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EFL Championship
Season2020–21
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

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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
AFC Bournemouth Bournemouth Dean Court 11,364
Barnsley Barnsley Oakwell 23,287
Birmingham City Birmingham St Andrew's 29,409
Blackburn Rovers Blackburn Ewood Park 31,367
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 24,500
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 (Owlerton) Hillsborough Stadium 34,854
Stoke City Stoke-on-Trent bet365 Stadium 30,089
Swansea City Swansea Liberty Stadium 21,088
Watford Watford Vicarage Road 21,577
Wycombe Wanderers High Wycombe Adams Park 9,448


Personnel and sponsoring

Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Sponsor
AFC Bournemouth England Jason Tindall TBA Umbro TBA[1]
Barnsley Austria Gerhard Struber England Alex Mowatt [2] Puma The Investment Room[3]
Birmingham City Spain Aitor Karanka England Harlee Dean[4] Nike BoyleSports[5]
Blackburn Rovers England Tony Mowbray England Elliott Bennett Umbro TBA[6]
Brentford F.C. Denmark Thomas Frank Sweden Pontus Jansson Umbro EcoWorld
Bristol City England Dean Holden TBA Hummel MansionBet[7]
Cardiff City England Neil Harris England Sean Morrison Adidas Tourism Malaysia
Coventry City England Mark Robins Scotland Liam Kelly Hummel BoyleSports[8]
Derby County Netherlands Phillip Cocu England Wayne Rooney Umbro[9] 32Red
Huddersfield Town Spain Carlos Corberán Germany Christopher Schindler Umbro TBC
Luton Town Wales Nathan Jones England Sonny Bradley Umbro
  • JB Developments (home)
  • Star Platforms (away)
  • Ryebridge (third)
Middlesbrough England Neil Warnock TBA Hummel 32Red
Millwall England Gary Rowett Republic of Ireland Alex Pearce Macron Huski Chocolate[10]
Norwich City Germany Daniel Farke Scotland Grant Hanley Erreà Dafabet
Nottingham Forest France Sabri Lamouchi England Michael Dawson Macron Football Index[11]
Preston North End Scotland Alex Neil TBA Nike 32Red
Queens Park Rangers England Mark Warburton France Yoann Barbet Erreà Football Index[12]
Reading Serbia Veljko Paunović England Liam Moore Macron Casumo[13]
Rotherham United England Paul Warne England Richard Wood Puma Embark Group (Home), Mears (Away & 3rd)
Sheffield Wednesday England Garry Monk England Tom Lees Elev8 Chansiri
Stoke City Northern Ireland Michael O'Neill England Ryan Shawcross Macron bet365
Swansea City Wales Steve Cooper England Matt Grimes[14] Joma[15] Swansea University[16]
Watford Serbia Vladimir Ivić England Troy Deeney Kelme[17] Sportsbet.io
Wycombe Wanderers England Gareth Ainsworth England Matt Bloomfield O'Neills Dreams[18]
  1. ^ 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
Birmingham City
England Steve Spooner
England Craig Gardner[19]
End of caretaker spell 22 July 2020 Pre-season Spain Aitor Karanka[20] 31 July 2020
Huddersfield Town England Danny Schofield[19] Spain Carlos Corberán[21] 23 July 2020
Watford England Hayden Mullins[22][23] 26 July 2020 Serbia Vladimir Ivić[24] 15 August 2020
AFC Bournemouth England Eddie Howe[25] Mutual consent 1 August 2020 England Jason Tindall[26] 8 August 2020
Reading Wales Mark Bowen[27] Promoted to sporting director 29 August 2020 Serbia Veljko Paunović[27] 29 August 2020

League table

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[30]
(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.[28][29]

Results

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

  1. ^ https://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/sport/18652303.no-release-date-yet-new-cherries-kit-club-continues-search-sponsors/
  2. ^ Alex Mowatt on Barnsley FC Barnsley Football Club. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
  3. ^ "Take a closer look 20/21 Kit". Barnsley F.C. 17 July 2020. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
  4. ^ "HARLEE DEAN NAMED BLUES NEW CAPTAIN". Birmingham City F.C. 26 July 2019. Retrieved 1 August 2019.
  5. ^ "BLUES AGREE PRINCIPAL PARTNERSHIP WITH BOYLESPORTS". Birmingham City F.C. 3 June 2019.
  6. ^ "What Blackburn Rovers had to say about 10Bet sponsorship blow and what happens next". 19 August 2018.
  7. ^ "MANSIONBET UNVEILED AS PRINCIPAL SPONSOR". Bristol City.
  8. ^ "NEWS: Coventry City announce BoyleSports as the Club's New Principal Partner!". Coventry City F.C. 20 August 2020.
  9. ^ "Derby County Announce Umbro Kit Deal". Retrieved 12 June 2017.
  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. ^ "Football Index confirmed as new shirt sponsors". QPR.
  13. ^ "Casumo signs two-year partnership deal with Reading Football Club".
  14. ^ "Swansea City name new club captain for 2019/20 season". Wales Online. 30 July 2019. Retrieved 30 July 2019.
  15. ^ "Swans sign Joma for new campaign". swanseacity.com. Archived from the original on 4 June 2016. Retrieved 3 May 2016.
  16. ^ "SWANSEA UNIVERSITY BECOME SWANS' NEW FRONT OF SHIRT SPONSOR". swanseacity.com. 19 August 2020. Retrieved 19 August 2020.
  17. ^ "Watford Announces Record Four-Year Kelme Kit Deal". Footy Headlines. 15 May 2020. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
  18. ^ "#ChairboysNewKit: Pre-order yours now!". Wycombe Wanderers F.C. 13 August 2020. Retrieved 19 August 2020.
  19. ^ a b "What happened on a remarkable last night of the Championship season?". BBC Sport. 22 July 2020. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
  20. ^ "Aitor Karanka: Birmingham City confirm Spaniard as new head coach". BBC Sport. 31 July 2020. Retrieved 31 July 2020.
  21. ^ "Carlos Corberan: Huddersfield Town appoint Leeds United assistant as new head coach". BBC Sport. 23 July 2020. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
  22. ^ "Arsenal v Watford, 2019/20". Premier League. 26 July 2020. Retrieved 30 August 2020.
  23. ^ "Mullins: "It Hurts A Lot" - Watford FC". Watford Football Club Official Website. Retrieved 27 July 2020.
  24. ^ https://www.watfordfc.com/news/club/official-ivic-appointed-new-head-coach
  25. ^ "Statement: Eddie Howe Leaves Club by Mutual Consent". A.F.C. Bournemouth. 1 August 2020. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
  26. ^ "Jason Tindall: Bournemouth appoint Eddie Howe's former assistant as manager". BBC Sport. 8 August 2020. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
  27. ^ a b "Veljko Paunovic: Reading appoint Serbian as manager, replacing Mark Bowen". BBC News]. 29 August 2020. Retrieved 29 August 2020.
  28. ^ "EFL Statement: Sheffield Wednesday verdict". English Football League. 31 July 2020. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
  29. ^ "EFL statement: Sheffield Wednesday". English Football League. 4 November 2020. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
  30. ^ "EFL Regulations Section 3 – The League; subsection 9 – Method of Determining League Positions". English Football League. Retrieved 30 July 2019.


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