| Club: | West Ham United |
| Season: | 2020–21 |
| Chrtitle: | Co-chairmen |
| Chairman: | David Sullivan and David Gold |
| Mgrtitle: | Manager |
| Manager: | David Moyes |
| Stadium: | London Stadium |
| League: | Premier League |
| League Result: | 6th |
| Cup1: | FA Cup |
| Cup1 Result: | Fifth round |
| Cup2: | EFL Cup |
| Cup2 Result: | Fourth round |
| League Topscorer: | Michail Antonio Tomáš Souček (10 each) |
| Season Topscorer: | Michail Antonio Tomáš Souček (10 each) |
| Highest Attendance: | 10,000 |
| Lowest Attendance: | 2,000 |
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| Prevseason: | 2019–20 |
| Nextseason: | 2021–22 |
The 2020–21 season was the 126th season in existence of West Ham United Football Club and the club's ninth consecutive season in the top flight of English football. In addition to the domestic league, West Ham United participated in this season's edition of the FA Cup, and reached the fourth round of the EFL Cup. They finished sixth in the Premier League achieving 65 points, a club record. They also won 19 games and nine away games, also records. Their league positioned qualified them to play in the 2021–22 UEFA Europa League.[1]
| Squad No. | Name | Nationality | Position(s) | Date of birth (Age) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Goalkeepers | |||||||
| 1 | Łukasz Fabiański |  | GK | 2021 5, df=yes | |||
| 25 | David Martin | GK | 2021 5, df=yes | ||||
| 35 | Darren Randolph | GK | 2021 5, df=yes | ||||
| Defenders | |||||||
| 3 | Aaron Cresswell | DF | 2021 5, df=yes | ||||
| 4 | Fabián Balbuena | DF | 2021 5, df=yes | ||||
| 5 | Vladimír Coufal |  | DF | 2021 5, df=yes | |||
| 14 | Frederik Alves | DF | 2021 5, df=yes | ||||
| 15 | Craig Dawson (on loan from Watford) | DF | 2021 5, df=yes | ||||
| 21 | Angelo Ogbonna |  | DF | 2021 5, df=yes | |||
| 23 | Issa Diop |  | DF | 2021 5, df=yes | |||
| 24 | Ryan Fredericks | DF | 2021 5, df=yes | ||||
| 26 | Arthur Masuaku |  | DF | 2021 5, df=yes | |||
| 31 | Ben Johnson | DF | 2021 5, df=yes | ||||
| Midfielders | |||||||
| 10 | Manuel Lanzini |  | MF | 2021 5, df=yes | |||
| 11 | Jesse Lingard (on loan from Manchester United) | MF | 2021 5, df=yes | ||||
| 16 | Mark Noble (C) | MF | 2021 5, df=yes | ||||
| 18 | Pablo Fornals | MF | 2021 5, df=yes | ||||
| 28 | Tomáš Souček | | MF | 2021 5, df=yes | |||
| 41 | Declan Rice | MF | 2021 5, df=yes | ||||
| Forwards | |||||||
| 7 | Andriy Yarmolenko |  | FW | 2021 5, df=yes | |||
| 9 | Saïd Benrahma | FW | 2021 5, df=yes | ||||
| 20 | Jarrod Bowen | FW | 2021 5, df=yes | ||||
| 30 | Michail Antonio | FW | 2021 5, df=yes | ||||
| Date from | Position | Nationality | Name | From | Fee | Team | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 July 2020 | Undisclosed | [2] | ||||||
| 17 July 2020 | Undisclosed | [3] | ||||||
| 24 July 2020 | | £15,000,000 | [4] | |||||
| 2 September 2020 | Free transfer | [5] | ||||||
| 2 October 2020 | | £5,000,000 | [6] | |||||
| 2 January 2021 | Undisclosed | [7] | ||||||
| 28 January 2021 | Undisclosed | [8] |
| Date from | Position | Nationality | Name | From | Date until | Team | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 October 2020 | End of season | [9] | ||||||
| 16 October 2020 | 29 January 2021 | [10] | ||||||
| 29 January 2021 | End of season | [11] |
| Date from | Position | Nationality | Name | To | Date until | Team | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 2020 | 15 January 2021 | [12] | ||||||
| 6 October 2020 | End of season | [13] | ||||||
| 6 October 2020 | FW | Xande Silva | Aris Thessaloniki | End of season | Under-23s | [14] | ||
| 6 October 2020 |  | End of season | [15] | |||||
| 30 January 2021 | June 2022 | [16] | ||||||
| 1 February 2021 | End of season | [17] | ||||||
| 1 February 2021 | End of season | [18] | ||||||
| 1 February 2021 |  | End of season | [19] | |||||
| 23 February 2021 | End of season | [20] |
| Date from | Position | Nationality | Name | To | Fee | Team | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 July 2020 | Free transfer | [21] [22] | ||||||
| 1 July 2020 |  | Released | [23] | |||||
| 1 July 2020 | | Retired | ||||||
| 30 July 2020 | Jake Giddings | Free transfer | [24] | |||||
| 4 August 2020 |  | Undisclosed | [25] | |||||
