# 2019–20 Queen of the South F.C. season

The 2019–20 season was Queen of the South's seventh consecutive season back in the second tier of Scottish football and their seventh season in the Scottish Championship, having been promoted as champions from the Scottish Second Division at the end of the 2012–13 season. Queens also competed in the Scottish Cup, the League Cup, and the Challenge Cup.

## Summary

Queens finished ninth in the Scottish Championship, although there were no play-offs due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Queens retained their place in the Championship after the leagues were ended by utilising a points-per-game ratio to determine the final league standings.
Queens reached the third round of the Challenge Cup, losing 3–2 away to Clyde.
The Doonhamers were knocked out after the first round of the League Cup after the completion of fixtures in Group E that included Annan Athletic, Dumbarton, Greenock Morton and Motherwell.
Queens reached the third round of the Scottish Cup, losing 2–1 to Queen's Park at Palmerston.
On 13 March 2020, all SPFL leagues were indefinitely suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
On 8 April 2020, the SPFL proposed to end the 2019–20 season by utilising a points-per-game ratio to determine the final league standings.
On 15 April 2020, the plan was approved, with this declaration that the season was concluded, as Dundee United were declared title winners, with Partick Thistle relegated to League One.

## Results & fixtures

Win  Draw  Loss  Abandoned or Postponed

### Scottish Cup
## Player statistics
### Captains

| No. | P | Name | No. games | Notes |
| 11 | FW | Stephen Dobbie | 30 | Club Captain |
| 5 | DF | Darren Brownlie | 3 | Vice Captain |
| 3 | DF | Kevin Holt | 1 | Vice Captain |
Last updated: 10 March 2020 Source: Competitive match reports. Competitive matches only Matches started as captain only Country: FIFA nationality; No.: Squad number; P: Position; Name: Player name; No. Games: Number of games started as captain.

### Squad

    As of 10 March 2020
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Scottish Championship | Scottish Championship | Challenge Cup | Challenge Cup | League Cup | League Cup | Scottish Cup | Scottish Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| *1 | GK | SCO | Robby McCrorie | 24 | 0 | 19+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 1 | GK | SCO | Ross Stewart | 9 | 0 | 9+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | SCO | Scott Mercer | 28 | 1 | 23+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | SCO | Kevin Holt | 33 | 2 | 27+0 | 2 | 1+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | SCO | Lee Kilday | 30 | 1 | 25+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 |
| *5 | DF | SCO | Darren Brownlie | 23 | 1 | 18+0 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | ENG | Michael Ledger | 5 | 0 | 5+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | ENG | Dan Pybus | 32 | 1 | 26+0 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | SCO | Connor Murray | 25 | 6 | 15+4 | 2 | 1+0 | 1 | 4+0 | 2 | 1+0 | 1 |
| 8 | DF | SCO | Lewis Kidd | 25 | 0 | 15+5 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | SCO | Jack Hamilton | 27 | 4 | 11+11 | 4 | 0+1 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | SCO | Gary Oliver | 24 | 5 | 13+7 | 4 | 0+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | SCO | Stephen Dobbie | 30 | 11 | 25+0 | 8 | 1+0 | 1 | 3+0 | 2 | 1+0 | 0 |
| *14 | MF | SCO | Andrew McCarthy | 9 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | SCO | David Devine | 5 | 0 | 5+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | SCO | Darren Lyon | 23 | 0 | 16+5 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | GHA | Abdul Osman | 11 | 0 | 9+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | ENG | Callum Semple | 12 | 3 | 9+2 | 2 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 |
| *19 | FW | FRA | Faissal El Bakhtaoui | 16 | 1 | 15+0 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | LTU | Deimantas Petravicius | 7 | 1 | 3+4 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 20 | GK | SCO | Jack Leighfield | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 21 | FW | SCO | Ross Irving | 5 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | SCO | Ewan Gourlay | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| *23 | MF | SCO | Daniel Irving | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | SCO | Iain Wilson | 8 | 0 | 8+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | ENG | Callum Williams | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | SCO | Michael Paton | 27 | 2 | 12+10 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | FRA | Benjamin Luissint | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 29 | FW | ENG | Michael Williamson | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 30 | GK | SCO | Craig Burns | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |

### Disciplinary record

    As of 10 March 2020 (UTC)
| Number | Nation | Position | Name | Scottish Championship | Scottish Championship | Challenge Cup | Challenge Cup | League Cup | League Cup | Scottish Cup | Scottish Cup | Total | Total |
| 1 | | GK | Ross Stewart | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | | DF | Scott Mercer | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 3 | | DF | Kevin Holt | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| *5 | | DF | Darren Brownlie | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 5 | | DF | Michael Ledger | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 6 | | MF | Dan Pybus | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| 7 | | FW | Connor Murray | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 8 | | DF | Lewis Kidd | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 11 | | FW | Stephen Dobbie | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| *14 | | MF | Andrew McCarthy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | | DF | David Devine | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | | MF | Abdul Osman | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | | DF | Callum Semple | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | | FW | Faissal El Bakhtaoui | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 23 | | MF | Iain Wilson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 25 | | MF | Michael Paton | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 41 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 48 | 0 |

### Top scorers

    Last updated 10 March 2020
| Position | Name | Scottish Championship | Challenge Cup | League Cup | Scottish Cup | Total |
| 1 | Stephen Dobbie | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 11 |
| 2 | Connor Murray | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 3 | Gary Oliver | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 4 | Jack Hamilton | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | Callum Semple | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | Kevin Holt | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| = | Michael Paton | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | Darren Brownlie | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| = | Faissal El Bakhtaoui | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| = | Lee Kilday | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| = | Scott Mercer | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| = | Deimantas Petravicius | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| = | Dan Pybus | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |

### Clean sheets

| R | Pos | Name | Scottish Championship | Challenge Cup | League Cup | Scottish Cup | Total |
| *1 | GK | Robby McCrorie | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 1 | GK | Ross Stewart | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 20 | GK | Jack Leighfield | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | | Totals | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
Last updated: 10 March 2020 Source: Match reports in Competitive matches

## Team statistics
### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | PPG | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 6 | Dunfermline Athletic | 28 | 10 | 7 | 11 | 41 | 36 | +5 | 37 | 1.32 | |
| 7 | Greenock Morton | 28 | 10 | 6 | 12 | 45 | 52 | −7 | 36 | 1.29 | |
| 8 | Alloa Athletic | 28 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 33 | 43 | −10 | 31 | 1.11 | |
| 9 | Queen of the South | 28 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 28 | 40 | −12 | 28 | 1.00 | |
| 10 | Partick Thistle (R) | 27 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 32 | 47 | −15 | 26 | 0.96 | Relegation to League One |
* ↑ All play-off matches were cancelled, as clubs voted to curtail the season due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Scotland.

### League Cup table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | PW | PL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | MOT | GMO | QOS | DUM | ANN |
| 1 | Motherwell | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | +13 | 12 | Qualification for the Second Round | — | 4–0 | — | — | 4–0 |
| 2 | Greenock Morton | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 8 | +6 | 8 | Qualification for the Second Round | — | — | p3–3 | 6–1 | — |
| 3 | Queen of the South | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 6 | | 0–3 | — | — | — | p3–3 |
| 4 | Dumbarton | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 12 | −9 | 3 | | 0–2 | — | 1–4 | — | — |
| 5 | Annan Athletic | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 13 | −10 | 1 | | — | 0–5 | — | 0–1 | — |

### Division summary

| 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 |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | A |
| Result | D | D | L | L | W | L | D | W | W | D | L | L | W | L | W | L | W | W | L | L | L | D | L | L | L | D | D | L |
| Position | 8 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 |

### Management statistics

    Last updated 10 March 2020
| Name | From | To | P | W | D | L | Win% |
| Allan Johnston | 13 July 2019 | 10 March 2020 | 34 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 023.53 |