2019–20 Cardiff City F.C. season

The 2019–20 season was Cardiff City's 121st season in their existence and their first back in the EFL Championship. Cardiff were relegated to the second tier of English football after finishing 18th in the 2018–19 Premier League. Along with competing in the EFL Championship, the club also participated in the FA Cup and EFL Cup. The season covered the period from 1 July 2019 to 30 July 2020.

Cardiff City

2019–20 season
Owner	Vincent Tan
Chairman	Mehmet Dalman
Manager	Neil Warnock (until 11 November)[1] Neil Harris (From 16 November)[2]
Stadium	Cardiff City Stadium
Championship	5th
FA Cup	Fourth round
EFL Cup	Second round
Top goalscorer	League: Lee Tomlin (8) All: Lee Tomlin (9)
Highest home attendance	28,529 (vs. Swansea City, 12 Jan 20)
Lowest home attendance	4,111 (vs. Luton Town, 27 Aug 19)
Average home league attendance	20,738
Home colours Away colours Third colours
← 2018–19 2020–21 →

On 11 November 2019, Neil Warnock resigned as manager, Cardiff were 14th in the league, he was later replaced by Neil Harris on 16 November.^[1][2]

Due to the COVID-19 virus outbreak, all English football leagues were postponed until 30 April.^[3] The season restarted on 20 June 2020.

First-team squad

No.	Name	Pos.	Nat.	Place of Birth	Age	Caps	Goals	Signed from	Date signed	Fee	Ends
Goalkeepers
1	Neil Etheridge	GK		London	30	102	0	Walsall	1 July 2017	Free	2021
12	Alex Smithies	GK		Huddersfield	30	37	0	Queens Park Rangers	1 July 2018	£4,000,000	2022
25	Joe Day	GK		Brighton	29	2	0	Newport County	1 July 2019	Free	2021
Defenders
2	Dion Sanderson	RB		Wednesfield	20	10	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	31 January 2020	Loan	2020
3	Joe Bennett	LB		Rochdale	30	148	4	Aston Villa	27 August 2016	Free	2021
4	Sean Morrison	CB		Plymouth	29	235	25	Reading	15 August 2014	£3,180,000	2022
5	Aden Flint	CB		Pinxton	30	30	4	Middlesbrough	19 July 2019	£4,000,000	2022
16	Curtis Nelson	CB		Newcastle-under-Lyme	27	36	2	Oxford United	1 July 2019	Free	2021
18	Greg Cunningham	LB		Galway	29	8	0	Preston North End	1 July 2018	£4,000,000	2021
22	Sol Bamba	CB		Ivry-sur-Seine	35	110	10	Free agent	11 October 2016	Free	2021
24	Brad Smith	LB		Penrith	26	3	0	AFC Bournemouth	30 January 2020	Loan	2020
30	Ciaron Brown	CB		Hillingdon	22	1	0	Wealdstone	January 2018	Trainee	2020
Midfielders
6	Will Vaulks	DM		Wirral	26	34	4	Rotherham United	1 July 2019	£2,100,000	2022
7	Leandro Bacuna	CM/RB		Groningen	28	56	1	Reading	31 January 2019	£4,000,000	2023
8	Joe Ralls	CM/LM		Aldershot	27	239	25	Academy	30 September 2011	Trainee	2022
11	Josh Murphy	LW		Wembley	25	63	11	Norwich City	12 June 2018	£11,000,000	2022
13	Callum Paterson	CM/RB/CF		London	25	106	21	Heart of Midlothian	1 July 2017	£400,000	2022
15	Marlon Pack	CM		Portsmouth	29	42	2	Bristol City	8 August 2019	Undisclosed	2022
19	Nathaniel Mendez-Laing	RW/LW		Birmingham	28	91	14	Rochdale	1 July 2017	Free	2021
20	Gavin Whyte	RW		Belfast	24	30	1	Oxford United	30 July 2019	£2,000,000	2023
31	Aaron Bolger	CM		Dublin	20	0	0	Shamrock Rovers	2 July 2019	Undisclosed	2020
33	Junior Hoilett	LW/RW		Brampton	30	160	23	Free agent	10 October 2016	Free	2021
Forwards
9	Robert Glatzel	CF		Fürstenfeldbruck	26	35	8	1. FC Heidenheim	31 July 2019	£5,500,000	2022
10	Isaac Vassell	CF		Newquay	26	3	1	Birmingham City	8 August 2019	Undisclosed	2022
17	Lee Tomlin	SS/WG		Leicester	31	52	10	Bristol City	13 July 2017	Undisclosed	2022
23	Danny Ward	CF/LW		Bradford	29	69	13	Rotherham United	1 July 2017	£1,600,000	2020
	Mark Harris	LW/CF		Swansea	21	2	0	Academy	8 January 2017	Trainee	2020
Out on loan

^ Appearances and goals for the club and contracts are up to date as of 31 July 2020.

