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EFL Championship
Season2020–21
Matches played269
Goals scored596 (2.22 per match)
Top goalscorerAdam Armstrong
Ivan Toney
(16 goals each) [1]
Biggest home winBlackburn Rovers 5–0 Wycombe Wanderers
(19 September 2020)
Bournemouth 5–0 Huddersfield Town
(12 December 2020)
Biggest away winDerby County 0–4 Blackburn Rovers
(26 September 2020)
Coventry City 0–4 Blackburn Rovers
(24 October 2020)
Barnsley 0–4 Bournemouth
(4 December 2020)
Birmingham City 0–4 Derby County
(29 December 2020) [1]
Highest scoringStoke City 4–3 Huddersfield Town
(21 November 2020)
Longest winning runNorwich City (5 games)[1]
Longest unbeaten runBrentford
(15 games)[1]
Longest winless runDerby County
Wycombe Wanderers
(11 games)[1]
Longest losing runWycombe Wanderers
(7 games)[1]
Highest attendance2,000[2]
Lowest attendance1,000[3]
2021–22 →
All statistics correct as of 2 January 2021.

The 2020–21 EFL Championship (referred to as the Sky Bet Championship for sponsorship reasons) is the 17th season of the Football League Championship under its current title and the 29th season under its current league division format.

Team changes

The following teams have changed division since the 2019–20 season:

  1. ^ Wigan Athletic were deducted 12 points by the EFL for entering administration. The club appealed the decision, and it was confirmed on 4 August 2020 that it had not been upheld. Therefore Wigan were not reprieved from relegation.[4][5]

Stadiums

Greater London Championship football clubs
Team Location Stadium Capacity
Bournemouth Bournemouth Dean Court 11,364
Barnsley Barnsley Oakwell 23,287
Birmingham City Birmingham St Andrew's 29,409
Blackburn Rovers Blackburn Ewood Park 31,367
Brentford London (Brentford) Brentford Community Stadium 17,250
Bristol City Bristol Ashton Gate 27,000
Cardiff City Cardiff Cardiff City Stadium 33,316
Coventry City Birmingham St Andrew's 29,409
Derby County Derby Pride Park Stadium 33,600
Huddersfield Town Huddersfield Kirklees Stadium 24,121
Luton Town Luton Kenilworth Road 10,356
Middlesbrough Middlesbrough Riverside Stadium 34,742
Millwall London (South Bermondsey) The Den 20,146
Norwich City Norwich Carrow Road 27,244
Nottingham Forest Nottingham City Ground 30,445
Preston North End Preston Deepdale 23,408
Queens Park Rangers London (White City) Kiyan Prince Foundation Stadium 18,439
Reading Reading Madejski Stadium 24,161
Rotherham United Rotherham New York Stadium 12,021
Sheffield Wednesday Sheffield (Owlerton) Hillsborough Stadium 34,854
Stoke City Stoke-On-Trent bet365 Stadium 30,089
Swansea City Swansea Liberty Stadium 21,088
Watford Watford Vicarage Road 21,577
Wycombe Wanderers High Wycombe Adams Park 9,448


Attendances

As with the end to the previous season, the season has been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, resulting in games being played behind closed doors. However, on 19 September 2020, two matches in the division, between Norwich City & Preston North End at Carrow Road, and between Middlesbrough & Bournemouth at The Riverside Stadium, were held in front of 1,000 spectators, as part of EFL pilots.[6]

This was seen as the beginning of fans gradually returning, but a rapid rise of cases from the end of September (eventually resulting in a second nationwide lockdown in November), led to plans being put on hold.[7] With the second nationwide lockdown ending on 2 December 2020, it was announced England would return to its previous three tier system, with clubs in Tier 2 allowed to host a maximum of 2,000 spectators. [8] The first of these matches took place on 2 December 2020 itself, although the matches of Luton Town & Wycombe Wanderers were capped at 1,000 spectators, as they had not previously held an EFL pilot event.[9] On Saturday 5 December 2020, Reading, Millwall, Watford, Norwich City & Brentford all hosted matches in front of the maximum allotted 2,000 spectators permitted, with fans in attendance at Brentford Community Stadium for the very first time.[2]

