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2020–21 Coventry City F.C. season

The 2020–21 season was Coventry City's 137th season in their history and the first season back in the EFL Championship for 8 years and the club's second and final season at St Andrew's. Alongside the Championship, the club participated in the FA Cup and EFL Cup.

2020–21 season
Tim Fisher
Mark Robins
St Andrew's
16th
Third roundvs Norwich City
Second roundvs Gillingham
League: Tyler Walker (7)All: Tyler Walker (8)
6–1 vs. Millwall(Championship, 8 May 2021)
4–0 vs. Blackburn Rovers(Championship, 24 October 2020)

Home colours

Away colours

The 2020–21 season was Coventry City's 137th season in their history and the first season back in the EFL Championship for 8 years and the club's second and final season at St Andrew's. Alongside the Championship, the club participated in the FA Cup and EFL Cup.

The season covers the period from 1 July 2020 to 30 June 2021.

On 10 July, Coventry City announced they would travel to Scotland to face Scottish Premiership side Rangers in a behind closed doors friendly on July 25. The Sky Blues added a second pre-season friendly against Swindon Town which would also be played behind closed doors on August 15, and a third against Peterborough United on August 29. Two more were later added to the schedule against Wolverhampton Wanderers U23 and Milton Keynes Dons. A further friendly against Burton Albion on 25 August was also confirmed. A final pre-season match against Solihull Moors was also added to the schedule.

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13	46	18	7	21	49	56	−7	61
14	46	15	15	16	50	52	−2	60
15	46	15	12	19	65	54	+11	57
16	46	14	13	19	49	61	−12	55
17	46	12	16	18	37	45	−8	52
18	46	13	13	20	37	61	−24	52
19	46	15	6	25	46	68	−22	51

Draw Loss Postponed

The 2020–21 season fixtures were released on 21 August.

The third round draw was made on 30 November, with Premier League and EFL Championship clubs all entering the competition.

Win Draw Loss

The first round draw was made on 18 August. The second round draw was made on 6 September.

Win Draw Loss

Player age and appearances/goals for the club as of beginning of 2020–21 season.

† Deal includes option to buy after loan period.

Correct as of match played on 8 May 2021

No.	Nat.	Player	Pos.	Championship	FA Cup	EFL Cup	Total
19		Tyler Walker	FW	7	0	1	8
9		Maxime Biamou	FW	5	0	1	6
24		Matt Godden	FW	6	0	0	6
38		Gustavo Hamer	MF	5	0	0	5
11		Callum O'Hare	MF	3	0	0	3
12		Viktor Gyökeres	FW	3	0	0	3
15		Dominic Hyam	DF	3	0	0	3
25		Matty James	MF	3	0	0	3
26		Jordan Shipley	MF	3	0	0	3
2		Leo Skiri Østigård	DF	2	0	0	2
5		Kyle McFadzean	DF	2	0	0	2
6		Liam Kelly	MF	2	0	0	2
8		Jamie Allen	MF	1	0	0	1
21		Sam McCallum	DF	1	0	0	1
Own Goals	3	0	0	3

Correct as of match played on 8 May 2021

No.	Player	Pos.	Championship	EFL Cup	Total
11	Callum O'Hare	MF	8	0	8
25	Matty James	MF	3	0	3
38	Gustavo Hamer	MF	3	0	3
2	Leo Skiri Østigård	DF	2	0	2
9	Maxime Biamou	FW	2	0	2
19	Tyler Walker	FW	2	0	2
21	Sam McCallum	DF	2	0	2
24	Matt Godden	FW	2	0	2
3	Brandon Mason	DF	0	1	1
4	Michael Rose	DF	1	0	1
5	Kyle McFadzean	DF	1	0	1
14	Ben Sheaf	MF	1	0	1
18	Ryan Giles	DF	1	0	1
26	Jordan Shipley	MF	1	0	1

