EFL Championship 2020–2021

EFL Championship 2020–2021 begynte 11. september 2020. De lagene som rykket ned fra Premier League 2019/20 var Bournemouth, Norwich og Watford, og de som rykket opp fra League One 2019/20 var Coventry, Rotherham United og Wycombe Wanderers.

EFL Championship 2020/21

Avdelinger		1
Lag		24
Opprykk til		2021/22
Nedrykk til		2021/22
Statistikk
Kamper		552
Mål		1 274
Mål per kamp		2,31
Toppskårer		Ivan Toney, Brentford (31 mål)
Øvrige ligaer
Nivå1		Premier League 2020/21
Nivå2		EFL Championship 2020/21
Nivå3		EFL League One 2020/21
Nivå4		EFL League Two 2020/21
Nivå5		National League 2020/21
Nivå6		National League North 2020/21 og National League South 2020/21
Nivå7		Northern Premier League Premier Division 2020/20 og Southern Football League Premier Division 2020/21
← 2019/20 2021/22 →

Norwich vant serien, som i 2019. Det er femte gang Norwich blir mester på nivå to. Watford rykket også direkte rett opp igjen. Brentford, Swansea, Barnsley og Bournemouth spiller kvalifisering om den tredje opprykksplassen. I den andre enden av tabellen rykket Rotherham United rett ned, sammen med Sheffield Wednesday som rykket ned som en følge av et poengtrekk de ble idømt før sesongen. Wycombe Wanderers endte på nedrykksplass da sesongen ble avsluttet, men EFL etterforsket Derby County for mulige brudd på ligaens økonomiske reglement. 2. juli 2021 kunngjorde EFL at Derby ikke ville bli ilagt poengtrekk.^[1]

Tabell

Pl	Lag v d r	K	V	U	T	M+	M–	MF	P	Opprykk, kvalifisering eller nedrykk
1	Norwich (O)	46	29	10	7	75	36	+39	97	Opprykk til Premier League
2	Watford (O)	46	27	10	9	63	30	+33	91
3	Brentford (K)	46	24	15	7	79	42	+37	87	Kvalifisering til Premier League
4	Swansea (K)	46	23	11	12	56	39	+17	80
5	Barnsley (K)	46	23	9	14	58	50	+8	78
6	Bournemouth (K)	46	22	11	13	73	46	+27	77
7	Reading	46	19	13	14	62	54	+8	70
8	Cardiff	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	46	15	15	16	50	52	−2	60
15	Blackburn	46	15	12	19	65	54	+11	57
16	Coventry	46	14	13	19	49	61	−12	55
17	Nottingham Forest	46	12	16	18	37	45	−8	52
18	Birmingham	46	13	13	20	37	61	−24	52
19	Bristol City	46	15	6	25	46	68	−22	51
20	Huddersfield	46	12	13	21	50	71	−21	49
21	Derby	46	11	11	24	36	58	−22	44
22	Wycombe Wanderers (N)	46	11	10	25	39	69	−30	43	Nedrykk til League One
23	Rotherham United (N)	46	11	9	26	44	60	−16	42
24	Sheffield Wednesday (N)	46	12	11	23	40	61	−21	41[lower-alpha 1]

Oppdatert per kamp(er) spilt 8. mai 2021. Kilde: EFL Official Website
Regler for rangering: 1) Poeng; 2) Målforskjell; 3) Mål scoret; 4) Innbyrdes oppgjør; 5) Seire; 6) Bortemål; 7) Straffepoeng pådratt (sec 9.5); 8) Eventuell 12-poengs straff pådratt^[4]
(K) Kvalifisert til indikert runde; (N) Nedrykk; (O) Opprykk
Noter:

Type nummerering

1. Sheffield Wednesday mottok et 12-poengs poengtrekk for brudd på ligaens regler for lønnsomhet og bærekraft. Dette ble senere redusert til 6 poeng av et Independent League Arbitration panel.^[2][3]

