2021–22 EFL Championship

The 2021–22 EFL Championship (referred to as the Sky Bet Championship for sponsorship reasons) is the 18th season of the Football League Championship under its current title and the 30th season under its current league division format.

EFL Championship
Season2021–22
Matches played263
Goals scored644 (2.45 per match)
Top goalscorer Aleksandar Mitrović
(Fulham)
(22 goals)
Biggest home winLuton Town 5–0
Coventry City
(29 September 2021)
Biggest away winBlackburn Rovers 0–7 Fulham
(3 November 2021)
Highest scoringSheffield United 6–2 Peterborough United
(11 September 2021)
Longest winning runFulham
(7 games)
Longest unbeaten runBournemouth
(15 games)
Longest winless runBarnsley
(13 games)
Longest losing runCardiff City
(8 games)
Highest attendance29,043
Sheffield United 0–1 Birmingham City
(7 August 2021)
Lowest attendance7,983
Peterborough United 1–1 Huddersfield Town
(2 November 2021)
2022–23 →
All statistics correct as of 11 December 2021.

Team changes

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

Stadiums
Locations of the 2021–22 EFL Championship teams
Greater London EFL Championship football clubs
Team Location Stadium Capacity
BournemouthBournemouthDean Court11,364
BarnsleyBarnsleyOakwell23,287
Birmingham CityBirminghamSt Andrew's29,409
Blackburn RoversBlackburnEwood Park31,367
BlackpoolBlackpoolBloomfield Road17,338
Bristol CityBristolAshton Gate Stadium27,000
Cardiff CityCardiffCardiff City Stadium33,280
Coventry CityCoventryCoventry Building Society Arena32,609
Derby CountyDerbyPride Park Stadium33,600
FulhamLondon (Fulham)Craven Cottage19,359
Huddersfield TownHuddersfieldJohn Smith's Stadium24,500
Hull CityKingston upon HullMKM Stadium25,400
Luton TownLutonKenilworth Road10,356
MiddlesbroughMiddlesbroughRiverside Stadium34,742
MillwallLondon (South Bermondsey)The Den20,146
Nottingham ForestWest BridgfordCity Ground30,446
Peterborough UnitedPeterboroughLondon Road Stadium15,314
Preston North EndPrestonDeepdale23,404
Queens Park RangersLondon (White City) Loftus Road18,439
ReadingReadingMadejski Stadium24,161
Sheffield UnitedSheffieldBramall Lane32,050
Stoke CityStoke-on-Trentbet365 Stadium30,089
Swansea CitySwansea Swansea.com Stadium21,088
West Bromwich AlbionWest BromwichThe Hawthorns26,850

Personnel and sponsoring
Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
Bournemouth Scott Parker Steve Cook Umbro MSP Capital[1]
Barnsley Poya Asbaghi Cauley Woodrow Puma The Investment Room[2]
Birmingham City Lee Bowyer Harlee Dean Nike BoyleSports[3]
Blackburn Rovers Tony Mowbray Darragh Lenihan Macron Recoverite Compression[4]
Blackpool Neil Critchley Chris Maxwell Puma Blackpool Council
(Home: "VisitBlackpool.com";
Away: "Get Vocal")
Bristol City Nigel Pearson Daniel Bentley Hummel MansionBet[5]
Cardiff City Steve Morison Sean Morrison Adidas Tourism Malaysia
Coventry City Mark Robins Liam Kelly Hummel BoyleSports[6]
Derby County Wayne Rooney Tom Lawrence Umbro 32Red
Fulham Marco Silva Tom Cairney Adidas World Mobile [7]
Huddersfield Town Carlos Corberán Jonathan Hogg Umbro Utilita[8]
Hull City Grant McCann Richie Smallwood Umbro Giacom[9]
Luton Town Nathan Jones Sonny Bradley Umbro JB Developments (home)
Star Platforms (away)
Ryebridge (third)
Middlesbrough Chris Wilder Jonny Howson Hummel 32Red
Millwall Gary Rowett Alex Pearce Macron Huski Chocolate[10]
Nottingham Forest Steve Cooper Lewis Grabban Macron BOXT
Peterborough United Darren Ferguson 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[11]
Reading Veljko Paunović Liam Moore Macron Select Car Leasing[12]
Sheffield United Paul Heckingbottom Billy Sharp Adidas Randox
Stoke City Michael O'Neill Joe Allen Macron bet365
Swansea City Russell Martin Matt Grimes[13] Joma[14] Swansea University[15]
West Bromwich Albion Valérien Ismaël Jake Livermore Puma[16] 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[17] Resigned 23 May 2021 Pre-season Valérien Ismaël[18] 24 June 2021
Sheffield United Paul Heckingbottom[19] End of caretaker spell Slaviša Jokanović[20] 27 May 2021
Barnsley Valérien Ismaël[21] Signed by West Bromwich Albion 24 June 2021 Markus Schopp[22] 29 June 2021
Fulham Scott Parker[23] Mutual consent; Signed by Bournemouth 28 June 2021 Marco Silva[24] 1 July 2021
Bournemouth Jonathan Woodgate[25] End of contract Scott Parker[26] 28 June 2021
Swansea City Steve Cooper[27] Mutual consent 21 July 2021 Russell Martin[28] 1 August 2021
Nottingham Forest Chris Hughton[29] Sacked 16 September 2021 24th Steve Cooper[30] 21 September 2021
Cardiff City Mick McCarthy[31] Mutual consent 23 October 2021 21st Steve Morison[32] 12 November 2021
Barnsley Markus Schopp[33] Sacked 1 November 2021 23rd Poya Asbaghi[34] 17 November 2021
Middlesbrough Neil Warnock[35] Mutual consent 6 November 2021 14th Chris Wilder[36] 7 November 2021
Sheffield United Slaviša Jokanović[37] Sacked 25 November 2021 16th Paul Heckingbottom[37] 25 November 2021
Preston North End Frankie McAvoy[38] 6 December 2021 18th Ryan Lowe[39] 7 December 2021

