2021–22 EFL League One

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EFL League One
Season2021–22
Dates7 August 2021–30 April 2022
Matches played316
Goals scored1,758 (5.56 per match)
Top goalscorerRoss Stewart (18 goals)
Biggest home winIpswich Town 6–0 Doncaster Rovers
(28 September 2021)
Bolton Wanderers 6–0 Sunderland
(29 January 2022)
Biggest away winCheltenham Town 0–5 Cambridge United
(7 December 2021)
Gillingham 2–7 Oxford United
(29 January 2022)
Highest scoringGillingham 2–7 Oxford United
(29 January 2022)
Longest winning runWigan Athletic (5 games)[1]
Longest unbeaten runPlymouth Argyle (16 games)[1]
Longest winless runCambridge United (7 games)[1]
Longest losing runShrewsbury Town (4 games)[1]
Highest attendance34,652
Sunderland 5–0 Sheffield Wednesday
(30 December 2021) [2]
Lowest attendance1,746
Accrington Stanley 0–2 AFC Wimbledon
(7 December 2021)[1]
Total attendance1,877,572[1]
Average attendance9,579[1]
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All statistics correct as of 29 January 2022.

The 2021–22 EFL League One (referred to as the Sky Bet League One for sponsorship reasons) is the 18th season of the Football League One 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:

To League One[]

Promoted from League Two

Relegated from the Championship

  • Wycombe Wanderers
  • Rotherham United
  • Sheffield Wednesday

From League One[]

Promoted to the Championship

  • Hull City
  • Peterborough United
  • Blackpool

Relegated to League Two

  • Rochdale
  • Northampton Town
  • Swindon Town
  • Bristol Rovers

Stadiums[]

2021–22 EFL League One is located in England
Accrington Stanley
AFC Wimbledon
AFC Wimbledon
Bolton Wanderers
Bolton Wanderers
Burton Albion
Burton Albion
Cambridge United
Charlton Athletic
Charlton Athletic
Cheltenham Town
Cheltenham Town
Crewe Alexandra
Crewe Alexandra
Doncaster Rovers
Fleetwood Town
Fleetwood Town
Gillingham
Gillingham
Ipswich Town
Ipswich Town
Lincoln City
Lincoln City
Milton Keynes Dons
Milton Keynes
Dons
Morecambe
Morecambe
Oxford United
Oxford United
Plymouth Argyle
Plymouth Argyle
Portsmouth
Portsmouth
Rotherham United
Rotherham United
Sheffield Wednesday
Sheffield Wednesday
Shrewsbury Town
Shrewsbury Town
Sunderland
Sunderland
Wigan Athletic
Wigan Athletic
Wycombe Wanderers
Wycombe Wanderers
Locations of the 2021–22 EFL League One teams
Team Location Stadium Capacity
Accrington Stanley Accrington Crown Ground 5,057
AFC Wimbledon London (Wimbledon) Plough Lane 9,300
Bolton Wanderers Horwich University of Bolton Stadium 28,723
Burton Albion Burton Pirelli Stadium 6,912
Cambridge United Cambridge Abbey Stadium 8,127
Charlton Athletic London (Charlton) The Valley 27,111
Cheltenham Town Cheltenham Whaddon Road 7,066
Crewe Alexandra Crewe Gresty Road 10,180
Doncaster Rovers Doncaster Keepmoat Stadium 15,231
Fleetwood Town Fleetwood Highbury Stadium 5,327
Gillingham Gillingham Priestfield Stadium 11,582
Ipswich Town Ipswich Portman Road 30,311
Lincoln City Lincoln Sincil Bank 10,120
Milton Keynes Dons Milton Keynes Stadium MK 30,500
Morecambe Morecambe Globe Arena 6,476
Oxford United Oxford Kassam Stadium 12,500
Plymouth Argyle Plymouth Home Park 18,600
Portsmouth Portsmouth Fratton Park 19,669
Rotherham United Rotherham New York Stadium 12,021
Sheffield Wednesday Sheffield Hillsborough Stadium 39,732
Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury New Meadow 9,875
Sunderland Sunderland Stadium of Light 49,000
Wigan Athletic Wigan DW Stadium 25,133
Wycombe Wanderers High Wycombe Adams Park 9,448

