2021–22 West Ham United F.C. season

West Ham United
2021–22 season
	West Ham line up at the London Stadium before their Europa League semi-final game against Eintracht Frankfurt
Co-chairmen	David Sullivan, David Gold and Daniel Křetínský
Manager	David Moyes
Stadium	London Stadium
Premier League	7th
FA Cup	Fifth round
EFL Cup	Quarter-finals
UEFA Europa League	Semi-finals
Top goalscorer	League: ; Jarrod Bowen (12); All: ; Jarrod Bowen (18)
Highest home attendance	59,981; (vs Sevilla, 17 March 2022)
Lowest home attendance	41,027; (vs Southampton, 26 December 2021)
	← 2020–21 2022–23 →

The 2021–22 season was the 127th season in existence of West Ham United Football Club and the club's tenth consecutive season in the top flight of English football.^[2] In addition to the domestic league, West Ham United participated in this season's editions of the FA Cup, EFL Cup and UEFA Europa League.

Squad

Season squad

Squad no.	Player	Position(s)	Date of birth (age)
Goalkeepers
1	Łukasz Fabiański	GK	(1985-04-18)18 April 1985 (aged 37)
13	Alphonse Areola (on loan from Paris Saint-Germain)	GK	(1993-02-27)27 February 1993 (aged 29)
25	David Martin	GK	(1986-01-22)22 January 1986 (aged 36)
35	Darren Randolph	GK	(1987-05-12)12 May 1987 (aged 35)
Defenders
3	Aaron Cresswell	DF	(1989-12-15)15 December 1989 (aged 32)
4	Kurt Zouma	DF	(1994-10-27)27 October 1994 (aged 27)
5	Vladimír Coufal	DF	(1992-08-22)22 August 1992 (aged 29)
15	Craig Dawson	DF	(1990-05-06)6 May 1990 (aged 32)
21	Angelo Ogbonna	DF	(1988-05-23)23 May 1988 (aged 33)
23	Issa Diop	DF	(1997-01-09)9 January 1997 (aged 25)
24	Ryan Fredericks	DF	(1992-10-10)10 October 1992 (aged 29)
26	Arthur Masuaku	DF	(1993-11-07)7 November 1993 (aged 28)
31	Ben Johnson	DF	(2000-01-24)24 January 2000 (aged 22)
50	Harrison Ashby	DF	(2001-11-14)14 November 2001 (aged 20)
Midfielders
8	Pablo Fornals	MF	(1996-02-22)22 February 1996 (aged 26)
10	Manuel Lanzini	MF	(1993-02-15)15 February 1993 (aged 29)
11	Nikola Vlašić	MF	(1997-10-04)4 October 1997 (aged 24)
16	Mark Noble (C)	MF	(1987-05-08)8 May 1987 (aged 35)
28	Tomáš Souček	MF	(1995-02-27)27 February 1995 (aged 27)
33	Alex Král (on loan from Spartak Moscow)	MF	(1998-05-19)19 May 1998 (aged 24)
41	Declan Rice	MF	(1999-01-14)14 January 1999 (aged 23)
Forwards
7	Andriy Yarmolenko	FW	(1989-10-23)23 October 1989 (aged 32)
9	Michail Antonio	FW	(1990-03-28)28 March 1990 (aged 32)
20	Jarrod Bowen	FW	(1996-12-20)20 December 1996 (aged 25)
22	Saïd Benrahma	FW	(1995-08-10)10 August 1995 (aged 26)

Last updated: 22 May 2022.
Source: West Ham United F.C.

Transfers

Transfers in

Date	Position	Player	From	Fee	Ref.
9 June 2021	CB	Craig Dawson	Watford	£2,000,000	^[3]
9 June 2021	DM	Pierre Ekwah	Chelsea	Undisclosed	^[4]
9 June 2021	LW	Thierry Nevers	Reading	Undisclosed	^[5]
1 July 2021	LW	Armstrong Okoflex	Celtic	Free transfer	^[6]
3 August 2021	GK	Brian Kinnear	Rangers	Free transfer	^[7]
28 August 2021	CB	Kurt Zouma	Chelsea	£29,800,000	^[8]
31 August 2021	AM	Nikola Vlašić	CSKA Moscow	£33,500,000	^[9]
4 January 2022	CF	Callum Marshall	Linfield	Undisclosed	^[10]

