# 2020–21 Oxford United F.C. season

The 2020–21 season was Oxford United F.C.'s 127th year in existence and their fifth consecutive season in League One, the third tier of English football. As well as competing in League One, the club also participated in the FA Cup, EFL Cup and EFL Trophy. The season covers the period from 1 July 2020 to 30 June 2021.

## Transfers
### Transfers in

| Date | Position | Name | From | Fee |
| 1 July 2020 | CB | Benjamin Watt | Tottenham Hotspur | Free transfer |
| 23 July 2020 | LW | Joel Cooper | Linfield | Undisclosed |
| 31 July 2020 | CF | Matty Taylor | Bristol City | Free transfer |
| 6 August 2020 | CM | Sean Clare | Heart of Midlothian | Undisclosed |
| 18 August 2020 | CF | Dylan Asonganyi | Milton Keynes Dons | Free transfer |
| 21 August 2020 | CF | Derick Osei | Stade Brestois | Free transfer |
| 11 September 2020 | CF | Sam Winnall | Sheffield Wednesday | Free transfer |
| 9 November 2020 | LB | Jordan Obita | Reading | Free transfer |
| 29 January 2021 | CB | Luke McNally | St Patrick's Athletic | Undisclosed |

### Loans in

| Date from | Position | Name | From | Date until |
| 15 August 2020 | CM | Marcus McGuane | Nottingham Forest | End of season |
| 21 August 2020 | CM | Liam Kelly | Feyenoord | End of season |
| 16 October 2020 | LW | Olamide Shodipo | Queens Park Rangers | End of season |
| 1 February 2021 | LW | Brandon Barker | Rangers | End of season |
| 1 February 2021 | CB | Joe Grayson | Blackburn Rovers | End of season |
| 1 February 2021 | CF | Elliot Lee | Luton Town | End of season |

### Loans out

| Date from | Position | Name | To | Date until |
| 2 October 2020 | AM | Malachi Napa | Woking | 2 November 2020 |
| 2 October 2020 | FW | Slavi Spasov | Woking | 8 February 2021 |
| 26 October 2020 | RW | Kyran Lofthouse | Woking | End of season |
| 11 December 2020 | CM | Leon Chambers-Parillon | Havant & Waterlooville | January 2021 |
| 18 December 2020 | LM | Joel Cooper | Linfield | End of season |
| 12 January 2021 | CM | Sean Clare | Burton Albion | End of season |
| 22 January 2021 | AM | Malachi Napa | Woking | 22 February 2021 |
| 1 February 2021 | CF | Derick Osei | Walsall | End of season |
| 5 February 2021 | DF | Nico Jones | Havant & Waterlooville | March 2021 |

### Transfers out

| Date | Position | Name | To | Fee |
| 1 July 2020 | CB | Sam Allardyce | Unattached | Released |
| 1 July 2020 | FW | Jordan Edwards | Unattached | Released |
| 1 July 2020 | GK | Max Evans | Yeovil Town | Released |
| 1 July 2020 | MF | Aaron McCreadie | Gosport Borough | Released |
| 1 July 2020 | CB | Viktor Milton | Unattached | Released |
| 1 July 2020 | RB | Kashif Siddiqi | Unattached | Released |
| 21 July 2020 | CF | Jamie Mackie | Retired | Retired |
| 12 August 2020 | DM | George Thorne | Unattached | Released |
| 1 September 2020 | CB | Robert Dickie | Queens Park Rangers | Undisclosed |
| 3 September 2020 | GK | Max Harris | Cheltenham Town | Free transfer |
| 6 October 2020 | LB | Kevin Berkoe | Salford City | Free transfer |
| 29 January 2021 | LB | Jordan Obita | Wycombe Wanderers | Undisclosed |
| 25 March 2021 | MF | Malachi Napa | Woking | Free transfer |

#### Notes

* ↑ Fee reported to be £2,430,000

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 2 | Peterborough United (P) | 46 | 26 | 9 | 11 | 83 | 46 | +37 | 87 | Promotion to the EFL Championship |
| 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 | |

#### Results 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: BBC

#### 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 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 | 43 | 44 | 45 | 46 |
| Ground | A | H | A | A | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | L | L | W | L | L | W | L | L | W | L | W | D | L | D | D | D | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | L | W | W | D | L | D | D | D | W | L | W | L | L | W | L | L | W | W | W | L | W | W | W |
| Position | 22 | 24 | 12 | 21 | 24 | 20 | 23 | 24 | 21 | 21 | 19 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 19 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 6 |

#### Matches

Win  Draw  Loss  Postponed
The 2020–21 season fixtures were released on 21 August.

