2021–22 Huddersfield Town A.F.C. season

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Huddersfield Town
2021–22 season
ChairmanPhil Hodgkinson
Head CoachCarlos Corberán
StadiumJohn Smith's Stadium
Skybet Championship4th (as of 14 September 2021)
Carabao CupSecond round
(knocked out by Everton)
Top goalscorerLeague: Matty Pearson (3)
All: Matty Pearson (3)
Highest home attendance15,278 vs. Preston North End (17 August 2021)
Lowest home attendance10,459 vs. Everton (24 August 2021)
Biggest win4–0 vs. Reading (28 August 2021)
Biggest defeat1–5 vs. Fulham (14 August 2021)
Away colours
Third colours
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The 2021–22 season is Huddersfield Town's 113th year in their history and third consecutive season in the Championship. Along with the league, the club will also compete in the FA Cup and the EFL Cup. The season covers the period from 1 July 2021 to 30 June 2022.

Following the departure of Christopher Schindler at the end of the previous season, Jonathan Hogg was confirmed as the new captain on 29 June 2021.[1]

First-team squad[]

As of 14 September 2021.[2]
No. Player Nationality Date of Birth Signed From Apps Goals
Goalkeepers
21 Lee Nicholls England (1992-10-05) 5 October 1992 (age 28) England Milton Keynes Dons 7 0
31 Ryan Schofield England (1999-12-11) 11 December 1999 (age 21) England Huddersfield Town B 34 0
Defenders
2 Pipa Spain (1998-01-26) 26 January 1998 (age 23) Spain Espanyol 37 2
3 Harry Toffolo England (1995-08-19) 19 August 1995 (age 26) England Lincoln City 57 4
4 Matty Pearson England (1993-08-03) 3 August 1993 (age 28) England Luton Town 8 3
14 Josh Ruffels England (1993-10-23) 23 October 1993 (age 27) England Oxford United 0 0
20 Ollie Turton England (1992-12-06) 6 December 1992 (age 28) England Blackpool 9 0
23 Naby Sarr Senegal (1993-08-13) 13 August 1993 (age 28) England Charlton Athletic 47 5
26 Levi Colwill England (2003-02-26) 26 February 2003 (age 18) England Chelsea 7 1
32 Tom Lees England (1990-11-28) 28 November 1990 (age 30) England Sheffield Wednesday 5 1
Midfielders
5 Álex Vallejo Spain (1992-01-16) 16 January 1992 (age 29) Spain Fuenlabrada 22 0
6 Jonathan Hogg England (1988-12-06) 6 December 1988 (age 32) England Watford 278 4
8 Lewis O'Brien England (1998-10-14) 14 October 1998 (age 22) England Huddersfield Town B 88 6
11 Rolando Aarons England (1995-11-16) 16 November 1995 (age 25) England Newcastle United 11 0
12 Reece Brown England (1996-03-03) 3 March 1996 (age 25) England Forest Green Rovers 1 0
16 Sorba Thomas England (1999-01-25) 25 January 1999 (age 22) England Boreham Wood 16 1
19 Duane Holmes United States (1994-11-06) 6 November 1994 (age 26) England Derby County 52 3
24 Danel Sinani Luxembourg (1997-04-05) 5 April 1997 (age 24) England Norwich City 6 0
28 Danny Grant Republic of Ireland (1999-12-23) 23 December 1999 (age 21) Republic of Ireland Bohemians 0 0
Forwards
7 Mipo Odubeko Republic of Ireland (2002-10-21) 21 October 2002 (age 18) England West Ham United 2 0
9 Jordan Rhodes Scotland (1990-02-05) 5 February 1990 (age 31) England Sheffield Wednesday 151 87
10 Josh Koroma England (1998-11-08) 8 November 1998 (age 22) England Leyton Orient 39 10
22 Fraizer Campbell England (1987-09-13) 13 September 1987 (age 34) England Hull City 81 10
25 Danny Ward England (1991-12-11) 11 December 1991 (age 29) Wales Cardiff City 167 23

Transfers[]

Transfers in[]