Loaned in

Date from	Position	Nationality	Player	From	Date until	Ref.
29 July 2021	GK		Alphonse Areola	Paris Saint-Germain	End of season	^[11]
31 August 2021	DM		Alex Král	Spartak Moscow	End of season	^[12]

Loaned out

Date from	Position	Player	To	Date until	Ref.
1 July 2021	GK	Joseph Anang	Stevenage	4 January 2022^[a]	^[14]
22 July 2021	GK	Nathan Trott	Nancy	End of season	^[15]
29 July 2021	LW	Nathan Holland	Oxford United	End of season	^[16]
30 August 2021	CF	Mipo Odubeko	Huddersfield Town	4 January 2022^[b]	^[18]
31 August 2021	DM	Conor Coventry	Peterborough United	5 January 2022^[c]	^[20]
18 January 2022	DM	Conor Coventry	Milton Keynes Dons	End of season	^[21]
20 January 2022	CB	Gonçalo Cardoso	Real Betis	End of season	^[22]
27 January 2022	CF	Mipo Odubeko	Doncaster Rovers	End of season	^[23]
28 January 2022	GK	Joseph Anang	St Patrick's Athletic	End of season	^[24]

^ On 4 January, Anang was recalled back from his loan spell at Stevenage.^[13]
^ On 4 January, Odubeko was recalled back from his loan spell at Huddersfield Town.^[17]
^ On 5 January, Coventry was recalled back from his loan spell at Peterborough United.^[19]

Transfers out

Date	Position	Player	To	Fee	Ref.
27 May 2021	LW	Oladapo Afolayan	Bolton Wanderers	Free transfer	^[25]^[26]
30 June 2021	CF	Sean Adarkwa	Queens Park Rangers	Released	^[27]^[28]
30 June 2021	CB	Tunji Akinola	Partick Thistle	Released	^[27]
30 June 2021	CB	Fabián Balbuena	Dynamo Moscow	Released	^[27]^[29]
30 June 2021	CB	Sam Caiger	Ware	Released	^[27]
30 June 2021	CM	Alfie Lewis	St Patrick's Athletic	Released	^[27]^[30]
30 June 2021	CB	Joshua Okotcha	Hendon	Released	^[27]^[31]
1 July 2021	GK	Daniel Jinadu	Barnsley	Free transfer	^[32]
16 July 2021	LW	Felipe Anderson	Lazio	Undisclosed	^[33]
13 August 2021	DF	Carlos Richards	Derby County	Free transfer	^[34]
31 August 2021	RW	Xande Silva	Nottingham Forest	Undisclosed	^[35]
21 September 2021	CB	Winston Reid	Mutual consent		^[36]
31 January 2022	CB	Frederik Alves	Brøndby	Undisclosed	^[37]

Pre-season friendlies

As part of their pre-season preparations, West Ham United confirmed they would play friendly matches against Dundee,^[38] Leyton Orient,^[39] Northampton Town,^[39] Reading,^[39] Celtic,^[40] Brentford^[41] and Atalanta.^[42]

9 July 2021 Friendly	Dundee	2–2	West Ham United	Dundee, Scotland
13:00 BST	Adam 14' McMullan 53'	Report	Baptiste 61' Bowen 67' (pen.)	Stadium: Dens Park Attendance: 500

13 July 2021 Friendly	Leyton Orient	0–0	West Ham United	Leyton
19:00 BST		Report		Stadium: Breyer Group Stadium Referee: Gavin Ward

13 July 2021 Friendly	Northampton Town	1–2	West Ham United	Northampton
19:00 BST	Hoskins 29'	Report	Nelson 3' (o.g.) Coventry 13'	Stadium: PTS Academy Stadium Attendance: 1,715 Referee: Andy Woolmer

21 July 2021 Friendly	Reading	0–3	West Ham United	Reading
19:00 BST		Report	Dorsett 38' (o.g.) Coventry 57' Johnson 77'	Stadium: Select Car Leasing Stadium Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Tim Robinson

24 July 2021 Friendly	Celtic	2–6	West Ham United	Parkhead, Scotland
15:00 BST	McGregor 8' Christie 50'	Report	Antonio 24', 32' Noble 38' (pen.) Benrahma 54' Bowen 74' Oko-Flex 85'	Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 18,500 Referee: John Beaton

