# 2019–20 Norwich City F.C. season

The 2019–20 season was Norwich City's first season back in the Premier League after winning the EFL Championship the previous season. This season, they participated in the Premier League, FA Cup and EFL Cup. The season covered the period from 1 July 2019 to 26 July 2020.
Norwich finished 20th (last position) and became the first team to suffer a fifth relegation from the Premier League.

## Transfers
### Transfers in

| Date from | Position | Name | From | Fee |
| 1 July 2019 | AM | Daniel Adshead | Rochdale | Undisclosed |
| 1 July 2019 | CF | Josip Drmić | Borussia Mönchengladbach | Free Transfer |
| 1 July 2019 | GK | Archie Mair | Aberdeen | Undisclosed |
| 1 July 2019 | LB | Rob Nizet | Anderlecht | Undisclosed |
| 5 July 2019 | RW | Aidan Fitzpatrick | Partick Thistle | Undisclosed |
| 8 July 2019 | CB | Rocky Bushiri | KV Oostende | Undisclosed |
| 8 July 2019 | DM | Charlie Gilmour | Arsenal | Free transfer |
| 16 July 2019 | RB | Sam Byram | West Ham United | Undisclosed |
| 26 July 2019 | CM | Reece McAlear | Motherwell | Undisclosed |
| 13 January 2020 | CM | Lukas Rupp | 1899 Hoffenheim | Undisclosed |
| 28 January 2020 | DM | Melvin Sitti | Sochaux | Undisclosed |
| 31 January 2020 | LB | Sam McCallum | Coventry City | Undisclosed |

### Loans in

| Date from | Position | Name | From | Date until |
| 1 July 2019 | RW | Patrick Roberts | Manchester City | 2 January 2020 |
| 5 July 2019 | GK | Ralf Fährmann | Schalke 04 | 10 March 2020 |
| 7 August 2019 | DM | Ibrahim Amadou | Sevilla | 31 January 2020 |
| 12 January 2020 | AM | Ondrej Duda | Hertha BSC | 30 June 2020 |

### Loans out

| Date from | Position | Name | To | Date until |
| 1 July 2019 | CF | Mason Bloomfield | Crawley Town | 30 June 2020 |
| 1 July 2019 | LM | Josh Coley | Dunfermline Athletic | 30 June 2020 |
| 1 July 2019 | CB | Ciaren Jones | Eastbourne Borough | 30 June 2020 |
| 1 July 2019 | CF | Carlton Morris | Rotherham United | 8 January 2020 |
| 1 July 2019 | CB | Sean Raggett | Portsmouth | 30 June 2020 |
| 4 July 2019 | LW | Simon Power | Ross County | 30 June 2020 |
| 13 July 2019 | GK | Daniel Barden | Bury Town | 30 June 2020 |
| 18 July 2019 | DM | Charlie Gilmour | Telstar | 30 June 2020 |
| 22 July 2019 | DM | Savvas Mourgos | FC Dordrecht | 30 June 2020 |
| 23 July 2019 | CF | Anthony Spyrou | Chesterfield | 30 June 2020 |
| 26 July 2019 | LB | James Husband | Blackpool | 25 January 2020 |
| 1 August 2019 | CB | Rocky Bushiri | Blackpool | 2 January 2020 |
| 2 August 2019 | RW | Diallang Jaiyesimi | Swindon Town | 30 June 2020 |
| 2 August 2019 | LM | Alfie Payne | King's Lynn Town | 30 June 2020 |
| 4 August 2019 | GK | Aston Oxborough | Wealdstone | 31 December 2019 |
| 16 August 2019 | DM | Louis Thompson | Shrewsbury Town | 16 January 2020 |
| 4 January 2020 | LB | Philip Heise | Nürnberg | 30 June 2020 |
| 7 January 2020 | CB | Rocky Bushiri | Sint-Truiden | 30 June 2020 |
| 8 January 2020 | CB | Akin Famewo | St Mirren | 30 June 2020 |
| 8 January 2020 | CF | Carlton Morris | Milton Keynes Dons | 30 June 2020 |
| 14 January 2020 | GK | Billy Johnson | Braintree Town | 30 June 2020 |
| 16 January 2020 | DM | Louis Lomas | Tampa Bay Rowdies | December 2020 |
| 16 January 2020 | DM | Louis Thompson | Milton Keynes Dons | 30 June 2020 |
| 17 January 2020 | RM | Simon Power | King's Lynn Town | 30 June 2020 |
| 23 January 2020 | CB | Timi Odusina | Hartlepool United | 30 June 2020 |
| 31 January 2020 | LB | Sam McCallum | Coventry City | 30 June 2020 |
| 31 January 2020 | LB | Caleb Richards | Yeovil Town | 30 June 2020 |
| 31 January 2020 | CM | Ísak Thorvaldsson | Fleetwood Town | 30 June 2020 |

