# 2021–22 AFC Wimbledon season

The 2021–22 season was AFC Wimbledon's 20th year in their history and sixth consecutive season back in League One. Along with the league, the club also competed in the FA Cup, the EFL Cup and the 2021–22 EFL Trophy. The season covers the period from 1 July 2021 to 30 June 2022.

## Pre-season friendlies

AFC Wimbledon confirmed friendly matches against Brentford, Kingstonian, Metropolitan Police, Hampton & Richmond Borough, Dartford and Woking as part of their pre-season preparations.

## Competitions
### League One
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 17 | Lincoln City | 46 | 14 | 10 | 22 | 55 | 63 | −8 | 52 | |
| 18 | Shrewsbury Town | 46 | 12 | 14 | 20 | 47 | 51 | −4 | 50 | |
| 19 | Morecambe | 46 | 10 | 12 | 24 | 57 | 88 | −31 | 42 | |
| 20 | Fleetwood Town | 46 | 8 | 16 | 22 | 62 | 82 | −20 | 40 | |
| 21 | Gillingham (R) | 46 | 8 | 16 | 22 | 35 | 69 | −34 | 40 | Relegation to EFL League Two |
| 22 | Doncaster Rovers (R) | 46 | 10 | 8 | 28 | 37 | 82 | −45 | 38 | Relegation to EFL League Two |
| 23 | AFC Wimbledon (R) | 46 | 6 | 19 | 21 | 49 | 75 | −26 | 37 | Relegation to EFL League Two |
| 24 | Crewe Alexandra (R) | 46 | 7 | 8 | 31 | 37 | 83 | −46 | 29 | Relegation to EFL League Two |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 30 April 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 | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | A | A | H | H | A | H | H | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | D | D | L | D | W | W | L | L | L | D | D | W | L | L | L | W | D | W | D | L | L | D | D | D | L | D | D | L | L | D | L | D | D | L | L | L | L | L | L | D | D | L | D | D | L |
| Position | 2 | 7 | 10 | 14 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 14 | 14 | 17 | 14 | 15 | 17 | 19 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 21 | 21 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 23 |

#### Matches

AFC Wimbledon's fixtures were announced on 24 June 2021.

### FA Cup

AFC Wimbledon were drawn at home to Guiseley in the first round, Cheltenham Town in the second round and away to Boreham Wood in the third round.

### EFL Cup

AFC Wimbledon were drawn away to Charlton Athletic in the first round Northampton Town in the second round and Arsenal in the third round.

### EFL Trophy

AFC Wimbledon were drawn into Southern Group B alongside Crystal Palace U21s, Portsmouth and Sutton United.
| Pos | Div | Teamvte | Pld | W | PW | PL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | L2 | Sutton United | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | +6 | 9 | Advance to Round 2 |
| 2 | L1 | Portsmouth | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | −1 | 3 | Advance to Round 2 |
| 3 | L1 | AFC Wimbledon | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 3 | |
| 4 | ACA | Crystal Palace U21 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 3 | |

## Transfers
### Transfers in

| Date | Position | Name | From | Fee |
| 1 July 2021 | CM | Charlie Morgan | Queens Park Rangers | Undisclosed |
| 2 July 2021 | CM | Luke McCormick | Chelsea | Undisclosed |
| 3 July 2021 | CB | Darius Charles | Wycombe Wanderers | Free transfer |
| 5 July 2021 | CF | Aaron Cosgrave | Lewes | Free transfer |
| 5 July 2021 | GK | Zaki Oualah | Leatherhead | Free transfer |
| 6 July 2021 | DM | George Marsh | Tottenham Hotspur | Free transfer |
| 26 November 2021 | RW | Egli Kaja | Free agent | — |
| 28 January 2022 | LB | Lee Brown | Portsmouth | Free transfer |
| 31 January 2022 | GK | Nathan Broome | Stoke City | Free transfer |
| 19 March 2022 | CF | Derick Osei | Oxford United | Free transfer |

### Loans in

| Date | Position | Name | From | Fee |
| 16 July 2021 | CF | Aaron Pressley | Brentford | End of season |
| 26 July 2021 | RB | Henry Lawrence | Chelsea | End of season |
| 4 August 2021 | CF | Dapo Mebude | Watford | End of season |
| 7 January 2022 | CF | Terry Ablade | Fulham | End of season |
| 14 January 2022 | AM | Tomas Kalinauskas | Barnsley | End of season |
| 31 January 2022 | CF | Sam Cosgrove | Birmingham City | End of season |

