2021–22 EFL League One

The 2021–22 EFL League One (referred to as the Sky Bet League One for sponsorship reasons) is the 18th season of the Football League One under its current title and the 30th season under its current league division format.

EFL League One
Season2021–22
Dates7 August 2021 – 30 April 2022
ChampionsWigan Athletic
PromotedWigan Athletic
Rotherham United
RelegatedCrewe Alexandra
Doncaster Rovers
AFC Wimbledon
Gillingham
Matches played552
Goals scored1,489 (2.7 per match)
Top goalscorerWill Keane
(26 goals)
Biggest home winIpswich 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 winCheltenham 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 scoringWycombe Wanderers 5–5 Cheltenham Town
(19 February 2022)
Longest winning runRotherham United
(6 games)[1]
Longest unbeaten runPlymouth Argyle
Rotherham United
(16 games)[1]
Longest winless runAFC Wimbledon
(27 games)[1]
Longest losing runCrewe Alexandra
(8 games) [1]
Highest attendance38,395
Sunderland 1–2 Doncaster Rovers
(5 February 2022) [2]
Lowest attendance1,746
Accrington Stanley 0–2 AFC Wimbledon
(7 December 2021)[1]
Total attendance4,772,270 [1]
Average attendance9,942[1]
All statistics correct as of 19 April 2022.

Team changes

The following teams have changed division since the 2020–21 season:

To League One

Promoted from League Two

Relegated from the Championship

From League One

Promoted to the Championship

Relegated to League Two

Stadiums
Locations of the 2021–22 EFL League One teams
Team Location Stadium Capacity
Accrington StanleyAccrington Crown Ground5,057
AFC WimbledonLondon (Wimbledon) Plough Lane9,300
Bolton WanderersHorwich University of Bolton Stadium28,723
Burton AlbionBurton Pirelli Stadium6,912
Cambridge UnitedCambridge Abbey Stadium8,127
Charlton AthleticLondon (Charlton) The Valley27,111
Cheltenham TownCheltenham Whaddon Road7,066
Crewe AlexandraCrewe Gresty Road10,180
Doncaster RoversDoncaster Keepmoat Stadium15,231
Fleetwood TownFleetwood Highbury Stadium5,327
GillinghamGillingham Priestfield Stadium11,582
Ipswich TownIpswich Portman Road30,311
Lincoln CityLincoln Sincil Bank10,120
Milton Keynes DonsMilton Keynes Stadium MK30,500
MorecambeMorecambe Globe Arena6,476
Oxford UnitedOxford Kassam Stadium12,500
Plymouth ArgylePlymouth Home Park18,600
PortsmouthPortsmouth Fratton Park19,669
Rotherham UnitedRotherham New York Stadium12,021
Sheffield WednesdaySheffield Hillsborough Stadium39,732
Shrewsbury TownShrewsbury New Meadow9,875
SunderlandSunderland Stadium of Light49,000
Wigan AthleticWigan DW Stadium25,133
Wycombe WanderersHigh Wycombe Adams Park9,448

Personnel and sponsoring
Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Sponsor
Accrington Stanley John Coleman Séamus Conneely Adidas Wham
AFC Wimbledon Mark Bowen Alex Woodyard Puma Sports Interactive
Bolton Wanderers Ian Evatt Ricardo Santos Macron Home Bargains
Burton Albion Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink John Brayford TAG Prestec UK Ltd[3]
Cambridge United Mark Bonner Greg Taylor Hummel Mick George
Charlton Athletic Johnnie Jackson Jason Pearce Hummel KW Holdings (Home & Third)
Walker Mower (Away)
Cheltenham Town Michael Duff Will Boyle Erreà Mira Showers[4]
Crewe Alexandra Alex Morris (interim) Luke Murphy FBT Mornflake
Doncaster Rovers Gary McSheffrey Tom Anderson Elite Pro Sports LNER
Fleetwood Town Vacant Jordan Rossiter Hummel BES Utilities
Gillingham Neil Harris Stuart O'Keefe Macron MEMS Power Generation
Ipswich Town Kieran McKenna Sam Morsy Adidas Ed Sheeran
Lincoln City Michael Appleton Liam Bridcutt Erreà Virgin Wines (Home)[5]
Light Source (Home)[6]
Buildbase (Home)[7]
University of Lincoln (Home)[8]
Branston Ltd (Home)[9]
SRP Hire (Away)
Milton Keynes Dons Liam Manning Dean Lewington Erreà Suzuki
Morecambe Derek Adams Anthony O'Connor Joma[10] Mazuma[11]
Oxford United Karl Robinson John Mousinho Puma EB Charging[12]
Plymouth Argyle Steven Schumacher Joe Edwards Puma Ginsters
Portsmouth Danny Cowley Clark Robertson Nike University of Portsmouth
Rotherham United Paul Warne Richard Wood Puma
  • Embark Group (home)
  • Mears (away and third)
Sheffield Wednesday Darren Moore Barry Bannan Macron Chansiri (home)
Elev8 (away and third)
Shrewsbury Town Steve Cotterill Ethan Ebanks-Landell Umbro Tuffins Supermarkets (Home)
Shropshire Homes (Away)
Sunderland Alex Neil Corry Evans Nike Great Annual Savings Group
Wigan Athletic Leam Richardson Tendayi Darikwa Puma EPIC.gi
Wycombe Wanderers Gareth Ainsworth Joe Jacobson O'Neills

