2021–22 EFL Championship

EFL Championship
2021–22
	EFL Championship; 2021–22
Season information
Dates	6 August 2021–7 May 2022
Winners	Fulham
Promoted	Fulham; Bournemouth; Nottingham Forest
Relegated	Peterborough United; Derby County; Barnsley
Season statistics
Matches played	552
Goals scored	1,385
Average	(2.51 per match)
Top goalscorer	Aleksandar Mitrović; (Fulham); (43 goals)
Biggest home win	Fulham 7–0; Luton Town; (2 May 2022)
Biggest away win	Blackburn 0–7 Fulham; (3 November 2021); Reading 0–7 Fulham; (11 January 2022)
Highest scoring	Sheffield Utd 6–2 Peterborough; (11 September 2021); Fulham 6–2 Bristol City; (15 January 2022) ; Fulham 6–2; Birmingham City; (18 January 2022); Reading 4–4 ; Swansea City; (18 April 2022)
← 2020–21	2022–23 →

The 2021–22 EFL Championship (referred to as the Sky Bet Championship for sponsorship reasons) was 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.

To Championship[]

Promoted from League One

Relegated from the Premier League

From Championship[]

Promoted to the Premier League

Relegated to League One

Stadiums[]

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
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
Bournemouth	Bournemouth	Dean Court	11,364
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	Kirklees Stadium	24,500
Hull City	Kingston upon Hull	KCOM 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)	Kiyan Prince Foundation Stadium	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	Liberty Stadium	21,088
West Bromwich Albion	West Bromwich	The Hawthorns	26,850

Personnel and sponsoring[]

Team	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Bournemouth	Scott Parker	Lloyd Kelly	Umbro	MSP Capital
Barnsley	Martin Devaney (Interim)	Cauley Woodrow	Puma	The Investment Room
Birmingham City	Lee Bowyer	Troy Deeney	Nike	BloyleSports
Blackburn Rovers	Tony Mowbray	Darragh Lenihan	Macron	Totally Wicked
Blackpool	Critchley, NeilNeil Critchley	Maxwell, ChrisChris Maxwell	Puma	Blackpool Council (Home: "VisitBlackpool.com"; Away: "Get Vocal")
Bristol City	Nigel Pearson	Daniel Bentley	Hummel	MansionBet
Cardiff City	Steve Morison	Morrison, SeanSean Morrison	Adidas	Tourism Malaysia
Coventry City	Mark Robins	Liam Kelly	Hummel	BoyleSports
Derby County	Wayne Rooney	Tom Lawrence	Umbro	32Red
Fulham	Marco Silva	Tom Cairney	Adidas	World Mobile
Huddersfield Town	Carlos Corberán	Jonathan Hogg	Umbro	Utilita Energy
Hull City	Shota Arveladze	Richie Smallwood	Umbro	KCOM Group
Luton Town	Nathan Jones	Sonny Bradley	Umbro	Utilita Energy (home) Star Platforms (away) Ryebridge (third)
Middlesbrough	Chris Wilder	Jonny Howson	Hummel	32Red
Millwall	Gary Rowett	Alex Pearce	Macron	Huski Chocolate
Nottingham Forest	Steve Cooper	Lewis Grabban	Macron	BOXT
Peterborough United	Grant McCann	Oliver Norburn	Puma	Mick George Group
Preston North End	Ryan Lowe	Alan Browne	Nike	PAR Group
Queens Park Rangers	Mark Warburton	Stefan Johansen	Erreà	Ashville Holdings
Reading	Paul Ince (Interim) Michael Gilkes (Interim)	Michael Morrison	Macron	Select Car Leasing
Sheffield United	Paul Heckingbottom	Billy Sharp	Adidas	Randox
Stoke City	Michael O'Neill	Joe Allen	Macron	bet365
Swansea City	Russell Martin	Matt Grimes	Joma	Swansea University
West Bromwich Albion	Steve Bruce	Jake Livermore	Puma	Ideal Heating

Managerial changes[]

