2019–20 Leeds United F.C. season explained

Club:	Leeds United
Season:	2019–20
Manager:	Marcelo Bielsa
Mgrtitle:	Manager
Chairman:	Andrea Radrizzani
Stadium:	Elland Road
League:	Championship
League Result:	1st (promoted)
Cup1:	FA Cup
Cup1 Result:	Third round
Cup2:	EFL Cup
Cup2 Result:	Second round
League Topscorer:	Patrick Bamford (16)
Season Topscorer:	Patrick Bamford (16)
Highest Attendance:	36,514 vs Huddersfield Town (7 March 2020, Championship)
Lowest Attendance:	30,002 vs Stoke City (27 August 2019, EFL Cup)
Prevseason:	2018–19
Nextseason:	2020–21
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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..