2019–20 Accrington Stanley F.C. season

The 2019–20 season was Accrington Stanley's second season in League One and their 51st year in existence. Along with competing in League One, the club also participated in the FA Cup, EFL Cup, and EFL Trophy. The season covers the period from 1 July 2019 to 30 June 2020.

Accrington Stanley

2019–20 season
Chairman	Andy Holt
Manager	John Coleman
Stadium	Crown Ground
League One	17th
FA Cup	First round
EFL Cup	First round
EFL Trophy	Quarter-finals
Highest home attendance	League/All: 4,164 (14 September vs. Sunderland)
Lowest home attendance	League: 2,102 (26 October vs. Gillingham) All: 923 (3 September vs. Fleetwood Town, EFL Trophy)
Average home league attendance	2,997
Biggest win	3–0 (8 October at Oldham Athletic, EFL Trophy)
Biggest defeat	0–4 (23 October at Peterborough United)
Home colours Away colours Third colours
← 2018–19 2020–21 →

Transfers

Transfers in

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2019	CM		Joe Pritchard	Bolton Wanderers	Free transfer	[1]
13 July 2019	CF		Colby Bishop	Leamington	Undisclosed	[2]
13 July 2019	LB		Zaine Francis-Angol	AFC Fylde	Free transfer	[3]
15 July 2019	LB		Joe Maguire	Fleetwood Town	Free transfer	[4]
15 July 2019	CM		Lamine Kaba Sherif	Leicester City	Free transfer	[5]
16 July 2019	CB		Ben Barclay	Brighton & Hove Albion	Free transfer	[6]
23 July 2019	WG		Wilson Carvalho	Stratford Town	Free transfer	[7]
1 August 2019	RB		Phil Edwards	Bury	Free transfer	[8]
12 August 2019	CF		Dion Charles	Southport	Undisclosed	[9]

Loans in

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Date until	Ref.
2 August 2019	GK		Josef Buršík	Stoke City	30 June 2020	[10]
9 August 2019	CF		Courtney Baker-Richardson	Swansea City	30 June 2020	[11]
2 September 2019	CB		Aji Alese	West Ham United	30 June 2020	[12][13]
2 September 2019	CB		Jerome Opoku	Fulham	30 June 2020	[14]
2 September 2019	CF		Connor Simpson	Preston North End	30 June 2020	[15]
6 September 2019	DM		Sadou Diallo	Wolverhampton Wanderers	30 June 2020	[16][17]
31 January 2020	CF		Benny Ashley-Seal	Wolverhampton Wanderers	30 June 2020	[18]
31 January 2020	CM		Bobby Grant	Wrexham	30 June 2020	[19]

Loans out

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Date until	Ref.
16 July 2019	CB		Zehn Mohammed	Southport	January 2020	[20]
20 July 2019	CB		Reagan Ogle	Southport	January 2020	[21]
22 July 2019	CM		Niall Watson	Sligo Rovers	31 December 2019	[22]
8 November 2019	FW		Alex O'Neill	Skelmersdale United	21 November 2019	[23]
22 November 2019	FW		Alex O'Neill	Runcorn Linnets	December 2019	[24]
2 December 2019	MF		Lewis Doyle	Curzon Ashton	January 2020	[25]
7 December 2019	MF		Lewis Gilboy	City of Liverpool	January 2020	[26]
20 December 2019	CM		Andrew Scott	Curzon Ashton	January 2020	[27]
30 December 2019	GK		Toby Savin	Stalybridge Celtic	January 2020	[28]

