# 2019–20 Bristol City F.C. season

The 2019–20 season was Bristol City's 122nd season as a professional football club and their fifth consecutive season in the Championship. 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.

## Statistics

    As of 22 July 2020
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Championship | Championship | FA Cup | FA Cup | League Cup | League Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | ENG | Dan Bentley | 44 | 0 | 42+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | ENG | Jack Hunt | 37 | 1 | 30+6 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 1 |
| 3 | DF | ENG | Jay DaSilva | 25 | 0 | 22+2 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | HUN | Ádám Nagy | 25 | 1 | 16+7 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | ENG | Nathan Baker | 36 | 1 | 33+1 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | ENG | Korey Smith | 22 | 0 | 19+3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | SEN | Famara Diedhiou | 44 | 14 | 30+12 | 12 | 1+0 | 1 | 1+0 | 1 |
| 11 | MF | IRL | Callum O'Dowda | 32 | 1 | 16+14 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | AUT | Andreas Weimann | 46 | 9 | 42+3 | 9 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | WAL | Marley Watkins | 10 | 1 | 5+4 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | ENG | Sammie Szmodics | 4 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | ENG | Antoine Semenyo | 10 | 0 | 3+6 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | SWE | Niclas Eliasson | 38 | 3 | 18+18 | 3 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | ENG | Jamie Paterson | 21 | 6 | 15+6 | 6 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 21 | FW | BER | Nahki Wells | 17 | 5 | 13+4 | 5 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | CZE | Tomáš Kalas | 24 | 0 | 23+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | ENG | Taylor Moore | 23 | 1 | 16+5 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | ENG | Tommy Rowe | 30 | 2 | 24+5 | 2 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | ENG | Zak Vyner | 8 | 0 | 4+4 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 29 | DF | WAL | Ashley Williams | 32 | 2 | 32+0 | 2 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 31 | DF | CRO | Filip Benković | 10 | 2 | 6+4 | 2 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 32 | DF | POR | Pedro Pereira | 22 | 2 | 14+7 | 2 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 33 | GK | FIN | Niki Mäenpää | 5 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 40 | FW | COD | Benik Afobe | 12 | 3 | 8+4 | 3 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 42 | MF | FRA | Han-Noah Massengo | 27 | 0 | 23+2 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 45 | MF | ENG | Kasey Palmer | 26 | 1 | 11+14 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| Players out on loan: ||||||||||||
| 10 | FW | ENG | Matty Taylor | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| Players who left during the season: ||||||||||||
| 5 | DF | AUS | Bailey Wright | 4 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | ENG | Josh Brownhill | 28 | 5 | 28+0 | 5 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | NOR | Markus Henriksen | 4 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | ENG | Marlon Pack | 1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 31 | FW | ESP | Rodri | 6 | 0 | 1+5 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |

### Goals record

    As of 22 July 2020
| Rank | No. | Nat. | Po. | Name | Championship | FA Cup | League Cup | Total |
| 1 | 9 | | CF | Famara Diedhiou | 12 | 1 | 1 | 14 |
| 2 | 14 | | SS | Andreas Weimann | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| 3 | 20 | | AM | Jamie Paterson | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 4 | 8 | | CM | Josh Brownhill | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 4 | 21 | | CF | Nahki Wells | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 6 | 40 | | CF | Benik Afobe | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | 19 | | LM | Niclas Eliasson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | 25 | | LM | Tommy Rowe | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | 29 | | CB | Ashley Williams | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | 31 | | CB | Filip Benković | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | 32 | | RB | Pedro Pereira | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 13 | 2 | | RB | Jack Hunt | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 13 | 4 | | DM | Ádám Nagy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | 6 | | CB | Nathan Baker | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | 11 | | LM | Callum O'Dowda | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | 12 | | CM | Liam Walsh | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 13 | 15 | | RW | Marley Watkins | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | 23 | | CB | Taylor Moore | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | 45 | | CM | Kasey Palmer | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Own Goals | Own Goals | Own Goals | Own Goals | Own Goals | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 57 | 1 | 3 | 61 |

