# 2021–22 Rotherham United F.C. season

The 2021–22 season is Rotherham United's 97th year in their history and first season back in League One since the 2019–20 season following relegation last season. 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.

## Squad statistics
### Player statistics

    As of final game of season, 30 April 2022.
Players with zero appearances have been unused substitutes in one or more games.
| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Total | Total | League | League | FA Cup | FA Cup | EFL Cup | EFL Cup | EFL Trophy | EFL Trophy | Discipline | Discipline |
| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | | |
| 1 | GK | | Viktor Johansson | 33 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 30 | GK | | Josh Chapman | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | GK | | Josh Vickers | 25 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | | Wes Harding | 38+8 | 1 | 32+6 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4+1 | 1 | 9 | 1 |
| 3 | DF | | Joe Mattock | 16+11 | 1 | 10+10 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | | Richard Wood | 39+6 | 1 | 33+6 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
| 15 | DF | | Tolaji Bola | 10+3 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | | Michael Ihiekwe | 51+1 | 5 | 42 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5+1 | 1 | 7 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | | Angus MacDonald | 4+4 | 0 | 3+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 23 | DF | | Rarmani Edmonds-Green | 34+4 | 3 | 26+2 | 3 | 2+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 35 | DF | | Jake Hull | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | DF | | Nathan Exton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | DF | | Mack Warne | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | | Daniel Barlaser | 48+4 | 9 | 40+4 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | | Jordi Osei-Tutu | 10+6 | 1 | 9+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | | Ben Wiles | 46+7 | 10 | 43+3 | 8 | 1+1 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 2+2 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | | Chiedozie Ogbene | 40+13 | 4 | 37+8 | 3 | 2+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | | Mickel Miller | 15+15 | 4 | 11+12 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3+3 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 16 | MF | | Jamie Lindsay | 19+16 | 1 | 15+13 | 1 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | | Shane Ferguson | 28+12 | 1 | 25+7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0+5 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | | Oliver Rathbone | 45+7 | 2 | 39+3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2+4 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | | Hakeem Odoffin | 10+12 | 1 | 1+10 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 40 | MF | | Samuel Greenhouse | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | | Will Grigg | 20+8 | 6 | 13+6 | 2 | 2+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5+1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | | Freddie Ladapo | 28+13 | 15 | 22+9 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3+4 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 12 | FW | | Georgie Kelly | 0+1 | 1 | 0+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | | Joshua Kayode | 11+17 | 2 | 6+14 | 1 | 0+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4+1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 24 | FW | | Michael Smith | 50+4 | 25 | 45 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 3+3 | 5 | 8 | 0 |
| 32 | FW | | Jerome Greaves | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | FW | | Jacob Gratton | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | FW | | Curtis Durose | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 39 | FW | | Ciaran McGuckin | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players who have left the club during the season ||||||||||||||||
| 5 | DF | | Curtis Tilt | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | | Kieran Sadlier | 13+8 | 6 | 5+7 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 |

### Goalscorers

    As of final game of season, 30 April 2022.
| Place | Position | Number | Name | Total | League | FA Cup | EFL Cup | EFL Trophy |
| 1 | FW | 24 | Michael Smith | 25 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 2 | FW | 10 | Freddie Ladapo | 15 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | MF | 8 | Ben Wiles | 10 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | MF | 4 | Daniel Barlaser | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | FW | 9 | Will Grigg | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | MF | 7 | Kieran Sadlier | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | DF | 20 | Michael Ihiekwe | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | 11 | Chiedozie Ogbene | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| = | MF | 14 | Mickel Miller | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | DF | 23 | Rarmani Edmonds-Green | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | 18 | Oliver Rathbone | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| = | FW | 19 | Joshua Kayode | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| = | DF | 35 | Jake Hull | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 14 | DF | 6 | Richard Wood | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| = | FW | 12 | Georgie Kelly | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| = | MF | 16 | Jamie Lindsay | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| = | MF | 17 | Shane Ferguson | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| = | DF | 2 | Wes Harding | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| = | DF | 3 | Joe Mattock | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| = | MF | 7 | Jordi Osei-Tutu | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| = | MF | 22 | Hakeem Odoffin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |

## Pre-season

The Millers announced they would have friendly matches against Parkgate, Frickley Athletic, Rochdale, Harrogate Town, Grimsby Town, Newcastle United, Belper Town and Middlesbrough as part of their pre-season preparations. As part of a training camp in Hungary, the club arranged a behind-closed-doors friendly against III. Kerületi TVE in Budapest.

