2021–22 Tottenham Hotspur F.C. season

The 2021–22 season is Tottenham Hotspur's 30th season in the Premier League and 44th season in the top league of the English football league system. After finishing in seventh place in the 2020–21 Premier League, Tottenham qualified for the play-off round of the Europa Conference League. At the end of June, Tottenham announced that Nuno Espírito Santo would be the new head coach for two years. On 1 November 2021, Tottenham announced that they had removed Nuno Santo and his coaching staff (Ian Cathro, Rui Barbosa and Antonio Dias) saying that they had "been relieved of their duties." The next day, Antonio Conte was chosen as Santo's replacement.

 Squad 
Season squad
 Squad No. Name Nationality Position(s) Date of birth (Age) Goalkeepers 1 Hugo Lloris (C)  GK  22 Pierluigi Gollini  GK  Defenders 2 Matt Doherty  RB / RWB  3 Sergio Reguilón  LB / LWB  4 Cristian Romero  CB  6 Davinson Sánchez  CB  12 Emerson Royal  RB / RWB  14 Joe Rodon  CB  15 Eric Dier  CB  19 Ryan Sessegnon  LB / LWB  25 Japhet Tanganga  RB / CB  33 Ben Davies  CB / LB  48 Maksim Paskotši  CB  Midfielders 5 Pierre-Emile Højbjerg  DM / CM  8 Harry Winks  CM / DM  18 Giovani Lo Celso  CM / AM  28 Tanguy Ndombele  AM / CM  29 Oliver Skipp  DM / CM  43 Nile John  AM / CM  54 Dilan Markanday  LM / RM  Forwards 7 Son Heung-min  LW / ST / RW / SS  10 Harry Kane (VC)  ST / SS 21KulusevskiSWELW / RW 23 Steven Bergwijn  LW / RW  27 Lucas Moura  RW / LW / SS  44 Dane Scarlett  ST / RW  47 Jack Clarke  RW / LW  Out on loan 11 Bryan Gil  LW / RW / AM  38 Cameron Carter-Vickers  CB  41 Alfie Whiteman  GK  52 Troy Parrott  ST / AM  56 J'Neil Bennett  LW / RW  - Jamie Bowden  DM / CM  - Kion Etete  ST  - Pape Matar Sarr  CM 

 Transfers 
 Released 
 Date from Position Nationality Name To Notes Ref. 1 July 2021  CF    Enock Asante    Released   1 July 2021  RM    Eddie Carrington   Released   1 July 2021  CM    Chay Cooper   Released   1 July 2021  RB    Keenan Ferguson   Boston United Released   1 July 2021  GK    Paulo Gazzaniga   Fulham  Released   1 July 2021  DM    George Marsh   AFC Wimbledon  Released   1 July 2021  CF    Rodel Richards   Released    1 July 2021  CM    Jack Roles   Crystal Palace  Released   1 July 2021  LB    Danny Rose   Watford  Released   1 July 2021  CB    Aaron Skinner    Released   1 July 2021  CF    Kazaiah Sterling   Released   1 July 2021  RW    Shilow Tracey   Cambridge United  Released   1 July 2021  LW    Tarrelle Whittaker   Swansea City  Released   31 August 2021  RB    Serge Aurier   Villarreal  Released   7 December 2021  LB    Jeremy Kyezu   Mutual consent  
Note: Players will join other clubs after being released or terminated from their contract. Only the following clubs are mentioned when that club signed the player in the same transfer window.