Statistics

As of 31 July 2020

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Championship		FA Cup		League Cup		Play-Offs
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	PHI	Neil Etheridge	17	0	16+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
2	DF	ENG	Dion Sanderson	10	0	9+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
3	DF	ENG	Joe Bennett	48	0	42+0	0	2+2	0	0+0	0	2+0	0
4	DF	ENG	Sean Morrison	39	4	35+1	4	1+0	0	0+0	0	2+0	0
5	DF	ENG	Aden Flint	30	4	26+0	2	3+0	2	1+0	0	0+0	0
6	MF	WAL	Will Vaulks	34	4	18+9	4	4+0	0	1+0	0	1+1	0
7	MF	CUW	Leandro Bacuna	45	1	35+6	1	2+0	0	0+0	0	2+0	0
8	MF	ENG	Joe Ralls	31	7	25+2	7	2+0	0	0+0	0	2+0	0
9	FW	GER	Robert Glatzel	35	8	23+7	7	2+1	1	0+0	0	1+1	0
10	FW	ENG	Isaac Vassell	3	1	0+2	1	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
11	MF	ENG	Josh Murphy	33	8	16+11	5	4+0	3	0+0	0	1+1	0
12	GK	ENG	Alex Smithies	36	0	31+0	0	3+0	0	0+0	0	2+0	0
13	MF	SCO	Callum Paterson	42	7	18+18	5	3+1	2	1+0	0	0+1	0
15	MF	ENG	Marlon Pack	42	2	32+5	2	1+2	0	0+0	0	2+0	0
16	DF	ENG	Curtis Nelson	36	2	31+2	1	0+0	0	1+0	0	2+0	1
17	FW	ENG	Lee Tomlin	36	9	24+9	8	0+1	0	0+0	0	2+0	1
19	MF	ENG	Nathaniel Mendez-Laing	29	3	21+6	3	0+0	0	0+0	0	2+0	0
20	MF	NIR	Gavin Whyte	30	1	15+9	0	4+0	1	1+0	0	0+1	0
22	DF	CIV	Sol Bamba	9	0	1+4	0	4+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
23	FW	ENG	Danny Ward	33	8	7+21	7	3+0	1	0+0	0	1+1	0
24	DF	AUS	Brad Smith	3	0	0+3	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
25	GK	ENG	Joe Day	2	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
30	DF	NIR	Ciaron Brown	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
31	MF	IRL	Aaron Bolger	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
33	MF	CAN	Junior Hoilett	45	7	29+12	7	0+1	0	1+0	0	2+0	0
34	MF	WAL	James Waite	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	0	0+0	0
39	DF	ENG	Joel Bagan	1	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
40	MF	ENG	Tom Sang	1	0	0+0	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
Players who left the club:
2	DF	ENG	Lee Peltier	25	0	24+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
14	FW	JAM	Bobby Decordova-Reid	1	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
14	FW	GHA	Albert Adomah	9	0	9+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
24	FW	ENG	Gary Madine	9	0	5+3	0	0+0	0	0+1	0	0+0	0
21	DF	WAL	Jazz Richards	14	0	11+1	0	2+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
27	FW	ENG	Omar Bogle	12	1	2+9	1	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
32	DF	WAL	Cameron Coxe	3	0	0+0	0	2+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
35	FW	ENG	Shamar Moore	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	0	0+0	0

Goals record

As of 31 July 2020

Rank	No.	Nat.	Po.	Name	Championship	FA Cup	League Cup	Play-Offs	Total
1	17		SS	Lee Tomlin	8	0	0	1	9
2	9		CF	Robert Glatzel	7	1	0	0	8
	11		LW	Josh Murphy	5	3	0	0	8
	23		CF	Danny Ward	7	1	0	0	8
4	8		CM	Joe Ralls	7	0	0	0	7
	13		CM	Callum Paterson	5	2	0	0	7
	33		LW	Junior Hoilett	7	0	0	0	7
9	4		CB	Sean Morrison	4	0	0	0	4
	5		CB	Aden Flint	2	2	0	0	4
	6		CM	Will Vaulks	4	0	0	0	4
12	19		RW	Nathaniel Mendez-Laing	3	0	0	0	3
13	15		CM	Marlon Pack	2	0	0	0	2
	16		CB	Curtis Nelson	1	0	0	1	2
15	7		CM	Leandro Bacuna	1	0	0	0	1
	10		CF	Isaac Vassell	1	0	0	0	1
	20		RW	Gavin Whyte	0	1	0	0	1
	27		CF	Omar Bogle	1	0	0	0	1
Own Goals					3	0	0	0	3
Total					66	10	0	2	78

