# 2021–22 Huddersfield Town A.F.C. season

The 2021–22 season was Huddersfield Town's 113th year in their history and third consecutive season in the Championship. Along with the league, the club also competed in the FA Cup and the EFL Cup. The season covers the period from 1 July 2021 to 30 June 2022.
Following the departure of Christopher Schindler at the end of the previous season, Jonathan Hogg was confirmed as the new captain on 29 June 2021.

## First-team squad

    As of the end of the 2021–22 season.
| No. | Player | Date of Birth | Signed From | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers |||||||
| 18 | Jamal Blackman | (1993-10-27)27 October 1993 (aged 28) | Los Angeles FC | 3 | 0 |
| 21 | Lee Nicholls | (1992-10-05)5 October 1992 (aged 29) | Milton Keynes Dons | 48 | 0 |
| 31 | Ryan Schofield | (1999-12-11)11 December 1999 (aged 22) | Huddersfield Town B | 35 | 0 |
| Defenders |||||||
| 2 | Pipa | (1998-01-26)26 January 1998 (aged 24) | Espanyol | 54 | 2 |
| 3 | Harry Toffolo | (1995-08-19)19 August 1995 (aged 26) | Lincoln City | 99 | 9 |
| 4 | Matty Pearson | (1993-08-03)3 August 1993 (aged 28) | Luton Town | 42 | 4 |
| 14 | Josh Ruffels | (1993-10-23)23 October 1993 (aged 28) | Oxford United | 11 | 0 |
| 20 | Ollie Turton | (1992-12-06)6 December 1992 (aged 29) | Blackpool | 44 | 0 |
| 23 | Naby Sarr | (1993-08-13)13 August 1993 (aged 28) | Charlton Athletic | 66 | 7 |
| 26 | Levi Colwill | (2003-02-26)26 February 2003 (aged 19) | Chelsea | 32 | 2 |
| 32 | Tom Lees | (1990-11-28)28 November 1990 (aged 31) | Sheffield Wednesday | 47 | 5 |
| Midfielders |||||||
| 5 | Álex Vallejo | (1992-01-16)16 January 1992 (aged 30) | Fuenlabrada | 23 | 1 |
| 6 | Jonathan Hogg | (1988-12-06)6 December 1988 (aged 33) | Watford | 307 | 5 |
| 7 | Tino Anjorin | (2001-11-23)23 November 2001 (aged 20) | Chelsea | 8 | 1 |
| 8 | Lewis O'Brien | (1998-10-14)14 October 1998 (aged 23) | Huddersfield Town B | 132 | 8 |
| 11 | Rolando Aarons | (1995-11-16)16 November 1995 (aged 26) | Newcastle United | 12 | 0 |
| 15 | Scott High | (2001-02-15)15 February 2001 (aged 21) | Huddersfield Town B | 40 | 0 |
| 16 | Sorba Thomas | (1999-01-25)25 January 1999 (aged 23) | Boreham Wood | 58 | 3 |
| 19 | Duane Holmes | (1994-11-06)6 November 1994 (aged 27) | Derby County | 90 | 9 |
| 24 | Danel Sinani | (1997-04-05)5 April 1997 (aged 25) | Norwich City | 47 | 7 |
| 28 | Danny Grant | (1999-12-23)23 December 1999 (aged 22) | Bohemians | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | Jon Russell | (2001-10-09)9 October 2001 (aged 20) | Chelsea | 22 | 2 |
| 48 | Carel Eiting | (1998-02-11)11 February 1998 (aged 24) | Genk | 30 | 3 |
| Forwards |||||||
| 9 | Jordan Rhodes | (1990-02-05)5 February 1990 (aged 32) | Sheffield Wednesday | 174 | 91 |
| 10 | Josh Koroma | (1998-11-08)8 November 1998 (aged 23) | Leyton Orient | 68 | 13 |
| 22 | Fraizer Campbell | (1987-09-13)13 September 1987 (aged 34) | Hull City | 94 | 10 |
| 25 | Danny Ward | (1991-12-11)11 December 1991 (aged 30) | Cardiff City | 207 | 36 |

