2021–22 Swansea City A.F.C. season

The 2021–22 season was Swansea City's 110th season in existence and their fourth consecutive season in the second tier of English football, the Championship. Alongside the Championship, they also competed in the FA Cup and the EFL Cup. This season covers the period from 1 June 2021 to 31 May 2022.

Swansea City

2021–22 season
Chairman	Julian Winter
Head coach	Russell Martin
Stadium	Swansea.com Stadium
Championship	15th
FA Cup	Third round
EFL Cup	Third round
Top goalscorer	League: Joël Piroe (22) All: Joël Piroe (24)
Home colours Away colours Third colours
← 2020–21 2022–23 →

Pre-season

Managerial change

Head coach Steve Cooper left the club by mutual consent during pre-season, on 21 July 2021.^[1] He was replaced by Russell Martin on 1 August, six days before Swansea's first game of the season.^[2]

Friendlies

The Swans announced they would have friendlies against Swindon Town,^[3] Plymouth Argyle,^[4] Bristol Rovers,^[5] and Forest Green Rovers^[6] and Southampton^[7] as part of the club's pre-season preparations. However, the friendly against Swindon was cancelled due to "ongoing logistical and operational issues" at Swindon.^[8] The friendly against Bristol Rovers was also cancelled due to positive Coronavirus cases within Swansea's first-team bubble.^[9]

Newport County v Swansea City

14 July 2021 Friendly	Newport County	0–1	Swansea City	Lliswerry
BST		Report	Whittaker	Stadium: Newport International Sports Village Attendance: 0 (Behind-closed-doors)

Newport County v Swansea City

14 July 2021 Friendly	Newport County	0–4	Swansea City	Lliswerry
BST		Report	Byers Cullen Lowe x2	Stadium: Newport International Sports Village Attendance: 0 (Behind-closed-doors)

Newport County v Swansea City

17 July 2021 Friendly	Newport County	0–5	Swansea City	Lliswerry
BST		Report	Cullen 10', 29' Margetson 33' Dhanda ?' Latibeaudiere ?'	Stadium: Newport International Sports Village Attendance: 0 (Behind-closed-doors)

Swindon Town v Swansea City

17 July 2021 Friendly	Swindon Town	Cancelled	Swansea City	Swindon
15:00 BST				Stadium: County Ground
Note: Match cancelled due to ongoing logistical issues at Swindon Town.

Plymouth Argyle v Swansea City

20 July 2021 Friendly	Plymouth Argyle	1–2	Swansea City	Plymouth
19:00 BST	Hardie 47'	Report	Whittaker 23' Cullen 32'	Stadium: Home Park

Bristol Rovers v Swansea City

24 July 2021 Friendly	Bristol Rovers	Cancelled	Swansea City	Horfield
15:00 BST				Stadium: Memorial Stadium
Note: Match cancelled due to positive Coronavirus cases in Swansea's first-team bubble.

Forest Green Rovers v Swansea City

28 July 2021 Friendly	Forest Green Rovers	1–2	Swansea City	Nailsworth
19:00 BST	Stevens 86' (pen.)	Report	Dhanda 65' Lloyd 70'	Stadium: The New Lawn

Swansea City v Southampton

31 July 2021 Friendly	Swansea City	1–3	Southampton	Landore
15:00 BST	Salisu 13' (o.g.)	Report	Tella 14' Redmond 22' Armstrong 58'	Stadium: Liberty Stadium[a] Attendance: 5,091

Club

Club officials

As of 8 December 2021^[11]

Role	Name
Owners	Jason Levien Steve Kaplan
Chief executive	Julian Winter
Sporting director	Mark Allen
Honorary club president	Alan Curtis
Club ambassador	Lee Trundle

First-team staff

As of 25 September 2021^[12]

Role	Name
Head coach	Russell Martin
Assistant head coach	Luke Williams
Technical development coach	Matthew Gill
Head of physical performance	Matt Willmott
Goalkeeping coach	Dean Thornton
First-team performance analyst	Ben Parker

