2020–21 EFL League One

League One
2020–21
	League One; 2020–21
Season information
Dates	12 September 2020 – 8 May 2021
Winners	Hull City
Promoted	Hull City; Peterborough United; Blackpool
Relegated	Rochdale ; Northampton Town ; Swindon Town ; Bristol Rovers
Season statistics
Matches played	492
Goals scored	1339
Top goalscorer	Jonson Clarke-Harris (31 goals)
Biggest home win	Peterborough 7–0 Accrington; (27 March 2021)
← 2019–20	2021–22 →

The 2020–21 EFL League One (referred to as the Sky Bet League One for sponsorship reasons) is the 17th season of Football League One 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 League One[]

Promoted from League Two

Relegated from Championship

From League One[]

Promoted to Championship

Relegated to League Two

Expelled from the EFL

Bury

Stadiums[]

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Accrington Stanley	Accrington	Crown Ground	5,057
AFC Wimbledon	London	Loftus Road/Plough Lane
Blackpool	Blackpool	Bloomfield Road	17,338
Bristol Rovers	Bristol	Memorial Stadium	12,300
Burton Albion	Burton upon Trent	Pirelli Stadium	6,912
Charlton Athletic	London (Charlton)	The Valley	27,111
Crewe Alexandra	Crewe	Gresty Road	10,180
Doncaster Rovers	Doncaster	Keepmoat Stadium	15,231
Fleetwood Town	Fleetwood	Highbury Stadium	5,327
Gillingham	Gillingham	Priestfield Stadium	11,582
Hull City	Kingston upon Hull	KCOM Stadium	25,586
Ipswich Town	Ipswich	Portman Road	30,311
Lincoln City	Lincoln	LNER Stadium	10,120
Milton Keynes Dons	Milton Keynes	Stadium MK	30,500
Northampton Town	Northampton	PTS Academy Stadium	7,798
Oxford United	Oxford	Kassam Stadium	12,500
Peterborough United	Peterborough	Weston Homes Stadium	15,314
Plymouth Argyle	Plymouth	Home Park	18,600
Portsmouth	Portsmouth	Fratton Park	19,669
Rochdale	Rochdale	Crown Oil Arena	10,500
Shrewsbury Town	Shrewsbury	Montgomery Waters Meadow	9,875
Sunderland	Sunderland	Stadium of Light	48,707
Swindon Town	Swindon	County Ground	15,728
Wigan Athletic	Wigan	DW Stadium	25,133

Personnel and sponsoring[]

Team	Manager¹	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Sponsor
Accrington Stanley	John Coleman	Séamus Conneely	Adidas	Wham
AFC Wimbledon	Glyn Hodges	Will Nightingale	Puma	Sports Interactive
Blackpool	Critchley, NeilNeil Critchley	TBA	Puma	Blackpool Council (home: "VisitBlackpool.com"; away: "Get Vocal")
Bristol Rovers	Ben Garner	Max Ehmer	Macron	Utilita Energy
Burton Albion	Buxton, JakeJake Buxton	Jake Buxton	TAG	Prestec UK Ltd
Charlton Athletic	Bowyer, LeeLee Bowyer	Jason Pearce	Hummel	Children with Cancer UK
Crewe Alexandra	Artell, DavidDavid Artell	Perry Ng	FBT	Mornflake
Doncaster Rovers	Darren Moore	Ben Whiteman	Elite Pro Sports	LNER
Fleetwood Town	Barton, JoeyJoey Barton	Paul Coutts	Hummel	BES Utilities
Gillingham	Steve Evans	TBA	Macron	MEMS Power Generation
Hull City	Grant McCann	Richie Smallwood	Umbro	Giacom
Ipswich Town	Paul Lambert	Luke Chambers	Adidas	Carers Trust
Lincoln City	Michael Appleton	Liam Bridcutt	Erreà	Peregrine Holdings
Milton Keynes Dons	Russell Martin	Dean Lewington	Erreà	Suzuki
Northampton Town	Keith Curle	Nicky Adams	Hummel	University of Northampton
Oxford United	Karl Robinson	John Mousinho	Puma	Singha Beer
Peterborough United	Darren Ferguson	Mark Beevers	Puma	Mick George Group
Plymouth Argyle	Lowe, RyanRyan Lowe	Gary Sawyer	Puma	Ginsters
Portsmouth	Kenny Jackett	Tom Naylor	Nike	University of Portsmouth
Rochdale	Brian Barry-Murphy	TBA	Erreà	Crown Oil Ltd
Shrewsbury Town	Sam Ricketts	David Edwards	Admiral	Tuffins Supermarkets (Home), Shropshire Homes (Away)
Sunderland	Parkinson, PhilPhil Parkinson	Max Power	Nike	Great Annual Savings Group
Swindon Town	Wellens, RichieRichie Wellens	Conroy, DionDion Conroy	Puma	Imagine Cruising
Wigan Athletic	Richardson, LeamLeam Richardson	Sam Morsy	Puma	KB88

