2021–22 Sunderland A.F.C. season

Sunderland
2021–22 season
Owner	Kyril Louis-Dreyfus
Chairman	Kyril Louis-Dreyfus
Head Coach	Lee Johnson; (until 30 January); Alex Neil; (from 11 February)
Stadium	Stadium of Light
League One	5th (promoted via playoffs)
Play-offs	Winners
FA Cup	First round
EFL Cup	Quarter-finals
EFL Trophy	Second round
Top goalscorer	League: ; Ross Stewart; (24); All: ; Ross Stewart; (26)
Highest home attendance	44,742 v. Sheffield Wednesday (League One play-offs) ; 38,395 v. Doncaster Rovers (League)
Lowest home attendance	26,516 v. Morecambe
Average home league attendance	31,421
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2020–21 2022–23 →

The 2021–22 season was Sunderland's 143rd year in their history and fourth consecutive season in League One. Along with the league, the club competed in the FA Cup, the EFL Cup and the EFL Trophy. The season covers the period from 1 July 2021 to 30 June 2022.

Sunderland finished fifth in the regular season, entering the EFL League One play-offs. They beat Sheffield Wednesday over two legs in the semi-final and Wycombe Wanderers in the final at Wembley to secure a return to the EFL Championship.

First team squad[edit]

Squad No.	Name	Position(s)	Age	Ends	Signed from	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	Lee Burge	GK	31	2022	Coventry City	61	0
20	Anthony Patterson	GK	23	2023	Academy	6	0
31	Jacob Carney	GK	23	2023	Manchester United	0	0
35	Harrison Bond	GK	20	2022	Academy	0	0
39	Ron-Thorben Hoffmann	GK	25	2022	Bayern Munich (loan)	4	0
47	Jack McIntyre	GK	21	2023	Everton	0	0
Defenders
2	Niall Huggins	RB	23	2025	Leeds United	4	0
5	Danny Batth	CB	33	2023	Stoke City	0	0
6	Callum Doyle	CB	20	2022	Manchester City (loan)	10	0
16	Jordan Willis	CB	29	2022	Coventry City	60	2
17	Dennis Cirkin	LB	22	2024	Tottenham Hotspur	9	0
19	Arbenit Xhemajli	CB	26	2022	Neuchâtel Xamax	1	0
26	Bailey Wright	CB	31	2022	Bristol City	56	3
30	Patrick Almond	CB	21	2023	Academy	0	0
32	Trai Hume	RB	22	2026	Linfield	0	0
34	Tyrese Dyce	LB	23	2023	West Brom	0	0
38	Cameron Jessup	CB	21	2023	Crystal Palace	0	0
40	Nathan Newall	LB	22	2023	Guiseley	0	0
41	Kenton Richardson	RB	24	2022	Hartlepool United	0	0
42	Ethan Kachosa	RB	21	2023	Leeds United	0	0
58	Zak Johnson	RB	17	2023	Academy	0	0
Midfielders
4	Corry Evans	CM	33	2023	Blackburn Rovers	6	0
8	Elliot Embleton	AM	25	2022	Academy	22	2
11	Lynden Gooch	AM	28	2022	Academy	175	24
13	Luke O'Nien	CM	29	2024	Wycombe Wanderers	150	13
15	Carl Winchester	CM	31	2023	Forest Green Rovers	31	4
18	Ellis Taylor	LW	21	2024	Academy	1	0
21	Alex Pritchard	AM	30	2023	Huddersfield Town	10	0
23	Jack Diamond	RW	24	2024	Academy	38	5
24	Dan Neil	CM	22	2023	Academy	19	1
25	Jack Clarke	RW	23	2022	Tottenham Hotspur (loan)	0	0
27	Jay Matete	CM	23	2026	Fleetwood Town	0	0
28	Aiden McGeady	LW	38	2022	Everton	144	35
36	Cieran Dunne	LW	24	2022	Falkirk	0	0
43	Harrison Sohna	CM	21	2023	Aston Villa	0	0
45	Stephen Wearne	AM	23	2022	Middlesbrough	0	0
46	Sam Wilding	DM	24	2022	West Brom	0	0
51	Thomas Scott	CM	18	2023	Northampton Town	0	0
52	Joseph Ryder	LW	17	2023	Academy	0	0
53	Ben Middlemas	CM	17	2023	Academy	0	0
60	Caden Kelly	CM	17	2023	Academy	0	0
77	Patrick Roberts	RW	27	2022	Manchester City	0	0
Forwards
7	Leon Dajaku	ST	23	2022	Union Berlin (loan)	4	2
9	Nathan Broadhead	ST	26	2022	Everton (loan)	6	1
10	Jermain Defoe	ST	41	2022	Rangers	93	37
14	Ross Stewart	ST	27	2023	Ross County	24	10
22	Will Grigg	ST	32	2022	Wigan Athletic	57	8
37	Will Harris	ST	23	2022	Burnley	0	0
48	Benjamin Mbunga-Kimpioka	ST	24	2022	IK Sirius	14	3

