2021–22 St Johnstone F.C. season

St Johnstone
2021–22 season
Chairman	Steve Brown
Manager	Callum Davidson
Stadium	McDiarmid Park
Premiership	9th
Scottish Cup	Fourth round
League Cup	Semi-finals
Europa League	Third qualifying round
Conference League	Play-off round
Top goalscorer	League: ; Chris Kane; Stevie May; (2 each); All: ; Chris Kane (3)
Home colours	Away colours
	All statistics correct as of 20 November 2021.

The 2021–22 season is St Johnstone's ninth season in the Scottish Premiership and their eleventh consecutive season in the top flight of Scottish football. St Johnstone are also competing in the Scottish Cup, the League Cup, and the UEFA Europa League, having won both domestic cups the previous season.

Transfers

In

Date	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Source
30 June 2021	Hayden Muller	Millwall	Loan	[1]
1 July 2021	James Brown	Millwall	Free	[2]
2 July 2021	Reece Devine	Manchester United	Loan	[3]
6 August 2021	Glenn Middleton	Rangers	Loan	[4]

Out

Date	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Source
1 June 2021	Guy Melamed	Free agent	Free	[5]
1 June 2021	John Robertson	Free agent	Free	[5]
1 June 2021	Craig Conway	Free agent	Free	[5]
1 June 2021	Olly Hamilton	Free agent	Free	[5]
1 June 2021	Ben Finnan	Free agent	Free	[5]
1 June 2021	Lennon Smith	Free agent	Free	[5]
1 June 2021	Aiden Walsh	Free agent	Free	[5]
1 June 2021	Aaron Steele	East Fife	Free	[6]
7 June 2021	Scott Tanser	St Mirren	Free	[7][8]
22 June 2021	Alex Ferguson	Edinburgh City	Loan	[6]
29 June 2021	Michael MacFarlane	Edinburgh City	Free	[6][5]

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Premiership	31 July 2021	May 2022	Matchday 1		13	3	5	5	8	12	−4	023.08
Scottish Cup	TBD		Fourth round		0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
League Cup	15 August 2021	20 November 2021	Second round	Semi-finals	3	1	1	1	4	1	+3	033.33
UEFA Europa League	5 August 2021	12 August 2021	Third qualifying round	Third qualifying round	2	0	1	1	3	5	−2	000.00
UEFA Europa Conference League	19 August 2021	26 August 2021	Play-off round	Play-off round	2	0	1	1	1	3	−2	000.00
Total					20	4	8	8	16	21	−5	020.00

Last updated: 20 November 2021
Source: Soccerway

Scottish Premiership

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation[lower-alpha 1]
8	Livingston	18	5	4	9	14	23	−9	19
9	St Mirren	18	3	9	6	18	29	−11	18
10	Dundee	18	4	4	10	17	34	−17	16
11	Ross County	17	3	5	9	23	31	−8	14	Qualification for the Premiership play-off final
12	St Johnstone	17	3	5	9	9	18	−9	14	Relegation to the Championship

Updated to match(es) played on 15 December 2021. Source: [9][10]
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).[11]
Notes:

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

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33
Ground	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A
Result	D	D	L	D	L	W	L	W	L	L	D	W	D
Position	8	7	8	8	8	8	9	8	8	10	10	9	9	9

Updated to match(es) played on 24 November 2021. Source: SPFL
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

31 July 2021 1	Ross County	0–0	St Johnstone	Dingwall
15:00 BST	White 31' Samuel 52' Spittal 67' Donaldson 70'	Report	McCann 70 Rooney 71'	Stadium: Victoria Park Attendance: 1,990 Referee: Colin Steven

8 August 2021 2	St Johnstone	1–1	Motherwell	Perth
15:00 BST	O'Donnell 34' (og) Wotherspoon 62' Craig 67'	Report	Watt 80' O'Donnell 90'	Stadium: McDiarmid Park Referee: Nick Walsh

21 August 2021 3	St Johnstone	0–1	Dundee United	Perth
15:00 BST	Rooney 79'	Report	Robson 21' Pawlett 60', 61' 78' McNulty 75'	Stadium: McDiarmid Park Attendance: 5,716 Referee: Don Robertson

28 August 2021 4	St Mirren	0–0	St Johnstone	Paisley
15:00 BST	Erhahon 73' 90+2' Shaughnessy 89'	Report	McCann 26' Craig 45' Wotherspoon 61'	Stadium: St Mirren Park Attendance: 4,326 Referee: David Dickinson

11 September 2021 5	St Johnstone	1–2	Rangers	Perth
12:30 BST	Muller 41' O'Halloran 51' Rooney 59' Craig 59'	Report	McLaughlin 10' Roofe 58 pen', 59' Morelos 59' Tavernier 79'	Stadium: McDiarmid Park Attendance: 7,319 Referee: Willie Collum

18 September 2021 6	Aberdeen	0–1	St Johnstone	Aberdeen
15:00 BST	Emmanuel-Thomas 32'	Report	O'Halloran 8' Brown 35' Davidson 56' May 84'	Stadium: Pittodrie Stadium Attendance: 13,007 Referee: Bobby Madden

26 September 2021 7	Hibernian	1–0	St Johnstone	Edinburgh
15:00 BST	Boyle 61' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Easter Road Attendance: 13,263 Referee: John Beaton

2 October 2021 8	St Johnstone	3–1	Dundee	Perth
15:00	Kane 31', 39' May 46'	Report	Sweeney 74'	Stadium: McDiarmid Park Attendance: 5,097 Referee: Greg Aitken

16 October 2021 9	St Johnstone	0–3	Livingston	Perth
15:00 BST		Report	Bailey 3' Anderson 29' Pittman 66'	Stadium: McDiarmid Park Referee: Grant Irvine

23 October 2021 10	Celtic	2–0	St Johnstone	Glasgow
15:00 BST	Giakoumakis 34' Juranović 80' (pen.)	BBC Sport Celtic Report		Stadium: Celtic Park Referee: Nick Walsh

27 October 2021 11	St Johnstone	1–1	Heart of Midlothian	Perth
19:45 BST	Gordon 11'	BBC Sport	Ginnelly 40'	Stadium: McDiarmid Park Attendance: 6,083 Referee: Steven McLean

30 October 2021 12	Dundee United	0–1	St Johnstone	Dundee
15:00 BST		BBC Sport	Ali Crawford 17'	Stadium: Tannadice Park Attendance: 7,580 Referee: Grant Irvine

6 November 2021 13	St Johnstone	0–0	St Mirren	Perth
15:00 GMT	Kane 54' 86'	BBC Sport		Stadium: McDiarmid Park Attendance: 3,482 Referee: Greg Aitken

27 November 2021 14	St Johnstone	1–2	Hibernian	Perth
15:00 GMT	Porteous 40' (og) Bryson 27' 45+1'	BBC Sport	Nisbet 83' Murphy 86'	Stadium: McDiarmid Park Attendance: 3,362 Referee: Euan Anderson

1 December 2021 15	Dundee	1–0	St Johnstone	Dundee
19:45 GMT	Mullen 39'	BBC Sport		Stadium: Dens Park Attendance: 5,196 Referee: Andrew Dallas

11 December 2021 16	St Johnstone	0-1	Aberdeen	Perth
15:00 GMT		BBC Sport	Jenks 83'	Stadium: McDiarmid Park Attendance: 3,791 Referee: Greg Aitken

15 December 2021 17	Rangers	2-0	St Johnstone	Glasgow
19:45 GMT	Morelos 43' Kent 49'	BBC Sport		Stadium: Ibrox Stadium Attendance: 47,561 Referee: Euan Anderson

Scottish Cup

Scottish League Cup

15 August 2021 Second round	Arbroath	2–2 (a.e.t.) (2–3 p)	St Johnstone	Arbroath
14:00	Nouble 31' O'Brien 93'	[12]	Middleton 59' McCart 105'	Stadium: Gayfield Park Attendance: 1,842 Referee: Colin Steven
	Penalties
	Little Henderson Hilson Low Linn		Craig Hendry Booth Kerr McCann

22 September 2021 Quarter-finals	Dundee	0–2	St Johnstone	Dundee
19:45		[13]	Rooney 70' Crawford 84'	Stadium: Dens Park Attendance: 4,707 Referee: Steven McLean