However, it was then announced that from Wednesday 16 December 2020, that London, parts of Essex and parts of Hertfordshire, would move up to Tier 3, the highest tier of restrictions in England, meaning football clubs in these areas, (for The EFL Championship: Brentford, Millwall, Queens Park Rangers & Watford), would revert to playing behind closed doors without fans, due to a rise in coronavirus cases, following a tier review.[10]

It was then announced that from Saturday 19 December 2020, that Bedfordshire, Berkshire & Buckinghamshire would also move into Tier 3, meaning for The EFL Championship that Luton Town, Reading & Wycombe Wanderers would also revert to playing behind closed doors without fans again, as of this date. Conversely, Bristol City, who had previously been unable to host fans, will now be able to allow fans back in, with Bristol being downgraded from Tier 3 to Tier 2.[11]As of these updated restrictions, it now means that only Bournemouth, Bristol City & Norwich City's stadiums will be open to host fans in The EFL Championship.[12]This was reversed on Wednesday 23 December 2020, with Bournemouth now the sole team in the division eligible to host fans.[13][14]A week later, on Wednesday 30 December 2020, Tier 2 was removed in England, with mainland England in either Tiers 3 or 4, meaning once again, no clubs could host fans for the foreseeable future.[15]

Personnel and sponsoring

Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Sponsor
Bournemouth England Jason Tindall England Steve Cook England Umbro MSP Capital[16]
Barnsley France Valérien Ismaël England Alex Mowatt [17] Germany Puma The Investment Room[18]
Birmingham City Spain Aitor Karanka England Harlee Dean[19] United States Nike BoyleSports[20]
Blackburn Rovers England Tony Mowbray England Elliott Bennett England Umbro Recoverite Compression[21]
Brentford Denmark Thomas Frank Sweden Pontus Jansson England Umbro Utilita
Bristol City England Dean Holden Czech Republic Tomas Kalas[22] Denmark Hummel MansionBet[23]
Cardiff City England Neil Harris England Sean Morrison Germany Adidas Tourism Malaysia
Coventry City England Mark Robins Scotland Liam Kelly Denmark Hummel BoyleSports[24]
Derby County England Wayne Rooney (interim) England Wayne Rooney England Umbro[25] 32Red
Huddersfield Town Spain Carlos Corberán Germany Christopher Schindler England Umbro Various (home)
Yorkshire Air Ambulance / The Town Foundation / The Kirkwood (away)[26]
Luton Town Wales Nathan Jones England Sonny Bradley England Umbro
  • JB Developments (home)
  • Star Platforms (away)
  • Ryebridge (third)
Middlesbrough England Neil Warnock Democratic Republic of the Congo Britt Assombalonga Denmark Hummel 32Red
Millwall England Gary Rowett Republic of Ireland Alex Pearce Italy Macron Huski Chocolate[27]
Norwich City Germany Daniel Farke Scotland Grant Hanley Italy Erreà Dafabet
Nottingham Forest Republic of Ireland Chris Hughton England Michael Dawson Italy Macron Football Index[28]
Preston North End Scotland Alex Neil Republic of Ireland Alan Browne United States Nike 32Red
Queens Park Rangers England Mark Warburton United States Geoff Cameron Italy Erreà Football Index[29]
Reading Serbia Veljko Paunović England Liam Moore Italy Macron Casumo[30]
Rotherham United England Paul Warne England Richard Wood Germany Puma
  • Embark Group (home)
  • Mears (away and third)
Sheffield Wednesday Vacant Scotland Barry Bannan England Elev8 Chansiri
Stoke City Northern Ireland Michael O'Neill England Ryan Shawcross Italy Macron bet365
Swansea City Wales Steve Cooper England Matt Grimes[31] Spain Joma[32] Swansea University[33]
Watford Spain Xisco Muñoz England Troy Deeney Spain Kelme[34] Sportsbet.io
Wycombe Wanderers England Gareth Ainsworth England Matt Bloomfield Republic of Ireland O'Neills