Disciplinary record

As of 31 July 2020

Rank	No.	Nat.	Po.	Name	Championship			FA Cup			League Cup			Play-Offs			Total
1	17		SS	Lee Tomlin	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0
2	6		DM	Will Vaulks	3	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	7	0	0
	7		CM	Leandro Bacuna	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	7	0	0
	33		LW	Junior Hoilett	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	7	0	0
5	4		CB	Sean Morrison	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	0	1
	8		CM	Joe Ralls	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	6	0	0
	11		LW	Josh Murphy	4	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0
8	3		LB	Joe Bennett	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0
	21		RB	Jazz Richards	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0
10	15		CM	Marlon Pack	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
10	2		RB	Lee Peltier	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
	16		CB	Curtis Nelson	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
12	2		RB	Dion Sanderson	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
	5		CB	Aden Flint	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
	13		CM	Callum Paterson	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
	14		RW	Albert Adomah	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
	20		RW	Gavin Whyte	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
	24		CF	Gary Madine	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
19	9		CF	Robert Glatzel	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	12		GK	Alex Smithies	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	14		CF	Bobby Decordova-Reid	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	23		CF	Danny Ward	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
	27		CF	Omar Bogle	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Total					69	0	2	6	0	0	1	0	0	6	0	0	82	0	2

Contracts

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	Status	Contract Length	Expiry Date	Ref.
13 December 2019	CB		Sol Bamba	Signed	1 year	June 2021	[4]
10 January 2020	SS		Lee Tomlin	Signed	2 years	June 2022	[5]
25 June 2020	CF		Danny Ward	Signed	2 Months	August 2020	[6]

Transfers

Transfers in

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2019	GK		Joe Day	Newport County	Free transfer	[7]
1 July 2019	CB		Curtis Nelson	Oxford United	Free transfer	[8]
1 July 2019	DM		Will Vaulks	Rotherham United	Undisclosed[a]	[9]
2 July 2019	CM		Aaron Bolger	Shamrock Rovers	Undisclosed	[10]
19 July 2019	CB		Aden Flint	Middlesbrough	Undisclosed[b]	[11]
30 July 2019	RW		Gavin Whyte	Oxford United	Undisclosed[c]	[12]
31 July 2019	CF		Robert Glatzel	FC Heidenheim	Undisclosed[d]	[13]
8 August 2019	CM		Marlon Pack	Bristol City	Undisclosed[e]	[15]
8 August 2019	CF		Isaac Vassell	Birmingham City	Undisclosed	[16]
27 August 2019	GK		Brian Murphy	Free Agent	Free	[17]
7 November 2019	LB		Armand Traoré	Çaykur Rizespor	Free	[18]

• Spent - Undisclosed (~ £17,600,000)

1. Fee reported to be an initial £2,100,000 with further add ons
2. Fee reported to be an initial £4,000,000 with further add ons
3. Fee reported to be £2,000,000
4. Fee reported to be £5,500,000
5. Fee reported to be £4,000,000^[14]

Loans in

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Date until	Ref.
30 January 2020	LB		Brad Smith	Bournemouth	30 June 2020	[19]
31 January 2020	LW		Albert Adomah	Nottingham Forest	30 June 2020	[20]
31 January 2020	RB		Dion Sanderson	Wolverhampton Wanderers	30 June 2020	[20]

Loans out

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Date until	Ref.
1 July 2019	LW		Mark Harris	Wrexham	30 June 2020	[21]
24 July 2019	RB		Connor Davies	Weston-super-Mare	30 June 2020	[22]
8 August 2019	LB		Greg Cunningham	Blackburn Rovers	30 June 2020	[23]
8 August 2019	CF		Bobby Reid	Fulham	24 January 2020	[24][25]
16 August 2019	LB		Daniel Martin	Weston-super-Mare	February 2020	[26]
13 September 2019	CB		Jack Bodenham	Hereford	1 January 2020	[27]
8 January 2019	CB		Ciaron Brown	Livingston	30 June 2020	[28]
28 January 2020	GK		Joe Day	AFC Wimbledon	30 June 2020	[29]
31 January 2020	CF		Omar Bogle	ADO Den Haag	11 May 2020	[30]
14 February 2020	LB		Joel Bagan	Notts County	March 2020	[31]

