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]

Stoke City
2020–21 season
ChairmanPeter Coates
ManagerMichael O'Neill
Stadiumbet365 Stadium

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]

DateOpponentVenueResultScorersReport
15 August 2020LinfieldA1–0Tymon 35'Report

Championship
Main article: 2020–21 EFL 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
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
First match(es) will be played on 12 September 2020. Source: EFL Official Website
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
Main article: 2020–21 FA Cup

EFL Cup
Main article: 2020–21 EFL Cup

Squad statistics
No. Pos. Name Championship FA Cup League Cup Total Discipline
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
1GK Jack Butland 0000000000
2DF Tom Edwards 0000000000
3DF Morgan Fox 0000000000
4MF Joe Allen 0000000000
5DF Liam Lindsay 0000000000
6MF Danny Batth 0000000000
7MF Tom Ince 0000000000
8MF Peter Etebo 0000000000
9FW Sam Vokes 0000000000
10FW Benik Afobe 0000000000
11MF James McClean 0000000000
14DF Tommy Smith 0000000000
15DF Bruno Martins Indi 0000000000
16GK Adam Davies 0000000000
17DF Ryan Shawcross (c) 0000000000
19FW Lee Gregory 0000000000
20MF Tashan Oakley-Boothe 0000000000
22MF Sam Clucas 0000000000
23MF Thibaud Verlinden 0000000000
24MF Jordan Cousins 0000000000
25MF Nick Powell 0000000000
26FW Tyrese Campbell 0000000000
27MF Badou Ndiaye 0000000000
33MF Lasse Sørensen 0000000000
34MF Jordan Thompson 0000000000
35DF Josh Tymon 0000000000
37DF Nathan Collins 0000000000
—DF James Chester 0000000000
—MF John Obi Mikel 0000000000
—FW Steven Fletcher 0000000000
Own goals —0—0—0—0—

Transfers

In
Date Pos. Name From Fee Ref.
7 August 2020 DF Morgan Fox Sheffield Wednesday Free [13]
10 August 2020 DF James Chester Aston Villa Free [14]
14 August 2020 FW Steven Fletcher Sheffield Wednesday Free [15]
17 August 2020 MF John Obi Mikel Trabzonspor Free [16]

Out
Date Pos. Name To Fee Ref.
30 June 2020 MF Ibrahim Doucoure — Released [2]
30 June 2020 MF Jake Dunwoody Derry City Free [17]
30 June 2020 GK Adam Federici Macarthur Free [18]
30 June 2020 FW James Jennings — Released [2]
30 June 2020 MF Reece Jones — Released [2]
30 June 2020 DF Ash Kigbu — Released [2]
30 June 2020 DF Cameron McJannet — Released [2]
30 June 2020 MF Tre Pemberton — Released [2]
30 June 2020 FW Abdul Sankoh — Released [2]
30 June 2020 MF Ollie Shenton Chorley Free [19]
30 June 2020 DF Scott Wara — Released [2]
17 July 2020 DF Stephen Ward Ipswich Town Released [20][21]
20 July 2020 FW Mame Biram Diouf — Released [22]
8 August 2020 FW Julien Ngoy KAS Eupen Undisclosed [23]

Loans out
Date from Pos. Name To Date to Ref.
27 July 2020 MF Ryan Woods Millwall 30 June 2021 [24]
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  12. "EFL Regulations Section 3 – The League; subsection 9 – Method of Determining League Positions". EFL. Retrieved 30 July 2019.
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  17. "Ibrahim Meite & Jake Dunwoody Join The Ranks". Derry City. Retrieved 29 July 2020.
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  19. "SHENTON JOINS THE RANKS". Chorley FC. Retrieved 28 June 2020.
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  21. "Town Land Trio". Ipswich Town F.C. 17 August 2020. Retrieved 17 August 2020.
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