2020–21 Norwich City F.C. season
# 2020–21 Norwich City F.C. season

The 2020–21 Norwich City F.C. season was the club's 119th season in existence and the first season back in the second tier of English football. In addition to the domestic league, Norwich City participated in this season's editions of the FA Cup and the EFL Cup.

## Players

### First-team squad

    As of 7 October 2020

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

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | GK | NED | Tim Krul |
| 2 | DF | ENG | Max Aarons |
| 3 | DF | ENG | Sam Byram |
| 5 | DF | SCO | Grant Hanley (captain) |
| 6 | DF | GER | Christoph Zimmermann (4th captain) |
| 7 | MF | GER | Lukas Rupp |
| 8 | MF | BIH | Mario Vrančić |
| 9 | FW | ENG | Jordan Hugill |
| 10 | MF | ENG | Kieran Dowell |
| 11 | MF | POL | Przemysław Płacheta |
| 12 | GK | NOR | Ørjan Nyland |
| 14 | MF | ENG | Todd Cantwell |
| 16 | DF | ESP | Xavi Quintillà (on loan from Villarreal) |
| 17 | MF | ARG | Emiliano Buendía |
| 18 | MF | GER | Marco Stiepermann |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 19 | MF | DEN | Jacob Sørensen |
| 20 | MF | ENG | Oliver Skipp (on loan from Tottenham Hotspur) |
| 22 | FW | FIN | Teemu Pukki |
| 23 | MF | SCO | Kenny McLean |
| 24 | MF | ENG | Josh Martin |
| 25 | MF | CUB | Onel Hernández |
| 26 | DF | ENG | Bali Mumba |
| 27 | MF | NOR | Alexander Tettey (vice-captain) |
| 30 | DF | GRE | Dimitris Giannoulis (on loan from PAOK) |
| 33 | GK | NIR | Michael McGovern |
| 34 | DF | ENG | Ben Gibson (on loan from Burnley) |
| 35 | FW | IRL | Adam Idah |
| 38 | GK | ENG | Aston Oxborough |
| — | MF | GER | Moritz Leitner |
| — | FW | USA | Sebastian Soto |

## Transfers

### Transfers in

| Date | Position | Name | From | Fee |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 July 2020 | LW | Danel Sinani | F91 Dudelange | Free transfer |
| 20 July 2020 | CM | Jacob Sørensen | Esbjerg fB | Undisclosed |
| 22 July 2020 | LW | Przemysław Płacheta | Śląsk Wrocław | Undisclosed |
| 27 July 2020 | DM | Bali Mumba | Sunderland | Undisclosed |
| 28 July 2020 | CF | Sebastian Soto | Hannover 96 | Free transfer |
| 28 July 2020 | CM | Matthew Dennis | Arsenal | Free transfer |
| 30 July 2020 | AM | Kieran Dowell | Everton | Undisclosed |
| 24 August 2020 | CF | Jordan Hugill | West Ham United | Undisclosed |
| 1 February 2021 | GK | Ørjan Nyland | Aston Villa | Free transfer |
| 1 February 2021 | AM | Regan Riley | Bolton Wanderers | £250,000 |

### Loans in

| Date from | Position | Name | From | Date until |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 17 August 2020 | DM | Oliver Skipp | Tottenham Hotspur | End of season |
| 17 August 2020 | LB | Xavi Quintillà | Villarreal | End of season |
| 4 September 2020 | CB | Ben Gibson | Burnley | End of season |
| 19 January 2021 | LB | Dimitris Giannoulis | PAOK | End of season |

### Loans out

| Date from | Position | Name | To | Date until |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 July 2020 | CB | Rocky Bushiri | KV Mechelen | 25 January 2021 |
| 20 July 2020 | GK | Archie Mair | King's Lynn Town | End of season |
| 20 July 2020 | CM | Ísak Þorvaldsson | St Mirren | 27 August 2020 |
| 24 July 2020 | CF | Carlton Morris | Milton Keynes Dons | 5 January 2021 |
| 29 July 2020 | SS | Gassan Ahadme | Real Oviedo | End of season |
| 5 August 2020 | RW | Simon Power | King's Lynn Town | 17 January 2021 |
| 7 August 2020 | CB | Matt Richardson | Leiston | End of season |
| 18 August 2020 | LB | Philip Heise | Karlsruher SC | End of season |
| 18 August 2020 | DM | Louis Thompson | Milton Keynes Dons | End of season |
| 24 August 2020 | RW | Aidan Fitzpatrick | Queen of The South | End of season |
| 26 August 2020 | CM | Daniel Adshead | SC Telstar | End of season |
| 26 August 2020 | CF | Sebastian Soto | SC Telstar | 21 January 2021 |
| 27 August 2020 | CM | Ísak Þorvaldsson | ÍA | 31 December 2020 |
| 1 September 2020 | GK | Joe Rose | Bury Town | End of season |
| 2 September 2020 | RB | Jordan Thomas | Leyton Orient | End of season |
| 11 September 2020 | LB | Caleb Richards | Kidderminster Harriers | End of season |
| 16 September 2020 | CB | Louis Lomas | Slough Town | End of season |
| 20 September 2020 | LB | Sam McCallum | Coventry City | End of season |
| 22 September 2020 | LW | Danel Sinani | Waasland-Beveren | End of season |
| 22 September 2020 | DM | Melvin Sitti | Waasland-Beveren | 25 January 2021 |
| 26 September 2020 | CB | Akin Famewo | Charlton Athletic | End of season |
| 7 October 2020 | CB | Timm Klose | Basel | End of season |
| 16 October 2020 | DM | Tom Trybull | Blackburn Rovers | End of season |
| 6 January 2021 | CM | William Hondermarck | Harrogate Town | End of season |
| 25 January 2021 | CF | Tyrese Omotoye | Swindon Town | End of season |
| 26 January 2021 | CB | Rocky Bushiri | Eupen | End of season |
| 5 February 2021 | CF | Josip Drmić | Rijeka | End of season |

