2019–20 Huddersfield Town A.F.C. season explained

Club:	Huddersfield Town
Season:	2019–20
Mgrtitle:	Head Coach
Manager:	Jan Siewert (until 16 August)^[1] Danny Cowley (from 9 September 2019 until 19 July 2020)^[2] Danny Schofield (caretaker)
Chairman:	Phil Hodgkinson
Stadium:	John Smith's Stadium
League:	Championship
League Result:	18th
Cup1:	FA Cup
Cup1 Result:	Third round (knocked out by Southampton)
Cup2:	EFL Cup
Cup2 Result:	First round (knocked out by Lincoln City)
League Topscorer:	Karlan Grant (19)
Season Topscorer:	Karlan Grant (19)
Highest Attendance:	23,805 vs. Leeds United (7 December 2019)
Lowest Attendance:	6,908 vs. Lincoln City (13 August 2019)
Largest Win:	4–0 vs Charlton Athletic (29 February 2020)
Largest Loss:	0–3 vs Cardiff City (12 February 2020) 1–4 vs Millwall (22 July 2020) 2–5 vs Bristol City (30 November 2019) 2–5 vs Stoke City (1 January 2020)
Prevseason:	2018–19
Nextseason:	2020–21
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The 2019–20 season was Huddersfield Town's 111th year in existence and their first season back in the EFL Championship after relegation from the Premier League. Along with competing in the Championship, the club also participated in the FA Cup and the EFL Cup.

The season covered the period from 1 July 2019 to 22 July 2020.

Technical staff

Position	Name
Manager	Danny Cowley
Assistant manager	Nicky Cowley
Head of goalkeeping	Paul Clements
Head of performance services	John Iga
Head of medical	Ian Kirkpatrick

Transfers

Transfers in

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Fee	Team	Ref.
1 July 2019			Tim Akinola		Compensation		^[3]
1 July 2019					Undisclosed		^[4]
1 July 2019					Free transfer		^[5]
1 July 2019					Undisclosed		^[6]
1 July 2019			Will McCamley		Undisclosed		^[7]
5 July 2019			Luke Daley		Undisclosed
5 July 2019			Kai Herbert		Undisclosed		^[8]
7 July 2019					Undisclosed		^[9]
8 July 2019					Undisclosed		^[10]
9 July 2019					Undisclosed		^[11]
12 August 2019					Free transfer		^[12]
27 September 2019					Free transfer		^[13]
10 January 2020					Free transfer		^[14]
17 January 2020					Undisclosed		^[15]

Loans in

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Date until	Team	Ref.
15 July 2019					30 June 2020		^[16]
8 August 2019					30 June 2020		^[17]
10 January 2020					30 June 2020		^[18]
16 January 2020					30 June 2020		^[19]
31 January 2020					30 June 2020		^[20]
31 January 2020					30 June 2020		^[21]
31 January 2020					30 June 2020		^[22]

Transfers out

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Fee	Team	Ref.
24 May 2019					Undisclosed		^[23]
1 July 2019			Jake Barrett		Released
1 July 2019			Regan Booty		Released		^[24]
1 July 2019			George Danaher		Released
1 July 2019					Released		^[25]
1 July 2019					Released		^[26]
1 July 2019			Jordan Eli		Released
1 July 2019			Sam Gibson		Released
1 July 2019					Released		^[27] ^[28]
1 July 2019			Ben Mills		Released
1 July 2019			Mason O'Malley		Released
1 July 2019					Released		^[29]
1 July 2019			Dahomey Raymond		Released
1 July 2019			Gabriel Rosario		Released
1 July 2019			Harry Spratt		Released		^[30]
1 July 2019					Released		^[31]
15 July 2019					Undisclosed		^[32]
29 July 2019					Undisclosed		^[33]
10 August 2019					Undisclosed		^[34]
27 August 2019					Mutual consent		^[35] ^[36]
31 August 2019					Undisclosed		^[37]
24 January 2020					Undisclosed		^[38]

