2021–22 EFL Championship

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EFL Championship
Season2021–22
Matches played270
Goals scored662 (2.45 per match)
Top goalscorerAleksandar Mitrović
(Fulham)
(22 goals)
Biggest home winLuton Town 5–0
Coventry City
(29 September 2021)
Biggest away winBlackburn Rovers 0–7 Fulham
(3 November 2021)
Highest scoringSheffield United 6–2 Peterborough United
(11 September 2021)
Longest winning runFulham
(7 games)
Longest unbeaten runBournemouth
(15 games)
Longest winless runBarnsley
(13 games)
Longest losing runCardiff City
(8 games)
Highest attendance29,043
Sheffield United 0–1 Birmingham City
(7 August 2021)
Lowest attendance7,983
Peterborough United 1–1 Huddersfield Town
(2 November 2021)
2022–23 →
All statistics correct as of 20 December 2021.

The 2021–22 EFL Championship (referred to as the Sky Bet Championship for sponsorship reasons) is the 18th season of the Football League Championship under its current title and the 30th season under its current league division format.

Team changes[]

The following teams have changed division since the 2020–21 season:

Stadiums[]

Greater London EFL Championship football clubs
Millwall
Millwall
Greater London EFL Championship football clubs
Team Location Stadium Capacity
Bournemouth Bournemouth Dean Court 11,364
Barnsley Barnsley Oakwell 23,287
Birmingham City Birmingham St Andrew's 29,409
Blackburn Rovers Blackburn Ewood Park 31,367
Blackpool Blackpool Bloomfield Road 17,338
Bristol City Bristol Ashton Gate Stadium 27,000
Cardiff City Cardiff Cardiff City Stadium 33,280
Coventry City Coventry Coventry Building Society Arena 32,609
Derby County Derby Pride Park Stadium 33,600
Fulham London (Fulham) Craven Cottage 19,359
Huddersfield Town Huddersfield John Smith's Stadium 24,500
Hull City Kingston upon Hull MKM Stadium 25,400
Luton Town Luton Kenilworth Road 10,356
Middlesbrough Middlesbrough Riverside Stadium 34,742
Millwall London (South Bermondsey) The Den 20,146
Nottingham Forest West Bridgford City Ground 30,446
Peterborough United Peterborough London Road Stadium 15,314
Preston North End Preston Deepdale 23,404
Queens Park Rangers London (White City) Loftus Road 18,439
Reading Reading Madejski Stadium 24,161
Sheffield United Sheffield Bramall Lane 32,050
Stoke City Stoke-on-Trent bet365 Stadium 30,089
Swansea City Swansea Swansea.com Stadium 21,088
West Bromwich Albion West Bromwich The Hawthorns 26,850

Personnel and sponsoring[]

Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
Bournemouth England Scott Parker England Steve Cook England Umbro MSP Capital[1]
Barnsley Sweden Poya Asbaghi England Cauley Woodrow Germany Puma The Investment Room[2]
Birmingham City England Lee Bowyer England Harlee Dean United States Nike BoyleSports[3]
Blackburn Rovers England Tony Mowbray Republic of Ireland Darragh Lenihan Italy Macron Recoverite Compression[4]
Blackpool England Neil Critchley Wales Chris Maxwell Germany Puma Blackpool Council
(Home: "VisitBlackpool.com";
Away: "Get Vocal")
Bristol City England Nigel Pearson England Daniel Bentley Denmark Hummel MansionBet[5]
Cardiff City Wales Steve Morison England Sean Morrison Germany Adidas Tourism Malaysia
Coventry City England Mark Robins Scotland Liam Kelly Denmark Hummel BoyleSports[6]
Derby County England Wayne Rooney Wales Tom Lawrence England Umbro 32Red
Fulham Portugal Marco Silva Scotland Tom Cairney Germany Adidas World Mobile [7]
Huddersfield Town Spain Carlos Corberán England Jonathan Hogg England Umbro Utilita[8]
Hull City Northern Ireland Grant McCann England Richie Smallwood England Umbro Giacom[9]
Luton Town Wales Nathan Jones England Sonny Bradley England Umbro JB Developments (home)
Star Platforms (away)
Ryebridge (third)
Middlesbrough England Chris Wilder England Jonny Howson Denmark Hummel 32Red
Millwall England Gary Rowett Republic of Ireland Alex Pearce Italy Macron Huski Chocolate[10]
Nottingham Forest Wales Steve Cooper England Lewis Grabban Italy Macron BOXT
Peterborough United Scotland Darren Ferguson Grenada Oliver Norburn Germany Puma Mick George Group
Preston North End England Ryan Lowe Republic of Ireland Alan Browne United States Nike PAR Group
Queens Park Rangers England Mark Warburton Norway Stefan Johansen Italy Erreà Ashville Holdings[11]
Reading Serbia Veljko Paunović Jamaica Liam Moore Italy Macron Select Car Leasing[12]
Sheffield United England Paul Heckingbottom England Billy Sharp Germany Adidas Randox
Stoke City Northern Ireland Michael O'Neill Wales Joe Allen Italy Macron bet365
Swansea City Scotland Russell Martin England Matt Grimes[13] Spain Joma[14] Swansea University[15]
West Bromwich Albion France Valérien Ismaël England Jake Livermore Germany Puma[16] Ideal Heating

