The 2020–21 season was the 143rd season in the history of the English football club Wolverhampton Wanderers. The club competed in the Premier League for the third consecutive season and also participated in this season's edition of the FA Cup and EFL Cup.
The entire season took place against the backdrop of the global COVID-19 pandemic, which necessitated the players' compliance with strict restrictions on contact as well as a lack of fans at all Wolves' home matches until the final day of the campaign. The team also had to contend with several long-term injuries, including the leading goalscorer of the previous seasons, Raúl Jiménez, who suffered a fractured skull during an aerial collision in a 2–1 win at Arsenal on 29 November 2020.
With this victory, the team moved into 6th place in the table, but their results deteriorated afterward in Jiménez's absence for the remainder of the campaign and they eventually finished in 13th place, representing a decline compared to the previous two seventh-place finishes. Two days prior to the end of the league season, the club had announced that head coach Nuno Espírito Santo would be leaving by "mutual consent" after the final game following four years at the helm.
Competitions Premier League
A total of 20 teams competed in the Premier League in the 2020–21 season. Each team played every other team twice, once at their stadium, and once at the opposition's. Three points were awarded to teams for each win, one point per draw, and none for defeats.
League table
Results summary
Results by matchday
Matches The provisional fixture list was released on 20 August 2020, but was subject to change in the event of matches being selected for television coverage or police concerns.
FA Cup
The third round draw was made on 30 November, with Premier League and EFL Championship clubs all entering the competition. The draw for the fourth and fifth round were made on 11 January, conducted by Peter Crouch.
EFL Cup
As a Premier League team, Wolves entered the competition at the second round stage, which was drawn on 6 September.
EFL Trophy
Wolves were one of the sixteen teams from outside the bottom two divisions of the Football League to be invited to field their academy team in the competition due to it holding Category 1 academy status. They were drawn into Group F in the Northern section. Note: In group stage matches which were level at the end of 90 minutes, a penalty shoot-out was held, with the winner earning a bonus point.
Players Statistics
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Awards AwardWinner Fans' Player of the Season Pedro Neto Players' Player of the Season Pedro Neto Young Player of the Season Fábio Silva Academy Player of the Season Owen Hesketh Goal of the Season João Moutinho(vs Arsenal, 2 February 2021)
Transfers Transfers in Date Position Nationality Name From Fee Team Ref. 27 July 2020 GK Matija Sarkic Aston Villa Free transfer First team 31 July 2020 LB Aaron Keto-Diyawa Fulham Free transfer Academy 2 September 2020 LB Toti Estoril Praia Undisclosed Under-23s 5 September 2020 CF Fábio Silva Porto £35,000,000 First team 6 September 2020 LB Marçal Lyon Undisclosed First team 19 September 2020 RB Ki-Jana Hoever Liverpool Undisclosed First team 23 September 2020 RB Nélson Semedo Barcelona £30,000,000 First team
Loans in Date Position Nationality Name From Date Until Team Ref. 9 September 2020 CM Vitinha Porto End of season First team 4 October 2020 LB Rayan Aït-Nouri Angers End of season First team 23 January 2021 FW Willian José Real Sociedad End of season First team
New and extended contracts Date Position Nationality Name Ref. 16 April 2020 FW Dongda He 18 May 2020 GK John Ruddy 14 August 2020 FW Lewis Richards 16 September 2020 MF Connor Ronan 25 September 2020 FW Léo Bonatini 1 October 2020 CB Conor Coady 3 October 2020 FW Raúl Jiménez 14 October 2020 FW Theo Corbeanu 16 October 2020 DF Dion Sanderson 21 October 2020 DF Max Kilman 3 November 2020 RW Pedro Neto 14 December 2020 DM Leander Dendoncker 17 December 2020 LM Ryan Giles 17 December 2020 GK Andreas Søndergaard 18 January 2021 AM Meritan Shabani 28 January 2021 MF Luke Cundle 10 February 2021 FB Jonny 18 March 2021 CB Romain Saïss 22 April 2021 AM Chem Campbell 23 April 2021 FW Conor Carty 5 May 2021 GK Jackson Smith 7 May 2021 MF Owen Hesketh
