Club: | Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. |
Season: | 2020–21 |
Chairman: | Jeff Shi |
Mgrtitle: | Head coach |
Manager: | Nuno Espírito Santo |
Stadium: | Molineux |
League: | Premier League |
League Result: | 13th |
Cup1: | FA Cup |
Cup1 Result: | Fifth round |
Cup2: | EFL Cup |
Cup2 Result: | Second round |
League Topscorer: | Pedro Neto and Rúben Neves (5 each) |
Season Topscorer: | Pedro Neto and Rúben Neves (5 each) |
Highest Attendance: | 4,500 vs Manchester United (23 May 2021, Premier League) |
Lowest Attendance: | 4,500 vs Manchester United (23 May 2021, Premier League) |
Average Attendance: | 4,500 |
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Prevseason: | 2019–20 |
Nextseason: | 2021–22 |
The 2020–21 season was the 143rd season in the history of the English football club Wolverhampton Wanderers. The club competed in the Premier League for the third consecutive season and also participated in this season's edition of the FA Cup and EFL Cup.
The entire season took place against the backdrop of the global COVID-19 pandemic, which necessitated the players' compliance with strict restrictions on contact as well as a lack of fans at all Wolves' home matches until the final day of the campaign.[1] The team also had to contend with several long-term injuries,[2] [3] including the leading goalscorer of the previous seasons, Raúl Jiménez, who suffered a fractured skull during an aerial collision in a 2–1 win at Arsenal on 29 November 2020.[4]
With this victory, the team moved into 6th place in the table, but their results deteriorated afterward in Jiménez's absence for the remainder of the campaign and they eventually finished in 13th place, representing a decline compared to the previous two seventh-place finishes. Two days prior to the end of the league season, the club had announced that head coach Nuno Espírito Santo would be leaving by "mutual consent" after the final game following four years at the helm.[5]
See main article: 2020–21 Premier League. A total of 20 teams competed in the Premier League in the 2020–21 season. Each team played every other team twice, once at their stadium, and once at the opposition's. Three points were awarded to teams for each win, one point per draw, and none for defeats.
The provisional fixture list was released on 20 August 2020, but was subject to change in the event of matches being selected for television coverage or police concerns.[6]
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.[7] The draw for the fourth and fifth round were made on 11 January, conducted by Peter Crouch.[8]
See main article: 2020–21 EFL Cup. As a Premier League team, Wolves entered the competition at the second round stage, which was drawn on 6 September.[9]
See also: 2020–21 EFL Trophy. Wolves were one of the sixteen teams from outside the bottom two divisions of the Football League to be invited to field their academy team in the competition due to it holding Category 1 academy status. They were drawn into Group F in the Northern section.[10]
Note: In group stage matches which were level at the end of 90 minutes, a penalty shoot-out was held, with the winner earning a bonus point.
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Award | Winner[12] | |
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Fans' Player of the Season | Pedro Neto | |
Players' Player of the Season | Pedro Neto | |
Young Player of the Season | Fábio Silva | |
Academy Player of the Season | Owen Hesketh | |
Goal of the Season | João Moutinho (vs Arsenal, 2 February 2021) |
Date | Position | Nationality | Name | From | Fee | Team | Ref. | |
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27 July 2020 | Free transfer | [13] | ||||||
31 July 2020 | Aaron Keto-Diyawa | Free transfer | [14] | |||||
2 September 2020 | Undisclosed | [15] | ||||||
5 September 2020 | £35,000,000 | [16] [17] | ||||||
