2020–21 Tottenham Hotspur F.C. season

Tottenham Hotspur

2020–21 season
Chairman	Daniel Levy
Head coach	José Mourinho (until 19 April) Ryan Mason (interim, from 19 April)
Stadium	Tottenham Hotspur Stadium
Premier League	7th
FA Cup	Fifth round
EFL Cup	Runners-up
UEFA Europa League	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	League: Harry Kane (23) All: Harry Kane (33)
Biggest win	7–2 (1 October 2020 vs Maccabi Haifa, Europa League) 6–1 (4 October 2020 vs Manchester United, League) 5–0 (10 January 2021 vs Marine, FA Cup)
Biggest defeat	0–3 (13 February 2021 vs Manchester City, League) 0–3 (18 March 2021 vs Dinamo Zagreb, Europa League)
Home colours Away colours Third colours
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The 2020–21 season was Tottenham Hotspur's 29th season in the Premier League and 43rd successive season in the top division of the English football league system. After finishing in sixth place in the 2019–20 season, Tottenham entered the UEFA Europa League at the second qualifying round, reaching the last 16 in the competition before being eliminated by Dinamo Zagreb over two legs. In the FA Cup, Tottenham played three rounds, being knocked out by Everton in the fifth round.

In the league, Tottenham lost their first game at home to Everton, but then went on an unbeaten run into December, where at the time Tottenham were division leaders for four weeks. With an away loss to Liverpool, Tottenham's form dropped. José Mourinho had guided the club to reach the League Cup final facing Manchester City. However, because of the dropped form in the league, he was sacked along with his coaching staff on 19 April 2021,^[1] and replaced by former player Ryan Mason as interim head coach until this season ends.^[2] Mason's first game in-charge was a league home game against Southampton which Tottenham won. The next game was the League Cup final which the team lost 1–0.

Season squad[]

Squad no.	Name	Nationality	Position(s)	Date of birth (age)
Goalkeepers
1	Hugo Lloris (C)		GK	(1986-12-26) 26 December 1986 (age 35)
12	Joe Hart		GK	(1987-04-19) 19 April 1987 (age 34)
22	Paulo Gazzaniga		GK	(1992-01-02) 2 January 1992 (age 30)
41	Alfie Whiteman		GK	(1998-10-02) 2 October 1998 (age 23)
Defenders
2	Matt Doherty		RB / RWB	(1992-01-16) 16 January 1992 (age 30)
3	Sergio Reguilón		LB / LWB	(1996-12-16) 16 December 1996 (age 25)
4	Toby Alderweireld		CB	(1989-03-02) 2 March 1989 (age 32)
6	Davinson Sánchez		CB	(1996-06-12) 12 June 1996 (age 25)
14	Joe Rodon		CB	(1997-10-22) 22 October 1997 (age 24)
15	Eric Dier		CB / DM	(1994-01-15) 15 January 1994 (age 28)
24	Serge Aurier		RB / RWB	(1992-12-24) 24 December 1992 (age 29)
25	Japhet Tanganga		CB / LB / RB	(1999-03-31) 31 March 1999 (age 22)
33	Ben Davies		LB / CB	(1993-04-24) 24 April 1993 (age 28)
-	Danny Rose		LB / LWB	(1990-07-02) 2 July 1990 (age 31)
Midfielders
5	Pierre-Emile Højbjerg		DM / CM	5 August 1995 (age 25)
8	Harry Winks		CM / DM	(1996-02-02) 2 February 1996 (age 26)
11	Erik Lamela		RW / LW / AM	(1992-03-04) 4 March 1992 (age 29)
17	Moussa Sissoko		CM	(1989-08-16) 16 August 1989 (age 32)
18	Giovani Lo Celso		CM / AM / DM	(1996-04-09) 9 April 1996 (age 25)
20	Dele Alli		CM / AM	(1996-04-11) 11 April 1996 (age 25)
27	Lucas Moura		RW / LW / SS	(1992-08-13) 13 August 1992 (age 29)
28	Tanguy Ndombele		CM / AM	(1996-12-28) 28 December 1996 (age 25)
Forwards
7	Son Heung-min		LW / ST / RW / SS	(1992-07-08) 8 July 1992 (age 29)
9	Gareth Bale		RW / SS	(1989-07-16) 16 July 1989 (age 32)
10	Harry Kane (VC)		ST / SS	(1993-07-28) 28 July 1993 (age 28)
23	Steven Bergwijn		LW / RW	(1997-10-08) 8 October 1997 (age 24)
45	Carlos Vinícius		ST	25 March 1995 (age 25)

