2021–22 Tottenham Hotspur F.C. season

Tottenham Hotspur

2021–22 season
Owner	ENIC Group
Chairman	Daniel Levy
Head coach	Nuno Espírito Santo (until 1 November) Antonio Conte (from 2 November)
Stadium	Tottenham Hotspur Stadium
Premier League	4th
FA Cup	Fifth round
EFL Cup	Semi-finals
UEFA Europa Conference League	Group stage
Top goalscorer	League: Son Heung-min (23) All: Harry Kane (27)
Highest home attendance	62,027 v Arsenal 12 May 2022
Lowest home attendance	League: 40,539 v Crystal Palace 28 December 2021 All: 25,121 v Mura 30 September 2021
Average home league attendance	56,523
Biggest win	5–0 v Everton (7 March 2022) 5–0 v Norwich City (22 May 2022)
Biggest defeat	0–3 v Crystal Palace (11 September 2021) 0–3 v Chelsea (19 September 2021) 0–3 v Manchester United (30 October 2021) 0–3 (awd.) v Rennes (9 December 2021)
Home colours Away colours Third colours
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The 2021–22 season was Tottenham Hotspur's 30th season in the Premier League, 44th successive season in the top division of the English football league system and 116th season in existence. After finishing seventh in the 2020–21 Premier League, Tottenham qualified for the play-off round of the newly formed UEFA Europa Conference League. At the end of June, the club announced Nuno Espírito Santo as the new head coach on a two-year contract.^[1] However, Tottenham announced that they had removed Nuno, along with his coaching staff Ian Cathro, Rui Barbosa and Antonio Dias, stating they had been "relieved of their duties" on 1 November 2021.^[2] Antonio Conte was appointed as Nuno's successor the following day.^[3]

Season squad[edit]

Squad No.	Name	Nationality	Position(s)	Date of birth (age)
Goalkeepers
1	Hugo Lloris (C)		GK	(1986-12-26) 26 December 1986 (age 37)
22	Pierluigi Gollini		GK	(1995-03-18) 18 March 1995 (age 29)
40	Brandon Austin		GK	(1999-01-07) 7 January 1999 (age 25)
Defenders
2	Matt Doherty		RB / RWB	(1992-01-16) 16 January 1992 (age 32)
3	Sergio Reguilón		LB / LWB	(1996-12-16) 16 December 1996 (age 27)
4	Cristian Romero		CB	(1998-04-27) 27 April 1998 (age 26)
6	Davinson Sánchez		CB	(1996-06-12) 12 June 1996 (age 27)
12	Emerson Royal		RB / RWB	(1999-01-14) 14 January 1999 (age 25)
14	Joe Rodon		CB	(1997-10-22) 22 October 1997 (age 26)
15	Eric Dier		CB	(1994-01-15) 15 January 1994 (age 30)
19	Ryan Sessegnon		LB / LWB	(2000-05-18) 18 May 2000 (age 23)
25	Japhet Tanganga		RB / CB	(1999-03-31) 31 March 1999 (age 25)
33	Ben Davies		CB / LB	(1993-04-24) 24 April 1993 (age 31)
Midfielders
5	Pierre-Emile Højbjerg		DM / CM	(1995-08-05) 5 August 1995 (age 28)
8	Harry Winks		CM / DM	(1996-02-02) 2 February 1996 (age 28)
29	Oliver Skipp		DM / CM	(2000-09-16) 16 September 2000 (age 23)
30	Rodrigo Bentancur		DM / CM	(1997-06-25) 25 June 1997 (age 26)
Forwards
7	Son Heung-min		LW / ST / RW / SS	(1992-07-08) 8 July 1992 (age 31)
10	Harry Kane (VC)		ST / SS	(1993-07-28) 28 July 1993 (age 30)
21	Dejan Kulusevski		RW / LW	(2000-04-25) 25 April 2000 (age 24)
23	Steven Bergwijn		LW / RW	(1997-10-08) 8 October 1997 (age 26)
27	Lucas Moura		RW / LW / SS	(1992-08-13) 13 August 1992 (age 31)
Out on loan
11	Bryan Gil		LW / RW / AM	(2001-02-11) 11 February 2001 (age 23)
18	Giovani Lo Celso		CM / AM	(1996-04-09) 9 April 1996 (age 28)
28	Tanguy Ndombele		AM / CM	(1996-12-28) 28 December 1996 (age 27)
38	Cameron Carter-Vickers		CB	(1997-12-31) 31 December 1997 (age 26)
39	Troy Parrott		ST / AM	(2002-02-04) 4 February 2002 (age 22)
41	Alfie Whiteman		GK	(1998-10-02) 2 October 1998 (age 25)
47	Jack Clarke		RW / LW	(2000-11-23) 23 November 2000 (age 23)
56	J'Neil Bennett		LW / RW	(2001-12-07) 7 December 2001 (age 22)
78	Kion Etete		ST	(2001-11-28) 28 November 2001 (age 22)
–	Pape Matar Sarr		CM	(2002-09-14) 14 September 2002 (age 21)

