title: 2021–22 Montpellier HSC season
text: # 2021–22 Montpellier HSC season
  
  The 2021–22 season was the 95th season in the existence of Montpellier HSC and the club's 20th consecutive season in the top flight of French football. In addition to the domestic league, Montpellier 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 |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | GK | SUI | Jonas Omlin |
  | 2 | DF | FRA | Arnaud Souquet |
  | 3 | DF | FRA | Mamadou Sakho |
  | 5 | DF | POR | Pedro Mendes |
  | 6 | MF | FRA | Junior Sambia |
  | 7 | DF | SRB | Mihailo Ristić |
  | 8 | DF | CMR | Ambroise Oyongo |
  | 9 | FW | FRA | Valère Germain |
  | 10 | FW | ENG | Stephy Mavididi |
  | 11 | MF | FRA | Téji Savanier (captain) |
  | 12 | MF | FRA | Jordan Ferri (vice-captain) |
  | 13 | MF | FRA | Joris Chotard |
  | 14 | DF | FRA | Maxime Estève |
  | No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
  | 16 | GK | FRA | Dimitry Bertaud |
  | 17 | DF | FRA | Thibault Tamas |
  | 18 | MF | FRA | Léo Leroy |
  | 20 | FW | FRA | Yanis Guermouche |
  | 21 | FW | FRA | Elye Wahi |
  | 22 | DF | URU | Mathías Suárez |
  | 23 | FW | USA | Nicholas Gioacchini (on loan from Caen) |
  | 25 | MF | FRA | Florent Mollet |
  | 26 | DF | BRA | Matheus Thuler (on loan from Flamengo) |
  | 28 | FW | CGO | Béni Makouana |
  | 30 | GK | FRA | Matis Carvalho |
  | 31 | DF | FRA | Nicolas Cozza |
  
  ### 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 | Clément Vidal (on loan to Ajaccio) |
  
  ## Transfers
  
  ### In
  
  | No. | Pos | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date | Source |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 28 | FW | Valère Germain | Free transfer | Free transfer | 1 September 2021 | |
  
  ## Pre-season and friendlies
  
  Win  Draw  Loss
  
  ## 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 | 13th | 38 | 12 | 7 | 19 | 49 | 61 | −12 | 031.58 |
  | Coupe de France | 19 December 2021 | 29 January 2022 | Round of 64 | Round of 16 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 066.67 |
  | Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 41 | 14 | 8 | 19 | 52 | 62 | −10 | 034.15 |
  
  Source: Soccerway
  
  ### Ligue 1
  
  **League table**
  
  | Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 11 | Brest | 38 | 13 | 9 | 16 | 49 | 57 | −8 | 48 |
  | 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 |
  
  **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 |
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  | Ground | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A |
  | Result | L | D | W | L | W | D | D | L | D | W | L | W | W | L | L | W | W | W | W | L | L | W | L | L | W | L | L | D | W | L | L | D | L | L | D | L | L | L |
  | Position | 17 | 13 | 6 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 |
  
  **Matches**
  
  The league fixtures were announced on 25 June 2021.
  
  ## Statistics
  
  ### Appearances and goals
  
      Last updated 21 May 2022.
  
  | No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Ligue 1 | Ligue 1 | Coupe de France | Coupe de France |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
  | Goalkeepers ||||||||||
  | 1 | GK | SUI | Jonas Omlin | 29 | 0 | 29+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | 16 | GK | FRA | Dimitry Bertaud | 14 | 0 | 9+2 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
  | 30 | GK | FRA | Matis Carvalho | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | Defenders ||||||||||
  | 2 | DF | FRA | Arnaud Souquet | 37 | 1 | 27+7 | 1 | 2+1 | 0 |
  | 3 | DF | FRA | Mamadou Sakho | 32 | 0 | 29+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
  | 5 | DF | POR | Pedro Mendes | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | 7 | DF | SRB | Mihailo Ristić | 31 | 2 | 19+10 | 1 | 2+0 | 1 |
  | 8 | DF | CMR | Ambroise Oyongo | 12 | 1 | 7+4 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 |
  | 14 | DF | FRA | Maxime Estève | 24 | 0 | 20+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | 17 | DF | FRA | Thibault Tamas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | 22 | DF | URU | Mathías Suárez (out on loan) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | 26 | DF | BRA | Thuler | 18 | 0 | 10+6 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
  | 31 | DF | FRA | Nicolas Cozza | 37 | 2 | 32+2 | 2 | 2+1 | 0 |
  | 34 | DF | FRA | Redouane Halhal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | 35 | DF | CMR | Enzo Tchato | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | Midfielders ||||||||||
  | 6 | MF | CIV | Junior Sambia | 32 | 1 | 15+14 | 1 | 2+1 | 0 |
  | 11 | MF | FRA | Téji Savanier | 31 | 9 | 28+1 | 8 | 2+0 | 1 |
  | 12 | MF | FRA | Jordan Ferri | 36 | 0 | 33+1 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
  | 13 | MF | FRA | Joris Chotard | 37 | 1 | 33+2 | 1 | 2+0 | 0 |
  | 15 | MF | SUI | Gabriel Barès (out on loan) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | 18 | MF | FRA | Léo Leroy | 26 | 0 | 7+17 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
  | 22 | MF | FRA | Rémy Cabella | 5 | 0 | 3+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | 25 | MF | FRA | Florent Mollet | 38 | 6 | 32+3 | 6 | 3+0 | 0 |
  | 34 | MF | FRA | Sacha Delaye | 11 | 0 | 3+7 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
  | Forwards ||||||||||
  | 9 | FW | ALG | Andy Delort (transferred out) | 3 | 2 | 3+0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
  | 9 | FW | FRA | Valère Germain | 36 | 4 | 22+12 | 4 | 2+0 | 0 |
  | 10 | FW | FRA | Gaëtan Laborde (transferred out) | 4 | 3 | 4+0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
  | 10 | FW | ENG | Stephy Mavididi | 32 | 8 | 27+4 | 8 | 0+1 | 0 |
  | 20 | FW | ALG | Yanis Guermouche | 4 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
  | 21 | FW | FRA | Elye Wahi | 36 | 10 | 21+12 | 10 | 2+1 | 0 |
  | 23 | FW | USA | Nicholas Gioacchini (in on loan) | 31 | 0 | 3+25 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
  | 28 | FW | CGO | Béni Makouana | 25 | 1 | 1+22 | 0 | 0+2 | 1 |
  | 32 | FW | SRB | Petar Škuletić (transferred out) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  
  ### Top scorers
  
  Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by squad number when total goals are equal.
  
      Last updated 21 May 2022.
  
  | Rank | Position | Nationality | No. | Player | Ligue 1 | Coupe de France | Total |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | FW | | 21 | Elye Wahi | 10 | 0 | 10 |
  | 2 | MF | | 11 | Téji Savanier | 8 | 1 | 9 |
  | 3 | FW | | 10 | Stephy Mavididi | 8 | 0 | 8 |
  | 4 | MF | | 25 | Florent Mollet | 6 | 0 | 6 |
  | 5 | FW | | 9 | Valère Germain | 4 | 0 | 4 |
  | 6 | FW | | 10 | Gaëtan Laborde | 3 | 0 | 3 |
  | 7 | DF | | 7 | Mihailo Ristić | 1 | 1 | 2 |
  | 7 | FW | | 9 | Andy Delort | 2 | 0 | 2 |
  | 7 | DF | | 31 | Nicolas Cozza | 2 | 0 | 2 |
  | 10 | DF | | 2 | Arnaud Souquet | 1 | 0 | 1 |
  | 10 | MF | | 6 | Junior Sambia | 1 | 0 | 1 |
  | 10 | DF | | 8 | Ambroise Oyongo | 1 | 0 | 1 |
  | 10 | MF | | 13 | Joris Chotard | 1 | 0 | 1 |
  | 10 | FW | | 28 | Béni Makouana | 0 | 1 | 1 |
  | | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | 1 | 0 | 1 |
  | | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 49 | 3 | 52 |
  
  ### Cleansheets
  
  Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by squad number when total cleansheets are equal.
  
      Last updated 21 May 2022.
  
  | Rank | Position | Nationality | No. | Player | Ligue 1 | Coupe de France | Total |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 |
  | 1 | GK | | 1 | Jonas Omlin | 7 | 0 | 7 |
  | 2 | GK | | 16 | Dimitry Bertaud | 2 | 2 | 4 |
  | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 9 | 2 | 11 |
  
  ### Disciplinary record
  
  Includes all competitive matches.
  
      Last updated 21 May 2022.
  
  | Position | Number | Name | Ligue 1 | Ligue 1 | Ligue 1 | Coupe de France | Coupe de France | Coupe de France | Total | Total | Total |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | MF | 11 | Téji Savanier | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 1 |
  | DF | 7 | Mihailo Ristić | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
  | FW | 21 | Elye Wahi | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
  | DF | 31 | Nicolas Cozza | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
  | GK | 1 | Jonas Omlin | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
  | MF | 12 | Jordan Ferri | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 0 |
  | MF | 6 | Junior Sambia | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
  | DF | 26 | Thuler | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
  | MF | 25 | Florent Mollet | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
  | DF | 2 | Arnaud Souquet | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
  | DF | 8 | Ambroise Oyongo | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
  | FW | 10 | Stephy Mavididi | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
  | MF | 13 | Joris Chotard | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
  | FW | 28 | Béni Makouana | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
  | DF | 3 | Mamadou Sakho | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
  | FW | 9 | Valère Germain | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
  | MF | 18 | Léo Leroy | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
  | DF | 14 | Maxime Estève | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
  | FW | 10 | Gaëtan Laborde | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
  | GK | 16 | Dimitry Bertaud | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
  | | | TOTALS | 78 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 83 | 4 | 5 |
  