31 July 2021 Friendly	Brentford	0–1	West Ham United	Brentford
15:00 BST		Report	Benrahma 66'	Stadium: Brentford Community Stadium Referee: Darren England

7 August 2021 Betway Cup	West Ham United	2–0	Atalanta	Stratford
15:00 BST	Antonio 45' Fornals 89'	Report	Freuler 38'	Stadium: London Stadium Attendance: 27,665 Referee: Stuart Attwell

Competitions

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Premier League	15 August 2021	22 May 2022	Matchday 1	38	16	8	14	60	51	+9	042.11
FA Cup	9 January 2022	2 March 2022	Third round	3	2	0	1	5	4	+1	066.67
EFL Cup	22 September 2021	22 December 2021	Third round	3	1	1	1	1	1	+0	033.33
UEFA Europa League	16 September 2021	5 May 2022	Group stage	12	6	2	4	18	8	+10	050.00
Total				56	25	11	20	84	64	+20	044.64

Source: Soccerway

Premier League

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
5	Arsenal	38	22	3	13	61	48	+13	69	Qualification for the Europa League group stage^[a]
6	Manchester United	38	16	10	12	57	57	0	58	Qualification for the Europa League group stage^[a]
7	West Ham United	38	16	8	14	60	51	+9	56	Qualification for the Europa Conference League play-off round^[a]
8	Leicester City	38	14	10	14	62	59	+3	52
9	Brighton & Hove Albion	38	12	15	11	42	44	−2	51

Source: Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) If the champions, relegated teams or qualified teams for UEFA competitions cannot be determined by rules 1 to 3, rules 4.1 to 4.3 are applied – 4.1) Points gained in head-to-head record between such teams; 4.2) Away goals scored in head-to-head record between such teams; 4.3) Play-offs^[44]
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Since the winners of the 2021–22 FA Cup and the 2021–22 EFL Cup, Liverpool, qualified for the Champions League, the spot given to the FA Cup winners (Europa League group stage) was passed to the sixth-placed team and the spot given to the League Cup winners (Europa Conference League play-off round) was passed to the seventh-placed team.^[43]

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
38	16	8	14	60	51	+9	56	9	5	5	33	26	+7	7	3	9	27	25	+2

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

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
Ground	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	W	W	D	D	L	W	L	W	W	W	W	L	L	D	W	D	L	L	W	W	W	L	L	W	D	D	W	L	W	L	W	L	D	L	L	W	D	L
Position	4	1	2	8	8	7	9	7	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	5	6	5	5	4	4	5	4	5	5	5	6	6	7	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7

Source: Premier League
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were revealed on 16 June 2021.^[45]

15 August 2021 1	Newcastle United	2–4	West Ham United	Newcastle upon Tyne
14:00 BST	Wilson 5' Murphy 40' Shelvey 51'	Report	Cresswell 18' Benrahma 53' Souček 63' Antonio 66'	Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 50,673 Referee: Martin Atkinson

23 August 2021 2	West Ham United	4–1	Leicester City	Stratford
20:00 BST	Fornals 26' Benrahma 56' Antonio 80', 84'	Report	Pérez 40' Tielemans 69' Pereira 71'	Stadium: London Stadium Attendance: 59,901 Referee: Michael Oliver

28 August 2021 3	West Ham United	2–2	Crystal Palace	Stratford
15:00 BST	Fornals 39' Antonio 68' Rice 90+1'	Report	Gallagher 58', 70'	Stadium: London Stadium Attendance: 59,751 Referee: Stuart Attwell

11 September 2021 4	Southampton	0–0	West Ham United	Southampton
15:00 BST	Romeu 13' Stephens 71' Salisu 90+2'	Report	Antonio 71' 90+5' Rice 73'	Stadium: St Mary's Stadium Attendance: 27,861 Referee: David Coote

19 September 2021 5	West Ham United	1–2	Manchester United	Stratford
14:00 BST	Benrahma 30' Noble 90+5	Report	Ronaldo 35' Lingard 89'	Stadium: London Stadium Attendance: 59,958^[46] Referee: Martin Atkinson

25 September 2021 6	Leeds United	1–2	West Ham United	Leeds
15:00 BST	Raphinha 19', 20' Meslier 70' Roberts 81'	Report	Fornals 28' Antonio 55', 90' Firpo 67' (o.g.)	Stadium: Elland Road Attendance: 36,417 Referee: Kevin Friend