Transfers out

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2019	DM		Scott Brown	Harrogate Town	Free transfer	[29]
1 July 2019	GK		Jonny Maxted	Exeter City	Free transfer	[30]
1 July 2019	RM		Piero Mingoia	Boreham Wood	Mutual consent	[31][32]
1 July 2019	DM		Liam Nolan	FC Halifax Town	Released	[33][34]
1 July 2019	CB		Ben Richards-Everton	Bradford City	Free transfer	[35]
1 July 2019	LM		Danny Williams	FC Halifax Town	Released	[33][36]
1 July 2019	CB		Will Wood	Dagenham & Redbridge	Released	[33][37]
13 December 2019	RW		Okera Simmonds	Free agent	Mutual consent	[38]
29 January 2020	FW		Billy Kee	Retired	—	[39]

Pre-season

Stanley have announced pre-season friendlies against Sligo Rovers,^[40] Marseille,^[41] Bala Town,^[42] Warrington Town^[43] and Morecambe.^[42]

  Win   Draw   Loss

Sligo Rovers v Accrington Stanley

8 July 2019 (2019-07-08) Friendly	Sligo Rovers	1–0	Accrington Stanley	Sligo, Ireland
19:45 BST	Parkes 49'			Stadium: The Showgrounds

Accrington Stanley v Marseille

11 July 2019 (2019-07-11) Friendly	Accrington Stanley	2–1	Marseille	Barton-upon-Irwell
18:00 BST	McConville 28' Zanzala 37' (pen.)	Report	Thauvin 77'	Stadium: AJ Bell Stadium Referee: Oliver Langford

Bala Town v Accrington Stanley

20 July 2019 (2019-07-20) Friendly	Bala Town	1–0	Accrington Stanley	Bala
15:00 BST	Hayes 16'	Report		Stadium: Maes Tegid

Warrington Town v Accrington Stanley

22 July 2019 (2019-07-22) Friendly	Warrington Town	0–0	Accrington Stanley	Warrington
19:30 BST		Report		Stadium: Cantilever Park

Preston North End v Accrington Stanley

23 July 2019 (2019-07-23) Friendly	Preston North End	1–1	Accrington Stanley	Leyland
19:45 BST	Bauer 39'	Report	Bishop 45'	Stadium: County Ground

Morecambe v Accrington Stanley

27 July 2019 (2019-07-27) Friendly	Morecambe	0–2	Accrington Stanley	Leyland
15:00 BST		Report	Bishop 57' McConville 64'	Stadium: County Ground

Competitions

League One

Main article: 2019–20 EFL League One

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	PPG	Promotion, qualification or relegation
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 to EFL League Two

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^[44]
(R) Relegated

Result summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
35	10	10	15	47	53	−6	40	7	2	8	33	27	+6	3	8	7	14	26	−12

Last updated: 7 March 2020.
Source: Statto.com

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
Ground	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	A	H
Result	L	D	L	L	W	D	L	D	D	W	D	L	W	L	L	D	L	W	D	W	D	W	W	L	L	L	D	L	W	W	W	L	L	D	L
Position	21	19	21	21	20	19	20	20	19	17	18	20	17	18	18	19	19	17	18	17	17	16	15	17	17	17	17	17	17	16	14	14	16	16	17

Updated to match(es) played on 7 March 2020. Source: Statto.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

On Thursday, 20 June 2019, the EFL League One fixtures were revealed.^[45]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

August

Lincoln City v Accrington Stanley

3 August 2019 (2019-08-03) 1	Lincoln City	2–0	Accrington Stanley	Lincoln
15:00 BST	Toffolo  21' O'Connor 35' Akinde 81' (pen.) Morrell  84'	Report	Sherif  87'	Stadium: Sincil Bank Attendance: 8,668 Referee: Tony Harrington

AFC Wimbledon v Accrington Stanley

17 August 2019 (2019-08-17) 2	AFC Wimbledon	1–1	Accrington Stanley	Norbiton
15:00 BST	O'Neill 42' Wagstaff  56'	Report	Francis-Angol  55'  61' Hughes  56' Bishop 64'	Stadium: Cherry Red Records Stadium Attendance: 3,979 Referee: John Busby