Transfers out Date Position Nationality Name To Fee Team Ref. 1 July 2020 RB Jed Abbey AFC Telford United Released Academy 1 July 2020 LW Jordan Graham Gillingham Released First team 1 July 2020 CB Connor Johnson Kettering Town Released Under-23s 1 July 2020 LW Usman Khan Kidderminster Harriers Released Academy 1 July 2020 CM Kai Lissimore Kidderminster Harriers Released Academy 1 July 2020 CM Ming-yang Yang Grasshopper Released First team 1 July 2020 RB Phil Ofosu-Ayeh Halmstad Released First team 1 July 2020 CM Todd Parker Hednesford Town Released Academy 1 July 2020 RW Callum Thompson Bohemian Released Under-23s 7 July 2020 RW Hélder Costa Leeds United £16,000,000 First team 16 July 2020 AM Tsun Dai Shenzhen Undisclosed Under-23s 27 July 2020 CM Elliot Watt Bradford City Undisclosed Under-23s 7 August 2020 FW Boubacar Hanne Gil Vicente Undisclosed Under-23s 14 August 2020 GK Will Norris Burnley Undisclosed First team 28 August 2020 FW Cameron John Doncaster Rovers Undisclosed Under-23s 30 August 2020 RB Matt Doherty Tottenham Hotspur Undisclosed First team 7 September 2020 CF Benny Ashley-Seal Northampton Town Undisclosed Under-23s 12 September 2020 CB Dániel Csóka AFC Wimbledon Undisclosed Under-23s 19 September 2020 LW Diogo Jota Liverpool £45,000,000 First team 5 October 2020 CB Ed Francis Harrogate Town Contract terminated Under-23s 16 October 2020 CB Ryan Bennett Swansea City Free transfer First team 18 January 2021 CF Niall Ennis Plymouth Argyle Undisclosed Under-23s 25 January 2021 DF John Kitolano Odd Undisclosed Under-23s 1 February 2021 DM Terry Taylor Burton Albion Undisclosed Under-23s 1 February 2021 CB Roderick Miranda Gaziantep Contract terminated First team 27 February 2021 RW David Wang Nantong Zhiyun Undisclosed Under-23s
Loans out Date from Position Nationality Name To Date until Team Ref. 21 July 2020 LM Ryan Giles Coventry City 25 January 2021 Under-23s 23 August 2020 CF Renat Dadashov Grasshopper 8 October 2020 Under-23s 23 August 2020 CM Connor Ronan Grasshopper End of season First team 25 August 2020 CM Christián Herc Karviná End of season Under-23s 25 August 2020 CM Morgan Gibbs-White Swansea City 6 January 2021 First team 2 September 2020 GK Matija Sarkic Shrewsbury Town End of season First team 3 September 2020 LB Toti Grasshopper End of season Under-23s 8 September 2020 DM Terry Taylor Grimsby Town 6 January 2021 Under-23s 8 September 2020 CM Bruno Jordão Famalicão End of season First team 17 September 2020 GK Jamie Pardington Dulwich Hamlet 1 January 2021 Under-23s 19 September 2020 FW Leonardo Campana Famalicão End of season First team 22 September 2020 CF Léo Bonatini Grasshopper 30 June 2022 First team 5 October 2020 LB Rúben Vinagre Olympiacos 4 January 2021 First team 5 October 2020 DF John Kitolano Odd 1 January 2021 Under-23s 7 October 2020 GK Jackson Smith Frickley Athletic 1 January 2021 Under-23s 10 October 2020 CF Austin Samuels Bradford City 13 January 2021 Under-23s 16 October 2020 CF Niall Ennis Burton Albion 5 January 2021 Under-23s 16 October 2020 CB Dion Sanderson Sunderland End of season Under-23s 5 January 2021 LB Rúben Vinagre Famalicão End of season First team 11 January 2021 RB Oskar Buur Grasshopper 30 June 2022 First team 26 January 2021 LM Ryan Giles Rotherham United End of season Under-23s 31 January 2021 CF Patrick Cutrone Valencia End of season First team 1 February 2021 GK Jamie Pardington Mansfield Town End of season Under-23s 1 February 2021 AM Meritan Shabani VVV-Venlo End of season Under-23s 1 February 2021 FB Luke Matheson Ipswich Town End of season Under-23s 26 February 2021 FW Dongda He Beijing Sinobo Guoan 31 December 2021 Under-23s
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