6 September 2020 | Undisclosed | [18] | ||||||
19 September 2020 | Undisclosed | [19] | ||||||
23 September 2020 | £30,000,000 | [20] |
Date | Position | Nationality | Name | From | Date Until | Team | Ref. | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
9 September 2020 | End of season | [21] | ||||||
4 October 2020 | End of season | [22] | ||||||
23 January 2021 | End of season | [23] |
Date | Position | Nationality | Name | Ref. |
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16 April 2020 | [24] | |||
18 May 2020 | [25] | |||
14 August 2020 | Lewis Richards | [26] | ||
16 September 2020 | [27] | |||
25 September 2020 | [28] | |||
1 October 2020 | [29] | |||
3 October 2020 | [30] | |||
14 October 2020 | [31] | |||
16 October 2020 | [32] | |||
21 October 2020 | [33] | |||
3 November 2020 | [34] | |||
14 December 2020 | [35] | |||
17 December 2020 | [36] | |||
17 December 2020 | [37] | |||
18 January 2021 | [38] | |||
28 January 2021 | [39] | |||
10 February 2021 | [40] | |||
18 March 2021 | [41] | |||
22 April 2021 | [42] | |||
23 April 2021 | Conor Carty | [43] | ||
5 May 2021 | Jackson Smith | [44] | ||
7 May 2021 | Owen Hesketh | [45] | ||
Date | Position | Nationality | Name | To | Fee | Team | Ref. | |
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1 July 2020 | Jed Abbey | Released | [46] | |||||
1 July 2020 | Released | [47] | ||||||
1 July 2020 | Released | [48] | ||||||
1 July 2020 | Usman Khan | Released | ||||||
1 July 2020 | Kai Lissimore | Released | ||||||
1 July 2020 | Released | [49] [50] | ||||||
1 July 2020 | Released | [51] | ||||||
1 July 2020 | Todd Parker | Released | [52] | |||||
1 July 2020 | Callum Thompson | Released | [53] | |||||
7 July 2020 | £16,000,000 | [54] | ||||||
16 July 2020 | Undisclosed | [55] | ||||||
27 July 2020 | Undisclosed | [56] | ||||||
7 August 2020 | Undisclosed | [57] | ||||||
14 August 2020 | Undisclosed | [58] | ||||||
28 August 2020 | Undisclosed | [59] | ||||||
30 August 2020 | Undisclosed | [60] | ||||||
7 September 2020 | Undisclosed | [61] | ||||||
12 September 2020 | Undisclosed | Under-23s | [62] | |||||
19 September 2020 | £45,000,000 | First team | [63] | |||||
5 October 2020 | Contract terminated | [64] [65] | ||||||
16 October 2020 | Free transfer | [66] | ||||||
18 January 2021 | Undisclosed | [67] | ||||||
25 January 2021 | Undisclosed | [68] | ||||||
1 February 2021 | Undisclosed | [69] | ||||||
1 February 2021 | Contract terminated | [70] [71] | ||||||
27 February 2021 | Undisclosed | [72] |
Date from | Position | Nationality | Name | To | Date until | Team | Ref. | |
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21 July 2020 | 25 January 2021 | [73] | ||||||
23 August 2020 | 8 October 2020 | [74] | ||||||
23 August 2020 | End of season | |||||||
25 August 2020 | End of season | [75] | ||||||
25 August 2020 | 6 January 2021 | [76] | ||||||
2 September 2020 | End of season | [77] | ||||||
3 September 2020 | End of season | |||||||
8 September 2020 | 6 January 2021 | [78] | ||||||
8 September 2020 | End of season | [79] | ||||||
17 September 2020 | 1 January 2021 | [80] | ||||||
19 September 2020 | End of season | [81] | ||||||
22 September 2020 | 30 June 2022 | [82] | ||||||
5 October 2020 | 4 January 2021 | [83] | ||||||
5 October 2020 | 1 January 2021 | |||||||
7 October 2020 | Jackson Smith | 1 January 2021 | [84] | |||||
10 October 2020 | 13 January 2021 | [85] | ||||||
16 October 2020 | 5 January 2021 | [86] | ||||||
16 October 2020 | End of season | |||||||
5 January 2021 | End of season | |||||||
11 January 2021 | 30 June 2022 | [87] | ||||||
26 January 2021 | End of season | [88] | ||||||
31 January 2021 | End of season | [89] | ||||||
1 February 2021 | End of season | [90] | ||||||
1 February 2021 | End of season | [91] | ||||||
1 February 2021 | End of season | [92] | ||||||
26 February 2021 | 31 December 2021 | [93] |