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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]

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.

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 England Scott Parker England Lloyd Kelly England Umbro MSP Capital[3]
Barnsley Republic of Ireland Martin Devaney (Interim) England Cauley Woodrow Germany Puma The Investment Room[4]
Birmingham City England Lee Bowyer England Troy Deeney United States Nike BoyleSports[5]
Blackburn Rovers England Tony Mowbray Republic of Ireland Darragh Lenihan Italy Macron Totally Wicked1
Blackpool England Neil Critchley Wales Chris Maxwell Germany Puma Blackpool Council
(Home: "VisitBlackpool.com";
Away: "Get Vocal")
Bristol City England Nigel Pearson England Dan Bentley Denmark Hummel MansionBet[6]
Cardiff City Wales Steve Morison England Sean Morrison Germany Adidas Tourism Malaysia
Coventry City England Mark Robins Scotland Liam Kelly Denmark Hummel BoyleSports[7]
Derby County England Wayne Rooney Wales Tom Lawrence England Umbro 32Red
Fulham Portugal Marco Silva Scotland Tom Cairney Germany Adidas World Mobile [8]
Huddersfield Town Spain Carlos Corberán England Jonathan Hogg England Umbro Utilita[9]
Hull City Georgia (country) Shota Arveladze England Richie Smallwood England Umbro Giacom[10]
Luton Town Wales Nathan Jones England Sonny Bradley England Umbro Utilita (home)2
Star Platforms (away)
Ryebridge (third)
Middlesbrough England Chris Wilder England Jonny Howson Denmark Hummel 32Red
Millwall England Gary Rowett Republic of Ireland Alex Pearce Italy Macron Huski Chocolate[11]
Nottingham Forest Wales Steve Cooper England Lewis Grabban Italy Macron BOXT
Peterborough United Northern Ireland Grant McCann Grenada Oliver Norburn Germany Puma Mick George Group
Preston North End England Ryan Lowe Republic of Ireland Alan Browne United States Nike PAR Group
Queens Park Rangers England Mark Warburton Norway Stefan Johansen Italy Erreà Ashville Holdings[12]
Reading England Paul Ince (Interim)
Barbados Michael Gilkes (Interim)
England Michael Morrison Italy Macron Select Car Leasing[13]
Sheffield United England Paul Heckingbottom England Billy Sharp Germany Adidas Randox
Stoke City Northern Ireland Michael O'Neill England Lewis Baker Italy Macron bet365
Swansea City Scotland Russell Martin England Matt Grimes[14] Spain Joma[15] Swansea University[16]
West Bromwich Albion England Steve Bruce England Jake Livermore Germany 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 England Sam Allardyce[20] Resigned 23 May 2021 Pre-season France Valérien Ismaël[21] 24 June 2021
Sheffield United England Paul Heckingbottom[22] End of caretaker spell Serbia Slaviša Jokanović[23] 27 May 2021
Barnsley France Valérien Ismaël[24] Signed by West Bromwich Albion 24 June 2021 Austria Markus Schopp[25] 29 June 2021
Fulham England Scott Parker[26] Signed by Bournemouth 28 June 2021 Portugal Marco Silva[27] 1 July 2021
Bournemouth England Jonathan Woodgate[28] End of contract England Scott Parker[28] 28 June 2021
Swansea City Wales Steve Cooper[29] Mutual consent 21 July 2021 Scotland Russell Martin[30] 1 August 2021
Nottingham Forest Republic of Ireland Chris Hughton[31] Sacked 16 September 2021 24th Wales Steve Cooper[32] 21 September 2021
Cardiff City Republic of Ireland Mick McCarthy[33] Mutual consent 23 October 2021 21st Wales Steve Morison[34] 12 November 2021
Barnsley Austria Markus Schopp[35] Sacked 1 November 2021 23rd Sweden Poya Asbaghi[36] 17 November 2021
Middlesbrough England Neil Warnock[37] Mutual consent 6 November 2021 14th England Chris Wilder[38] 7 November 2021
Sheffield United Serbia Slaviša Jokanović[39] Sacked 25 November 2021 16th England Paul Heckingbottom[39] 25 November 2021
Preston North End Scotland Frankie McAvoy[40] 6 December 2021 18th England Ryan Lowe[41] 7 December 2021
Hull City Northern Ireland Grant McCann[42] 25 January 2022 19th Georgia (country) Shota Arveladze[43] 27 January 2022
West Bromwich Albion France Valérien Ismaël[44] 2 February 2022 5th England Steve Bruce[45] 3 February 2022
Reading Serbia Veljko Paunović[46] Mutual consent 19 February 2022 21st England Paul Ince (Interim)
Barbados Michael Gilkes (Interim)[46]
19 February 2022
Peterborough United Scotland Darren Ferguson[47] Resigned 20 February 2022 23rd Northern Ireland Grant McCann[48] 24 February 2022
Barnsley Sweden Poya Asbaghi[49] Mutual consent 24 April 2022 24th Republic of Ireland 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.

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 Serbia Aleksandar Mitrović Fulham 43
2 England Dominic Solanke Bournemouth 29
3 Chile Ben Brereton Díaz Blackburn Rovers 22
Netherlands Joël Piroe Swansea City
Austria Andreas Weimann Bristol City
6 England Karlan Grant West Bromwich Albion 18
Wales Brennan Johnson1 Nottingham Forest
8 Sweden Viktor Gyökeres Coventry City 17
9 England Elijah Adebayo Luton Town 16
Denmark 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
England John Swift Reading Queens Park Rangers 3–3 (H)[56] 11 September 2021
Chile Ben Brereton Díaz Blackburn Rovers Cardiff City 5–1 (H)[57] 25 September 2021
Serbia Aleksandar Mitrović Fulham Swansea City 3–1 (H)[58] 29 September 2021
West Bromwich Albion 3–0 (H)[59] 30 October 2021
Austria Andreas Weimann Bristol City Millwall 3–2 (H)[60] 2 January 2022
Serbia Aleksandar Mitrović Fulham Bristol City 6–2 (H)[61] 15 January 2022
England Danny Ward Huddersfield Town Reading 4–3 (A)[62] 22 January 2022
England 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 Republic of Ireland Mark Travers Bournemouth 20
2 England Lee Nicholls1 Huddersfield Town 19
3 England Wes Foderingham Sheffield United 18
4 England Sam Johnstone West Bromwich Albion 15
France Brice Samba1 Nottingham Forest
6 Poland Bartosz Białkowski Millwall 14
Slovakia Marek Rodák Fulham
8 Denmark Daniel Iversen Preston North End 13
Belgium Thomas Kaminski Blackburn Rovers
England 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 Portugal Marco Silva Fulham Wales Sorba Thomas Huddersfield Town [65]
September England Scott Parker Bournemouth Chile Ben Brereton Díaz Blackburn Rovers [66]
October Serbia Aleksandar Mitrović Fulham [67]
November England Mark Warburton Queens Park Rangers England Chris Willock Queens Park Rangers [68]
December England Chris Wilder Middlesbrough England Isaiah Jones Middlesbrough [69]
January Portugal Marco Silva Fulham Ghana Antoine Semenyo Bristol City [70]
February Spain Carlos Corberán Huddersfield Town Angola Lucas João Reading [71]
March Wales Steve Morison Cardiff City England Djed Spence Nottingham Forest [72]
April Wales Steve Cooper Nottingham Forest Wales Brennan Johnson [73]

Annual

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

Championship Team of the Season

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

PFA Championship Team of the Year

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

Notes

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