# 2019–20 Newcastle United F.C. season

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

| Position | Staff |
| Head Coach | Steve Bruce |
| Coach | Steve Agnew |
| Coach | Stephen Clemence |
| Coach | Steve Harper |
| Head of Goalkeeping | Simon Smith |
| Head of Medicine | Paul Catterson |
| Fitness Coach | Cristian Martínez |
| Head Physiotherapist | Derek Wright |
| Physiotherapist | Sean Beech |
| Physiotherapist | Michael Harding |
| Physiotherapist | Daniel Marti |
| Massage Therapist | Wayne Farrage |
| Head of Recruitment | Steve Nickson |
| Head of Performance Analysis | Tom Coffield |
| Head of Sports Science | Jamie Harley |
Source:

## Squads
### First-team squad

| Squad No. | Name | Position(s) | Date of Birth (Age) | Signed | Signed from |
| Goalkeepers |||||||
| 1 | Martin Dúbravka | GK | (1989-01-15) 15 January 1989 (age 35) | 2018 | Sparta Prague |
| 21 | Rob Elliot | GK | (1986-04-30) 30 April 1986 (age 38) | 2011 | Charlton Athletic |
| 26 | Karl Darlow | GK | (1990-10-08) 8 October 1990 (age 34) | 2014 | Nottingham Forest |
| Defenders |||||||
| 2 | Ciaran Clark | CB | (1989-09-26) 26 September 1989 (age 35) | 2016 | Aston Villa |
| 3 | Paul Dummett | LB / CB | (1991-09-26) 26 September 1991 (age 33) | 2010 | Newcastle United Academy |
| 5 | Fabian Schär | CB | (1991-12-20) 20 December 1991 (age 32) | 2018 | Deportivo La Coruña |
| 6 | Jamaal Lascelles | CB | (1993-11-11) 11 November 1993 (age 30) | 2014 | Nottingham Forest |
| 15 | Jetro Willems | LWB / LB | (1994-03-30) 30 March 1994 (age 30) | 2019 | Eintracht Frankfurt (On Loan) |
| 17 | Emil Krafth | RB / RWB | (1994-08-02) 2 August 1994 (age 30) | 2019 | Amiens |
| 18 | Federico Fernández | CB | (1989-02-21) 21 February 1989 (age 35) | 2018 | Swansea City |
| 19 | Javier Manquillo | RB / RWB / LB | (1994-05-05) 5 May 1994 (age 30) | 2017 | Atlético Madrid |
| 20 | Florian Lejeune | CB | (1991-05-20) 20 May 1991 (age 33) | 2017 | Eibar |
| 22 | DeAndre Yedlin | RWB / RB | (1993-07-09) 9 July 1993 (age 31) | 2016 | Tottenham Hotspur |
| 28 | Danny Rose | LB / LWB | (1990-07-02) 2 July 1990 (age 34) | 2020 | Tottenham Hotspur (On Loan) |
| Midfielders |||||||
| 8 | Jonjo Shelvey | CM | (1992-02-27) 27 February 1992 (age 32) | 2016 | Swansea City |
| 10 | Allan Saint-Maximin | LW / RW | (1997-03-12) 12 March 1997 (age 27) | 2019 | Nice |
| 11 | Matt Ritchie | RW / LW / LWB | (1989-09-10) 10 September 1989 (age 35) | 2016 | AFC Bournemouth |
| 14 | Isaac Hayden | CM / DM | (1995-03-22) 22 March 1995 (age 29) | 2016 | Arsenal |
| 16 | Rolando Aarons | LW | (1995-11-16) 16 November 1995 (age 28) | 2014 | Newcastle United Academy |
| 23 | Valentino Lazaro | RM | (1996-03-24) 24 March 1996 (age 28) | 2020 | Inter Milan (On Loan) |
| 24 | Miguel Almirón | AM / RW / LW | (1994-02-10) 10 February 1994 (age 30) | 2019 | Atlanta United |
| 30 | Christian Atsu | LW / RW | (1992-01-10) 10 January 1992 (age 32) | 2017 | Chelsea |
| 36 | Sean Longstaff | CM / AM | (1997-09-30) 30 September 1997 (age 27) | 2016 | Newcastle United Academy |
| 42 | Nabil Bentaleb | CM | (1994-11-24) 24 November 1994 (age 29) | 2020 | FC Schalke 04 (On Loan) |
| 43 | Matty Longstaff | CM | (2000-03-21) 21 March 2000 (age 24) | 2019 | Newcastle United Academy |
| Forwards |||||||
| 7 | Andy Carroll | ST | (1989-01-06) 6 January 1989 (age 35) | 2019 | West Ham United |
| 9 | Joelinton | ST | (1996-08-16) 16 August 1996 (age 28) | 2019 | 1899 Hoffenheim |
| 12 | Dwight Gayle | ST | (1989-10-17) 17 October 1989 (age 35) | 2016 | Crystal Palace |
| 13 | Yoshinori Muto | SS / ST | (1992-07-15) 15 July 1992 (age 32) | 2018 | Mainz 05 |
* ↑ Elliot was born in Greenwich, England.
* ↑ Clark was born in Harrow, England.
* ↑ Dummett was born in Newcastle upon Tyne, England.
* ↑ Ritchie was born in Gosport, England.
* ↑ Aarons was born in Kingston, Jamaica.
* ↑ Bentaleb was born in Lille, France.

