2020–21 Swansea City A.F.C. season

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Swansea City
2020–21 season
Chairman Julian Winter
Head coach Steve Cooper
Stadium Liberty Stadium
Championship 4th
Play-offs Runners-up
FA Cup Fifth round
EFL Cup First round
Top goalscorer League:
André Ayew (16 goals)
All:
André Ayew (17 goals)
Home colours
Away colours
Third colours
← 2019–20 2021–22 →

The 2020–21 season was the 101st season of Swansea City in the English football league system and third consecutive season in the Championship. They also competed in the FA Cup and EFL Cup.

Club

First-team staff

Position Name
Head coach Wales Steve Cooper
Assistant coaches England Mike Marsh
England Alan Tate
Fitness coach England David Tivey
Goalkeeping coach Wales Martyn Margetson
Head of Performance Analysis England Steve Rands
Head of recruitment England Andy Scott

First-team squad

As of 4 February 2021[1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
1 England GK Freddie Woodman (on loan from Newcastle United)
2 England DF Ryan Bennett
3 Republic of Ireland DF Ryan Manning
5 England DF Marc Guéhi (on loan from Chelsea)
6 Scotland MF Jay Fulton
7 England MF Korey Smith
8 England MF Matt Grimes (captain)
9 Jamaica FW Jamal Lowe
10 Ghana FW André Ayew
11 United States FW Jordan Morris (on loan from Seattle Sounders)
13 Germany GK Steven Benda
14 Republic of Ireland MF Conor Hourihane (on loan from Aston Villa)
15 England MF Wayne Routledge
17 England FW Morgan Whittaker
No. Position Player
18 England GK Ben Hamer
19 United States FW Paul Arriola (on loan from D.C. United)
20 Wales FW Liam Cullen
21 England MF Yan Dhanda
22 England DF Joel Latibeaudiere
23 Wales DF Connor Roberts
24 England DF Jake Bidwell
26 England DF Kyle Naughton
27 Wales GK Josh Gould
30 Wales DF Tivonge Rushesha
34 Wales DF Kieron Freeman
36 Wales DF Brandon Cooper
44 Wales DF Ben Cabango

Transfers

Transfers in

Date Position Nationality Name From Fee Ref.
9 August 2020 DM England Korey Smith Bristol City Free transfer [2]
27 August 2020 RW England Jamal Lowe Wigan Athletic £800,000 [3][4]
16 October 2020 CB England Joel Latibeaudiere Manchester City Undisclosed [5]
16 October 2020 CB England Ryan Bennett Wolverhampton Wanderers Free transfer [6]
16 October 2020 LB Republic of Ireland Ryan Manning Queens Park Rangers £250,000 [7]
15 January 2021 GK England Ben Hamer Huddersfield Town Undisclosed [8]
1 February 2021 FW England Morgan Whittaker Derby County Undisclosed [9]
1 February 2021 RB Wales Kieron Freeman Swindon Town Undisclosed [10]

Loans in

Date from Position Nationality Name From Date until Ref.
16 August 2020 GK England Freddie Woodman Newcastle United End of season [11]
25 August 2020 CM England Morgan Gibbs-White Wolverhampton Wanderers 6 January 2021 [12][13]
26 August 2020 CB England Marc Guéhi Chelsea End of season [14]
2 October 2020 CF Sweden Viktor Gyökeres Brighton & Hove Albion 14 January 2021 [15][16]
16 October 2020 AM England Kasey Palmer Bristol City 5 January 2021 [17][18]
19 January 2021 CM Republic of Ireland Conor Hourihane Aston Villa End of season [19]
22 January 2021 LW United States Jordan Morris Seattle Sounders End of season [20]
1 February 2021 RW United States Paul Arriola D.C. United End of season [21]

