# 2020–21 West Ham United F.C. season

The 2020–21 season was the 126th season in existence of West Ham United Football Club and the club's ninth consecutive season in the top flight of English football. In addition to the domestic league, West Ham United participated in this season's edition of the FA Cup, and reached the fourth round of the EFL Cup. They finished sixth in the Premier League achieving 65 points, a club record. They also won 19 games and nine away games, also records. Their league positioned qualified them to play in the 2021–22 UEFA Europa League.

## Season squad

| Squad No. | Name | Position(s) | Date of birth (Age) |
| Goalkeepers |||||
| 1 | Łukasz Fabiański | GK | (1985-04-18)18 April 1985 (aged 36) |
| 25 | David Martin | GK | (1986-01-22)22 January 1986 (aged 35) |
| 35 | Darren Randolph | GK | (1987-05-12)12 May 1987 (aged 34) |
| Defenders |||||
| 3 | Aaron Cresswell | DF | (1989-12-15)15 December 1989 (aged 31) |
| 4 | Fabián Balbuena | DF | (1991-08-23)23 August 1991 (aged 29) |
| 5 | Vladimír Coufal | DF | (1992-08-22)22 August 1992 (aged 28) |
| 14 | Frederik Alves | DF | (1999-11-08)8 November 1999 (aged 21) |
| 15 | Craig Dawson (on loan from Watford) | DF | (1990-05-06)6 May 1990 (aged 31) |
| 21 | Angelo Ogbonna | DF | (1988-05-23)23 May 1988 (aged 33) |
| 23 | Issa Diop | DF | (1997-01-09)9 January 1997 (aged 24) |
| 24 | Ryan Fredericks | DF | (1992-10-10)10 October 1992 (aged 28) |
| 26 | Arthur Masuaku | DF | (1993-11-07)7 November 1993 (aged 27) |
| 31 | Ben Johnson | DF | (2000-01-24)24 January 2000 (aged 21) |
| Midfielders |||||
| 10 | Manuel Lanzini | MF | (1993-02-15)15 February 1993 (aged 28) |
| 11 | Jesse Lingard (on loan from Manchester United) | MF | (1992-12-15)15 December 1992 (aged 28) |
| 16 | Mark Noble (C) | MF | (1987-05-08)8 May 1987 (aged 34) |
| 18 | Pablo Fornals | MF | (1996-02-22)22 February 1996 (aged 25) |
| 28 | Tomáš Souček | MF | (1995-02-27)27 February 1995 (aged 26) |
| 41 | Declan Rice | MF | (1999-01-14)14 January 1999 (aged 22) |
| Forwards |||||
| 7 | Andriy Yarmolenko | FW | (1989-10-23)23 October 1989 (aged 31) |
| 9 | Saïd Benrahma | FW | (1995-08-10)10 August 1995 (aged 25) |
| 20 | Jarrod Bowen | FW | (1996-12-20)20 December 1996 (aged 24) |
| 30 | Michail Antonio | FW | (1990-03-28)28 March 1990 (aged 31) |
Last updated: 23 May 2021. Source: West Ham United F.C.

## Transfers
### Transfers in

| Date from | Position | Name | From | Fee | Team |
| 1 July 2020 | CB | Michael Forbes | Dungannon Swifts | Undisclosed | Academy |
| 17 July 2020 | MF | Remy Coddington | Bournemouth | Undisclosed | Academy |
| 24 July 2020 | DM | Tomáš Souček | Slavia Prague | £15,000,000 | First team |
| 2 September 2020 | CM | Ossama Ashley | AFC Wimbledon | Free transfer | Academy |
| 2 October 2020 | RB | Vladimír Coufal | Slavia Prague | £5,000,000 | First team |
| 2 January 2021 | CB | Frederik Alves | Silkeborg | Undisclosed | First team |
| 28 January 2021 | LW | Saïd Benrahma | Brentford | Undisclosed | First team |

### Loans in

| Date from | Position | Name | From | Date until | Team |
| 12 October 2020 | CB | Craig Dawson | Watford | End of season | First team |
| 16 October 2020 | LW | Saïd Benrahma | Brentford | 29 January 2021 | First team |
| 29 January 2021 | MF | Jesse Lingard | Manchester United | End of season | First team |

