2021–22 St Johnstone F.C. season

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St Johnstone
2021–22 season
ChairmanSteve Brown
ManagerCallum Davidson
StadiumMcDiarmid Park
Premiership12th
League CupSemi-finals
Scottish CupFourth round
Europa LeagueThird qualifying round
Conference LeaguePlay-off round
Top goalscorerLeague:
Chris Kane (3)

All:
Chris Kane (4)
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All statistics correct as of 20 November 2021.

The 2021–22 season is St Johnstone's ninth season in the Scottish Premiership and their eleventh consecutive season in the top flight of Scottish football. St Johnstone are also competing in the Scottish Cup, the League Cup, and the UEFA Europa League, having won both domestic cups the previous season.

Season summary[]

Results[]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Scottish Premiership[]

31 July 2021 1 Ross County 0–0 St Johnstone Dingwall
15:00 BST
Report
Stadium: Victoria Park
Attendance: 1,990
Referee: Colin Steven
8 August 2021 2 St Johnstone 1–1 Motherwell Perth
15:00 BST
  • O'Donnell Goal 34' (og)
  • Wotherspoon Yellow card 62'
  • Craig Yellow card 67'
Report
Stadium: McDiarmid Park
Referee: Nick Walsh
21 August 2021 3 St Johnstone 0–1 Dundee United Perth
15:00 BST
Report
Stadium: McDiarmid Park
Attendance: 5,716
Referee: Don Robertson
28 August 2021 4 St Mirren 0–0 St Johnstone Paisley
15:00 BST
  • Erhahon Yellow card 73' Yellow-red card 90+2'
  • Shaughnessy Yellow card 89'
Report
Stadium: St Mirren Park
Attendance: 4,326
Referee: David Dickinson
11 September 2021 5 St Johnstone 1–2 Rangers Perth
12:30 BST
Report
Stadium: McDiarmid Park
Attendance: 7,319
Referee: Willie Collum
18 September 2021 6 Aberdeen 0–1 St Johnstone Aberdeen
15:00 BST
  • Emmanuel-Thomas Yellow card 32'
Report
Stadium: Pittodrie Stadium
Attendance: 13,007
Referee: Bobby Madden
26 September 2021 7 Hibernian 1–0 St Johnstone Edinburgh
15:00 BST Boyle Goal 61' (pen.) Report Stadium: Easter Road
Attendance: 13,263
Referee: John Beaton
2 October 2021 8 St Johnstone 3–1 Dundee Perth
15:00 Kane Goal 31', 39'
May Goal 46'
Report Sweeney Goal 74' Stadium: McDiarmid Park
Attendance: 5,097
Referee: Greg Aitken
16 October 2021 9 St Johnstone 0–3 Livingston Perth
15:00 BST Report
Stadium: McDiarmid Park
Referee: Grant Irvine
23 October 2021 10 Celtic 2–0 St Johnstone Glasgow
15:00 BST Giakoumakis Goal 34'
Juranović Goal 80' (pen.)
BBC Sport
Celtic Report
Stadium: Celtic Park
Referee: Nick Walsh
27 October 2021 11 St Johnstone 1–1 Heart of Midlothian Perth
19:45 BST Gordon Goal 11' BBC Sport Ginnelly Goal 40' Stadium: McDiarmid Park
Attendance: 6,083
Referee: Steven McLean
30 October 2021 12 Dundee United 0–1 St Johnstone Dundee
15:00 BST BBC Sport Ali Crawford Goal 17' Stadium: Tannadice Park
Attendance: 7,580
Referee: Grant Irvine
6 November 2021 13 St Johnstone 0–0 St Mirren Perth
15:00 GMT Kane Yellow card 54' Yellow-red card 86' BBC Sport Stadium: McDiarmid Park
Attendance: 3,482
Referee: Greg Aitken
27 November 2021 14 St Johnstone 1–2 Hibernian Perth
15:00 GMT Porteous Goal 40' (og)
Bryson Yellow card 27' Yellow-red card 45+1'
BBC Sport Nisbet Goal 83'
Murphy Goal 86'
Stadium: McDiarmid Park
Attendance: 3,362
Referee: Euan Anderson
1 December 2021 15 Dundee 1–0 St Johnstone Dundee
19:45 GMT Mullen Goal 39' BBC Sport Stadium: Dens Park
Attendance: 5,196
Referee: Andrew Dallas
11 December 2021 16 St Johnstone 0–1 Aberdeen Perth
15:00 GMT BBC Sport Jenks Goal 83' Stadium: McDiarmid Park
Attendance: 3,791
Referee: Greg Aitken
15 December 2021 17 Rangers 2–0 St Johnstone Glasgow
19:45 GMT Morelos Goal 43'
Kent Goal 49'
BBC Sport Stadium: Ibrox Stadium
Attendance: 47,561
Referee: Euan Anderson
18 December 2021 18 Motherwell 2–0 St Johnstone Motherwell
15:00 GMT Cornelius Goal 17'
van Veen Goal 55'
BBC Sport Stadium: Fir Park
Attendance: 3,920
Referee: Nick Walsh
22 December 2021 19 St Johnstone 1–2 Ross County Perth
19:45 GMT Butterfield Goal 19' BBC Sport Charles-Cook Goal 15'
Callachan Goal 69'
Stadium: McDiarmid Park
Referee: Willie Collum
26 December 2021 20 St Johnstone 1–3 Celtic Perth
19:45 GMT Kane Goal 69' BBC Sport Abada Goal 9', 22'
Bitton Goal 82'
Stadium: McDiarmid Park
Attendance: 500
Referee: Bobby Madden