Managerial changes[]

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Wigan Athletic	Paul Cook	Resigned	29 July 2020	Pre-season	John Sheridan	11 September 2020
Swindon Town	Richie Wellens	Signed by Salford City	4 November 2020	20th	John Sheridan	13 November 2020
Wigan Athletic	John Sheridan	Signed by Swindon Town	13 November 2020	24th	Leam Richardson (interim)	13 November 2020
Bristol Rovers	Ben Garner	Sacked	14 November 2020	18th	Paul Tisdale	19 November 2020
Shrewsbury Town	Sam Ricketts		25 November 2020	23rd	Steve Cotterill	27 November 2020
Sunderland	Phil Parkinson		29 November 2020	8th	Lee Johnson	5 December 2020

League Table[]


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Hull City (C) (P)	46	27	8	11	80	38	+42	89	Promotion to the Championship
2	Peterborough United (P)	46	26	9	11	83	46	+37	87	Promotion to the Championship
3	Blackpool (P) (O)	46	23	11	12	60	37	+23	80	Qualification to the League One play-offs
4	Sunderland	46	20	17	9	70	42	+28	77
5	Lincoln City	46	22	11	13	69	50	+19	77
6	Oxford United	46	22	8	16	77	56	+21	74
7	Charlton Athletic	46	20	14	12	70	56	+14	74
8	Portsmouth	46	21	9	16	65	51	+14	72
9	Ipswich Town	46	19	12	15	46	46	0	69
10	Gillingham	46	19	10	17	63	60	+3	67
11	Accrington Stanley	46	18	13	15	63	68	−5	67
12	Crewe Alexandra	46	18	12	16	56	61	−5	66
13	Milton Keynes Dons	46	18	11	17	64	62	+2	65
14	Doncaster Rovers	46	19	7	20	63	67	−4	64
15	Fleetwood Town	46	16	12	18	49	46	+3	60
16	Burton Albion	46	15	12	19	61	73	−12	57
17	Shrewsbury Town	46	13	15	18	50	57	−7	54
18	Plymouth Argyle	46	14	11	21	53	80	−27	53
19	AFC Wimbledon	46	12	15	19	54	70	−16	51
20	Wigan Athletic	46	13	9	24	54	77	−23	48
21	Rochdale (R)	46	11	14	21	61	78	−17	47	Relegation to League Two
22	Northampton Town (R)	46	11	12	23	41	67	−26	45
23	Swindon Town (R)	46	13	4	29	55	89	−34	43
24	Bristol Rovers (R)	46	10	8	28	40	70	−30	38

Source: BBC Sport
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

Results[]

