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Newcastle United

2021–22 season
Owners	Mike Ashley (until 7 October 2021) Public Investment Fund (80%) RB Sports & Media (10%) PCP Capital Partners (10%) (from 7 October 2021)
Chairman	Lee Charnley (until 7 October 2021) Yasir Al-Rumayyan (from 7 October 2021)
Manager	Steve Bruce (until 20 October 2021) Graeme Jones (interim, from 20 October 2021 to 8 November 2021) Eddie Howe (from 8 November 2021)
Stadium	St James' Park
Premier League	11th
FA Cup	Third round
EFL Cup	Second round
Top goalscorer	League: Callum Wilson (8) All: Callum Wilson (8)
Highest home attendance	52,281 (30 April 2022 v Liverpool)
Average home league attendance	51,443
Biggest win	3–0 vs Norwich City, Premier League, 23 April 2022
Biggest defeat	0–5 vs Manchester City, Premier League, 8 May 2022
Home colours Away colours Third colours
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The 2021–22 season was Newcastle United's 129th year in their history and fifth consecutive season in the Premier League. Along with the league, the club also competed in the FA Cup and the EFL Cup. The season covers the period from 1 July 2021 to 30 June 2022.

Staff

Position	Staff
Head Coach	Eddie Howe
Assistant Coach	Jason Tindall
First Team Coach	Stephen Purches
First Team Coach	Simon Weatherstone
First Team Coach	Graeme Jones
First Team Coach	Ben Dawson
Head of Goalkeeping	Simon Smith
Goalkeeping Coach	Adam Bartlett
Head of Medicine	Paul Catterson
Head Physiotherapist	Derek Wright
Physiotherapist	Dave Galley
Physiotherapist	Sean Beech
Physiotherapist	Daniel Marti
Head of Strength & Conditioning	Nick Grantham
Head of Performance Analysis	Tom Coffield
Analyst	Mark Leyland
Head of Performance	Dan Hodges
Lead Sports Scientist	Liam Mason

Source:

