2021–22 Cardiff City F.C. season

Cardiff City
2021–22 season
Owner	Vincent Tan
Chairman	Mehmet Dalman
Manager	Mick McCarthy; (until 23 October); Steve Morison; (from 12 November)
Stadium	Cardiff City Stadium
Championship	18th
FA Cup	Fourth round
EFL Cup	Second round
Top goalscorer	League: ; Aden Flint; (6 goals); All: ; Aden Flint; Rubin Colwill; (6 each)
Highest home attendance	27,280; (vs. Swansea City, 2 April 2022)
Lowest home attendance	3,500; (vs. Sutton United Carabao Cup, 10 Aug)
Average home league attendance	18,869
Biggest win	4–0; (vs. Peterborough, 9 February)
Biggest defeat	1–5; (vs. Blackburn Rovers, 25 Sep); 0–4; (vs. West Bromwich Albion, 28 Sep)
	← 2020–21 2022–23 →

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	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.

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Championship		FA Cup		EFL Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	ENG	Dillon Phillips	19	0	17+0	0	2+0	0	0+0	0
2	DF	IRL	Mark McGuinness	35	3	33+1	3	1+0	0	0+0	0
3	DF	IRL	Joel Bagan	28	3	22+4	3	2+0	0	0+0	0
4	DF	ENG	Sean Morrison	19	3	16+0	3	1+0	0	2+0	0
5	DF	ENG	Aden Flint	42	6	36+3	6	1+0	0	2+0	0
6	MF	WAL	Will Vaulks	40	2	23+13	2	2+0	0	2+0	0
7	MF	CUW	Leandro Bacuna	15	1	13+2	1	0+0	0	0+0	0
8	MF	ENG	Joe Ralls	29	1	26+3	1	0+0	0	0+0	0
9	FW	ENG	Jordan Hugill*	19	4	17+1	4	0+1	0	0+0	0
10	FW	UGA	Uche Ikpeazu*	13	3	1+12	3	0+0	0	0+0	0
15	MF	ENG	Ryan Wintle	25	0	19+3	0	0+1	0	2+0	0
16	DF	ENG	Curtis Nelson	33	0	30+0	0	1+0	0	2+0	0
17	DF	ENG	Cody Drameh*	22	0	22+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
18	MF	ENG	Alfie Doughty*	9	1	7+2	1	0+0	0	0+0	0
19	FW	IRL	James Collins	30	3	13+13	3	2+0	0	1+1	0
21	MF	ENG	Marlon Pack	25	1	22+1	1	2+0	0	0+0	0
22	MF	ENG	Tommy Doyle*	20	2	17+2	2	0+1	0	0+0	0
23	FW	ENG	Max Watters	8	1	5+3	1	0+0	0	0+0	0
25	GK	ENG	Alex Smithies	31	0	29+0	0	0+0	0	2+0	0
27	MF	WAL	Rubin Colwill	38	6	15+19	5	1+1	1	0+2	0
29	FW	WAL	Mark Harris	37	4	17+17	3	1+1	1	1+0	0
32	MF	WAL	Eli King	5	0	3+1	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
34	DF	ENG	Jai Semenyo	1	0	0+0	0	0+1	0	0+0	0
37	MF	WAL	Sam Bowen	5	0	3+1	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
38	DF	ENG	Perry Ng	41	0	38+0	0	2+0	0	1+0	0
39	FW	WAL	Isaak Davies	30	3	10+18	2	1+1	1	0+0	0
40	DF	WAL	Tom Davies	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
41	MF	CIV	Tavio Kouakou D'Almeida	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
42	DF	WAL	Oliver Denham	7	0	5+0	0	1+0	0	0+1	0
Players out on loan:
11	MF	ENG	Josh Murphy	2	1	0+0	0	0+0	0	2+0	1
28	MF	ENG	Tom Sang	5	0	3+0	0	0+1	0	1+0	0
30	DF	NIR	Ciaron Brown	6	0	5+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
35	FW	ENG	Chanka Zimba	1	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
36	MF	WAL	Kieron Evans	5	0	1+3	0	0+1	0	0+0	0
Players who left the club during the season:
10	FW	WAL	Kieffer Moore	23	5	15+7	5	0+0	0	0+1	0
24	FW	WAL	Marley Watkins	1	2	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	2
26	MF	ENG	Ryan Giles*	21	0	19+2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0

