# 2020–21 Charlton Athletic F.C. season

The 2020–21 Charlton Athletic season was the club's 115th season in their existence, having been founded in 1905, and was their first back in League One following relegation from the Championship. Along with competing in League One, the club also participated in the FA Cup, EFL Cup and the EFL Trophy. The season covered the period from 1 August 2020 to 30 June 2021.

## Squad statistics

    As of 9 May 2021
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | League One | League One | FA Cup | FA Cup | League Cup | League Cup | EFL Trophy | EFL Trophy |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 2 | DF | WAL | Chris Gunter | 36 | 1 | 31+5 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | ENG | Ben Purrington | 32 | 2 | 19+9 | 2 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | ENG | Deji Oshilaja | 20 | 1 | 16+1 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | ENG | Akin Famewo (on loan from Norwich City) | 22 | 0 | 20+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | ENG | Jason Pearce | 27 | 0 | 24+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | WAL | Jonny Williams | 21 | 2 | 7+11 | 2 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | ENG | Diallang Jaiyesimi | 14 | 1 | 7+7 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | ENG | Jake Forster-Caskey | 38 | 6 | 32+2 | 6 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | ZIM | Macauley Bonne | 6 | 1 | 3+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | ENG | Jayden Stockley (on loan from Preston North End) | 22 | 8 | 20+2 | 8 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | ENG | Chuks Aneke | 41 | 16 | 11+27 | 15 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+2 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | ENG | Alex Gilbey | 25 | 3 | 18+5 | 3 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 12 | MF | SCO | Andrew Shinnie (on loan from Luton Town) | 29 | 3 | 18+11 | 3 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 13 | GK | ENG | Ben Amos | 48 | 0 | 46+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | NIR | Conor Washington | 38 | 11 | 28+8 | 11 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | ENG | Darren Pratley | 41 | 1 | 33+6 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | WAL | Adam Matthews | 29 | 0 | 22+5 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | ENG | Omar Bogle | 17 | 2 | 12+5 | 2 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | ENG | Alfie Doughty | 10 | 1 | 7+0 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | ENG | Matt Smith (on loan from Arsenal) | 8 | 0 | 3+5 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | ENG | Albie Morgan | 33 | 2 | 14+14 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 3+0 | 1 |
| 20 | MF | TUR | Erhun Oztumer | 5 | 1 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 1 |
| 21 | MF | ENG | Marcus Maddison | 10 | 2 | 4+4 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 1 |
| 22 | DF | NED | Ian Maatsen (on loan from Chelsea) | 35 | 1 | 31+3 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | WAL | Dylan Levitt (on loan from Manchester United) | 5 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | ENG | Ryan Inniss | 14 | 1 | 12+1 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 25 | FW | ENG | Josh Davison | 2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | ENG | Ben Watson | 30 | 1 | 24+5 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 27 | FW | CAN | Liam Millar (on loan from Liverpool) | 27 | 2 | 23+4 | 2 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 28 | FW | NIR | Paul Smyth (on loan from Queens Park Rangers) | 14 | 1 | 8+6 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 29 | FW | DEN | Ronnie Schwartz | 16 | 1 | 3+13 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 30 | GK | AUS | Ashley Maynard-Brewer | 4 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
| 31 | GK | ENG | Nathan Harness | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 32 | MF | ENG | George Lapslie | 6 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 33 | MF | ENG | Ben Dempsey | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 34 | FW | ALG | Wassim Aouachria | 1 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 1 |
| 35 | MF | ENG | James Vennings | 6 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
| 36 | MF | ENG | Jay Mingi | 2 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 1 |
| 37 | MF | ENG | Johl Powell | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 38 | MF | GNB | Junior Quitirna | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 39 | DF | ENG | Luca Vega | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 40 | MF | ENG | Brendan Wiredu | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 41 | GK | ENG | Joseph Osaghae | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 44 | FW | LBN | Hady Ghandour | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 45 | DF | ENG | Lucas Ness | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 48 | DF | ENG | Charlie Barker | 9 | 1 | 3+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 1 | 3+0 | 0 |
| 49 | DF | ENG | Kasim Aidoo | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 50 | MF | ENG | Aaron Henry | 3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 52 | FW | IRL | Dylan Gavin | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |

### Top scorers

    As of 9 May 2021
| Place | Position | Nation | Number | Name | League One | FA Cup | League Cup | EFL Trophy | Total |
| 1 | FW | | 10 | Chuks Aneke | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16 |
| 2 | FW | | 14 | Conor Washington | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| 3 | FW | | 9 | Jayden Stockley | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 4 | MF | | 8 | Jake Forster-Caskey | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 5 | MF | | 12 | Andrew Shinnie | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| = | MF | | 11 | Alex Gilbey | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | MF | | 7 | Jonny Williams | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| = | DF | | 3 | Ben Purrington | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| = | FW | | 17 | Omar Bogle | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| = | FW | | 27 | Liam Millar | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| = | MF | | 19 | Albie Morgan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| = | MF | | 21 | Marcus Maddison | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 13 | MF | | 18 | Alfie Doughty | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| = | MF | | 15 | Darren Pratley | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| = | FW | | 28 | Paul Smyth | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| = | MF | | 26 | Ben Watson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| = | DF | | 2 | Chris Gunter | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| = | FW | | 29 | Ronnie Schwartz | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| = | DF | | 4 | Deji Oshilaja | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| = | MF | | 7 | Diallang Jaiyesimi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| = | DF | | 22 | Ian Maatsen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| = | DF | | 24 | Ryan Inniss | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| = | FW | | 9 | Macauley Bonne | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| = | DF | | 48 | Charlie Barker | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| = | MF | | 20 | Erhun Oztumer | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| = | FW | | 34 | Wassim Aouachria | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| = | MF | | 36 | Jay Mingi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 70 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 78 |

### Disciplinary record

    As of 9 May 2021
| Number | Nation | Position | Name | League One | League One | FA Cup | FA Cup | League Cup | League Cup | EFL Trophy | EFL Trophy | Total | Total |
| 10 | | FW | Chuks Aneke | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2 |
| 26 | | MF | Ben Watson | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| 22 | | DF | Ian Maatsen | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 11 | | MF | Alex Gilbey | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 15 | | MF | Darren Pratley | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 |
| 19 | | MF | Albie Morgan | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 1 |
| 8 | | MF | Jake Forster-Caskey | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 4 | | DF | Deji Oshilaja | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 6 | | DF | Jason Pearce | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 3 | | DF | Ben Purrington | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 2 | | DF | Chris Gunter | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 24 | | DF | Ryan Inniss | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 1 | | GK | Ben Amos | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 27 | | FW | Liam Millar | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 21 | | MF | Marcus Maddison | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 28 | | FW | Paul Smyth | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 12 | | MF | Andrew Shinnie | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 9 | | FW | Jayden Stockley | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 23 | | MF | Dylan Levitt | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 48 | | DF | Charlie Barker | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | | MF | Alfie Doughty | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | | DF | Akin Famewo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | | MF | Diallang Jaiyesimi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | | MF | Erhun Oztumer | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 49 | | DF | Kasim Aidoo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 34 | | FW | Wassim Aouachria | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 98 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 108 | 8 |

## Transfers
### Transfers in

| Date from | Position | Name | From | Fee |
| 12 August 2020 | CM | Alex Gilbey | Milton Keynes Dons | Undisclosed |
| 13 August 2020 | CF | Conor Washington | Heart of Midlothian | Undisclosed |
| 14 August 2020 | FW | Hady Ghandour | Tooting & Mitcham United | Free transfer |
| 14 August 2020 | DF | Lucas Ness | Metropolitan Police | Free transfer |
| 25 September 2020 | CM | Ben Watson | Nottingham Forest | Free transfer |
| 1 October 2020 | AM | Marcus Maddison | Peterborough United | Free transfer |
| 8 October 2020 | RB | Chris Gunter | Reading | Free transfer |
| 9 October 2020 | CF | Omar Bogle | Cardiff City | Free transfer |
| 13 October 2020 | CB | Ryan Inniss | Crystal Palace | Undisclosed |
| 26 October 2020 | RB | Adam Matthews | Free agent | Free transfer |
| 4 January 2021 | CF | Ronnie Schwartz | Midtjylland | Undisclosed |
| 1 February 2021 | RW | Diallang Jaiyesimi | Swindon Town | Undisclosed |
| 19 February 2021 | CM | Andrew Shinnie | Luton Town | Undisclosed |

