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Barnsley
2020–21 season
OwnerInternational Investment Consortium (80%)
James Cryne/The Cryne Family (20%)
ChairmanChien Lee (co-chairman)
Paul Conway (co-chairman)
Head coachGerhard Struber
(until 6 October)[1]
Valerien Ismael
(from 23 October) [2]
StadiumOakwell
Championship21st
FA CupThird round
EFL CupThird round
2021–22 →

The 2020–21 season is the 134th season in existence of Barnsley Football Club and the club's second consecutive season in the second division of English football. In addition to the domestic league, Barnsley will participate in this season's editions of the FA Cup, and the EFL Cup.

Squad

As of 18 June 2019[3]
No. Name Pos. Nat. Place of Birth Age Apps Goals Signed from Date signed Fee Contract End
Goalkeepers
1 Jack Walton GK England Bury 26 27 0 Academy 1 July 2015 Trainee 2023
31 Henry Kendrick GK England 23 0 0 Academy 1 July 2019 Trainee 2021
40 Bradley Collins GK England Southampton 27 26 0 Chelsea 1 July 2019 Free 2023
Defenders
2 Jordan Williams RB England Huddersfield 25 58 2 Huddersfield Town 8 August 2018 Undisclosed 2022
3 Ben Williams LB Wales Preston 25 36 0 Blackburn Rovers 1 July 2017 Free 2022
6 Mads Juel Andersen CB Denmark Albertslund 26 51 0 AC Horsens 1 July 2019 Undisclosed 2023
7 Callum Brittain RB England Bedford 26 4 0 Milton Keynes Dons 10 October 2020 Undisclosed 2023
22 Clarke Oduor LB/LM Kenya Siaya 25 26 1 Leeds United 8 August 2019 Undisclosed 2023
24 Aapo Halme CB Finland Helsinki 26 38 4 Leeds United 3 July 2019 Undisclosed 2022
26 Michael Sollbauer CB Austria Klein Sankt Paul 34 30 0 Wolfsberger AC 24 January 2020 Undisclosed 2022
30 Michał Helik CB Poland Chorzów 29 9 1 Cracovia 9 September 2020 Undisclosed 2023
34 Jasper Moon CB England 23 0 0 Academy 1 July 2020 Trainee Undisclosed
36 Rudi Pache CB England 22 0 0 Academy 1 July 2020 Trainee Undisclosed
38 Jordan Helliwell CB England 23 0 0 Academy 1 July 2018 Trainee Undisclosed
43 Charlie Winfield LB England 22 0 0 Academy 1 July 2018 Trainee Undisclosed
44 Ali Omar CB England 25 0 0 Stevenage 30 January 2020 Trainee 2020
Midfielders
4 Callum Styles AM England Bury 24 34 1 Bury 6 August 2018 Undisclosed 2023
8 Herbie Kane CM England Bristol 25 4 0 Liverpool 16 October 2020 £1,250,000 2024
10 Mike-Steven Bähre AM Germany Garbsen 29 69 3 Hannover 96 1 July 2019 Undisclosed 2022
16 Luke Thomas RW England Soudley 25 50 2 Derby County 1 July 2019 Undisclosed 2023
18 Isaac Christie-Davies AM Wales Brighton 27 0 0 Liverpool 7 September 2020 Free 2023
21 Romal Palmer CM England 26 7 0 Academy 1 July 2018 Trainee 2022
23 Elliot Simões LW Portugal 33 26 3 United of Manchester 21 January 2019 Undisclosed 2023
27 Alex Mowatt (C) CM England Doncaster 29 121 14 Leeds United 31 January 2017 £600,000 2021
28 Dominik Frieser RW Austria Graz 31 12 1 LASK 20 August 2020 Undisclosed 2022
32 Matty James CM England Bacup 33 21 1 Leicester City 16 October 2020 Loan 2021
33 Matty Wolfe CM England Wakefield 24 1 0 Acadmey 1 July 2020 Trainee 2022
39 Keaton Ward MF England 24 0 0 Academy 1 July 2019 Trainee Undisclosed
41 Will Lancaster CM England 22 0 0 Academy 1 July 2018 Trainee Undisclosed
42 Brad Binns AM England 22 0 0 Academy 1 July 2018 Trainee Undisclosed
Forwards
9 Cauley Woodrow CF England Hemel Hempstead 29 86 38 Fulham 3 January 2019 Undisclosed 2022
11 Conor Chaplin CF England Woking 27 56 15 Coventry City 19 July 2019 Undisclosed 2023
19 Patrick Schmidt CF Austria Eisenstadt 26 36 4 Admira Wacker 8 August 2019 Undisclosed 2023
25 George Miller CF England Bolton 26 3 0 Middlesbrough 31 January 2019 £200,000 2022
29 Victor Adeboyejo ST Nigeria Ibadan 26 33 4 Leyton Orient 4 November 2017 Free 2021
37 Aiden Marsh CF England 21 0 0 Academy 1 July 2019 Trainee Undisclosed
Out on Loan
15 Jordan Green RW/CF England New Cross 29 12 1 Yeovil Town 18 January 2018 Undisclosed 2021
17 Marcel Ritzmaier CM Austria Judenburg 31 23 0 Wolfsberger AC 6 January 2020 Undisclosed 2022
20 Toby Sibbick RB England Isleworth 25 18 0 AFC Wimbledon 2 July 2019 Undisclosed 2023
Jack Aitchison CF Scotland Fauldhouse 24 0 0 Celtic 5 October 2020 Free 2023