Pre-season friendlies[edit]

Sunderland announced they will play friendlies against Spennymoor Town,^[3] Heart of Midlothian,^[4] York City,^[5] Harrogate Town,^[6] Tranmere Rovers^[7] and Hull City^[8] as part of the club's pre season preparations.

3 July 2021 Friendly	Spennymoor Town	2–2	Sunderland	Spennymoor
15:00 BST	Tait Kennedy	Report	O'Brien Taylor	Stadium: The Brewery Field

17 July 2021 Friendly	Heart of Midlothian	0–2	Sunderland	Gorgie, Scotland
15:00 BST		Report	McGeady 14' (pen.), 41'	Stadium: Tynecastle Park

21 July 2021 Friendly	York City	1–1	Sunderland	Huntington
19:00 BST	Willoughby 52'	Report	Neil 28'	Stadium: LNER Community Stadium

24 July 2021 Friendly	Harrogate Town	0–4	Sunderland	Harrogate
15:00 BST		Report	Embleton 11', 15' Winchester 40' Taylor 68'	Stadium: EnviroVent Stadium Attendance: 0 (Behind-closed-doors)

27 July 2021 Friendly	Tranmere Rovers	0–0	Sunderland	Birkenhead
19:00 BST		Report		Stadium: Prenton Park

30 July 2021 Friendly	Sunderland	2–1	Hull City	Sunderland
19:00 BST	Stewart 25' Grigg 90'	Report	Magennis 68'	Stadium: Stadium of Light

Competitions[edit]

League One[edit]

League table[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	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
5	Sunderland (O, P)	46	24	12	10	79	53	+26	84
6	Wycombe Wanderers	46	23	14	9	75	51	+24	83
7	Plymouth Argyle	46	23	11	12	68	48	+20	80
8	Oxford United	46	22	10	14	82	59	+23	76
9	Bolton Wanderers	46	21	10	15	74	57	+17	73

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 based on yellow and red cards received excluding the last four games of the season (sec 9.5); 8) 12-point sending off offences; 9) If the tie affects the automatic promotion or relegation places, a play-off game or games would be held between the two tied teams^[9]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted

Results summary[edit]


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
46	24	12	10	79	53	+26	84	16	3	4	49	19	+30	8	9	6	30	34	−4

Last updated: 30 April 2022.
Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Results by matchday[edit]

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	H	H	A	A	A	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A
Result	W	W	L	W	W	W	D	W	W	L	W	W	L	L	L	W	D	W	D	W	W	D	W	W	D	L	D	W	L	L	L	D	L	D	W	D	W	W	D	W	W	W	D	W	D	W
Position	3	3	8	5	1	1	2	2	1	2	4	2	4	5	5	6	6	5	5	4	3	3	2	1	2	2	2	2	3	4	4	4	7	6	5	7	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	4	5	5

Updated to match(es) played on 26 April 2022. Source: Statto.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches[edit]

The Black Cats fixtures were released on 24 June 2021.^[10]

7 August 2021 1	Sunderland	2–1	Wigan Athletic	Sunderland
15:15 BST (Delayed from 15:00)	McGeady 17' (pen.) Stewart 53' Winchester 57'	Report	Edwards 15' Power 38' Edwards 50' Darikwa 87' Wyke 90+6'	Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 31,549 Referee: Robert Madley

14 August 2021 2	Milton Keynes Dons	1–2	Sunderland	Milton Keynes
15:00 BST	Jules 48' Parrott 56' Harvie 73'	Report	Stewart 42' 50' Embleton 52' 90+5' Gooch 73' 84' Flanagan 79'	Stadium: Stadium MK Attendance: 9,830 (3,000 away fans) Referee: James Bell