Transfers out

Date Position Nationality Name To Fee Ref.
1 July 2020 CF England Courtney Baker-Richardson Barrow Released [22][23]
1 July 2020 CM Wales Cameron Berry Inter Leipzig Released [22]
1 July 2020 CM Netherlands Kees de Boer ADO Den Haag Released [22][24]
1 July 2020 AM Wales Keiran Evans Unattached Released [22]
1 July 2020 MF Iceland Arnór Guðjohnsen Fylkir Released [22]
1 July 2020 LW Ecuador Jefferson Montero Querétaro Released [22][25]
1 July 2020 CM Wales Tom Price Cardiff Metropolitan University Released [22]
1 July 2020 LW Republic of Ireland Marc Walsh Unattached Released [22]
31 July 2020 GK Netherlands Erwin Mulder Heerenveen Free transfer [26]
5 August 2020 CB Netherlands Mike van der Hoorn Arminia Bielefeld Released [27][28]
9 September 2020 AM Kosovo Bersant Celina Dijon Undisclosed [29]
5 October 2020 LW Sweden Kristoffer Peterson Fortuna Düsseldorf Undisclosed [30]
16 October 2020 CB Wales Joe Rodon Tottenham Hotspur Undisclosed [31]
8 January 2021 CM Wales Jack Evans Newport County Free transfer [32]
26 January 2021 CB Wales Joe Lewis Torquay United Undisclosed [33]
8 February 2021 CF Sweden Joel Asoro Djurgården Undisclosed [34]

Loans out

Start date Position Nationality Name To Expiry date Ref.
7 September 2020 CB Wales Brandon Cooper Newport County 5 January 2021 [35][36]
9 September 2020 CM Wales Jack Evans Pafos 1 January 2021 [37][38]
16 September 2020 CF Sweden Joel Asoro Genoa 1 February 2021 [39][21]
23 September 2020 GK England Josh Gould Barry Town United 12 January 2021 [40][41]
25 September 2020 LW Scotland Barrie McKay Fleetwood Town End of season [42]
7 January 2021 LB Wales Declan John Bolton Wanderers End of season [43]
23 January 2021 CM Scotland George Byers Portsmouth End of season [44]
1 February 2021 LB Wales Matt Blake Cardiff Met End of season [45]
1 February 2021 ST Wales Josh Thomas Cardiff Met End of season [46]
1 February 2021 RW Jamaica Jordon Garrick Swindon Town End of season [10]
21 February 2021 CB Wales Cameron Evans Waterford 30 November 2021 [47]

New contracts

Date signed Position Nationality Name Contract length Expiry date Ref.
10 December 2020 DF Wales Brandon Cooper 2.5 Years 30 June 2023 [48]
21 December 2020 WG Nigeria Adrian Akande 2.5 Years 30 June 2023 [49]
21 December 2020 CM Wales Harry Jones 1.5 Years 30 June 2022 [50]
21 December 2020 ST Wales Josh Thomas 2.5 Years 30 June 2023 [51]
24 December 2020 GK Wales Lewis Webb 3.5 Years 30 June 2024 [52]
13 January 2021 GK Germany Steven Benda 3.5 Years 30 June 2024 [53]
18 January 2021 CM Scotland Jay Fulton 3.5 Years 30 June 2024 [54]
26 January 2021 RB Wales Tivonge Rushesha 2.5 Years 30 June 2023 [55]
27 January 2021 ST Wales Liam Cullen 3.5 Years 30 June 2024 [56]

Pre-season and friendlies

      Win       Draw       Loss       Fixtures

Competitions

Overview

Competition Record
G W D L GF GA GD Win %
Championship 46 23 11 12 56 39 +17 50.00
FA Cup 3 2 0 1 8 4 +4 66.67
EFL Cup 1 0 0 1 0 2 −2 00.00
Total 50 25 11 14 64 45 +19 50.00

Last updated: 8 May 2021
Source: Competitions

Championship

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Main article: 2020–21 EFL Championship

League table

Template:2020–21 EFL Championship table

Results summary

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
46 23 11 12 56 39  +17 80 12 6 5 27 16  +11 11 5 7 29 23  +6

Last updated: 8 May 2021.
Source:[citation needed]

Results by matchday

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Matches

The 2020/21 season fixtures were released on 21 August.[57]

Play-offs

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Main article: 2021 English Football League play-offs

FA Cup

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Main article: 2020–21 FA Cup

The third round draw was made on 30th November, with Premier League and EFL Championship clubs all entering the competition.[60] The draw for the fourth and fifth round were made on 11 January, conducted by Peter Crouch.[61]

EFL Cup

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Main article: 2020–21 EFL Cup

The first round draw was made on 18 August, live on Sky Sports, by Paul Merson.[62]

