2020–21 Tottenham Hotspur F.C. season

Tottenham Hotspur 2020–21
Club information
Manager	José Mourinho (until 19 April) Ryan Mason (interim, from 19 April)
Stadium	Tottenham Hotspur Stadium
League Season information
Final League position	Premier League, TBD
Cup placements
FA Cup	Fifth round
EFL Cup	Runners-up
UEFA Europa League	Round of 16
Season statistics
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The 2020–21 season is Tottenham Hotspur's 29th season in the Premier League and 43rd successive season in the top division of the English football league system. After finishing in sixth place in the 2019–20 season, Tottenham entered the UEFA Europa League at the second qualifying round, reaching the last 16 in the competition before being eliminated by Dinamo Zagreb over two legs. In the FA Cup, Tottenham played three rounds, being knocked out by Everton in the fifth round.

In the league Tottenham lost their first game at home to Everton, but then went on an unbeaten run into December, where at the time Tottenham were division leaders for four weeks. With an away loss to Liverpool, Tottenham form dropped. José Mourinho had guided the club to reach the League Cup final to face Manchester City. However, because of the dropped form in the league, he was sacked along with his coaching staff on 19 April 2021, and replaced by former player Ryan Mason as interim head coach until this season ends. Mason's first game in-charge was a league home game against Southampton which Tottenham won. The next game was the League Cup final which the team lost 1–0.

Squad

Season squad

Squad No.	Name	Nationality	Position(s)	Date of birth (Age)
Goalkeepers
1	Hugo Lloris (C)		GK	26 December 1986 (1986-12-26)
12	Joe Hart		GK	19 April 1987 (1987-04-19)
22	Paulo Gazzaniga		GK	2 January 1992 (1992-01-02)
41	Alfie Whiteman		GK	2 October 1998 (1998-10-02)
Defenders
2	Matt Doherty		RB / RWB	16 January 1992 (1992-01-16)
3	Sergio Reguilón		LB / LWB	16 December 1996 (1996-12-16)
4	Toby Alderweireld		CB	2 March 1989 (1989-03-02)
6	Davinson Sánchez		CB	12 June 1996 (1996-06-12)
15	Eric Dier		CB / DM	15 January 1994 (1994-01-15)
21	Juan Foyth		CB / RB / DM	12 January 1998 (1998-01-12)
24	Serge Aurier		RB / RWB	24 December 1992 (1992-12-24)
25	Japhet Tanganga		CB / LB / RB	31 March 1999 (1999-03-31)
33	Ben Davies		LB / CB	24 April 1993 (1993-04-24)
	Danny Rose		LB / LWB	2 July 1990 (1990-07-02)
Midfielders
5	Pierre-Emile Højbjerg		DM / CM	5 August 1995 (age 25)
8	Harry Winks		CM / DM	2 February 1996 (1996-02-02)
17	Moussa Sissoko		CM / RM	16 August 1989 (1989-08-16)
18	Giovani Lo Celso		CM / AM	9 April 1996 (1996-04-09)
19	Ryan Sessegnon		LM / LWB	18 May 2000 (2000-05-18)
20	Dele Alli		CM / AM	11 April 1996 (1996-04-11)
28	Tanguy Ndombele		CM / AM	28 December 1996 (1996-12-28)
30	Gedson Fernandes		CM / RM	9 January 1999 (1999-01-09)
Forwards
7	Son Heung-min		LW / ST / RW / SS	8 July 1992 (1992-07-08)
9	Gareth Bale		RW / SS	16 July 1989 (1989-07-16)
10	Harry Kane (VC)		ST / SS	28 July 1993 (1993-07-28)
11	Erik Lamela		RW / LW / AM	4 March 1992 (1992-03-04)
23	Steven Bergwijn		LW / RW	8 October 1997 (1997-10-08)
27	Lucas Moura		RW / LW / SS	13 August 1992 (1992-08-13)

Last updated: 19 September 2020
Source: Tottenham Hotspur F.C.