### Loans out

| Date from | Position | Name | To | Date until | Team |
| 3 September 2020 | RW | Dan Kemp | Blackpool | 15 January 2021 | Under-23s |
| 6 October 2020 | CB | Tunji Akinola | Leyton Orient | End of season | Under-23s |
| 6 October 2020 | FW | Xande Silva | Aris Thessaloniki | End of season | Under-23s |
| 6 October 2020 | AM | Felipe Anderson | Porto | End of season | First team |
| 30 January 2021 | CB | Gonçalo Cardoso | Basel | June 2022 | Under-23s |
| 1 February 2021 | LW | Oladapo Afolayan | Bolton Wanderers | End of season | Under-23s |
| 1 February 2021 | CB | Aji Alese | Cambridge United | End of season | Under-23s |
| 1 February 2021 | CB | Winston Reid | Brentford | End of season | First team |
| 23 February 2021 | CM | Alfie Lewis | St Patrick's Athletic | End of season | Under-23s |

### Transfers out

| Date from | Position | Name | To | Fee | Team |
| 1 July 2020 | RB | Jeremy Ngakia | Watford | Free transfer | First team |
| 1 July 2020 | DM | Carlos Sánchez | Watford | Released | First team |
| 1 July 2020 | RB | Pablo Zabaleta | Retired | Retired | First team |
| 30 July 2020 | DM | Jake Giddings | Crystal Palace | Free transfer | Academy |
| 4 August 2020 | CM | Sebastian Nebyla | Dunajska Streda | Undisclosed | Academy |
| 13 August 2020 | CF | Albian Ajeti | Celtic | £5,000,000 | First team |
| 19 August 2020 | CF | Veron Parkes | Fortuna Sittard | Free transfer | Academy |
| 24 August 2020 | CF | Jordan Hugill | Norwich City | Undisclosed | First team |
| 28 August 2020 | GK | Roberto | Valladolid | Free transfer | First team |
| 2 September 2020 | LW | Benicio Baker-Boaitey | Porto | Undisclosed | Academy |
| 19 September 2020 | LB | Reece Hannam | Crystal Palace | Free transfer | Academy |
| 4 September 2020 | LW | Grady Diangana | West Bromwich Albion | Undisclosed | First team |
| 4 September 2020 | LW | Josh Cullen | Anderlecht | Undisclosed | First team |
| 5 October 2020 | CM | Jack Wilshere | Bournemouth | Free transfer | First team |
| 18 November 2020 | AM | Louie Watson | Derby County | Free transfer | Academy |
| 8 January 2021 | CF | Sébastien Haller | Ajax | Undisclosed | First team |
| 8 January 2021 | RW | Robert Snodgrass | West Bromwich Albion | Undisclosed | First team |
| 15 January 2021 | RW | Dan Kemp | Leyton Orient | Undisclosed | Under-23s |

## Pre-season and friendlies

In March 2020, West Ham announced their participation in a July 2020 tournament, the EVA Air Queensland Champions Cup, in Queensland, Australia alongside Brisbane Roar and Crystal Palace. Following the outbreak of COVID-19, the tour was cancelled.

## 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 | 12 September 2020 | 23 May 2021 | Matchday 1 | 6th | 38 | 19 | 8 | 11 | 62 | 47 | +15 | 050.00 |
| FA Cup | 11 January 2021 | 9 February 2021 | Third round | Fifth round | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 066.67 |
| EFL Cup | 15 September 2020 | 30 September 2020 | Second round | Fourth round | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 5 | +4 | 066.67 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 44 | 23 | 8 | 13 | 76 | 53 | +23 | 052.27 |
Source: Soccerway

### Premier League
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 4 | Chelsea | 38 | 19 | 10 | 9 | 58 | 36 | +22 | 67 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 5 | Leicester City | 38 | 20 | 6 | 12 | 68 | 50 | +18 | 66 | Qualification for the Europa League group stage |
| 6 | West Ham United | 38 | 19 | 8 | 11 | 62 | 47 | +15 | 65 | Qualification for the Europa League group stage |
| 7 | Tottenham Hotspur | 38 | 18 | 8 | 12 | 68 | 45 | +23 | 62 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League play-off round |
| 8 | Arsenal | 38 | 18 | 7 | 13 | 55 | 39 | +16 | 61 | |
* ↑ Since the winners of the 2020–21 FA Cup, Leicester City, also qualified for the Europa League based on league position, the second Europa League group stage berth allocated to England was transferred to the sixth-placed team.
* ↑ Since the winners of the 2020–21 EFL Cup, Manchester City, qualified for European competition based on league position, the Europa Conference League berth awarded to the EFL Cup winners was transferred to the highest-placed Premier League team not already qualified for European competition, the seventh-placed team.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
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 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H |
| Result | L | L | W | W | D | D | L | W | W | W | L | W | D | L | D | D | W | W | W | W | L | W | D | W | W | L | W | L | D | W | W | L | L | W | L | D | W | W |
| Position | 14 | 16 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 6 |

#### Matches

The 2020–21 season fixtures were released on 20 August.

