2020–21 Cardiff City F.C. season

Cardiff City
2020–21 season
Owner	Vincent Tan
Chairman	Mehmet Dalman
Manager	Neil Harris; (until 21 January); Mick McCarthy; (from 22 January)
Stadium	Cardiff City Stadium
Championship	8th
FA Cup	Third round
EFL Cup	First round
Welsh League Cup	Second round
Top goalscorer	League: Kieffer Moore (20); All: Kieffer Moore (20)
Biggest win	4–0 vs. Luton Town (28 Nov 20); 4–0 vs. Birmingham City (1 May 21)
Biggest defeat	0–5 vs. Sheffield Wednesday (5 April 21)
	← 2019–20 2021–22 →

The 2020–21 season was the 122nd season in existence of Cardiff City Football Club. In addition to the Championship, Cardiff City participated in that season's editions of the FA Cup, the Welsh League Cup, and participated in the EFL Cup.

First-team squad

As of 8 May 2021

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Name	Position(s)	Date of birth (Age)	Apps.	Goals	Year signed	Signed from	Transfer fee	Ends
Goalkeepers
1	Dillon Phillips	GK	(1995-06-11)11 June 1995 (aged 26)	17	0	2020	Charlton Athletic	Undisclosed	2023
12	Alex Smithies	GK	(1990-03-05)5 March 1990 (aged 31)	69	0	2018	Queens Park Rangers	£4,000,000	2022
Defenders
2	Jordi Osei-Tutu	RB/RW	(1998-10-02)2 October 1998 (aged 22)	9	0	2020	Arsenal	Loan	2021
3	Joe Bennett	LB	(1990-03-28)28 March 1990 (aged 31)	178	5	2016	Aston Villa	Free	2021
4	Sean Morrison	CB	(1991-01-08)8 January 1991 (aged 30)	276	30	2014	Reading	£3,180,000	2022
5	Aden Flint	CB	(1989-07-11)11 July 1989 (aged 31)	52	6	2019	Middlesbrough	£4,000,000	2022
16	Curtis Nelson	CB	(1993-05-21)21 May 1993 (aged 28)	82	3	2019	Oxford United	Free	2023
22	Sol Bamba	CB	(1985-01-13)13 January 1985 (aged 36)	118	10	2016	Free Agent	Free	2021
30	Ciaron Brown	CB	(1998-01-14)14 January 1998 (aged 23)	13	0	2018	Wealdstone	Trainee	2021
32	Joel Bagan	LB	(2001-09-03)3 September 2001 (aged 19)	9	0	2020	Academy	Trainee	2023
38	Perry Ng	RB/LB/CB	(1996-04-27)27 April 1996 (aged 25)	19	0	2021	Crewe Alexandra	£350,000	2024
Midfielders
6	Will Vaulks	DM	(1993-09-13)13 September 1993 (aged 27)	77	9	2019	Rotherham United	£2,100,000	2022
7	Leandro Bacuna	CM/RB	(1991-08-21)21 August 1991 (aged 29)	100	3	2019	Aston Villa	£4,000,000	2023
8	Joe Ralls	CM/LM	(1993-10-12)12 October 1993 (aged 27)	279	31	2011	Academy	Trainee	2022
11	Josh Murphy	LW/RW/SS	(1995-02-24)24 February 1995 (aged 26)	97	13	2018	Norwich City	£11,000,000	2022
15	Jonny Williams	AM/CM/LM	(1993-10-09)9 October 1993 (aged 27)	9	0	2021	Charlton Athletic	Undisclosed	2021
21	Marlon Pack	CM/DM	(1991-03-25)25 March 1991 (aged 30)	83	4	2019	Bristol City	Undisclosed	2022
23	Harry Wilson	RW/LW/AM	(1997-03-22)22 March 1997 (aged 24)	38	7	2020	Liverpool	Loan	2021
27	Sheyi Ojo	RW/LW/AM	(1997-06-19)19 June 1997 (aged 24)	41	5	2020	Liverpool	Loan	2021
28	Tom Sang	AM/RW/RB	(1999-06-29)29 June 1999 (aged 22)	11	0	2020	Manchester United	Free	2023
33	Junior Hoilett	LW/RW/AM	(1990-06-05)5 June 1990 (aged 31)	184	25	2016	Free Agent	Free	2021
34	Tavio Kouakou D'Almeida	CM	(2000-12-11)11 December 2000 (aged 20)	0	0	2019	Auxerre	Free	2021
40	Rubin Colwill	AM/CM	(2002-04-27)27 April 2002 (aged 19)	6	0	2020	Academy	Trainee	2023
Forwards
10	Kieffer Moore	CF	(1992-08-08)8 August 1992 (aged 28)	42	20	2020	Wigan Athletic	£2,000,000	2023
14	Isaac Vassell	CF	(1993-09-09)9 September 1993 (aged 27)	3	1	2019	Birmingham City	Undisclosed	2022
17	Lee Tomlin	SS	(1989-01-12)12 January 1989 (aged 32)	57	11	2017	Bristol City	£2,900,000	2022
19	Max Watters	CF	(1999-03-23)23 March 1999 (aged 22)	3	0	2021	Crawley Town	Undisclosed	2024
29	Mark Harris	CF/LW/RW	(1998-12-29)29 December 1998 (aged 22)	19	3	2017	Academy	Trainee	2023
39	Isaak Davies	CF	(2001-09-25)25 September 2001 (aged 19)	0	0	2020	Academy	Trainee	2023
Out on Loan
9	Robert Glatzel	CF	(1994-01-08)8 January 1994 (aged 27)	58	11	2019	1. FC Heidenheim	£5,500,000	2022
20	Gavin Whyte	RW	(1996-01-31)31 January 1996 (aged 25)	37	1	2019	Oxford United	£2,000,000	2023
25	Joe Day	GK	(1990-08-13)13 August 1990 (aged 30)	2	0	2019	Newport County	Free	2021

