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| EFL Championship 2020–21 | ||
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| Dates | 11 September 2020 - May 2021 | |
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The 2020–21 EFL Championship (referred to as the Sky Bet Championship for sponsorship reasons) is the 17th season of the Football League Championship under its current title and the 29th season under its current league division format.
Contents
Team changes
The following teams have changed division since the 2019–20 season.
To ChampionshipPromoted from League One Relegated from the Premier League |
From ChampionshipPromoted to the Premier League Relegated to League One |
Stadiums
Personnel and sponsoring
Managerial changes
| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
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| Birmingham City |  Steve Spooner Craig Gardner
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End of caretaker spell | 22 July 2020 | Pre-season |  Aitor Karanka
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31 July 2020 |
| Huddersfield Town | Danny Schofield
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Carlos Corberán
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23 July 2020 | |||
| Watford | Hayden Mullins
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26 July 2020 |  Vladimir Ivić
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15 August 2020 | ||
| Bournemouth | Eddie Howe
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Mutual consent | 1 August 2020 | Jason Tindall
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8 August 2020 | |
| Reading |  Mark Bowen
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29 August 2020 |  Veljko Paunović
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29 August 2020 | ||
| Barnsley |  Gerhard Struber
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Signed by New York Red Bulls | 6 October 2020 | 21st |  Valérien Ismaël
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23 October 2020 |
| Nottingham Forest | Sabri Lamouchi
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Sacked | 22nd |  Chris Hughton
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6 October 2020 | |
| Sheffield Wednesday | Garry Monk
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9 November 2020 | 23rd | Tony Pulis
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13 November 2020 | |
| Derby County |  Phillip Cocu
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Mutual consent | 14 November 2020 | 24th | Wayne Rooney (interim)
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27 November 2020 |
| Watford | Vladimir Ivić
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Sacked | 19 December 2020 | 5th | Xisco Muñoz
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20 December 2020 |
| Sheffield Wednesday | Tony Pulis
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28 December 2020 | 23rd | Neil Thompson (caretaker)
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28 December 2020 |
League table
| Pos |
Team | Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
Pts |
Qualification or relegation |
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| 1 | Norwich City | 28 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 35 | 23 | +12 | 55 | Promotion to the Premier League |
| 2 | Swansea City | 27 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 35 | 15 | +20 | 53 | |
| 3 | Watford | 27 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 31 | 20 | +11 | 47 | Qualification to the Championship Play-offs |
| 4 | Brentford | 26 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 48 | 26 | +22 | 51 | |
| 5 | Reading | 26 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 40 | 29 | +11 | 47 | |
| 6 | Bournemouth | 27 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 40 | 26 | +14 | 42 | |
| 7 | Middlesbrough | 27 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 30 | 24 | +6 | 40 | |
| 8 | Stoke City | 27 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 32 | 29 | +3 | 38 | |
| 9 | Bristol City | 27 | 12 | 3 | 12 | 29 | 31 | −2 | 39 | |
| 10 | Preston North End | 27 | 11 | 3 | 13 | 31 | 34 | −3 | 36 | |
| 11 | Barnsley | 26 | 10 | 5 | 11 | 29 | 34 | −5 | 35 | |
| 12 | Blackburn Rovers | 26 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 41 | 28 | +13 | 39 | |
| 13 | Luton Town | 25 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 21 | 27 | −6 | 33 | |
| 14 | Huddersfield Town | 26 | 9 | 4 | 13 | 29 | 37 | −8 | 31 | |
| 15 | Cardiff City | 25 | 8 | 6 | 11 | 32 | 30 | +2 | 30 | |
| 16 | Millwall | 25 | 6 | 12 | 7 | 21 | 24 | −3 | 30 | |
| 17 | Queens Park Rangers | 25 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 23 | 31 | −8 | 27 | |
| 18 | Coventry City | 25 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 24 | 34 | −10 | 29 | |
| 19 | Birmingham City | 25 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 18 | 30 | −12 | 26 | |
| 20 | Nottingham Forest | 25 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 20 | 29 | −9 | 25 | |
| 21 | Sheffield Wednesday | 24 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 15 | 25 | −10 | 19 | |
| 22 | Rotherham United | 23 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 26 | 32 | −6 | 23 | Relegation to League One |
| 23 | Derby County | 25 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 16 | 25 | −9 | 25 | |
| 24 | Wycombe Wanderers | 23 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 16 | 35 | −19 | 15 |
Updated to games played on 27 January 2021
Source: EFL.com
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd number of goals scored.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round; (Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament
a. Sheffield Wednesday will receive 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
External links
| EFL Championship 2020-21 |
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Bournemouth · Barnsley · Birmingham City · Blackburn Rovers · Brentford · Bristol City · Cardiff City · Coventry City · Derby County · Huddersfield Town · Luton Town · Middlesbrough · Millwall · Norwich City · Nottingham Forest · Preston North End · Queens Park Rangers · Reading · Rotherham United · Sheffield Wednesday · Stoke City · Swansea City · Watford · Wycombe Wanderers |
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