Norwich City 2020–21 football season
The 2020–21 Norwich City F.C. season is 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 [ ]
As of 7 October 2020 [1]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules . Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Transfers [ ]
Transfers in [ ]
Loans in [ ]
Loans out [ ]
Transfers out [ ]
Notes
^ Fee reported to be £990,000.
^ Fee reported to be £2,700,000.
^ Fee reported to be £347,000.
^ Fee reported to be £1,980,000.
^ Fee reported to be £2,970,000.
^ Included a loan fee of £900,000.
^ Fee reported to be £14,850,000.
^ Fee reported to be £24,750,000.
Pre-season and friendlies [ ]
Norwich City confirmed they would play Milton Keynes Dons , SC Verl , Dynamo Dresden and Darmstadt 98 during pre-season.[67]
Scorers
Ref.
21 August 2020
16:00
Milton Keynes Dons
Home[b]
6–0
Martin 15', 23', Stiepermann 53', Idah 74', Hernández 79', Buendía 86'
0[c]
[68]
24 August 2020
17:00
SC Verl
Away
3–0
Dowell 15', Idah 23', Klose 58'
0[c]
[69]
26 August 2020
16:00
Dynamo Dresden
Away[d]
2–0
Pukki 12', Hugill 82'
0[c]
[70]
29 August 2020
11:00
Darmstadt 98
Away[e]
3–2
Płacheta 8', Pukki 24', Martin 61'
0[c]
[71]
29 August 2020
13:00
Darmstadt 98
Away[e]
0–0
0[c]
[71]
Competitions [ ]
Overview [ ]
Competition
First match
Last match
Starting round
Final position
Record
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Win %
EFL Championship
12 September 2020
8 May 2021
Matchday 1
1st
46
29
10
7
75
36
+39
0 63.04
FA Cup
9 January 2021
23 January 2021
Third round
Fourth round
2
1
0
1
2
1
+1
0 50.00
EFL Cup
5 September 2020
First round
First round
1
0
0
1
1
3
−2
00 0.00
Total
49
30
10
9
78
40
+38
0 61.22
EFL Championship [ ]
League table [ ]
Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Promotion, qualification or relegation
1
Norwich City (C, P)
46
29
10
7
75
36
+39
97
Promotion to the Premier League
2
Watford (P)
46
27
10
9
63
30
+33
91
3
Brentford (O, P)
46
24
15
7
79
42
+37
87
Qualification for Championship play-offs
4
Swansea City
46
23
11
12
56
39
+17
80
5
Barnsley
46
23
9
14
58
50
+8
78
6
Bournemouth
46
22
11
13
73
46
+27
77
Source:
EFL Official Website Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results; 5) Wins; 6) Away goals; 7) Penalty points (sec 9.5); 8) 12-point sending off offences
[72] (C) Champion;
(O) Play-off winner;
(P) Promoted
Results summary [ ]
Overall
Home
Away
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
46
29
10
7
75
36
+39
97
14
6
3
39
15
+24
15
4
4
36
21
+15
Last updated: 8 May 2021.
Source:[citation needed ]
Results by matchday [ ]
Matchday 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 Ground A H A H A H H A A H H A A H A H H A A H A H H A H H A A H A H A A H H A A H A H A H H A H A Result W D L L W W W D W D W W W D L W W W W W L D W W W D D L W W W W W W W W W D D W W L L W W D Position 6 5 13 17 11 8 5 7 4 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Updated to match(es) played on 8 May 2021. Source:[citation needed ] A = Away ; H = Home ; W = Win ; D = Draw ; L = Loss
Matches [ ]
The league fixtures were announced on 21 August 2020.[73]
Huddersfield Town v Norwich City
12 September 2020 (2020-09-12 ) 1 Huddersfield Town 0–1 Norwich City show Huddersfield 15:00 BST
Brown 88'
Report
Dowell 58' Cantwell 77' Idah 80' , 90+2'
Stadium: Kirklees Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Geoff Eltringham
Norwich City v Preston North End
19 September 2020 (2020-09-19 ) 2 Norwich City 2–2 Preston North End show Norwich 15:00 BST
Pukki 31' Quintillà 47' Płacheta 85'
Report
Sinclair 14' (pen. ) , 82' Fisher 34' , 42'
Stadium: Carrow Road Attendance: 1,000 Referee: John Brooks
Bournemouth v Norwich City
27 September 2020 (2020-09-27 ) 3 Bournemouth 1–0 Norwich City show Bournemouth 16:00 BST
Danjuma 35' Rico 71'
Report
McLean 37'
Stadium: Dean Court Attendance: 0 Referee: James Linington
Norwich City v Derby County
Rotherham United v Norwich City
17 October 2020 (2020-10-17 ) 5 Rotherham United 1–2 Norwich City show Rotherham 15:00 BST
Ladapo 3' MacDonald 70' Crooks 90+6'
Report
