2020–21 EFL Championship

17th season of the Football League Championship

Football league season

EFL ChampionshipSeason| 2020–21

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Dates| 11 September 2020 –
9 May 2021
Champions| Norwich City
2nd Championship title
5th 2nd tier title
Promoted| Norwich City
Watford
Brentford
Relegated| Wycombe Wanderers
Rotherham United
Sheffield Wednesday
Matches played| 552
Goals scored| 1,274 (2.31 per match)
Top goalscorer| Ivan Toney
(Brentford)
(33 goals)[1]
Biggest home win| Norwich City 7–0 Huddersfield Town
(6 April 2021)
Biggest away win| Preston North End 0–5 Brentford
(10 April 2021)[1]
Highest scoring| Brentford 7–2 Wycombe Wanderers
(30 January 2021)
Longest winning run| Norwich City
(9 games)[1]
Longest unbeaten run| Brentford
(21 games)[1]
Longest winless run| Derby County
Wycombe Wanderers
(11 games)[1]
Longest losing run| Sheffield Wednesday
Wycombe Wanderers
(7 games)[1]
Highest attendance| 11,689[2]
Lowest attendance| 1,000[3]

← 2019–20

2021–22 →

The 2020–21 EFL Championship (referred to as the Sky Bet Championship for sponsorship reasons) was the 5th season of the EFL Championship under its current title and the 29th season under its current league division format.

## Team changes

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

### To Championship

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Promoted from League One

* Coventry City
* Rotherham United
* Wycombe Wanderers

Relegated from the Premier League

* Bournemouth
* Watford
* Norwich City

### From Championship

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Promoted to the Premier League

* Leeds United
* West Bromwich Albion
* Fulham

Relegated to League One

* Charlton Athletic
* Wigan Athletic[a]
* Hull City

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

## Stadiums

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London

Barnsley

Birmingham City

Blackburn Rovers

Bournemouth

Bristol City

Coventry City

Cardiff City

Derby County

Huddersfield Town

Luton Town

Middlesbrough

Norwich City

Nottingham Forest

Preston North End

Reading

Rotherham United

Sheffield Wednesday

Stoke City

Swansea City

Watford

Wycombe Wanderers

London teams
Brentford
Millwall
Queens Park Rangers

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Locations of the 2020–21 EFL Championship teams

Brentford

Millwall

Queens Park Rangers

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Greater London Championship football clubs

Team  | Location  | Stadium  | Capacity

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Barnsley | Barnsley | Oakwell | 23,287
Birmingham City | Birmingham | St Andrew's | 29,409
Blackburn Rovers | Blackburn | Ewood Park | 31,367
Bournemouth | Bournemouth | Dean Court | 11,364
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 | Hillsborough Stadium | 39,732
Stoke City | Stoke-On-Trent | Bet365 Stadium | 30,089
Swansea City | Swansea | Liberty Stadium | 21,088
Watford | Watford | Vicarage Road | 22,200
Wycombe Wanderers | High Wycombe | Adams Park | 9,448

## Attendances

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As with the end to the previous season, the season was 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 and Preston North End at Carrow Road, and between Middlesbrough and 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 and 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 and 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.[10]

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 and Watford), would revert to playing behind closed doors without fans, due to a rise in coronavirus cases, following a tier review.[11]

It was then announced that from Saturday, 19 December 2020 that Bedfordshire, Berkshire, and 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, would now be able to allow fans back in, with Bristol being downgraded from Tier 3 to Tier 2.[12] As of these updated restrictions, it now meant that only Bournemouth, Bristol City and Norwich City's stadiums would be open to host fans in The EFL Championship.[13] This was reversed on Wednesday 23 December 2020, with Bournemouth the sole team in the division eligible to host fans.[14][15] A week later on 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.[16] A third national lockdown in January 2021 meant that fans ultimately were barred from matches for the rest of the regular season. Following an easing of restrictions in May 2021, the play-offs were able to take place in front of crowds of up to 20% of a stadium's capacity.