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Fulham 22 13 6 3 51 18 +33 45 Promotion to the Premier League
2 Bournemouth 22 12 7 3 37 19 +18 43
3 West Bromwich Albion 22 11 7 4 30 17 +13 40 Qualification for Championship play-offs
4 Blackburn Rovers 22 11 6 5 37 27 +10 39
5 Queens Park Rangers 21 10 5 6 33 27 +6 35
6 Stoke City 22 10 5 7 26 21 +5 35
7 Coventry City 22 9 7 6 29 26 +3 34
8 Nottingham Forest 22 8 7 7 30 24 +6 31
9 Middlesbrough 22 8 6 8 24 23 +1 30
10 Huddersfield Town 22 8 6 8 25 25 0 30
11 Millwall 22 7 9 6 24 24 0 30
12 Luton Town 22 7 8 7 31 27 +4 29
13 Sheffield United 21 8 5 8 28 28 0 29
14 Preston North End 22 7 7 8 24 28 −4 28
15 Birmingham City 22 7 6 9 22 26 −4 27
16 Swansea City 22 7 6 9 26 31 −5 27
17 Blackpool 22 7 6 9 20 26 −6 27
18 Bristol City 22 7 6 9 24 32 −8 27
19 Hull City 22 6 5 11 19 26 −7 23
20 Cardiff City 22 6 4 12 25 39 −14 22
21 Reading 22 8 3 11 28 33 −5 21[lower-alpha 1]
22 Peterborough United 22 5 4 13 19 41 −22 19 Relegation to EFL League One
23 Barnsley 22 2 7 13 15 34 −19 13
24 Derby County 22 5 10 7 18 21 −3 4[lower-alpha 2]
Updated to match(es) played on 11 December 2021. 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[43]
Notes:
  1. Reading were deducted 6 points for breach of profit and sustainability regulations.[40]
  2. Derby County were deducted 12 points for entering administration,[41] and a further 9 points for financial irregularities.[42]

