2020–21 EFL Championship

EFL Championship
Season	2020–21
	← 2019–20 2021–22 → All statistics correct as of 14 July 2020.

The 2020–21 EFL Championship (referred to as the Sky Bet Championship for sponsorship reasons) will be the 17th season of the Football League Championship under its current title and the 29th season under its current league division format.

Team changes

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

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Stadiums

London teams
Millwall
Queens Park Rangers

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Locations of the 2020–21 EFL Championship teams

Millwall

Queens Park Rangers

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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	Boscombe	Dean Court	11,364
Bristol City	Bristol	Ashton Gate	27,000
Coventry City	Birmingham	St Andrew's	29,409
Derby County	Derby	Pride Park Stadium	33,600
Huddersfield Town	Huddersfield	Kirklees Stadium	24,500
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	West Bridgford	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	34,854
Stoke City	Stoke-on-Trent	bet365 Stadium	30,089
Watford	Watford	Vicarage Road	21,577
Wycombe Wanderers	High Wycombe	Adams Park	9,448

Personnel and sponsoring

Team	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Sponsor
Barnsley	Gerhard Struber	Mike-Steven Bähre^[1]	Puma	C.K. Beckett^[2]
Birmingham City	Vacant	Harlee Dean^[3]	Nike	BoyleSports^[4]
Blackburn Rovers	Tony Mowbray	Elliott Bennett	Umbro	10Bet^[5]
Bournemouth	Eddie Howe	Simon Francis	Umbro	Vitality^[6]
Bristol City	Vacant	TBA	Hummel	Dunder^[7]
Coventry City	Mark Robins	Liam Kelly	Hummel	Allsopp & Allsopp
Derby County	Phillip Cocu	Wayne Rooney	Umbro^[8]	32Red
Huddersfield Town	Carlos Corberán	Christopher Schindler	Umbro	Paddy Power (unbranded)^[9]¹
Luton Town	Nathan Jones	Sonny Bradley	Umbro	JB Developments (home) Star Platforms (away) Ryebridge (third)
Middlesbrough	Neil Warnock	George Friend	Hummel	32Red
Millwall	Gary Rowett	Alex Pearce	Macron	Huski Chocolate^[10]
Norwich City	Daniel Farke	Grant Hanley	Erreà	Dafabet
Nottingham Forest	Sabri Lamouchi	Michael Dawson	Macron	Football Index^[11]
Preston North End	Alex Neil	TBA	Nike	32Red
Queens Park Rangers	Mark Warburton	Yoann Barbet	Erreà	TBC
Reading	Mark Bowen	Liam Moore	Macron	Casumo^[12]
Rotherham United	Paul Warne	Richard Wood	Puma	Embark Group (Home), Mears (Away & 3rd)
Sheffield Wednesday	Garry Monk	Tom Lees	Elev8	Chansiri
Stoke City	Michael O'Neill	Ryan Shawcross	Macron	bet365
Watford	Vacant	Troy Deeney	Adidas	Sportsbet.io
Wycombe Wanderers	Gareth Ainsworth	Matt Bloomfield	O'Neills	Cherry Red Records (Home),^[13] Dormeo (Away)

^ Huddersfield Town's shirt does not display Paddy Power's logo as part of the bookmakers' "Save Our Shirt" campaign.

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Bristol City	Dean Holden^[14]	End of caretaker spell	22 July 2020	Pre-season
Birmingham City	Steve Spooner Craig Gardner^[14]
Huddersfield Town	Danny Schofield^[14]				Carlos Corberán^[15]	23 July 2020
Watford	Hayden Mullins^[16]		26 July 2020

League table

Pos	Team v t e	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	Promotion to the Premier League
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^[19]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ 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.^[17]^[18]

Results

Home \ Away	BAR	BIR	BLA	BOU	BRI	COV	DER	HUD	LUT	MID	MIL	NOR	NOT	PRE	QPR	REA	ROT	SHW	STO	WAT	WYC	TBA	TBA	TBA
Barnsley	—
Birmingham City		—
Blackburn Rovers			—
AFC Bournemouth				—
Bristol City					—
Coventry City						—
Derby County							—						a
Huddersfield Town								—
Luton Town									—											a
Middlesbrough										—
Millwall											—
Norwich City												—
Nottingham Forest							a						—
Preston North End														—
Queens Park Rangers															—
Reading																—
Rotherham United																	—
Sheffield Wednesday																		—
Stoke City																			—
Watford									a											—
Wycombe Wanderers																					—
TBA																						—
TBA																							—
TBA																								—

Updated to match(es) played on 12 September 2020. Source: ^{[citation needed]}
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.

