2021–22 Coventry City F.C. season

Coventry City
2021–22 season
Chairman	Tim Fisher
Manager	Mark Robins
Stadium	Coventry Building Society Arena
Championship	12th
FA Cup	Fourth round; vs Southampton
EFL Cup	First round; vs Northampton Town
Top goalscorer	League: Viktor Gyökeres (17); All: Viktor Gyökeres (18)
Biggest win	3–0 vs. Peterborough United; (Championship, 24 September 2021); 4–1 vs. Fulham; (Championship, 2 October 2021); 4–1 vs. Peterborough United; (Championship, 15 January 2022); 4–1 vs. Sheffield United; (Championship, 12 March 2022)
Biggest defeat	5–0 vs. Luton Town; (Championship, 29 September 2021)
	← 2020–21 2022–23 →
	All statistics correct as of 7 May 2022.

The 2021–22 season is Coventry City's 138th season in their history and the second consecutive season in the EFL Championship. It is also the first season back at the Coventry Building Society Arena after 2 seasons in Birmingham. Alongside the Championship, the club will participate in the FA Cup and EFL Cup.

The season covers the period from 7 August 2021 to 29 May 2022.

Pre-season

Coventry City announced they would play friendlies against Sevilla,^[1] Cheltenham Town,^[2] Mansfield Town,^[3] Norwich City,^[4] Gloucester City,^[5] Wolverhampton Wanderers^[6] and Nuneaton Borough^[7] as part of their pre-season preparations.

16 July 2021 Friendly	Sevilla	4–0	Coventry City	Murcia, Spain
19:00 CEST	Pask 5' (o.g.) Idrissi 50' Romero 67', 75'	Report		Stadium: Pinatar Arena Attendance: 0 (Behind-closed-doors)

21 July 2021 Friendly	Milton Keynes Dons	2–1	Coventry City	Barton-under-Needwood
BST	Bird ?' Twine ?' (pen.)	Report	Dinanga ?'	Stadium: St George's Park National Football Centre Attendance: 0 (Behind-closed-doors)

21 July 2021 Friendly	Milton Keynes Dons	5–0	Coventry City	Barton-under-Needwood
BST	Bird ?' Watters ?' O'Riley ?', ?' (pen.) Darling ?'	Report		Stadium: St George's Park National Football Centre Attendance: 0 (Behind-closed-doors)

24 July 2021 Friendly	Cheltenham Town	2–0	Coventry City	Cheltenham
15:00 BST	Williams 24', 86'	Report		Stadium: Jonny-Rocks Stadium

27 July 2021 Friendly	Mansfield Town	1–0	Coventry City	Mansfield
19:00 BST	Lapslie 48'	Report		Stadium: One Call Stadium Attendance: 2,539

28 July 2021 Friendly	Coventry City	Cancelled	Norwich City	Whittington Moor
18:00 BST				Stadium: Technique Stadium
Note: Match was cancelled due to positive COVID-19 cases amongst the Norwich squad.^[8]

31 July 2021 Friendly	Gloucester City	4–1	Coventry City XI	Hempsted
15:00 BST	Young ?', ?' Trialist ?' King ?'	Report	?'	Stadium: New Meadow Park Attendance: 694

1 August 2021 Friendly	Coventry City	1–2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Coventry
13:00 BST	Waghorn 57' (pen.)		Silva 7' Neves 55'	Stadium: Coventry Building Society Arena

3 August 2021 Friendly	Nuneaton Borough	0–5	Coventry City XI	Nuneaton
19:45 BST		Report	Reid Burroughs Tavares x2 McGrath	Stadium: Liberty Way Attendance: 902

Competitions

EFL Championship

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
9	Millwall	46	18	15	13	53	45	+8	69
10	West Bromwich Albion	46	18	13	15	52	45	+7	67
11	Queens Park Rangers	46	19	9	18	60	59	+1	66
12	Coventry City	46	17	13	16	60	59	+1	64
13	Preston North End	46	16	16	14	52	56	−4	64
14	Stoke City	46	17	11	18	57	52	+5	62
15	Swansea City	46	16	13	17	58	68	−10	61

Source: EFL Official Website
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results; 5) Wins; 6) Away goals; 7) Penalty points (sec 9.5); 8) 12-point sending off offences^[9]

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
46	17	13	16	60	59	+1	64	10	5	8	32	26	+6	7	8	8	28	33	−5

Last updated: 7 May 2022.
Source: BBC

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	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	H	A	H	A	A	A	H	A	H	A
Result	W	L	W	W	L	W	W	D	W	L	W	D	L	D	W	L	W	D	D	D	L	D	L	W	L	W	L	D	W	L	W	W	D	L	L	W	L	D	D	L	W	W	L	D	L	D
Position	5	14	8	4	7	6	4	4	3	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	5	7	7	10	8	10	9	9	12	12	12	10	9	10	11	11	10	11	11	11	12	10	9	11	11	11	12

Updated to match(es) played on 7 May 2022. Source: 11v11 for league tables and fixtures
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The Sky Blues fixtures were revealed on 24 June 2021.^[10]

Win Draw Loss Postponed

8 August 2021 1	Coventry City	2–1	Nottingham Forest	Coventry
16:30 BST	Gyökeres 81' McFadzean 90+6', 49' Sheaf 34' Maatsen 55' Hamer 61'	Report	Taylor 36', 58'	Stadium: Coventry Building Society Arena Attendance: 20,843 Referee: James Linington
Note: Live on Sky Sports

14 August 2021 2	Barnsley	1–0	Coventry City	Barnsley
15:00 BST	Frieser 39', 71' Palmer 50' Sibbick 68' Styles 81' Woodrow 82' Collins 85' Benson 87' Kitching 88'	Report	Dabo 74' O'Hare 89' Gyökeres 90+3'	Stadium: Oakwell Attendance: 16,961 Referee: John Busby

