| Pixels: | 250 |
| Competition: | Scottish League One |
| Season: | 2021–22 |
| Winners: | Cove Rangers |
| Promoted: | Cove Rangers Queen's Park |
| Relegated: | Dumbarton East Fife |
| Matches: | 180 |
| Total Goals: | 507 |
| League Topscorer: | Mitch Megginson 18 goals |
| Biggest Home Win: | (4 December 2021) |
| Biggest Away Win: | (16 October 2021) (23 April 2022) |
| Highest Scoring: | (8 January 2022) |
| Longest Wins: | Cove Rangers 9 games |
| Longest Unbeaten: | Cove Rangers 26 games |
| Longest Winless: | East Fife 12 games |
| Longest Losses: | East Fife 7 games |
| Highest Attendance: | 4,104 Falkirk 3–1 East Fife (26 February 2022) |
| Lowest Attendance: | 193 Montrose 2–1 Airdrieonians (7 December 2021) |
| Prevseason: | 2020–21 |
| Updated: | 30 April 2022 |
The 2021–22 Scottish League One (known as cinch League One for sponsorship reasons) was the ninth season of Scottish League One, the third tier of Scottish football. The season began on 31 July.
Ten teams contested the league: Airdrieonians, Alloa Athletic, Clyde, Cove Rangers, Dumbarton, East Fife, Falkirk, Montrose, Peterhead and Queen's Park.
The following teams changed division after the 2020–21 season.
Promoted from League Two
Relegated from the Championship
Relegated to League Two
Promoted to the Championship
| Airdrieonians | Alloa Athletic | Clyde | Cove Rangers | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Excelsior Stadium | Recreation Park | Broadwood Stadium | Balmoral Stadium | |
| Capacity: 10,101[1] | Capacity: 3,100[2] | Capacity: 8,086[3] | Capacity: 2,602[4] | |
| Dumbarton | East Fife | |||
| Dumbarton Football Stadium | Bayview Stadium | |||
| Capacity: 2,020[5] | Capacity: 1,980[6] | |||
| Falkirk | Montrose | Peterhead | Queen's Park | |
| Falkirk Stadium | Links Park | Balmoor | Firhill Stadium[7] | |
| Capacity: 7,937[8] | Capacity: 4,936[9] | Capacity: 3,150[10] | Capacity: 10,102[11] | |
| Team | Manager | Captain | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Airdrieonians | Umbro | Holemasters[12] | |||
| Alloa Athletic | [13] | Pendle | Northern Gas and Power | ||
| Clyde | Puma | HomesBook Factoring (Home) Whitemoss Dental (Away) | |||
| Cove Rangers | Adidas | ACE Group | |||
| Dumbarton | Joma[14] | Moreroom Extensions Ltd (Home) Four Architects (Away) | |||
| East Fife | Joma | BW Technology | |||
| Falkirk | (interim) | Puma[15] | Clarke ePOS (UK) Ltd | ||
| Montrose | Hummel | Carnegie Fuels Ltd | |||
| Peterhead | Adidas | The Score Group | |||
| Queen's Park | (interim) | Admiral | Irn-Bru |
| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alloa Athletic | Peter Grant | Sacked | 1 May 2021 | align=center rowspan=4 | Pre-season | Barry Ferguson | 27 May 2021 |
| Falkirk | Gary Holt | End of interim spell | 6 May 2021 | Paul Sheerin | 28 May 2021 | ||
| Queen's Park | Ray McKinnon | Mutual consent | 10 May 2021 | Laurie Ellis | 22 May 2021 | ||
| Dumbarton | Jim Duffy | End of contract | 24 May 2021 | Stephen Farrell | 29 May 2021 | ||
| East Fife | Darren Young | align=center rowspan=3 | Sacked | 21 November 2021 | 10th | Stevie Crawford | 30 November 2021 |
| Falkirk | Paul Sheerin | 5 December 2021 | 5th | Martin Rennie | 10 December 2021 | ||
| Queen's Park | Laurie Ellis | 31 December 2021 | 4th | Marijn Beuker (interim) | 31 December 2021 | ||
| Alloa Athletic | Barry Ferguson | Resigned | 14 February 2022 | 8th | Brian Rice | 21 February 2022 | |
| Falkirk | Martin Rennie | Left | 14 April 2022 | 5th | Kenny Miller (interim) | 14 April 2022 | |
Teams play each other twice, once at home and once away.
Teams play each other twice, once at home and once away.
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mitch Megginson | Cove Rangers | 18 |
| 2 | Rory McAllister | Cove Rangers | 16 |
| 3 | Calum Gallagher | Airdrieonians | 15 |
| David Goodwillie | Clyde | ||
| Graham Webster | Montrose |
| Month | Manager of the Month | Player of the Month | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manager | Club | Player | Club | ||
| August | Laurie Ellis | Queen's Park | Simon Murray | Queen's Park | |
| September | Stephen Farrell | Dumbarton | Callum Wilson | Dumbarton | |
| October | Stewart Petrie | Montrose | Rory McAllister | Cove Rangers | |
| November | Paul Hartley | Cove Rangers | Mitch Megginson | Cove Rangers | |
| December | Paul Hartley | Cove Rangers | Blair Yule | Cove Rangers | |
| January | Ian Murray | Airdrieonians | Dylan Easton | Airdrieonians | |
| February | Ian Murray | Airdrieonians | Rhys McCabe | Airdrieonians | |
| March | Paul Hartley | Cove Rangers | Callum Smith | Airdrieonians | |
| April | Paul Hartley | Cove Rangers | Calum Gallagher | Airdrieonians | |
The semi-finals were contested by the teams placed second to fourth in Scottish League Two, as well as the team placed ninth in Scottish League One. The winners advanced to the final, with the highest-ranked team hosting the second leg.[16]