Transfers

Released

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Notes
1 July 2020	DF		Tariq Hinds	Free agent	Released
27 July 2020	CB		Jan Vertonghen	Benfica	Released
27 July 2020	GK		Michel Vorm	Free agent	Released
27 July 2020	MF		Rayan Clarke	Free agent	Released
27 July 2020	MF		Jonathan Dinzeyi	Arsenal	Released
27 July 2020	MF		Phoenix Patterson	Free agent	Released
27 July 2020	RB		Maxwell Statham	Watford	Released
27 July 2020	MF		Maximus Tainio	FC Haka	Released

Loans in

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Date until
19 September 2020	RW		Gareth Bale	Real Madrid	30 June 2021

Loans out

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Date until
1 August 2020	FW		Troy Parrott	Millwall	30 June 2021
11 August 2020	CB		Timothy Eyoma	Lincoln City	30 June 2021
17 August 2020	CM		Oliver Skipp	Norwich City	30 June 2021
17 September 2020	CM		Jack Roles	Burton Albion	1 January 2021
18 September 2020	RW		Shilow Tracey	Shrewsbury Town	30 June 2021

Transfers in

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Fee
28 July 2020	MF		Alfie Devine	Wigan Athletic	£500,000
11 August 2020	DM		Pierre-Emile Højbjerg	Southampton	£15,000,000
18 August 2020	GK		Joe Hart	Free agent	Free transfer
30 August 2020	RB		Matt Doherty	Wolverhampton Wanderers	£13,400,000
12 September 2020	RB		Keenan Ferguson	Sheffield United	Free transfer
19 September 2020	LB		Sergio Reguilón	Real Madrid	£25,000,000

Transfers out

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Fee
1 July 2020	CB		Benjamin Watt	Oxford United	Free transfer
11 August 2020	RB		Kyle Walker-Peters	Southampton	£12,000,000
17 August 2020	CM		Luke Amos	Queens Park Rangers	Undisclosed
17 August 2020	CM		Armando Shashoua	Atlético Baleares	Undisclosed

Overall transfer activity

Expenditure Summer: £43,900,000 Winter: £0 Total: £43,500,000

Income Summer: £12,000,000 Winter: £0 Total: £12,000,000

Net totals Summer: £31,900,000 Winter: £0 Total: £31,900,000

Kits

Home

Away

Third

Pre-season and friendlies

      Win       Draw       Loss       Fixtures

Friendly 22 August 2020	Tottenham Hotspur	3–0	Ipswich Town	Tottenham, England
15:00 BST (UTC+1)	Sessegnon  6' Son  10', 29'	Report		Stadium: Tottenham Hotspur Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Kevin Friend

Friendly 28 August 2020	Tottenham Hotspur	4–1	Reading	Tottenham, England
15:30 BST (UTC+1)	Richards  7' (o.g.) Alli  21' Son  39' Lamela  52'	Report	Pușcaș  80' (pen.)	Stadium: Tottenham Hotspur Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Craig Pawson

Friendly 29 August 2020	Tottenham Hotspur	1–0	Birmingham City	Tottenham, England
15:00 BST (UTC+1)	Bergwijn  89'	Report		Stadium: Tottenham Hotspur Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Peter Bankes

Friendly 5 September 2020	Watford	2–1	Tottenham Hotspur	Watford, England
15:00 BST (UTC+1)	Quina  20' Chalobah 30' Gray  39' (pen.) Phillips 69' João Pedro 76' Peñaranda 81'	Report	Alli 72' Son  79' (pen.)	Stadium: Vicarage Road Attendance: 0 Referee: Jarred Gillett

Competitions

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
					Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Premier League	13 September 2020	May 2021	Matchday 1		&0000000000000004.0000004	&0000000000000002.0000002	&0000000000000001.0000001	&0000000000000001.0000001	&0000000000000012.00000012	&0000000000000005.0000005	+7	&0000000000000050.00000050.00
FA Cup	2021		Third round		&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.0000000	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.0000000	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.0000000	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.0000000	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.0000000	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.0000000	+0	!—
EFL Cup	29 September 2020		Third round		&0000000000000001.0000001	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.0000000	&0000000000000001.0000001	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.0000000	&0000000000000001.0000001	&0000000000000001.0000001	+0	&0&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.0000000.00
UEFA Europa League	17 September 2020		Second qualifying round		&0000000000000003.0000003	&0000000000000003.0000003	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.0000000	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.0000000	&0000000000000012.00000012	&0000000000000004.0000004	+8	&0000000000000100.000000100.000
Total					&0000000000000008.0000008	&0000000000000005.0000005	&0000000000000002.0000002	&0000000000000001.0000001	&0000000000000025.00000025	&0000000000000010.00000010	+15	&0000000000000062.50000062.50

