2021–22 Dijon FCO season

Dijon
2021–22 season
President	Olivier Delcourt
Head coach	David Linarès; (until 23 August); Patrice Garande; (from 23 August)
Stadium	Stade Gaston Gérard
Ligue 2	11th
Coupe de France	Round of 64
Top goalscorer	League: ; Aurélien Scheidler (10); All: ; Aurélien Scheidler (12)
	← 2020–21 2022–23 →

The 2021–22 season was the 24th season in the existence of Dijon FCO and the club's first season back in the second division of French football since 2016. In addition to the domestic league, Dijon 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
2	DF	CIV	Adama Fofana
3	DF	FRA	Daniel Congré
5	DF	MLI	Senou Coulibaly
6	MF	BEN	Mattéo Ahlinvi
7	MF	FRA	Frédéric Sammaritano
8	FW	FRA	Mickaël Le Bihan
11	MF	FRA	Valentin Jacob
12	MF	FRA	Lucas Deaux
13	MF	TUR	Amir Arli
14	MF	FRA	Jordan Marié
16	GK	BEN	Saturnin Allagbé
18	MF	CMR	Wilitty Younoussa
19	DF	CMR	Ahmad Ngouyamsa


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
20	DF	FRA	Christopher Rocchia
21	FW	FRA	Aurélien Scheidler
22	MF	FRA	Romain Philippoteaux (on loan from Brest)
23	DF	SEN	Zargo Touré
24	MF	FRA	Erwan Belhadji
25	DF	GAB	Bruno Ecuele Manga (captain)
26	MF	FRA	Jessy Pi
27	DF	MLI	Cheick Traoré
28	MF	FRA	Bryan Soumaré
29	MF	ROU	Alex Dobre
30	GK	FRA	Baptiste Reynet
—	GK	FRA	Thomas Roche

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	ALG	Yassine Benzia (on loan to Hatayspor)
—	MF	KOS	Bersant Celina (on loan to Ipswich Town)
—	MF	GAB	Didier Ndong (on loan to Yeni Malatyaspor)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	FW	CIV	Roger Assalé (on loan to Werder Bremen)
—	FW	FRA	Mounir Chouiar (on loan to Yeni Malatyaspor)
—	FW	SEN	Moussa Konaté (on loan to Sivasspor)

Transfers

Pre-season and friendlies

Win Draw Loss

2 July 2021 Friendly	Dijon	1–2	Sochaux	Besançon, France
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stade Léo Lagrange

6 July 2021 Friendly	Dijon	1–1	Grenoble	Mâcon, France
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stade Pierre Guérin

9 July 2021 Friendly	Dijon	1–2	Nancy	Dijon, France
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stade Gaston Gérard

17 July 2021 Friendly	Dijon	1–2	Troyes	Dijon, France
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stade Gaston Gérard

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	11th	37	13	8	16	48	53	−5	035.14
Coupe de France	13 November 2021	18 December 2021	Seventh round	Round of 64	3	2	1	0	6	1	+5	066.67
Total					40	15	9	16	54	54	+0	037.50

Source: Soccerway

Ligue 2

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
9	Nîmes	38	14	7	17	44	51	−7	49
10	Pau	38	14	7	17	41	49	−8	49
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

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	13	8	17	48	53	−5	47	8	3	8	25	26	−1	5	5	9	23	27	−4

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	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	L	L	D	L	L	L	W	W	W	L	L	W	W	L	L	W	L	D	W	L	W	W	L	L	D	L	W	D	W	D	W	D	L	L	D	W	L	D
Position	18	17	17	18	19	19	18	15	14	17	17	16	13	14	16	12	15	16	13	14	11	9	11	13	12	13	12	13	9	12	9	8	11	12	13	10	11	11

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

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 25 June 2021.^[1]^[2]

26 July 2021 1	Dijon	1–3	Sochaux	Dijon
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Benzia 18' Rocchia 34' Assalé 84'	Report	Mauricio 8' Weissbeck 51' Kalulu 74' Pogba 90+3' Virginius 90+7'	Stadium: Stade Gaston Gérard Referee: Aurelien Petit

31 July 2021 2	Nîmes	2–1	Dijon	Nîmes
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Benrahou 28' (pen.) Cubas 37' Martinez 45+1' Fomba 80'	Report	Traoré 26' Ngouyamsa 35' Coulibaly 45+1' Assalé 79'	Stadium: Stade des Costières Referee: Benjamin Lepaysant

7 August 2021 3	Dijon	1–1	Rodez	Dijon
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Jacob 40' Scheidler 56' Coulibaly 86' Dobre 90+2'	Report	Dépres 77' Ouammou 90+4'	Stadium: Stade Gaston Gérard Referee: Ruddy Buquet

14 August 2021 4	Quevilly-Rouen	2–1	Dijon	Rouen
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Haddad 26' Sangaré 43' Gbellé 79'	Report	Deaux 48' Scheidler 74', 90+3' Traoré 79'	Stadium: Stade Robert Diochon Referee: Gaël Angoula