Statistics

Appearances and goals

As of match played 17 February 2021
No. Pos Nat Player Total Championship FA Cup EFL Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Goalkeepers
1 GK England Freddie Woodman 31 0 27 0 3 0 1 0
13 GK Germany Steven Benda 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Defenders
2 DF England Ryan Bennett 18 0 17 0 1 0 0 0
3 DF Republic of Ireland Ryan Manning 9 0 3+3 0 3 0 0 0
5 DF England Marc Guéhi 27 0 25 0 2 0 0 0
22 DF England Joel Latibeaudiere 5 0 1+2 0 2 0 0 0
23 DF Wales Connor Roberts 30 3 28 3 2 0 0 0
24 DF England Jake Bidwell 31 1 26+1 1 0+3 0 1 0
26 DF England Kyle Naughton 18 0 16 0 1 0 1 0
34 DF Wales Kieron Freeman 1 0 0 0 0+1 0 0 0
44 DF Wales Ben Cabango 23 3 20+1 3 2 0 0 0
Midfielders
6 MF Scotland Jay Fulton 27 2 18+5 2 2+1 0 1 0
7 MF England Korey Smith 25 0 20+3 0 0+1 0 1 0
8 MF England Matt Grimes 30 4 24+3 2 2 2 1 0
14 MF Republic of Ireland Conor Hourihane 6 3 4 3 1+1 0 0 0
15 MF England Wayne Routledge 9 1 0+6 0 2 1 1 0
17 MF England Morgan Whittaker 1 1 0 0 0+1 1 0 0
19 MF United States Paul Arriola 2 0 0+1 0 0+1 0 0 0
21 MF England Yan Dhanda 17 1 10+3 1 3 0 0+1 0
31 MF Wales Oli Cooper 2 1 0 0 0+2 1 0 0
Forwards
9 FW Jamaica Jamal Lowe 31 9 27+1 9 1+1 0 1 0
10 FW Ghana André Ayew 28 9 26+1 9 0 0 1 0
11 FW United States Jordan Morris 4 0 0+3 0 1 0 0 0
20 FW Wales Liam Cullen 10 2 3+5 0 1+1 2 0 0
Transferred to another club
4 DF Wales Joe Rodon 5 0 4 0 0 0 1 0
16 FW Sweden Joel Asoro 1 0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0
17 MF Sweden Kristoffer Peterson 1 0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0
Returned to parent club
11 MF England Morgan Gibbs-White 6 1 4+1 1 0 0 1 0
14 FW Sweden Viktor Gyökeres 12 1 2+9 0 1 1 0 0
45 MF England Kasey Palmer 12 1 2+10 1 0 0 0 0
Out on loan to another club
28 MF Scotland George Byers 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
38 DF Wales Cameron Evans 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
41 FW Jamaica Jordon Garrick 5 0 0+3 0 1+1 0 0 0

Assists

As of match played 17 February 2021
Rank Pos. No. Player Championship FA Cup EFL Cup Total
1 DF 24 England Jake Bidwell 7 0 0 7
2 DF 23 Wales Connor Roberts 5 0 0 5
3 MF 21 England Yan Dhanda 2 2 0 4
MF 7 England Korey Smith 4 0 0 4
DF 3 Republic of Ireland Ryan Manning 1 3 0 4
5 MF 8 England Matt Grimes 3 0 0 3
6 FW 10 Ghana André Ayew 2 0 0 2
7 MF 3 Scotland Jay Fulton 1 0 0 1
MF 11 England Morgan Gibbs-White 1 0 0 1
MF 15 England Wayne Routledge 0 1 0 1
FW 41 Jamaica Jordon Garrick 0 1 0 1
DF 44 Wales Ben Cabango 1 0 0 1

Disciplinary record

As of match played 10 February 2021
Rank No. Nat. Po. Name Championship Play-offs FA Cup League Cup Total
Booked Yellow cardYellow cardRed card Red card Booked Yellow cardYellow cardRed card Red card Booked Yellow cardYellow cardRed card Red card Booked Yellow cardYellow cardRed card Red card Booked Yellow cardYellow cardRed card Red card
1 2 England DF Ryan Bennett 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0
2 5 England DF Marc Guéhi 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0
6 Scotland MF Jay Fulton 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0
8 England DF Matt Grimes 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0
10 Ghana FW André Ayew 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0
23 Wales DF Connor Roberts 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0
7 24 England DF Jake Bidwell 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0
21 England MF Yan Dhanda 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0
9 44 Wales DF Ben Cabango 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
10 1 England GK Freddie Woodman 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
7 England MF Korey Smith 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
9 England FW Jamal Lowe 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0
26 England DF Kyle Naughton 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
14 14 Republic of Ireland MF Conor Hourihane 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
38 England MF Cameron Evans 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
45 England MF Kasey Palmer 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Total 46 1 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 1 0 0 51 1 0

Notes

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