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
West Bromwich Albion	Sam Allardyce	Resigned	23 May 2021	Pre-season	Valérien Ismaël	24 June 2021
Sheffield United	Paul Heckingbottom	End of Caretaker spell	23 May 2021		Slaviša Jokanović	27 May 2021
Barnsley	Valérien Ismaël	Signed by West Bromwich Albion	24 June 2021		Markus Schopp	29 June 2021
Fulham	Scott Parker	Mutual consent; Signed by AFC Bournemouth	28 June 2021		Marco Silva	1 July 2021
A.F.C. Bournemouth	Jonathan Woodgate	End of contract	28 June 2021		Scott Parker	28 June 2021
Swansea City	Steve Cooper	Mutual consent	21 July 2021	Russell Martin
Nottingham Forest	Chris Hughton	Sacked	16 September 2021	24th	Steve Cooper	21 September 2021
Cardiff City	Mick McCarthy	Mutual consent	23 October 2021	21st	Steve Morison (caretaker)	24 October 2021
Barnsley	Markus Schopp	Sacked	1 November 2021	23rd	Joseph Laumann (caretaker)	2 November 2021
Middlesbrough	Neil Warnock	Mutual consent	6 November 2021	14th	Chris Wilder	7 November 2021
Sheffield United	Slaviša Jokanović	Sacked	25 November 2021	16th	Paul Heckingbottom	25 November 2021
Preston North End	Frankie McAvoy		6 December 2021	18th	Ryan Lowe	7 December 2021
Hull City	Grant McCann		25 January 2022	19th	Shota Arveladze	27 January 2022
West Bromwich Albion	Valérien Ismaël		2 February 2022	5th	Steve Bruce	3 February 2022
Reading	Veljko Paunović	Mutual consent	19 February 2022	21st	Paul Ince (Interim) Michael Gilkes (Interim)	19 February 2022
Peterborough United	Darren Ferguson	Resigned	20 February 2022	23rd	Grant McCann	24 February 2022
Barnsley	Poya Asbaghi	Mutual consent	24 April 2022	24th	Martin Devaney (Interim)	24 April 2022

League table[]


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Fulham (C) (P)	46	27	9	10	106	43	+63	90	Promotion to the Premier League
2	Bournemouth (P)	46	25	13	8	73	40	+33	88	Promotion to the Premier League
3	Huddersfield Town	47	24	13	10	64	47	+17	85	Qualification to the Championship Play-offs
4	Nottm Forest (P) (O)	46	23	11	12	63	40	+23	80
5	Sheffield Utd	46	21	12	13	63	45	+18	75
6	Luton Town	46	21	12	13	63	55	+8	75
7	Middlesbrough	46	20	10	16	59	50	+9	70
8	Blackburn Rovers	46	19	12	15	59	50	+9	69
9	Millwall	46	18	15	13	53	45	+8	69
10	West Brom	46	18	13	15	52	45	+7	67
11	Queens Park Rangers	46	19	9	18	60	59	+1	66
12	Coventry City	46	17	13	16	60	59	+1	64
13	Preston North End	46	16	16	14	52	56	−4	64
14	Stoke City	46	17	11	18	57	52	+5	62
15	Swansea City	46	16	13	17	58	68	−10	61
16	Blackpool	46	16	12	18	54	58	−4	60
17	Bristol City	46	15	10	21	62	77	−15	55
18	Cardiff City	46	15	8	23	50	68	−18	53
19	Hull City	46	14	9	23	41	54	−13	51
20	Birmingham City	46	11	14	21	50	75	−25	47
21	Reading	46	13	8	25	54	87	−33	41
22	Peterborough United (R)	46	9	10	27	43	87	−44	37	Relegation to League One
23	Derby County (R)	46	14	13	19	43	55	−12	34
24	Barnsley (R)	46	6	12	28	33	73	−40	30

Source: EFL.com
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. Reading were deducted 6 points for breach of profit and sustainability regulations.
b. Derby County were deducted 12 points for entering administration, and a further 9 points for financial irregularities.

Results[]

