2021–22 EFL Championship

The 2021–22 EFL Championship (referred to as the Sky Bet Championship for sponsorship reasons) was the 6th season of the EFL Championship under its current title and the 30th season under its current league division format.

EFL Championship
Season2021–22
Dates6 August 2021 –
7 May 2022
ChampionsFulham
1st Championship title
3rd 2nd tier title
PromotedFulham
Bournemouth
Nottingham Forest
Relegated
Matches played552
Goals scored1,385 (2.51 per match)
Top goalscorerAleksandar Mitrović
(Fulham)
(43 goals)
Biggest home winFulham 7–0
Luton Town
(2 May 2022)
Biggest away winBlackburn Rovers 0–7 Fulham
(3 November 2021)
Reading 0–7 Fulham
(11 January 2022)
Highest scoringSheffield United 6–2 Peterborough United
(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)
Longest winning runFulham
(7 games)[1]
Longest unbeaten runHuddersfield Town
(17 games)[1]
Longest winless runPeterborough United
(15 games)[1]
Longest losing runCardiff City
(8 games)[1]
Highest attendance32,211
Derby County 2–2 Birmingham City
(30 January 2022)[1]
Lowest attendance6,832
Peterborough United 2–3 Swansea City
(16 March 2022)[1]
Total attendance9,310,401[2]
Average attendance16,867[2]

Team changes

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The following teams have changed division since the 2020–21 season:

Stadiums

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Greater London EFL Championship football clubs
Team Location Stadium Capacity
Bournemouth Bournemouth Dean Court 11,364
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
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 24,121
Hull City Kingston upon Hull MKM Stadium 25,586
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 30,445
Peterborough United Peterborough London Road Stadium 15,314
Preston North End Preston Deepdale 23,404
Queens Park Rangers London (White City) Loftus Road 18,439
Reading Reading Select Car Leasing Stadium 24,161
Sheffield United Sheffield Bramall Lane 32,050
Stoke City Stoke-on-Trent bet365 Stadium 30,089
Swansea City Swansea Swansea.com Stadium 21,088
West Bromwich Albion West Bromwich The Hawthorns 26,850

Personnel and sponsoring

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Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
Bournemouth   Scott Parker   Lloyd Kelly   Umbro MSP Capital[3]
Barnsley   Martin Devaney (Interim)   Cauley Woodrow   Puma The Investment Room[4]
Birmingham City   Lee Bowyer   Troy Deeney   Nike BoyleSports[5]
Blackburn Rovers   Tony Mowbray   Darragh Lenihan   Macron Totally Wicked1
Blackpool   Neil Critchley   Chris Maxwell   Puma Blackpool Council
(Home: "VisitBlackpool.com";
Away: "Get Vocal")
Bristol City   Nigel Pearson   Dan Bentley   Hummel MansionBet[6]
Cardiff City   Steve Morison   Sean Morrison   Adidas Tourism Malaysia
Coventry City   Mark Robins   Liam Kelly   Hummel BoyleSports[7]
Derby County   Wayne Rooney   Tom Lawrence   Umbro 32Red
Fulham   Marco Silva   Tom Cairney   Adidas World Mobile [8]
Huddersfield Town   Carlos Corberán   Jonathan Hogg   Umbro Utilita[9]
Hull City   Shota Arveladze   Richie Smallwood   Umbro Giacom[10]
Luton Town   Nathan Jones   Sonny Bradley   Umbro Utilita (home)2
Star Platforms (away)
Ryebridge (third)
Middlesbrough   Chris Wilder   Jonny Howson   Hummel 32Red
Millwall   Gary Rowett   Alex Pearce   Macron Huski Chocolate[11]
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[12]
Reading   Paul Ince (Interim)
  Michael Gilkes (Interim)
  Michael Morrison   Macron Select Car Leasing[13]
Sheffield United   Paul Heckingbottom   Billy Sharp   Adidas Randox
Stoke City   Michael O'Neill   Lewis Baker   Macron bet365
Swansea City   Russell Martin   Matt Grimes[14]   Joma[15] Swansea University[16]
West Bromwich Albion   Steve Bruce   Jake Livermore   Puma[17] Ideal Heating
  1. ^ Blackburn Rovers' shirt sponsor was Recoverite Compression until 18 January 2022 when the deal was ended prematurely.[18]
  2. ^ Luton Town's home shirt sponsor was JB Developments until 18 February 2022 when the deal was ended prematurely.[19]