Notes

References

^ Barnsley F.C. Adam Davis Archived 7 September 2018 at the Wayback Machine Barnsleyfc.co.uk. Barnsley Football Club. Adam Davis. Retrieved 7 September 2018.
^ "Barnsley Football Club Extends Partnership with Principal Sponsor CK Beckett". Barnsley FC. Archived from the original on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 31 May 2016.
^ "HARLEE DEAN NAMED BLUES NEW CAPTAIN". Birmingham City F.C. 26 July 2019. Retrieved 1 August 2019.
^ "BLUES AGREE PRINCIPAL PARTNERSHIP WITH BOYLESPORTS". Birmingham City F.C. 3 June 2019.
^ "Blackburn Rovers scores 10Bet deal – Lancashire Business View". 19 July 2018.
^ [1]
^ "City reveals Dunder as new shirt sponsor". Bristol City.
^ "Derby County Announce Umbro Kit Deal". Retrieved 12 June 2017.
^ Chicken, Steven (3 June 2019). "New Huddersfield Town kit: why it isn't out yet and what we know". YorkshireLive.
^ "Millwall announce Huski Chocolate as new principal partner". Millwall FC. Retrieved 21 June 2019.
^ "Nottingham Forest announce landmark deal with BetBright". Nottingham Forest. Retrieved 13 June 2018.
^ "Casumo signs two-year partnership deal with Reading Football Club".
^ "Cherry Red Records are new front of home shirt sponsor". Wycombe Wanderers F.C. 3 July 2018. Retrieved 3 July 2018.
^ ^a ^b ^c "What happened on a remarkable last night of the Championship season?". BBC Sport. 22 July 2020. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
^ "Carlos Corberan: Huddersfield Town appoint Leeds United assistant as new head coach". BBC Sport. 23 July 2020. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
^ "Mullins: "It Hurts A Lot" - Watford FC". Watford Football Club Official Website. Retrieved 27 July 2020.
^ "EFL Statement: Sheffield Wednesday verdict". English Football League. 31 July 2020. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
^ "EFL statement: Sheffield Wednesday". English Football League. 4 November 2020. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
^ "EFL Regulations Section 3 – The League; subsection 9 – Method of Determining League Positions". English Football League. Retrieved 30 July 2019.

[table_hth_SHW0.34504117413659-19] 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.^[17]^[18]

[Barnsley_Football_Club-1] Barnsley F.C. Adam Davis Archived 7 September 2018 at the Wayback Machine Barnsleyfc.co.uk. Barnsley Football Club. Adam Davis. Retrieved 7 September 2018.

[2] "Barnsley Football Club Extends Partnership with Principal Sponsor CK Beckett". Barnsley FC. Archived from the original on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 31 May 2016.

[3] "HARLEE DEAN NAMED BLUES NEW CAPTAIN". Birmingham City F.C. 26 July 2019. Retrieved 1 August 2019.

[4] "BLUES AGREE PRINCIPAL PARTNERSHIP WITH BOYLESPORTS". Birmingham City F.C. 3 June 2019.

[5] "Blackburn Rovers scores 10Bet deal – Lancashire Business View". 19 July 2018.

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[7] "City reveals Dunder as new shirt sponsor". Bristol City.

[8] "Derby County Announce Umbro Kit Deal". Retrieved 12 June 2017.

[9] Chicken, Steven (3 June 2019). "New Huddersfield Town kit: why it isn't out yet and what we know". YorkshireLive.

[10] "Millwall announce Huski Chocolate as new principal partner". Millwall FC. Retrieved 21 June 2019.

[11] "Nottingham Forest announce landmark deal with BetBright". Nottingham Forest. Retrieved 13 June 2018.

[12] "Casumo signs two-year partnership deal with Reading Football Club".

[13] "Cherry Red Records are new front of home shirt sponsor". Wycombe Wanderers F.C. 3 July 2018. Retrieved 3 July 2018.

[Championship_Season_Ends_So_Caretaker_Managers_End_Their_Spells_In_Charge-14] "What happened on a remarkable last night of the Championship season?". BBC Sport. 22 July 2020. Retrieved 23 July 2020.

[15] "Carlos Corberan: Huddersfield Town appoint Leeds United assistant as new head coach". BBC Sport. 23 July 2020. Retrieved 23 July 2020.

[16] "Mullins: "It Hurts A Lot" - Watford FC". Watford Football Club Official Website. Retrieved 27 July 2020.

[17] "EFL Statement: Sheffield Wednesday verdict". English Football League. 31 July 2020. Retrieved 12 April 2021.

[18] "EFL statement: Sheffield Wednesday". English Football League. 4 November 2020. Retrieved 12 April 2021.

[20] "EFL Regulations Section 3 – The League; subsection 9 – Method of Determining League Positions". English Football League. Retrieved 30 July 2019.

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