Transfers[]

Released[]

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Notes	Ref.
1 July 2020	DF		Tariq Hinds	Free agent	Released	[3]
27 July 2020	CB		Jan Vertonghen	Benfica	Released	[4][a]
27 July 2020	GK		Michel Vorm	Retired	Released	[4][b]
27 July 2020	MF		Rayan Clarke	Free agent	Released	[7]
27 July 2020	MF		Jonathan Dinzeyi	Arsenal	Released	[7][c]
27 July 2020	MF		Phoenix Patterson	Free agent	Released	[7]
27 July 2020	RB		Maxwell Statham	Watford	Released	[7][d]
27 July 2020	MF		Maximus Tainio	FC Haka	Released	[7][e]

Loans in[]

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Date until	Ref.
19 September 2020	RW		Gareth Bale	Real Madrid	30 June 2021	[11]
2 October 2020	ST		Carlos Vinícius	Benfica	30 June 2021	[12]

Loans out[]

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Date until	Ref.
1 August 2020	FW		Troy Parrott	Millwall	1 February 2021	[13][14]
11 August 2020	CB		TJ Eyoma	Lincoln City	End of season	[15]
17 August 2020	CM		Oliver Skipp	Norwich City	End of season	[16]
17 September 2020	CM		Jack Roles	Burton Albion	1 January 2021	[17]
18 September 2020	RW		Shilow Tracey	Shrewsbury Town	25 January 2021	[18][19]
4 October 2020	CB		Juan Foyth	Villarreal	End of season	[20]
5 October 2020	LM		Ryan Sessegnon	1899 Hoffenheim	End of season	[21]
9 October 2020	FW		Kazaiah Sterling	Southend United	4 January 2021	[22]
16 October 2020	GK		Joshua Oluwayemi	Maidenhead United	1 January 2021	[23]
16 October 2020	CB		Cameron Carter-Vickers	Bournemouth	End of season	[24]
23 October 2020	MF		Chay Cooper	Southend United	December 2020	[25][a]
6 January 2021	RB		Jubril Okedina	Cambridge United	End of season	[27]
14 January 2021	RW		Jack Clarke	Stoke City	End of season	[28]
18 January 2021	DM		Harvey White	Portsmouth	End of season	[29]
22 January 2021	GK		Brandon Austin	Orlando City	End of season	[30]
25 January 2021	RW		Shilow Tracey	Cambridge United	End of season	[19]
28 January 2021	CB		Malachi Fagan-Walcott	Dundee	End of season	[31]
1 February 2021	CF		Troy Parrott	Ipswich Town	End of season	[14]
1 February 2021	CM		Jack Roles	Stevenage	End of season	[32]
1 February 2021	CF		Kazaiah Sterling	Greenock Morton	End of season	[33]
1 February 2021	GK		Paulo Gazzaniga	Elche CF	End of season	[34]

Transfers in[]

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
28 July 2020	MF		Alfie Devine	Wigan Athletic	£500,000	[35]
11 August 2020	DM		Pierre-Emile Højbjerg	Southampton	£15,000,000	[36]
18 August 2020	GK		Joe Hart	Free agent	Free transfer	[37]
30 August 2020	RB		Matt Doherty	Wolverhampton Wanderers	£13,400,000	[38]
12 September 2020	RB		Keenan Ferguson	Sheffield United	Free transfer	[39]
19 September 2020	LB		Sergio Reguilón	Real Madrid	£25,000,000	[40]
21 September 2020	CB		Maksim Paskotši	Flora	Undisclosed	[41]
3 October 2020	RB		Marcel Lavinier	Chelsea	Free transfer	[42]
3 October 2020	LB		Tobi Omole	Arsenal	Free transfer	[43]
16 October 2020	CB		Joe Rodon	Swansea City	£11,000,000	[44]

Transfers out[]