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Wigan Athletic (C, P) | 46 | 27 | 11 | 8 | 82 | 44 | +38 | 92 | Promotion to EFL Championship |
| 2 | Rotherham United (P) | 46 | 27 | 9 | 10 | 70 | 33 | +37 | 90 | Promotion to EFL Championship |
| 3 | Milton Keynes Dons | 46 | 26 | 11 | 9 | 78 | 44 | +34 | 89 | Qualification for League One play-offs |
| 4 | Sheffield Wednesday | 46 | 24 | 13 | 9 | 78 | 50 | +28 | 85 | Qualification for League One play-offs |
| 5 | Sunderland (O, P) | 46 | 24 | 12 | 10 | 79 | 53 | +26 | 84 | Qualification for League One play-offs |
| 6 | Wycombe Wanderers | 46 | 23 | 14 | 9 | 75 | 51 | +24 | 83 | Qualification for League One play-offs |
| 7 | Plymouth Argyle | 46 | 23 | 11 | 12 | 68 | 48 | +20 | 80 | |
| 8 | Oxford United | 46 | 22 | 10 | 14 | 82 | 59 | +23 | 76 | |

#### 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 | H | A | A | H | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A |
| Result | W | L | W | L | W | L | D | W | D | W | W | W | D | W | W | D | W | W | D | W | W | W | L | W | L | W | W | W | W | W | W | D | W | W | D | L | D | W | L | L | L | W | L | W | D | W |
| Position | 1 | 10 | 6 | 11 | 8 | 13 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |

#### Matches

Rotherham United's fixtures were announced on 24 June 2021.

### FA Cup

Rotherham were drawn at home to Bromley in the first round, Stockport County in the second round and away to Queens Park Rangers in the third round.

### EFL Cup

The Millers were drawn at home to Accrington Stanley in the first round.

### EFL Trophy

Rotherham were drawn into Northern Group E alongside Doncaster Rovers, Manchester City U21s and Scunthorpe United. The group stage match dates were confirmed on July 9. In the knock-out stage, United were drawn away to Crewe Alexandra in the third round and at home to Cambridge United in the quarter-finals.
| Pos | Div | Teamvte | Pld | W | PW | PL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | L1 | Rotherham United | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 1 | +14 | 9 | Advance to Round 2 |
| 2 | L1 | Doncaster Rovers | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 9 | −4 | 6 | Advance to Round 2 |
| 3 | ACA | Manchester City U21 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 3 | |
| 4 | L2 | Scunthorpe United | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 10 | −7 | 0 | |

## Transfers
### Transfers in

| Date | Position | Name | From | Fee |
| 14 July 2021 | GK | Josh Chapman | Sheffield United | Free transfer |
| 20 July 2021 | LM | Shane Ferguson | Free agent | Free transfer |
| 3 August 2021 | CM | Hakeem Odoffin | Hamilton Academical | Undisclosed |
| 4 August 2021 | CM | Oliver Rathbone | Rochdale | Undisclosed |
| 10 August 2021 | LB | Tolaji Bola | Arsenal | Undisclosed |
| 28 January 2022 | CF | Georgie Kelly | Bohemians | Free transfer |

### Loans in

| Date from | Position | Name | From | Date until |
| 4 August 2021 | CB | Rarmani Edmonds-Green | Huddersfield Town | End of season |
| 31 August 2021 | CF | Will Grigg | Sunderland | End of season |
| 31 January 2022 | RB | Jordi Osei-Tutu | Arsenal | End of season |

### Loans out

| Date from | Position | Name | To | Date until |
| 14 August 2021 | LW | Jacob Gratton | Guiseley | 4 January 2022 |
| 14 August 2021 | CB | Jake Hull | Guiseley | 4 January 2022 |
| 20 August 2021 | CF | Jerome Greaves | Matlock Town | 5 January 2022 |
| 31 August 2021 | CB | Curtis Tilt | Wigan Athletic | 14 January 2021 |
| 10 September 2021 | CB | Jake Cooper | Darlington | 1 January 2022 |
| 4 December 2021 | GK | Josh Chapman | Frickley Athletic | 3 January 2022 |
| 7 January 2022 | CF | Jerome Greaves | Farsley Celtic | End of season |
| 8 January 2022 | GK | Josh Chapman | Frickley Athletic | February 2022 |
| 10 January 2022 | CB | Jake Hull | Hartlepool United | End of season |
| 1 February 2022 | CB | Jake Cooper | Altrincham | End of season |
| 11 February 2022 | RW | Jacob Gratton | Farsley Celtic | End of season |

### Transfers out

| Date | Position | Name | To | Fee |
| 30 June 2021 | RB | Billy Jones | | Released |
| 30 June 2021 | CF | Ethan Kenny | Frickley Athletic | Free transfer |
| 30 June 2021 | CM | Shaun MacDonald | Crewe Alexandra | Released |
| 30 June 2021 | RB | Matthew Olosunde | Preston North End | Rejected contract |
| 30 June 2021 | CF | Jamie Proctor | Port Vale | Released |
| 30 June 2021 | CB | Clark Robertson | Portsmouth | Released |
| 30 June 2021 | CF | Kyle Vassell | | Released |
| 9 July 2021 | LB | Trevor Clarke | Bristol Rovers | Undisclosed |
| 23 July 2021 | CM | Matt Crooks | Middlesbrough | Undisclosed |
| 25 January 2022 | CB | Curtis Tilt | Wigan Athletic | Undisclosed |
| 28 January 2022 | LW | Kieran Sadlier | Bolton Wanderers | Undisclosed |