# 2019–20 Charlton Athletic F.C. season

Founded in 1905, the 2019–20 season was Charlton Athletic's 114th season in their existence. 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 31 July 2020.
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom, the Championship season was stopped after game 37 until further notice. However, on 31 May 2020, the EFL agreed to a provisional restart date of the weekend of 20 June 2020 for the 2019/20 Championship season.

## Squad 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 | Dillon Phillips | 47 | 0 | 46+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | NED | Anfernee Dijksteel | 1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | WAL | Adam Matthews | 29 | 0 | 28+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | ENG | Ben Purrington | 31 | 2 | 24+7 | 2 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | ENG | Deji Oshilaja | 27 | 0 | 19+6 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | WAL | Tom Lockyer | 43 | 1 | 43+0 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | ENG | Jason Pearce | 39 | 1 | 35+4 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | WAL | Jonny Williams | 27 | 0 | 15+11 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | ENG | Jake Forster-Caskey | 12 | 0 | 7+4 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | MSR | Lyle Taylor | 22 | 11 | 17+5 | 11 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | ENG | Chuks Aneke | 21 | 1 | 2+18 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | ENG | Conor Gallagher (on loan from Chelsea) | 26 | 6 | 25+1 | 6 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | ENG | Lewis Page | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 13 | GK | ENG | Ben Amos | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | ENG | Jonathan Leko (on loan from West Bromwich Albion) | 21 | 5 | 19+2 | 5 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | IRL | Aiden McGeady (on loan from Sunderland) | 10 | 0 | 8+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | ENG | Darren Pratley | 36 | 2 | 30+6 | 2 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | WAL | Joe Ledley | 1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | ZIM | Macauley Bonne | 34 | 11 | 26+7 | 11 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | ENG | Andre Green (on loan from Aston Villa) | 14 | 2 | 8+5 | 2 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | ENG | Albie Morgan | 23 | 0 | 11+10 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | ENG | Chris Solly | 15 | 0 | 12+2 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | ISR | Beram Kayal (on loan from Brighton & Hove Albion) | 6 | 0 | 2+4 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | WAL | Matthew Smith (on loan from Manchester City) | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | FRA | Naby Sarr | 31 | 3 | 26+3 | 3 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | IRL | Josh Cullen (on loan from West Ham United) | 34 | 1 | 34+0 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 26 | FW | ISR | Tomer Hemed | 19 | 0 | 9+9 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | ENG | David Davis (on loan from Birmingham City) | 5 | 0 | 5+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | ENG | Sam Field (on loan from West Bromwich Albion) | 18 | 0 | 10+7 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | TUR | Erhun Oztumer | 14 | 0 | 11+3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 30 | GK | AUS | Ashley Maynard-Brewer | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 31 | GK | ENG | Nathan Harness | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 32 | MF | ENG | George Lapslie | 11 | 1 | 4+6 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 33 | MF | ENG | Ben Dempsey | 4 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 35 | FW | ENG | Wilberforce Ocran | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 36 | MF | ENG | Taylor Maloney | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 37 | DF | CIV | Kenneth Yao | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 38 | MF | GNB | Junior Quitirna | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 40 | MF | ENG | Brendan Sarpong-Wiredu | 2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 42 | MF | ENG | Abraham Odoh | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 43 | DF | ENG | Toby Stevenson | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 44 | FW | ENG | Josh Davison | 10 | 1 | 5+4 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 45 | MF | ENG | Alfie Doughty | 30 | 2 | 20+9 | 2 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 46 | MF | ENG | James Vennings | 4 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 47 | MF | ENG | Johl Powell | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 48 | MF | ENG | Aaron Henry | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |

### Top scorers

    As of 22 July 2020
| Place | Position | Nation | Number | Name | Championship | FA Cup | League Cup | Total |
| 1 | FW | | 9 | Lyle Taylor | 11 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| = | FW | | 17 | Macauley Bonne | 11 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| 3 | MF | | 11 | Conor Gallagher | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 4 | FW | | 14 | Jonathan Leko | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 5 | DF | | 23 | Naby Sarr | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | MF | | 18 | Andre Green | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| = | DF | | 3 | Ben Purrington | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| = | MF | | 15 | Darren Pratley | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| = | MF | | 45 | Alfie Doughty | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | FW | | 10 | Chuks Aneke | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| = | MF | | 24 | Josh Cullen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| = | FW | | 44 | Josh Davison | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| = | DF | | 5 | Tom Lockyer | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| = | MF | | 32 | George Lapslie | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| = | DF | | 6 | Jason Pearce | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 50 | 0 | 0 | 50 |