Managerial changes
Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment
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[38] 11 April 2022

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
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 (Q) 46 26 11 9 78 44 +34 89 Qualification for League One play-offs
4 Sheffield Wednesday (Q) 46 24 13 9 78 50 +28 85
5 Sunderland (Q) 46 24 12 10 79 53 +26 84
6 Wycombe Wanderers (Q) 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[39]
(C) Champion; (P) Promoted; (Q) Qualified to the phase indicated; (R) Relegated

Play-Offs

Main article 2022 English Football League play-offs#League One

Semi-finals Final
        
3 Milton Keynes Dons
6 Wycombe Wanderers
 
 
4 Sheffield Wednesday
5 Sunderland

Results
Home \ Away ACC WIM BOL BRT CAM CHA CHE CRE DON FLE GIL IPS LIN MKD MOR OXF PLY POR ROT SHW SHR SUN WIG WYC
Accrington Stanley — 0–2 1–0 0–0 2–1 2–1 4–4 4–1 1–0 5–1 1–2 2–1 2–1 1–1 2–2 2–0 1–4 2–2 1–0 2–3 1–0 1–1 1–4 3–2
AFC Wimbledon 3–4 — 3–3 1–1 0–1 1–1 2–2 3–2 2–2 2–2 1–1 0–2 0–2 1–1 0–0 3–1 0–1 0–0 0–1 2–2 1–1 1–1 0–2 1–1
Bolton Wanderers 3–1 4–0 — 0–0 2–0 2–1 2–2 2–0 3–0 4–2 2–2 2–0 3–1 3–3 1–1 2–1 0–1 1–1 0–2 1–1 2–1 6–0 0–4 0–2
Burton Albion 4–0 1–1 3–1 — 2–2 0–1 1–1 4–1 2–0 3–2 1–1 2–1 1–2 0–1 3–2 1–3 0–0 2–1 2–0 0–2 0–2 1–0 0–0 1–2
Cambridge United 2–0 1–0 1–0 3–0 — 0–2 2–2 1–0 3–1 2–2 0–2 2–2 1–5 0–1 2–1 1–1 2–0 0–0 0–1 1–1 0–0 1–2 2–2 1–4
Charlton Athletic 2–3 3–2 1–4 2–0 2–0 — 1–2 2–0 4–0 2–0 1–0 2–0 1–2 0–2 2–3 0–4 2–0 2–2 1–1 0–0 2–0 0–0 0–2 0–1
Cheltenham Town 1–0 3–1 1–2 1–1 0–5 1–1 — 1–2 4–0 2–0 2–2 2–1 2–2 1–1 3–1 1–0 0–2 1–0 0–2 2–2 2–1 2–1 0–0 1–3
Crewe Alexandra 0–1 3–1 0–1 2–0 2–2 2–1 1–1 — 1–1 1–3 2–0 1–1 2–0 1–4 1–3 0–1 1–4 1–3 0–2 0–2 0–0 0–4 0–2 1–3
Doncaster Rovers 2–0 1–2 1–2 2–0 1–1 0–1 3–2 2–0 — 0–1 0–1 0–1 0–0 2–1 1–0 1–2 1–3 0–0 0–5 1–3 1–0 0–3 1–2 0–2
Fleetwood Town 1–2 1–1 3–0 0–1 1–1 1–2 3–2 3–0 0–0 — 2–1 0–2 1–1 1–1 1–2 2–3 3–3 0–1 1–0 2–3 0–3 2–2 2–3 3–3
Gillingham 0–0 0–0 0–3 1–3 1–0 1–1 0–2 1–0 1–0 0–0 — 0–4 1–1 1–4 2–1 2–7 0–2 0–1 0–2 0–0 0–0 1–2 0–2 1–1
Ipswich Town 2–1 2–2 2–5 3–0 0–1 4–0 0–0 2–1 6–0 2–1 1–0 — 2–0 2–2 2–2 0–0 1–0 0–0 0–2 1–1 2–1 1–1 2–2 1–0
Lincoln City 0–1 0–1 0–1 1–2 0–1 2–1 3–0 2–1 0–1 2–1 0–2 0–1 — 2–3 2–1 2–0 2–2 0–3 1–1 3–1 1–1 0–0 1–3 1–1
Milton Keynes Dons 2–0 1–0 2–0 1–0 4–1 2–1 3–1 2–1 0–1 3–3 0–0 0–0 2–1 — 2–0 1–2 1–1 1–0 0–3 2–3 2–0 1–2 1–1 1–0
Morecambe 3–3 3–4 1–1 3–0 0–2 2–2 1–3 1–2 4–3 0–0 1–1 1–1 2–0 0–4 — 2–1 1–1 1–1 0–1 1–0 2–0 0–1 1–2 3–2
Oxford United 5–1 3–0 2–3 4–1 4–2 2–1 1–1 1–0 1–1 3–1 1–1 1–1 3–1 1–0 3–1 — 1–3 3–2 0–0 3–2 2–0 1–2 2–3 0–0
Plymouth Argyle 4–0 2–0 3–0 2–1 1–1 1–0 2–0 1–1 2–1 1–1 1–0 2–1 1–2 0–5 2–0 1–0 — 1–0 0–1 3–0 1–0 0–0 1–2 0–3
Portsmouth 4–0 2–1 1–0 2–1 1–2 1–2 1–1 2–0 4–0 3–3 3–1 0–4 3–2 1–2 2–0 3–2 2–2 — 3–0 0–0 1–0 4–0 3–2 0–0
Rotherham United 1–0 3–0 2–1 3–1 3–1 0–1 1–0 1–1 2–0 2–4 5–1 1–0 2–1 1–2 2–0 2–1 2–0 4–1 — 0–2 0–3 5–1 1–1 0–0
Sheffield Wednesday 1–1 2–1 1–0 5–2 6–0 2–0 4–1 1–0 2–0 1–0 1–1 1–0 1–1 2–1 2–0 1–2 4–2 4–1 0–2 — 1–1 3–0 1–0 2–2
Shrewsbury Town 0–0 2–1 0–1 0–1 4–1 1–0 3–1 1–1 3–3 1–1 2–1 1–1 1–0 1–0 5–0 1–2 0–3 1–2 0–0 1–0 — 1–1 0–3 1–2
Sunderland 2–1 1–0 1–0 1–1 5–1 0–1 5–0 2–0 1–2 3–1 1–0 2–0 1–3 1–2 5–0 1–1 2–1 1–0 1–1 5–0 3–2 — 2–1 3–1
Wigan Athletic 3–0 1–0 1–1 2–0 1–2 2–1 2–0 2–0 2–1 2–0 3–2 1–1 1–2 1–2 4–1 1–1 1–1 1–0 1–0 1–2 2–1 0–3 — 1–1
Wycombe Wanderers 2–1 2–2 1–0 2–1 3–0 2–1 5–5 2–1 2–0 1–0 2–0 1–4 1–0 0–1 4–3 2–0 2–0 0–1 0–0 1–0 0–0 3–3 1–3 —
Updated to match(es) played on 30 April 2022. Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Season statistics
As of 30 April 2022

