The 2021–22 Everton Football Club season was the club's 143rd season in existence and the club's 68th consecutive season in the top flight of English football. In addition to the domestic league, Everton participated in this season's editions of the FA Cup and the EFL Cup.
Season summary On 5 December 2021, director of football Marcel Brands left the club with immediate effect. He had been at Everton since May 2018.
Kits
Squad First team
Out on loan
Transfers Transfers in Date Position Nationality Name From Fee Team Ref. 20 July 2021 FW Andros Townsend Crystal Palace Free First team 20 July 2021 GK Asmir Begović Bournemouth Free First team 22 July 2021 FW Demarai Gray Bayer Leverkusen £1.7m First team 20 August 2021 GK Andy Lonergan Unattached Free First team 31 August 2021 FW Salomón Rondón Dalian Professional Free First team 20 September 2021 FW Francis Okoronkwo Sunderland Undisclosed Academy 1 January 2022 DF Vitaliy Mykolenko Dynamo Kyiv £17m First team 4 January 2022 DF Nathan Patterson Rangers £12m First team 1 February 2022AMDele Alli Tottenham Hotspur Free First team 1 February 2022GK Billy Crellin Fleetwood Town UndisclosedAcademy Total £29.7m
Transfers out Date Position Nationality Name To Fee Team Ref. 30 June 2021 MF Dennis Adeniran Sheffield Wednesday Free Academy 30 June 2021 MF Muhamed Besic Ferencváros Released First team 30 June 2021 FW Yannick Bolasie Çaykur Rizespor Released First team 30 June 2021 FW Josh Bowler Blackpool Free Academy 30 June 2021 MF Bobby Carroll Chorley Released Academy 30 June 2021 DF Callum Connolly Blackpool Free Academy 30 June 2021 GK Nicolas Defreitas-Hansen Swansea City Free Academy 30 June 2021 FW Joshua King Watford Free First team 30 June 2021 DF Daniel Lowey Released Academy 30 June 2021 GK Jack McIntyre Sunderland Released Academy 30 June 2021 DF Con Ouzounidis Esbjerg Free Academy 30 June 2021 DF Matthew Pennington Shrewsbury Town Free Academy 30 June 2021 DF Dylan Thompson Released Academy 30 June 2021 FW Theo Walcott Southampton Free First team 22 July 2021 FW Bernard Sharjah £850k First team 29 July 2021 MF Beni Baningime Heart of Midlothian Undisclosed First team 24 August 2021 DF Thierry Small Southampton Undisclosed Academy 25 August 2021 DF Nathangelo Markelo PSV Eindhoven Undisclosed Academy 22 September 2021 MF James Rodríguez Al-Rayyan £7.2m First team 13 January 2022 LB Lucas Digne Aston Villa £25m First team Total £33.05m
Loans in Date from Position Nationality Name From Date until Team Ref. 13 January 2022 FW Anwar El Ghazi Aston Villa End of season First team 31 January 2022 CM Donny van de Beek Manchester United End of season First team
Loans out Date from Position Nationality Name To Date until Team Ref. 7 August 2021 CB Lewis Gibson Sheffield Wednesday End of season Academy 16 August 2021 FW Nathan Broadhead Sunderland End of season Academy 24 August 2021 GK João Virgínia Sporting CP End of season First team 31 August 2021 FW Moise Kean Juventus End of next season First team 31 August 2021 LB Niels Nkounkou Standard Liège End of season First team 26 January 2022 CF Ellis Simms Heart of Midlothian End of season Academy 31 January 2022 CM Lewis Warrington Tranmere Rovers End of season Academy 21 February 2022 DM Jean-Philippe Gbamin CSKA Moscow End of season First team
Pre-season
Florida Cup Everton confirmed they would take part in the seventh edition of The Florida Cup in Orlando. Due to Arsenal's and Inter Milan's withdrawal from the pre-season tournament, The Toffees announced they would face Mexican side UNAM on 28 July.
Competitions
Overview
Premier League
League table
Results summary
Results by matchday
Matches The league fixtures were revealed on 16 June 2021.
FA Cup
Everton were drawn away to Hull City in the third round.
