Paris
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Pereira 68' Mbappé 87' (pen.) Verratti 90+3'	Report	Fulgini 35' Capelle 86'	Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 47,646 Referee: Bastien Dechepy

22 October 2021 11	Saint-Étienne	2–2	Angers	Saint-Étienne
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Khazri 61' Nadé 90+4'	Report	Traoré 28' Boufal 45+1' Fulgini 56' Mendy 60' Mangani 90+1'	Stadium: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard Attendance: 19,836 Referee: Antony Gautier

31 October 2021 12	Angers	1–2	Nice	Angers
13:00 CET (UTC+1)	Boufal 29' (pen.) Fulgini 31'	Report	Kamara 45+1' Delort 57', 90+1' Dante 63'	Stadium: Stade Raymond Kopa Attendance: 6,788 Referee: Willy Delajod

6 November 2021 13	Lille	1–1	Angers	Villeneuve-d'Ascq
17:00 CET (UTC+1)	Bamba 15' Djaló 27' André 69' Onana 90+6'	Report	Doumbia 27' Ounahi 83' Petković 90'	Stadium: Stade Pierre-Mauroy Attendance: 33,305 Referee: François Letexier

21 November 2021 14	Angers	1–0	Lorient	Angers
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Thomas 26' Ounahi 39' Mangani 68' (pen.) Cabot 72' Doumbia 81'	Report		Stadium: Stade Raymond Kopa Attendance: 6,971 Referee: Pierre Gaillouste

26 November 2021 15	Lens	2–2	Angers	Lens
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Kakuta 48' Sotoca 55' Doucouré 57' Clauss 80'	Report	Boufal 40' Thomas 70'	Stadium: Stade Bollaert-Delelis Attendance: 35,713 Referee: Johan Hamel

1 December 2021 16	Angers	1–3	Monaco	Angers
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Mangani 42' Nübel 55' (o.g.)	Report	Sidibé 10' Boadu 25' Volland 42' Diop 45' Disasi 73'	Stadium: Stade Raymond Kopa Attendance: 8,267 Referee: Romain Lissorgue

5 December 2021 17	Reims	1–2	Angers	Reims
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Berisha 27' 35' Lopy 30' Matusiwa 48' Ekitike 59' (pen.)	Report	Boufal 33', 49' (pen.) Traoré 39' Doumbia 57' Fulgini 75'	Stadium: Stade Auguste Delaune Attendance: 8,238 Referee: Johan Hamel

12 December 2021 18	Angers	0–1	Clermont	Angers
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Thomas 90'	Report	Magnin 64' Bayo 84' (pen.) Diaby 90+5'	Stadium: Stade Raymond Kopa Attendance: 8,149 Referee: Jeremy Stinat

22 December 2021 19	Montpellier	4–1	Angers	Montpellier
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Savanier 14' Cozza 30' Sambia 48' Ristić 51' Mavididi 76'	Report	Boufal 13' Pereira Lage 45+1'	Stadium: Stade de la Mosson Attendance: 10,990 Referee: Hugo Miguel

16 January 2022 21	Lorient	0–0	Angers	Lorient
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Abergel 53' Jenz 68' Laporte 69'	Report	Doumbia 14' Ninga 56'	Stadium: Stade du Moustoir Attendance: 4,387 Referee: Johan Hamel

23 January 2022 22	Angers	2–1	Troyes	Angers
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Mangani 26' (pen.), 37' (pen.) Taïbi 88'	Report	Domingues 10' Biancone 37' Salmier 56' Gallon 89'	Stadium: Stade Raymond Kopa Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Romain Lissorgue

26 January 2022 20	Angers	0–1	Saint-Étienne	Angers
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Mbock 89'	Report	Mendy 43' (o.g.) Camara 89'	Stadium: Stade Raymond Kopa Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Clément Turpin

4 February 2022 23	Marseille	5–2	Angers	Marseille
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Milik 18', 70', 78' Gerson 21' Ünder 84'	Report	Fulgini 8' Bentaleb 11', 90' Cabot 53' Mendy 76'	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 60,000 Referee: Jérémy Stinat

13 February 2022 24	Angers	0–1	Strasbourg	Angers
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Cabot 29' Thomas 68' Doumbia 83'	Report	Gameiro 11' Liénard 40'	Stadium: Stade Raymond Kopa Attendance: 6,521 Referee: Pierre Gaillouste

20 February 2022 25	Nice	1–0	Angers	Nice
13:00 CET (UTC+1)	Kluivert 18' Boudaoui 72' Schneiderlin 90+2'	Report	Doumbia 34' Fulgini 78'	Stadium: Allianz Riviera Attendance: 18,257 Referee: Romain Lissorgue

27 February 2022 26	Angers	1–2	Lens	Angers
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Fulgini 49' Mendy 58' Cho 60' 69' Boufal 72'	Report	Doucouré 31' Danso 40' Mendy 73' (o.g.) Clauss 76' Frankowski 89'	Stadium: Stade Raymond Kopa Attendance: 9,499 Referee: Thomas Léonard

6 March 2022 27	Rennes	2–0	Angers	Rennes
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Bourigeaud 33' Aguerd 72' Laborde 87'	Report	Ninga 71'	Stadium: Roazhon Park Attendance: 27,693 Referee: Benoît Millot

