# 2021–22 West Bromwich Albion F.C. season

The 2021–22 season was West Bromwich Albion's 144th year in their history, and first season back in the Championship, since the 2019–20 season, following relegation in the previous season. Along with the league, the club also competed in the FA Cup and the EFL Cup. The season covered the period from 1 July 2021 to 30 June 2022.

## Managerial changes

On 24 June 2021, Valérien Ismaël was appointed as the club's new head coach on a four-year contract after a compensation package with Barnsley was agreed for his services. Ismael then left the club by mutual consent on 2 February, leading to West Brom announcing the arrival of new head coach Steve Bruce on an 18 month deal a day later.

## Pre-season friendlies

WBA announced they will play a friendly against Woking, Watford, Walsall and Birmingham City as part of the pre-season preparations.

## Competitions
### Championship
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 7 | Middlesbrough | 46 | 20 | 10 | 16 | 59 | 50 | +9 | 70 |
| 8 | Blackburn Rovers | 46 | 19 | 12 | 15 | 59 | 50 | +9 | 69 |
| 9 | Millwall | 46 | 18 | 15 | 13 | 53 | 45 | +8 | 69 |
| 10 | West Bromwich Albion | 46 | 18 | 13 | 15 | 52 | 45 | +7 | 67 |
| 11 | Queens Park Rangers | 46 | 19 | 9 | 18 | 60 | 59 | +1 | 66 |
| 12 | Coventry City | 46 | 17 | 13 | 16 | 60 | 59 | +1 | 64 |
| 13 | Preston North End | 46 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 52 | 56 | −4 | 64 |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 7 May 2022. Source:

#### Results by matchday

| Matchday | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 | 43 | 44 | 45 | 46 |
| Ground | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | D | W | W | W | W | D | D | D | W | W | L | W | L | W | L | W | D | L | D | D | W | W | D | L | D | L | W | L | L | L | D | L | L | L | W | D | W | D | L | W | L | W | L | D | W | W |
| Position | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 10 | 10 |

#### Matches

WBA's fixtures were confirmed on 24 June 2021.

### FA Cup

West Brom were drawn at home to Brighton & Hove Albion in the third round.

### EFL Cup

WBA entered the competition in the second round and were drawn at home to Arsenal.

## Transfers
### Transfers in

| Date | Position | Name | From | Fee |
| 2 July 2021 | CM | Alex Mowatt | Barnsley | Free transfer |
| 13 July 2021 | CM | Quevin Castro | Unattached | Free transfer |
| 2 August 2021 | LM | Adam Reach | Sheffield Wednesday | Free transfer |
| 7 September 2021 | CB | Kean Bryan | Sheffield United | Free transfer |
| 1 January 2022 | CF | Daryl Dike | Orlando City | $9.5 million |
| 28 January 2022 | CF | Andy Carroll | Reading | Free transfer |
| 17 February 2022 | CB | Cianole Nguepissi | Birmingham City | Undisclosed |

### Loans in

| Date from | Position | Name | From | Date until |
| 13 July 2021 | CB | Matthew Clarke | Brighton & Hove Albion | End of season |
| 25 August 2021 | CF | Jordan Hugill | Norwich City | 29 January 2022 |
| 27 August 2021 | CM | Jayson Molumby | Brighton & Hove Albion | End of season |
* ↑ On 29 January, Hugill was recalled by Norwich.