21 August 2021 5	Dijon	2–4	Toulouse	Dijon
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Scheidler 31' Younoussa 45+3' Le Bihan 81' (pen.) Congré 86' Traoré 87'	Report	Evitt-Healey 28' Onaiwu 37' Ngoumou 51', 62' Gabrielsen 54' Spierings 57' van den Boomen 87' (pen.)	Stadium: Stade Gaston Gérard Referee: Nicolas Rainville

28 August 2021 6	Pau	2–0	Dijon	Pau
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Nišić 16' Assifuah 45' Essende 82'	Report	Ahlinvi 44'	Stadium: Nouste Camp Referee: Abdelatif Kherradji

11 September 2021 7	Dijon	2–1	Bastia	Dijon
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Deaux 33' Congré 48' Benzia 58', 87' Traoré 83'	Report	Vincent 33' Le Cardinal 39' Schur 62' Santelli 70'	Stadium: Stade Gaston Gérard Referee: Bartolomeu Varela

18 September 2021 8	Dijon	2–0	Dunkerque	Dijon
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Traoré 38' Rocchia 44' Le Bihan 55' Coulibaly 86'	Report	Ba 45' Brahimi 69' Gomis 84'	Stadium: Stade Gaston Gérard Referee: Aurelien Petit

21 September 2021 9	Caen	0–1	Dijon	Caen
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Abdi 64' 75'	Report	Younoussa 21' Ecuele Manga 23' Scheidler 29' Pi 84'	Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano Attendance: 8,391 Referee: Gaël Angoula

24 September 2021 10	Dijon	0–1	Valenciennes	Dijon
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Benzia 85' Scheidler 85'	Report	Ayité 43' Picouleau 45' Hamache 57' Ouattara 73' Haouari 90'	Stadium: Stade Gaston Gérard Referee: Frank Schneider

2 October 2021 11	Le Havre	2–0	Dijon	Le Havre
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Cornette 20' Lekhal 62' (pen.) Mayembo 84' Richardson 87'	Report		Stadium: Stade Océane Referee: Marc Bollengier

16 October 2021 12	Dijon	1–0	Amiens	Dijon
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Ngouyamsa 45+1' Dobre 59' Younoussa 80'	Report		Stadium: Stade Gaston Gérard Referee: Jérôme Miguelgorry

23 October 2021 13	Grenoble	1–2	Dijon	Grenoble
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Ravet 29' Cissé 30' Bambock 35'	Report	Coulibaly 28' Benzia 57' Dobre 76' Pi 87'	Stadium: Stade des Alpes Referee: Gaël Angoula

30 October 2021 14	Dijon	0–1	Paris FC	Dijon
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Le Bihan 5'	Report	Deaux 34' (o.g.) Camara 42' Kanté 66' Caddy 76'	Stadium: Stade Gaston Gérard Referee: Frank Schneider

6 November 2021 15	Ajaccio	1–0	Dijon	Ajaccio
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Cimignani 8' Bayala 40' Avinel 74' Marchetti 89' Nouri 90+1' El Idrissy 90+4'	Report	Le Bihan 17' Scheidler 61' Coulibaly 89'	Stadium: Stade François Coty Referee: Bartolomeu Varela

22 November 2021 16	Dijon	3–1	Auxerre	Dijon
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Jacob 16' Scheidler 38' Benzia 79' Coulibaly 87'	Report	Jubal Jr. 41' Touré 60' Charbonnier 61' Pellenard 87'	Stadium: Stade Gaston Gérard Referee: Nicolas Rainville

3 December 2021 17	Guingamp	3–2	Dijon	Guingamp
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Ba 43' Pierrot 52', 55' Gomis 72' Roux 78' Diarra 82'	Report	Ngouyamsa 20' Younoussa 32' Scheidler 38', 47' Benzia 53' Traoré 67' Deaux 73'	Stadium: Stade de Roudourou Referee: Aurelien Petit

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	Nancy	0–3	Dijon	Tomblaine
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Haag 47'	Report	Traoré 2' Dobre 23' Congré 51' Jacob 78' Philippoteaux 80'	Stadium: Stade Marcel Picot Referee: Marc Bollengier

8 January 2022 20	Dijon	1–2	Nîmes	Dijon
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Jacob 54' Philippoteaux 57' Ahlinvi 60' Ngouyamsa 64'	Report	Eliasson 5' Sainte-Luce 17' 45' Ponceau 30' Bråtveit 85'	Stadium: Stade Gaston Gérard Referee: Mathieu Vernice

15 January 2022 21	Rodez	0–2	Dijon	Rodez
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Bardy 37' 88' Malanda 43' Célestine 59'	Report	Ngouyamsa 20' Congré 27' Dobre 55'	Stadium: Stade Paul-Lignon Referee: Nocolas Rainville

22 January 2022 22	Dijon	1–0	Quevilly-Rouen	Dijon
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Scheidler 8', 49' Younoussa 17'	Report	Dekoke 60'	Stadium: Stade Gaston Gérard Referee: Bartolomeu Varela