Managerial changes

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Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment
West Bromwich Albion   Sam Allardyce[20] Resigned 23 May 2021 Pre-season   Valérien Ismaël[21] 24 June 2021
Sheffield United   Paul Heckingbottom[22] End of caretaker spell   Slaviša Jokanović[23] 27 May 2021
Barnsley   Valérien Ismaël[24] Signed by West Bromwich Albion 24 June 2021   Markus Schopp[25] 29 June 2021
Fulham   Scott Parker[26] Signed by Bournemouth 28 June 2021   Marco Silva[27] 1 July 2021
Bournemouth   Jonathan Woodgate[28] End of contract   Scott Parker[28] 28 June 2021
Swansea City   Steve Cooper[29] Mutual consent 21 July 2021   Russell Martin[30] 1 August 2021
Nottingham Forest   Chris Hughton[31] Sacked 16 September 2021 24th   Steve Cooper[32] 21 September 2021
Cardiff City   Mick McCarthy[33] Mutual consent 23 October 2021 21st   Steve Morison[34] 12 November 2021
Barnsley   Markus Schopp[35] Sacked 1 November 2021 23rd   Poya Asbaghi[36] 17 November 2021
Middlesbrough   Neil Warnock[37] Mutual consent 6 November 2021 14th   Chris Wilder[38] 7 November 2021
Sheffield United   Slaviša Jokanović[39] Sacked 25 November 2021 16th   Paul Heckingbottom[39] 25 November 2021
Preston North End   Frankie McAvoy[40] 6 December 2021 18th   Ryan Lowe[41] 7 December 2021
Hull City   Grant McCann[42] 25 January 2022 19th   Shota Arveladze[43] 27 January 2022
West Bromwich Albion   Valérien Ismaël[44] 2 February 2022 5th   Steve Bruce[45] 3 February 2022
Reading   Veljko Paunović[46] Mutual consent 19 February 2022 21st   Paul Ince (Interim)
  Michael Gilkes (Interim)[46]
19 February 2022
Peterborough United   Darren Ferguson[47] Resigned 20 February 2022 23rd   Grant McCann[48] 24 February 2022
Barnsley   Poya Asbaghi[49] Mutual consent 24 April 2022 24th   Martin Devaney (Interim)[50] 24 April 2022

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, 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 74 39 +35 88
3 Huddersfield Town 46 23 13 10 64 47 +17 82 Qualification for Championship play-offs
4 Nottingham Forest (O, P) 46 23 11 12 73 40 +33 80
5 Sheffield United 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 Bromwich Albion 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[a]
22 Peterborough United (R) 46 9 10 27 43 87 −44 37 Relegation to EFL League One
23 Derby County (R) 46 14 13 19 45 53 −8 34[b]
24 Barnsley (R) 46 6 12 28 33 73 −40 30
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[54]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Reading were deducted 6 points for breach of profit and sustainability regulations.[51]
  2. ^ Derby County were deducted 12 points for entering administration,[52] and a further 9 points for financial irregularities.[53]

Play-offs

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Semi-finals Final
        
3 Huddersfield Town 1 1 2
6 Luton Town 1 0 1
3 Huddersfield Town 0
4 Nottingham Forest 1
4 Nottingham Forest 2 1 3 (3)
5 Sheffield United 1 2 3 (2)

First leg

Luton Town1–1Huddersfield Town
  • Bradley   30'
Report
Attendance: 10,005
Referee: Robert Jones
Sheffield United1–2Nottingham Forest
Report
Attendance: 30,225

Second leg

Huddersfield Town1–0Luton Town
Report
Attendance: 23,507
Referee: Peter Bankes

Huddersfield Town won 2–1 on aggregate.

Nottingham Forest1–2 (a.e.t.)Sheffield United
Report
Penalties
3–2
Attendance: 29,015

3–3 on aggregate. Nottingham Forest won 3–2 on penalties.

Final

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Huddersfield Town0–1Nottingham Forest
Report
Attendance: 80,019
Referee: Jon Moss

Results

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Home \ Away BOU BAR BIR BLA BLP BRI CAR COV DER FUL HUD HUL LUT MID MIL NTF PET PNE QPR REA SHU STO SWA WBA
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
Barnsley 0–1 1–1 0–0 0–2 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 0–2 2–1 1–2 1–0 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 0–3 2–1 4–0 1–1 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 1–2 1–0 6–1 2–1 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
Bristol City 0–2 2–1 1–2 1–1 1–1 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 0–1 1–1 1–1 0–1 1–1 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 0–3 1–0 0–0 2–2 1–1 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 3–2 2–0 2–2 1–2 1–0 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 1–1 4–1 6–2 2–0 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 0–3 2–1 0–0 3–2 3–2 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 0–0 0–2 2–0 2–0 1–1 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 3–2 2–1 0–5 0–0 1–1 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 1–0 2–0 0–2 1–1 1–2 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 1–1 4–1 3–1 1–1 2–1 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 1–2 3–0 2–0 1–2 2–1 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 0–0 3–0 2–1 5–0 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 2–1 1–1 1–4 1–0 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 0–1 2–2 2–0 1–0 2–1 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 0–2 1–0 2–1 1–0 2–3 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 0–0 2–0 0–1 1–0 0–1 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 0–1 1–1 2–2 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 3–3 1–1 0–0 1–0 1–1 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 2–0 4–0 1–0 0–0 2–1 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
Source: "Championship Results". Sky Sports. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
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.