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2020	CB		Benjamin Watt	Oxford United	Free transfer	[45]
11 August 2020	RB		Kyle Walker-Peters	Southampton	£12,000,000	[36]
17 August 2020	CM		Luke Amos	Queens Park Rangers	Undisclosed	[46]
17 August 2020	CM		Armando Shashoua	Atlético Baleares	Undisclosed	[47]
21 January 2021	LM		Anthony Georgiou	AEL Limassol	Undisclosed	[48]
31 January 2021	RW		Maurizio Pochettino	Watford	Free transfer	[49]
1 February 2021	GK		Jonathan De Bie	Molenbeek	Undisclosed	[50]

Overall transfer activity[]

Pre-season and friendlies[]

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Competitions[]

Overview[]

Premier League[]

League table[]

Results summary[]

Results by round[]

Matches[]

The league fixtures were announced on 20 August 2020.^[52]

FA Cup[]

The third round draw took place on 30 November 2020 on the BBC with Robbie Savage selecting Tottenham to play away at Marine of the Northern Premier League Division One North West, the 8th tier of the football pyramid.^[56] The draw for the fourth and fifth round were made on 11 January, conducted by Peter Crouch.^[57]

EFL Cup[]

The draw for both the second and third round were confirmed on 6 September, live on Sky Sports by Phil Babb.^[58] On 21 September, Tottenham's third-round game against Leyton Orient was postponed due to multiple COVID-19 positive tests among the Leyton squad.^[59] On 25 September, the English Football League issued a statement saying that it "has determined that in line with Carabao Cup Rule 5.1, the Club [Leyton Orient] was unable to fulfil its obligations to complete the fixture by virtue of the Council’s order and shall therefore forfeit the tie" and that "in accordance with Carabao Cup Rules, Tottenham Hotspur have been awarded with a bye to progress to Round Four of the Carabao Cup",^[60] where they played Chelsea. The game finished 1–1, and went straight to a penalty shoot-out which Tottenham won 5–4 to progress into the next round. Tottenham won their quarter-final against Stoke City by a 3–1 scoreline to advance to the semi-finals. In the semi-finals, played over only one leg, Tottenham then beat 10-man Brentford 2–0 to progress to the final of the competition, which they lost 1–0 against Manchester City.

UEFA Europa League[]

Qualifying phase[]

The second qualifying round draw was made on 31 August.^[63] The draw for the third qualifying round was held on 1 September.^[64] The draw for the play-off round was held on 18 September.^[65]

Lokomotiv Plovdiv v Tottenham Hotspur

17 September 2020 Second qualifying round	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	1–2	Tottenham Hotspur	Plovdiv, Bulgaria
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Karagaren  51'  78' Almeida  67',  78' Minchev 71' Tsvetanov  78' Masoero  87'	Report	Kane 80' (pen.) Ndombele 85'	Stadium: Stadion Lokomotiv Attendance: 0 Referee: Harm Osmers (Germany)

Shkëndija v Tottenham Hotspur

24 September 2020 Third qualifying round	Shkëndija	1–3	Tottenham Hotspur	Skopje, North Macedonia
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Bejtulai  39' Nafiu 55'	Report	Lamela 5' Winks  36' Son 70' Kane 79'	Stadium: Toše Proeski Arena[europequalifiers 1] Attendance: 0 Referee: Ali Palabiyik (Turkey)

Tottenham Hotspur v Maccabi Haifa

1 October 2020 Play-off round	Tottenham Hotspur	7–2	Maccabi Haifa	Tottenham, England
20:00 BST (UTC+1)	Kane 2', 56' (pen.), 74' Lucas 21' Lo Celso 37', 40' Alli 90+1' (pen.)	Report	Chery 17' Rukavytsya 52' (pen.)	Stadium: Tottenham Hotspur Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Ruddy Buquet (France)

Group stage[]

The group stage draw was held on 2 October 2020.^[66]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		TOT	ANT	LASK	LUD
1	Tottenham Hotspur	6	4	1	1	15	5	+10	13	Advance to knockout phase		—	2–0	3–0	4–0
2	Antwerp	6	4	0	2	8	5	+3	12			1–0	—	0–1	3–1
3	LASK	6	3	1	2	11	12	−1	10			3–3	0–2	—	4–3
4	Ludogorets Razgrad	6	0	0	6	7	19	−12	0			1–3	1–2	1–3	—

