2021–22 Leeds United F.C. season

August

Leeds began their Premier League campaign against rivals Manchester United at Old Trafford on 14 August 2021, live on BT Sport, losing by a score of 5–1. Bruno Fernandes opened the scoring for Manchester United in the 30th minute. After the half-time interval, Luke Ayling levelled the scores, with his first Premier League goal for Leeds. Mason Greenwood then put Manchester United ahead again in the 52nd minute, after Paul Pogba released him down the left wing. Fernandes added Manchester United's third in the 54th minute, after another assist from Pogba, and he completed his hat-trick with Manchester United's fourth goal in the 60th minute after Victor Lindelöf found him with a long ball. Fred then scored Manchester United's fifth goal in the 68th minute after a fourth assist from Pogba, a joint-Premier League record for a single match.^[17]

Leeds hosted Everton at Elland Road on 21 August, drawing 2–2. Dominic Calvert-Lewin opening the scoring from a penalty after referee Darren England ruled that Liam Cooper had fouled Calvert-Lewin by pulling on his shirt. Mateusz Klich equalised for Leeds following a pass from Patrick Bamford. In the second half, Everton went in front after a Demarai Gray goal, however, Leeds later equalised through Raphinha. Raphinha became the first Leeds player to score in three consecutive matches against Everton since Peter Lorimer.^[18]

Leeds' following match was against League One club Crewe Alexandra at Elland Road in the EFL Cup second round on 24 August, winning 3–0. Kalvin Phillips and two from Jack Harrison the goal-scorers.^[19]

Leeds travelled to Turf Moor to play Sean Dyche's Burnley on 29 August, drawing 1–1. Burnley opened the scoring after a Matthew Lowton shot fell into former Leeds player Chris Wood's path, allowing him to prod the ball home; however, Leeds equalised through Bamford after a Jamie Shackleton shot fell into his path so he could foot it into the Burnley goal past Nick Pope.^[20]

September

Leeds' first match after the first international break of the season saw them host Jürgen Klopp's Liverpool at Elland Road on 12 September, losing 3–0 with Pascal Struijk receiving a red card due to a challenge on Harvey Elliott that resulted in a serious injury.^[21]

Leeds travelled to St James' Park on 17 September to face Newcastle United, drawing 1–1. An early Leeds goal from Raphinha was cancelled out by Allan Saint-Maximin before half time;^[22] a 2–1 loss at home to West Ham United followed with a 90th-minute goal by Michail Antonio winning it for the visitors on 25 September.^[23]

October

Leeds started October with a 1–0 win over Watford at Elland Road on 2 October. Leeds travelled to Southampton on 16 October, losing 1–0. Armando Broja netting the only goal of the match. Wolves visited Elland Road on 23 October, drawing 1–1. A Rodrigo penalty in stoppage time earned a point for Leeds. Leeds travelled to Carrow Road to play Norwich City on 31 October, winning 2–1.

November

Leeds started November with Leicester City visiting Elland Road, drawing 1–1. Leeds' following match was a 2–1 defeat at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, a 0–0 draw at Brighton followed. Leeds' following match against Crystal Palace at Elland Road was 0–0 as Raphinha floated in a corner kick and Liam Cooper’s connecting header was blocked by the hand of Palace defender Marc Guéhi. Raphinha slotted the penalty past Vicente Guaita to win the match for Leeds on 30 November.

December

Leeds started December against Brentford at Elland Road, drawing 2–2. Patrick Bamford scored his second goal of the season in second half stoppage time to earn a point for Leeds. Leeds travelled to Stamford Bridge to face Chelsea on 11 December, losing 3–2. Jorginho scored the winner for Chelsea in the 94th minute from the penalty spot. Leeds' biggest defeat of the season followed at the Etihad Stadium, losing 7–0. Leeds ended December with a 4–1 defeat at home to Arsenal.

January

Leeds won 3–1 at home to Burnley in their opening match of 2022; Jack Harrison put Leeds 1–0 up in the 39th minute, though Maxwel Cornet equalised for Burnley with a 54th minute free-kick.^[24] Stuart Dallas put Leeds back ahead in the 77th minute, before Daniel James scored Leeds' third with a header in the second minute of second-half stoppage time.^[24] This was followed by a 3–2 away win against West Ham United on 16 January, with Harrison scoring all three goals to complete the first hat-trick of his career.^[25] Leeds then lost 1–0 at home to Newcastle United, with the only goal of the game being a Jonjo Shelvey free-kick.^[26]

February

Leeds started February at Villa Park on 9 February, drawing 3–3. Daniel James scoring a brace for Leeds. Leeds' following match at Goodison Park saw a 3–0 defeat to Everton, defeats to Manchester United 4–2, Liverpool 6–0 and Tottenham Hotspur 4–0.

Following the defeat to Tottenham Hotspur, manager Marcelo Bielsa was sacked on 27 February,^[27] and on the following day Jesse Marsch was appointed as his replacement.^[28]

March

Leeds started March by travelling to the King Power Stadium to face Leicester City, losing 1–0. Leeds' following match at Elland Road saw a 3–0 defeat to Aston Villa. Leeds' following match against Norwich City at Elland Road saw Leeds 2–1 winners, following a late goal by Joe Gelhardt. Leeds travelled to Molineux on 18 March to face Wolverhampton Wanderers a second half stoppage time winner from Luke Ayling secured two consecutive victories for Leeds in a 3–2 comeback win.