Home \ Away	BAR	BIR	BLA	BLP	BOU	BRI	CAR	COV	DER	FUL	HUD	HUL	LUT	MID	MIL	NOT	PET	PNE	QPR	REA	SHU	STO	SWA	WBA
Barnsley	—	1–1	0–0	0–2	0–1	2–0	0–1	1–0	2–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	0–1	3–2	0–1	1–3	0–2	1–3	1–0	1–1	2–3	1–1	0–2	0–0
Birmingham City	2–1	—	1–2	1–0	0–2	3–0	2–2	2–4	2–0	1–4	0–2	0–0	3–0	0–2	2–2	0–3	2–2	0–0	1–2	1–2	1–2	0–0	2–1	1–0
Blackburn Rovers	2–1	4–0	—	1–1	0–3	0–1	5–1	2–2	3–1	0–7	0–0	2–0	2–2	1–0	0–0	0–2	4–0	1–0	1–0	2–0	3–1	0–1	2–1	1–2
Blackpool	1–0	6–1	2–1	—	1–2	3–1	0–2	0–1	0–2	1–0	0–3	1–0	0–3	1–2	1–0	1–4	3–1	2–0	1–1	4–1	0–0	0–1	1–0	0–0
Bournemouth	3–0	3–1	0–2	2–2	—	3–2	3–0	2–2	2–0	1–1	3–0	0–1	2–1	0–0	1–0	1–0	1–1	1–2	2–1	1–1	2–1	2–1	4–0	2–2
Bristol City	2–1	1–2	1–1	1–1	0–2	—	3–2	1–2	1–0	1–1	2–3	5–0	1–1	2–1	3–2	1–2	1–1	0–0	1–2	2–1	1–1	1–0	0–1	2–2
Cardiff City	1–1	1–1	0–1	1–1	0–1	1–2	—	2–0	1–0	0–1	2–1	0–1	0–1	0–2	3–1	2–1	4–0	0–0	0–1	0–1	2–3	2–1	0–4	0–4
Coventry City	1–0	0–0	2–2	1–1	0–3	3–2	1–0	—	1–1	4–1	1–2	0–2	0–1	2–0	0–1	2–1	3–0	1–1	1–2	2–1	4–1	1–0	1–2	1–2
Derby County	2–0	2–2	1–2	1–0	3–2	1–3	0–1	1–1	—	2–1	1–1	3–1	2–2	0–0	1–2	1–1	1–0	1–0	1–2	1–0	2–0	2–1	0–0	1–0
Fulham	4–1	6–2	2–0	1–1	1–1	6–2	2–0	1–3	0–0	—	1–2	2–0	7–0	1–1	3–0	0–1	2–1	3–0	4–1	1–2	0–1	3–0	3–1	3–0
Huddersfield Town	2–1	0–0	3–2	3–2	0–3	2–0	2–1	1–1	2–0	1–5	—	2–0	2–0	1–2	1–0	0–2	3–0	1–0	2–2	4–0	0–0	1–1	1–1	1–0
Hull City	0–2	2–0	2–0	1–1	0–0	2–2	2–1	0–1	0–1	0–1	0–1	—	1–3	2–0	2–1	1–1	1–2	0–1	0–3	3–0	1–3	0–2	2–0	0–2
Luton Town	2–1	0–5	0–0	1–1	3–2	2–1	1–2	5–0	1–0	1–1	0–0	1–0	—	3–1	2–2	1–0	3–0	4–0	1–2	1–0	0–0	0–1	3–3	2–0
Middlesbrough	2–0	0–2	1–1	1–2	1–0	2–1	2–0	1–0	4–1	0–1	0–2	0–1	2–1	—	1–1	2–0	2–0	1–2	2–3	2–1	2–0	3–1	1–0	2–1
Millwall	4–1	3–1	1–1	2–1	1–1	1–0	2–1	1–1	1–1	1–2	2–0	2–1	0–2	0–0	—	0–1	3–0	0–0	2–0	1–0	1–0	2–1	0–1	2–0
Nottingham Forest	3–0	2–0	1–2	2–1	1–2	2–0	1–2	2–0	2–1	0–4	0–1	2–1	0–0	0–2	1–1	—	2–0	3–0	3–1	4–0	1–1	2–2	5–1	4–0
Peterborough United	0–0	3–0	2–1	5–0	0–0	2–3	2–2	1–4	2–1	0–1	1–1	0–3	1–1	0–4	2–1	0–1	—	0–1	2–1	0–0	0–2	2–2	2–3	0–1
Preston North End	2–1	1–1	1–4	1–0	2–1	2–2	1–2	2–1	0–0	1–1	0–0	1–4	2–0	4–1	1–1	0–0	1–0	—	2–1	2–3	2–2	1–1	3–1	1–1
Queens Park Rangers	2–2	2–0	1–0	2–1	0–1	1–2	1–2	2–0	1–0	0–2	1–0	1–1	2–0	2–2	1–1	1–1	1–3	3–2	—	4–0	1–3	0–2	0–0	1–0
Reading	1–0	2–1	1–0	2–3	0–2	2–3	1–2	2–3	2–2	0–7	3–4	1–1	0–2	1–0	0–1	1–1	3–1	2–1	3–3	—	0–1	2–1	4–4	0–1
Sheffield United	2–0	0–1	1–0	0–1	0–0	2–0	1–0	0–0	1–0	4–0	1–2	0–0	2–0	4–1	1–2	1–1	6–2	2–2	1–0	1–2	—	2–1	4–0	2–0
Stoke City	1–1	2–2	0–1	0–1	0–1	0–1	3–3	1–1	1–2	2–3	2–1	2–0	1–2	0–0	2–0	1–0	2–0	1–2	1–0	3–2	1–0	—	3–0	1–0
Swansea City	1–1	0–0	1–0	1–1	3–3	3–1	3–0	3–1	2–1	1–5	1–0	0–0	0–1	1–1	0–0	1–4	3–0	1–0	0–1	2–3	0–0	1–3	—	2–1
West Bromwich Albion	4–0	1–0	0–0	2–1	2–0	3–0	1–1	0–0	0–0	1–0	2–2	1–0	3–2	1–1	1–1	0–0	3–0	0–2	2–1	1–0	4–0	1–3	0–2	—

Updated to match(es) played on 7 May 2022. Source: Championship Results.
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.