First-team squad

As of 31 January 2022^[13]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 2 DF  ENG Ryan Bennett 3 DF  IRL Ryan Manning 4 MF  ENG Flynn Downes 5 DF  WAL Ben Cabango 6 MF  SCO Jay Fulton 7 MF  ENG Korey Smith 8 MF  ENG Matt Grimes (captain) 9 FW  IRL Michael Obafemi 10 MF  FRA Olivier Ntcham 12 FW  ENG Jamie Paterson 13 MF  AUT Hannes Wolf (on loan from Borussia M'gladbach)

No. Pos. Nation Player 14 FW  SCO Kyle Joseph 15 DF  ENG Nathanael Ogbeta 17 FW  NED Joël Piroe 18 GK  ENG Ben Hamer 19 DF  WAL Tivonge Rushesha 21 MF  ENG Yan Dhanda 22 DF  ENG Joel Latibeaudiere 23 DF  IRL Cyrus Christie (on loan from Fulham) 26 DF  ENG Kyle Naughton 30 DF  ENG Finley Burns (on loan from Manchester City) 33 GK  ENG Andy Fisher

Competitions

Championship

Main article: 2021–22 EFL Championship

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
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
16	Blackpool	46	16	12	18	54	58	−4	60
17	Bristol City	46	15	10	21	62	77	−15	55
18	Cardiff City	46	15	8	23	50	68	−18	53

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^[14]

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	16	13	17	58	68	−10	61	9	8	6	30	27	+3	7	5	11	28	41	−13

Last updated: 7 May 2022.
Source: FBREF

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	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	H
Result	L	D	L	W	L	D	D	D	W	L	D	W	W	L	W	W	L	D	W	L	L	L	D	W	D	L	L	W	L	W	L	W	W	L	L	W	D	W	W	W	D	D	D	D	L	L
Position	21	19	20	16	19	21	20	21	17	19	19	17	15	16	13	11	12	12	9	9	14	16	17	17	17	19	19	16	16	16	17	16	16	16	16	15	16	16	15	14	14	13	14	14	15	15

Updated to match(es) played on 7 May 2022. Source: Statto.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Swansea City's fixtures were revealed on 24 June 2021.^[15]

Blackburn Rovers v Swansea City

7 August 2021 1	Blackburn Rovers	2–1	Swansea City	Blackburn
15:00 BST	Gallagher 36' Brereton 48' (pen.)	Report	Paterson 52'	Stadium: Ewood Park Attendance: 10,260 Referee: David Webb

Swansea City v Sheffield United

14 August 2021 2	Swansea City	0–0	Sheffield United	Landore
20:00 BST		Report		Stadium: Swansea.com Stadium Attendance: 15,946 Referee: Keith Stroud
Note: Live on Sky Sports

Swansea City v Stoke City

17 August 2021 3	Swansea City	1–3	Stoke City	Landore
19:45 BST	Piroe 73'	Report	Powell 15' Clucas 53' Østigård 60'	Stadium: Swansea.com Stadium Attendance: 15,927 Referee: Josh Smith

Bristol City v Swansea City

20 August 2021 4	Bristol City	0–1	Swansea City	Ashton Gate
19:45 BST		Report	Piroe 19'	Stadium: Ashton Gate Stadium Attendance: 20,139 Referee: Geoff Eltringham
Note: Live on Sky Sports

Preston North End v Swansea City

28 August 2021 5	Preston North End	3–1	Swansea City	Deepdale
15:00 BST	Van den Berg 21' Riis Jakobsen 45+2' Whiteman 52'	Report	Piroe 19'	Stadium: Deepdale Attendance: 10,180 Referee: Thomas Bramall

Swansea City v Hull City

11 September 2021 6	Swansea City	0–0	Hull City	Landore
15:00 BST		Report		Stadium: Swansea.com Stadium Attendance: 16,317 Referee: Keith Stroud