### Loans out

| Date from | Position | Name | To | Date until |
| 24 July 2021 | GK | Josh Griffiths | Lincoln City | End of season |
| 27 July 2021 | CF | Callum Morton | Fleetwood Town | 8 January 2022 |
| 20 August 2021 | CM | Romaine Sawyers | Stoke City | End of season |
| 31 August 2021 | CF | Jovan Malcolm | Accrington Stanley | End of season |
| 29 October 2021 | LB | Zak Delaney | Bath City | January 2022 |
| 29 October 2021 | CB | Saul Shotton | AFC Telford United | January 2022 |
| 12 November 2021 | CM | Toby King | Billericay Town | January 2022 |
| 19 November 2021 | GK | Ted Cann | AFC Telford United | 19 December 2021 |
| 24 December 2021 | AM | Jamie Andrews | Leamington | January 2022 |
| 13 January 2022 | CF | Callum Morton | Peterborough United | End of season |
| 14 January 2022 | CB | Kevin Johnson | Kettering Town | February 2022 |
| 31 January 2022 | CF | Jamie Soule | Cheltenham Town | End of season |
| 31 January 2022 | CF | Owen Windsor | Carlisle United | End of season |
| 4 March 2022 | GK | Alex Palmer | Luton Town | 11 March 2022 |
| 5 March 2022 | CF | Modou Faal | Hereford | April 2022 |
* ↑ On 8 January, Callum Morton was recalled back early from his loan at Fleetwood.

### Transfers out

| Date | Position | Name | To | Fee |
| 25 June 2021 | CM | Rekeem Harper | Ipswich Town | Undisclosed |
| 1 July 2021 | CF | Charlie Austin | Queens Park Rangers | Released |
| 1 July 2021 | GK | Maks Boruc | Śląsk Wrocław | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2021 | CM | Zak Brown | Stourbridge FC | Released |
| 1 July 2021 | LW | Nick Clayton-Phillips | Kidderminster Harriers | Released |
| 1 July 2021 | CF | Cheikh Diaby | | Released |
| 1 July 2021 | DF | Vinnie Dwyer | Sutton Coldfield Town | Released |
| 1 July 2021 | LB | Tyrese Dyce | Sunderland | Released |
| 1 July 2021 | LM | Kyle Edwards | Ipswich Town | Released |
| 1 July 2021 | GK | Jamie Emery | Kidderminster Harriers | Released |
| 1 July 2021 | CM | Sam Field | Queens Park Rangers | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2021 | GK | Sam French | | Released |
| 1 July 2021 | LB | Kieran Gibbs | Inter Miami | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2021 | CB | Ryan Grant | Blackpool | Released |
| 1 July 2021 | LW | Kamil Grosicki | Pogoń Szczecin | Released |
| 1 July 2021 | LB | George Harmon | Oxford City | Released |
| 1 July 2021 | CB | Branislav Ivanović | | Released |
| 1 July 2021 | GK | Andy Lonergan | Everton | Released |
| 1 July 2021 | RB | Lee Peltier | Middlesbrough | Released |
| 1 July 2021 | CF | Hal Robson-Kanu | | Released |
| 1 July 2021 | CB | Thomas Sharpe | Banbury United | Released |
| 1 July 2021 | DM | Tom Solanke | Stourbridge FC | Released |
| 1 July 2021 | AM | Finley Thorndike | Aston Villa | Released |
| 1 July 2021 | RB | Aksum White | Tamworth | Released |
| 1 July 2021 | CB | Harry Williams | Burnley | Released |
| 26 July 2021 | CM | Finn Azaz | Aston Villa | Free transfer |
| 29 July 2021 | CM | Tim Iroegbunam | Aston Villa | Undisclosed |
| 6 August 2021 | RW | Matheus Pereira | Al Hilal | Undisclosed |
| 28 January 2022 | LB | Lino Sousa | Arsenal | Undisclosed |
| 31 January 2022 | RW | Robert Snodgrass | Luton Town | Mutual consent |

