2021–22 EFL League One
Season | 2021–22 |
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Dates | 7 August 2021 – 30 April 2022 |
Champions | Wigan Athletic |
Promoted | Wigan Athletic Rotherham United Sunderland |
Relegated | Gillingham Doncaster Rovers AFC Wimbledon Crewe Alexandra |
Matches played | 552 |
Goals scored | 1,489 (2.7 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Will Keane (26 goals) |
Biggest home win | Ipswich Town 6–0 Doncaster Rovers (28 September 2021) Bolton Wanderers 6–0 Sunderland (29 January 2022) Sheffield Wednesday 6–0 Cambridge United (12 March 2022) |
Biggest away win | Cheltenham Town 0–5 Cambridge United (7 December 2021) Gillingham 2–7 Oxford United (29 January 2022) Doncaster Rovers 0–5 Rotherham United (1 February 2022) Plymouth Argyle 0–5 Milton Keynes Dons (30 April 2022) |
Highest scoring | Wycombe Wanderers 5–5 Cheltenham Town (19 February 2022) |
Longest winning run | Rotherham United (6 games)[1] |
Longest unbeaten run | Plymouth Argyle Rotherham United (16 games)[1] |
Longest winless run | AFC Wimbledon (27 games)[1] |
Longest losing run | Crewe Alexandra (8 games) [1] |
Highest attendance | 44,742 Sunderland 1–0 Sheffield Wednesday (6 May 2022) [2] |
Lowest attendance | 1,746 Accrington Stanley 0–2 AFC Wimbledon (7 December 2021)[1] |
Total attendance | 4,772,270 [1] |
Average attendance | 9,942[1] |
← 2020–21 2022–23 → |
The 2021–22 EFL League One (referred to as the Sky Bet League One for sponsorship reasons) was the 18th season of the Football League One under its current title and the 30th season under its current league division format.
Team changes
[edit]The following teams have changed division since the 2020–21 season:
To League One[edit]Promoted from League Two Relegated from the Championship
| From League One[edit]Promoted to the Championship Relegated to League Two
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Stadiums
[edit]Personnel and sponsoring
[edit]Managerial changes
[edit]Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
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Doncaster Rovers | Andy Butler[15] | End of interim spell | 17 May 2021 | Pre-season | Richie Wellens[15] | 17 May 2021 |
Morecambe | Derek Adams[16] | Resigned | 3 June 2021 | Stephen Robinson[17] | 7 June 2021 | |
Milton Keynes Dons | Russell Martin[18] | Signed by Swansea City | 1 August 2021 | Liam Manning[19] | 13 August 2021 | |
Charlton Athletic | Nigel Adkins[20] | Sacked | 21 October 2021 | 22nd | Johnnie Jackson[21] | 17 December 2021 |
Fleetwood Town | Simon Grayson[22] | 24 November 2021 | Stephen Crainey[23] | 21 December 2021 | ||
Doncaster Rovers | Richie Wellens[24] | 2 December 2021 | 23rd | Gary McSheffrey[25] | 29 December 2021 | |
Ipswich Town | Paul Cook[26] | 4 December 2021 | 11th | Kieran McKenna[27] | 16 December 2021 | |
Plymouth Argyle | Ryan Lowe[28] | Signed by Preston North End | 7 December 2021 | 4th | Steven Schumacher[28] | 7 December 2021 |
Gillingham | Steve Evans[29] | Mutual consent | 9 January 2022 | 22nd | Neil Harris[30] | 31 January 2022 |
Sunderland | Lee Johnson[31] | Sacked | 30 January 2022 | 3rd | Alex Neil[32] | 11 February 2022 |
Morecambe | Stephen Robinson[33] | Signed by St Mirren | 22 February 2022 | 21st | Derek Adams[34] | 24 February 2022 |
AFC Wimbledon | Mark Robinson[35] | Mutual consent | 28 March 2022 | 21st | Mark Bowen[36] | 30 March 2022 |
Crewe Alexandra | David Artell[37] | Sacked | 11 April 2022 | 24th | Alex Morris[37] | 11 April 2022 |
League table
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
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1 | Wigan Athletic (C, P) | 46 | 27 | 11 | 8 | 82 | 44 | +38 | 92 | Promotion to EFL Championship |
2 | Rotherham United (P) | 46 | 27 | 9 | 10 | 70 | 33 | +37 | 90 | |
3 | Milton Keynes Dons | 46 | 26 | 11 | 9 | 78 | 44 | +34 | 89 | Qualification for League One play-offs |
4 | Sheffield Wednesday | 46 | 24 | 13 | 9 | 78 | 50 | +28 | 85 | |
5 | Sunderland (O, P) | 46 | 24 | 12 | 10 | 79 | 53 | +26 | 84 | |
