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2020–21 EFL Championship

The 2020–21 EFL Championship (referred to as the Sky Bet Championship for sponsorship reasons) was the 5th season of the EFL Championship under its current title and the 29th season under its current league division format.

EFL Championship
Season2020–21
Dates11 September 2020 –
9 May 2021
ChampionsNorwich City
2nd Championship title
5th 2nd tier title
PromotedNorwich City
Watford
Brentford
RelegatedWycombe Wanderers
Rotherham United
Sheffield Wednesday
Matches played552
Goals scored1,274 (2.31 per match)
Top goalscorerIvan Toney
(Brentford)
(33 goals)[1]
Biggest home winNorwich City 7–0 Huddersfield Town
(6 April 2021)
Biggest away winPreston North End 0–5 Brentford
(10 April 2021)[1]
Highest scoringBrentford 7–2 Wycombe Wanderers
(30 January 2021)
Longest winning runNorwich City
(9 games)[1]
Longest unbeaten runBrentford
(21 games)[1]
Longest winless runDerby County
Wycombe Wanderers
(11 games)[1]
Longest losing runSheffield Wednesday
Wycombe Wanderers
(7 games)[1]
Highest attendance11,689[2]
Lowest attendance1,000[3]

Team changes

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

  1. ^ Wigan Athletic were deducted 12 points by the EFL for entering administration. The club appealed the decision, but it was confirmed on 4 August 2020 that the appeal was unsuccessful. Therefore Wigan were not reprieved from relegation.[4][5]

Stadiums

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Locations of the 2020–21 EFL Championship teams
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Greater London Championship football clubs
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) Brentford Community Stadium 17,250
Bristol City Bristol Ashton Gate 27,000
Cardiff City Cardiff Cardiff 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 (South Bermondsey) 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 (White City) 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


Attendances

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As with the end to the previous season, the season was affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, resulting in games being played behind closed doors. However, on 19 September 2020, two matches in the division, between Norwich City and Preston North End at Carrow Road, and between Middlesbrough and Bournemouth at The Riverside Stadium, were held in front of 1,000 spectators, as part of EFL pilots.[6]

This was seen as the beginning of fans gradually returning, but a rapid rise of cases from the end of September (eventually resulting in a second nationwide lockdown in November), led to plans being put on hold.[7]

With the second nationwide lockdown ending on 2 December 2020, it was announced England would return to its previous three tier system, with clubs in Tier 2 allowed to host a maximum of 2,000 spectators.[8] The first of these matches took place on 2 December 2020 itself, although the matches of Luton Town and Wycombe Wanderers were capped at 1,000 spectators, as they had not previously held an EFL pilot event.[9]

On Saturday 5 December 2020, Reading, Millwall, Watford, Norwich City and Brentford all hosted matches in front of the maximum allotted 2,000 spectators permitted, with fans in attendance at Brentford Community Stadium for the very first time.[10]

However, it was then announced that from Wednesday 16 December 2020, that London, parts of Essex and parts of Hertfordshire, would move up to Tier 3, the highest tier of restrictions in England, meaning football clubs in these areas, (for The EFL Championship: Brentford, Millwall, Queens Park Rangers and Watford), would revert to playing behind closed doors without fans, due to a rise in coronavirus cases, following a tier review.[11]

It was then announced that from Saturday, 19 December 2020 that Bedfordshire, Berkshire, and Buckinghamshire would also move into Tier 3, meaning for the EFL Championship that Luton Town, Reading & Wycombe Wanderers would also revert to playing behind closed doors without fans again, as of this date. Conversely, Bristol City, who had previously been unable to host fans, would now be able to allow fans back in, with Bristol being downgraded from Tier 3 to Tier 2.[12] As of these updated restrictions, it now meant that only Bournemouth, Bristol City and Norwich City's stadiums would be open to host fans in The EFL Championship.[13] This was reversed on Wednesday 23 December 2020, with Bournemouth the sole team in the division eligible to host fans.[14][15] A week later on 30 December 2020, Tier 2 was removed in England, with mainland England in either Tiers 3 or 4, meaning once again, no clubs could host fans for the foreseeable future.[16] A third national lockdown in January 2021 meant that fans ultimately were barred from matches for the rest of the regular season. Following an easing of restrictions in May 2021, the play-offs were able to take place in front of crowds of up to 20% of a stadium's capacity.