Swansea City v Millwall

15 September 2021 7	Swansea City	0–0	Millwall	Landore
19:45 BST		Report		Stadium: Swansea.com Stadium Attendance: 16,007 Referee: John Busby

Luton Town v Swansea City

18 September 2021 8	Luton Town	3–3	Swansea City	Luton
15:00 BST	Berry 7' Adebayo 15' (pen.), 23'	Report	Paterson 63' Ntcham 86' Piroe 90+2'	Stadium: Kenilworth Road Attendance: 9,721 Referee: Tony Harrington

Swansea City v Huddersfield Town

25 September 2021 9	Swansea City	1–0	Huddersfield Town	Landore
15:00 BST	Piroe 17'	Report		Stadium: Swansea.com Stadium Attendance: 17,091 Referee: Gavin Ward

Fulham v Swansea City

29 September 2021 10	Fulham	3–1	Swansea City	Fulham
19:45 BST	Mitrović 12', 32', 45'	Report	Paterson 38'	Stadium: Craven Cottage Attendance: 16,113 Referee: Josh Smith
Note: Live on Sky Sports

Derby County v Swansea City

2 October 2021 11	Derby County	0–0	Swansea City	Derby
15:00 BST		Report		Stadium: Pride Park Stadium Attendance: 21,640 Referee: Andrew Madley

Swansea City v Cardiff City

17 October 2021 12	Swansea City	3–0	Cardiff City	Landore
12:00 BST	Paterson 29' Piroe 60' Bidwell 74'	Report		Stadium: Swansea.com Stadium Referee: James Linington
Note: Live on Sky Sports

Swansea City v West Bromwich Albion

20 October 2021 13	Swansea City	2–1	West Bromwich Albion	Landore
19:45 BST	Piroe 61' Paterson 83'	Report	Grant 1'	Stadium: Swansea.com Stadium Attendance: 16,694 Referee: Simon Hooper
Note: Live on Sky Sports

Birmingham City v Swansea City

23 October 2021 14	Birmingham City	2–1	Swansea City	Bordesley
15:00 BST	Deeney 47' McGree 82'	Report	Obafemi 77'	Stadium: St Andrew's Attendance: 16,132 Referee: Oliver Langford

Swansea City v Peterborough United

30 October 2021 15	Swansea City	3–0	Peterborough United	Landore
15:00 BST	Bidwell 2' Piroe 13' Ntcham 45+1'	Report		Stadium: Swansea.com Stadium Attendance: 16,639 Referee: Matt Donohue

Coventry City v Swansea City

2 November 2021 16	Coventry City	1–2	Swansea City	Coventry
19:45 GMT	McFadzean 27'	Report	Paterson 5' Piroe 12'	Stadium: Coventry Building Society Arena Attendance: 16,514 Referee: Andy Davies

Bournemouth v Swansea City

6 November 2021 17	Bournemouth	4–0	Swansea City	Kings Park
15:00 GMT	Solanke 26', 49' Anthony 64', 90+4'	Report		Stadium: Vitality Stadium Referee: Tony Harrington

Swansea City v Blackpool

20 November 2021 18	Swansea City	1–1	Blackpool	Landore
15:00 GMT	Piroe 35'	Report	Anderson 86'	Stadium: Swansea.com Stadium Attendance: 16,886 Referee: Keith Stroud

Barnsley v Swansea City

24 November 2021 19	Barnsley	0–2	Swansea City	Barnsley
19:45 GMT		Report	Ntcham 74' Paterson 80'	Stadium: Oakwell Attendance: 11,342 Referee: David Webb

Swansea City v Reading

27 November 2021 20	Swansea City	2–3	Reading	Landore
15:00 GMT	Paterson 3' Manning 49' Laird  83'	Report	Dele-Bashiru 4' Carroll 30' Drinkwater 50',  74' Swift  86' Pușcaș  89'	Stadium: Swansea.com Stadium Attendance: 16,980 Referee: Tony Harrington

