2021–22 Aberdeen F.C. season

The 2021–22 Aberdeen F.C. season is Aberdeen's 109th season in the top flight of Scottish football and the ninth in the Scottish Premiership.[1] Aberdeen competed in the Scottish Cup, the League Cup and in qualifying for the inaugural season of 2021–22 UEFA Europa Conference League.

Aberdeen
2021–22 season
ChairmanDave Cormack
ManagerStephen Glass
(until 13 February)
Barry Robson (interim)
(from 13 to 19 February)
Jim Goodwin
(from 19 February)
GroundPittodrie Stadium
Aberdeen, Scotland
(Capacity: 20,866)
Scottish Premiership10th
Scottish CupFifth round
League CupSecond round
UEFA Europa Conference LeaguePlay-off round
Top goalscorerLeague: Lewis Ferguson (11)
All: Lewis Ferguson (16)
Highest home attendanceLeague: 18,719 vs Dundee United 18 January 2022
Cup: 15,533 vs FK Qarabağ
Conference League
12 August 2021
Lowest home attendanceLeague: 500 vs Dundee 26 December 2021[N 1]

Summary

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Player-coach Scott Brown arrived from Celtic in July. Scotland International defender Declan Gallagher signed a pre-contract from Motherwell. Striker Jay Emmanuel-Thomas signed from Livingston. Goalkeeper Gary Woods permanently joined from Oldham Athletic after his loan spell last season.

June

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Young winger Teddy Jenks joined from Brighton and Hove Albion on a loan deal, Jack Gurr joined from manager Glass' former club Atlanta United on a free, and American International Christian Ramirez signed from Houston Dynamo for an undisclosed fee.

July

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The club announced all pre-season fixtures were to be played behind closed doors[2] but two matches were cancelled due to COVID-19.[3][4] Scott Brown was announced as Team Captain with goalkeeper Joe Lewis becoming the Club Captain.[5]

August

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Aberdeen were knocked out of the League Cup by Championship side Raith Rovers. This followed with being knocked out of Europe by Azerbaijan side FK Qarabağ in the Play-off round.

September

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Lewis Ferguson was called up and made his debut for the Scotland national team. The club however suffered a miserable September, losing all three matches in the Premiership. Niall McGinn and Lewis Ferguson were both called up for their respective countries for the October internationals.

October

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Having lost five league games in a row, Glass was under pressure but was eased with wins against both Edinburgh clubs and were unlucky not to win at Ibrox.

November

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On 20 November, the Dons lost to Dundee United, however off the pitch player Funso Ojo was assaulted by a United fan and was sent off for a second bookable offence. The fan was later charged and banned from football.[6] Ojo himself also assaulted a separate United fan after the match. He was later charged for the incident[7]

December

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After three wins, the Dons lost at Easter Road to a Ryan Porteous goal, but during the match he was involved in an incident with Dons forward Ramirez for which he was later given a three match ban.[8] Young full back Jack MacKenzie signed a new contract.[9] The year ended prematurely due to the Covid variant Omicron and the club were forced to play in front of 500 fans against Dundee on Boxing Day as the Dens Park side struggled to field a team.[10][11]

January

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Midfielder Matty Longstaff returned to his parent club after a disappointing spell with the club.[12] Austin Samuels also returned to his parent club. Promising young American College player Dante Polvara signed a contract for the club.[13] The club signed Dutch forward Vicente Besuijen on a four-and-a-half-year contract.[14]

February

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After a poor run of results including a fifth-round defeat in the Scottish Cup to Motherwell, Stephen Glass left the club on 13 February. He was replaced by Barry Robson as interim manager.[15] The club appointed Jim Goodwin as manager on 19 February[16] Before the match with Dundee United, a statue was unveiled of their most successful manager to date, Alex Ferguson.[17]

March

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It was announced that Team Captain and player-coach Scott Brown had left to pursue his coaching career elsewhere.[18] For the second time during the season The Dons went 10 matches without a League win.[19] Jim Goodwin's first win as manager came in a 3–1 home win against Hibernian on 19 March. The club descended to 10th place in the league.[20]

April

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It was revealed that long-serving defender and former Club Captain Andrew Considine would leave at the end of the season after rejecting the offer of a new deal on reduced terms.[21] Michael Devlin and Jay Emmanuel-Thomas had their contracts terminated and left the club.[22][23] A home defeat to Ross County consigned Aberdeen to a place in the bottom 6 of the league, failing to qualify for European competition for the first time since 2012-13.[24] The team's first clean sheet in the league since December 2021 came in a 1–0 win against bottom placed Dundee.

