Club: | Sheffield Wednesday |
Season: | 2021–22 |
Manager: | Darren Moore |
Chairman: | Dejphon Chansiri |
Stadium: | Hillsborough, Owlerton |
League: | League One |
League Result: | 4th |
Cup1: | Play-offs |
Cup2: | FA Cup |
Cup3: | EFL Cup |
Cup4: | EFL Trophy |
League Topscorer: | Lee Gregory (16 goals) |
Season Topscorer: | Lee Gregory (17 goals) |
Highest Attendance: | 33,394 (vs Portsmouth; League One) |
Lowest Attendance: | 5,433 (vs Harrogate Town; EFL Trophy) |
Average Attendance: | 22,470 |
Largest Win: | 6–0 (vs Cambridge United; League One) |
Largest Loss: | 0–5 (vs. Sunderland; League One) |
Prevseason: | 2020–21 |
Nextseason: | 2022–23 |
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The 2021–22 season is Sheffield Wednesday's first season in League One since the 2011–12 season, following their relegation from the Championship. The season covers the period from 1 July 2021 to 30 June 2022.
On 6 July 2021, the club published their annual accounts for the year ending 31 July 2020.[1]
On 9 July, the club were hit with a suspended 6 point penalty, which will take effect if they fail to pay their players wages on time before June 30 2022.[2] If the penalty hasn’t been breached before 31 December 2021, the penalty would be reduced to a suspended 3 points.[3]
On 14 July, the club introduced their new first team scholars for the 2021–22; Pierce Charles, Jack Hall, Kamil Maciag, Tafadzwa Tapudzai, Cian Flannery, Bailey Cadamarteri, Josh Chapman, Danai Rhule, Rio Shipston, Mackenzie Maltby, Sean Fusire, Joey Phuthi and Jake Bradford.[4]
On 20 July, manager Darren Moore confirmed that first-team coach Paul Williams had left the club for personal reasons.[5]
On 23 July, the club unveiled their new kits for the 2021-22 season.[6]
On 31 July, the club announced their first-team squad numbers for the 2021-22 season.[7]
On 6 August, Darren Moore bolstered his coaching staff with the appointment of Simon Ireland as a first team coach.[8]
On 7 August, Darren Moore said that his old assistant manager Wayne Jacobs was currently helping out at the club in a coaching capacity, but it was not an appointment.[9]
On 13 August, Guiseley announced a loan move for goalkeeper Luke Jackson, but the deal would be cancelled the same day due to the keeper picking up an injury.[10]
On 27 August, the game against Sunderland was postponed due to the Black Cats having hit the criteria for players on international duty.[11]
On 8 October, Darren Moore confirmed that the club had appointed Rob Lee to his backroom staff.[12]
On 2 November, Darren Moore confirmed that Nathaniel Mendez-Laing was currently training with the squad.[13]
On 16 December, their upcoming game against Accrington Stanley was postponed due to an outbreak of COVID-19 at the club.[14]
On 22 December, their boxing day tie against Burton Albion was also postponed due to a COVID-19 outbreak both teams squads.[15]
On 7 January, U23 coach Lee Bullen was appointed manager of Scottish Championship side Ayr United.[16]
On 13 January, Neil Thompson was appointed the new manager of the U23 side.[17]
On 1 February, Darren Moore was absent from the game against Morecambe after testing positive for COVID-19.[18]
On 16 February, the rearranged match against Accrington Stanley was postponed due to a waterlogged pitch.[19]
On 21 February, their match against Fleetwood Town was postponed following storm damage.[20]
On 3 March, Darren Moore confirmed that Wayne Jacobs had joined the club as an assistant manager.[21]
On 4 April, Barry Bannan was awarded the Owls’ Community Player of the Year award.[22]
On 8 April, the club announced BLU Steel energy drinks as a new back of shirt sponsor.[23]
On 20 April, Liam Palmer was awarded the Wise Old Owls Player of the Season award.[24]
On 3 May, the club published its annual accounts for the year ending July 2021.[25]
As of 27 May, Wednesday announced one pre-season friendly against Celtic.[26] On 2 July 2021, the remainder of their pre-season was announced, with games against, Chester, Alfreton Town, Barnsley, West Bromwich Albion, Wrexham and Port Vale all confirmed.[27] On 16 July, they announced two more friendlies for a Sheffield Wednesday XI side against, Ossett United and Stocksbridge Park Steels.[28]
See main article: 2021–22 EFL League One.