Statistics

As of 8 May 2021

Players with names in italics and marked * were on loan from another club for the whole of their season with Cardiff City.

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Championship		FA Cup		League Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	ENG	Dillon Phillips	17	0	15+1	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
2	DF	ENG	Jordi Osei-Tutu*	9	0	6+2	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
3	DF	ENG	Joe Bennett	31	1	29+0	1	1+0	0	1+0	0
4	DF	ENG	Sean Morrison	39	5	37+1	5	0+0	0	1+0	0
5	DF	ENG	Aden Flint	22	1	22+0	1	0+0	0	0+0	0
6	MF	WAL	Will Vaulks	43	5	36+6	5	1+0	0	0+0	0
7	MF	CUW	Leandro Bacuna	44	2	32+10	2	1+0	0	1+0	0
8	MF	ENG	Joe Ralls	40	5	34+5	5	1+0	0	0+0	0
10	FW	WAL	Kieffer Moore	42	20	40+2	20	0+0	0	0+0	0
11	MF	ENG	Josh Murphy	34	2	12+20	2	1+0	0	1+0	0
12	GK	ENG	Alex Smithies	32	0	31+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
15	MF	WAL	Jonny Williams	9	0	1+8	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
16	DF	ENG	Curtis Nelson	46	1	44+0	1	1+0	0	1+0	0
17	FW	ENG	Lee Tomlin	5	1	1+4	1	0+0	0	0+0	0
19	FW	ENG	Max Watters	3	0	1+2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
21	MF	ENG	Marlon Pack	41	2	30+9	2	1+0	0	1+0	0
22	DF	CIV	Sol Bamba	7	0	0+6	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
23	MF	WAL	Harry Wilson*	38	7	33+4	7	1+0	0	0+0	0
27	MF	ENG	Sheyi Ojo*	41	5	25+15	5	0+1	0	0+0	0
28	MF	ENG	Tom Sang	10	0	8+1	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
29	FW	WAL	Mark Harris	17	3	6+10	3	0+1	0	0+0	0
30	DF	NIR	Ciaron Brown	12	0	11+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
32	DF	SCO	Joel Bagan	8	0	5+2	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
33	MF	CAN	Junior Hoilett	23	2	15+6	2	0+1	0	1+0	0
38	DF	ENG	Perry Ng	19	0	19+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
40	MF	WAL	Rubin Colwill	6	0	3+3	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
Players out on loan:
9	FW	GER	Robert Glatzel	23	3	9+12	3	1+0	0	1+0	0
20	MF	NIR	Gavin Whyte	7	0	1+6	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
Players who left the club:
13	DF	CRO	Filip Benković*	1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
18	DF	IRL	Greg Cunningham	5	0	3+1	0	0+0	0	0+1	0

