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 Nationality Name From Fee Ref. 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 Nationality Name To Fee Ref. 1 July 2019 CM Almen Abdi 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 Nationality Name To End date Ref.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 Nationality Name To End date Ref.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 Nationality Name Length Expiry Ref. 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
Results summary
Results by matchday
Matches On Thursday, 20 June 2019, the EFL Championship fixtures were revealed.
August
September
October
November
December
January
February
March
5 days later after 5-0 loss at Brentford EFL was suspended due to COVID-19 Pandemic
June
July
FA Cup
EFL Cup
Squad statistics Appearances
|colspan="14"|Players that left the club mid-season:
Goalscorers
Includes all competitive matches.
PlayerChampionshipFA CupLeague CupTotal1FW9Steven Fletcher1300132MF14Jacob Murphy90093FW17Atdhe Nuhiu60174DF3Morgan Fox2103FW6Jordan Rhodes3003MF7Kadeem Harris3003MF21Massimo Luongo3003FW47Josh Windass30035MF10Barry Bannan2002FW11Sam Winnall1102DF15Tom Lees2002FW19Connor Wickham2002MF20Adam Reach1102DF27Dominic Iorfa2002FW45Fernando Forestieri20026DF13Julian Börner1001FW18Lucas João1001MF23Sam Hutchinson1001Own Goals 1 0 01Total 58 3 162
Disciplinary record
No. Pos. Name Championship FA Cup League Cup 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
No.Nat.PlayerMatches PlayedClean Sheet %LeagueFA CupEFL CupTOTAL1 Keiren Westwood 14 28.57% 4 00 425 Cameron Dawson 28 35.71% 8 11 1028 Joe Wildsmith 10 20% 2 00 236 Paul Jones 0 0% 0 00 0
Awards Player of the Month Player of the Month awards for the 2019–20 season.
Month First % Second % Third % RefAugust Julian Börner35.79% Kadeem Harris35.55% Steven Fletcher 10.73%September Steven Fletcher31% Julian Börner19% Atdhe Nuhiu 14%October Morgan Fox35% Dominic Iorfa31% Julian Börner 15%November Dominic Iorfa62% Steven Fletcher13% Barry Bannan 10%December Steven Fletcher27% Barry Bannan 19% Dominic Iorfa17%January Morgan Fox47% Dominic Iorfa23% Jacob Murphy11%February Jacob Murphy36% Josh Windass15% Fernando Forestieri14%
Player of the Year Player of the Year award for the 2019–20 season.
Winner Ref Dominic Iorfa
References