Goals record

As of 7 May 2022

Rank	No.	Po.	Name	Championship	FA Cup	EFL Cup	Total
1	5	CB	Aden Flint	6	0	0	6
1	27	AM	Rubin Colwill	5	1	0	6
3	10	CF	Kieffer Moore	5	0	0	5
4	9	CF	Jordan Hugill	4	0	0	4
4	29	SS	Mark Harris	3	1	0	4
4	2	CB	Mark McGuinness	3	0	0	3
	3	LB	Joel Bagan	3	0	0	3
	4	CB	Sean Morrison	3	0	0	3
	10	CF	Uche Ikpeazu	3	0	0	3
	19	CF	James Collins	3	0	0	3
	39	CF	Isaak Davies	2	1	0	3
12	6	DM	Will Vaulks	2	0	0	2
	22	CM	Tommy Doyle	2	0	0	2
	24	RW	Marley Watkins	0	0	2	2
15	7	CM	Leandro Bacuna	1	0	0	1
	8	CM	Joe Ralls	1	0	0	1
	11	LW	Josh Murphy	0	0	1	1
	18	LM	Alfie Doughty	1	0	0	1
	21	CM	Marlon Pack	1	0	0	1
	23	CF	Max Watters	1	0	0	1
Total				49	3	3	55

Assists record

As of 7 May 2022

Rank	No.	Po.	Name	Championship	FA Cup	EFL Cup	Total
1	26	LM	Ryan Giles	9	0	0	9
2	8	CM	Joe Ralls	6	0	0	6
3	21	CM	Marlon Pack	3	1	0	4
3	39	CF	Isaak Davies	3	1	0	4
5	10	CF	Kieffer Moore	2	0	1	3
	17	RB	Cody Drameh	3	0	0	3
	22	CM	Tommy Doyle	3	0	0	3
	38	RB	Perry Ng	3	0	0	3
9	3	LB	Joel Bagan	2	0	0	2
	5	CB	Aden Flint	2	0	0	2
	6	CM	Will Vaulks	2	0	0	2
12	4	CB	Sean Morrison	1	0	0	1
	9	CF	Jordan Hugill	1	0	0	1
	15	DM	Ryan Wintle	1	0	0	1
	27	AM	Rubin Colwill	1	0	0	1
	28	RWB	Tom Sang	0	1	0	1
	29	SS	Mark Harris	1	0	0	1
	32	CM	Eli King	1	0	0	1
	40	LB	Tom Davies	0	1	0	1
Total				44	3	2	49

Disciplinary record

As of 7 May 2022

Rank	No.	Nat.	Po.	Name	Championship			FA Cup			EFL Cup			Total
Rank	No.	Nat.	Po.	Name
1	6		DM	Will Vaulks	9	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	11	0	0
1	38		RB	Perry Ng	10	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	11	0	0
3	2		CB	Mark McGuinness	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0
3	5		CB	Aden Flint	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	0	1
5	16		CB	Curtis Nelson	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	8	0	0
6	8		CM	Joe Ralls	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0
7	21		CM	Marlon Pack	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0
7	29		CF	Mark Harris	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0
9	3		LB	Joel Bagan	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0
	7		CM	Leandro Bacuna	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	1
	15		DM	Ryan Wintle	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	0	0
12	19		CF	James Collins	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
12	22		CM	Tommy Doyle	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
14	4		CB	Sean Morrison	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	1
	9		CF	Jordan Hugill	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
	17		RB	Cody Drameh	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
17	10		CF	Uche Ikpeazu	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
	25		CM	Alex Smithies	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
	26		LM	Ryan Giles	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
	42		CB	Oliver Denham	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
21	1		GK	Dillon Phillips	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	10		CF	Kieffer Moore	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	18		LM	Alfie Doughty	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	27		AM	Rubin Colwill	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	39		CF	Isaak Davies	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Total					105	0	3	2	0	0	3	0	0	109	0	3