Goals record

As of 8 May 2021

Rank	No.	Po.	Name	Championship	Total
1	10	CF	Kieffer Moore	20	20
2	23	RW	Harry Wilson	7	7
3	4	CB	Sean Morrison	5	5
	6	DM	Will Vaulks	5	5
	8	CM	Joe Ralls	5	5
	27	RW	Sheyi Ojo	5	5
7	9	CF	Robert Glatzel	3	3
7	29	CF	Mark Harris	3	3
9	7	CM	Leandro Bacuna	2	2
	11	LW	Josh Murphy	2	2
	21	CM	Marlon Pack	2	2
	33	LW	Junior Hoilett	2	2
12	3	LB	Joe Bennet	1	1
	5	CB	Aden Flint	1	1
	16	CB	Curtis Nelson	1	1
	17	SS	Lee Tomlin	1	1
Own Goals				1	1
Total				66	66

Assists record

As of 8 May 2021

Rank	No.	Po.	Name	Championship	Total
1	23	RW	Harry Wilson	11	11
2	27	RW	Sheyi Ojo	7	7
4	11	LW	Josh Murphy	5	5
5	8	CM	Joe Ralls	4	4
6	38	RB	Perry Ng	3	3
7	3	LB	Joe Bennett	2	2
	4	CB	Sean Morrison	2	2
	6	DM	Will Vaulks	2	2
	21	CM	Marlon Pack	2	2
	33	LW	Junior Hoilett	2	2
11	5	CB	Aden Flint	1	1
	7	CM	Leandro Bacuna	1	1
	9	CF	Robert Glatzel	1	1
	10	CF	Kieffer Moore	1	1
	29	CF	Mark Harris	1	1
Total				45	45

Disciplinary record

As of 8 May 2021

Rank	No.	Nat.	Po.	Name	Championship			FA Cup			League Cup			Total
Rank	No.	Nat.	Po.	Name
1	7		CM	Leandro Bacuna	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	9	0	0
2	4		CB	Sean Morrison	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0
3	6		DM	Will Vaulks	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	1
3	8		CM	Joe Ralls	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	1	0
5	3		LB	Joe Bennett	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0
	16		CB	Curtis Nelson	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0
	21		CM	Marlon Pack	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0
8	27		RW	Sheyi Ojo	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0
9	5		CB	Aden Flint	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
	10		CF	Kieffer Moore	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
	30		CB	Ciaron Brown	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
	38		RB	Perry Ng	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
13	11		LW	Josh Murphy	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
	17		SS	Lee Tomlin	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
	23		RW	Harry Wilson	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
	28		AM	Tom Sang	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0
	33		LW	Junior Hoilett	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0
17	1		GK	Dillon Phillips	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	15		AM	Jonny Williams	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	18		LB	Greg Cunningham	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Total					71	3	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	74	3	1

Clean sheets

Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by squad number when total clean sheets are equal. Numbers in parentheses represent games where both goalkeepers participated and both kept a clean sheet; the number in parentheses is awarded to the goalkeeper who was substituted on, whilst a full clean sheet is awarded to the goalkeeper who was on the field at the start of play.

As of match played 7 May 2021^{[citation needed]}

Rank	No.	Nat.	Name	Matches played	Championship	FA Cup	EFL Cup	Total
1	12		Alex Smithies	32	8	0	0	8
2	1		Dillon Phillips	17	7	0	0	7

Contracts

Date	Position	Name	Status	Contract Length	Expiry Date	Ref.
13 August 2020	LW	Mark Harris	Signed	1 Year	June 2021	^[3]
13 August 2020	AM	Tom Sang	Signed	1 Year	June 2021	^[3]
7 September 2020	CB	Curtis Nelson	Extended	2 years	June 2023	^[4]
5 November 2020	LB	Joel Bagan	Signed	2 years	June 2023	^[5]
15 February 2021	AM	Rubin Colwill	Signed	2 years	June 2023	^[6]
15 February 2021	CF	Isaak Davies	Signed	2 years	June 2023	^[6]
17 March 2021	AM	Kieron Evans	Signed	2 years	June 2023	^[7]
17 March 2021	MF	Keenan Patten	Extended	1 year	June 2022	^[7]
12 April 2021	AM	Tom Sang	Signed	2 Years	June 2023	^[8]
19 May 2021	CF	Mark Harris	Signed	2 Years	June 2023	^[9]
16 June 2021	AM	Cian Ashford	Signed	3 years	June 2024	^[10]