Loans out

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Date until	Team	Ref.
3 July 2019					5 January 2020		^[39]
5 July 2019					30 June 2020		^[40]
25 July 2019					5 December 2019		^[41]
27 July 2019			Olly Dyson		30 June 2020		^[42]
29 July 2019					17 January 2020		^[43]
2 August 2019			Jaheim Headley		30 June 2020
2 August 2019			Isaac Marriott		30 June 2020		^[44]
8 August 2019					30 June 2020		^[45]
8 August 2019					30 June 2020		^[46]
16 August 2019			Andrew Ijiwole		30 June 2020
16 August 2019			Dom Tear		30 June 2020^[47]		^[48]
16 August 2019			Oran Thompson		30 June 2020
16 October 2019			Tim Akinola				^[49]
21 October 2019					5 December 2019
25 October 2019					5 December 2019		^[50]
8 November 2019			Kit Elliott		6 January 2020
8 November 2019					5 December 2019		^[51]
6 December 2019					6 January 2020		^[52]
3 January 2020					30 June 2020		^[53]
4 January 2020					30 June 2020		^[54]
7 January 2020					30 June 2020		^[55]
10 January 2020					February 2020		^[56]
13 January 2020					30 June 2020		^[57]
16 January 2020					30 June 2020		^[58]
17 January 2020					30 June 2020		^[59]
17 January 2020					13 February 2020		^[60]
17 January 2020			Jaheim Headley		Work experience
17 January 2020			Nassim Kherbouche		Work experience
21 January 2020					30 June 2020		^[61]
31 January 2020					30 June 2020		^[62]
31 January 2020					30 June 2020		^[63]
31 January 2020					March 2020		^[64]
3 February 2020					30 June 2020		^[65]
29 February 2020					30 June 2020		^[66]
7 March 2020					30 March 2020		^[67]

Pre-season

In June 2019. HTAFC announced their pre-season schedule.^[68]

Competitions

Championship

See main article: 2019–20 EFL Championship.

Matches

On 20 June 2019, the EFL Championship fixtures were revealed.^[69]

FA Cup

See main article: 2019–20 FA Cup.

The third round draw was made live on BBC Two from Etihad Stadium, Micah Richards and Tony Adams conducted the draw.^[70]

EFL Cup

See main article: 2019–20 EFL Cup.

The first round draw was made on 20 June.^[71]

Squad statistics

No.	Pos.	Name	League		FA Cup		EFL Cup		Total		Discipline
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	Kamil Grabara	28	0	0	0	0	0	28	0	3	0
3	DF	Harry Toffolo	19	1	0	0	0	0	19	1	2	0
4	DF	Tommy Elphick	14	0	0	0	0	0	14	0	2	0
5	DF	Terence Kongolo	10+1	0	0	0	0	0	10+1	0	0	0
6	MF	Jonathan Hogg	37	0	1	0	0	0	38	0	12	0
7	MF	Juninho Bacuna	25+13	6	1	0	1	0	25+13	6	8	1
8	MF	Trevoh Chalobah	30+6	1	1	0	1	0	32+6	1	7	1
9	FW	Elias Kachunga	30+6	3	0	0	1	0	31+6	3	4	0
10	FW	Chris Willock	8+6	2	0	0	0	0	8+6	2	2	0
11	FW	Adama Diakhaby	9+9	0	0	0	0	0	9+9	0	3	0
12	DF	Richard Stearman	17	0	0	0	0	0	17	0	2	0
13	GK	Joel Coleman	2+1	0	1	0	0	0	3+1	0	0	0
14	DF	Herbert Bockhorn	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
16	FW	Karlan Grant	42+1	19	0+1	0	0	0	42+2	19	3	0
17	DF	Danny Simpson	23+1	0	1	0	0	0	24+1	0	3	0
18	FW	Isaac Mbenza	1+4	0	0	0	1	0	2+4	0	0	0
19	FW	Josh Koroma	3+4	0	0+1	0	1	0	4+5	0	0	0
20	MF	Reece Brown	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
21	MF	Alex Pritchard	10+8	0	0	0	0	0	10+8	0	0	0
22	FW	Fraizer Campbell	21+12	3	1	0	0	0	22+12	3	8	0
23	FW	Collin Quaner	0+5	0	0	0	0	0	0+5	0	1	0
24	FW	Steve Mounié	12+18	8	0+1	0	0+1	0	12+20	8	0	0
25	FW	Rekeil Pyke	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0
26	DF	Christopher Schindler	45	2	1	0	0	0	46	2	3	0
27	DF	Jon Gorenc Stanković	13+6	1	1	0	1	0	15+6	1	2	0
28	DF	Jaden Brown	12+3	0	1	0	1	0	14+3	0	3	0
29	MF	Andy King	6+8	0	0	0	0	0	6+8	0	0	0
31	GK	Ryan Schofield	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0
32	MF	Emile Smith Rowe	13+6	2	0	0	0	0	13+6	2	1	0
33	DF	Florent Hadergjonaj	14+7	0	1	0	0	0	15+7	0	4	0
35	DF	Rarmani Edmonds-Green	1+1	0	0	0	1	0	2+1	0	0	0
36	FW	Micah Obiero	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0
37	FW	Kian Harratt	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0
38	DF	Demeaco Duhaney	4+2	0	0	0	0	0	4+2	0	0	0
39	MF	Lewis O'Brien	36+2	1	1	0	0	0	37+2	1	10	0
41	MF	Matty Daly	0+4	1	0	0	0	0	0+4	1	0	0
43	MF	Scott High	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0
44	MF	Aaron Rowe	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
49	GK	Jonas Lössl	15	0	0	0	0	0	15	0	1	0
—	—	Own goals	–	1	–	0	–	0	–	1	–	–
Players who left the club during the season:
10	MF	Aaron Mooy	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
17	MF	Rajiv van La Parra	3+1	0	0	0	0+1	0	3+2	0	0	0

