The 2021–22 season was Burnley's sixth consecutive season in the Premier League and the 140th year in their history. This season, the club participated in the Premier League, FA Cup and EFL Cup. The season covered the period from 1 July 2021 to 30 June 2022.
Burnley suffered poor form throughout their season and in mid-April, with the club in the relegation zone, manager Sean Dyche was sacked after nearly 10 years in charge. Under-23 manager Mike Jackson was appointed as caretaker, and results did initially pick up - however, a run of one point from the team's last four games, including a last-day 2–1 home defeat to Newcastle United, saw Burnley end the season in 18th position and condemn them to relegation to the EFL Championship for the 2022–23 season.
After the match against Liverpool on 21 August 2021 (2–0 loss), Burnley broke the Premier League record for the most consecutive games without a red card, after having no player sent off in 95 matches. This run ended at 119 games when Nathan Collins received a red card during a match against Brentford on 12 March 2022.
Transfers Transfers in Date Position Nationality Name From Fee Ref. 24 June 2021 CB Nathan Collins Stoke City £12,000,000 1 July 2021 CB Jacob Bedeau Scunthorpe United Free transfer 1 July 2021 CM Mark Helm Manchester United Free transfer 12 July 2021 CB Harry Williams West Bromwich Albion Free transfer 20 July 2021 GK Wayne Hennessey Crystal Palace Free transfer 4 August 2021 RB Ethen Vaughan Norwich City Free transfer 25 August 2021 RW Aaron Lennon Kayserispor Free transfer 29 August 2021 LW Maxwel Cornet Olympique Lyonnais £12,850,000 31 August 2021 RB Connor Roberts Swansea City Undisclosed 31 January 2022 CF Wout Weghorst VfL Wolfsburg £12,000,000
Transfers out Date Position Nationality Name To Fee Ref. 26 June 2021 GK Marc Richter Würzburger Kickers Undisclosed 30 June 2021 RB Connor Barrett Kettering Town Released 30 June 2021 LM Robbie Brady Bournemouth Contract Expired 30 June 2021 RB Jordan Cropper Free agent Released 30 June 2021 RB Marcel Elva-Fountaine Hayes & Yeading United Released 30 June 2021 CM Mace Goodridge Chorley Released 30 June 2021 CF Arman Taranis Kettering Town Released 1 July 2021 RB Ryan Cooney Morecambe Free transfer 1 July 2021 CB Ben Gibson Norwich City Undisclosed 13 July 2021 CB Jimmy Dunne Queens Park Rangers Undisclosed 29 July 2021 CM Josh Benson Barnsley Undisclosed 13 January 2022 CF Chris Wood Newcastle United £25,000,000
Loans out Date from Position Nationality Name To Date until Ref. 1 July 2021 CF Joel Mumbongo Accrington Stanley End of season 20 July 2021 GK Lukas Jensen Carlisle United End of season 27 July 2021 GK Bailey Peacock-Farrell Sheffield Wednesday End of season 27 July 2021 CM Adam Phillips Morecambe End of season 31 August 2021 CB Richard Nartey Mansfield Town End of season 4 January 2022 CB Jacob Bedeau Morecambe End of season 7 January 2022 LB Anthony Glennon Barrow End of season
Pre-season friendlies
Competitions Premier League
League table
Results summary
Results by matchday
Matches
FA Cup
EFL Cup
Appearances and goals Source: Numbers in parentheses denote appearances as substitute. Players with names struck through and marked left the club during the playing season. Players with names in italics and marked * were on loan from another club for the whole of their season with Burnley. Players listed with no appearances have been in the matchday squad but only as unused substitutes. Key to positions: GK – Goalkeeper; DF – Defender; MF – Midfielder; FW – Forward
+ Players contracted for the 2021–22 seasonNo.Pos.Nat.NameLeagueFA CupEFL CupTotalDisciplineAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals1GKNick Pope3601020390102DFMatthew Lowton20 (5)1100 (1)021 (6)1313DFCharlie Taylor30 (1)0000 (1)030 (2)0304MFJack Cork2010 (1)03023 (1)1405DFJames Tarkowski35110103711206DFBen Mee2131020243307MFJóhann Berg Guðmundsson13 (5)0001014 (5)0208MFJosh Brownhill32 (3)2102035 (3)21009FWChris Wood 173101 (2)019 (2)3109FWWout Weghorst17 (3)2000017 (3)23010FWAshley Barnes8 (15)1000 (2)08 (17)14011MFDwight McNeil35 (3)0002037 (3)02013GKWayne Hennessey200010300014DFConnor Roberts19 (2)1001020 (2)13016MFDale Stephens1 (2)010002 (2)01017MFAaron Lennon17 (11)2102 (1)020 (12)22018MFAshley Westwood26 (1)0101028 (1)07019FWJay Rodriguez13 (16)2113417 (16)73020FWMaxwel Cornet21 (5)9001 (1)022 (6)92022DFNathan Collins18 (1)2003021 (1)23123DFErik Pieters8 (4)0003011 (4)01025GKWill Norris000000000026DFPhil Bardsley001020300027FWMatěj Vydra5 (17)200207 (17)21028DFKevin Long4 (2)000004 (2)01035MFAnthony Gomez Mancini000000000037DFBobby Thomas000000000038FWLewis Richardson000000000039DFOwen Dodgson000 (1)0000 (1)00044FWDara Costelloe000000000049FWJoe McGlynn000000000050GKSam Waller000000000055MFMark Helm0000000000
See also 2021–22 in English football List of Burnley F.C. seasons
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