2020–21 EFL Championship

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EFL Championship 2020–21
Season information
Dates	11 September 2020 - May 2021
Season statistics
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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.

Team changes

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

To Championship Promoted from League One Coventry City Rotherham United Wycombe Wanderers Relegated from the Premier League Bournemouth Watford Norwich City

From Championship Promoted to the Premier League Leeds United West Bromwich Albion Fulham Relegated to League One Charlton Athletic Wigan Athletic Hull City

Stadiums

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	Bournemouth	Dean Court	11,364
Brentford	Hounslow	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
Barnsley	Gerhard Struber	Mike-Steven Bähre	Puma	The Investment Room
Birmingham City	Aitor Karanka	Harlee Dean	Nike	BoyleSports
Blackburn Rovers	Tony Mowbray	Elliott Bennett	Umbro	10Bet
Bournemouth	Jason Tindall	Francis, SimonSimon Francis	Umbro	Vitality
Brentford	Thomas Frank	Pontus Jansson	Umbro	EcoWorld
Bristol City	Dean Holden	TBA	Hummel	Dunder
Cardiff City	Neil Harris	Morrison, SeanSean Morrison	Adidas	Tourism Malaysia
Coventry City	Mark Robins	Liam Kelly	Hummel	Allsopp & Allsopp
Derby County	Phillip Cocu	Wayne Rooney	Umbro	32Red
Huddersfield Town	Carlos Corberán	Christopher Schindler	Umbro	Paddy Power (unbranded)
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
Norwich City	Daniel Farke	Grant Hanley	Erreà	Dafabet
Nottingham Forest	Sabri Lamouchi	Michael Dawson	Macron	Football Index
Preston North End	Alex Neil	TBA	Nike	32Red
Queens Park Rangers	Mark Warburton	Yoann Barbet	Erreà	TBC
Reading	Mark Bowen	Liam Moore	Macron	Casumo
Rotherham United	Paul Warne	Richard Wood	Puma	Embark Group (Home), Mears (Away & 3rd)
Sheffield Wednesday	Monk, GarryGarry Monk	Tom Lees	Elev8	Chansiri
Stoke City	Michael O'Neill	Ryan Shawcross	Macron	bet365
Swansea City	Steve Cooper	Matt Grimes	Joma	YOBET
Watford	Vacant	Deeney, TroyTroy Deeney	Kelme	Sportsbet.io
Wycombe Wanderers	Gareth Ainsworth	Matt Bloomfield	O'Neills	Cherry Red Records (Home), Dormeo (Away)

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Bristol City	Dean Holden	End of caretaker spell	22 July 2020	Pre-season	Dean Holden	11 August 2020
Birmingham City	Steve Spooner Craig Gardner				Aitor Karanka	31 July 2020
Huddersfield Town	Danny Schofield				Carlos Corberán	23 July 2020
Watford	Mullins, HaydenHayden Mullins		26 July 2020
Bournemouth	Howe, EddieEddie Howe	Mutual consent	1 August 2020		Jason Tindall	8 August 2020

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Bristol City	5	4	1	0	10	4	+6	13	Promotion to the Premier League
2	Reading	5	4	1	0	7	1	+6	13
3	Bournemouth	5	3	2	0	8	4	+4	11	Qualification to the Championship Play-offs
4	Swansea City	5	3	1	1	6	3	+3	10
5	Watford	5	3	1	1	3	1	+2	10
6	Luton Town	5	3	0	2	5	4	+1	9
7	Millwall	5	2	2	1	5	4	+1	8
8	Stoke City	5	2	2	1	4	3	+1	8
9	Blackburn Rovers	5	2	1	2	11	4	+7	7
10	Brentford	5	2	1	2	8	4	+4	7
11	Norwich City	5	2	1	2	5	5	0	7
12	Cardiff City	5	2	1	2	4	4	0	7
13	Huddersfield Town	5	2	1	2	4	6	−2	7
14	Queens Park Rangers	5	1	3	1	6	5	+1	6
15	Middlesbrough	5	1	3	1	4	4	0	6
16	Birmingham City	5	1	3	1	3	3	0	6
17	Rotherham United	5	1	2	2	4	5	−1	5
18	Preston North End	5	1	1	3	6	7	−1	4
19	Coventry City	5	1	1	3	5	9	−4	4
20	Nottingham Forest	5	1	0	4	2	7	−5	3
21	Derby County	5	1	0	4	2	9	−7	3
22	Barnsley	5	0	2	3	3	7	−4	2	Relegation to League One
23	Wycombe Wanderers	5	0	0	5	1	12	−11	0
24	Sheffield Wednesday	5	2	2	1	4	3	+1	-4

Updated to games played on 18 October 2020
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.

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