The 2019–20 season was Oldham Athletic's 125th season in their history and second consecutive season in the English football's fourth tier. Along with competing in League Two, the club also participated in the FA Cup, EFL Cup, and 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 CB Alex Iacovitti Nottingham Forest Free transfer 1 July 2019 RB Zak Mills Morecambe Free transfer 1 July 2019 GK Gary Woods Hamilton Academical Free transfer 19 July 2019 CF Scott Wilson Macclesfield Town Free transfer 22 July 2019 RW Marvin Kokos Gazélec Ajaccio Undisclosed 23 July 2019 CF Désiré Segbé Azankpo FK Senica Undisclosed 27 July 2019 RW Chris Eagles Free agent Free transfer 30 July 2019 FW Kielen Adams Bradford City Free transfer 30 July 2019 MF Dylan Fage AJ Auxerre Free transfer 30 July 2019 MF Florian Gonzales AJ Auxerre Free transfer 1 August 2019 AM Callum Dolan Altrincham Free transfer 1 August 2019 CB Tomáš Egert Burton Albion Free transfer 1 August 2019 CB David Wheater Bolton Wanderers Free transfer 30 August 2019 LW Dominic McHale FC United of Manchester Free transfer 18 October 2019 DM Chris McCann D.C. United Free transfer 29 November 2019 CM David Jones Sheffield Wednesday Free transfer 30 November 2019 CF Jean-Louis Akpa Akpro Masfout Club Free transfer 14 January 2020 RW Zak Dearnley New Mills Free transfer 16 January 2020 CF Danny Rowe AFC Fylde Undisclosed
Loans in Date Position Nationality Name From Date until Ref. 5 July 2019 GK Gregor Zabret Swansea City 30 June 2020 2 August 2019 LB Ashley Smith-Brown Plymouth Argyle 31 January 2020 2 September 2019 RW Filipe Morais Crawley Town 30 June 2020 2 September 2019 LM Jonny Smith Bristol City 30 June 2020 2 January 2020 MF Christian N'Guessan Burnley 30 June 2020 6 January 2020 CB Carl Piergianni Salford City 30 June 2020 10 January 2020 CF Emmanuel Dieseruvwe Salford City 30 June 2020 24 January 2020 LB Cameron Borthwick-Jackson Manchester United 30 June 2020
Loans out Date Position Nationality Name To Date until Ref. 16 August 2019 LM Harry Robinson Crusaders 7 January 2020 16 August 2019 MF Kyle Wych Glossop North End September 2019 29 August 2019 RB Javid Swaby-Neavin Radcliffe 30 June 2020 30 August 2019 AM Callum Dolan Ashton United October 2019 19 September 2019 LW Gevaro Nepomuceno Chesterfield 1 January 2020 12 October 2019 MF Florian Gonzales Ashton United 1 January 2020 22 November 2019 MF Reece Gaskell Runcorn Linnets December 2019 22 November 2019 MF Lewis McKinney Runcorn Linnets December 2019 29 November 2019 DF Andy Hackett Winsford United January 2020 29 November 2019 DF Charley Leech Winsford United January 2020 29 November 2019 FW Ryan Pickford Winsford United January 2020 17 January 2020 CF Kielen Adams Chorley February 2020 28 February 2020 CF Scott Wilson Notts County 31 May 2020 1 March 2020 CF Kielen Adams Hyde United April 2020
Transfers out Date Position Nationality Name To Fee Ref. 1 July 2019 AM Jose Baxter Plymouth Argyle Released 1 July 2019 CB Peter Clarke Fleetwood Town Released 1 July 2019 CB George Edmundson Rangers Undisclosed 1 July 2019 AM Dan Gardner Free agent Released 1 July 2019 RB Rob Hunt Swindon Town Mutual consent 1 July 2019 LB Jay Sheridan Free agent Released 1 July 2019 LB Andy Taylor AFC Fylde Released 1 July 2019 CM Chinedu Uche Glossop North End Released 2 September 2019 CF Chris O'Grady Bolton Wanderers Mutual consent 11 October 2019 AM Callum Dolan Free agent Sacked 18 October 2019 CF Jonathan Benteke Alemannia Aachen Free transfer 3 December 2019 DM Ousmane Fané Shrewsbury Town Free transfer 6 January 2020 RW Chris Eagles Free agent Mutual consent 8 January 2020 MF Florian Gonzales Free agent Mutual consent 10 January 2020 CF Jean-Louis Akpa Akpro Radcliffe Mutual consent 24 January 2020 CF Urko Vera CD Guijuelo Mutual consent 30 January 2020 CM David Jones Free agent Released 3 February 2020 LM Harry Robinson Motherwell Released 3 February 2020 CB Sonhy Sefil Free agent Released
Pre-season The Latics announced pre-season friendlies against Raja Casablanca and Rochdale.
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. The second round draw was made live on 11 November from Chichester City's stadium, Oaklands Park.
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.
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