3 October 2021 7	West Ham United	1–2	Brentford	Stratford
14:00 BST	Zouma 35' Bowen 80' Rice 90+2'	Report	Mbeumo 20' Nørgaard 69' Canós 84' Jørgensen 85' Wissa 90+4'	Stadium: London Stadium Attendance: 49,940^[47] Referee: Peter Bankes

17 October 2021 8	Everton	0–1	West Ham United	Liverpool
14:00 BST		Report	Antonio 10' Fornals 31' Ogbonna 74'	Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 39,132 Referee: Stuart Attwell

24 October 2021 9	West Ham United	1–0	Tottenham Hotspur	Stratford
14:00 BST	Souček 21' Ogbonna 37' Antonio 72'	Report	Romero 60'	Stadium: London Stadium Attendance: 59,924 Referee: Paul Tierney

31 October 2021 10	Aston Villa	1–4	West Ham United	Birmingham
16:30 BST	Watkins 34' Konsa 50' McGinn 79'	Report	Johnson 7' Rice 38' Fornals 79', 80' Bowen 79', 84'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 41,874 Referee: Chris Kavanagh

7 November 2021 11	West Ham United	3–2	Liverpool	Stratford
16:30 GMT	Alisson 4' (o.g.) Souček 45+7' Fornals 67' Zouma 74'	Report	Alexander-Arnold 41', 55' Origi 83'	Stadium: London Stadium Attendance: 59,909 Referee: Craig Pawson

20 November 2021 12	Wolverhampton Wanderers	1–0	West Ham United	Wolverhampton
15:00 GMT	Neves 54' Jiménez 58'	Report	Rice 86'	Stadium: Molineux Attendance: 30,667 Referee: Mike Dean

28 November 2021 13	Manchester City	2–1	West Ham United	Manchester
14:00 GMT	Laporte 29' Gündoğan 33' Cancelo 61' Fernandinho 90'	Report	Lanzini 90+4'	Stadium: Etihad Stadium Attendance: 53,245 Referee: Michael Oliver

1 December 2021 14	West Ham United	1–1	Brighton & Hove Albion	Stratford
19:30 GMT	Souček 5' Antonio 90+6'	Report	Maupay 89', 90'	Stadium: London Stadium Attendance: 59,626 Referee: Chris Kavanagh

4 December 2021 15	West Ham United	3–2	Chelsea	Stratford
12:30 GMT	Lanzini 40' (pen.) Bowen 56' Masuaku 87' Coufal 90+1'	Report	Jorginho 23' Thiago Silva 28' Mount 44' James 90+2' Christensen 90+4'	Stadium: London Stadium Attendance: 59,942 Referee: Andre Marriner

12 December 2021 16	Burnley	0–0	West Ham United	Burnley
14:00 GMT	Taylor 33' Mee 45+3'	Report	Dawson 90+3'	Stadium: Turf Moor Attendance: 18,065 Referee: Graham Scott

15 December 2021 17	Arsenal	2–0	West Ham United	Holloway
20:00 GMT	Martinelli 48', 58' Lacazette 69' Ramsdale 72' Smith Rowe 87'	Report	Coufal 11' 66'	Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 59,777 Referee: Anthony Taylor

26 December 2021 18	West Ham United	2–3	Southampton	Stratford
15:00 GMT	Rice 34' Antonio 49' Benrahma 64' Bowen 68'	Report	Elyounoussi 8' Ward-Prowse 61' (pen.) Broja 66' Bednarek 70', 85' Walker-Peters 90+6'	Stadium: London Stadium Attendance: 41,027 Referee: Kevin Friend

28 December 2021 19	Watford	1–4	West Ham United	Watford
15:00 GMT	Dennis 4'	Report	Souček 27' Benrahma 29' Noble 58' (pen.) Dawson 81' Vlašić 90+2'	Stadium: Vicarage Road Attendance: 20,073 Referee: Darren England

1 January 2022 20	Crystal Palace	2–3	West Ham United	Selhurst
17:30 GMT	Édouard 83' Olise 90'	Report	Antonio 22' Lanzini 25', 45+5' (pen.) Johnson 38' Masuaku 78'	Stadium: Selhurst Park Attendance: 24,351 Referee: Darren England