Season statistics

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Scoring

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Aleksandar Mitrović won The Golden Boot this season, breaking the record for the most goals scored in a Championship season, with 43 goals. Mitrović also scored the most hat–tricks in the league, with three to his name, helping his club Fulham to the league title and an immediate Premier League return. Mitrović was rewarded for his sensational season by being named The Championship Player of the Season.

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Top scorers

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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
  Brennan Johnson1 Nottingham Forest
8   Viktor Gyökeres Coventry City 17
9   Elijah Adebayo Luton Town 16
  Emil Riis Jakobsen Preston North End
  • 1 Includes 2 goals in The Championship play-offs.

Hat-tricks

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Player For Against Result Date
  John Swift Reading Queens Park Rangers 3–3 (H)[56] 11 September 2021
  Ben Brereton Díaz Blackburn Rovers Cardiff City 5–1 (H)[57] 25 September 2021
  Aleksandar Mitrović Fulham Swansea City 3–1 (H)[58] 29 September 2021
West Bromwich Albion 3–0 (H)[59] 30 October 2021
  Andreas Weimann Bristol City Millwall 3–2 (H)[60] 2 January 2022
  Aleksandar Mitrović Fulham Bristol City 6–2 (H)[61] 15 January 2022
  Danny Ward Huddersfield Town Reading 4–3 (A)[62] 22 January 2022
  Sam Surridge Nottingham Forest Swansea City 5–1 (H)[63] 30 April 2022

Clean sheets

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Mark Travers won The Golden Glove in The Championship this season, keeping 20 clean sheets, which helped Bournemouth to automatic promotion.

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Rank Player Club Clean sheets
1   Mark Travers Bournemouth 20
2   Lee Nicholls1 Huddersfield Town 19
3   Wes Foderingham Sheffield United 18
4   Sam Johnstone West Bromwich Albion 15
  Brice Samba1 Nottingham Forest
6   Bartosz Białkowski Millwall 14
  Marek Rodák Fulham
8   Daniel Iversen Preston North End 13
  Thomas Kaminski Blackburn Rovers
  Joe Lumley Middlesbrough
  • 1 Includes 1 clean sheet in The Championship play-offs.

Discipline

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Player

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Club

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Awards

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Monthly

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Month Manager of the Month Player of the Month Reference
August   Marco Silva Fulham   Sorba Thomas Huddersfield Town [65]
September   Scott Parker Bournemouth   Ben Brereton Díaz Blackburn Rovers [66]
October   Aleksandar Mitrović Fulham [67]
November   Mark Warburton Queens Park Rangers   Chris Willock Queens Park Rangers [68]
December   Chris Wilder Middlesbrough   Isaiah Jones Middlesbrough [69]
January   Marco Silva Fulham   Antoine Semenyo Bristol City [70]
February   Carlos Corberán Huddersfield Town   Lucas João Reading [71]
March   Steve Morison Cardiff City   Djed Spence Nottingham Forest [72]
April   Steve Cooper Nottingham Forest   Brennan Johnson [73]

Annual

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Award Winner Club
Player of the Season   Aleksandar Mitrović[74] Fulham
Young Player of the Season   Brennan Johnson[75] Nottingham Forest
Apprentice of the Season   Ryan Howley[76] Coventry City

Championship Team of the Season

Pos. Player Club Ref.
GK   Lee Nicholls Huddersfield Town [77]
CB   Tosin Adarabioyo Fulham
CB   Lloyd Kelly Bournemouth
CB   Joe Worrall Nottingham Forest
RWB   Djed Spence Nottingham Forest
CM   Ryan Yates Nottingham Forest
CM   Philip Billing Bournemouth
LWB   Antonee Robinson Fulham
FW   Harry Wilson Fulham
FW   Dominic Solanke Bournemouth
FW   Aleksandar Mitrović Fulham
Manager   Nathan Jones Luton Town

PFA Championship Team of the Year

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Pos. Player Club
GK   Lee Nicholls Huddersfield Town
DF   Tim Ream Fulham
DF   Tosin Adarabioyo Fulham
DF   Lloyd Kelly Bournemouth
DF   Djed Spence Nottingham Forest
MF   Philip Billing Bournemouth
MF   Fábio Carvalho Fulham
MF   Harry Wilson Fulham
FW   Ben Brereton Díaz Blackburn Rovers
FW   Dominic Solanke Bournemouth
FW   Aleksandar Mitrović Fulham

Notes

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