# 2020–21 Huddersfield Town A.F.C. season

The 2020–21 Huddersfield Town Football Club season was the club's 112th season in existence and second consecutive season in the EFL Championship. Huddersfield Town also competed in the FA Cup and the EFL Cup. The season covers the period from 23 July 2020 to 30 June 2021.

## Squad at the end of the season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 2 | DF | ESP | Pipa |
| 3 | DF | ENG | Harry Toffolo |
| 4 | DF | ENG | Tommy Elphick |
| 5 | MF | ESP | Álex Vallejo |
| 6 | MF | ENG | Jonathan Hogg (Vice-captain) |
| 7 | MF | CUW | Juninho Bacuna |
| 8 | MF | ENG | Lewis O'Brien |
| 9 | MF | USA | Duane Holmes |
| 10 | MF | ENG | Alex Pritchard |
| 11 | FW | SEN | Oumar Niasse |
| 12 | DF | ENG | Richard Stearman |
| 13 | GK | CAN | Jayson Leutwiler |
| 14 | MF | NED | Carel Eiting (on loan from Ajax) |
| 15 | DF | IRL | Richard Keogh |
| 16 | FW | JAM | Rolando Aarons |
| 17 | DF | ENG | Demeaco Duhaney |
| 18 | FW | BEL | Isaac Mbenza |
| 19 | FW | ENG | Josh Koroma |
| 20 | FW | ENG | Sorba Thomas |
| 21 | FW | IRL | Danny Grant |
| 22 | FW | ENG | Fraizer Campbell |
| 23 | DF | SEN | Naby Sarr |
| 24 | FW | ENG | Kian Harratt |
| 25 | FW | ENG | Danny Ward |
| 26 | DF | GER | Christopher Schindler (Captain) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 27 | DF | ENG | Romoney Crichlow |
| 28 | DF | ENG | Jaden Brown |
| 29 | DF | ENG | Aaron Rowe |
| 30 | DF | ENG | Ben Jackson (on loan at Bolton Wanderers) |
| 31 | GK | ENG | Ryan Schofield |
| 32 | GK | AUS | Jacob Chapman |
| 33 | MF | ENG | Josh Austerfield |
| 34 | MF | ENG | Matty Daly |
| 35 | DF | ENG | Rarmani Edmonds-Green |
| 36 | FW | ENG | Kieran Phillips |
| 37 | DF | ENG | Mustapha Olagunju (on loan at Port Vale) |
| 38 | DF | ENG | Jaheim Headley |
| 39 | FW | ENG | Micah Obiero (on loan at FC Halifax Town) |
| 40 | MF | FRA | Brahima Diarra |
| 41 | MF | WAL | Pat Jones |
| 42 | DF | SMA | Ilounga Pata |
| 44 | GK | POR | Joel Pereira (on loan from Manchester United) |
| 46 | DF | FRA | Loick Ayina |
| 47 | DF | ENG | Sam Sharrock-Peplow |
| 48 | MF | FRA | Etienne Camara |
| 49 | MF | ENG | Scott High |
| 50 | MF | ENG | Myles Bright |
| 51 | FW | ENG | Kit Elliott |
| 55 | FW | FRA | Yaya Sanogo |
| –– | MF | ENG | Reece Brown (on loan at Peterborough United) |

## Transfers
### Transfers in

| Date | Position | Name | From | Fee |
| 13 July 2020 | CF | Kieran Phillips | Everton | Free transfer |
| 12 August 2020 | RW | Conor Falls | Glentoran | Undisclosed |
| 12 August 2020 | CM | Brodie Spencer | Cliftonville | Undisclosed |
| 12 August 2020 | CM | Sonny Whittingham | Bradford City | Undisclosed |
| 17 August 2020 | CF | Danny Ward | Cardiff City | Free transfer |
| 7 September 2020 | RB | Pipa | Espanyol | Undisclosed |
| 11 September 2020 | CB | Naby Sarr | Charlton Athletic | Free transfer |
| 18 October 2020 | DM | Álex Vallejo | Free agent | Free transfer |
| 22 October 2020 | MF | Etienne Camara | Angers | Free transfer |
| 23 October 2020 | MF | Evander Grubb | Bristol Manor Farm | Free transfer |
| 2 January 2021 | RW | Danny Grant | Bohemians | Free transfer |
| 7 January 2021 | LW | Rolando Aarons | Newcastle United | Free transfer |
| 13 January 2021 | RW | Sorba Thomas | Boreham Wood | Undisclosed |
| 19 January 2021 | CB | Richard Keogh | Milton Keynes Dons | Undisclosed |
| 25 January 2021 | MF | Duane Holmes | Derby County | Undisclosed |
| 1 February 2021 | GK | Jayson Leutwiler | Free agent | Free transfer |
| 24 February 2021 | CF | Yaya Sanogo | Free agent | Free transfer |
| 26 March 2021 | CF | Oumar Niasse | Free agent | Free transfer |

### Loans in

| Date from | Position | Nationality | Name | From | Date until | Ref. |
| 29 August 2020 | GK | | Joel Pereira | Manchester United | End of season | |
| 19 September 2020 | DM | | Carel Eiting | Ajax | End of season | |

### Loans out

| Date from | Position | Name | To | Date until |
| 31 July 2020 | FW | Kit Elliott | Cork City | 1 December 2020 |
| 3 August 2020 | CM | Scott High | Shrewsbury Town | 29 December 2020 |
| 13 August 2020 | LW | Will McCamley | South Shields | 1 January 2021 |
| 17 August 2020 | CM | Reece Brown | Peterborough United | End of season |
| 16 October 2020 | CF | Micah Obiero | Carlisle United | 1 January 2021 |
| 24 October 2020 | CF | Kian Harratt | Guiseley | 15 December 2020 |
| 30 October 2020 | LB | Jaheim Headley | Welling United | 3 January 2021 |
| 30 October 2020 | CB | Mustapha Olagunju | Welling United | 3 January 2021 |
| 14 December 2020 | CM | Josh Austerfield | Hyde United | 11 January 2021 |
| 16 January 2021 | LB | Ben Jackson | Bolton Wanderers | End of season |
| 1 February 2021 | CB | Mustapha Olagunju | Port Vale | End of season |
| 9 February 2021 | GK | Giosue Bellagambi | Ebbsfleet United | 7 March 2021 |
| 29 March 2021 | CF | Micah Obiero | FC Halifax Town | End of season |

### Transfers out

| Date | Position | Name | To | Fee |
| 1 July 2020 | MF | Tim Akinola | Arsenal | Released |
| 1 July 2020 | CF | Olly Dyson | York City | Released |
| 1 July 2020 | MF | Andrew Ijiwole | Unattached | Released |
| 1 July 2020 | LW | Darnell Mintus | Unattached | Released |
| 1 July 2020 | GK | Scott Moloney | Barrow | Released |
| 1 July 2020 | CB | Jon Gorenc Stanković | Sturm Graz | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2020 | RB | Danny Simpson | Bristol City | Released |
| 1 July 2020 | LB | Cameron Taylor | St Cuthbert Wanderers | Free transfer |
| 24 July 2020 | GK | Joel Coleman | Fleetwood Town | Released |
| 24 July 2020 | CF | Elias Kachunga | Sheffield Wednesday | Released |
| 24 July 2020 | CF | Rekeil Pyke | Shrewsbury Town | Released |
| 29 July 2020 | RB | Herbert Bockhorn | VfL Bochum | Mutual consent |
| 5 September 2020 | RM | Dom Tear | FC Halifax Town | Released |
| 7 September 2020 | LW | Ramadan Sobhi | Pyramids | Undisclosed |
| 9 September 2020 | CF | Steve Mounié | Stade Brest | Undisclosed |
| 25 September 2020 | RB | Florent Hadergjonaj | Kasımpaşa | Undisclosed |
| 2 October 2020 | GK | Harrison Davison-Hale | FC Halifax Town | Free transfer |
| 15 October 2020 | CF | Karlan Grant | West Bromwich Albion | Undisclosed |
| 16 October 2020 | CB | Terence Kongolo | Fulham | Undisclosed |
| 8 January 2021 | CF | Collin Quaner | St Mirren | Released |
| 15 January 2021 | GK | Ben Hamer | Swansea City | Undisclosed |
| 1 February 2021 | RW | Adama Diakhaby | Amiens | Undisclosed |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

