2021–22 Cardiff City F.C. season
Cardiff City 2021–22 football season
The 2021–22 season is the 123rd season in the existence of Cardiff City Football Club. In addition to the Championship , Cardiff City participated in this season's editions of the FA Cup and the EFL Cup .
First-team squad
As of 30 January 2022
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules . Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
No.
Name
Nat.
Position(s)
Date of birth (Age)
Apps.
Goals
Year signed
Signed from
Transfer fee
Ends
Goalkeepers
1
Dillon Phillips
GK
(1995-06-11 ) 11 June 1995 (aged 27)
36
0
2020
Charlton Athletic
Undisclosed
2023
25
Alex Smithies
GK
(1990-03-05 ) 5 March 1990 (aged 32)
100
0
2018
Queens Park Rangers
£4,000,000
2022
31
George Ratcliffe
GK
(2000-09-12 ) 12 September 2000 (aged 21)
0
0
2021
Academy
Trainee
—
Defenders
2
Mark McGuinness
CB
(2001-01-05 ) 5 January 2001 (aged 21)
35
3
2021
Arsenal
Undisclosed
2024
3
Joel Bagan
LB
(2001-09-03 ) 3 September 2001 (aged 20)
37
3
2020
Academy
Trainee
2023
4
Sean Morrison
CB
(1991-01-08 ) 8 January 1991 (aged 31)
295
33
2014
Reading
£3,180,000
2022
5
Aden Flint
CB
(1989-07-11 ) 11 July 1989 (aged 32)
93
12
2019
Middlesbrough
£4,000,000
2022
16
Curtis Nelson
CB
(1993-05-21 ) 21 May 1993 (aged 29)
115
3
2019
Oxford United
Free
2023
17
Cody Drameh
RB /LB
(2001-12-08 ) 8 December 2001 (aged 20)
22
0
2022
Leeds United
Loan
2022
38
Perry Ng
RB /LB /CB
(1996-04-27 ) 27 April 1996 (aged 26)
61
0
2021
Crewe Alexandra
£350,000
2024
40
Tom Davies
LB
(2003-01-01 ) 1 January 2003 (aged 19)
1
0
2021
Academy
Trainee
2024
Midfielders
6
Will Vaulks
DM
(1993-09-13 ) 13 September 1993 (aged 28)
117
11
2019
Rotherham United
£2,100,000
2022
7
Leandro Bacuna
CM /RB
(1991-08-21 ) 21 August 1991 (aged 30)
115
4
2019
Aston Villa
£4,000,000
2023
8
Joe Ralls
CM /LM
(1993-10-12 ) 12 October 1993 (aged 28)
308
32
2011
Academy
Trainee
2022
15
Ryan Wintle
DM /CM /CB
(1997-06-13 ) 13 June 1997 (aged 25)
26
0
2021
Crewe Alexandra
Free
2024
18
Alfie Doughty
LM /LB /CM
(1999-12-21 ) 21 December 1999 (aged 22)
9
1
2022
Stoke City
Loan
2022
21
Marlon Pack
CM /DM
(1991-03-25 ) 25 March 1991 (aged 31)
109
5
2019
Bristol City
Undisclosed
2022
22
Tommy Doyle
CM /DM
(2001-10-17 ) 17 October 2001 (aged 20)
20
2
2022
Manchester City
Loan
2022
27
Rubin Colwill
AM /CM
(2002-04-27 ) 27 April 2002 (aged 20)
44
6
2020
Academy
Trainee
2024
37
Sam Bowen
DM /CM
(2001-01-14 ) 14 January 2001 (aged 21)
5
0
2021
Academy
Trainee
2023
Forwards
9
Jordan Hugill
CF
(1992-06-04 ) 4 June 1992 (aged 30)
19
4
2022
Norwich City
Loan
2022
10
Uche Ikpeazu
CF
(1995-02-28 ) 28 February 1995 (aged 27)
13
3
2022
Middlesbrough
Loan
2022
14
Isaac Vassell
CF
(1993-09-09 ) 9 September 1993 (aged 28)
3
1
2019
Birmingham City
Undisclosed
2022
19
James Collins
CF
(1990-12-01 ) 1 December 1990 (aged 31)
30
3
2021
Luton Town
Free
2023
23
Max Watters
CF
(1999-03-23 ) 23 March 1999 (aged 23)
11
1
2021
Crawley Town
Undisclosed
2024
29
Mark Harris
CF /LW /RW
(1998-12-29 ) 29 December 1998 (aged 23)
56
7
2017
Academy
Trainee
2023
39
Isaak Davies
CF
(2001-09-25 ) 25 September 2001 (aged 20)
30
3
2020
Academy
Trainee
2025
Out on Loan
11
Josh Murphy
LW /RW /SS
(1995-02-24 ) 24 February 1995 (aged 27)
99
14
2018
Norwich City
£11,000,000
2022
20
Gavin Whyte
RW
(1996-01-31 ) 31 January 1996 (aged 26)
37
1
2019
Oxford United
£2,000,000
2023
28
Tom Sang
AM /RW /RB
(1999-06-29 ) 29 June 1999 (aged 23)
16
0
2020
Manchester United
Free
2023
30
Ciaron Brown
CB
(1998-01-14 ) 14 January 1998 (aged 24)
19
0
2018
Wealdstone
Trainee
2022
36
Kieron Evans
AM /LW /RW
(2001-12-19 ) 19 December 2001 (aged 20)
6
0
2021
Academy
Trainee
2023
Statistics
As of 7 May 2022
Players with names in italics and marked * were on loan from another club for the whole of their season with Cardiff City.
