The 2019–20 season was West Bromwich Albion's second consecutive season in the Championship since 2017–18 and their 142nd year in existence. This season, the club participated in the Championship, the FA Cup and the League Cup. The season covered the period from 1 July 2019 to 22 July 2020.
Albion finished as runners-up in the Championship, thus gaining automatic promotion to the Premier League. They became the first club to achieve a fifth Premier League promotion.
Pre-season
Competitions Championship
League table
Results summary
Results by matchday
Matches On Thursday, 20 June 2019, the EFL Championship fixtures were revealed.
FA Cup
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. The draw for the fifth round was made on 27 January 2020, live on The One Show.
EFL Cup
The first round draw was made on 20 June.
Transfers Transfers in Date Position Nationality Name From Fee Ref. 1 July 2019 FW Owen Windsor Cirencester Town Undisclosed 19 July 2019 FW Kenneth Zohore Cardiff City Undisclosed 20 July 2019 CB Semi Ajayi Rotherham United Undisclosed 23 July 2019 RB Darnell Furlong Queens Park Rangers Undisclosed 27 July 2019 AM Romaine Sawyers Brentford Undisclosed 8 August 2019 CF Charlie Austin Southampton Undisclosed 29 August 2019 GK Ali Al-Habsi Al-Hilal Free transfer 21 September 2019 CB Saul Shotton Bury Free transfer 16 October 2019 FW Cheikh Diaby Le Havre Free transfer 31 January 2020 LW Kamil Grosicki Hull City Undisclosed 31 January 2020 RB Lee Peltier Cardiff City Free transfer
Loans in Date Position Nationality Name From Date until Ref. 5 July 2019 AM Filip Krovinović Benfica 30 June 2020 8 August 2019 RW Grady Diangana West Ham United 30 June 2020 8 August 2019 RW Matheus Pereira Sporting CP 30 June 2020 8 August 2019 LW Chris Willock Benfica 30 June 2020 29 January 2020 LW Callum Robinson Sheffield United 30 June 2020
Loans out Date Position Nationality Name To Date until Ref. 16 July 2019 GK Alex Palmer Plymouth Argyle 30 June 2020 1 August 2019 GK Ted Cann Worcester City 27 August 2019 8 August 2019 CM Sam Field Charlton Athletic 30 June 2020 8 August 2019 RW Jonathan Leko Charlton Athletic 30 June 2020 9 August 2019 RB Kane Wilson Tranmere Rovers 1 January 2020 30 August 2019 RW Oliver Burke Alavés 30 June 2020 2 September 2019 LB Max Melbourne Lincoln City 6 January 2020 7 September 2019 RW Owen Windsor Cirencester Town October 2019 29 October 2019 RW Stanley Asomugha Alvechurch December 2019 9 November 2019 CM Jack Chambers Hednesford Town December 2019 10 January 2020 GK Ted Cann Yeovil Town 6 February 2020 27 January 2020 CF Callum Morton Northampton Town 30 June 2020 13 February 2020 CF Jamie Soule Barrow March 2020 14 February 2020 RB Dan Meredith Leamington March 2020 21 February 2020 LW Nick Clayton-Phillips Solihull Moors March 2020
Transfers out Date Position Nationality Name To Fee Ref. 1 July 2019 DM Gareth Barry Free agent Released 1 July 2019 CM Alex Bradley Lincoln City Mutual consent 1 July 2019 CB Craig Dawson Watford £5,500,000 1 July 2019 AM Wes Hoolahan Newcastle Jets Released 1 July 2019 CB Kyle Howkins Newport County Free transfer 1 July 2019 CB Kyle Jameson AFC Fylde Free transfer 1 July 2019 RB Tyrone Mears Free agent Released 1 July 2019 CM James Morrison Free agent Released 1 July 2019 GK Boaz Myhill Free agent Released 1 July 2019 GK Adam Przybek Ipswich Town Free transfer 9 July 2019 CF Jay Rodriguez Burnley £10,000,000 9 July 2019 LW Morgan Rogers Manchester City £4,000,000 11 July 2019 CF Louie Barry Barcelona £235,000 19 July 2019 CF Salomón Rondón Dalian Yifang £16,500,000 24 July 2019 DF Allan Nyom Getafe CF Undisclosed 10 January 2020 LB Max Melbourne Lincoln City Undisclosed
Appearances & Goals
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Goals record
Rank No. Nat. Po. Name Championship FA Cup League Cup Total115CFCharlie Austin 10011124 CFHal Robson-Kanu 100010310RWMatt Phillips 710812RWMatheus Pereira 800829LWGrady Diangana 800866 CBSemi Ajayi 50059 CFKenneth Zohore 320588 CMJake Livermore 30037 AMFilip Krovinović 300327CBDara O'Shea 300347LWCallum Robinson 3003122 RBDarnell Furlong 20025 CBKyle Bartley 200213AMKamil Grosicki 200221LMKyle Edwards 2002163 LBKieran Gibbs 100114LBConor Townsend 010119CMRomaine Sawyers 100126CBAhmed Hegazi 100136RBNathan Ferguson 1001Total 724176
Disciplinary record
Rank No. Nat. Po. Name Championship FA Cup League Cup Total 119CMRomaine Sawyers 1001000000100128 CMJake Livermore 1000000000100035 CBKyle Bartley 8000000008006 CBSemi Ajayi 600010000610536RBNathan Ferguson 50100000050162 RBDarnell Furlong 5000000005004 CFHal Robson-Kanu 50000000050010RWMatt Phillips 50000000050012RWMatheus Pereira 50000000050014LBConor Townsend 40010000050015CFCharlie Austin 5000000005001026CBAhmed Hegazi 21000000021027CBDara O'Shea 400000000400157 AMFilip Krovinović 20000000020021LMKyle Edwards 20000000020029LWGrady Diangana 200000000200171 GKSam Johnstone 1000000001003 LBKieran Gibbs 10000000010016CMRakeem Harper 00010000010047LWCallum Robinson 100000000100Total 83122100008522
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