2021–22 Rodez AF season

Rodez
2021–22 season
President	Pierre-Olivier Murat
Head coach	Laurent Peyrelade
Stadium	Stade Paul-Lignon
Ligue 2	17th
Coupe de France	Eighth round
	← 2020–21 2022–23 →

The 2021–22 season was the 93rd season in the existence of Rodez AF and the club's third consecutive season in the second division of French football. In addition to the domestic league, Rodez participated in this season's edition of the Coupe de France.

Players

First-team squad

As of 5 February 2022^[1]^[2]

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	Marc Vidal
2	DF	FRA	Julien Célestine
4	DF	FRA	Pierre Bardy (captain)
5	MF	FRA	Enzo Zidane
6	MF	FRA	Rémy Boissier
7	MF	FRA	Nassim Ouammou
8	MF	FRA	Lorenzo Rajot
9	FW	FRA	Malaly Dembélé
10	FW	GLP	Florian David
12	FW	FRA	Kilian Corredor
13	DF	GEO	Amiran Sanaia
14	DF	FRA	Bradley Danger
15	DF	FRA	Serge-Philippe Raux-Yao
16	GK	COD	Lionel Mpasi


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
17	MF	ANG	Plamedi Buni Jorge
18	MF	FRA	Jordan Leborgne
19	DF	FRA	Lucas Buadés
20	FW	FRA	Alan Kerouedan
21	DF	FRA	Joris Chougrani
22	MF	ISL	Árni Vilhjálmsson
23	DF	GAB	Johann Obiang
24	DF	FRA	Adilson Malanda
25	FW	FRA	Clément Depres
27	MF	FRA	Jonathan Varane (on loan from Lens)
28	FW	FRA	Jean-Pierre Tiéhi (on loan from Fulham)
29	DF	FRA	Grégory Coelho
30	GK	FRA	Thomas Secchi
33	FW	FRA	Hatim Far

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	Corentin Jacob (on loan to Concarneau)

Transfers

Pre-season and friendlies

Win Draw Loss

3 July 2021 Friendly	Nice	1–1	Rodez	Nice, France
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Da Cunha 43'		Bonnet 54'	Stadium: Nice Training Center Attendance: 0

10 July 2021 Friendly	Clermont	2–2	Rodez	Clermont-Ferrand, France
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Stade Philippe Marcombes Attendance: 1,000

14 July 2021 Friendly	Montpellier	1–0	Rodez	Montpellier, France
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Wahi 45+1'			Stadium: Stade Bernard Gasset

17 July 2021 Friendly	Toulouse	2–0	Rodez	Montauban, France
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Complexe Sportif Jean Verbeke

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	17th	38	10	13	15	32	42	−10	026.32
Coupe de France	13 November 2021	27 November 2021	Seventh round	Eighth round	2	1	1	0	3	2	+1	050.00
Total					40	11	14	15	35	44	−9	027.50

Source: Soccerway

Ligue 2

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or Relegation
15	Grenoble	38	12	8	18	32	44	−12	44
16	Valenciennes	38	10	14	14	34	47	−13	44
17	Rodez	38	10	13	15	32	42	−10	43
18	Quevilly-Rouen (O)	38	10	10	18	33	50	−17	40	Qualification for the relegation play-offs
19	Dunkerque (R)	38	8	7	23	28	53	−25	31	Relegation to Championnat National

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
(O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated

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	13	15	32	42	−10	43	5	9	5	16	16	0	5	4	10	16	26	−10

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	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
Result	L	W	D	D	W	D	W	L	L	D	L	L	W	W	L	W	W	D	D	L	L	D	D	L	D	L	L	D	D	L	D	L	L	D	L	W	W	W
Position	20	10	11	13	9	10	8	8	9	11	15	15	11	9	10	8	7	7	8	9	9	11	10	14	13	14	16	16	16	17	16	17	18	17	17	17	17	17

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

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 25 June 2021.^[3]^[4]

24 July 2021 1	Caen	4–0	Rodez	Caen
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Mendy 2', 19', 38' (pen.) Lepenant 33' Shamal 89'	Report	Célestine 36' Bardy 74'	Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano Attendance: 7,292 Referee: Guillaume Paradis

31 July 2021 (2021-07-31) 2	Rodez	1–0	Pau	Rodez
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Leborgne 20' 52' Buadés 45'	Report	Beusnard 55' Batisse 70' Kouassi 75'	Stadium: Stade Paul-Lignon Referee: Remi Landry

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 (2021-08-14) 4	Rodez	0–0	Le Havre	Rodez
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Boissier 14'	Report	Touré 9'	Stadium: Stade Paul-Lignon Referee: Abdelatifa Kherradji

21 August 2021 5	Valenciennes	1–4	Rodez	Valenciennes
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Guillaume 16' Dos Santos 31' Robail 35' Yatabaré 52'	Report	Buadés 27', 47' Leborgne 56' Bardy 59' Ouammou 66' Dépres 73' David 77'	Stadium: Stade du Hainaut Referee: Benjamin Lepaysant