Play-offs[]

Main article: 2022 Football League play-offs

	Semi-finals		Final

3	Huddersfield Town	1 1 2
6	Luton Town	1 0 1
				Huddersfield Town	0

				Nottingham Forest	1
4	Nottingham Forest	2 1 3 (3)

5	Sheffield United	1 2 3 (2)

Season statistics[]

Scoring[]

Top scorers[]

As of 7 May 2022

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Aleksandar Mitrović	Fulham	43
2	Dominic Solanke	Bournemouth	29
3	Ben Brereton Díaz	Blackburn Rovers	22
	Joël Piroe	Swansea City
	Andreas Weimann	Bristol City
6	Karlan Grant	West Bromwich Albion	18
7	Viktor Gyökeres	Coventry City	17
8	Elijah Adebayo	Luton Town	16
	Emil Riis Jakobsen	Preston North End
	Brennan Johnson	Nottingham Forest

Hat-tricks[]

Player	For	Against	Result	Date
Swift, JohnJohn Swift	Reading	Queens Park Rangers	3–3 (H)	02021-09-11-11 September 2021
Brereton Díaz, BenBen Brereton Díaz	Blackburn Rovers	Cardiff City	5–1 (H)	02021-09-25-25 September 2021
Mitrović, AleksandarAleksandar Mitrović	Fulham	Swansea City	3–1 (H)	02021-09-29-29 September 2021
Mitrović, AleksandarAleksandar Mitrović	Fulham	West Bromwich Albion	3–0 (H)	02021-10-30-30 October 2021
Weimann, AndreasAndreas Weimann	Bristol City	Millwall	3–2 (H)	02022-01-02-2 January 2022
Mitrović, AleksandarAleksandar Mitrović	Fulham	Bristol City	6–2 (H)	02022-01-15-15 January 2022
Ward, DannyDanny Ward	Huddersfield Town	Reading	4–3 (A)	02022-01-22-22 January 2022
Surridge, SamSam Surridge	Nottingham Forest	Swansea City	5–1 (H)	02022-04-30-30 April 2022

Most assists[]

As of 7 May 2022

Rank	Player	Club	Assists
1	Harry Wilson	Fulham	19
2	John Swift	Reading	13
3	Antoine Semenyo	Bristol City	12
3	Jed Wallace	Millwall	12
5	Sorba Thomas	Huddersfield Town	11
5	Chris Willock	Queens Park Rangers	11
7	Philip Billing	Bournemouth	10
	Ryan Giles	Cardiff City / Blackburn Rovers
	Brennan Johnson	Nottingham Forest
	Joe Rothwell	Blackburn Rovers
	Andreas Weimann	Bristol City

Clean sheets[]

As of 7 May 2022

Rank	Player	Club	Clean Sheets
1	Mark Travers	Bournemouth	20
2	Lee Nicholls	Huddersfield Town	19
3	Wes Foderingham	Sheffield United	18
4	Sam Johnstone	West Bromwich Albion	15
5	Bartosz Białkowski	Millwall	14
	Marek Rodák	Fulham
	Brice Samba	Nottingham Forest
8	Daniel Iversen	Preston North End	13
	Thomas Kaminski	Blackburn Rovers
	Joe Lumley	Middlesbrough

Discipline[]

As of 7 May 2022

Player[]

Most yellow cards: 16
- Matt Crooks (Middlesbrough)
Most red cards: 2

Club[]

Most yellow cards: 107
- Blackburn Rovers
Most red cards: 7
- Derby County
- West Bromwich Albion

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Fylde · AFC Telford United · Alfreton Town · Blyth Spartans · Boston United · Brackley Town · Bradford Park Avenue · Chester · Chorley · Curzon Ashton · Darlington · Farsley Celtic · Gateshead · Gloucester City · Guiseley · Hereford · Kettering Town · Kidderminster Harriers · Leamington · Southport · Spennymoor Town · York City
National League South
Bath City · Billericay Town · Braintree Town · Chelmsford City · Chippenham Town · Concord Rangers · Dartford · Dorking Wanderers · Dulwich Hamlet · Eastbourne Borough · Ebbsfleet United · Hampton & Richmond Borough · Havant & Waterlooville · Hemel Hempstead Town · Hungerford Town · Maidstone United · Oxford City · Slough Town · St Albans City · Tonbridge Angels · Welling United
2020–21 2022–23

