The 2020–21 season was Cambridge United's 109th season in their history, 42nd season in the Football League and seventh consecutive season in EFL League Two. Along with League Two, the club also participated in the FA Cup, EFL Cup and EFL Trophy.
The season covers the period from 1 July 2020 to 30 June 2021.
Transfers Transfers in DatePositionNameFromFee 20 July 2020 CF Tranmere Rovers Free transfer 21 July 2020 DM Stevenage Free transfer 28 July 2020 AM Free transfer 1 August 2020 CF Macclesfield Town Free transfer 14 August 2020 LB Carlisle United Free transfer 1 September 2020 GK Liverpool Free transfer 4 September 2020 CM Portsmouth Free transfer
Loans in Date fromPositionNameFromDate until 7 August 2020 CB Bristol City January 2021 22 September 2020 AM Ipswich Town January 2021 9 October 2020 DM Milton Keynes Dons End of season 6 January 2021 RB Tottenham Hotspur End of season 25 January 2021 RW Tottenham Hotspur End of season 1 February 2021 CB West Ham United End of season 1 February 2021 CB Coventry City End of season
Loans out Date fromPositionNameToDate until 21 August 2020 GK St Neots Town Work experience 21 August 2020 MF St Neots Town Work experience 23 October 2020 CM St Neots Town 23 January 2021 CF Weymouth April 2021
Transfers out DatePositionNameToFee 1 July 2020 CF Unattached Released 1 July 2020 CM Unattached Released 1 July 2020 CF Unattached Released 1 July 2020 GK Unattached Released 1 July 2020 LB Hereford Released 1 July 2020 RM Unattached Released 1 July 2020 CM Tranmere Rovers Released 1 July 2020 LB Unattached Released 1 July 2020 CB Bolton Wanderers Released 28 July 2020 CM Mansfield Town Undisclosed 1 December 2020 RW Yeovil Town Undisclosed 22 January 2021 CB Milton Keynes Dons Undisclosed
Competitions League Two
League table
Results summary
Results by matchday
Matches
The 2020–21 season fixtures were released on 21 August.
FA Cup
The draw for the first round was made on Monday 26, October.
EFL Cup
The first round draw was made on 18 August, live on Sky Sports, by Paul Merson. The draw for both the second and third round were confirmed on September 6, live on Sky Sports by Phil Babb.
EFL Trophy
The regional group stage draw was confirmed on 18 August. The second round draw was made by Matt Murray on 20 November, at St Andrew's. The third round was made on 10 December 2020 by Jon Parkin.
Statistics Appearances and goals
Last updated 9 May 2021.
! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Goalkeepers
! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Defenders
! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Midfielders
! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Forwards
Top scorers Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by squad number when total goals are equal.
Last updated 9 May 2021.
PositionNationalityPlayerEFL League TwoEFL CupEFL TrophyFA CupTotal1FW10Paul Mullin32020342FW20Joe Ironside14000143MF14Wes Hoolahan700074MF7Luke Hannant303064DF3Jack Iredale400045MF19Adam May30003FW26Harvey Knibbs201036DF2Kyle Knoyle20002MF8Liam O'Neil200027DF6Harry Darling00101DF6Declan Drysdale10001DF16Robbie Cundy01001FW18Shilow Tracey10001MF23Tom Knowles00101MF27Ben Worman00101Own goals 2 0 0 0 0TOTALS7319083
Cleansheets Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by squad number when total cleansheets are equal.
Last updated 9 May 2021.
PositionNationalityPlayerEFL League TwoEFL CupEFL TrophyFA CupTotal1GK25Callum Burton9020112GK1Dimitar Mitov61007TOTALS1512018
Disciplinary record Includes all competitive matches.
Last updated 9 May 2021.
PositionNationalityNumberNameLeague TwoEFL CupEFL TrophyFA CupTotalFW 20 Joe Ironside 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0MF 4 Paul Digby 7 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 7 0MF 7 Luke Hannant 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0FW 10 Paul Mullin 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 0MF 19 Adam May 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0DF 5 Greg Taylor 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 0DF 6 Harry Darling 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 0MF 11 Harrison Dunk 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 0DF 3 Jack Iredale 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0DF 6 Declan Drysdale 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0MF 44 Hiram Boateng 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0DF 2 Kyle Knoyle 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0MF 8 Liam O'Neil 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0MF 14 Wes Hoolahan 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0DF 15 Jubril Okedina 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0DF 16 Robbie Cundy 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 DF 17 Leon Davies 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0FW 18 Shilow Tracey 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0MF 22 Lewis Simper 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 MF 23 Tom Knowles 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0GK 25 Callum Burton 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0FW 26 Harvey Knibbs 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 TOTALS620107010710
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