# 2021–22 Leyton Orient F.C. season

The 2021–22 season is Leyton Orient's 123rd year in their history and third consecutive season in League Two. Along with the league, the club will also compete in the FA Cup, the EFL Cup and the EFL Trophy. The season covers the period from 1 July 2021 to 30 June 2022.

## Transfers
### Transfers in

| Date | Position | Name | From | Fee |
| 9 June 2021 | CM | Darren Pratley | Charlton Athletic | Free transfer |
| 15 June 2021 | CB | Omar Beckles | Crewe Alexandra | Free transfer |
| 16 June 2021 | LB | Connor Wood | Bradford City | Free transfer |
| 25 June 2021 | SS | Paul Smyth | Queens Park Rangers | Free transfer |
| 29 June 2021 | CF | Aaron Drinan | Ipswich Town | Undisclosed |
| 7 July 2021 | CF | Harry Smith | Northampton Town | Undisclosed |
| 20 July 2021 | RB | Tom James | Hibernian | Free transfer |
| 31 August 2021 | CM | Callum Reilly | AFC Wimbledon | Free transfer |
| 19 January 2022 | RW | Otis Khan | Walsall | Free transfer |
| 24 January 2022 | CB | Jordan Brown | Derby County | Free transfer |
| 24 January 2022 | DM | Ethan Coleman | King's Lynn Town | Undisclosed |

### Loans in

| Date from | Position | Name | From | Date until |
| 29 July 2021 | LM | Theo Archibald | Lincoln City | End of season |
| 17 August 2021 | CF | Tyrese Omotoye | Norwich City | 5 January 2022 |
| 31 August 2021 | CB | Alex Mitchell | Millwall | End of season |
| 13 January 2022 | RB | Dan Moss | Millwall | End of season |
| 31 January 2022 | CF | Frank Nouble | Colchester United | End of season |
| 31 January 2022 | CB | George Ray | Exeter City | End of season |
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### Loans out

| Date from | Position | Name | To | Date until |
| 18 August 2021 | GK | Sam Sargeant | Barnet | 13 October 2021 |
| 19 November 2021 | LB | Jayden Sweeney | Wealdstone | December 2021 |
| 11 January 2022 | GK | Sam Sargeant | Wealdstone | 18 January 2022 |
| 5 March 2022 | LB | Jayden Sweeney | Dartford | April 2022 |
| 25 March 2022 | CM | Callum Reilly | Solihull Moors | End of season |

### Transfers out

| Date | Position | Name | To | Fee |
| 30 June 2021 | CF | Lee Angol | Bradford City | Released |
| 30 June 2021 | CB | Josh Coulson | Southend United | Released |
| 30 June 2021 | RM | James Dayton | Dulwich Hamlet | Released |
| 30 June 2021 | CF | Louis Dennis | Bromley | Released |
| 30 June 2021 | RB | Myles Judd | Dover Athletic | Released |
| 30 June 2021 | RB | Sam Ling | Dagenham & Redbridge | Released |
| 30 June 2021 | RW | Jordan Maguire-Drew | Woking | Released |
| 30 June 2021 | LW | Jobi McAnuff | Retired | Retired |
| 30 June 2021 | CM | Brendon Shabani | St Neots Town | Released |
| 30 June 2021 | CB | Jamie Turley | Barnet | Released |
| 30 June 2021 | LB | Joe Widdowson | Barnet | Released |
| 30 June 2021 | CF | Danny Johnson | Mansfield Town | Free transfer |
| 30 June 2021 | LM | James Brophy | Cambridge United | Free transfer |
| 30 June 2021 | CF | Conor Wilkinson | Walsall | Free transfer |
| 8 August 2021 | DM | Ousseynou Cissé | Oldham Athletic | Free transfer |
| 13 August 2021 | RW | Bryan Ifeanyi | Colchester United | Free transfer |
| 31 January 2022 | RW | Dan Kemp | Milton Keynes Dons | Undisclosed |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Leyton Orient announced friendly matches against Dundee, West Ham United, Tottenham Hotspur, Maidenhead United, Dulwich Hamlet, Gillingham, and Heybridge Swifts as part of their pre-season preparations.

## Competitions
### League Two
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 10 | Salford City | 46 | 19 | 13 | 14 | 60 | 46 | +14 | 70 |
| 11 | Newport County | 46 | 19 | 12 | 15 | 67 | 58 | +9 | 69 |
| 12 | Crawley Town | 46 | 17 | 10 | 19 | 56 | 66 | −10 | 61 |
| 13 | Leyton Orient | 46 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 62 | 47 | +15 | 58 |
| 14 | Bradford City | 46 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 53 | 55 | −2 | 58 |
| 15 | Colchester United | 46 | 14 | 13 | 19 | 48 | 60 | −12 | 55 |
| 16 | Walsall | 46 | 14 | 12 | 20 | 47 | 60 | −13 | 54 |

#### 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 | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | A | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | D | W | D | L | W | D | W | W | D | L | D | D | D | D | W | D | W | D | L | W | L | L | D | L | L | D | L | L | L | L | L | D | D | D | D | W | W | W | L | W | L | W | W | L | W | L |
| Position | 10 | 5 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 |

#### Matches

The U's fixtures were announced on 24 June 2021.