Last updated: 4 October 2020
Source: Soccerway

Premier League

Main article: 2020–21 Premier League

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Manchester City  (C)	38	27	5	6	78	32	+46	86	Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2	Manchester Utd	38	21	11	6	73	44	+29	74
3	Liverpool	38	20	9	9	68	42	+26	69
4	Chelsea	38	19	10	9	58	36	+22	67
5	Leicester City	38	20	6	12	68	50	+18	66	Qualification for the Europa League group stage
6	West Ham Utd	38	19	8	11	62	47	+15	65
7	Tottenham	38	18	8	12	68	45	+23	62	Qualification for the Europa Conference League play-off round
8	Arsenal	38	18	7	13	55	39	+16	61
9	Leeds United	38	18	5	15	62	54	+8	59
10	Everton	38	17	8	13	47	48	−1	59
11	Aston Villa	38	16	7	15	55	46	+9	55
12	Newcastle Utd	38	12	9	17	46	62	−16	45
13	Wolves	38	12	9	17	36	52	−16	45
14	Crystal Palace	38	12	8	18	41	66	−25	44
15	Southampton	38	12	7	19	47	68	−21	43
16	Brighton	38	9	14	15	40	46	−6	41
17	Burnley	38	10	9	19	33	55	−22	39
18	Fulham  (R)	38	5	13	20	27	53	−26	28	Relegation to EFL Championship
19	West Brom  (R)	38	5	11	22	35	76	−41	26
20	Sheffield Utd  (R)	38	7	2	29	20	63	−43	23

Source: Barclays Premier League
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. The fourth-placed team will play in the Europa League group stage instead of the Champions League group stage if Chelsea wins the 2020–21 UEFA Champions League, Arsenal or Manchester United win the 2020–21 UEFA Europa League, and both winners finish in fifth place or lower.
b. Since both 2020–21 FA Cup finalists (Leicester City and Chelsea) would currently qualify for European competition based on league position, the Europa League group stage berth awarded to the FA Cup winners would pass to the sixth-placed team.
c. Since 2020–21 EFL Cup winners Manchester City have qualified for European competition based on league position, the Europa Conference League berth awarded to the EFL Cup winners will transfer to the highest-placed Premier League team who have not already qualified for European competition, which is currently the seventh-placed team.

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
4	2	1	1	12	5	+7	7	0	1	1	1	2	−1	2	0	0	11	3	+8

Last updated: 4 October 2020
Source: BBC

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 20 August 2020.

1 13 September 2020	Tottenham Hotspur	0–1	Everton	Tottenham
16:30 BST (UTC+1)	Højbjerg 85'	Report	Calvert-Lewin  55'	Stadium: Tottenham Hotspur Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Martin Atkinson

2 20 September 2020	Southampton	2–5	Tottenham Hotspur	Southampton
12:00 BST (UTC+1)	Romeu 5' Ings  32', 90' Adams 39' Bertrand 44' Stephens 68'	Report	Ndombele 45+1' Son  45+2', 47', 64', 73' Doherty 79' Kane  82' Lo Celso 90+3'	Stadium: St. Mary's Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: David Coote

3 27 September 2020	Tottenham Hotspur	1–1	Newcastle United	Tottenham
14:00 BST (UTC+1)	Lucas Moura  25'	Report	Wilson  90+7' (pen.)	Stadium: Tottenham Hotspur Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Peter Bankes

4 3 October 2020	Manchester United	1–6	Tottenham Hotspur	Greater Manchester
15:00 BST (UTC+1)	Fernandes  2' (pen.) Martial  28'	Report	Ndombele  4' Son  7', 37' Kane  30', 79' (pen.) Aurier  51'	Stadium: Old Trafford Attendance: 0 Referee: Anthony Taylor

FA Cup

Main article: 2020–21 FA Cup

The third round draw took place on 30 November 2020 on the BBC with Robbie Savage selecting Tottenham to play away at Marine of the Northern Premier League Division One North West, the 8th tier of the football pyramid. The draw for the fourth and fifth round were made on 11 January, conducted by Peter Crouch.