 Loans in 
 Date from Position Nationality Name From Date until Ref. 24 July 2021  GK    Pierluigi Gollini   Atalanta  End of season   6 August 2021  CB    Cristian Romero   Atalanta  End of season  

 Loans out 
 Date from Position Nationality Name To Date until Ref. 29 July 2021  FW    Troy Parrott   Milton Keynes Dons  End of season  02 August 2021FWKion Etete Northampton TownEnd of season07 August 2021MFJamie Bowden Oldham AthleticEnd of season12 August 2021GKAlfie Whiteman Degerfors IFEnd of season 27 August 2021  MF    Pape Matar Sarr   Metz  End of season  31 August 2021MFJ'Neil Bennett Crewe AlexandraEnd of season31 August 2021DFCameron Carter-Vickers CelticEnd of season

 Transfers in 
 Date from Position Nationality Name From Fee Ref. 26 July 2021  LW    Bryan Gil   Sevilla  £21,600,000+Lamela   27 August 2021  DM    Pape Matar Sarr   Metz  Undisclosed   31 August 2021  RB    Emerson Royal   Barcelona  £25,800,000   7 December 2021  LB    Charlie Sayers   Southend United  Undisclosed   

 Transfers out 
 Date from Position Nationality Name To Fee Ref. 11 June 2021  CB    Juan Foyth   Villarreal  Undisclosed   26 July 2021  RW    Erik Lamela   Sevilla  Part exchange   27 July 2021  DF    Toby Alderweireld   Al-Duhail  £13,000,000   3 August 2021  GK    Joe Hart   Celtic  Undisclosed   5 August 2021  DF    Jubril Okedina   Cambridge United  Undisclosed   11 August 2021  DF    Dennis Cirkin   Sunderland  Undisclosed   17 August 2021  DF    Timothy Eyoma   Lincoln City  Undisclosed   27 August 2021  CM    Moussa Sissoko   Watford  £3,000,000  

 Overall transfer activity 

 Expenditure 
Summer:  £47,400,000

Winter:  £0

Total:  £47,400,000

 Income 
Summer:  £16,000,000

Winter:  £0

Total:  £16,000,000

 Net totals 
Summer:  £31,400,000

Winter:  £0

Total:  £31,400,000

 Pre-season friendlies 
Tottenham scheduled an away match against Leyton Orient for the JE3 Foundation Trophy in memory of Justin Edinburgh. Tottenham then scheduled two friendlies, one away to Colchester United, and one away to Milton Keynes Dons. Tottenham announced the club would come together with both Arsenal and Chelsea to support mental health in The Mind Series in August 2021. They would play away to Chelsea and home to Arsenal.

Competitions
Overview

Premier League

League table

Results summary

Results by matchday

Matches
The league fixtures were announced on 16 June 2021.

FA Cup

Tottenham were drawn home to Morecambe in the third round.

EFL Cup

Tottenham entered the competition in the third round. They were drawn away to Wolverhampton Wanderers in the third round and Burnley in the fourth round. They were drawn home to West Ham United in the quarter-finals. They were drawn to Chelsea in the semi-finals, with the first leg away and the second leg home.

UEFA Europa Conference League

Play-off round
Tottenham were drawn against Paços de Ferreira in the play-off round, with the first leg away and the second leg home.

Group stage

The draw for the group stage was held on 27 August 2021 with the fixtures being released a day later.