Accrington Stanley v Shrewsbury Town

20 August 2019 (2019-08-20) 3	Accrington Stanley	2–3	Shrewsbury Town	Accrington
19:45 BST	Maguire  25' Clark  52' Bishop 67' (pen.) Charles 72'	Report	Hughes 77' (o.g.) Okenabirhie 85' Udoh 89'	Stadium: Crown Ground Attendance: 2,284 Referee: Scott Oldham

Fleetwood Town v Accrington Stanley

24 August 2019 (2019-08-24) 4	Fleetwood Town	2–0	Accrington Stanley	Fleetwood
15:00 BST	Madden 28' Evans 71' (pen.)  75' Burns  75' Andrew  90+4'	Report	McConville  74'	Stadium: Highbury Stadium Attendance: 2,802 Referee: Peter Wright

Accrington Stanley v Milton Keynes Dons

31 August 2019 (2019-08-31) 5	Accrington Stanley	2–1	Milton Keynes Dons	Accrington
15:00 BST	Bishop 52' 64' Hughes 59' Johnson  71' Carvalho  81' Finley  90+3' Sykes  90+8'	Report	Gilbey  8' Agard 18' Healey  45' Lewington  77' Nombe  80'	Stadium: Crown Ground Attendance: 2,218 Referee: Ross Joyce

September

Bristol Rovers v Accrington Stanley

7 September 2019 (2019-09-07) 6	Bristol Rovers	3–3	Accrington Stanley	Horfield
15:00 BST	Rodman 4' Clarke-Harris 41', 63'  73' Clarke  52'	Report	Conneely  10'  49' Clark 18' Finley 20' Charles 77' (pen.)	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 6,524 Referee: Neil Hair

Accrington Stanley v Sunderland

14 September 2019 (2019-09-14) 7	Accrington Stanley	1–3	Sunderland	Accrington
15:00 BST	Clark 5' Alese  83'	Report	Gooch 7' Leadbitter  24' McGeady 26' McNulty 36'	Stadium: Wham Stadium Attendance: 4,164 Referee: Lee Swabey

Wycombe Wanderers v Accrington Stanley

17 September 2019 (2019-09-17) 8	Wycombe Wanderers	1–1	Accrington Stanley	High Wycombe
19:45 BST	Wheeler  65' Freeman 72' (pen.) Bloomfield  81' Akinfenwa  90+3'	Report	Charles 40' Hughes  48' Opoku  51' Clark  71'	Stadium: Adams Park Attendance: 3,566 Referee: Brett Huxtable

Accrington Stanley v Blackpool

21 September 2019 (2019-09-21) 9	Accrington Stanley	1–1	Blackpool	Accrington
15:00 BST	Tilt 16' (o.g.) Opoku  21' Finley  63' Sykes  80'	Report	Turton  74' Virtue 90+2' Nuttall  90+6'	Stadium: Wham Stadium Attendance: 4,054 Referee: John Brooks

Southend United v Accrington Stanley

28 September 2019 (2019-09-28) 10	Southend United	0–1	Accrington Stanley	Southend-on-Sea
15:00 BST	Ralph  22'  73'	Report	Johnson  24' Bishop 52' Conneely  83'	Stadium: Roots Hall Attendance: 5,643 Referee: Charles Breakspear

October

Accrington Stanley v Oxford United

5 October 2019 (2019-10-05) 11	Accrington Stanley	2–2	Oxford United	Accrington
15:00 BST	Finley  31' Johnson  44' Opoku  45+4' Clark 59'  64' Zanzala 73' Conneely  90+3'	Report	Fosu 28' Henry  45+4' Mackie  45+5' Brannagan 70'  79' Taylor  89'	Stadium: Wham Stadium Attendance: 2,590 Referee: Martin Coy

Rochdale v Accrington Stanley

12 October 2019 (2019-10-12) 12	Rochdale	2–1	Accrington Stanley	Spotland
15:00 BST	Henderson 40', 49'	Report	Pritchard 53' Sykes  64' Opoku  84'	Stadium: Crown Oil Arena Attendance: 3,508 Referee: Tom Nield

