| Season | 2019–20 |
|---|---|
| Dates | 3 August 2019 – 13 July 2020 |
| Champions | Coventry City |
| Promoted | Coventry City Rotherham United Wycombe Wanderers |
| Relegated | Bolton Wanderers Southend United Tranmere Rovers |
| Matches | 400 |
| Goals | 1,044 (2.61 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Ivan Toney (24 goals) |
| Biggest home win | Peterborough United 6–0Rochdale (14 September 2019)[1] Accrington Stanley 7–1Bolton Wanderers (23 November 2019)[2] |
| Biggest away win | Lincoln City 0–6Oxford United (21 September 2019)[3] Southend United 1–7Doncaster Rovers (22 October 2019)[2] |
| Highest scoring | Southend United 1–7Doncaster Rovers (22 October 2019)[4] Accrington Stanley 7–1Bolton Wanderers (23 November 2019) Lincoln City 5–3Ipswich Town (29 December 2019)[2] |
| Longest winning run | 6 matches Peterborough United[2] |
| Longest unbeaten run | 15 matches Gillingham[2] |
| Longest winless run | 12 matches Southend United[2] |
| Longest losing run | 6 matches Southend United[2] |
| Highest attendance | 33,821 Sunderland 0–0Bolton Wanderers (26 December 2019)[5] |
| Lowest attendance | 1,880 Burton Albion 1–1Southend United (3 December 2019)[6] |
| Total attendance | 1,809,590[2] |
| Average attendance | 8,576[2] |
2020–21 → All statistics correct as of 18 January 2020. | |
The2019–20 EFL League One (referred to as theSky Bet League One for sponsorship reasons) was the 16th season ofFootball League One under its current title and the 28th season under its current league division format.
Newly promotedBury were expelled from the EFL on 27 August 2019, due to financial issues at the club. They could not satisfy the requirements of their notice of withdrawal issued by the EFL for this deadline date. The league operated with 23 teams for 2019–20, with three teams being relegated toLeague Two for the 2020–21 season, rather than the usual four. Bury did not fulfil any of their league fixtures for the season, as they were all postponed, so no results wereexpunged.[7]
Financially troubledBolton Wanderers entered administration and had been threatened with expulsion but were saved in a buy-out on 28 August.[8][9] Bolton failed to fulfil their fixture againstDoncaster Rovers on 20 August. They called off the game 26 hours before kick off without informing the EFL or Doncaster, claiming concerns over younger players' welfare.[10][11] On 21 November, they were issued with a five-point deduction suspended for 18 months in relation to the Doncaster postponement, as well as a postponement in the 2018–19 season against Brentford in the Championship.[12]
Due to theCOVID-19 pandemic, the season was temporarily suspended on 13 March.[13] On 3 April 2020, this suspension was extended indefinitely.[14]
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 playedbehind closed doors.[15]
The following teams have changed division since the 2018–19 season.
To League One[edit]Promoted fromLeague Two
Relegated fromChampionship | From League One[edit]Promoted toChampionship Relegated toLeague Two
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| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | PPG | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Coventry City(C, P) | 34 | 18 | 13 | 3 | 48 | 30 | +18 | 67 | 1.97 | Promotion to theEFL Championship |
| 2 | Rotherham United(P) | 35 | 18 | 8 | 9 | 61 | 38 | +23 | 62 | 1.77 | |
| 3 | Wycombe Wanderers(O, P) | 34 | 17 | 8 | 9 | 45 | 40 | +5 | 59 | 1.74 | Qualification forLeague One play-offs[a] |
| 4 | Oxford United | 35 | 17 | 9 | 9 | 61 | 37 | +24 | 60 | 1.71 | |
| 5 | Portsmouth | 35 | 17 | 9 | 9 | 53 | 36 | +17 | 60 | 1.71 | |
| 6 | Fleetwood Town | 35 | 16 | 12 | 7 | 51 | 38 | +13 | 60 | 1.71 | |
| 7 | Peterborough United | 35 | 17 | 8 | 10 | 68 | 40 | +28 | 59 | 1.69 | |
| 8 | Sunderland | 36 | 16 | 11 | 9 | 48 | 32 | +16 | 59 | 1.64 | |
| 9 | Doncaster Rovers | 34 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 51 | 33 | +18 | 54 | 1.59 | |
| 10 | Gillingham | 35 | 12 | 15 | 8 | 42 | 34 | +8 | 51 | 1.46 | |
| 11 | Ipswich Town | 36 | 14 | 10 | 12 | 46 | 36 | +10 | 52 | 1.44 | |
| 12 | Burton Albion | 35 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 50 | 50 | 0 | 48 | 1.37 | |
| 13 | Blackpool | 35 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 44 | 43 | +1 | 45 | 1.29 | |
| 14 | Bristol Rovers | 35 | 12 | 9 | 14 | 38 | 49 | −11 | 45 | 1.29 | |
| 15 | Shrewsbury Town | 34 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 31 | 42 | −11 | 41 | 1.21 | |
| 16 | Lincoln City | 35 | 12 | 6 | 17 | 44 | 46 | −2 | 42 | 1.20 | |
| 17 | Accrington Stanley | 35 | 10 | 10 | 15 | 47 | 53 | −6 | 40 | 1.14 | |
| 18 | Rochdale | 34 | 10 | 6 | 18 | 39 | 57 | −18 | 36 | 1.06 | |
| 19 | Milton Keynes Dons | 35 | 10 | 7 | 18 | 36 | 47 | −11 | 37 | 1.06 | |
| 20 | AFC Wimbledon | 35 | 8 | 11 | 16 | 39 | 52 | −13 | 35 | 1.00 | |
| 21 | Tranmere Rovers(R) | 34 | 8 | 8 | 18 | 36 | 60 | −24 | 32 | 0.94 | Relegation toEFL League Two |
| 22 | Southend United(R) | 35 | 4 | 7 | 24 | 39 | 85 | −46 | 19 | 0.54 | |
| 23 | Bolton Wanderers(R) | 34 | 5 | 11 | 18 | 27 | 66 | −39 | 14[b] | 0.41[b] | |
| 24 | Bury(D, R) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −12[c] | —[c] | Club expelled, and no Phoenix club received |