13 March 2022 28	Angers	0–1	Reims	Angers
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Manceau 49' 90' Mangani 72' Ebosse 77' Capelle 87' Thomas 88'	Report	Munetsi 18' Flips 24' Donis 34' Foket 58'	Stadium: Stade Raymond Kopa Attendance: 5,960 Referee: Mikael Lesage

20 March 2022 29	Angers	1–0	Brest	Angers
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Boufal 9', 39' (pen.) Thomas 28'	Report	Cardona 43'	Stadium: Stade Raymond Kopa Attendance: 7,734 Referee: Jérémie Pignard

3 April 2022 30	Lyon	3–2	Angers	Décines-Charpieu
17:05 CEST (UTC+2)	Dembélé 26', 52' Tetê 80' Henrique 85'	Report	Pereira Lage 50' Boufal 59' Doumbia 90+2'	Stadium: Groupama Stadium Attendance: 34,376 Referee: Eric Wattellier

10 April 2022 31	Angers	1–1	Lille	Angers
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Bentaleb 45+1' Thomas 54' Djaló 64' (o.g.) Doumbia 70'	Report	Yılmaz 45+3' Fonte 65' Zhegrova 74'	Stadium: Stade Raymond Kopa Attendance: 9,286 Referee: Thomas Léonard

17 April 2022 32	Nantes	1–1	Angers	Nantes
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Lafont 45+5' Coulibaly 53' Blas 70' Girotto 90' Pallois 90+2'	Report	Boufal 18' Thomas 50'	Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 25,102 Referee: Bastien Dechepy

20 April 2022 33	Angers	0–3	Paris Saint-Germain	Angers
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Doumbia 88'	Report	Mbappé 28' Bernat 42' Ramos 45+1' Dina Ebimbe 50' Marquinhos 77' Michut 90+1'	Stadium: Stade Raymond Kopa Attendance: 12,829 Referee: Johan Hamel

24 April 2022 34	Clermont	2–2	Angers	Clermont-Ferrand
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Bayo 71' Da Cunha 82'	Report	Thomas 34' Cho 37', 62' 75' Bentaleb 38' Traoré 44' Bamba 61' Mendy 90'	Stadium: Stade Gabriel Montpied Attendance: 11,531 Referee: Stéphanie Frappart

1 May 2022 35	Monaco	2–0	Angers	Monaco
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Volland 37' Bamba 42' (o.g.) Ben Yedder 61' Golovin 82'	Report	Doumbia 32' Mangani 90+2'	Stadium: Stade Louis II Attendance: 4,616 Referee: Hakim Ben El Hadj

8 May 2022 36	Angers	4–1	Bordeaux	Angers
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Cho 5' Mendy 36' Bahoken 63' Fulgini 78' Pereira Lage 90'	Report	Guilavogui 46' Ahmedhodžić 56' Mara 60', 60' Dilrosun 77' Adli 89'	Stadium: Stade Raymond Kopa Attendance: 10,852 Referee: Benoît Millot

14 May 2022 37	Metz	1–0	Angers	Metz
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Candé 34' Lamkel Zé 50' Traoré 60' Delaine 68'	Report	Bentaleb 23'	Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien Attendance: 17,213 Referee: Jérémie Pignard

21 May 2022 38	Angers	2–0	Montpellier	Angers
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Mangani 45+1' (pen.) Pereira Lage 67' Fulgini 71'	Report	Makouana 30' Oyongo 44' Germain 54' Ferri 59'	Stadium: Stade Raymond Kopa Attendance: 11,249 Referee: Romain Lissorgue

Coupe de France

19 December 2021 Round of 64	ESA Linas-Montlhéry	2–0	Angers	Montlhéry
16:00 CET (UTC+1)	Leno 9', 10', 24'	Report	Ninga 41'	Stadium: Stade d'Honneur Paul Desgouillons Referee: Ruddy Buquet

Statistics

Goalscorers

Position	Players	Ligue 1	Total
FW	Sofiane Boufal	8	8
MF	Thomas Mangani	7	7
MF	Angelo Fulgini	5	5
FW	Mohamed-Ali Cho	4	4
MF	Mathias Pereira Lage	4	4
DF	Ismaël Traoré	4	4
FW	Stéphane Bahoken	3	3
MF	Azzedine Ounahi	2	2
DF	Romain Thomas	2	2
MF	Nabil Bentaleb	1	1
MF	Batista Mendy	1	1

References

^ "Bordeaux, Angers spared relegation by French authorities". Yahoo! Sports. 12 July 2021.
^ "Effectif de l'équipe pro d'Angers SCO" (in French). Angers SCO. Retrieved 14 July 2018.
^ "League Rules" (PDF). www.lfp.fr. Retrieved 22 May 2022.
^ "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] "Bordeaux, Angers spared relegation by French authorities". Yahoo! Sports. 12 July 2021.

[2] "Effectif de l'équipe pro d'Angers SCO" (in French). Angers SCO. Retrieved 14 July 2018.

[3] "League Rules" (PDF). www.lfp.fr. Retrieved 22 May 2022.

[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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