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

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 | Name | From | Fee | Team |
| 1 July 2019 | MF | Tim Akinola | Lincoln City | Compensation | Academy |
| 1 July 2019 | CM | Reece Brown | Forest Green Rovers | Undisclosed | First team |
| 1 July 2019 | CB | Tommy Elphick | Aston Villa | Free transfer | First team |
| 1 July 2019 | CF | Josh Koroma | Leyton Orient | Undisclosed | First team |
| 1 July 2019 | LW | Will McCamley | South Shields | Undisclosed | Academy |
| 5 July 2019 | MF | Luke Daley | Port Vale | Undisclosed | Academy |
| 5 July 2019 | FW | Kai Herbert | Morecambe | Undisclosed | Academy |
| 7 July 2019 | RB | Ilounga Pata | Alphense Boys | Undisclosed | Academy |
| 8 July 2019 | RB | Herbert Bockhorn | Borussia Dortmund II | Undisclosed | First team |
| 9 July 2019 | RW | Isaac Mbenza | Montpellier | Undisclosed | First team |
| 12 August 2019 | CF | Fraizer Campbell | Hull City | Free transfer | First team |
| 27 September 2019 | RB | Danny Simpson | Leicester City | Free transfer | First team |
| 10 January 2020 | CB | Richard Stearman | Sheffield United | Free transfer | First team |
| 17 January 2020 | LB | Harry Toffolo | Lincoln City | Undisclosed | First team |

### Loans in

| Date | Position | Name | From | Date until | Team |
| 15 July 2019 | GK | Kamil Grabara | Liverpool | 30 June 2020 | First team |
| 8 August 2019 | CB | Trevoh Chalobah | Chelsea | 30 June 2020 | First team |
| 10 January 2020 | LM | Emile Smith Rowe | Arsenal | 30 June 2020 | First team |
| 16 January 2020 | CM | Andy King | Leicester City | 30 June 2020 | First team |
| 31 January 2020 | GK | Jonas Lössl | Everton | 30 June 2020 | First team |
| 31 January 2020 | CF | Kieran Phillips | Everton | 30 June 2020 | Under-23s |
| 31 January 2020 | LW | Chris Willock | Benfica | 30 June 2020 | First team |

### Transfers out

| Date | Position | Name | To | Fee | Team |
| 24 May 2019 | LB | Chris Löwe | Dynamo Dresden | Undisclosed | First team |
| 1 July 2019 | CB | Jake Barrett | Free agent | Released | Under-23s |
| 1 July 2019 | MF | Regan Booty | Notts County | Released | Under-23s |
| 1 July 2019 | FW | George Danaher | Free agent | Released | Academy |
| 1 July 2019 | CF | Laurent Depoitre | Gent | Released | First team |
| 1 July 2019 | LB | Erik Durm | Eintracht Frankfurt | Released | First team |
| 1 July 2019 | DF | Jordan Eli | Free agent | Released | Academy |
| 1 July 2019 | DF | Sam Gibson | Emley | Released | Academy |
| 1 July 2019 | GK | Jonas Lössl | Everton | Released | First team |
| 1 July 2019 | RW | Ben Mills | Emley | Released | Academy |
| 1 July 2019 | DF | Mason O'Malley | Scunthorpe United | Released | Academy |
| 1 July 2019 | AM | Jack Payne | Lincoln City | Released | First team |
| 1 July 2019 | MF | Dahomey Raymond | Free agent | Released | Academy |
| 1 July 2019 | GK | Gabriel Rosario | Free agent | Released | Under-23s |
| 1 July 2019 | LB | Harry Spratt | York City | Released | Under-23s |
| 1 July 2019 | DM | Danny Williams | Pafos | Released | First team |
| 15 July 2019 | RB | Tommy Smith | Stoke City | Undisclosed | First team |
| 29 July 2019 | CM | Philip Billing | Bournemouth | Undisclosed | First team |
| 10 August 2019 | CB | Mathias Jørgensen | Fenerbahçe | Undisclosed | First team |
| 27 August 2019 | AM | Abdelhamid Sabiri | Paderborn | Mutual consent | First team |
| 31 August 2019 | RW | Rajiv van La Parra | Red Star Belgrade | Undisclosed | First team |
| 24 January 2020 | CM | Aaron Mooy | Brighton & Hove Albion | Undisclosed | First team |