Personnel and sponsoring

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Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Sponsor
Barnsley   Valérien Ismaël   Alex Mowatt[17]   Puma The Investment Room[18]
Birmingham City   Lee Bowyer   Harlee Dean[19]   Nike BoyleSports[20]
Blackburn Rovers   Tony Mowbray   Elliott Bennett   Umbro Recoverite Compression[21]
Bournemouth   Jonathan Woodgate   Steve Cook   Umbro MSP Capital[22]
Brentford   Thomas Frank   Pontus Jansson   Umbro Utilita
Bristol City   Nigel Pearson   Tomáš Kalas[23]   Hummel MansionBet[24]
Cardiff City   Mick McCarthy   Sean Morrison   Adidas Tourism Malaysia
Coventry City   Mark Robins   Liam Kelly   Hummel BoyleSports[25]
Derby County   Wayne Rooney   David Marshall[26]   Umbro[27] 32Red
Huddersfield Town   Carlos Corberán   Christopher Schindler   Umbro Various (home)
Yorkshire Air Ambulance / The Town Foundation / Kirkwood Hospice (away and third)[28]
Luton Town   Nathan Jones   Sonny Bradley   Umbro
  • JB Developments (home)
  • Star Platforms (away)
  • Ryebridge (third)
Middlesbrough   Neil Warnock   Jonny Howson   Hummel 32Red
Millwall   Gary Rowett   Alex Pearce   Macron Huski Chocolate[29]
Norwich City   Daniel Farke   Grant Hanley   Erreà Dafabet
Nottingham Forest   Chris Hughton   Michael Dawson   Macron Boxt 2
Preston North End   Frankie McAvoy   Alan Browne   Nike 32Red
Queens Park Rangers   Mark Warburton   Geoff Cameron   Erreà Senate Bespoke 2
Reading   Veljko Paunović   Liam Moore   Macron Casumo[30]
Rotherham United   Paul Warne   Richard Wood   Puma
  • Embark Group
Sheffield Wednesday   Darren Moore   Barry Bannan   Elev8 Chansiri (home)
Elev8 (away and third)
Stoke City   Michael O'Neill Vacant   Macron bet365
Swansea City   Steve Cooper   Matt Grimes[31]   Joma[32] Swansea University[33]
Watford   Xisco Muñoz   Troy Deeney   Kelme[34] Sportsbet.io
Wycombe Wanderers   Gareth Ainsworth   Matt Bloomfield   O'Neills
  1. ^ Club captain Wayne Rooney retired from playing on 15 January 2021 to manage the club on a permanent basis, having served as interim player-manager since the previous November following the dismissal of Phillip Cocu.
  2. ^ Nottingham Forest and Queens Park Rangers' shirt sponsor was Football Index until 12 March 2021 when they entered administration.[37]

Managerial changes

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Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Birmingham City
  Steve Spooner
  Craig Gardner[38]
End of caretaker spell 22 July 2020 Pre-season   Aitor Karanka[39] 31 July 2020
Huddersfield Town   Danny Schofield[38]   Carlos Corberán[40] 23 July 2020
Watford   Hayden Mullins[41][42] 26 July 2020   Vladimir Ivić[43] 15 August 2020
Bournemouth   Eddie Howe[44] Mutual consent 1 August 2020   Jason Tindall[45] 8 August 2020
Reading   Mark Bowen[46] 29 August 2020   Veljko Paunović[46] 29 August 2020
Barnsley   Gerhard Struber[47] Signed by New York Red Bulls 6 October 2020 21st   Valérien Ismaël[48] 23 October 2020
Nottingham Forest   Sabri Lamouchi[49] Sacked 22nd   Chris Hughton[49] 6 October 2020
Sheffield Wednesday   Garry Monk[50] 9 November 2020 23rd   Tony Pulis[51] 13 November 2020
Derby County   Phillip Cocu[52] Mutual consent 14 November 2020 24th   Wayne Rooney[a][53][54] 27 November 2020
Watford   Vladimir Ivić[55] Sacked 19 December 2020 5th   Xisco Muñoz[56] 20 December 2020
Sheffield Wednesday   Tony Pulis[57] 28 December 2020 23rd   Darren Moore[58] 1 March 2021
Cardiff City   Neil Harris[59] 21 January 2021 15th   Mick McCarthy[60] 22 January 2021
Bournemouth   Jason Tindall[61] 3 February 2021 6th   Jonathan Woodgate[b][62] 21 February 2021
Bristol City   Dean Holden[63] 16 February 2021 13th   Nigel Pearson[64] 22 February 2021
Birmingham City   Aitor Karanka[65] Resigned 16 March 2021 21st   Lee Bowyer[66] 16 March 2021
Preston North End   Alex Neil[67] Sacked 21 March 2021 16th   Frankie McAvoy[68] 10 May 2021
  1. ^ Rooney was initially appointed as interim manager until the end of the season, but the move was made permanent on 15 January 2021.
  2. ^ Woodgate was initially caretaker manager, but was then appointed as manager until the end of the season on 21 February 2021.