Home \ Away	ACC	WIM	BLA	BRI	BRT	CHA	CRE	DON	FLE	GIL	HUL	IPS	LIN	MKD	NOR	OXF	PET	PLY	POR	ROC	SHR	SUN	SWI	WIG
Accrington Stanley	—	1–5	0–0	6–1	0–0	1–1	1–0	2–1	1–0	0–1	2–0	1–2	0–0	2–1	0–0	1–4	2–0	0–1	3–3	2–1	1–1	0–2	2–1	3–1
AFC Wimbledon	1–2	—	1–0	2–4	0–1	2–2	1–2	2–2	0–1	1–0	0–3	3–0	1–2	0–2	1–0	2–1	2–1	4–4	1–3	3–3	0–1	0–3	4–1	1–1
Blackpool	0–0	1–1	—	1–0	1–1	0–1	1–1	2–0	0–0	4–1	3–2	1–4	2–3	1–0	2–0	0–0	3–1	2–2	1–0	1–0	0–1	1–0	2–0	1–0
Bristol Rovers	4–1	0–0	2–1	—	1–1	0–1	0–1	2–1	1–4	0–2	1–3	0–2	0–1	0–2	2–0	0–2	0–2	3–0	3–1	1–2	2–1	0–1	0–1	1–2
Burton Albion	2–1	1–1	1–2	1–0	—	4–2	1–1	1–3	5–2	1–1	1–0	0–1	0–1	1–2	1–3	1–5	2–1	1–1	2–4	0–1	1–2	0–3	2–1	3–4
Charlton Athletic	0–2	5–2	0–3	3–2	1–2	—	2–2	1–3	3–2	2–3	1–0	0–0	3–1	0–1	2–1	2–0	0–1	2–2	1–3	4–4	1–1	0–0	2–2	1–0
Crewe Alexandra	2–0	1–1	1–1	3–2	0–3	0–2	—	1–0	1–1	0–1	1–2	1–1	0–1	2–0	2–1	0–6	2–0	2–1	0–0	1–1	3–2	2–2	4–2	3–0
Doncaster Rovers	0–1	2–0	3–2	4–1	0–3	0–1	1–2	—	0–1	2–1	3–3	4–1	1–0	1–1	0–0	3–2	1–4	2–1	2–1	1–0	0–1	1–1	2–1	1–4
Fleetwood Town	1–1	0–1	0–1	0–0	2–1	1–1	0–2	3–1	—	1–0	4–1	2–0	0–0	1–1	0–0	2–0	0–1	5–1	0–1	1–0	1–0	1–1	0–2	1–1
Gillingham	0–2	2–1	2–0	2–0	0–1	1–1	4–1	2–2	0–2	—	0–2	3–1	0–3	3–2	2–2	3–1	1–3	1–0	0–2	2–2	0–0	0–2	2–0	1–0
Hull City	3–0	1–0	1–1	2–0	2–0	2–0	1–0	2–1	2–1	1–1	—	0–1	0–0	0–1	3–0	2–0	1–2	1–0	0–2	2–0	0–1	2–2	1–0	3–1
Ipswich Town	2–0	0–0	2–0	2–1	2–1	0–2	1–0	2–1	3–1	1–0	0–3	—	1–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–1	1–0	0–2	2–0	2–1	0–1	2–3	2–0
Lincoln City	2–2	0–0	2–2	1–2	5–1	2–0	3–0	0–1	1–2	0–3	1–2	1–0	—	4–0	2–1	2–0	1–1	2–0	1–3	1–2	0–1	0–4	2–2	2–1
Milton Keynes Dons	3–2	1–1	0–1	2–0	1–1	0–1	0–2	1–0	3–1	2–0	1–3	1–1	1–2	—	4–3	1–1	1–1	2–1	1–0	0–3	2–2	2–2	5–0	2–0
Northampton Town	0–1	2–2	0–3	1–1	0–2	0–2	0–1	0–2	1–0	3–1	0–2	3–0	0–4	0–0	—	1–0	0–2	2–0	4–1	0–0	1–0	0–0	2–1	0–1
Oxford United	1–2	2–0	0–2	2–0	4–0	0–0	0–2	3–0	1–0	3–2	1–1	0–0	2–1	3–2	4–0	—	0–0	3–1	0–1	3–1	4–1	0–2	1–2	2–1
Peterborough United	7–0	3–0	1–2	0–0	2–2	2–1	2–0	2–2	2–1	0–1	1–3	2–1	3–3	3–0	3–1	2–0	—	1–0	1–0	4–1	5–1	1–1	3–1	2–1
Plymouth Argyle	2–2	1–0	1–0	2–0	2–0	0–6	1–1	2–1	1–0	1–0	0–3	1–2	4–3	1–0	2–1	2–3	0–3	—	2–2	0–4	1–1	1–3	4–2	0–2
Portsmouth	0–1	4–0	0–1	1–0	1–2	0–2	4–1	0–1	0–0	1–1	0–4	2–1	0–1	2–1	4–0	1–1	2–0	2–2	—	2–1	0–0	0–2	2–0	1–2
Rochdale	3–1	0–1	1–0	1–1	0–2	0–2	3–3	1–2	2–1	1–4	0–3	0–0	0–2	1–4	1–1	3–4	3–3	0–0	0–0	—	0–2	2–2	2–1	3–3
Shrewsbury Town	2–2	1–1	1–0	0–1	1–1	1–1	0–1	0–2	0–2	1–1	1–1	0–0	0–1	4–2	1–2	2–3	2–0	3–0	1–2	1–2	—	2–1	3–3	1–2
Sunderland	3–3	1–1	0–1	1–1	1–1	1–2	1–0	4–1	2–0	2–2	1–1	2–1	1–1	1–2	1–1	3–1	1–0	1–2	1–3	2–0	1–0	—	1–0	0–1
Swindon Town	0–3	0–1	0–2	1–0	4–2	2–2	2–1	1–2	0–1	1–3	2–1	1–2	0–1	1–4	2–1	1–2	0–3	0–2	3–1	3–1	0–1	0–2	—	1–0
Wigan Athletic	4–3	2–3	0–5	0–0	1–1	0–1	2–0	1–0	0–0	2–3	0–5	0–0	1–2	3–0	2–3	1–2	0–1	1–1	0–1	0–5	1–1	2–1	3–4	—

