2020–21 season of Watford F.C.
Watford F.C. 2020–21 football season
The 2020–21 season was the 122nd season in existence of Watford Football Club and their first season back in the Championship following relegation from the Premier League in the previous season . Watford competed in the FA Cup and in the EFL Cup .
With their win over Millwall on 24 April 2021, Watford confirmed their promotion back to the Premier League at the first time of asking.[ 3]
Players
Current squad
As of 11 February 2021 [ 4]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Transfers
Transfers in
Loans in
Loans out
Transfers out
Pre-season and friendlies
Win
Draw
Loss
Fixtures
Competitions
Overview
Competition
First match
Last match
Starting round
Final position
Record
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Win %
Championship
11 September 2020
8 May 2021
Matchday 1
2nd
46
27
10
9
63
30
+33
0 58.70
FA Cup
9 January 2021
Third round
Third round
1
0
0
1
0
1
−1
00 0.00
EFL Cup
14 September 2020
22 September 2020
Second round
Third round
2
0
1
1
2
4
−2
00 0.00
Total
49
27
11
11
65
35
+30
0 55.10
Championship
League table
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) Champions;
(O) Play-off winners;
(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
27
10
9
63
30
+33
91
19
2
2
43
12
+31
8
8
7
20
18
+2
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 H A H A A H H A A H H A A H A H H A H A H A A H A A H A H A H A A H H A A H H A H A A H A H Result W D W L W W D D L W W D D W D L W W D L W L W W W D L D W W W W L W W W W W W D W L W W L W Position 10 8 5 7 5 3 3 5 6 4 2 5 5 3 3 7 3 4 3 5 5 6 5 3 3 2 5 5 4 4 3 4 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
Updated to match(es) played on 8 May 2021. Source:
[citation needed ] A = Away;
H = Home;
W = Win;
D = Draw;
L = Loss
Matches
The 2020–21 season fixtures were released on 21 August.[ 73]
FA Cup
The third round draw was made on 30th November, with Premier League and EFL Championship clubs all entering the competition.[ 74]
EFL Cup
The draw for both the second and third round were confirmed on September 6, live on Sky Sports by Phil Babb .[ 75]
Appearances and goals
Notes
References
External links
National teams
League competitions
Level 1 Levels 2–4 Levels 5–6 Levels 7–8 Levels 9–10
Combined Counties League (Premier , One )
East Midlands Counties League (level 10 only)
Eastern Counties League (Premier , One North , One South )
Essex Senior League (level 9 only)
Hellenic League (Premier , One East , One West )
Midland League (Premier , One )
Northern Counties East League (Premier , One )
Northern League (One , Two )
North West Counties League (Premier , One North , One South )
Southern Combination League (Premier , One )
Southern Counties East League (Premier , One )
South West Peninsula League (Premier East , Premier West - level 10 only )
Spartan South Midlands League (Premier , One )
United Counties League (Premier , One )
Wessex League (Premier , One )
Western League (Premier , One )
West Midlands (Regional) League (Premier - level 10 only )
Cup competitions
Youth competitions