League table

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Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Norwich City (C, P) 46 29 10 7 75 36 +39 97 Promotion to the Premier League
2 Watford (P) 46 27 10 9 63 30 +33 91
3 Brentford (O, P) 46 24 15 7 79 42 +37 87 Qualification for Championship play-offs
4 Swansea City 46 23 11 12 56 39 +17 80
5 Barnsley 46 23 9 14 58 50 +8 78
6 Bournemouth 46 22 11 13 73 46 +27 77
7 Reading 46 19 13 14 62 54 +8 70
8 Cardiff City 46 18 14 14 66 49 +17 68
9 Queens Park Rangers 46 19 11 16 57 55 +2 68
10 Middlesbrough 46 18 10 18 55 53 +2 64
11 Millwall 46 15 17 14 47 52 −5 62
12 Luton Town 46 17 11 18 41 52 −11 62
13 Preston North End 46 18 7 21 49 56 −7 61
14 Stoke City 46 15 15 16 50 52 −2 60
15 Blackburn Rovers 46 15 12 19 65 54 +11 57
16 Coventry City 46 14 13 19 49 61 −12 55
17 Nottingham Forest 46 12 16 18 37 45 −8 52
18 Birmingham City 46 13 13 20 37 61 −24 52
19 Bristol City 46 15 6 25 46 68 −22 51
20 Huddersfield Town 46 12 13 21 50 71 −21 49
21 Derby County 46 11 11 24 36 58 −22 44
22 Wycombe Wanderers (R) 46 11 10 25 39 69 −30 43 Relegation to EFL League One
23 Rotherham United (R) 46 11 9 26 44 60 −16 42
24 Sheffield Wednesday (R) 46 12 11 23 40 61 −21 41[a]
Source: EFL Official Website
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results; 5) Wins; 6) Away goals; 7) Penalty points (sec 9.5); 8) 12-point sending off offences[71]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Sheffield Wednesday received a 12 point deduction for breaching the League's Profitability and Sustainability Rules. This was later reduced to 6 points by an Independent League Arbitration panel.[69][70]

Play-offs

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Main article: 2021 English Football League play-offs
Semi-finals Final
        
3 Brentford 0 3 3
6 Bournemouth 1 1 2
3 Brentford 2
4 Swansea City 0
4 Swansea City 1 1 2
5 Barnsley 0 1 1

First leg

Bournemouth1–0Brentford
Danjuma   55' Report
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Tim Robinson
Barnsley0–1Swansea City
Report A. Ayew   39'
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Geoff Eltringham

Second leg

Brentford3–1Bournemouth
Toney   16' (pen.)
Janelt   50'
Forss   81'		 Report Danjuma   5'
Swansea City1–1Barnsley
Grimes   39' Woodrow   71'
Referee: John Brooks

Final

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Main article: 2021 EFL Championship play-off Final
Brentford2–0Swansea City
 Report
Attendance: 11,689