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]}

Rank	No.	Nat.	Name	Matches played	Championship	FA Cup	EFL Cup	Total
1	25		Alex Smithies	31	5	0	0	5
2	1		Dillon Phillips	19	2	0	0	2

Contracts

Date	Position	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

Date	Position	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
21 June 2021	CB	Mark McGuinness	Arsenal	Undisclosed	^[8]
1 July 2021	CF	James Collins	Luton Town	Free transfer	^[9]
1 July 2021	CB	James Connolly	Blackburn Rovers	Free transfer	^[10]
1 July 2021	GK	Rohan Luthra	Crystal Palace	Free transfer	^[10]
1 July 2021	RB	Jai Semenyo	Mangotsfield United	Free transfer	^[10]
1 July 2021	DM	Ryan Wintle	Crewe Alexandra	Free transfer	^[11]
10 August 2021	RW	Marley Watkins	Bristol City	Free transfer	^[12]
2 September 2021	RW	Jack Leahy	Brighton & Hove Albion	Free transfer	^[13]
2 September 2021	GK	Matthew Turner	Leeds United	Free transfer	^[13]

Loans in

Date from	Position	Name	From	Date until	Ref.
13 July 2021	LM	Ryan Giles	Wolverhampton Wanderers	3 January 2022	^[14]^[15]
12 January 2022	RB	Cody Drameh	Leeds United	End of season	^[16]
20 January 2022	CM	Tommy Doyle	Manchester City	End of season	^[17]
29 January 2022	LM	Alfie Doughty	Stoke City	End of Season	^[18]
30 January 2022	CF	Jordan Hugill	Norwich City	End of Season	^[19]
31 January 2022	CF	Uche Ikpeazu	Middlesbrough	End of season	^[20]

Loans out

Date from	Position	Name	To	Date until	Ref.
8 July 2021	CF	Max Watters	Milton Keynes Dons	31 December 2021	^[21]^[22]
31 July 2021	RW	Gavin Whyte	Oxford United	End of season	^[23]
28 August 2021	DM	Ryan Wintle	Blackpool	3 January 2022	^[24]^[15]
31 August 2021	LW	Josh Murphy	Preston North End	End of season	^[25]
6 January 2022	CF	Chanka Zimba	Northampton Town	End of season	^[26]
8 January 2022	CB	James Connolly	Bristol Rovers	End of season	^[27]
31 January 2022	LB	Ciaron Brown	Oxford United	End of season	^[28]
31 January 2022	AM	Kieron Evans	Linfield	End of season	^[29]
31 January 2022	MF	Caleb Hughes	Haverfordwest County	End of season	^[30]
31 January 2022	MF	Keenan Patten	Hereford	End of season	^[31]
31 January 2022	DM	Tom Sang	St Johnstone	End of season	^[32]

Transfers out

Date	Position	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
23 June 2021	CF	Robert Glatzel	Hamburger SV	Undisclosed	^[33]
30 June 2021	CB	Sol Bamba	Middlesbrough	Released	^[34]^[35]
30 June 2021	LB	Joe Bennett	Wigan Athletic	Released	^[34]^[36]
30 June 2021	CB	Jack Bodenham	South Shields	Released	^[34]
30 June 2021	CM	Aaron Bolger	Cork City	Released	^[34]
30 June 2021	GK	Joe Day	Newport County	Released	^[34]^[37]
30 June 2021	CF	Daniel Griffiths	Chippenham Town	Released	^[34]^[38]
30 June 2021	LW	Junior Hoilett	Reading	Released	^[39]^[40]
30 June 2021	CF	Rolan Idowu	Bohemians	Released	^[34]
30 June 2021	CB	Ben Margetson	Swansea City	Released	^[34]^[41]
30 June 2021	LB	Daniel Martin	Torquay United	Released	^[34]^[42]
30 June 2021	RB	Cameron McWilliams		Released	^[34]
30 June 2021	CB	Ryan Reynolds	Penybont	Released	^[34]^[43]
30 June 2021	AM	James Waite	Penybont	Released	^[34]^[43]
30 June 2021	CF	Jack Williams		Released	^[34]
30 June 2021	AM	Jonny Williams	Swindon Town	Released	^[34]^[44]
26 August 2021	RW	Marley Watkins	Aberdeen	Released	^[45]
4 October 2021	SS	Lee Tomlin	Walsall	Mutual consent	^[46]^[47]
31 January 2022	CF	Kieffer Moore	Bournemouth	Undisclosed	^[48]

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.

