# 2019–20 Tottenham Hotspur F.C. season

The 2019–20 season was Tottenham Hotspur's 28th season in the Premier League and 42nd successive season in the top division of the English football league system. Along with the domestic league, the club competed in the FA Cup, the EFL Cup and the UEFA Champions League. This also marked the first full season of the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, after playing the majority of the previous season at Wembley Stadium.
The season started poorly for Tottenham, with only three of their first 12 league games won, as well as being knocked out of the EFL Cup by Colchester United. This resulted in Mauricio Pochettino's sacking on 19 November 2019, to be replaced by José Mourinho the following day. In the FA Cup, Tottenham were taken to a replay twice, requiring four games to progress to the fifth round where they hosted Norwich City. The game went into extra time and with the result being 1–1, it came down to penalties. Norwich won the shootout 3–2 and knocked out Spurs.
With the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, Premier League football matches were postponed in March, including Tottenham's games against Manchester United and West Ham. A further joint statement from the Premier League and UEFA extended postponement until 30 April. Later, the season's postponement was again extended, this time indefinitely. The season for Tottenham ultimately restarted on 19 June, when they hosted Manchester United in a 1–1 draw with Steven Bergwijn on the scoresheet.
The season has seen Tottenham taking the least amount of shots since Opta began collecting data during the 1997–98 season. Several of these games were plagued by controversial VAR decisions, two of which were a handball called against Lucas Moura that resulted in Harry Kane's goal against Sheffield United being disallowed, as well as a penalty not given against Bournemouth in which Joshua King pushed Kane from behind in the box. The Premier League later confirmed that this was, in fact, the wrong decision.
The season was documented in the Amazon Prime Video series All or Nothing: Tottenham Hotspur.

## First-team squad

| Squad no. | Name | Position(s) | Date of birth (age) |
| Goalkeepers |||||
| 1 | Hugo Lloris (c) | GK | (1986-12-26) 26 December 1986 (age 38) |
| 22 | Paulo Gazzaniga | GK | (1992-01-02) 2 January 1992 (age 33) |
| Defenders |||||
| 3 | Danny Rose | LB | (1990-07-02) 2 July 1990 (age 34) |
| 4 | Toby Alderweireld | CB / RB | (1989-03-02) 2 March 1989 (age 35) |
| 5 | Jan Vertonghen (3rd C) | CB / LB | (1987-04-24) 24 April 1987 (age 37) |
| 6 | Davinson Sánchez | CB / RB | (1996-06-12) 12 June 1996 (age 28) |
| 15 | Eric Dier | DM / CB | (1994-01-15) 15 January 1994 (age 31) |
| 21 | Juan Foyth | CB / RB / DM | (1998-01-12) 12 January 1998 (age 27) |
| 24 | Serge Aurier | RB / RWB | (1992-12-24) 24 December 1992 (age 32) |
| 33 | Ben Davies | LB / LWB / CB | (1993-04-24) 24 April 1993 (age 31) |
| Midfielders |||||
| 8 | Harry Winks | CM / DM | (1996-02-02) 2 February 1996 (age 29) |
| 17 | Moussa Sissoko | CM / RM | (1989-08-16) 16 August 1989 (age 35) |
| 18 | Giovani Lo Celso | CM / AM | (1996-04-09) 9 April 1996 (age 28) |
| 19 | Ryan Sessegnon | LW / LWB | (2000-05-18) 18 May 2000 (age 24) |
| 20 | Dele Alli | CM / AM | (1996-04-11) 11 April 1996 (age 28) |
| 28 | Tanguy Ndombele | CM / DM | (1996-12-28) 28 December 1996 (age 28) |
| 30 | Gedson Fernandes | CM | (1999-01-09) 9 January 1999 (age 26) |
| Forwards |||||
| 7 | Son Heung-min | LW / FW / RW | (1992-07-08) 8 July 1992 (age 32) |
| 10 | Harry Kane (VC) | FW / SS | (1993-07-28) 28 July 1993 (age 31) |
| 11 | Erik Lamela | RW / LW / AM | (1992-03-04) 4 March 1992 (age 32) |
| 23 | Steven Bergwijn | LW / RW | (1997-10-08) 8 October 1997 (age 27) |
| 27 | Lucas Moura | RW / LW / SS | (1992-08-13) 13 August 1992 (age 32) |
Last updated: 3 March 2020. Source: Tottenham Hotspur F.C.

