2020-21 English Football League

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The 2020–21 English Football League (known as the Sky Bet Football League for sponsorship reasons) is the 122nd season of the English Football League.

Promotion and relegation

From the Premier League

Relegated to the Championship

• Bournemouth
• Watford
• Norwich City

From the Championship

Promoted to the Premier League

• Leeds United
• West Bromwich Albion
• Fulham

Relegated to League One

• Charlton Athletic
• Wigan Athletic
• Hull City

From League One

Promoted to the Championship

• Coventry City
• Rotherham United
• Wycombe Wanderers

Relegated to League Two

• Tranmere Rovers
• Southend United
• Bolton Wanderers

From League Two

Promoted to League One

• Swindon Town
• Crewe Alexandra
• Plymouth Argyle
• Northampton Town

Relegated to the National League

• Stevenage

From the National League

Promoted to League Two

• Barrow
• Harrogate Town

League tables

Sky Bet Championship

Main article: 2020–21 EFL Championship

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Norwich City  (C) (P)	46	29	10	7	75	36	+39	97	Promotion to the Premier League
2	Watford  (P)	46	27	10	9	63	30	+33	91
3	Brentford  (P) (O)	46	24	15	7	79	42	+37	87	Qualification to the Championship Play-offs
4	Swansea City	46	23	11	12	56	39	+17	80
5	Barnsley	46	23	9	14	58	50	+8	78
6	Bournemouth	46	22	11	13	73	46	+27	77
7	Reading	46	19	13	14	60	52	+8	70
8	Cardiff City	46	18	14	14	66	49	+17	68
9	Queens Park Rangers	46	19	11	16	57	55	+2	68
10	Middlesbrough	46	18	10	18	55	53	+2	64
11	Millwall	46	15	18	13	47	47	0	63
12	Luton Town	46	17	11	18	41	52	−11	62
13	Preston North End	46	18	7	21	49	56	−7	61
14	Stoke City	46	15	15	16	50	52	−2	60
15	Blackburn Rovers	46	15	12	19	65	54	+11	57
16	Coventry City	45	13	13	19	43	60	−17	52
17	Nottm Forest	46	12	16	18	37	45	−8	52
18	Birmingham City	46	13	13	20	37	61	−24	52
19	Bristol City	46	15	6	25	46	68	−22	51
20	Huddersfield Town	46	12	13	21	50	71	−21	49
21	Derby County	46	11	11	24	36	58	−22	44
22	Wycombe Wanderers  (R)	46	11	10	25	39	69	−30	43	Relegation to League One
23	Rotherham United  (R)	46	11	9	26	44	60	−16	42
24	Reading  (R)	46	12	11	23	40	61	−21	41

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

Sky Bet League One

Main article: 2020–21 EFL League One

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
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

Sky Bet League Two

Main article: 2020–21 EFL League Two

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Cheltenham Town  (C) (P)	46	24	10	12	61	39	+22	82	Promotion to League One
2	Cambridge United  (P)	46	24	8	14	73	49	+24	80
3	Bolton Wanderers  (P)	46	23	10	13	59	50	+9	79
4	Morecambe  (P) (O)	46	23	9	14	69	58	+11	78	Qualification to the League Two play-offs
5	Newport County	46	20	13	13	57	42	+15	73
6	Forest Green Rovers	46	20	13	13	59	51	+8	73
7	Tranmere Rovers	46	20	13	13	55	50	+5	73
8	Salford City	46	19	14	13	54	34	+20	71
9	Exeter City	46	18	16	12	71	50	+21	70
10	Carlisle United	46	18	12	16	60	51	+9	66
11	Leyton Orient	46	17	10	19	53	55	−2	61
12	Crawley Town	46	16	13	17	56	62	−6	61
13	Port Vale	46	17	9	20	57	57	0	60
14	Stevenage	46	14	18	14	41	41	0	60
15	Bradford City	46	16	11	19	48	53	−5	59
16	Mansfield Town	46	13	19	14	57	55	+2	58
17	Harrogate Town	46	16	9	21	52	61	−9	57
18	Oldham Athletic	46	15	9	22	72	81	−9	54
19	Walsall	46	11	20	15	45	53	−8	53
20	Colchester United	46	11	18	17	44	61	−17	51
21	Barrow	46	13	11	22	53	59	−6	50
22	Scunthorpe United	46	13	9	24	41	64	−23	48
23	Southend United  (R)	46	10	15	21	29	58	−29	45	Relegation to the National League
24	Grimsby Town  (R)	46	10	13	23	37	69	−32	43

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

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment	Position in table

External links

• Football League website
• BBC Sport