Date Position Nationality Name From Fee Ref.
1 July 2021 CM England Dylan Helliwell England Manchester City Free transfer [3]
1 July 2021 GK England Lee Nicholls England Milton Keynes Dons Free transfer [4]
1 July 2021 CB England Matty Pearson England Luton Town Free transfer [5]
1 July 2021 MF England Cian Philpott England Manchester City Free transfer [3]
1 July 2021 CF Scotland Jordan Rhodes England Sheffield Wednesday Free transfer [6]
1 July 2021 LB England Josh Ruffels England Oxford United Free transfer [7]
1 July 2021 RB England Ollie Turton England Blackpool Free transfer [8]
15 July 2021 FW England Tyree Sanusi England Birmingham City Undisclosed [9]
19 July 2021 CM England Jon Russell England Chelsea Free transfer [10]
1 August 2021 CB England Tom Lees England Sheffield Wednesday Free transfer [11]
13 August 2021 AM England Connor Shanks England Bradford City Free transfer [12]

Loans in[]

Date from Position Nationality Name From Date until Ref.
1 July 2021 CB England Levi Colwill England Chelsea End of season [13]
28 July 2021 AM Luxembourg Danel Sinani England Norwich City End of season [14]
30 August 2021 CF Republic of Ireland Mipo Odubeko England West Ham United End of season [15]

Loans out[]

Date from Position Nationality Name To Date until Ref.
12 July 2021 CF England Kieran Phillips England Walsall End of season [16]
29 July 2021 GK Australia Jacob Chapman England Gateshead End of season [17]
4 August 2021 CB England Rarmani Edmonds-Green England Rotherham United End of season [18]
5 August 2021 AM England Matty Daly England Hartlepool United End of season [19]
6 August 2021 CB England Romoney Crichlow England Swindon Town End of season [20]
9 August 2021 DM Albania Ernaldo Krasniqi Scotland Falkirk 31 January 2022 [21]
24 August 2021 GK England Giosue Bellagambi England Stalybridge Celtic 21 September 2021 [22]
9 September 2021 CB England David Adewoju England Ossett United Work experience [23]

Transfers out[]

Date Position Nationality Name To Fee Ref.
30 June 2021 CB England Tom Bamford Released [24]
30 June 2021 AM England Darnel Baxter-Alleyne Released [24]
30 June 2021 LB England Jaden Brown England Sheffield Wednesday Released [25][26]
30 June 2021 RB England Demeaco Duhaney England Stoke City Released [25][27]
30 June 2021 CF England Andre Edionhon Released [24]
30 June 2021 CB England Tommy Elphick N/A Retired [25]
30 June 2021 CB Republic of Ireland Richard Keogh England Blackpool Released [28]
30 June 2021 GK Canada Jayson Leutwiler England Oldham Athletic Released [25][29]
30 June 2021 MF England Will McCamley England Shildon Released [24][30]
30 June 2021 CF Senegal Oumar Niasse Released [25]
30 June 2021 RB Netherlands Ilounga Pata Netherlands TOP Oss Released [24][31]
30 June 2021 AM England Alex Pritchard England Sunderland Released [25][32]
30 June 2021 CF France Yaya Sanogo Released [25]
30 June 2021 CB Germany Christopher Schindler Germany Nürnberg Released [25][33]
30 June 2021 CF Wales Robson Shipley Released [24]
30 June 2021 CB England Richard Stearman England Derby County Released [25][34]
30 June 2021 RW Sweden Gulutte Zunda Released [24]
19 August 2021 DM Curaçao Juninho Bacuna Scotland Rangers Undisclosed [35]
6 September 2021 RW Belgium Isaac Mbenza Qatar Qatar SC Released [36][37]

Pre-season friendlies[]

Huddersfield Town announced they would play friendly matches against Harrogate Town,[38] Southport,[39] a double header against Norwich City (later reduced to one game),[40] Fleetwood Town,[41] Crewe Alexandra[42] and Oldham Athletic[42] as part of their pre-season preparations. The games against Crewe and Oldham would later be cancelled due to Town arranging to have their EFL Cup match against Sheffield Wednesday played that same weekend.

