The 2019–20 Oxford United season was the club's 126th year in existence and their fourth consecutive season in League One, the third tier of English football. As well as competing in League One, 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.
First-team squad No. Name Nationality Position Date of birth (age) Signed in Previous club Apps Goals Goalkeepers 1 Simon Eastwood GK 2016 Blackburn Rovers 168 0 13 Jack Stevens GK 2016 OUFC Academy 3 0 Defenders 3 Josh Ruffels DF 2013 Coventry City 232 14 4 Rob Dickie DF 2018 Reading 66 2 5 Elliott Moore DF 2019 Leicester City 5 1 12 Sam Long DF 2013 OUFC Academy 57 1 15 John Mousinho DF 2017 Burton Albion 96 3 29 Kashif Siddiqi DF 2019 Northampton Town 0 0 33 Kevin Berkoe DF 2019 Wolverhampton Wanderers 3 0 35 Sam Allardyce DF 2019 Bury 0 0 Midfielders 6 Alex Gorrin MF 2019 Motherwell 9 0 8 Cameron Brannagan MF 2018 Liverpool 77 11 10 Ben Woodburn MF 2019 Liverpool (loan) 11 1 11 Tariqe Fosu MF 2019 Charlton Athletic 10 4 14 Anthony Forde MF 2019 Rotherham United 12 1 16 Shandon Baptiste MF 2017 OUFC Academy 21 2 18 Mark Sykes MF 2019 Glenavon 14 1 20 Jamie Hanson MF 2018 Derby County 49 0 21 Malachi Napa MF 2017 OUFC Academy 18 0 22 George Thorne MF 2019 Derby County (loan) 2 0 50 Tyler Goodrham MF 2019 OUFC Academy 0 0 Forwards 7 Rob Hall FW 2016 Bolton Wanderers 65 11 9 Matty Taylor FW 2019 Bristol City (loan) 5 2 17 James Henry FW 2017 Wolverhampton Wanderers 116 30 19 Jamie Mackie FW 2018 Queens Park Rangers 58 8 23 Dan Agyei FW 2019 Burnley 2 0 37 Kyran Lofthouse FW 2019 OUFC Academy 1 0
Transfers Transfers in Date Position Nationality Name From Fee Ref. 1 July 2019 CB Sam Allardyce Bury Undisclosed 1 July 2019 RB Kevin Berkoe Wolverhampton Wanderers Free transfer 1 July 2019 AM Tariqe Fosu Charlton Athletic Compensation 1 July 2019 CM Alex Gorrin Motherwell Free transfer 31 July 2019 RM Anthony Forde Rotherham United Free transfer 1 August 2019 CB Elliott Moore Leicester City Undisclosed 10 August 2019 CF Dan Agyei Burnley Compensation 29 August 2019 RB Kashif Siddiqi Free agent Free transfer 2 September 2019 LW Oussama Zamouri FC Dordrecht Free transfer 4 September 2019 MF Fabio Sole Reading Free transfer 6 December 2019 GK Jordan Archer Millwall Free transfer 9 January 2020 CB Robert Atkinson Eastleigh Undisclosed 22 January 2020 DM George Thorne Derby County Undisclosed
Loans in Date from Position Nationality Name From Date until Ref. 23 July 2019 RM Chris Cadden Columbus Crew SC 2 January 2020 30 July 2019 LW Ben Woodburn Liverpool 30 June 2020 19 August 2019 CF Matty Taylor Bristol City 30 June 2020 19 August 2019 DM George Thorne Derby County January 2020 8 January 2020 LW Nathan Holland West Ham United 30 June 2020 8 January 2020 AM Liam Kelly Feyenoord 30 June 2020 9 January 2020 AM Marcus Browne Middlesbrough 30 June 2020
Loans out Date from Position Nationality Name To Date until Ref. 20 September 2019 RB Kashif Siddiqi Real Kashmir 30 June 2020 18 October 2019 FW Owen James Bracknell Town November 2019 1 November 2019 CM Aaron Heap North Leigh December 2019 15 November 2019 RW Kyran Lofthouse Oxford City December 2019 22 November 2019 LB Kevin Berkoe Oxford City 20 December 2019 22 November 2019 MF Aaron McCreadie Hayes & Yeading United December 2019 3 January 2020 GK Max Harris Oxford City February 2020 24 January 2020 CB Robert Atkinson Eastleigh 30 June 2020 24 January 2020 RW Robert Hall Forest Green Rovers 30 June 2020 11 February 2020 FW Fábio Lopes AFC Rushden & Diamonds March 2020 21 February 2020 DF Nico Jones Oxford City March 2020
Transfers out Date Position Nationality Name To Fee Ref. 1 July 2019 GK Niall Clayton Free agent Released 1 July 2019 MF Albie Hopkins Free agent Released 1 July 2019 CB Fiacre Kelleher Macclesfield Town Released 1 July 2019 CM Armani Little Torquay United Free transfer 1 July 2019 CB Curtis Nelson Cardiff City Free transfer 1 July 2019 CF Jonathan Obika St Mirren Released 1 July 2019 CB Charlie Raglan Cheltenham Town Free transfer 1 July 2019 GK Scott Shearer Free agent Released 1 July 2019 CF Jonte Smith Cheltenham Town Released 1 July 2019 FW Brandon Taverner Free agent Released 10 July 2019 CM Dai Wai-tsun Wolverhampton Wanderers Undisclosed 11 July 2019 CM James Cowan Airdrieonians Free transfer 30 July 2019 RW Gavin Whyte Cardiff City c.£2,000,000 1 August 2019 CF Harvey Bradbury Millwall Free transfer 3 September 2019 RB Tony McMahon Free agent Mutual consent 14 October 2019 LB Matt Taylor Harrogate Town Free transfer 2 January 2020 MF Oussama Zamouri Free agent Released 16 January 2020 GK Jordan Archer Fulham Free transfer 31 January 2020 CM Shandon Baptiste Brentford Undisclosed 31 January 2020 LW Tariqe Fosu Brentford Undisclosed
