# 2021–22 Crystal Palace F.C. season

The 2021–22 season was Crystal Palace's ninth consecutive season in the Premier League (extending their longest ever spell in the top division of English football) and the 116th year in their history. This season, Palace participated in the Premier League, FA Cup and EFL Cup. The season covers the period from 1 July 2021 to 30 June 2022.

## Squad

| Squad no. | Name | Date of birth (age) |
| Goalkeepers ||||
| 1 | Jack Butland | (1993-03-10)10 March 1993 (aged 28) |
| 13 | Vicente Guaita | (1987-01-10)10 January 1987 (aged 34) |
| 19 | Remi Matthews | (1994-02-10)10 February 1994 (aged 27) |
| Defenders ||||
| 2 | Joel Ward | (1989-10-29)29 October 1989 (aged 31) |
| 3 | Tyrick Mitchell | (1999-09-01)1 September 1999 (aged 21) |
| 5 | James Tomkins | (1989-03-29)29 March 1989 (aged 32) |
| 6 | Marc Guéhi | (2000-07-13)13 July 2000 (aged 21) |
| 16 | Joachim Andersen | (1996-05-31)31 May 1996 (aged 25) |
| 17 | Nathaniel Clyne | (1991-04-05)5 April 1991 (aged 30) |
| 34 | Martin Kelly | (1990-04-27)27 April 1990 (aged 31) |
| 36 | Nathan Ferguson | (2000-10-06)6 October 2000 (aged 20) |
| 43 | Reece Hannam | (2000-09-19)19 September 2000 (aged 20) |
| 45 | Tayo Adaramola | (2003-11-14)14 November 2003 (aged 17) |
| Midfielders ||||
| 4 | Luka Milivojević (c) | (1991-04-07)7 April 1991 (aged 30) |
| 7 | Michael Olise | (2001-12-12)12 December 2001 (aged 19) |
| 8 | Cheikhou Kouyaté | (1989-12-21)21 December 1989 (aged 31) |
| 10 | Eberechi Eze | (1998-06-29)29 June 1998 (aged 23) |
| 12 | Will Hughes | (1995-04-17)17 April 1995 (aged 26) |
| 15 | Jeffrey Schlupp | (1992-12-23)23 December 1992 (aged 28) |
| 18 | James McArthur | (1987-10-07)7 October 1987 (aged 33) |
| 23 | Conor Gallagher (on loan from Chelsea) | (2000-02-06)6 February 2000 (aged 21) |
| 44 | Jaïro Riedewald | (1996-09-09)9 September 1996 (aged 24) |
| 49 | Jesurun Rak-Sakyi | (2002-10-05)5 October 2002 (aged 18) |
| Forwards ||||
| 9 | Jordan Ayew | (1991-09-11)11 September 1991 (aged 29) |
| 11 | Wilfried Zaha | (1992-11-10)10 November 1992 (aged 28) |
| 14 | Jean-Philippe Mateta | (1997-06-28)28 June 1997 (aged 24) |
| 20 | Christian Benteke | (1990-12-03)3 December 1990 (aged 30) |
| 22 | Odsonne Édouard | (1998-01-16)16 January 1998 (aged 23) |
| 40 | Scott Banks | (2001-09-26)26 September 2001 (aged 19) |
Last updated: 3 March 2021. Source: Crystal Palace F.C.

## Managerial changes

On 4 July, Patrick Vieira was appointed as Palace's new manager on a three-year deal, replacing Roy Hodgson.

## Pre-season friendlies

Palace announced they would have a friendly matches against Portsmouth, Walsall, Ipswich Town, Charlton Athletic, Reading and Watford as part of their pre-season preparations.

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 10 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 38 | 15 | 6 | 17 | 38 | 43 | −5 | 51 |
| 11 | Newcastle United | 38 | 13 | 10 | 15 | 44 | 62 | −18 | 49 |
| 12 | Crystal Palace | 38 | 11 | 15 | 12 | 50 | 46 | +4 | 48 |
| 13 | Brentford | 38 | 13 | 7 | 18 | 48 | 56 | −8 | 46 |
| 14 | Aston Villa | 38 | 13 | 6 | 19 | 52 | 54 | −2 | 45 |

#### 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 | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | A | H |
| Result | L | D | D | W | L | D | D | D | D | W | W | D | L | L | L | W | D | W | L | W | L | D | L | D | D | L | D | W | D | W | L | L | D | W | W | D | L | W |
| Position | 18 | 14 | 14 | 11 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 13 | 13 | 12 |
* ↑ Match 18 was postponed due to COVID-19 and played between matches 26 and 27

#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 16 June 2021.

### FA Cup

Palace were drawn away to Millwall in the third round.

### EFL Cup

Palace entered the competition in the second round and were drawn away to Watford.