## Transfers and loans
### Transfers in

| Date from | Position | Number | Name | From | Fee | Team |
| 16 July 2019 | — | — | Tom Midgley | Manchester City | Free transfer | Academy |
| 23 July 2019 | ST | 9 | Joelinton | 1899 Hoffenheim | £40,000,000 | First team |
| 29 July 2019 | CM | 41 | Kyle Scott | Chelsea | Free transfer | Under-23s |
| 29 July 2019 | GK | — | Jake Turner | Bolton Wanderers | Free transfer | Under-23s |
| 2 August 2019 | RW | 10 | Allan Saint-Maximin | OGC Nice | £20,000,000 | First team |
| 8 August 2019 | ST | 7 | Andy Carroll | West Ham United | Free transfer | First team |
| 8 August 2019 | RB | 17 | Emil Krafth | Amiens | £5,000,000 | First team |
| 19 August 2019 | DF | — | Ludwig Francillette | US Quetigny | Free transfer | Under-23s |
| 17 January 2020 | CM | — | Reagan Thomson | Queen's Park | Undisclosed | Under-23s |
| 26 January 2020 | CM | — | Stan Flaherty | Arsenal | Undisclosed | Under-23s |
| 21 February 2020 | ST | — | Kyle Crossley | Morecambe | Undisclosed | Under-23s |
* Total spending: £65,000,000

### Transfers out

| Date from | Position | Number | Name | To | Fee | Team |
| 1 July 2019 | RB | – | Max Allen | Free agent | Released | Academy |
| 1 July 2019 | ST | – | Tyrique Bartlett | Free agent | Released | Under-23s |
| 1 July 2019 | ST | – | Thomas Cole | Free agent | Released | Academy |
| 1 July 2019 | CM | 10 | Mohamed Diamé | Al Ahli | Released | First team |
| 1 July 2019 | GK | – | Otto Huuhtanen | Free agent | Released | Under-23s |
| 1 July 2019 | DM | – | Sam Joyce | Free agent | Released | Academy |
| 1 July 2019 | ST | – | Juanito | Free agent | Released | Under-23s |
| 1 July 2019 | RW | – | Deese Kasinga | Free agent | Released | Academy |
| 1 July 2019 | RW | 37 | Callum Roberts | Blyth Spartans | Released | Under-23s |
| 1 July 2019 | CB | – | Josef Yarney | Chesterfield | Released | Under-23s |
| 4 July 2019 | SS | 17 | Ayoze Pérez | Leicester City | £30,000,000 | First team |
| 15 July 2019 | ST | 21 | Joselu | Alavés | £1,700,000 | First team |
| 7 September 2019 | MF | – | Oliver Long | Worthing | Free transfer | Under-23s |
| 31 January 2020 | DM | 4 | Ki Sung-yueng | RCD Mallorca | Mutual consent | First team |
* Total incoming: ~ £31,700,000

