The 2019–20 Sunderland A.F.C. season was the club's 141st season in existence, and their second consecutive season in the third tier of English football, after relegation from the Championship in the 2017–18 season. Along with competing in League One, the club participated in the FA Cup and EFL Cup as well as the EFL Trophy. The season covers the period from 1 July 2019 to 30 June 2020. On 3 April, the English Football League decided to postpone all football until safe to do so due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and on 9 June, clubs voted to curtail the season, meaning the final table would be calculated by a points-per-game method with the play-offs being played behind closed doors.
First team squad
Squad No. Name Nationality Position(s) Age Ends Signed from Apps Goals Goalkeepers 1 Jon McLaughlin GK 2020 Heart of Midlothian 65 0 16 Lee Burge GK 2021 Coventry City 3 0 43 Anthony Patterson GK 2020 Academy 0 0 Defenders 2 Conor McLaughlin RB 2021 Millwall 11 0 3 Joel Lynch CB 2020 Queens Park Rangers 2 0 4 Jordan Willis CB 2021 Coventry City 11 1 5 Alim Öztürk CB 2020 Boluspor 28 0 12 Tom Flanagan CB 2020 Burton Albion 47 2 20 Declan John LB 2020 Swansea City (loan) 0 0 26 Bailey Wright CB 2020 Bristol City (loan) 0 0 33 Denver Hume LB 2021 Academy 21 0 Midfielders 6 Max Power CM 2021 Wigan Athletic 52 6 7 Chris Maguire RW 2020 Bury 54 13 11 Lynden Gooch AM 2022 Academy 100 12 13 Luke O'Nien CM 2020 Wycombe Wanderers 62 6 14 Duncan Watmore RW 2020 Altrincham 66 6 17 Elliot Embleton CM 2021 Academy 8 0 18 George Dobson CM 2022 Walsall 11 0 21 Ethan Robson CM 2020 Academy 14 1 23 Grant Leadbitter CM 2021 Middlesbrough 149 11 28 Josh Scowen CM 2022 Queens Park Rangers 0 0 35 Ruben Sammut DM 2020 Chelsea 0 0 37 Bali Mumba CM 2021 Academy 9 0 Forwards 8 Kyle Lafferty ST 2020 Sarpsborg 08 0 0 9 Charlie Wyke ST 2021 Bradford City 39 7 22 Will Grigg ST 2022 Wigan Athletic 33 5 31 Benjamin Mbunga-Kimpioka ST 2020 IK Sirius 9 2 42 Antoine Semenyo ST 2020 Bristol City (loan) 0 0
Pre-season friendlies As of 12 June 2019 Sunderland has announced three preseason friendlies against South Shields, Benfica B, and Belenenses.
Competitions
League One
League table
Result 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.
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.
EFL Trophy
On 9 July 2019, the pre-determined group stage draw was announced with Invited clubs to be drawn on 12 July 2019.