### Transfers out

| Date | Position | Name | To | Fee |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 July 2020 | LB | Arash Ahmadi | Glossop North End | Released |
| 1 July 2020 | CB | Anthonius Berkeley | Unattached | Released |
| 1 July 2020 | CF | Mason Bloomfield | Hartlepool United | Released |
| 1 July 2020 | RW | Diallang Jaiyesimi | Swindon Town | Released |
| 1 July 2020 | GK | Billy Johnson | Stevenage | Released |
| 1 July 2020 | CM | Savvas Mourgos | Veria | Released |
| 1 July 2020 | CB | Timi Odusina | Hartlepool United | Released |
| 1 July 2020 | DM | Alfie Payne | Braintree Town | Released |
| 1 July 2020 | DM | Tom Scully | Accrington Stanley | Released |
| 22 July 2020 | CB | Sean Raggett | Portsmouth | Released |
| 31 August 2020 | GK | Nick Hayes | Salford City | Free transfer |
| 8 September 2020 | LB | Jamal Lewis | Newcastle United | Undisclosed |
| 2 October 2020 | FW | Ruben Shakpoke | Aston Villa | Compensation |
| 5 October 2020 | CB | Ben Godfrey | Everton | Undisclosed |
| 16 October 2020 | CB | Ciaren Jones | South Shields | Free transfer |
| 19 October 2020 | DM | Charlie Gilmour | St Johnstone | Mutual consent |
| 6 January 2021 | CF | Carlton Morris | Barnsley | Undisclosed |
| 18 January 2021 | RM | Simon Power | Harrogate Town | Undisclosed |
| 1 February 2021 | DM | Saul Milovanovic | Unattached | Mutual consent |

**Notes**

* ↑ Fee reported to be £990,000.
* ↑ Fee reported to be £2,700,000.
* ↑ Fee reported to be £347,000.
* ↑ Fee reported to be £1,980,000.
* ↑ Fee reported to be £2,970,000.
* ↑ Included a loan fee of £900,000.
* ↑ Fee reported to be £14,850,000.
* ↑ Fee reported to be £24,750,000.

## Pre-season and friendlies

| Win | Draw | Loss |
| - | - | - |

Norwich City confirmed they would play Milton Keynes Dons, SC Verl, Dynamo Dresden and Darmstadt 98 during pre-season.

| Date | Time | Opponent | Venue | Result | Scorers | Attendance |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 21 August 2020 | 16:00 | Milton Keynes Dons | Home | 6–0 | Martin 15', 23', Stiepermann 53', Idah 74', Hernández 79', Buendía 86' | 0 |
| 24 August 2020 | 17:00 | SC Verl | Away | 3–0 | Dowell 15', Idah 23', Klose 58' | 0 |
| 26 August 2020 | 16:00 | Dynamo Dresden | Away | 2–0 | Pukki 12', Hugill 82' | 0 |
| 29 August 2020 | 11:00 | Darmstadt 98 | Away | 3–2 | Płacheta 8', Pukki 24', Martin 61' | 0 |
| 29 August 2020 | 13:00 | Darmstadt 98 | Away | 0–0 | | 0 |

## Competitions

### Overview

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| EFL Championship | 12 September 2020 | 8 May 2021 | Matchday 1 | Winners | 46 | 29 | 10 | 7 | 75 | 36 | +39 | 063.04 |
| FA Cup | 9 January 2021 | 23 January 2021 | Third round | Fourth round | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 050.00 |
| EFL Cup | 5 September 2020 | 5 September 2020 | First round | First round | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 000.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 49 | 30 | 10 | 9 | 78 | 40 | +38 | 061.22 |