Third round 10 January 2021	Marine	0–5	Tottenham Hotspur	Crosby
17:00 GMT (UTC±0)	Joyce 78'	Report	Carlos Vinícius  24', 30', 37' Lucas  32' Devine  60'	Stadium: Rossett Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Michael Oliver

Fourth round 25 January 2021	Wycombe Wanderers	1–4	Tottenham Hotspur	High Wycombe
19:45 GMT (UTC±0)	Onyedinma  25'	Report	Bale  45+2' Winks  86' Ndombele  87', 90+3'	Stadium: Adams Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Jonathan Moss

Fifth round 10 February 2021	Everton	5–4	Tottenham Hotspur	Liverpool
20:15 GMT (UTC±0)	Calvert-Lewin  36' Richarlison  38', 68', 90+2' Sigurdsson  43' (pen.), 47' Mina 66' Digne 90+3' Bernard  97'	Report	Sánchez  3', 57' Lamela  45+3' Kane  83', 90+3' Alli 88' Winks 100'	Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 0 Referee: David Coote

EFL Cup

Main article: 2020–21 EFL Cup

The draw for both the second and third round were confirmed on September 6, live on Sky Sports by Phil Babb. On 21 September, Tottenham's third round game against Leyton Orient was postponed due to multiple COVID-19 positive tests among the Leyton squad. On 25 September, the English Football League issued a statement saying that it "has determined that in line with Carabao Cup Rule 5.1, the Club (Leyton Orient) was unable to fulfill its obligations to complete the fixture by virtue of the Council’s order and shall therefore forfeit the tie" and that "in accordance with Carabao Cup Rules, Tottenham Hotspur have been awarded with a bye to progress to Round Four of the Carabao Cup and will now play Chelsea on Tuesday 29 September (kick off 7.45pm)".

Third round 22 September 2020 (2020-09-22)	Leyton Orient	W/O	Tottenham Hotspur	Leyton
18:00 BST (UTC+1)				Stadium: Brisbane Road

Fourth round 29 September 2020	Tottenham Hotspur	1–1 (5–4 pen)	Chelsea	Tottenham, London
19:45 BST	Aurier 59' Tanganga 61' Lamela  84'	Report	Werner  19' Kovačić 45+2' Jorginho 83'	Stadium: Tottenham Hotspur Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Lee Mason
	Penalties
	Dier Lamela Højbjerg Lucas Moura Kane		Abraham Azpilicueta Jorginho Emerson Mount

Quarter-finals 22–23 December 2020	Stoke City	v	Tottenham Hotspur	Stoke-on-Trent
--:-- GMT (UTC±0)				Stadium: bet365 Stadium

UEFA Europa League

Main article: 2020–21 UEFA Europa League

The second qualifying round draw was made on 31 August. The draw for the third qualifying round was held on 1 September.

Second qualifying round 17 September 2020	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	1–2	Tottenham Hotspur	Plovdiv, Bulgaria
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Karagaren  51', 78' Almeida 67',  78' Minchev  71' Tsvetanov 78' Masoero 87'	Report	Kane  80' (pen.) Ndombele  85'	Stadium: Stadion Lokomotiv Attendance: 0 Referee: Harm Osmers (Germany)

Third qualifying round 24 September 2020	Shkëndija	1–3	Tottenham Hotspur	Skopje, North Macedonia
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Bejtulai 39' Nafiu  55'	Report	Lamela  5' Winks 36' Son  70' Kane  79'	Stadium: Toše Proeski Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Ali Palabiyik (Turkey)

Play-off round 1 October 2020	Tottenham Hotspur	7–2	Maccabi Haifa	Tottenham, England
21:00 BST (UTC+1)	Kane  2', 56' (pen.), 74' Moura  21' Lo Celso  37', 40' Alli  90+1' (pen.)	Report	Chery  17' Rukavytsya  52' (pen.)	Stadium: Tottenham Hotspur Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Ruddy Buquet (France)

Group stage

Main article: 2020–21 UEFA Europa League group stage#Group J

The group stage draw was held on 2 October 2020.

