2019–20 Newcastle United F.C. season explained

Club:	Newcastle United
Season:	2019–20
Manager:	Steve Bruce
Owner:	Mike Ashley
Chairman:	Lee Charnley
Chrtitle:	Managing Director
Stadium:	St James' Park
League:	Premier League
League Result:	13th
Cup1:	FA Cup
Cup1 Result:	Quarter-finals
Cup2:	EFL Cup
Cup2 Result:	Second round
League Topscorer:	Jonjo Shelvey (6 goals)
Season Topscorer:	Miguel Almirón (8 goals)
Highest Attendance:	52,221
Lowest Attendance:	22,727
Largest Win:	4–1 (14 Jan 2020 v Rochdale, FA Cup third round replay) 3–0 (21 Jun 2020 v Sheffield United, PL round 30) 4–1 (1 Jul 2020 v Bournemouth, PL round 32)
Largest Loss:	0–5 (29 Sep 2019 v Leicester City, PL round 7) 0–5 (8 Jul 2020 v Manchester City, PL round 34)
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Prevseason:	2018–19
Nextseason:	2020–21

The 2019–20 season was Newcastle United's third season back in the Premier League following their promotion from the 2016–17 EFL Championship and their 25th year in the Premier League. This season Newcastle United participated in the Premier League, the EFL Cup and the FA Cup. The season was scheduled to cover the period of 1 July 2019 to 30 June 2020. However due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the season was temporally suspended from 13 March 2020 until 17 June 2020, and the season finished on 26 July 2020.

Club

Coaching staff

The Newcastle United first team coaching staff for the 2019–20 season consists of the following:

First Team

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Squads

First-team squad

Squad No.	Name	Nationality	Position(s)	Date of Birth (Age)	Signed	Signed from
Goalkeepers
1	Martin Dúbravka		GK	15 January 1989	2018	Sparta Prague
21	Rob Elliot		GK	30 April 1986	2011	Charlton Athletic
26	Karl Darlow		GK	8 October 1990	2014	Nottingham Forest
Defenders
2	Ciaran Clark		CB	26 September 1989	2016	Aston Villa
3	Paul Dummett		LB / CB	26 September 1991	2010	Newcastle United Academy
5	Fabian Schär		CB	20 December 1991	2018	Deportivo La Coruña
6	Jamaal Lascelles		CB	11 November 1993	2014	Nottingham Forest
15	Jetro Willems		LWB / LB	30 March 1994	2019	Eintracht Frankfurt (On Loan)
17	Emil Krafth		RB / RWB	2 August 1994	2019	Amiens
18	Federico Fernández		CB	21 February 1989	2018	Swansea City
19	Javier Manquillo		RB / RWB / LB	5 May 1994	2017	Atlético Madrid
20	Florian Lejeune		CB	20 May 1991	2017	Eibar
22	DeAndre Yedlin		RWB / RB	9 July 1993	2016	Tottenham Hotspur
28	Danny Rose		LB / LWB	2 July 1990	2020	Tottenham Hotspur (On Loan)
Midfielders
8	Jonjo Shelvey		CM	27 February 1992	2016	Swansea City
10	Allan Saint-Maximin		LW / RW	12 March 1997	2019	Nice
11	Matt Ritchie		RW / LW / LWB	10 September 1989	2016	AFC Bournemouth
14	Isaac Hayden		CM / DM	22 March 1995	2016	Arsenal
16	Rolando Aarons		LW	16 November 1995	2014	Newcastle United Academy
23	Valentino Lazaro		RM	24 March 1996	2020	Inter Milan (On Loan)
24	Miguel Almirón		AM / RW / LW	10 February 1994	2019	Atlanta United
30	Christian Atsu		LW / RW	10 January 1992	2017	Chelsea
36	Sean Longstaff		CM / AM	30 September 1997	2016	Newcastle United Academy
42	Nabil Bentaleb		CM	24 November 1994	2020	FC Schalke 04 (On Loan)
43	Matty Longstaff		CM	21 March 2000	2019	Newcastle United Academy
Forwards
7	Andy Carroll		ST	6 January 1989	2019	West Ham United
9	Joelinton		ST	16 August 1996	2019	1899 Hoffenheim
12	Dwight Gayle		ST	17 October 1989	2016	Crystal Palace
13	Yoshinori Muto		SS / ST	15 July 1992	2018	Mainz 05

Transfers and loans

Transfers in

Date from	Position	Number	Nationality	Name	From	Fee	Team	Ref.
16 July 2019		—		Tom Midgley		Free transfer		^[2]
23 July 2019		9				£40,000,000		^[3]
29 July 2019		41				Free transfer		^[4]
29 July 2019		—		Jake Turner		Free transfer		^[5]
2 August 2019		10				£20,000,000		^[6]
8 August 2019		7				Free transfer		^[7]
8 August 2019		17				£5,000,000		^[8]
19 August 2019		—		Ludwig Francillette		Free transfer		^[9]
17 January 2020		—		Reagan Thomson		Undisclosed		^[10]
26 January 2020		—		Stan Flaherty		Undisclosed		^[11]
21 February 2020		—		Kyle Crossley		Undisclosed		^[12]