10 July 2021 Friendly	Bath City	0–5	Cardiff City	Twerton
15:00 BST		Report	Collins 3', 25' Denham 18' Vassell 37' Davies 88'	Stadium: Twerton Park

17 July 2021 Friendly	Cardiff City	0–2	Cambridge United	Leckwith
13:00 BST		Report	Smith 4' Weir 57'	Stadium: Cardiff International Sports Stadium

17 July 2021 Friendly	Cardiff City	1–1	Cambridge United	Leckwith
15:00 BST	Zimba 12'	Report	Ironside 2' (pen.)	Stadium: Cardiff International Sports Stadium

20 July 2021 Friendly	Forest Green Rovers	1–2	Cardiff City	Nailsworth
19:00 BST	Matt 58'	Report	Collins 47' Whyte 84'	Stadium: The Innocent New Lawn

24 July 2021 Friendly	Cardiff City	2–2	Exeter City	Leckwith
15:00 BST	Collins 45' Harris 63' (pen.)	Report	Jay 22' Sweeney 49'	Stadium: Cardiff International Sports Stadium

27 July 2021 Friendly	Cardiff City	0–4	Southampton	Leckwith
19:00 BST		Report	Walcott 40' Djenepo 66' Adams 74', 85'	Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium

31 July 2021 Friendly	Cardiff City	2–0	Newport County	Leckwith
13:00 BST	Ralls 21' Harris 82'	Report		Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium

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 %
EFL Championship	7 August 2021	May 2022	Matchday 1	46	15	8	23	50	68	−18	032.61
FA Cup	9 January 2022	6 February 2022	Third round	2	1	0	1	3	4	−1	050.00
EFL Cup	10 August 2021	24 August 2021	First round	2	1	0	1	3	4	−1	050.00
Total				50	17	8	25	56	76	−20	034.00

Last updated: 7 May 2022
Source: Competitions

EFL Championship

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
15	Swansea City	46	16	13	17	58	68	−10	61
16	Blackpool	46	16	12	18	54	58	−4	60
17	Bristol City	46	15	10	21	62	77	−15	55
18	Cardiff City	46	15	8	23	50	68	−18	53
19	Hull City	46	14	9	23	41	54	−13	51
20	Birmingham City	46	11	14	21	50	75	−25	47
21	Reading	46	13	8	25	54	87	−33	41^[a]

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

Last updated: 7 May 2022.
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	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]

7 August 2021 1	Cardiff City	1–1	Barnsley	Leckwith
15:00 BST	Pack 54'	BBC Report	Sibbick 69'	Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium Attendance: 17,431 Referee: Stephen Martin (Staffordshire)

14 August 2021 2	Blackpool	0–2	Cardiff City	Blackpool
15:00 BST	Husband 90+2'	BBC Report	Bacuna 52' Moore 86'	Stadium: Bloomfield Road Attendance: 11,393 Referee: Andy Woolmer (Northamptonshire)

18 August 2021 3	Peterborough United	2–2	Cardiff City	Peterborough
19:45 BST	Burrows 49' Dembélé 51' Ward 86'	BBC Report	Pack 44' Flint 45', 83', 90+6'	Stadium: London Road Stadium Attendance: 8,534 Referee: Thomas Bramall (South Yorkshire)

21 August 2021 4	Cardiff City	3–1	Millwall	Leckwith
15:00 BST	Flint 51', 66', 70' Morrison 83' Nelson 86'	BBC Report	Cooper 65' Afobe 76'	Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium Attendance: 18,168 Referee: James Linington (Isle of Wight)

28 August 2021 5	Cardiff City	1–2	Bristol City	Cardiff
12:30 BST	Bentley 59' (o.g.) Morrison 74' Ralls 87'	BBC Report	Weimann 21', 70' Semenyo 74' Martin 74'	Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium Attendance: 20,891 Referee: David Webb (County Durham)