17 August 2021 3	Blackpool	0–1	Coventry City	Blackpool
19:45 BST	Lavery 6' Keogh 13' Connolly 59'	Report	O'Hare 45' Gyökeres 45+2' Maatsen 47' Clarke-Salter 70' Waghorn 80'	Stadium: Bloomfield Road Attendance: 11,608 Referee: Keith Stroud

21 August 2021 4	Coventry City	2–1	Reading	Coventry
15:00 BST	Hyam 5' Maatsen 45+1' Allen 62' O'Hare 78' Sheaf 90+4' Hamer 90+5' Godden 90+8'	Report	Swift pen' (40) Dele-Bashiru 50' Rinomhota 75' Clarke 90+1'	Stadium: Coventry Building Society Arena Attendance: 16,464 Referee: David Webb

28 August 2021 5	Queens Park Rangers	2–0	Coventry City	Shepherd's Bush, London
15:00 BST	Johansen 35' Dykes 68' Barbet 76'	Report	Clarke-Salter 71'	Stadium: Kiyan Prince Foundation Stadium Attendance: 14,774 Referee: Dean Whitestone

11 September 2021 6	Coventry City	2–0	Middlesbrough	Coventry
15:00 BST	Hamer 26' Gyökeres 71' Waghorn 90+1'	Report	Howson 32' Bamba 63' Hall 75'	Stadium: Coventry Building Society Arena Attendance: 18,515 Referee: Leigh Doughty

15 September 2021 7	Coventry City	1–0	Cardiff City	Coventry
19:45 BST	Gyökeres 15' Kane 73' Hamer 90+1' Dabo 90+2'	Report	Moore 69'	Stadium: Coventry Building Society Arena Attendance: 16,372 Referee: Michael Salisbury

18 September 2021 8	Millwall	1–1	Coventry City	Bermondsey, London
15:00 BST	Saville 21' 52' Wallace 62'	Report	Gyökeres 9'	Stadium: The Den Attendance: 12,516 Referee: Keith Stroud

24 September 2021 9	Coventry City	3–0	Peterborough United	Coventry
19:45 BST	Hamer 57' Gyökeres 61', 64'	Report	Butler 44'	Stadium: Coventry Building Society Arena Attendance: 20,652 Referee: Geoff Eltringham

29 September 2021 10	Luton Town	5–0	Coventry City	Luton
19:45 BST	Adebayo 3' (pen.), 45+7' Cornick 18', 58' Berry 30'	Report	Hamer 17' Maatsen 62'	Stadium: Kenilworth Road Attendance: 9,805 Referee: Steve Martin

2 October 2021 11	Coventry City	4–1	Fulham	Coventry
12:30 BST	Gyökeres 47', 70' Godden 51' (pen.) Maatsen 61', 63'	Report	McFadzean 17' (o.g.) Mitrović 66' Odoi 69' Robinson 85'	Stadium: Coventry Building Society Arena Attendance: 18,497 Referee: Gavin Ward

16 October 2021 12	Blackburn Rovers	2–2	Coventry City	Blackburn
15:00 BST	Buckley 28' Rothwell 39' Gallagher 45' van Hecke 73'	Report	Walker 62' Kaminski 68' (o.g.) Kane 79' Hamer 90+4'	Stadium: Ewood Park Attendance: 14,110 Referee: Matt Donohue

20 October 2021 13	Preston North End	2–1	Coventry City	Preston
19:45 BST	Hughes 23' Bauer 50' 61' Jakobsen 69'	Report	Walker 45' Kelly 51'	Stadium: Deepdale Attendance: 10,837 Referee: Darren England

23 October 2021 14	Coventry City	1–1	Derby County	Coventry
15:00 BST	Godden 20' (pen.) Maatsen 44'	Report	Davies 71' Shinnie 78' Morrison 88'	Stadium: Coventry Building Society Arena Attendance: 23,829 Referee: Dean Whitestone

30 October 2021 15	Hull City	0–1	Coventry City	Kingston upon Hull
15:00 BST	Eaves 53' Cannon 65'	Report	Godden 9'	Stadium: MKM Stadium Attendance: 11,901 Referee: David Webb

2 November 2021 16	Coventry City	1–2	Swansea City	Coventry
19:45 BST	Hamer 7' McFadzean 27'	Report	Paterson 5' Piroe 12' Bennett 25' Downes 83'	Stadium: Coventry Building Society Arena Attendance: 16,514 Referee: Andy Davies

6 November 2021 17	Coventry City	3–2	Bristol City	Coventry
15:00 BST	Maatsen 45' Godden 51' (pen.), 90+2' McFadzean 63' O'Hare 74'	Report	Scott 14' Martin 45+1' (pen.) Weimann 68' Kalas 81' Wells 90+1'	Stadium: Coventry Building Society Arena Attendance: 19,855 Referee: Jeremy Simpson

20 November 2021 18	Sheffield United	0–0	Coventry City	Sheffield
12:30 BST	Egan 22' Bogle 31' Hourihane 38'	Report	Hamer 30' O'Hare 51'	Stadium: Bramall Lane Attendance: 28,075 Referee: Michael Salisbury

23 November 2021 19	Coventry City	0–0	Birmingham City	Coventry
19:45 BST		Report	Sanderson 54' Roberts 76' Woods 82' Šunjić 90+2'	Stadium: Coventry Building Society Arena Attendance: 22,676 Referee: Leigh Doughty