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

10 July 2021 Friendly Huddersfield Town 1–0 Harrogate Town Huddersfield
13:00 BST Koroma Goal 13' Report Stadium: Canalside Sports Complex
Attendance: 0 (Played behind closed doors)
13 July 2021 Friendly Golcar United 2–2 Huddersfield Town XI Golcar
19:00 BST Skarz Goal 50'
Willetts Goal 70'		 Report O'Brien-Brady Goal 24'
Whittingham Goal 47'		 Stadium: Skye Direct Stadium
Attendance: 700
17 July 2021 Friendly Southport 0–2 Huddersfield Town Southport
15:00 BST Report Anson Goal 2' (o.g.)
Holmes Goal 41'		 Stadium: Pure Stadium
23 July 2021 Friendly Norwich City 2–0 Huddersfield Town Norwich
13:30 BST Pukki Goal 14'
Idah Goal 86'		 Report Stadium: Lotus Training Centre
Attendance: 0 (Played behind closed doors)
27 July 2021 Friendly Fleetwood Town 2–1 Huddersfield Town Fleetwood
19:00 BST Morris Goal 5'
Garner Goal 30'		 Report O'Brien Goal 78' Stadium: Highbury Stadium

Competitions[]

Overview[]

Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
EFL Championship 7 August 2021 May 2022 Matchday 1 7 4 1 2 13 9 +4 057.14
FA Cup January 2022 Third round 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !—
EFL Cup 1 August 2021 24 August 2021 First round Second round 2 0 1 1 1 2 −1 000.00
Total 9 4 2 3 14 11 +3 044.44

Last updated: 14 September 2021
Source: Competitions

EFL Championship[]

Main article: 2021–22 EFL Championship

League table[]

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
4 Coventry City 8 5 1 2 9 6 +3 16 Qualification for Championship play-offs
5 Stoke City 8 4 2 2 11 10 +1 14
6 Blackburn Rovers 8 3 4 1 11 8 +3 13
7 Huddersfield Town 8 4 1 3 13 11 +2 13
8 Queens Park Rangers 8 3 3 2 16 12 +4 12
9 Bristol City 8 3 3 2 10 9 +1 12
10 Cardiff City 8 3 2 3 11 9 +2 11
Updated to match(es) played on 18 September 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]

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
8 4 1 3 13 11  +2 13 2 0 2 6 7  −1 2 1 1 7 4  +3

Last updated: 18 September 2021.
Source:[citation needed]

Results by matchday[]

Matchday1234567
GroundAHHAHAA
ResultDLWWWLW
Position10221510484
Updated to match(es) played on 14 September 2021. Source: Statto.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches[]

Huddersfield Town's fixtures were announced on 24 June 2021.[44]

7 August 2021 1 Derby County 1–1 Huddersfield Town Derby
15:00 BST Byrne Yellow card 25'
Davies Goal 39'
Watson Yellow card 50'
Sibley Yellow card 80'		 Report Turton Yellow card 14'
Sarr Goal 45'
Holmes Yellow card 88'		 Stadium: Pride Park Stadium
Attendance: 16,249
Referee: Geoff Eltringham
14 August 2021 2 Huddersfield Town 1–5 Fulham Huddersfield
15:00 BST Pearson Goal 41'
Colwill Yellow card 73'		 Report Mitrović Goal 9'
Onomah Goal 37'
Decordova-Reid Yellow card 39'
Carvalho Goal 42'
Wilson Red card 72'
Cavaleiro Goal 78', 90+5'		 Stadium: John Smith's Stadium
Attendance: 15,126
Referee: Dean Whitestone
17 August 2021 3 Huddersfield Town 1–0 Preston North End Huddersfield
19:45 BST Campbell Yellow card 56'
Sarr Yellow card 68'
van den Berg Goal 74' (o.g.)
Nicholls Yellow card 80'		 Lindsay Yellow card 41'
Whiteman Yellow card 64'		 Stadium: John Smith's Stadium
Attendance: 15,278
Referee: James Linington
Note: Live on Sky Sports
21 August 2021 4 Sheffield United 1–2 Huddersfield Town Sheffield
15:00 BST Sharp Goal 90+2' Turton Yellow card 36'
Colwill Yellow card 40' Goal 90+4'
Koroma Goal 75'
Nicholls Yellow card 87'		 Stadium: Bramall Lane
Attendance: 28,036
Referee: Michael Salisbury
28 August 2021 5 Huddersfield Town 4–0 Reading Huddersfield
15:00 BST Thomas Yellow card 31' Goal 66'
O'Brien Goal 39'
Pearson Goal 51' Yellow card 59'
Ward Goal 68'
Lees Yellow card 81'		 Report Yiadom Yellow card 23'
Dele-Bashiru Yellow card 51'		 Stadium: John Smith's Stadium
Attendance: 14,613
Referee: Leigh Doughty
11 September 2021 6 Stoke City 2–1 Huddersfield Town Stoke-on-Trent
15:00 BST Brown Goal 50'
Pearson Goal 63' (o.g.)
Vrančić Yellow card 82'
Allen Yellow card 85'		 Toffolo Goal 47'
Lees Yellow card 49'
Campbell Yellow card 58'
Holmes Yellow card 62'		 Stadium: bet365 Stadium
Attendance: 20,447
Referee: Joshua Smith
14 September 2021 7 Blackpool 0–3 Huddersfield Town Blackpool
19:45 BST Pearson Yellow card 34' Goal 54'
Koroma Goal 48'
Hogg Goal 62'		 Stadium: Bloomfield Road
Attendance: 11,277
Referee: Thomas Bramall
18 September 2021 8 Huddersfield Town 0–2 Nottingham Forest Huddersfield
15:00 BST Ward Yellow card 16'
Turton Yellow card 61'		 Report Grabban Goal 22'
Nicholls Goal 48' (o.g.)
Garner Yellow card 68'		 Stadium: John Smith's Stadium
Attendance: 17,462
Referee: Chris Kavanagh