12 September 2021 6	Nottingham Forest	1–2	Cardiff City	West Bridgford
14:30 BST	Grabban 23'	BBC Report	Vaulks 33' Colwill 58', 73' Pack 75' Ng 76'	Stadium: The City Ground Attendance: 24,153 Referee: Dean Whitestone (Northampton)
Note: Live on Sky Sports Football

15 September 2021 7	Coventry City	1–0	Cardiff City	Coventry
19:45 BST	Gyökeres 15' Kane 73' Hamer 90+1' Dabo 90+2'	Sky Report BBC Report	Moore 69'	Stadium: Coventry Building Society Arena Attendance: 16,372 Referee: Michael Salisbury (Preston)

18 September 2021 8	Cardiff City	0–1	Bournemouth	Cardiff
15:00 BST	Harris 36' Nelson 45+1' Bacuna 88'	Sky Report BBC Report	Christie 24' Lerma 52' Billing 54' Smith 88'	Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium Attendance: 19,090 Referee: Josh Smith (London)

25 September 2021 9	Blackurn Rovers	5–1	Cardiff City	Blackburn
15:00 BST	Gallagher 24' Brereton 32', 45+2' (90), pen.' Dolan 53'	BBC Report Sky Report	Flint 8' Morrison 58' Dillon Phillips 89'	Stadium: Ewood Park Attendance: 11,670 Referee: Keith Stroud (Hampshire)

28 September 2021 10	Cardiff City	0–4	West Bromwich Albion	Cardiff
19:45 BST	Collins 39'	BBC Report Sky Report	Grant 5' Bartley 42' Nelson 56' (o.g.) Mowatt 75' Phillips 82'	Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium Attendance: 17,363 Referee: Graham Scott (Oxfordshire)

2 October 2021 11	Cardiff City	0–1	Reading	Cardiff
15:00 BST	Pack 32' Ralls 37' Collins 84' McGuinness 90+4'	BBC Report Sky Report	Hoilett 38'	Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium Attendance: 18,400 Referee: Thomas Bramall (South Yorkshire)

17 October 2021 12	Swansea City	3–0	Cardiff City	Swansea
12:00 BST	Paterson 29' Piroe 60' Manning 63' Bidwell 74'	BBC Report Sky report	Bacuna 26' Vaulks 90+1'	Stadium: Swansea.com Stadium Attendance: 19,288 Referee: James Linington (Isle of Wight)
Note: Live on Sky Sports

20 October 2021 13	Fulham	2–0	Cardiff City	London
19:45 BST	Cairney 57' Mitrovic 63'	BBC Report Sky Report	Pack 69' Bagan 78' Ng 85'	Stadium: Craven Cottage Attendance: 15,789 Referee: Tim Robinson (West Sussex)

23 October 2021 14	Cardiff City	0–2	Middlesbrough	Cardiff
12:30 BST	Pack 28' McGuinness 34' Flint 70'	BBC Report Sky Report	Šporar 35' (pen) Ikpeazu 38' Payero 74'	Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium Attendance: 17,513 Referee: Jeremy Simpson (Lancashire)
Note: Live on Sky Sports

30 October 2021 15	Stoke City	3–3	Cardiff City	Stoke-on-Trent
15:00 BST	Brown 9' Fletcher 16', 46' Wilmot 62' Souttar 64' Surridge 83'	BBC Report Sky Report	Nelson 39' Bacuna 57' Colwill 66' Harris 70', 89' Moore 71'	Stadium: Bet365 Stadium Attendance: 21,413 Referee: John Brooks

3 November 2021 16	Cardiff City	0–1	Queens Park Rangers	Cardiff
19:45 GMT		BBC Report Sky Report	Gray 37' Dickie 47' Adomah 85'	Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium Attendance: 16,882 Referee: Andy Woolmer (Northamptonshire)

6 November 2021 17	Cardiff City	2–1	Huddersfield Town	Cardiff
15:00 GMT	McGuiness 60' Moore 74', 90+3' Bacuna 84' Vaulks 90+1' Ng 90+5'	BBC Report Sky Report	Sinani 12' High 90+4'	Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium Attendance: 17,355 Referee: David Webb (County Durham)

