# 2020–21 Newcastle United F.C. season

The 2020–21 Newcastle United Football Club season was the club's 128th season in existence and the club's 4th consecutive season in the top flight of English football. In addition to the domestic league, Newcastle United participated in this season's editions of the FA Cup and the EFL Cup.

## First team

| Position | Staff |
| Head Coach | Steve Bruce |
| Coach | Steve Agnew |
| Coach | Stephen Clemence |
| Coach | Steve Harper |
| Coach | Graeme Jones |
| Head of Goalkeeping | Simon Smith |
| Head of Medicine | Paul Catterson |
| Fitness Coach | Cristian Martínez |
| Head Physiotherapist | Derek Wright |
| Physiotherapist | Sean Beech |
| Physiotherapist | Michael Harding |
| Physiotherapist | Daniel Marti |
| Massage Therapist | Wayne Farrage |
| Head of Recruitment | Steve Nickson |
| Head of Performance Analysis | Tom Coffield |
| Head of Sports Science | Jamie Harley |
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## Transfers
### Transfers in

| Date | Position | Name | From | Fee | Team |
| 3 July 2020 | GK | Mark Gillespie | Motherwell | Free transfer | First team |
| 23 July 2020 | DM | Niall Brookwell | Liverpool | Free transfer | Under-23s |
| 24 August 2020 | CM | Jeff Hendrick | Burnley | Free transfer | First team |
| 7 September 2020 | LW | Ryan Fraser | AFC Bournemouth | Free transfer | First team |
| 7 September 2020 | CF | Callum Wilson | AFC Bournemouth | £20,000,000 | First team |
| 8 September 2020 | LB | Jamal Lewis | Norwich City | £15,000,000 | First team |
| 5 October 2020 | AM | Rodrigo Vilca | Deportivo Municipal | Undisclosed | Under-23s |
| 16 October 2020 | CB | Bradley Cross | Schalke 04 | Free transfer | Under-23s |
| 22 October 2020 | CF | Florent Indalecio | Fraser Park | Free transfer | Under-23s |
| 8 January 2021 | MF | Jay Turner-Cooke | Sunderland | Undisclosed | Academy |

### Transfers out

| Date | Position | Name | To | Fee | Team |
| 1 July 2020 | CF | Luke Charman | Darlington | Released | Under-23s |
| 1 July 2020 | DM | Jack Colback | Nottingham Forest | Released | First team |
| 1 July 2020 | GK | Rob Elliot | Watford | Released | First team |
| 1 July 2020 | LW | Víctor Fernández | Viitorul Constanța | Released | Under-23s |
| 1 July 2020 | LB | Liam Gibson | Morecambe | Released | Under-23s |
| 1 July 2020 | GK | Nathan Harker | Unattached | Released | Under-23s |
| 1 July 2020 | RB | Jamie Sterry | Hartlepool | Released | First team |
| 18 August 2020 | CB | Jack Leckie | Burnley | Undisclosed | Under-23s |
| 2 October 2020 | CM | Daniel Barlaser | Rotherham United | Undisclosed | First team |
| 7 January 2021 | LW | Rolando Aarons | Huddersfield Town | Undisclosed | First team |
| 1 February 2021 | RB | DeAndre Yedlin | Galatasaray | Free transfer | First team |
| 11 February 2021 | LB | Achraf Lazaar | Watford | Free transfer | First team |

### Loans in

| Date from | Position | Nationality | Name | From | Date until | Team | Ref. |
| 1 February 2021 | CM | | Joe Willock | Arsenal | End of season | First team | |

