The 2019–20 season was Wycombe Wanderers' 133rd season in existence and their 27th consecutive season in the Football League. This was the club's second consecutive season in EFL League One. The club earned promotion to the EFL Championship on 13 July 2020, beating Oxford United 2–1 in the 2020 EFL League One play-off final at Wembley Stadium.
Friendlies Pre-season Wycombe Wanderers announced on 13 May 2019 that they will face Barnet and Woking during pre-season. Their full schedule was confirmed on 31 May.
Mid-season
Competitions
League One
League table
Results summary
Results by matchday
Matches On Thursday, 20 June 2019, the EFL League One fixtures were revealed.
League One play-offs
On 9 June 2020, League One clubs voted by an overwhelming majority to curtail the 2019–20 season early due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom. It was announced the same day that the play-offs would still be played and that positions would be determined on a points per game (PPG) basis. This meant that Wycombe Wanderers finished 3rd in the League One table, thus occupying the first play-off spot.
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 group-stage draw was announced with invited clubs drawn on 12 July 2019.
Berks & Bucks FA Senior Cup
On 13 August 2019, Wycombe Wanderers confirmed that they would take part in the BBFA Senior Cup for the first time since 2014 having won it 29 times. Since they are a League (EFL) member, they were given a bye to the Quarter Finals. The draw was made after the 2nd round matches had been completed, with Wycombe Wanderers being drawn against Hungerford Town of the National League South. Wycombe won 3–0 against Hungerford to set up a tie with Spartan South Midlands Premier Division side Newport Pagnell Town On 17 April 2020, the Berks & Bucks Football Association announced that the competition had been cancelled and all results would be expunged due to the 2019–20 COVID-19 pandemic.
Team details Squad information
No. Nationality Name Age Joined club GOALKEEPERS 1 Ryan Allsop 2018 13 Cameron Yates 2018 31 David Stockdale 2020DEFENDERS 2 Sido Jombati 2014 3 Joe Jacobson 2014 5 Anthony Stewart 2015 15 Jamie Mascoll 2019 16 Giles Phillips 2019 19 Jack Grimmer 2019 21 Darius Charles 2019MIDFIELDERS 4 Dominic Gape 2016 7 David Wheeler 2019 8 Alex Pattison 2019 10 Matt Bloomfield 2003 18 Curtis Thompson 2018 22 Nick Freeman 2016 24 Jacob Gardiner-Smith 2019 28 Nnamdi Ofoborh 2019FORWARDS 9 Craig Mackail-Smith 2017 11 Scott Kashket 2016 17 Paul Smyth 2019 20 Adebayo Akinfenwa 2016 23 Fred Onyedinma 2019 25 Alex Samuel 2018 27 Josh Parker 2019
Loan player
Appearances and goals
|colspan="16"|Players who left the club before the end of the season:
Transfers Transfers in Date Position Nationality Name From Fee Ref. 9 July 2019 CM Alex Pattison Middlesbrough Free transfer 22 July 2019 DM Jacob Gardiner-Smith Hendon Free transfer 22 July 2019 RB Jack Grimmer Coventry City Free transfer 23 July 2019 LB Jamie Mascoll Charlton Athletic Free transfer 30 July 2019 RM Fred Onyedinma Millwall Undisclosed 30 July 2019 RW David Wheeler Queens Park Rangers Free transfer 1 August 2019 CF Josh Parker Charlton Athletic Free transfer 15 August 2019 CB Darius Charles Free agent Free transfer 25 February 2020 CB Paco Craig Louisville City Free transfer
Loans in Date from Position Nationality Name From Date until Ref. 19 July 2019 CF Paul Smyth Queens Park Rangers 14 July 2020 22 July 2019 CB Giles Phillips Queens Park Rangers 14 July 2020 2 September 2019 LM Rolando Aarons Newcastle United 13 January 2020 2 September 2019 CM Nnamdi Ofoborh AFC Bournemouth 14 July 2020 18 January 2020 RB Jason McCarthy Millwall 1 June 2020 24 January 2020 GK David Stockdale Birmingham City 14 July 2020
Transfers out Date Position Nationality Name To Fee Ref. 1 July 2019 DM Marcus Bean Retired Released 1 July 2019 CB Darius Charles Free agent Released 1 July 2019 RW Paris Cowan-Hall Colchester United Released 1 July 2019 CB Ben Frempah Wingate & Finchley Released 1 July 2019 RB Michael Harriman Northampton Town Released 1 July 2019 GK Yves Ma-Kalambay Free agent Released 1 July 2019 CF Nathan Tyson Notts County Released 30 July 2019 RB Jason McCarthy Millwall Undisclosed 2 September 2019 CB Adam El-Abd Stevenage Mutual consent 26 March 2020 CB Paco Craig Free agent Released
Loans out Date from Position Nationality Name To Date until Ref. 19 July 2019 CF Craig Mackail-Smith Stevenage 9 June 2020 24 December 2019 DM Jacob Gardiner-Smith Braintree Town 24 March 2020
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