Hanley 56' Ihiekwe 68' (o.g. ) Hugill 90+5' (pen. )
Stadium: New York Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: David Webb
Norwich City v Birmingham City
20 October 2020 (2020-10-20 ) 6 Norwich City 1–0 Birmingham City show Norwich 19:45 BST
Vrančić 87' Idah 89'
Report
Clayton 50' 86' Dean 54' Friend 88' Šunjić 90'
Stadium: Carrow Road Attendance: 0 Referee: Oliver Langford
Norwich City v Wycombe Wanderers
24 October 2020 (2020-10-24 ) 7 Norwich City 2–1 Wycombe Wanderers show Norwich 15:00 BST
Pukki 3' Gibson 15' Vrančić 90+1' Idah 90+5'
Report
Kashket 12' Onyedinma 45+4'
Stadium: Carrow Road Attendance: 0 Referee: Gavin Ward
Bristol City v Norwich City
Norwich City v Millwall
3 November 2020 10 Norwich City 0–0 Millwall show Norwich 19:00 GMT
Report
Woods 52'
Stadium: Carrow Road Attendance: 0 Referee: Tim Robinson
Norwich City v Swansea City
Middlesbrough v Norwich City
21 November 2020 12 Middlesbrough 0–1 Norwich City show Middlesbrough 15:00 GMT
Report
Sørensen 15' Pukki 72' (pen. )
Stadium: Riverside Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Tony Harrington
Stoke City v Norwich City
Norwich City v Coventry City
28 November 2020 14 Norwich City 1–1 Coventry City show Norwich 15:00 GMT
Vrančić 27' (pen. ) Sørensen 55' Aarons 90+2'
Report
Biamou 89'
Stadium: Carrow Road Attendance: 0 Referee: Keith Stroud
Luton Town v Norwich City
2 December 2020 15 Luton Town 3–1 Norwich City show Luton 19:45 GMT
Moncur 15' Shea 18' Pearson 22' Collins 47' (pen. )
Report
Buendía 19' (pen. ) Płacheta 33' Zimmermann 85'
Stadium: Kenilworth Road Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Darren England
Norwich City v Sheffield Wednesday
5 December 2020 16 Norwich City 2–1 Sheffield Wednesday show Norwich 15:00 GMT
Skipp 79' Martin 81' Aarons 84'
Report
Odubajo 22' Windass 60' Börner 70'
Stadium: Carrow Road Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Jarred Gillett
Norwich City v Nottingham Forest
9 December 2020 17 Norwich City 2–1 Nottingham Forest show Norwich 19:45 GMT
Sørensen 45+3' Skipp 53' Buendía 59' , 77' Aarons 74' Cantwell 87'
Report
Sow 27' Knockaert 73'
Stadium: Carrow Road Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Darren Bond
Blackburn Rovers v Norwich City
12 December 2020 18 Blackburn Rovers 1–2 Norwich City show Blackburn 15:00 GMT
Elliott 59'
Report
Pukki 22' , 65' , 84'
Stadium: Ewood Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Dean Whitestone
Reading v Norwich City
16 December 2020 19 Reading 1–2 Norwich City show Reading 20:00 GMT
Olise 14' Onen 83'
Report
Buendía 11' Pukki 55' (pen. )
Stadium: Madejski Stadium Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Geoff Eltringham
Watford v Norwich City
26 December 2020 21 Watford 1–0 Norwich City show Watford 19:45 GMT
Capoue 18' Sarr 39' , 78' Cleverley 63' Hughes 87'
Report
Stadium: Vicarage Road Attendance: 0 Referee: John Brooks
Norwich City v Queens Park Rangers
29 December 2020 22 Norwich City 1–1 Queens Park Rangers show Norwich 19:45 GMT
Pukki 75' (pen. ) Zimmermann 84' McLean 87' Skipp 90'
Report
Kane 22' Ball 73' Dickie 75' Osayi-Samuel 84' (pen. ) , 90+1' Carroll 88' Bonne 90+4'
Stadium: Carrow Road Attendance: 0 Referee: Oliver Langford
Norwich City v Barnsley
2 January 2021 23 Norwich City 1–0 Barnsley show Norwich 15:00 GMT
Buendía 62'
Report
James 61'
Stadium: Carrow Road Attendance: 0 Referee: Michael Salisbury
Norwich City v Bristol City
20 January 2021 25 Norwich City 2–0 Bristol City show Norwich 18:00 GMT
Hugill 36' , 76' Cantwell 51'
Report
Palmer 51' Vyner 76'
Stadium: Carrow Road Attendance: 0 Referee: James Linington
Norwich City v Middlesbrough
30 January 2021 26 Norwich City 0–0 Middlesbrough show Norwich 12:30 GMT
Buendía 41' 67'
Report
Saville 73' Howson 90'
Stadium: Carrow Road Attendance: 0 Referee: Keith Stroud
Millwall v Norwich City
2 February 2021 27 Millwall 0–0 Norwich City show Bermondsey 18:00 GMT
Kieftenbeld 87'
Report
McLean 82' Aarons 89'
Stadium: The Den Attendance: 0 Referee: Steve Martin
Swansea City v Norwich City
Norwich City v Stoke City