Transfers

Transfers in

Date from	Position	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
13 August 2020	CF	Kieffer Moore	Wigan Athletic	Undisclosed	^[11]
4 September 2020	CB	Oliver Denham	Manchester United	Free transfer	^[12]
4 September 2020	CF	Chanka Zimba	Blackburn Rovers	Free transfer	^[13]
21 September 2020	CM	Camron McWilliams	Northampton Town	Free transfer	^[14]
21 September 2020	CM	Rolan Idowu	Southampton	Free transfer	^[14]
16 October 2020	GK	Dillon Phillips	Charlton Athletic	Undisclosed	^[15]
16 January 2021	CF	Max Watters	Crawley Town	Undisclosed	^[16]
19 January 2021	RB	Perry Ng	Crewe Alexandra	£350,000	^[17]
1 February 2021	AM	Jonny Williams	Charlton Athletic	Undisclosed	^[18]
17 March 2021	CB	Ibrahim Bakare	Free Agent	Free	^[7]

Loans in

Date from	Position	Name	From	Date until	Ref.
25 August 2020	RB	Jordi Osei-Tutu	Arsenal	End of season	^[19]
7 September 2020	RW	Sheyi Ojo	Liverpool	End of season	^[20]
16 October 2020	CB	Filip Benković	Leicester City	6 January 2021	^[21]^[22]
16 October 2020	RW	Harry Wilson	Liverpool	End of season	^[23]

Loans out

Date from	Position	Name	To	Date until	Ref.
21 July 2020	CB	Ciaron Brown	Livingston	29 January 2021	^[24]^[25]
1 August 2020	CM	Aaron Bolger	Shamrock Rovers	October 2020	^[26]
10 August 2020	CF	Danny Williams	Haverfordwest County	End of season	^[27]^[28]
16 September 2020	FW	James Waite	Weston-super-Mare	End of season	^[29]
22 September 2020	AM	Tom Sang	Cheltenham Town	4 January 2021	^[30]
16 October 2020	CB	Aden Flint	Sheffield Wednesday	4 January 2021	^[31]^[32]
4 January 2021	GK	Joe Day	Bristol Rovers	End of season	^[33]
14 January 2021	RW	Gavin Whyte	Hull City	End of season	^[34]
28 January 2021	LB	Greg Cunningham	Preston North End	6 February 2021	^[35]^[36]
1 February 2021	CF	Robert Glatzel	Mainz 05	End of Season	^[37]

Transfers out

Date from	Position	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2020	CF	Omar Bogle	Charlton Athletic	Released	^[38]^[39]
1 July 2020	CB	Matthew Connolly	Unattached	Released	^[38]
1 July 2020	RB	Cameron Coxe	Solihull Moors	Released	^[38]^[40]
1 July 2020	RB	Connor Davies	Pen-y-Bont	Released	^[38]^[41]
1 July 2020	CM	Lloyd Humphries	Weston-super-Mare	Released	^[38]^[42]
1 July 2020	CF	Shamar Moore	Unattached	Released	^[38]
1 July 2020	MF	Harry Pinchard	Unattached	Released	^[38]
1 July 2020	CB	Ryan Pryce	Bala Town	Released	^[38]^[43]
1 July 2020	RB	Jazz Richards	Haverfordwest County	Released	^[38]
1 July 2020	AM	Siôn Spence	Unattached	Released	^[38]
1 July 2020	CM	Laurence Wootton	Ohio State Buckeyes	Free transfer	^[44]
17 August 2020	CF	Danny Ward	Huddersfield Town	Free transfer	^[45]
9 September 2020	RW	Nathaniel Mendez-Laing	Middlesbrough	Contract Termination	^[46]^[47]
11 September 2020	GK	Neil Etheridge	Birmingham City	Undisclosed	^[48]
30 September 2020	CF	Callum Paterson	Sheffield Wednesday	Undisclosed	^[49]
6 February 2021	LB	Greg Cunningham	Preston North End	Undisclosed	^[36]

Pre-season and friendlies

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

Competitions

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
EFL Championship	12 September 2020	May 2021	Matchday 1	46	18	14	14	66	49	+17	039.13
FA Cup	9 January 2021	9 January 2021	Third round	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1	000.00
EFL Cup	5 September 2020	5 September 2020	First round	1	0	0	1	0	3	−3	000.00
Welsh League Cup	11 December 2020		First round	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2	100.00
Total				49	19	14	16	68	53	+15	038.78