20 November 2021 18	Preston North End	1–2	Cardiff City	Preston
15:00 GMT	Maguire 2' Cunningham 57' Iversen 66'	BBC Report Sky Report	Ng 35' McGuinness 51' Collins 66' Colwill 87' Harris 88'	Stadium: Deepdale Attendance: 10,749 Referee: Leigh Doughty (Blackpool)

24 November 2021 19	Cardiff City	0–1	Hull City	Cardiff
19:45 GMT	McGuinness 57' Giles 90+4'	BBC Report Sky Report	Lewis-Potter 15', 55' Greaves 90+4'	Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium Attendance: 17,180 Referee: Thomas Bramall (South Yorkshire)

27 November 2021 20	Luton Town	1–2	Cardiff City	Luton
15:00 GMT	Rea 42' Clark 64'	BBC Report Sky Report	Colwill 10' Morrison 38', 77' Smithies 85'	Stadium: Kenilworth Road Attendance: 9,987 Referee: Oliver Langford (West Midlands)

4 December 2021 21	Cardiff City	2–3	Sheffield United	Leckwith
15:00 GMT	Harris 32' Collins 44' Morrison 52' McGuinness 90'	BBC Report Sky Report	Norwood 40' Gibbs-White 61' Sharp 73' McGoldrick 75'	Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium Attendance: 18,310 Referee: John Busby (Oxfordshire)

11 December 2021 22	Birmingham City	2–2	Cardiff City	Birmingham
15:00 GMT	Deeney 29' Šunjić 45+1', 63' Friend 85'	BBC Report Sky Report	Nelson 16' Moore 66' Ralls 72' McGuinness 90+1'	Stadium: St Andrew's Attendance: 17,840 Referee: Jeremy Simpson (Lancashire)

30 December 2021 23	Bournemouth	3–0	Cardiff City	Kings Park
19:45 GMT	Christie 25' Solanke 45+3', 68' Smithies 83' (o.g.)	BBC Report Sky Report	Harris 27' Bacuna 45+2' Nelson 45+3'	Stadium: Vitality Stadium Attendance: 8,942 Referee: James Linington (Isle of Wight)

2 January 2022 24	West Bromwich Albion	1–1	Cardiff City	West Bromwich
14:00 GMT	Bartley 23' Robinson 48' Mowatt 76' Molumby 84' Johnstone 90+6'	BBC Report Sky Report	Giles 27' Collins 34' McGuinness 90+4' Flint 90+6'	Stadium: The Hawthorns Attendance: 22,925 Referee: Thomas Bramall (South Yorkshire)

15 January 2022 25	Cardiff City	0–1	Blackburn Rovers	Cardiff
12:30 GMT	Drameh 41' Ng 59' Collins 72' Pack 90+5'	BBC report Sky report	Rothwell 14' van Hecke 42' Travis 50' Lenihan 55' Nymabe 59' 76' Wharton 76' Kaminski 90+2'	Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Matt Donohue (Manchester)

22 January 2022 26	Bristol City	3–2	Cardiff City	Bristol
12:30 GMT	Martin 33', 63' Pring 73' Weimann 77'	BBC report Sky Report	Collins 23', 31' Ralls 44' Watters 90'	Stadium: Ashton Gate Stadium Attendance: 21,435 Referee: Gavin Ward (Surrey)

30 January 2022 27	Cardiff City	2–1	Nottingham Forest	Cardiff
16:00 GMT	Hugill 6' Drameh 52' Davies 65' Wintle 83'	BBC report Sky report	Colback 27' Davis 90+4'	Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium Attendance: 18,866 Referee: David Webb (County Durham)
Note: Live on Sky Sports

2 February 2022 28	Barnsley	0–1	Cardiff City	Barnsley
19:45 GMT	Andersen 59' Jordan Williams 64'	BBC Report Sky report	McGuinness 39' Doyle 66' Ikpeazu 71', 72' Flint 90+2'	Stadium: Oakwell Attendance: 11,432 Referee: Geoff Eltringham (County Durham)