17 August 2021 3	Burton Albion	1–0	Sunderland	Burton upon Trent
19:45 BST	Mancienne 56' Smith 66' Powell 84'	Report	Cirkin 37' Flanagan 90+5'	Stadium: Pirelli Stadium Attendance: 4,239 (1,600 away fans) Referee: Declan Bourne

21 August 2021 4	Sunderland	1–0	AFC Wimbledon	Sunderland
15:00 BST	Gooch 18' Flanagan 27' Winchester 64' O'Nien 90+4'	Report	Assal 62'	Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 29,093 Referee: James Oldham

28 August 2021 5	Sunderland	3–1	Wycombe Wanderers	Sunderland
15:00 BST	Stewart 14' 83' Embleton 18' Flanagan 77'	Report	Scowen 31' Wheeler 90+2'	Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 29,344 Referee: John Busby

11 September 2021 6	Sunderland	2–1	Accrington Stanley	Sunderland
15:00 BST	Neil 15' Gooch 25' Flanagan 50' Winchester 58' Embleton 78' Pritchard 86'	Report	Pell 25' Nottingham 30' Nottingham 45+2' Morgan 71'	Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 29,830 Referee: Anthony Backhouse

18 September 2021 7	Fleetwood Town	2–2	Sunderland	Fleetwood
15:00 BST	Morton 81' J. Garner 85' G. Garner 90+4', 90+7' (pen.)	Report	Stewart 19' O'Nien 53' McGeady 76' (pen.)	Stadium: Highbury Stadium Attendance: 4,250 (1,200 away fans) Referee: Neil Hair

25 September 2021 8	Sunderland	1–0	Bolton Wanderers	Sunderland
15:00 BST	Winchester 17' O'Nien 45+3'	Report	Doyle 42' Afolayan 69' Santos 90+3'	Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 32,368 Referee: Sam Purkiss

28 September 2021 9	Sunderland	5–0	Cheltenham Town	Sunderland
19:45 BST	Wright 11' Stewart 28', 38' O'Nien 65' Dajaku 66'	Report	Freestone 30' May 52' Thomas 81'	Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 28,313 Referee: Chris Sarginson

2 October 2021 10	Portsmouth	4–0	Sunderland	Portsmouth
15:00 BST	Harness 19' Brown 33' Tunnicliffe 41' Marquis 45', 61' Curtis 90+2'	Report	Neil 84'	Stadium: Fratton Park Attendance: 17,418 (2,200 away fans) Referee: Ben Toner

16 October 2021 11	Gillingham	1–2	Sunderland	Gillingham
15:00 BST	Lloyd 25' (pen.) Kelman 90+3'	Report	Cirkin 43' O'Brien 45+3' Flanagan 54' Embleton 67' Stewart 84'	Stadium: Priestfield Attendance: 6,310 (2,400 away fans) Referee: Lee Swabey

19 October 2021 12	Crewe Alexandra	0–4	Sunderland	Crewe
19:45 BST	Murphy 75'	Report	Thomas 25' (o.g.) Stewart 32', 55' Winchester 51' Cirkin 53' Dajaku 73'	Stadium: Gresty Road Attendance: 5,618 (1,900 away fans) Referee: Carl Boyeson

23 October 2021 13	Sunderland	0–1	Charlton Athletic	Sunderland
15:00 BST	Flanagan 67' Evans 90'	Report	Stockley 66' Dobson 44' Purrington 84'	Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 31,883 Referee: Darren Drysdale

30 October 2021 14	Rotherham United	5–1	Sunderland	Rotherham
15:00 BST	Smith 10' (73) 71' Ladapo 41' (88) Ihiekwe 53' Ferguson 70'	Report	Stewart 24' O'Nien 38' McGeady 46' 56' Evans 64'	Stadium: New York Stadium Attendance: 10,573 (2,690 away fans) Referee: David Rock

2 November 2021 15	Sheffield Wednesday	3–0	Sunderland	Sheffield
19:45 GMT	Corbeanu 11' Kamberi 39' Gregory 53' Johnson 58' Adeniran 87'	Report		Stadium: Hillsborough Stadium Attendance: 23,731 (4,450 away fans) Referee: Craig Hicks