27 November 2021 20	Bournemouth	2–2	Coventry City	Bournemouth
15:00 BST	Anthony 45' Cook 54' Billing 66' Lerma 68' Mepham 74'	Report	McFadzean 45+1' Godden 85' Kane 90+4'	Stadium: Vitality Stadium Attendance: 11,094 Referee: David Coote

4 December 2021 21	Coventry City	1–2	West Bromwich Albion	Coventry
12:30 GMT	McFadzean 83'	Report	Grant 20' Mowatt 35' McFadzean 43' (o.g.) Johnstone 66' Kipré 74'	Stadium: Coventry Building Society Arena Attendance: 23,755 Referee: Keith Stroud

11 December 2021 22	Huddersfield Town	1–1	Coventry City	Huddersfield
12:30 GMT	Ward 18' Holmes 45+2' O'Brien 61'	Report	Kelly 45+1' Godden 90+3'	Stadium: John Smith's Stadium Attendance: 16,493 Referee: Josh Smith

18 December 2021	Coventry City	v	Stoke City	Coventry
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Coventry Building Society Arena

26 December 2021	Cardiff City	v	Coventry City	Cardiff
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium

29 December 2021 23	Coventry City	0–1	Millwall	Coventry
19:45 GMT	Kane 71'	Report	Bradshaw 56', 79'	Stadium: Coventry Building Society Arena Attendance: 18,500 Referee: Geoff Eltringham

1 January 2022	Coventry City	v	Luton Town	Coventry
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Coventry Building Society Arena

15 January 2022 24	Peterborough United	1–4	Coventry City	Peterborough
15:00 GMT	Norburn 8' Grant 37' Mumba 41' Edwards 61'	Report	Hamer 15' Hyam 24' Godden 25', 90+1' Thompson 81' (o.g.)	Stadium: London Road Attendance: 10,282 Referee: Keith Stroud

22 January 2022 25	Coventry City	1–2	Queens Park Rangers	Coventry
15:00 GMT	Shipley 50' O'Hare 79' McFadzean 90+14'	Report	Gray 6' Dickie 66' Adomah 88'	Stadium: Coventry Building Society Arena Attendance: 20,942 Referee: Andy Woolmer

25 January 2022 26	Coventry City	1–0	Stoke City	Coventry
19:45 GMT	Sheaf 30' Clarke-Salter 53' Gyökeres 68'	Report	Jagielka 88'	Stadium: Coventry Building Society Arena Attendance: 16,860 Referee: John Brooks

29 January 2022 27	Middlesbrough	1–0	Coventry City	Middlesbrough
15:00 GMT	Šporar 58' Taylor 90+1' Lumley 90+3'	Report	Shipley 64'	Stadium: Riverside Stadium Attendance: 22,940 Referee: Matt Donohue

8 February 2022 28	Coventry City	1–1	Blackpool	Coventry
19:45 GMT	Sheaf 14' Hyam 36' Gyökeres 42' Clarke-Salter 71' Hamer 79'	Report	Madine 24' James 46'	Stadium: Coventry Building Society Arena Attendance: 15,752 Referee: Andre Marriner

12 February 2022 29	Reading	2–3	Coventry City	Reading
15:00 GMT	João 23' Yiadom 55' Hoilett 57' 63' Holmes 84'	Report	Bidwell 14' Hamer 29' Hyam 38', 45+2' Rose 47' Maatsen 65', 88' Sheaf 72'	Stadium: Select Car Leasing Stadium Referee: David Webb

15 February 2022 30	Cardiff City	2–0	Coventry City	Cardiff
19:45 GMT	Flint 59' Wintle 60' Bagan 72' Harris 87'	Report	McFadzean 78'	Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium Attendance: 18,660 Referee: John Busby

19 February 2022 31	Coventry City	1–0	Barnsley	Coventry
15:00 GMT	Hyam 90+3'	Report	Quina 69' Morris 90+9'	Stadium: Coventry Building Society Arena Attendance: 17,104 Referee: Josh Smith

22 February 2022 32	Bristol City	1–2	Coventry City	Bristol
19:45 GMT	Semenyo 59' Martin 63'	Report	Maatsen 25' O'Hare 39' Hyam 59' Dabo 82' Gyökeres 89'	Stadium: Ashton Gate Attendance: 19,192 Referee: Dean Whitestone

26 February 2022 33	Coventry City	1–1	Preston North End	Coventry
15:00 GMT	Rose 32' Hamer 69' Dabo 86' Tavares 90+8'	Report	Earl 14' Lindsay 17' 84' Whiteman 74' Johnson pen' (89) Evans 90+2'	Stadium: Coventry Building Society Arena Attendance: 19,743 Referee: Keith Stroud

5 March 2022 34	Swansea City	3–1	Coventry City	Swansea
15:00 GMT	Paterson 12' Naughton 17' Obafemi 40', 48' Cabango 69'	Report	Bidwell 8' Clarke-Salter 72' Hamer 84'	Stadium: Swansea.com Stadium Attendance: 18,405 Referee: Geoff Eltringham

8 March 2022 35	Coventry City	0–1	Luton Town	Coventry
19:45 GMT	Allen 34' Clarke-Salter 45+1' McFadzean 87'	Report	Bell 8' Adebayo 38', 68' Cornick 60' Jerome 66' Burke 73'	Stadium: Coventry Building Society Arena Attendance: 16,996 Referee: Oliver Langford

12 March 2022 36	Coventry City	4–1	Sheffield United	Coventry
15:00 GMT	Gyökeres 20' O'Hare 52', 59' Godden 68'	Report	Berge 16'	Stadium: Coventry Building Society Arena Attendance: 21,732 Referee: Jeremy Simpson

