# 2019–20 Leyton Orient F.C. season

The 2019–20 season is the 121st season in the history of Leyton Orient Football Club, their 102nd in the Football League, and the first back in League Two for three years following promotion last season.

## Transfers
### Transfers in

| Date | Position | Name | From | Fee |
| 1 July 2019 | CF | Lee Angol | Shrewsbury Town | Undisclosed |
| 1 July 2019 | CF | Conor Wilkinson | Dagenham & Redbridge | Undisclosed |
| 1 July 2019 | CM | Josh Wright | Bradford City | Free transfer |
| 1 August 2019 | CF | Louis Dennis | Portsmouth | Undisclosed |
| 2 January 2020 | GK | Lawrence Vigouroux | Everton | Free transfer |
| 27 January 2020 | CF | Danny Johnson | Dundee | Undisclosed |

### Loans in

| Date from | Position | Name | From | Date until |
| 19 August 2019 | DM | George Marsh | Tottenham Hotspur | 30 June 2020 |
| 17 January 2020 | DM | Ousseynou Cissé | Gillingham | 30 June 2020 |
| 31 January 2020 | CF | Kazaiah Sterling | Tottenham Hotspur | 30 June 2020 |

### Loans out

| Date from | Position | Name | To | Date until |
| 1 November 2019 | CF | Ruel Sotiriou | Dover Athletic | 28 November 2019 |
| 9 January 2020 | CM | Dale Gorman | Newport County | 30 June 2020 |
| 16 January 2020 | CF | James Alabi | Eastleigh | 30 June 2020 |
| 17 January 2020 | CB | Shadrach Ogie | Dover Athletic | 30 June 2020 |

### Transfers out

| Date | Position | Name | To | Fee |
| 1 July 2019 | CF | Macauley Bonne | Charlton Athletic | £200,000 |
| 1 July 2019 | CF | Charles Clayden | Charlton Athletic | Undisclosed |
| 1 July 2019 | GK | Charlie Grainger | Dulwich Hamlet | Released |
| 1 July 2019 | CF | Josh Koroma | Huddersfield Town | Undisclosed |
| 1 July 2019 | CM | Alex Lawless | Ebbsfleet United | Released |
| 1 July 2019 | CM | Charlie Lee | Yeovil Town | Released |
| 1 July 2019 | CF | Jay Simpson | Nea Salamina | Released |
| 24 January 2020 | GK | Dean Brill | Retired | Retired |

## Pre-season

The O's announced pre-season friendlies against Harlow Town, Hull City, Hornchurch, AFC Rushden & Diamonds, Dartford, Bishop's Stortford and Norwich City XI.

## Competitions
### League Two
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | PPG |
| 13 | Crawley Town | 37 | 11 | 15 | 11 | 51 | 47 | +4 | 48 | 1.30 |
| 14 | Newport County | 36 | 12 | 10 | 14 | 32 | 39 | −7 | 46 | 1.28 |
| 15 | Grimsby Town | 37 | 12 | 11 | 14 | 45 | 51 | −6 | 47 | 1.27 |
| 16 | Cambridge United | 37 | 12 | 9 | 16 | 40 | 48 | −8 | 45 | 1.22 |
| 17 | Leyton Orient | 36 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 47 | 55 | −8 | 42 | 1.17 |
| 18 | Carlisle United | 37 | 10 | 12 | 15 | 39 | 56 | −17 | 42 | 1.14 |
| 19 | Oldham Athletic | 37 | 9 | 14 | 14 | 44 | 57 | −13 | 41 | 1.11 |
| 20 | Scunthorpe United | 37 | 10 | 10 | 17 | 44 | 56 | −12 | 40 | 1.08 |
| 21 | Mansfield Town | 36 | 9 | 11 | 16 | 48 | 55 | −7 | 38 | 1.06 |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 7 March 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 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | H |
| Result | W | L | D | W | L | D | L | D | L | L | D | W | W | W | L | D | L | L | L | D | D | W | L | D | L | D | L | D | W | L | W | D | W | L | D | W |
| Position | 8 | 13 | 16 | 9 | 13 | 15 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 21 | 21 | 20 | 17 | 12 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 15 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 19 | 17 | 20 | 18 | 19 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 17 |

#### Matches

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

### FA Cup

The first round draw was made on 21 October 2019.