## Statistics

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Championship | Championship | FA Cup | FA Cup | League Cup | League Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | ENG | Sam Johnstone | 36 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | ENG | Darnell Furlong | 42 | 0 | 41 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | ENG | Conor Townsend | 44 | 0 | 43 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | IRL | Dara O'Shea | 14 | 2 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | ENG | Kyle Bartley | 40 | 2 | 39 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | NGA | Semi Ajayi | 31 | 1 | 31 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | IRL | Callum Robinson | 44 | 8 | 43 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | ENG | Jake Livermore | 38 | 0 | 37 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | DEN | Kenneth Zohore | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | SCO | Matt Phillips | 29 | 3 | 28 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | ENG | Grady Diangana | 42 | 2 | 41 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | FW | USA | Daryl Dike | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | IRL | Jayson Molumby | 31 | 1 | 31 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | FW | ENG | Andy Carroll | 15 | 3 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | ENG | Matthew Clarke | 33 | 1 | 33 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | ENG | Jordan Hugill | 20 | 1 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | ENG | Karlan Grant | 45 | 18 | 44 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | ENG | Adam Reach | 36 | 2 | 34 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | CIV | Cédric Kipré | 16 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | ENG | Kean Bryan | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | SCO | Robert Snodgrass | 7 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 25 | GK | ENG | David Button | 11 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | ENG | Alex Mowatt | 34 | 4 | 34 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | FW | ENG | Rayhaan Tulloch | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | DF | ENG | Taylor Gardner-Hickman | 21 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 30 | MF | ENG | Rico Richards | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 31 | DF | ENG | Saul Shotton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 32 | MF | POR | Quevin Castro | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | ENG | Caleb Taylor | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 34 | DF | ENG | Ethan Ingram | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 35 | DF | ENG | Zac Ashworth | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | GK | ENG | Alex Palmer | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 38 | MF | ENG | Toby King | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 40 | FW | GAM | Modou Faal | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 41 | MF | ENG | Tom Fellows | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 43 | FW | ENG | Reyes Cleary | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Goals record

    As of 30 January 2022
| Rank | No. | Nat. | Po. | Name | Championship | FA Cup | League Cup | Total |
| 1 | 18 | | CF | Karlan Grant | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 2 | 7 | | RW | Callum Robinson | 5 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 3 | 10 | | LW | Matt Phillips | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | 27 | | CM | Alex Mowatt | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | 4 | | CB | Dara O'Shea | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | 5 | | CB | Kyle Bartley | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | 11 | | RW | Grady Diangana | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | 6 | | CB | Semi Ajayi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 17 | | CF | Jordan Hugill | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 21 | | CB | Cédric Kipré | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Own Goals | Own Goals | Own Goals | Own Goals | Own Goals | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 34 | 1 | 0 | 35 |

### Disciplinary record

    As of 30 January 2022
| Rank | No. | Nat. | Po. | Name | Championship | Championship | Championship | FA Cup | FA Cup | FA Cup | League Cup | League Cup | League Cup | Total | Total | Total |
| 1 | 8 | | CM | Jake Livermore | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 14 | | DM | Jayson Molumby | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | 21 | | CB | Cédric Kipré | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | 2 | | RB | Darnell Furlong | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | 5 | | CB | Kyle Bartley | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | 27 | | CM | Alex Mowatt | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | 1 | | GK | Sam Johnstone | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 3 | | LB | Conor Townsend | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | 16 | | CB | Matthew Clarke | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | 23 | | RW | Robert Snodgrass | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | 6 | | CB | Semi Ajayi | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | 11 | | RW | Grady Diangana | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | 17 | | CF | Jordan Hugill | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | 18 | | CF | Karlan Grant | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | 20 | | LM | Adam Reach | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | 4 | | CB | Dara O'Shea | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | 7 | | RW | Callum Robinson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | 9 | | CF | Kenneth Zohore | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | 32 | | CM | Quevin Castro | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 53 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 57 | 2 | 4 |

## End of season awards

The winners of the 2021/22 end of season West Bromwich Albion awards were announced on 6 May 2022.
* Supporters’ Player of the Season - Matthew Clarke
* Players’ Player of the Season – Karlan Grant
* Top Goalscorer – Karlan Grant (18)
* Goal of the Season – Alex Mowatt v Cardiff (A)
* Young Player of the Season – Taylor Gardner-Hickman