20 November 2021 16	Sunderland	2–0	Ipswich Town	Sunderland
15:00 GMT	Evans 20' Gooch 34' Stewart 64' Winchester 81' O'Nien 85' McGeady 90+3' (pen.)	Report	Celina 55'	Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 31,940 Referee: Tom Nield

23 November 2021 17	Shrewsbury Town	1–1	Sunderland	Shrewsbury
19:45 GMT	Davis 45+2' Udoh 64'	Report	Pritchard 16' Broadhead 44'	Stadium: New Meadow Attendance: 6,253 (1,098 away fans) Referee: Peter Wright

27 November 2021 18	Cambridge United	1–2	Sunderland	Cambridge
15:00 GMT	Smith 27'	Report	Mitov 16' (o.g.) Pritchard 24' Broadhead 36'	Stadium: Abbey Stadium Attendance: 7,174 (2,400 away fans) Referee: Robert Lewis

4 December 2021 19	Sunderland	1–1	Oxford United	Sunderland
15:00 GMT	Dajaku 7' Wright 13' Neil 40'	Report	Brannagan 5' Taylor 13', 36'	Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 26,634 Referee: Jeremy Simpson

7 December 2021 20	Sunderland	5–0	Morecambe	Sunderland
19:45 GMT	Stewart 13' Broadhead 17', 68' Pritchard 56' Dajaku 87'	Report	Ayunga 71'	Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 26,516 Referee: Ollie Yates

11 December 2021 21	Sunderland	2–1	Plymouth Argyle	Sunderland
15:00 GMT	Neil 4' Broadhead 13' Winchester 45+1' Stewart 54' Wright 77' O'Brien 81'	Report	Edwards 22' Scarr 64' Houghton 85'	Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 28,987 Referee: Scott Oldham

18 December 2021 22	Ipswich Town	1–1	Sunderland	Ipswich
15:00 GMT	Norwood 45+1' Burns 68'	Report	Broadhead 50' Winchester 52' Flanagan 60' Stewart 62'	Stadium: Portman Road Attendance: 29,005 (1,750 away fans) Referee: Thomas Bramall

27 December 2021 23	Doncaster Rovers	0–3	Sunderland	Doncaster
12:30 GMT	Gardner 83'	Report	Stewart 7' (pen.) Embleton 41' Blythe 50' (o.g.) Doyle 88'	Stadium: Keepmoat Stadium Attendance: 10,751 (4,100 away fans) Referee: Bobby Madley

30 December 2021 24	Sunderland	5–0	Sheffield Wednesday	Sunderland
19:45 GMT	Stewart 12', 36', 58' Neil 24' Doyle 40' Embleton 67' Mbunga-Kimpioka 75'	Report	Bannan 67'	Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 34,652 Referee: Ben Toner

8 January 2022 25	Wycombe Wanderers	3–3	Sunderland	High Wycombe
12:30 GMT	Mehmeti 13' Scowen 22' Vokes 36' Jacobson 45+2', 90+8'	Report	Stockdale 3' (o.g.) Stewart 39', 90+3' Embleton 83'	Stadium: Adams Park Attendance: 7,229 (1,800 away fans) Referee: Charles Breakspear

11 January 2022 26	Sunderland	1–3	Lincoln City	Sunderland
19:45 GMT	Winchester 41', 56' Stewart 68' Doyle 90+7'	Report	Maguire 10', 31', 57' (pen.), 75' Bishop 23' Eyoma 42' Whittaker 64' Fiorini 84' Sørensen 90+1' McGrandles 90+7'	Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 27,782 Referee: Jeremy Simpson

15 January 2022 27	Accrington Stanley	1–1	Sunderland	Accrington
15:00 GMT	Sykes 58' 76' Hamilton 82' Clark 84'	Report	O'Brien 48'	Stadium: Wham Stadium Attendance: 4,498 (2,600 away fans) Referee: James Bell

22 January 2022 28	Sunderland	1–0	Portsmouth	Sunderland
15:00 GMT	Embleton 40' Flanagan 54'	Report	Romeo 72' Williams 75'	Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 32,220 Referee: David Rock

29 January 2022 29	Bolton Wanderers	6–0	Sunderland	Bolton
15:00 GMT	Charles 19', 51' Afolayan 42' Lee 59' Bakayoko 84' Batth 85' (o.g.) John 88'	Report	Gooch 81'	Stadium: University of Bolton Stadium Attendance: 20,059 (6,020 away fans) Referee: Steve Martin

