# 2020–21 Burnley F.C. season

The 2020–21 season was Burnley's 139th competitive season, their 58th in the top flight of English football, and their fifth consecutive in the Premier League. Along with the Premier League, the club competed in the FA Cup and EFL Cup. The season covered the period from August 2020 to 30 June 2021.

## Transfers
### Transfers in

| Date | Position | Name | From | Fee |
| 14 August 2020 | GK | Will Norris | Wolverhampton Wanderers | Undisclosed |
| 17 August 2020 | LB | Dane McCullough | Portadown | Undisclosed |
| 18 August 2020 | CB | Jack Leckie | Newcastle United | Undisclosed |
| 18 August 2020 | CB | Dan Sassi | Stoke City | Free transfer |
| 18 August 2020 | RB | Keelan Williams | Liverpool | Free transfer |
| 20 August 2020 | RB | Connor Barrett | Leicester City | Free transfer |
| 20 August 2020 | RB | Marcel Elva-Fountaine | Reading | Free transfer |
| 20 August 2020 | GK | Marc Richter | Augsburg | Free transfer |
| 20 August 2020 | AM | Will Rickard | Swansea City | Free transfer |
| 8 September 2020 | CM | Ismaila Diallo | Arsenal | Free transfer |
| 24 September 2020 | CM | Dale Stephens | Brighton & Hove Albion | Undisclosed |
| 20 November 2020 | LB | Owen Dodgson | Manchester United | Undisclosed |
| 20 November 2020 | CB | Calen Gallagher-Allison | Manchester United | Undisclosed |
| 20 November 2020 | CF | Arman Taranis | SønderjyskE | Free transfer |

### Loans in

| Date from | Position | Nationality | Name | From | Date until | Ref. |
| 5 October 2020 | AM | | Anthony Gomez Mancini | Angers | End of season | |

### Loans out

| Date from | Position | Name | To | Date until |
| 11 August 2020 | RB | Ryan Cooney | Morecambe | End of season |
| 12 August 2020 | AM | Adam Phillips | Morecambe | 1 February 2021 |
| 20 August 2020 | RB | Jordan Cropper | Chesterfield | End of season |
| 4 September 2020 | CB | Ben Gibson | Norwich City | End of season |
| 22 January 2021 | CB | Bobby Thomas | Barrow | End of season |
| 1 February 2021 | GK | Lukas Jensen | Bolton Wanderers | End of season |
| 1 February 2021 | AM | Adam Phillips | Accrington Stanley | End of season |
| 2 February 2021 | CM | Mace Goodridge | Barrow | End of season |
| 14 May 2021 | GK | Lukas Jensen | Kórdrengir | 14 July 2021 |

### Transfers out

| Date | Position | Name | To | Fee |
| 1 July 2020 | RM | Olatunde Bayode | Unattached | Released |
| 1 July 2020 | DF | Udoka Chima | Unattached | Released |
| 1 July 2020 | CF | Will Harris | Sunderland | Released |
| 1 July 2020 | GK | Joe Hart | Tottenham Hotspur | Released |
| 1 July 2020 | CM | Jeff Hendrick | Newcastle United | Rejected contract |
| 1 July 2020 | LB | Ali Koiki | Bristol Rovers | Rejected contract |
| 1 July 2020 | GK | Adam Legzdins | Dundee | Released |
| 1 July 2020 | RW | Aaron Lennon | Kayserispor | Released |
| 1 July 2020 | FW | Jaydon Major | Unattached | Released |
| 1 July 2020 | CM | Christian N'Guessan | Unattached | Released |
| 1 July 2020 | CF | Henri Ogunby | Unattached | Released |
| 1 July 2020 | RB | Joel Senior | Altrincham | Released |
| 31 July 2020 | GK | Kai Calderbank-Park | Unattached | Released |
| 31 July 2020 | GK | George McMahon | Unattached | Released |
| 31 July 2020 | LW | Vinnie Steels | Sunderland | Released |
| 4 September 2020 | CB | Scott Wilson | Barrow | Free transfer |
| 9 September 2020 | CM | Aiden O'Neill | Melbourne City | Free transfer |
| 16 September 2020 | CB | Ollie Younger | Sunderland | Free transfer |
| 24 September 2020 | MF | Rhys Fenlon | Accrington Stanley | Free transfer |
| 2 February 2021 | RM | Chris Conn-Clarke | Fleetwood Town | Undisclosed |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