Awards

Huddersfield Town Blue & White Foundation Player of the Month Award

Awarded monthly to the player that was chosen by members of the Blue & White Foundation voting on htafc.com

Month	Player	Votes
August	Karlan Grant	^[72]
September	Lewis O'Brien	^[73]
October	Lewis O'Brien	^[74]
November	Karlan Grant	^[75]
December	Jon Gorenc Stanković	^[76]
January	Steve Mounié	^[77]
February	Harry Toffolo	^[78]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Huddersfield sack head coach Siewart . . 17 August 2019.
2. Web site: Danny Cowley's Lincoln City departure confirmed as he joins Huddersfield Town . . 9 September 2019 .
3. Web site: Tim Akinola Joins The Academy . . 3 June 2019.
4. Web site: Exciting midfielder Reece Brown seals Huddersfield Town switch . . 20 June 2019.
5. Web site: Elphick Becomes First Summer Signing . . 15 June 2019.
6. Web site: Josh Koroma leaves the O's . . 21 June 2019.
7. Web site: Will McCamley Joins The Academy . . 10 May 2019.
8. Web site: Town Academy Signs Promising Pair . . 5 July 2019.
9. Web site: Ilounga Pata Joins Academy . . 7 July 2019.
10. Web site: Transfer: Herbert Bockhorn Joins Town . . 8 July 2019.
11. Web site: Transfer: Mbenza Joins Town Permanently . . 9 July 2019.
12. Web site: Fraizer Campbell Signs For Town . . 12 August 2019.
13. News: TRANSFER: DANNY SIMPSON SIGNS FOR TOWN. Huddersfield . Huddersfield Town A.F.C.. Lee . Ryder . 27 September 2019.
14. News: Richard Stearman Joins The Terriers . 10 January 2020 . Huddersfield Town A.F.C..
15. News: Harry Toffolo Signed From Lincoln City! . 17 January 2020 . Huddersfield Town A.F.C..
16. Web site: Goalkeeper Kamil Grabara Joins Town! . . 15 July 2019.
17. Web site: Trevoh Chalobah Arrives At Town . . 8 August 2019.
18. News: Emile Smith Rowe joins Huddersfield Town on loan . 10 January 2020 . Arsenal F.C..
19. News: LOAN: ANDY KING JOINS FROM LEICESTER CITY . 16 January 2020 . Huddersfield Town A.F.C..
20. News: Jonas Lössl Returns To Town . 1 February 2020 . Huddersfield Town A.F.C..
21. News: Phillips Completes Loan Switch To Huddersfield . 31 January 2020 . Everton F.C..
22. News: Chris Willock Arrives From Benfica . 31 January 2020 . Huddersfield Town A.F.C..
23. Web site: Everton set to sign Danish goalkeeper from Huddersfield . . 24 May 2019.
24. Web site: Notts County sign midfielder . . 15 August 2019.
25. Web site: Three year deal for Laurent Depoitre as he returns home to Belgium . . 29 July 2019.
26. Web site: Erik Durm joins Eintracht Frankfurt after Huddersfield Town departure . . 3 July 2019.
27. Web site: Retained List Confirmed . . 19 May 2019.
28. Web site: Everton sign goalkeeper Jonas Lossl on free transfer as back-up to Jordan Pickford . . 24 May 2019.
29. Web site: Attacking midfielder Payne makes Imps move . . 3 July 2019.
30. Web site: Spratt savours first team opportunity . . 16 October 2019.
31. Web site: Daniel Williams . . 16 October 2019 . el . 30 September 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190930163544/https://pafosfc.com.cy/archives/3123 . dead .
32. Web site: Tommy Smith Joins Stoke City . . 15 July 2019.
33. Web site: Philip Billing Joins AFC Bournemouth . . 29 July 2019.
34. Web site: Zanka Joins Fenerbahçe . . 10 August 2019.
35. Web site: Sabiri Departs Huddersfield Town . . 27 August 2019.
36. Web site: Offensiv mit Potenzial . . 16 October 2019 . de.
37. Web site: Rajiv Joins Red Star Belgrade. . 31 August 2019.