Managerial changes[]

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment
West Bromwich Albion England Sam Allardyce[17] Resigned 23 May 2021 Pre-season France Valérien Ismaël[18] 24 June 2021
Sheffield United England Paul Heckingbottom[19] End of caretaker spell Serbia Slaviša Jokanović[20] 27 May 2021
Barnsley France Valérien Ismaël[21] Signed by West Bromwich Albion 24 June 2021 Austria Markus Schopp[22] 29 June 2021
Fulham England Scott Parker[23] Mutual consent; Signed by Bournemouth 28 June 2021 Portugal Marco Silva[24] 1 July 2021
Bournemouth England Jonathan Woodgate[25] End of contract England Scott Parker[26] 28 June 2021
Swansea City Wales Steve Cooper[27] Mutual consent 21 July 2021 Scotland Russell Martin[28] 1 August 2021
Nottingham Forest Republic of Ireland Chris Hughton[29] Sacked 16 September 2021 24th Wales Steve Cooper[30] 21 September 2021
Cardiff City Republic of Ireland Mick McCarthy[31] Mutual consent 23 October 2021 21st Wales Steve Morison[32] 12 November 2021
Barnsley Austria Markus Schopp[33] Sacked 1 November 2021 23rd Sweden Poya Asbaghi[34] 17 November 2021
Middlesbrough England Neil Warnock[35] Mutual consent 6 November 2021 14th England Chris Wilder[36] 7 November 2021
Sheffield United Serbia Slaviša Jokanović[37] Sacked 25 November 2021 16th England Paul Heckingbottom[37] 25 November 2021
Preston North End Scotland Frankie McAvoy[38] 6 December 2021 18th England Ryan Lowe[39] 7 December 2021

League table[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Fulham 23 13 6 4 51 19 +32 45 Promotion to the Premier League
2 Bournemouth 23 12 7 4 37 20 +17 43
3 Blackburn Rovers 23 12 6 5 41 27 +14 42 Qualification for Championship play-offs
4 West Bromwich Albion 23 11 8 4 30 17 +13 41
5 Queens Park Rangers 21 10 5 6 33 27 +6 35
6 Stoke City 22 10 5 7 26 21 +5 35
7 Nottingham Forest 23 9 7 7 32 25 +7 34
8 Coventry City 22 9 7 6 29 26 +3 34
9 Middlesbrough 23 9 6 8 25 23 +2 33
10 Huddersfield Town 23 9 6 8 28 27 +1 33
11 Sheffield United 22 9 5 8 29 28 +1 32
12 Millwall 22 7 9 6 24 24 0 30
13 Blackpool 23 8 6 9 23 27 −4 30
14 Luton Town 22 7 8 7 31 27 +4 29
15 Preston North End 22 7 7 8 24 28 −4 28
16 Swansea City 22 7 6 9 26 31 −5 27
17 Birmingham City 23 7 6 10 22 30 −8 27
18 Bristol City 23 7 6 10 26 35 −9 27
19 Hull City 23 6 5 12 20 28 −8 23
20 Cardiff City 22 6 4 12 25 39 −14 22
21 Reading 22 8 3 11 27 34 −7 21[a]
22 Peterborough United 23 5 4 14 20 44 −24 19 Relegation to EFL League One
23 Barnsley 23 2 8 13 15 34 −19 14
24 Derby County 22 5 10 7 18 21 −3 4[b]
Updated to match(es) played on 20 December 2021. Source: EFL Official Website
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results; 5) Wins; 6) Away goals; 7) Penalty points (sec 9.5); 8) 12-point sending off offences[43]
Notes:
  1. ^ Reading were deducted 6 points for breach of profit and sustainability regulations.[40]
  2. ^ Derby County were deducted 12 points for entering administration,[41] and a further 9 points for financial irregularities.[42]

Results[]