Appearances and goals correct as of 31 October 2020.

Statistics

As of 31 October 2020
No. Pos Nat Player Total Championship FA Cup League Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK England ENG Jack Walton 9 0 8+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
2 DF England ENG Jordan Williams 9 1 6+0 0 0+0 0 3+0 1
4 MF England ENG Callum Styles 9 0 5+1 0 0+0 0 2+1 0
6 DF Denmark DEN Mads Juel Andersen 11 0 9+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 0
7 DF England ENG Callum Brittain 4 0 4+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
8 MF England ENG Herbie Kane 4 0 0+4 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
9 FW England ENG Cauley Woodrow 9 4 6+0 3 0+0 0 2+1 1
11 FW England ENG Conor Chaplin 9 1 7+0 1 0+0 0 1+1 0
16 MF England ENG Luke Thomas 8 0 4+2 0 0+0 0 1+1 0
19 FW Austria AUT Patrick Schmidt 7 1 1+4 0 0+0 0 2+0 1
21 MF England ENG Romal Palmer 5 0 3+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
22 DF Kenya KEN Clarke Oduor 7 0 4+1 0 0+0 0 0+2 0
23 MF Portugal POR Elliot Simões 8 1 3+4 1 0+0 0 0+1 0
24 DF Finland FIN Aapo Halme 3 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 1+1 0
25 FW England ENG George Miller 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
26 DF Austria AUT Michael Sollbauer 11 0 8+0 0 0+0 0 3+0 0
27 MF England ENG Alex Mowatt 12 2 9+0 2 0+0 0 3+0 0
28 MF Austria AUT Dominik Frieser 12 1 6+3 1 0+0 0 2+1 0
29 FW England ENG Victor Adeboyejo 2 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
30 DF Poland POL Michał Helik 9 1 8+0 1 0+0 0 1+0 0
32 MF England ENG Matty James 3 0 2+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
40 GK England ENG Bradley Collins 3 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 0
Players out on loan:
17 MF Austria AUT Marcel Ritzmaier 6 0 3+0 0 0+0 0 3+0 0
Players who have left the club:
14 DF Germany GER Kilian Ludewig 7 0 3+1 0 0+0 0 3+0 0

Goals record

As of 31 October 2020
Rank No. Nat. Po. Name Championship FA Cup League Cup Total
1 9 England CF Cauley Woodrow 3 0 1 4
2 27 England CM Alex Mowatt 2 0 0 2
3 2 England RB Jordan Williams 0 0 1 1
11 England CF Conor Chaplin 1 0 0 1
19 Austria CF Patrick Schmidt 0 0 1 1
23 Portugal LW Elliot Simões 1 0 0 1
28 Austria RW Dominik Frieser 1 0 0 1
30 Poland CB Michał Helik 1 0 0 1
Total 1 0 0 1
Total 9 0 3 12

Disciplinary record

As of 31 October 2020
Rank No. Nat. Po. Name Championship FA Cup League Cup Total
Yellow card Yellow card Yellow-red card Red card Yellow card Yellow card Yellow-red card Red card Yellow card Yellow card Yellow-red card Red card Yellow card Yellow card Yellow-red card Red card
1 4 England AM Callum Styles 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
30 Poland CB Michał Helik 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1
3 6 Denmark CB Mads Juel Andersen 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
9 England CF Cauley Woodrow 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
23 Portugal RW Elliot Simões 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0
27 England CM Alex Mowatt 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
7 2 England RB Jordan Williams 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0
7 England RB Callum Brittain 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
17 Austria CM Marcel Ritzmaier 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
24 Finland CB Aapo Halme 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0
40 England GK Bradley Collins 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0
Total 12 1 1 0 0 0 4 0 0 16 1 1

