2019–20 Leeds United F.C. season explained

The 2019–20 season was Leeds United's tenth consecutive season in the Championship, they were promoted to the Premier League as Championship winners.

Competitions

Championship

See main article: 2019–20 EFL Championship.

Matches

On 20 June, the Championship fixtures were released.^[1]

FA Cup

See main article: 2019–20 FA Cup.

EFL Cup

See main article: 2019–20 EFL Cup.

Statistics

No.	Pos.	Name	League		FA Cup		EFL Cup		Total		Discipline
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	Illan Meslier	10	0	1	0	0	0	11	0	0	0
2	DF	Luke Ayling	35(2)	4	1	0	0	0	36(2)	4	9	0
3	DF	Barry Douglas	6(9)	0	1	0	1	0	7(9)	0	0	0
4	MF	Adam Forshaw	6(1)	0	0	0	0(1)	0	6(2)	0	3	0
5	DF	Ben White	46	1	1	0	1(1)	0	48(1)	0	6	0
6	DF	Liam Cooper	36(2)	2	0	0	0	0	36(2)	2	2	0
7	FW	Ian Poveda	1(3)	0	0	0	0	0	1(3)	0	0	0
9	FW	Patrick Bamford	43(2)	16	1	0	0(1)	0	44(1)	16	0	0
10	DF	Ezgjan Alioski	21(18)	5	1	0	1	0	23(18)	5	8	0
11	FW	Tyler Roberts	12(11)	4	0	0	0	0	12(11)	4	0	0
13	GK	Kiko Casilla	36	0	0	0	2	0	38	0	2	0
14	FW	Eddie Nketiah	2(15)	3	0	0	2	2	4(15)	5	0	0
15	DF	Stuart Dallas	45	5	0(1)	0	0	0	0	45(1)	5	7	0
17	FW	Hélder Costa	33(10)	4	0(1)	0	2	1	35(10)	5	0	0
19	MF	Pablo Hernández	27(9)	9	0	0	0	0	27(9)	9	6	0
22	MF	Jack Harrison	45(1)	6	1	0	0(2)	0	46(2)	6	1	0
23	MF	Kalvin Phillips	37	2	1	0	2	0	40	2	9	1
28	DF	Gaetano Berardi	13(9)	0	1	0	2	1	16(9)	0	1	0
29	FW	Jean-Kévin Augustin	0(3)	0	0	0	0	0	0(4))	0	0	0
34	DF	Pascal Struijk	2(3)	0	0	0	0	0	2(3)	0	1	0
36	MF	Robbie Gotts	0(1)	0	1	0	0	0	1(1)	0	0	0
38	MF	Alfie McCalmont	0	0	0	0	1(1)	0	1(1)	0	0	0
40	DF	Leif Davis	0(3)	0	0	0	2	0	2(3)	0	0	0
43	MF	Mateusz Klich	44	6	1	0	1	1	46	7	8	0
44	MF	Mateusz Bogusz	0(1)	0	0	0	1	0	1(1)	0	0	0
46	MF	Jamie Shackleton	5(17)	2	0	0	2	0	7(17)	0	0	0
47	MF	Jack Clarke	0(1)	0	0	0	2	0	2(1)	0	0	0
48	MF	Jordan Stevens	0(4)	0	0(1)	0	0	0	0(5)	0	0	0
49	DF	Oliver Casey	0(1)	0	0	0	0	0	0(1)	0	0	0

Transfers

In

Date	Pos.	Name	From	Fee
1 July 2019	MF		Motherwell	£400,000	[2]
	MF	Liam McCarron	Carlisle United	Undisclosed	[3]
4 July 2019	FW			Free	[4]
	MF	Guillermo Amor			[5]
	MF	Alfie Hughes		Undisclosed	[6]
29 August 2019	MF	Josh Galloway			[7]
21 January 2020	GK				[8]
24 January 2020	FW				[9]
7 July 2020	FW				[10]

Out

Date	Pos.	Name	To	Fee
1 July 2019	DF	Lucas Odunston	Unattached	Released	[11]
	MF	Alex Wollerton			[12]
	GK	Joshua Rae			[13]
2 July 2019	FW			£11,000,000	[14]
3 July 2019	FW			£2,000,000	[15]
	DF			Undisclosed
5 July 2019	FW			£1,000,000	[16]
8 July 2019	DF			£5,500,000	[17]
	DF			Undisclosed	[18]
11 July 2019	DF
12 July 2019	DF				[19]
16 July 2019	MF			£1,000,000	[20]
18 July 2019	DF			Free	[21]
	DF	Oriol Rey			[22]
	MF			£2,500,000	[23]
19 July 2019	MF	Alex Machuca		Free	[24]
25 July 2019	DF				[25]
1 August 2019	FW				[26]
2 August 2019	GK		Burnley	£3,500,000	[27]
5 August 2019	MF			Undisclosed	[28]
6 August 2019	FW			£7,000,000	[29]
8 August 2019	MF		Barnsley	Undisclosed	[30]
	DF		Wigan Athletic	£250,000	[31]
2 September 2019	MF			Free	[32]
	MF	Callum Nicell			[33]
10 January 2020	DF			Undisclosed	[34]
12 January 2020	FW				[35]
13 January 2020	MF	Connor Leak-Blunt		Free	[36]