Squad

Squad no.	Name	Nationality	Position(s)	Date of birth (age)	Signed	Previous Club
Goalkeepers
1	Martin Dúbravka		GK	(1989-01-15) 15 January 1989 (age 35)	2018	Sparta Prague
26	Karl Darlow		GK	(1990-10-08) 8 October 1990 (age 34)	2014	Nottingham Forest
29	Mark Gillespie		GK	(1992-03-27) 27 March 1992 (age 32)	2020	Motherwell
Defenders
2	Ciaran Clark		CB	(1989-09-26) 26 September 1989 (age 35)	2016	Aston Villa
3	Paul Dummett		CB / LB	(1991-09-26) 26 September 1991 (age 33)	2010	Newcastle United Academy
5	Fabian Schär		CB	(1991-12-20) 20 December 1991 (age 33)	2018	Deportivo
6	Jamaal Lascelles		CB	(1993-11-11) 11 November 1993 (age 31)	2014	Nottingham Forest
12	Jamal Lewis		LB / LWB	(1998-01-25) 25 January 1998 (age 26)	2020	Norwich City
13	Matt Targett		LB / LWB	(1995-09-18) 18 September 1995 (age 29)	2022	Aston Villa (On Loan)
15	Kieran Trippier		RB / LB	(1990-09-19) 19 September 1990 (age 34)	2022	Atlético Madrid
17	Emil Krafth		RB / CB	(1994-08-02) 2 August 1994 (age 30)	2019	Amiens
18	Federico Fernández		CB	(1989-02-21) 21 February 1989 (age 35)	2018	Swansea City
19	Javier Manquillo		RB / RWB / LB	(1994-05-05) 5 May 1994 (age 30)	2017	Atlético Madrid
33	Dan Burn		CB / LB	(1992-05-09) 9 May 1992 (age 32)	2022	Brighton & Hove Albion
Midfielders
7	Joelinton		CM / LW / ST	(1996-08-16) 16 August 1996 (age 28)	2019	1899 Hoffenheim
8	Jonjo Shelvey		CM	(1992-02-27) 27 February 1992 (age 32)	2016	Swansea City
10	Allan Saint-Maximin		LW / RW / ST	(1997-03-12) 12 March 1997 (age 27)	2019	Nice
11	Matt Ritchie		LW / LWB	(1989-09-10) 10 September 1989 (age 35)	2016	AFC Bournemouth
14	Isaac Hayden		CM / DM / CB	(1995-03-22) 22 March 1995 (age 29)	2016	Arsenal
21	Ryan Fraser		LW / RW / AM	(1994-02-24) 24 February 1994 (age 30)	2020	AFC Bournemouth
23	Jacob Murphy		RW / RWB / LW	(1995-02-24) 24 February 1995 (age 29)	2017	Norwich City
24	Miguel Almirón		AM / RW / LW	(1994-02-10) 10 February 1994 (age 30)	2019	Atlanta United
28	Joe Willock		CM / AM	(1999-08-20) 20 August 1999 (age 25)	2021	Arsenal
36	Sean Longstaff		CM	(1997-09-30) 30 September 1997 (age 27)	2016	Newcastle United Academy
39	Bruno Guimarães		CM / DM	(1997-11-16) 16 November 1997 (age 27)	2022	Lyon
Forwards
9	Callum Wilson		ST	(1992-02-27) 27 February 1992 (age 32)	2020	AFC Bournemouth
20	Chris Wood		ST	(1991-12-07) 7 December 1991 (age 33)	2022	Burnley
30	Santiago Muñoz		ST / AM	(2002-08-14) 14 August 2002 (age 22)	2021	Santos Laguna (On Loan)
34	Dwight Gayle		ST	(1989-10-17) 17 October 1989 (age 35)	2016	Crystal Palace
Out on Loan
4	Matty Longstaff		CM	(2000-03-21) 21 March 2000 (age 24)	2019	Newcastle United Academy
16	Jeff Hendrick		CM	(1992-01-31) 31 January 1992 (age 32)	2020	Burnley
27	Freddie Woodman		GK	(1997-03-04) 4 March 1997 (age 27)	2014	Newcastle United Academy
32	Elliot Anderson		AM	(2002-11-06) 6 November 2002 (age 22)	2021	Newcastle United Academy

1. Clark was born in Harrow, England.
2. Dummett was born in Newcastle upon Tyne, England.
3. Lewis was born in Luton, England.
4. Ritchie was born in Gosport, England.
5. Anderson was born in Whitley Bay, England.

Transfers

Transfers in

Date	Position	Nationality	Player	From	Fee	Ref.
30 June 2021	CF		Cameron Ferguson	Tranmere Rovers	Undisclosed
1 July 2021	CB		Remi Savage	Liverpool	Free transfer
1 July 2021	LB		Charlie Wiggett	Chelsea	Free transfer
13 August 2021	CM		Joe Willock	Arsenal	£25,000,000
7 January 2022	RB		Kieran Trippier	Atlético Madrid	£12,000,000
13 January 2022	ST		Chris Wood	Burnley	£25,000,000
30 January 2022	CM		Bruno Guimarães	Lyon	£40,000,000
31 January 2022	CB		Dan Burn	Brighton & Hove Albion	£13,000,000

Loans in

Date from	Position	Nationality	Player	From	Date until	Ref.
31 August 2021	CF		Santiago Muñoz	Santos Laguna	January 2023
31 January 2022	LB		Matt Targett	Aston Villa	End of season

Loans out

Date from	Position	Nationality	Player	To	Date until	Ref.
12 July 2021	CB		Lewis Cass	Port Vale	1 February 2022
7 August 2021	GK		Jake Turner	Colchester United	1 January 2022
9 August 2021	CB		Kelland Watts	Wigan Athletic	End of season
27 August 2021	CM		Matty Longstaff	Aberdeen	1 January 2022
31 August 2021	RW		Thomas Allan	Greenock Morton	19 January 2022
31 August 2021	CB		Oisin McEntee	Greenock Morton	End of season
31 August 2021	AM		Rodrigo Vilca	Doncaster Rovers	January 2022
29 January 2022	AM		Joe White	Hartlepool United	End of season
31 January 2022	AM		Elliot Anderson	Bristol Rovers	End of season
31 January 2022	CM		Jeff Hendrick	Queens Park Rangers	End of season
31 January 2022	CM		Matty Longstaff	Mansfield Town	End of season
31 January 2022	LB		Matthew Bondswell	Shrewsbury Town	28 March 2022
31 January 2022	GK		Freddie Woodman	Bournemouth	End of season
1 February 2022	CM		Jack Young	Wycombe Wanderers	4 April 2022
12 March 2022	AM		Rodrigo Vilca	Universitario	January 2023