Tottenham Hotspur v LASK

22 October 2020 1	Tottenham Hotspur	3–0	LASK	Tottenham, England
20:00 BST (UTC+1)	Lucas 18' Andrade 27' (o.g.) Son 84'	Report	Michorl  45+2'	Stadium: Tottenham Hotspur Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Mohammed Al-Hakim (Sweden)

Antwerp v Tottenham Hotspur

29 October 2020 2	Antwerp	1–0	Tottenham Hotspur	Antwerp, Belgium
18:55 CET (UTC+1)	Seck  20' Refaelov 29',  50' Verstraete  84' Mbokani  90'	Report		Stadium: Bosuilstadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Maurizio Mariani (Italy)

Ludogorets Razgrad v Tottenham Hotspur

5 November 2020 3	Ludogorets Razgrad	1–3	Tottenham Hotspur	Razgrad, Bulgaria
18:55 CET (UTC+1)	Anicet  15' Keșerü 50'	Report	Kane 13' Lucas 33' Lo Celso 62' Doherty  79'	Stadium: Huvepharma Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Fran Jović (Croatia)

Tottenham Hotspur v Ludogorets Razgrad

26 November 2020 4	Tottenham Hotspur	4–0	Ludogorets Razgrad	Tottenham, England
20:00 GMT (UTC±0)	Carlos Vinícius 16', 34' Ndombele  52' Winks 63' Lucas 73' Højbjerg  90+4'	Report	Keșerü  6' Despodov  43'	Stadium: Tottenham Hotspur Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: (Georgia)

LASK v Tottenham Hotspur

3 December 2020 5	LASK	3–3	Tottenham Hotspur	Linz, Austria
18:55 CET (UTC+1)	Michorl  33', 42' Andrade  45+1' Karamoko  80', 90+3' Eggestein 84' Wiesinger  86'	Report	Lucas  25' Bale 45+2' (pen.) Son 56' Alli 86' (pen.),  88'	Stadium: Linzer Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Paweł Raczkowski (Poland)

Tottenham Hotspur v Antwerp

10 December 2020 6	Tottenham Hotspur	2–0	Antwerp	Tottenham, England
20:00 GMT (UTC±0)	Carlos Vinícius 57' Lo Celso 71' Sánchez  87'	Report	Seck  25' Ampomah  77'	Stadium: Tottenham Hotspur Stadium Attendance: 2000 Referee: Jesús Gil Manzano (Spain)

Knockout phase[]

Round of 32[]

The draw for the round of 32 was held on 14 December 2020.^[67]

Wolfsberger AC v Tottenham Hotspur

18 February 2021 First leg	Wolfsberger AC	1–4	Tottenham Hotspur	Budapest, Hungary
18:55 CET (UTC+1)	Liendl 55' (pen.) Sprangler  62'	Report	Son 13' Bale 28' Lucas 34' Alli  42' Sissoko  54' Højbjerg  82' Carlos Vinícius 88'	Stadium: Puskás Aréna Attendance: 0 Referee: Ali Palabıyık (Turkey)
Note: The match, originally to be played at Wörthersee Stadion in Klagenfurt, was moved to Puskás Aréna in Budapest, due to restrictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic imposed by Austria on travelers from the United Kingdom out of concern of the variant B.1.1.7.[68][69]

Tottenham Hotspur v Wolfsberger AC

24 February 2021 Second leg	Tottenham Hotspur	4–0 (8–1 agg.)	Wolfsberger AC	Tottenham, England
17:00 GMT (UTC±0)	Alli 11' Doherty  36' Carlos Vinícius 50', 83' Davies  65' Bale 73' Alderweireld  77'	Report	Baumgartner  61' Wernitznig  63'	Stadium: Tottenham Hotspur Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Matej Jug (Slovenia)

Round of 16[]

The draw for the round of 16 was held on 26 February 2021.^[70] The order of legs was reversed after the original draw to avoid a scheduling conflict with the Arsenal v Olympiacos second leg in the same city on 18 March, as Arsenal were the domestic cup winners and given higher priority over Tottenham.^[71][72]