Aberdeen secured their place in the Premiership with a draw at Hibernian.[25] Gaining just 2 points from a possible 9 in the last month of the season, the club finished the league in 10th place. Andy Considine made his final appearance for The Dons at home to St Mirren in the season finale.[26] Dylan McGeouch, Funso Ojo and Michael Ruth left the club on conclusion of their contracts, whilst Adam Montgomery and Teddy Jenks returned to their parent clubs at the end of their loan. [27]

Results & fixtures

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  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Pre-season

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1 July 2021 Friendly Aberdeen Cancelled Cove Rangers Cormack Park
8 July 2021 Friendly Aberdeen 1–1 Inverness CT Cormack Park
13:00 Emmanuel-Thomas   31' Report Sutherland   22' Attendance: Behind closed doors
16 July 2021 Friendly Aberdeen Cancelled Reading Cormack Park
13:30 Report
16 July 2021 Friendly Aberdeen 0–0 St Johnstone Cormack Park
13:30 Report Attendance: Behind closed doors

Scottish Premiership

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1 August 2021 1 Aberdeen 2–0 Dundee United Pittodrie Stadium
15:00 Hayes   27'
Ramirez   51'
Report Attendance: 6,305
Referee: Alan Muir
8 August 2021 2 Livingston 1–2 Aberdeen Almondvale Stadium
15:00 Anderson   35' Report Jenks   47'
MacKenzie   90+4'
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Kevin Clancy
22 August 2021 3 Heart of Midlothian 1–1 Aberdeen Tynecastle Stadium
15:00 Boyce  56' Report Ojo   71' Attendance: 17,449
Referee: Bobby Madden
29 August 2021 4 Aberdeen 1–1 Ross County Pittodrie Stadium
15:00 Ramirez  88' Report Charles-Cook   33' Attendance: 14,434
Referee: Nick Walsh
11 September 2021 5 Motherwell 2–0 Aberdeen Fir Park
15:00 van Veen   26'
Ojala   59'
Report Attendance: 5,623
Referee: John Beaton
18 September 2021 6 Aberdeen 0–1 St Johnstone Pittodrie Stadium
15:00 Report May   84' Attendance: 13,007
Referee: Bobby Madden
26 September 2021 7 St Mirren 3–2 Aberdeen St Mirren Park
12:00 Ronan   14', 58'
Main   61'
Report Brown   18'
Ramirez   34'
Attendance: 4,513
Referee: Willie Collum
3 October 2021 8 Aberdeen 1–2 Celtic Pittodrie Stadium
12:00 Ferguson   56' Report Furuhashi   11'
Jota   84'
Attendance: 14,522
Referee: Bobby Madden
16 October 2021 9 Dundee 2–1 Aberdeen Dens Park
18:00 Griffiths   49'
McCowan   62'
Report Ramirez   67' Attendance: 6,878
Referee: Colin Steven
23 October 2021 10 Aberdeen 1–0 Hibernian Pittodrie Stadium
15:00 Ramirez   27' Report Attendance: 9,431
Referee: Greg Aitken
27 October 2021 11 Rangers 2–2 Aberdeen Ibrox Stadium
19:45 Morelos   20'
Tavernier   81' (pen.)
Report Ramirez   8'
Brown   16'
Attendance: 49,760
Referee: John Beaton
30 October 2021 12 Aberdeen 2–1 Heart of Midlothian Pittodrie Stadium
15:00 Watkins   49'
Ferguson   69'
Report Souttar   45+2' (pen.) Attendance: 9,736
Referee: Kevin Clancy
6 November 2021 13 Aberdeen 0–2 Motherwell Pittodrie Stadium
15:00 Report van Veen   50', 57' Attendance: 9,666
Referee: Don Robertson
20 November 2021 14 Dundee United 1–0 Aberdeen Tannadice
15:00 Harkes   80' Report Referee: Bobby Madden
28 November 2021 15 Celtic 2–1 Aberdeen Celtic Park
15:00 Jota   20'
McGregor   60'