#### Play-offs
### FA Cup

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

### EFL Cup

Win  Draw  Loss
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

Win  Draw  Loss
The regional group stage draw was confirmed on 18 August. The second round draw was made by Matt Murray on 20 November, at St Andrew's. The third round was made on 10 December 2020 by Jon Parkin. The draw for the semi-final was announced on 5 February.
| Pos | Div | Teamvte | Pld | W | PW | PL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | L1 | Oxford United | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 8 | Advance to Round 2 |
| 2 | L1 | Bristol Rovers | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 5 | Advance to Round 2 |
| 3 | L2 | Walsall | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 3 | |
| 4 | ACA | Chelsea U21 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | −2 | 2 | |

### Appearances and goals

    As of 9 May 2021
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | League One | League One | FA Cup | FA Cup | League Cup | League Cup | FL Trophy | FL Trophy |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | ENG | Simon Eastwood | 18 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | SCO | Sean Clare | 20 | 0 | 10+7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | ENG | Josh Ruffels | 43 | 7 | 39 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | IRL | Luke McNally | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | ENG | Elliott Moore | 52 | 5 | 46 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | ESP | Alex Gorrin | 38 | 1 | 27+7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | ENG | Robert Hall | 20 | 2 | 3+8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | ENG | Cameron Brannagan | 37 | 2 | 28+2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2+3 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | ENG | Matty Taylor | 50 | 18 | 39+7 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | NIR | Mark Sykes | 40 | 0 | 21+11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | ENG | Sam Winnall | 28 | 6 | 3+20 | 4 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3+1 | 2 |
| 12 | DF | ENG | Sam Long | 44 | 6 | 35+1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 |
| 13 | GK | ENG | Jack Stevens | 38 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | IRL | Anthony Forde | 41 | 1 | 16+17 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | ENG | John Mousinho | 11 | 0 | 1+6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 16 | FW | NIR | Joel Cooper | 7 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | ENG | James Henry | 41 | 7 | 34+3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | ENG | Marcus McGuane | 21 | 0 | 13+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | ENG | Dan Agyei | 45 | 6 | 11+28 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3+2 | 1 |
| 20 | DF | ENG | Jamie Hanson | 29 | 0 | 9+15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | ENG | Malachi Napa | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | ENG | Rob Atkinson | 39 | 1 | 36 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 23 | FW | ENG | Dylan Asonganyi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | ENG | Jordan Obita | 15 | 1 | 6+6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | ENG | Joe Grayson | 4 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 25 | FW | IRL | Olamide Shodipo | 44 | 12 | 24+15 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3+1 | 2 |
| 27 | FW | ENG | Elliot Lee | 18 | 5 | 15+3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | IRL | Liam Kelly | 33 | 0 | 19+5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 4+2 | 0 |
| 29 | FW | FRA | Derick Osei Yaw | 10 | 3 | 1+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 3+2 | 3 |
| 30 | MF | ENG | Brandon Barker | 20 | 3 | 14+5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 32 | FW | ENG | Kyran Lofthouse | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | ENG | Michael Elechi | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 35 | DF | IRL | Nico Jones | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 |
| 38 | DF | ENG | Leon Chambers-Parillon | 5 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 49 | FW | ENG | Gatlin O'Donkor | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
* Source:

## Top scorers

    As of 9 May 2021
| Place | Position | Nation | Number | Name | League One | FA Cup | League Cup | FL Trophy | Total |
| 1 | FW | | 9 | Matty Taylor | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 |
| 2 | FW | | 25 | Olamide Shodipo | 10 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12 |
| 3= | MF | | 3 | Josh Ruffles | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 3= | MF | | 10 | James Henry | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 5= | DF | | 12 | Sam Long | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 5= | FW | | 11 | Sam Winnall | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 5= | FW | | 19 | Dan Agyei | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 8= | DF | | 5 | Elliott Moore | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 8= | FW | | 27 | Elliot Lee | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 10= | FW | | 29 | Derick Osei Yaw | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 10= | MF | | 30 | Brandon Barker | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 12= | MF | | 7 | Rob Hall | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 12= | MF | | 8 | Cameron Brannagan | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 12= | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 15= | MF | | 6 | Alex Gorrin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 15= | MF | | 14 | Anthony Forde | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 15= | DF | | 22 | Rob Atkinson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 15= | DF | | 24 | Jordan Obita | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 79 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 89 |

### Disciplinary record

    As of 9 May 2021
| Number | Nation | Position | Name | League One | League One | FA Cup | FA Cup | League Cup | League Cup | FL Trophy | FL Trophy | Total | Total |
| 1 | | GK | Simon Eastwood | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | | DF | Sean Clare | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 5 | | DF | Josh Ruffels | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | | DF | Elliott Moore | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 6 | | MF | Alex Gorrin | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 8 | | MF | Cameron Brannagan | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 9 | | FW | Matty Taylor | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 10 | | MF | Mark Sykes | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 11 | | FW | Sam Winnall | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 12 | | DF | Sam Long | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 13 | | GK | Sam Long | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 14 | | MF | Jack Stevens | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | | FW | Joel Cooper | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | | MF | James Henry | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 18 | | MF | Marcus McGuane | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | | MF | Dan Agyei | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 20 | | DF | Jamie Hanson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 22 | | DF | Rob Atkinson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 24 | | DF | Jordan Obita | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 24 | | DF | Joe Grayson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 25 | | FW | Olamide Shodipo | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 27 | | FW | Elliot Lee | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 28 | | MF | Liam Kelly | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 30 | | MF | Brandon Barker | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 35 | | DF | Nico Jones | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 70 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 79 | 2 |