Transfers[edit]

Released[edit]

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Notes	Ref.
1 July 2021	CF		Enock Asante		Released	[4]
1 July 2021	RM		Eddie Carrington		Released	[4]
1 July 2021	CM		Chay Cooper		Released	[4]
1 July 2021	RB		Keenan Ferguson	Boston United	Released	[4][a]
1 July 2021	GK		Paulo Gazzaniga	Fulham	Released	[4][b]
1 July 2021	DM		George Marsh	AFC Wimbledon	Released	[4][c]
1 July 2021	CF		Rodel Richards		Released	[4]
1 July 2021	CM		Jack Roles	Crystal Palace	Released	[4][d]
1 July 2021	LB		Danny Rose	Watford	Released	[4][e]
1 July 2021	CB		Aaron Skinner		Released	[4]
1 July 2021	CF		Kazaiah Sterling		Released	[4]
1 July 2021	RW		Shilow Tracey	Cambridge United	Released	[4][f]
1 July 2021	LW		Tarrelle Whittaker	Swansea City	Released	[4][g]
31 August 2021	RB		Serge Aurier	Villarreal	Released	[13][h]
21 September 2021	CM		Elliot Thorpe	Luton Town	End of contract	[i]
7 December 2021	LB		Jeremy Kyezu		Mutual consent	[16]
10 February 2022	CM		Michael Craig		Released	[17]

• 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[edit]

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Date until	Ref.
24 July 2021	GK		Pierluigi Gollini	Atalanta	End of season	[18]
6 August 2021	CB		Cristian Romero	Atalanta	End of season	[19]
31 January 2022	RW		Dejan Kulusevski	Juventus	End of next season	[20]

Loans out[edit]

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Date until	Ref.
29 July 2021	FW		Troy Parrott	Milton Keynes Dons	End of season	[21]
2 August 2021	FW		Kion Etete	Northampton Town	4 January 2022	[22][23]
7 August 2021	MF		Jamie Bowden	Oldham Athletic	10 January 2022	[24][25]
12 August 2021	GK		Alfie Whiteman	Degerfors	December 2021	[26]
27 August 2021	MF		Pape Matar Sarr	Metz	End of season	[27]
31 August 2021	MF		J'Neil Bennett	Crewe Alexandra	January 2022	[28]
31 August 2021	DF		Cameron Carter-Vickers	Celtic	End of season	[29]
17 January 2022	FW		Kion Etete	Cheltenham Town	End of season	[30]
26 January 2022	RW		Jack Clarke	Sunderland	End of season	[31]
27 January 2022	CM		Nile John	Charlton Athletic	April 2022	[32]
31 January 2022	CM		Tanguy Ndombele	Lyon	End of season	[33]
31 January 2022	LW		Bryan Gil	Valencia	End of season	[34]
31 January 2022	CM		Giovani Lo Celso	Villarreal	End of season	[35]
10 February 2022	GK		Alfie Whiteman	Degerfors	December 2022	[36]
10 February 2022	GK		Kacper Kurylowicz	Potters Bar Town	End of season	[37]

Transfers in[edit]

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
26 July 2021	LW		Bryan Gil	Sevilla	£21,600,000+Lamela	[38][39]
27 August 2021	DM		Pape Matar Sarr	Metz	Undisclosed	[27]
31 August 2021	RB		Emerson Royal	Barcelona	£25,800,000	[40][41]
7 December 2021	LB		Charlie Sayers	Southend United	Undisclosed	[16]
31 January 2022	CM		Rodrigo Bentancur	Juventus	£15,860,000	[42][43]

Transfers out[edit]

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
11 June 2021	CB		Juan Foyth	Villarreal	Undisclosed	[44]
26 July 2021	RW		Erik Lamela	Sevilla	Part exchange	[38]
27 July 2021	DF		Toby Alderweireld	Al-Duhail	£13,000,000	[45][46]
3 August 2021	GK		Joe Hart	Celtic	Undisclosed	[47]
5 August 2021	DF		Jubril Okedina	Cambridge United	Undisclosed	[48]
11 August 2021	DF		Dennis Cirkin	Sunderland	Undisclosed	[49]
17 August 2021	DF		Timothy Eyoma	Lincoln City	Undisclosed	[50]
27 August 2021	CM		Moussa Sissoko	Watford	£3,000,000	[51]
18 January 2022	RW		Dilan Markanday	Blackburn Rovers	Undisclosed	[52]
31 January 2022	AM		Dele Alli	Everton	Free	[53]

Pre-season and friendlies[edit]