Loan in

Date from	Date to	Pos.	Name	From
1 July 2019	End of season	MF			[37]
		DF
2 July 2019	1 January 2020	FW			[38]
3 July 2019	End of season	FW			[39]
8 August 2019		GK			[40]
	1 January 2020	FW			[41]
27 January 2020	End of season	FW			[42]

Loan out

Date from	Date to	Pos.	Name	To
1 July 2019	End of season	FW			[43]
5 July 2019	31 December 2019	DF			[44]
14 July 2019	End of season	FW	Adrián Balboa
21 August 2019	12 January 2020	FW			[45]
23 August 2019	End of season	FW			[46]
2 September 2019	13 January 2020	DF			[47]
		DF			[48]
13 January 2020	End of season	DF			[49]
		DF			[50]
24 January 2020		FW			[51]
30 January 2020		MF			[52]
31 January 2020		FW			[53]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Sky Bet Championship fixtures 2019/20 . . 20 June 2019.
2. Web site: Revealed: Attacker joins Leeds for 6-figure fee months after agreeing three-year deal . 2 July 2019 . football Insider.
3. News: Kyle . Fiona . Mewis . Joe . 1 July 2019 . 'Pace, hard worker, no ego' New Leeds United signing Liam McCarron profiled . . 2 August 2020.
4. Web site: 4 July 2019 . Rafa Mujica Joins Leeds United . 2 August 2020 . leedsunited.com . Leeds United F.C..
5. Web site: 4 July 2019 . Leeds United land Guillermo Amor . 2 August 2020 . leedsunited.com . Leeds United F.C..
6. Web site: Cusick . Aiden . 5 July 2019 . Youngster Alfie Hughes announces he's left Manchester United for Leeds . 2 August 2020 . HITC . en-GB.
7. Web site: 29 August 2019 . Young midfielder heads to Leeds . 2 August 2020 . carlisleunited.co.uk . Carlisle United F.C..
8. News: Watach . Nestor . 21 January 2020 . Leeds United confirm first signing of the January transfer window as Elia Caprile completes move . . 22 January 2020.
9. News: Smyth . Graham . 24 January 2020 . Leeds United secure second January signing as Ian Poveda joins from Manchester City . en . Yorkshire Evening Post . 30 July 2020.
10. News: Wobschall . Leon . 7 July 2020 . Leeds United complete permanent signing of Helder Costa . . 17 July 2020.
11. Web site: Leeds United 2019/20 Retained List . 18 May 2019 . leedsunited.com . Leeds United F.C..
12. Web site: Leeds United 2019/20 Retained List . 18 May 2019 . leedsunited.com . Leeds United F.C..
13. Web site: Leeds United 2019/20 Retained List . 18 May 2019 . leedsunited.com . Leeds United F.C..
14. Web site: Jack Clarke Makes Tottenham Hotspur Move . 2 July 2019 . leedsunited.com . Leeds United F.C..
15. Web site: Trabzonspor sign Ghana forward Caleb Ekuban on a permanent deal . 3 July 2019 . Ghana Web.
16. Web site: Mallik Wilks Completes Barnsley Transfer . 6 July 2019 . leedsunited.com . Leeds United F.C..
17. Web site: Pontus Jansson completes Brentford move . 8 July 2019 . leedsunited.com . Leeds United F.C..
18. Web site: Liam Kitching joins Forest Green Rovers . 8 July 2019 . leedsunited.com . Leeds United F.C..
19. Web site: Sam Dalby makes Watford move . 12 July 2019 . leedsunited.com . Leeds United F.C..
20. News: Urquhart . Joe . 18 July 2019 . Hadi Sacko confirms Leeds United exit as summer offload continues with Pawel Cibicki set to return . en . . 2 August 2020.
21. Web site: 18 July 2019 . Paudie O'Connor: Bradford City sign Leeds United defender . 2 August 2020 . . en-gb.
22. Web site: 18 July 2019 . Oriol Rey joins Real Valladolid . 2 August 2020 . leedsunited.com . Leeds United F.C..
23. Web site: Samuel Saiz Joins Girona . 18 July 2019 . leedsunited.com . Leeds United F.C..
24. Web site: Alejandro Machuca makes UD Ibiza move . 19 July 2019 . leedsunited.com . Leeds United F.C..