## Transfers
### Released

| Date from | Position | Name | To | Notes |
| 7 June 2019 | CM | Dylan Duncan | Queens Park Rangers | Released |
| 7 June 2019 | GK | Charlie Freeman | Free agent | Released |
| 7 June 2019 | GK | Tom Glover | Melbourne City | Released |
| 7 June 2019 | LB | Jamie Reynolds | Free agent | Released |
| 7 June 2019 | GK | Michel Vorm | Free agent | Released |
| 30 June 2019 | CF | Fernando Llorente | Napoli | Out of Contract |
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### Loans in

| Date from | Position | Nationality | Name | From | Date until | Ref. |
| 8 August 2019 | CM | | Giovani Lo Celso | Real Betis | 28 January 2020 | |
| 15 January 2020 | CM | | Gedson Fernandes | Benfica | 30 June 2021 | |

### Loans out

| Date from | Position | Name | To | Date until |
| 1 July 2019 | DM | Luke Amos | Queens Park Rangers | 30 June 2020 |
| 2 July 2019 | RW | Jack Clarke | Leeds United | 27 December 2019 |
| 8 August 2019 | CB | Cameron Carter-Vickers | Stoke City | 27 December 2019 |
| 16 August 2019 | CF | Kazaiah Sterling | Doncaster Rovers | 27 December 2019 |
| 19 August 2019 | LM | Anthony Georgiou | Ipswich Town | 28 December 2019 |
| 19 August 2019 | DM | George Marsh | Leyton Orient | 30 June 2020 |
| 20 August 2019 | CM | Jack Roles | Cambridge United | 30 June 2020 |
| 16 January 2020 | RW | Jack Clarke | Queens Park Rangers | 30 June 2020 |
| 26 January 2020 | CM | Armando Shashoua | Atlético Baleares | 30 June 2020 |
| 27 January 2020 | GK | Brandon Austin | Viborg | 30 June 2020 |
| 29 January 2020 | RB | Kyle Walker-Peters | Southampton | 30 June 2020 |
| 30 January 2020 | CB | Cameron Carter-Vickers | Luton Town | 30 June 2020 |
| 30 January 2020 | CB | Timothy Eyoma | Lincoln City | 30 June 2020 |
| 30 January 2020 | LB | Danny Rose | Newcastle United | 30 June 2020 |
| 31 January 2020 | LM | Anthony Georgiou | Bolton Wanderers | 30 June 2020 |
| 31 January 2020 | CF | Kazaiah Sterling | Leyton Orient | 30 June 2020 |
| 31 January 2020 | RW | Shilow Tracey | Macclesfield Town | 30 June 2020 |

### Transfers in

| Date from | Position | Name | From | Fee |
| 1 July 2019 | CF | Kion Etete | Notts County | Undisclosed |
| 1 July 2019 | GK | Isak Midttun Solberg | Bryne | Undisclosed |
| 2 July 2019 | RW | Jack Clarke | Leeds United | £10,000,000 |
| 2 July 2019 | CM | Tanguy Ndombele | Lyon | £55,000,000 |
| 8 August 2019 | LW | Ryan Sessegnon | Fulham | £25,000,000 |
| 14 October 2019 | GK | Michel Vorm | Free agent | Free |
| 28 January 2020 | CM | Giovani Lo Celso | Real Betis | Undisclosed |
| 29 January 2020 | LW | Steven Bergwijn | PSV Eindhoven | £27,000,000 |

### Transfers out

| Date from | Position | Name | To | Fee |
| 7 June 2019 | LB | Connor Ogilvie | Gillingham | Free |
| 17 July 2019 | RB | Kieran Trippier | Atlético Madrid | £20,000,000 |
| 23 July 2019 | FW | Vincent Janssen | Monterrey | £6,300,000 |
| 27 July 2019 | GK | Tobi Oluwayemi | Celtic | Undisclosed |
| 29 July 2019 | CF | Shayon Harrison | Almere City | Free |
| 8 August 2019 | AM | Josh Onomah | Fulham | Part-deal |
| 22 August 2019 | MF | Georges-Kévin Nkoudou | Beşiktaş | £4,600,000 |
| 23 August 2019 | LW | Samuel Shashoua | Tenerife | Undisclosed |
| 2 September 2019 | RW | Marcus Edwards | Vitória | Undisclosed |
| 16 January 2020 | CM | Paris Maghoma | Brentford | Undisclosed |
| 28 January 2020 | AM | Christian Eriksen | Inter Milan | Undisclosed |
| 31 January 2020 | CM | Tashan Oakley-Boothe | Stoke City | Undisclosed |
| 18 February 2020 | CB | Luis Binks | Montreal Impact | Undisclosed |
| 3 March 2020 | DM | Victor Wanyama | Montreal Impact | Undisclosed |

### Overall transfer activity
## Pre-season and friendlies

Tottenham took part again in the 2019 International Champions Cup as defending champions. They played in Singapore and Shanghai. They also took part in the 2019 Audi Cup in Munich.

### Mid-season friendlies
## Competitions
### Overview

| Competition | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Premier League | 38 | 16 | 11 | 11 | 61 | 47 | +14 | 042.11 |
| FA Cup | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 040.00 |
| EFL Cup | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | 000.00 |
| Champions League | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 18 | +0 | 037.50 |
| Total | 52 | 21 | 16 | 15 | 87 | 71 | +16 | 040.38 |
Source: Competitions

### Premier League
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 4 | Chelsea | 38 | 20 | 6 | 12 | 69 | 54 | +15 | 66 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 5 | Leicester City | 38 | 18 | 8 | 12 | 67 | 41 | +26 | 62 | Qualification for the Europa League group stage |
| 6 | Tottenham Hotspur | 38 | 16 | 11 | 11 | 61 | 47 | +14 | 59 | Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round |
| 7 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 38 | 15 | 14 | 9 | 51 | 40 | +11 | 59 | |
| 8 | Arsenal | 38 | 14 | 14 | 10 | 56 | 48 | +8 | 56 | Qualification for the Europa League group stage |
* ↑ Since the winners of the 2019–20 EFL Cup, Manchester City, qualified for the Champions League group stage by league position, the spot given to the EFL Cup winners (Europa League second qualifying round) was passed down to the sixth-placed team.
* ↑ Arsenal qualified for the Europa League group stage as the 2019–20 FA Cup winners.

#### 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

| 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 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | D | L | D | W | L | W | L | D | L | D | D | W | W | L | W | W | L | W | D | L | L | D | W | W | W | L | L | D | D | W | L | W | D | W | W | W | D |
| Position | 6 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 11 | 11 | 14 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 6 |

#### 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 third round draw was made on 28 August 2019 by Andy Hinchcliffe and Don Goodman.

### UEFA Champions League

Tottenham entered the competition in the group stage following their fourth-place finish in the 2018–19 season. Spurs were drawn with Bayern Munich, Olympiacos and Red Star Belgrade. The draw for the last 16 took place on 16 December 2019 in which Tottenham were drawn against RB Leipzig.

#### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | BAY | TOT | OLY | RSB |
| 1 | Bayern Munich | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 5 | +19 | 18 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 3–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 |
| 2 | Tottenham Hotspur | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 14 | +4 | 10 | Advance to knockout phase | 2–7 | — | 4–2 | 5–0 |
| 3 | Olympiacos | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 14 | −6 | 4 | Transfer to Europa League | 2–3 | 2–2 | — | 1–0 |
| 4 | Red Star Belgrade | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 20 | −17 | 3 | | 0–6 | 0–4 | 3–1 | — |