16 March 2022 37	Coventry City	0–2	Hull City	Coventry
19:45 GMT	Hamer 73' Maatsen 90+4'	Report	Smallwood 4' Longman 28'	Stadium: Coventry Building Society Arena Attendance: 15,587 Referee: John Busby

19 March 2022 38	Derby County	1–1	Coventry City	Derby
12:30 GMT	Byrne 57' Lawrence 66' (pen.)	Report	Bidwell 22' Godden 28' Dabo 54' Hamer 66'	Stadium: Pride Park Stadium Attendance: 24,264 Referee: Darren Bond

2 April 2022 39	Coventry City	2–2	Blackburn Rovers	Coventry
15:00 BST	Pickering 8' (o.g.) Maatsen 76' Gyökeres 78', 90+9'	Report	van Hecke 37' Dack 46' Gallagher 49' Brereton Díaz 63' Buckley 68' Wharton 78', 82'	Stadium: Coventry Building Society Arena Attendance: 19,939 Referee: Peter Bankes

6 April 2022 40	Nottingham Forest	2–0	Coventry City	West Bridgford
19:45 BST	Worrall 21' Johnson 25' Zinckernagel 54' Garner 61' Colback 90+2'	Report	Bidwell 39' Hyam 77' O'Hare 90+7'	Stadium: The City Ground Attendance: 28,977 Referee: Tim Robinson

10 April 2022 41	Fulham	1–3	Coventry City	Fulham
15:00 BST	Wilson 81' Reid 82'	Report	Ream 20' (og) Gyökeres 24' Dabo 42' Sheaf 61' Moore 65' Hamer 80' O'Hare 90+3'	Stadium: Craven Cottage Attendance: 19,401 Referee: Keith Stroud

15 April 2022 42	Birmingham City	2–4	Coventry City	Bordesley
15:00 BST	Bacuna 4' Pedersen 12' Gardner 39' Roberts 40' Richards 90+3' Woods 90+5'	Report	Sheaf 40', 45+4' Rose 71' O’Hare 90'	Stadium: St. Andrew's Stadium Attendance: 17,634 Referee: Oliver Langford

18 April 2022 43	Coventry City	0–3	Bournemouth	Coventry
15:00 BST		Report	Lowe 12' Solanke 45', 55'	Stadium: Coventry Building Society Arena Attendance: 24,342 Referee: Matt Donohue

23 April 2022 44	West Bromwich Albion	0–0	Coventry City	West Bromwich
15:00 BST	O'Shea 36'	Report	McFadzean 71'	Stadium: The Hawthorns Attendance: 22,160 Referee: Steve Martin

30 April 2022 45	Coventry City	1–2	Huddersfield Town	Coventry
15:00 BST	Kane 70' Gyökeres 90'	Report	Toffolo 45' Anjorin 79' (pen.)	Stadium: Coventry Building Society Arena Attendance: 23,828 Referee: Tony Harrington

7 May 2022 46	Stoke City	1–1	Coventry City	Stoke-on-Trent
12:30 BST	Clucas 43'	Report	Gyökeres 14' Hyam 89'	Stadium: bet365 Stadium Attendance: 23,086 Referee: Gavin Ward

FA Cup

Coventry City were drawn at home to Derby County in the third round.^[11]

Win Draw Loss

8 January 2022 Third round	Coventry City	1–0	Derby County	Coventry
12:30 GMT	Hyam 42' Shipley 53'	Report	Jagielka 31' Ebosele 57'	Stadium: The Coventry Building Society Arena Attendance: 8,896 Referee: Andrew Madley

5 February 2022 Fourth round	Southampton	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Coventry City	Southampton
15:00 GMT	Armstrong 63' Walker-Peters 112'	Report	Gyökeres 22'	Stadium: St Mary's Stadium Attendance: 30,512 Referee: Tony Harrington

EFL Cup

Coventry City were drawn at home to Northampton Town in the first round.^[12]^[13]

Win Draw Loss

11 August 2021 First round	Coventry City	1–2	Northampton Town	Coventry
19:45 BST	Walker 13'	Report	Nelson 36' Etete 52', 70'	Stadium: The Coventry Building Society Arena Attendance: 5,284 Referee: Ben Speedie

Birmingham Senior Cup

Coventry City were drawn away to AFC Wulfrunians in the first round.^[14]

before 23 October 2021 First round	AFC Wulfrunians	1–2	Coventry City	Castlecroft
19:45 BST	Bishop 44'		Jones 30' Nee 90' O’Brien 85'	Stadium: Castlecroft Stadium Attendance: 65

