# 2019–20 Leeds United F.C. season

The 2019–20 season was Leeds United's tenth consecutive season in the Championship. Along with competing in the Championship, the club also participated in the FA Cup and EFL Cup. The season covered the period from 1 July 2019 to 22 July 2020. Competition was interrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic, and the decision to suspend the Championship season was made on 13 March. League matches resumed on 20 June, with fixtures to be played until late July. After spending the season at or near the top of the league table, Leeds were promoted to the Premier League on 17 July because West Bromwich Albion lost 1–2 against Huddersfield Town. The following day, Leeds were confirmed as league champions after Brentford suffered defeat at Stoke City.

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Leeds United (C, P) | 46 | 28 | 9 | 9 | 77 | 35 | +42 | 93 | Promotion to the Premier League |
| 2 | West Bromwich Albion (P) | 46 | 22 | 17 | 7 | 77 | 45 | +32 | 83 | Promotion to the Premier League |
| 3 | Brentford | 46 | 24 | 9 | 13 | 80 | 38 | +42 | 81 | Qualification for Championship play-offs |
| 4 | Fulham (O, P) | 46 | 23 | 12 | 11 | 64 | 48 | +16 | 81 | Qualification for Championship play-offs |
| 5 | Cardiff City | 46 | 19 | 16 | 11 | 68 | 58 | +10 | 73 | Qualification for Championship play-offs |
| 6 | Swansea City | 46 | 18 | 16 | 12 | 62 | 53 | +9 | 70 | Qualification for Championship play-offs |
* ↑ Only matches with spectators present are included in the average.
* ↑ Four teams play for one spot and promotion to the Premier League.

#### Results 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

#### 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 | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | D | W | W | W | L | W | D | L | W | L | W | D | D | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | D | L | D | W | D | L | L | W | L | L | D | W | W | W | W | W | L | W | D | W | W | W | W | W | W |
| Position | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |

#### Matches

On 20 June, the Championship fixtures were released.

### EFL Cup
## Statistics

| No. | Pos. | Name | League | League | FA Cup | FA Cup | EFL Cup | EFL Cup | Total | Total | Discipline | Discipline |
| No. | Pos. | Name | 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 | 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 | Stuart McKinstry | Motherwell | £400,000 |
| 1 July 2019 | MF | Liam McCarron | Carlisle United | Undisclosed |
| 4 July 2019 | FW | Rafa Mújica | Barcelona | Free |
| 4 July 2019 | MF | Guillermo Amor | Barcelona | Free |
| 4 July 2019 | MF | Alfie Hughes | Manchester United | Undisclosed |
| 29 August 2019 | MF | Josh Galloway | Carlisle United | Undisclosed |
| 21 January 2020 | GK | Elia Caprile | Chievo Verona | Undisclosed |
| 24 January 2020 | FW | Ian Poveda | Manchester City | Undisclosed |
| 7 July 2020 | FW | Hélder Costa | Wolverhampton Wanderers | Undisclosed |

### Out

| Date | Pos. | Name | To | Fee |
| 1 July 2019 | DF | Lucas Odunston | Unattached | Released |
| 1 July 2019 | MF | Alex Wollerton | Unattached | Released |
| 1 July 2019 | GK | Joshua Rae | Unattached | Released |
| 2 July 2019 | FW | Jack Clarke | Tottenham Hotspur | £11,000,000 |
| 3 July 2019 | FW | Caleb Ekuban | Trabzonspor | £2,000,000 |
| 3 July 2019 | DF | Aapo Halme | Barnsley | Undisclosed |
| 5 July 2019 | FW | Malik Wilks | Barnsley | £1,000,000 |
| 8 July 2019 | DF | Pontus Jansson | Brentford | £5,500,000 |
| 8 July 2019 | DF | Liam Kitching | Forest Green Rovers | Undisclosed |
| 11 July 2019 | DF | Tyler Denton | Stevenage | Undisclosed |
| 12 July 2019 | DF | Sam Dalby | Watford | Undisclosed |
| 16 July 2019 | MF | Hadi Sacko | Denizlispor | £1,000,000 |
| 18 July 2019 | DF | Paudie O'Connor | Bradford City | Free |
| 18 July 2019 | DF | Oriol Rey | Real Valladolid | Free |
| 18 July 2019 | MF | Samuel Sáiz | Girona | £2,500,000 |
| 19 July 2019 | MF | Alex Machuca | UD Ibiza | Free |
| 25 July 2019 | DF | Hugo Díaz | Getafe CF | Free |
| 1 August 2019 | FW | Oliver Sarkic | Burton Albion | Free |
| 2 August 2019 | GK | Bailey Peacock-Farrell | Burnley | £3,500,000 |
| 5 August 2019 | MF | Yosuke Ideguchi | Gamba Osaka | Undisclosed |
| 6 August 2019 | FW | Kemar Roofe | Anderlecht | £7,000,000 |
| 8 August 2019 | MF | Clarke Oduor | Barnsley | Undisclosed |
| 8 August 2019 | DF | Tom Pearce | Wigan Athletic | £250,000 |
| 2 September 2019 | MF | Vurnon Anita | CSKA Sofia | Free |
| 2 September 2019 | MF | Callum Nicell | Farsley Celtic | Free |
| 10 January 2020 | DF | Lewie Coyle | Fleetwood Town | Undisclosed |
| 12 January 2020 | FW | Paweł Cibicki | Pogoń Szczecin | Undisclosed |
| 13 January 2020 | MF | Connor Leak-Blunt | Sheffield United | Free |

### Loan in

| Date from | Date to | Pos. | Name | From |
| 1 July 2019 | End of season | MF | Jack Harrison | Manchester City |
| 1 July 2019 | End of season | DF | Ben White | Brighton & Hove Albion |
| 2 July 2019 | 1 January 2020 | FW | Jack Clarke | Tottenham Hotspur |
| 3 July 2019 | End of season | FW | Hélder Costa | Wolverhampton Wanderers |
| 8 August 2019 | End of season | GK | Illan Meslier | Lorient |
| 8 August 2019 | 1 January 2020 | FW | Eddie Nketiah | Arsenal |
| 27 January 2020 | End of season | FW | Jean-Kévin Augustin | RB Leipzig |

### Loan out

| Date from | Date to | Pos. | Name | To |
| 1 July 2019 | End of season | FW | Jay-Roy Grot | Vitesse |
| 5 July 2019 | 31 December 2019 | DF | Lewie Coyle | Fleetwood Town |
| 14 July 2019 | End of season | FW | Adrián Balboa | Lorca FC |
| 21 August 2019 | 12 January 2020 | FW | Paweł Cibicki | ADO Den Haag |
| 23 August 2019 | End of season | FW | Rafa Mújica | Extremadura |
| 2 September 2019 | 13 January 2020 | DF | Laurens De Bock | Sunderland |
| 2 September 2019 | 13 January 2020 | DF | Conor Shaughnessy | Mansfield Town |
| 13 January 2020 | End of season | DF | Laurens De Bock | ADO Den Haag |
| 13 January 2020 | End of season | DF | Conor Shaughnessy | Burton Albion |
| 24 January 2020 | End of season | FW | Rafa Mújica | Villarreal |
| 30 January 2020 | End of season | MF | Eunan O'Kane | Luton Town |
| 31 January 2020 | End of season | FW | Kun Temenuzhkov | La Nucía |