13 February 2021 29 Norwich City 4–1 Stoke City show Norwich 15:00 GMT
Cantwell 15' Pukki 44' , 79' (pen. ) Buendía 64'
Report
Powell 42' , 61' Mikel 43'
Stadium: Carrow Road Attendance: 0 Referee: Jeremy Simpson
Coventry City v Norwich City
Norwich City v Rotherham United
20 February 2021 31 Norwich City 1–0 Rotherham United show Norwich 15:00 GMT
Pukki 17'
Report
Ihiekwe 59'
Stadium: Carrow Road Attendance: 0 Referee: Tony Harrington
Birmingham City v Norwich City
Wycombe Wanderers v Norwich City
28 February 2021 33 Wycombe Wanderers 0–2 Norwich City show High Wycombe 12:00 GMT
Wheeler 52' Gape 57' McCleary 60'
Report
Pukki 51' Buendía 74' Idah 87'
Stadium: Adams Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Robert Jones
Norwich City v Luton Town
6 March 2021 35 Norwich City 3–0 Luton Town show Norwich 15:00 GMT
Pukki 12' , 43' Cantwell 73'
Report
Stadium: Carrow Road Attendance: 0 Referee: David Webb
Sheffield Wednesday v Norwich City
14 March 2021 36 Sheffield Wednesday 1–2 Norwich City show Sheffield 12:15 GMT
Rhodes 7' Harris 45+4' Bannan 71'
Report
Gibson 6' McLean 40' Pukki 61' Cantwell 77' Hugill 90+3'
Stadium: Hillsborough Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Tony Harrington
Nottingham Forest v Norwich City
17 March 2021 37 Nottingham Forest 0–2 Norwich City show West Bridgford 19:00 GMT
Report
Pukki 9' Dowell 13' Skipp 48'
Stadium: City Ground Attendance: 0 Referee: Leigh Doughty
Norwich City v Blackburn Rovers
20 March 2021 38 Norwich City 1–1 Blackburn Rovers show Norwich 15:00 GMT
McLean 53'
Report
Gallagher 77'
Stadium: Carrow Road Attendance: 0 Referee: Keith Stroud
Preston North End v Norwich City
Norwich City v Huddersfield Town
Derby County v Norwich City
10 April 2021 41 Derby County 0–1 Norwich City show Derby 15:00 BST
Shinnie 11' Bird 15' Forsyth 20' Roberts 68'
Report
Dowell 21'
Stadium: Pride Park Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Michael Salisbury
Norwich City v Bournemouth
Norwich City v Watford
20 April 2021 43 Norwich City 0–1 Watford show Norwich 18:00 BST
Skipp 62' McLean 73' Hugill 90+6'
Report
Hughes 27' Masina 49' Gosling 57' Cleverley 65' Chalobah 90+8'
Stadium: Carrow Road Attendance: 0 Referee: Tim Robinson
Queens Park Rangers v Norwich City
24 April 2021 44 Queens Park Rangers 1–3 Norwich City show White City 15:00 BST
Field 68' Dykes 71'
Report
Quintillà 32' Aarons 57' Buendía 82'
Stadium: Loftus Road Attendance: 0 Referee: James Linington
Barnsley v Norwich City
8 May 2021 46 Barnsley 2–2 Norwich City show Barnsley 12:30 BST
Chaplin 17' , 43' Woodrow 24' Palmer 63' Sibbick 66'
Report
Buendía 26' , 90' Idah 54'
Stadium: Oakwell Attendance: 0 Referee: Josh Smith
FA Cup [ ]
The third round draw was made on 30 November, with Premier League and EFL Championship clubs all entering the competition.[74] The fourth and fifth rounds draws were made consecutively on 11 January.[75]
Norwich City v Coventry City
9 January 2021 (2021-01-09 ) Third round Norwich City 2–0 Coventry City show Norwich 12:00 GMT
McLean 6' , 53' Hugill 7' Cantwell 66' Hanley 87'
Report
Hamer 63'
Stadium: Carrow Road Attendance: 0 Referee: Darren Drysdale
EFL Cup [ ]
The first round draw was made on 18 August, live on Sky Sports , by Paul Merson .[76]
Luton Town v Norwich City
5 September 2020 (2020-09-05 ) First round Luton Town 3–1 Norwich City show Luton 15:00 BST
Collins 79' (pen. ) , 83' , 90+5' Rea 90+4'
Report
McCallum 70' Dowell 81'
Stadium: Kenilworth Road Attendance: 0 Referee: John Busby
Statistics [ ]
Appearances, goals and cards [ ]
Last updated: 8 May 2021
Championship
FA Cup
EFL Cup
Total
Discipline
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 [ ]
Notes [ ]
^ Norwich City's score shown first
^ Match took place at Lotus Training Centre
^ Jump up to: a b c d e Match played behind closed doors
^ Match took place at Laumeskamp Delbrück in Delbrück , Germany
^ Jump up to: a b Match took place at Hotel Residence Klosterpforte in Harsewinkel , Germany
References [ ]
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