Klubbinfo

Barnsley

Birmingham

London

Blackburn

Bournemouth

Bristol City

Cardiff

Coventry

Derby

Huddersfield

Luton

Middlesbrough

Norwich

Nottingham Forest

Preston North End

Reading

Rotherham United

Sheffield Wednesday

Swansea

Stoke

Watford

Wycombe Wanderers

London-lagene:

Brentford
Millwall

Queens Park Rangers

Lag i EFL Championship - sesongen 2020/21

Klubb	Manager	Kaptein	Hjemby	Stadion	Kapasitet
Barnsley	Valérien Ismaël	Alex Mowatt	Barnsley	Oakwell Stadium	23 287
Birmingham	Lee Bowyer	Harlee Dean	Birmingham	St Andrew's	60 704
Blackburn	Tony Mowbray	Elliott Bennett	Blackburn	Ewood Park	31 367
Bournemouth	Jonathan Woodgate	Steve Anthony Cook	Bournemouth	Vitality Stadium	11 364
Brentford	Thomas Frank	Pontus Jansson	London	Griffin Park	12 300
Bristol City	Nigel Pearson	Tomáš Kalas	Bristol	Ashton Gate	27 000
Cardiff	Mick McCarthy	Sean Morrison	Cardiff	Cardiff City Stadium	33 316
Coventry	Mark Robins	Liam Kelly	Birmingham	St Andrew's	60 704
Derby	Wayne Rooney	David Marshall	Derby	Pride Park Stadium	33 600
Huddersfield	Carlos Corberán	Christoper Schindler	Huddersfield	Kirklees Stadium	24 500
Luton Town	Nathan Jones	Sonny Bradley	Luton	Kenilworth Road	10 336
Middlesbrough	Neil Warnock	Britt Assombalonga	Middlesbrough	Riverside Stadium	34 000
Millwall	Gary Rowett	Alex Pearce	London	The Den	20 146
Norwich	Daniel Farke	Grant Hanley	Norwich	Carrow Road	27 244
Nottingham Forest	Chris Hughton	Michael Dawson	Nottingham	City Ground	30 445
Preston North End	Frankie McAvoy (midlertidig)	Alan Browne	Preston	Deepdale	23 408
Queens Park Rangers	Mark Warburton	Geoff Cameron	London	Kiyan Prince Foundation	18 439
Reading	Veljko Paunović	Liam Moore	Reading	Madejski Stadium	24 161
Rotherham United	Paul Warne	Richard Wood	Rotherham	New York Stadium	12 021
Sheffield Wednesday	Darren Moore	Barry Bannan	Sheffield	Hillsborough Stadium	39 752
Stoke	Michael O'Neill	Ryan Shawcross	Stoke-on-Trent	bet365 Stadium	30 089
Swansea	Steve Cooper	Matt Grimes	Swansea	Liberty Stadium	21 088
Watford	Xisco Muñoz	Troy Deeney	Watford	Vicarage Road	21 577
Wycombe Wanderers	Gareth Ainsworth	Matt Bloomfield	High Wycombe	Adams Park	9 448