## Personnel and sponsoring

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Team  | Manager  | Captain  | Kit manufacturer  | Sponsor

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Barnsley |  Valérien Ismaël |  Alex Mowatt[17] |  Puma | The Investment Room[18]
Birmingham City |  Lee Bowyer |  Harlee Dean[19] |  Nike | BoyleSports[20]
Blackburn Rovers |  Tony Mowbray |  Elliott Bennett |  Umbro | Recoverite Compression[21]
Bournemouth |  Jonathan Woodgate |  Steve Cook |  Umbro | MSP Capital[22]
Brentford |  Thomas Frank |  Pontus Jansson |  Umbro | Utilita
Bristol City |  Nigel Pearson |  Tomáš Kalas[23] |  Hummel | MansionBet[24]
Cardiff City |  Mick McCarthy |  Sean Morrison |  Adidas | Tourism Malaysia
Coventry City |  Mark Robins |  Liam Kelly |  Hummel | BoyleSports[25]
Derby County |  Wayne Rooney |  David Marshall[26] |  Umbro[27] | 32Red
Huddersfield Town |  Carlos Corberán |  Christopher Schindler |  Umbro | Various (home)
Yorkshire Air Ambulance / The Town Foundation / Kirkwood Hospice (away and third)[28]
Luton Town |  Nathan Jones |  Sonny Bradley |  Umbro |

* JB Developments (home)
* Star Platforms (away)
* Ryebridge (third)

Middlesbrough |  Neil Warnock |  Jonny Howson |  Hummel | 32Red
Millwall |  Gary Rowett |  Alex Pearce |  Macron | Huski Chocolate[29]
Norwich City |  Daniel Farke |  Grant Hanley |  Erreà | Dafabet[30]
Nottingham Forest |  Chris Hughton |  Michael Dawson |  Macron | Boxt 2
Preston North End |  Frankie McAvoy |  Alan Browne |  Nike | 32Red
Queens Park Rangers |  Mark Warburton |  Geoff Cameron |  Erreà | Senate Bespoke 2
Reading |  Veljko Paunović |  Liam Moore |  Macron | Casumo[31]
Rotherham United |  Paul Warne |  Richard Wood |  Puma |

* Embark Group

Sheffield Wednesday |  Darren Moore |  Barry Bannan |  Elev8  | Chansiri (home)
Elev8 (away and third)
Stoke City |  Michael O'Neill | Vacant  |  Macron | bet365
Swansea City |  Steve Cooper |  Matt Grimes[32] |  Joma[33] | Swansea University[34]
Watford |  Xisco Muñoz |  Troy Deeney |  Kelme[35] | Sportsbet.io
Wycombe Wanderers |  Gareth Ainsworth |  Matt Bloomfield |  O'Neills |

* Dreams (home and away)[36]
* Cherry Red Records (third)[37]

1. ^ Club captain Wayne Rooney retired from playing on 15 January 2021 to manage the club on a permanent basis, having served as interim player-manager since the previous November following the dismissal of Phillip Cocu.
2. ^ Nottingham Forest and Queens Park Rangers' shirt sponsor was Football Index until 12 March 2021 when they entered administration.[38]

## Managerial changes

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Team  | Outgoing manager  | Manner of departure  | Date of vacancy  | Position in table  | Incoming manager  | Date of appointment

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Birmingham City |

Steve Spooner
Craig Gardner[39]

| End of caretaker spell  | 22 July 2020  | Pre-season |  Aitor Karanka[40] | 31 July 2020
Huddersfield Town |  Danny Schofield[39] |  Carlos Corberán[41] | 23 July 2020
Watford |  Hayden Mullins[42][43] | 26 July 2020  |  Vladimir Ivić[44] | 15 August 2020
Bournemouth |  Eddie Howe[45] | Mutual consent  | 1 August 2020  |  Jason Tindall[46] | 8 August 2020
Reading |  Mark Bowen[47] | 29 August 2020  |  Veljko Paunović[47] | 29 August 2020
Barnsley |  Gerhard Struber[48] | Signed by New York Red Bulls | 6 October 2020  | 21st  |  Valérien Ismaël[49] | 23 October 2020
Nottingham Forest |  Sabri Lamouchi[50] | Sacked  | 22nd  |  Chris Hughton[50] | 6 October 2020
Sheffield Wednesday |  Garry Monk[51] | 9 November 2020  | 23rd  |  Tony Pulis[52] | 13 November 2020
Derby County |  Phillip Cocu[53] | Mutual consent  | 14 November 2020  | 24th  |  Wayne Rooney[a][54][55] | 27 November 2020
Watford |  Vladimir Ivić[56] | Sacked  | 19 December 2020  | 5th  |  Xisco Muñoz[57] | 20 December 2020
Sheffield Wednesday |  Tony Pulis[58] | 28 December 2020  | 23rd  |  Darren Moore[59] | 1 March 2021
Cardiff City |  Neil Harris[60] | 21 January 2021  | 15th  |  Mick McCarthy[61] | 22 January 2021
Bournemouth |  Jason Tindall[62] | 3 February 2021  | 6th  |  Jonathan Woodgate[b][63] | 21 February 2021
Bristol City |  Dean Holden[64] | 16 February 2021  | 13th  |  Nigel Pearson[65] | 22 February 2021
Birmingham City |  Aitor Karanka[66] | Resigned  | 16 March 2021  | 21st  |  Lee Bowyer[67] | 16 March 2021
Preston North End |  Alex Neil[68] | Sacked  | 21 March 2021  | 16th  |  Frankie McAvoy[69] | 10 May 2021

1. ^ Rooney was initially appointed as interim manager until the end of the season, but the move was made permanent on 15 January 2021.
2. ^ Woodgate was initially caretaker manager, but was then appointed as manager until the end of the season on 21 February 2021.

## League table

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Pos | Team

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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[72]
(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.[70][71]

## Play-offs

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Main article: 2021 English Football League play-offs

| Semi-finals | | | Final |

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| 6 | Bournemouth | 1 | 1 | 2 |
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| 4 | Swansea City | 1 | 1 | 2 |

| 5 | Barnsley | 0 | 1 | 1 |

First leg

17 May 2021

18:00

Bournemouth| 1–0| Brentford

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Danjuma 55' | Report |

Dean Court, Boscombe

Attendance: 2,000

Referee: Tim Robinson

17 May 2021

20:15

Barnsley| 0–1| Swansea City

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| Report | A. Ayew 39'

Oakwell, Barnsley

Attendance: 4,000

Referee: Geoff Eltringham

Second leg

22 May 2021

12:30

Brentford| 3–1| Bournemouth

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Toney 16' (pen.)
Janelt 50'
Forss 81' | Report | Danjuma 5'

Brentford Community Stadium, London

Referee: Jarred Gillett

22 May 2021

17:30

Swansea City| 1–1| Barnsley

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Grimes 39' |  | Woodrow 71'

Liberty Stadium, Swansea

Referee: John Brooks

### Final

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Main article: 2021 EFL Championship play-off Final

29 May 2021 (2021-05-29)

15:00 BST

Brentford| 2–0| Swansea City

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* Toney 10' (pen.)
* Marcondes 20'

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Wembley Stadium, London

Attendance: 11,689

Referee: Chris Kavanagh

## Results

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Home \ Away  | BAR | BIR | BLA | BOU | BRE | BRI | CAR | COV | DER | HUD | LUT | MID | MIL | NOR | NOT | PNE | QPR | REA | ROT | SHW | STO | SWA | WAT | WYC

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Barnsley | —  | 1–0  | 2–1  | 0–4  | 0–1  | 2–2  | 2–2  | 0–0  | 0–0  | 2–1  | 0–1  | 2–0  | 2–1  | 2–2  | 2–0  | 2–1  | 3–0  | 1–1  | 1–0  | 1–2  | 2–0  | 0–2  | 1–0  | 2–1
Birmingham City | 1–2  | —  | 0–2  | 1–3  | 1–0  | 0–3  | 0–4  | 1–1  | 0–4  | 2–1  | 0–1  | 1–4  | 0–0  | 1–3  | 1–1  | 0–1  | 2–1  | 2–1  | 1–1  | 0–1  | 2–0  | 1–0  | 0–1  | 1–2
Blackburn Rovers | 2–1  | 5–2  | —  | 0–2  | 0–1  | 0–0  | 0–0  | 1–1  | 2–1  | 5–2  | 1–0  | 0–0  | 2–1  | 1–2  | 0–1  | 1–2  | 3–1  | 2–4  | 2–1  | 1–1  | 1–1  | 1–1  | 2–3  | 5–0
Bournemouth | 2–3  | 3–2  | 3–2  | —  | 0–1  | 1–0  | 1–2  | 4–1  | 1–1  | 5–0  | 0–1  | 3–1  | 1–1  | 1–0  | 2–0  | 2–3  | 0–0  | 4–2  | 1–0  | 1–2  | 0–2  | 3–0  | 1–0  | 1–0
Brentford | 0–2  | 0–0  | 2–2  | 2–1  | —  | 3–2  | 1–1  | 2–0  | 0–0  | 3–0  | 1–0  | 0–0  | 0–0  | 1–1  | 1–1  | 2–4  | 2–1 | 3–1  | 1–0  | 3–0  | 2–1  | 1–1  | 2–0  | 7–2
Bristol City | 0–1  | 0–1  | 1–0  | 1–2  | 1–3  | —  | 0–2 | 2–1  | 1–0  | 2–1  | 2–3  | 0–1  | 0–2  | 1–3  | 0–0  | 2–0  | 0–2  | 0–2  | 0–2  | 2–0  | 0–2  | 1–1  | 0–0  | 2–1
Cardiff City | 3–0  | 3–2  | 2–2  | 1–1  | 2–3  | 0–1 | —  | 3–1  | 4–0  | 3–0  | 4–0  | 1–1  | 1–1  | 1–2  | 0–1  | 4–0  | 0–1  | 1–2  | 1–1  | 0–2  | 0–0  | 0–2 | 1–2  | 2–1
Coventry City | 2–0  | 0–0  | 0–4  | 1–3  | 2–0  | 3–1  | 1–0  | —  | 1–0  | 0–0  | 0–0  | 1–2  | 6–1  | 0–2  | 1–2  | 0–1  | 3–2  | 3–2  | 3–1  | 2–0  | 0–0  | 1–1  | 0–0  | 0–0
Derby County | 0–2  | 1–2  | 0–4  | 1–0  | 2–2  | 1–0  | 1–1  | 1–1  | —  | 2–0  | 2–0  | 2–1  | 0–1  | 0–1  | 1–1 | 0–1  | 0–1  | 0–2  | 0–1  | 3–3  | 0–0  | 2–0  | 0–1  | 1–1
Huddersfield Town | 0–1  | 1–1  | 2–1  | 1–2  | 1–1  | 1–2  | 0–0  | 1–1  | 1–0  | —  | 1–1  | 3–2  | 0–1  | 0–1  | 1–0  | 1–2  | 2–0  | 1–2  | 0–0  | 2–0  | 1–1  | 4–1  | 2–0  | 2–3
Luton Town | 1–2  | 1–1  | 1–1  | 0–0  | 0–3  | 2–1  | 0–2  | 2–0  | 2–1  | 1–1  | —  | 1–1  | 1–1  | 3–1  | 1–1  | 3–0  | 0–2  | 0–0  | 0–0  | 3–2  | 0–2  | 0–1  | 1–0 | 2–0
Middlesbrough | 2–1  | 0–1  | 0–1  | 1–1  | 1–4  | 1–3  | 1–1  | 2–0  | 3–0  | 2–1  | 1–0  | —  | 3–0  | 0–1  | 1–0  | 2–0  | 1–2  | 0–0  | 0–3  | 3–1  | 3–0  | 2–1  | 1–1  | 0–3
Millwall | 1–1  | 2–0  | 0–2  | 1–4  | 1–1  | 4–1  | 1–1  | 1–2  | 0–1  | 0–3  | 2–0  | 1–0  | —  | 0–0  | 1–1  | 2–1  | 1–1  | 1–1  | 1–0  | 4–1  | 0–0  | 0–3  | 0–0  | 0–0
Norwich City | 1–0  | 1–0  | 1–1  | 1–3  | 1–0  | 2–0  | 2–0  | 1–1  | 0–1  | 7–0  | 3–0  | 0–0  | 0–0  | —  | 2–1  | 2–2  | 1–1  | 4–1  | 1–0  | 2–1  | 4–1  | 1–0  | 0–1  | 2–1
Nottingham Forest | 0–0  | 0–0  | 1–0  | 0–0  | 1–3  | 1–2  | 0–2  | 2–1  | 1–1 | 0–2  | 0–1  | 1–2  | 3–1  | 0–2  | —  | 1–2  | 3–1  | 1–1  | 1–1  | 2–0  | 1–1  | 0–1  | 0–0  | 2–0
Preston North End | 2–0  | 1–2  | 0–3  | 1–1  | 0–5  | 1–0  | 0–1  | 2–0  | 3–0  | 3–0  | 0–1  | 3–0  | 0–2  | 1–1  | 0–1  | —  | 0–0  | 0–0  | 1–2  | 1–0  | 0–1  | 0–1  | 0–1  | 2–2
Queens Park Rangers | 1–3  | 0–0  | 1–0  | 2–1  | 2–1 | 1–2  | 3–2  | 3–0  | 0–1  | 0–1  | 3–1  | 1–1  | 3–2  | 1–3  | 2–0  | 0–2  | —  | 0–1  | 3–2  | 4–1  | 0–0  | 0–2  | 1–1  | 1–0
Reading | 2–0  | 1–2  | 1–0  | 3–1  | 1–3  | 3–1  | 1–1  | 3–0  | 3–1  | 2–2  | 2–1  | 0–2  | 1–2  | 1–2  | 2–0  | 0–3  | 1–1  | —  | 3–0  | 3–0  | 0–3  | 2–2  | 1–0  | 1–0
Rotherham United | 1–2  | 0–1  | 1–1  | 2–2  | 0–2  | 2–0  | 1–2  | 0–1  | 3–0  | 1–1  | 0–1  | 1–2  | 0–1  | 1–2  | 0–1  | 2–1  | 3–1  | 0–1  | —  | 3–0  | 3–3  | 1–3  | 1–4  | 0–3
Sheffield Wednesday | 1–2  | 0–1  | 1–0  | 1–0  | 1–2  | 1–1  | 5–0  | 1–0  | 1–0  | 1–1  | 0–1  | 2–1  | 0–0  | 1–2  | 0–0  | 1–0  | 1–1  | 1–1  | 1–2  | —  | 0–0  | 0–2  | 0–0  | 2–0
Stoke City | 2–2  | 1–1  | 1–0  | 0–1  | 3–2  | 0–2  | 1–2  | 2–3  | 1–0  | 4–3  | 3–0  | 1–0  | 1–2  | 2–3  | 1–1  | 0–0  | 0–2  | 0–0  | 1–0  | 1–0  | —  | 1–2  | 1–2  | 2–0
Swansea City | 2–0  | 0–0  | 2–0  | 0–0  | 1–1  | 1–3  | 0–1 | 1–0  | 2–1  | 1–2  | 2–0  | 2–1  | 2–1  | 2–0  | 1–0  | 0–1  | 0–1  | 0–0  | 1–0  | 1–1  | 2–0  | —  | 2–1  | 2–2
Watford | 1–0  | 3–0  | 3–1  | 1–1  | 1–1  | 6–0  | 0–1  | 3–2  | 2–1  | 2–0  | 1–0 | 1–0  | 1–0  | 1–0  | 1–0  | 4–1  | 1–2  | 2–0  | 2–0  | 1–0  | 3–2  | 2–0  | —  | 2–0
Wycombe Wanderers | 1–3  | 0–0  | 1–0  | 1–0  | 0–0  | 2–1  | 2–1  | 1–2  | 1–2  | 0–0  | 1–3  | 1–3  | 1–2  | 0–2  | 0–3  | 1–0  | 1–1  | 1–0  | 0–1  | 1–0  | 0–1  | 0–2  | 1–1  | —

Updated to match(es) played on 8 May 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

[edit]

### Scoring

[edit]

Ivan Toney won The Golden Boot for Brentford in his debut season at the club, scoring 33 goals for The Bees, as they won the play–offs to seal promotion to The Premier League, ending a seventy-four year absence from the top flight.

#### Top scorers

[edit]

Rank  | Player  | Club  | Goals

|
|
|

1  |  Ivan Toney1 | Brentford | 33
2  |  Adam Armstrong | Blackburn Rovers | 28
3  |  Teemu Pukki | Norwich City | 26
4  |  Kieffer Moore | Cardiff City | 20
5  |  Lucas João | Reading | 19
6  |  André Ayew2 | Swansea City | 17
Arnaut Danjuma1 | Bournemouth
8  |  Emiliano Buendía | Norwich City | 15
Dominic Solanke | Bournemouth
10  |  Jamal Lowe | Swansea City | 14

* 1 Includes 2 goals in The Championship play-offs.
* 2 Includes 1 goal in The Championship play-offs.

#### Hat-tricks

[edit]

Main article: List of EFL Championship hat-tricks

Player | For | Against | Result | Date

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|
|
|

Adam Armstrong | Blackburn Rovers | Wycombe Wanderers | 5–0 (H)[73] | 19 September 2020
James Collins | Luton Town | Preston North End | 3–0 (H)[74] | 12 December 2020
Sergi Canós | Brentford | Cardiff City | 3–2 (A)[75] | 26 December 2020
Ivan Toney | Wycombe Wanderers | 7–2 (H)[76] | 30 January 2021
Teemu Pukki | Norwich City | Huddersfield Town | 7–0 (H)[77] | 6 April 2021
Adam Armstrong | Blackburn Rovers | 5–2 (H)[78] | 24 April 2021
Harry Wilson | Cardiff City | Birmingham City | 4–0 (A)[79] | 1 May 2021
Adam Armstrong | Blackburn Rovers | 5–2 (H)[80] | 8 May 2021

### Clean sheets

[edit]

Freddie Woodman won The Golden Glove this season with 21 clean sheets, as he helped Swansea City reach the play-off final, whilst on loan from Premier League club Newcastle United. Rank  | Player  | Club  | Clean sheets

|
|
|

1  |  Freddie Woodman1 | Swansea City | 21
2  |  Bartosz Białkowski | Millwall | 17
Tim Krul | Norwich City
Rafael | Reading
5  |  Asmir Begović1 | Bournemouth | 16
David Raya | Brentford
7  |  Brice Samba | Nottingham Forest | 14
8  |  Daniel Bachmann | Watford | 13
Marcus Bettinelli | Middlesbrough
Neil Etheridge | Birmingham City

* 1 Includes 1 clean sheet in The Championship play-offs.

### Discipline

[edit]

#### Players

[edit]

* Most yellow cards: 12[81]
* Nathaniel Chalobah (Watford)
* Michael Ihiekwe (Rotherham United)
* Jefferson Lerma1 (Bournemouth)
* Most red cards: 2
* Emiliano Buendía (Norwich City)
* Kyle McFadzean (Coventry City)
* 1 Includes 1 yellow card in The Championship play-offs.

#### Club

[edit]

* Most yellow cards: 80[82]
* Rotherham United
* Watford
* Most red cards: 7
* Sheffield Wednesday

## Awards

[edit]

### Monthly

[edit]

Month  | Manager of the Month | Player of the Month | Reference

|
|
|

September  |  Veljko Paunović | Reading |  Bradley Johnson | Blackburn Rovers | [83]
October  |  Neil Warnock | Middlesbrough |  Ivan Toney | Brentford | [84]
November  |  Vladimir Ivić | Watford |  David Brooks | Bournemouth | [85]
December  |  Thomas Frank | Brentford |  Duncan Watmore | Middlesbrough | [86]
January  |  Steve Cooper | Swansea City |  Matt Crooks | Rotherham United | [87]
February  |  Mick McCarthy | Cardiff City |  Teemu Pukki | Norwich City | [88]
March  |  Xisco Muñoz | Watford |  Alex Mowatt | Barnsley | [89]
April  |  Jonathan Woodgate | Bournemouth |  Arnaut Danjuma | Bournemouth | [90]

### Annual

[edit]

Award  | Winner  | Club

|
|

Player of the Season  |  Emiliano Buendía[91] | Norwich City
Young Player of the Season  |  Michael Olise[91] | Reading

Championship Team of the season

Pos.  | Player  | Club  | Ref.

|
|
|

GK  |  Asmir Begović | Bournemouth | [91][92]
DF  |  Max Aarons | Norwich City
DF  |  Grant Hanley | Norwich City
DF  |  Sean Morrison | Cardiff City
DF  |  Adam Masina | Watford
MF  |  Emiliano Buendía | Norwich City
MF  |  Michael Olise | Reading
MF  |  Alex Mowatt | Barnsley
FW  |  Arnaut Danjuma | Bournemouth
FW  |  Ivan Toney | Brentford
FW  |  Teemu Pukki | Norwich City
Manager  |  Daniel Farke | Norwich City

### PFA Championship Team of the Year

[edit]

Pos.  | Player  | Club

|
|

GK  |  Tim Krul | Norwich City
DF  |  Max Aarons | Norwich City
DF  |  Ethan Pinnock | Brentford
DF  |  Grant Hanley | Norwich City
DF  |  Rico Henry | Brentford
MF  |  Emiliano Buendía | Norwich City
MF  |  Michael Olise | Reading
MF  |  Oliver Skipp | Norwich City
FW  |  Adam Armstrong | Blackburn Rovers
FW  |  Ivan Toney | Brentford
FW  |  Teemu Pukki | Norwich City

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* Wessex League (Premier, One)
* Western League (Premier, One)
* West Midlands (Regional) League (Premier \- level 10 only)

Cup
competitions|

| FA cups|

* FA Cup (Qualifying rounds, Final)
* FA Community Shield
* FA Trophy (2020 Final) (2021 Final)
* FA Vase (2020 Final) (2021 Final)

|

EFL cups|

* EFL Cup (Final)
* EFL Trophy (2020 Final) (2021 Final)

Youth
competitions|

| Under-23|

* Professional U23 Development League
* Premier League Cup

|

Under-18|

* Professional U18 Development League
* FA Youth Cup

Club seasons

Premier
League|

* Arsenal
* Aston Villa
* Brighton & Hove Albion
* Burnley
* Chelsea
* Crystal Palace
* Everton
* Fulham
* Leeds United
* Leicester City
* Liverpool
* Manchester City
* Manchester United
* Newcastle United
* Sheffield United
* Southampton
* Tottenham Hotspur
* West Bromwich Albion
* West Ham United
* Wolverhampton Wanderers

Championship|

* Barnsley
* Birmingham City
* Blackburn Rovers
* Bournemouth
* Brentford
* Bristol City
* Cardiff City
* Coventry City
* Derby County
* Huddersfield Town
* Luton Town
* Middlesbrough
* Millwall
* Norwich City
* Nottingham Forest
* Preston North End
* Queens Park Rangers
* Reading
* Rotherham United
* Sheffield Wednesday
* Stoke City
* Swansea City
* Watford
* Wycombe Wanderers

League One|

* Accrington Stanley
* AFC Wimbledon
* Blackpool
* Bristol Rovers
* Burton Albion
* Charlton Athletic
* Crewe Alexandra
* Doncaster Rovers
* Fleetwood Town
* Gillingham
* Hull City
* Ipswich Town
* Lincoln City
* Milton Keynes Dons
* Northampton Town
* Oxford United
* Peterborough United
* Plymouth Argyle
* Portsmouth
* Rochdale
* Shrewsbury Town
* Sunderland
* Swindon Town
* Wigan Athletic

League Two|

* Barrow
* Bolton Wanderers
* Bradford City
* Cambridge United
* Carlisle United
* Cheltenham Town
* Colchester United
* Crawley Town
* Exeter City
* Forest Green Rovers
* Grimsby Town
* Harrogate Town
* Leyton Orient
* Mansfield Town
* Morecambe
* Newport County
* Oldham Athletic
* Port Vale
* Salford City
* Scunthorpe United
* Southend United
* Stevenage
* Tranmere Rovers
* Walsall

National League|

* Wrexham

* Summer 2020 transfers
* Winter 2020–21 transfers

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