The 2019–20 season was Accrington Stanley's second season in League One and their 51st year in existence. Along with competing in League One, the club also participated in the FA Cup, EFL Cup, and EFL Trophy. The season covers the period from 1 July 2019 to 30 June 2020.
Transfers
Transfers in Date Position Nationality Name From Fee Ref. 1 July 2019 CM Joe Pritchard Bolton Wanderers Free transfer 13 July 2019 CF Colby Bishop Leamington Undisclosed 13 July 2019 LB Zaine Francis-Angol AFC Fylde Free transfer 15 July 2019 LB Joe Maguire Fleetwood Town Free transfer 15 July 2019 CM Lamine Kaba Sherif Leicester City Free transfer 16 July 2019 CB Ben Barclay Brighton & Hove Albion Free transfer 23 July 2019 WG Wilson Carvalho Stratford Town Free transfer 1 August 2019 RB Phil Edwards Bury Free transfer 12 August 2019 CF Dion Charles Southport Undisclosed
Loans in Date Position Nationality Name From Date until Ref. 2 August 2019 GK Josef Buršík Stoke City 30 June 2020 9 August 2019 CF Courtney Baker-Richardson Swansea City 30 June 2020 2 September 2019 CB Aji Alese West Ham United 30 June 2020 2 September 2019 CB Jerome Opoku Fulham 30 June 2020 2 September 2019 CF Connor Simpson Preston North End 30 June 2020 6 September 2019 DM Sadou Diallo Wolverhampton Wanderers 30 June 2020 31 January 2020 CF Benny Ashley-Seal Wolverhampton Wanderers 30 June 2020 31 January 2020 CM Bobby Grant Wrexham 30 June 2020
Loans out Date from Position Nationality Name To Date until Ref. 16 July 2019 CB Zehn Mohammed Southport January 2020 20 July 2019 CB Reagan Ogle Southport January 2020 22 July 2019 CM Niall Watson Sligo Rovers 31 December 2019 8 November 2019 FW Alex O'Neill Skelmersdale United 21 November 2019 22 November 2019 FW Alex O'Neill Runcorn Linnets December 2019 2 December 2019 MF Lewis Doyle Curzon Ashton January 2020 7 December 2019 MF Lewis Gilboy City of Liverpool January 2020 20 December 2019 CM Andrew Scott Curzon Ashton January 2020 30 December 2019 GK Toby Savin Stalybridge Celtic January 2020
Transfers out Date Position Nationality Name To Fee Ref. 1 July 2019 DM Scott Brown Harrogate Town Free transfer 1 July 2019 GK Jonny Maxted Exeter City Free transfer 1 July 2019 RM Piero Mingoia Boreham Wood Mutual consent 1 July 2019 DM Liam Nolan FC Halifax Town Released 1 July 2019 CB Ben Richards-Everton Bradford City Free transfer 1 July 2019 LM Danny Williams FC Halifax Town Released 1 July 2019 CB Will Wood Dagenham & Redbridge Released 13 December 2019 RW Okera Simmonds Free agent Mutual consent 29 January 2020 FW Billy Kee Retired
Pre-season Stanley have announced pre-season friendlies against Sligo Rovers, Marseille, Bala Town, Warrington Town and Morecambe.
Competitions
League One
League table
Result summary
Results by matchday
Matches On Thursday, 20 June 2019, the EFL League One fixtures were revealed.
August
September
October
November
December
January
February
March
April
May
FA Cup
The first round draw was made on 21 October 2019.
EFL Cup
The first round draw was made on 20 June.
EFL Trophy
On 9 July 2019, the pre-determined group stage draw was announced with Invited clubs to be drawn on 12 July 2019. The draw for the second round was made on 16 November 2019 live on Sky Sports. The third round draw was confirmed on 5 December 2019.
Statistics
Appearances and goals
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! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Forwards
! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Players transferred out during the season
Disciplinary record
RankPositionNameLeague OneFA CupEFL CupEFL TrophyTotal1DF Jerome Opoku60100010802MF Seamus Conneely6100000061MF Sam Finley60000000604DF Callum Johnson5000000050DF Ben Barclay20001020506DF Ross Sykes4100000041MF Sean McConville41000000418MF Jordan Clark30000000309DF Mark Hughes2100000021DF Joe Maguire1000100020MF Wilson Carvalho101000002012DF Zaine Francis-Angol1100000011GK Dimitar Evtimov1000000010DF Lamine Kaba Sherif0000001010DF Harvey Rodgers|1000000010DF Aji Alese1000000010GK Sadou Diallo1000000010Total435202040515
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