The 2021–22 EFL Championship (referred to as the Sky Bet Championship for sponsorship reasons) was the 6th season of the EFL Championship under its current title and the 30th season under its current league division format.
Team changes The following teams have changed division since the 2020–21 season:
To Championship Promoted from League One Hull City Peterborough United Blackpool
Relegated from the Premier League Fulham West Bromwich Albion Sheffield United
From Championship Promoted to the Premier League Norwich City Watford Brentford
Relegated to League One Wycombe Wanderers Rotherham United Sheffield Wednesday
Stadiums
Team Location Stadium Capacity Bournemouth Bournemouth Dean Court 11,364 Barnsley Barnsley Oakwell 23,287 Birmingham City Birmingham St Andrew's 29,409 Blackburn Rovers Blackburn Ewood Park 31,367 Blackpool Blackpool Bloomfield Road 17,338 Bristol City Bristol Ashton Gate Stadium 27,000 Cardiff City Cardiff Cardiff City Stadium 33,280 Coventry City Coventry Coventry Building Society Arena 32,609 Derby County Derby Pride Park Stadium 33,600 Fulham London (Fulham)Craven Cottage 19,359 Huddersfield Town Huddersfield Kirklees Stadium 24,121 Hull City Kingston upon Hull MKM Stadium 25,586 Luton Town Luton Kenilworth Road 10,356 Middlesbrough Middlesbrough Riverside Stadium 34,742 Millwall London (South Bermondsey) The Den 20,146 Nottingham Forest West Bridgford City Ground 30,445 Peterborough United Peterborough London Road Stadium 15,314 Preston North End Preston Deepdale 23,404 Queens Park Rangers London (White City) Loftus Road 18,439 Reading Reading Select Car Leasing Stadium 24,161 Sheffield United Sheffield Bramall Lane 32,050 Stoke City Stoke-on-Trent bet365 Stadium 30,089 Swansea City Swansea Swansea.com Stadium 21,088 West Bromwich Albion West Bromwich The Hawthorns 26,850
Personnel and sponsoring Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsorBournemouth Scott Parker Lloyd Kelly UmbroMSP CapitalBarnsley Martin Devaney Cauley Woodrow PumaThe Investment RoomBirmingham City Lee Bowyer Troy Deeney NikeBoyleSportsBlackburn Rovers Tony Mowbray Darragh Lenihan MacronTotally WickedBlackpool Puma Blackpool Council(Home: "VisitBlackpool.com";Away: "Get Vocal")Bristol City Nigel Pearson Dan Bentley HummelMansionBetCardiff City Steve Morison AdidasTourism MalaysiaCoventry City Mark Robins Liam Kelly HummelBoyleSportsDerby County Wayne Rooney Tom Lawrence Umbro32RedFulham Marco Silva Tom Cairney AdidasWorld Mobile Huddersfield Town Carlos Corberán Jonathan Hogg UmbroUtilitaHull City Shota Arveladze Richie Smallwood UmbroGiacomLuton Town Nathan Jones Sonny Bradley UmbroUtilita (home)Star Platforms (away)Ryebridge (third)Middlesbrough Chris Wilder Jonny Howson Hummel32RedMillwall Gary Rowett Alex Pearce MacronHuski ChocolateNottingham Forest Steve Cooper Lewis Grabban MacronBOXTPeterborough United Grant McCann Oliver Norburn PumaMick George GroupPreston North End Ryan Lowe Alan Browne NikePAR GroupQueens Park Rangers Mark Warburton Stefan Johansen ErreàAshville HoldingsReading Paul Ince Michael Gilkes Michael Morrison MacronSelect Car LeasingSheffield United Paul Heckingbottom Billy Sharp AdidasRandoxStoke City Michael O'Neill Lewis Baker Macronbet365Swansea City Russell Martin Matt Grimes JomaSwansea UniversityWest Bromwich Albion Steve Bruce Jake Livermore PumaIdeal Heating
Blackburn Rovers' shirt sponsor was Recoverite Compression until 18 January 2022 when the deal was ended prematurely. Luton Town's home shirt sponsor was JB Developments until 18 February 2022 when the deal was ended prematurely.
Managerial changes TeamOutgoing managerManner of departureDate of vacancyPosition in tableIncoming managerDate of appointmentWest Bromwich Albion Resigned23 May 2021Pre-season Valérien Ismaël24 June 2021Sheffield United Paul HeckingbottomEnd of caretaker spell Slaviša Jokanović27 May 2021Barnsley Valérien IsmaëlSigned by West Bromwich Albion24 June 2021 Markus Schopp29 June 2021Fulham Scott ParkerSigned by Bournemouth28 June 2021 Marco Silva1 July 2021Bournemouth Jonathan WoodgateEnd of contract Scott Parker28 June 2021Swansea City Steve CooperMutual consent21 July 2021 Russell Martin1 August 2021Nottingham Forest Chris HughtonSacked16 September 202124th Steve Cooper21 September 2021Cardiff City Mick McCarthyMutual consent 23 October 202121st Steve Morison12 November 2021Barnsley Markus SchoppSacked1 November 202123rd Poya Asbaghi17 November 2021Middlesbrough Neil WarnockMutual consent6 November 202114th Chris Wilder7 November 2021Sheffield United Slaviša JokanovićSacked25 November 202116th Paul Heckingbottom25 November 2021Preston North End Frankie McAvoy6 December 202118th Ryan Lowe7 December 2021Hull City Grant McCann25 January 202219th Shota Arveladze27 January 2022West Bromwich Albion Valérien Ismaël2 February 20225th Steve Bruce3 February 2022Reading Veljko PaunovićMutual consent19 February 202221st Paul Ince Michael Gilkes 19 February 2022Peterborough United Darren FergusonResigned20 February 202223rd Grant McCann24 February 2022Barnsley Poya AsbaghiMutual consent24 April 202224th Martin Devaney 24 April 2022
League table
Play-offs
First leg
Second leg
Huddersfield Town won 2–1 on aggregate.