Personnel and sponsoring[]

Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Sponsor
Accrington Stanley England John Coleman Republic of Ireland Séamus Conneely Germany Adidas Wham
AFC Wimbledon England Mark Robinson England Alex Woodyard Germany Puma Sports Interactive
Bolton Wanderers England Ian Evatt Portugal Ricardo Santos Italy Macron Home Bargains
Burton Albion Netherlands Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink England John Brayford England TAG Prestec UK Ltd[3]
Cambridge United England Mark Bonner England Greg Taylor Denmark Hummel Mick George
Charlton Athletic England Johnnie Jackson England Jason Pearce Denmark Hummel KW Holdings (Home & Third)
Walker Mower (Away)
Cheltenham Town Northern Ireland Michael Duff England Will Boyle Italy Erreà Mira Showers[4]
Crewe Alexandra Gibraltar David Artell England Luke Murphy Thailand FBT Mornflake
Doncaster Rovers England Gary McSheffrey England Tom Anderson England Elite Pro Sports LNER
Fleetwood Town Scotland Stephen Crainey England Jordan Rossiter Denmark Hummel BES Utilities
Gillingham England Neil Harris Vacant Italy Macron MEMS Power Generation
Ipswich Town Northern Ireland Kieran McKenna Egypt Sam Morsy Germany Adidas Ed Sheeran
Lincoln City England Michael Appleton Scotland Liam Bridcutt Italy Erreà Virgin Wines (Home)[5]
Light Source (Home)[6]
Buildbase (Home)[7]
SRP Hire (Away)
Milton Keynes Dons England Liam Manning England Dean Lewington Italy Erreà Suzuki
Morecambe Northern Ireland Stephen Robinson Republic of Ireland Anthony O'Connor Spain Joma[8] Mazuma[9]
Oxford United England Karl Robinson England John Mousinho Germany Puma EB Charging[10]
Plymouth Argyle England Steven Schumacher England Joe Edwards Germany Puma Ginsters
Portsmouth England Danny Cowley Scotland Clark Robertson United States Nike University of Portsmouth
Rotherham United England Paul Warne England Richard Wood Germany Puma
  • Embark Group (home)
  • Mears (away and third)
Sheffield Wednesday Jamaica Darren Moore Scotland Barry Bannan Italy Macron Chansiri (home)
Elev8 (away and third)
Shrewsbury Town England Steve Cotterill England Ethan Ebanks-Landell England Umbro Tuffins Supermarkets (Home)
Shropshire Homes (Away)
Sunderland Vacant Northern Ireland Corry Evans United States Nike Great Annual Savings Group
Wigan Athletic England Leam Richardson Zimbabwe Tendayi Darikwa Germany Puma EPIC.gi
Wycombe Wanderers England Gareth Ainsworth England Matt Bloomfield Republic of Ireland O'Neills
  • Dreams (home and away)[11]
  • Cherry Red Records (third)[12]

Managerial changes[]

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Doncaster Rovers England Andy Butler[13] End of interim spell 17 May 2021 Pre-season England Richie Wellens[14] 17 May 2021
Morecambe Scotland Derek Adams[15] Resigned 3 June 2021 Northern Ireland Stephen Robinson[16] 7 June 2021
Milton Keynes Dons Scotland Russell Martin[17] Signed by Swansea City 1 August 2021 England Liam Manning[18] 13 August 2021
Charlton Athletic England Nigel Adkins[19] Sacked 21 October 2021 22nd England Johnnie Jackson[20] 17 December 2021
Fleetwood Town England Simon Grayson[21] 24 November 2021 Scotland Stephen Crainey[22] 21 December 2021
Doncaster Rovers England Richie Wellens[23] 2 December 2021 23rd England Gary McSheffrey[24] 29 December 2021
Ipswich Town England Paul Cook[25] 4 December 2021 11th Northern Ireland Kieran McKenna[26] 16 December 2021
Plymouth Argyle England Ryan Lowe[27] Signed by Preston North End 7 December 2021 4th England Steven Schumacher[28] 7 December 2021
Gillingham Scotland Steve Evans[29] Mutual consent 9 January 2022 22nd England Neil Harris[30] 31 January 2022
Sunderland England Lee Johnson[31] Sacked 30 January 2022 3rd