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,^[54] and one away to Milton Keynes Dons.^[55] 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.^[56]

Leyton Orient v Tottenham Hotspur

17 July 2021 JE3 Foundation Trophy	Leyton Orient	1–1	Tottenham Hotspur	Leyton
15:00 BST	Sotiriou 72'	Report	Scarlett 38'	Stadium: Brisbane Road Referee: John Busby

Colchester United v Tottenham Hotspur

21 July 2021	Colchester United	0–3	Tottenham Hotspur	Colchester
19:45 BST	Wiredu  58'	Report	Son 11' Lucas Moura 14' Alli 38'	Stadium: JobServe Community Stadium Referee: Craig Hicks

Milton Keynes Dons v Tottenham Hotspur

28 July 2021	Milton Keynes Dons	1–3	Tottenham Hotspur	Milton Keynes
19:45 BST	O'Riley 4' Freeman 84'	Report	Son 35' Alli 57' Lucas Moura 81'	Stadium: Stadium MK Attendance: 15,795 Referee: John Busby

Chelsea v Tottenham Hotspur

4 August 2021 The Mind Series	Chelsea	2–2	Tottenham Hotspur	Fulham
19:45 BST	Ziyech 16', 49' Ampadu  83'	Report	Lucas Moura 56' Bergwijn 70'	Stadium: Stamford Bridge Attendance: 25,000[57] Referee: Keith Stroud

Tottenham Hotspur v Arsenal

8 August 2021 The Mind Series	Tottenham Hotspur	1–0	Arsenal	Tottenham
14:00 BST	Alli  33' Skipp  45+1' Reguilón  74' Son 79'	Report	Tierney  56' Xhaka  57'	Stadium: Tottenham Hotspur Stadium Attendance: 25,000[58] Referee: David Coote

Competitions[edit]

Overview[edit]

Premier League[edit]

League table[edit]

Results summary[edit]

Results by matchday[edit]

Matches[edit]

The league fixtures were announced on 16 June 2021.^[62]

FA Cup[edit]

Tottenham were drawn home to Morecambe in the third round^[66] and Brighton & Hove Albion in the fourth round,^[67] and were drawn away to Middlesbrough in the fifth round.^[68]

EFL Cup[edit]

Tottenham entered the competition in the third round as one of the teams competing in UEFA competitions. They were drawn away to Wolverhampton Wanderers in the third round^[69][70] and Burnley in the fourth round.^[71] They were drawn home to West Ham United in the quarter-finals.^[72] They were drawn to Chelsea in the semi-finals, with the first leg away and the second leg home.^[73]

UEFA Europa Conference League[edit]

Play-off round[edit]

Tottenham were drawn against Paços de Ferreira in the play-off round, with the first leg away and the second leg home.^[74][75]

Paços de Ferreira v Tottenham Hotspur

19 August 2021 First leg	Paços de Ferreira	1–0	Tottenham Hotspur	Paços de Ferreira, Portugal
20:30 CEST	Ferreira  35' Silva 45' Antunes  66' Delgado  74'	Report	Davies  31' Gil  90'	Stadium: Estádio da Mata Real Attendance: 2,284 Referee: Maurizio Mariani (Italy)

Tottenham Hotspur v Paços de Ferreira

26 August 2021 Second leg	Tottenham Hotspur	3–0 (3–1 agg.)	Paços de Ferreira	Tottenham
19:45 BST	Kane 9', 35' Romero  30' Gil  63' Lo Celso 70'	Report	Denílson  41' Antunes  50' Pires  64'	Stadium: Tottenham Hotspur Stadium Attendance: 30,215 Referee: Ruddy Buquet (France)

Group stage[edit]

The draw for the group stage was held on 27 August 2021^[76] with the fixtures being released a day later.^[77]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		REN	VIT	TOT	MUR
1	Rennes	6	4	2	0	13	7	+6	14	Advance to round of 16		—	3–3	2–2	1–0
2	Vitesse	6	3	1	2	12	9	+3	10	Advance to knockout round play-offs		1–2	—	1–0	3–1
3	Tottenham Hotspur	6	2	1	3	11	11	0	7			0–3[a]	3–2	—	5–1
4	Mura	6	1	0	5	5	14	−9	3			1–2	0–2	2–1	—

Rennes v Tottenham Hotspur

16 September 2021 1	Rennes	2–2	Tottenham Hotspur	Rennes, France
18:45 CEST	Tait 23' Laborde 72' Martin  90+4'	Report	Badé 11' (o.g.) Højbjerg 76' Gil  82'	Stadium: Roazhon Park Attendance: 22,000 Referee: Halis Özkahya (Turkey)

Tottenham Hotspur v Mura

30 September 2021 2	Tottenham Hotspur	5–1	Mura	Tottenham
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