### Loans out

| Date | Position | Name | To | Date until | Team |
| 3 July 2019 | CF | Rekeil Pyke | Rochdale | 5 January 2020 | Under-23s |
| 5 July 2019 | LW | Ramadan Sobhi | Al Ahly | 30 June 2020 | First team |
| 25 July 2019 | LM | Ben Jackson | Stockport County | 5 December 2019 | Academy |
| 27 July 2019 | CF | Olly Dyson | Barrow | 30 June 2020 | Under-23s |
| 29 July 2019 | LB | Romoney Crichlow-Noble | Hartlepool United | 17 January 2020 | Academy |
| 2 August 2019 | CM | Jaheim Headley | Bradford (Park Avenue) | 30 June 2020 | Academy |
| 2 August 2019 | DM | Isaac Marriott | Bradford (Park Avenue) | 30 June 2020 | Academy |
| 8 August 2019 | CM | Aaron Mooy | Brighton & Hove Albion | 30 June 2020 | First team |
| 8 August 2019 | GK | Ben Hamer | Derby County | 30 June 2020 | First team |
| 16 August 2019 | RW | Andrew Ijiwole | Ossett United | 30 June 2020 | Academy |
| 16 August 2019 | AM | Dom Tear | Gateshead | 30 June 2020 | Academy |
| 16 August 2019 | DF | Oran Thompson | Hyde United | 30 June 2020 | Academy |
| 16 October 2019 | MF | Tim Akinola | Brighouse Town | | Academy |
| 21 October 2019 | RB | Demeaco Duhaney | Boston United | 5 December 2019 | Under-23s |
| 25 October 2019 | CB | Rarmani Edmonds-Green | Bromley | 5 December 2019 | Academy |
| 8 November 2019 | FW | Kit Elliott | Concord Rangers | 6 January 2020 | Academy |
| 8 November 2019 | CM | Scott High | Concord Rangers | 5 December 2019 | Academy |
| 6 December 2019 | MF | Aaron Rowe | Boston United | 6 January 2020 | Academy |
| 3 January 2020 | CM | Reece Brown | Peterborough United | 30 June 2020 | First team |
| 4 January 2020 | LM | Ben Jackson | Stockport County | 30 June 2020 | Academy |
| 7 January 2020 | GK | Ryan Schofield | Livingston | 30 June 2020 | Academy |
| 10 January 2020 | CB | Mustapha Olagunju | Tadcaster Albion | February 2020 | Academy |
| 13 January 2020 | CB | Rarmani Edmonds-Green | Swindon Town | 30 June 2020 | First team |
| 16 January 2020 | CB | Terence Kongolo | Fulham | 30 June 2020 | First team |
| 17 January 2020 | CB | Romoney Crichlow-Noble | Welling United | 30 June 2020 | Academy |
| 17 January 2020 | CF | Kian Harratt | Harrogate Town | 13 February 2020 | Academy |
| 17 January 2020 | DF | Jaheim Headley | Hyde United | Work experience | Academy |
| 17 January 2020 | CB | Nassim Kherbouche | Emley | Work experience | Academy |
| 21 January 2020 | RM | Adama Diakhaby | Nottingham Forest | 30 June 2020 | First team |
| 31 January 2020 | RB | Florent Hadergjonaj | Kasımpaşa | 30 June 2020 | First team |
| 31 January 2020 | CF | Josh Koroma | Rotherham United | 30 June 2020 | First team |
| 31 January 2020 | MF | Aaron Rowe | Bromley | March 2020 | Academy |
| 3 February 2020 | RW | Isaac Mbenza | Amiens | 30 June 2020 | First team |
| 29 February 2020 | CM | Scott High | Concord Rangers | 30 June 2020 | Academy |
| 7 March 2020 | AM | Josh Austerfield | Brighouse Town | 30 March 2020 | Academy |

## Pre-season

In June 2019. HTAFC announced their pre-season schedule.

## Competitions
### Overview

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| EFL Championship | 5 August 2019 | 22 July 2020 | Matchday 1 | 18th | 46 | 13 | 12 | 21 | 52 | 70 | −18 | 028.26 |
| FA Cup | 4 January 2020 | 4 January 2020 | Third round | Third round | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | −2 | 000.00 |
| EFL Cup | 13 August 2019 | 13 August 2019 | First round | First round | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 000.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 48 | 13 | 12 | 23 | 52 | 73 | −21 | 027.08 |
Last updated: 22 July 2020 Source: Competitions

### Championship
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 15 | Stoke City | 46 | 16 | 8 | 22 | 62 | 68 | −6 | 56 |
| 16 | Sheffield Wednesday | 46 | 15 | 11 | 20 | 58 | 66 | −8 | 56 |
| 17 | Middlesbrough | 46 | 13 | 14 | 19 | 48 | 61 | −13 | 53 |
| 18 | Huddersfield Town | 46 | 13 | 12 | 21 | 52 | 70 | −18 | 51 |
| 19 | Luton Town | 46 | 14 | 9 | 23 | 54 | 82 | −28 | 51 |
| 20 | Birmingham City | 46 | 12 | 14 | 20 | 54 | 75 | −21 | 50 |
| 21 | Barnsley | 46 | 12 | 13 | 21 | 49 | 69 | −20 | 49 |

#### 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:

#### 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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | L | D | L | L | L | L | L | L | D | W | W | D | D | W | W | L | D | D | L | L | W | D | W | L | W | L | L | D | W | L | W | L | D | L | W | W | L | L | L | W | D | D | L | D | W | L |
| Position | 16 | 19 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 24 | 23 | 22 | 21 | 22 | 22 | 20 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 21 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 20 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 21 | 19 | 17 | 18 | 20 | 22 | 19 | 20 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 17 | 18 |

#### Matches

On 20 June 2019, the EFL Championship fixtures were revealed.

### 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.

## Squad 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 | 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 |
| August | Karlan Grant |
| September | Lewis O'Brien |
| October | Lewis O'Brien |
| November | Karlan Grant |
| December | Jon Gorenc Stanković |
| January | Steve Mounié |
| February | Harry Toffolo |