Last updated: 8 May 2021 Source: Soccerway

### EFL Championship

**League table**

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Norwich City (C, P) | 46 | 29 | 10 | 7 | 75 | 36 | +39 | 97 | Promotion to the Premier League |
| 2 | Watford (P) | 46 | 27 | 10 | 9 | 63 | 30 | +33 | 91 | Promotion to the Premier League |
| 3 | Brentford (O, P) | 46 | 24 | 15 | 7 | 79 | 42 | +37 | 87 | Qualification for Championship play-offs |
| 4 | Swansea City | 46 | 23 | 11 | 12 | 56 | 39 | +17 | 80 | Qualification for Championship play-offs |
| 5 | Barnsley | 46 | 23 | 9 | 14 | 58 | 50 | +8 | 78 | Qualification for Championship play-offs |
| 6 | Bournemouth | 46 | 22 | 11 | 13 | 73 | 46 | +27 | 77 | Qualification for Championship play-offs |

**Results summary**

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |

Last updated: 8 May 2021. Source:

**Results by matchday**

| Matchday | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 | 43 | 44 | 45 | 46 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | D | L | L | W | W | W | D | W | D | W | W | W | D | L | W | W | W | W | W | L | D | W | W | W | D | D | L | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | D | D | W | W | L | L | W | W | D |
| Position | 6 | 5 | 13 | 17 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |

**Matches**

The league fixtures were announced on 21 August 2020.

### FA Cup

The third round draw was made on 30 November, with Premier League and EFL Championship clubs all entering the competition. The fourth and fifth rounds draws were made consecutively on 11 January.

### EFL Cup

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

## Statistics

### Appearances, goals and cards

| No. | Pos | Player | Championship | Championship | Championship | FA Cup | FA Cup | FA Cup | EFL Cup | EFL Cup | EFL Cup | Total | Total | Total | Discipline | Discipline |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| No. | Pos | Player | Starts | Sub | Goals | Starts | Sub | Goals | Starts | Sub | Goals | Starts | Sub | Goals | | |
| 1 | GK | Tim Krul | 36 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 37 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | Max Aarons | 45 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 46 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Sam Byram | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Grant Hanley | 42 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 43 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | Christoph Zimmermann | 13 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Lukas Rupp | 15 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Mario Vrančić | 19 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 9 | ST | Jordan Hugill | 7 | 24 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 24 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | Kieran Dowell | 12 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | Przemysław Płacheta | 10 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 12 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 12 | GK | Ørjan Nyland | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | Todd Cantwell | 30 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 31 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | Xavi Quintillà | 11 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 12 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | Emi Buendía | 39 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | 39 | 2 | 15 | 6 | 2 |
| 18 | MF | Marco Stiepermann | 12 | 6 | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | Jacob Sørensen | 20 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 22 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | Oliver Skipp | 44 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | 44 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 0 |
| 22 | ST | Teemu Pukki | 39 | 2 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 39 | 3 | 26 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | Kenny McLean | 30 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | — | — | — | 31 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 0 |
| 24 | ST | Josh Martin | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | Onel Hernández | 6 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | Bali Mumba | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | Alexander Tettey | 5 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | Melvin Sitti | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | DF | Dimitris Giannoulis | 16 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 33 | GK | Michael McGovern | 9 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | DF | Ben Gibson | 26 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 28 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 35 | ST | Adam Idah | 1 | 16 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| 38 | GK | Aston Oxborough | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 42 | MF | Reece McAlear | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | DF | Andrew Omobamidele | 8 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 50 | GK | Daniel Barden | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 52 | GK | Jon McCracken | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 57 | MF | Tom Dickson-Peters | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| — | MF | Moritz Leitner | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| — | ST | Sebastian Soto | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players out on loan: |||||||||||||||||
| 15 | DF | Timm Klose | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | Danel Sinani | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | DF | Sam McCallum | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 43 | DF | Akin Famewo | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 48 | MF | William Hondermarck | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 53 | ST | Tyrese Omotoye | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| — | DF | Philip Heise | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| — | MF | Louis Thompson | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| — | MF | Tom Trybull | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| — | ST | Josip Drmić | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players no longer at the club: |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | MF | Ben Godfrey | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | Jamal Lewis | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| — | ST | Carlton Morris | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Goalscorers

| Rank | Pos. | Player | Championship | FA Cup | EFL Cup | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | ST | Teemu Pukki | 26 | 0 | 0 | 26 |
| 2 | MF | Emi Buendía | 15 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| 3 | MF | Todd Cantwell | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 3 | MF | Kieran Dowell | 5 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 5 | ST | Jordan Hugill | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 6 | MF | Mario Vrančić | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | ST | Adam Idah | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | MF | Kenny McLean | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | DF | Max Aarons | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | DF | Xavi Quintillà | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | MF | Przemysław Płacheta | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | MF | Marco Stiepermann | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | ST | Josh Martin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | MF | Jacob Sørensen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | DF | Grant Hanley | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | MF | Oliver Skipp | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Own Goals | Own Goals | Own Goals | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | 75 | 2 | 1 | 78 |
