# 2021–22 Burnley F.C. season

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 | Name | From | Fee |
| 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 | Name | To | Fee |
| 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 | Name | To | Date until |
| 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 |

## Competitions
### Premier League
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 16 | Everton | 38 | 11 | 6 | 21 | 43 | 66 | −23 | 39 | |
| 17 | Leeds United | 38 | 9 | 11 | 18 | 42 | 79 | −37 | 38 | |
| 18 | Burnley (R) | 38 | 7 | 14 | 17 | 34 | 53 | −19 | 35 | Relegation to EFL Championship |
| 19 | Watford (R) | 38 | 6 | 5 | 27 | 34 | 77 | −43 | 23 | Relegation to EFL Championship |
| 20 | Norwich City (R) | 38 | 5 | 7 | 26 | 23 | 84 | −61 | 22 | Relegation to EFL Championship |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source:

#### Results by matchday

| Matchday | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 19 | 28 | 29 | 27 | 31 | 32 | 30 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 33 | 37 | 38 |
| Ground | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H |
| Result | L | L | D | L | L | D | D | L | D | W | D | D | D | L | D | L | L | D | D | D | L | W | W | D | L | L | L | L | W | L | D | W | W | W | L | L | D | L |
| Position | 12 | 17 | 16 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 18 |

#### Matches
### 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 season :
| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | League | League | FA Cup | FA Cup | EFL Cup | EFL Cup | Total | Total | Discipline | Discipline |
| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | | |
| 1 | GK | ENG | Nick Pope | 36 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 39 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | ENG | Matthew Lowton | 20 (5) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 21 (6) | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| 3 | DF | ENG | Charlie Taylor | 30 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 30 (2) | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | ENG | Jack Cork | 20 | 1 | 0 (1) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 23 (1) | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | ENG | James Tarkowski | 35 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 37 | 1 | 12 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | ENG | Ben Mee | 21 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | ISL | Jóhann Berg Guðmundsson | 13 (5) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14 (5) | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | ENG | Josh Brownhill | 32 (3) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 35 (3) | 2 | 10 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | NZL | Chris Wood † | 17 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 (2) | 0 | 19 (2) | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | NED | Wout Weghorst | 17 (3) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 (3) | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | ENG | Ashley Barnes | 8 (15) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 (2) | 0 | 8 (17) | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | ENG | Dwight McNeil | 35 (3) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 37 (3) | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 13 | GK | WAL | Wayne Hennessey | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | WAL | Connor Roberts | 19 (2) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 20 (2) | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | ENG | Dale Stephens | 1 (2) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 (2) | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | ENG | Aaron Lennon | 17 (11) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 (1) | 0 | 20 (12) | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | ENG | Ashley Westwood | 26 (1) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 28 (1) | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | ENG | Jay Rodriguez | 13 (16) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 17 (16) | 7 | 3 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | CIV | Maxwel Cornet | 21 (5) | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 (1) | 0 | 22 (6) | 9 | 2 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | IRL | Nathan Collins | 18 (1) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 21 (1) | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| 23 | DF | NED | Erik Pieters | 8 (4) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 11 (4) | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 25 | GK | ENG | Will Norris | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | SCO | Phil Bardsley | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | FW | CZE | Matěj Vydra | 5 (17) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 (17) | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | IRL | Kevin Long | 4 (2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 (2) | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 35 | MF | FRA | Anthony Gomez Mancini | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | DF | ENG | Bobby Thomas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | FW | ENG | Lewis Richardson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | DF | ENG | Owen Dodgson | 0 | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | FW | IRL | Dara Costelloe | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 49 | FW | SCO | Joe McGlynn | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 50 | GK | ENG | Sam Waller | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 55 | MF | ENG | Mark Helm | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |