# 2020–21 Everton F.C. season

The 2020–21 Everton Football Club season was the club's 118th season in existence and the club's 67th consecutive season in the top flight of English football. In addition to the domestic league, Everton participated in this season's editions of the FA Cup and the EFL Cup.

## Kits

| Home | Alt. Home | Alt. Home 2 | Alt. Home 3 | Away | Third |

## Transfers
### Transfers in

| Date | Position | Name | From | Fee | Team |
| 2 July 2020 | LB | Niels Nkounkou | Marseille | Free | First team |
| 5 September 2020 | DM | Allan | Napoli | £21,700,000 | First team |
| 7 September 2020 | AM | James Rodríguez | Real Madrid | Free | First team |
| 8 September 2020 | CM | Abdoulaye Doucouré | Watford | £20,000,000 | First team |
| 4 October 2020 | DM | Imam Jagne | BK Häcken | Undisclosed | Academy |
| 5 October 2020 | CB | Ben Godfrey | Norwich City | £20,000,000 | First team |
| 1 February 2021 | FW | Joshua King | Bournemouth | Nominal | First team |

### Loans in

| Date | Position | Nationality | Name | From | Date Until | Team | Ref. |
| 5 October 2020 | GK | | Robin Olsen | Roma | End of Season | First team | |

### Transfers out

| Date | Position | Name | To | Fee | Team |
| 1 July 2020 | RW | Korede Adedoyin | Sheffield Wednesday | Free | Under-23s |
| 1 July 2020 | LB | Jonathan Anderson | Caernarfon Town | Free | Academy |
| 1 July 2020 | RW | Mohamed-Ali Cho | Angers | Free | Academy |
| 1 July 2020 | DM | Alex Denny | Salford City | Free | Under-23s |
| 1 July 2020 | CB | Morgan Feeney | Sunderland | Free | Under-23s |
| 1 July 2020 | LB | Matty Foulds | Como 1907 | Free | Under-23s |
| 1 July 2020 | LB | Luke Garbutt | Blackpool | Free | First team |
| 1 July 2020 | ST | Fraser Hornby | Reims | £1,800,000 | Under-23s |
| 1 July 2020 | RB | Joshua Hosie | Furman Paladins | Released | Academy |
| 1 July 2020 | CF | Manasse Mampala | Queens Park Rangers | Free | Under-23s |
| 1 July 2020 | RB | Cuco Martina | Unattached | Released | First team |
| 1 July 2020 | CF | Oumar Niasse | Huddersfield Town | Released | First team |
| 1 July 2020 | GK | Daniel Rose | Schalke 04 | Free | Academy |
| 1 July 2020 | DM | Morgan Schneiderlin | Nice | £2,000,000 | First team |
| 13 July 2020 | CF | Kieran Phillips | Huddersfield Town | Free | Under-23s |
| 26 July 2020 | LB | Leighton Baines | Retired | Retired | First team |
| 30 July 2020 | AM | Kieran Dowell | Norwich City | £2,200,000 | First team |
| 1 August 2020 | GK | Maarten Stekelenburg | Ajax | Free | First team |
| 5 October 2020 | ST | Sandro Ramirez | Huesca | Free | First team |
| 13 October 2020 | ST | Shani Tarashaj | Zürich | Released | Under-23s |
| 1 February 2021 | GK | Jonas Lossl | FC Midtjylland | Free | First team |

### Loans out

| Date from | Position | Name | To | Date until | Team |
| 8 August 2019 | ST | Shani Tarashaj | FC Emmen | 13 October 2020 | Under-23s |
| 28 July 2020 | DM | Nathangelo Markelo | FC Twente | End of season | Under-23s |
| 22 September 2020 | CB | Lewis Gibson | Reading | End of season | Under-23s |
| 25 September 2020 | CM | Dennis Adeniran | Wycombe Wanderers | End of season | Under-23s |
| 4 October 2020 | CF | Moise Kean | Paris Saint-Germain | End of season | First team |
| 5 October 2020 | RW | Theo Walcott | Southampton | End of season | First team |
| 16 October 2020 | DM | Callum Connolly | Fleetwood Town | End of season | Under-23s |
| 31 December 2020 | CB | Matthew Pennington | Shrewsbury Town | End of season | Under-23s |
| 14 January 2021 | CB | Jarrad Branthwaite | Blackburn Rovers | End of season | First team |
| 20 January 2021 | CF | Ellis Simms | Blackpool | End of season | Under-23s |
| 28 January 2021 | LW | Yannick Bolasie | Middlesbrough | End of season | First team |
| 1 February 2021 | CF | Cenk Tosun | Beşiktaş | End of season | First team |
| 1 February 2021 | RB | Jonjoe Kenny | Celtic | End of season | First team |
| 1 February 2021 | RW | Anthony Gordon | Preston North End | End of season | First team |
| 1 February 2021 | DM | Beni Baningime | Derby County | End of season | Under-23s |
* ↑ Shani Tarashaj left Everton after his loan cancellation.

## 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 % |
| Premier League | 13 September 2020 | 23 May 2021 | Matchday 1 | 10th | 38 | 17 | 8 | 13 | 47 | 48 | −1 | 044.74 |
| FA Cup | 9 January 2021 | 20 March 2021 | Third round | Quarter-finals | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 7 | +3 | 075.00 |
| EFL Cup | 16 September 2020 | 23 December 2020 | Second round | Quarter-finals | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 5 | +7 | 075.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 46 | 23 | 8 | 15 | 69 | 60 | +9 | 050.00 |
Source: Soccerway

### Premier League
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 8 | Arsenal | 38 | 18 | 7 | 13 | 55 | 39 | +16 | 61 |
| 9 | Leeds United | 38 | 18 | 5 | 15 | 62 | 54 | +8 | 59 |
| 10 | Everton | 38 | 17 | 8 | 13 | 47 | 48 | −1 | 59 |
| 11 | Aston Villa | 38 | 16 | 7 | 15 | 55 | 46 | +9 | 55 |
| 12 | Newcastle United | 38 | 12 | 9 | 17 | 46 | 62 | −16 | 45 |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source: Premier League

#### 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 |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A |
| Result | W | W | W | W | D | L | L | L | W | L | D | W | W | W | W | L | L | W | D | D | L | W | D | L | W | W | W | L | L | D | D | D | W | L | W | L | W | L |
| Position | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 10 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 20 August 2020.

### FA Cup

The third round draw was made on 30 November, with Premier League and EFL Championship clubs all entering the competition. The draw for the fourth and fifth round were made on 11 January, conducted by Peter Crouch.

### EFL Cup

The draw for both the second and third round were confirmed on September 6, live on Sky Sports by Phil Babb. The fourth round draw was conducted on 17 September 2020 by Laura Woods and Lee Hendrie live on Sky Sports.

## Squad
### Current squad

    As of 1 February 2021
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | ENG | Jordan Pickford |
| 4 | DF | ENG | Mason Holgate |
| 5 | DF | ENG | Michael Keane |
| 6 | MF | BRA | Allan |
| 7 | FW | BRA | Richarlison |
| 8 | MF | ENG | Fabian Delph |
| 9 | FW | ENG | Dominic Calvert-Lewin |
| 10 | MF | ISL | Gylfi Sigurðsson (vice-captain) |
| 11 | FW | NOR | Joshua King |
| 12 | DF | FRA | Lucas Digne (3rd captain) |
| 13 | DF | COL | Yerry Mina |
| 16 | MF | MLI | Abdoulaye Doucouré |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 17 | MF | NGA | Alex Iwobi |
| 18 | DF | FRA | Niels Nkounkou |
| 19 | MF | COL | James Rodríguez |
| 21 | MF | POR | André Gomes |
| 22 | DF | ENG | Ben Godfrey |
| 23 | DF | IRL | Séamus Coleman (captain) |
| 25 | MF | CIV | Jean-Philippe Gbamin |
| 26 | MF | ENG | Tom Davies |
| 31 | GK | POR | João Virgínia |
| 33 | GK | SWE | Robin Olsen (on loan from Roma) |

### Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | FW | ITA | Moise Kean (at Paris Saint-Germain until 30 June 2021) |
| — | FW | ENG | Theo Walcott (at Southampton until 30 June 2021) |
| — | DF | ENG | Jarrad Branthwaite (at Blackburn Rovers until 30 June 2021) |
| — | DF | ENG | Jonjoe Kenny (at Celtic until 30 June 2021) |
| — | FW | ENG | Anthony Gordon (at Preston North End until 30 June 2021) |
| — | FW | TUR | Cenk Tosun (at Beşiktaş until 30 June 2021) |

## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Premier League | Premier League | FA Cup | FA Cup | League Cup | League Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | ENG | Jordan Pickford | 33 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 31 | GK | POR | João Virgínia | 3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 33 | GK | SWE | Robin Olsen | 11 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||
| 4 | DF | ENG | Mason Holgate | 31 | 1 | 26+2 | 1 | 2+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | ENG | Michael Keane | 41 | 4 | 33+2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 12 | DF | FRA | Lucas Digne | 36 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | COL | Yerry Mina | 29 | 3 | 23+1 | 2 | 3+1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | FRA | Niels Nkounkou | 6 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | ENG | Ben Godfrey | 36 | 0 | 29+2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | IRL | Séamus Coleman | 31 | 0 | 18+7 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||
| 6 | MF | BRA | Allan | 26 | 0 | 23+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | ENG | Fabian Delph | 10 | 0 | 2+6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | ISL | Gylfi Sigurðsson | 44 | 8 | 24+12 | 6 | 3+1 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| 16 | MF | MLI | Abdoulaye Doucouré | 34 | 3 | 29 | 2 | 2+1 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | POR | André Gomes | 32 | 0 | 17+11 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | CIV | Jean-Philippe Gbamin | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | ENG | Tom Davies | 30 | 0 | 17+8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 |
| 51 | MF | ENG | Thierry Small | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 62 | MF | ENG | Tyler Onyango | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||
| 7 | FW | BRA | Richarlison | 40 | 13 | 33+1 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| 9 | FW | ENG | Dominic Calvert-Lewin | 39 | 21 | 32+1 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| 11 | FW | NOR | Joshua King | 11 | 0 | 0+11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | NGA | Alex Iwobi | 36 | 2 | 17+13 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2+1 | 1 |
| 19 | FW | COL | James Rodríguez | 26 | 6 | 21+2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | BRA | Bernard | 18 | 3 | 3+9 | 1 | 0+3 | 1 | 2+1 | 1 |
| 34 | FW | WAL | Nathan Broadhead | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players transferred/loaned out during the season ||||||||||||
| 2 | DF | ENG | Jonjoe Kenny | 8 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | ENG | Theo Walcott | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | TUR | Cenk Tosun | 7 | 1 | 0+5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 24 | FW | ENG | Anthony Gordon | 7 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 27 | FW | ITA | Moise Kean | 4 | 2 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 2 |
| 32 | DF | ENG | Jarrad Branthwaite | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 49 | GK | DEN | Jonas Lössl | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Last updated: 23 May 2021 Source: Competitions

### Goalscorers

    As of match played 23 May 2021.
| Rank | Pos. | No. | Player | Premier League | FA Cup | League Cup | Total |
| 1 | FW | 9 | Dominic Calvert-Lewin | 16 | 2 | 3 | 21 |
| 2 | FW | 7 | Richarlison | 7 | 3 | 3 | 13 |
| 3 | MF | 10 | Gylfi Sigurðsson | 6 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| 4 | MF | 19 | James Rodríguez | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 5 | DF | 5 | Michael Keane | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | DF | 13 | Yerry Mina | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | MF | 16 | Abdoulaye Doucoure | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | MF | 20 | Bernard | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 9 | FW | 27 | Moise Kean | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 9 | MF | 17 | Alex Iwobi | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 11 | DF | 4 | Mason Holgate | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | FW | 14 | Cenk Tosun | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 46 | 10 | 12 | 68 |
Source: Match reports in Competitions

### Assists

    As of match played 23 May 2021.
| Rank | Pos. | No. | Player | Premier League | FA Cup | League Cup | Total |
| 1 | MF | 10 | Gylfi Sigurðsson | 5 | 3 | 2 | 10 |
| 2 | MF | 19 | James Rodríguez | 4 | 3 | 1 | 8 |
| 3 | DF | 12 | Lucas Digne | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 4 | FW | 7 | Richarlison | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | MF | 17 | Alex Iwobi | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | FW | 24 | Anthony Gordon | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | MF | 16 | Abdoulaye Doucouré | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | DF | 23 | Séamus Coleman | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | MF | 21 | Andre Gomes | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | DF | 5 | Michael Keane | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 | FW | 9 | Dominic Calvert-Lewin | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | DF | 22 | Ben Godfrey | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 13 | MF | 26 | Tom Davies | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | MF | 20 | Bernard | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 13 | DF | 18 | Niels Nkounkou | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 33 | 9 | 9 | 51 |
Source: Match reports in Competitions

### Clean sheets

    As of match played 23 May 2021.
| Rank | Pos. | No. | Player | Premier League | FA Cup | League Cup | Total |
| 1 | GK | 1 | Jordan Pickford | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 2 | GK | 33 | Robin Olsen | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | GK | 31 | João Virgínia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 12 | 1 | 1 | 14 |
Source: Match reports in Competitions

### Disciplinary record

    As of match played 23 May 2021.
| Rank | Position | Name | Premier League | Premier League | FA Cup | FA Cup | League Cup | League Cup | Total | Total |
| 1 | DF | Mason Holgate | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 2 | MF | Allan | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 3 | MF | Abdoulaye Doucouré | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 3 | FW | Richarlison | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| 5 | DF | Ben Godfrey | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 5 | MF | André Gomes | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Lucas Digne | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 8 | FW | Dominic Calvert-Lewin | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 8 | DF | Yerry Mina | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 8 | DF | Michael Keane | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | James Rodríguez | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 12 | FW | Bernard | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 12 | MF | Tom Davies | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 12 | MF | Fabian Delph | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 12 | MF | Gylfi Sigurðsson | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | Niels Nkounkou | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | FW | Cenk Tosun | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | GK | Jordan Pickford | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | GK | Robin Olsen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Total | Total | Total | 53 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 61 | 2 |
Source: Match reports in Competitions