### Loans in

| Date from | Position | Number | Name | From | Expiry | Team |
| 2 August 2019 | LB | 15 | Jetro Willems | Eintracht Frankfurt | 30 June 2020 | First team |
| 21 January 2020 | CM | 42 | Nabil Bentaleb | Schalke 04 | 30 June 2020 | First team |
| 24 January 2020 | RM | 23 | Valentino Lazaro | Inter Milan | 30 June 2020 | First team |
| 30 January 2020 | LB | 28 | Danny Rose | Tottenham Hotspur | 30 June 2020 | First team |

### Loans out

| Date from | Position | Number | Name | To | Loan Expiry | Team |
| 3 July 2019 | CM | – | Daniel Barlaser | Rotherham United | 30 June 2020 | Under-23s |
| 16 July 2019 | LB | – | Liam Gibson | Grimsby Town | January 2020 | Under-23s |
| 1 August 2019 | GK | 41 | Freddie Woodman | Swansea City | 30 June 2020 | First team |
| 2 August 2019 | GK | 29 | Nathan Harker | Blyth Spartans | January 2020 | Under-23s |
| 8 August 2019 | RW | 7 | Jacob Murphy | Sheffield Wednesday | 30 June 2020 | First team |
| 16 August 2019 | CF | — | Elias Sørensen | Carlisle United | 20 December 2019 | Under-23s |
| 16 August 2019 | CB | 53 | Kelland Watts | Stevenage | 10 January 2020 | Under-23s |
| 2 September 2019 | LW | 16 | Rolando Aarons | Wycombe Wanderers | 13 January 2020 | First team |
| 2 September 2019 | LB | 33 | Achraf Lazaar | Cosenza | 30 June 2020 | First team |
| 28 January 2020 | CB | 49 | Kelland Watts | Mansfield Town | 30 June 2020 | Under-23s |
| 31 January 2020 | LW | 16 | Rolando Aarons | Motherwell | 30 June 2020 | First team |

## 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. On 19 July 2019, Newcastle United announced another pre-season friendly against Preston North End which would take place on 27 July 2019.

## 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 | 28 August 2019 |
| FA Cup | Third round | – | Quarter-finals | 4 January 2020 | 28 June 2020 |

### Overview

| Competition | Record |
| P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Premier League | 38 | 11 | 11 | 16 | 38 | 58 | −20 | 028.95 |
| EFL Cup | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +0 | 000.00 |
| FA Cup | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 8 | +3 | 050.00 |
| Total | 45 | 14 | 14 | 17 | 50 | 66 | −16 | 031.11 |
Source: Competitions

### Premier League
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 11 | Southampton | 38 | 15 | 7 | 16 | 51 | 60 | −9 | 52 |
| 12 | Everton | 38 | 13 | 10 | 15 | 44 | 56 | −12 | 49 |
| 13 | Newcastle United | 38 | 11 | 11 | 16 | 38 | 58 | −20 | 44 |
| 14 | Crystal Palace | 38 | 11 | 10 | 17 | 31 | 50 | −19 | 43 |
| 15 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 38 | 9 | 14 | 15 | 39 | 54 | −15 | 41 |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 26 July 2020. Source: Premier League

#### Results by matchday

| Round | 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 |
| Ground | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H |
| Result | L | L | W | D | L | D | L | W | L | D | W | W | L | D | W | W | L | W | L | L | L | D | W | D | D | L | L | D | W | W | D | W | D | L | L | L | D | L |
| Position | 14 | 18 | 19 | 14 | 18 | 17 | 19 | 16 | 18 | 17 | 15 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 |

#### Matches

On 13 June 2019, the Premier League fixtures were announced.