12 January 2022 21	West Ham United	2–0	Norwich City	Stratford
19:45 GMT	Bowen 42', 85'	Report		Stadium: London Stadium Attendance: 59,775 Referee: Simon Hooper

16 January 2022 22	West Ham United	2–3	Leeds United	Stratford
14:00 GMT	Antonio 24' Bowen 34' Fornals 52' Lanzini 62' Yarmolenko 77'	Report	Harrison 10', 37', 60' Koch 45' James 89'	Stadium: London Stadium Attendance: 59,951 Referee: Mike Dean

22 January 2022 23	Manchester United	1–0	West Ham United	Manchester
15:00 GMT	Maguire 56' Rashford 90+3'	Report	Rice 63'	Stadium: Old Trafford Attendance: 73,130 Referee: Jonathan Moss

8 February 2022 24	West Ham United	1–0	Watford	Stratford
19:45 GMT	Bowen 68' Coufal 83'	Report		Stadium: London Stadium Attendance: 59,581 Referee: Martin Atkinson

13 February 2022 25	Leicester City	2–2	West Ham United	Leicester
16:30 GMT	Pereira 18', 57' Tielemans 45' (pen.)	Report	Bowen 10' Cresswell 60' Rice 61' Dawson 90+1'	Stadium: King Power Stadium Attendance: 32,061 Referee: Michael Oliver

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 Referee: Chris Kavanagh

27 February 2022 27	West Ham United	1–0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Stratford
14:00 GMT	Souček 59' Antonio 82'	Report		Stadium: London Stadium Attendance: 59,946 Referee: Anthony Taylor

5 March 2022 28	Liverpool	1–0	West Ham United	Liverpool
17:30 GMT	Mané 27', 90+5' Jota 89'	Report	Dawson 31'	Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 53,059 Referee: Jonathan Moss

13 March 2022 29	West Ham United	2–1	Aston Villa	Stratford
14:00 GMT	Lanzini 44' Yarmolenko 70' Fornals 82'	Report	Ramsey 90'	Stadium: London Stadium Attendance: 59,957 Referee: Jarred Gillett

20 March 2022 30	Tottenham Hotspur	3–1	West Ham United	Tottenham
16:30 GMT	Zouma 9' (o.g.) Son 24', 88'	Report	Dawson 23' Benrahma 35'	Stadium: Tottenham Hotspur Stadium Attendance: 58,685 Referee: Anthony Taylor

3 April 2022 31	West Ham United	2–1	Everton	Stratford
14:00 BST	Cresswell 32', 90+4' Bowen 58'	Report	Keane 34' 65' Holgate 53', 84'	Stadium: London Stadium Attendance: 59,953 Referee: Michael Oliver

10 April 2022 32	Brentford	2–0	West Ham United	Brentford
14:00 BST	Mbeumo 48' Toney 64'	Report	Antonio 66'	Stadium: Brentford Community Stadium Attendance: 17,032 Referee: Martin Atkinson

17 April 2022 33	West Ham United	1–1	Burnley	Stratford
14:15 BST	Fabiański 45' Rice 67' Souček 74'	Report	Cork 11' Weghorst 33', 67' Cornet 45+1'	Stadium: London Stadium Attendance: 59,958 Referee: Paul Tierney

24 April 2022 34	Chelsea	1–0	West Ham United	Fulham
14:00 BST	Alonso 82' Jorginho 87' Pulisic 90'	Report	Dawson 86'	Stadium: Stamford Bridge Attendance: 32,231 Referee: Michael Oliver

1 May 2022 35	West Ham United	1–2	Arsenal	Stratford
16:30 BST	Bowen 45', 52' Cresswell 90+2'	Report	Holding 38' Saka 49' Gabriel 54' Nketiah 90'	Stadium: London Stadium Attendance: 59,959 Referee: Mike Dean

8 May 2022 36	Norwich City	0–4	West Ham United	Norwich
14:00 BST	Williams 61'	Report	Benrahma 12', 45+3' Bowen 25' Antonio 30' Lanzini 65' (pen.)	Stadium: Carrow Road Attendance: 26,428 Referee: Robert Jones

