The 2021–22 season is Queen of the South's ninth consecutive season in the second tier of Scottish football, the Scottish Championship, having been promoted as champions from the Scottish Second Division at the end of the 2012–13 season. Queens are also competing in the Challenge Cup, League Cup and the Scottish Cup.
Summary Queens finished tenth in the Scottish Championship and were relegated to Scottish League One, ending nine straight seasons in Scottish Football's second tier.
Queens reached the 2022 Scottish Challenge Cup Final, ending runners-up to Raith Rovers, losing 3-1 at the Excelsior Stadium, Airdrie.
The Doonhamers were knocked out after the first round of the League Cup after the completion of fixtures in Group F that included Airdrieonians, Annan Athletic, Motherwell and Queen's Park.
Queens reached the third round of the Scottish Cup, losing 3-0 at Palmerston to Cove Rangers in a replay, after a 2-2 draw at the Balmoral Stadium.
Results and fixtures
Preseason
Scottish Championship
Scottish League Cup
Scottish Challenge Cup
Scottish Cup
Player statistics Captains
Squad
Disciplinary record
Number Nation Position Name Scottish Championship Challenge Cup League Cup Scottish Cup Total1GKJosh Rae10000000102DFDarragh O'Connor20000000203DFAlex Cooper10000000105DFPaul McKay10000000107FWRuari Paton30200000508MFJosh Todd20000000209FWAlly Roy300000003010FWLee Connelly200010104013DFJosh Debayo300000003014MFBen Liddle610000006115MFCalvin McGrory101020004017FWNiyah Joseph000010102019FWInnes Cameron400000004020DFRobert Nditi501000016122DFMax Johnston300000104025DFScott Dunn000010001033DFWillie Gibson510000106149FWRuben Soares-Junior0020000020 Totals422605041573
Top scorers Last updated 30 April 2022 PositionNationNameScottish ChampionshipLeague CupChallenge CupScottish CupTotal1 Ally Roy4620122 Lee Connelly702093 Ruari Paton322184 Euan East400045 Ruben Soares-Junior11013= Innes Cameron30003= Max Johnston20103= Aidan Fitzpatrick201039 Willie Gibson10102= Alex Cooper20002= Josh Todd2000212 Ben Liddle10001= Shea Gordon10001 = Darragh O'Connor10001
Clean sheets
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Team statistics Scottish Championship League table
Results by round
League Cup table
Management statistics Last updated 30 April 2022 NameFromToPWDLWin%Allan JohnstonWillie Gibson
Transfers
Players in PlayerFromFee Paul McKay AirdrieoniansFree Josh Todd FalkirkFree Roberto Nditi Forfar AthleticFree Ally Roy AirdrieoniansFree Josh Rae PeterheadFree Lee Connelly SunderlandFree Ruari Paton StranraerUndisclosed Ruben Soares-Junior Billericay TownFree Alex Cooper Sligo RoversFree Harry Cochrane Heart of MidlothianUndisclosed Josh Debayo WealdstoneFree Udoka Chima BurnleyFree Sol Brynn MiddlesbroughLoan Olly McDonald KilmarnockFree Matthew Henderson RangersFree Ben Liddle Bristol RoversLoan Max Johnston MotherwellLoan Aidan Fitzpatrick Norwich CityFree Gary Maley LivingstonLoan Innes Cameron KilmarnockLoan Shea Gordon Partick ThistleLoan Sam Folarin MiddlesbroughLoan Darragh O'Connor MotherwellLoan Innes Cameron KilmarnockLoan
Players out PlayerToFee Connor Shields MotherwellFree Ayo Obileye LivingstonFree Stephen Dobbie AFC FyldeFree Rohan Ferguson LarneFree Joe McKee DumbartonFree Rhys McCabe AirdrieoniansFree Jack Leighfield Lancaster CityFree Nortei NorteyFree AgentFree Gregor Buchanan DumbartonFree Dan Pybus Dunfermline AthleticFree Dom McMahon Dalbeattie StarLoan Ryan Muir Dalbeattie StarLoan Olly McDonald East StirlingshireLoan Scott Dunn BroomhillLoan Matthew Henderson Caledonian BravesLoan Connor Potts Dalbeattie StarFree Sol Brynn MiddlesbroughLoan Innes Cameron KilmarnockLoan Scott Dunn CowdenbeathLoan
See also List of Queen of the South F.C. seasons
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