Report Ferguson   33' (pen.) Referee: Kevin Clancy
1 December 2021 16 Aberdeen 2–0 Livingston Pittodrie Stadium
19:45 Hedges   23'
Bates   75'
Report Attendance: 6,295
Referee: Craig Napier
4 December 2021 17 Aberdeen 4–1 St Mirren Pittodrie Stadium
15:00 Watkins   6', 43'
Ramirez   9', 71'
Report Tanser   42' Attendance: 8,002
Referee: Willie Collum
11 December 2021 18 St Johnstone 0–1 Aberdeen McDiarmid Park
15:00 Report Jenks   83' Attendance: 3,791
Referee: Greg Aitken
22 December 2021 19 Hibernian 1–0 Aberdeen Easter Road
19:45 Porteous   64' Report Attendance: 14,314
Referee: Alan Muir
26 December 2021 20 Aberdeen 2–1 Dundee Pittodrie Stadium
15:00 Hedges   12'
Ferguson   70'
Report Griffiths   7' Attendance: 500[N 1]
Referee: Nick Walsh
18 January 2022 21 Aberdeen 1–1 Rangers Pittodrie Stadium
19:45 Ferguson   73' (pen.) Report Hagi   20' Attendance: 16,371
Referee: Kevin Clancy
25 January 2022 22 St Mirren 1–0 Aberdeen St Mirren Park
19:45 Ronan   61' Report Attendance: 4,821
Referee: Grant Irvine
1 February 2022 24 Ross County 1–1 Aberdeen Victoria Park
19:45 Callachan   53' Report Hayes   48' Attendance: 3,343
Referee: Alan Muir
5 February 2022 25 Livingston 2–1 Aberdeen Almondvale Stadium
15:00 Obileye   8'
Forrest   49'
Report Ramirez   66' Attendance: 4,276
Referee: Kevin Clancy
9 February 2022 26 Aberdeen 2–3 Celtic Pittodrie Stadium
19:45 Ramirez   56'
Ferguson   61'
Report Jota   17', 62'
O'Riley   20'
Attendance: 15,291
Referee: Willie Collum
15 February 2022 23 Aberdeen 1–1 St Johnstone Pittodrie Stadium
19:45 Ferguson   71' (pen.) Report Hendry  6' Attendance: 12,973
Referee: Gavin Duncan
19 February 2022 27 Motherwell 1–1 Aberdeen Fir Park
15:00 O'Hara   68' Report Besuijen  34' Attendance: 5,171
Referee: Nick Walsh
26 February 2022 28 Aberdeen 1–1 Dundee United Pittodrie Stadium
15:00 Edwards   16' (OG) Report McNulty  4' (pen.) Attendance: 18,719
Referee: David Munro
2 March 2022 29 Heart of Midlothian 2–0 Aberdeen Tynecastle Park
19:45 Souttar   38'
Kingsley   60'
Report Attendance: 16,703
Referee: Steven McLean
5 March 2022 30 Rangers 1–0 Aberdeen Ibrox Stadium
19:45 Roofe   81' Report Attendance: 50,010
Referee: John Beaton
19 March 2022 31 Aberdeen 3–1 Hibernian Pittodrie Stadium
15:00 Ferguson   37' (pen.), 64' (pen.)
Besuijen   80'
Report Ramsay   20' (OG) Attendance: 15,321
Referee: Alan Muir
2 April 2022 32 Dundee 2–2 Aberdeen Dens Park
15:00 McGhee   62'
Mullen   86'
Report Ramsay   41'
McCrorie   81'
Attendance: 7,815
Referee: John Beaton
9 April 2022 33 Aberdeen 0–1 Ross County Pittodrie Stadium
15:00 Report Hungbo   86 pen.' Attendance: 15,162
Referee: Greg Aitken
23 April 2022 34 Aberdeen 1–2 Livingston Pittodrie Stadium
15:00 McCrorie   78'
Ferguson   90 pen.'
Report Devlin   41'
Holt   70 pen.'
Attendance: 12,338
Referee: Grant Irvine
30 April 2022 35 Aberdeen 1–0 Dundee Pittodrie Stadium
15:00 Ferguson   73 pen.' Report Attendance: 13,747
Referee: William Collum
7 May 2022 36 Hibernian 1–1 Aberdeen Easter Road
15:00 McGinn   83' Report Bates   55' Referee: Bobby Madden
11 May 2022 37 St Johnstone 1–0 Aberdeen McDiarmid Park
19:45 Hendry   17' Report Attendance: 3,421
Referee: David Munro
15 May 2022 38 Aberdeen 0–0 St Mirren Pittodrie Stadium
12:00 Report Attendance: 14,906
Referee: Don Robertson

