# 2019–20 Sheffield Wednesday F.C. season

The 2019–20 season was Sheffield Wednesday's eighth consecutive season in the Championship. Along with competing in the Championship, the club also participated in the FA Cup and the EFL Cup.
The season covered the period from 1 July 2019 to 22 July 2020.

## Transfers and contracts
### Transfers in

| Date | Position | Name | From | Fee |
| 10 July 2019 | CB | Julian Börner | Arminia Bielefeld | Free transfer |
| 11 July 2019 | RB | Moses Odubajo | Brentford | Free transfer |
| 13 July 2019 | RM | Kadeem Harris | Cardiff City | Free transfer |
| 30 July 2019 | RB | Osaze Urhoghide | AFC Wimbledon | Free transfer |
| 6 August 2019 | GK | Paul Jones | Fleetwood Town | Free transfer |
| 8 August 2019 | CM | Massimo Luongo | Queens Park Rangers | Undisclosed |
| 15 January 2020 | RW | Manuel Hidalgo | Triestina | Undisclosed |
| 30 January 2020 | LB | Ryan Galvin | Wigan Athletic | Free transfer |

### Transfers out

| Date | Position | Name | To | Fee |
| 1 July 2019 | CM | Almen Abdi | Retired | Retired |
| 1 July 2019 | RM | George Boyd | Peterborough United | Released |
| 1 July 2019 | MF | Warren Clarke | Buxton | Released |
| 1 July 2019 | CF | Gary Hooper | Wellington Phoenix | Released |
| 1 July 2019 | CM | David Jones | Oldham Athletic | Released |
| 1 July 2019 | RW | Marco Matias | Belenenses SAD | Released |
| 1 July 2019 | GK | Cameron McCulloch | Free agent | Released |
| 1 July 2019 | CB | Frederik Nielsen | Skive IK | Released |
| 1 July 2019 | CB | Connor O'Grady | Buxton | Released |
| 1 July 2019 | LB | Daniel Pudil | Mladá Boleslav | Released |
| 1 July 2019 | GK | Dan Wallis | Valdres FK | Released |
| 1 July 2019 | DF | Liam Williams | Airbus UK Broughton | Released |
| 6 August 2019 | FW | Lucas João | Reading | Undisclosed |
| 1 January 2020 | CB | Jordan Thorniley | Blackpool | Undisclosed |
| 13 January 2020 | RB | Ash Baker | Newport County | Undisclosed |

### Loans in

| Date | Position | Name | To | End date |
| 8 August 2019 | RW | Jacob Murphy | Newcastle United | 22 July 2020 |
| 8 August 2019 | CB | David Bates | Hamburg | 30 June 2020 |
| 29 January 2020 | LW | Alessio Da Cruz | Parma | 22 July 2020 |
| 31 January 2020 | FW | Connor Wickham | Crystal Palace | 22 July 2020 |
| 31 January 2020 | AM | Josh Windass | Wigan Athletic | 22 July 2020 |

### Loans out

| Date | Position | Name | To | End date |
| 9 August 2019 | CM | Connor Kirby | Macclesfield Town | 30 June 2020 |
| 14 August 2019 | CB | Joost van Aken | VfL Osnabrück | 30 June 2020 |
| 20 August 2019 | RW | Jack Stobbs | Livingston | 14 January 2020 |
| 22 August 2019 | LB | Matt Penney | St Pauli | 30 June 2020 |
| 20 September 2019 | DF | Ciaran Brennan | Gainsborough Trinity | 29 October 2019 |
| 21 November 2019 | MF | Liam Shaw | Chesterfield | 21 December 2019 |