25. Web site: 25 July 2019 . Hugo Diaz seals move to Spanish Europa League contenders following Leeds United release . 25 July 2019 . Leeds Live.
26. Web site: Oliver Sarkic joins Burton Albion . 1 August 2019 . leedsunited.com . Leeds United F.C..
27. Web site: Bailey Peacock-Farrell makes Burnley move . 2 August 2019 . leedsunited.com . Leeds United F.C..
28. Web site: Yosuke Ideguchi rejoins Gamba Osaka . 5 August 2019 . leedsunited.com . Leeds United F.C..
29. Web site: Kemar Roofe Joins R.S.C. Anderlecht . 6 August 2019 . leedsunited.com . Leeds United F.C..
30. Web site: Clarke Oduor Completes Barnsley Transfer . 8 August 2019 . leedsunited.com . Leeds United F.C..
31. Web site: Tom Pearce Makes Wigan Athletic Move . 8 August 2019 . leedsunited.com . Leeds United F.C..
32. Web site: Vurnon Anita Departs Leeds United . 2 September 2019 . leedsunited.com . Leeds United F.C..
33. News: 2 September 2019 . Teen midfielder Callum Nicell leaves Leeds United by mutual consent . Yorkshire Evening Post . 2 September 2019.
34. News: Sobot . Lee . 10 January 2020 . Lewie Coyle's time at Leeds United and the 'perfect sense' permanent switch to Fleetwood Town . en . . 2 August 2020.
35. News: Second Leeds United departure of the January transfer window confirmed . . 12 January 2020.
36. News: Development duo sign . . 13 January 2020.
37. Web site: 1 July 2019 . Leeds United sign Jack Harrison and Ben White on loan . 2 August 2020 . Sky Sports . en.
38. Web site: 2 July 2019 . Jack Clarke Returns To Leeds United On Loan . 2 August 2020 . leedsunited.com . Leeds United F.C..
39. Web site: 3 July 2019 . Helder Costa: Leeds United sign Wolves forward on loan before permanent move . 2 August 2020 . BBC Sport.
40. Web site: 8 August 2019 . Illan Meslier: Leeds United sign Lorient goalkeeper on loan . 2 August 2020 . . en-gb.
41. News: Dean . Sam . 8 August 2019 . Arsenal striker Eddie Nketiah joins Leeds on season-long loan deal . en-GB . The Telegraph . 30 July 2020 . 0307-1235.
42. News: 27 January 2020 . Leeds United sign French striker Jean-Kévin Augustin . en-GB . The Guardian . 30 July 2020 . 0261-3077.
43. Web site: Leeds United forward Jay-Roy Grot makes second loan switch . 28 June 2019 . Yorkshire Evening Post.
44. Web site: Lewie Coyle rejoins Cod Army on loan for third spell . 5 July 2019 . Fleetwood Town F.C..
45. Web site: 21 August 2019 . Pawel Cibicki joins ADO Den Haag . 2 August 2020 . leedsunited.com . Leeds United F.C..
46. Web site: 23 August 2019 . Rafa Mujica Makes Loan Move . 2 August 2020 . leedsunited.com . Leeds United F.C..
47. News: Mewis . Joe . 2 September 2019 . Laurens De Bock seals Leeds United exit as left-back signs season-long loan deal at Sunderland . . 2 August 2020.
48. News: Mewis . Joe . 2 September 2019 . Leeds United confirm Conor Shaughnessy has joined Mansfield Town on a season-long loan deal . . 2 August 2020.
49. News: Mewis . Joe . 13 January 2020 . Leeds United confirm third departure of the January transfer window . . 2 August 2020.
50. Web site: 13 January 2020 . Conor Shaughnessy: Burton Albion sign defender on loan from Leeds United . 2 August 2020 . . en-gb.
51. Web site: 24 January 2020 . Rafa Mújica joins Villarreal on loan until end of the season . 24 January 2020 . leedsunited.com . . en.
52. Web site: 30 January 2020 . Cameron Carter-Vickers and Eunan O'Kane join Luton Town . 30 June 2020 . BBC Sport . en-gb.
53. Web site: 31 January 2020 . Kun Temenuzhkov Joins CF La Nucía On Loan . 2 August 2020 . leedsunited.com . Leeds United F.C..