### Disciplinary record

    As of 22 July 2020
| Rank | No. | Nat. | Po. | Name | Championship | Championship | Championship | FA Cup | FA Cup | FA Cup | League Cup | League Cup | League Cup | Total | Total | Total |
| 1 | 14 | | SS | Andreas Weimann | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 2 | | RB | Jack Hunt | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 45 | | CM | Kasey Palmer | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 9 | | CF | Famara Diedhiou | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | 25 | | LM | Tommy Rowe | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | 7 | | CM | Korey Smith | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | 8 | | CM | Josh Brownhill | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | 29 | | CB | Ashley Williams | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | 6 | | CB | Nathan Baker | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | 31 | | CB | Filip Benković | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | 32 | | RB | Pedro Pereira | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | 11 | | LW | Callum O'Dowda | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | 20 | | AM | Jamie Paterson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | 22 | | CB | Tomáš Kalas | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | 23 | | CB | Taylor Moore | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | 1 | | GK | Dan Bentley | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | 3 | | LB | Jay Dasilva | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | 4 | | DM | Ádám Nagy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | 10 | | CF | Matty Taylor | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | 19 | | LM | Niclas Eliasson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | 21 | | CM | Marlon Pack | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | 26 | | RB | Zak Vyner | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | 31 | | CF | Rodri | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | 42 | | CM | Han-Noah Massengo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | !0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 57 | 0 | 3 |

## Transfers
### Transfers in

| Date | Position | Name | From | Fee |
| 1 July 2019 | GK | Dan Bentley | Brentford | Undisclosed |
| 1 July 2019 | FW | Louis Britton | Mangotsfield United | Undisclosed |
| 1 July 2019 | CB | Robbie Cundy | Bath City | Undisclosed |
| 1 July 2019 | LB | Jay Dasilva | Chelsea | Undisclosed |
| 1 July 2019 | GK | Rene Gilmartin | Colchester United | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2019 | CB | Tomáš Kalas | Chelsea | Undisclosed |
| 1 July 2019 | LM | Tommy Rowe | Doncaster Rovers | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2019 | AM | Sammie Szmodics | Colchester United | Undisclosed |
| 1 August 2019 | AM | Kasey Palmer | Chelsea | Undisclosed |
| 3 August 2019 | DM | Han-Noah Massengo | AS Monaco | £8,000,000 |
| 8 August 2019 | DM | Ádám Nagy | Bologna | Undisclosed |
| 23 August 2019 | CB | Ashley Williams | Everton | Free transfer |
| 16 October 2019 | CF | Rodri | Granada | Free transfer |
| 30 January 2020 | CF | Nahki Wells | Burnley | Undisclosed |

### Loans in

| Date from | Position | Name | From | Date until |
| 7 August 2019 | RB | Pedro Pereira | Benfica | 30 June 2020 |
| 8 August 2019 | CF | Benik Afobe | Stoke City | 30 June 2020 |
| 31 January 2020 | CB | Filip Benković | Leicester City | 30 June 2020 |
| 31 January 2020 | CM | Markus Henriksen | Hull City | 30 June 2020 |