1. On 1 February, Lewis Cass' loan was terminated due to injury.
2. On 1 January, Matty Longstaff returned from his loan spell at Aberdeen.
3. On 19 January, Thomas Allan returned from his loan spell at Greenock Morton.
4. On 28 March, Matthew Bondswell returned from his loan spell at Shrewsbury Town.
5. On 4 April, Jack Young's loan deal became a permanent deal.

Transfers out

Date	Position	Nationality	Player	To	Fee	Ref.
22 July 2021	CB		Florian Lejeune	Alavés	Undisclosed
26 July 2021	CF		Elias Sørensen	Esbjerg	Undisclosed
26 August 2021	AM		Bobby Clark	Liverpool	Undisclosed
7 January 2022	LB		Rosaire Longelo	Accrington Stanley	Undisclosed
4 April 2022	CM		Jack Young	Wycombe Wanderers	Undisclosed

Released

Date	Position	Nationality	Player	To	Notes	Ref.
1 July 2021	LW		Christian Atsu	Al-Raed	End of Contract
1 July 2021	CB		Owen Bailey	Gateshead	End of Contract
1 July 2021	CB		Lewis Brannen		End of Contract
1 July 2021	CF		Andy Carroll	Reading	End of Contract
1 July 2021	RB		Tai Ebanks		End of Contract
1 July 2021	CB		Ludwig Francillette	Crawley Town	End of Contract
1 July 2021	CB		Lucas Gamblin		End of Contract
1 July 2021	CM		Josh Gilchrist		End of Contract
1 July 2021	CF		Josh Harrison		End of Contract
1 July 2021	AM		Florent Indalecio		End of Contract
1 July 2021	GK		Oliver Marshall		End of Contract
1 July 2021	LB		Thomas Midgley		End of Contract
1 July 2021	DM		George Rounsfell	Campbell Fighting Camels	End of Contract
1 July 2021	CM		Henri Saivet		End of Contract
1 July 2021	CM		Kyle Scott	FC Cincinnati	End of Contract
1 July 2021	CB		Jude Swailes	College of Charleston Cougars	End of Contract
1 July 2021	CF		Yannick Touré	Young Boys	End of Contract
1 July 2021	LB		Oliver Walters	Hebburn Town	End of Contract
3 August 2021	CF		Yoshinori Muto	Vissel Kobe	Mutual consent

Pre-season and friendlies

Newcastle United confirmed they would play friendly matches against York City, Doncaster Rovers, Rotherham United, Burton Albion, Burnley, and Norwich City, as part of their pre-season schedule.

Newcastle United were due to play Harrogate Town on 18 July 2021, it was originally decided that half of the first team players would go to the Harrogate Town match whilst the other half would go to the York City match but due to Karl Darlow receiving a positive COVID-19 test, it was decided that Newcastle United's first team would travel to the York City match and the Under-23's team would instead travel to the Harrogate Town match.

On 23 January 2022, Newcastle United announced that the first team squad would travel to Saudi Arabia for a week-long training camp. As part of that visit, it was also confirmed that Newcastle United would play a friendly match against Saudi Professional League side Al-Ittihad on 28 January 2022.

28 January 2022 Friendly	Al-Ittihad	1–2	Newcastle United	Jeddah
15:50 GMT	Hamdallah 33',	Report	Saint-Maximin 9' Fraser 57' Clark	Stadium: Prince Abdullah Al Faisal Stadium Attendance: 0

Competitions

Overall summary

Source: Soccerway

Premier League

League table

Results summary

Source:

Results by matchday

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 16 June 2021.