## Transfers
### Transfers in

| Date | Position | Name | From | Fee |
| 1 July 2021 | CM | Dylan Helliwell | Manchester City | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2021 | GK | Lee Nicholls | Milton Keynes Dons | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2021 | CB | Matty Pearson | Luton Town | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2021 | MF | Cian Philpott | Manchester City | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2021 | CF | Jordan Rhodes | Sheffield Wednesday | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2021 | LB | Josh Ruffels | Oxford United | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2021 | RB | Ollie Turton | Blackpool | Free transfer |
| 15 July 2021 | FW | Tyree Sanusi | Birmingham City | Undisclosed |
| 19 July 2021 | CM | Jon Russell | Chelsea | Free transfer |
| 1 August 2021 | CB | Tom Lees | Sheffield Wednesday | Free transfer |
| 13 August 2021 | AM | Connor Shanks | Bradford City | Free transfer |
| 31 January 2022 | GK | Jamal Blackman | Los Angeles | Free transfer |
| 31 January 2022 | DM | Carel Eiting | Genk | Free transfer |

### Loans in

| Date from | Position | Name | From | Date until |
| 1 July 2021 | CB | Levi Colwill | Chelsea | End of season |
| 28 July 2021 | AM | Danel Sinani | Norwich City | End of season |
| 30 August 2021 | CF | Mipo Odubeko | West Ham United | 4 January 2022 |
| 31 January 2022 | AM | Tino Anjorin | Chelsea | End of season |

### Loans out

| Date from | Position | Name | To | Date until |
| 12 July 2021 | CF | Kieran Phillips | Walsall | 28 January 2022 |
| 29 July 2021 | GK | Jacob Chapman | Gateshead | 31 January 2022 |
| 4 August 2021 | CB | Rarmani Edmonds-Green | Rotherham United | End of season |
| 5 August 2021 | AM | Matty Daly | Hartlepool United | 17 January 2022 |
| 6 August 2021 | CB | Romoney Crichlow | Swindon Town | 13 January 2022 |
| 9 August 2021 | DM | Ernaldo Krasniqi | Falkirk | 4 January 2022 |
| 24 August 2021 | GK | Giosue Bellagambi | Stalybridge Celtic | 21 September 2021 |
| 9 September 2021 | CB | David Adewoju | Ossett United | Work experience |
| 21 September 2021 | AM | Connor Shanks | Nuneaton Borough | 17 October 2021 |
| 8 October 2021 | CB | Nassim Kherbouche | Farsley Celtic | November 2021 |
| 30 October 2021 | CB | Loick Ayina | Boston United | December 2021 |
| 30 October 2021 | CM | Sonny Whittingham | Northallerton Town | December 2021 |
| 23 November 2021 | CM | Ben Midgley | Nuneaton Borough | 22 December 2021 |
| 17 December 2021 | GK | Giosue Bellagambi | Brighouse Town | 15 January 2022 |
| 18 December 2021 | LB | Jaheim Headley | Yeovil Town | 15 January 2022 |
| 4 January 2022 | AM | Josh Austerfield | Harrogate Town | End of season |
| 4 January 2022 | AM | Brahima Diarra | Harrogate Town | End of season |
| 7 January 2022 | CF | Kian Harratt | Port Vale | End of season |
| 13 January 2022 | CB | Romoney Crichlow | Plymouth Argyle | End of season |
| 18 January 2022 | AM | Matty Daly | Bradford City | End of season |
| 28 January 2022 | LB | Ben Jackson | Doncaster Rovers | End of season |
| 31 January 2022 | GK | Nicholas Bilokapic | Hartlepool United | End of season |
| 31 January 2022 | CM | Reece Brown | Peterborough United | End of season |
| 31 January 2022 | CF | Kieran Phillips | Exeter City | End of season |
| 25 February 2022 | MF | Sam Peplow | Hyde United | March 2022 |
* ↑ On 28 January, Phillips was recalled from his loan at Walsall.
* ↑ On 31 January, Chapman was recalled back early from his loan spell at Gateshead.
* ↑ On 17 January, Daly was recalled back from his loan spell at Hartlepool United.
* ↑ On 13 January, Crichlow was recalled back early from his loan spell at Swindon Town.