### FA Cup

The third round draw was made on 2 December 2019. The fourth round draw was made by Alex Scott and David O'Leary on Monday, 6 January.

### EFL Cup

The second round draw was made on 13 August 2019 following the conclusion of all but one first-round matches.

## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

    Last updated on 26 July 2020.
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Premier League | Premier League | EFL Cup | EFL Cup | FA Cup | FA Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | SVK | Martin Dúbravka | 39 | 0 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | GK | IRL | Rob Elliot | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | GK | ENG | Karl Darlow | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||
| 2 | DF | IRL | Ciaran Clark | 17 | 2 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | WAL | Paul Dummett | 17 | 0 | 14+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | SUI | Fabian Schär | 27 | 2 | 18+4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | ENG | Jamaal Lascelles | 29 | 1 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | SWE | Emil Krafth | 20 | 0 | 11+6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | ARG | Federico Fernández | 35 | 2 | 29+3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | ESP | Javier Manquillo | 24 | 0 | 18+3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | FRA | Florian Lejeune | 8 | 2 | 4+2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | USA | DeAndre Yedlin | 20 | 1 | 10+6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | ENG | Jamie Sterry | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | ENG | Danny Rose | 13 | 0 | 10+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 49 | DF | ENG | Kelland Watts | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||
| 8 | MF | ENG | Jonjo Shelvey | 28 | 6 | 25+1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | FRA | Allan Saint-Maximin | 30 | 4 | 23+3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3+1 | 1 |
| 11 | MF | SCO | Matt Ritchie | 23 | 2 | 14+4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | ENG | Isaac Hayden | 35 | 1 | 26+3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3+2 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | AUT | Valentino Lazaro | 15 | 2 | 4+9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 1 |
| 24 | MF | PAR | Miguel Almirón | 42 | 8 | 35+1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 |
| 27 | MF | SEN | Henri Saivet | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | MF | GHA | Christian Atsu | 24 | 0 | 6+13 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 |
| 36 | MF | ENG | Sean Longstaff | 29 | 2 | 14+9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| 42 | MF | ALG | Nabil Bentaleb | 15 | 0 | 8+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 43 | MF | ENG | Matty Longstaff | 15 | 3 | 6+3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3+2 | 1 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||
| 7 | FW | ENG | Andy Carroll | 21 | 0 | 4+15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | BRA | Joelinton | 44 | 4 | 32+6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5+1 | 2 |
| 12 | FW | ENG | Dwight Gayle | 22 | 4 | 10+10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 13 | FW | JPN | Yoshinori Mutō | 10 | 1 | 2+6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 50 | FW | ENG | Thomas Allan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| Player(s) who left permanently but featured this season ||||||||||||
| 4 | MF | KOR | Ki Sung-yueng | 4 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | NED | Jetro Willems | 20 | 2 | 18+1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### 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 |
| 3 | MF | 10 | | Allan Saint-Maximin | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | FW | 9 | | Joelinton | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 3 | FW | 12 | | Dwight Gayle | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 7 | DF | 2 | | Ciaran Clark | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | MF | 11 | | Matt Ritchie | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | DF | 15 | | Jetro Willems | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | DF | 18 | | Federico Fernández | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | DF | 5 | | Fabian Schar | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | DF | 20 | | Florian Lejeune | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | MF | 36 | | Sean Longstaff | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | MF | 23 | | Valentino Lazaro | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 15 | FW | 13 | | Yoshinori Muto | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | DF | 6 | | Jamaal Lascelles | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | MF | 14 | | Isaac Hayden | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | DF | 22 | | DeAndre Yedlin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Own Goals | Own Goals | Own Goals | Own Goals | Own Goals | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 38 | 1 | 11 | 50 |