Squad information

Squad details

No.	Name	Position	Place of birth	Date of birth (Age) *	Club apps *	Club goals *	Signed from	Date signed	Fee	Contract end
Goalkeepers
1	Simon Moore	GK	Sandown	(1990-05-19)19 May 1990 (aged 31)	0	0	Sheffield United	3 July 2021	Free	30 June 2024
13	Ben Wilson	GK	Stanley	(1992-08-09)9 August 1992 (aged 28)	35	0	Bradford City	1 July 2019	Free	30 June 2023
31	Tom Billson	GK	Leicester	(2000-10-18)18 October 2000 (aged 20)	1	0	Academy	1 July 2018	Free	30 June 2023
44	Cian Tyler	GK	Coventry	(2002-03-22)22 March 2002 (aged 19)	0	0	Academy	10 November 2016	Free	30 June 2023
Defenders
3	Jake Clarke-Salter	CB	Carshalton	(1997-08-22)22 August 1997 (aged 23)	0	0	Chelsea	13 August 2021	Loan	30 June 2022
4	Michael Rose	CB	Aberdeen	(1995-10-11)11 October 1995 (aged 25)	58	2	Ayr United	1 July 2019	Free	30 June 2023
5	Kyle McFadzean	CB	Sheffield	(1987-02-20)20 February 1987 (aged 34)	80	2	Burton Albion	1 July 2019	Free	30 June 2023
15	Dominic Hyam	CB	Leuchars	(1995-12-20)20 December 1995 (aged 25)	145	6	Reading	1 July 2017	Free	30 June 2024
16	Josh Pask	CB	Waltham Forest	(1997-11-01)1 November 1997 (aged 23)	22	1	West Ham United	1 July 2018	Free	30 June 2022
18	Ian Maatsen	LB	Vlaardingen	(2002-03-10)10 March 2002 (aged 19)	0	0	Chelsea	30 July 2021	Loan	30 June 2022
20	Todd Kane	RB	Huntingdon	(1993-09-17)17 September 1993 (aged 27)	0	0	Queens Park Rangers	31 August 2021	Undisclosed	30 June 2023
22	Josh Reid	LB	Dingwall	(2002-05-03)3 May 2002 (aged 19)	0	0	Ross County	28 January 2021	Undisclosed	30 June 2024
23	Fankaty Dabo	RB	Southwark	(1995-10-11)11 October 1995 (aged 25)	70	0	Chelsea	1 July 2019	Free	30 June 2023
27	Jake Bidwell	LB	Southport	(1993-03-21)21 March 1993 (aged 28)	0	0	Swansea City	17 January 2022	Free	30 June 2025
29	Julien Dacosta	RB	Marseille	(1996-05-29)29 May 1996 (aged 25)	19	0	Chamois Niortais	6 July 2020	Free	30 June 2023
35	Declan Drysdale	CB	Birkenhead	(1999-11-14)14 November 1999 (aged 21)	5	0	Tranmere Rovers	4 January 2019	Compensation	30 June 2023
46	Blaine Rowe	RB	Coventry	(2002-03-22)22 March 2002 (aged 19)	0	0	Academy	1 July 2019	Trainee	30 June 2023
50	Jay McGrath	CB	Doncaster	(2003-04-15)15 April 2003 (aged 18)	0	0	Mickleover	17 July 2020	Undisclosed	30 June 2023
	Abel Alabi	CB		(2003-09-28)28 September 2003 (aged 17)	0	0	Waterford	1 January 2022	Undisclosed	30 June 2025
Midfielders
6	Liam Kelly	DM	Newport Pagnell	(1990-02-10)10 February 1990 (aged 31)	131	3	Leyton Orient	1 July 2017	Free	30 June 2023
7	Jodi Jones	RW	Bow	(1997-10-22)22 October 1997 (aged 23)	85	8	Dagenham & Redbridge	10 May 2016	Undisclosed	30 June 2022
8	Jamie Allen	CM	Rochdale	(1995-01-29)29 January 1995 (aged 26)	39	2	Burton Albion	1 July 2019	Undisclosed	30 June 2024
10	Callum O'Hare	AM	Solihull	(1998-05-01)1 May 1998 (aged 23)	88	7	Aston Villa	15 July 2020	Free	30 June 2024
14	Ben Sheaf	DM	Dartford	(1998-02-05)5 February 1998 (aged 23)	32	0	Arsenal	1 July 2021	Undisclosed	30 June 2024
26	Jordan Shipley	CM	Leamington Spa	(1997-09-26)26 September 1997 (aged 23)	149	19	Academy	1 July 2016	Trainee	30 June 2023
28	Josh Eccles	CM	Coventry	(2000-04-06)6 April 2000 (aged 21)	21	0	Academy	14 August 2016	Trainee	30 June 2023
32	Jack Burroughs	MF	Coventry	(2001-03-21)21 March 2001 (aged 20)	6	0	Academy	7 August 2017	Trainee	30 June 2023
34	Ricardo Dinanga	LW	Cork	(2001-12-06)6 December 2001 (aged 19)	0	0	Cork City	9 July 2021	Compensation	30 June 2023
36	Ryan Howley	CM	Nuneaton	(2003-11-23)23 November 2003 (aged 17)	0	0	Academy	1 July 2021	Free	30 June 2023
38	Gustavo Hamer	CM	Itajaí	(1997-06-24)24 June 1997 (aged 24)	44	5	PEC Zwolle	3 July 2020	£1,350,000	30 June 2024
43	Marco Rus	MF	Florești	(2003-01-23)23 January 2003 (aged 18)	0	0	Southampton	17 July 2021	Free	30 June 2023
45	Aidan Finnegan	CM	Birmingham	(2003-02-18)18 February 2003 (aged 18)	0	0	Birmingham City	5 October 2020	Free	30 June 2023
49	Aaron Evans-Harriott	MF	Evesham	(2002-09-16)16 September 2002 (aged 18)	0	0	Cheltenham Town	28 February 2020	Compensation	30 June 2022
	Marcel Hilßner	RW	Leipzig	(1995-01-30)30 January 1995 (aged 26)	0	0	SC Paderborn	16 July 2020	Undisclosed	30 June 2023
Forwards
9	Martyn Waghorn	CF	South Shields	(1990-01-23)23 January 1990 (aged 31)	0	0	Derby County	2 July 2021	Free	30 June 2023
17	Viktor Gyökeres	CF	Bromölla	(1998-06-04)4 June 1998 (aged 23)	19	3	Brighton & Hove Albion	9 July 2021	Undisclosed	30 June 2024
19	Tyler Walker	CF	Nottingham	(1996-10-17)17 October 1996 (aged 24)	33	8	Nottingham Forest	28 August 2020	Undisclosed	30 June 2023
24	Matt Godden	CF	Canterbury	(1991-07-29)29 July 1991 (aged 29)	57	21	Peterborough United	6 August 2019	Undisclosed	30 June 2024
30	Fábio Tavares	FW	Porto	(2001-01-22)22 January 2001 (aged 20)	0	0	Rochdale	1 February 2021	Undisclosed	30 June 2023
40	Jonny Ngandu	FW	Redbridge	(2001-10-25)25 October 2001 (aged 19)	1	0	Academy	7 August 2017	Trainee	30 June 2022
41	Will Bapaga	LW	Coventry	(2002-11-03)3 November 2002 (aged 18)	8	0	Academy	3 August 2019	Free	30 June 2023
	Danny Cashman	FW	Crawley	(2001-01-08)8 January 2001 (aged 20)	0	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	6 August 2021	Free	30 June 2024
Left before the end of the season
11	Bright Enobakhare	FW	Benin City	(1998-02-08)8 February 1998 (aged 23)	18	6	East Bengal	12 July 2021	Free	30 June 2023
	Brandon Mason	LB	Westminster	(1997-09-30)30 September 1997 (aged 23)	46	0	Watford	6 July 2018	Free	30 June 2022
	Wesley Jobello	RW	Gennevilliers	(1994-01-23)23 January 1994 (aged 27)	14	1	Gazélec Ajaccio	1 July 2019	Undisclosed	30 June 2022