### Transfers out

| Date | Position | Name | To | Fee |
| 30 June 2021 | CB | Tom Bamford | | Released |
| 30 June 2021 | AM | Darnel Baxter-Alleyne | | Released |
| 30 June 2021 | LB | Jaden Brown | Sheffield Wednesday | Released |
| 30 June 2021 | RB | Demeaco Duhaney | Stoke City | Released |
| 30 June 2021 | CF | Andre Edionhon | | Released |
| 30 June 2021 | CB | Tommy Elphick | — | Retired |
| 30 June 2021 | CB | Richard Keogh | Blackpool | Released |
| 30 June 2021 | GK | Jayson Leutwiler | Oldham Athletic | Released |
| 30 June 2021 | MF | Will McCamley | Shildon | Released |
| 30 June 2021 | CF | Oumar Niasse | Burton Albion | Released |
| 30 June 2021 | RB | Ilounga Pata | TOP Oss | Released |
| 30 June 2021 | AM | Alex Pritchard | Sunderland | Released |
| 30 June 2021 | CF | Yaya Sanogo | | Released |
| 30 June 2021 | CB | Christopher Schindler | Nürnberg | Released |
| 30 June 2021 | CF | Robson Shipley | | Released |
| 30 June 2021 | CB | Richard Stearman | Derby County | Released |
| 30 June 2021 | RW | Gulutte Zunda | | Released |
| 19 August 2021 | DM | Juninho Bacuna | Rangers | Undisclosed |
| 6 September 2021 | RW | Isaac Mbenza | Qatar SC | Released |

## Pre-season friendlies

Huddersfield Town announced they would play friendly matches against Harrogate Town, Southport, a double header against Norwich City (later reduced to one game), Fleetwood Town, Crewe Alexandra and Oldham Athletic as part of their pre-season preparations. The games against Crewe and Oldham would later be cancelled due to Town arranging to have their EFL Cup match against Sheffield Wednesday played that same weekend.
Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

## Competitions
### Overview

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| EFL Championship | 7 August 2021 | 7 May 2022 | Matchday 1 | 3rd Place | 46 | 23 | 13 | 10 | 64 | 47 | +17 | 050.00 |
| Play-Offs | 13 May 2022 | 29 May 2022 | Semi-finals | Runners-up | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | +0 | 033.33 |
| FA Cup | 8 January 2022 | 7 March 2022 | Third round | Fifth round | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 066.67 |
| EFL Cup | 1 August 2021 | 24 August 2021 | First round | Second round | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 000.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 54 | 26 | 15 | 13 | 71 | 54 | +17 | 048.15 |
Source: Competitions

### EFL Championship
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Fulham (C, P) | 46 | 27 | 9 | 10 | 106 | 43 | +63 | 90 | Promotion to the Premier League |
| 2 | Bournemouth (P) | 46 | 25 | 13 | 8 | 74 | 39 | +35 | 88 | Promotion to the Premier League |
| 3 | Huddersfield Town | 46 | 23 | 13 | 10 | 64 | 47 | +17 | 82 | Qualification for Championship play-offs |
| 4 | Nottingham Forest (O, P) | 46 | 23 | 11 | 12 | 73 | 40 | +33 | 80 | Qualification for Championship play-offs |
| 5 | Sheffield United | 46 | 21 | 12 | 13 | 63 | 45 | +18 | 75 | Qualification for Championship play-offs |
| 6 | Luton Town | 46 | 21 | 12 | 13 | 63 | 55 | +8 | 75 | Qualification for Championship play-offs |