### Disciplinary record

    As of 22 July 2020
| Number | Nation | Position | Name | Championship | Championship | FA Cup | FA Cup | League Cup | League Cup | Total | Total |
| 15 | | MF | Darren Pratley | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| 5 | | DF | Tom Lockyer | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| 11 | | MF | Conor Gallagher | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 24 | | MF | Josh Cullen | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 4 | | DF | Deji Oshilaja | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 1 | | GK | Dillon Phillips | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 17 | | FW | Macauley Bonne | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 2 | | DF | Adam Matthews | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 9 | | FW | Lyle Taylor | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 3 | | DF | Ben Purrington | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 6 | | DF | Jason Pearce | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 19 | | MF | Albie Morgan | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 23 | | DF | Naby Sarr | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 32 | | MF | George Lapslie | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 8 | | MF | Jake Forster-Caskey | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 10 | | FW | Chuks Aneke | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 21 | | MF | Beram Kayal | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 14 | | FW | Jonathan Leko | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | | DF | Chris Solly | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 27 | | MF | David Davis | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 45 | | MF | Alfie Doughty | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 28 | | MF | Sam Field | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 33 | | MF | Ben Dempsey | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | | MF | Andre Green | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | | MF | Matthew Smith | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 26 | | FW | Tomer Hemed | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | | MF | Jonny Williams | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 40 | | MF | Brendan Sarpong-Wiredu | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 101 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 103 | 0 |

## Transfers
### Transfers in

| Date from | Position | Name | From | Fee |
| 1 July 2019 | CF | Chuks Aneke | Milton Keynes Dons | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2019 | CF | Macauley Bonne | Leyton Orient | Undiscolsed |
| 1 July 2019 | MF | Charles Clayden | Leyton Orient | Undisclosed |
| 1 July 2019 | GK | Nathan Harness | Dunstable Town | Undisclosed |
| 1 July 2019 | CB | Tom Lockyer | Bristol Rovers | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2019 | DM | Jay Mingi | West Ham United | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2019 | MF | Abraham Odoh | Tooting & Mitcham United | Undisclosed |
| 1 July 2019 | DF | Luca Vega | Ipswich Town | Free transfer |
| 2 July 2019 | LB | Ben Purrington | Rotherham United | Undisclosed |
| 15 July 2019 | GK | Ben Amos | Bolton Wanderers | Free transfer |
| 18 July 2019 | AM | Jonny Williams | Free agent | Free transfer |
| 22 July 2019 | CB | Deji Oshilaja | AFC Wimbledon | Free transfer |
| 16 August 2019 | AM | Erhun Oztumer | Bolton Wanderers | Free transfer |
| 19 August 2019 | CF | Tomer Hemed | Brighton & Hove Albion | Undisclosed |
| 5 September 2019 | RB | Adam Matthews | Sunderland | Free transfer |
| 18 October 2019 | CF | Josh Davison | Enfield Town | Free transfer |
| 6 December 2019 | CM | Joe Ledley | Free agent | Free transfer |

### Transfers out

| Date from | Position | Name | To | Fee |
| 1 July 2019 | CF | Nicky Ajose | Exeter City | Released |
| 1 July 2019 | CF | Terrique Anderson | Free agent | Released |
| 1 July 2019 | CM | Joe Aribo | Rangers | Compensation |
| 1 July 2019 | CB | Patrick Bauer | Preston North End | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2019 | CB | Daniel Bowry | Cheltenham Town | Released |
| 1 July 2019 | CF | Luke Carey | Free agent | Released |
| 1 July 2019 | CB | Jo Cummings | Scunthorpe United | Released |
| 1 July 2019 | AM | Tariqe Fosu | Oxford United | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2019 | FW | Reeco Hackett-Fairchild | Bromley | Released |
| 1 July 2019 | CF | Mikhail Kennedy | Retired | — |
| 1 July 2019 | RW | Mark Marshall | Gillingham | Released |
| 1 July 2019 | DF | Jamie Mascoll | Wycombe Wanderers | Released |
| 1 July 2019 | CF | Josh Parker | Wycombe Wanderers | Released |
| 1 July 2019 | AM | Ben Reeves | Milton Keynes Dons | Released |
| 1 July 2019 | CF | Josh Umerah | Ebbsfleet United | Released |
| 1 July 2019 | CF | Igor Vetokele | Westerlo | Released |
| 1 July 2019 | AM | Jonny Williams | Charlton Athletic | Released |
| 8 July 2019 | LB | Jordan Zemura | AFC Bournemouth | Free transfer |
| 7 August 2019 | RB | Anfernee Dijksteel | Middlesbrough | Undisclosed |
| 6 January 2020 | CM | Joe Ledley | Newcastle Jets | Released |
| 1 July 2020 | RB | Chris Solly | Ebbsfleet United | Released |
| 1 July 2020 | CF | Lyle Taylor | Nottingham Forest | Released |
| 1 July 2020 | CF | Kareem Isiaka | Free agent | Released |
| 1 July 2020 | DF | Sam Keefe | Worthing | Released |
| 1 July 2020 | MF | Taylor Maloney | Bromley | Released |
| 1 July 2020 | CF | Wilberforce Ocran | Farnborough | Released |
| 1 July 2020 | MF | Abraham Odoh | Rochdale | Released |
| 1 July 2020 | DF | Toby Stevenson | Watford | Released |
| 1 July 2020 | DF | Kenneth Yao | Free agent | Released |