* Player age and appearances/goals for the club as of beginning of 2021–22 season.

Appearances

Correct as of match played on 7 May 2022

No.	Player	Pos.	Championship	FA Cup	EFL Cup	Total
1	Simon Moore	GK	41	1		42
3	Jake Clarke-Salter	DF	27+2	2		31
4	Michael Rose	DF	24+5	2	1	32
5	Kyle McFadzean	DF	35+2			37
6	Liam Kelly	MF	8+8			16
7	Jodi Jones	MF	0+9	0+2	1	12
8	Jamie Allen	MF	29+9	1+1	1	41
9	Martyn Waghorn	FW	11+16	0+1	0+1	29
10	Callum O'Hare	MF	43+2	1+1		47
13	Ben Wilson	GK	5	1	1	7
14	Ben Sheaf	MF	33+2	2		37
15	Dominic Hyam	DF	42+1	2		45
16	Josh Pask	DF			0+1	1
17	Viktor Gyökeres	FW	41+4	1+1		47
18	Ian Maatsen	DF	35+5	1	0+1	42
19	Tyler Walker	FW	4+15		1	20
20	Todd Kane	DF	23+6	1+1		31
22	Josh Reid	DF			1	1
23	Fankaty Dabo	DF	26+3	1		30
24	Matt Godden	FW	17+7	1		25
26	Jordan Shipley	MF	8+3	1+1	1	14
27	Jake Bidwell	DF	13+3	1		17
28	Josh Eccles	MF	3+2	1+1		7
29	Julien Dacosta	DF	2+2		1	5
30	Fábio Tavares	FW	0+7			7
31	Tom Billson	GK
32	Jack Burroughs	MF
34	Ricardo Dinanga	MF
35	Declan Drysdale	DF			1	1
36	Ryan Howley	MF	0+1		1	2
38	Gustavo Hamer	MF	37+2	2		41
40	Jonny Ngandu	FW
41	Will Bapaga	FW
43	Marco Rus	MF
44	Cian Tyler	GK
45	Aidan Finnegan	MF
46	Blaine Rowe	DF
49	Aaron Evans-Harriott	MF
50	Jay McGrath	DF
	Marcel Hilßner	MF
	Danny Cashman	FW
	Abel Alabi	DF
Left before the end of the season
11	Bright Enobakhare	FW			1	1
	Brandon Mason	DF
	Wesley Jobello	MF

Goalscorers

Correct as of match played on 7 May 2022

No.	Player	Pos.	Championship	FA Cup	EFL Cup	Total
17	Viktor Gyökeres	FW	17	1	0	18
24	Matt Godden	FW	12	0	0	12
10	Callum O'Hare	MF	5	0	0	5
5	Kyle McFadzean	DF	3	0	0	3
15	Dominic Hyam	DF	2	1	0	3
18	Ian Maatsen	DF	3	0	0	3
19	Tyler Walker	FW	2	0	1	3
38	Gustavo Hamer	MF	3	0	0	3
4	Michael Rose	DF	2	0	0	2
14	Ben Sheaf	MF	2	0	0	2
8	Jamie Allen	MF	1	0	0	1
9	Martyn Waghorn	FW	1	0	0	1
20	Todd Kane	DF	1	0	0	1
26	Jordan Shipley	MF	1	0	0	1
30	Fábio Tavares	FW	1	0	0	1
Own Goals			4	0	0	4
Totals			60	2	1	63

Assists

Correct as of match played on 7 May 2022

No.	Player	Pos.	Championship	FA Cup	EFL Cup	Total
38	Gustavo Hamer	MF	9	0	0	9
10	Callum O'Hare	MF	8	0	0	8
17	Viktor Gyökeres	FW	5	0	0	5
20	Todd Kane	DF	4	1	0	5
14	Ben Sheaf	MF	3	1	0	4
8	Jamie Allen	MF	2	0	1	3
4	Michael Rose	DF	2	0	0	2
9	Martyn Waghorn	FW	2	0	0	2
24	Matt Godden	FW	2	0	0	2
1	Simon Moore	GK	1	0	0	1
6	Liam Kelly	MF	1	0	0	1
7	Jodi Jones	MF	1	0	0	1
18	Ian Maatsen	DF	1	0	0	1
23	Fankaty Dabo	DF	1	0	0	1
Totals			42	2	1	45

