2020–21 Swansea City A.F.C. season explained

Club:	Swansea City
Season:	2020–21
Chrtitle:	Chairman
Chairman:	Julian Winter
Mgrtitle:	Head coach
Manager:	Steve Cooper
Stadium:	Liberty Stadium
League Result:	4th
Cup1:	Play-offs
Cup1 Result:	Runners-up
Cup2:	FA Cup
Cup2 Result:	Fifth round
Cup3:	EFL Cup
Cup3 Result:	First round
League Topscorer:	André Ayew (16 goals)
Season Topscorer:	André Ayew (17 goals)
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Prevseason:	2019–20
Nextseason:	2021–22

The 2020–21 season was the 101st season of Swansea City in the English football league system and third consecutive season in the Championship. They also competed in the FA Cup and EFL Cup.

Club

First-team staff

Position	Name
Head coach	Steve Cooper
Assistant coaches	Mike Marsh
	Alan Tate
Fitness coach	David Tivey
Goalkeeping coach	Martyn Margetson
Head of Performance Analysis	Steve Rands
Head of recruitment	Andy Scott

First-team squad

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Transfers

Transfers in

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
9 August 2020					Free transfer	^[2]
27 August 2020					£800,000	^[3] ^[4]
16 October 2020					Undisclosed	^[5]
16 October 2020					Free transfer	^[6]
16 October 2020					£250,000	^[7]
15 January 2021					Undisclosed	^[8]
1 February 2021					Undisclosed	^[9]
1 February 2021					Undisclosed	^[10]

Loans in

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Date until	Ref.
16 August 2020					End of season	^[11]
25 August 2020					6 January 2021	^[12] ^[13]
26 August 2020					End of season	^[14]
2 October 2020					14 January 2021	^[15] ^[16]
16 October 2020					5 January 2021	^[17] ^[18]
19 January 2021					End of season	^[19]
22 January 2021					End of season	^[20]
1 February 2021					End of season	^[21]

Transfers out

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2020					Released	^[22] ^[23]
1 July 2020			Cameron Berry		Released
1 July 2020					Released	^[24]
1 July 2020			Keiran Evans	Unattached	Released
1 July 2020			Arnór Guðjohnsen		Released
1 July 2020					Released	^[25]
1 July 2020			Tom Price		Released
1 July 2020			Marc Walsh	Unattached	Released
31 July 2020					Free transfer	^[26]
5 August 2020					Released	^[27] ^[28]
9 September 2020					Undisclosed	^[29]
5 October 2020					Undisclosed	^[30]
16 October 2020					Undisclosed	^[31]
8 January 2021					Free transfer	^[32]
26 January 2021			Joe Lewis		Undisclosed	^[33]
8 February 2021					Undisclosed	^[34]

Loans out

Start date	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Expiry date	Ref.
7 September 2020					5 January 2021	^[35] ^[36]
9 September 2020					1 January 2021	^[37] ^[38]
16 September 2020					1 February 2021	^[39]
23 September 2020			Josh Gould		12 January 2021	^[40] ^[41]
25 September 2020					End of season	^[42]
7 January 2021					End of season	^[43]
23 January 2021					End of season	^[44]
1 February 2021			Matt Blake		End of season	^[45]
1 February 2021			Josh Thomas		End of season
1 February 2021					End of season
21 February 2021					30 November 2021	^[46]

New contracts

Date signed	Position	Nationality	Name	Contract length	Expiry date	Ref.
10 December 2020	DF			2.5 Years	30 June 2023	^[47]
21 December 2020	WG		Adrian Akande	2.5 Years	30 June 2023	^[48]
21 December 2020	CM		Harry Jones	1.5 Years	30 June 2022
21 December 2020	ST		Josh Thomas	2.5 Years	30 June 2023
24 December 2020	GK		Lewis Webb	3.5 Years	30 June 2024	^[49]
13 January 2021	GK			3.5 Years	30 June 2024	^[50]
18 January 2021	CM			3.5 Years	30 June 2024	^[51]
26 January 2021	RB			2.5 Years	30 June 2023	^[52]
27 January 2021	ST			3.5 Years	30 June 2024	^[53]