Correct as of match played on 8 May 2021

No.	Player	Pos.	Championship	FA Cup	EFL Cup	Total
2	Leo Skiri Østigård	DF	10	0	0	10
38	Gustavo Hamer	MF	8	1	0	9
5	Kyle McFadzean	DF	5	0	0	5
11	Callum O'Hare	MF	5	0	0	5
14	Ben Sheaf	MF	4	0	0	4
9	Maxime Biamou	FW	3	0	0	3
15	Dominic Hyam	DF	3	0	0	3
23	Fankaty Dabo	DF	3	0	0	3
1	Marko Maroši	GK	2	0	0	2
6	Liam Kelly	MF	2	0	0	2
21	Sam McCallum	DF	2	0	0	2
26	Jordan Shipley	MF	1	0	1	2
3	Brandon Mason	DF	0	0	1	1
4	Michael Rose	DF	1	0	0	1
13	Ben Wilson	GK	1	0	0	1
19	Tyler Walker	FW	1	0	0	1
20	Amadou Bakayoko	FW	0	0	1	1
25	Matty James	MF	1	0	0	1
29	Julien Dacosta	DF	1	0	0	1
41	Will Bapaga	FW	0	0	1	1

Correct as of match played on 8 May 2021

No.	Player	Pos.	Championship	EFL Cup	Total
5	Kyle McFadzean	DF	2	0	2
2	Leo Skiri Østigård	DF	1	0	1
4	Michael Rose	DF	1	0	1
35	Declan Drysdale	DF	0	1	1
38	Gustavo Hamer	MF	1	0	1

Correct as of match played on 8 May 2021

No.	Player	Pos.	Championship	FA Cup	EFL Cup	Total
6	Liam Kelly	MF	21	0	0	21
5	Kyle McFadzean	DF	16	1	1	18
15	Dominic Hyam	DF	3	0	0	3
25	Matty James	MF	3	0	0	3
24	Matt Godden	FW	2	0	0	2
4	Michael Rose	DF	0	0	1	1
23	Fankaty Dabo	DF	1	0	0	1

No.	Player	Pos.	Date	Opponents	Ground	Success
24	Matt Godden	FW	2 October 2020	Bournemouth	St Andrew's	Y
19	Tyler Walker	FW	20 February 2021	Brentford	St Andrew's	Y
24	Matt Godden	FW	5 April 2021	Bristol City	St Andrew's	Y

No.	Player	Pos.	Date suspended	Reason	Matches missed
35	Declan Drysdale	DF	5 September 2020	1 red card	Bristol City (A)
38	Gustavo Hamer	MF	2 October 2020	1 red card	Brentford (A)Swansea City (H)Blackburn Rovers (H)
4	Michael Rose	DF	24 October 2020	1 red card	Middlesbrough (A)
38	Gustavo Hamer	MF	16 December 2020	5 yellow cards	Sheffield Wednesday (A)
5	Kyle McFadzean	DF	19 January 2021	1 red card	Sheffield Wednesday (H)
2	Leo Skiri Østigård	DF	27 February 2021	1 red card	Middlesbrough (H)
5	Kyle McFadzean	DF	16 March 2021	1 red card	Wycombe Wanderers (H)Queens Park Rangers (A)

Date	No.	Pos.	Name	Match	Stats	Caps
4 September 2010	2	CB	Leo Skiri Østigård	Norway U21 6-0 Gibraltar U21	45 Minutes	9
8 September 2010	2	CB	Leo Skiri Østigård	Netherlands U21 2–0 Norway U21	90 Minutes	10

No.	Player	Pos.	Date	Award
11	Callum O'Hare	MF	21 September 2020	EFL Championship Team of the Week
24	Matt Godden	FW	1 November 2020	EFL Championship Team of the Week
9	Maxime Biamou	FW	7 December 2020	EFL Championship Team of the Week
6	Liam Kelly	MF	13 December 2020	EFL Championship Team of the Week
11	Callum O'Hare	MF	28 January 2021	EFL Championship Team of the Week
38	Gustavo Hamer	MF	28 January 2021	EFL Championship Team of the Week
5	Kyle McFadzean	DF	22 February 2021	EFL Championship Team of the Week
	Mark Robins		10 May 2021	EFL Championship Team of the Week
11	Callum O'Hare	MF	10 May 2021	EFL Championship Team of the Week
25	Matty James	MF	10 May 2021	EFL Championship Team of the Week
26	Jordan Shipley	MF	10 May 2021	EFL Championship Team of the Week