| 13 August 2020 | £5,000,000 | [26] | ||||||
| 19 August 2020 | Free transfer | [27] | ||||||
| 24 August 2020 | Undisclosed | [28] | ||||||
| 28 August 2020 |  | Free transfer | [29] | |||||
| 2 September 2020 | Benicio Boaitey | Undisclosed | [30] | |||||
| 19 September 2020 | Reece Hannam | Free transfer | [31] | |||||
| 4 September 2020 | Undisclosed | [32] | ||||||
| 4 September 2020 | Undisclosed | [33] | ||||||
| 5 October 2020 | Free transfer | [34] [35] | ||||||
| 18 November 2020 | Free transfer | [36] | ||||||
| 8 January 2021 |  | Undisclosed | [37] | |||||
| 8 January 2021 | Undisclosed | [38] | ||||||
| 15 January 2021 | Undisclosed | [39] | ||||||
In March 2020, West Ham announced their participation in a July 2020 tournament, the EVA Air Queensland Champions Cup, in Queensland, Australia alongside Brisbane Roar and Crystal Palace.[40] Following the outbreak of COVID-19, the tour was cancelled.[41]
See main article: 2020–21 Premier League.
The 2020–21 season fixtures were released on 20 August.[42]
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.[43] The draw for the fourth and fifth round were made on 11 January, conducted by Peter Crouch.[44]
See main article: 2020–21 EFL Cup.
The draw for both the second and third round were confirmed on 6 September, live on Sky Sports by Phil Babb.[45] The fourth round draw was conducted on 17 September 2020 by Laura Woods and Lee Hendrie live on Sky Sports.[46]
|-! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Goalkeepers|-! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Defenders|-! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Midfielders|-! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Forwards|-! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Players who left the club on loan or permanently during the season|}
| Name | Premier League | FA Cup | League Cup | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MF | 28 | | data-sort-value="Souček, Tomáš" | Tomáš Souček | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | |
| FW | 30 | data-sort-value="Antonio, Michail" | Michail Antonio | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | |||
| 3 | MF | 11 | data-sort-value="Lingard, Jesse" | Jesse Lingard | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 | ||
| 4 | FW | 20 | data-sort-value="Bowen, Jarrod" | Jarrod Bowen | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | ||
| 5 | FW | 22 | | data-sort-value="Haller, Sébastien" | Sébastien Haller | 3 | 0 | 4 | 7 | |
| 6 | MF | 18 | | data-sort-value"Fornals, Pablo" | Pablo Fornals | 5 | 1 | 0 | 6 | |
| 7 | DF | 15 | data-sort-value="Dawson, Craig" | Craig Dawson | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | ||
| 8 | FW | 7 | | data-sort-value="Yarmolenko, Andriy" | Andriy Yarmolenko | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| DF | 21 | | data-sort-value="Ogbonna, Angelo" | Angelo Ogbonna | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Own goals | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||||||
| 11 | MF | 11 | data-sort-value="Snodgrass, Robert" | Robert Snodgrass | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||
| DF | 23 | | data-sort-value="Diop, Issa" | Issa Diop | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| MF | 41 | data-sort-value="Rice, Declan" | Declan Rice | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
| 13 | DF | 4 | data-sort-value="Balbuena, Fabián" | Fabián Balbuena | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| FW | 8 | | data-sort-value="Anderson, Felipe" | Felipe Anderson | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| MF | 9 | data-sort-value="Benrahma, Saïd" | Saïd Benrahma | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| FW | 10 | | data-sort-value="Lanzini, Manuel" | Manuel Lanzini | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| DF | 24 | data-sort-value="Fredericks, Ryan" | Ryan Fredericks | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| DF | 31 | data-sort-value="Johnson, Ben" | Ben Johnson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| MF | 40 | data-sort-value="Afolayan, Oladapo" | Oladapo Afolayan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Totals | 62 | 5 | 9 | 76 | ||||||