# 2021–22 Norwich City F.C. season

The 2021–22 Norwich City F.C. season was the club's 120th season in existence and the first season back in the Premier League. In addition to the domestic league, Norwich City also participated in this season's editions of the FA Cup and the EFL Cup.

## BK8 Sports shirt sponsorship

On 7 June 2021, Norwich City announced that they had terminated the shirt sponsorship with existing sponsor Dafabet and signed a new club record deal with betting firm BK8 Sports. Within hours of the announcement pressure from fans forced BK8 Sports to remove adult content from their social media accounts. Continued pressure from fans and fans groups led to the club and the betting firm cancelling the deal by mutual consent on 10 June. On 25 June the club announced Lotus Cars as their front of shirt sponsor for the 2021–22 Premier League season. JD Sports followed as shirt sleeve sponsor on 9 July.

## Transfers
### Transfers in

| Date | Position | Name | From | Fee |
| 22 June 2021 | LW | Milot Rashica | Werder Bremen | Undisclosed |
| 23 June 2021 | GK | Angus Gunn | Southampton | Undisclosed |
| 24 June 2021 | AM | Flynn Clarke | Peterborough United | Undisclosed |
| 1 July 2021 | CF | Kenny Coker | Southend United | Undisclosed |
| 1 July 2021 | LB | Dimitris Giannoulis | PAOK | Undisclosed |
| 1 July 2021 | CB | Ben Gibson | Burnley | Undisclosed |
| 7 July 2021 | GK | Dylan Berry | Northampton Town | Undisclosed |
| 13 July 2021 | CM | Pierre Lees-Melou | OGC Nice | Undisclosed |
| 23 July 2021 | CM | Liam Gibbs | Ipswich Town | Undisclosed |
| 9 August 2021 | CF | Josh Sargent | Werder Bremen | Undisclosed |
| 12 August 2021 | LW | Christos Tzolis | PAOK | Undisclosed |

### Loans in

| Date from | Position | Name | From | Date until |
| 2 July 2021 | DM | Billy Gilmour | Chelsea | 30 June 2022 |
| 23 August 2021 | LB | Brandon Williams | Manchester United | 30 June 2022 |
| 29 August 2021 | DM | Mathias Normann | FC Rostov | 30 June 2022 |
| 30 August 2021 | CB | Ozan Kabak | FC Schalke 04 | 30 June 2022 |

### Loans out

| Date from | Position | Name | To | Date until |
| 1 July 2021 | CM | Reece McAlear | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | End of season |
| 1 July 2021 | AM | Josh Martin | Milton Keynes Dons | 17 January 2022 |
| 2 July 2021 | GK | Daniel Barden | Livingston | End of season |
| 3 July 2021 | CF | Sebastian Soto | FC Porto B | 26 January 2022 |
| 6 July 2021 | CF | Josip Drmić | HNK Rijeka | End of season |
| 8 July 2021 | CB | Akin Famewo | Charlton Athletic | End of season |
| 12 July 2021 | LB | Sam McCallum | Queens Park Rangers | End of season |
| 20 July 2021 | CF | Gassan Ahadme | Portsmouth | 13 January 2022 |
| 28 July 2021 | LW | Danel Sinani | Huddersfield Town | End of season |
| 13 August 2021 | LW | Matthew Dennis | Southend United | End of season |
| 17 August 2021 | CF | Tyrese Omotoye | Leyton Orient | 5 January 2022 |
| 19 August 2021 | CM | Daniel Adshead | Gillingham | 11 February 2022 |
| 25 August 2021 | CF | Jordan Hugill | West Bromwich Albion | 29 January 2022 |
| 29 August 2021 | LW | Onel Hernández | Middlesbrough | 14 January 2022 |
| 31 August 2021 | GK | Aston Oxborough | Barnet | End of season |
| 24 September 2021 | GK | Archie Mair | Lincoln City | End of season |
| 4 January 2022 | CF | Thomas Dickson-Peters | Gillingham | End of season |
| 5 January 2022 | CF | Tyrese Omotoye | Carlisle United | End of season |
| 6 January 2022 | RB | Bali Mumba | Peterborough United | End of season |
| 10 January 2022 | CB | Rocky Bushiri | Hibernian | End of season |
| 14 January 2022 | RW | Onel Hernández | Birmingham City | End of season |
| 17 January 2022 | LW | Josh Martin | Doncaster Rovers | End of season |
| 26 January 2022 | CF | Sebastian Soto | Livingston | End of season |
| 30 January 2022 | CF | Jordan Hugill | Cardiff City | End of season |
| 31 January 2022 | CM | Todd Cantwell | AFC Bournemouth | End of season |
* ↑ On 17 January, Martin was recalled from his loan spell at Milton Keynes Dons, to facilitate a move to Doncaster Rovers.
* ↑ On 26 January, Soto was recalled to facilitate a loan move to Livingston.
* ↑ On 13 January, Ahadme was recalled back early from his loan at Portsmouth, to facilitate a permanent move to Burton Albion.
* ↑ On 5 January 2022, Omotoye was recalled back from his loan at Leyton Orient to facilitate a loan move to Carlisle United.
* ↑ On 11 February, Adshead returned to Norwich due to injury
* ↑ On 29 January, Hugill was recalled.
* ↑ On 14 January, Hernández was recalled back from his loan spell at Middlesbrough.