Transfers out

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2019	GK		Jordan Duffey	Free agent	Released	[32]
1 July 2019	MF		Tyrone Duffus	Warrington Town	Released	[32][33]
1 July 2019	CM		Aron Gunnarsson	Al-Arabi	Free transfer	[34]
1 July 2019	RM		Kadeem Harris	Sheffield Wednesday	Released	[32][35]
1 July 2019	CF		Jack McKay	Chesterfield	Free transfer	[36]
1 July 2019	GK		Brian Murphy	Free Agent	Free	[32]
1 July 2019	CM		Stuart O'Keefe	Gillingham	Released	[32][37]
1 July 2019	CB		Adam Sharif	Free agent	Released	[32]
1 July 2019	AM		Henry Smith	Free agent	Released	[32]
16 July 2019	CF		Rhys Healey	Milton Keynes Dons	Undisclosed	[38]
19 July 2019	CB		Bruno Ecuele Manga	Dijon	Undisclosed[a]	[39]
19 July 2019	CF		Kenneth Zohore	West Bromwich Albion	Undisclosed[b]	[41]
9 August 2019	CM		Loïc Damour	Heart of Midlothian	Undisclosed	[42]
7 January 2020	LB		Armand Traoré	Free agent	Released	[43]
9 January 2020	CF		Gary Madine	Blackpool	Mutual consent	[44][45]
24 January 2020	AM		Bobby Decordova-Reid	Fulham	Undisclosed	[25]
31 January 2020	RB		Lee Peltier	West Bromwich Albion	Free Transfer	[46]
12 February 2020	GK		Brian Murphy	Waterford	Free Transfer	[47]
30 June 2020	CF		Omar Bogle	Free Agent	Released	[6]
30 June 2020	GK		Warren Burwood	Free Agent	Released	[6]
30 June 2020	CB		Matthew Connolly	Free Agent	Released	[6]
30 June 2020	RB		Cameron Coxe	Free Agent	Released	[6]
30 June 2020	RB		Connor Davies	Free Agent	Released	[6]
30 June 2020	CM		Jacob Evans	Free Agent	Released	[6]
30 June 2020	LM		Lloyd Humphries	Free Agent	Released	[6]
30 June 2020	CB		Trystan Jones	Free Agent	Released	[6]
30 June 2020	CF		Shamar Moore	Free Agent	Released	[6]
30 June 2020	CB		Ryan Pryce	Free Agent	Released	[6]
30 June 2020	RB		Jazz Richards	Free Agent	Released	[48]
30 June 2020	CM		Sion Spence	Free Agent	Released	[6]
30 June 2020	CM		Laurence Wootton	Free Agent	Released	[6]

• Income : Undisclosed (~ £11,000,000)

1. Fee reported to be £3,000,000
2. Fee reported to be £8,000,000^[40]

Pre-season

The Bluebirds announced pre-season fixtures against Taff's Well,^[49] San Antonio,^[50] New Mexico United,^[50] Real Valladolid^[50] and OGC Nice.^[51]

Taff's Well v Cardiff City

5 July 2019 Friendly	Taff's Well	1–5	Cardiff City	Taff's Well
17:00 BST	French 21'	Report	Evans 16' (pen.) Wootton 19' Griffiths 66' Mayembe 72' Davies 88'	Stadium: Rhiw'r Ddar

San Antonio FC v Cardiff City

13 July 2019 Friendly	San Antonio FC	0–1	Cardiff City	San Antonio, Texas, U.S.
19:00 CDT		Report	Murphy 56' (pen.)	Stadium: Toyota Field

New Mexico United v Cardiff City

18 July 2019 Friendly	New Mexico United	1–1	Cardiff City	Albuquerque, New Mexico, U.S.
20:45 MDT	Akamatsu 3'	Report	Bogle 63'	Stadium: UNM Soccer Stadium

Real Valladolid v Cardiff City

20 July 2019 Friendly	Real Valladolid	1–1 (2–4 p)	Cardiff City	Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
20:30 MDT	Barba 60'	Report	Bogle 41'

Cardiff City v OGC Nice

27 July 2019 Friendly	Cardiff City	1–0	OGC Nice	Cardiff
15:00 BST	Ralls 1'	Report		Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium

Competitions

Championship

Main article: 2019–20 EFL Championship

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
2	West Bromwich Albion (P)	46	22	17	7	77	45	+32	83	Promotion to the Premier League
3	Brentford	46	24	9	13	80	38	+42	81	Qualification for Championship play-offs[a]
4	Fulham (O, P)	46	23	12	11	64	48	+16	81
5	Cardiff City	46	19	16	11	68	58	+10	73
6	Swansea City	46	18	16	12	62	53	+9	70
7	Nottingham Forest	46	18	16	12	58	50	+8	70
8	Millwall	46	17	17	12	57	51	+6	68

Source: EFL Official Website
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 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]
(O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted
Notes:

1. Four teams play for one spot and promotion to the Premier League.

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
46	19	16	11	68	58	+10	73	11	9	3	35	21	+14	8	7	8	33	37	−4

Last updated: 22 July 2020.
Source: ^{[citation needed]}

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	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	46
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	L	W	L	W	D	D	D	W	D	W	L	D	D	L	W	L	D	W	W	W	L	D	D	D	W	L	D	D	W	D	W	W	D	L	L	D	W	W	W	D	W	L	L	W	W	W
Position	14	12	19	12	14	13	14	13	12	10	11	11	13	14	14	14	16	10	10	8	9	12	12	11	10	12	12	13	12	11	8	8	9	10	10	11	9	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5

Updated to match(es) played on 22 July 2020. Source: Statto.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

On Thursday, 20 June 2019, the EFL Championship fixtures were revealed.^[53]