#### 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 | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | D | L | W | W | W | L | W | L | L | W | D | W | D | L | W | D | L | W | L | L | D | D | W | W | W | D | D | W | D | W | D | D | W | W | W | W | D | L | L | W | W | D | W | W | W | W |
| Position | 10 | 22 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 |

#### Matches

Huddersfield Town's fixtures were announced on 24 June 2021.
* ↑ Birmingham City changed the name of their team to Small Heath Alliance for this game as part of a sponsorship deal with the TV show Peaky Blinders.
* ↑ Birmingham City changed the name of their team to Small Heath Alliance for this game as part of a sponsorship deal with the TV show Peaky Blinders.

### FA Cup

Huddersfield were drawn away to Burnley in the third round. They were then drawn to host Barnsley in the fourth round. They were then drawn away to Nottingham Forest in the fifth round, the first time since 2018 that the team qualified for the 5th round.

### EFL Cup

Huddersfield Town were drawn at away to Sheffield Wednesday in the first round and at home to Everton in the second round.

## Squad statistics

| No. | Pos. | Name | League | League | FA Cup | FA Cup | EFL Cup | EFL Cup | Play-Offs | Play-Offs | Total | Total | Discipline | Discipline |
| No. | Pos. | Name | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | | |
| 2 | DF | Pipa | 6+5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 11+6 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Harry Toffolo | 40+2 | 6 | 0+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 45+3 | 6 | 4 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Matty Pearson | 37 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 4 | 3 | 0 |
| 5 | MF | Álex Vallejo | 2+3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3+3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | Jonathan Hogg | 31 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 37 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Tino Anjorin | 0+7 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+8 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Lewis O'Brien | 43 | 3 | 0+2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 47+3 | 3 | 8 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Jordan Rhodes | 6+15 | 3 | 2+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+3 | 1 | 8+20 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | Josh Koroma | 19+15 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22+16 | 5 | 3 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | Rolando Aarons | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | Josh Ruffels | 2+6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5+6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | Scott High | 14+9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16+9 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | Sorba Thomas | 42+1 | 3 | 2+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 46+5 | 3 | 11 | 0 |
| 18 | GK | Jamal Blackman | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | Duane Holmes | 26+11 | 5 | 2+1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 32+13 | 6 | 8 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | Ollie Turton | 25+15 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 27+17 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 21 | GK | Lee Nicholls | 43 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 48 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 22 | FW | Fraizer Campbell | 4+15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5+15 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | Naby Sarr | 14+4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 20+5 | 3 | 4 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | Danel Sinani | 31+8 | 6 | 2+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 37+10 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | FW | Danny Ward | 37+3 | 14 | 0+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 41+6 | 14 | 2 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | Levi Colwill | 26+3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 29+3 | 2 | 6 | 0 |
| 29 | DF | Aaron Rowe | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | GK | Ryan Schofield | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | DF | Tom Lees | 39+1 | 3 | 2+1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 45+2 | 5 | 4 | 0 |
| 37 | MF | Jon Russell | 15+2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 19+3 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 42 | GK | Nicholas Bilokapic | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 48 | MF | Carel Eiting | 1+4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3+4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| — | — | Own goals | – | 3 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 3 | – | – |
| Players who left the club during the season: |||||||||||||||
| 7 | FW | Mipo Odubeko | 0+6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

## Awards
### Huddersfield Town Blue & White Player of the Month Award

Awarded monthly to the player that was chosen by members of the Blue & White Members (formerly Blue & White Foundation) voting on htafc.com
| Month | Player |
| September | Sorba Thomas |
| October | Tom Lees |
| November | Lee Nicholls |
| December | Lee Nicholls |
| January | Danny Ward |
| February | Lee Nicholls |
| March | Lee Nicholls |
| Season | Lee Nicholls |

### EFL Awards

On 24 April 2022, Huddersfield goalkeeper Lee Nicholls was named in the EFL Championship Team of the Season at the EFL Awards.