FA Cup[]

Main article: 2021–22 FA Cup

EFL Cup[]

Main article: 2021–22 EFL Cup

Huddersfield Town were drawn at away to Sheffield Wednesday in the first round[45][46] and at home to Everton in the second round.[47]

1 August 2021 First round Sheffield Wednesday 0–0
(2–4 p)		 Huddersfield Town Owlerton
13:00 BST Iorfa Yellow card 27'
J. Hunt Yellow card 82'		 Report Ward Yellow card 52'
Hogg Yellow card 81'
O'Brien Yellow card 86'
Colwill Yellow card 86'		 Stadium: Hillsborough Stadium
Attendance: 12,860
Referee: Darren Bond
Penalties
24 August 2021 Second round Huddersfield Town 1–2 Everton Huddersfield
19:45 BST Lees Goal 45'
Thomas Yellow card 60'
Sarr Yellow card 81'		 Iwobi Goal 26'
Kean Red card 59'
Townsend Goal 79'
Gomes Yellow card 90+5'		 Stadium: John Smith's Stadium
Attendance: 10,459
Referee: Matthew Donohue

Squad statistics[]

As of match played 14 September 2021.
No. Pos. Name League FA Cup League Cup Total Discipline
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Yellow card.svg Red card.svg
3 DF England Harry Toffolo 3+1 1 0 0 2 0 5+1 1 0 0
4 DF England Matty Pearson 6 3 0 0 2 0 8 3 2 0
5 MF Spain Álex Vallejo 1+3 0 0 0 1 0 2+3 0 0 0
6 MF England Jonathan Hogg 7 1 0 0 1 0 8 1 1 0
7 FW Republic of Ireland Mipo Odubeko 0+2 0 0 0 0 0 0+2 0 0 0
8 MF England Lewis O'Brien 5 1 0 0 1+1 0 6+1 1 1 0
9 FW Scotland Jordan Rhodes 1+1 0 0 0 0+1 0 1+2 0 0 0
10 FW England Josh Koroma 6+1 2 0 0 1+1 0 7+2 2 0 0
15 MF Scotland Scott High 3+1 0 0 0 2 0 5+1 0 0 0
16 MF England Sorba Thomas 7 1 0 0 1+1 0 8+1 1 2 0
19 MF United States Duane Holmes 3+2 0 0 0 2 0 5+2 0 2 0
20 DF England Ollie Turton 4+3 0 0 0 1+1 0 5+4 0 2 0
21 GK England Lee Nicholls 5 0 0 0 2 0 7 0 2 0
22 FW England Fraizer Campbell 1+5 0 0 0 1 0 2+5 0 2 0
23 DF Senegal Naby Sarr 5 1 0 0 1 0 6 1 2 0
24 MF Luxembourg Danel Sinani 2+2 0 0 0 1+1 0 3+3 0 0 0
25 FW England Danny Ward 6 1 0 0 1 0 7 1 1 0
26 DF England Levi Colwill 6 1 0 0 1 0 7 1 3 0
31 GK England Ryan Schofield 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
32 DF England Tom Lees 4 0 0 0 1 1 5 1 2 0
— — Own goals – 1 – 0 – 0 – 1 – –

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