6 | Wycombe Wanderers | 46 | 23 | 14 | 9 | 75 | 51 | +24 | 83 | |
7 | Plymouth Argyle | 46 | 23 | 11 | 12 | 68 | 48 | +20 | 80 | |
8 | Oxford United | 46 | 22 | 10 | 14 | 82 | 59 | +23 | 76 | |
9 | Bolton Wanderers | 46 | 21 | 10 | 15 | 74 | 57 | +17 | 73 | |
10 | Portsmouth | 46 | 20 | 13 | 13 | 68 | 51 | +17 | 73 | |
11 | Ipswich Town | 46 | 18 | 16 | 12 | 67 | 46 | +21 | 70 | |
12 | Accrington Stanley | 46 | 17 | 10 | 19 | 61 | 80 | −19 | 61 | |
13 | Charlton Athletic | 46 | 17 | 8 | 21 | 55 | 59 | −4 | 59 | |
14 | Cambridge United | 46 | 15 | 13 | 18 | 56 | 74 | −18 | 58 | |
15 | Cheltenham Town | 46 | 13 | 17 | 16 | 66 | 80 | −14 | 56 | |
16 | Burton Albion | 46 | 14 | 11 | 21 | 51 | 67 | −16 | 53 | |
17 | Lincoln City | 46 | 14 | 10 | 22 | 55 | 63 | −8 | 52 | |
18 | Shrewsbury Town | 46 | 12 | 14 | 20 | 47 | 51 | −4 | 50 | |
19 | Morecambe | 46 | 10 | 12 | 24 | 57 | 88 | −31 | 42 | |
20 | Fleetwood Town | 46 | 8 | 16 | 22 | 62 | 82 | −20 | 40 | |
21 | Gillingham (R) | 46 | 8 | 16 | 22 | 35 | 69 | −34 | 40 | Relegation to EFL League Two |
22 | Doncaster Rovers (R) | 46 | 10 | 8 | 28 | 37 | 82 | −45 | 38 | |
23 | AFC Wimbledon (R) | 46 | 6 | 19 | 21 | 49 | 75 | −26 | 37 | |
24 | Crewe Alexandra (R) | 46 | 7 | 8 | 31 | 37 | 83 | −46 | 29 |
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 based on yellow and red cards received excluding the last four games of the season (sec 9.5); 8) 12-point sending off offences; 9) If the tie affects the automatic promotion or relegation places, a play-off game or games would be held between the two tied teams[38]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
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 based on yellow and red cards received excluding the last four games of the season (sec 9.5); 8) 12-point sending off offences; 9) If the tie affects the automatic promotion or relegation places, a play-off game or games would be held between the two tied teams[38]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Play-offs
[edit]Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||||
3 | Milton Keynes Dons | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
6 | Wycombe Wanderers | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||||||
6 | Wycombe Wanderers | 0 | |||||||||
5 | Sunderland | 2 | |||||||||
4 | Sheffield Wednesday | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
5 | Sunderland | 1 | 1 | 2 |
First leg
Wycombe Wanderers | 2–0 | Milton Keynes Dons |
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Report |
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Second leg
Wycombe Wanderers won 2–1 on aggregate.
Sunderland won 2–1 on aggregate.
Final
[edit]Results
[edit]Season statistics
[edit]- As of 30 April 2022
Top scorers
[edit]Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
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1 | Will Keane | Wigan Athletic | 26 |
2 | Ross Stewart | Sunderland | 24 |
3 | Alfie May | Cheltenham Town | 23 |
Cole Stockton | Morecambe | ||
5 | Matty Taylor | Oxford United | 20 |
Scott Twine | Milton Keynes Dons | ||
7 | Michael Smith | Rotherham United | 19 |
8 | Sam Vokes | Wycombe Wanderers | 16 |
Lee Gregory | Sheffield Wednesday | ||
Ryan Hardie | Plymouth Argyle |
- Updated to match(es) played on 30 April 2022
Monthly awards
[edit]Month | Manager of the Month | Player of the Month | Reference | ||
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August | Lee Johnson | Sunderland | Cole Stockton | Morecambe | [39] |
September | Liam Manning | Milton Keynes Dons | [40] | ||
October | Ryan Lowe | Plymouth Argyle | Michael Smith | Rotherham United | [41] |
November | Danny Cowley | Portsmouth | Scott Twine | Milton Keynes Dons | [42] |
December | Lee Johnson | Sunderland | Daniel Barlaser | Rotherham United | [43] |
January | Liam Manning | Milton Keynes Dons | Michael Smith | [44] | |
February | Paul Warne | Rotherham United | Alfie May | Cheltenham Town | [45] |
March | Steven Schumacher | Plymouth Argyle | Barry Bannan | Sheffield Wednesday | [46] |
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