The 2019–20 season was Shrewsbury Town's 134th year in existence and their fifth consecutive season in League One. The club also participated in the FA Cup, the EFL Cup and the EFL Trophy.
The season covered the period from 1 July 2019 to 30 June 2020.
Transfers
Transfers in Date Position Nationality Name From Fee Ref. 1 July 2019 DF Ethan Ebanks-Landell Wolverhampton Wanderers Undisclosed 1 July 2019 DF Aaron Pierre Northampton Town Undisclosed 1 July 2019 FW Daniel Udoh AFC Telford United Undisclosed 4 July 2019 GK Joe Murphy Bury Free transfer 12 July 2019 RB Donald Love Sunderland Free transfer 8 August 2019 CF Steve Morison Millwall Undisclosed 16 August 2019 CM Sean Goss Queens Park Rangers Undisclosed 2 September 2019 CF Jason Cummings Nottingham Forest Undisclosed 3 December 2019 DM Ousmane Fané Oldham Athletic Free transfer 20 January 2020 CM Josh Vela Hibernian Free transfer 31 January 2020 GK Harry Burgoyne Wolverhampton Wanderers Undisclosed
Loans in Date from Position Nationality Name From Date until Ref. 1 July 2019 LM Ryan Giles Wolverhampton Wanderers January 2020 1 July 2019 CF Steve Morison Millwall 8 August 2019 5 July 2019 GK Max O'Leary Bristol City 30 June 2020 18 July 2019 CM Luke McCormick Chelsea January 2020 16 August 2019 DM Louis Thompson Norwich City 16 January 2020 2 September 2019 CF Callum Lang Wigan Athletic 30 June 2020 17 January 2020 LB Sam Hart Blackburn Rovers 30 June 2020 30 January 2020 CF Conor McAleny Fleetwood Town 30 June 2020 31 January 2020 RB Kayne Ramsay Southampton 30 June 2020
Loans out Date from Position Nationality Name To Date until Ref. 1 August 2019 GK Cameron Gregory Kidderminster Harriers 1 January 2020 1 August 2019 FW Lifumpa Mwandwe Newtown 1 January 2020 2 September 2019 CM Anthony Grant Swindon Town 1 January 2020 17 September 2019 MF Kian Taylor Coalville Town 1 January 2020 7 November 2019 AM Ryan Barnett AFC Telford United 1 May 2020 6 March 2020 GK Cameron Gregory Nantwich Town April 2020 14 March 2020 RB Ryan Sears AFC Telford United 13 April 2020
Transfers out Date Position Nationality Name To Fee Ref. 1 July 2019 FW Aaron Amadi-Holloway Brisbane Roar Undisclosed 1 July 2019 FW Lee Angol Leyton Orient Undisclosed 1 July 2019 GK Steve Arnold Northampton Town Undisclosed 1 July 2019 DF James Bolton Portsmouth Free transfer 1 July 2019 MF George Hughes Airbus UK Broughton Released 1 July 2019 MF Sam Jones Harrogate Town Mutual consent 1 July 2019 MF Doug Loft Billericay Town Released 1 July 2019 FW John McAtee Scunthorpe United Released 1 July 2019 DF Mat Sadler Walsall Released 1 July 2019 DF Christos Shelis APOEL Released 9 July 2019 RW Alex Gilliead Scunthorpe United Undisclosed 12 July 2019 LB Ryan Haynes Newport County Undisclosed 9 August 2019 GK Reice Charles-Cook Macclesfield Town Free transfer 15 August 2019 LW Abo Eisa Scunthorpe United Undisclosed 16 August 2019 CB Luke Waterfall Grimsby Town Free transfer 6 January 2020 CM Anthony Grant Swindon Town Undisclosed 16 January 2020 CF Lenell John-Lewis Free agent Released 30 January 2020 LW Fejiri Okenabirhie Doncaster Rovers Undisclosed
Squad
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Pre-season Shrews announced pre-season friendlies against Aston Villa and Cheltenham Town.
Competitions
League One
League table
Result summary
Results by round
Matches On Thursday, 20 June 2019, the EFL League One fixtures were revealed.
FA Cup
The first round draw was made on 21 October 2019. The second round draw was made live on 11 November from Chichester City's stadium, Oaklands Park. The third round draw was made live on BBC Two from Etihad Stadium, Micah Richards and Tony Adams conducted the draw. The fourth round draw was made by Alex Scott and David O'Leary on Monday, 6 January.
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.
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