5 February 2022 30	Sunderland	1–2	Doncaster Rovers	Sunderland
15:00 GMT	Evans 30', 89'	Report	Griffiths 22' Rowe 45+2'	Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 38,395 Referee: Will Finnie

8 February 2022 30	Cheltenham Town	2–1	Sunderland	Cheltenham
19:45 GMT	Boyle 38' Bonds 64' May 78'	Report	Pritchard 32' Batth 50' Roberts 88' Matete 90'	Stadium: Jonny-Rocks Stadium Attendance: 5,744 (1,500 away fans) Referee: Darren Drysdale

12 February 2022 32	AFC Wimbledon	1–1	Sunderland	Wimbledon
15:00 GMT	McCormick 20' (pen.), 44' 90' Heneghan 25' Osew 57' Chislett 68' Assal 90+5'	Report	Pritchard 35' Winchester 45+1' Clarke 54' Matete 67' Evans 75' Wright 80' Defoe 83' Neil 90+1'	Stadium: Plough Lane Attendance: 8,381 (1,200 away fans) Referee: Simon Mather

19 February 2022 33	Sunderland	1–2	Milton Keynes Dons	Sunderland
15:00 GMT	Evans 24' Stewart 59'	Report	McEachran 24' Eisa 48' Wickham 78' Harvie 90'	Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 30,451 Referee: Ollie Yates

22 February 2022 34	Sunderland	1–1	Burton Albion	Sunderland
19:45 GMT	Winchester 32' Stewart 90+3'	Report	Shaughnessy 50' Borthwick-Jackson 53' Saydee 66'	Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 30,237 Referee: Robert Lewis

26 February 2022 35	Wigan Athletic	0–3	Sunderland	Wigan
15:00 GMT	Power 38' Magennis 45+1' Tilt 84' Naylor 85'	Report	Wright 2' Matete 8' Stewart 38' (pen.), 82', 87' (pen.) Gooch 45+2' Embleton 71' Pritchard 77' Cirkin 90+6'	Stadium: DW Stadium Attendance: 20,136 (4,900 away fans) Referee: Sam Purkiss

5 March 2022 36	Charlton Athletic	0–0	Sunderland	London (Charlton)
15:00 GMT	Lavelle 18' Lee 40' Dobson 73' Purrington 78'	Report	Cirkin 84' Wright 90+5'	Stadium: The Valley Attendance: 13,716 (2,950 away fans) Referee: Anthony Backhouse

8 March 2022 37	Sunderland	3–1	Fleetwood Town	Sunderland
19:45 GMT	Evans 22' Embleton 55' Cirkin 75' O'Nien 82' Clarke 90+1'	Report	Harrison 28' Jules 76' 87'	Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 28,017 Referee: Samuel Barrott

12 March 2022 38	Sunderland	2–0	Crewe Alexandra	Sunderland
15:00 GMT	Gooch 29' Wright 74' Cirkin 75' Neil 84' Roberts 86' Dajaku 90+1' Clarke 90+6'	Report	Williams 66' Lundstram 68' Lowery 76'	Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 30,036 Referee: Neil Hair

19 March 2022 39	Lincoln City	0–0	Sunderland	Lincoln
15:00 GMT	Walsh 50' McGrandles 87'	Report	Evans 39'	Stadium: LNER Stadium Attendance: 10,346 (2,000 away fans) Referee: Craig Hicks

2 April 2022 40	Sunderland	1–0	Gillingham	Sunderland
15:00 BST	Cirkin 45+3' Broadhead 90+5' 90+6'	Report	Lee 38' Tutonda 40' Chambers 41' Reeves 78'	Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 31,619 Referee: Oliver Langford

9 April 2022 41	Oxford United	1–2	Sunderland	Littlemore
15:00 BST	Moore 35'	Report	Evans 16' Matete 73' Cirkin 81' Embleton 89'	Stadium: The Kassam Stadium Attendance: 11,690 (1,800 away fans) Referee: Ben Toner

15 April 2022 42	Sunderland	3–2	Shrewsbury Town	Sunderland
15:00 BST	Embleton 4' Broadhead 13', 90+2' Clarke 22' O'Nien 88'	Report	Bennett 28' Vela 50' 90+6' Flanagan 58' Bowman 90+1'	Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 33,896 Referee: Darren Bond