### New contracts

| Date from | Position | Name | Length | Expiry |
| 2 July 2019 | DF | Ciaran Brennan | — | — |
| 2 July 2019 | MF | Ben Hughes | — | — |
| 2 July 2019 | FW | Jordan O’Brien | — | — |
| 2 July 2019 | FW | Fraser Preston | — | — |
| 2 July 2019 | GK | Josh Render | — | — |
| 2 July 2019 | DF | Joe West | — | — |
| 9 July 2019 | GK | Keiren Westwood | 2 years | June 2021 |
| 12 July 2019 | RB | Liam Palmer | 3 years | June 2022 |
| 26 July 2019 | CM | Kieran Lee | 1 year | June 2020 |
| 17 September 2019 | CM | Alex Hunt | 2 years | June 2021 |
| 27 January 2020 | GK | Cameron Dawson | 4 1⁄2 years | June 2024 |
| 28 February 2020 | CM | Liam Waldock | 1 1⁄2 years | June 2021 |
| 4 June 2020 | CM | Joey Pelupessy | 1 year | June 2021 |
| 4 June 2020 | LB | Matt Penney | 1 year | June 2021 |
| 4 June 2020 | RB | Osaze Urhoghide | 1 year | June 2021 |
| 23 June 2020 | DF | Ciaran Brennan | — | — |
| 23 June 2020 | DF | Luke Cox | — | — |
| 23 June 2020 | MF | Ben Hughes | 1 year | June 2021 |
| 23 June 2020 | GK | Luke Jackson | — | — |
| 23 June 2020 | MF | Lewis Farmer | — | — |
| 23 June 2020 | FW | Charles Hagan | — | — |
| 23 June 2020 | MF | Charlie Reaney | — | — |
| 23 June 2020 | GK | Josh Render | 1 year | June 2021 |
| 23 June 2020 | DF | Declan Thompson | — | — |
| 24 June 2020 | MF | Kieran Lee | 1 month | July 2020 |
| 24 June 2020 | FW | Atdhe Nuhiu | 1 month | July 2020 |
| 24 June 2020 | GK | Paul Jones | 1 month | July 2020 |

## Pre-season

As of 10 July 2019, Sheffield Wednesday have announced seven pre-season friendlies against Northampton Town, Lincoln City, Stocksbridge Park Steels, VfB Lubeck, Holstein Kiel, Shrewsbury Town and Espanyol.

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 13 | Queens Park Rangers | 46 | 16 | 10 | 20 | 67 | 76 | −9 | 58 |
| 14 | Reading | 46 | 15 | 11 | 20 | 59 | 58 | +1 | 56 |
| 15 | Stoke City | 46 | 16 | 8 | 22 | 62 | 68 | −6 | 56 |
| 16 | Sheffield Wednesday | 46 | 15 | 11 | 20 | 58 | 66 | −8 | 56 |
| 17 | Middlesbrough | 46 | 13 | 14 | 19 | 48 | 61 | −13 | 53 |
| 18 | Huddersfield Town | 46 | 13 | 12 | 21 | 52 | 70 | −18 | 51 |
| 19 | Luton Town | 46 | 14 | 9 | 23 | 54 | 82 | −28 | 51 |

#### Results 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 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 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 | 43 | 44 | 45 | 46 |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | W | L | W | L | L | W | D | W | L | W | D | W | D | L | D | L | D | W | W | D | W | W | L | L | L | W | L | L | D | D | L | L | D | W | L | L | D | W | L | L | L | W | D | L | L |
| Position | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 13 | 15 | 16 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 16 |

#### Matches

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

##### March

5 days later after 5-0 loss at Brentford EFL was suspended due to COVID-19 Pandemic

##### July
### FA Cup
### EFL Cup
## Squad statistics
### Appearances

    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 | IRL | Keiren Westwood | 14 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | SCO | Liam Palmer | 34 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | WAL | Morgan Fox | 32 | 3 | 24+3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 5 | MF | ENG | Kieran Lee | 30 | 0 | 20+8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | FW | SCO | Jordan Rhodes | 19 | 3 | 7+9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | ENG | Kadeem Harris | 47 | 3 | 40+3 | 3 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | NED | Joey Pelupessy | 22 | 0 | 11+6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | SCO | Steven Fletcher | 30 | 13 | 23+4 | 13 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | SCO | Barry Bannan | 46 | 2 | 42+2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | ENG | Sam Winnall | 17 | 2 | 6+7 | 1 | 1+1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | GER | Julian Börner | 40 | 1 | 34+3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | ENG | Jacob Murphy | 44 | 9 | 25+14 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | ENG | Tom Lees | 30 | 2 | 24+3 | 2 | 1+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | KOS | Atdhe Nuhiu | 41 | 7 | 14+24 | 6 | 0+1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 19 | FW | ENG | Connor Wickham | 13 | 2 | 8+5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | ENG | Adam Reach | 39 | 2 | 26+10 | 1 | 1+1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | AUS | Massimo Luongo | 30 | 3 | 17+10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | ENG | Moses Odubajo | 24 | 0 | 19+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | ENG | Sam Hutchinson | 24 | 1 | 20+3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | GK | ENG | Cameron Dawson | 28 | 0 | 23+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | SCO | David Bates | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | ENG | Dominic Iorfa | 45 | 2 | 40+1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 28 | GK | ENG | Joe Wildsmith | 10 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | ENG | Alex Hunt | 8 | 0 | 2+4 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | MF | NED | Alessio Da Cruz | 15 | 0 | 8+6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | DF | ENG | Osaze Urhoghide | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 45 | FW | ITA | Fernando Forestieri | 19 | 2 | 8+9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 46 | MF | ENG | Liam Shaw | 2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 47 | MF | ENG | Josh Windass | 9 | 3 | 6+3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players that left the club mid-season: ||||||||||||
| 12 | DF | ENG | Jordan Thorniley | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | POR | Lucas João | 1 | 1 | 0+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Goalscorers

