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 saw 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 Nationality Position(s) Date of birth (age) Goalkeepers 1 Hugo Lloris (c) GK 22 Paulo Gazzaniga GK Defenders 3 Danny Rose LB 4 Toby Alderweireld CB / RB 5 Jan Vertonghen (3rd C) CB / LB 6 Davinson Sánchez CB / RB 15 Eric Dier DM / CB 21 Juan Foyth CB / RB / DM 24 Serge Aurier RB / RWB 33 Ben Davies LB / LWB / CB Midfielders 8 Harry Winks CM / DM 17 Moussa Sissoko CM / RM 18 Giovani Lo Celso CM / AM 19 Ryan Sessegnon LW / LWB 20 Dele Alli CM / AM 28Tanguy NdombeleCM / DM30Gedson FernandesCM Forwards 7 Son Heung-min LW / FW / RW 10 Harry Kane (VC) FW / SS 11 Erik Lamela RW / LW / AM 23 Steven Bergwijn LW / RW 27 Lucas Moura RW / LW / SS
Transfers Released Date from Position Nationality Name To Notes Ref. 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
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 2020CMGedson Fernandes Benfica30 June 2021
Loans out Date from Position Nationality Name To Date until Ref. 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 Nationality Name From Fee Ref. 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 Bergwijn joins from PSV - Tottenham Hotspur F.C., 29 January 2020
Transfers out Date from Position Nationality Name To Fee Ref. 7 June 2019 LB Connor Ogilvie Gillingham Free 17 July 2019 RB Kieran Trippier Atlético Madrid £20,000,000 23 July 2019FWVincent 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
Expenditure Summer: £90,000,000
Winter: £27,000,000
Total: £117,000,000
Income Summer: £30,900,000
Winter: £0
Total: £30,900,000
Net totals Summer: £59,100,000
Winter: £27,000,000
Total: £86,100,000
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.
2019 International Champions Cup
Audi Cup
Mid-season friendlies
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Premier League
League table
Results summary
Results by matchday
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
Knockout phase
Round of 16
Statistics Appearances
No. Pos. Name Premier League FA Cup EFL Cup Champions League Total Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps GoalsGoalkeepers 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 0Defenders 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 039DF Japhet Tanganga 6 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 11 064DF Malachi Fagan-Walcott 0 0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0 0+1 0Midfielders 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 0Forwards 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 2452FW Troy Parrott 0+2 0 0+1 0 1 0 0 0 1+3 0Players 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. 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 FW 23 Steven Bergwijn 3 0 0 0 38 DF 4 Toby Alderweireld 2 0 0 0 2 DF 5 Jan Vertonghen 1 1 0 0 2 MF 17 Moussa Sissoko 2 0 0 0 2 MF 18 Giovani Lo Celso 0 1 0 1 2 DF 24 Serge Aurier 1 0 0 1 2 MF 28 Tanguy Ndombele 2 0 0 0 214 DF 19 Ryan Sessegnon 0 0 0 1 1TOTALS56701881
Own goals Player Against Competition Minute Score after own goal Result Date Serge AurierPremier League 61'2-12-2 (A)28 December 2019 Toby AlderweireldPremier League 9'1-02-3 (A)16 February 2020
Clean sheets The list is sorted by shirt number when total clean sheets are equal. PlayerPremier LeagueFA CupEFL CupChampions LeagueTotal1 1 Hugo Lloris 6 0 0 0 62 22 Paulo Gazzaniga 2 0 1 2 5TOTALS801211
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