• Total spending: £65,000,000

Transfers out

Date from	Position	Number	Nationality	Name	To	Fee	Team	Ref.
1 July 2019		–		Max Allen		Released
1 July 2019		–		Tyrique Bartlett		Released
1 July 2019		–		Thomas Cole		Released
1 July 2019		10				Released		^[13] ^[14]
1 July 2019		–		Otto Huuhtanen		Released
1 July 2019		–		Sam Joyce		Released
1 July 2019		–		Juanito		Released
1 July 2019		–		Deese Kasinga		Released
1 July 2019		37				Released		^[15] ^[16]
1 July 2019		–				Released		^[17]
4 July 2019		17				£30,000,000		^[18]
15 July 2019		21				£1,700,000		^[19]
7 September 2019		–		Oliver Long		Free transfer		^[20]
31 January 2020		4				Mutual consent		^[21] ^[22]

• Total incoming: ~ £31,700,000

Loans in

Date from	Position	Number	Nationality	Name	From	Expiry	Team	Ref.
2 August 2019		15				30 June 2020		^[23]
21 January 2020		42				30 June 2020		^[24]
24 January 2020		23				30 June 2020		^[25]
30 January 2020		28				30 June 2020		^[26]

Loans out

Date from	Position	Number	Nationality	Name	To	Loan Expiry	Team	Ref.
3 July 2019		–				30 June 2020		^[27]
16 July 2019		–				January 2020		^[28]
1 August 2019		41				30 June 2020		^[29]
2 August 2019		29		Nathan Harker		January 2020		^[30]
8 August 2019		7				30 June 2020		^[31]
16 August 2019		—				20 December 2019		^[32] ^[33]
16 August 2019		53		Kelland Watts		10 January 2020		^[34] ^[35]
2 September 2019		16				13 January 2020		^[36]
2 September 2019		33				30 June 2020		^[37]
28 January 2020		49				30 June 2020		^[38]
31 January 2020		16				30 June 2020		^[39]

Pre-season and friendlies

On 24 May 2019, Newcastle United announced four pre-season friendlies including the 2019 Premier League Asia Trophy against Wolverhampton Wanderers, West Ham United, Hibernian and AS Saint-Étienne.^[40] On 19 July 2019, Newcastle United announced another pre-season friendly against Preston North End which would take place on 27 July 2019.^[41]

Competitions

Overall summary

Competition	Started round	Current position / round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
Premier League	Matchday 1	–	13th	10 August 2019	26 July 2020
EFL Cup	Second round	–	Second round	28 August 2019
FA Cup	Third round	–	Quarter-finals	4 January 2020	28 June 2020

Overview

Competition	Record
Premier League
EFL Cup
FA Cup
Total Premier League See main article: 2019–20 Premier League. Matches On 13 June 2019, the Premier League fixtures were announced.^[42] FA Cup See main article: 2019–20 FA Cup. The third round draw was made on 2 December 2019.^[43] The fourth round draw was made by Alex Scott and David O'Leary on Monday, 6 January.^[44] EFL Cup See main article: 2019–20 EFL Cup. The second round draw was made on 13 August 2019 following the conclusion of all but one first-round matches.^[45] Statistics Appearances and goals Last updated on 26 July 2020.
Goalkeepers
Defenders
Midfielders
Forwards
Player(s) who left permanently but featured this season

Goals

Last updated on 26 July 2020.

Place	Position	Number	Nation	Name	Premier League	EFL Cup	FA Cup	Total
1	MF	24		Miguel Almirón	4	0	4	8
2	MF	8		Jonjo Shelvey	6	0	0	6
3	MF	43		Matty Longstaff	2	0	1	3
	MF	10		Allan Saint-Maximin	3	0	1	4
	FW	9		Joelinton	2	0	2	4
	FW	12		Dwight Gayle	4	0	0	4
7	DF	2		Ciaran Clark	2	0	0	2
	MF	11		Matt Ritchie	2	0	0	2
	DF	15		Jetro Willems	2	0	0	2
	DF	18		Federico Fernández	2	0	0	2
	DF	5		Fabian Schar	2	0	0	2
	DF	20		Florian Lejeune	2	0	0	2
	MF	36		Sean Longstaff	1	0	1	2
	MF	23		Valentino Lazaro	1	0	1	2
15	FW	13		Yoshinori Muto	0	1	0	1
	DF	6		Jamaal Lascelles	1	0	0	1
	MF	14		Isaac Hayden	1	0	0	1
	DF	22		DeAndre Yedlin	1	0	0	1
Own Goals					0	0	1	1
TOTALS					38	1	11	50

Notes and References

1. Web site: Newcastle United. Newcastle United.
2. Web site: Tom Midgley signing for Newcastle . . 12 August 2019.
3. Web site: Newcastle sign striker Joelinton from Hoffenheim for club record fee . . 23 July 2019.
4. Web site: Newcastle United confirm arrivals of Kyle Scott and Jake Turner . . 29 July 2019.
5. Web site: Newcastle United snap up former Bolton keeper Jake Turner . . 29 July 2019.
6. Web site: Newcastle sign Nice winger Saint-Maximin . . 2 August 2019.
7. Web site: Andy Carroll re-signs for Newcastle on a free transfer following West Ham release . . 8 August 2019.
8. Web site: Newcastle sign Sweden defender Krafth . . 8 August 2019.
9. Web site: Magpies complete Francillette signing . . 19 August 2019.
10. Web site: Done deal: Newcastle United confirm arrival of Scottish teenager as first winter signing . . 20 January 2020.
11. Web site: Newcastle United confirm signing of young Arsenal midfielder on scholarship deal . . 20 January 2020.
12. Web site: Newcastle United sign teenage forward in out of window move for Morecambe youngster . . 22 February 2020.
13. Web site: 2018/19 Premier League clubs' released lists . . 7 June 2019.
14. Web site: Mohamed Diame joins Qatari side Al-Ahli . Ghana SoccerNet . 15 July 2019.
15. Web site: 10 players released but Mo Diame may yet sign new deal . . 5 June 2019.
16. Web site: Ex-Newcastle winger Callum Roberts signs . . 30 August 2019.
17. Web site: Chesterfield sign Gerrard, Yarney and McKay . Non League Daily . 3 July 2019.
18. Web site: Leicester City Sign Ayoze Pérez From Newcastle United . . 4 July 2019.
19. Web site: Joselu completes Alavés move . . 15 July 2019.
20. Web site: Worthing Sign Former Newcastle And Southampton Midfielder . . 7 September 2019.
21. News: Ki Sung-yueng departs . 31 January 2020 . Newcastle United F.C..
22. News: Ki Sung-yueng joins Real Mallorca . 26 February 2020 . Newcastle United F.C..
23. Web site: Newcastle sign left-back Willems on loan . . 2 August 2019 . 2 August 2019.
24. Web site: Nabil Bentaleb: Newcastle United sign Schalke midfielder on loan . . 21 January 2020 . 21 January 2020.
25. Web site: Valentino Lazaro joins Newcastle United on loan for remainder of 2019/20 campaign . 24 January 2020 . King . Dan . Newcastle United F.C..
26. News: Newcastle loan for Rose . 30 January 2020 . Tottenham Hotspur F.C..
27. Web site: Millers make loan swoop for Magpies midfielder . . 3 July 2019.
28. Web site: Grimsby Town sign defender Liam Gibson on loan from Premier League side Newcastle United . Grimsby Live . 16 July 2019.
29. Web site: Newcastle United goalkeeper Freddie Woodman joins Swansea City in loan deal and signs contract extension . . 1 August 2019.
30. Web site: Harker signs on loan . . 2 August 2019.
31. Web site: Owls seal Jacob Murphy loan deal . . 8 August 2019.
32. Web site: Magpie lands at Brunton Park . . 16 August 2019.
33. Web site: Elias Sørensen returns from Carlisle United loan spell . . 20 December 2019.
34. Web site: Kelland Watts arrives on loan . . 16 August 2019.
35. News: Watts recalled from Stevenage loan spell . 10 January 2020 . Newcastle United F.C..
36. Web site: Wycombe sign Newcastle's Aarons on loan . . 2 September 2019.
37. Web site: Lazaar heads out on season-long loan . . 2 September 2019.
38. Web site: Defender joins on loan . 28 January 2020 . Mansfield Town F.C..
39. News: Rolando Aarons Signs On Loan . 1 February 2020 . Mothwerwell F.C..
40. News: United confirm pre-season schedule. 24 May 2019. Newcastle United Official Site. 24 May 2019.
41. News: Magpies confirm Preston friendly. 19 July 2019. Newcastle United Official Site. 19 July 2019.
42. Web site: Premier League fixtures for 2019/20 announced . . 13 June 2019.
43. Web site: Liverpool to host Everton in FA Cup third round . . 2 December 2019 . 3 December 2019.
44. Web site: The Emirates FA Cup fourth round Draw Is Complete . . 6 January 2020 . 15 January 2020.
45. Web site: Carabao Cup Round Two draw . . 13 August 2019 . 14 August 2019.