Home \ Away BOU BAR BIR BLA BLP BRI CAR COV DER FUL HUD HUL LUT MID MIL NOT PET PNE QPR REA SHU STO SWA WBA
Bournemouth 3–0 0–2 2–2 2–2 3–0 2–1 1–2 2–1 2–1 4–0 2–2
Barnsley 1–1 0–0 1–0 2–1 1–1 0–2 0–1 0–1 1–3 2–3 0–2 0–0
Birmingham City 0–2 1–0 3–0 2–2 2–0 1–4 0–3 0–0 1–2 0–0 2–1
Blackburn Rovers 4–0 5–1 2–2 0–7 2–0 2–2 4–0 1–0 2–0 3–1 2–1 1–2
Blackpool 1–0 2–1 0–2 0–1 1–0 0–3 0–3 3–1 2–0 1–1 0–1 0–0
Bristol City 0–2 2–1 1–1 1–1 1–0 1–1 2–3 1–1 1–2 0–0 1–0 0–1
Cardiff City 0–1 1–1 1–2 2–1 0–1 0–2 3–1 0–1 0–1 2–3 0–4
Coventry City 0–0 3–2 1–0 1–1 4–1 2–0 2–1 3–0 2–1 1–2 1–2
Derby County 3–2 1–2 1–0 1–1 2–2 0–0 1–1 1–2 1–0 2–1 0–0
Fulham 1–1 4–1 2–0 0–0 2–0 1–1 4–1 1–2 0–1 3–0 3–1 3–0
Huddersfield Town 0–0 3–2 1–1 1–5 2–0 1–2 1–0 0–2 1–0 4–0 1–0
Hull City 0–0 2–0 1–1 2–2 0–1 0–1 2–0 2–1 1–2 0–3 1–3
Luton Town 0–5 1–2 5–0 1–1 0–0 1–0 3–1 3–0 0–0 0–1 3–3
Middlesbrough 1–0 2–0 0–2 1–1 1–2 2–1 1–1 2–0 1–2 2–3 2–0 1–0
Millwall 1–1 3–1 1–1 2–1 1–0 1–1 1–1 1–2 0–2 1–0 2–1
Nottingham Forest 1–2 1–2 2–1 1–2 0–4 2–1 0–0 0–2 1–1 2–0 3–0 1–1
Peterborough United 0–0 0–0 3–0 2–3 2–2 2–1 0–1 1–1 2–1 2–1 0–1
Preston North End 2–1 1–2 2–1 0–0 1–1 1–4 2–0 1–0 1–1 3–1 1–1
Queens Park Rangers 2–2 2–0 1–0 1–2 2–0 1–0 2–0 1–1 1–1 3–2 0–2
Reading 0–2 1–0 2–3 2–3 1–1 1–0 1–1 3–1 2–1 3–3 0–1
Sheffield United 0–1 0–1 2–0 0–0 1–0 1–2 1–2 6–2 2–2 2–1
Stoke City 0–1 1–1 0–1 3–3 2–1 2–0 0–0 1–0 2–0 3–2 1–0
Swansea City 1–1 3–0 1–0 0–0 0–0 1–4 3–0 2–3 0–0 1–3 2–1
West Bromwich Albion 1–0 3–0 0–0 1–0 3–2 1–1 1–1 0–0 2–1 1–0 4–0
Updated to match(es) played on 20 December 2021. Source: "Championship Results". Sky Sports. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Season statistics[]

As of 20 December 2021

Scoring[]

Top scorers[]

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Serbia Aleksandar Mitrović Fulham 22
2 Chile Ben Brereton Díaz Blackburn Rovers 19
3 England Dominic Solanke Bournemouth 16
4 Netherlands Joël Piroe Swansea City 11
5 England Elijah Adebayo Luton Town 10
England Lewis Grabban Nottingham Forest
7 England Karlan Grant West Bromwich Albion 9
Sweden Viktor Gyökeres Coventry City
Austria Andreas Weimann Bristol City

Hat-tricks[]

Player For Against Result Date
England John Swift Reading Queens Park Rangers 3–3 (H)[44] 11 September 2021
Chile Ben Brereton Díaz Blackburn Rovers Cardiff City 5–1 (H)[45] 25 September 2021
Serbia Aleksandar Mitrović Fulham Swansea City 3–1 (H)[46] 29 September 2021
Fulham West Bromwich Albion 3–0 (H)[47] 30 October 2021

Most assists[]

Rank Player Club Assists[48]
1 England Ryan Giles Cardiff City 9
England John Swift Reading
3 Wales Sorba Thomas Huddersfield Town 8
4 England Joe Rothwell Blackburn Rovers 7
Wales Harry Wilson Fulham
6 Republic of Ireland Callum Robinson West Bromwich Albion 6
Ivory Coast Jean Michaël Seri Fulham
England Billy Sharp Sheffield United
England Jed Wallace Millwall

Clean sheets[]

Rank Player Club Clean Sheets
1 England Sam Johnstone West Bromwich Albion 11
2 Montenegro Matija Sarkic Birmingham City 10
3 Republic of Ireland Mark Travers Bournemouth 9
4 England Joe Lumley Middlesbrough 8
England Lee Nicholls Huddersfield Town
6 Senegal Seny Dieng Queens Park Rangers 7
England Ben Hamer Swansea City
England Simon Moore Coventry City
Croatia Simon Sluga Luton Town

Discipline[]

Player[]

Club[]

  • Most yellow cards: 52
    • Middlesbrough
  • Most red cards: 3

Monthly awards[]

Month Manager of the Month Player of the Month Reference
August Portugal Marco Silva Fulham Wales Sorba Thomas Huddersfield Town [49]
September England Scott Parker Bournemouth Chile Ben Brereton Díaz Blackburn Rovers [50]
October Serbia Aleksandar Mitrović Fulham [51]
November England Mark Warburton Queens Park Rangers England Chris Willock Queens Park Rangers [52]

Notes[]

References[]

  1. ^ WIKI