Yellow cards

Correct as of match played on 7 May 2022

No.	Player	Pos.	Championship	FA Cup	Total
38	Gustavo Hamer	MF	14	1	15
18	Ian Maatsen	DF	9	0	9
3	Jake Clarke-Salter	DF	6	1	7
5	Kyle McFadzean	DF	7	0	7
10	Callum O'Hare	MF	7	0	7
14	Ben Sheaf	MF	6	1	7
15	Dominic Hyam	DF	7	0	7
20	Todd Kane	DF	4	1	5
23	Fankaty Dabo	DF	4	0	4
27	Jake Bidwell	DF	4	0	4
6	Liam Kelly	MF	2	0	2
26	Jordan Shipley	MF	1	1	2
1	Simon Moore	GK	1	0	1
4	Michael Rose	DF	1	0	1
8	Jamie Allen	MF	1	0	1
9	Martyn Waghorn	FW	1	0	1
17	Viktor Gyökeres	FW	1	0	1
28	Josh Eccles	MF	0	1	1
Totals			76	6	82

Red cards

Correct as of match played on 7 May 2022

No.	Player	Pos.	Championship	Total
23	Fankaty Dabo	DF	2	2
18	Ian Maatsen	DF	1	1
Totals			3	3

Captains

Correct as of match played on 7 May 2022

No.	Player	Pos.	Championship	FA Cup	EFL Cup	Total
5	Kyle McFadzean	DF	27	0	0	27
6	Liam Kelly	MF	8	0	0	8
15	Dominic Hyam	DF	7	1	0	8
24	Matt Godden	FW	4	1	0	5
8	Jamie Allen	MF	0	0	1	1
Totals			46	2	1	49

Penalties awarded

No.	Player	Pos.	Date	Opponents	Ground	Success
17	Viktor Gyökeres	FW	14 August 2021	Barnsley	Oakwell	N
24	Matt Godden	FW	2 October 2021	Fulham	Coventry Building Society Arena	Y
24	Matt Godden	FW	23 October 2021	Derby County	Coventry Building Society Arena	Y
24	Matt Godden	FW	6 November 2021	Bristol City	Coventry Building Society Arena	Y

Suspensions served

No.	Player	Pos.	Date suspended	Reason	Matches missed
23	Fankaty Dabo	DF	15 September 2021	1 red card	Millwall (A) Peterborough United (H) Luton Town (A)
38	Gustavo Hamer	MF	28 October 2021	5 yellow cards	Fulham (H)
18	Ian Maatsen	DF	2 October 2021	5 yellow cards	Blackburn Rovers (A)
24	Matt Godden	FW	8 October 2021	Breach of FA Rule E3^[15]	Blackburn Rovers (A) Preston North End (A)
18	Ian Maatsen	DF	6 November 2021	1 red card	Sheffield United (A)
38	Gustavo Hamer	MF	12 February 2022	10 yellow cards	Cardiff City (A) Barnsley (H)
23	Fankaty Dabo	DF	26 February 2022	1 red card	Swansea City (A) Luton Town (H)

International appearances

No.	Player	Pos.	Date	Match	Stats	Caps
17	Viktor Gyökeres	FW	9 October 2021	Sweden 3–0 Kosovo	sub on (90+1)^[16]	3
17	Viktor Gyökeres	FW	12 October 2021	Sweden 2–0 Greece	sub on (87)^[17]	4
17	Viktor Gyökeres	FW	5 June 2022	Sweden 1–2 Norway	sub on (66)^[18]	5
17	Viktor Gyökeres	FW	9 June 2022	Sweden 0–1 Serbia	sub on (86)^[19]	6
17	Viktor Gyökeres	FW	12 June 2022	Norway 3–2 Sweden	sub on (59), goal (90+5)^[20]	7

Monthly & weekly awards

No.	Player	Pos.	Date	Award	Ref
17	Viktor Gyökeres	FW	9 August 2021	EFL Championship Team of the Week	^[21]
1	Simon Moore	GK	19 August 2021	EFL Championship Team of the Week	^[22]
14	Ben Sheaf	MF	23 August 2021	EFL Championship Team of the Week	^[23]
1	Simon Moore	GK	13 September 2021	EFL Championship Team of the Week	^[24]
23	Fankaty Dabo	DF	13 September 2021	EFL Championship Team of the Week	^[24]
17	Viktor Gyökeres	FW	3 October 2021	EFL Championship Team of the Week	^[25]
	Mark Robins		7 November 2021	EFL Championship Team of the Week	^[26]
20	Todd Kane	DF	30 November 2021	EFL Championship Team of the Week	^[27]
24	Matt Godden	FW	16 January 2022	EFL Championship Team of the Week	^[28]
15	Dominic Hyam	DF	20 February 2022	EFL Championship Team of the Week	^[29]
38	Gustavo Hamer	MF	24 February 2022	EFL Championship Team of the Week	^[30]
	Dennis Lawrence		13 March 2022	EFL Championship Team of the Week	^[31]
10	Callum O'Hare	MF	13 March 2022	EFL Championship Team of the Week	^[31]
17	Viktor Gyökeres	FW	13 March 2022	EFL Championship Team of the Week	^[31]
38	Gustavo Hamer	MF	13 March 2022	EFL Championship Team of the Week	^[31]
	Mark Robins		13 April 2022	EFL Championship Team of the Week	^[32]
17	Viktor Gyökeres	FW	13 April 2022	EFL Championship Team of the Week	^[32]
38	Gustavo Hamer	MF	13 April 2022	EFL Championship Team of the Week	^[32]
4	Michael Rose	DF	16 April 2022	EFL Championship Team of the Week	^[33]
14	Ben Sheaf	MF	16 April 2022	EFL Championship Team of the Week	^[33]
38	Gustavo Hamer	MF	16 April 2022	EFL Championship Team of the Week	^[33]
13	Ben Wilson	GK	26 April 2022	EFL Championship Team of the Week	^[34]