On Thursday, 24 June 2021, the EFL League One fixtures were revealed.[29]
See main article: 2022 English Football League play-offs. Sheffield Wednesday finished 4th in the regular 2021–22 EFL League One season, so were drawn against 5th placed Sunderland in the Play-off Semi Final. The first leg took place at the Stadium of Light and the second leg took place at Hillsborough.
See main article: 2021–22 FA Cup.
Sheffield Wednesday were drawn at home to Plymouth Argyle in the first round.[30] Either Sheffield Wednesday or Plymouth were drawn against Rochdale or Notts County in the second round draw, made on 8 November.[31]
See main article: 2021–22 EFL Cup.
The first round draw was made on 24 June, live on Sky Sports, by Andy Cole and Danny Mills.[32] [33]
See main article: 2021–22 EFL Trophy.
Sheffield Wednesday were drawn into Northern Group H alongside Harrogate Town, Mansfield Town and Newcastle United U21.[34] They were drawn against Hartlepool United in the second round.[35]
Date | Position | Nationality | Name | From | Fee | Ref. | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 July 2021 | Free transfer | [36] | |||||
10 July 2021 | Free transfer | [37] | |||||
14 July 2021 | Free transfer | [38] | |||||
22 July 2021 | Free transfer | [39] | |||||
3 August 2021 | Undisclosed | [40] | |||||
5 August 2021 | Free transfer | [41] | |||||
5 August 2021 | Undisclosed | [42] | |||||
10 August 2021 | Free transfer | [43] | |||||
31 August 2021 | ![]() | Undisclosed | [44] | ||||
22 November 2021 | Free transfer | [45] | |||||
6 December 2021 | Free transfer | [46] | |||||
10 December 2021 | Free transfer | [47] |
Date | Position | Nationality | Name | To | Fee | Ref. | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 July 2021 | Luke Cox | Released | [48] | ||||
1 July 2021 | Charlie Curtis | Released | |||||
1 July 2021 | Corey Glaves | Released | |||||
1 July 2021 | Luke Hall | Released | |||||
1 July 2021 | Alex Hare | Released | [49] | ||||
1 July 2021 | Released | [50] [51] | |||||
1 July 2021 | Ben Hughes | Released | |||||
1 July 2021 | Calum Huxley | Released | |||||
1 July 2021 | Released | [52] | |||||
1 July 2021 | Released | [53] | |||||
1 July 2021 | Released | [54] | |||||
1 July 2021 | Released | [55] | |||||
1 July 2021 | Released | [56] | |||||
1 July 2021 | Released | [57] | |||||
1 July 2021 | Charlie Reaney | Released | [58] | ||||
1 July 2021 | Released | [59] | |||||
1 July 2021 | Released | [60] | |||||
1 July 2021 | Undisclosed | [61] | |||||
1 July 2021 | Undisclosed | [62] | |||||
1 July 2021 | Released | [63] | |||||
1 July 2021 | Released | [64] | |||||
1 July 2021 | Luke Yates | Released | |||||
2 August 2021 | Undisclosed | [65] | |||||
19 August 2021 | Undisclosed | [66] | |||||
1 February 2022 | ![]() | Undisclosed | [67] |
Date from | Position | Nationality | Name | From | Date until | Ref. | |
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11 July 2021 | ![]() | End of season | [68] | ||||
27 July 2021 | End of season | [69] | |||||
27 July 2021 | 31 January 2022 | [70] | |||||
30 July 2021 | ![]() | End of season | [71] | ||||
2 August 2021 | ![]() | 7 January 2022 | [72] | ||||
7 August 2021 | End of season | [73] | |||||
19 January 2022 | End of season | [74] | |||||
25 January 2022 | End of season | [75] | |||||
26 January 2022 | End of season | [76] |
Date from | Position | Nationality | Name | To | Date until | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
29 July 2021 | End of season | [77] | ||||
12 August 2021 | 3 January 2022 | [78] | ||||
13 August 2021 | 2 January 2022 | [79] | ||||
7 September 2021 | 1 November 2021 | [80] | ||||
9 September 2021 | 5 January 2022 | [81] | ||||
16 September 2021 | Luke Jackson | 16 November 2021 | [82] | |||
22 September 2021 | ![]() | 8 November 2021 | [83] | |||
16 October 2021 | Josh Dawodu | 10 January 2022 | [84] | |||
22 October 2021 | Lewis Farmer | 22 November 2021 | [85] | |||
23 October 2021 | Joshua Render | 8 November 2021 | [86] | |||
17 January 2022 | End of season | [87] | ||||
Date | Position | Nationality | Name | Length | Expiry | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 July 2021 | RB | — | — | |||
6 August 2021 | GK | Luke Jackson | — | — | [88] | |
10 August 2021 | FW | 2 years | June 2023 | [89] | ||
23 August 2021 | CB | 2 years | June 2023 | [90] | ||
13 September 2021 | LB | 2 years | June 2023 | [91] | ||
14 October 2021 | GK | Jack Hall | — | — | [92] | |
11 November 2021 | RB | 2 years | June 2023 | [93] | ||