15 May 2022 37	West Ham United	2–2	Manchester City	Stratford
14:00 BST	Bowen 24', 45', 32' Coufal 58' Fabiański 60'	Report	Grealish 49' Coufal 69' (o.g.) Mahrez 86' Gabriel Jesus 90+4'	Stadium: London Stadium Attendance: 59,972 Referee: Anthony Taylor

22 May 2022 38	Brighton & Hove Albion	3–1	West Ham United	Falmer
16:00 BST	Veltman 50' Groß 80' Maupay 83' Welbeck 90+2'	Report	Antonio 40' Souček 42'	Stadium: American Express Community Stadium Attendance: 31,604 Referee: Kevin Friend

FA Cup

The Hammers were drawn at home to Leeds United in the third round^[48] and away to Kidderminster Harriers in the fourth round.^[49]

9 January 2022 Third round	West Ham United	2–0	Leeds United	Stratford
14:00 GMT	Lanzini 34', 72' Bowen 90+3'	Report	Drameh 79'	Stadium: London Stadium Attendance: 54,303 Referee: Stuart Attwell

5 February 2022 Fourth round	Kidderminster Harriers	1–2 (a.e.t.)	West Ham United	Kidderminster
12:30 GMT	Penny 19' Cameron 71'	Report	Rice 90+1' Bowen 120+1'	Stadium: Aggborough Stadium Attendance: 5,327 Referee: Jonathan Moss

2 March 2022 Fifth round	Southampton	3–1	West Ham United	Southampton
19:30 GMT	Perraud 31', 85' Ward-Prowse 69' (pen.) Diallo 87' Broja 90+5'	Report	Antonio 60' Dawson 68'	Stadium: St Mary's Stadium Attendance: 28,383 Referee: Andre Marriner

EFL Cup

Due to participation in UEFA competitions, the Hammers entered the competition in the third round and were drawn away to Manchester United^[50]^[51] and then Manchester City at home in the fourth round.^[52]^[53]

22 September 2021 Third round	Manchester United	0–1	West Ham United	Manchester
19:45 BST		Report	Lanzini 9' Noble 57'	Stadium: Old Trafford Attendance: 72,568 Referee: Jonathan Moss
Note: Live on Sky Sports

27 October 2021 Fourth round	West Ham United	0–0 (5–3 p)	Manchester City	Stratford
19:45 BST		Report		Stadium: London Stadium Attendance: 60,000 Referee: Jonathan Moss
	Penalties
	Noble Bowen Dawson Cresswell Benrahma		Foden Cancelo Gabriel Jesus Grealish

22 December 2021 Quarter-finals	Tottenham Hotspur	2–1	West Ham United	Tottenham
19:45 GMT	Bergwijn 29' Lucas 34'	Report	Bowen 32', 37'	Stadium: Tottenham Hotspur Stadium Attendance: 40,031 Referee: Chris Kavanagh

UEFA Europa League

Group stage

West Ham were drawn against Croatian side Dinamo Zagreb, Belgian side Genk and Austrian side Rapid Wien in the group stage,^[54] with the fixtures being released a day later.^[55]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	WHU	DZA	RWI	GNK
1	West Ham United	6	4	1	1	11	3	+8	13	Advance to round of 16	—	0–1	2–0	3–0
2	Dinamo Zagreb	6	3	1	2	9	6	+3	10	Advance to knockout round play-offs	0–2	—	3–1	1–1
3	Rapid Wien	6	2	0	4	4	9	−5	6	Transfer to Europa Conference League	0–2	2–1	—	0–1
4	Genk	6	1	2	3	4	10	−6	5		2–2	0–3	0–1	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

16 September 2021 1	Dinamo Zagreb	0–2	West Ham United	Zagreb, Croatia
18:45 CET	Mišić 67'	Report	Antonio 22' Lanzini 32' Rice 50'	Stadium: Maksimir Stadion Attendance: 12,344 Referee: Ruddy Buquet (France)

30 September 2021 2	West Ham United	2–0	Rapid Wien	Stratford, England
20:00 BST	Rice 29' Diop 75' Benrahma 90+4'	Report	Grahovac 44' Greiml 57'	Stadium: London Stadium Attendance: 50,004 Referee: Tobias Stieler (Germany)

21 October 2021 3	West Ham United	3–0	Genk	Stratford, England
20:00 BST	Dawson 45+1' Diop 57' Bowen 59'	Report		Stadium: London Stadium Attendance: 45,980 Referee: Donatas Rumšas (Lithuania)

