The 2020–21 season is Leyton Orient's 122nd season in their history and the second 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 Date Position Nationality Name From Fee 16 July 2020 DM Ousseynou Cissé Gillingham Free transfer 15 January 2021 RW Dan Kemp West Ham United Undisclosed 30 January 2021 CB Adam Thompson Rotherham United Free transfer
Loans in Date from Position Nationality Name From Date until 2 September 2020 RB Jordan Thomas Norwich City End of season 6 October 2020 CB Olatunji Akinola West Ham United End of season 18 January 2021 CM Nick Freeman Wycombe Wanderers End of season 1 February 2021 CF Tristan Abrahams Newport County End of season
Loans out Date from Position Nationality Name To Date until 3 October 2020 CB Shadrach Ogie Aldershot Town End of season 13 October 2020 DF Tristan Francois-Vernal Harlow Town November 2020 13 October 2020 MF Antony Papadopoulos Harlow Town November 2020 15 October 2020 DF Kyrell Palmer Saffron Walden Town November 2020 30 October 2020 CM Brendon Shabani Concord Rangers 30 November 2020 30 December 2020 RB Myles Judd Barnet January 2021 18 January 2021 RW Jordan Maguire-Drew Crawley Town End of season
Transfers out Date Position Nationality Name To Fee 1 July 2020 CF James Alabi Bromley Released 1 July 2020 CM Dale Gorman Glentoran Released 1 July 2020 CF Matt Harrold Retired 1 July 2020 GK Arthur Janata East Thurrock United Released 2 July 2020 FW Malik Mothersille Chelsea Free transfer 8 July 2020 CB Marvin Ekpiteta Blackpool Free transfer 7 January 2021 CM Josh Wright Crawley Town Mutual consent
Pre-season
Competitions EFL 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.
Player statistics
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! colspan="14" style="background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center"| Forwards
! colspan="14" style="background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center"| Out on Loan
! colspan="14" style="background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center"| Left During the Season
Top scorers Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by squad number when total goals are equal.
Last updated 9 May 2021.
NationalityPlayerLeague TwoFA CupEFL CupEFL TrophyTotal139Danny Johnson170212029Conor Wilkinson1201215315Dan Kemp5000545Dan Happe300037Jobi McAnuff2010317Louis Dennis10113610Jordan Maguire-Drew2000216James Brophy2000219Lee Angol1001262Sam Ling000114Ousseynou Cissé100018Craig Clay1000120Ruel Sotiriou1000123Jamie Turley1000126Hector Kyprianou0100144Josh Wright10001Own goals30014TOTALS5215765
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