Updated to match(es) played on 9 May 2021. Source: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/league-one/table
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.

Play-offs[]

	Semi-finals		Final

6	Oxford United	0 3 (3)
3	Blackpool	3 3 (6)
			3	Blackpool	2

			5	Lincoln City	1
5	Lincoln City	2 1 (3)

4	Sunderland	0 2 (2)

First leg

18 May 2021 18:00 BST	Oxford United	0–3	Blackpool	Kassam Stadium, Oxford Attendance: 3,224 Referee: Bobby Madley
		Report	Turton 23' Simms 26', 74'

19 May 2021 18:00 BST	Lincoln City	2–0	Sunderland	Sincil Bank, Lincoln Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Craig Hicks
	Hopper 51' Johnson 77'	Report		Sincil Bank, Lincoln Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Craig Hicks

Second leg

21 May 2021 19:45 BST	Blackpool	3–3	Oxford United	Bloomfield Road, Blackpool Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Keith Stroud
	Embleton 11' Dougall 13' Yates 54'	Report	Taylor 7' Atkinson 52' Shodipo 74'

Blackpool won 6–3 on aggregate.

22 May 2021 15:00 BST	Sunderland	2–1	Lincoln City	Stadium of Light, Sunderland Attendance: 9,971 Referee: Michael Salisbury
	Stewart 13' Wyke 33'	Report	Hopper 57'

Lincoln City won 3–2 on aggregate.

League One Final[]

Main article:2021 EFL League One play-off Final

30 May 2021 15:00 BST	Blackpool	2–1	Lincoln City	Wembley Stadium, London Referee: Tony Harrington
	Dougall 34', 54'	Report	Turton 1' (og)	Wembley Stadium, London Referee: Tony Harrington

See also[]

2020–21 EFL League One: Match day 46

EFL League One seasons
1992–93 · 1993–94 · 1994–95 · 1995–96 · 1996–97 · 1997–98 · 1998–99 · 1999–00 · 2000–01 · 2001–02 · 2002–03 · 2003–04 · 2004–05 · 2005–06 · 2006–07 · 2007–08 · 2008–09 · 2009–10 · 2010–11 · 2011–12 · 2012–13 · 2013–14 · 2014–15 · 2015–16 · 2016–17 · 2017–18 · 2018–19 · 2019–20 · 2020–21 · 2021–22 · 2022–23 · 2023–24 · 2024–25 ·