### Transfers out

| Date from | Position | Name | To | Fee |
| 14 August 2020 | CF | Tomer Hemed | Wellington Phoenix | Released |
| 14 August 2020 | LB | Lewis Page | Exeter City | Released |
| 14 August 2020 | DF | Naby Sarr | Huddersfield Town | Released |
| 1 September 2020 | CB | Tom Lockyer | Luton Town | Free Transfer |
| 2 October 2020 | CF | Macauley Bonne | Queens Park Rangers | Undisclosed |
| 16 October 2020 | GK | Dillon Phillips | Cardiff City | Undisclosed |
| 19 January 2021 | CM | George Lapslie | Mansfield Town | Undisclosed |
| 22 January 2021 | MF | Alfie Doughty | Stoke City | Undisclosed |
| 29 January 2021 | CF | Omar Bogle | Doncaster Rovers | Undisclosed |
| 1 February 2021 | MF | Brendan Wiredu | Colchester United | Undisclosed |
| 1 February 2021 | AM | Jonny Williams | Cardiff City | Undisclosed |

### Loans in

| Date from | Position | Name | From | Date until |
| 8 September 2020 | CM | Dylan Levitt | Manchester United | 8 January 2021 |
| 26 September 2020 | CB | Akin Famewo | Norwich City | End of season |
| 13 October 2020 | LB | Ian Maatsen | Chelsea | End of season |
| 16 October 2020 | CM | Andrew Shinnie | Luton Town | 19 February 2021 |
| 16 October 2020 | CF | Paul Smyth | Queens Park Rangers | 28 January 2021 |
| 5 January 2021 | CF | Liam Millar | Liverpool | End of season |
| 22 January 2021 | CF | Jayden Stockley | Preston North End | End of season |
| 1 February 2021 | CM | Matt Smith | Arsenal | End of season |

### Loans out

| Date from | Position | Name | To | Date until |
| 12 October 2020 | MF | Ben Dempsey | Woking | End of season |
| 15 October 2020 | CM | George Lapslie | Mansfield Town | 19 January 2021 |
| 15 October 2020 | AM | Erhun Oztumer | Bristol Rovers | End of season |
| 24 October 2020 | CF | Josh Davison | Woking | 13 January 2021 |
| 24 October 2020 | MF | Charles Clayden | Dulwich Hamlet | 24 November 2020 |
| 8 December 2020 | GK | Nathan Harness | Welling United | 3 January 2021 |
| 19 January 2021 | CF | Josh Davison | Forest Green Rovers | End of season |
| 1 February 2021 | AM | Marcus Maddison | Bolton Wanderers | 12 April 2021 |

## Competitions
### League One
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 3 | Blackpool (O, P) | 46 | 23 | 11 | 12 | 60 | 37 | +23 | 80 | Qualification for League One play-offs |
| 4 | Sunderland | 46 | 20 | 17 | 9 | 70 | 42 | +28 | 77 | Qualification for League One play-offs |
| 5 | Lincoln City | 46 | 22 | 11 | 13 | 69 | 50 | +19 | 77 | Qualification for League One play-offs |
| 6 | Oxford United | 46 | 22 | 8 | 16 | 77 | 56 | +21 | 74 | Qualification for League One play-offs |
| 7 | Charlton Athletic | 46 | 20 | 14 | 12 | 70 | 56 | +14 | 74 | |
| 8 | Portsmouth | 46 | 21 | 9 | 16 | 65 | 51 | +14 | 72 | |
| 9 | Ipswich Town | 46 | 19 | 12 | 15 | 46 | 46 | 0 | 69 | |
| 10 | Gillingham | 46 | 19 | 10 | 17 | 63 | 60 | +3 | 67 | |
| 11 | Accrington Stanley | 46 | 18 | 13 | 15 | 63 | 68 | −5 | 67 | |

#### Result summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 9 May 2021. Source:

#### 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 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 | 43 | 44 | 45 | 46 |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | H | A | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | H |
| Result | W | L | L | D | W | W | W | W | W | W | D | L | W | L | D | W | D | D | L | L | D | W | L | D | W | L | W | L | D | L | L | W | D | W | D | W | D | W | W | D | W | L | D | D | W | W |
| Position | 3 | 11 | 18 | 14 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 |

#### Matches

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

### FA Cup

The draw for the first round was made on Monday 26, October.

### EFL Cup

The first round draw was made on 18 August, live on Sky Sports, by Paul Merson. The draw for both the second and third round were confirmed on September 6, live on Sky Sports by Phil Babb.

### EFL Trophy

The regional group stage draw was confirmed on 18 August.
| Pos | Div | Teamvte | Pld | W | PW | PL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | L2 | Leyton Orient | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 6 | Advance to Round 2 |
| 2 | L1 | AFC Wimbledon | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 6 | Advance to Round 2 |
| 3 | L1 | Charlton Athletic | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 5 | |
| 4 | ACA | Brighton & Hove Albion U21 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 1 | |