# 2021–22 Livingston F.C. season

The 2021–22 season was Livingston's fourth consecutive season in the Scottish Premiership, the top flight of Scottish football. Livingston also competed in the Scottish Cup and the League Cup.

## Season Summary

The 2021–22 season was Livingston first full season under the management of David Martindale. Marvin Bartley who had been named club captain and head coach of the Livi reserve team the previous season was promoted to the position of assistant manager in May 2021.

## Results & fixtures

Win  Draw  Loss  Postponed

### Scottish Cup
## Squad statistics
### Appearances

As of 15 May 2022
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Premiership | Premiership | League Cup | League Cup | Scottish Cup | Scottish Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | WAL | Daniel Barden | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | SCO | Nicky Devlin (c) | 39 | 2 | 34+3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 3 | MF | SCO | Jackson Longridge | 21 | 1 | 9+7 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | ENG | Tom Parkes | 11 | 2 | 6+2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | ENG | Jack Fitzwater | 44 | 2 | 38 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | ENG | Ayo Obileye | 40 | 6 | 32+2 | 4 | 2+2 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | SCO | Scott Pittman | 34 | 4 | 22+6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | SCO | Bruce Anderson | 34 | 13 | 20+8 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | SCO | Craig Sibbald | 17 | 1 | 10+4 | 0 | 2+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | COL | Cristian Montaño | 19 | 0 | 7+7 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 12 | FW | USA | Sebastian Soto | 12 | 0 | 2+10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | ENG | Odin Bailey | 33 | 3 | 22+9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | WAL | Morgan Boyes | 9 | 0 | 4+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | ENG | Adam Lewis | 13 | 0 | 6+3 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | SCO | Alan Forrest | 38 | 6 | 26+10 | 6 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | SCO | Jason Holt | 42 | 1 | 37 | 1 | 2+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | ENG | Joel Nouble | 18 | 0 | 13+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | SCO | Jack McMillan | 22 | 1 | 11+5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | SCO | Andrew Shinnie | 33 | 3 | 18+12 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 23 | FW | ENG | Caleb Chukwuemeka | 9 | 0 | 1+7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | SCO | Sean Kelly | 17 | 0 | 9+6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | SCO | James Penrice | 31 | 0 | 24+2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 31 | GK | RUS | Ivan Konovalov | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | GK | POL | Max Stryjek | 40 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 33 | MF | BEL | Stéphane Oméonga | 29 | 0 | 25+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 36 | GK | SCO | Gary Maley | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | MF | ENG | Marvin Bartley | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players who left the club during the season ||||||||||||
| 7 | MF | RSA | Keaghan Jacobs | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | MF | SCO | Ben Williamson | 7 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | SCO | Josh Mullin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | FW | SVN | Matej Poplatnik | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | FW | SKN | Harry Panayiotou | 4 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | SCO | Gavin Reilly | 4 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | FW | SCO | Jack Hamilton | 9 | 0 | 0+8 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | GK | USA | Brian Schwake | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | FW | IRL | Jaze Kabia | 4 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | MF | ENG | Harrison Clark | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | MF | SCO | Carlo Pignatiello | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

## Team statistics
### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 5 | Motherwell | 38 | 12 | 10 | 16 | 42 | 61 | −19 | 46 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round |
| 6 | Ross County | 38 | 10 | 11 | 17 | 47 | 61 | −14 | 41 | |
| 7 | Livingston | 38 | 13 | 10 | 15 | 41 | 46 | −5 | 49 | |
| 8 | Hibernian | 38 | 11 | 12 | 15 | 38 | 42 | −4 | 45 | |
| 9 | St Mirren | 38 | 10 | 14 | 14 | 33 | 51 | −18 | 44 | |
* ↑ Teams play each other three times (33 matches), before the league is split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six).

### League Cup table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | PW | PL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | RAI | LIV | COW | ALO | BRE |
| 1 | Raith Rovers | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | +5 | 9 | Qualification for the second round | — | — | — | p0–0 | 4–0 |
| 2 | Livingston | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 8 | Qualification for the second round | p0–0 | — | 3–1 | — | — |
| 3 | Cowdenbeath | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 6 | | 0–1 | — | — | — | 3–2 |
| 4 | Alloa Athletic | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 4 | | — | 2–1 | 0–1 | — | — |
| 5 | Brechin City | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 10 | −7 | 3 | | — | 0–3 | — | 1–0 | — |