## Transfers
### Transfers in

| Date | Position | Player | From | Fee |
| 1 July 2021 | CM | Jacob Montes | Georgetown Hoyas | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2021 | CM | Jack Roles | Tottenham Hotspur | Free transfer |
| 8 July 2021 | AM | Michael Olise | Reading | Undisclosed |
| 13 July 2021 | GK | Remi Matthews | Sunderland | Free transfer |
| 17 July 2021 | FW | Adler Nascimento | Peterborough United | Tribunal |
| 18 July 2021 | DF | Marc Guéhi | Chelsea | Undisclosed |
| 28 July 2021 | DF | Joachim Andersen | Lyon | Undisclosed |
| 16 August 2021 | CB | Jake O'Brien | Cork City | Undisclosed |
| 28 August 2021 | MF | Will Hughes | Watford | £6,000,000 |
| 31 August 2021 | FW | Odsonne Édouard | Celtic | Undisclosed |
| 11 January 2022 | CM | Killian Phillips | Drogheda United | Undisclosed |
| 15 January 2022 | RB | Joshua Addae | Langley | Undisclosed |
| 31 January 2022 | CF | Jean-Philippe Mateta | Mainz 05 | Undisclosed |
| 31 January 2022 | CF | Luke Plange | Derby County | Undisclosed |

### Loans in

| Date from | Position | Nationality | Player | From | Date until | Ref. |
| 30 July 2021 | CM | | Conor Gallagher | Chelsea | End of season | |

### Loans out

| Date from | Position | Player | To | Date until |
| 9 July 2021 | AM | Sion Spence | Bristol Rovers | End of season |
| 1 August 2021 | AM | Jacob Montes | Waasland-Beveren | 13 January 2022 |
| 4 January 2022 | CB | Jake O'Brien | Swindon Town | End of season |
| 13 January 2022 | AM | Jacob Montes | RWD Molenbeek | End of season |
| 15 January 2022 | DM | James Taylor | Tonbridge Angels | End of season |
| 26 January 2022 | CM | Luke Dreher | Bromley | End of season |
| 26 January 2022 | CF | Robert Street | Newport County | End of season |
| 31 January 2022 | MF | Dylan Thisleton | Farnborough | End of season |
| 31 January 2022 | DF | Danny Imray | Chelmsford City | End of season |

### Transfers out

| Date | Position | Player | To | Fee |
| 30 June 2021 | AM | Brandon Aveiro | Unattached | Released |
| 30 June 2021 | RB | Lion Bello | Unattached | Released |
| 30 June 2021 | CB | Lewis Bryon | Unattached | Released |
| 30 June 2021 | CB | Gary Cahill | Unattached | Released |
| 30 June 2021 | CB | Scott Dann | Unattached | Released |
| 30 June 2021 | AM | Kian Flanagan | Unattached | Released |
| 30 June 2021 | RW | Kevin Gonzalez | Unattached | Released |
| 30 June 2021 | RW | Harlem Hale | Unattached | Released |
| 30 June 2021 | MF | Kyran Henderson | Unattached | Released |
| 30 June 2021 | GK | Stephen Henderson | Unattached | Released |
| 30 June 2021 | GK | Wayne Hennessey | Unattached | Released |
| 30 June 2021 | CB | Lewis Hobbs | Unattached | Released |
| 30 June 2021 | CB | Cameron Jessup | Unattached | Released |
| 30 June 2021 | GK | Rohan Luthra | Unattached | Released |
| 30 June 2021 | CF | Alfie Matthews | Unattached | Released |
| 30 June 2021 | CM | James McCarthy | Unattached | Released |
| 30 June 2021 | GK | Jacob Russell | Unattached | Released |
| 30 June 2021 | RB | Jude Russell | Unattached | Released |
| 30 June 2021 | CB | Mamadou Sakho | Unattached | Released |
| 30 June 2021 | RB | Rowan Smith | Unattached | Released |
| 30 June 2021 | RW | Andros Townsend | Unattached | Released |
| 30 June 2021 | LB | Patrick van Aanholt | Unattached | Released |
| 30 June 2021 | CF | Connor Wickham | Unattached | Released |
| 30 June 2021 | CB | Sam Woods | Unattached | Released |
| 30 June 2021 | MF | Ellison Wright | Unattached | Released |
| 6 July 2021 | CB | Nikola Tavares | Wealdstone | Free transfer |
| 7 July 2021 | MF | Richard Faakye | Swansea City | Free transfer |
| 13 August 2021 | LW | Brandon Pierrick | Vejle | Undisclosed |
| 14 January 2022 | CB | Jay Rich-Baghuelou | Accrington Stanley | Undisclosed |
| 26 January 2022 | GK | Oliver Webber | Portsmouth | Undisclosed |
| 27 January 2022 | CM | Jack Roles | Free agent | Released |