Transfers

Transfers in

Date Position Nationality Name From Fee Ref.
20 August 2020 RW Austria Dominik Frieser Austria LASK Undisclosed [4]
7 September 2020 AM Wales Isaac Christie-Davies England Liverpool Free transfer [5]
9 September 2020 CB Poland Michał Helik Poland KS Cracovia Undisclosed [6]
10 September 2020 GK Ghana Corey Addai England Coventry City Free transfer [7]
17 September 2020 RM Scotland Daniel Bramall England Buxton Free transfer [8]
5 October 2020 CF Scotland Jack Aitchison Scotland Celtic Undisclosed [9]
10 October 2020 RB England Callum Brittain England Milton Keynes Dons Undisclosed [10]
16 October 2020 CM England Herbie Kane England Liverpool Undisclosed [11]

Loans in

Date from Position Nationality Name From Date until Ref.
17 August 2020 RB Germany Kilian Ludewig Austria Red Bull Salzburg 6 October 2020 [12][13]
16 October 2020 CM England Matty James England Leicester City End of season [14]

Loans out

Date from Position Nationality Name To Date until Ref.
4 August 2020 RB England Toby Sibbick Belgium KV Oostende End of season [15]
20 August 2020 RW England Jordan Green England Southend United 31 January 2021 [16]
5 October 2020 CM Austria Marcel Ritzmaier Austria Rapid Wien End of season [17]
6 October 2020 CF Scotland Jack Aitchison England Stevenage End of season [18]
6 October 2020 CB England Jordan Helliwell England Stalybridge Celtic 5 November 2020 [19]
15 October 2020 CM England Matty Wolfe England Notts County January 2021 [20]

Transfers out

Date from Position Nationality Name To Fee Ref.
1 July 2020 LB England Jordan Barnett England Pontefract Collieries Released [21][22]
1 July 2020 DM England Jared Bird Unattached Released [23]
1 July 2020 DM Australia Kenneth Dougall England Blackpool Released [21][24]
1 July 2020 CB England Sam Fielding Unattached Released [23]
1 July 2020 CB England Harry Gagen Unattached Released [23]
1 July 2020 GK England Jake Greatorex Unattached Released [23]
1 July 2020 LB Spain Daniel Pinillos Poland Miedź Legnica Released [21][25]
1 July 2020 CF England Chris Sang Unattached Released [23]
1 July 2020 CF Senegal Mamadou Thiam Unattached Released [21]
1 July 2020 CF England Tommy Willard Unattached Released [23]
1 July 2020 CM England Alex Wollerton England York City Released [23][26]
1 July 2020 GK Austria Samuel Şahin-Radlinger Austria SV Ried Released [21][27]
2 July 2020 LW England Mallik Wilks England Hull City Undisclosed [28]
6 July 2020 GK Malta Miguel Spiteri Malta Birkirkara Free transfer [29]
9 July 2020 RB Malta Lee Ciantar Gibraltar Europa Point Free transfer [30]
7 August 2020 CM England Cameron McGeehan Belgium KV Oostende Undisclosed [31]
9 September 2020 RW England Jacob Brown England Stoke City Undisclosed [32]
7 October 2020 CB Spain Bambo Diaby Unattached Mutual consent [33]

Pre-season and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

22 August 2020 Pre-season friendly Crewe Alexandra 0–2 Barnsley Crewe
15:00 BST Report M.Andersen
C.Chaplin
Stadium: The Alexandra Stadium
29 August 2020 Pre-season friendly Newcastle United 2–1 Barnsley Newcastle upon Tyne
15:00 BST Carroll 27'
Murphy 77' (pen.)
Report Ritzmaier 54' Stadium: Darsley Park

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 May 2021 Matchday 1 2 0 0 2 0 3 −3 000.00
FA Cup 2020 Third round 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !
EFL Cup 5 September 2020 23 September 2020 First round Third round 3 2 0 1 3 6 −3 066.67
Total 5 2 0 3 3 9 −6 040.00

Last updated: 23 September 2020
Source: Competitions

EFL Championship

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
2 Watford (P) 46 27 10 9 63 30 +33 91 Promotion to the Premier League
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
7 Reading 46 19 13 14 62 54 +8 70
8 Cardiff City 46 18 14 14 66 49 +17 68
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[34]
(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
9 2 4 3 10 10  0 10 2 2 1 6 3  +3 0 2 2 4 7  −3