Wigan Athletic v Cardiff City

3 August 2019 (2019-08-03) 1	Wigan Athletic	3–2	Cardiff City	Wigan
15:00 BST	Windass 49' 63' Jacobs 59' Garner  66' Evans 75' Byrne  90+1'	Report	Ralls  7' 20' Reid  44' Murphy  45+1' Flint  66' Bogle 70'	Stadium: DW Stadium Attendance: 12,169 Referee: David Webb (Lancashire)

Cardiff City v Luton Town

10 August 2019 (2019-08-10) 2	Cardiff City	2–1	Luton Town	Cardiff
15:00 BST	Murphy  21' Paterson  45+1' Flint 52' Vassell 90+6'	Report	Collins  61' Pearson 86' Potts  90+5'	Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium Attendance: 24,724 Referee: Darren Bond (Lancashire)

Reading v Cardiff City

18 August 2019 (2019-08-18) 3	Reading	3–0	Cardiff City	Reading
12:00 BST	Pușcaș 25', 40' Moore  42' Swift 83' Méïté 90+1'	Report	Bacuna  8' Ralls  45'	Stadium: Madjeski Stadium Attendance: 14252 Referee: Andy Davies (Hampshire)
Note: Live on Sky Sports

Cardiff City v Huddersfield Town

21 August 2019 (2019-08-21) 4	Cardiff City	2–1	Huddersfield Town	Cardiff
19:45 BST	Ralls 42' Bennett  56' Hoilett 88'	Report	Chalobah 50' Elphick  80'	Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium Attendance: 21,821 Referee: Jarred Gillett (Australia & Lancashire)

Blackburn Rovers v Cardiff City

24 August 2019 (2019-08-24) 5	Blackburn Rovers	0–0	Cardiff City	Blackburn
15:00 BST	Bennett  33'	Report	Tomlin  55' Bogle  72' Bennett  86'	Stadium: Ewood Park Attendance: 13,291 Referee: David Coote (Nottinghamshire)

Cardiff City v Fulham

30 August 2019 (2019-08-30) 6	Cardiff City	1–1	Fulham	Cardiff
19:45 BST	Murphy 42' Bacuna  80'	Report	Mitrović 45' Arter  66'  68' Bettinelli  72' Mawson  85' Cairney  89'	Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium Attendance: 22,631 Referee: Tim Robinson (West Sussex)
Note: Live on Sky Sports

Derby County v Cardiff City

13 September 2019 (2019-09-13) 7	Derby County	1–1	Cardiff City	Derby
19:45 BST	Malone 6' Keogh  18' Lawrence  88'	Sky BBC	Glatzel 19' (pen.) Peltier  40' Flint  90+7'	Stadium: Pride Park Stadium Attendance: 25,873 Referee: Darren England (Barnsley)
Note: Live on Sky Sports

Cardiff City v Middlesbrough

21 September 2019 (2019-09-21) 8	Cardiff City	1–0	Middlesbrough	Cardiff
15:00 BST	Fletcher 2' (og) Ralls  87'	Report	Johnson  77' Ayala  79'	Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium Attendance: 23,141 Referee: Darren Bond (Lancashire)

Hull City v Cardiff City

28 September 2019 (2019-09-28) 9	Hull City	2–2	Cardiff City	Kingston upon Hull
15:00 BST	Stewart  23' Grosicki 44' de Wijs 89' Burke  90+4'	Report	Glatzel 55' Ward 90+2'	Stadium: KC Stadium Attendance: 10,756 Referee: Jarred Gillett (Australia & Lancashire)

Cardiff City v Queens Park Rangers

2 October 2019 (2019-10-02) 10	Cardiff City	3–0	Queens Park Rangers	Cardiff
19:45 BST	Morrison 11' Pack 45+1' Paterson 72',  84' Whyte  87'	Report	Manning  84'	Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium Attendance: 21,387 Referee: Matt Donohue (Manchester)

West Bromwich Albion v Cardiff City

5 October 2019 (2019-10-05) 11	West Bromwich Albion	4–2	Cardiff City	West Bromwich
15:00 BST	Pereira 20' Livermore  32' Diangana 42' Austin 71' Sawyers 90+3'	Report	Ward 75', 86' Pack  88'	Stadium: The Hawthorns Attendance: 25,140 Referee: John Brooks (Leicestershire and Rutland)

Cardiff City v Sheffield Wednesday

18 October 2019 (2019-10-18) 12	Cardiff City	1–1	Sheffield Wednesday	Cardiff
19:45 BST	Tomlin 87'	Report	Börner 19' Hutchinson  38' Palmer  64' Fox  90+1'	Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium Attendance: 22,486 Referee: Keith Stroud (Bournemouth)
Note: Live on Sky Sports

Millwall v Cardiff City

22 October 2019 (2019-10-22) 13	Millwall	2–2	Cardiff City	London
19:45 BST	Bradshaw 45', 77' Cooper  77'	Report	Ward 12' Hoilett 57' Bennett  65'	Stadium: The Den Attendance: 11,769 Referee: Tim Robinson (West Sussex)