Results
Home \ Away BOU BAR BIR BLA BLP BRI CAR COV DER FUL HUD HUL LUT MID MIL NOT PET PNE QPR REA SHU STO SWA WBA
Bournemouth — 3–0 0–2 2–2 2–2 3–0 2–1 1–2 2–1 2–1 4–0 2–2
Barnsley — 1–1 0–0 1–0 2–1 1–1 0–2 0–1 0–1 1–3 2–3 0–2
Birmingham City 0–2 — 1–0 3–0 2–2 2–0 1–4 0–3 0–0 1–2 0–0 2–1
Blackburn Rovers — 5–1 2–2 0–7 2–0 2–2 4–0 1–0 2–0 3–1 2–1 1–2
Blackpool 1–0 2–1 — 0–2 0–1 1–0 0–3 0–3 2–0 1–1 0–1 0–0
Bristol City 0–2 2–1 1–1 1–1 — 1–0 1–1 1–1 1–2 0–0 1–0 0–1
Cardiff City 0–1 1–1 1–2 — 2–1 0–1 0–2 3–1 0–1 0–1 2–3 0–4
Coventry City 0–0 3–2 1–0 — 1–1 4–1 2–0 2–1 3–0 2–1 1–2 1–2
Derby County 3–2 1–2 1–0 — 1–1 2–2 0–0 1–1 1–2 1–0 2–1 0–0
Fulham 1–1 4–1 2–0 0–0 — 2–0 1–1 4–1 1–2 3–0 3–1 3–0
Huddersfield Town 0–0 3–2 1–1 1–5 — 2–0 1–2 1–0 0–2 1–0 4–0 1–0
Hull City 0–0 2–0 1–1 2–2 0–1 0–1 — 2–0 2–1 1–2 0–3 1–3
Luton Town 0–5 1–2 5–0 1–1 0–0 1–0 — 3–1 3–0 0–0 0–1 3–3
Middlesbrough 2–0 0–2 1–1 1–2 2–1 — 1–1 2–0 1–2 2–3 2–0 1–0
Millwall 1–1 3–1 1–1 2–1 1–0 1–1 1–1 1–2 0–2 — 1–0 2–1
Nottingham Forest 1–2 1–2 2–1 1–2 0–4 0–0 0–2 1–1 — 2–0 3–0 1–1
Peterborough United 0–0 0–0 3–0 2–3 2–2 2–1 0–1 1–1 2–1 — 2–1 0–1
Preston North End 2–1 1–2 2–1 0–0 1–1 1–4 2–0 1–0 — 1–1 3–1 1–1
Queens Park Rangers 2–2 2–0 1–0 1–2 2–0 1–0 2–0 1–1 1–1 3–2 — 0–2
Reading 0–2 1–0 2–3 2–3 1–1 1–0 1–1 3–1 2–1 3–3 — 0–1
Sheffield United 0–1 0–1 2–0 0–0 1–0 1–2 1–2 6–2 2–2 — 2–1
Stoke City 0–1 1–1 0–1 3–3 2–1 2–0 0–0 1–0 2–0 3–2 — 1–0
Swansea City 1–1 3–0 1–0 0–0 0–0 1–4 3–0 2–3 0–0 1–3 — 2–1
West Bromwich Albion 1–0 3–0 0–0 1–0 3–2 1–1 1–1 0–0 2–1 1–0 4–0 —
Updated to match(es) played on 11 December 2021. 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
As of 11 December 2021

Top scorers
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Aleksandar Mitrović Fulham 22
2 Ben Brereton Díaz Blackburn Rovers 17
3 Dominic Solanke Bournemouth 16
4 Joël Piroe Swansea City 11
5 Elijah Adebayo Luton Town 10
6 Lewis Grabban Nottingham Forest 9
Karlan Grant West Bromwich Albion
Viktor Gyökeres Coventry City

Hat-tricks
Main article: List of EFL Championship hat-tricks
PlayerForAgainstResultDate
John SwiftReadingQueens Park Rangers3–3 (H)[44]11 September 2021
Ben Brereton DíazBlackburn RoversCardiff City5–1 (H)[45]25 September 2021
Aleksandar MitrovićFulhamSwansea City3–1 (H)[46]29 September 2021
FulhamWest Bromwich Albion3–0 (H)[47]30 October 2021

Most assists
Rank Player Club Assists[48]
1 Ryan Giles Cardiff City 9
John Swift Reading
3 Sorba Thomas Huddersfield Town 8
4 Joe Rothwell Blackburn Rovers 7
Harry Wilson Fulham
6 Callum Robinson West Bromwich Albion 6
Jean Michaël Seri Fulham
Billy Sharp Sheffield United
Jed Wallace Millwall

Clean sheets
Rank Player Club Clean Sheets
1 Sam Johnstone West Bromwich Albion 10
Matija Sarkic Birmingham City
3 Mark Travers Bournemouth 9
4 Lee Nicholls Huddersfield Town 8
5 Seny Dieng Queens Park Rangers 7
Ben Hamer Swansea City
Joe Lumley Middlesbrough
Simon Moore Coventry City
Simon Sluga Luton Town

Player

Club

Monthly awards
Month Manager of the Month Player of the Month Reference
August Marco Silva Fulham Sorba Thomas Huddersfield Town [49]
September Scott Parker Bournemouth Ben Brereton Díaz Blackburn Rovers [50]
October Aleksandar Mitrović Fulham [51]
November Mark Warburton Queens Park Rangers Chris Willock Queens Park Rangers [52]

Notes

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