2020–21 Stoke City F.C. season
The 2020–21 season is Stoke City's 104th season in the Football League, the 44th in the second tier and seventh in the Championship.[1]
2020–21 season | |||
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Chairman | Peter Coates | ||
Manager | Michael O'Neill | ||
Stadium | bet365 Stadium | ||
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Pre-season
Stoke announced their retained list in July 2020, leaving the club were goalkeeper Adam Federici from the first team, and Jake Dunwoody, James Jennings, Ash Kigbu, Cameron McJannet, Tre Pemberton, Abdul Sankoh, Ollie Shenton and Scott Wara from the under-23 squad.[2] Also leaving were the two players who agreed to temporary contract extensions to cover the final nine games of the 2019–20 season, Mame Biram Diouf and Stephen Ward.[3] O'Neill made his first signing of the summer bringing in former Sheffield Wednesday left-back Morgan Fox.[4] Centre-back James Chester re-joined the club having spent the second-half of last season on loan from Aston Villa.[5] Stoke brought in former Sheffield Wednesday striker Steven Fletcher on 14 August.[6] Former Chelsea midfielder John Obi Mikel joined the club on 17 August 2020 having left Trabzonspor in March.[7]
The squad returned to Clayton Wood on 7 August and the following week travelled to Belfast for a training camp and a behind closed doors friendly against NIFL Premiership champions Linfield at Windsor Park.[8] Stoke won 1–0 with a first half strike from Josh Tymon.[9]
Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Scorers | Report |
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15 August 2020 | Linfield | A | 1–0 | Tymon 35' | Report |
Championship
September
Because the 2019–20 season was extended into the summer of 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2020–21 season will start at a later date of 12 September 2020.[10] The summer transfer window will be open from 27 July to 5 October.[11]
League table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
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17 | Queens Park Rangers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
18 | Reading | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
19 | Rotherham United | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
20 | Stoke City | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
21 | Swansea City | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
22 | Watford | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Relegation to EFL League One |
23 | Wycombe Wanderers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results; 5) Wins; 6) Away goals; 7) Penalty points (sec 9.5); 8) 12-point sending off offences[12]
FA Cup
EFL Cup
Squad statistics
No. | Pos. | Name | Championship | FA Cup | League Cup | Total | Discipline | |||||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ![]() | ![]() | |||
1 | GK | ![]() |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2 | DF | ![]() |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
3 | DF | ![]() |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
4 | MF | ![]() |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
5 | DF | ![]() |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
6 | MF | ![]() |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
7 | MF | ![]() |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
8 | MF | ![]() |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
9 | FW | ![]() |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
10 | FW | ![]() |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
11 | MF | ![]() |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
14 | DF | ![]() |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
15 | DF | ![]() |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
16 | GK | ![]() |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
17 | DF | ![]() |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
19 | FW | ![]() |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
20 | MF | ![]() |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
22 | MF | ![]() |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
23 | MF | ![]() |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
24 | MF | ![]() |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
25 | MF | ![]() |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
26 | FW | ![]() |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
27 | MF | ![]() |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
33 | MF | ![]() |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
34 | MF | ![]() |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
35 | DF | ![]() |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
37 | DF | ![]() |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
— | DF | ![]() |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
— | MF | ![]() |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
— | FW | ![]() |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Own goals | — | 0 | — | 0 | — | 0 | — | 0 | — |
Transfers
In
Date | Pos. | Name | From | Fee | Ref. |
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7 August 2020 | DF | ![]() |
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Free | [13] |
10 August 2020 | DF | ![]() |
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Free | [14] |
14 August 2020 | FW | ![]() |
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Free | [15] |
17 August 2020 | MF | ![]() |
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Free | [16] |
Out
Date | Pos. | Name | To | Fee | Ref. |
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30 June 2020 | MF | ![]() |
— | Released | [2] |
30 June 2020 | MF | ![]() |
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Free | [17] |
30 June 2020 | GK | ![]() |
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Free | [18] |
30 June 2020 | FW | ![]() |
— | Released | [2] |
30 June 2020 | MF | ![]() |
— | Released | [2] |
30 June 2020 | DF | ![]() |
— | Released | [2] |
30 June 2020 | DF | ![]() |
— | Released | [2] |
30 June 2020 | MF | ![]() |
— | Released | [2] |
30 June 2020 | FW | ![]() |
— | Released | [2] |
30 June 2020 | MF | ![]() |
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Free | [19] |
30 June 2020 | DF | ![]() |
— | Released | [2] |
17 July 2020 | DF | ![]() |
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Released | [20][21] |
20 July 2020 | FW | ![]() |
— | Released | [22] |
8 August 2020 | FW | ![]() |
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Undisclosed | [23] |
Loans out
Date from | Pos. | Name | To | Date to | Ref. |
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27 July 2020 | MF | ![]() |
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30 June 2021 | [24] |
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