4 November 2021 4	Genk	2–2	West Ham United	Genk, Belgium
17:45 CET	Paintsil 5', 69' Thorstvedt 55' Muñoz 69' Arteaga 71' Souček 88' (o.g.)	Report	Rice 15' Benrahma 59', 82' Dawson 67'	Stadium: Luminus Arena Attendance: 12,239 Referee: Aleksandar Stavrev (North Macedonia)

25 November 2021 5	Rapid Wien	0–2	West Ham United	Hütteldorf, Austria
17:45 CET		Report	Yarmolenko 40' Noble 45+2' (pen.)	Stadium: Allianz Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Sergey Ivanov (Russia)

9 December 2021 6	West Ham United	0–1	Dinamo Zagreb	Stratford, England
20:00 GMT		Report	Oršić 4' Ristovski 31' Ivanušec 44' Mišić 85'	Stadium: London Stadium Attendance: 49,401 Referee: Maurizio Mariani (Italy)

Knockout phase

Round of 16

10 March 2022 First leg	Sevilla	1–0	West Ham United	Seville, Spain
18:45 CET	Munir 60' Ocampos 90'	Report	Zouma 59' Lanzini 76' Rice 90'	Stadium: Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Attendance: 34,728 Referee: Sandro Schärer (Switzerland)

17 March 2022 Second leg	West Ham United	2–0 (a.e.t.) (2–1 agg.)	Sevilla	Stratford, England
20:00 GMT	Lanzini 34' Souček 39' Yarmolenko 112' Cresswell 117'	Report	Montiel 120+2'	Stadium: London Stadium Attendance: 59,981 Referee: Clément Turpin (France)

Quarter-finals

7 April 2022 First leg	West Ham United	1–1	Lyon	Stratford, England
20:00 BST (UTC+1)	Cresswell 45+3' Bowen 52', 90+6' Antonio 88'	Report	Ndombele 66'	Stadium: London Stadium Attendance: 59,978 Referee: Felix Zwayer (Germany)

14 April 2022 Second leg	Lyon	0–3 (1–4 agg.)	West Ham United	Décines-Charpieu, France
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Barcola 84'	Report	Diop 22' Dawson 38' Rice 44' Bowen 48' Fornals 85'	Stadium: Groupama Stadium Attendance: 50,065 Referee: Sandro Schärer (Switzerland)

Semi-finals

28 April 2022 First leg	West Ham United	1–2	Eintracht Frankfurt	Stratford, England
20:00 BST (UTC+1)	Antonio 21'	Report	Knauff 1' Kamada 54' Sow 79' Hinteregger 81'	Stadium: London Stadium Attendance: 58,108 Referee: Serdar Gözübüyük (Netherlands)

5 May 2022 Second leg	Eintracht Frankfurt	1–0 (3–1 agg.)	West Ham United	Frankfurt, Germany
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Borré 26' Ndicka 43' Rode 66' Chandler 78' Knauff 82' Trapp 90+1'	Report	Cresswell 17' Rice 45+3' Antonio 78' Benrahma 81'	Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 48,000 Referee: Jesús Gil Manzano (Spain)