| Semi-finals | final | ||||||||||
| 3 | Wycombe Wanderers | 4 | 2 | 6 | |||||||
| 6 | Fleetwood Town | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||||||
| 3 | Wycombe Wanderers | 2 | |||||||||
| 4 | Oxford United | 1 | |||||||||
| 4 | Oxford United | 1 | 1 | 2 (5) | |||||||
| 5 | Portsmouth | 1 | 1 | 2 (4) | |||||||
| Home \ Away | ACC | WIM | BLP | BOL | BRI | BRT | COV | DON | FLE | GIL | IPS | LIN | MKD | OXF | PET | POR | ROC | ROT | SHR | STD | SUN | TRA | WYC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Accrington Stanley | — | 2–1 | 1–1 | 7–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 4–3 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 1–2 | |||||
| AFC Wimbledon | 1–1 | — | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | a | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | |||
| Blackpool | 0–1 | 2–0 | — | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 4–3 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | |||||
| Bolton Wanderers | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | — | 1–1 | 3–4 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–5 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | |||||
| Bristol Rovers | 3–3 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–2 | — | 1–2 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 4–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | ||||
| Burton Albion | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | — | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 4–2 | |||||
| Coventry City | 0–0 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | — | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | |||||
| Doncaster Rovers | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | — | 3–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | |||
| Fleetwood Town | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | — | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | ||||
| Gillingham | 1–2 | 2–2 | 5–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | — | 0–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | |||||
| Ipswich Town | 4–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | — | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–4 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 0–0 | |||||
| Lincoln City | 2–0 | 1–0 | 5–1 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 5–3 | — | 1–1 | 0–6 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | |||||
| MK Dons | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | — | 1–0 | 0–4 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 2–0 | ||||
| Oxford United | 3–0 | 5–0 | 2–1 | 2–4 | 3–3 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | — | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | |||||
| Peterborough United | 4–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–3 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 4–0 | — | 2–0 | 6–0 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 4–0 | |||||
| Portsmouth | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 3–3 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | — | 3–0 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | ||||
| Rochdale | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–3 | — | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–3 | ||||||
| Rotherham United | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 6–1 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 4–0 | 0–1 | — | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | |||||
| Shrewsbury Town | 0–2 | 3–4 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | — | 4–3 | 1–0 | 2–3 | |||||
| Southend United | 0–1 | 1–4 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 2–3 | 0–2 | 1–7 | 3–3 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 0–4 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 2–2 | — | 0–0 | |||||
| Sunderland | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | — | 5–0 | 4–0 | |||
| Tranmere Rovers | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–4 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | — | 0–2 | |||||
| Wycombe Wanderers | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–4 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 3–3 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 4–3 | 1–0 | 3–1 | — |
| Player | For | Against | Result | Date | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burton Albion | Oxford United | 4–2 (A) | 20 August 2019 | [51] | |
| Sunderland | AFC Wimbledon | 3–1 (H) | 24 August 2019 | [52] | |
| Wycombe Wanderers | Lincoln City | 3–1 (H) | 7 September 2019 | [53] | |
| Peterborough United | Rochdale | 6–0 (H) | 14 September 2019 | [54] | |
| Oxford United | Lincoln City | 6–0 (A) | 21 September 2019 | [55] | |
| AFC Wimbledon | Southend United | 4–1 (A) | 12 October 2019 | [56] | |
| Fleetwood Town | Burton Albion | 4–1 (H) | 19 October 2019 | [57] | |
| Tranmere Rovers | Milton Keynes Dons | 3–1 (A) | 2 November 2019 | [58] | |
| Coventry City | Wycombe Wanderers | 4–1 (A) | 29 December 2019 | [59] | |
| Coventry City | Tranmere Rovers | 4–1 (A) | 1 January 2020 | [60] |