# 2019–20 AFC Wimbledon season

The 2019–20 season was the fourth in League One, the third tier of the English football league system, for AFC Wimbledon since their promotion in 2016 from League Two. Along with competing in League One, the Kingston upon Thames-based club participated in three cup competitions, the FA Cup, EFL Cup and EFL Trophy, failing to progress past the first stage of any of them.

## Squad

    As of 10 April 2020.
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | ENG | Nathan Trott (on loan from West Ham United) |
| 2 | DF | ENG | Luke O'Neill |
| 4 | DF | ENG | Rod McDonald |
| 5 | DF | ENG | Will Nightingale (captain) |
| 6 | DF | ENG | Terell Thomas |
| 7 | MF | ENG | Scott Wagstaff (vice-captain) |
| 8 | MF | ENG | Anthony Hartigan |
| 9 | FW | GHA | Kwesi Appiah |
| 10 | FW | WAL | Adam Roscrow |
| 11 | MF | ENG | Mitchell Pinnock |
| 12 | MF | ENG | Jack Rudoni |
| 17 | FW | FRA | Julien Lamy (on loan from Rotherham United) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 18 | DF | ENG | Nesta Guinness-Walker |
| 19 | MF | IRL | Shane McLoughlin |
| 21 | GK | ENG | Joe Day (on loan from Cardiff City) |
| 23 | MF | ENG | Max Sanders (on loan from Brighton & Hove Albion) |
| 26 | DF | DEN | Mads Bech Sørensen (on loan from Brentford) |
| 30 | DF | ENG | Paul Kalambayi |
| 32 | DF | ENG | Huseyin Biler |
| 33 | MF | IRL | Callum Reilly |
| 36 | DF | ENG | Reuben Collins |
| 37 | DF | ENG | Paul Osew |
| 39 | FW | ENG | Joe Pigott |
| 40 | MF | ENG | Anthony Wordsworth |

## Pre-season

Dons announced pre-season friendlies against Wexford, Brentford, Bristol City, 1. FC Kaiserslautern, Kickers Offenbach, Bournemouth, Metropolitan Police, Hampton & Richmond Borough and Crystal Palace.

## Competitions
### League One
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | PPG | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 16 | Lincoln City | 35 | 12 | 6 | 17 | 44 | 46 | −2 | 42 | 1.20 | |
| 17 | Accrington Stanley | 35 | 10 | 10 | 15 | 47 | 53 | −6 | 40 | 1.14 | |
| 18 | Rochdale | 34 | 10 | 6 | 18 | 39 | 57 | −18 | 36 | 1.06 | |
| 19 | Milton Keynes Dons | 35 | 10 | 7 | 18 | 36 | 47 | −11 | 37 | 1.06 | |
| 20 | AFC Wimbledon | 35 | 8 | 11 | 16 | 39 | 52 | −13 | 35 | 1.00 | |
| 21 | Tranmere Rovers (R) | 34 | 8 | 8 | 18 | 36 | 60 | −24 | 32 | 0.94 | Relegation to EFL League Two |
| 22 | Southend United (R) | 35 | 4 | 7 | 24 | 39 | 85 | −46 | 19 | 0.54 | Relegation to EFL League Two |
| 23 | Bolton Wanderers (R) | 34 | 5 | 11 | 18 | 27 | 66 | −39 | 14 | 0.41 | Relegation to EFL League Two |
| 24 | Bury (D, R) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −12 | — | Club expelled |
* 1 2 Bolton Wanderers deducted 12 points for entering administration.
* 1 2 Bury deducted 12 points for entering into an insolvency event, before later being expelled from the EFL on 27 August 2019. At the time of their expulsion, they had played no matches.

#### 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 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | H |
| Result | L | L | D | L | L | D | L | D | L | L | L | W | W | W | L | D | L | W | D | W | L | W | L | D | L | W | D | L | L | D | D | L | D | W | D |
| Position | 16 | 18 | 18 | 20 | 20 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 22 | 22 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 20 |

#### Matches

On Thursday, 20 June 2019, the EFL League One 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.
| 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 | |

## Transfers
### Transfers in

| Date | Position | Name | From | Fee |
| 1 July 2019 | LB | Nesta Guinness-Walker | Metropolitan Police | Undisclosed |
| 1 July 2019 | FW | Adam Roscrow | Cardiff Metropolitan University | Undisclosed |
| 4 July 2019 | RB | Luke O'Neill | Gillingham | Free transfer |
| 26 July 2019 | CM | Callum Reilly | Gillingham | Free transfer |

### Loans in

| Date from | Position | Name | From | Date until |
| 1 July 2019 | GK | Nathan Trott | West Ham United | 30 June 2020 |
| 9 July 2019 | CF | Michael Folivi | Watford | January 2020 |
| 2 September 2019 | CB | Ryan Delaney | Rochdale | 6 January 2020 |
| 2 September 2019 | CF | Marcus Forss | Brentford | 30 June 2020 |
| 2 September 2019 | CM | Max Sanders | Brighton & Hove Albion | 30 June 2020 |
| 9 January 2020 | CB | Mads Bech Sørensen | Brentford | 30 June 2020 |
| 28 January 2020 | GK | Joe Day | Cardiff City | 30 June 2020 |
| 31 January 2020 | LW | Julien Lamy | Rotherham United | 30 June 2020 |