Scottish League Cup

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  • Aberdeen enter the Second Round of the League Cup where they will play Raith Rovers. Stephen Glass made seven changes for the match and subsequently were knocked out.
15 August 2021 Second Round Raith Rovers 2–1 Aberdeen Kirkcaldy
12:00 Varian   48'
Zanatta  71'
AFC
BBC
Emmanuel-Thomas   13' Stadium: Stark's Park
Attendance: 3,297
Referee: Steven McLean
Note: Game televised on Premier Sports.

Scottish Cup

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22 January 2022 Fourth Round Aberdeen 3–0 Edinburgh City Pittodrie Stadium
15:00 Hedges   23'
Ramirez  44'
Ferguson  90+2'
Report Attendance: 9,019
Referee: Alan Muir
12 February 2022 Fifth Round Motherwell 2–1 Aberdeen Fir Park
15:00 van Veen   34'
Shields   45+3'
Report Ramirez  3' Attendance: 5,892
Referee: Greg Aitken

UEFA Europa Conference League

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Aberdeen qualified by finishing in fourth place in the 2020–21 Scottish Premiership and entered in the second qualifying Round. They knocked out BK Hacken 5–3 on aggregate to enter the third qualifying Round against Breiðablik. They also knocked them out 5–3 on aggregate but lost the play-off round 4–1 on aggregate to Qarabağ.

Second qualifying round

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22 July 2021 First leg[28] Aberdeen   5–1   BK Häcken Aberdeen, Scotland
19:45 Considine   28'
Ferguson   44' (pen.), 53'
Ramirez   84'
McLennan   90+3'
UEFA report
AFC Report
Jeremejeff   59' Stadium: Pittodrie Stadium
Attendance: 5,665
Referee: José Luis Munuera (Spain)
29 July 2021 Second leg BK Häcken   2–0
(3—5 agg.)
  Aberdeen Gothenburg, Sweden
17:30 Olsson   51'
Bengtsson   68'
UEFA report
Aberdeen FC Report
Stadium: Hisingen Arena
Attendance: 823
Referee: Ádám Farkas (Hungary)

Third qualifying round

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5 August 2021 First leg Breiðablik   2–3   Aberdeen Reykjavík, Iceland
20.00 Eyjólfsson   16'
Vilhjálmsson   43' (pen.)
Report Ramirez   3', 49'
Ferguson   11'
Stadium: Laugardalsvöllur
Attendance: 1,197
Referee: Ivan Bebek (Croatia)
Note: Game televised on Premier Sports.
12 August 2021 Second leg Aberdeen   2–1
(5–3 agg.)
  Breiðablik Aberdeen, Scotland
19.45 Hedges   47', 70' Report Eyjólfsson   59' Stadium: Pittodrie Stadium
Attendance: 15,107
Referee: Marco Di Bello (Italy)

Play-off round

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19 August 2021 First leg Qarabağ FK   1–0   Aberdeen Baku, Azerbaijan
17.00 Romero   30' Report Stadium: Tofig Bahramov Stadium
Attendance: 9,756
Referee: Rade Obrenovic (Slovenia)
26 August 2021 Second leg Aberdeen   1–3
(1–4 agg.)
  Qarabağ FK Aberdeen, Scotland
19.45 Ferguson   90+2pen' Report Bayramov   8'
Kady   18'
Zoubir   72'
Stadium: Pittodrie Stadium
Attendance: 15,533
Referee: Harold Lechner (Austria)