### FA Cup

Leyton Orient were drawn at home to Ebbsfleet United in the first round, Tranmere Rovers in the second round and away to Stoke City in the third round.

### EFL Cup

Orient were drawn at home to Queens Park Rangers in the first round.

### EFL Trophy

Leyton were drawn into Southern Group G alongside Charlton Athletic, Crawley Town and Southampton U21s. The dates for the group stage matches were confirmed on July 14.
| Pos | Div | Teamvte | Pld | W | PW | PL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | L2 | Leyton Orient | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | +6 | 9 | Advance to Round 2 |
| 2 | L1 | Charlton Athletic | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 3 | +7 | 6 | Advance to Round 2 |
| 3 | ACA | Southampton U21 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 | |
| 4 | L2 | Crawley Town | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 14 | −13 | 0 | |

## Player statistics

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | League Two | League Two | FA Cup | FA Cup | EFL Cup | EFL Cup | EFL Trophy | EFL Trophy |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | ENG | Sam Sargeant | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | GK | CHI | Lawrence Vigouroux | 50 | 0 | 46 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | GK | ENG | Rhys Byrne | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 31 | GK | ENG | Noah Phillips | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||||
| 2 | DF | WAL | Tom James | 26 | 4 | 21 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | ENG | Connor Wood | 36 | 0 | 29+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | ENG | Dan Happe | 18 | 1 | 11+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 6 | DF | NIR | Adam Thompson | 17 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | ENG | Alex Mitchell (on loan from Millwall) | 30 | 0 | 23+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | ENG | Dan Moss (on loan from Millwall) | 4 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | GRN | Omar Beckles | 49 | 6 | 44 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | ENG | Jayden Sweeney | 7 | 0 | 3+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | IRL | Shadrach Ogie | 39 | 0 | 29+5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 35 | DF | WAL | George Ray (on loan from Exeter City) | 9 | 0 | 8+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||||
| 8 | MF | ENG | Craig Clay | 23 | 1 | 14+5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | SCO | Theo Archibald (on loan from Lincoln City) | 42 | 8 | 35+3 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | PAK | Otis Khan | 20 | 1 | 17+3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | ENG | Darren Pratley | 44 | 1 | 34+5 | 1 | 2+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | ENG | Matt Young | 18 | 0 | 6+8 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | ENG | Antony Papadopoulos | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 26 | MF | CYP | Hector Kyprianou | 46 | 0 | 31+7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | ENG | Zech Obiero | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | MF | ENG | Jephte Tanga | 3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 32 | MF | ENG | Jordan Brown | 12 | 1 | 7+5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | MF | ENG | Ethan Coleman | 15 | 1 | 12+3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||||
| 7 | FW | NIR | Paul Smyth | 26 | 4 | 14+10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 9 | FW | ENG | Harry Smith | 46 | 15 | 32+10 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | ENG | Frank Nouble (on loan from Colchester United) | 7 | 0 | 2+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | FW | IRL | Aaron Drinan | 44 | 16 | 36+4 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | CYP | Ruel Sotiriou | 36 | 10 | 19+13 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| 28 | FW | ENG | Daniel Nkrumah | 7 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 |
| 33 | FW | ENG | Sonny Fish | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | FW | ENG | Reon Smith-Kouassi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Out on Loan ||||||||||||||
| 4 | MF | IRL | Callum Reilly | 5 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Left the club during the Season ||||||||||||||
| 10 | MF | ENG | Dan Kemp | 24 | 1 | 15+4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2+1 | 1 |
| 17 | FW | BEL | Tyrese Omotoye (on loan from Norwich City) | 8 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
Last updated: 7 May 2022 Source: Competitions

### Top scorers

Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by squad number when total goals are equal.
    Last updated 7 May 2022
| Rank | No. | Nationality | Player | League Two | FA Cup | EFL Cup | EFL Trophy | Total |
| 1 | 16 | | Aaron Drinan | 13 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 16 |
| 2 | 11 | | Harry Smith | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| 3 | 20 | | Ruel Sotiriou | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 |
| 4 | 11 | | Theo Archibald | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 5 | 19 | | Omar Beckles | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 6 | 2 | | Tom James | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 6 | 7 | | Paul Smyth | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 8 | 5 | | Dan Happe | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 8 | 8 | | Craig Clay | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 10 | | Dan Kemp | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 8 | 14 | | Otis Khan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 18 | | Darren Pratley | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 23 | | Antony Papadopoulos | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 8 | 32 | | Jordan Brown | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 34 | | Ethan Coleman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 62 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 74 |