Trenerbytter

Klubb	Avgående hovedtrener	Årsak til avgang	Avgangsdato	Plassering	Erstatter	Ansettelsesdato
Birmingham	Steve Spooner Craig Gardner	Slutt på midlertidig stilling	2020-07-2222. juli 2020[5]	Før sesong	Aitor Karanka	2020-07-3131. juli 2020[6]>
Huddersfield	Danny Schofield		2020-07-2222. juli 2020[5]		Carlos Corberán	2020-07-2323. juli 2020[7]
Watford	Hayden Mullins		2020-07-2626. juli 2020[8]		Vladimir Ivić	2020-08-1515. august 2020[9]
Bournemouth	Eddie Howe	Gjensidig oppsigelse	2020-08-011. august 2020[10]		Jason Tindall	2020-08-088. august 2020[11]
Reading	Mark Bowen		2020-08-2929. august 2020[12]		Veljko Paunović	2020-08-2929. august 2020[12]
Barnsley	Gerhard Struber	Signert av New York Red Bulls	2020-10-066. oktober 2020[13]	21	Valérien Ismaël	2020-10-2323. oktober 2020[14]
Nottingham Forest	Sabri Lamouchi	Sparket	2020-10-066. oktober 2020[15]	22	Chris Hughton	2020-10-066. oktober 2020[15]
Sheffield Wednesday	Gary Monk		2020-11-099. november 2020[16]	23	Tony Pulis	2020-11-1313. november 2020[17]
Derby	Phillip Cocu	Gjensidig oppsigelse	2020-11-1414. november 2020[18]	24	Wayne Rooney	2020-11-2727. november 2020[19][20]
Watford	Vladimir Ivić	Sparken	2020-12-1919. desember 2020[21]	5	Xisco Muñoz	2020-12-2020. desember 2020[22]
Sheffield Wednesday	Tony Pulis		2020-12-2828. desember 2020[23]	23	Neil Thompson (midlertidig)	2020-12-2828. desember 2020
Cardiff	Neil Harris		2021-01-2222. januar 2021[24]	15	Mick McCarthy	2021-01-2222. januar 2021[25]
Bournemouth	Jason Tindall		2021-02-033. februar 2021[26]	6	Jonathan Woodgate (midlertidig)	2021-02-033. februar 2021[27]
Sheffield Wednesday	Neil Thompson (midlertidig)	Midlertidig stilling over	2021-03-011. mars 2021	23	Darren Moore	2021-03-011. mars 2021[28]
Bristol City	Dean Holden	Sparken	2021-02-1616. februar 2021[29]	13	Nigel Pearson	2021-02-2222. februar 2021[30]
Birmingham	Aitor Karanka	Sa opp	2021-03-1616. mars 2021[31]	21	Lee Bowyer	2021-03-1616. mars 2021[32]
Preston North End	Alex Neil	Sparken	2021-03-2121. mars 2021[33]	16	Frankie McAvoy	2021-03-2121. mars 2021[33]

Resultattabell

Hjemme \ Borte	BAR	BIR	BLA	BOU	BRN	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		0–0	0–0	2–1	0–1	2–0	2–1		2–0	2–1	3–0	1–1	1–0	1–2	2–0	0–2	1–0	2–1
Birmingham	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	2–1		—	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		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		—	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	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		0–2	0–0	0–2	1–2	2–1
Coventry	2–0	0–0	0–4	1–3	2–0	3–1	1–0	—	1–0	0–0	0–0	1–2		0–2	1–2	0–1	3–2	3–2	3–1	2–0	0–0	1–1	0–0	0–0
Derby	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		0–0	2–0	0–1	1–1
Huddersfield	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		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
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	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	—		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		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		2–1	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		1–1	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	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	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
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	—

Oppdatert med kamper spilt til og med 1. mai 2021. Kilde: «Championship Results». Sky Sports.
Farger: Blå = hjemmeseier; Gul = uavgjort; Rød = borteseier.

Månedens manager og spiller

Måned	Månedens manager		Månedens spiller		Referanse
	Manager	Klubb	Spiller	Klubb
September	Veljko Paunović	Reading	Bradley Johnson	Blackburn	[34]
Oktober	Neil Warnock	Middlesbrough	Ivan Toney	Brentford	[35]
November	Vladimir Ivić	Watford	David Brooks	Bournemouth	[36]
Desember	Thomas Frank	Brentford	Duncan Watmore	Middlesbrough	[37]
Januar	Steve Cooper	Swansea	Matt Crooks	Rotherham United	[38]
Februar	Mick McCarthy	Cardiff	Teemu Pukki	Norwich	[39]
Mars	Xisco Muñoz	Watford	Alex Mowatt	Barnsley	[40]
April	Jonathan Woodgate	Bournemouth	Arnaut Danjuma	Bournemouth	[41]

Statistikk

Toppscorere

Nr.	Spiller	Klubb	Mål
1	Ivan Toney	Brentford	31
2	Adam Armstrong	Blackburn	28
3	Teemu Pukki	Norwich	26
4	Kieffer Moore	Cardiff	20
5	Lucas João	Reading	19
6	André Ayew	Swansea	16
7	Arnaut Danjuma	Bournemouth	15
	Dominic Solanke	Bournemouth
	Emiliano Buendía	Norwich
10	Jamal Lowe	Swansea	14