League table[]

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Rotherham United 27 17 5 5 48 18 +30 56 Promotion to EFL Championship
2 Wigan Athletic 25 17 4 4 47 24 +23 55
3 Sunderland 29 16 6 7 53 39 +14 54 Qualification for League One play-offs
4 Milton Keynes Dons 29 15 7 7 48 32 +16 52
5 Wycombe Wanderers 29 15 7 7 46 34 +12 52
6 Oxford United 28 14 7 7 50 33 +17 49
7 Plymouth Argyle 28 13 8 7 47 35 +12 47
8 Sheffield Wednesday 27 11 10 6 37 32 +5 43
9 Ipswich Town 29 11 8 10 47 38 +9 41
10 Burton Albion 28 11 6 11 35 34 +1 39
11 Portsmouth 27 10 8 9 30 27 +3 38
12 Cambridge United 28 9 10 9 38 40 −2 37
13 Accrington Stanley 28 10 7 11 35 45 −10 37
14 Charlton Athletic 28 10 6 12 36 33 +3 36
15 Bolton Wanderers 27 10 5 12 39 37 +2 35
16 Shrewsbury Town 29 8 8 13 27 31 −4 32
17 Cheltenham Town 28 7 11 10 32 46 −14 32
18 Lincoln City 27 8 7 12 32 36 −4 31
19 Fleetwood Town 28 7 9 12 42 49 −7 30
20 AFC Wimbledon 27 6 11 10 32 40 −8 29
21 Morecambe 28 7 7 14 40 55 −15 28 Relegation to EFL League Two
22 Crewe Alexandra 28 5 7 16 24 47 −23 22
23 Gillingham 28 3 10 15 23 51 −28 19
24 Doncaster Rovers 28 5 4 19 20 52 −32 19
Updated to match(es) played on 31 January 2022. 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[32]

Results[]

Home \ Away ACC WIM BOL BRT CAM CHA CHE CRE DON FLE GIL IPS LIN MKD MOR OXF PLY POR ROT SHW SHR SUN WIG WYC
Accrington Stanley — 0–2 1–0 2–1 12 Feb 1–0 5–1 2–1 1–1 2–2 8 Feb 1–4 2–2 1–0 2–3 1–0 1–1 1–4
AFC Wimbledon — 3–3 1–1 a 1 Feb 3–2 2–2 1–1 0–2 a 0–0 3–1 0–1 0–0 8 Feb 2–2 1–1 12 Feb 0–2
Bolton Wanderers — 0–0 1 Feb 8 Feb 2–2 2–0 3–0 2–2 2–0 3–3 2–1 0–2 2–1 6–0 0–4 0–2
Burton Albion 4–0 1–1 — 12 Feb 0–1 1–1 4–1 2–0 1–1 2–1 1–2 0–1 3–2 1–3 2–1 5 Feb 1–0
Cambridge United 1–0 1–0 3–0 — 1–0 3–1 2–2 0–2 2–2 1–5 1–1 0–0 0–1 1–1 1–2 2–2
Charlton Athletic 2–3 5 Feb 1–4 2–0 — 1–2 2–0 4–0 2–0 2–0 2–0 2–2 1–1 0–0 0–2 0–1
Cheltenham Town 1–0 1–1 0–5 1–1 — 12 Feb 2–1 2–2 1–1 3–1 1–0 0–2 0–2 2–2 2–1 8 Feb 0–0 1–3
Crewe Alexandra 0–1 2–0 2–2 2–1 1–1 — 1–1 2–0 2–0 1–4 1–3 8 Feb 0–2 0–2 0–0 0–4 15 Mar
Doncaster Rovers 1–2 1–1 3–2 — 0–1 8 Feb 0–0 2–1 1–0 1–2 1–3 0–0 1 Feb 1–0 0–3 1–2 0–2
Fleetwood Town 3–0 0–1 1–1 1–2 3–2 3–0 — 2–1 8 Feb 1–2 3–3 0–1 1–0 0–3 2–2 2–3 3–3
Gillingham 0–0 1–3 8 Feb 1–1 0–2 1 Feb 1–0 — 0–4 1–1 1–4 2–1 2–7 0–1 0–0 1–2 0–2
Ipswich Town 2–1 2–2 2–5 2–1 6–0 2–1 5 Feb — 2–2 2–2 0–0 0–2 1–1 2–1 1–1 1–0
Lincoln City 0–1 0–1 0–1 1–2 0–1 2–1 2–1 0–1 — 2–3 8 Feb 2–0 2–2 0–3 1–1 1–1 12 Feb
Milton Keynes Dons 2–0 1–0 1–0 4–1 2–1 0–1 3–3 0–0 12 Feb 5 Feb — 1–2 1–1 1–0 0–3 1–2 1–0
Morecambe 3–3 3–4 5 Feb 0–2 2–2 1–2 4–3 0–0 12 Feb 2–0 0–4 — 1–1 0–1 1–0 2–0 1–2 3–2
Oxford United 5–1 3–0 12 Feb 2–1 1–1 1–0 3–1 1–1 3–1 3–1 — 1–3 5 Feb 0–0 3–2 2–0 2–3 0–0
Plymouth Argyle 3–0 2–1 1–1 1–0 a 1–1 2–1 1–1 1–0 2–1 1–2 — 3–0 12 Feb 1–2 0–3
Portsmouth 2–1 1–0 8 Feb 1–2 1–2 1–1 2–0 12 Feb 0–4 1–2 2–0 2–2 — 0–0 1–0 4–0
Rotherham United 5 Feb 3–0 2–1 3–1 3–1 1–0 1–1 2–0 2–4 5–1 2–0 4–1 — 0–2 5–1 0–0
Sheffield Wednesday 1–0 2–0 1–0 1–1 1–0 1–1 2–1 1 Feb 1–2 4–2 13 Feb — 1–1 3–0 8 Feb 2–2
Shrewsbury Town 0–0 2–1 0–1 0–1 4–1 1–0 3–1 1–1 5 Feb 2–1 1–0 0–3 1–0 — 1–1 1–2
Sunderland 2–1 1–0 1–0 0–1 5–0 5 Feb 2–0 1–3 5–0 1–1 2–1 1–0 5–0 — 2–1 3–1
Wigan Athletic 2–0 12 Feb 2–0 2–1 1 Mar 3–2 1–1 1–2 1–2 1 Feb 1–0 1–0 1–2 2–1 — 1–1
Wycombe Wanderers 2–1 2–2 1–0 2–1 2–1 2–1 2–0 1–4 1–0 0–1 4–3 2–0 0–1 8 Feb 3–3 —
Updated to match(es) played on 31 January 2022. Source: [1]
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 29 January 2022

Top scorers[]

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Scotland Ross Stewart Sunderland 18
2 England Cole Stockton Morecambe 17
3 England Michael Smith Rotherham United 15
4 Republic of Ireland Will Keane Wigan Athletic 14
5 England Matty Taylor Oxford United 13
England Scott Twine MK Dons
7 Zimbabwe Macauley Bonne Ipswich Town 12
England Joe Ironside Cambridge United
9 England Oladapo Afolayan Bolton Wanderers 9
Scotland Ryan Hardie Plymouth Argyle
England Marcus Harness Portsmouth

Monthly awards[]

Month Manager of the Month Player of the Month Reference
August England Lee Johnson Sunderland England Cole Stockton Morecambe [33]
September England Liam Manning MK Dons England Cole Stockton Morecambe [34]
October England Ryan Lowe Plymouth Argyle England Michael Smith Rotherham United [35]
November England Danny Cowley Portsmouth England Scott Twine MK Dons [36]
December England Lee Johnson Sunderland England Daniel Barlaser Rotherham United [37]

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