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

Transfers Transfers in Date Position Nationality Name From Fee Ref. 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 The Bolton News: Bolton Wanderers transfer deadline day live January 2021: "Regan Riley has gone to Norwich City for £250,000"

Loans in Date from Position Nationality Name From Date until Ref. 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 Nationality Name To Date until Ref. 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 Nationality Name To Fee Ref. 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

Pre-season and friendlies WinDrawLoss Norwich City confirmed they would play Milton Keynes Dons, SC Verl, Dynamo Dresden and Darmstadt 98 during pre-season. DateTimeOpponentVenueResultScorersAttendance21 August 202016:00Milton Keynes DonsHome6–0Martin 15', 23', Stiepermann 53', Idah 74', Hernández 79', Buendía 86'024 August 202017:00SC VerlAway3–0Dowell 15', Idah 23', Klose 58'026 August 202016:00Dynamo DresdenAway2–0Pukki 12', Hugill 82'029 August 202011:00Darmstadt 98Away3–2Płacheta 8', Pukki 24', Martin 61'029 August 202013:00Darmstadt 98Away0–00

Competitions Overview

EFL Championship

League table

Results summary

Results by matchday

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

Player Championship FA Cup EFL Cup Total Discipline 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 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 MF Kieran Dowell 5 0 1 6 5 ST Jordan Hugill 4 1 0 5 6 MF Mario Vrančić 3 0 0 3 ST Adam Idah 3 0 0 3 MF Kenny McLean 2 1 0 3 9 DF Max Aarons 2 0 0 2 DF Xavi Quintillà 2 0 0 2 11 MF Przemysław Płacheta 1 0 0 1 MF Marco Stiepermann 1 0 0 1 ST Josh Martin 1 0 0 1 MF Jacob Sørensen 1 0 0 1 DF Grant Hanley 1 0 0 1 MF Oliver Skipp 1 0 0 1 Own goals 1 0 0 1Totals 75 2 1 78

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