The 2021/22 season looks set to be a fascinating one for Swansea City.

Having reached the Championship play-offs in each of the last two seasons, the Swans have twice missed out on promotion to the Premier League in agonising circumstances in that particular lottery.

Now, as the club look set to target a return to the top-flight again next season, they will be doing so in rather different circumstances to the past couple of campaigns.

Manager Steve Cooper has now left the club, with QPR assistant John Eustace widely expected to be his replacement at The Liberty Stadium, and it remains to be seen just what impact the 41-year-old will be able to have on the club.

So while we wait to find out the answer to that, we've taken a look right here, at what we think is the best Swansea City lineup of the last 15 years, using only English players who have represented the Welsh club in that period.

We start this list between the posts with the goalkeeper where, almost by default, Freddie Woodman claims the number one spot as the Swans' only English 'keeper in this period.

However, even though he has had next to no competition for that position, you can't really say that the England youth international hasn't deservedly claimed his place in this side with his efforts at the Liberty Stadium.

The young 'keeper spent the last two years on loan with Swansea from Newcastle United, becoming a consistently reliable figure for the Swans with some outstanding performances to help the club to back to back top six finishes, not surprisingly making him a popular figure at the Liberty in the process.

While he may not have been at The Liberty Stadium for long, there can be no doubting that Alfie Mawson certainly made a positive impression during his time in Wales.

The centre back joined the Swans from Barnsley at the age of 22, and despite the fact he had played just four Championship games up to that point, Mawson quickly established himself as a big presence in the heart of Swansea's defence in the Premier League.

Indeed, Mawson was impressive enough for Swansea over his two years at the club, that newly promoted Fulham paid a reported £20million to keep the defender in the Premier League after the Swans' relegation from the top-flight at the end of the 2017/18 season.

One player who certainly spent plenty of time at Swansea through his career who takes a place in this defence, is Garry Monk.

Joining the club in 2004 from Southampton, Monk would spend the rest of his playing career, almost ten more seasons with the Swans, helping them climb all the way from League Two to the Premier League, and becoming club captain for much of his time at The Liberty.

In total, Monk made 270 appearances in all competitions for the club, before the centre back stepped into the managerial role for the Welsh club as his time as a player came to an end, having already earned himself status as a club legend for his efforts on the pitch by that point.

Another of Swansea's loan players from the past couple of seasons to claim a place in this side, is Marc Guehi.

Joining on loan from Chelsea in January 2020, the centre became a key figure for Swansea in their pursuit of promotion over the next season and a half, and even at that early stage of his career, quickly became considered one of the Championship's best defenders while at The Liberty Stadium.

Indeed, it is no surprise that Crystal Palace have now moved to sign the England youth international this summer on a five-year deal, giving him the opportunity to prove himself in the Premier League that he clearly deserves.

Having joined Swansea on loan in early 2009, the club made Dyer's loan from Southampton permanent that summer, and it certainly paid off.

Dyer continued to be an important figure for the Swans following his return to the club, and featured in every league and play-off game of Swansea's 2010/11 Championship promotion winning campaign, and would feature regularly for the club in the top-flight, while a loan spell with Leicester in 2015/16 even earned him the title of Premier League winner.

The 33-year-old's time with Swansea eventually came to a definitive end this summer following the expiration of his contract, by which point Dyer had made 346 appearances in all competitions for the Liberty Stadium club.

Arguably the most iconic Swansea City player of the century so far, there could hardly have been any doubt about Britton's place in this side.

The midfielder was part of the Swansea team that famously just avoided relegation out of the Football League in 2003, and with the exception of a brief spell with Sheffield United in 2010/11, remained with the club until 2018.

That meant that Britton saw the club climb all the way from the very bottom to the very top of the Football League system, making over 500 appearances in all competitions for the club, and twice being crowned Swansea's Player of the Season for his tireless efforts in the centre of the park.

Shelvey joined Swansea from Liverpool for a reported £5million in the summer of 2013, something that would certainly prove to be a smart move in the end for the Welsh club.

The midfielder would become a regular and important feature for Swansea in the next the next two-and-a-half years, with his performances for the club earning him five England caps in 2015, making him one of the few players of recent times to wear the Three Lions while on the books at The Liberty Stadium.

Eventually, Shelvey's time in Wales came to an end in January 2016, when Newcastle United reportedly paid £12million for his services, something that ensured Swansea made a useful profit on their investment in the midfielder.

It could be argued that Scott Sinclair is responsible for one of the most memorable and important individual performances in a Swansea City shirt in recent history.

The winger's hat-trick in Swansea's 4-2 Championship play-off final win over Reading in 2011 was crucial to the Swans finally winning promotion to the Premier League, becoming the first club to do so, while taking Sinclair's tally for that season to 27 goals in 50 games.

Sinclair followed that up in the 2011/12 season with a further eight league goals to help Swansea establish themselves in the top-flight, before leaving early in the following campaign to join Premier League champions Manchester City, an indicator of the quality he showed at The Liberty Stadium.

Brought in to add some extra firepower to Swansea's attack in the summer of 2011 following their promotion to the Premier League, Graham certainly made the required impact.

The striker's first season with the Swans saw him top score for the club with 14 goals in total, including 12 in the league to help Swansea to an 11th placed finish in their first season competing at Premier League level.

Although his second season with the club wasn't quite as prolific, and saw Graham leave the club in the January window, the striker's first season proved just how big a threat the striker could be in attack when things were going in his favour, something Swansea were not the only club to benefit from.

Given his permanent spell with Swansea came to an end in 2007, Lee Trundle only just fits into the criteria for this lineup, but given he does, it would be incredibly hard to leave him out.

During a four-year spell with the Swans between 2003 and 2007, Trundle hit 20 goals in all competitions in four straight seasons, helping the club win promotion from League Two during the 2004/05 campaign.

Returning to the club on loan during the 2009/10 campaign, Trundle scored a total of 91 goals in 194 games, making him one of the club's most prolific strikers of the past few years.

Completing this lineup is yet another stalwart of Swansea City in recent years, in the form of Wayne Routledge.

Joining the club from Newcastle in the summer of 2011, the attacker was a regular feature for the Swans throughout much of their time as an established Premier League club, and although he has been dogged by injuries more recently, his commitment to the club continues to be clear.

Routledge also passed the landmark of 300 Swansea appearances in all competitions last season, and it the decision to offer the 36-year-old earlier this summer was not surprisingly a popular one amongst the fanbase, so it would be harsh to deny at attacker a place in this side.