### Transfers out

| Date | Position | Name | To | Fee |
| 1 July 2019 | CF | Tristan Abrahams | Newport County | Released |
| 1 July 2019 | DM | Finlay Barnes | Free agent | Released |
| 1 July 2019 | GK | Ryan Dickerson | Free agent | Released |
| 1 July 2019 | CB | Aaron Ekumah | Free agent | Released |
| 1 July 2019 | RW | Pierre Fonkeu | RC Lens | Released |
| 1 July 2019 | CB | Marcel Franke | Hannover 96 | Undisclosed |
| 1 July 2019 | LW | Matt Jarvis | Woking | Released |
| 1 July 2019 | DM | Bilal Kamal | New Hampshire Wildcats | Released |
| 1 July 2019 | MF | Spencer Keller | Free agent | Released |
| 1 July 2019 | AM | Louis McIntosh | Lowestoft | Released |
| 1 July 2019 | RW | Steven Naismith | Hearts | Released |
| 1 July 2019 | RB | Ivo Pinto | Dinamo Zagreb | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2019 | LW | Yanic Wildschut | Maccabi Haifa | Released |
| 20 July 2019 | CF | Nélson Oliveira | AEK Athens | Undisclosed |
| 27 July 2019 | RW | Ben Marshall | Free agent | Mutual consent |
| 27 August 2019 | LB | Atli Barkarson | Fredrikstad | Free transfer |
| 8 January 2020 | CF | Dennis Srbeny | Paderborn | Undisclosed |
| 25 January 2020 | LB | James Husband | Blackpool | Undisclosed |

## Competitions
### Overview

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Premier League | 9 August 2019 | 26 July 2020 | Matchday 1 | 20th | 38 | 5 | 6 | 27 | 26 | 75 | −49 | 013.16 |
| FA Cup | 4 January 2020 | 27 June 2020 | Third round | Quarter-finals | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 050.00 |
| EFL Cup | 27 August 2019 | 27 August 2019 | Second round | Second round | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 000.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 43 | 7 | 7 | 29 | 34 | 82 | −48 | 016.28 |
Source: Soccerway

### Premier League
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 16 | West Ham United | 38 | 10 | 9 | 19 | 49 | 62 | −13 | 39 | |
| 17 | Aston Villa | 38 | 9 | 8 | 21 | 41 | 67 | −26 | 35 | |
| 18 | Bournemouth (R) | 38 | 9 | 7 | 22 | 40 | 65 | −25 | 34 | Relegation to EFL Championship |
| 19 | Watford (R) | 38 | 8 | 10 | 20 | 36 | 64 | −28 | 34 | Relegation to EFL Championship |
| 20 | Norwich City (R) | 38 | 5 | 6 | 27 | 26 | 75 | −49 | 21 | Relegation to EFL Championship |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
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 | 37 | 38 |
| Ground | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | L | W | L | L | W | L | L | L | D | L | L | L | W | D | L | L | D | L | L | D | D | L | W | L | D | L | L | W | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | L |
| Position | 16 | 11 | 17 | 19 | 12 | 16 | 17 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 |

#### Matches

On 13 June 2019, the Premier League fixtures were announced.

### FA Cup

The third round draw was made live on BBC Two from Etihad Stadium, Micah Richards and Tony Adams conducted the draw. The fourth round draw was made by Alex Scott and David O'Leary on Monday, 6 January. The draw for the fifth round was made on 27 January 2020, live on The One Show.

### EFL Cup

The second round draw was made on 13 August 2019 following the conclusion of all but one first-round matches.

## Statistics
### Appearances, goals and cards

| No. | Pos | Player | Premier League | Premier League | Premier League | FA Cup | FA Cup | FA Cup | EFL Cup | EFL Cup | EFL Cup | Total | Total | Total | Discipline | Discipline |
| No. | Pos | Player | Starts | Sub | Goals | Starts | Sub | Goals | Starts | Sub | Goals | Starts | Sub | Goals | | |
| 1 | GK | Tim Krul | 36 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 38 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | Max Aarons | 36 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 38 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Sam Byram | 15 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | Ben Godfrey | 30 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 5 | DF | Grant Hanley | 14 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 16 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | Christoph Zimmermann | 16 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Lukas Rupp | 8 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 11 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Mario Vrančić | 6 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | Moritz Leitner | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | Onel Hernández | 14 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 16 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | Jamal Lewis | 25 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 29 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | Todd Cantwell | 30 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | — | — | — | 33 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | Timm Klose | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 17 | MF | Emi Buendía | 28 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
| 18 | MF | Marco Stiepermann | 13 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 15 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | Tom Trybull | 15 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 18 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | ST | Josip Drmić | 5 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | 7 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| 22 | ST | Teemu Pukki | 33 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 34 | 4 | 11 | 3 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | Kenny McLean | 32 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | Alexander Tettey | 28 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 29 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| 33 | GK | Michael McGovern | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | ST | Adam Idah | 1 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 41 | DF | Jordan Thomas | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 43 | DF | Akin Famewo | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 46 | MF | Daniel Adshead | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 56 | MF | Josh Martin | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 60 | GK | Archie Mair | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players out on loan: |||||||||||||||||
| 16 | DF | Philip Heise | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | MF | Louis Thompson | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | GK | Aston Oxborough | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| — | DF | Sean Raggett | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| — | ST | Carlton Morris | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players no longer at the club: |||||||||||||||||
| 7 | MF | Patrick Roberts | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | GK | Ralf Fährmann | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | Ibrahim Amadou | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | Ondrej Duda | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | ST | Dennis Srbeny | 0 | 8 | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| — | DF | James Husband | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| — | MF | Ben Marshall | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| — | ST | Nélson Oliveira | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Goalscorers

| Rank | Pos. | Player | Premier League | FA Cup | EFL Cup | Total |
| 1 | ST | Teemu Pukki | 11 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| 2 | MF | Todd Cantwell | 6 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| 3 | FW | Josip Drmić | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | ST | Adam Idah | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | MF | Onel Hernández | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | MF | Kenny McLean | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | FW | Dennis Srbeny | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | MF | Alexander Tettey | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | MF | Mario Vrančić | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | DF | Jamal Lewis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | MF | Emi Buendía | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | DF | Grant Hanley | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Own Goals | Own Goals | Own Goals | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | 26 | 8 | 0 | 34 |