EFL Cup
Everton entered the competition in the second round and were drawn away to Huddersfield Town and Queens Park Rangers in the third round.
Statistics Appearances and goals
! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Goalkeepers
! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Defenders
! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Midfielders
! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Forwards
! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Players transferred/loaned out during the season
Goalscorers
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;" |- !"width:35px;"| !"width:35px;"| !"width:35px;"| !"width:200px;"|Player !"width:75px;"|Premier League !"width:75px;"|FA Cup !"width:75px;"|EFL Cup !"width:75px;"|Total |- |rowspan=1| 1 || FW || 7 || align=left| || 10 || 1 || 0 || 11 |- |rowspan=1| 2 || FW || 14 || align=left| || 3 || 2 || 2 || 7 |- |rowspan=1| 3 || FW || 11 || align=left| || 5 || 1 || 0 || 6 |- |rowspan=1| 4 || FW || 9 || align=left| || 5 || 0 || 0 || 5 |- |rowspan=1| 5 || FW || 24 || align=left| || 4 || 0 || 0 || 4 |- |rowspan=4| 6 || DF || 4 || align=left| || 2 || 1 || 0 || 3 |- | DF || 5 || align=left| Michael Keane || 3 || 0 || 0 || 3 |- | FW || 17 || align=left| || 2 || 0 || 1 || 3 |- | FW || 33 || align=left| || 1 || 2 || 0 || 3 |- |rowspan=1| 10 || MF || 16 || align=left| || 2 || 0 || 0 || 2 |- |rowspan=8| 11 || DF || 12 || align=left| || 0 || 0 || 1 || 1 |- | DF || 13 || align=left| || 0 || 1 || 0 || 1 |- | DF || 19 || align=left| || 1 || 0 || 0 || 1 |- | DF || 21 || align=left| || 0 || 1 || 0 || 1 |- | DF || 23 || align=left| || 1 || 0 || 0 || 1 |- | MF || 26 || align=left| Tom Davies || 1 || 0 || 0 || 1 |- | MF || 30 || align=left| || 1 || 0 || 0 || 1 |- | DF || 32 || align=left| || 1 || 0 || 0 || 1
|colspan="4"| Own goals ||1||0||0||1 |- class="sortbottom" !colspan="4"|Total || 43 || 9 || 4 || 56
Assists
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;" |- !"width:35px;"| !"width:35px;"| !"width:35px;"| !"width:200px;"|Player !"width:75px;"|Premier League !"width:75px;"|FA Cup !"width:75px;"|EFL Cup !"width:75px;"|Total |- |rowspan=2 | 1 || FW || 7 || align=left| || 5 || 0 || 0 || 5 |- | FW || 11 || align=left| || 4 || 1 || 0 || 5 |- |rowspan=2 | 3 || FW || 14 || align=left| || 2 || 1 || 1 || 4 |- | MF || 16 || align=left| || 4 || 0 || 0 || 4 |- |rowspan=4| 5 || MF || 2 || align=left| || 1 || 2 || 0 || 3 |- | MF || 6 || align=left| || 2 || 1 || 0 || 3 |- | MF || 17 || align=left| || 2 || 1 || 0 || 3 |- | FW || 24 || align=left| || 2 || 1 || 0 || 3 |- |rowspan=3 | 9 || DF || 5 || align=left| || 2 || 0 || 0 || 2 |- | FW || 9 || align=left| || 2 || 0 || 0 || 2 |- | MF || 21 || align=left| || 1 || 0 || 1 || 2 |- | rowspan=4 | 12 || DF || 4 || align=left| || 1 || 0 || 0 || 1 |- | MF || 25 || align=left| || 0 || 1 || 0 || 1 |- | MF || 26 || align=left| || 0 || 0 || 1 || 1 |- | FW || 33 || align=left| || 1 || 0 || 0 || 1 |- !colspan="4"|Total || 29 || 8 || 3 || 40