Swansea City v Cardiff City

27 October 2019 (2019-10-27) 14	Swansea City	1–0	Cardiff City	Swansea
12:00 GMT	Wilmot 24'	Report	Ralls  85'	Stadium: Liberty Stadium Attendance: 20,270 Referee: Robert Jones (Merseyside)
Note: Live on Sky Sports South Wales Derby

Cardiff City v Birmingham City

2 November 2019 (2019-11-02) 15	Cardiff City	4–2	Birmingham City	Cardiff
15:00 GMT	Ralls 30' (pen), 69', 90+5' (pen) Nelson 38' Ward  52' Peltier  90+3'	Report	Pedersen 3' Šunjić  32', 89' Jutkiewicz  85' Dean  90+3' Roberts  90+5'	Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium Attendance: 23,778 Referee: Andrew Madley (Yorkshire)

Cardiff City v Bristol City

10 November 2019 (2019-11-10) 16	Cardiff City	0–1	Bristol City	Cardiff
12:00 GMT	Pack  19'	Report	Nagy  27' Rowe  53' Brownhill 67'	Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium Attendance: 23,846 Referee: Tony Harrington (Cleveland)
Note: Live on Sky Sports Severnside Derby

Charlton Athletic v Cardiff City

23 November 2019 (2019-11-23) 17	Charlton Athletic	2–2	Cardiff City	Charlton
12:30 GMT	Gallagher 13' Leko 42' Bonne  90+5'	Report	Mendez-Laing 52' Madine  58' Tomlin 73',  85' Peltier  82'	Stadium: The Valley Attendance: 16,011 Referee: Darren Bond (Lancashire)
Note: Live on Sky Sports

Cardiff City v Stoke City

26 November 2019 (2019-11-26) 18	Cardiff City	1–0	Stoke City	Cardiff
19:45 GMT	Bacuna 11' Tomlin  81'	Report	Woods  61'	Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium Attendance: 20,884 Referee: Gavin Ward (Surrey)

Nottingham Forest v Cardiff City

30 November 2019 (2019-11-30) 19	Nottingham Forest	0–1	Cardiff City	West Bridgford
15:00 GMT		Report	Mendez-Laing 14' Madine  67'	Stadium: City Ground Attendance: 28,209 Referee: Robert Jones (Merseyside)

Cardiff City v Barnsley

7 December 2019 (2019-12-07) 20	Cardiff City	3–2	Barnsley	Cardiff
15:00 GMT	Diaby 20' (og) Ward 67' Tomlin  80', 90+4'	Report	Chaplin 17' Halme  40' Peltier 48' (og) Bähre  62' Andersen  80' B Williams  90+1' Mowatt  90+5'	Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium Attendance: 21,380 Referee: Paul Tierney (Lancashire)

Brentford v Cardiff City

11 December 2019 (2019-12-11) 21	Brentford	2–1	Cardiff City	Brentford
19:45 GMT	Mbeumo 25' Watkins 46' Jansson  76' Henry  80'	Report	Pack 64' Murphy  70' Bennett  83'	Stadium: Griffin Park Attendance: 10,417 Referee: John Brooks (Leicestershire)

Leeds United v Cardiff City

14 December 2019 (2019-12-14) 22	Leeds United	3–3	Cardiff City	Leeds
15:00 GMT	Costa 6' Bamford 8', 52' (pen) Hernández  45+1'	Report	Tomlin  32', 60' Morrison 82',  86' Glatzel 88'	Stadium: Elland Road Attendance: 34,552 Referee: Tony Harrington (Cleveland)

Cardiff City v Preston North End

21 December 2019 (2019-12-21) 23	Cardiff City	0–0	Preston North End	Cardiff
12:30 GMT	Tomlin  45+1'	Report	Gallagher  21' Clarke  35'	Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium Attendance: 22,625 Referee: Jeremy Simpson (Lancashire)
Note: Live on Sky Sports

Cardiff City v Millwall

26 December 2019 (2019-12-26) 24	Cardiff City	1–1	Millwall	Cardiff
15:00 GMT	Flint 59' Hoilett  81'	Report	J Wallace 63'	Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium Attendance: 23,583 Referee: David Webb (County Durham)

Sheffield Wednesday v Cardiff City

29 December 2019 (2019-12-29) 25	Sheffield Wednesday	1–2	Cardiff City	Sheffield
15:00 GMT	Lees 18' Harris  51'	Report	Glatzel 5' Hoilett 8' Hoilett  61' Richards  67'	Stadium: Hillsborough Attendance: Tim Robinson (West Sussex) Referee: 25,385

Queens Park Rangers v Cardiff City

1 January 2020 (2020-01-01) 26	Queens Park Rangers	6–1	Cardiff City	London
15:00 GMT	Wells 9', 48', 64' Osayi-Samuel 27', 41' Leistner  39' Eze 57' Amos  86'	Report	Tomlin  32' Vaulks 90+1'	Stadium: Loftus Road Attendance: 12,355 Referee: Darren England (Barnsley)