Middlesbrough v Swansea City

4 December 2021 21	Middlesbrough	1–0	Swansea City	Middlesbrough
15:00 GMT	Jones 26' McNair  70'	Report	Paterson  45'	Stadium: Riverside Stadium Attendance: 18,707 Referee: Andy Davies

Swansea City v Nottingham Forest

11 December 2021 22	Swansea City	1–4	Nottingham Forest	Landore
15:00 GMT	Downes  11' Smith  31' Cabango  55' Piroe 62'	Report	Osei-Tutu  20' Zinckernagel 48' Grabban 50' Spence  55' McKenna  66' Johnson 68' Cafú 90+3',  90+4'	Stadium: Swansea.com Stadium Attendance: 17,659 Referee: Matt Donohue

Huddersfield Town v Swansea City

15 January 2022 23	Huddersfield Town	1–1	Swansea City	Huddersfield
15:00 GMT	Sinani 15'	Report	Downes 78'	Stadium: John Smith's Stadium Attendance: 20,535 Referee: David Webb

Swansea City v Preston North End

22 January 2022 24	Swansea City	1–0	Preston North End	Landore
15:00 GMT	Manning  12', 51' Latibeaudiere  87' Smith  88'	Report	Cunningham  64' Evans  87' Bauer  90+1'	Stadium: Swansea.com Stadium Attendance: 16,842 Referee: Josh Smith

Queens Park Rangers v Swansea City

25 January 2022 25	Queens Park Rangers	0–0	Swansea City	Shepherd's Bush
19:45 GMT	Odubajo  69' Johansen  76' Austin  90+2'	Report	Smith  29' Cabango  47' Downes  72'  90+2' Obafemi  90+5'	Stadium: Kiyan Prince Foundation Stadium Attendance: 12,770 Referee: Andy Davies
Note: Live on Sky Sports

Hull City v Swansea City

29 January 2022 26	Hull City	2–0	Swansea City	Kingston upon Hull
15:00 GMT	Eaves 5' Lewis-Potter 17'	Report	Manning  80' Walsh  85'	Stadium: MKM Stadium Attendance: 13,101 Referee: Leigh Doughty

Swansea City v Luton Town

1 February 2022 27	Swansea City	0–1	Luton Town	Landore
19:45 GMT	Downes  10' Piroe  90+2'	Report	Hylton  34' Cornick 72' Lansbury  75' Burke  88' Berry  89'	Stadium: Swansea.com Stadium Attendance: 16,598 Referee: Oliver Langford

Swansea City v Blackburn Rovers

5 February 2022 28	Swansea City	1–0	Blackburn Rovers	Landore
17:30 GMT	Obafemi 16' Ntcham  37' Manning  38'  53' Christie  90+2'	Report	Rothwell  24' Buckley  33'	Stadium: Swansea.com Stadium Attendance: 16,933 Referee: Tim Robinson
Note: Live on Sky Sports

Stoke City v Swansea City

8 February 2022 29	Stoke City	3–0	Swansea City	Stoke-on-Trent
19:45 GMT	Wilmot  45' Philogene 47' Baker 59' (pen.) Brown 78',  85'	Report	Christie  26' Grimes  29' Ntcham  31' Bennett  58' Wolf  85'	Stadium: bet365 Stadium Attendance: 17,720 Referee: Jeremy Simpson
Note: Live on Sky Sports

Swansea City v Bristol City

13 February 2022 30	Swansea City	3–1	Bristol City	Landore
13:00 GMT	Obafemi 54',  56' Christie 79',  90+2' Piroe 90+4'	Report	Weimann 42' Klose  59' Dasilva  69' Semenyo  86' Martin  90+2'	Stadium: Swansea.com Stadium Attendance: 19,162 Referee: Keith Stroud

Sheffield United v Swansea City

19 February 2022 31	Sheffield United	4–0	Swansea City	Landore
15:00 GMT	Gibbs-White 14', 78' Baldock 17',  41' Sharp 38' Norwood  39'	Report		Stadium: Swansea.com Stadium Attendance: 26,564 Referee: David Webb

West Bromwich Albion v Swansea City

26 February 2022 32	West Bromwich Albion	0–2	Swansea City	West Bromwich
15:00 GMT		Report	Downes  33' Cabango  64' Piroe 79' Christie 84'	Stadium: The Hawthorns Referee: Dean Whitestone

Swansea City v Coventry City

5 March 2022 33	Swansea City	3–1	Coventry City	Landore
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

Swansea City v Fulham

8 March 2022 34	Swansea City	1–5	Fulham	Landore
19:45 GMT	Manning  42' Piroe 75'	Report	Mitrović 46' Cabango 52' (o.g.) Decordova-Reid 73' Williams 77', 85'	Stadium: Swansea.com Stadium Attendance: 17,012 Referee: Jarred Gillett

Blackpool v Swansea City

12 March 2022 35	Blackpool	1–0	Swansea City	Blackpool
15:00 GMT	Madine 4'	Report	Downes  37' Naughton  90+3'	Stadium: Bloomfield Road Attendance: 12,344 Referee: Steve Martin

Peterborough United v Swansea City

16 March 2022 36	Peterborough United	2–3	Swansea City	Peterborough
19:45 GMT	Szmodics 51' Knight  56' Marriott 63'	Report	Obafemi 44', 71' Christie  48' Wolf  56' Cabango  77' Naughton  88' Piroe 90+1',  90+9'	Stadium: Weston Homes Stadium Referee: Oliver Langford

Swansea City v Birmingham City

19 March 2022 37	Swansea City	0–0	Birmingham City	Landore
15:00 GMT		Report		Stadium: Swansea.com Stadium Attendance: 18,620 Referee: Andy Davies

Cardiff City v Swansea City

2 April 2022 38	Cardiff City	0–4	Swansea City	Leckwith
15:00 BST	Doyle  39' Ralls  80'	Report	Obafemi 6', 82' Wolf  29', 78' Cabango 57' Fisher  59' Downes  69' Piroe  80'	Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium Attendance: 27,280 Referee: Josh Smith

Millwall v Swansea City

5 April 2022 39	Millwall	0–1	Swansea City	Bermondsey
19:45 BST	Ballard  81'	Report	Grimes  22' Piroe 46' Latibeaudiere  49'	Stadium: The Den Attendance: 11,670 Referee: Andy Davies

Swansea City v Derby County

9 April 2022 40	Swansea City	2–1	Derby County	Landore
15:00 BST	Piroe 8', 16'	Report	Lawrence 22' (pen.)	Stadium: Swansea.com Stadium Attendance: 18,374 Referee: Tim Robinson

Swansea City v Barnsley

15 April 2022 41	Swansea City	1–1	Barnsley	Landore
15:00 BST	Ntcham 64' Grimes  90+2'	Report	Wolfe  16' Palmer  29' Gomes 54' Morris  78'	Stadium: Swansea.com Stadium Attendance: 17,923 Referee: Andy Woolmer

Reading v Swansea City

18 April 2022 42	Reading	4–4	Swansea City	Reading
15:00 BST	João 3' (pen.), 71' Ince 61' McIntyre 90+5'	Report	Wolf 6' Piroe 12', 45+2' (pen.) Obafemi 58'	Stadium: Madejski Stadium Referee: Kevin Friend

Swansea City v Middlesbrough

23 April 2022 43	Swansea City	1–1	Middlesbrough	Landore
15:00 BST	Obafemi 48' Wolf  84' Christie  87'	Report	McGree 46' Bamba  82'	Stadium: Swansea.com Stadium Attendance: 18,246 Referee: David Webb

Swansea City v Bournemouth

26 April 2022 44	Swansea City	3–3	Bournemouth	Landore
19:45 BST	Piroe 5', 12' Christie  45+4', 58' Smith  53'	Report	Lowe  30' Anthony  56' Phillips  67' Moore 72', 90' Billing  75' Solanke 81' (pen.),  90+6' Lerma  84'	Stadium: Swansea.com Stadium Attendance: 17,780 Referee: Darren Bond

Nottingham Forest v Swansea City

30 April 2022 45	Nottingham Forest	5–1	Swansea City	West Bridgford
15:00 BST	Christie 22' (o.g.) Surridge 48, 52, 69' Mighten 84'	Report	Christie  24' Obafemi 28' Latibeaudiere  38'	Stadium: The City Ground Attendance: 28,659 Referee: Graham Scott

Swansea City v Queens Park Rangers

7 May 2022 46	Swansea City	0–1	Queens Park Rangers	Landore
12:30 BST		Report	Gray 80'	Stadium: Swansea.com Stadium Attendance: 18,608 Referee: Steve Martin

FA Cup

Main article: 2021–22 FA Cup

The Swans were drawn at home to Southampton in the third round.^[16]

Swansea City v Southampton

8 January 2022 Third round	Swansea City	2–3 (a.e.t.)	Southampton	Landore
17:30 GMT	Bennett  43' Cooper  45+1' Walsh  59' Piroe 77' Dhanda  90+4' Bednarek 94' (o.g.)	Report	Valery  3'  29' Redmond 8' Stephens  90+3' Elyounoussi 96' Long 102'	Stadium: Swansea.com Stadium Attendance: 0 (Behind-closed-doors) Referee: Graham Scott
Note: Live on BBC One Wales

EFL Cup

Main article: 2021–22 EFL Cup

Swansea City were drawn away to Reading in the first round,^[17][18] At home to Plymouth Argyle in the second round^[19][20] and away to Brighton & Hove Albion in the third round.^[21][22]

Reading v Swansea City

10 August 2021 First round	Reading	0–3	Swansea City	Reading
20:00 BST		Report	Latibeaudiere 16' Cabango 60' Piroe 83'	Stadium: Madejski Stadium Attendance: 4,989 Referee: Samuel Barrott

Swansea City v Plymouth Argyle

24 August 2021 Second round	Swansea City	4–1	Plymouth Argyle	Landore
19:00 BST	Williams 29' Whittaker 79', 86', 90'	Report	Shirley 63'	Stadium: Swansea.com Stadium Attendance: 7,491 Referee: Bobby Madley

Brighton & Hove Albion v Swansea City

22 September 2021 Third round	Brighton & Hove Albion	2–0	Swansea City	Falmer
19:30 BST	Connolly 33', 38'	Report		Stadium: Amex Stadium Referee: Michael Salisbury

Statistics

As of 2 November 2021

Players with names in italics and marked * were on loan from another club for the whole of their season with Swansea City.

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Championship		FA Cup		EFL Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	GER	Steven Benda	7	0	5+0	0	0+0	0	2+0	0
2	DF	ENG	Ryan Bennett	11	0	10+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
3	DF	IRL	Ryan Manning	17	0	13+1	0	0+0	0	1+2	0
4	MF	ENG	Flynn Downes	13	0	10+2	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
5	DF	WAL	Ben Cabango	13	1	8+3	0	0+0	0	2+0	1
6	MF	SCO	Jay Fulton	6	0	3+1	0	0+0	0	2+0	0
7	MF	ENG	Korey Smith	10	0	7+2	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
8	MF	ENG	Matt Grimes	17	0	16+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
9	FW	IRL	Michael Obafemi	6	1	1+5	1	0+0	0	0+0	0
10	FW	FRA	Olivier Ntcham	10	2	7+3	2	0+0	0	0+0	0
11	FW	ENG	Morgan Whittaker	8	3	0+5	0	0+0	0	3+0	3
12	MF	ENG	Jamie Paterson	16	6	15+1	6	0+0	0	0+0	0
14	FW	SCO	Kyle Joseph	2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+1	0
16	DF	WAL	Brandon Cooper	7	0	3+1	0	0+0	0	2+1	0
17	FW	NED	Joël Piroe	16	10	12+3	9	0+0	0	1+0	1
18	GK	ENG	Ben Hamer	12	0	11+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
20	FW	WAL	Liam Cullen	11	0	4+6	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
21	MF	ENG	Yan Dhanda	6	0	1+2	0	0+0	0	2+1	0
22	DF	ENG	Joel Latibeaudiere	12	1	7+2	0	0+0	0	3+0	1
24	DF	ENG	Jake Bidwell	16	2	13+0	2	0+0	0	3+0	0
26	DF	ENG	Kyle Naughton	14	0	11+1	0	0+0	0	1+1	0
28	MF	ENG	Liam Walsh	4	0	1+2	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
35	DF	ENG	Lincoln McFayden	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
37	MF	WAL	Daniel Williams	2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	2+0	0
46	DF	ENG	Rhys Williams *	4	0	2+1	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
59	FW	ENG	Tarrelle Whittaker	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
Players who left the club:
10	FW	JAM	Jamal Lowe	6	1	3+2	0	0+0	0	1+0	1
27	DF	ENG	Ethan Laird *	16	0	13+2	0	0+0	0	0+1	0

Transfers

Transfers in

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
11 June 2021	CF		Kyle Joseph	Wigan Athletic	Undisclosed	[23]
1 July 2021	GK		Nicholas Defreitas-Hansen	Everton	Free transfer	[24]
2 July 2021	CF		Joël Piroe	PSV Eindhoven	Undisclosed	[25]
7 July 2021	MF		Azeem Abdulai	Leicester City	Free transfer	[26]
7 July 2021	MF		Richard Faakye	Crystal Palace	Free transfer	[26]
7 July 2021	GK		Ben Hughes	Chippenham Town	Undisclosed	[26]
7 July 2021	DF		Filip Lissah	Chelsea	Free transfer	[26]
7 July 2021	CB		Ben Margetson	Cardiff City	Free transfer	[26]
7 July 2021	MF		Sam Leverett	Leeds United	Free transfer	[26]
7 July 2021	DF		Zane Myers	Chelsea	Free transfer	[26]
7 July 2021	FW		Kieran Petrie	Arsenal	Free transfer	[26]
7 July 2021	DF		David Roberts	Chelsea	Free transfer	[26]
7 July 2021	MF		Charlie Veevers	Manchester United	Free transfer	[26]
7 July 2021	LW		Tarrelle Whittaker	Tottenham Hotspur	Free transfer	[26]
7 July 2021	FW		Kyrell Wilson	Chelsea	Free transfer	[26]
8 July 2021	CM		Liam Walsh	Bristol City	Free transfer	[27]
6 August 2021	AM		Jamie Paterson	Bristol City	Free transfer	[28]
10 August 2021	CM		Flynn Downes	Ipswich Town	Undisclosed	[29]
20 August 2021	CF		Jaden Forrester	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Free transfer	[30]
20 August 2021	AM		Dylan Morgan	Forest Green Rovers	Free transfer	[30]
31 August 2021	CF		Michael Obafemi	Southampton	Undisclosed	[31]
1 September 2021	CM		Olivier Ntcham	Celtic	Free transfer	[32]
10 January 2022	MF		Corey Hurford	Briton Ferry Llansawel	Undisclosed	[33]
10 January 2022	RB		Joe Thomas	Cambrian & Clydach Vale	Undisclosed	[33]
11 January 2022	GK		Andy Fisher	Milton Keynes Dons	Undisclosed	[34]
31 January 2022	LB		Nathanael Ogbeta	Shrewsbury Town	Undisclosed	[35]
1 February 2022	CB		Jack Stafford	Waterford	Undisclosed	[36]

Loans in

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Date until	Ref.
16 August 2021	RB		Ethan Laird	Manchester United	6 January 2022	[37][b]
31 August 2021	CB		Rhys Williams	Liverpool	End of season	[39]
13 January 2022	RB		Cyrus Christie	Fulham	End of season	[40]
20 January 2022	AM		Hannes Wolf	Borussia Mönchengladbach	End of season	[41]
30 January 2022	CB		Finley Burns	Manchester City	End of season	[42]

1. This match took place before The Liberty Stadium was renamed the Swansea.com Stadium on 9 August 2021.^[10]
2. On 6 January, Ethan was recalled back to parent club Manchester United.^[38]

Loans out

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Date until	Ref.
10 August 2021	GK		Josh Gould	Ebbsfleet United	17 January 2022	[43][44]
19 August 2021	RW		Jordon Garrick	Plymouth Argyle	End of season	[45]
31 August 2021	AM		Ollie Cooper	Newport County	End of season	[46]
31 August 2021	CF		Kyle Joseph	Cheltenham Town	5 January 2022	[47][a]
1 January 2022	RW		Morgan Whittaker	Lincoln City	End of season	[49]
11 January 2022	GK		Steven Benda	Peterborough United	End of season	[50]
13 January 2022	CF		Liam Cullen	Lincoln City	End of season	[51]
16 January 2022	GK		Lewis Webb	Shelbourne	31 December 2022	[52]
17 January 2022	CM		Daniel Williams	Dundalk	31 December 2022	[53]
29 January 2022	CB		Brandon Cooper	Swindon Town	End of season	[54]
31 January 2022	RB		Harry Jones	Barry Town United	End of season	[55]
31 January 2022	CM		Liam Walsh	Hull City	End of season	[56]

1. On 5 January 2022, Kyle Joseph was recalled back from his loan spell at Cheltenham Town.^[48]

Transfers out

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
11 June 2021	LB		Declan John	Bolton Wanderers	Released	[57][58][59]
30 June 2021	LW		André Ayew	Al-Sadd	Released	[57][60]
30 June 2021	CM		Ryan Bevan	Trefelin
30 June 2021	LB		Matthew Blake		Released	[57]
30 June 2021	RB		Kieron Freeman	Portsmouth	Released	[57][61]
30 June 2021	RW		Bradley Gibbings		Released	[57]
30 June 2021	LB		Jordi Govea		Released	[57]
30 June 2021	LW		Barrie McKay	Heart of Midlothian	Released	[57][62]
30 June 2021	GK		Alex Rutter	Poole Town	Released	[57][63]
30 June 2021	CB		Jake Thomas	Cambrian & Clydach		[64]
5 July 2021	FW		Tom Stokes	Newport County	Free transfer	[65]
30 July 2021	RW		Nathan Dyer	Retired		[66]
3 August 2021	CM		George Byers	Sheffield Wednesday	Undisclosed	[67]
16 August 2021	CM		Morgan Clarke	Merthyr Town	Free transfer	[68]
30 August 2021	LW		Wayne Routledge	Retired		[69][70]
31 August 2021	RW		Jamal Lowe	Bournemouth	Undisclosed	[71]
31 August 2021	RB		Connor Roberts	Burnley	Undisclosed	[72]
20 November 2021	CF		Ali Al-Hamadi	Wycombe Wanderers	Free transfer	[73]
11 January 2022	LW		Adrian Akande	Reading	Mutual consent	[74]
11 January 2022	FW		Kieran Petrie	Queens Park Rangers	Mutual consent	[74]
17 January 2022	LB		Jake Bidwell	Coventry City	Free transfer	[75]
31 January 2022	CB		Ben Margetson	Bromley	Mutual consent	[55][76]