Accrington Stanley v Ipswich Town

20 October 2019 (2019-10-20) 13	Accrington Stanley	2–0	Ipswich Town	Accrington
12:00 BST	Bishop 17', 41' (pen.) Opoku  49' McConville  74' Sykes  78'	Report	Nsiala  19' Edwards  45' Nolan  59' Dobra  72'  79'	Stadium: Wham Stadium Attendance: 3,567 Referee: Sebastian Stockbridge

Peterborough United v Accrington Stanley

23 October 2019 (2019-10-23) 14	Peterborough United	4–0	Accrington Stanley	Peterborough
19:45 BST	Maddison 56' Toney 69'  78' Kent 85' Dembélé 90+5'	Report	McConville  45+4' Johnson  67'	Stadium: West Homes Stadium Attendance: 5,843

Accrington Stanley v Gillingham

26 October 2019 (2019-10-26) 15	Accrington Stanley	0–1	Gillingham	Accrington
12:00 BST	McConville  24' Clark  90+4'	Report	Charles-Cook 59' Jones  85'	Stadium: Wham Stadium Attendance: 2,102 Referee: John Busby

November

Coventry City v Accrington Stanley

2 November 2019 (2019-11-02) 16	Coventry City	0–0	Accrington Stanley	Bordesley
15:00 GMT	O'Hare  53' Biamou  68' McFadzean  80'	Report		Stadium: St Andrew's Trillion Trophy Stadium Attendance: 5,455 Referee: Oliver Yates

Rotherham United v Accrington Stanley

16 November 2019 (2019-11-16) 17	Rotherham United	1–0	Accrington Stanley	Rotherham
15:00 GMT	Ihiekwe  25' Morris 30' Robertson  37' Ogbene  61'  82' Jones  70'	Report	Johnson  23' Evtimov  35' Conneely  50'	Stadium: AESSEAL New York Stadium Attendance: 8,430 Referee: Darren Handley

Accrington Stanley v Bolton Wanderers

23 November 2019 (2019-11-23) 18	Accrington Stanley	7–1	Bolton Wanderers	Accrington
15:00 GMT	Bishop 15' (pen.), 27' McConville 33', 53' Conneely  45+3' Charles 75' Zanzala 80', 90+1'	Report	Murphy 5' Earl  14' O'Grady  29'	Stadium: Wham Stadium Attendance: 5,034 Referee: Anthony Backhouse

December

Tranmere Rovers v Accrington Stanley

7 December 2019 (2019-12-07) 19	Tranmere Rovers	1–1	Accrington Stanley	Birkenhead
15:00 GMT	Morris 38'	Report	McConville 18' Rodgers  35'	Stadium: Prenton Park Attendance: 5,751 Referee: Tony Harrington

Accrington Stanley v Portsmouth

14 December 2019 (2019-12-14) 20	Accrington Stanley	4–1	Portsmouth	Accrington
15:00 GMT	Harrison 44' (o.g.) Charles 62' Bishop 69', 77' Finley  89'	Report	Curtis 35' McCrorie  78'	Stadium: Wham Stadium Attendance: 2,429 Referee: Martin Coy

Doncaster Rovers v Accrington Stanley

21 December 2019 (2019-12-21) 21	Doncaster Rovers	1–1	Accrington Stanley	Doncaster
15:00 GMT	Taylor 57' Gomes  69'	Report	Zanzala 82'	Stadium: Keepmoat Stadium Attendance: 7,444 Referee: Andy Haines

Blackpool v Accrington Stanley

26 December 2019 (2019-12-26) 22	Blackpool	0–1	Accrington Stanley	Blackpool
15:00 GMT	Thompson  13' Spearing  80'	Report	Finley  13' Barclay  50' McConville 90+1'  90+2'	Stadium: Bloomfield Road Attendance: 9,517 Referee: Michael Salisbury