2021–22 in European football (UEFA)
Domestic leagues
Albania · Andorra · Armenia · Austria · Azerbaijan · Belarus '21 '22 · Belgium · Bosnia and Herzegovina · Bulgaria · Croatia · Cyprus · Czech Republic · Denmark · England · Estonia '21 '22 · Faroe Islands '21 '22 · Finland '21 '22 · France · Georgia '21 '22 · Germany · Gibraltar · Greece · Hungary · Iceland '21 '22 · Israel · Italy · Kazakhstan '21 '22 · Kosovo · Latvia '21 '22 · Lithuania '21 '22 · Luxembourg · Malta · Moldova · Montenegro · Netherlands · North Macedonia · Northern Ireland · Norway '21 '22 · Poland · Portugal · Republic of Ireland '21 '22 · Romania · Russia · San Marino · Scotland · Serbia · Slovakia · Slovenia · Spain · Sweden '21 '22 · Switzerland · Turkey · Ukraine · Wales
Domestic cups
Albania · Andorra · Armenia · Austria · Azerbaijan · Belarus · Belgium · Bosnia and Herzegovina · Bulgaria · Croatia · Cyprus · Czech Republic · Denmark · England · Estonia · Faroe Islands '21 '22 · Finland '21 '22 · France · Georgia '21 '22 · Germany · Gibraltar · Greece · Hungary · Iceland '21 '22 · Israel · Italy · Kazakhstan '21 '22 · Kosovo · Latvia '21 '22 · Liechtenstein · Lithuania '21 '22 · Luxembourg · Malta · Moldova · Montenegro · Netherlands · North Macedonia · Northern Ireland · Norway · Poland · Portugal · Republic of Ireland '21 '22 · Romania · Russia · San Marino · Scotland · Serbia · Slovakia · Slovenia · Spain · Sweden · Switzerland · Turkey · Ukraine · Wales
League cups
England · Iceland · Israel · Northern Ireland · Portugal · Republic of Ireland '22 · Scotland · Wales
Supercups
Albania · Andorra · Armenia · Azerbaijan · Belarus · Belgium · Bulgaria · Croatia · Cyprus · England · Estonia · Faroe Islands · France · Georgia · Germany · Iceland · Israel · Italy · Kazakhstan · Kosovo · Lithuania · Malta · Netherlands · Northern Ireland · Poland · Portugal · Republic of Ireland '21 '22 · Romania · Russia · San Marino · Spain · Turkey · Ukraine
UEFA competitions
Champions League (qualifying phase and play-off round, group stage, knockout phase, Final) · Europa League (qualifying phase and play-off round, Champions Path, Main Path, group stage, knockout phase, Final) · Europa Conference League (qualifying phase and play-off round, Champions Path, Main Path, group stage, knockout phase, Final) · Super Cup
International competitions
2022 FIFA World Cup (qualification) · 2020–21 UEFA Nations League (League C relegation play-offs · Finals) · 2023 Euro Under-21 (qualification) · 2022 Euro Under-19 (qualification) · 2022 Euro Under-17 (qualification)

Season information
EFL Championship 2021–22

Dates	6 August 2021–7 May 2022
Winners	Fulham
Promoted	Fulham Bournemouth Nottingham Forest
Relegated	Peterborough United Derby County Barnsley
Season statistics
Matches played	552
Goals scored	1,385
Average	(2.51 per match)
Top goalscorer	Aleksandar Mitrović (Fulham) (43 goals)

Biggest home win	Fulham 7–0 Luton Town (2 May 2022)

Biggest away win	Blackburn 0–7 Fulham (3 November 2021) Reading 0–7 Fulham (11 January 2022)

Highest scoring	Sheffield Utd 6–2 Peterborough (11 September 2021) Fulham 6–2 Bristol City (15 January 2022) Fulham 6–2 Birmingham City (18 January 2022) Reading 4–4 Swansea City (18 April 2022)


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2021–22 EFL Championship

Contents

Team changes[]

To Championship[]

From Championship[]

Stadiums[]

Personnel and sponsoring[]

Managerial changes[]

League table[]

Results[]

Play-offs[]

Season statistics[]

Scoring[]

Top scorers[]

Hat-tricks[]

Most assists[]

Clean sheets[]

Discipline[]

Player[]

Club[]

See also[]

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