2021–22 Burnley F.C. season

Burnley 2021–22
Club information
Manager	Sean Dyche (as of 15 April 2022) Mike Jackson (caretaker manager from 15 April 2022)
Stadium	Turf Moor
League Season information
Final League position	Premier League, 18th (relegated)
Points	35
Goals for	34
Goals against	53
Goals difference	-19
Cup placements
FA Cup	Third round
EFL Cup	Fourth round
Season statistics
Matches played	42
Top goalscorer	Maxwel Cornet (8)
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The 2021–22 season was Burnley's sixth consecutive season in the Premier League and the 140th year in their history. This season, the club participates in the Premier League, FA Cup and EFL Cup. The season covers the period from 1 July 2021 to 30 June 2022.

After the match against Liverpool on 21 August 2021 (2–0 loss), Burnley broke the Premier League record for the most consecutive games without a red card, after having no player sent off in 95 matches. This run ended at 119 games when Nathan Collins received a red card during a match against Brentford on 12 March 2022.

Transfers

Transfers in

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Fee
24 June 2021	CB		Nathan Collins	Stoke City	£12,000,000
1 July 2021	CB		Jacob Bedeau	Scunthorpe United	Free transfer
1 July 2021	CM		Mark Helm	Manchester United	Free transfer
12 July 2021	CB		Harry Williams	West Bromwich Albion	Free transfer
20 July 2021	GK		Wayne Hennessey	Crystal Palace	Free transfer
4 August 2021	RB		Ethen Vaughan	Norwich City	Free transfer
25 August 2021	RW		Aaron Lennon	Kayserispor	Free transfer
29 August 2021	LW		Maxwel Cornet	Olympique Lyonnais	£12,850,000
31 August 2021	RB		Connor Roberts	Swansea City	Undisclosed
31 January 2022	CF		Wout Weghorst	VfL Wolfsburg	£12,000,000

Transfers out

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Fee
26 June 2021	GK		Marc Richter	Würzburger Kickers	Undisclosed
30 June 2021	RB		Connor Barrett	Kettering Town	Released
30 June 2021	LM		Robbie Brady	Bournemouth	Contract Expired
30 June 2021	RB		Jordan Cropper	Free agent	Released
30 June 2021	RB		Marcel Elva-Fountaine	Hayes & Yeading United	Released
30 June 2021	CM		Mace Goodridge	Chorley	Released
30 June 2021	CF		Arman Taranis	Kettering Town	Released
1 July 2021	RB		Ryan Cooney	Morecambe	Free transfer
1 July 2021	CB		Ben Gibson	Norwich City	Undisclosed
13 July 2021	CB		Jimmy Dunne	Queens Park Rangers	Undisclosed
29 July 2021	CM		Josh Benson	Barnsley	Undisclosed
13 January 2022	CF		Chris Wood	Newcastle United	£25,000,000

Loans out

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Date until
1 July 2021	CF		Joel Mumbongo	Accrington Stanley	End of season
20 July 2021	GK		Lukas Jensen	Carlisle United	End of season
27 July 2021	GK		Bailey Peacock-Farrell	Sheffield Wednesday	End of season
27 July 2021	CM		Adam Phillips	Morecambe	End of season
31 August 2021	CB		Richard Nartey	Mansfield Town	End of season
4 January 2022	CB		Jacob Bedeau	Morecambe	End of season
7 January 2022	LB		Anthony Glennon	Barrow	End of season

Kits

Home

Away

Third

Pre-season friendlies

Friendly 20 July 2021	Burnley	4–0	Salford City	Burnley
BST	Rodriguez Brownhill	Report		Stadium: Barnfield Training Centre Attendance: 0 (Behind-closed-doors)

Friendly 20 July 2021	Burnley	2–1	Morecambe	Burnley
BST	Barnes Guðmundsson	Report	McPake	Stadium: Barnfield Training Centre Attendance: 0 (Behind-closed-doors)

Friendly 24 July 2021	Oldham Athletic	0–2	Burnley	Oldham
13:00 BST		Report	Rodriguez  55' Richardson  58'	Stadium: Boundary Park Attendance: 2,071

Friendly 27 July 2021	Blackpool	0–1	Burnley	Blackpool
19:45 BST		Report	Thomas  76'	Stadium: Bloomfield Road Referee: Michael Salisbury