Accrington Stanley v Burton Albion

29 December 2019 (2019-12-29) 23	Accrington Stanley	2–0	Burton Albion	Accrington
15:00 GMT	McConville 39' Opoku  50' Sykes 65' Finley  71'	Report	Nartey  62' Akins  90+1'	Stadium: Wham Stadium Attendance: 2,449 Referee: Christopher Sarginson

January

Accrington Stanley v Rochdale

1 January 2020 (2020-01-01) 24	Accrington Stanley	1–2	Rochdale	Accrington
15:00 GMT	Barclay  22' Finley  55' Zanzala 90+2'	Report	Henderson 45+4' Dooley 64'	Stadium: Wham Stadium Attendance: 2,975 Referee: Tom Nield

Ipswich Town v Accrington Stanley

11 January 2020 (2020-01-11) 25	Ipswich Town	4–1	Accrington Stanley	Ipswich
15:00 GMT	Jackson 12' Norwood 29' Judge 44' Keane 90+2' Chambers  90+4'	Report	Alese  72' Zanzala 86' (pen.)	Stadium: Portman Road Attendance: 17,536 Referee: Charles Breakspear

Accrington Stanley v Southend United

18 January 2020 (2020-01-18) 26	Accrington Stanley	1–2	Southend United	Accrington
15:00 GMT	Charles 17' Bishop  80'	Report	Kelman 11' Demetriou 51' (pen.)	Stadium: Wham Stadium Attendance: 2,146 Referee: Antony Coggins

Burton Albion v Accrington Stanley

25 January 2020 (2020-01-25) 27	Burton Albion	1–1	Accrington Stanley	Burton upon Trent
15:00 GMT	Brayford 30' O'Toole  36' Edwards  45+2' Quinn  59'	Report	Charles 15'  45+4' Opoku  22' Hughes  45+2'	Stadium: Pirelli Stadium Attendance: 2,759 Referee: Kevin Johnson

Accrington Stanley v Peterborough United

28 January 2020 (2020-01-28) 28	Accrington Stanley	0–2	Peterborough United	Accrington
19:45 GMT	Zanzala  72'	Report	Szmodics 11' Butler  18' Thompson  48' Ward 51'	Stadium: Wham Stadium Attendance: 1,816 Referee: Anthony Backhouse

February

Accrington Stanley v AFC Wimbledon

1 February 2020 (2020-02-01) 29	Accrington Stanley	2–1	AFC Wimbledon	Accrington
15:00 GMT	Clark 14' Charles 21' Pritchard  28'  55'	Report	Pigott 73'	Stadium: Wham Stadium Attendance: 2,224 Referee: James Oldham

Shrewsbury Town v Accrington Stanley

11 February 2020 (2020-02-11) 30	Shrewsbury Town	0–2	Accrington Stanley	Shrewsbury
19:45 GMT	Beckles  9' McAleny  28' Ebanks-Landell  70'	Report	Grant 13' Clark 71' Johnson  80' Charles  86'	Stadium: Montgomery Waters Meadow Attendance: 4,699 Referee: Ollie Yates

Accrington Stanley v Lincoln City

15 February 2020 (2020-02-15) 31	Accrington Stanley	4–3	Lincoln City	Accrington
15:00 GMT	Shackell 36' (o.g.) Diallo  45+1' Charles 48' Maguire  65' Pritchard 70' Finley  75' 90+5' Conneely 78'  90+10' Hughes  90+3'	Report	Scully 30' Eardley  40' Lewis 53' Shackell 76'	Stadium: Wham Stadium Attendance: 2,279 Referee: Christopher Pollard

Accrington Stanley v Rotherham United

22 February 2020 (2020-02-22) 32	Accrington Stanley	1–2	Rotherham United	Accrington
15:00 GMT	Clark 65' Hughes  78'	Report	Barlaser  55' Ladapo 64' Wiles 90+1'	Stadium: Wham Stadium Attendance: 3,447 Referee: Sebastian Stockbridge