### Loans out

| Date from | Position | Name | To | Date until |
| 30 August 2019 | AM | Ayoub Assal | Metropolitan Police | October 2019 |
| 2 September 2019 | AM | Dylan Connolly | Bradford City | 30 June 2020 |
| 6 September 2019 | CF | Tommy Wood | Leatherhead | 4 October 2019 |
| 6 September 2019 | CB | Reuben Collins | Basingstoke Town | 7 October 2019 |
| 6 September 2019 | FW | Zach Robinson | Basingstoke Town | 7 October 2019 |
| 15 November 2019 | GK | Nik Tzanev | Sutton United | 1 January 2020 |
| 24 January 2020 | MF | Ossama Ashley | Billericay Town | February 2020 |
| 21 February 2020 | CF | Tommy Wood | Tonbridge Angels | March 2020 |
| 28 February 2020 | DF | Jack Madelin | Walton Casuals | 25 April 2020 |

### Transfers out

| Date | Position | Name | To | Fee |
| 1 July 2019 | LW | Andy Barcham | Free agent | Released |
| 1 July 2019 | MF | Tyler Burey | Millwall | Compensation |
| 1 July 2019 | AM | Kane Crichlow | Watford | Released |
| 1 July 2019 | MF | Alfie Egan | Free agent | Released |
| 1 July 2019 | CF | James Hanson | Grimsby Town | Mutual consent |
| 1 July 2019 | GK | Joe McDonnell | Notts County | Released |
| 1 July 2019 | DF | James O'Halloran | Free agent | Released |
| 1 July 2019 | CB | Deji Oshilaja | Charlton Athletic | Released |
| 1 July 2019 | CM | Tom Soares | Stevenage | Released |
| 1 July 2019 | DF | Osaze Urhoghide | Sheffield Wednesday | Released |
| 2 July 2019 | RB | Toby Sibbick | Barnsley | Undisclosed |
| 2 September 2019 | RW | Egli Kaja | Northampton Town | Free transfer |

## Player statistics
### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | League One | League One | 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 |
| 1 | GK | ENG | Nathan Trott | 26 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | ENG | Luke O'Neill | 34 | 2 | 30+1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | ENG | Rod McDonald | 16 | 0 | 11+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | ENG | Will Nightingale | 10 | 0 | 8+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | ENG | Terell Thomas | 36 | 1 | 31 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | ENG | Scott Wagstaff | 30 | 2 | 23+3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | ENG | Anthony Hartigan | 32 | 0 | 20+7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | GHA | Kwesi Appiah | 23 | 4 | 9+10 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | WAL | Adam Roscrow | 11 | 0 | 0+10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | ENG | Mitchell Pinnock | 29 | 3 | 17+8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 12 | MF | ENG | Jack Rudoni | 13 | 0 | 8+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 13 | GK | NZL | Nik Tzanev | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | ENG | Kyron Stabana | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 15 | FW | FIN | Marcus Forss | 19 | 11 | 17+1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | IRL | Dylan Connolly | 4 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | ENG | Michael Folivi | 13 | 1 | 6+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 17 | FW | FRA | Julien Lamy | 2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | ENG | Nesta Guinness-Walker | 27 | 1 | 19+4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | IRL | Shane McLoughlin | 26 | 1 | 14+9 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | ENG | Ossama Ashley | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | ALB | Egli Kaja | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | IRL | Ryan Delaney | 16 | 1 | 13+1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | GK | ENG | Joe Day | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | FW | ENG | Tommy Wood | 4 | 1 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 1 |
| 23 | MF | ENG | Max Sanders | 21 | 1 | 18+2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 24 | GK | ENG | Joe McDonnell | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | ENG | Jamil Awoyejo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | DEN | Mads Bech Sørensen | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | FW | ENG | David Fisher | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | FW | ENG | Zach Robinson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 30 | DF | ENG | Paul Kalambayi | 22 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 31 | DF | WAL | Jack Madelin | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 32 | DF | ENG | Huseyin Biler | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | MF | IRL | Callum Reilly | 35 | 5 | 28+2 | 4 | 1+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 34 | MF | ENG | Finlay Macnab | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 35 | DF | ENG | Archie Procter | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | DF | ENG | Reuben Collins | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | DF | ENG | Paul Osew | 23 | 1 | 15+3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 38 | MF | ENG | Ayoub Assal | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 39 | FW | ENG | Joe Pigott | 39 | 9 | 31+3 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1+1 | 1 |
| 40 | MF | ENG | Anthony Wordsworth | 10 | 1 | 6+4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 41 | GK | ENG | Matthew Cox | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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