Competitions

Overview

Competition	Record
Championship
FA Cup
EFL Cup
Total Championship See main article: article and 2020–21 EFL Championship. Matches The 2020/21 season fixtures were released on 21 August.^[54] Play-offs See main article: 2021 English Football League play-offs. FA Cup See main article: 2020–21 FA Cup. The third round draw was made on 30 November, with Premier League and EFL Championship clubs all entering the competition.^[55] The draw for the fourth and fifth round were made on 11 January, conducted by Peter Crouch.^[56] EFL Cup See main article: 2020–21 EFL Cup. The first round draw was made on 18 August, live on Sky Sports, by Paul Merson.^[57] Statistics Appearances and goals
Goalkeepers
Defenders
Midfielders
Forwards
Transferred to another club
Returned to parent club
Out on loan to another club

Assists

			Player	Championship	FA Cup	EFL Cup	Total
1	DF	24		7	0	0	7
2	DF	23		5	0	0	5
3	MF	21		2	2	0	4
	MF	7		4	0	0	4
	DF	3		1	3	0	4
5	MF	8		3	0	0	3
6	FW	10		2	0	0	2
7	MF	3		1	0	0	1
	MF	11		1	0	0	1
	MF	15		0	1	0	1
	FW	41		0	1	0	1
	DF	44		1	0	0	1

Disciplinary record

Rank	No.	Nat.	Po.	Name	Championship			Play-offs									Total
1	2		DF	Ryan Bennett	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0
2	5		DF	Marc Guéhi	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0
	6		MF	Jay Fulton	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0
	8		DF	Matt Grimes	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0
	10		FW	André Ayew	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0
	23		DF	Connor Roberts	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0
7	24		DF	Jake Bidwell	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
	21		MF	Yan Dhanda	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
9	44		DF	Ben Cabango	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
10	1		GK	Freddie Woodman	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
	7		MF	Korey Smith	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
	9		FW	Jamal Lowe	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0
	26		DF	Kyle Naughton	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
14	14		MF	Conor Hourihane	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	38		MF	Cameron Evans	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	45		MF	Kasey Palmer	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Total					46	1	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	1	0	0	51	1	0