9 February 2022 29	Cardiff City	4–0	Peterborough United	Cardiff
19:45 GMT	Ralls 4' Flint 39' Doyle 44' Ng 52' Hugill 57' Wintle 74' Ikpeazu 85'	BBC Report Sky report	Mumba 32'	Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium Attendance: 17,297 Referee: Kevin Friend (Leicestershire)

12 February 2022 30	Millwall	2–1	Cardiff City	Bermondsey
15:00 GMT	Wallace 53', 73' Bennett 82'	BBC report Sky report	Bagan 90+2'	Stadium: The Den Attendance: 12,710 Referee: Steve Martin (Staffordshire)

15 February 2022 31	Cardiff City	2–0	Coventry City	Cardiff
19:45 GMT	Flint 59' Wintle 60' Bagan 72' Harris 87'	BBC Report Sky report	McFadzean 78'	Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium Attendance: 18,660 Referee: John Busby (Oxfordshire)
Note: Live on Sky TV

19 February 2022 32	Cardiff City	1–1	Blackpool	Cardiff
15:00 GMT	Bagan 49' Flint 61' Vaulks 82' Ng 85'	BBC Report Sky report	Ekpiteta 11' Bowler 66'	Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium Attendance: 19,025 Referee: Darren Bond (Lancashire)

23 February 2022 33	Huddersfield Town	2–1	Cardiff City	Huddersfield
19:45 GMT	Koroma 88' Russell 90+1', 90+6' Thomas 90+8'	BBC report Sky report	McGuinness 13' Doyle 61', 76' Harris 74' Hugill 79' Bagan 85' Smithies 90+2' Vaulks 90+5'	Stadium: John Smith's Stadium Attendance: 20,167 Referee: Oliver Langford (West Midlands)

26 February 2022 34	Cardiff City	0–1	Fulham	Cardiff
15:00 GMT		BBC report Sky report	Mitrovic 41'	Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium Attendance: 18,928 Referee: Leigh Doughty (Lancashire)

1 March 2022 35	Cardiff City	1–0	Derby County	Cardiff
19:45 GMT	Davies 26' Ikpeazu 85' Doughty 90+2'	BBC Report Sky report	Buchanan 52' Davies 62' Bird 80' Ebosele 90+3'	Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium Attendance: 18,767 Referee: Andy Davies (Hampshire)
Note: Live on Sky TV

5 March 2022 36	Queens Park Rangers	1–2	Cardiff City	White City, London
15:00 GMT	Gray 38'	BBC report Sky report	Davies 70' Colwill 74'	Stadium: Kiyan Prince Foundation Stadium Attendance: 16,170 Referee: Michael Salisbury (Preston)

12 March 2022 37	Cardiff City	0–0	Preston North End	Cardiff
15:00 GMT	Hugill 68' Ralls 71'	BBC Report Sky report	Hughes 51' Potts 90+3'	Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium Attendance: 19,743 Referee: James Linington (Isle of Wight)

16 March 2022 38	Cardiff City	2–1	Stoke City	Cardiff
19:45 GMT	Doyle 39' Hugill 43', 68'	BBC Report Sky report	Baker 23'	Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium Attendance: 17,184 Referee: Andy Woolmer (Northamptonshire)

2 April 2022 39	Cardiff City	0–4	Swansea City	Cardiff
15:00 BST	Doyle 39' Ralls 80'	BBC report Sky report	Obafemi 6', 82' Wolf 29', 78' Cabango 57' Downes 69' Piroe 80'	Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium Attendance: 27,280 Referee: Josh Smith (London)

9 April 2022 40	Reading	1–2	Cardiff City	Reading
15:00 BST	João 7'	BBC report Sky report	Doughty 59' Ng 70' Vaulks 85'	Stadium: Select Car Leasing Stadium Attendance: 19,039 Referee: Michael Salisbury (Preston)

15 April 2022 41	Hull City	2–1	Cardiff City	Kingston upon Hull
15:00 BST	Sayyadmanesh 8' Coyle 11'	BBC report Sky report	Ikpeazu 36' Denham 45+1' Flint 70', 81'	Stadium: MKM Stadium Attendance: 15,685 Referee: Steve Martin (Staffordshire)

18 April 2022 42	Cardiff City	0–1	Luton Town	Cardiff
15:00 BST	Bagan 55'	BBC report SKY report	Cornick 71' Naismith 90+3'	Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium Attendance: 19,381 Referee: Andy Davies (Hampshire)

23 April 2022 43	Sheffield United	1–0	Cardiff City	Sheffield
15:00 BST	Ndiaye 47' Norwood 67'	BBC Report Sky report	Bagan 57' McGuinness 60' Ng 71'	Stadium: Bramall Lane Attendance: 26,802 Referee: Oliver Langford (West Midlands)

27 April 2022 44	Middlesbrough	2–0	Cardiff City	Middlesbrough
19:45 BST	Tavernier 28' McGree 53' Jones 88' Howson 90'	BBC report Sky report	Nelson 27' Wintle 33' Denham 62' Vaulks 90'	Stadium: Riverside Stadium Attendance: 19,727 Referee: Matt Donohue (Manchester)
Note: Live on Sky TV

30 April 2022 45	Cardiff City	1–1	Birmingham City	Cardiff
15:00 BST	McGuinness 48' Drameh 57' Nelson 67' Vaulks 76', 82' (pen.)	BBC Sport Sky report	Bela 22' Gordon 58' Etheridge 82'	Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium Attendance: 21,395 Referee: John Busby (Oxfordshire)

7 May 2022 46	Derby County	0–1	Cardiff City	Derby
12:30 BST	Thompson 73'	BBC Report Sky report	Hugill 55' Ng 69' Harris 81'	Stadium: Pride Park Stadium Attendance: 29,402 Referee: Keith Stroud (Hampshire)

FA Cup

Cardiff were drawn at home to Preston North End in the third round.^[57]

9 January 2022 Third round	Cardiff City	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Preston North End	Leckwith
14:00 GMT	Davies 42' Ng 63' Harris 116'	BBC report Sky report	Johnson 53' (pen.) Browne 113'	Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium Attendance: 0 (Behind-closed-doors) Referee: Andy Woolmer (Northamptonshire)
Note: Live on S4C

6 February 2022 Fourth round	Liverpool	3–1	Cardiff City	Liverpool
12:00 GMT	Jota 53' Minamino 68' Elliott 76'	BBC report	Colwill 80'	Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 51,268 Referee: Andy Madley (Yorkshire)
Note: Live on ITV

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]

10 August 2021 First round	Cardiff City	3–2	Sutton United	Leckwith
19:00 BST	Watkins 44', 50' Murphy 84'	Report	Wilson 4' Milsom 21' Eastmond 55' Rowe 90'	Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium Attendance: 3500 Referee: Josh Smith

24 August 2021 Second round	Cardiff City	0–2	Brighton & Hove Albion	Leckwith
19:45 BST	Vaulks 56' Wintle 73' Nelson 78'	Report	Moder 9' Zeqiri 55'	Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium Attendance: 6,013 Referee: James Bell

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

Backroom staff

Position	Name
Manager	Steve Morison
Assistant manager	Tom Ramasut
First-team coach	Mark Hudson
Goalkeeper coach	Andy Dibble
Head of medical services	Matthew May
Club doctor	Dr. Len Nokes
First-team physiotherapist	James Rowland
Head of Fitness & Conditioning	Lee Southernwood
Senior Strength & Conditioning	Mike Beere
Sports scientist	Ben Parry
Head scout	Glyn Chamberlain
First Team Analyst	Jack Radusin
Player Liaison Officer	Jack Osmond-Smith
Kit and Equipment Manager	Paul Carter

Board of directors

Position	Name
Chairman	Mehmet Dalman
General Manager	Ken Choo
Finance Director	Philip Jenkins
Non-Executive Board Members Football Club^[61]	Steve Borley (since 1998) Derek Chee Seng Chin (since 2010) Veh Ken Choo (since 2016) Mehmet Dalman (since 2012) Marco Ronaldo Mario Caramella (since 2017)^[62]
Non-Executive Board Members Cardiff City (Holdings)^[63]	Danni Rais (since 2012)
Club Secretary	Michelle McDonald

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[table_hth_REA0.21537643774197-55] Reading were deducted 6 points for breach of profit and sustainability regulations.^[54]

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