Scottish League Cup[]

15 August 2021 Second round Arbroath 2–2 (a.e.t.)
(2–3 p)
St Johnstone Arbroath
14:00
BBC Sport
Stadium: Gayfield Park
Attendance: 1,842
Referee: Colin Steven
Penalties
22 September 2021 Quarter-finals Dundee 0–2 St Johnstone Dundee
19:45 BBC Sport
Stadium: Dens Park
Attendance: 4,707
Referee: Steven McLean
20 November 2021 Semi-finals Celtic 1–0 St Johnstone Glasgow
17:15
BBC Sport Stadium: Hampden Park
Attendance: 42,298
Referee: Nick Walsh

Scottish Cup[]

22 January 2022 Fourth Round Kelty Hearts v St Johnstone Kelty
15:00 GMT Stadium: New Central Park

UEFA Europa League[]

Third qualifying round[]

5 August 2021 (2021-08-05) First leg Galatasaray Turkey 1–1 Scotland St Johnstone Başakşehir Fatih Terim Stadium, Istanbul
20:00 (21:00 TRT)
Report
Attendance: 6,216[1]
Referee: Sandro Schärer (Switzerland)
12 August 2021 (2021-08-12) Second leg St Johnstone Scotland 2–4
(3–5 agg.)
Turkey Galatasaray McDiarmid Park, Perth
20:45 (19:45 BST)
Report
Attendance: 9,106[2]
Referee: Andris Treimanis (Latvia)

UEFA Europa Conference League[]

Play-off round[]

19 August 2021 (2021-08-19) First leg LASK Austria 1–1 Scotland St Johnstone Wörthersee Stadion, Klagenfurt
21:00
Report
Attendance: 550[3]
Referee: Glenn Nyberg (Sweden)
26 August 2021 (2021-08-26) Second leg St Johnstone Scotland 0–2
(1–3 agg.)
Austria LASK McDiarmid Park, Perth
20:45 (19:45 BST) Report
Attendance: 8,845[4]
Referee: Daniel Siebert (Germany)

League table[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation[a]
8 Livingston 20 5 5 10 16 26 −10 20
9 St Mirren 20 3 10 7 18 31 −13 19
10 Ross County 20 4 6 10 27 35 −8 18
11 Dundee 20 4 4 12 18 37 −19 16 Qualification for the Premiership play-off final
12 St Johnstone 20 3 5 12 11 25 −14 14 Relegation to the Championship
Updated to match(es) played on 26 December 2021. Source: [5][6]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-Head points; 5) Head-to-Head goal difference; 6) Play-off (only if deciding champion, UEFA competitions qualification, second stage group allocation or relegation).[7]
Notes:
  1. ^ Teams play each other three times (33 matches), before the league is split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six).


Results by round[]

Round1234567891011121314151617181920
GroundAHHAHAAHHAHAHHAHAAHH
ResultDDLDLWLWLLDWDLLLLLLL
Position8788889881010999101212121212
Updated to match(es) played on 26 December 2021. Source: SPFL
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Competitions[]

Overall record[]

Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Premiership 31 July 2021 May 2022 Matchday 1 20 3 5 12 11 25 −14 015.00
Scottish Cup TBD Fourth round 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !
League Cup 15 August 2021 20 November 2021 Second round Semi-finals 3 1 1 1 4 1 +3 033.33
UEFA Europa League 5 August 2021 12 August 2021 Third qualifying round Third qualifying round 2 0 1 1 3 5 −2 000.00
UEFA Europa Conference League 19 August 2021 26 August 2021 Play-off round Play-off round 2 0 1 1 1 3 −2 000.00
Total 27 4 8 15 19 34 −15 014.81

Last updated: 22 December 2021
Source: Soccerway

Squad statistics[]

Appearances[]