Last updated: 8 May 2021
Source: Competitions

EFL Championship

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
5	Barnsley	46	23	9	14	58	50	+8	78	Qualification for Championship play-offs
6	Bournemouth	46	22	11	13	73	46	+27	77	Qualification for Championship play-offs
7	Reading	46	19	13	14	62	54	+8	70
8	Cardiff City	46	18	14	14	66	49	+17	68
9	Queens Park Rangers	46	19	11	16	57	55	+2	68
10	Middlesbrough	46	18	10	18	55	53	+2	64
11	Millwall	46	15	17	14	47	52	−5	62

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^[50]

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	18	14	14	66	49	+17	68	8	6	10	38	28	+10	10	8	4	28	21	+7

Last updated: 9 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	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H
Result	L	W	L	D	W	D	D	D	L	W	L	D	L	W	W	W	W	L	W	L	L	L	L	L	D	D	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	D	L	D	W	L	L	D	D	D	W	W	D
Position	21	14	16	14	12	13	15	14	17	13	15	15	18	14	11	11	9	10	9	10	12	14	15	15	15	15	14	11	7	7	7	6	8	6	8	8	9	8	8	8	8	8	9	8	8	8

Updated to match(es) played on 8 May2021. Source: ^{[citation needed]}
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The 2020–21 season fixtures were released on 21 August.^[51]

12 September 2020 1	Cardiff City	0–2	Sheffield Wednesday	Cardiff
15:00 BST		Report	Windass 4' Rhodes 44' Luongo 74'	Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Andy Madley (Yorkshire)

19 September 2020 2	Nottingham Forest	0–2	Cardiff City	Nottingham
12:30 BST		Report	Moore 3', 40'	Stadium: City Ground Attendance: 0 Referee: James Linington (Isle of Wight)
Note: Live on Sky Sports TV

26 September 2020 3	Cardiff City	1–2	Reading	Cardiff
15:00 BST	Hoilett 18' Moore 53' Tomlin 81'	Report	Morrison 47' João 66' Olise 90+4'	Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: David Webb (Lancashire)

3 October 2020 (2020-10-03) 4	Blackburn Rovers	0–0	Cardiff City	Blackburn
15:00 BST	Johnson 50' Gallagher 80'	Report	Cunningham 34' Bacuna 49' Tomlin 59' 69'	Stadium: Ewood Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Darren Bond (Lancashire)

18 October 2020 (2020-10-18) 5	Preston North End	0–1	Cardiff City	Preston
12:00 BST	Browne 60'	Report	Ojo 52'	Stadium: Deepdale Attendance: 0 Referee: Keith Stroud (Wessex)
Note: Live on Sky Sports TV

21 October 2020 (2020-10-21) 6	Cardiff City	1–1	Bournemouth	Cardiff
19:45 BST	Morrison 66' Wilson 62' Ralls 90'	Report	Solanke 35'	Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium Referee: Simon Hooper (Swindon)

24 October 2020 (2020-10-24) 7	Cardiff City	1–1	Middlesbrough	Cardiff
15:00 BST	Moore 28' Ojo 70'	Report	Saville 36'	Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium Referee: John Brooks (Leicestershire)

28 October 2020 (2020-10-28) 8	Derby County	1–1	Cardiff City	Derby
19:45 GMT	Waghorn 24' Jóźwiak 82' Shinnie 86' te Wierik 90'	Report	Moore 77' Morrison 82' Ojo 90+1' Bacuna 90+3'	Stadium: Pride Park Stadium Referee: Oliver Langford (West Midlands)

31 October 2020 (2020-10-31) 9	Queens Park Rangers	3–2	Cardiff City	London
15:00 GMT	Chair 15', 15' Kane 27', 45+3' Cameron 31' Barbet 48' Ball 90+1'	Report	Ralls 22', 49' (pen), 85' Bacuna 38' Tomlin 75'	Stadium: Loftus Road Referee: Andy Woolmer (Northamptonshire)

3 November 2020 (2020-11-03) 10	Cardiff City	3–0	Barnsley	Cardiff
19:45 GMT	Hoilett 4' Ralls 45+1' (pen) Wilson 77'	Report	James 39'	Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium Referee: Dean Whitestone (Northampton)
Note: Live on Sky Sports TV

6 November 2020 (2020-11-06) 11	Cardiff City	0–1	Bristol City	Cardiff
18:00 GMT	Pack 51'	Report	Martin 2' 45+1'	Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium Referee: David Webb (Lancashire)
Note: Live on Sky Sports TV