28 August 2021 (2021-08-28) 6	Rodez	2–2	Dunkerque	Rodez
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Célestine 19' Dépres 58', 90+2' Buadés 80'	Report	Tchokounté 19' Bruneel 23', 52' Rocheteau 66' Maraval 90+2'	Stadium: Stade Paul-Lignon Referee: Pierre Legat

11 September 2021 7	Amiens	0–1	Rodez	Amiens
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Lachuer 20' Lusamba 42'	Report	Danger 34' Dépres 54' Rajot 74'	Stadium: Stade de la Licorne Referee: Nicolas Rainville

18 September 2021 (2021-09-18) 8	Rodez	0–2	Ajaccio	Rodez
19:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Moussiti-Oko 3' Sollacaro 31' Gonzalez 38' Nouri 49' Courtet 90+3'	Stadium: Stade Paul-Lignon Referee: Gaël Angoula

21 September 2021 9	Auxerre	1–0	Rodez	Auxerre
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Charbonnier 8'	Report		Stadium: Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps Referee: Bartolomeu Varela

24 September 2021 (2021-09-24) 10	Rodez	1–1	Grenoble	Rodez
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	M'Pasi 24' David 90+4', 90+4'	Report	Belmonte 25' (pen.) Abdallah 86'	Stadium: Stade Paul-Lignon Referee: Jérôme Miguelgorry

2 October 2021 11	Guingamp	2–1	Rodez	Guingamp
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Pierrot 4', 66' Sivis 53' Roux 55' Diarra 85'	Report	Dépres 9' Célestine 45+2'	Stadium: Stade de Roudourou Referee: Pierre Legat

16 October 2021 (2021-10-16) 12	Rodez	0–1	Sochaux	Rodez
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Malanda 44' Chougrani 55' Danger 60'	Report	Mauricio 75' Ambri 84'	Stadium: Stade Paul-Lignon Referee: Olivier Thual

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 (2021-10-30) 14	Rodez	3–0	Quevilly-Rouen	Rodez
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Célestine 39' Dembélé 50', 56' Boissier 66' Bonnet 70', 79'	Report	Nazon 37' Sidibé 61'	Stadium: Stade Paul-Lignon Referee: Abdelatifa Kherradji

6 November 2021 15	Paris FC	1–0	Rodez	Paris
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Siby 2' Caddy 33', 54'	Report	Boissier 25' Malanda 58' Ouammou 72'	Stadium: Stade Sébastien Charléty Referee: Mathieu Vernice

20 November 2021 16	Nancy	0–2	Rodez	Tomblaine
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Biron 58'	Report	Leborgne 24' (pen.) Chougrani 31' Boissier 37'	Stadium: Stade Marcel Picot Referee: Pierre Legat

3 December 2021 (2021-12-03) 17	Rodez	1–0	Nîmes	Rodez
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Leborgne 14' (pen.), 55' Bardy 41'	Report	Guessoum 13' Delpech 84'	Stadium: Stade Paul-Lignon Referee: Guillaume Paradis

13 December 2021 18	Toulouse	1–1	Rodez	Toulouse
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Ratão 14', 51' Nicolaisen 69' Evitt-Healey 90+3'	Report	Danger 36' Célestine 40' Diakité 84' (o.g.) Bardy 86'	Stadium: Stadium de Toulouse Referee: Nicolas Rainville

21 December 2021 19	Rodez	0–0	Bastia	Rodez
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Malanda 50' Buadés 71'	Report	Vincent 25' Quemper 54' Kaïboué 74'	Stadium: Stade Paul-Lignon Referee: Frank Schneider

8 January 2022 20	Pau	4–0	Rodez	Pau
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Kouassi 28' Daubin 40' Koffi 52' Lobry 70' Nišić 55', 60' Naidji 76'	Report	Boissier 2' Dépres 62'	Stadium: Nouste Camp Referee: Bartolomeu Varela

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: Nicolas Rainville

22 January 2022 22	Le Havre	0–0	Rodez	Le Havre
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Sangante 65' Mayembo 76' Abdelli 90+3' Bonnet 90+6'	Report	Kerouedan 66' M'Pasi 90+4' David 90+4'	Stadium: Stade Océane Referee: Abdelatifa Kherradji

5 February 2022 23	Rodez	0–0	Valenciennes	Rodez
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Vilhjálmsson 78' Boissier 79'	Report		Stadium: Stade Paul-Lignon Referee: Olivier Thual

12 February 2022 24	Dunkerque	2–0	Rodez	Dunkirk
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Rocheteau 21' Trichard 28' Dudouit 42'	Report	Kerouedan 27' Buadés 43'	Stadium: Stade Marcel-Tribut Referee: Hakim Ben El Hadj Salem

19 February 2022 25	Rodez	1–1	Amiens	Rodez
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Vilhjalmsson 40' Celestine 72'	Report	M. Fofana (b. 1998) 18' Celestine 24' (o.g.) Zungu 33' Lusamba 45' Badji 45+1' Sangaré 90+3'	Stadium: Stade Paul-Lignon Referee: Arnaud Baert