14 January 2022 | CM | years | June 2023 | [94] | ||
18 January 2022 | CB | years | June 2024 | [95] | ||
21 May 2022 | LM | — | — | [96] | ||
|-|colspan="14"|Players that left the club mid-season:|}
Includes all competitive matches.
Player | League One | Playoffs | FA Cup | EFL Cup | EFL Trophy | Total | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | FW | 9 | Lee Gregory | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | ||
2 | MF | 10 | Barry Bannan | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | ||
FW | ![]() | 24 | Saido Berahino | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | ||
3 | MF | 14 | George Byers | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | ||
4 | FW | 13 | Callum Paterson | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
5 | FW | 20 | Florian Kamberi | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | ||
6 | FW | 11 | Josh Windass | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
FW | 40 | Sylla Sow | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |||
7 | MF | 8 | Dennis Adeniran | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
MF | 18 | Marvin Johnson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |||
8 | DF | 2 | Liam Palmer | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
DF | 22 | Chey Dunkley | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
FW | ![]() | 23 | Theo Corbeanu | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
DF | 32 | Jack Hunt | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
DF | 38 | Jordan Storey | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
MF | 41 | Nathaniel Mendez-Laing | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
9 | DF | 5 | Sam Hutchinson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
MF | ![]() | 7 | Olamide Shodipo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
FW | ![]() | 15 | Korede Adedoyin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
MF | 17 | Fisayo Dele-Bashiru | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
MF | ![]() | 21 | Massimo Luongo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
MF | 26 | Lewis Wing | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||
Own goals | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||||
Total | 78 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 88 |
No. | Pos. | Name | League One | Playoffs | FA Cup | EFL Cup | EFL Trophy | Total | ||||||
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21 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | ||
13 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0 | ||
5 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
10 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
14 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||
32 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
18 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
22 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
16 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
26 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
38 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
40 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
width=10 | No. | width=10 | Nat. | Player | Matches played | Clean sheet % | width=150 | League One | width=150 | Playoffs | width=150 | FA Cup | width=150 | EFL Cup | width=150 | EFL Trophy | width=150 | TOTAL |
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1 | 47 | 36.17% | 15 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 17 | ||||||||||
28 | 8 | 37.5% | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | ||||||||||
Player of the Month awards for the 2021–22 season.
Month | Player | % | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|
August | Bailey Peacock-Farrell | 55% | [97] |
September | Dennis Adeniran | 47% | [98] |
October | Fisayo Dele-Bashiru | 52% | [99] |
November | Chey Dunkley | 72% | [100] |
December | Bailey Peacock-Farrell | 24% | [101] |
January | ![]() | 39% | [102] |
February | George Byers | 55% | [103] |
March | Barry Bannan | 34% | [104] |
Month | Player | Ref. | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
August | Bailey Peacock-Farrell | Nomination | [106] | |
February | Barry Bannan | Nomination | [107] | |
March | Barry Bannan | Winner | [108] | |
April | Lee Gregory | Winner | [109] |
Month | Manager | Ref. | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
November | ![]() | Nomination | [110] | |
February | ![]() | Nomination | [111] | |
April | ![]() | Nomination | [112] |