### 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 6 September, 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.

## Statistics

* Correct as of 23 May 2021

### 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 | POL | Łukasz Fabiański | 37 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | GK | ENG | Nathan Trott | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | GK | IRL | Darren Randolph | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||
| 3 | DF | ENG | Aaron Cresswell | 39 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | PAR | Fabián Balbuena | 18 | 1 | 13+1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | CZE | Vladimír Coufal | 36 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | ENG | Craig Dawson | 24 | 4 | 22 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | ITA | Angelo Ogbonna | 30 | 3 | 28 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | FRA | Issa Diop | 21 | 2 | 15+3 | 2 | 1+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | ENG | Ryan Fredericks | 16 | 1 | 6+8 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | COD | Arthur Masuaku | 13 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 31 | DF | ENG | Ben Johnson | 20 | 1 | 5+9 | 1 | 2+1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 50 | DF | SCO | Harrison Ashby | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 56 | DF | ENG | Emmanuel Longelo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 75 | DF | ENG | Jamal Baptiste | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||
| 11 | MF | ENG | Jesse Lingard | 16 | 9 | 16 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | ENG | Mark Noble | 25 | 0 | 8+13 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | ESP | Pablo Fornals | 36 | 6 | 31+2 | 5 | 2+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | CZE | Tomáš Souček | 41 | 10 | 38 | 10 | 2+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 41 | MF | ENG | Declan Rice | 35 | 2 | 32 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 54 | MF | IRL | Conor Coventry | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||
| 7 | FW | UKR | Andriy Yarmolenko | 21 | 3 | 1+14 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| 9 | FW | ALG | Saïd Benrahma | 33 | 1 | 14+16 | 1 | 2+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | ARG | Manuel Lanzini | 23 | 1 | 5+12 | 1 | 2+1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | ENG | Jarrod Bowen | 40 | 8 | 30+8 | 8 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | FW | ENG | Michail Antonio | 27 | 10 | 24+2 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 45 | FW | IRL | Ademipo Odubeko | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players who left the club on loan or permanently during the season ||||||||||||
| 8 | FW | BRA | Felipe Anderson | 5 | 1 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 11 | MF | SCO | Robert Snodgrass | 6 | 2 | 0+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| 19 | DF | ENG | Jack Wilshere | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | FW | CIV | Sébastien Haller | 19 | 7 | 10+6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 33 | MF | IRL | Josh Cullen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 40 | MF | ENG | Oladapo Afolayan | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 42 | DF | ENG | Ajibola Alese | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |

### Goalscorers

| Rank | Pos | No. | Nat | Name | Premier League | FA Cup | League Cup | Total |
| 1 | MF | 28 | | Tomáš Souček | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 1 | FW | 30 | | Michail Antonio | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 3 | MF | 11 | | Jesse Lingard | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| 4 | FW | 20 | | Jarrod Bowen | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 5 | FW | 22 | | Sébastien Haller | 3 | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| 6 | MF | 18 | | Pablo Fornals | 5 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 7 | DF | 15 | | Craig Dawson | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 8 | FW | 7 | | Andriy Yarmolenko | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 8 | DF | 21 | | Angelo Ogbonna | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 11 | MF | 11 | | Robert Snodgrass | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 11 | DF | 23 | | Issa Diop | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | MF | 41 | | Declan Rice | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 13 | DF | 4 | | Fabián Balbuena | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | FW | 8 | | Felipe Anderson | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 13 | MF | 9 | | Saïd Benrahma | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | FW | 10 | | Manuel Lanzini | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | DF | 24 | | Ryan Fredericks | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | DF | 31 | | Ben Johnson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | MF | 40 | | Oladapo Afolayan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 62 | 5 | 9 | 76 |