2020–21 EFL Championship

The 2020–21 EFL Championship (known as the Sky Bet Championship for sponsors) was the 17th season of the Football League Championship under its current title and the 29th season under its current format. 

 Teams 
The following teams have changed division since the 2019–20 season:

 Stadium and locations 

 Team Location Stadium Capacity Barnsley  Barnsley  Oakwell  23,287 Birmingham City  Birmingham  St Andrew's  29,409 Blackburn Rovers  Blackburn  Ewood Park  31,367 Bournemouth  Bournemouth  Dean Court  11,364 Brentford  London  Brentford Community Stadium  17,250 Bristol City  Bristol  Ashton Gate  27,000Cardiff City  CardiffCardiff City Stadium  33,316 Coventry City  Birmingham  St Andrew's  29,409 Derby County  Derby  Pride Park Stadium  33,600 Huddersfield Town  Huddersfield  Kirklees Stadium  24,121 Luton Town  Luton  Kenilworth Road  10,356 Middlesbrough  Middlesbrough  Riverside Stadium  34,742 Millwall   London   The Den  20,146 Norwich City  Norwich  Carrow Road  27,244 Nottingham Forest  Nottingham  City Ground  30,445 Preston North End  Preston Deepdale  23,408 Queens Park Rangers  London   Kiyan Prince Foundation Stadium  18,439 Reading  Reading  Madejski Stadium  24,161 Rotherham United  Rotherham  New York Stadium  12,021 Sheffield Wednesday  Sheffield  Hillsborough Stadium  39,732 Stoke City  Stoke-on-Trent  Bet365 Stadium  30,089 Swansea City Swansea Liberty Stadium  21,088 Watford  Watford  Vicarage Road  22,200 Wycombe Wanderers  High Wycombe  Adams Park  9,448

 Managerial changes 
 Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of exit Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment Birmingham City End of caretaker spell22 July 2020Pre-season Aitor Karanka31 July 2020 Huddersfield Town  Danny Schofield Carlos Corberán 23 July 2020Watford 26 July 2020 Vladimir Ivić15 August 2020Bournemouth Mutual consent1 August 2020 Jason Tindall8 August 2020Reading Mark Bowen29 August 2020 Veljko Paunović29 August 2020Barnsley Gerhard StruberSigned by New York Red Bulls6 October 2020 21st Valérien Ismaël23 October 2020Nottingham Forest Sabri LamouchiSacked22nd Chris Hughton6 October 2020Sheffield Wednesday Garry Monk9 November 202023rd Tony Pulis13 November 2020Derby County Phillip CocuMutual consent14 November 202024th Wayne Rooney27 November 2020Watford Vladimir IvićSacked19 December 20205th Xisco Muñoz20 December 2020 Sheffield Wednesday Tony Pulis28 December 202023rd Darren Moore1 March 2021Cardiff City Neil Harris21 January 202115th Mick McCarthy22 January 2021Bournemouth Jason Tindall3 February 20216th Jonathan Woodgate21 February 2021Bristol City Dean Holden16 February 202113th Nigel Pearson22 February 2021Birmingham City Aitor KarankaResigned16 March 202121st Lee Bowyer16 March 2021Preston North End Alex NeilSacked21 March 202116th Frankie McAvoy10 May 2021

 Play-offs 
First leg


Second leg

Results

 Season statistics 

 Scoring 
Top scorers
 Rank Player Club Goals 1  Ivan Toney1 Brentford 32 2  Adam Armstrong Blackburn Rovers 28 3  Teemu Pukki Norwich City 26 4  Kieffer Moore Cardiff City 20 5  Lucas João Reading 19 6  André Ayew1 Swansea City 17  Arnaut Danjuma2 Bournemouth 8  Emiliano Buendía Norwich City 15  Dominic Solanke Bournemouth 10  Jamal Lowe Swansea City 14

 1 Includes 1 goal in The Championship play-offs.
 2 Includes 2 goals in The Championship play-offs.

 Hat-tricks 
 Player  For  Against  Result  Date   Blackburn Rovers  Wycombe Wanderers  5–0 (H)     Luton Town  Preston North End  3–0 (H)     Brentford  Cardiff City  3–2 (A)     Brentford  Wycombe Wanderers  7–2 (H)     Norwich City  Huddersfield Town  7–0 (H)     Blackburn Rovers  Huddersfield Town  5–2 (H)     Cardiff City  Birmingham City  4–0 (A)     Blackburn Rovers  Birmingham City  5–2 (H)  

Most assists
 Rank Player Club Assists 1  Emiliano Buendía Norwich City 16 2  Michael Olise Reading 12 3  Harvey Elliott Blackburn Rovers 11  Harry Wilson Cardiff City 5  Bryan Mbeumo Brentford 10  Ivan Toney Brentford 7  Jake Bidwell Swansea City 8  David Brooks1 Bournemouth  Sergi Canós Brentford  Callum O'Hare Coventry City  Dominic Solanke Bournemouth
 1 Includes 1 assist in The Championship play-offs.

 Clean sheets 
RankPlayerClubClean Sheets 1  Freddie Woodman1 Swansea City 21 2  Bartosz Białkowski Millwall 17  Tim Krul Norwich City  Rafael Reading 5  Asmir Begović1 Bournemouth 16  David Raya Brentford 7  Brice Samba Nottingham Forest 14 8  Daniel Bachmann Watford 13  Marcus Bettinelli Middlesbrough  Neil Etheridge Birmingham City
 1 Includes 1 clean sheet in The Championship play-offs.

Discipline
Players
 Most yellow cards: 12
  Nathaniel Chalobah (Watford)
  Michael Ihiekwe (Rotherham United)
  Jefferson Lerma 1 (Bournemouth)

 Most red cards: 2
  Emiliano Buendía (Norwich City)
  Kyle McFadzean (Coventry City)

 1 Includes 1 yellow card in The Championship play-offs.

Club
 Most yellow cards: 80
 Rotherham United
 Watford
 Most red cards: 7
 Sheffield Wednesday

 Monthly awards 
MonthManager of the MonthPlayer of the MonthReferenceSeptember Veljko PaunovićReading Bradley JohnsonBlackburn RoversOctober Neil WarnockMiddlesbrough Ivan ToneyBrentfordNovember  Vladimir IvićWatford  David BrooksBournemouthDecember  Thomas Frank Brentford  Duncan Watmore MiddlesbroughJanuary  Steve Cooper Swansea City  Matt Crooks Rotherham UnitedFebruary Mick McCarthyCardiff City Teemu PukkiNorwich CityMarch Xisco MuñozWatford Alex MowattBarnsleyApril Jonathan WoodgateBournemouth Arnaut DanjumaBournemouth

References

Category:2021 in sports
Category:2020 in European football