Squad statistics

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Appearances

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As of 7 May 2022
No. Pos Player Premiership Conference League League Cup Scottish Cup Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK   Joe Lewis 32 0 6 0 1 0 1 0 40 0
2 MF   Ross McCrorie 29 1 6 0 1 0 2 0 38 1
3 DF   Jack MacKenzie 12+6 1 4+2 0 0 0 0+1 0 25 1
4 DF   Andrew Considine 2+1 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 8 1
5 DF   Declan Gallagher 19+1 0 3+2 0 1 0 2 0 28 0
7 FW   Marley Watkins 15+5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 3
9 FW   Christian Ramirez 33+3 10 6 3 0+1 0 2 2 45 15
10 FW   Vicente Besuijen 13+1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 15 2
11 DF   Adam Montgomery 3+3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 7 0
15 MF   Dylan McGeouch 9+6 0 1+1 0 1 0 0 0 18 0
16 MF   Funso Ojo 25+3 1 5+1 0 1 0 2 0 37 1
17 MF   Jonny Hayes 23+9 2 4+2 0 1 0 2 0 41 2
18 FW   Connor McLennan 5+13 0 0+5 1 1 0 0 0 24 1
19 MF   Lewis Ferguson 34 11 6 4 0+1 0 2 1 43 16
20 MF   Teddy Jenks 7+11 2 1+3 0 1 0 1 0 24 2
21 MF   Dante Polvara 1+2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
22 DF   Calvin Ramsay 20+4 1 6 0 0+1 0 1+1 0 33 1
25 GK   Gary Woods 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 0
27 DF   David Bates 30+1 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 33 2
28 FW   Michael Ruth 0+2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
29 DF   Connor Barron 11 0 0 0 0 0 0+2 0 13 0
33 FW   Matty Kennedy 3+3 0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0 7 0
Players who left the club during the season
6 DF   Michael Devlin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 MF   Scott Brown (c) 23+1 2 6 0 0+1 0 2 0 33 2
14 FW   Jay Emmanuel-Thomas 8+7 0 4+2 0 1 1 1+1 0 24 1
10 MF   Niall McGinn 1+8 0 0+1 0 1 0 0 0 11 0
11 MF   Ryan Hedges 16 2 3+1 2 0+1 0 1 1 22 5
21 DF   Jack Gurr 3+1 0 0+3 0 1 0 0 0 8 0
23 FW   Austin Samuels 3+5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
24 MF   Dean Campbell 7+5 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0 13 0
31 DF   Kieran Ngwenya 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
35 DF   Mason Hancock 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
44 MF   Matty Longstaff 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0

Goalscorers

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As of 7 May 2022

Ranking Nation Number Name Scottish Premiership Conference League League Cup Scottish Cup Total
1   19 Lewis Ferguson 11 4 0 1 16
2   9 Christian Ramirez 10 3 0 2 15
3   11 Ryan Hedges 2 2 0 1 5
4   7 Marley Watkins 3 0 0 0 3
5   8 Scott Brown 2 0 0 0 2
  27 David Bates 2 0 0 0 2
  20 Teddy Jenks 2 0 0 0 2
  17 Jonny Hayes 2 0 0 0 2
  10 Vicente Besuijen 2 0 0 0 2
6   4 Andrew Considine 0 1 0 0 1
  18 Connor McLennan 0 1 0 0 1
  2 Ross McCrorie 1 0 0 0 1
  3 Jack MacKenzie 1 0 0 0 1
  22 Calvin Ramsay 1 0 0 0 1
  14 Jay Emmanuel-Thomas 0 0 1 0 1
  16 Funso Ojo 1 0 0 0 1
TOTALS 40 11 1 4 56