Referanser

1. «Derby avoid relegation from Championship». BBC Sport (på engelsk). Besøkt 3. juli 2021.
2. «EFL Statement: Sheffield Wednesday verdict». English Football League.
3. «EFL statement: Sheffield Wednesday». EFL.
4. «EFL Regulations Section 3 – The League; subsection 9 – Method of Determining League Positions». EFL.
5. «What happened on a remarkable last night of the Championship season?». BBC Sport.
6. «Aitor Karanka: Birmingham City confirm Spaniard as new head coach». BBC Sport.
7. «Carlos Corberan: Huddersfield Town appoint Leeds United assistant as new head coach». BBC Sport.
8. «Mullins: "It Hurts A Lot" - Watford FC». Watford Football Club Official Website.
9. «Official: Ivić Appointed New Head Coach». www.watfordfc.com (på engelsk).
10. «Statement: Eddie Howe Leaves Club by Mutual Consent». Bournemouth.
11. «Jason Tindall: Bournemouth appoint Eddie Howe's former assistant as manager». BBC Sport (på engelsk).
12. «Veljko Paunovic: Reading appoint Serbian as manager, replacing Mark Bowen». BBC News.
13. «Gerhard Struber leaves Oakwell». Barnsley F.C.
14. «Valerien Ismael: Barnsley appoint new head coach to succeed Gerhard Struber». BBC Sport (på engelsk).
15. «Hughton replaces Lamouchi at Forest». BBC Sport (på engelsk).
16. «Garry Monk: Sheffield Wednesday sack ex-Swansea, Leeds and Birmingham boss».
17. «Tony Pulis: Sheffield Wednesday appoint former Stoke City manager as new boss».
18. «Derby County Statement: 14th November 2020».
19. Parker, Ian. «Wayne Rooney to take sole charge of Derby against Wycombe». The Independent.
20. «Wayne Rooney: How impressive interim Derby County spell led to permanent manager's job». BBC.
21. «Vladimir Ivic: Watford sack head coach after four months». BBC Sport.
22. «Xisco Munoz: Watford appoint Dinamo Tbilisi boss as head coach». BBC Sport.
23. «Club Statement». swfc.co.uk. Sheffield Wednesday.
24. «Neil Harris: Cardiff City sack manager after six straight defeats». BBC Sport.
25. «Cardiff City name Mick McCarthy new manager after sacking Neil Harris». BBC Sport.
26. «Jason Tindall: Bournemouth sack manager after six months in charge». BBC Sport.
27. «Jonathan Woodgate: Bournemouth bring in former Middlesbrough manager as coach». BBC Sport.
28. «Darren Moore: Sheffield Wednesday appoint Doncaster Rovers boss as new manager». BBC.
29. «Club statement». Bristol City.
30. «Nigel Pearson: Bristol City appoint ex-Leicester and Watford manager». BBC.
31. «Club statement: Aitor Karanka». Birmingham. Arkivert fra originalen 22. april 2021. Besøkt 25. april 2021.
32. «Lee Bowyer appointed head coach». Birmingham. Arkivert fra originalen 5. mai 2021. Besøkt 25. april 2021.
33. «Alex Neil: Preston sack manager after one win in nine Championship games». BBC.
34. «Sky Bet Championship: Manager and Player of the Month September winners». EFL.com.
35. «Sky Bet Championship: October Manager and Player of the Month winners». EFL.com.
36. «Sky Bet Championship: Manager and Player of the Month November winners». EFL.com.
37. «Sky Bet Championship: December Manager and Player of the Month winners». EFL.com.
38. «Rotherham's Matt Crooks and Swansea's Steve Cooper win Sky Bet Championship January awards». Skysports.com.
39. «Norwich City's Teemu Pukki and Cardiff City's Mick McCarthy win Sky Bet Championship February awards». Sky Sports (på engelsk).
40. «Barnsley's Alex Mowatt and Watford's Xisco Munoz win Sky Bet Championship March awards». Sky Sports (på engelsk).
41. «Bournemouth duo Arnaut Danjuma and Jonathan Woodgate win Sky Bet Championship April awards». Sky Sports.