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Birmingham City End of caretaker spell 22 July 2020 Pre-season Spain Aitor Karanka[38] 31 July 2020
Huddersfield Town England Danny Schofield[37] Spain Carlos Corberán[39] 23 July 2020
Watford England Hayden Mullins[40][41] 26 July 2020 Serbia Vladimir Ivić[42] 15 August 2020
Bournemouth England Eddie Howe[43] Mutual consent 1 August 2020 England Jason Tindall[44] 8 August 2020
Reading Wales Mark Bowen[45] 29 August 2020 Serbia Veljko Paunović[45] 29 August 2020
Barnsley Austria Gerhard Struber[46] Signed by New York Red Bulls 6 October 2020 21st France Valérien Ismaël[47] 23 October 2020
Nottingham Forest France Sabri Lamouchi[48] Sacked 22nd Republic of Ireland Chris Hughton[48] 6 October 2020
Sheffield Wednesday England Garry Monk[49] 9 November 2020 23rd Wales Tony Pulis[50] 13 November 2020
Derby County Netherlands Phillip Cocu[51] Mutual consent 14 November 2020 24th England Wayne Rooney (interim)[52] 27 November 2020
Watford Serbia Vladimir Ivić[53] Sacked 19 December 2020 5th Spain Xisco Muñoz[54] 20 December 2020
Sheffield Wednesday Wales Tony Pulis[55] 28 December 2020 23rd TBA TBA

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Norwich City (C, P) 46 29 10 7 75 36 +39 97 Promotion to the Premier League
2 Watford (P) 46 27 10 9 63 30 +33 91
3 Brentford (O, P) 46 24 15 7 79 42 +37 87 Qualification for Championship play-offs
4 Swansea City 46 23 11 12 56 39 +17 80
5 Barnsley 46 23 9 14 58 50 +8 78
6 Bournemouth 46 22 11 13 73 46 +27 77
7 Reading 46 19 13 14 62 54 +8 70
8 Cardiff City 46 18 14 14 66 49 +17 68
9 Queens Park Rangers 46 19 11 16 57 55 +2 68
10 Middlesbrough 46 18 10 18 55 53 +2 64
11 Millwall 46 15 17 14 47 52 −5 62
12 Luton Town 46 17 11 18 41 52 −11 62
13 Preston North End 46 18 7 21 49 56 −7 61
14 Stoke City 46 15 15 16 50 52 −2 60
15 Blackburn Rovers 46 15 12 19 65 54 +11 57
16 Coventry City 46 14 13 19 49 61 −12 55
17 Nottingham Forest 46 12 16 18 37 45 −8 52
18 Birmingham City 46 13 13 20 37 61 −24 52
19 Bristol City 46 15 6 25 46 68 −22 51
20 Huddersfield Town 46 12 13 21 50 71 −21 49
21 Derby County 46 11 11 24 36 58 −22 44
22 Wycombe Wanderers (R) 46 11 10 25 39 69 −30 43 Relegation to EFL League One
23 Rotherham United (R) 46 11 9 26 44 60 −16 42
24 Sheffield Wednesday (R) 46 12 11 23 40 61 −21 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[58]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Sheffield Wednesday received a 12 point deduction for breaching the League's Profitability and Sustainability Rules. This was later reduced to 6 points by an Independent League Arbitration panel.[56][57]