### Loans out

| Date | Position | Name | To | Fee |
| 10 July 2021 | CF | Aaron Cosgrave | Dover Athletic | 30 December 2021 |
| 21 July 2021 | CF | Corie Andrews | Aldershot Town | 3 January 2022 |
| 30 July 2021 | LB | Jack Currie | Eastbourne Borough | End of season |
| 30 July 2021 | FW | David Fisher | Hampton & Richmond Borough | End of season |
| 13 August 2021 | MF | Dylan Adjei-Hersey | Merstham | 16 January 2022 |
| 13 August 2021 | RB | Huseyin Biler | Welling United | End of season |
| 13 August 2021 | CM | Elliott Bolton | Corinthian Casuals | |
| 16 August 2021 | CF | Zach Robinson | Hemel Hempstead Town | |
| 25 September 2021 | CF | Quaine Bartley | Cray Wanderers | 23 October 2021 |
| 16 December 2021 | CB | Luke Jenkins | Tonbridge Angels | 16 January 2022 |
| 3 January 2022 | CM | Kwaku Frimpong | Carshalton Athletic | |
| 3 January 2022 | LB | Josh Hallard | Metropolitan Police | Work experience |
| 7 January 2022 | MF | Isaac Olaniyan | Chipstead | |
| 7 January 2022 | CF | Zach Robinson | Hampton & Richmond Borough | 6 February 2022 |
| 8 January 2022 | CF | Corie Andrews | Colchester United | End of season |
| 5 February 2022 | CF | Quaine Bartley | Potters Bar Town | March 2022 |
| 5 February 2022 | CB | Isaac Ogundere | Potters Bar Town | March 2022 |
| 5 February 2022 | GK | Zaki Oualah | Billericay Town | End of season |
* ↑ On 30 December, Cosgrave was recalled back from his loan spell at Dover.

### Transfers out

| Date | Position | Name | To | Fee |
| 30 June 2021 | AM | Shane McLoughlin | Morecambe | Released |
| 30 June 2021 | RB | Luke O'Neill | Kettering Town | Released |
| 30 June 2021 | CF | Joe Pigott | Ipswich Town | Rejected contract |
| 30 June 2021 | CB | Archie Procter | Accrington Stanley | Undisclosed |
| 30 June 2021 | CM | Callum Reilly | Leyton Orient | Released |
| 22 July 2021 | GK | Matthew Cox | Brentford | Undisclosed |
| 11 August 2021 | CF | Shayon Harrison | Morecambe | Free transfer |
| 12 August 2021 | CB | Terell Thomas | Crewe Alexandra | Free transfer |
| 24 January 2022 | CF | Ollie Palmer | Wrexham | Undisclosed |

## Statistics

    As of match played 21 August 2021
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | League One | League One | 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 |
| 1 | GK | NZL | Nik Tzanev | 5 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | ENG | Henry Lawrence | 4 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | HUN | Dániel Csóka | 2 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | ENG | Alex Woodyard | 4 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | ENG | Will Nightingale | 4 | 1 | 4+0 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | ENG | George Marsh | 3 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 7 | DF | ENG | Cheye Alexander | 4 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | ENG | Anthony Hartigan | 4 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | ENG | Ollie Palmer | 5 | 1 | 3+1 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | ENG | Ayoub Assal | 5 | 1 | 4+0 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | RSA | Ethan Chislett | 4 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 12 | MF | ENG | Jack Rudoni | 4 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | ENG | Zach Robinson | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | WAL | Jack Madelin | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 16 | FW | SCO | Dapo Mebude | 4 | 1 | 1+2 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | ENG | Nesta Guinness-Walker | 2 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | SCO | Aaron Pressley | 5 | 1 | 1+3 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | ENG | Huseyin Biler | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | ENG | Luke McCormick | 4 | 1 | 3+1 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | ENG | Ben Heneghan | 4 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | ENG | Elliott Bolton | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | ENG | Alfie Bendle | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | ENG | Dylan Adjei-Hersey | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 30 | DF | ENG | Paul Kalambayi | 2 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 31 | GK | ALG | Zaki Oualah | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 32 | DF | ENG | Darius Charles | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 35 | DF | ENG | Ethan Sutcliffe | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 36 | DF | ENG | Luke Jenkins | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 37 | DF | ENG | Paul Osew | 2 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 |

### Goals record

    As of match played 21 August 2021
| Rank | No. | Nat. | Po. | Name | League One | FA Cup | EFL Cup | EFL Trophy | Total |
| 1 | 5 | | DF | Will Nightingale | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 9 | | FW | Ollie Palmer | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 10 | | MF | Ayoub Assal | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 16 | | FW | Dapo Mebude | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 19 | | FW | Aaron Pressley | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 21 | | MF | Luke McCormick | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 37 | | DF | Paul Osew | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Own Goals | Own Goals | Own Goals | Own Goals | Own Goals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 |

### Disciplinary record

    As of match played 21 August 2021
| Rank | No. | Nat. | Po. | Name | League One | League One | League One | FA Cup | FA Cup | FA Cup | EFL Cup | EFL Cup | EFL Cup | EFL Trophy | EFL Trophy | EFL Trophy | Total | Total | Total |
| 1 | 10 | | MF | Ayoub Assal | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 18 | | DF | Nesta Guinness-Walker | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 1 | | GK | Nik Tzanev | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 5 | | DF | Will Nightingale | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 6 | | MF | George Marsh | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 8 | | MF | Anthony Hartigan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 9 | | FW | Ollie Palmer | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 16 | | FW | Dapo Mebude | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 21 | | MF | Luke McCormick | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 22 | | DF | Ben Heneghan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 |