April

Leeds started April with Southampton at Elland Road drawing 1–1, this was followed by a 3–0 victory over Watford at Vicarage Road. Leeds travelled to Crystal Palace on 25 April, drawing 0–0. Manchester City visited Elland Road on 30 April, winning 4–0.

May

Leeds started May by visiting Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium, losing 2–1 and hosting Chelsea at Elland Road, losing 3–0.^[29][30]

Leeds' following match against Brighton at Elland Road finished 1–1.^[31]

Leeds travelled to the Brentford Community Stadium on the final day of the season to face Brentford, knowing they had to better Burnley's result to avoid relegation. Burnley hosted Newcastle at Turf Moor and fell behind through Callum Wilson. Leeds took the lead against Brentford through a penalty in the 56th minute that Raphinha won and converted, shortly after Newcastle doubled their lead against Burnley.

In the 69th minute, Maxwel Cornet scored for Burnley, while in London a 78th minute Brentford equaliser through a Canós header saw Burnley's hopes come to life again. Canós was the dismissed just two minutes later for a second bookable offence. Leeds' press for the final 10 minutes come to fruition, with Jack Harrison scoring a deflected long-shot in second half stoppage time which secured survival.^[32][33]

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Date	Position	Name	From[b]	Fee	Ref.
28 June 2021	MF	Amari Miller	Birmingham City	Undisclosed	[34]
2 July 2021	MF	Jack Harrison	Manchester City	£11,000,000	[35][36]
6 July 2021	DF	Junior Firpo	Barcelona	£12,800,000	[37][38][39]
8 July 2021	MF	Sean McGurk	Wigan Athletic	Undisclosed	[40]
22 July 2021	MF	Lewis Bate	Chelsea	Undisclosed	[41]
31 July 2021	GK	Kristoffer Klaesson	Vålerenga	£1,600,000	[42][43]
27 August 2021	DF	Leo Fuhr Hjelde	Celtic	Undisclosed	[44]
31 August 2021	MF	Daniel James	Manchester United	£25,000,000	[45]
4 January 2022	FW	Mateo Joseph	Espanyol	Undisclosed	[46]

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Date	Position	Name	To[c]	Fee	Ref.
30 June 2021	DF	Ezgjan Alioski	Al-Ahli	Released	[47]
30 June 2021	DF	Gaetano Berardi	FC Sion	Released	[48][49]
30 June 2021	MF	Ouasim Bouy	Al Kharaitiyat	Released	[50][51]
30 June 2021	DF	Barry Douglas	Lech Poznań	Released	[50][52]
30 June 2021	MF	Cole Gibbon		Released	[50][53]
30 June 2021	FW	Niklas Haugland	Molde	Released	[50][54][55]
30 June 2021	MF	Pablo Hernández	CD Castellón	Released	[48][56]
30 June 2021	MF	Eunan O'Kane		Released	[50]
30 June 2021	GK	Matthew Turner	Cardiff City	Released	[50][57][58]
1 July 2021	DF	Oliver Casey	Blackpool	Undisclosed	[59]
2 July 2021	FW	Rafa Mújica	Las Palmas	Undisclosed	[60]
20 August 2021	DF	Niall Huggins	Sunderland	Undisclosed	[61]
31 August 2021	MF	Robbie Gotts	Barrow	Free transfer	[62]
31 August 2021	DF	Bryce Hosannah	Wrexham	Free transfer	[62]
31 August 2021	MF	Jordan Stevens	Barrow	Free transfer	[62]
23 September 2021	FW	Jimiel Chikukwa	Watford	Free transfer	[63]

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Date from	Date to	Position	Name	To	Ref.
1 July 2021	End of season	FW	Ryan Edmondson	Fleetwood Town	[64]
1 July 2021	End of season	FW	Kun Temenuzhkov	Real Unión	[65]
2 July 2021	End of season	MF	Alfie McCalmont	Morecambe	[66]
6 July 2021	End of season	DF	Laurens De Bock	Zulte Waregem	[67]
7 July 2021	End of season	MF	Mateusz Bogusz	Ibiza	[68]
12 July 2021	End of season	GK	Kiko Casilla	Elche	[69]
27 July 2021	End of season	DF	Leif Davis	Bournemouth	[70]
7 August 2021	End of season	GK	Elia Caprile	Pro Patria	[71]
24 August 2021	End of season	MF	Ian Poveda	Blackburn Rovers	[72]
31 August 2021	End of season	MF	Hélder Costa	Valencia CF	[73]
4 January 2022	End of season	FW	Ryan Edmondson	Port Vale	[74]
12 January 2022	End of season	DF	Cody Drameh	Cardiff City	[75]
26 January 2022	End of season	RW	Josh Galloway	FC United of Manchester	[76]
27 January 2022	End of season	CF	Bobby Kamwa	Dunfermline Athletic	[77]

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Premier League

FA Cup

Leeds were drawn away to West Ham United in the third round.^[112]

EFL Cup

The second round draw was made by Andy Townsend and Jobi McAnuff, live on Sky Sports. Leeds were drawn at home against Crewe Alexandra of the EFL League One. The match was played on 24 August 2021 at 19:45 BST and saw Leeds win 3–0. The draw for the third round was held on 25 August and was made by Kevin Phillips and Kevin Campbell. Leeds were drawn against Fulham of the EFL Championship at Craven Cottage. The match will be played during the week commencing 21 September 2021.^[114][115] On 22 September, Leeds were drawn away to Arsenal in the fourth round.^[116][117]