Results

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Home \ Away BAR BIR BLA BOU BRE BRI CAR COV DER HUD LUT MID MIL NOR NOT PNE QPR REA ROT SHW STO SWA WAT WYC
Barnsley — 1–0 2–1 0–4 0–1 2–2 2–2 0–0 0–0 2–1 0–1 2–0 2–1 2–2 2–0 2–1 3–0 1–1 1–0 1–2 2–0 0–2 1–0 2–1
Birmingham City 1–2 — 0–2 1–3 1–0 0–3 0–4 1–1 0–4 2–1 0–1 1–4 0–0 1–3 1–1 0–1 2–1 2–1 1–1 0–1 2–0 1–0 0–1 1–2
Blackburn Rovers 2–1 5–2 — 0–2 0–1 0–0 0–0 1–1 2–1 5–2 1–0 0–0 2–1 1–2 0–1 1–2 3–1 2–4 2–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 2–3 5–0
Bournemouth 2–3 3–2 3–2 — 0–1 1–0 1–2 4–1 1–1 5–0 0–1 3–1 1–1 1–0 2–0 2–3 0–0 4–2 1–0 1–2 0–2 3–0 1–0 1–0
Brentford 0–2 0–0 2–2 2–1 — 3–2 1–1 2–0 0–0 3–0 1–0 0–0 0–0 1–1 1–1 2–4 2–1 3–1 1–0 3–0 2–1 1–1 2–0 7–2
Bristol City 0–1 0–1 1–0 1–2 1–3 — 0–2 2–1 1–0 2–1 2–3 0–1 0–2 1–3 0–0 2–0 0–2 0–2 0–2 2–0 0–2 1–1 0–0 2–1
Cardiff City 3–0 3–2 2–2 1–1 2–3 0–1 — 3–1 4–0 3–0 4–0 1–1 1–1 1–2 0–1 4–0 0–1 1–2 1–1 0–2 0–0 0–2 1–2 2–1
Coventry City 2–0 0–0 0–4 1–3 2–0 3–1 1–0 — 1–0 0–0 0–0 1–2 6–1 0–2 1–2 0–1 3–2 3–2 3–1 2–0 0–0 1–1 0–0 0–0
Derby County 0–2 1–2 0–4 1–0 2–2 1–0 1–1 1–1 — 2–0 2–0 2–1 0–1 0–1 1–1 0–1 0–1 0–2 0–1 3–3 0–0 2–0 0–1 1–1
Huddersfield Town 0–1 1–1 2–1 1–2 1–1 1–2 0–0 1–1 1–0 — 1–1 3–2 0–1 0–1 1–0 1–2 2–0 1–2 0–0 2–0 1–1 4–1 2–0 2–3
Luton Town 1–2 1–1 1–1 0–0 0–3 2–1 0–2 2–0 2–1 1–1 — 1–1 1–1 3–1 1–1 3–0 0–2 0–0 0–0 3–2 0–2 0–1 1–0 2–0
Middlesbrough 2–1 0–1 0–1 1–1 1–4 1–3 1–1 2–0 3–0 2–1 1–0 — 3–0 0–1 1–0 2–0 1–2 0–0 0–3 3–1 3–0 2–1 1–1 0–3
Millwall 1–1 2–0 0–2 1–4 1–1 4–1 1–1 1–2 0–1 0–3 2–0 1–0 — 0–0 1–1 2–1 1–1 1–1 1–0 4–1 0–0 0–3 0–0 0–0
Norwich City 1–0 1–0 1–1 1–3 1–0 2–0 2–0 1–1 0–1 7–0 3–0 0–0 0–0 — 2–1 2–2 1–1 4–1 1–0 2–1 4–1 1–0 0–1 2–1
Nottingham Forest 0–0 0–0 1–0 0–0 1–3 1–2 0–2 2–1 1–1 0–2 0–1 1–2 3–1 0–2 — 1–2 3–1 1–1 1–1 2–0 1–1 0–1 0–0 2–0
Preston North End 2–0 1–2 0–3 1–1 0–5 1–0 0–1 2–0 3–0 3–0 0–1 3–0 0–2 1–1 0–1 — 0–0 0–0 1–2 1–0 0–1 0–1 0–1 2–2
Queens Park Rangers 1–3 0–0 1–0 2–1 2–1 1–2 3–2 3–0 0–1 0–1 3–1 1–1 3–2 1–3 2–0 0–2 — 0–1 3–2 4–1 0–0 0–2 1–1 1–0
Reading 2–0 1–2 1–0 3–1 1–3 3–1 1–1 3–0 3–1 2–2 2–1 0–2 1–2 1–2 2–0 0–3 1–1 — 3–0 3–0 0–3 2–2 1–0 1–0
Rotherham United 1–2 0–1 1–1 2–2 0–2 2–0 1–2 0–1 3–0 1–1 0–1 1–2 0–1 1–2 0–1 2–1 3–1 0–1 — 3–0 3–3 1–3 1–4 0–3
Sheffield Wednesday 1–2 0–1 1–0 1–0 1–2 1–1 5–0 1–0 1–0 1–1 0–1 2–1 0–0 1–2 0–0 1–0 1–1 1–1 1–2 — 0–0 0–2 0–0 2–0
Stoke City 2–2 1–1 1–0 0–1 3–2 0–2 1–2 2–3 1–0 4–3 3–0 1–0 1–2 2–3 1–1 0–0 0–2 0–0 1–0 1–0 — 1–2 1–2 2–0
Swansea City 2–0 0–0 2–0 0–0 1–1 1–3 0–1 1–0 2–1 1–2 2–0 2–1 2–1 2–0 1–0 0–1 0–1 0–0 1–0 1–1 2–0 — 2–1 2–2
Watford 1–0 3–0 3–1 1–1 1–1 6–0 0–1 3–2 2–1 2–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 4–1 1–2 2–0 2–0 1–0 3–2 2–0 — 2–0
Wycombe Wanderers 1–3 0–0 1–0 1–0 0–0 2–1 2–1 1–2 1–2 0–0 1–3 1–3 1–2 0–2 0–3 1–0 1–1 1–0 0–1 1–0 0–1 0–2 1–1 —
Updated to match(es) played on 8 May 2021. Source: "Championship Results". Sky Sports. Retrieved 13 November 2020.
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Season statistics