2020–21 in English football
FA competitions
FA Cup (Qualifying Rounds, Final) · FA Community Shield · FA Trophy (Final) · FA Vase (Final)
League cups
EFL Cup (Final) · EFL Trophy (Final)
Premier and Football League
Premier League · Football League (Championship · League One · League Two)
National League
National League (National League · North · South)
Lower leagues
Isthmian League (Premier · North · South Central · South East) · Northern Premier League (Premier · North West · South East) · Southern Football League (Premier Central · Premier South · Division One Central · Division One South) · Combined Counties League (Premier, One) · East Midlands Counties League (level 10 only) · Eastern Counties League (Premier, One North, One South) · Essex Senior League (level 9 only) · Hellenic League (Premier, One East, One West) · Midland League (Premier, One) · Northern Counties East League (Premier, One) · Northern League (One, Two) · North West Counties League (Premier, One North, One South) · Southern Combination League (Premier, One, Two) · Southern Counties East League (Premier, One) · South West Peninsula League (East, West) · Spartan South Midlands League (Premier, One) · United Counties League (Premier, One) · Wessex League (Premier, One) · Western League (Premier, One) · West Midlands (Regional) League (level 10 only)
Playoffs
Championship (Final) · League One (Final) · League Two (Final) National League (Final)
European competitions
Champions League (Final) · Europa League (Final)
National teams
Senior: (2020–21 UEFA Nations League group stage) · (UEFA Euro 2020 finals) · (2022 FIFA World Cup qualifying round) · U21: (UEFA Euro 2021 qualifying round, finals) · U19: (UEFA Euro 2021 qualifying round, finals) · U17: (UEFA Euro 2021 qualifying round, finals)
Other
Summer 2020 transfers · Winter 2020–21 transfers · Summer 2021 transfers
Club seasons
Premier League
Arsenal · Aston Villa · Brighton & Hove Albion · Burnley · Chelsea · Crystal Palace · Everton · Fulham · Leeds United · Leicester City · Liverpool · Manchester City · Manchester United · Newcastle United · Sheffield United · Southampton · Tottenham Hotspur · West Bromwich Albion · West Ham United · Wolverhampton Wanderers
Championship
Barnsley · Birmingham City · Blackburn Rovers · Bournemouth · 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
League One
Accrington Stanley · AFC Wimbledon · Blackpool · Bristol Rovers · Burton Albion · Charlton Athletic · Crewe Alexandra · Doncaster Rovers · Fleetwood Town · Gillingham · Hull City · Ipswich Town · Lincoln City · Milton Keynes Dons · Northampton Town · Oxford United · Peterborough United · Plymouth Argyle · Portsmouth · Rochdale · Shrewsbury Town · Sunderland · Swindon Town · Wigan Athletic
League Two
Barrow · Bolton Wanderers · Bradford City · Cambridge United · Carlisle United · Cheltenham Town · Colchester United · Crawley Town · Exeter City · Forest Green Rovers · Grimsby Town · Harrogate Town · Leyton Orient · Mansfield Town · Morecambe · Newport County · Oldham Athletic · Port Vale · Salford City · Scunthorpe United · Southend United · Tranmere Rovers · Walsall
National League
Aldershot Town · Altrincham · Barnet · Boreham Wood · Bromley · Chesterfield · Dagenham & Redbridge · Dover Athletic · Eastleigh · Halifax Town · Hartlepool United · King's Lynn Town · Maidenhead United · Notts County · Solihull Moors · Stevenage · Stockport County · Sutton United · Torquay United · Wealdstone · Weymouth · Woking · Wrexham · Yeovil Town
National League North
Fylde · AFC Telford United · Alfreton Town · Blyth Spartans · Boston United · Brackley Town · Bradford Park Avenue · Chester · Chorley · Curzon Ashton · Darlington · Farsley Celtic · Gateshead · Gloucester City · Guiseley · Hereford · Kettering Town · Kidderminster Harriers · Leamington · Southport · Spennymoor Town · York City
National League South
Bath City · Billericay Town · Braintree Town · Chelmsford City · Chippenham Town · Concord Rangers · Dartford · Dorking Wanderers · Dulwich Hamlet · Eastbourne Borough · Ebbsfleet United · Hampton & Richmond Borough · Havant & Waterlooville · Hemel Hempstead Town · Hungerford Town · Maidstone United · Oxford City · Slough Town · St Albans City · Tonbridge Angels · Welling United
2019–20 2021–22

Season information
League One 2020–21

Dates	12 September 2020 – 8 May 2021
Winners	Hull City
Promoted	Hull City Peterborough United Blackpool
Relegated	Rochdale Northampton Town Swindon Town Bristol Rovers
Season statistics
Matches played	492
Goals scored	1339
Top goalscorer	Jonson Clarke-Harris (31 goals)

Biggest home win	Peterborough 7–0 Accrington (27 March 2021)




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