The 2020–21 season was Burnley's 139th competitive season, their 58th in the top flight of English football, and their fifth consecutive in the Premier League. Along with the Premier League, the club competed in the FA Cup and EFL Cup. The season covered the period from August 2020 to 30 June 2021.
Transfers Transfers in Date Position Nationality Name From Fee Ref. 14 August 2020 GK Will Norris Wolverhampton Wanderers Undisclosed 17 August 2020 LB Dane McCullough Portadown Undisclosed 18 August 2020 CB Jack Leckie Newcastle United Undisclosed 18 August 2020 CB Dan Sassi Stoke City Free transfer 18 August 2020 RB Keelan Williams Liverpool Free transfer 20 August 2020 RB Connor Barrett Leicester City Free transfer 20 August 2020 RB Marcel Elva-Fountaine Reading Free transfer 20 August 2020 GK Marc Richter Augsburg Free transfer 20 August 2020 AM Will Rickard Swansea City Free transfer 8 September 2020 CM Ismaila Diallo Arsenal Free transfer 24 September 2020 CM Dale Stephens Brighton & Hove Albion Undisclosed 20 November 2020 LB Owen Dodgson Manchester United Undisclosed 20 November 2020 CB Calen Gallagher-Allison Manchester United Undisclosed 20 November 2020 CF Arman Taranis SønderjyskE Free transfer
Loans in Date from Position Nationality Name From Date until Ref. 5 October 2020 AM Anthony Gomez Mancini Angers End of season
Loans out Date from Position Nationality Name To Date until Ref. 11 August 2020 RB Ryan Cooney Morecambe End of season 12 August 2020 AM Adam Phillips Morecambe 1 February 2021 20 August 2020 RB Jordan Cropper Chesterfield End of season 4 September 2020 CB Ben Gibson Norwich City End of season 22 January 2021 CB Bobby Thomas Barrow End of season 1 February 2021 GK Lukas Jensen Bolton Wanderers End of season 1 February 2021 AM Adam Phillips Accrington Stanley End of season 2 February 2021 CM Mace Goodridge Barrow End of season 14 May 2021 GK Lukas Jensen Kórdrengir 14 July 2021
Transfers out Date Position Nationality Name To Fee Ref. 1 July 2020 RM Olatunde Bayode Unattached Released 1 July 2020 DF Udoka Chima Unattached Released 1 July 2020 CF Will Harris Sunderland Released 1 July 2020 GK Joe Hart Tottenham Hotspur Released 1 July 2020 CM Jeff Hendrick Newcastle United Rejected contract 1 July 2020 LB Ali Koiki Bristol Rovers Rejected contract 1 July 2020 GK Adam Legzdins Dundee Released 1 July 2020 RW Aaron Lennon Kayserispor Released 1 July 2020 FW Jaydon Major Unattached Released 1 July 2020 CM Christian N'Guessan Unattached Released 1 July 2020 CF Henri Ogunby Unattached Released 1 July 2020 RB Joel Senior Altrincham Released 31 July 2020 GK Kai Calderbank-Park Unattached Released 31 July 2020 GK George McMahon Unattached Released 31 July 2020 LW Vinnie Steels Sunderland Released 4 September 2020 CB Scott Wilson Barrow Free transfer 9 September 2020 CM Aiden O'Neill Melbourne City Free transfer 16 September 2020 CB Ollie Younger Sunderland Free transfer 24 September 2020 MF Rhys Fenlon Accrington Stanley Free transfer 2 February 2021 RM Chris Conn-Clarke Fleetwood Town Undisclosed
Pre-season and friendlies
Competitions Premier League
League table
Results summary
Results by matchday
Matches The 2020–21 season fixtures were released on 20 August.
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
The draw for both the second and third round were confirmed on 6 September, live on Sky Sports by Phil Babb. The fourth round draw was conducted on 17 September 2020 by Laura Woods and Lee Hendrie live on Sky Sports.
Appearances and goals Source: Numbers in parentheses denote appearances as substitute. Players with names struck through and marked left the club during the playing season. Players with names in italics and marked * were on loan from another club for the whole of their season with Burnley. Players listed with no appearances have been in the matchday squad but only as unused substitutes. Key to positions: GK – Goalkeeper; DF – Defender; MF – Midfielder; FW – Forward
+ Players contracted for the 2020–21 seasonNo.Pos.Nat.NameLeagueFA CupLeague CupTotalDisciplineAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals1GKNick Pope3200010330102DFMatthew Lowton3410 (3)03037 (3)1503DFCharlie Taylor28 (1)0003031 (1)0104MFJack Cork15 (1)0200017 (1)0205DFJames Tarkowski3612010391706DFBen Mee3021000312307MFJóhann Berg Guðmundsson16 (6)2301020 (6)2208MFJosh Brownhill32 (1)0003135 (1)1309FWChris Wood32 (1)12100 (3)033 (4)120010FWAshley Barnes15 (7)31 (1)01017 (8)34011MFDwight McNeil34 (2)2202038 (2)22012MFRobbie Brady12 (7)1101014 (7)13014DFBen Gibson000000000015GKBailey Peacock-Farrell402020800016MFDale Stephens3 (4)030006 (4)01018MFAshley Westwood3830 (1)02 (1)040 (2)38019FWJay Rodriguez12 (19)1222016 (19)33023DFErik Pieters13 (7)0202 (1)017 (8)03025GKWill Norris201000300026DFPhil Bardsley3 (1)0300 (1)06 (2)04027FWMatěj Vydra15 (13)32 (1)13220 (14)60028DFKevin Long7 (1)0212011 (1)12033FWMax Thompson000000000034DFJimmy Dunne311 (1)0206 (1)11035MFAnthony Gomez Mancini000000000037DFBobby Thomas000010101038FWLewis Richardson0 (2)000000 (2)00041MFJosh Benson2 (4)01 (2)01 (2)04 (8)00044MFMace Goodridge000000000045DFAnthony Glennon001 (1)00 (1)01 (2)00046FWJoel Mumbongo0 (4)00 (3)0000 (7)010
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