Cardiff City v Swansea City

12 January 2020 (2020-01-12) 27	Cardiff City	0–0	Swansea City	Cardiff
12:00 GMT	Hoilett  30' Glatzel  34' Pack  63' Bennett  72'	Report	Brewster  11' Cabango  34'	Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium Attendance: 28,529 Referee: Tony Harrington (Cleveland)
Note: Live on Sky Sports South Wales Derby

Birmingham City v Cardiff City

18 January 2020 (2020-01-18) 28	Birmingham City	1–1	Cardiff City	Birmingham
15:00 GMT	Bellingham 4' Gardner  84'	Report	Tomlin  61', 63' Richards  68' Pack  74'	Stadium: St Andrew's Attendance: 20,842 Referee: Andy Davies (Hampshire)

Cardiff City v West Bromwich Albion

28 January 2020 (2020-01-28) 29	Cardiff City	2–1	West Bromwich Albion	Cardiff
19:45 GMT	Paterson 46' Nelson  65' Tomlin 76'	Report	Austin 61' (pen)	Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium Attendance: 22,516 Referee: Robert Jones (Cheshire)

Cardiff City v Reading

31 January 2020 (2020-01-31) 30	Cardiff City	1–1	Reading	Cardiff
19:45 GMT	Richards  56' Paterson 70' Nelson  88' Morrison  90'	Report	Méïté 8' Baldock  45+1' Obita  56'	Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium Attendance: 22,518 Referee: Simon Hooper (Wiltshire)

Luton Town v Cardiff City

8 February 2020 (2020-02-08) 31	Luton Town	0–1	Cardiff City	Luton
15:00 GMT		Report	Tomlin 73' Morrison  77'	Stadium: Kenilworth Road Attendance: 10,041 Referee: James Linington (Isle of Wight)

Huddersfield Town v Cardiff City

12 February 2020 (2020-02-12) 32	Huddersfield Town	0–3	Cardiff City	Huddersfield
19:45 GMT	Stearman  44'	Report	Nelson  18' Murphy 28' Vaulks 33'  66' Paterson 69'	Stadium: John Smith's Stadium Attendance: 20,238 Referee: Darren England (Barnsley)

Cardiff City v Wigan Athletic

15 February 2020 (2020-02-15) 33	Cardiff City	2–2	Wigan Athletic	Cardiff
15:00 GMT	Murphy 8',  25' Naismith 55' (og) Morrison  75' Vaulks  80'	Report	Evans  1' Moore 5', 45+4' (pen) Williams  31' Gelhardt  82'	Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium Attendance: 21,287 Referee: John Brooks (Leicestershire and Rutland)

Stoke City v Cardiff City

22 February 2020 (2020-02-22) 34	Stoke City	2–0	Cardiff City	Stoke-on-Trent
15:00 GMT	Paterson 25' (o.g.) Allen 72' Powell  78'	Report	Richards  87'	Stadium: bet365 Stadium Attendance: 25,436 Referee: Dean Whitestone (Northamptonshire)

Cardiff City v Nottingham Forest

25 February 2020 (2020-02-25) 35	Cardiff City	0–1	Nottingham Forest	Cardiff
19:45 GMT	Bacuna  82'	Report	Silva 49' Ameobi  70' Worrall  84'	Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium Attendance: 21,273 Referee: Stephen Martin (Staffordshire)
Note: Live on Sky Sports

Cardiff City v Brentford

29 February 2020 (2020-02-29) 36	Cardiff City	2–2	Brentford	Cardiff
15:00 GMT	Adomah  23' Hoilett 34',  75' Ralls 45+1' Bacuna  52' Vaulks  81'	Report	Racic 5' Mbeumo 21' Baptiste  85'	Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium Attendance: 22,393 Referee: Simon Hooper (Wiltshire)

Barnsley v Cardiff City

7 March 2020 (2020-03-07) 37	Barnsley	0–2	Cardiff City	Barnsley
15:00 GMT		Report	Vaulks 65' Paterson 66'	Stadium: Oakwell Attendance: 12,751 Referee: James Linington (Isle of Wight)

Cardiff City v Leeds United

21 June 2020 (2020-06-21) 38	Cardiff City	2–0	Leeds United	Cardiff
12:00 BST	Hoilett 35',  43' Adomah  42' Glatzel 71'	Report	Costa  37' Phillips  45+2' Roberts  57' Klich  81'	Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium Referee: Andy Woolmer (Northants)
Note: Postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic[54] The match was rescheduled to 21 June. Live on Sky Sports.

Preston North End v Cardiff City

27 June 2020 (2020-06-27) 39	Preston North End	1–3	Cardiff City	Preston
12:30 BST	Davies  67' Johnson 73'	Report	Sanderson  54' Ralls 69' Mendez-Laing 82' Smithies  90' Glatzel 90+1'	Stadium: Deepdale Referee: Oliver Langford (West Midlands)
Note: Postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic[54] The match was rescheduled to 27 June. Live on Sky Sports.