No.	Player	Pos.	Date	Award
19	Tyler Walker	FW	8 May 2021	CCFC Top Goalscorer
6	Liam Kelly	MF	13 May 2021	PFA Community Champion of the Season
11	Callum O'Hare	MF	14 May 2021	CCFC Player of the Season
11	Callum O'Hare	MF	14 May 2021	CCFC Players' Player of the Season
38	Gustavo Hamer	MF	14 May 2021	CCFC Goal of the Season
11	Callum O'Hare	MF	17 May 2021	CCFC Young Player of the Season

Date	Position	Name	From	Fee
3 July 2020	CM	Gustavo Hamer	PEC Zwolle	£1,350,000
6 July 2020	RB	Julien Dacosta	Chamois Niortais	Free transfer
15 July 2020	AM	Callum O'Hare	Aston Villa	Free transfer
16 July 2020	RW	Marcel Hilßner	SC Paderborn	Undisclosed
17 July 2020	CB	Jay McGrath	Mickleover	Undisclosed
28 August 2020	CF	Tyler Walker	Nottingham Forest	Undisclosed
8 October 2020	CM	Aidan Finnegan	Birmingham City	Free transfer
27 November 2020	GK	Lee Camp	Birmingham City	Free transfer
28 January 2021	LB	Josh Reid	Ross County	Undisclosed
1 February 2021	FW	Fábio Tavares	Rochdale	Undisclosed

Date from	Position	Name	From	Date until
21 July 2020	LB	Ryan Giles	Wolverhampton Wanderers	25 January 2021
27 August 2020	CB	Leo Skiri Østigård	Brighton & Hove Albion	End of season
4 September 2020	DM	Ben Sheaf	Arsenal	End of season
20 September 2020	LB	Sam McCallum	Norwich City	End of season
6 January 2021	CM	Matty James	Leicester City	End of season
15 January 2021	CF	Viktor Gyökeres	Brighton & Hove Albion	End of season

Date from	Position	Name	To	Date until
2 September 2020	FW	Jonny Ngandu	Keflavík	17 October 2020
17 September 2020	CM	Josh Eccles	Gillingham	6 January 2021
28 September 2020	CB	Declan Drysdale	Gillingham	12 January 2021
5 October 2020	LB	Brandon Mason	St Mirren	End of season
31 October 2020	CB	Morgan Williams	Yeovil Town	28 November 2020
18 December 2020	MF	Jack Burroughs	Gloucester City	17 January 2021
18 December 2020	MF	Jordan Young	Gloucester City	17 January 2021
13 January 2021	RW	Marcel Hilßner	Oldham Athletic	End of season
1 February 2021	CB	Declan Drysdale	Cambridge United	End of season
1 February 2021	LW	Gervane Kastaneer	Heart of Midlothian	End of season
22 April 2021	CB	Jordon Thompson	Solihull Moors	End of season

Date	Position	Name	To	Fee
1 July 2020	RW	Reise Allassani	Dulwich Hamet	Released
1 July 2020	DM	Bouwe Bosma	Lewes	Released
1 July 2020	LB	Junior Brown	Scunthorpe United	Released
1 July 2020	RB	Jak Hickman	Bolton Wanderers	Released
1 July 2020	FW	Jordy Hiwula	Portsmouth	Released
1 July 2020	CM	Callum Maycock	Solihull Moors	Released
1 July 2020	RW	Charlie Wakefield	Wealdstone	Released
1 July 2020	LW	Dexter Walters	Tamworth	Released
3 August 2020	CM	Zain Westbrooke	Bristol Rovers	Undisclosed
19 August 2020	CF	Jordan Ponticelli	Wrexham	Undisclosed
28 January 2021	GK	Lee Camp	Swindon Town	Released

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