The 2019–20 season was Cambridge United's 108th season in their history, their 41st in the Football League, and their sixth consecutive season in League Two. Along with League Two, the club participated in the FA Cup, EFL Cup and EFL Trophy.
The season covers the period from 1 July 2019 to 30 June 2020.
Season squad
Transfers Transfers in Date Position Nationality Name From Fee Ref. 1 July 2019 GK Callum Burton Hull City Free transfer 1 July 2019 CM Luke Hannant Port Vale Free transfer 1 July 2019 CF Harvey Knibbs Aston Villa Free transfer 1 July 2019 RB Kyle Knoyle Swindon Town Free transfer 19 July 2019 LB Dan Jones Notts County Free transfer 29 July 2019 CF Andrew Dallas Rangers Undisclosed 5 August 2019 CF Marc Richards Swindon Town Free transfer 29 August 2019 CM Samir Carruthers Sheffield United Free transfer 13 September 2019 CB Elliott Ward Notts County Free transfer
Loans in Date from Position Nationality Name From Date until Ref. 2 August 2019 CF Sam Smith Reading 30 June 2020 20 August 2019 CM Jack Roles Tottenham Hotspur 30 June 2020 23 January 2020 MF Idris El Mizouni Ipswich Town 30 June 2020 24 January 2020 CF Victor Adeboyejo Barnsley 30 June 2020 31 January 2020 LB Ben Coker Lincoln City 30 June 2020 31 January 2020 CF Paul Mullin Tranmere Rovers 30 June 2020
Loans out Date from Position Nationality Name To Date until Ref. 26 July 2019 CF Joe Neal Needham Market September 2019 17 October 2019 RW Tom Knowles Chelmsford City 3 March 2020 12 November 2019 CB Louis John Sutton United January 2020 21 November 2019 DM Ben Worman Chelmsford City December 2019 11 March 2020 LB Daniel Jones Solihull Moors 30 June 2020
Transfers out Date Position Nationality Name To Fee Ref. 1 July 2019 LB Jake Carroll Motherwell Free transfer 1 July 2019 GK David Forde Free agent Released 1 July 2019 CF Matthew Foy Cambridge City Released 1 July 2019 RB Brad Halliday Doncaster Rovers Free transfer 1 July 2019 RM Emmanuel Osadebe Macclesfield Town Released 1 July 2019 DM Sam Squire Needham Market Released 1 July 2019 CM Lee Watkins St Neots Town Released 4 July 2019 AM Jevani Brown Colchester United Undisclosed 8 July 2019 RW David Amoo Port Vale Free transfer 31 December 2019 CM Gary Deegan Shelbourne Free transfer 16 January 2020 CF Marc Richards Yeovil Town Free transfer 23 January 2020 CB Louis John Sutton United Undisclosed
Pre-season On 23 May 2019, The U's announced their pre-season schedule. On 21 June 2019 a further two matches during a tour of Scotland were confirmed.
Competitions
League Two
League table
Results summary
Results by matchday
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. The second round draw was made on 13 August 2019 following the conclusion of all but one first-round matches.
EFL Trophy
On 9 July 2019, the pre-determined group stage draw was announced with Invited clubs to be drawn on 12 July 2019.
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