### Loans in

| Date from | Position | Name | From | Date until |
| 2 August 2019 | CM | Conor Gallagher | Chelsea | 14 January 2020 |
| 7 August 2019 | CM | Josh Cullen | West Ham United | 30 June 2020 |
| 8 August 2019 | CM | Sam Field | West Bromwich Albion | 30 June 2020 |
| 8 August 2019 | RW | Jonathan Leko | West Bromwich Albion | 1 January 2020 |
| 8 August 2019 | CM | Beram Kayal | Brighton & Hove Albion | 15 January 2020 |
| 2 January 2020 | LW | Andre Green | Aston Villa | 30 June 2020 |
| 31 January 2020 | LW | Aiden McGeady | Sunderland | 30 June 2020 |
| 31 January 2020 | DM | Matthew Smith | Manchester City | 30 June 2020 |
| 31 January 2020 | CM | David Davis | Birmingham City | 30 June 2020 |

### Loans out

| Date from | Position | Name | To | Date until |
| 1 August 2019 | MF | Taylor Maloney | Newport County | 3 January 2020 |
| 5 August 2019 | GK | Ashley Maynard-Brewer | Dulwich Hamlet | 2 September 2019 |
| 2 September 2019 | MF | Brendan Sarpong-Wiredu | Colchester United | 3 January 2020 |
| 7 September 2019 | MF | Alfie Doughty | Bromley | 5 October 2019 |
| 10 October 2019 | MF | Albie Morgan | Ebbsfleet United | 19 November 2019 |
| 25 October 2019 | MF | Eddie Allsopp | Barking | 24 November 2019 |
| 2 November 2019 | DF | Toby Stevenson | Dagenham & Redbridge | 3 January 2020 |
| 8 November 2019 | MF | Ben Dempsey | Dulwich Hamlet | 7 December 2019 |
| 7 January 2020 | GK | Nathan Harness | Billericay Town | 6 February 2020 |
| 30 January 2020 | GK | Ashley Maynard-Brewer | Dover Athletic | 25 April 2020 |
| 8 February 2020 | GK | Joseph Osaghae | Tilbury | 25 April 2020 |
| 10 February 2020 | MF | Ben Dempsey | Woking | 25 April 2020 |
| 14 February 2020 | MF | Taylor Maloney | Concord Rangers | 25 April 2020 |
| 14 February 2020 | FW | Wilberforce Ocran | Brentwood Town | 25 April 2020 |
| 14 February 2020 | DF | Sam Keefe | Tilbury | 25 April 2020 |

## Friendlies

On 3 June 2019, Charlton Athletic announced its first confirmed friendly taking place ahead of the 2019/20 season would be against Dagenham & Redbridge at The Chigwell Construction Stadium. A day later, two further fixtures against Welling United and Ebbsfleet United were added. On 7 June 2019, Charlton Athletic announced its had arranged a fourth friendly that would also act as long-serving defender Chris Solly's testimonial match against Aston Villa at The Valley. It was announced on 10 June that a further friendly had been organised at Colchester United. A sixth friendly against Gillingham was organised on 17 June 2019. A final behind-closed-doors friendly against CS Gaz Metan Mediaș was organised for the club's Spanish training camp.

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 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 | |
| 22 | Charlton Athletic (R) | 46 | 12 | 12 | 22 | 50 | 65 | −15 | 48 | Relegation to EFL League One |
| 23 | Wigan Athletic (R) | 46 | 15 | 14 | 17 | 57 | 56 | +1 | 47 | Relegation to EFL League One |
| 24 | Hull City (R) | 46 | 12 | 9 | 25 | 57 | 87 | −30 | 45 | Relegation to EFL League One |
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#### 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:

#### Results by round

| 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 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 | 43 | 44 | 45 | 46 |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | W | D | D | W | W | L | L | W | L | D | W | L | D | L | L | D | L | L | L | L | D | D | W | L | L | D | L | D | W | L | W | L | W | L | L | L | W | W | D | L | L | L | D | D | L |
| Position | 4 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 17 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 21 | 19 | 21 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 20 | 22 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 22 |

#### Matches

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

### FA Cup

On 2 December 2019, Charlton Athletic were drawn home to West Bromwich Albion in the third round.

### EFL Cup

On 20 June 2019, Charlton Athletic were drawn home to Forest Green Rovers in the first round.