 Statistics 
 Appearances 

 No. Pos. Name Premier League FA Cup EFL Cup Europa Conference League Total Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps GoalsGoalkeepers 1 GK  Hugo Lloris 15  0  0  0  1  0  1  0  17  0 22 GK  Pierluigi Gollini 0  0  0  0  2  0  6  0  8  0Defenders 2 DF  Matt Doherty 0+3  0  0  0  1  0  5  0  6+3  0 3 DF  Sergio Reguilón 13+1  1  0  0  1+1  0  2  0  16+2  1 4 DF  Cristian Romero 6+1  0  0  0  2  0  4  0  12+1  0 6 DF  Davinson Sánchez 7+2  1  0  0  3  0  2+1  0  12+3  1 12 DF  Emerson Royal 10+1  0  0  0  1+1  0  1+2  0  12+4  0 14 DF  Joe Rodon 0+1  0  0  0  0+1  0  4  0  4+2  0 15 DF  Eric Dier 15  0  0  0  1  0  2+1  0  18+1  0 19 DF  Ryan Sessegnon 1+2  0  0  0  0  0  3  0  4+2  0 25 DF  Japhet Tanganga 7+1  0  0  0  1+1  0  3  0  11+2  0 33 DF  Ben Davies 6+1  0  0  0  3  0  5+1  0  14+2  0 38 DF  Cameron Carter-Vickers 0  0  0  0  0  0  1  0  1  0 48 DF  Maksim Paskotši 0  0  0  0  0  0  0+1  0  0+1  0Midfielders 5 MF  Pierre-Emile Højbjerg 14  2  0  0  2+1  0  1+4  1  17+5  3 8 MF  Harry Winks 3+2  0  0  0  0+1  0  4+1  0  7+4  0 18 MF  Giovani Lo Celso 2+5  0  0  0  2  0  4+1  2  8+6  2 20 MF  Dele Alli 7+2  1  0  0  1+1  0  3+2  1  11+5  2 28 MF  Tanguy Ndombele 6+2  1  0  0  1+1  1  2+1  0  9+4  2 29 MF  Oliver Skipp 11+3  0  0  0  3  0  4  0  18+3  0 43 MF  Nile John 0  0  0  0  0  0  1  0  1  0 54 MF  Dilan Markanday 0  0  0  0  0  0  0+1  0  0+1  0 56 MF  J'Neil Bennett 0  0  0  0  0  0  0+1  0  0+1  0Forwards 7 FW  Son Heung-Min 14  7  0  0  0+3  0  1+3  1  15+6  8 10 FW  Harry Kane 13+1  2  0  0  3  1  4+1  6  20+2  9 11 FW  Bryan Gil 0+5  0  0  0  2  0  6  0  8+5  0 23 FW  Steven Bergwijn 3+4  0  0  0  2  1  2+1  0  7+5  1 27 FW  Lucas Moura 12+2  1  0  0  1+1  2  3+2  1  16+5  4 44 FW  Dane Scarlett 0  0  0  0  0  0  3+1  0  3+1  0 47 FW  Jack Clarke 0  0  0  0  0  0  0+1  0  0+1  0

 Goalscorers 

The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.
    Player Premier League FA Cup EFL Cup Europa Conference League Total1 FW  10   Harry Kane  12  3  1  6 222 FW  7   Son Heung-Min  14  0  0  1 153 FW  27   Lucas Moura  1  0  2  1 4 FW  23   Steven Bergwijn  3  0  1  0 44 MF  5   Pierre-Emile Højbjerg  2  0  0  1 35 MF  18   Giovani Lo Celso  0  0  0  2 2 MF  28   Tanguy Ndombele  1  0  1  0 2 MF  20   Dele Alli  1  0  0  1 28 DF  3   Sergio Reguilón  1  0  0  0 1 DF  6   Davinson Sánchez  1  0  0  0 1TOTAL16051233

 Hat-tricks 
 Player  Against  Competition  Score after goals  Result  Date Harry KaneEuropa Conference League3–1, 4–1, 5–15–1 (H)30 September 2021

 Disciplinary 
Updated 22 December 2021
RankPlayerYellow cardsRed cards1 Cristian Romero612 Japhet Tanganga213 Ryan Sessegnon114 Oliver Skipp605 Emerson Royal3 Harry Kane Bryan Gil Ben Davies9 Lucas Moura2 Davinson Sánchez Dele Alli Harry Winks Tanguy Ndombele Sergio Reguilón15 Pierre-Emile Højbjerg1 Dane Scarlett Steven Bergwijn Son Heung-min

Clean sheets
The list is sorted by shirt number when total clean sheets are equal.
PlayerPremier LeagueFA CupEFL CupEuropa Conference LeagueTotal1 1  Hugo Lloris  6  0  0  0  62 22  Pierluigi Gollini  0  0  1  1  2TOTAL60118

References

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