21 November 2020 (2020-11-21) 12	Millwall	1–1	Cardiff City	London
15:00 GMT	Smith 35'	BBC Report	Moore 79'	Stadium: The Den Referee: Graham Scott (Oxfordshire)

25 November 2020 (2020-11-25) 13	Coventry City	1–0	Cardiff City	Birmingham
19:45 GMT	Walker 54'	Report	Morrison 41' Wilson 85'	Stadium: St Andrew's Referee: Jeremy Simpson (Lancashire)

28 November 2020 (2020-11-28) 14	Cardiff City	4–0	Luton Town	Cardiff
15:00 GMT	Nelson 4' Morrison 5' M Harris 9' Moore 59' Ojo 82'	Report		Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium Referee: Josh Smith (Peterborough)

1 December 2020 (2020-12-01) 15	Cardiff City	3–0	Huddersfield Town	Cardiff
19:00 GMT	Moore 35', 86' Glatzel 85' Bennett 90+3'	Report	Mbenza 87'	Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium Referee: Kevin Friend (Leicester)

5 December 2020 (2020-12-05) 16	Watford	0–1	Cardiff City	Watford
15:00 GMT	Perica 89'	Report	Moore 43' Ojo 60' Ralls 66'	Stadium: Vicarage Road Attendance: 1,973 Referee: Steve Martin (Staffordshire)

8 December 2020 (2020-12-08) 17	Stoke City	1–2	Cardiff City	Stoke-on-Trent
19:45 GMT	Morrison 25' (og) Smith 62' McClean 73'	Report	Glatzel 66' Morrison 76' Ojo 90+5'	Stadium: Bet365 Stadium Referee: Tony Harrington (Hartlepool)
Note: Live on Sky Sports TV

12 December 2020 (2020-12-12) 18	Cardiff City	0–2	Swansea City	Cardiff
12:30 GMT	Morrison 18' Moore 35' Ralls 46' 67'	BBC Report	Lowe 6', 72' Bennett 14' Guehi 35'	Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium Referee: John Brooks (Leicestershire)
Note: Live on Sky Sports TV

16 December 2020 (2020-12-16) 19	Cardiff City	3–2	Birmingham City	Cardiff
19:00 GMT	Glatzel 10' Ojo 43' Wilson 77' Morrison 89'	BBC Report	Toral 21' Roberts 31' Colin 43' Sánchez 57'	Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium Referee: Michael Salisbury (Lancashire)

19 December 2020 (2020-12-19) 20	Norwich City	2–0	Cardiff City	Norwich
12:30 GMT	Buendía 27' Cantwell 70'	Report	Nelson 54' Ojo 57' Bacuna 82' Wilson 90+4'	Stadium: Carrow Road Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Tim Robinson (West Sussex)
Note: Live on Sky Sports TV

26 December 2020 (2020-12-26) 21	Cardiff City	2–3	Brentford	Cardiff
15:00 GMT	Vaulks 45+4', 76', 55'	BBC Report	Canós 50', 65', 73'	Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium Referee: Dean Whitestone (Northamptonshire)

29 December 2020 (2020-12-29) 22	Wycombe Wanderers	2–1	Cardiff City	High Wycombe
19:45 GMT	Tafazolli 33' Thompson 45+3' Wheeler 63' Ikpeazu 78'	BBC Report	Bennett 88' Bacuna 90' Hoilett 90+3'	Stadium: Adams Park Referee: Leigh Doughty (Blackpool)

16 January 2021 (2021-01-16) 23	Cardiff City	1–2	Norwich City	Cardiff
15:00 GMT	Bacuna 34' Pack 54' 70' Hoilett 57' Ralls 65' Harry Wilson	BBC Report	Hanley 3' Cantwell 22'	Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium Referee: Tony Harrington (Hartlepool)

20 January 2021 (2021-01-20) 24	Cardiff City	0–1	Queens Park Rangers	Cardiff
19:00 GMT		Sky Sports Report	Barbet 36' Cameron 48' Willock 71' Chair 89'	Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium Referee: Darren Bond (Lancashire)

27 January 2021 (2021-01-27) 25	Barnsley	2–2	Cardiff City	Barnsley
19:00 GMT	Andersen 20' Woodrow 52'	BBC Report	Ojo 58' Moore 68'	Stadium: Oakwell Referee: Andy Woolmer (Northamptonshire)