### Loans out

| Date from | Position | Name | To | Date until | Team |
| 5 August 2020 | GK | Jake Turner | Morecambe | 12 January 2021 | Under-23's |
| 13 August 2020 | RW | Thomas Allan | Accrington Stanley | 12 January 2021 | Under-23's |
| 16 August 2020 | GK | Freddie Woodman | Swansea City | End of season | First team |
| 24 August 2020 | CB | Kelland Watts | Plymouth Argyle | End of season | Under-23's |
| 28 August 2020 | MF | Mo Sangare | Accrington Stanley | End of season | Under-23's |
| 11 September 2020 | CB | Florian Lejeune | Deportivo Alavés | End of season | First team |
| 16 September 2020 | CF | Yoshinori Muto | Eibar | End of season | First team |
| 1 October 2020 | CB | Lewis Cass | Hartlepool United | End of season | Under-23's |
| 2 October 2020 | CF | Elias Sørensen | Almere City | End of season | Under-23's |
| 14 October 2020 | DM | Jack Young | Tranmere Rovers | 12 January 2021 | Under-23's |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss  Postponed  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 | 12 September 2020 | 23 May 2021 | Matchday 1 | 12th | 38 | 12 | 9 | 17 | 46 | 62 | −16 | 031.58 |
| FA Cup | 9 January 2021 | 9 January 2021 | Third round | Third round | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | −2 | 000.00 |
| EFL Cup | 15 September 2020 | 22 December 2020 | Second round | Quarter-finals | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 2 | +7 | 050.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 43 | 14 | 10 | 19 | 55 | 66 | −11 | 032.56 |
Last updated: 23 May 2021 Source: Soccerway

### Premier League
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 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 |
| 13 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 38 | 12 | 9 | 17 | 36 | 52 | −16 | 45 |
| 14 | Crystal Palace | 38 | 12 | 8 | 18 | 41 | 66 | −25 | 44 |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 23 May 2021. 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 | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A |
| Result | W | L | D | W | L | D | W | L | L | W | L | W | L | D | L | D | L | L | L | L | W | L | W | L | L | D | D | D | L | D | W | W | D | L | W | L | W | W |
| Position | 4 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 13 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 12 |

#### 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.

### 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.

## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Premier League | Premier League | EFL Cup | EFL Cup | FA Cup | FA Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | SVK | Martin Dúbravka | 14 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 26 | GK | ENG | Karl Darlow | 26 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | GK | ENG | Mark Gillespie | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||
| 2 | DF | IRL | Ciaran Clark | 26 | 1 | 21+1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | WAL | Paul Dummett | 16 | 1 | 14+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | SUI | Fabian Schär | 19 | 1 | 13+5 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | ENG | Jamaal Lascelles | 21 | 3 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | NIR | Jamal Lewis | 26 | 0 | 20+4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | SWE | Emil Krafth | 20 | 1 | 14+2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | ARG | Federico Fernández | 25 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | ESP | Javier Manquillo | 15 | 0 | 10+3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||
| 4 | MF | ENG | Matty Longstaff | 5 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | ENG | Jonjo Shelvey | 32 | 2 | 29+1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | FRA | Allan Saint-Maximin | 26 | 3 | 19+6 | 3 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | SCO | Matt Ritchie | 21 | 0 | 15+3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | ENG | Isaac Hayden | 27 | 1 | 22+2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | IRL | Jeff Hendrick | 23 | 2 | 17+5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | SCO | Ryan Fraser | 22 | 1 | 9+9 | 0 | 3+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | ENG | Jacob Murphy | 32 | 3 | 18+9 | 2 | 3+1 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | PAR | Miguel Almirón | 39 | 5 | 28+6 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | ENG | Joe Willock | 14 | 8 | 11+3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | MF | ENG | Sean Longstaff | 27 | 0 | 15+7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 57 | MF | ENG | Elliot Anderson | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||
| 7 | FW | ENG | Andy Carroll | 22 | 1 | 4+14 | 1 | 1+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | BRA | Joelinton | 36 | 6 | 23+8 | 4 | 2+2 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 12 | FW | ENG | Dwight Gayle | 20 | 1 | 4+14 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 13 | FW | ENG | Callum Wilson | 28 | 12 | 23+3 | 12 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Player(s) who left permanently but featured this season ||||||||||||
| 22 | DF | USA | DeAndre Yedlin | 10 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 32 | MF | ENG | Daniel Barlaser | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Last updated: 23 May 2021 Source: Competitions