The 2019–20 season was Ayr United's 2nd season in the Scottish Championship after being promoted from league one in the 2017–18 season. Ayr also competed in the Challenge Cup, League Cup and the Scottish Cup. On 13 March 2020 all SPFL leagues were indefinitely suspended due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Summary
Season Ayr began the season on 3 August 2019 and was scheduled to end on 2 May 2020. On 8 April 2020, the SPFL proposed to end the 2019–20 season by utilising a points per game ratio to determine the final standings. The plan was approved on 15 April 2020, declaring that the season was over, with Dundee United being named as title winners and relegating Partick Thistle to League One.
Results and fixtures
Scottish Championship
Scottish League Cup
Scottish Challenge Cup
Scottish Cup
Squad statistics
Appearances
|colspan="10"|Players who left the club during the 2019–20 season
Team statistics League table
League Cup table
Transfers Transfers in DatePositionNameFromFeeRef.13 June 2019DFSam RoscoeAberdeen Free transfer24 June 2019FWKris DoolanPartick Thistle23 January 2020DFJordan HoustonRangers24 January 2020MFGrant Gillespie Derry City
Transfers out DatePositionNameToFeeRef.1 July 2019DFChris HigginsEast FifeFree transferMFRobbie CrawfordLivingstonDFLiam SmithDundee UnitedMichael Rose Coventry CityFWJames HiltonStranraerMFStuart FauldsLargs ThistleDeclan McDaidDundee3 July 2019FWLawrence ShanklandDundee United31 August 2019DFDavid FergusonPeterhead11 January 2020MFJamie AdamsRetired30 January 2020MFCraig McGuffie Greenock Morton Free transfer6 February 2020FWKris Doolan
Loans in DatePositionNameFromEnd dateRef.8 July 2019MFFrank RossAberdeen1 January 202010 July 2019Stephen Kelly Rangers31 May 202012 July 2019GKRoss DoohanCeltic30 August 2019DFJordan HoustonRangers17 January 2020FW Aaron Drinan Ipswich Town30 January 2020FWScott TiffoneyLivingston31 January 2020MF Connor Malley Middlesbrough
Loans out Start datePositionNameToEnd dateRef.1 July 2019MFLeon MurphyStranraer 31 May 20204 August 2019DFMichael HewittKilwinning Rangers1 September 2019Nathan BairdCumnock Juniors
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