Pre-season
On 10 May 2019, the U's announced their pre-season fixtures. A second home friendly against Fulham was added. Lastly a trip to Scotland to face Rangers was later confirmed.
Competitions
League One
League table
Results summary
Results by matchday
Matches On Thursday, 20 June 2019, the EFL League One fixtures were released.
Play-offs
FA Cup
The draw for the first round proper was held on 21 October 2019. The second round draw was made live on 11 November from Chichester City's stadium, Oaklands Park. The draw for the third round was held on 2 December 2019. 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. The second-round draw was made on 13 August 2019 following the conclusion of all but one first-round matches. The third round draw was confirmed on 28 August 2019, live on Sky Sports. The draw for the fourth round was made on 25 September 2019. The quarter-final draw was conducted on 31 October, live on BBC Radio 2. After convincingly beating Premier League opponents West Ham in the third round, Oxford were eliminated at the quarter-final stage by eventual winners Manchester City, who had also beaten them in the same competition in an earlier round the previous season.
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.
Squad statistics Appearances and goals
Top scorers
PlacePositionNationNumberNameLeague OneFA CupLeague CupFL TrophyTotal1FW 9 Matty Taylor 13 1 2 1 172MF 17 James Henry 12 1 1 0 143FW 11 Tariqe Fosu 8 1 1 0 104MF 8 Cameron Brannagan 5 0 1 1 75FW 7 Robert Hall 0 2 1 3 66=MF 16 Shandon Baptiste 1 1 1 1 4MF 30 Marcus Browne 4 0 0 0 48=DF 3 Josh Ruffels 3 0 0 0 3FW 23 Dan Agyei 3 0 0 0 3MF 27 Nathan Holland 2 1 0 0 3Own goal 3 0 0 0 312=DF 5 Elliott Moore 1 0 1 0 2MF 14 Anthony Forde 1 0 0 1 2DF 12 Sam Long 1 1 0 0 2FW 19 Jamie Mackie 2 0 0 0 2MF 18 Mark Sykes 1 0 1 0 217=DF 4 Robert Dickie 0 0 0 1 1FW 10 Ben Woodburn 1 0 0 0 1MF 28 Liam Kelly 0 1 0 0 1TOTALS6199888
Disciplinary record
NumberNationPositionNameLeague OneFA CupLeague CupFL TrophyTotal3 DF Josh Ruffels 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 04 DF Robert Dickie 8 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 11 05 DF Elliott Moore 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 06 MF Alex Gorrin 11 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 12 07 FW Robert Hall 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 08 MF Cameron Brannagan 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 09 FW Matty Taylor 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 010 FW Ben Woodburn 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 011 FW Tariqe Fosu 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 012 DF Sam Long 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 3 014 MF Anthony Forde 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 015 DF John Mousinho 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 7 016 MFShandon Baptiste 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 017 MF James Henry 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 018 MF Mark Sykes 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 5 019 FW Jamie Mackie 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 7 020 MF Jamie Hanson 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 023 FW Dan Agyei 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 028 MF Liam Kelly 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 030 MF Marcus Browne 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 033 DF Kevin Berkoe 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0TOTALS61 0 7 0 6 0 4 0 78'' |0'''
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