### Loans out

| Date from | Position | Name | To | Date until |
| 1 July 2019 | CM | Joe Morrell | Lincoln City | 30 June 2020 |
| 1 July 2019 | DM | James Morton | Forest Green Rovers | 30 June 2020 |
| 3 July 2019 | LB | Cameron Pring | Walsall | 30 June 2020 |
| 5 July 2019 | CB | Robbie Cundy | Exeter City | 2 September 2019 |
| 5 July 2019 | GK | Max O'Leary | Shrewsbury Town | 30 June 2020 |
| 12 July 2019 | LM | George Nurse | Newport County | 30 June 2020 |
| 26 July 2019 | CF | Rory Holden | Walsall | 30 June 2020 |
| 31 July 2019 | LB | Vincent Harper | Gloucester City | |
| 7 August 2019 | GK | Joe Wollacott | Forest Green Rovers | 30 June 2020 |
| 8 August 2019 | SS | Jamie Paterson | Derby County | 30 June 2020 |
| 8 August 2019 | RB | Zak Vyner | Aberdeen | 30 June 2020 |
| 19 August 2019 | CF | Matty Taylor | Oxford United | 30 June 2020 |
| 28 August 2019 | CF | Freddie Hinds | Colchester United | 1 January 2020 |
| 2 September 2019 | CB | Tom Harrison | Gloucester City | October 2019 |
| 2 September 2019 | LM | Jonny Smith | Oldham Athletic | 30 June 2020 |
| 2 September 2019 | CM | Liam Walsh | Coventry City | 30 June 2020 |
| 3 September 2019 | CB | Robbie Cundy | Torquay United | 1 January 2020 |
| 19 October 2019 | CB | Harvey Smith | Gloucester City | November 2019 |
| 28 October 2019 | CF | Saikou Janneh | Torquay United | 1 January 2020 |
| 3 January 2020 | CM | Tyreeq Bakinson | Plymouth Argyle | 30 June 2020 |
| 9 January 2020 | RW | Hakeeb Adelakun | Rotherham United | 30 June 2020 |
| 16 January 2020 | AM | Sammie Szmodics | Peterborough United | 30 June 2020 |
| 21 January 2020 | CB | Bailey Wright | Sunderland | 30 June 2020 |
| 31 January 2020 | CB | Taylor Moore | Blackpool | 30 June 2020 |
| 31 January 2020 | LW | Antoine Semenyo | Sunderland | 30 June 2020 |
| 14 February 2020 | CB | Aden Baldwin | Eastleigh | 30 June 2020 |

### Transfers out

| Date | Position | Name | To | Fee |
| 1 July 2019 | LM | Jake Andrews | Torquay United | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2019 | CF | Mohamed Eisa | Peterborough United | Undisclosed |
| 1 July 2019 | GK | Frank Fielding | Millwall | Released |
| 1 July 2019 | LB | Lloyd Kelly | Bournemouth | £13,000,000 |
| 1 July 2019 | GK | Stefan Marinovic | Wellington Phoenix | Released |
| 1 July 2019 | CB | Eros Pisano | Free agent | Released |
| 3 August 2019 | CB | Adam Webster | Brighton & Hove Albion | £20,000,000 |
| 6 August 2019 | CB | Aaron Parsons | Weston-super-Mare | Free transfer |
| 8 August 2019 | CM | Marlon Pack | Cardiff City | Undisclosed |
| 30 January 2020 | CM | Josh Brownhill | Burnley | £9,000,000 |

## Pre-season

The Robins confirmed pre-season friendlies against Hallen AFC Wimbledon, Forest Green Rovers, Crystal Palace and Weston-super-Mare.

## Competitions
### Championship
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 9 | Preston North End | 46 | 18 | 12 | 16 | 59 | 54 | +5 | 66 |
| 10 | Derby County | 46 | 17 | 13 | 16 | 62 | 64 | −2 | 64 |
| 11 | Blackburn Rovers | 46 | 17 | 12 | 17 | 66 | 63 | +3 | 63 |
| 12 | Bristol City | 46 | 17 | 12 | 17 | 60 | 65 | −5 | 63 |
| 13 | Queens Park Rangers | 46 | 16 | 10 | 20 | 67 | 76 | −9 | 58 |
| 14 | Reading | 46 | 15 | 11 | 20 | 59 | 58 | +1 | 56 |
| 15 | Stoke City | 46 | 16 | 8 | 22 | 62 | 68 | −6 | 56 |

#### 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 | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | L | D | W | W | W | D | W | D | D | D | W | L | W | D | D | W | D | L | W | W | L | L | L | L | W | L | W | W | W | W | L | W | L | L | L | D | D | L | L | L | L | W | W | D | L | D |
| Position | 23 | 21 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 12 |

#### Result summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 22 July 2020. Source: BBC Sport

#### Matches

On Thursday, 20 June 2019, the EFL Championship fixtures were revealed. The football season was suspended due to COVID-19 pandemic, and restarted on 20 June 2020.

### FA Cup

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

### EFL Cup

The first round draw was made on 20 June.