Cardiff City v Charlton Athletic

30 June 2020 (2020-06-30) 40	Cardiff City	0–0	Charlton Athletic	Cardiff
18:00 BST	Sanderson  74'	Report	Purrington  83'	Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium Referee: Stephen Martin (Staffordshire)
Note: Postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic[54] The match was rescheduled to 30 June.

Bristol City v Cardiff City

4 July 2020 (2020-07-04) 41	Bristol City	0–1	Cardiff City	Ashton Gate
15:00 BST	Smith  23'	Report	Ward 85'	Stadium: Ashton Gate Stadium Referee: Tim Robinson (West Sussex)
Note: On 3 April, the English Football League decided to postpone all football until safe to do so due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[55] The match was rescheduled to 4 July. Live on Sky Sports.

Cardiff City v Blackburn Rovers

7 July 2020 (2020-07-07) 42	Cardiff City	2–3	Blackburn Rovers	Cardiff
19:45 BST	Vaulks 14' Glatzel 41'	Report	Graham 22' Samuel 46' Armstrong 70' Travis  88'	Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium Referee: Matt Donohue (Manchester)
Note: On 3 April, the English Football League decided to postpone all football until safe to do so due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[55] The match was rescheduled to 7 July.

Fulham v Cardiff City

10 July 2020 (2020-07-10) 43	Fulham	2–0	Cardiff City	Fulham
20:15 BST	Mitrović 35' (pen.) Knockaert  39' Hector  58' Onomah 66' Christie  77'	Report	Ralls  81'	Stadium: Craven Cottage Referee: Gavin Ward (Surrey)
Note: On 3 April, the English Football League decided to postpone all football until safe to do so due to the COVID-19.[55] The match was rescheduled to 10 July. Live on Sky Sports

Cardiff City v Derby County

14 July 2020 (2020-07-14) 44	Cardiff City	2–1	Derby County	Cardiff
19:45 BST	Hoilett 17',  62' Tomlin 59'	Report	Knight 30'	Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium Referee: Darren Bond (Lancashire)
Note: On 3 April, the English Football League decided to postpone all football until safe to do so due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[55] The match was rescheduled to 14 July.

Middlesbrough v Cardiff City

18 July 2020 (2020-07-18) 45	Middlesbrough	1–3	Cardiff City	Middlesbrough
15:00 BST	Saville  1' Friend  19' Howson  77'  89' Assombalonga 85'	Report	Morrison 4',  84' Murphy 47', 81' Bacuna  90'	Stadium: Riverside Stadium Referee: Jeremy Simpson (Lancashire)
Note: On 3 April, the English Football League decided to postpone all football until safe to do so due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[55] The match was rescheduled to 18 July.

Cardiff City v Hull City

22 July 2020 (2020-07-22) 46	Cardiff City	3–0	Hull City	Cardiff
19:30 BST	Hoilett 20' Morrison 34' Ward 83'	Report		Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium Referee: James Linington (Isle of Wight)
Note: On 3 April, the English Football League decided to postpone all football until safe to do so due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[55] The match was rescheduled to 22 July.

Play-Offs

Cardiff City v Fulham

27 July 2020 (2020-07-27) Semi-Final 1st Leg	Cardiff City	0–2	Fulham	Cardiff
19:45 BST	Hoilett  45' Bacuna  77'	Report	Onomah 49' Kebano 90+1'	Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium Referee: Geoff Eltringham (Sunderland)

Fulham v Cardiff City

30 July 2020 (2020-07-30) Semi-Final 2nd Leg	Fulham	1–2 (3–2 agg.)	Cardiff City	London
19:45 BST	Kebano 9' Reid  50' Rodák  59' Christie  69' Onomah  90+3'	Report	Nelson 8' Morrison  35' Bacuna  45+2' Tomlin 47' Vaulks  52' Ralls  62'	Stadium: Craven Cottage Referee: Paul Tierney (Lancashire)

FA Cup

Main article: 2019–20 FA Cup

The second round draw was made live on BBC Two from Etihad Stadium, Micah Richards and Tony Adams conducted the draw.^[56]

Cardiff City v Carlisle United

4 January 2020 (2020-01-04) Third round	Cardiff City	2–2	Carlisle United	Cardiff
15:00 GMT	Paterson 50' Whyte 55' Vaulks  86'	Report	Bridge 12' Hope  40' McKirdy 45+2'	Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium Attendance: 5,282 Referee: Geoff Eltringham (Sunderland)

Carlisle United v Cardiff City

15 January 2020 (2020-01-15) Third round replay	Carlisle United	3–4	Cardiff City	Carlisle
19:45 GMT	Thomas 7' McKirdy  24', 51', 64'	Report	Flint 18', 48' Murphy 45',  90+4' