2019–20 Tottenham Hotspur F.C. season
2019–20 season of Tottenham Hotspur
Tottenham Hotspur 2019–20 football season
The 2019–20 season was Tottenham Hotspur 's 28th season in the Premier League and 42nd successive season in the top division of the English football league system . Along with the domestic league , the club competed in the FA Cup , the EFL Cup and the UEFA Champions League . This also marked the first full season of the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium , after playing the majority of the previous season at Wembley Stadium .
The season started poorly for Tottenham, with only three of their first 12 league games won, as well as being knocked out of the EFL Cup by Colchester United . This resulted in Mauricio Pochettino 's sacking on 19 November 2019, to be replaced by José Mourinho the following day.[ 3] [ 4] In the FA Cup, Tottenham were taken to a replay twice, requiring four games to progress to the fifth round where they hosted Norwich City . The game went into extra time and with the result being 1–1, it came down to penalties. Norwich won the shootout 3–2 and knocked out Spurs.
With the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic , Premier League football matches were postponed in March, including Tottenham's games against Manchester United and West Ham.[ 5] A further joint statement from the Premier League and UEFA extended postponement until 30 April.[ 6] Later, the season's postponement was again extended, this time indefinitely.[ 7] The season for Tottenham ultimately restarted on 19 June, when they hosted Manchester United in a 1–1 draw with Steven Bergwijn on the scoresheet.[ 8]
The season has seen Tottenham taking the least amount of shots since Opta began collecting data during the 1997–98 season .[ 9] Several of these games were plagued by controversial VAR decisions, two of which were a handball called against Lucas Moura that resulted in Harry Kane 's goal against Sheffield United being disallowed, as well as a penalty not given against Bournemouth in which Joshua King pushed Kane from behind in the box. The Premier League later confirmed that this was, in fact, the wrong decision.[ 10]
The season was documented in the Amazon Prime Video series All or Nothing: Tottenham Hotspur .[ 11]
First-team squad
Transfers
Released
Loans in
Loans out
Transfers in
Transfers out
Overall transfer activity
Expenditure
Summer: £90,000,000
Winter: £27,000,000
Total: £117,000,000
Income
Summer: £30,900,000
Winter: £0
Total: £30,900,000
Net totals
Summer: £59,100,000
Winter: £27,000,000
Total: £86,100,000
Pre-season and friendlies
Tottenham took part again in the 2019 International Champions Cup as defending champions. They played in Singapore and Shanghai. They also took part in the 2019 Audi Cup in Munich.
2019 International Champions Cup
Audi Cup
Mid-season friendlies
Competitions
Overview
Source: Competitions
Premier League
League table
Source:
Premier League Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) If the champions, relegated teams or qualified teams for UEFA competitions cannot be determined by rules 1 to 3, rules 4.1 to 4.3 are applied – 4.1) Points gained in head to head record between such teams; 4.2) Away goals scored in head to head record between such teams; 4.3) Play-offs
[ 63] Notes:
^ Since the winners of the 2019–20 EFL Cup , Manchester City, qualified for the Champions League group stage by league position, the spot given to the EFL Cup winners (Europa League second qualifying round) was passed down to the sixth-placed team.
^ Arsenal qualified for the Europa League group stage as the 2019–20 FA Cup winners.
Results summary
Overall
Home
Away
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
38
16
11
11
61
47
+14
59
12
3
4
36
17
+19
4
8
7
25
30
−5
Results by matchday
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 38 Ground H A H A H A H A H A A H A H A H A H H A A H A H H A A H A H H A H A H A H A Result W D L D W L W L D L D D W W L W W L W D L L D W W W L L D D W L W D W W W D Position 6 6 7 9 3 7 6 9 7 11 11 14 10 5 8 7 5 7 6 6 6 8 8 6 5 5 6 7 8 8 7 9 8 9 8 7 7 6
Updated to match(es) played on 26 July 2020. Source:
Premier League A = Away;
H = Home;
W = Win;
D = Draw;
L = Loss
Matches
On 13 June 2019, the Premier League fixtures were announced.[ 64]
FA Cup
The third round draw was made on 2 December 2019.[ 69] The fourth round draw was made by Alex Scott and David O'Leary on Monday, 6 January.[ 70]
EFL Cup
The third round draw was made on 28 August 2019 by Andy Hinchcliffe and Don Goodman .[ 71]
UEFA Champions League
Tottenham entered the competition in the group stage following their fourth-place finish in the 2018–19 season. Spurs were drawn with Bayern Munich , Olympiacos and Red Star Belgrade .[ 72] The draw for the last 16 took place on 16 December 2019 in which Tottenham were drawn against RB Leipzig .[ 73]
Group stage
Knockout phase
Round of 16
Statistics
Appearances
Goal scorers
The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.
Own goals
Clean sheets
The list is sorted by shirt number when total clean sheets are equal.
Rnk
No.
Player
Premier League
FA Cup
EFL Cup
Champions League
Total
1
1
Hugo Lloris
6
0
0
0
6
2
22
Paulo Gazzaniga
2
0
1
2
5
TOTALS
8
0
1
2
11
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National teams
League competitions
Level 1 Levels 2–4 Levels 5–6 Levels 7–8 Levels 9–10
Combined Counties League (Premier , One )
East Midlands Counties League (level 10 only)
Eastern Counties League (Premier , One North , One South )
Essex Senior League (level 9 only)
Hellenic League (Premier , One East , One West )
Midland League (Premier , One )
Northern Counties East League (Premier , One )
Northern League (One , Two )
North West Counties League (Premier , One North , One South )
Southern Combination League (Premier , One )
Southern Counties East League (Premier , One )
South West Peninsula League (Premier East , Premier West - level 10 only )
Spartan South Midlands League (Premier , One )
United Counties League (Premier , One )
Wessex League (Premier , One )
Western League (Premier , One )
West Midlands (Regional) League (Premier - level 10 only )
Cup competitions
Youth competitions