Friendly 31 July 2021	Tranmere Rovers	1–2	Burnley	Birkenhead
13:00 BST	Knight-Percival  57'	Report	Barnes  70' McNeil  87'	Stadium: Prenton Park Attendance: 0 (Behind-closed-doors) Referee: Rob Jones

Friendly 31 July 2021	Nottingham Forest	Cancelled	Burnley	West Bridgford
15:00 BST				Stadium: City Ground

Friendly 3 August 2021	Burnley	1–0	Newcastle United	Burnley
BST	Rodriguez	Report		Stadium: Turf Moor Attendance: 0 (Behind-closed-doors)

Friendly 7 August 2021	Burnley	0–2	Cádiz	Burnley
14:00 BST		Report	Calderón  45' Fernández  48'	Stadium: Turf Moor Referee: Ollie Yates

Friendly 17 August 2021	Manchester United	3–1	Burnley	Manchester
14:00 BST	Martial  14' Lingard  20' Norris  55' (o.g.)	Report	Lennon  10'	Stadium: Old Trafford

Competitions

Premier League

Main article: 2021–22 Premier League

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Manchester City  (C)	38	29	6	3	99	26	+73	93	Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2	Liverpool	38	28	8	2	94	26	+68	92
3	Chelsea	38	21	11	6	76	33	+43	74
4	Tottenham	38	22	5	11	69	40	+29	71
5	Arsenal	38	22	3	13	61	48	+13	69	Qualification for the Europa League group stage
6	Manchester Utd	38	16	10	12	57	57	0	58
7	West Ham Utd	38	16	8	14	60	51	+9	56	Qualification for the Europa Conference League play-off round
8	Wolves	38	15	6	17	38	43	−5	51
9	Leicester City	38	14	10	14	62	59	+3	52
10	Brighton	38	12	15	11	52	44	+8	51
11	Brentford	38	13	7	18	48	56	−8	46
12	Newcastle Utd	38	13	10	15	44	62	−18	49
13	Crystal Palace	38	11	15	12	50	46	+4	48
14	Aston Villa	38	13	6	19	52	54	−2	45
15	Southampton	38	9	13	16	43	67	−24	40
16	Everton	38	11	6	21	43	66	−23	39
17	Leeds United	38	9	11	18	42	79	−37	38
18	Burnley  (R)	38	7	14	17	33	54	−21	35	Relegation to EFL Championship
19	Watford  (R)	38	6	5	27	34	77	−43	23
20	Norwich City  (R)	38	5	7	26	23	86	−63	22

Source: Premier League
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd number of goals scored.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round; (Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament
a: Since the finalists of the 2021–22 EFL Cup, Chelsea and Liverpool, currently qualify for European competition based on league position, the Europa Conference League berth awarded to the EFL Cup winners will be transferred to the highest-placed Premier League team not already qualified for European competition, the sixth-placed team.

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
35	7	13	15	32	49	−17	34	5	6	7	17	23	−6	2	7	8	15	26	−11

Last updated: 7 May 2022
Source: BBC

FA Cup

Main article: 2021–22 FA Cup

Third round 8 January 2022	Burnley	1–2	Huddersfield Town	Burnley
12:30 GMT	Rodriguez  28'	Report	Koroma  74' Pearson  87'	Stadium: Turf Moor Attendance: 7,654 Referee: Andre Marriner

EFL Cup

Main article: 2021–22 EFL Cup

Second round 25 August 2021	Newcastle United	0–0 (3–4 pen)	Burnley	Newcastle upon Tyne
19:45 BST		Report	Collins 79' McNeil 80'	Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 30,082 Referee: Oliver Langford
	Penalties
	Saint-Maximin Willock Joelinton S. Longstaff Almirón		Wood Barnes McNeil Brownhill Taylor

Third round 21 September 2021	Burnley	4–1	Rochdale	Burnley
19:45 BST	Rodriguez  50', 60', 62', 76' Tarkowski 63'	Report	Beesley  47' O'Keeffe 63' O'Connell 64'	Stadium: Turf Moor Attendance: 9,125 Referee: Geoff Eltringham

Fourth round 27 October 2021	Burnley	0–1	Tottenham Hotspur	Burnley
19:45 BST	Roberts 70'	Report	Lucas  68' Son 90+4'	Stadium: Turf Moor Attendance: 14,637 Referee: Peter Bankes