Last updated: 31 October 2020.
Source: [citation needed]

Results by matchday

Matchday123456789
GroundHAHAHAAHH
ResultLLDLDDDWW
Position152020222221211815
Updated to match(es) played on 31 October 2020. Source: [citation needed]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The 2020–21 season fixtures were released on 21 August.[35]

12 September 2020 1 Barnsley 0–1 Luton Town Barnsley
15:00 BST Woodrow Yellow card 7' Report Berry Yellow card 31'
Collins Yellow card 57' 71'
Ruddock Yellow card 84'
Stadium: Oakwell
Attendance: 0
Referee: Jarred Gillett
19 September 2020 2 Reading 2–0 Barnsley Reading
15:00 BST Laurent Yellow card 49'
Méïté 67'
Olise 76'
Report Andersen Yellow card 23' Yellow-red card 68'
Helik Red card 42'
Ritzmaier Yellow card 45'
Mowatt Yellow card 74'
Stadium: Madejski Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Tim Robinson
26 September 2020 3 Barnsley 0–0 Coventry City Barnsley
15:00 BST Woodrow Yellow card 45'
Styles Yellow card 80'
Mowatt Yellow card 85'
Report Dabo Yellow card 87'
Hamer Yellow card 90+1'
Stadium: Oakwell
Attendance: 0
Referee: Josh Smith
3 October 2020 4 Middlesbrough 2–1 Barnsley Middlesbrough
15:00 BST Tavernier Yellow card 9'
Morsy Yellow card 27'
Howson 45+1' Yellow card 52'
Akpom 48'
McNair Yellow card 61'
Saville Yellow card 68'
Bettinelli Yellow card 90+1'
Report Styles Yellow card 49'
Woodrow 89' (pen.)
Simões Yellow card 90+2'
Stadium: Riverside Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Oliver Langford
17 October 2020 5 Barnsley 2–2 Bristol City Barnsley
15:00 BST Helik 2' Yellow card 88'
Andersen Yellow card 81'
Woodrow 90+11' (pen.)
Report Hunt 47'
Bakinson 51'
Stadium: Oakwell
Attendance: 0
Referee: Leigh Doughty
21 October 2020 6 Stoke City 2–2 Barnsley Stoke-on-Trent
19:45 BST Campbell 44'
Smith 48'
Collins Red card 60'
Report Simões 18'
Frieser 45+1'
Stadium: Bet365 Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Michael Salisbury
24 October 2020 7 Millwall 1–1 Barnsley Bermondsey
15:00 BST Cooper 45+1' Report Helik Yellow card 17'
Mowatt 44'
Brittain Yellow card 51'
Stadium: The Den
Attendance: 0
Referee: Andy Davies
27 October 2020 8 Barnsley 3–0 Queens Park Rangers Barnsley
19:00 GMT Woodrow 27' (pen.)
Chaplin 37'
Barbet 64' (o.g.)
Report Dickie Red card 26' Stadium: Oakwell
Attendance: 0
Referee: Andy Davies
31 October 2020 9 Barnsley 1–0 Watford Barnsley
15:00 GMT Mowatt 6'
Styles Yellow card 82'
Report Troost-Ekong Yellow card 3' Stadium: Oakwell
Attendance: 0
Referee: Matt Donohue

FA Cup

EFL Cup

The first round draw was made on 18 August, live on Sky Sports, by Paul Merson.[36] The draw for both the second and third round were confirmed on September 6, live on Sky Sports by Phil Babb.[37]

5 September 2020 First round Barnsley 1–0 Nottingham Forest Barnsley
15:00 BST Williams Yellow card 31'
Woodrow 49'
Simões Yellow card 66'
Report Stadium: Oakwell
Attendance: 0
Referee: Marc Edwards
15 September 2020 Second round Middlesbrough 0–2 Barnsley Middlesbrough
18:00 BST Morsy Yellow card 67'
Wood-Gordon Yellow card 84'
Report Schmidt 22'
Williams 34'
Halme Yellow card 81'
Stadium: Riverside Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Anthony Backhouse
23 September 2020 Third round Chelsea 6–0 Barnsley Fulham
19:45 BST Abraham 19'
Havertz 28', 55', 65'
Barkley 49'
Giroud 83'
Report Collins Yellow card 45' Stadium: Stamford Bridge
Attendance: 0
Referee: Darren Bond

Notes

References

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