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
Tottenham Hotspur	6	4	1	1	15	5	+10	13	Advance to knockout phase
Antwerp	6	4	0	2	8	5	+3	12
LASK	6	3	1	2	11	12	−1	10
Ludogorets Razgrad	6	0	0	6	7	19	−12	0

1 22 October 2020	Tottenham Hotspur	v	LASK	Tottenham, London
20:00 BST (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Tottenham Hotspur Stadium

2 29 October 2020	Antwerp	v	Tottenham Hotspur	Antwerp, Belgium
18:55 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Bosuilstadion

3 5 November 2020	Ludogorets Razgrad	v	Tottenham Hotspur	Razgrad, Bulgaria
18:55 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Huvepharma Arena

4 26 November 2020	Tottenham Hotspur	v	Ludogorets Razgrad	Tottenham, London
20:00 BST (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Tottenham Hotspur Stadium

5 3 December 2020	LASK	v	Tottenham Hotspur	Linz, Austria
18:55 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Linzer Stadion

6 10 December 2020	Tottenham Hotspur	v	Antwerp	Tottenham, London
20:00 BST (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Tottenham Hotspur Stadium

Statistics

Appearances

Last updated: 24 September 2020
Source: premierleague.com, uefa.com

No.	Pos.	Name	Premier League		FA Cup		EFL Cup		Europa League		Total
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	Hugo Lloris	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0
12	GK	Joe Hart	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
Defenders
2	DF	Matt Doherty	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0
4	DF	Toby Alderweireld	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0
6	DF	Davinson Sánchez	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	0
15	DF	Eric Dier	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0
24	DF	Serge Aurier	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
33	DF	Ben Davies	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	4	0
Midfielders
5	MF	Pierre-Emile Højbjerg	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0
8	MF	Harry Winks	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0
11	MF	Erik Lamela	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	1+1	1	1+2	1
17	MF	Moussa Sissoko	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1+1	0
18	MF	Giovani Lo Celso	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	1+1	0	2+2	0
20	MF	Dele Alli	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0
23	MF	Steven Bergwijn	0+2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2+2	0
27	MF	Lucas Moura	2	0	0	0	0	0	0+2	0	2+2	0
28	MF	Tanguy Ndombele	1+1	0	0	0	0	0	1+1	1	2+2	1
Forwards
7	FW	Son Heung-min	2	4	0	0	0	0	2	1	4	5
10	FW	Harry Kane	2	1	0	0	0	0	1+1	2	3+1	3

Goal scorers

The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.

Rnk	Pos	No.	Player	Premier League	FA Cup	EFL Cup	Europa League	Total
1	FW	7	Son Heung-min	4	0	0	1	5
2	FW	10	Harry Kane	1	0	0	2	3
3	MF	11	Erik Lamela	0	0	0	1	1
	MF	28	Tanguy Ndombele	0	0	0	1	1
TOTALS				5	0	0	5	10

Last updated: 24 September 2020
Source: premierleague.com, UEFA.com

External links

• Official website

Tottenham Hotspur F.C. matches - 2020-21

2020-21 Premier League

Manchester United (a) · Arsenal (h) · Chelsea (h) · Arsenal (a) · Leeds United (a) · Leicester City (a)

2020-21 FA Cup

Marine (a) · Wycombe Wanderers (a) · Everton (a)

2020-21 EFL Cup

Leyton Orient (a) · Chelsea (h) · Stoke City (a) · Brentford (h) · Manchester City (n)

2020-21 Champions League

Lokomotiv Plovdiv (a) · Shkëndija (a) · Maccabi Haifa (h) · LASK (h) · Antwerp (a) · Ludogorets Razgrad (a) · Ludogorets Razgrad (h) · LASK (a) · Antwerp (h) · Dinamo Zagreb (h) · Dinamo Zagreb (a)