### EFL Cup

The first round draw was made on 20 June.

### EFL Trophy

On 9 July 2019, the pre-determined group stage draw was announced with Invited clubs to be drawn on 12 July 2019. The draw for the second round was made on 16 November 2019 live on Sky Sports.
| Pos | Div | Teamvte | Pld | W | PW | PL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | ACA | Brighton & Hove Albion U21 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 7 | Advance to Round 2 |
| 2 | L2 | Leyton Orient | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 5 | Advance to Round 2 |
| 3 | L1 | AFC Wimbledon | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 3 | |
| 4 | L1 | Southend United | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 3 | |

## Player statistics

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | League Two | League Two | FA Cup | FA Cup | EFL Cup | EFL Cup | EFL Trophy | EFL Trophy |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||||
| 12 | GK | ENG | Sam Sargeant | 17 | 0 | 11+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 22 | GK | CHI | Lawrence Vigouroux | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | GK | ENG | Arthur Janata | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||||
| 2 | DF | ENG | Sam Ling | 18 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | ENG | Joe Widdowson | 19 | 1 | 14+2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | ENG | Marvin Ekpiteta | 32 | 0 | 26+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | ENG | Josh Coulson | 31 | 1 | 26+2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | ENG | Myles Judd | 13 | 0 | 6+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | ENG | Dan Happe | 37 | 2 | 32 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2+1 | 1 |
| 23 | DF | ENG | Jamie Turley | 10 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 29 | DF | ENG | Jayden Sweeney | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||||
| 7 | MF | JAM | Jobi McAnuff | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | ENG | Craig Clay | 39 | 0 | 30+5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | ENG | Jordan Maguire-Drew | 38 | 7 | 21+12 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | ENG | James Dayton | 15 | 2 | 8+3 | 1 | 0+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | ENG | James Brophy | 38 | 2 | 29+5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | ENG | George Marsh (on loan from Tottenham Hotspur) | 29 | 0 | 23+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | CYP | Hector Kyprianou | 8 | 0 | 3+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | ENG | Brendon Shabani | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | MF | MLI | Ousseynou Cissé (on loan from Gillingham) | 10 | 1 | 9+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | MF | ENG | Josh Wright | 38 | 8 | 33+2 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||||
| 9 | FW | IRL | Conor Wilkinson | 28 | 5 | 23+3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | ENG | Louis Dennis | 21 | 2 | 7+9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 18 | FW | ENG | Matt Harrold | 27 | 2 | 9+15 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | ENG | Lee Angol | 29 | 5 | 20+6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1+1 | 1 |
| 20 | FW | CYP | Ruel Sotiriou | 11 | 5 | 7+3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 39 | FW | ENG | Danny Johnson | 6 | 2 | 4+2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Out on Loan ||||||||||||||
| 4 | MF | NIR | Dale Gorman | 17 | 1 | 7+6 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 25 | DF | IRL | Shadrach Ogie | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 27 | FW | ENG | James Alabi | 14 | 1 | 0+10 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Retired During the Season ||||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | ENG | Dean Brill | 20 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Last updated: 7 March 2020 Source: Competitions

### Top scorers

Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by squad number when total goals are equal.
    Last updated 7 March 2020.
| Rank | No. | Nationality | Player | League Two | FA Cup | EFL Cup | EFL Trophy | Total |
| 1 |
| 1 | 44 | | Josh Wright | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 2 |
| 2 | 10 | | Jordan Maguire-Drew | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 3 |
| 3 | 9 | | Conor Wilkinson | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 3 | 19 | | Lee Angol | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 3 | 20 | | Ruel Sotiriou | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 6 |
| 6 | 11 | | James Dayton | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | 15 | | Dan Happe | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | 16 | | James Brophy | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | 17 | | Louis Dennis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | 18 | | Matt Harrold | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | 39 | | Danny Johnson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 |
| 12 | 3 | | Joe Widdowson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | 4 | | Dale Gorman | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 12 | 6 | | Josh Coulson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | 23 | | Jamie Turley | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | 27 | | James Alabi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | 31 | | Ousseynou Cissé | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 47 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 52 |