2020–21 English Football League

The 2020–21 season is the 122nd season of the English Football League (EFL) and the fifth season under that name after it was renamed from The Football League in 2016.For the eighth season running, the league was sponsored by Sky Betting & Gaming and therefore known as the Sky Bet EFL.The winner and the runner up of the Championship were automatically promoted to the Premier League and they were joined by the winner of the Championship playoff.This season marked the extension by another two years of the league's partnership with official charity Mind.The mental health charity had its logo displayed on the shirts of all EFL clubs and worked with the EFL to promote mental health within football and the wider community.
English Football League2020–21Norwich CityWatfordBrentfordSouthend UnitedGrimsby TownBarrowHarrogate Town2019–202021–22Sky Betting & GamingChampionshipLeague OneLeague TwoPremier LeagueNational LeagueBournemouthLeeds UnitedWest Bromwich AlbionFulhamCharlton AthleticWigan AthleticHull CityCoventry CityRotherham UnitedWycombe WanderersTranmere RoversBolton WanderersSwindon TownCrewe AlexandraPlymouth ArgyleNorthampton TownMacclesfield Town2020–21 EFL ChampionshipChampionship play-offsSwansea CityBarnsleyReadingCardiff CityQueens Park RangersMiddlesbroughMillwallLuton TownPreston North EndStoke CityBlackburn RoversNottingham ForestBirmingham CityBristol CityHuddersfield TownDerby CountyEFL League OneSheffield Wednesday2021 English Football League play-offsDanjumaDean CourtBoscombeTim RobinsonA. AyewOakwellJaneltBrentford Community StadiumLondonJarred GillettGrimesWoodrowLiberty StadiumSwanseaJohn Brooks2021 EFL Championship play-off FinalMarcondesWembley StadiumChris Kavanagh2020–21 EFL League OneEFL ChampionshipPeterborough UnitedBlackpoolLeague One play-offsSunderlandLincoln CityOxford UnitedPortsmouthIpswich TownGillinghamAccrington StanleyMilton Keynes DonsDoncaster RoversFleetwood TownBurton AlbionShrewsbury TownAFC WimbledonRochdaleEFL League TwoBristol RoversTurtonKassam StadiumOxfordBobby MadleyHopperJohnsonSincil BankLincolnEmbletonDougallTaylorAtkinsonShodipoBloomfield RoadKeith StroudStewartStadium of Light2021 EFL League One play-off final2020–21 EFL League TwoCheltenham TownCambridge UnitedMorecambeLeague Two play-offsNewport CountyForest Green RoversSalford CityExeter CityCarlisle UnitedLeyton OrientCrawley TownPort ValeStevenageBradford CityMansfield TownOldham AthleticWalsallColchester UnitedScunthorpe UnitedLewis CollinsRodney ParadeNewportClarkeKnight-PercivalMcAlindenPrenton ParkTranmereDarren DrysdaleWildigVaughanMazuma StadiumAaron CollinsCaddenEllisonLabadieMaynardNew LawnNailsworth2021 EFL League Two play-off FinalMendes GomesPaul Hurst2019–20 English Football LeagueNeil CoxSol CampbellMark MolesleyLee JohnsonDean HoldenNigel Pearson2019–20 Premier LeagueVladimir IvićDino MaamriaHarry KewellEddie HoweJason TindallPaul CookJohn SheridanMark BowenVeljko PaunovićGerhard StruberNew York Red BullsValérien IsmaëlSabri LamouchiChris HughtonGraham AlexanderRichie WellensGraham CoughlanNigel CloughMike JacksonKeith HillGarry MonkTony PulisLeam RichardsonPhillip CocuWayne RooneyBen GarnerPaul TisdaleSam RickettsSteve CotterillPhil ParkinsonStuart McCallMark TruemanConor SellarsDavid DunnMichael JolleyXisco MunozIan HollowayDarren MooreJake BuxtonJimmy Floyd HasselbainkJoey BartonSimon GraysonJohn AskeyDarrell ClarkeNeil HarrisMick McCarthyGlyn HodgesMark RobinsonJonathan WoodgateKeith CurleJon Brady2021–22 English Football LeagueBrian DuttonMark CooperSteve BallHayden MullinsRoss EmbletonKenny JackettPaul LambertDanny CowleyLee BowyerNigel AdkinsAitor KarankaAlex NeilFrankie McAvoyGary BowyerPhil BrownRob EdwardsJohn McGrealMicky Mellon1888–891889–901890–911891–921892–931893–941894–951895–961896–971897–981898–991899–19001900–011901–021902–031903–041904–051905–061906–071907–081908–091909–101910–111911–121912–131913–141914–151919–201920–211921–221922–231923–241924–251925–261926–271927–281928–291929–301930–311931–321932–331933–341934–351935–361936–371937–381938–391939–401946–471947–481948–491949–501950–511951–521952–531953–541954–551955–561956–571957–581958–591959–601960–611961–621962–631963–641964–651965–661966–671967–681968–691969–701970–711971–721972–731973–741974–751975–761976–771977–781978–791979–801980–811981–821982–831983–841984–851985–861986–871987–881988–891989–901990–911991–921992–931993–941994–951995–961996–971997–981998–991999–20002000–012001–022002–032003–042004–052005–062006–072007–082008–092009–102010–112011–122012–132013–142014–152015–162016–172017–182018–192022–232023–242024–252020–21 in English men's footballSeniorgroup stagefinalsqualifying roundplay-offsIsthmian LeagueNorthern Premier LeagueSouthern LeagueCombined Counties LeagueEast Midlands Counties LeagueEastern Counties LeagueEssex Senior LeagueHellenic LeagueMidland LeagueNorthern Counties East LeagueNorthern LeagueNorth West Counties LeagueSouthern Combination LeagueSouthern Counties East LeagueSouth West Peninsula LeagueSpartan South Midlands LeagueUnited Counties LeagueWessex LeagueWestern LeagueWest Midlands (Regional) LeagueFA CupQualifying roundsFA Community ShieldFA Trophy2020 Final2021 FinalFA VaseEFL CupEFL TrophyProfessional U23 Development LeaguePremier League CupProfessional U18 Development LeaguePremierLeagueArsenalAston VillaBrighton & Hove AlbionBurnleyChelseaCrystal PalaceEvertonLeicester CityLiverpoolManchester CityManchester UnitedNewcastle UnitedSheffield UnitedSouthamptonTottenham HotspurWest Ham UnitedWolverhampton WanderersWrexhamSummer 2020 transfersWinter 2020–21 transfers