Results

Home \ Away BOU BAR BIR BLA BRN BRI CAR COV DER HUD LUT MID MIL NOR NOT PNE QPR REA ROT SHW STO SWA WAT WYC
Bournemouth 3–2 1–0 1–1 5–0 1–0 2–0 2–3 0–0 4–2 1–0
Barnsley 0–4 0–1 2–2 0–0 2–1 0–1 2–0 2–1 3–0 1–0 2–1
Birmingham City 1–3 1–2 0–2 1–0 0–4 2–1 1–4 0–0 1–1 0–1 0–1 1–2
Blackburn Rovers 2–1 0–0 0–0 2–1 1–2 0–1 3–1 2–4 2–1 1–1 5–0
Brentford 2–1 2–2 2–0 0–0 3–0 0–0 1–1 2–4 2–1 3–1 1–1
Bristol City 0–1 1–0 a 2–1 1–0 0–1 0–2 1–3 2–0 1–1 0–0 2–1
Cardiff City 1–1 3–0 3–2 2–3 0–1 3–0 4–0 1–1 1–2 0–2 0–2
Coventry City 1–3 0–0 0–4 1–0 0–0 0–0 3–2 3–2 3–1 0–0 1–1
Derby County 0–2 0–4 1–1 1–1 a 0–1 0–1 0–2 0–0 2–0 0–1 1–1
Huddersfield Town 2–1 1–2 1–0 1–1 3–2 0–1 1–0 1–2 2–0 1–2 2–0 2–0
Luton Town 0–0 1–1 1–1 0–3 2–1 2–1 3–1 1–1 3–0 0–2 a 2–0
Middlesbrough 1–1 2–1 2–0 3–0 1–0 3–0 0–1 1–0 0–0 2–1
Millwall 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–2 0–1 0–3 2–0 1–1 1–1 1–1 0–0
Norwich City 1–0 1–0 2–0 1–1 0–1 0–0 2–1 2–2 1–1 2–1 1–0 2–1
Nottingham Forest 0–0 1–3 1–2 0–2 2–1 1–1 1–1 2–0 0–1 0–0 2–0
Preston North End 1–2 0–3 1–0 0–1 2–0 3–0 0–2 0–1 1–0 0–1 0–1 2–2
Queens Park Rangers 0–0 a 1–2 3–2 1–1 2–0 0–2 0–1 3–2 0–0 0–2 1–1
Reading 2–0 1–2 3–1 2–1 1–2 2–0 0–3 3–0 0–3 1–0 1–0
Rotherham United 2–2 1–2 0–2 2–0 1–1 0–1 0–1 1–2 2–1 3–0
Sheffield Wednesday 1–0 1–2 1–2 1–0 0–1 2–1 0–0 1–1 1–1 0–0 0–0
Stoke City 0–1 2–2 1–1 1–0 3–2 0–2 1–2 4–3 1–0 2–3 1–1 1–0
Swansea City 0–0 2–0 0–0 2–0 a 1–2 2–0 2–1 0–0 1–0 1–1 2–0 2–1
Watford 1–1 3–1 1–1 0–1 3–2 1–0 1–0 1–0 4–1 2–0 3–2
Wycombe Wanderers 0–0 2–1 1–2 0–0 1–3 1–2 1–1 0–1 1–0 0–1 0–2 1–1
Updated to match(es) played on 2 January 2021. Source: "Championship Results". Sky Sports. Retrieved 13 November 2020.
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Season statistics

As of 2 January 2021[59]

Scoring

Top scorers

Rank Player Club Goals
1 England Adam Armstrong Blackburn Rovers 16
England Ivan Toney Brentford
3 Portugal Lucas João Reading 13
4 Finland Teemu Pukki Norwich City 11
5 England Dominic Solanke Bournemouth 9
6 Ghana André Ayew Swansea City 8
England Jamal Lowe Swansea City
Wales Kieffer Moore Cardiff City
England Cauley Woodrow Barnsley
10 Argentina Emiliano Buendía Norwich City 7
England Scott Sinclair Preston North End
England Junior Stanislas Bournemouth

Hat-tricks

Player For Against Result Date
England Adam Armstrong Blackburn Rovers Wycombe Wanderers 5–0 (H)[60] 19 September 2020
Republic of Ireland James Collins Luton Town Preston North End 3–0 (H)[61] 12 December 2020
Spain Sergi Canós Brentford Cardiff City 3–2 (A)[62] 26 December 2020

Most assists

Rank Player Club Assists[63]
1 France Michael Olise Reading 8
2 Argentina Emiliano Buendía Norwich City 6
England Harvey Elliott Blackburn Rovers
France Bryan Mbeumo Brentford
5 Wales David Brooks Bournemouth 5
England Tyrese Campbell Stoke City
Denmark Mathias Jensen Brentford
Scotland Chris Martin Bristol City
Belgium Isaac Mbenza Huddersfield Town
England Sheyi Ojo Cardiff City
England Harry Toffolo Huddersfield Town

Clean sheets

Rank Player Club Clean Sheets
1 England Freddie Woodman Swansea City 13
2 Bosnia and Herzegovina Asmir Begović Bournemouth 10
3 England Marcus Bettinelli Middlesbrough 9
England Ben Foster Watford
Brazil Rafael Reading
6 Poland Bartosz Białkowski Millwall 8
7 England Josef Bursik Stoke City 7
Spain David Raya Brentford
England Declan Rudd Preston North End
England Alex Smithies Cardiff City

Discipline

Players

Club

Monthly awards

Month Manager of the Month Player of the Month Reference
September Serbia Veljko Paunović Reading England Bradley Johnson Blackburn Rovers [66]
October England Neil Warnock Middlesbrough England Ivan Toney Brentford [67]
November Serbia Vladimir Ivić Watford Wales David Brooks Bournemouth [68]

Notes

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