Clean sheets
{|class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center;" |- !Rank !Name !Premier League !FA Cup !EFL Cup !Total !Played Games |- |align=center rowspan=1|1 |align=left| Jordan Pickford |7 |0 |0 |7 |37 |- |align=center rowspan=1|2 |align=left| Asmir Begović |1 |1 |0 |2 |7 |- !colspan=2|Total!!8!!1!!0!!9!!44
Disciplinary record
{|class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center;" |- !rowspan="2" style="width:50px;"|Rank !rowspan="2" style="width:50px;"|Position !rowspan="2" style="width:180px;"|Name !colspan="2"|Premier League !colspan="2"|FA Cup !colspan="2"|EFL Cup !colspan="2"|Total |- !style="width:30px;"| !style="width:30px;"| !style="width:30px;"| !style="width:30px;"| !style="width:30px;"| !style="width:30px;"| !style="width:30px;"| !style="width:30px;"| |- |rowspan=1| 1 || MF ||align=left| Allan
| 6 || 0
| 0 || 0
| 0 || 0
! 6 !! 0 |- |rowspan=2| 2 || FW ||align=left| Richarlison
| 5 || 0
| 0 || 0
| 0 || 0
! 5 !! 0 |- | DF ||align=left| Ben Godfrey
| 4 || 0
| 1 || 0
| 0 || 0
! 5 !! 0 |- |rowspan=3| 4 || DF ||align=left| Lucas Digne
| 4 || 0
| 0 || 0
| 0 || 0
! 4 !! 0 |- | MF ||align=left| Abdoulaye Doucouré
| 4 || 0
| 0 || 0
| 0 || 0
! 4 !! 0 |- | MF ||align=left| Andre Gomes
| 2 || 0
| 1 || 0
| 1 || 0
! 4 !! 0 |- |rowspan=2| 7 || FW ||align=left| Andros Townsend
| 3 || 0
| 0 || 0
| 0 || 0
! 3 !! 0 |- | FW ||align=left| Demarai Gray
| 3 || 0
| 0 || 0
| 0 || 0
! 3 !! 0 |- |rowspan=6| 9 || DF ||align=left| Séamus Coleman
| 2 || 0
| 0 || 0
| 0 || 0
! 2 !! 0 |- | FW ||align=left| Salomón Rondón
| 2 || 0
| 0 || 0
| 0 || 0
! 2 !! 0 |- | DF ||align=left| Yerry Mina
| 2 || 0
| 0 || 0
| 0 || 0
! 2 !! 0 |- | FW ||align=left| Dominic Calvert-Lewin
| 2 || 0
| 0 || 0
| 0 || 0
! 2 !! 0 |- | FW ||align=left| Anthony Gordon
| 1 || 0
| 1 || 0
| 0 || 0
! 2 !! 0 |- | DF ||align=left| Mason Holgate
| 1 || 1
| 0 || 0
| 0 || 0
! 1 !! 1 |- |rowspan=12| 15 || GK ||align=left| Jordan Pickford
| 1 || 0
| 0 || 0
| 0 || 0
! 1 !! 0 |- | MF ||align=left| Fabian Delph
| 1 || 0
| 0 || 0
| 0 || 0
! 1 !! 0 |- | DF ||align=left| Jonjoe Kenny
| 1 || 0
| 0 || 0
| 0 || 0
! 1 !! 0 |- | DF ||align=left| Michael Keane
| 1 || 0
| 0 || 0
| 0 || 0
! 1 !! 0 |- | FW ||align=left| Alex Iwobi
| 1 || 0
| 0 || 0
| 0 || 0
! 1 !! 0 |- | FW ||align=left| Dele Alli
| 1 || 0
| 0 || 0
| 0 || 0
! 1 !! 0 |- | MF ||align=left| Donny van de Beek
| 1 || 0
| 0 || 0
| 0 || 0
! 1 !! 0 |- | DF ||align=left| Vitaliy Mykolenko
| 0 || 0
| 1 || 0
| 0 || 0
! 1 !! 0 |- | FW ||align=left| Moise Kean
| 0 || 0
| 0 || 0
| 0 || 1
! 0 !! 1 |- !colspan=2|Total!!48!!1!!2!!0!!1!!1!!51!!2
See also 2021–22 in English football List of Everton F.C. seasons
References