End-of-season awards

No.	Player	Pos.	Date	Award	Ref
36	Ryan Howley	MF	24 April 2022	Championship Apprentice Award	^[35]
17	Viktor Gyökeres	FW	7 May 2022	CCFC Top Goalscorer	^[36]
14	Ben Sheaf	MF	7 May 2022	CCFC Family Zone Player of the Year	^[36]
36	Ryan Howley	MF	7 May 2022	CCFC Academy Player of the Season	^[36]
18	Ian Maatsen	DF	7 May 2022	CCFC Young Player of the Season	^[36]
30	Fábio Tavares	FW	7 May 2022	CCFC Development Player of the Year	^[36]
6	Liam Kelly	MF	7 May 2022	CCFC Community Player of the Year	^[36]
6	Liam Kelly	MF	7 May 2022	PFA Community Champion of the Season	^[36]
	Suzette Johnson		7 May 2022	CCFC Michelle Ridley Award	^[36]
10	Callum O'Hare	MF	7 May 2022	CCFC JSB Player of the Year	^[36]
26	Jordan Shipley	MF	7 May 2022	CCFC Goal of the Season	^[36]
17	Viktor Gyökeres	FW	7 May 2022	CCFC Players' Player of the Season	^[36]
38	Gustavo Hamer	MF	7 May 2022	CCFC Player of the Season	^[36]

Transfers

Transfers in

Date	Position	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2021	DM	Ben Sheaf	Arsenal	Undisclosed	^[37]
2 July 2021	CF	Martyn Waghorn	Derby County	Free transfer	^[38]
3 July 2021	GK	Simon Moore	Sheffield United	Free transfer	^[39]
9 July 2021	LW	Ricardo Dinanga	Cork City	Free transfer	^[40]
9 July 2021	CF	Viktor Gyökeres	Brighton & Hove Albion	Undisclosed	^[41]
13 July 2021	FW	Bright Enobakhare	SC East Bengal	Free transfer	^[42]
17 July 2021	MF	Marco Rus	Southampton	Free transfer	^[43]
6 August 2021	FW	Danny Cashman	Brighton & Hove Albion	Free transfer	^[44]
31 August 2021	RB	Todd Kane	Queens Park Rangers	Undisclosed	^[45]
1 January 2022	DF	Abel Alabi	Waterford	Undisclosed	^[46]
17 January 2022	DF	Jake Bidwell	Swansea City	Free transfer	^[47]

Loans in

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Date until	Ref.
30 July 2021	LB		Ian Maatsen	Chelsea	End of season	^[48]
13 August 2021	CB		Jake Clarke-Salter	Chelsea	End of season	^[49]

Loans out

Date from	Position	Name	To	Date until	Ref.
26 July 2021	GK	Tom Billson	Scunthorpe United	11 January 2022^[a]	^[51]
6 August 2021	MF	Jack Burroughs	Ross County	End of season	^[52]
6 August 2021	FW	Danny Cashman	Rochdale	End of season	^[44]
12 August 2021	LW	Will Bapaga	Grimsby Town	End of season	^[53]
11 January 2022	CB	Declan Drysdale	Ross County	End of season	^[54]
11 January 2022	CB	Josh Pask	Newport County	End of season	^[55]
18 January 2022	CF	Tyler Walker	Portsmouth	End of season	^[56]
26 January 2022	RW	Marcel Hilßner	FSV Zwickau	End of season	^[57]
31 January 2022	RB	Blaine Rowe	Ayr United	End of season	^[58]
1 February 2022	RB	Julien Dacosta	Portimonense	End of season	^[59]

Transfers out

Date	Position	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
24 June 2021	GK	Marko Maroši	Shrewsbury Town	Undisclosed	^[60]
29 June 2021	CF	David Bremang	Barnsley	Undisclosed	^[61]
30 June 2021	CF	Amadou Bakayoko	Bolton Wanderers	Released	^[62]^[63]
30 June 2021	CM	Daniel Bartlett	Poole Town	Released	^[62]
30 June 2021	CF	Maxime Biamou	Dundee United	Released	^[62]
30 June 2021	CM	Daniel Lafferty	Stratford Town	Released	^[64]^[65]
30 June 2021	LB	Joe Newton	Havant & Waterlooville	Released	^[62]^[66]
30 June 2021	CB	Jordon Thompson	Gloucester City	Released	^[62]^[67]
30 June 2021	CB	Morgan Williams	Yeovil Town	Released	^[62]^[68]
30 June 2021	MF	Jordan Young	Gloucester City	Released	^[62]^[69]
6 July 2021	LW	Gervane Kastaneer	PEC Zwolle	Mutual Consent	^[70]^[71]
31 August 2021	LB	Brandon Mason	Milton Keynes Dons	Mutual Consent	^[72]^[73]
1 November 2021	FW	Bright Enobakhare	Hapoel Jerusalem	Mutual Consent	^[74]
26 November 2021	DF	Thierry Katsukunya	Aston Villa	Undisclosed	^[75]
13 January 2022	RW	Wesley Jobello	US Boulogne	Mutual Consent	^[76]

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2021–22 Coventry City F.C. season

Contents

Pre-season

Competitions

EFL Championship

League table

Results summary

Results by matchday

Matches

FA Cup

EFL Cup

Birmingham Senior Cup

Squad information

Squad details

Appearances

Goalscorers

Assists

Yellow cards

Red cards

Captains

Penalties awarded

Suspensions served

International appearances

Monthly & weekly awards

End-of-season awards

Transfers

Transfers in

Loans in

Loans out

Transfers out

References