Notes and References

1. Web site: First team. Swansea City A.F.C.. 25 August 2020.
2. News: Swansea City Complete Signing Of Korey Smith . 14 August 2020 . . 14 August 2020.
3. News: Swansea City Complete Signing Of Jamal Lowe . 27 August 2020 . . 27 August 2020.
4. https://www.wigantoday.net/sport/football/live-blog-wigan-athletic-administrators-thursday-press-conference-2954259?page=5#liveblog "wigantoday.net: "LIVE BLOG: Wigan Athletic administrators’ Thursday press conference"
5. Web site: Swansea City Complete Signing Of Joel Latibeaudiere . Swansea City AFC . 16 October 2020.
6. Web site: Swansea City Seal Signing Of Ryan Bennett . Swansea City AFC . 16 October 2020.
7. Web site: Swansea City complete transfer Of Ryan Manning . Swansea City AFC . 16 October 2020.
8. Web site: Swansea City complete transfer of goalkeeper Ben Hamer. Swansea City AFC . 15 January 2021.
9. Web site: Swansea City sign Morgan Whittaker from Derby County. Swansea City AFC . 1 February 2021.
10. Web site: Swansea City sign Wales international Kieron Freeman. Swansea City AFC . 1 February 2021.
11. News: Freddie Woodman Seals Swansea City Return . 16 August 2020 . . 16 August 2020.
12. News: Swansea City Complete Morgan Gibbs-White Loan Deal . 25 August 2020 . . 25 August 2020.
13. Web site: Morgan Gibbs-White recalled from Swansea City loan spell . Swansea City AFC . 6 January 2021.
14. News: Marc Guehi seals Swansea return . 26 August 2020 . . 26 August 2020.
15. Web site: Swansea City Complete Viktor Gyokeres Loan Signing . Swansea City AFC . 2 October 2020.
16. Web site: Viktor Gyokeres: Brighton recall Sweden striker from Swansea City loan . BBC Sport . 14 January 2021.
17. Web site: Swansea City Sign Kasey Palmer On Loan . Swansea City AFC . 16 October 2020.
18. Web site: Kasey Palmer recalled from Swansea City loan spell . Swansea City AFC . 5 January 2021.
19. Web site: Hourihane joins Swansea for rest of season . Sky Sports . 19 January 2021.
20. Web site: Swansea City seal loan move for Jordan Morris . Swansea City - Official Site . 22 January 2021.
21. Web site: USA international Paul Arriola seals Swansea City loan . Swansea City - Official Site . 1 February 2021.
22. News: Swansea release Montero and Baker-Richardson . 16 August 2020 . . 1 July 2020.
23. Web site: Baker-Richardson Seals Bluebirds Move . Barrow AFC . 8 October 2020.
24. News: ADO Den Haag confirms De Boer arrival . 16 August 2020 . Football-Oranje . 2 July 2020.
25. News: Jefferson Montero signed for Querétaro . 7 December 2020 . ESPN . 20 November 2020.
26. News: Keeper Mulder leaves Swans for Heerenveen . 31 July 2020 . . 31 July 2020.
27. News: Defender van der Hoorn leaves Swans . 5 August 2020 . . 5 August 2020.
28. News: DSC Arminia verpflichtet Mike van der Hoorn . 5 September 2020 . . 4 September 2020 . de . 5 September 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200905103714/https://www.arminia-bielefeld.de/2020/09/04/dsc-arminia-verpflichtet-mike-van-der-hoorn/ . dead .
29. News: Bersant Celina Seals Dijon Transfer . 10 September 2020 . . 9 September 2020.
30. Web site: Kristoffer Peterson Joins Fortuna Dusseldorf . Swansea City AFC . 5 October 2020.
31. Web site: Joe Rodon Completes Move To Tottenham Hotspur . Swansea City AFC . 16 October 2020.
32. Web site: Jack Evans completes Newport County transfer . Swansea City AFC . 8 January 2021.
33. Web site: Joe Lewis makes Torquay United transfer . Swansea City - Official Site . 26 January 2021.
34. Web site: Joel Asoro completes Djurgardens transfer . Swansea City - Official Site . 8 February 2021.
35. News: Brandon Cooper seals Newport County loan move . 7 September 2020 . . 7 September 2020.
36. News: Swansea City recall Brandon Cooper from Newport loan spell . 5 January 2021 . . 5 January 2021.
37. News: Jack Evans makes Pafos loan move . 9 September 2020 . . 9 September 2020.
38. News: Swansea City recall Jack Evans from Pafos FC loan spell . 5 January 2021 . . 24 December 2020.
39. News: Joel Asoro Completes Loan Move To Genoa . 16 September 2020 . . 16 September 2020.
40. News: Josh Gould Joins Barry Town United On Loan . 23 September 2020 . Swansea City - Official Site.
41. News: Swansea City recall Josh Gould from Barry Town United loan spell . 12 January 2021 . Swansea City - Official Site.
42. News: Barrie McKay Makes Fleetwood Loan Switch . 25 September 2020 . Swansea City A.F.C..
43. Web site: Swansea City Defender Declan John Joins Bolton On Loan . Swansea City AFC . 7 January 2021.
44. Web site: George Byers makes Portsmouth loan move. Swansea City AFC . 23 January 2021.
45. Web site: Swansea City Under-23s duo join Cardiff Met on loan. Swansea City AFC . 1 February 2021.
46. Web site: Cameron Evans on loan from Swansea City AFC. Waterford FC . 21 February 2021.
47. Web site: Swansea City defender Brandon Cooper signs contract extension. . 13 January 2021.
48. Web site: Tivonge Rushesha signs first pro deal with Swansea City. . 11 January 2020.
49. Web site: Academy trio sign first pro deals. . 13 January 2021.
50. Web site: Steven Benda signs new Swansea City contract. . 13 January 2021.
51. Web site: Jay Fulton extends Swansea City stay until 2024. . 18 January 2021.
52. Web site: Contract extension for Swansea City defender Tivonge Rushesha. . 26 January 2021.
53. Web site: Liam Cullen pens new Swansea City contract. . 27 January 2021.
54. News: Sky Bet Championship fixtures 2020/21 . 21 August 2020 . . 21 August 2020.
55. Web site: Premier League and Championship clubs join Emirates FA Cup After third round Draw . The Football Association . 10 December 2020.
56. Web site: The Emirates FA Cup fourth and fifth round draw made . The Football Association . 11 January 2021.
57. News: Carabao Cup Round One draw confirmed . 18 August 2020 . . 18 August 2020.