18 April 2022 43	Plymouth Argyle	0–0	Sunderland	Plymouth
15:00 BST	Sessegnon 90+2'	Report	Cirkin 59' Evans 84'	Stadium: Home Park Attendance: 15,800 (1,800 away fans) Referee: Carl Brook

23 April 2022 44	Sunderland	5–1	Cambridge United	Sunderland
15:00 BST	Stewart 13' (pen.) 36' Embleton 29' Broadhead 53' Batth 72'	Report	Jones 12' Iredale 13' Smith 28' Digby 30'	Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 32,500 Referee: Peter Wright

26 April 2022 45	Sunderland	1–1	Rotherham United	Sunderland
19:45 GMT	Matete 8' Ihiekwe 88' (o.g.)	Report	Ihiekwe 17' Rathbone 76'	Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 33,119 Referee: Robert Madley

30 April 2022 46	Morecambe	0–1	Sunderland	Morecambe
12:30 BST	Phillips 11' Wildig 68' Stockton 77' Cooney 90+1'	Report	Broadhead 10' Matete 90+2'	Stadium: The Mazuma Stadium Attendance: 5,831 (1,800 away fans) Referee: Gavin Ward

Play-offs[edit]

Sunderland finished 5th in the regular 2021–22 EFL League One season, so were drawn against 4th placed Sheffield Wednesday in the Play-off Semi Final. The first leg took place at the Stadium of Light and the second leg took place at Hillsborough.

6 May 2022 Semi-final, first leg	Sunderland	1–0	Sheffield Wednesday	Sunderland
19:45 BST	Stewart 45+1' O'Nien 63'	Report	Luongo 52'	Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 44,742 Referee: Matt Donohue

9 May 2022 Semi-final, second leg	Sheffield Wednesday	1–1 (1–2 agg.)	Sunderland	Owlerton
19:45 BST	Byers 24' Bannan 27' Gregory 74' Dean 77'	Report	Stewart 45+1' Roberts 90+3' Matete 90+11'	Stadium: Hillsborough Stadium Attendance: 32,978 Referee: James Linington

21 May 2022 Final	Sunderland	2–0	Wycombe Wanderers	Wembley
15:00 BST	Embleton 12' Cirkin 46' Pritchard 75' Stewart 79'	Report		Stadium: Wembley Stadium Attendance: 72,332 Referee: Simon Hooper

FA Cup[edit]

Sunderland were drawn at home to Mansfield Town in the first round.^[11]

6 November 2021 First round	Sunderland	0–1	Mansfield Town	Sunderland
15:00 GMT	Evans 31' Wright 50'	Report	Oates 5' Hewitt 48' Charsley 60' Quinn 80'	Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 8,620 Referee: James Oldham

EFL Cup[edit]

Sunderland were drawn away to Port Vale,^[12] Blackpool,^[13]^[14] Wigan Athletic,^[15]^[16] Queens Park Rangers^[17] and Arsenal^[18] in the first, second, third and fourth rounds and quarter final respectively.

10 August 2021 First round	Port Vale	1–2	Sunderland	Burslem
19:45 BST	Worrall 49' Walker 59' Proctor 67' Amoo 89'	Report	Diamond 21' Hawkes 40' O'Brien 50' (pen.) Taylor 55' Doyle 86' Younger 89'	Stadium: Vale Park Attendance: 3,267 Referee: Sam Allison

24 August 2021 Second round	Blackpool	2–3	Sunderland	Blackpool
19:45 BST	Lavery 9' Bowler 87'	Report	O'Brien 12', 57', 90+1'	Stadium: Bloomfield Road Attendance: 5,756 Referee: Peter Wright

21 September 2021 Third round	Wigan Athletic	0–2	Sunderland	Wigan
19:45 BST	Edwards 56'	Report	Broadhead 26' O'Nien 45+1', 54' Evans 81' Embleton 82'	Stadium: DW Stadium Attendance: 6,511 Referee: Leigh Doughty

