The 2019–20 season was Rotherham United's 95th season in their existence and the first back in the League One following relegation last season. The club also participated in the FA Cup, the EFL Cup and the EFL Trophy.
Key Events Rotherham occupied second place in the League One table when the season was temporarily suspended on 31 March 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Promotion back to the Championship was confirmed on 9 June 2020, when the EFL clubs voted to accept a proposal which would curtail the League One season and decide league positions on a points-per-game basis.
Squad statistics Player statistics
Players with zero appearances have been unused substitutes in one or more games. No.Pos.Nat.NameTotalLeagueFA CupEFL CupEFL TrophyDisciplineAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals 1GKDaniel Iversen3803403010001012GKLewis Price50100010301030GKLaurence Bilboe0000000000002DFBilly Jones11+109+10100010403DFJoe Mattock23+2122+21000010415DFAdam Thompson12+209+102+100010216DFRichard Wood26+2421+232021103015DFClark Robertson21+1217210201+103018DFTrevor Clarke5+514+4010000+113020DFMichael Ihiekwe3843323220004022DFMatthew Olosunde34+5027+503020206023DFCurtis Tilt10100000000033DFJake Southern-Cooper3000000030004MFShaun MacDonald4+1303+100000+201+10108MFBen Wiles35+5328+533020202011MFDaniel Barlaser32+3224+323020305014MFHakeeb Adelakun8+108+100000000016MFJamie Lindsay16+12114+810+100+202+102017MFMatt Crooks35+41131+292+11210+109019MFChiedozie Ogbene21+8119+612+10000+105125MFJosh Koroma0+500+500000000026MFJulien Lamy2+300+30000020007FWKyle Vassell17+7613+74212100109FWJamie Proctor1+400+30000+10100010FWFreddie Ladapo26+131720+11141+2221302021FWJerry Yates0+100+100000000024FWMichael Smith30+111226+1072+131+101+104032FWJoshua Kayode0+100000000+100034FWJacob Gratton000000000000Players played for the club this season on loan who returned to their parent club during the season:14FWCarlton Morris15+12411+1032+10102+113023FWJake Hastie11+5310+430+10001000Players played for the club this season who were permanently transferred out before the end of the season:31DFAkeem Hinds200000002000
Goalscorers
PlacePositionNationNumberNameTotalLeagueFA CupEFL CupOther 1 FW 10 Freddie Ladapo 1714210 2 FW 24 Michael Smith 129300 3 MF 17 Matt Crooks 119110 4 FW 7 Kyle Vassell 64110 5 DF 6 Richard Wood 43010= FW 14 Carlton Morris 43001 = DF 20 Michael Ihiekwe 42200 8 MF 8 Ben Wiles 33000 = FW 23 Jake Hastie 33000 10 MF 11 Daniel Barlaser 22000 = DF 15 Clark Robertson 22000 12 DF 3 Joe Mattock 11000 =MF 16Jamie Lindsay 11000 = MF 19 Chiedozie Ogbene 11000 = DF 18 Trevor Clarke 10001
Pre-season friendlies The club confirmed their usual opening pre-season friendly with Parkgate on 9 May 2019. A second friendly, at Farsley Celtic was announced on 14 May. A third friendly at Chesterfield was announced on 16 May. On 21 May the first home friendly, against Leicester City, was announced. A trip to Bradford Park Avenue was confirmed on 23 May 2019. A second home friendly, against West Brom was announced on 24 May 2019.
On 28 May 2019 the club announced that 1. FC Magdeburg would be the opposition for one of the games to take place during their German training camp.
Competitions League One
League table
Results summary
Results by matchday
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.
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.
EFL Trophy
On 9 July 2019, the pre-determined group stage draw was announced with Invited clubs to be drawn on 12 July 2019.
Table
Matches
Transfers Transfers in Date from Nationality Name From Fee Ref. 1 July 2019 Shaun MacDonald Wigan Athletic Free transfer 1 July 2019 Freddie Ladapo Plymouth Argyle Undisclosed 1 July 2019 Julien Lamy Free Agent Free transfer 5 July 2019 Matthew Olosunde Free Agent Free transfer 24 July 2019 Jamie Lindsay Ross County Undisclosed 29 July 2019 Trevor Clarke Shamrock Rovers Undisclosed 27 August 2019 Adam Thompson Bury Free transfer 29 August 2019 Chiedozie Ogbene Brentford Undisclosed 31 January 2020 Curtis Tilt Blackpool Undisclosed
Loans in Date from Nationality Name From Date until Ref. 1 July 2019 Carlton Morris Norwich City 8 January 2020 3 July 2019 Daniel Barlaser Newcastle United 30 June 2020 22 July 2019 Daniel Iversen Leicester City 30 June 2020 2 September 2019 Jake Hastie Rangers 28 January 2020 9 January 2020 Hakeeb Adelakun Bristol City 30 June 2020 31 January 2020 Josh Koroma Huddersfield Town 30 June 2020
Loans out Date from Nationality Name To Date until Ref. 1 July 2019 Jerry Yates Swindon Town 21 January 2020 5 July 2019 Matt Palmer Bradford City 31 January 2020 2 August 2019 Akeem Hinds Bradford (Park Avenue) 22 August 2019 3 August 2019 Joshua Kayode Gateshead 9 January 2020 7 August 2019 Jacques Etia Brighouse Town 30 June 2020 30 August 2019 Jamie Proctor Scunthorpe United 20 January 2020 14 November 2019 Harrison Beeden Brighouse Town 31 January 2020 6 December 2019 Jake Cooper Gateshead 25 April 2020 15 January 2020 Joshua Kayode Carlisle United 30 June 2020Or end of seasonwhichever later 16 January 2020 Jacob Gratton Scarborough Athletic February 2020 20 January 2020 Jamie Proctor A.F.C. Fylde 30 June 2020 29 January 2020 Jerry Yates Swindon Town 30 June 2020 31 January 2020 Julien Lamy AFC Wimbledon 30 June 2020
Transfers out Date from Nationality Name To Fee Ref. 1 July 2019 David Ball Free agent Released 1 July 2019 Dominic Ball Free agent Released 1 July 2019 Alex Bray Free agent Released 1 July 2019 Joe Newell Hibernian Contract expired 1 July 2019 Manny Onariase Free agent Released 1 July 2019 Darren Potter Free agent Released 1 July 2019 Jon Taylor Free agent Contract expired 1 July 2019 Ryan Williams Portsmouth Contract expired 1 July 2019 Will Vaulks Cardiff City Undisclosed 1 July 2019 Reece McGinley Free agent Contract expired 1 July 2019 Tyrone Lewthwaite Free agent Contract expired 1 July 2019 Anthony Forde Free agent Contract expired 2 July 2019 Ben Purrington Charlton Athletic Undisclosed 20 July 2019 Semi Ajayi West Bromwich Albion Undisclosed 29 January 2020 Akeem Hinds Free Agent Released 31 January 2020 Matt Palmer Free agent Mutual consent
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