The 2021–22 season is Leyton Orient's 123rd year in their history and third consecutive season in League Two. Along with the league, the club will also compete in the FA Cup, the EFL Cup and the EFL Trophy. The season covers the period from 1 July 2021 to 30 June 2022.
Transfers Transfers in Date Position Nationality Name From Fee Ref. 9 June 2021 CM Darren Pratley Charlton Athletic Free transfer 15 June 2021 CB Omar Beckles Crewe Alexandra Free transfer 16 June 2021 LB Connor Wood Bradford City Free transfer 25 June 2021 SS Paul Smyth Queens Park Rangers Free transfer 29 June 2021 CF Aaron Drinan Ipswich Town Undisclosed 7 July 2021 CF Harry Smith Northampton Town Undisclosed 20 July 2021 RB Tom James Hibernian Free transfer 31 August 2021 CM Callum Reilly AFC Wimbledon Free transfer 19 January 2022 RW Otis Khan Walsall Free transfer 24 January 2022 CB Jordan Brown Derby County Free transfer 24 January 2022 DM Ethan Coleman King's Lynn Town Undisclosed
Loans in Date from Position Nationality Name From Date until Ref. 29 July 2021 LM Theo Archibald Lincoln City End of season 17 August 2021 CF Tyrese Omotoye Norwich City 5 January 2022 31 August 2021 CB Alex Mitchell Millwall End of season 13 January 2022 RB Dan Moss Millwall End of season 31 January 2022 CF Frank Nouble Colchester United End of season 31 January 2022 CB George Ray Exeter City End of season
Loans out Date from Position Nationality Name To Date until Ref. 18 August 2021 GK Sam Sargeant Barnet 13 October 2021 19 November 2021 LB Jayden Sweeney Wealdstone December 2021 11 January 2022 GK Sam Sargeant Wealdstone 18 January 2022 5 March 2022 LB Jayden Sweeney Dartford April 2022 25 March 2022 CM Callum Reilly Solihull Moors End of season
Transfers out Date Position Nationality Name To Fee Ref. 30 June 2021 CF Lee Angol Bradford City Released 30 June 2021 CB Josh Coulson Southend United Released 30 June 2021 RM James Dayton Dulwich Hamlet Released 30 June 2021 CF Louis Dennis Bromley Released 30 June 2021 RB Myles Judd Dover Athletic Released 30 June 2021 RB Sam Ling Dagenham & Redbridge Released 30 June 2021 RW Jordan Maguire-Drew Woking Released 30 June 2021 LW Jobi McAnuff Retired 30 June 2021 CM Brendon Shabani St Neots Town Released 30 June 2021 CB Jamie Turley Barnet Released 30 June 2021 LB Joe Widdowson Barnet Released 30 June 2021 CF Danny Johnson Mansfield Town Free transfer 30 June 2021 LM James Brophy Cambridge United Free transfer 30 June 2021 CF Conor Wilkinson Walsall Free transfer 8 August 2021 DM Ousseynou Cissé Oldham Athletic Free transfer 13 August 2021 RW Bryan Ifeanyi Colchester United Free transfer 31 January 2022 RW Dan Kemp Milton Keynes Dons Undisclosed
Pre-season and friendlies Leyton Orient announced friendly matches against Dundee, West Ham United, Tottenham Hotspur, Maidenhead United, Dulwich Hamlet, Gillingham, and Heybridge Swifts as part of their pre-season preparations.
Competitions League Two
League table
Results summary
Results by matchday
Matches The O’s fixtures were announced on 24 June 2021.
FA Cup
Leyton Orient were drawn at home to Ebbsfleet United in the first round, Tranmere Rovers in the second round and away to Stoke City in the third round.
EFL Cup
Orient were drawn at home to Queens Park Rangers in the first round.
EFL Trophy
Leyton were drawn into Southern Group G alongside Charlton Athletic, Crawley Town and Southampton U21s. The dates for the group stage matches were confirmed on July 14.
Player statistics
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! colspan="14" style="background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center"| Left the club during the Season
Top scorers Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by squad number when total goals are equal.
Last updated 7 May 2022
NationalityPlayerLeague TwoFA CupEFL CupEFL TrophyTotal116Aaron Drinan1321016211Harry Smith1320015320Ruel Sotiriou800210411Theo Archibald80008519Omar Beckles5100662Tom James400047Paul Smyth3001485Dan Happe000118Craig Clay1000110Dan Kemp0001114Otis Khan1000118Darren Pratley1000123Antony Papadopoulos0001132Jordan Brown1000134Ethan Coleman10001Own goals20002TOTALS6251674
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