19 December 2021 18	Newcastle United	0–4	Manchester City	Newcastle upon Tyne
14:00 GMT	Hayden  21'	Report	Dias 5' Rodri  25' Cancelo 27' Silva  30' Mahrez 63' Sterling 86'	Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 52,127 (3,135 away) Referee: Martin Atkinson

19 February 2022 26	West Ham United	1–1	Newcastle United	Stratford
12:30 GMT	Fredericks  21' Dawson 32' Fornals  90' Bowen  90+5'	Report	Krafth  31' Willock 45+1' Fraser  76' Burn  90+5'	Stadium: London Stadium Attendance: 59,949 (3,000 away) Referee: Chris Kavanagh

20 April 2022 30	Newcastle United	1–0	Crystal Palace	Newcastle upon Tyne
19:45 BST	Almirón 32',  33'	Report	Gallagher  45+2'	Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 51,938 (804 away) Referee: Tony Harrington
Note: The match was originally scheduled for 20 March 2022, but was postponed due to Crystal Palace's participation in the FA Cup quarter-finals.

FA Cup

The Magpies were drawn at home to Cambridge United in the third round.

EFL Cup

The Magpies were drawn at home to Burnley in the second round.

Statistics

Appearances and goals

Last updated on 22 May 2022.

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Premier League		FA Cup		EFL Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	SVK	Martin Dúbravka	27	0	26	0	1	0	0	0
26	GK	ENG	Karl Darlow	8	0	8	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
2	DF	IRL	Ciaran Clark	14	0	12+1	0	0	0	1	0
3	DF	WAL	Paul Dummett	3	0	2+1	0	0	0	0	0
5	DF	SUI	Fabian Schär	26	2	25	2	1	0	0	0
6	DF	ENG	Jamaal Lascelles	26	1	22+3	1	0	0	1	0
11	DF	SCO	Matt Ritchie	18	0	14+3	0	1	0	0	0
12	DF	NIR	Jamal Lewis	6	0	4+1	0	0	0	1	0
13	DF	ENG	Matt Targett	16	0	16	0	0	0	0	0
15	DF	ENG	Kieran Trippier	7	2	5+1	2	1	0	0	0
17	DF	SWE	Emil Krafth	22	0	18+2	0	1	0	1	0
18	DF	ARG	Federico Fernández	7	0	5+2	0	0	0	0	0
19	DF	ESP	Javier Manquillo	21	1	15+4	1	0+1	0	1	0
33	DF	ENG	Dan Burn	16	0	16	0	0	0	0	0
Midfielders
7	MF	BRA	Joelinton	36	4	29+5	4	1	0	1	0
8	MF	ENG	Jonjo Shelvey	25	2	22+2	2	1	0	0	0
10	MF	FRA	Allan Saint-Maximin	37	5	31+4	5	1	0	0+1	0
14	MF	ENG	Isaac Hayden	14	1	12+2	1	0	0	0	0
21	MF	SCO	Ryan Fraser	29	2	18+9	2	1	0	1	0}
23	MF	ENG	Jacob Murphy	33	1	13+19	1	1	0	0	0
24	MF	PAR	Miguel Almirón	30	1	19+9	1	0+1	0	0+1	0
28	MF	ENG	Joe Willock	31	2	24+5	2	0+1	0	0+1	0
36	MF	ENG	Sean Longstaff	26	1	15+9	1	1	0	1	0
39	MF	BRA	Bruno Guimarães	17	5	11+6	5	0	0	0	0
Forwards
9	FW	ENG	Callum Wilson	18	8	16+2	8	0	0	0	0
20	FW	NZL	Chris Wood	17	2	15+2	2	0	0	0	0
34	FW	ENG	Dwight Gayle	9	0	0+8	0	0	0	1	0
Player(s) who left on loan but featured this season
16	MF	IRL	Jeff Hendrick	4	1	0+3	1	0	0	1	0
27	GK	ENG	Freddie Woodman	5	0	4	0	0	0	1	0

See also

• 2021–22 in English football
• List of Newcastle United F.C. seasons

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• 2021–22 Premier League by team
• Newcastle United F.C. seasons