3–3 on aggregate. Nottingham Forest won 3–2 on penalties.
Final
Results
Season statistics
Scoring
Top scorers
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" ! Rank ! Player ! Club ! Goals |- |rowspan="1"|1 |align="left"| Aleksandar Mitrović |align="left"| Fulham |rowspan="1"|43 |- |rowspan="1"|2 |align="left"| Dominic Solanke |align="left"| Bournemouth |rowspan="1"|29 |- |rowspan="3"|3 |align="left"| Ben Brereton Díaz |align="left"| Blackburn Rovers |rowspan="3"|22 |- |align="left"| Joël Piroe |align="left"| Swansea City |- |align="left"| Andreas Weimann |align="left"| Bristol City |- |rowspan="2"|6 |align="left"| Karlan Grant |align="left"| West Bromwich Albion |rowspan="2"|18 |- |align="left"| Brennan Johnson1 |align="left"| Nottingham Forest |- |rowspan="1"|8 |align="left"| Viktor Gyökeres |align="left"| Coventry City |rowspan="1"|17 |- |rowspan="2"|9 |align="left"| Elijah Adebayo |align="left"| Luton Town |rowspan="2"|16 |- |align="left"| Emil Riis Jakobsen |align="left"| Preston North End
1 Includes 2 goals in The Championship play-offs.
Hat-tricks
Player For Against Result Date Reading Queens Park Rangers 3–3 (H) Blackburn Rovers Cardiff City 5–1 (H) Fulham Swansea City 3–1 (H) West Bromwich Albion 3–0 (H) Bristol City Millwall 3–2 (H) Fulham Bristol City 6–2 (H) Huddersfield Town Reading 4–3 (A) Nottingham Forest Swansea City 5–1 (H)
Clean sheets
RankPlayerClubClean sheets 1 Mark Travers Bournemouth 20 2 Lee Nicholls1 Huddersfield Town 19 3 Wes Foderingham Sheffield United 18 4 Sam Johnstone West Bromwich Albion 15 Brice Samba1 Nottingham Forest 6 Bartosz Białkowski Millwall 14 Marek Rodák Fulham 8 Daniel Iversen Preston North End 13 Thomas Kaminski Blackburn Rovers Joe Lumley Middlesbrough
1 Includes 1 clean sheet in The Championship play-offs.
Discipline
Player Most yellow cards: 16 Matt Crooks Most red cards: 2 Fankaty Dabo Darnell Furlong Gary Gardner Tom Lawrence Jefferson Lerma Jake Livermore Ryan Manning
Club Most yellow cards: 107 Blackburn Rovers Most red cards: 7 Derby County West Bromwich Albion
Awards
Monthly MonthManager of the MonthPlayer of the MonthReferenceAugust Marco SilvaFulham Sorba ThomasHuddersfield TownSeptember Scott ParkerBournemouth Ben Brereton DíazBlackburn RoversOctober Aleksandar MitrovićFulhamNovember Mark WarburtonQueens Park Rangers Chris WillockQueens Park RangersDecember Chris WilderMiddlesbrough Isaiah JonesMiddlesbroughJanuary Marco SilvaFulham Antoine SemenyoBristol CityFebruary Carlos CorberánHuddersfield Town Lucas JoãoReadingMarch Steve MorisonCardiff City Djed SpenceNottingham Forest April Steve CooperNottingham Forest Brennan Johnson
Annual AwardWinnerClubPlayer of the Season Aleksandar MitrovićFulhamYoung Player of the Season Brennan JohnsonNottingham ForestApprentice of the Season Ryan HowleyCoventry City
Championship Team of the Season Pos.PlayerClubRef.GK Lee NichollsHuddersfield TownCB Tosin AdarabioyoFulhamCB Lloyd KellyBournemouthCB Joe WorrallNottingham ForestRWB Djed SpenceNottingham ForestCM Ryan YatesNottingham ForestCM Philip BillingBournemouthLWB Antonee RobinsonFulhamFW Harry WilsonFulhamFW Dominic SolankeBournemouthFW Aleksandar MitrovićFulhamManager Nathan JonesLuton Town
PFA Championship Team of the Year
Pos.PlayerClubGK Lee NichollsHuddersfield TownDF Tim ReamFulhamDF Tosin AdarabioyoFulhamDF Lloyd KellyBournemouthDF Djed SpenceNottingham ForestMF Philip BillingBournemouthMF Fábio CarvalhoFulhamMF Harry WilsonFulhamFW Ben Brereton DíazBlackburn RoversFW Dominic SolankeBournemouthFW Aleksandar MitrovićFulham
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