Oxford United v Accrington Stanley

25 February 2020 (2020-02-25) 33	Oxford United	3–0	Accrington Stanley	Oxford
19:45 GMT	Henry 13' Taylor 50', 72'	Report	Finley  71' Johnson  77'	Stadium: Kassam Stadium Attendance: 5,622 Referee: David Rock

Bolton Wanderers v Accrington Stanley

29 February 2020 (2020-02-29) 34	Bolton Wanderers	0–0	Accrington Stanley	Horwich
15:00 GMT	Bryan  73'	Report		Stadium: University of Bolton Stadium Attendance: 12,011 Referee: Josh Smith

March

Accrington Stanley v Tranmere Rovers

7 March 2020 (2020-03-07) 35	Accrington Stanley	1–2	Tranmere Rovers	Accrington
15:00 GMT	Rodgers  39'  90+3' Finley  72' Woodyard 82' (o.g.)	Report	Vaughan 8' Jennings  34' Ellis 77' Ridehalgh  79' Davies  88'	Stadium: Wham Stadium Attendance: 2,881 Referee: Will Finnie

Portsmouth v Accrington Stanley

14 March 2020 (2020-03-14)	Portsmouth	v	Accrington Stanley	Milton
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Fratton Park
Note: Season was suspended until 3 April 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[46]

Accrington Stanley v Doncaster Rovers

21 March 2020 (2020-03-21)	Accrington Stanley	v	Doncaster Rovers	Accrington
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Wham Stadium
Note: Season was suspended until 3 April 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[46]

Accrington Stanley v Coventry City

28 March 2020 (2020-03-28)	Accrington Stanley	v	Coventry City	Accrington
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Wham Stadium
Note: Season was suspended until 3 April 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[46]

April

Gillingham v Accrington Stanley

4 April 2020 (2020-04-04)	Gillingham	v	Accrington Stanley	Gillingham
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Priesfield Stadium
Note: On 3 April, the English Football League decided to postpone all football until safe to do so due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[47]

Accrington Stanley v Fleetwood Town

10 April 2020 (2020-04-10)	Accrington Stanley	v	Fleetwood Town	Accrington
15:00 BST				Stadium: Wham Stadium
Note: On 3 April, the English Football League decided to postpone all football until safe to do so due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[47]

Milton Keynes Dons v Accrington Stanley

13 April 2020 (2020-04-13)	Milton Keynes Dons	v	Accrington Stanley	Milton Keynes
15:00 BST				Stadium: Stadium MK
Note: On 3 April, the English Football League decided to postpone all football until safe to do so due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[47]

Accrington Stanley v Bristol Rovers

18 April 2020 (2020-04-18)	Accrington Stanley	v	Bristol Rovers	Accrington
15:00 BST				Stadium: Wham Stadium
Note: On 3 April, the English Football League decided to postpone all football until safe to do so due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[47]

Sunderland v Accrington Stanley

25 April 2020 (2020-04-25)	Sunderland	v	Accrington Stanley	Sunderland
15:00 BST				Stadium: Stadium of Light
Note: On 3 April, the English Football League decided to postpone all football until safe to do so due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[47]

May

Accrington Stanley v Wycombe Wanderers

3 May 2020 (2020-05-03)	Accrington Stanley	v	Wycombe Wanderers	Accrington
15:00 BST				Stadium: Wham Stadium
Note: On 3 April, the English Football League decided to postpone all football until safe to do so due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[47]

FA Cup

Main article: 2019–20 FA Cup

  Win   Draw   Loss

The first round draw was made on 21 October 2019.^[48]

Accrington Stanley v Crewe Alexandra

9 November 2019 (2019-11-09) First round	Accrington Stanley	0–2	Crewe Alexandra	Accrington
15:00 GMT	Opoku  38' Hughes  77' Carvalho  86'	Report	Kirk 45+2' Porter 67' (pen.) Jääskeläinen  69' Lowery  83'	Stadium: Wham Stadium Attendance: 1,655 Referee: Neil Hair