Team statistics

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League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation[a]
8 Hibernian 38 11 12 15 38 42 −4 45
9 St Mirren 38 10 14 14 33 51 −18 44
10 Aberdeen 38 10 11 17 41 46 −5 41
11 St Johnstone (O) 38 8 11 19 24 51 −27 35 Qualification for the Premiership play-off final
12 Dundee (R) 38 6 11 21 34 64 −30 29 Relegation to Championship
Source: [29][30]
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).[31]
(O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
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

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Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
GroundHAAHAHAHAHAHHAAHHAAHHAAAHHAHAAHAHHHAAH
ResultWWDDLLLLLWDWLLLWWWLWDLDLLDDDLLWDLLWDLD
Position22246779988678876676666798891010109999101010
Updated to match(es) played on 13 May 2022. Source: [citation needed]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Transfers

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Players in

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Date Pos Player From Fee
21 June 2021 DF   Jack Gurr   Atlanta United Free[32]
28 June 2021 FW   Christian Ramirez   Houston Dynamo £180,000[33]
1 July 2021 MF   Scott Brown   Celtic Free[34]
1 July 2021 FW   Jay Emmanuel-Thomas   Livingston Free[35]
1 July 2021 DF   Declan Gallagher   Motherwell Free[36]
1 July 2021 GK   Gary Woods   Oldham Athletic Free[36]
26 August 2021 FW   Marley Watkins   Cardiff City Free[37]
29 August 2021 DF   David Bates   Hamburg Undisclosed[38]
8 January 2022 MF   Dante Polvara   Georgetown Hoyas Free[39]
24 January 2022 FW   Vicente Besuijen   ADO Den Haag Undisclosed[40]
12 February 2022 GK   Craig Samson   Hibernian Free[41]

Players out

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Date Pos Player To Fee
17 May 2021 DF   Ash Taylor   Walsall Free[42][43]
17 May 2021 DF   Tommie Hoban   Crewe Alexandra Free[42][44]
17 May 2021 DF   Greg Leigh   Morecambe Free[42][45]
1 July 2021 FW   Bruce Anderson   Livingston Free[35]
27 July 2021 DF   Shay Logan   Cove Rangers Free[42][46]
5 August 2021 MF   Miko Virtanen   Hamilton Academical Free[47]
19 November 2021 MF   Ethan Ross   Raith Rovers Free[48][49]
19 January 2022 DF   Jack Gurr   Sacramento Republic Free[50]
24 January 2022 FW   Niall McGinn   Dundee Free[51]
30 January 2022 MF   Ryan Hedges   Blackburn Rovers Undisclosed[52]
8 April 2022 DF   Michael Devlin Released[22]
12 April 2022 FW   Jay Emmanuel-Thomas   Jamshedpur Free[53]

Loans in

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Date Pos Player From Fee
14 June 2021 MF   Teddy Jenks   Brighton & Hove Albion Loan[54]
23 August 2021 FW   Austin Samuels   Wolverhampton Wanderers Loan[55]
27 August 2021 MF   Matty Longstaff   Newcastle United Loan[56]
31 January 2022 DF   Adam Montgomery   Celtic Loan[57]

Loans out

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Date Pos Player From Fee
24 June 2021 MF   Mark Gallagher   Forfar Athletic Loan[58]
13 July 2021 MF   Jack Milne   Brechin City Loan[59]
15 July 2021 MF   Tyler Mykyta   Formartine United Loan[60]
22 July 2021 MF   Kevin Hanratty   Formartine United January Loan[61]
3 August 2021 MF   Connor Barron   Kelty Hearts January Loan[62]
6 September 2021 FW   Michael Ruth   Falkirk Loan[63]
16 September 2021 DF   Kieran Ngwenya   Kelty Hearts Loan[64]
25 September 2021 GK   Tom Ritchie   Huntly Loan[65]
28 September 2021 FW   Ryan Duncan   Peterhead January Loan[66]
3 January 2022 DF   Evan Towler   Elgin City Loan[67]
7 January 2022 DF   Mason Hancock   Stirling Albion Loan[68]
12 January 2022 MF   Kevin Hanratty   Elgin City Loan[69]
3 February 2022 MF   Dean Campbell   Kilmarnock Loan[70]

See also

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Footnotes

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  1. ^ a b Match was limited to 500 fans according to Government guidelines

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