Statistics

Correct as of 22 May 2022

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Premier League		FA Cup		League Cup		Europa League
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	POL	Łukasz Fabiański	38	0	37	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
13	GK	FRA	Alphonse Areola	18	0	1	0	3	0	3	0	11	0
35	GK	IRL	Darren Randolph	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
3	DF	ENG	Aaron Cresswell	42	2	31	2	0+1	0	1	0	9	0
4	DF	FRA	Kurt Zouma	32	1	24	1	2	0	0	0	6	0
5	DF	CZE	Vladimír Coufal	34	0	25+3	0	0	0	0+2	0	4	0
15	DF	ENG	Craig Dawson	50	4	30+4	2	2+1	0	3	0	10	2
21	DF	ITA	Angelo Ogbonna	11	1	11	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	DF	FRA	Issa Diop	26	1	10+3	0	3	0	3	0	6+1	1
24	DF	ENG	Ryan Fredericks	19	0	7+4	0	2	0	1	0	2+3	0
26	DF	COD	Arthur Masuaku	21	1	6+7	1	0+1	0	3	0	2+2	0
31	DF	ENG	Ben Johnson	34	1	16+4	1	3	0	3	0	6+2	0
42	DF	ENG	Aji Alese	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
50	DF	SCO	Harrison Ashby	3	0	0+1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
56	DF	ENG	Emmanuel Longelo	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
75	DF	ENG	Jamal Baptiste	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Midfielders
8	MF	ESP	Pablo Fornals	54	6	32+4	6	1+2	0	0+3	0	8+4	0
10	MF	ARG	Manuel Lanzini	45	7	19+11	5	2	1	3	1	9+1	0
11	MF	CRO	Nikola Vlašić	31	0	6+13	0	2+1	0	2+1	0	6	0
16	MF	ENG	Mark Noble	23	2	3+8	1	1	0	2	0	4+5	1
28	MF	CZE	Tomáš Souček	51	6	34+1	5	2+1	0	2	0	9+2	1
33	MF	CZE	Alex Král	6	0	0+1	0	1	0	1	0	1+2	0
41	MF	ENG	Declan Rice	50	5	35+1	1	2+1	1	1	0	10	3
51	MF	ENG	Daniel Chesters	2	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0
59	MF	ENG	Keenan Forson	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0
62	MF	ENG	Freddie Potts	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0
64	MF	ENG	Sonny Perkins	3	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	1+1	0
Forwards
7	FW	UKR	Andriy Yarmolenko	32	3	1+18	1	1+1	0	2+1	0	4+4	2
9	FW	JAM	Michail Antonio	47	13	34+2	10	2	1	0	0	9	2
20	FW	ENG	Jarrod Bowen	51	18	34+2	12	3	2	2+1	1	6+3	3
22	FW	ALG	Saïd Benrahma	49	11	26+6	8	1+1	0	1+2	0	4+8	3

Goalscorers

Correct as of 22 May 2022

Rank	Pos	No.	Name	Premier League	FA Cup	EFL Cup	Europa League	Total
1	FW	20	Jarrod Bowen	12	2	1	3	18
2	FW	9	Michail Antonio	10	1	0	2	13
3	MF	22	Saïd Benrahma	8	0	0	3	11
4	MF	10	Manuel Lanzini	5	1	1	0	7
5	MF	8	Pablo Fornals	6	0	0	0	6
5	MF	28	Tomáš Souček	5	0	0	1	6
7	MF	41	Declan Rice	1	1	0	3	5
8	DF	15	Craig Dawson	2	0	0	2	4
9	FW	7	Andriy Yarmolenko	1	0	0	2	3
10	DF	3	Aaron Cresswell	2	0	0	0	2
10	MF	16	Mark Noble	1	0	0	1	2
12	DF	4	Kurt Zouma	1	0	0	0	1
	MF	11	Nikola Vlašić	1	0	0	0	1
	DF	21	Angelo Ogbonna	1	0	0	0	1
	DF	23	Issa Diop	0	0	0	1	1
	DF	26	Arthur Masuaku	1	0	0	0	1
	DF	31	Ben Johnson	1	0	0	0	1
	Own goals			2	0	0	0	2
Totals				60	5	2	18	85

Clean sheets

The list is sorted by shirt number when total clean sheets are equal.

Rnk	No.	Player	Premier League	FA Cup	EFL Cup	Europa League	Total
1	1	Łukasz Fabiański	8	0	0	1	9
2	13	Alphonse Areola	0	1	2	5	8
TOTALS			8	1	2	6	17

Last updated: 8 May 2022.
Source: premierleague.com

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[14] On 4 January, Anang was recalled back from his loan spell at Stevenage.^[13]

[19] On 4 January, Odubeko was recalled back from his loan spell at Huddersfield Town.^[17]

[22] On 5 January, Coventry was recalled back from his loan spell at Peterborough United.^[19]

[table_note_res_ELGS0.97295177680112-47] Since the winners of the 2021–22 FA Cup and the 2021–22 EFL Cup, Liverpool, qualified for the Champions League, the spot given to the FA Cup winners (Europa League group stage) was passed to the sixth-placed team and the spot given to the League Cup winners (Europa Conference League play-off round) was passed to the seventh-placed team.^[43]

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[13] "Joseph Anang recalled". Stevenage FC. Retrieved 18 January 2022.

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