2019–20 Crawley Town F.C. season

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Crawley Town 2019–20 football season

The 2019–20 season was Crawley Town’s 124th season in their history and their fifth consecutive season in League Two. The club finished 13th in League Two, whilst they also competed in the FA Cup, EFL Cup and EFL Trophy, where they were eliminated in the Second round, Fourth round and Group stage respectively. The season covered the period from 1 July 2019 to 30 June 2020.

Season summary[edit]

The 2019–20 season saw Crawley Town compete in League Two for the fifth consecutive season.[4] Despite the club reaching the Fourth round of the EFL Cup,[5] their best performance in the competition,[6] manager Gabriele Cioffi left the club by mutual consent on 2 December 2019, with the club having won just once in their previous 11 matches with the club 17th in League Two.[7] Cioffi was replaced by former manager John Yems three days later on a deal until the end of the season.[8] Following an upturn in the club’s form, with Crawley losing just 2 of their following 11 matches, Yems’ contract was extended until the end of the 2022–23 season in late January 2020.[9] However, in March 2020, the League Two season was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with Crawley still having a further 9 games to play.[10] The season was later cancelled, with Crawley finishing 13th after clubs agreed to base the final table on points per game.[4][11]

Players[edit]

As of 19 May 2020

Players’ ages as of 7 March 2020[12]

Transfers[edit]

Transfers in[edit]

Loans in[edit]

Transfers out[edit]

Loans out[edit]

Pre-season[edit]

The Reds have announced pre-season friendlies against Swansea City,[48]Brighton & Hove Albion,[49]Horsham[50] and Portsmouth.[51]

Competitions[edit]

League Two[edit]

League table[edit]

Source: EFL Official Website
Rules for classification: 1) Points per game; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results; 5) Wins; 6) Away goals; 7) Penalty points (sec 9.5); 8) 12-point sending off offences[52]

Results summary[edit]

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
37 11 15 11 51 47  +4 48 10 5 4 30 19  +11 1 10 7 21 28  −7

Results by matchday[edit]

Matchday 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37
Ground A H A H A H A H H A H A H A A H A H H A H A H A A H H A H A H A A H H A H
Result L W D L W W D W D D L L W L D L L D L D D L W D D D W L W D W D L D W D W
Position 16 9 12 18 12 8 11 8 7 8 10 13 9 13 13 17 17 16 17 16 16 18 16 15 16 16 13 15 14 13 13 12 15 14 12 12 12
Updated to match(es) played on 7 March 2020. Source: Statto.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches[edit]

On Thursday, 20 June 2019, the EFL League Two fixtures were revealed.[53]

FA Cup[edit]

The first round draw was made on 21 October 2019.[57] The second round draw was made live on 11 November from Chichester City’s stadium, Oaklands Park.[58]

EFL Cup[edit]

The first round draw was made on 20 June.[59] The second round draw was made on 13 August 2019 following the conclusion of all but one first round matches.[60] The third round draw was confirmed on 28 August 2019, live on Sky Sports.[61] The draw for the fourth round was made on 25 September 2019.[62]

EFL Trophy[edit]

On 9 July 2019, the pre-determined group stage draw was announced with Invited clubs to be drawn on 12 July 2019.[63]

Statistics[edit]

Appearances and goals[edit]

As of 26 May 2020

Top scorers[edit]

The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.

Rnk Pos No. Player League Two FA Cup EFL Cup EFL Trophy Total
1 FW 30 Democratic Republic of the Congo Bez Lubala 2 0 0 0 7
7 MF 12 England Nathan Ferguson 1 0 0 0 1
Own goals 0 0 0 0 0
Total 3 0 0 0 3

Last updated: 10 August 2019.
Source: BBC Sport

  1. ^ Joined Ebbsfleet United on a season-long loan in August 2019.[13]
  2. ^ Joined Newport County in September 2019.[14]
  3. ^ Joined Oldham Athletic on a season-long loan in August 2019[15]
  4. ^ Left club by mutual consent in January 2020.[16]
  5. ^ Brackets around club names denote the player’s contract with that club had expired before he joined Crawley
  6. ^ Brackets around club names denote the player joined that club after his contract with Crawley expired

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