## Competitions
### Overview

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| EFL Championship | 12 September 2020 | 8 May 2021 | Matchday 1 | 20th | 46 | 12 | 13 | 21 | 50 | 71 | −21 | 026.09 |
| FA Cup | 9 January 2021 | 9 January 2021 | Third round | Third round | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 000.00 |
| EFL Cup | 5 September 2020 | 5 September 2020 | First round | First round | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 000.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 48 | 12 | 13 | 23 | 52 | 75 | −23 | 025.00 |
Last updated: 8 May 2021 Source: Competitions

### EFL Championship
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 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 | Relegation to EFL League One |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 8 May 2021. Source:

#### Results by matchday

| Matchday | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 | 43 | 44 | 45 | 46 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | L | L | W | D | W | W | L | L | W | L | D | L | D | W | L | W | W | L | D | W | L | W | L | L | L | L | D | D | L | L | W | L | L | D | D | W | D | D | L | D | L | W | L | L | D | D |
| Position | 17 | 21 | 16 | 18 | 13 | 9 | 14 | 16 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 16 | 16 | 13 | 16 | 13 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 |

#### Matches

The 2020–21 season fixtures were released on 21 August.

### FA Cup

The third round draw was made by Robbie Savage on 30 November, with Premier League and EFL Championship all entering the competition.

### EFL Cup

The first round draw was made on 18 August, live on Sky Sports, by Paul Merson.

## Squad statistics

| No. | Pos. | Name | League | League | FA Cup | FA Cup | EFL Cup | EFL Cup | Total | Total | Discipline | Discipline |
| No. | Pos. | Name | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | | |
| 2 | DF | Pipa | 35+2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35+2 | 2 | 8 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Harry Toffolo | 31 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 32 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| 5 | MF | Álex Vallejo | 12+4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13+4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | Jonathan Hogg | 37 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 38 | 1 | 9 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Juninho Bacuna | 37+6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 38+6 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Lewis O'Brien | 39+3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39+3 | 3 | 5 | 0 |
| 9 | MF | Duane Holmes | 16+3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16+3 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | Alex Pritchard | 6+12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7+12 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | Richard Stearman | 14+7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14+7 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | Carel Eiting | 17+6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17+6 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | Richard Keogh | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | Rolando Aarons | 5+5 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5+6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | Demeaco Duhaney | 7+6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8+6 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | Isaac Mbenza | 28+8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 28+9 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | Josh Koroma | 19+1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 20+1 | 8 | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | Sorba Thomas | 0+7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | FW | Fraizer Campbell | 35+5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35+5 | 7 | 4 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | Naby Sarr | 41 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 4 | 4 | 1 |
| 25 | FW | Danny Ward | 6+13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7+13 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | Christopher Schindler | 10+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | Romoney Crichlow | 2+2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4+2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | Jaden Brown | 1+12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2+12 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 29 | DF | Aaron Rowe | 10+10 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 12+10 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 30 | DF | Ben Jackson | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | GK | Ryan Schofield | 29+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 33 | MF | Josh Austerfield | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | MF | Matty Daly | 1+4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | DF | Rarmani Edmonds-Green | 16+8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16+8 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 36 | FW | Kieran Phillips | 0+10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | DF | Mustapha Olagunju | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 40 | MF | Brahima Diarra | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 41 | MF | Pat Jones | 0+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | GK | Joel Pereira | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 48 | MF | Etienne Camara | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 49 | MF | Scott High | 1+13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+13 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 50 | MF | Myles Bright | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 55 | FW | Yaya Sanogo | 5+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| — | — | Own goals | – | 4 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 4 | – | – |
| Players who left the club during the season: |||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | Ben Hamer | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | Adama Diakhaby | 7+9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 7+10 | 0 | 1 | 0 |

## Awards
### Huddersfield Town Blue & White Foundation Player of the Month Award

Awarded monthly to the player that was chosen by members of the Blue & White Foundation voting on htafc.com
| Month | Player |
| September/October | Harry Toffolo |
| November | Carel Eiting |
| December | Ryan Schofield |
| January | Harry Toffolo |
| February | Lewis O'Brien |
| March | Naby Sarr |
| Season | Jonathan Hogg |