2020–21 Charlton Athletic F.C. season

Founded in 1905, the 2020–21 season is Charlton Athletic's 115th season in their existence. Along with competing in League One, the club will also participate in the FA Cup, EFL Cup and the EFL Trophy. The season covers the period from 1 August 2020 to 30 June 2021.

Charlton Athletic

2020–21 season
Manager	Lee Bowyer
Stadium	The Valley
Average home league attendance	[1] (as of 1 August 2020)
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Squad statistics

As of 1 August 2020

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		League One		FA Cup		League Cup		EFL Trophy
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
—	GK		Ben Amos	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
—	GK		Ashley Maynard-Brewer	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
—	GK		Dillon Phillips	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
—	DF		Tom Lockyer	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
—	DF		Deji Oshilaja	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
—	DF		Jason Pearce	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
—	DF		Ben Purrington	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
—	MF		Ben Dempsey	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
—	MF		Alfie Doughty	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
—	MF		Jake Forster-Caskey	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
—	MF		Alex Gilbey	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
—	MF		Aaron Henry	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
—	MF		George Lapslie	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
—	MF		Albie Morgan	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
—	MF		Erhun Oztumer	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
—	MF		Darren Pratley	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
—	MF		Junior Quitirna	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
—	MF		Brendan Sarpong-Wiredu	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
—	MF		James Vennings	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
—	MF		Jonny Williams	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
—	FW		Chuks Aneke	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
—	FW		Macauley Bonne	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
—	FW		Josh Davison	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
—	FW		Conor Washington	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0

Top scorers

As of 1 August 2020

Place	Position	Nation	Number	Name	League One	FA Cup	League Cup	EFL Trophy	Total
Totals					0	0	0	0	0

Disciplinary record

As of 1 August 2020

Number	Nation	Position	Name	League One		FA Cup		League Cup		EFL Trophy		Total
Totals				0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Transfers

Transfers in

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
12 August 2020	CM		Alex Gilbey	Milton Keynes Dons	Undiscolsed	[2]
13 August 2020	CF		Conor Washington	Heart of Midlothian	Undiscolsed	[3]
14 August 2020	FW		Hady Ghandour	Tooting & Mitcham United	Free transfer	[4]
14 August 2020	DF		Lucas Ness	Metropolitan Police	Free transfer	[5]

Transfers out

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
14 August 2020	CF		Tomer Hemed	Free agent	Released	[6]
14 August 2020	LB		Lewis Page	Free agent	Released	[6]
14 August 2020	DF		Naby Sarr	Free agent	Released	[6]

Loans in

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Date until	Ref.

Loans out

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Date until	Ref.

Friendlies

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Friendly

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Competitions

League One

Main article: 2020–21 EFL League One

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
2	AFC Wimbledon	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Promotion to the EFL Championship
3	Blackpool	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Qualification for League One play-offs
4	Bristol Rovers	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	Burton Albion	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	Charlton Athletic	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7	Crewe Alexandra	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	Doncaster Rovers	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9	Fleetwood Town	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	Gillingham	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[7]

Result summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Last updated: 1 August 2020.
Source:

Results by round

Round	1
Ground
Result
Position

Updated to match(es) played on 1 August 2020. Source:
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

On Friday 24 July 2020, it was announced that 2020/21 League One season would start on the weekend of 12 September 2020.[8]

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FA Cup

Main article: 2020–21 FA Cup

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First round

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EFL Cup

Main article: 2020–21 EFL Cup

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First round

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EFL Trophy

2020–21 EFL Trophy

Country	England Wales
Teams	64
Defending champions	undetermined
← 2019–20 2021–22 → All statistics correct as of 14 August 2020.

The 2020–21 EFL Trophy, known as the Leasing.com Trophy for sponsorship reasons, will be the 37th season in the history of the competition, a knock-out tournament for English football clubs in League One and League Two of the English football system, and also including 16 Premier League and Championship "Academy teams" with Category One status.

Participating clubs

• Forty-eight clubs from League One and League Two.
• Sixteen invited Category One Academy teams.
• Expelled clubs will be automatically eliminated from the tournament.
• Category One teams Relegated to League One will miss out on having academies participating in the following tournament.

	League One	League Two	Academies
Clubs	A.F.C. Wimbledon Accrington Stanley Blackpool Bristol Rovers Burton Albion Crewe Alexandra Doncaster Rovers Fleetwood Town Gillingham Hull City Ipswich Town Lincoln City Milton Keynes Dons Northampton Town Oxford United Peterbourough United Plymouth Argyle Portsmouth Rochdale Shrewsbury Town Sunderland Swindon Town Wigan Athletic	Barrow Bolton Wanderers Bradford City Carlisle United Cheltenham Town Colchester United Crawley Town Exeter City Forest Green Rovers Grimsby Town Harrogate Town Leyton Orient Macclesfield Town Mansfield Town Morecambe Newport County Oldham Athletic Port Vale Salford City Scunthorpe United Southend United Tranmere Rovers Walsall
Total	24	24	16

Competition format

Group stage

• Sixteen groups of 4 teams would be organised on a regionalised basis.
• All groups would include one invited club.
• All clubs would play each other once, either home or away (Academies play all group matches away from home).
• Clubs would be awarded three points for a win and one point for a draw.
• In the event of a drawn game (after 90 minutes), a penalty shootout would be held with the winning team earning an additional point.
• Clubs expelled from the EFL will be knocked out of the tournament automatically.
• The top two teams would progress to the Knockout Stage.

Knockout stage

• Round 2 and 3 of the competition will be drawn on a regionalised basis.
• In Round 2, the group winners shall be seeded and the group runners-up shall be unseeded in the draw.
• In Round 2, teams who played in the same group as each other in the Group Stage shall keep apart from each other.
• Academy teams from Round 2 to the semi-finals keep apart.

Group stage

Northern Section

Southern Section

References

1. League One 2020/2021 » Attendance » Home matches
2. "DONE DEAL: Alex Gilbey arrives on three-year deal". Charlton Athletic F.C. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
3. "DONE DEAL: Conor Washington joins on two-year deal". Charlton Athletic F.C. Retrieved 13 August 2020.
4. "U23S: New arrivals Ghandour and Ness eager to hit the ground running". Charlton Athletic F.C. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
5. "U23S: New arrivals Ghandour and Ness eager to hit the ground running". Charlton Athletic F.C. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
6. "Addicks set to return to training on Saturday ahead of the 2020/21 season". Charlton Athletic Official Website. 14 August 2020. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
7. "EFL Regulations Section 3 – The League; subsection 9 – Method of Determining League Positions". EFL. Retrieved 30 July 2019.
8. "Season 2020/21 start date confirmed across the EFL". EFL. Retrieved 24 July 2020.

Category:EFL Trophy Category:English Football League England, EFL Trophy Category:2020–21 European domestic association football cups Category:2020–21 English Football League

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Group stage 1

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Kent Senior Cup

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References

Notes