#### Knockout phase
##### Round of 16
## Statistics
### Appearances

Last updated: 26 July 2020. Source: premierleague.com, uefa.com
| No. | Pos. | Name | Premier League | Premier League | FA Cup | FA Cup | EFL Cup | EFL Cup | Champions League | Champions League | Total | Total |
| No. | Pos. | Name | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers |||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | Hugo Lloris | 21 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 27 | 0 |
| 13 | GK | Michel Vorm | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | GK | Paulo Gazzaniga | 17+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 24+1 | 0 |
| Defenders |||||||||||||
| 3 | DF | Danny Rose | 10+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 14+2 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Toby Alderweireld | 33 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 42 | 2 |
| 5 | DF | Jan Vertonghen | 19+4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 26+4 | 2 |
| 6 | DF | Davinson Sánchez | 27+2 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 36+4 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | Kyle Walker-Peters | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | Juan Foyth | 1+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 3+4 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | Serge Aurier | 31+2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 40+2 | 2 |
| 33 | DF | Ben Davies | 16+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 20+2 | 0 |
| 39 | DF | Japhet Tanganga | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| 64 | DF | Malachi Fagan-Walcott | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| Midfielders |||||||||||||
| 8 | MF | Harry Winks | 26+5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 36+5 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | Erik Lamela | 12+13 | 2 | 1+3 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 2+3 | 1 | 15+20 | 4 |
| 15 | MF | Eric Dier | 15+4 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 | 24+6 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | Moussa Sissoko | 28+1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4+2 | 0 | 32+3 | 2 |
| 18 | MF | Giovani Lo Celso | 15+13 | 0 | 3+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4+1 | 1 | 22+15 | 2 |
| 19 | MF | Ryan Sessegnon | 4+2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2+1 | 1 | 9+3 | 1 |
| 20 | MF | Dele Alli | 21+4 | 8 | 3+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 32+6 | 9 |
| 23 | MF | Steven Bergwijn | 8+6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10+6 | 3 |
| 27 | MF | Lucas Moura | 25+10 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5+1 | 1 | 36+11 | 7 |
| 28 | MF | Tanguy Ndombele | 12+9 | 2 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4+2 | 0 | 17+12 | 2 |
| 29 | MF | Oliver Skipp | 1+6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 3+8 | 0 |
| 30 | MF | Gedson Fernandes | 0+7 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 2+10 | 0 |
| Forwards |||||||||||||
| 7 | FW | Son Heung-min | 28+2 | 11 | 3+1 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 | 4+2 | 5 | 35+6 | 18 |
| 10 | FW | Harry Kane | 29 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 34 | 24 |
| 52 | FW | Troy Parrott | 0+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 |
| Players transferred out during the season |||||||||||||
| 12 | MF | Victor Wanyama | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | Georges-Kévin Nkoudou | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | Christian Eriksen | 10+10 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 2+3 | 1 | 14+14 | 3 |

### Goal scorers

The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.
| Rnk | Pos | No. | Player | Premier League | FA Cup | EFL Cup | Champions League | Total |
| 1 | FW | 10 | Harry Kane | 18 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 24 |
| 2 | FW | 7 | Son Heung-min | 11 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 18 |
| 3 | MF | 20 | Dele Alli | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| 4 | MF | 27 | Lucas Moura | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| 5 | MF | 11 | Erik Lamela | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | MF | 23 | Christian Eriksen | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | FW | 23 | Steven Bergwijn | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | DF | 4 | Toby Alderweireld | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | DF | 5 | Jan Vertonghen | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | MF | 17 | Moussa Sissoko | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | MF | 18 | Giovani Lo Celso | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | DF | 24 | Serge Aurier | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | MF | 28 | Tanguy Ndombele | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 14 | DF | 19 | Ryan Sessegnon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 56 | 7 | 0 | 18 | 81 |
Last updated: 26 July 2020. Source: premierleague.com, UEFA.com

#### Own goals

| Player | Against | Competition | Minute | Score after own goal | Result | Date |
| Serge Aurier | Norwich | Premier League | 61' | 2-1 | 2-2 (A) | 28 December 2019 |
| Toby Alderweireld | Aston Villa | Premier League | 9' | 1-0 | 2-3 (A) | 16 February 2020 |

### Clean sheets

The list is sorted by shirt number when total clean sheets are equal.
| Rnk | No. | Player | Premier League | FA Cup | EFL Cup | Champions League | Total |
| 1 | 1 | Hugo Lloris | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 2 | 22 | Paulo Gazzaniga | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 8 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 11 |
Last updated: 19 July 2020. Source: premierleague.com