## Competitions
### Premier League
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 15 | Southampton | 38 | 12 | 7 | 19 | 47 | 68 | −21 | 43 | |
| 16 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 38 | 9 | 14 | 15 | 40 | 46 | −6 | 41 | |
| 17 | Burnley | 38 | 10 | 9 | 19 | 33 | 55 | −22 | 39 | |
| 18 | Fulham (R) | 38 | 5 | 13 | 20 | 27 | 53 | −26 | 28 | Relegation to EFL Championship |
| 19 | West Bromwich Albion (R) | 38 | 5 | 11 | 22 | 35 | 76 | −41 | 26 | Relegation to EFL Championship |

#### 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:

#### 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 | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A |
| Result | L | L | L | D | L | L | D | W | L | D | W | D | W | L | W | D | L | L | W | W | L | L | D | W | D | L | D | D | W | L | L | L | W | L | W | L | L | L |
| Position | 14 | 19 | 20 | 18 | 18 | 20 | 19 | 17 | 19 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 14 | 16 | 14 | 15 | 17 | 17 |

#### 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.

## Appearances and goals

    Source:
    Numbers in parentheses denote appearances as substitute.
    Players with names struck through and marked † left the club during the playing season.
    Players with names in italics and marked * were on loan from another club for the whole of their season with Burnley.
    Players listed with no appearances have been in the matchday squad but only as unused substitutes.
    Key to positions: GK – Goalkeeper; DF – Defender; MF – Midfielder; FW – Forward
Players contracted for the 2020–21 season :
| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | League | League | FA Cup | FA Cup | League Cup | League Cup | Total | Total | Discipline | Discipline |
| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | | |
| 1 | GK | ENG | Nick Pope | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | ENG | Matthew Lowton | 34 | 1 | 0 (3) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 37 (3) | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | ENG | Charlie Taylor | 28 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 31 (1) | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | ENG | Jack Cork | 15 (1) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 (1) | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | ENG | James Tarkowski | 36 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 39 | 1 | 7 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | ENG | Ben Mee | 30 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | ISL | Jóhann Berg Guðmundsson | 16 (6) | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 20 (6) | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | ENG | Josh Brownhill | 32 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 35 (1) | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | NZL | Chris Wood | 32 (1) | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 (3) | 0 | 33 (4) | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | ENG | Ashley Barnes | 15 (7) | 3 | 1 (1) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 17 (8) | 3 | 4 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | ENG | Dwight McNeil | 34 (2) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 38 (2) | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 12 | MF | IRL | Robbie Brady | 12 (7) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14 (7) | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | ENG | Ben Gibson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | GK | NIR | Bailey Peacock-Farrell | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | ENG | Dale Stephens | 3 (4) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 (4) | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | ENG | Ashley Westwood | 38 | 3 | 0 (1) | 0 | 2 (1) | 0 | 40 (2) | 3 | 8 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | ENG | Jay Rodriguez | 12 (19) | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 16 (19) | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | NED | Erik Pieters | 13 (7) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 (1) | 0 | 17 (8) | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 25 | GK | ENG | Will Norris | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | SCO | Phil Bardsley | 3 (1) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 6 (2) | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 27 | FW | CZE | Matěj Vydra | 15 (13) | 3 | 2 (1) | 1 | 3 | 2 | 20 (14) | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | IRL | Kevin Long | 7 (1) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 11 (1) | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 33 | FW | ENG | Max Thompson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | DF | IRL | Jimmy Dunne | 3 | 1 | 1 (1) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 (1) | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 35 | MF | FRA | Anthony Gomez Mancini | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | DF | ENG | Bobby Thomas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 38 | FW | ENG | Lewis Richardson | 0 (2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (2) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 41 | MF | ENG | Josh Benson | 2 (4) | 0 | 1 (2) | 0 | 1 (2) | 0 | 4 (8) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | MF | ENG | Mace Goodridge | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 45 | DF | ENG | Anthony Glennon | 0 | 0 | 1 (1) | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 1 (2) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 46 | FW | SWE | Joel Mumbongo | 0 (4) | 0 | 0 (3) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (7) | 0 | 1 | 0 |