30 January 2021 (2021-01-30) 26	Cardiff City	1–1	Millwall	Cardiff
15:00 GMT	Bennett 69' Moore 71' Vaulks 76' Morrison 84'	BBC Report	Flint 9' (og)	Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium Referee: Matt Donohue (Manchester)

6 February 2021 (2021-02-06) 27	Bristol City	0–2	Cardiff City	Bristol
15:00 GMT		BBC Report	Nelson 18' Moore 25'	Stadium: Ashton Gate Stadium Referee: Jarred Gillett (Australia)

9 February 2021 (2021-02-09) 28	Rotherham United	1–2	Cardiff City	Rotherham
19:00 GMT	Crooks 61'	BBC Report	Ojo 42' Bennett 85'	Stadium: New York Stadium Referee: Geoff Eltringham (Durham)

13 February 2021 (2021-02-13) 29	Cardiff City	3–1	Coventry City	Cardiff
15:00 GMT	Moore 31', 38' Murphy 46' Flint 59' Morrison 80' Bennett 90+2'	BBC Report	Biamou 58' Hyam 81'	Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium Referee: James Linington (Isle of Wight)

16 February 2021 (2021-02-16) 30	Luton Town	0–2	Cardiff City	Luton
20:15 GMT		BBC Report	Wilson 53' Vaulks 57', 65'	Stadium: Kenilworth Road Referee: Tim Robinson (West Sussex)
Note: Live on Sky Sports TV

20 February 2021 (2021-02-20) 31	Cardiff City	4–0	Preston	Cardiff
15:00 GMT	Moore 2' (pen) Murphy 46' Flint 65' Pack 71' Harris 77' Bennett 90+1'	BBC Report		Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium Referee: Jeremy Simpson (Lancashire)

24 February 2021 (2021-02-24) 32	Bournemouth	1–2	Cardiff City	Bournemouth
19:45 GMT	Billing 26' Long 67' Cook 76' Kelly 90+1'	BBC Report	Nelson 26' Morrison 28' Moore 37' (pen), 86' Ng 77' Flint 90'	Stadium: Dean Court Referee: Gavin Ward (Surrey)

27 February 2021 (2021-02-27) 33	Middlesbrough	1–1	Cardiff City	Middlesbrough
15:00 GMT	McNair 82'	BBC Report	Vaulks 30' Morrison 37' Bennett 57' Ng 59'	Stadium: Riverside Stadium Referee: Jarred Gillett (Australia)

2 March 2021 (2021-03-02) 34	Cardiff City	4–0	Derby County	Cardiff
19:00 GMT	Bacuna 22' 56' Moore 48' Vaulks 90+3'	BBC Report		Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium Referee: Dean Whitestone (Northamptonshire)

5 March 2021 (2021-03-05) 35	Huddersfield Town	0–0	Cardiff City	Huddersfield
19:45 GMT		BBC Report		Stadium: Kirklees Stadium Referee: Tim Robinson (West Sussex)
Note: Live on Sky Sports

13 March 2021 (2021-03-13) 36	Cardiff City	1–2	Watford	Cardiff
15:00 GMT	Sierralta 14' (o.g.) Bacuna 81' Ng 90+2'	Sky Sports Report	Chalobah 15' Bachmann 39' Hughes 45+1' Sarr 82' Sierralta 85' Masina 90+3'	Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium Referee: Keith Stroud (Wessex)

16 March 2021 (2021-03-16) 37	Cardiff City	0–0	Stoke City	Cardiff
19:00 GMT	Pack 56'	BBC Report	Allen 88'	Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium Referee: Graham Scott (Oxfordshire)
Note: Live on Sky Sports Red Button

20 March 2021 (2021-03-20) 38	Swansea City	0–1	Cardiff City	Swansea
17:30 GMT		BBC Report	Flint 8' Morrison 45+1' Vaulks 81' Brown 90+2'	Stadium: Liberty Stadium Referee: Paul Tierney (Wigan)
Note: Live on Sky Sports

2 April 2021 (2021-04-02) 39	Cardiff City	0–1	Nottingham Forest	Cardiff
15:00 BST	Pack 14' Brown 37'	Sky Report BBC Report	Christie 26' Garner 29' Grabban 55' Cafú 87'	Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium Referee: Gavin Ward (Surrey)

5 April 2021 (2021-04-05) 40	Sheffield Wednesday	5–0	Cardiff City	Sheffield
17:30 BST	Börner 4' Paterson 20' Reach 23', 69' Rhodes 65'	BBC Report		Stadium: Hillsborough Stadium Referee: David Webb (Lancashire)
Note: Live on Sky Sports