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Scoring

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Ivan Toney won The Golden Boot for Brentford in his debut season at the club, scoring 33 goals for The Bees, as they won the play–offs to seal promotion to The Premier League, ending a seventy-four year absence from the top flight.

Top scorers

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Rank Player Club Goals
1   Ivan Toney1 Brentford 33
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 Ayew2 Swansea City 17
  Arnaut Danjuma1 Bournemouth
8   Emiliano Buendía Norwich City 15
  Dominic Solanke Bournemouth
10   Jamal Lowe Swansea City 14
  • 1 Includes 2 goals in The Championship play-offs.
  • 2 Includes 1 goal in The Championship play-offs.

Hat-tricks

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Main article: List of EFL Championship hat-tricks
Player For Against Result Date
  Adam Armstrong Blackburn Rovers Wycombe Wanderers 5–0 (H)[72] 19 September 2020
  James Collins Luton Town Preston North End 3–0 (H)[73] 12 December 2020
  Sergi Canós Brentford Cardiff City 3–2 (A)[74] 26 December 2020
  Ivan Toney Wycombe Wanderers 7–2 (H)[75] 30 January 2021
  Teemu Pukki Norwich City Huddersfield Town 7–0 (H)[76] 6 April 2021
  Adam Armstrong Blackburn Rovers 5–2 (H)[77] 24 April 2021
  Harry Wilson Cardiff City Birmingham City 4–0 (A)[78] 1 May 2021
  Adam Armstrong Blackburn Rovers 5–2 (H)[79] 8 May 2021

Clean sheets

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Freddie Woodman won The Golden Glove this season with 21 clean sheets, as he helped Swansea City reach the play-off final, whilst on loan from Premier League club Newcastle United.
Rank Player Club Clean 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

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Players

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Club

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Awards

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Monthly

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Month Manager of the Month Player of the Month Reference
September   Veljko Paunović Reading   Bradley Johnson Blackburn Rovers [82]
October   Neil Warnock Middlesbrough   Ivan Toney Brentford [83]
November   Vladimir Ivić Watford   David Brooks Bournemouth [84]
December   Thomas Frank Brentford   Duncan Watmore Middlesbrough [85]
January   Steve Cooper Swansea City   Matt Crooks Rotherham United [86]
February   Mick McCarthy Cardiff City   Teemu Pukki Norwich City [87]
March   Xisco Muñoz Watford   Alex Mowatt Barnsley [88]
April   Jonathan Woodgate Bournemouth   Arnaut Danjuma Bournemouth [89]

Annual

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Award Winner Club
Player of the Season   Emiliano Buendía[90] Norwich City
Young Player of the Season   Michael Olise[90] Reading

