# 2020–21 Queen of the South F.C. season

The 2020–21 season is Queen of the South's eighth consecutive season in the second tier of Scottish football, the Scottish Championship, having been promoted as champions from the Scottish Second Division at the end of the 2012–13 season. Queens will also be competing in the League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

## Summary

Queens finished sixth in the Championship. The league season was curtailed to 27 matches, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, starting on 17 October 2020 and ending on 30 April 2021.
The Doonhamers were knocked out after the first round of the League Cup after the completion of fixtures in Group G that included Greenock Morton, Partick Thistle, Queen's Park and St Mirren.
Queens reached the third round of the Scottish Cup, losing 3-1 at Palmerston to eventual runners-up Hibernian.
The Challenge Cup was not held during the 2020-21 season due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

## Results & fixtures

Win  Draw  Loss  Abandoned or Postponed

### Scottish Cup
## Player statistics
### Captains

| No. | P | Name | No. games | Notes |
| 11 | FW | Stephen Dobbie | 16 | Club Captain |
| 4 | DF | Gregor Buchanan | 15 | Vice Captain |
| 12 | MF | Rhys McCabe | 2 | Vice Captain |
Last updated: 30 April 2021 Source: Competitive match reports. Competitive matches only Matches started as captain only Country: FIFA nationality; No.: Squad number; P: Position; Name: Player name; No. Games: Number of games started as captain.

### Squad

    As of 30 April 2021
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Scottish Championship | Scottish Championship | League Cup | League Cup | Scottish Cup | Scottish Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | SCO | Jack Leighfield | 6 | 0 | 5+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | ENG | Nortei Nortey | 12 | 1 | 7+3 | 1 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | SCO | James Maxwell | 32 | 5 | 26+0 | 3 | 4+0 | 1 | 2+0 | 1 |
| 4 | DF | SCO | Gregor Buchanan | 31 | 1 | 25+0 | 1 | 4+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | ENG | Ayo Obileye | 33 | 9 | 27+0 | 9 | 4+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | SCO | Joe McKee | 15 | 2 | 10+0 | 2 | 3+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | SCO | Aidan Fitzpatrick | 27 | 4 | 16+6 | 2 | 3+1 | 1 | 1+0 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | ENG | Dan Pybus | 20 | 0 | 13+3 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | SCO | Tommy Goss | 15 | 1 | 2+10 | 1 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | SCO | Connor Shields | 28 | 11 | 21+1 | 8 | 4+0 | 2 | 2+0 | 1 |
| 11 | FW | SCO | Stephen Dobbie | 20 | 4 | 12+5 | 3 | 2+0 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 12 | MF | SCO | Rhys McCabe | 26 | 0 | 20+2 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 13 | GK | ENG | Daniel Armstrong | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | NIR | Harry Robinson | 5 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | SCO | Calvin McGrory | 13 | 0 | 6+4 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 16 | FW | SCO | Euan East | 27 | 2 | 18+5 | 1 | 3+0 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | SCO | Niyah Joseph | 16 | 1 | 5+7 | 0 | 2+1 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | SCO | Kieran McKechnie | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | SCO | Rhys Breen | 16 | 1 | 15+0 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 20 | GK | SCO | Rohan Ferguson | 26 | 0 | 21+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | SCO | Dom McMahon | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | GUI | Disté Sylla | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | SCO | Cameron Crooks | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | SCO | Liam Douglas | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | ENG | Isaiah Jones | 12 | 1 | 9+2 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | SCO | Ciaran Dickson | 6 | 0 | 5+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 29 | FW | SCO | Dapo Mebude | 12 | 2 | 6+5 | 2 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 30 | GK | SCO | Charlie Cowie | 1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 31 | GK | SCO | Josh Rae | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 32 | GK | SCO | Gary Maley | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | SCO | Willie Gibson | 32 | 3 | 26+1 | 2 | 2+1 | 0 | 2+0 | 1 |

### Disciplinary record

    As of 30 April 2021 (UTC)
| Number | Nation | Position | Name | Scottish Championship | Scottish Championship | League Cup | League Cup | Scottish Cup | Scottish Cup | Total | Total |
| 3 | | DF | James Maxwell | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 4 | | DF | Gregor Buchanan | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 5 | | DF | Ayo Obileye | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 6 | | MF | Joe McKee | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 7 | | MF | Aidan Fitzpatrick | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 8 | | MF | Dan Pybus | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 10 | | FW | Connor Shields | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 11 | | FW | Stephen Dobbie | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 12 | | MF | Rhys McCabe | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 15 | | MF | Calvin McGrory | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | | FW | Niyah Joseph | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | | DF | Rhys Breen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | | GK | Rohan Ferguson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 29 | | FW | Dapo Mebude | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 33 | | DF | Willie Gibson | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 43 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 46 | 1 |

### Top scorers

    Last updated 30 April 2021
| Position | Name | Scottish Championship | League Cup | Scottish Cup | Total |
| 1 | Connor Shields | 8 | 2 | 1 | 11 |
| 2 | Ayo Obileye | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| 3 | James Maxwell | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 4 | Stephen Dobbie | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| = | Aidan Fitzpatrick | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | Willie Gibson | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Joe McKee | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| = | Euan East | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| = | Dapo Mebude | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | Niyah Joseph | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| = | Gregor Buchanan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| = | Tommy Goss | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| = | Isaiah Jones | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| = | Nortei Nortey | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| = | Rhys Breen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |

### Clean sheets

| R | Pos | Name | Scottish Championship | League Cup | Scottish Cup | Total |
| 1 | GK | Jack Leighfield | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 20 | GK | Rohan Ferguson | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 30 | GK | Charlie Cowie | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| | | Totals | 5 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
Last updated: 30 April 2021 Source: Match reports in Competitive matches

## Team statistics
### Scottish Championship
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 4 | Dunfermline Athletic | 27 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 38 | 34 | +4 | 39 | Qualification for the Premiership play-off quarter-final |
| 5 | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | 27 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 36 | 31 | +5 | 36 | |
| 6 | Queen of the South | 27 | 9 | 5 | 13 | 38 | 51 | −13 | 32 | |
| 7 | Arbroath | 27 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 28 | 34 | −6 | 30 | |
| 8 | Ayr United | 27 | 6 | 11 | 10 | 31 | 37 | −6 | 29 | |

#### Results by round

| Round | 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 |
| Ground | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H |
| Result | L | L | L | D | W | L | L | L | L | W | W | D | W | L | D | W | W | W | W | L | L | W | D | L | L | D | L |
| Position | 6 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 |

### League Cup table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | PW | PL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | STM | QOS | PAR | GMO | QPK |
| 1 | St Mirren | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 10 | Qualification for the Second round | — | — | 4–1 | p1–1 | — |
| 2 | Queen of the South | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 7 | | 2–2p | — | 0–0p | — | — |
| 3 | Partick Thistle | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 7 | | — | — | — | p0–0 | 2–0 |
| 4 | Greenock Morton | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 6 | | — | 2–2p | — | — | 1–0 |
| 5 | Queen's Park | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 7 | −6 | 0 | | 0–1 | 1–3 | — | — | — |

### Management statistics

    Last updated 3 May 2021
| Name | From | To | P | W | D | L | Win% |
| Allan Johnston | 6 October 2020 | 30 April 2021 | 33 | 11 | 8 | 14 | 033.33 |