Tottenham Hotspur v Dinamo Zagreb

11 March 2021 First leg	Tottenham Hotspur	2–0	Dinamo Zagreb	Tottenham, England
20:00 GMT (UTC±0)	Kane 25', 70' Dier  45+2' Sánchez  79' Højbjerg  85'	Report	Ademi  69' Ivanušec  77' Ristovski  88'	Stadium: Tottenham Hotspur Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Serdar Gözübüyük (Netherlands)

Dinamo Zagreb v Tottenham Hotspur

18 March 2021 Second leg	Dinamo Zagreb	3–0 (a.e.t.) (3–2 agg.)	Tottenham Hotspur	Zagreb, Croatia
18:55 CET (UTC+1)	Jakić  32' Oršić 62', 83', 106' Lauritsen  80' Stojanović  90+3'	Report	Lamela  22'	Stadium: Stadion Maksimir Attendance: 0 Referee: Davide Massa (Italy)

Statistics[]

Appearances[]

No.	Pos.	Name	Premier League		FA Cup		EFL Cup		Europa League		Total
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	Hugo Lloris	38	0	1	0	4	0	5	0	48	0
12	GK	Joe Hart	0	0	2	0	0	0	8	0	10	0
41	GK	Alfie Whiteman	0	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0	0+1	0
Defenders
2	DF	Matt Doherty	13+4	0	2	0	1	0	9	0	25+4	0
3	DF	Sergio Reguilón	26+1	0	0+1	0	3	0	3+2	0	32+4	0
4	DF	Toby Alderweireld	24	1	3	0	2	0	5	0	34	1
6	DF	Davinson Sánchez	17+1	0	2	2	2	0	10	0	31+1	2
14	DF	Joe Rodon	8+4	0	1+1	0	0	0	0	0	9+5	0
15	DF	Eric Dier	29	0	0	0	4	0	6+1	0	39+1	0
24	DF	Serge Aurier	19	2	0	0	3	0	4+1	0	26+1	2
25	DF	Japhet Tanganga	6	0	1+1	0	1+1	0	3	0	11+2	0
33	DF	Ben Davies	14+6	0	3	0	1+1	1	13	0	31+7	1
55	DF	Marcel Lavinier	0	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0	0+1	0
Midfielders
5	MF	Pierre-Emile Højbjerg	38	2	1+1	0	3+1	0	4+5	0	47+6	2
8	MF	Harry Winks	9+6	0	1+1	1	2+1	0	10	1	22+8	2
11	MF	Erik Lamela	5+18	1	2	1	1+1	1	5+3	1	13+22	4
17	MF	Moussa Sissoko	15+10	0	2+1	0	2+2	1	6+4	0	25+17	1
18	MF	Giovani Lo Celso	11+7	1	0	0	1	0	6+3	4	18+10	5
20	MF	Dele Alli	7+8	0	1+1	0	1+1	0	7+3	3	16+13	3
23	MF	Steven Bergwijn	13+8	1	1	0	1+1	0	5+6	0	20+15	1
27	MF	Lucas Moura	14+16	3	3	1	3+1	0	8+5	5	28+22	9
28	MF	Tanguy Ndombele	28+5	3	1+1	2	2	0	4+5	1	35+11	6
47	MF	Jack Clarke	0	0	0+1	0	0	0	0+2	0	0+3	0
48	MF	Harvey White	0	0	1	0	0	0	0+1	0	1+1	0
54	MF	Alfie Devine	0	0	0+1	1	0	0	0	0	0+1	1
57	MF	Nile John	0	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0	0+1	0
Forwards
7	FW	Son Heung-min	36+1	17	1+1	0	2+1	1	5+4	4	44+7	22
9	FW	Gareth Bale	10+10	11	1+1	1	1+1	1	7+3	3	19+15	16
10	FW	Harry Kane	35	23	0+2	1	3+1	1	5+3	8	43+6	33
45	FW	Carlos Vinícius	3+6	1	2+1	3	0+1	0	5+4	6	10+12	10
53	FW	Dane Scarlett	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0+2	0	0+3	0
Players transferred out during the season
30	MF	Gedson Fernandes	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	0