Championship Team of the season

Pos. Player Club Ref.
GK   Asmir Begović Bournemouth [90][91]
DF   Max Aarons Norwich City
DF   Grant Hanley Norwich City
DF   Sean Morrison Cardiff City
DF   Adam Masina Watford
MF   Emiliano Buendía Norwich City
MF   Michael Olise Reading
MF   Alex Mowatt Barnsley
FW   Arnaut Danjuma Bournemouth
FW   Ivan Toney Brentford
FW   Teemu Pukki Norwich City
Manager   Daniel Farke Norwich City

PFA Championship Team of the Year

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Pos. Player Club
GK   Tim Krul Norwich City
DF   Max Aarons Norwich City
DF   Ethan Pinnock Brentford
DF   Grant Hanley Norwich City
DF   Rico Henry Brentford
MF   Emiliano Buendía Norwich City
MF   Michael Olise Reading
MF   Oliver Skipp Norwich City
FW   Adam Armstrong Blackburn Rovers
FW   Ivan Toney Brentford
FW   Teemu Pukki Norwich City

Notes and references

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  5. ^ "Wigan Athletic lose points deduction appeal". BBC Sport. 4 August 2020.
  6. ^ "Clubs confirmed for weekend pilot". www.efl.com.
  7. ^ "EFL chairman disappointed by halt to pilot scheme". Watford Observer.
  8. ^ "Coronavirus tiers: London's clubs unable to host fans from Wednesday". BBC Sport. 14 December 2020.
  9. ^ "In pictures: Football fans return to EFL matches". BBC Sport. 3 December 2020.
  10. ^ "Reading welcome fans back as first Premier League teams prepare to follow suit". Irish Examiner. 5 December 2020.
  11. ^ "London, South Essex, and South Hertfordshire to move to Tier 3 restrictions". GOV.UK.
  12. ^ "Toughest Covid rules extended in south of England". BBC News. 17 December 2020.
  13. ^ "Which tier is your football club in?" – via www.bbc.co.uk.
  14. ^ Bristol City FC [@BristolCity] (23 December 2020). "#BristolCity's games will continue to be played behind closed doors following the reclassification of Bristol into COVID-19 restriction Tier 3. It means that we will be unable to welcome fans to City's Boxing Day game against Wycombe Wanderers. https://t.co/1jikZiwJEq" (Tweet). Retrieved 29 December 2020 – via Twitter.
  15. ^ Norwich City FC [@NorwichCityFC] (23 December 2020). "Following today's announcement from the government, our upcoming home fixtures will now take place behind closed doors until further notice. All supporters who have purchased tickets for our games against QPR and Barnsley at Carrow Road will now be issued an automatic refund ⬇️" (Tweet). Retrieved 29 December 2020 – via Twitter.
  16. ^ "Covid-19: Twenty million in England added to toughest tier of restrictions". BBC News. 30 December 2020.
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  22. ^ AFC Bournemouth 🍒 [@afcbournemouth] (1 September 2020). "New @UmbroUK third kit ✅ New front of shirt sponsor ✅ All three kits will be available for pre-order tomorrow, full details coming 🙌 https://t.co/SZiUfeXuFi" (Tweet). Retrieved 29 December 2020 – via Twitter.
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  24. ^ "MANSIONBET UNVEILED AS PRINCIPAL SPONSOR". Bristol City.
  25. ^ "NEWS: Coventry City announce BoyleSports as the Club's New Principal Partner!". Coventry City F.C. 20 August 2020.
  26. ^ "Wisdom On Temporary Captains Role It Is An Honour". www.dcfc.co.uk.
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  29. ^ "Millwall announce Huski Chocolate as new principal partner". Millwall FC. Retrieved 21 June 2019.
  30. ^ "Casumo signs two-year partnership deal with Reading Football Club". www.readingfc.co.uk.
  31. ^ "Swansea City name new club captain for 2019/20 season". Wales Online. 30 July 2019. Retrieved 30 July 2019.
  32. ^ "Swans sign Joma for new campaign". swanseacity.com. Archived from the original on 4 June 2016. Retrieved 3 May 2016.
  33. ^ "SWANSEA UNIVERSITY BECOME SWANS' NEW FRONT OF SHIRT SPONSOR". swanseacity.com. 19 August 2020. Retrieved 19 August 2020.
  34. ^ "Watford Announces Record Four-Year Kelme Kit Deal". Footy Headlines. 15 May 2020. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
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