    As of 22 July 2020
Includes all competitive matches.
| Rank | Pos. | Nat. | No. | Player | Championship | FA Cup | League Cup | Total |
| 1 | FW | | 9 | Steven Fletcher | 13 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| 2 | MF | | 14 | Jacob Murphy | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| 3 | FW | | 17 | Atdhe Nuhiu | 6 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| 4 | DF | | 3 | Morgan Fox | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | FW | | 6 | Jordan Rhodes | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | MF | | 7 | Kadeem Harris | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | MF | | 21 | Massimo Luongo | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | FW | | 47 | Josh Windass | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | MF | | 10 | Barry Bannan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | FW | | 11 | Sam Winnall | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | DF | | 15 | Tom Lees | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | FW | | 19 | Connor Wickham | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | MF | | 20 | Adam Reach | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | DF | | 27 | Dominic Iorfa | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | FW | | 45 | Fernando Forestieri | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | DF | | 13 | Julian Börner | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | FW | | 18 | Lucas João | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | MF | | 23 | Sam Hutchinson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Own Goals | Own Goals | Own Goals | Own Goals | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 58 | 3 | 1 | 62 |

### Disciplinary record

    As of 22 July 2020
| No. | Pos. | Name | Championship | Championship | FA Cup | FA Cup | League Cup | League Cup | Total | Total |
| 22 | DF | Moses Odubajo | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| 21 | MF | Massimo Luongo | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 2 | DF | Liam Palmer | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 44 | DF | Osaze Urhoghide | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | GK | Keiren Westwood | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 23 | MF | Sam Hutchinson | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | Barry Bannan | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | Julian Börner | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | Atdhe Nuhiu | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 5 | MF | Kieran Lee | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Steven Fletcher | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | Adam Reach | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Kadeem Harris | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Joey Pelupessy | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | Dominic Iorfa | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Morgan Fox | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 45 | FW | Fernando Forestieri | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 6 | FW | Jordan Rhodes | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | Sam Winnall | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | Tom Lees | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | Connor Wickham | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | Alex Hunt | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 38 | MF | Alessio Da Cruz | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |

### Clean sheets

    As of 22 July 2020
| No. | Player | Matches Played | Clean Sheet % | League | FA Cup | EFL Cup | TOTAL |
| 1 | Keiren Westwood | 14 | 28.57% | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 25 | Cameron Dawson | 28 | 35.71% | 8 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| 28 | Joe Wildsmith | 10 | 20% | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 36 | Paul Jones | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

## Awards
### Player of the Month

Player of the Month awards for the 2019–20 season.
| Month | First | % | Second | % | Third | % |
| August | Julian Börner | 35.79% | Kadeem Harris | 35.55% | Steven Fletcher | 10.73% |
| September | Steven Fletcher | 31% | Julian Börner | 19% | Atdhe Nuhiu | 14% |
| October | Morgan Fox | 35% | Dominic Iorfa | 31% | Julian Börner | 15% |
| November | Dominic Iorfa | 62% | Steven Fletcher | 13% | Barry Bannan | 10% |
| December | Steven Fletcher | 27% | Barry Bannan | 19% | Dominic Iorfa | 17% |
| January | Morgan Fox | 47% | Dominic Iorfa | 23% | Jacob Murphy | 11% |
| February | Jacob Murphy | 36% | Josh Windass | 15% | Fernando Forestieri | 14% |

### Player of the Year

Player of the Year award for the 2019–20 season.
| Winner | Ref |
| Dominic Iorfa | |