26 October 2021 Fourth round	Queens Park Rangers	0–0 (1–3 p)	Sunderland	Shepherd's Bush
19:45 BST	de Wijs 15'	Report	O'Nien 17' Gooch 39' Stewart 90+4'	Stadium: Kiyan Prince Foundation Stadium Attendance: 15,372 Referee: Keith Stroud
	Penalties
	Austin Chair Dykes Barbet		McGeady Stewart Pritchard

21 December 2021 Quarter-finals	Arsenal	5–1	Sunderland	Holloway
19:45 GMT	Nketiah 17', 49', 58' Pépé 27' Balogun 54' Patino 90+1'	Report	Gooch 20' Broadhead 31' Hume 60' Wright 76' Doyle 85'	Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 59,027 Referee: Robert Jones

EFL Trophy[edit]

Sunderland were drawn into Northern Group F alongside Bradford City, Lincoln City and Manchester United U21s.^[19] Two of the three group games were confirmed on July 22.^[20]

Pos	Div	Team v t e	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	L1	Sunderland	3	2	0	1	0	5	3	+2	7	Advance to Round 2
2	L1	Lincoln City	3	2	0	0	1	7	4	+3	6	Advance to Round 2
3	ACA	Manchester United U21	3	1	0	0	2	6	5	+1	3
4	L2	Bradford City	3	0	1	0	2	1	7	−6	2

Source: EFL.com

5 October 2021 (2021-10-05) Group Game 1	Lincoln City	1–2	Sunderland	Lincoln
19:00 BST	Montsma 56', 90+4'	Report	Neil 2' Wearne 72'	Stadium: LNER Stadium Attendance: 3,060 Referee: Scott Oldham

13 October 2021 Group Game 2	Sunderland	2–1	Manchester United U21	Sunderland
19:00 BST	Almond 16' Dyce 50', 76' Wearne 66'	Report	Iqbal 57'	Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 3,960 Referee: Ross Joyce

9 November 2021 Group Game 3	Sunderland	1–1 (2–4 p)	Bradford City	Sunderland
19:00 GMT	Gooch 7' Pritchard 44' Broadhead 52'	Report	Robinson 36' Scales 66'	Stadium: Stadium of Light Referee: Simon Mather
	Penalties
	Pritchard O'Nien Harris Gooch		Watt Cooke Sutton Scales Evans

1 December 2021 Round 2	Sunderland	0–1	Oldham Athletic	Sunderland
19:00 GMT		Report	Piergianni 16' Adams 27' Vaughan 53' Clarke 78'	Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 3,498 Referee: Tom Reeves

Player statistics[edit]

Appearance summary[edit]

As of match(es) played on 21 May 2022

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		League One		FA Cup		EFL Cup		EFL Trophy		Play-Offs
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	ENG	Lee Burge	9	0	3+0	0	1+0	0	3+0	0	2+0	0	0+0	0
20	GK	ENG	Anthony Patterson	25	0	20+0	0	0+0	0	2+0	0	0+0	0	3+0	0
31	GK	ENG	Jacob Carney	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
39	GK	GER	Ron-Thorben Hoffmann	24	0	23+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
Defenders
2	DF	WAL	Niall Huggins	4	0	1+1	0	0+0	0	2+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
3	DF	NIR	Tom Flanagan	28	1	25+0	1	1+0	0	2+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
5	DF	DEN	Frederik Alves	10	0	0+3	0	1+0	0	3+0	0	3+0	0	0+0	0
5	DF	ENG	Danny Batth	12	1	8+1	1	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	3+0	0
6	DF	ENG	Callum Doyle	44	1	34+3	1	0+0	0	1+3	0	0+0	0	0+3	0
17	DF	ENG	Dennis Cirkin	41	0	31+3	0	1+0	0	2+1	0	0+0	0	3+0	0
19	DF	KOS	Arbenit Xhemajli	4	0	3+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	0	0+0	0
25	DF	ENG	Oliver Younger	5	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	4+0	0	0+0	0
26	DF	AUS	Bailey Wright	46	2	28+9	2	1+0	0	5+0	0	0+0	0	3+0	0
30	DF	SCO	Patrick Almond	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
32	DF	NIR	Trai Hume	3	0	3+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
33	DF	ENG	Denver Hume	8	0	0+4	0	0+0	0	1+1	0	2+0	0	0+0	0
41	DF	ENG	Kenton Richardson	3	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	3+0	0	0+0	0
42	DF	ZIM	Ethan Kachosa	2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+1	0	0+0	0
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