EFL Cup

Main article: 2019–20 EFL Cup

The first round draw was made on 20 June.^[49]

  Win   Draw   Loss

Accrington Stanley v Sunderland

13 August 2019 (2019-08-13) First round	Accrington Stanley	1–3	Sunderland	Accrington
19:45 BST	Maguire  53' Barclay  58' Bishop 61' (pen.)	Report	McNulty 17' Maguire  51' McGeady 79' Wyke 90+4'	Stadium: Wham Stadium Attendance: 2,343 Referee: Darren Drysdale

EFL Trophy

Main article: 2019–20 EFL Trophy

  Win   Draw   Loss

On 9 July 2019, the pre-determined group stage draw was announced with Invited clubs to be drawn on 12 July 2019.^[50] The draw for the second round was made on 16 November 2019 live on Sky Sports.^[51] The third round draw was confirmed on 5 December 2019.^[52]

Pos	Div	Team v t e	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	L1	Accrington Stanley	3	3	0	0	0	10	3	+7	9	Advance to Round 2
2	L1	Fleetwood Town	3	1	1	0	1	7	5	+2	5
3	L2	Oldham Athletic	3	1	0	0	2	5	10	−5	3
4	ACA	Liverpool U21	3	0	0	1	2	5	9	−4	1

Source: EFL.com

Accrington Stanley v Fleetwood Town

3 September 2019 (2019-09-03) Group stages	Accrington Stanley	2–1	Fleetwood Town	Accrington
19:45 BST	Sherif  23' Carvalho 53' McConville 72' Barclay  84'	Report	Biggins  25' Rossiter  45+1' Evans  60' Hunter  68' Madden 90+4' (pen.)	Stadium: Crown Ground Attendance: 923 Referee: Darren Handley

Oldham Athletic v Accrington Stanley

8 October 2019 (2019-10-08) Group stage	Oldham Athletic	0–3	Accrington Stanley	Oldham
19:45 BST	Adams  22' Fage  45+2' Egert  75'	Report	Diallo 30'  47' Zanzala 42' (pen.) Barclay  70' Clark 86'	Stadium: Boundary Park Attendance: 1,107 Referee: Ben Toner

Accrington Stanley v Liverpool U21

29 October 2019 (2019-10-29) Group stages	Accrington Stanley	5–2	Liverpool U21	Accrington
19:45 GMT	Sykes 30' Baker-Richardson 45' Charles 52' Clark 61' Opoku  66' Simpson 74'	Report	Dixon-Bonner 8' Hill  41' Christie-Davies  44' Stewart 77'	Stadium: Crown Ground Attendance: 1,002 Referee: Andy Haines

Accrington Stanley v Bolton Wanderers

10 December 2019 (2019-12-10) Second round	Accrington Stanley	2–0	Bolton Wanderers	Accrington
19:45 GMT	Zanzala 10' Bishop 85'	Report	Graham  36'	Stadium: Wham Stadium Attendance: 930 Referee: Sebastian Stockbridge

Fleetwood Town v Accrington Stanley

7 January 2020 (2020-01-07) Third round	Fleetwood Town	2–2 (3–5 p)	Accrington Stanley	Fleetwood
19:45 GMT	Morris 50' Andrew 68'	Report	Johnson  29' Pritchard 35' Opoku  45+2' Alese  67' Finley  73' Sykes 90'	Stadium: Highbury Stadium Attendance: 548 Referee: Robert Lewis
	Penalties
	Madden Andrew McAleny Biggins		Bursik Pritchard Opoku Charles Finley

Salford City v Accrington Stanley

21 January 2020 (2020-01-21) Quarter-final	Salford City	2–1	Accrington Stanley	Salford
19:45 GMT	Burgess 45+3' Elliott 49' Conway  54' Hogan  83'	Report	Finley 11'  35' Alese  13' Johnson  45+2'	Stadium: The Peninsula Stadium Attendance: 1,401