20 November 2021 Semi-finals	Celtic	1–0	St Johnstone	Glasgow
17:15	Forrest 73'	[14]		Stadium: Hampden Park Attendance: 42,298 Referee: Nick Walsh

UEFA Europa League

Third qualifying round

5 August 2021 (2021-08-05) First leg	Galatasaray	1–1	St Johnstone	Başakşehir Fatih Terim Stadium, Istanbul
20:00 (21:00 TRT)	Boey 60'	Report	Kerr 58' (pen.)	Attendance: 6,216[15] Referee: Sandro Schärer (Switzerland)

12 August 2021 (2021-08-12) Second leg	St Johnstone	2–4 (3–5 agg.)	Galatasaray	McDiarmid Park, Perth
20:45 (19:45 BST)	Kerr 36' O'Halloran 90+3'	Report	Diagne 29' Aktürkoğlu 64' Feghouli 70' Kılınç 90+2'	Attendance: 9,106[16] Referee: Andris Treimanis (Latvia)

UEFA Europa Conference League

Play-off round

19 August 2021 (2021-08-19) First leg	LASK	1–1	St Johnstone	Wörthersee Stadion, Klagenfurt
21:00	Karamoko 60' (pen.)	Report	Kane 17'	Attendance: 550[17] Referee: Glenn Nyberg (Sweden)

26 August 2021 (2021-08-26) Second leg	St Johnstone	0–2 (1–3 agg.)	LASK	McDiarmid Park, Perth
20:45 (19:45 BST)		Report	Balić 72' Raguž 85' (pen.)	Attendance: 8,845[18] Referee: Daniel Siebert (Germany)

Squad statistics

Appearances

As of 2 October 2021[19]

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Premiership		Scottish Cup		League Cup		Europa League		Conference League
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	SCO	Zander Clark	14	0	8	0	0	0	1+1	0	2	0	2	0
2	DF	ENG	James Brown	6	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	1+1	0	1	0
3	DF	ENG	Reece Devine	7	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	1+1	0	0+1	0
4	DF	SCO	Jamie McCart	13	1	7	0	0	0	2	1	2	0	2	0
5	DF	BEL	Lars Dendoncker	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	DF	SCO	Liam Gordon	5	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0
7	FW	SCO	Stevie May	15	2	4+5	2	0	0	1+1	0	0+2	0	0+2	0
8	MF	SCO	Murray Davidson	9	0	3+1	0	0	0	0+1	0	2	0	2	0
9	FW	SCO	Chris Kane	12	3	5+2	2	0	0	1	0	2	0	2	1
10	MF	CAN	David Wotherspoon	10	0	7	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0+1	0
11	FW	SCO	Michael O'Halloran	13	2	5+2	1	0	0	0+2	0	2	1	2	0
12	GK	ENG	Elliot Parish	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
13	MF	SCO	Craig Bryson	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	FW	SCO	Glenn Middleton	9	1	3+2	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	2	0
16	DF	ENG	Hayden Muller	6	0	5+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
17	MF	FIN	Eetu Vertainen	2	0	0+2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
18	MF	SCO	Cammy MacPherson	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
19	DF	SCO	Shaun Rooney	14	1	8	0	0	0	2	1	1+1	0	2	0
20	GK	SCO	Ross Sinclair	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
21	MF	SCO	Ali Crawford	6	1	3+1	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0
22	FW	SCO	Callum Hendry	8	0	2+1	0	0	0	1+1	0	0+2	0	0+1	0
23	MF	SCO	Cammy Ballantyne	1	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
24	DF	SCO	Callum Booth	11	0	5	0	0	0	1+1	0	1+1	0	2	0
25	DF	NGA	Efe Ambrose	4	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
26	MF	SCO	Liam Craig	11	0	5+2	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0+1	0
Departures
5	DF	SCO	Jason Kerr	10	2	4	0	0	0	2	0	2	2	2	0
15	MF	SCO	Charlie Gilmour	3	0	0+1	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0	0+1	0
18	MF	NIR	Ali McCann	10	0	4+1	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	2	0

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