10 April 2021 (2021-04-10) 41	Cardiff City	2–2	Blackburn Rovers	Cardiff
15:00 BST	Vaulks 27' Ralls 70'	BBC Report	Armstrong 43', 90'	Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium Referee: Jeremy Simpson (Lancashire)

16 April 2021 (2021-04-16) 42	Reading	1–1	Cardiff City	Reading
18:00 BST	Meite 90+4'	BBC Report	Moore 87' (pen)	Stadium: Madejski Stadium Referee: John Brooks (Leicestershire)
Note: Live on Sky Sports

20 April 2021 (2021-04-20) 43	Brentford	1–1	Cardiff City	London
18:00 BST	Fosu-Henry 63', 87' Canós 90'	BBC Report	Moore 57' (pen)	Stadium: Brentford Community Stadium Referee: Darren England (Yorkshire)
Note: Live on Sky Sports

24 April 2021 (2021-04-24) 44	Cardiff City	2–1	Wycombe Wanderers	Cardiff
15:00 BST	Moore 22', 71' Vaulks 90+5'	BBC Report	Jacobson 43' (pen)	Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium Referee: Matt Donohue (Manchester)

1 May 2021 (2021-05-01) 45	Birmingham City	0–4	Cardiff City	Birmingham
15:00 BST	Dean 84'	BBC Report	Wilson 9', 40', 86' Pack 61' M Harris 68'	Stadium: St Andrew's Referee: Andy Davies (Hampshire)

8 May 2021 (2021-05-08) 46	Cardiff City	1–1	Rotherham	Cardiff
12:30 BST	Ralls 52' Pack 88'	BBC Report	Wing 5' Ihiekwe 39' Wiles 70'	Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium Referee: Graham Scott (Oxfordshire)

FA Cup

The third round draw was made on 30 November, with Premier League and EFL Championship clubs all entering the competition.^[52]

9 January 2021 Third round	Nottingham Forest	1–0	Cardiff City	West Bridgford
12:00 GMT	Taylor 3'	Report		Stadium: The City Ground Attendance: 0 Referee: David Webb
Note: Live on BT Sports Extra 4

EFL Cup

The first round draw was made on 18 August, live on Sky Sports, by Paul Merson.^[53]

5 September 2020 (2020-09-05) First round	Northampton Town	3–0	Cardiff City	Northampton
15:00 BST	Korboa 23' Smith 33' (pen.) Horsfall 46' Warburton 49' 61' Watson 57' 59'	Report	Bacuna 27' Hoilett 40' Sang 79'	Stadium: PTS Academy Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Darren Drysdale

Welsh League Cup

Cardiff entered the Welsh League Cup for the first time in the club's history in the 2020–21 season.^[54]

11 December 2020 (2020-12-11) First round	Taff's Well	0–2	Cardiff City	Taff's Well
19:45 GMT	Evans 44' I Davies 79'			Stadium: USW Sports Park

Summary

Games played	49 (46 EFL Championship, 1 FA Cup, 1 League Cup, 1 Welsh League Cup)
Games won	19 (18 EFL Championship, 0 FA Cup, 0 League Cup, 1 Welsh League Cup)
Games drawn	14 (14 EFL Championship, 0 FA Cup, 0 League Cup)
Games lost	16 (14 EFL Championship, 1 FA Cup, 1 League Cup)
Goals scored	68 (66 EFL Championship, 0 FA Cup, 0 League Cup, 2 Welsh League Cup)
Goals conceded	53 (49 EFL Championship, 1 FA Cup, 3 League Cup)
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Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
46	18	14	14	66	49	+17	68	8	6	10	38	28	+10	10	8	4	28	21	+7

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
46	18	14	14	66	49	+17	68	8	6	10	38	28	+10	10	8	4	28	21	+7

2020–21 Cardiff City F.C. season

First-team squad

Statistics

Goals record

Assists record

Disciplinary record

Clean sheets

Contracts

Transfers

Transfers in

Loans in

Loans out

Transfers out

Pre-season and friendlies

Competitions

Overview

EFL Championship

League table

Results summary

Results by matchday

Matches

FA Cup

EFL Cup

Welsh League Cup

Summary

€4.95

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
46	18	14	14	66	49	+17	68	8	6	10	38	28	+10	10	8	4	28	21	+7