Goals record
As of 7 May 2022
Assists record
As of 7 May 2022
Disciplinary record
As of 7 May 2022
Clean sheets
Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by squad number when total clean sheets are equal. Numbers in parentheses represent games where both goalkeepers participated and both kept a clean sheet; the number in parentheses is awarded to the goalkeeper who was substituted on, whilst a full clean sheet is awarded to the goalkeeper who was on the field at the start of play.
As of match played 25 February 2023 [citation needed ]
Contracts
Date
Position
Nationality
Name
Status
Contract Length
Expiry Date
Ref.
24 August 2021
CF
Chanka Zimba
Signed
3 years
June 2024
[3]
30 August 2021
AM
Rubin Colwill
Signed
3 years
June 2024
[4]
6 October 2021
LB
Tom Davies
Signed
3 years
June 2024
[5]
3 March 2022
CF
Isaak Davies
Signed
3 years
June 2025
[6]
14 March 2022
CB
Oliver Denham
Signed
2 years
June 2024
[7]
Transfers
Transfers in
Loans in
Loans out
Transfers out
Pre-season friendlies
As part of Cardiff City's pre-season preparations, friendlies against Bath City ,[49] Cambridge United ,[50] Forest Green Rovers ,[51] Exeter City ,[50] Southampton [52] and Newport County [53] were announced.
Competitions
Overview
Competition
First match
Last match
Starting round
Record
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Win %
EFL Championship
7 August 2021
May 2022
Matchday 1
46
15
8
23
50
68
−18
0 32.61
FA Cup
9 January 2022
6 February 2022
Third round
2
1
0
1
3
4
−1
0 50.00
EFL Cup
10 August 2021
24 August 2021
First round
2
1
0
1
3
4
−1
0 50.00
Total
50
17
8
25
56
76
−20
0 34.00
EFL Championship
League table
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
[55] Notes:
^ Reading were deducted 6 points for breach of profit and sustainability regulations.[54]
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
15
8
23
50
68
−18
53
7
4
12
22
29
−7
8
4
11
28
39
−11
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 H A A H A H H A A H A H H A H A H A A A H A H A H A H H A H H A H H H A A H A A H A Result D W D W L W L L L L L L L L D L W W L W L D L D L L W W W L W D L L W W D W L W L L L L D W Position 13 3 9 6 9 8 9 10 13 18 20 20 21 21 21 21 20 19 20 20 21 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 19 19 19 20 18 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 19 19 19 18
Updated to match(es) played on 30 April 2022. Source:
[citation needed ] A = Away;
H = Home;
W = Win;
D = Draw;
L = Loss
Matches
Cardiff City's fixtures were announced on 24 June 2021.[56]
FA Cup
Cardiff were drawn at home to Preston North End in the third round.[57]
EFL Cup
Cardiff City were drawn at home to Sutton United in the first round[58] [59] and Brighton & Hove Albion in the second round.[60]
Summary
Games played
50 (46 EFL Championship , 2 FA Cup , 2 League Cup )
Games won
17 (15 EFL Championship , 1 FA Cup , 1 League Cup )
Games drawn
8 (8 EFL Championship , 0 FA Cup , 0 League Cup )
Games lost
25 (23 EFL Championship , 1 FA Cup , 1 League Cup )
Goals scored
56 (50 EFL Championship , 3 FA Cup , 3 League Cup )
Goals conceded
75 (68 EFL Championship ,4 FA Cup , 4 League Cup )
Goal difference
-19
Clean sheets
7 (7 EFL Championship , 0 FA Cup , 0 League Cup )
Yellow cards
109 (105 EFL Championship , 2 FA Cup , 3 League Cup )
Red cards
2 (2 EFL Championship , 0 FA Cup , 0 League Cup )
Worst Discipline
Will Vaulks (11 , 0 , 0 )
Best result
4–0 vs. Peterborough United (09 Feb 22)
Worst result
1–5 vs. Blackburn Rovers (25 Sep 21) 0–4 vs. West Bromwich Albion (28 Sep 21) 0–4 vs. Swansea City (2 Apr 22)
Most appearances
Aden Flint (39 starts, 3 subs)
Top scorer
Rubin Colwill (6)
Most Clean Sheets
Alex Smithies (5)
Points
53
Club staff
References
National teams
League competitions
Level 1 Levels 2–4 Levels 5–6 Levels 7–8 Levels 9–10
Combined Counties League (Premier North , Premier South , One )
Eastern Counties League (Premier , One North , One South )
Essex Senior League (level 9 only)
Hellenic League (Premier , One )
Midland League (Premier , One )
Northern Counties East League (Premier , One )
Northern League (One , Two )
North West Counties League (Premier , One North , One South )
Southern Combination League (Premier , One )
Southern Counties East League (Premier , One )
South West Peninsula League (Premier East , Premier West - level 10 only )
Spartan South Midlands League (Premier , One )
United Counties League (Premier North , Premier South , One )
Wessex League (Premier , One )
Western League (Premier , One )
Cup competitions
Youth competitions