### Transfers out

| Date | Position | Name | To | Fee |
| 10 June 2021 | RW | Emiliano Buendía | Aston Villa | Undisclosed |
| 29 June 2021 | CM | Moritz Leitner | FC Zürich | Mutual consent |
| 30 June 2021 | DM | Zach Dronfield | Wealdstone | Released |
| 30 June 2021 | LB | Philip Heise | Karlsruher SC | Free transfer |
| 30 June 2021 | CM | William Hondermarck | Barnsley | Released |
| 30 June 2021 | CB | Louis Lomas | Brackley Town | Released |
| 30 June 2021 | GK | Ørjan Nyland | Bournemouth | Released |
| 30 June 2021 | AM | Marco Stiepermann | SC Paderborn | Mutual consent |
| 30 June 2021 | DM | Alexander Tettey | Rosenborg BK | Released |
| 30 June 2021 | RB | Jordan Thomas | Barnet | Released |
| 30 June 2021 | RB | Ethen Vaughan | Burnley | Released |
| 30 June 2021 | CM | Mario Vrančić | Stoke City | Released |
| 24 July 2021 | DM | Louis Thompson | Portsmouth | Mutual consent |
| 18 August 2021 | LB | Rob Nizet | Lecce | Undisclosed |
| 26 August 2021 | DM | Tom Trybull | Hannover 96 | Mutual consent |
| 30 August 2021 | CM | Melvin Sitti | FC Annecy | Mutual consent |
| 31 August 2021 | CB | Timm Klose | Bristol City | Mutual consent |
| 3 September 2021 | RM | Aidan Fitzpatrick | Queen of the South | Mutual consent |
| 1 January 2022 | MF | Ísak Þorvaldsson | Breiðablik | Free |
| 13 January 2022 | SS | Gassan Ahadme | Burton Albion | Undisclosed |
| 7 March 2022 | CF | Shae Hutchinson | Free agent | Mutual consent |

## Pre-season friendlies

Norwich City confirmed friendlies against King's Lynn Town, Lincoln City, Huddersfield Town, Coventry City Sheffield United, Gillingham and Newcastle United as part of the club's pre-season preparations.

## Competitions
### Overview

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Premier League | 14 August 2021 | 21 May 2022 | Matchday 1 | 20th | 38 | 5 | 7 | 26 | 23 | 84 | −61 | 013.16 |
| FA Cup | 9 January 2022 | 2 March 2022 | Third round | Fifth round | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 066.67 |
| EFL Cup | 24 August 2021 | 21 September 2021 | Second round | Third round | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 050.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 43 | 8 | 7 | 28 | 32 | 89 | −57 | 018.60 |
Source: Soccerway

### 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 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H |
| Result | L | L | L | L | L | L | D | D | L | L | W | W | D | D | L | L | L | L | L | L | W | W | D | L | L | L | L | L | L | D | W | L | L | L | L | L | D | L |
| Position | 19 | 20 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 18 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were confirmed on 16 June 2021.

### FA Cup

Norwich were drawn away to Charlton Athletic in the third round.

### EFL Cup

Norwich entered the competition in the second round and were drawn at home against Bournemouth and Liverpool in the third round.

## Statistics
### Appearances, goals and cards

| No. | Pos | Player | Premier League | Premier League | Premier League | FA Cup | FA Cup | FA Cup | EFL Cup | EFL Cup | EFL Cup | Total | Total | Total | Discipline | Discipline |
| No. | Pos | Player | Starts | Sub | Goals | Starts | Sub | Goals | Starts | Sub | Goals | Starts | Sub | Goals | | |
| 1 | GK | Tim Krul | 29 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 31 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | Max Aarons | 32 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 32 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Sam Byram | 11 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 14 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Ben Gibson | 28 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 5 | DF | Grant Hanley | 33 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | Christoph Zimmermann | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Lukas Rupp | 7 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Billy Gilmour | 21 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | Kieran Dowell | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | Przemysław Płacheta | 6 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 8 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | Ozan Kabak | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 12 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | Mathias Normann | 20 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 21 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | Milot Rashica | 25 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | Christos Tzolis | 3 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | Jacob Sørensen | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | Pierre Lees-Melou | 26 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | Brandon Williams | 23 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 22 | ST | Teemu Pukki | 37 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 38 | 3 | 11 | 5 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | Kenny McLean | 29 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 31 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 0 |
| 24 | ST | Josh Sargent | 18 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| 28 | GK | Angus Gunn | 9 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | DF | Dimitris Giannoulis | 14 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 33 | GK | Michael McGovern | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 35 | ST | Adam Idah | 6 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | DF | Jonathan Tomkinson | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 41 | DF | Abu Kamara | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 42 | MF | Liam Gibbs | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | DF | Andrew Omobamidele | 4 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 45 | MF | Tony Springett | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 46 | ST | Jonathan Rowe | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 58 | GK | Jon McCracken | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players out on loan: |||||||||||||||||
| 9 | ST | Jordan Hugill | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | Todd Cantwell | 5 | 3 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | Onel Hernández | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | Bali Mumba | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | DF | Sam McCallum | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 43 | ST | Tom Dickson-Peters | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| — | GK | Daniel Barden | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| — | MF | Danel Sinani | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| — | ST | Josh Martin | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| — | ST | Josip Drmić | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| — | ST | Sebastian Soto | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players no longer at the club: |||||||||||||||||
| — | MF | Louis Thompson | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| — | MF | Tom Trybull | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| — | DF | Timm Klose | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Goalscorers

| Rank | Pos. | Player | Premier League | FA Cup | EFL Cup | Total |
| 1 | ST | Teemu Pukki | 11 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| 2 | ST | Josh Sargent | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 3 | MF | Kenny McLean | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | MF | Milot Rashica | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | MF | Lukas Rupp | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | MF | Christos Tzolis | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 7 | DF | Andrew Omobamidele | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | MF | Mathias Normann | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | DF | Grant Hanley | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | ST | Adam Idah | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | MF | Pierre Lees-Melou | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | MF | Kieran Dowell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Own Goals | Own Goals | Own Goals | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | 23 | 3 | 6 | 32 |