Group A
Squad statistics
Top scorers
PlayerLeague OneFA CupEFL CupEFL TrophyTotal1MF7 Chris Maguire10001112MF11 Lynden Gooch900093MF19 Aiden McGeady411064FW9 Charlie Wyke40105FW10 Marc McNulty202155MF13 Luke O'Nien30003FW22 Will Grigg101136MF6 Max Power10102DF12 Tom Flanagan10102MF14 Duncan Watmore100127DF4 Jordan Willis10001MF18 George Dobson00101FW31 Benjamin Mbunga-Kimpioka10001DF33 Denver Hume10001Total3718551
Appearances and goals
|colspan="14"|Players who have played for Sunderland this season but are currently out on loan:
|colspan="14"|Players who have played for Sunderland this season but have left the club:
Disciplinary record
No. Pos. Name League One FA Cup EFL Cup EFL Trophy Total 2 DF Conor McLaughlin 5 1 6 3 DF Joel Lynch 5 4 4 DF Jordan Willis 1 1 1 3 5 DF Alim Öztürk 4 2 6 MF Max Power 5 1 6 7 MF Chris Maguire 7 2 7 9 FW Charlie Wyke 4 3 11 MF Lynden Gooch 5 3 12 DF Tom Flanagan 4 4 13 MF Luke O'Nien 4 1 1 4 2 18 MF George Dobson 9 1 7 19 MF Aiden McGeady 6 6 23 MF Grant Leadbitter 3 1 4 28 DF Laurens De Bock 1 1 33 DF Denver Hume 2 2 41 FW Lee Connelly 1 1 42 FW Antoine Semenyo 1 1 Total 65013002005017502
Transfers
Transfers in Date from Position Nationality Name From Fee Ref. 1 July 2019 RB Conor McLaughlin Millwall Free 2 July 2019 GK Ahmed Abdelkader ENAD Polis Chrysochous Free 3 July 2019 GK Lee Burge Coventry City Free 4 July 2019 CM Ruben Sammut Chelsea Free 4 July 2019 CB Michael Collins Everton Free 13 July 2019 CB Jordan Willis Coventry City Free 25 July 2019 CM George Dobson Walsall Undisclosed 23 August 2019 LM Cieran Dunne Falkirk Free 26 August 2019 CB Joel Lynch Queens Park Rangers Free 2 September 2019 CM Nathan Greenwood Seaham Red Star Free 10 January 2020 CF Kyle Lafferty Sarpsborg 08 Free 27 January 2020 CM Josh Scowen Queens Park Rangers Undisclosed 21 February 2020 CB Tommy Smith Colorado Rapids Free
Loans in Date from Position Nationality Name From Date until Ref. 24 July 2019 ST Marc McNulty Reading 31 January 2020 2 September 2019 LB Laurens De Bock Leeds United 1 January 2020 21 January 2020 CB Bailey Wright Bristol City 30 June 2020 31 January 2020 LB Declan John Swansea City 30 June 2020 31 January 2020 LW Antoine Semenyo Bristol City 30 June 2020
Loans out Date from Position Nationality Name To Date until Ref. 20 August 2019 DM Jordan Hunter South Shields 30 June 2020 22 August 2019 CF Lee Connelly South Shields September 2019 2 September 2019 CB Jack Baldwin Salford City June 2020 2 September 2019 CF Jack Diamond Harrogate Town 30 June 2020 2 September 2019 CM Ethan Robson Grimsby Town January 2020 18 October 2019 CM Jake Hackett Whitby Town 4 January 2020 10 January 2020 CF Lee Connelly Alloa Athletic 30 June 2020 31 January 2020 LW Aiden McGeady Charlton Athletic 30 June 2020 5 March 2020 DM Bali Mumba South Shields 30 June 2020
Transfers out Date from Position Nationality Name To Fee Ref. 1 July 2019 DM Lee Cattermole VVV-Venlo Mutual consent 1 July 2019 LB Reece James Doncaster Rovers Undisclosed 1 July 2019 GK Max Johnstone St Johnstone Released 1 July 2019 CB Lamine Koné Strasbourg Undisclosed 1 July 2019 RB Adam Matthews Charlton Athletic Released 1 July 2019 AM Luke Molyneux Hartlepool United Released 1 July 2019 GK Robbin Ruiter PSV Eindhoven Released 1 July 2019 CF Connor Shields Aldershot Town Released 1 July 2019 CB Alex Storey Sunderland RCA Released 1 July 2019 GK Max Stryjek Eastleigh Released 1 July 2019 CB Jacob Young Hoffenheim Undisclosed 11 July 2019 RB Donald Love Shrewsbury Town Mutual consent 29 July 2019 LB Bryan Oviedo FC Copenhagen Undisclosed 2 August 2019 AM George Honeyman Hull City Undisclosed 17 August 2019 CB Rayed Derbali CA Bizertin Undisclosed 22 August 2019 CB Glenn Loovens Free agent Released 7 January 2020 CM Dylan McGeouch Aberdeen Undisclosed 11 March 2020 LB Williams Kokolo Middlesbrough Free transfer
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