Top scorers
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Will Keane Wigan Athletic 26
2 Ross Stewart Sunderland 25
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 18
8 Sam Vokes Wycombe Wanderers 16
Lee Gregory Sheffield Wednesday
Ryan Hardie Plymouth Argyle
  • Updated to match(es) played on 30 April 2022

Top assists
Rank Player Club Assists
1 Sean McConville Accrington Stanley 17
2 Scott Twine Milton Keynes Dons 13
3 Barry Bannan Sheffield Wednesday 12
Max Power Wigan Athletic
5 Gavin Whyte Oxford United 10
6 Ronan Curtis Portsmouth 9
7 Paddy Lane Fleetwood Town 8
Adam Phillips Morecambe
9 Luke McCormick AFC Wimbledon 7
Albie Morgan Charlton Athletic
Danny Andrew Fleetwood Town
Anthony Scully Lincoln City
Jordan Garrick Plymouth Argyle
Daniel Barlaser Rotherham United
Ben Wiles
Marvin Johnson Sheffield Wednesday
Luke Leahy Shrewsbury Town
Dan Neil Sunderland
Alex Pritchard
Will Keane Wigan Athletic
Callum Lang
James McClean
Jordan Obita Wycombe Wanderers
Sam Vokes


  • Updated to match(es) played on 30 April 2022

Monthly awards
Month Manager of the Month Player of the Month Reference
August Lee Johnson Sunderland Cole Stockton Morecambe [40]
September Liam Manning Milton Keynes Dons [41]
October Ryan Lowe Plymouth Argyle Michael Smith Rotherham United [42]
November Danny Cowley Portsmouth Scott Twine Milton Keynes Dons [43]
December Lee Johnson Sunderland Daniel Barlaser Rotherham United [44]
January Liam Manning Milton Keynes Dons Michael Smith [45]
February Paul Warne Rotherham United Alfie May Cheltenham Town [46]
March Steven Schumacher Plymouth Argyle Barry Bannan Sheffield Wednesday [47]

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