Statistics

Appearances and goals

As of 2 January 2020

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		League One		FA Cup		League Cup		EFL Trophy
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	BUL	Dimitar Evtimov	21	0	19	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
30	GK	ENG	Josef Bursik	7	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
40	GK	ENG	Toby Savin	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
Defenders
2	DF	ENG	Callum Johnson	25	0	21+1	0	1	0	1	0	0+1	0
3	DF	ENG	Mark Hughes	26	1	23	1	1	0	1	0	1	0
4	DF	ENG	Phil Edwards	8	0	0+4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
5	DF	ENG	Ross Sykes	27	2	21	1	1	0	0+1	0	4	1
12	DF	ENG	Joe Maguire	8	0	5+1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
14	DF	ATG	Zaine Francis-Angol	6	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
16	DF	ENG	Ben Barclay	8	0	5	0	1	0	0	0	2	0
18	DF	ENG	Harvey Rodgers	4	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
22	DF	ENG	Matty Williams	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
34	DF	ENG	Aji Alese	8	0	3+2	0	0	0	1	0	2	0
36	DF	ENG	Jerome Opoku	18	0	14+1	0	0	0	1	0	2	0
Midfielders
6	MF	GUI	Lamine Kaba Sherif	9	0	2+3	0	0	0	0	0	3+1	0
7	MF	ENG	Jordan Clark	28	5	23	3	1	0	1	0	3	2
8	MF	ENG	Sam Finley	28	1	23	1	1	0	1	0	1+2	0
10	MF	ENG	Joe Pritchard	24	1	12+7	1	0+1	0	1	0	3	0
11	MF	ENG	Sean McConville	21	6	15+3	5	1	0	1	0	1	1
17	MF	POR	Érico Sousa	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0+2	0
21	MF	ENG	Harry Perritt	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	MF	POR	Wilson Carvalho	13	1	0+7	0	0+1	0	0+1	0	2+2	1
24	MF	ENG	Lewis Gilboy	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
26	MF	ENG	Lewis Doyle	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
28	MF	IRL	Seamus Conneely	23	0	19+1	0	0	0	1	0	2	0
Forwards
9	FW	CGO	Offrande Zanzala	17	7	7+8	5	0	0	0	0	2	2
19	FW	ENG	Colby Bishop	24	12	19+1	10	1	0	1	1	1+1	1
20	FW	NIR	Andrew Scott	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
25	FW	ENG	Alex O'Neill	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
29	FW	NIR	Billy Kee	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
31	FW	ENG	Courtney Baker-Richardson	4	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	1
32	FW	ENG	Dion Charles	27	6	16+6	5	0	0	0+1	0	2+2	1
35	FW	ENG	Connor Simpson	3	1	1+1	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	1
Players transferred out during the season
10	FW	ENG	Okera Simmonds	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
42	MF	ENG	Sadou Diallo	4	1	1+2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1

Disciplinary record

As of 2 January 2020

Rank	Position	Name	League One		FA Cup		EFL Cup		EFL Trophy		Total
1	DF	Jerome Opoku	6	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	8	0
2	MF	Seamus Conneely	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	1
	MF	Sam Finley	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
4	DF	Callum Johnson	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
	DF	Ben Barclay	2	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	5	0
6	DF	Ross Sykes	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1
	MF	Sean McConville	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1
8	MF	Jordan Clark	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
9	DF	Mark Hughes	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1
	DF	Joe Maguire	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0
	MF	Wilson Carvalho	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
12	DF	Zaine Francis-Angol	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
	GK	Dimitar Evtimov	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	DF	Lamine Kaba Sherif	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
	DF	Harvey Rodgers|	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	DF	Aji Alese	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	GK	Sadou Diallo	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	Total		43	5	2	0	2	0	4	0	51	5

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