5 February 2022 23	Toulouse	4–1	Dijon	Toulouse
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Ngoumou 24' Nicolaisen 44' Diakité 57' Ratão 65' Onaiwu 81'	Report	Scheidler 33' Coulibaly 50' Fofana 84'	Stadium: Stadium de Toulouse Referee: Marc Bollengier

12 February 2022 24	Dijon	0–1	Pau	Dijon
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Pi 18' Le Bihan 90+3'	Report	Essende 22' Boto 30' Batisse 36' Koffi 58' Poha 69'	Stadium: Stade Gaston Gérard Referee: Gaël Angoula

19 February 2022 25	Bastia	0–0	Dijon	Furiani
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Guidi 21' Ben Saada 85'	Report		Stadium: Stade Armand Cesari Referee: Remi Landry

26 February 2022 26	Dunkerque	2–1	Dijon	Dunkirk
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Niané 31' Kikonda 53' I. Gomis 64'	Report	Philippoteaux 19' Dobre 51' Le Bihan 80'	Stadium: Stade Marcel-Tribut Referee: Abdelatif Kherradji

5 March 2022 27	Dijon	1–0	Caen	Dijon
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Le Bihan 37' Deaux 61'	Report	Vandermersch 64'	Stadium: Stade Gaston Gérard Referee: Frank Schneider

12 March 2022 28	Valenciennes	0–0	Dijon	Valenciennes
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Lecoeuche 14' Ntim 22' Masson 30' Linguet 39' Cuffaut 82'	Report	Traoré 12' Pi 42' Coulibaly 61'	Stadium: Stade du Hainaut Referee: Mathieu Vernice

15 March 2022 29	Dijon	2–0	Le Havre	Dijon
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Thiaré 51' (o.g.) Traoré 90'	Report	Wahib 29' Lekhal 85'	Stadium: Stade Gaston Gérard Referee: Aurelien Petit

19 March 2022 30	Amiens	1–1	Dijon	Amiens
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Bénet 64' Bamba 71'	Report	Traoré 57' Dossevi 90+2' (o.g.)	Stadium: Stade de la Licorne Referee: Guillaume Paradis

2 April 2022 31	Dijon	1–0	Grenoble	Dijon
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Le Bihan 85'	Report	Correa 58' Abdallah 69' Sanyang 78'	Stadium: Stade Gaston Gérard Referee: Nicolas Rainville

11 April 2022 32	Paris FC	2–2	Dijon	Paris
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	López 56', 63', 64' Bamba 76' Boutaïb 90+3'	Report	Scheidler 27' Philippoteaux 71' Coulibaly 75'	Stadium: Stade Sébastien Charléty Referee: Olivier Thual

16 April 2022 33	Dijon	0–3	Ajaccio	Dijon
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Courtet 21' Bayala 53' Arconte 60', 87' Leroy 85'	Stadium: Stade Gaston Gérard Referee: Abdelatif Kherradji

19 April 2022 34	Auxerre	2–1	Dijon	Auxerre
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Hein 3' Coeff 24' Arcus 82'	Report	Younoussa 31' Philippoteaux 59' Scheidler 69'	Stadium: Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps Referee: Marc Bollengier

22 April 2022 35	Dijon	3–3	Guingamp	Dijon
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Scheidler 1' Dobre 27', 45+2' Pi 59'	Report	Sivis 54' Diarra 63' M'Changama 80' (pen.) Muyumba 90+1'	Stadium: Stade Gaston Gérard Referee: Eric Wattellier

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	Dijon	2–3	Nancy	Dijon
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Coulibaly 5' Ecuele Manga 78'	Report	N'Gbakoto 53', 76' Bobichon 62'	Stadium: Stade Gaston Gérard Referee: Olivier Thual

14 May 2022 38	Sochaux	2–2	Dijon	Montbéliard
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Weissbeck 2', 51'	Report	Le Bihan 58' Philippoteaux 78' Traoré 87'	Stadium: Stade Auguste Bonal Referee: Frank Schneider

Coupe de France

13 November 2021 Seventh round	ASC Saint-Apollinaire	0–3	Dijon	Dijon^[3]
14:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Jacob 41' Scheidler 65', 85'	Stadium: Stade Gaston Gérard Referee: Antoine Valet

27 November 2021 Eighth round	FC Morteau-Montlebon	0–2	Dijon	Montlebon
14:30 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Ecuele Manga 68' Arlı 90+1'	Stadium: Stade Henri Schaller Referee: Ali Djedid

18 December 2021 Round of 64	AS Cannes	1–1 (3–2 p)	Dijon	Cannes
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Gonçalves 74'	Report	Le Bihan 48'	Stadium: Stade Pierre de Coubertin Referee: Arnaud Baert

References

^ "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.
^ "Saint-Apollinaire - DFCO au stade Gaston-Gérard à Dijon" (in French). Le Bien Public. 5 November 2021.

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

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

[3] "Saint-Apollinaire - DFCO au stade Gaston-Gérard à Dijon" (in French). Le Bien Public. 5 November 2021.

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