As of 26 December 2021[8]
No. Pos Nat Player Total Premiership Scottish Cup League Cup Europa League Conference League
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Scotland SCO Zander Clark 25 0 18 0 0 0 2+1 0 2 0 2 0
2 DF England ENG James Brown 16 0 9+2 0 0 0 2 0 1+1 0 1 0
3 DF England ENG Reece Devine 10 0 4+2 0 0 0 1 0 1+1 0 0+1 0
4 DF Scotland SCO Jamie McCart 26 1 19 0 0 0 3 1 2 0 2 0
5 DF Belgium BEL Lars Dendoncker 6 0 4+1 0 0 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0
6 DF Scotland SCO Liam Gordon 17 0 13 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 0
7 FW Scotland SCO Stevie May 24 2 9+9 2 0 0 1+1 0 0+2 0 0+2 0
8 MF Scotland SCO Murray Davidson 15 0 7+2 0 0 0 1+1 0 2 0 2 0
9 FW Scotland SCO Chris Kane 21 4 12+3 3 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 1
10 MF Canada CAN David Wotherspoon 14 0 9+1 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0+1 0
11 FW Scotland SCO Michael O'Halloran 23 2 12+4 1 0 0 1+2 0 2 1 2 0
12 GK England ENG Elliot Parish 3 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
13 MF Scotland SCO Craig Bryson 10 0 8+1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
14 FW Scotland SCO Glenn Middleton 19 1 8+7 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 2 0
16 DF England ENG Hayden Muller 8 0 7+1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 MF Finland FIN Eetu Vertainen 8 0 3+4 0 0 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0
18 MF Scotland SCO Cammy MacPherson 7 0 5+1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
19 DF Scotland SCO Shaun Rooney 22 1 14+1 0 0 0 3 1 1+1 0 2 0
20 GK Scotland SCO Ross Sinclair 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
21 MF Scotland SCO Ali Crawford 17 1 11+3 0 0 0 2+1 1 0 0 0 0
22 FW Scotland SCO Callum Hendry 8 0 2+1 0 0 0 1+1 0 0+2 0 0+1 0
23 MF Scotland SCO Cammy Ballantyne 1 0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0
24 DF Scotland SCO Callum Booth 23 0 16 0 0 0 2+1 0 1+1 0 2 0
25 DF Nigeria NGA Efe Ambrose 8 0 5+2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
26 MF Scotland SCO Liam Craig 18 0 9+4 0 0 0 2+1 0 1 0 0+1 0
27 MF Nigeria NGA Viv Solomon-Otabor 7 0 2+5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0
34 MF England ENG Jacob Butterfield 4 1 3+1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0
Departures
5 DF Scotland SCO Jason Kerr 10 2 4 0 0 0 2 0 2 2 2 0
15 MF Scotland SCO Charlie Gilmour 3 0 0+1 0 0 0 0+1 0 0 0 0+1 0
18 MF Northern Ireland NIR Ali McCann 10 0 4+1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 0

Transfers[]

In[]

Date Player Transferred from Fee Source
30 June 2021 England Hayden Muller England Millwall Loan [9]
1 July 2021 England James Brown England Millwall Free [10]
2 July 2021 England Reece Devine England Manchester United Loan [11]
6 August 2021 Scotland Glenn Middleton Scotland Rangers Loan [12]
31 August 2021 Scotland Ali Crawford England Bolton Wanderers Loan [13]
31 August 2021 Belgium Lars Dendoncker England Brighton & Hove Albion Loan [14]
31 August 2021 Scotland Cammy MacPherson Scotland St Mirren Loan [15]
10 September 2021 Nigeria Efe Ambrose Scotland Livingston Free [16]
24 November 2021 Nigeria Viv Solomon-Otabor Unattached Free [17]
13 December 2021 England Jacob Butterfield Unattached Free [18]

Out[]

Date Player Transferred to Fee Source
1 June 2021 Israel Guy Melamed Free agent Free [19]
1 June 2021 Scotland Craig Conway Free agent Free [19]
1 June 2021 Scotland Olly Hamilton Free agent Free [19]
1 June 2021 Scotland Lennon Smith Free agent Free [19]
1 June 2021 Scotland Aiden Walsh Free agent Free [19]
1 June 2021 Scotland Aaron Steele Scotland East Fife Free [20]
7 June 2021 England Scott Tanser Scotland St Mirren Free [21][22]
22 June 2021 Scotland Alex Ferguson Scotland Edinburgh City Loan [20]
29 June 2021 Scotland Michael MacFarlane Scotland Edinburgh City Free [20][19]
30 July 2021 Scotland John Robertson Scotland Edinburgh City Free [20]
3 August 2021 Scotland Ben Finnan Scotland Kelty Hearts Free [20]
31 August 2021 Northern Ireland Ali McCann England Preston North End £1.2 Million [23]
31 August 2021 Scotland Jason Kerr England Wigan Athletic £600,000 [24]
28 September 2021 Scotland Cammy Ballantyne Scotland Montrose Loan [25]
29 September 2021 Scotland Callum Hendry Scotland Kilmarnock Loan [26]

See also[]

List of St Johnstone F.C. seasons

References[]

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  2. ^ "Galatasaray 4 St Johnstone 2". BBC. 12 August 2021. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
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  24. ^ "St Johnstone: Jason Kerr & Ali McCann depart as replacements arrive". BBC Sport. 1 September 2021. Retrieved 16 December 2021.
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