26 February 2022 26	Ajaccio	2–1	Rodez	Ajaccio
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Krasso 11', 75' Marchetti 38' Nouri 45+1'	Report	Vilhjálmsson 33' Danger 40' Célestine 61' Bardy 67'	Stadium: Stade François Coty Referee: Mathieu Vernice

5 March 2022 27	Rodez	1–3	Auxerre	Rodez
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Boissier 75', 88' Corredor 90'	Report	Hein 6', 37', 52' Arcus 56'	Stadium: Stade Paul-Lignon Referee: Jérôme Miguelgorry

12 March 2022 28	Grenoble	0–0	Rodez	Grenoble
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Michel 87'	Report	Buadés 37' M'Pasi 83' Leborgne 85' Malanda 85' David 90'	Stadium: Stade des Alpes Referee: Frank Schneider

15 March 2022 29	Rodez	1–1	Guingamp	Rodez
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Ouammou 30' Célestine 45+4' Buadés 52' Danger 61' Dépres 90+5' (pen.) Malanda 90+6'	Report	Roux 6' Livolant 16' Sivis 19' Merghem 61' 63' Diarra 89'	Stadium: Stade Paul-Lignon Referee: Arnaud Baert

19 March 2022 30	Sochaux	2–0	Rodez	Montbéliard
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Weissbeck 2' Kalulu 13' Ndiaye 36' Pogba 50' Ndour 83' Ambri 90+1'	Report	Bardy 3' Rajot 7' Chougrani 45' Célestine 90+3'	Stadium: Stade Auguste Bonal Referee: Bartolomeu Varela

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

9 April 2022 32	Quevilly-Rouen	2–0	Rodez	Le Petit-Quevilly
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Nazon 22', 62' Gbelle 43' Soumaré 64' Boé-Kane 67'	Report	Boissier 45+1' Obiang 70' Raux-Yao 81'	Stadium: Stade Robert Diochon Referee: Benoit Millot

16 April 2022 33	Rodez	0–1	Paris FC	Rodez
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Name 11'	Stadium: Stade Paul-Lignon Referee: Frank Schneider

19 April 2022 34	Rodez	1–1	Nancy	Rodez
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Corredor 48' Célestine 63'	Report	N'Gbakoto 60' Latouchent 66'	Stadium: Stade Paul-Lignon Referee: Gaël Angoula

22 April 2022 35	Nîmes	3–2	Rodez	Nîmes
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Koné 18' Ómarsson 36', 90+3'	Report	Malanda 48' Danger 52' Célestine 55' Rajot 81'	Stadium: Stade des Costières Referee: Mathieu Vernice

2 May 2022 36	Rodez	1–0	Toulouse	Rodez
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Danger 64' (pen.) Obiang 90+5'	Report	Bangré 87'	Stadium: Stade Paul-Lignon Referee: Florent Batta

7 May 2022 37	Bastia	0–1	Rodez	Furiani
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Robic 86'	Report	Célestine 16' Boissier 33' Corredor 90+3'	Stadium: Stade Armand-Cesari Referee: Pierre Legat

14 May 2022 38	Rodez	2–0	Caen	Rodez
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Danger 23' Célestine 52' Kerouedan 90'	Report	Abdi 12'	Stadium: Stade Paul-Lignon Referee: Pierre Gaillouste

Coupe de France

13 November 2021 Seventh round	US Blavozy	1–2	Rodez	Le Puy-en-Velay^[5]
17:00 CET (UTC+1)	Pezaire 36'	Report	Chougrani 47', 65'	Stadium: Stade Charles Massot Referee: Mickaël Leleu

27 November 2021 Eighth round	AS Cannes	1–1 (3–2 p)	Rodez	Cannes
17:00 CET (UTC+1)	Desmartin 31'	Report	David 21'	Stadium: Stade Pierre de Coubertin Referee: Gaël Angoula

References

^ "Effectif" (in French). rodezaveyronfootball.com. Archived from the original on 16 August 2017. Retrieved 4 February 2019.
^ "Rodez Aveyron Football - Squad". Scoresway. Archived from the original on 25 May 2011. Retrieved 4 February 2019.
^ "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.
^ "Lieu, prix, horaire… tout savoir sur Blavozy-RAF" (in French). OneFootball. 4 November 2021.

[1] "Effectif" (in French). rodezaveyronfootball.com. Archived from the original on 16 August 2017. Retrieved 4 February 2019.

[2] "Rodez Aveyron Football - Squad". Scoresway. Archived from the original on 25 May 2011. Retrieved 4 February 2019.

[3] "2021-22 Ligue 1 Uber Eats calendar unveiled on 25 June". ligue1.com. 23 June 2021.

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

[5] "Lieu, prix, horaire… tout savoir sur Blavozy-RAF" (in French). OneFootball. 4 November 2021.

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