38. Web site: TRANSFER: AARON MOOY JOINS BRIGHTON & HA . . 24 January 2020.
39. Web site: Rekeil Pyke Returns To Rochdale On Loan From Huddersfield Town . . 3 July 2019.
40. Web site: Sobhi Returns To Al Ahly On Loan . . 5 July 2019.
41. Web site: Ben Jackson Loaned To Stockport County . . 25 July 2019.
42. Web site: Huddersfield Town striker Olly Dyson signs for Barrow AFC on loan for a second time . . 27 July 2019.
43. Web site: Crichlow-Noble Joins Hartlepool United . . 29 July 2019.
44. Web site: Huddersfield Town academy midfield duo join Bradford Park Avenue on loan . . 2 August 2019.
45. Web site: Mooy Signs New Deal & Joins Brighton On Loan . . 8 August 2019.
46. Web site: Loan: Ben Hamer Joins Derby County. . 8 August 2019.
47. Web site: Dom Tear Loan Extended . . 18 September 2019.
48. Web site: Trio Of Young Terriers Leave On Loan . . 16 August 2019.
49. Web site: Brighouse Loan Midfielder . . 16 October 2019 . 16 October 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20191016161024/https://www.betvictornorthernpremier.co.uk/brighouse-loan-midfielder-59302 . dead .
50. Web site: Loan: Edmonds-Green Joins Bromley . . 27 October 2019.
51. Web site: Loans: High & Elliott Join Concord Rangers . . 8 November 2019.
52. Web site: Aaron Rowe Joins Boston United . . 6 December 2019.
53. Web site: Reece Brown Joins Peterborough . . 3 January 2020.
54. Web site: Ben Jackson Signs New Deal & Re-Joins Stockport On Loan . . 4 January 2020.
55. Web site: Ryan Schofield Joins Livingston . . 7 January 2020.
56. News: Young Terrier Olagunju Joins Tadcaster . 10 January 2020 . Huddersfield Town A.F.C..
57. News: Rarmani Edmonds-Green Joins Swindon On Loan . 13 January 2020 . Huddersfield Town A.F.C..
58. News: LOAN: TERENCE KONGOLO JOINS FULHAM . 16 January 2020 . Huddersfield Town A.F.C..
59. News: Loan Duo Sign On . 17 January 2020 . Welling United F.C..
60. News: Four Youngsters Go On Loan . 17 January 2020 . Huddersfield Town A.F.C..
61. News: Loan: Adama Diakhaby Joins Nottingham Forest . 21 January 2020 . Huddersfield Town A.F.C..
62. News: Florent Hadergjonaj Joins Kasimpaşa S.K. . 31 January 2020 . Huddersfield Town A.F.C..
63. News: Huddersfield Town winger Josh Koroma joins Rotherham United on loan . 31 January 2020 . Huddersfield Examiner.
64. News: Rowe joins on loan . 31 January 2020 . Bromley F.C..
65. News: Huddersfield winger Mbenza joins Amiens . 4 February 2020 . BBC.
66. News: Scott High Returns To Concord . 2 March 2020 . Huddersfield Town A.F.C..
67. News: Josh Austerfield Joins Brighouse . 7 March 2020 . Huddersfield Town A.F.C..
68. Web site: Pre-Season Friendlies 2019/20 . . 10 July 2019.
69. Web site: Sky Bet Championship fixtures 2019/20 . . 20 June 2019.
70. Web site: Liverpool to host Everton in FA Cup third round . . 3 December 2019.
71. Web site: Carabao Cup first-round draw . . 20 June 2019.
72. News: GRANT NAMED AUGUST BWF PLAYER OF THE MONTH. Huddersfield Town AFC.
73. News: O'BRIEN NAMED SEPTEMBER BWF PLAYER OF THE MONTH. Huddersfield Town AFC.
74. News: O'BRIEN NAMED OCTOBER BWF PLAYER OF THE MONTH. Huddersfield Town AFC.
75. News: KARLAN GRANT WINS NOVEMBER BWF PLAYER OF THE MONTH. Huddersfield Town AFC.
76. News: JON STANKOVIĆ WINS DECEMBER BWF PLAYER OF THE MONTH. Huddersfield Town AFC.
77. News: STEVE MOUNIÉ WINS JANUARY BWF PLAYER OF THE MONTH. Huddersfield Town AFC.
78. News: HARRY TOFFOLO NAMED BWF PLAYER OF THE MONTH. Huddersfield Town AFC.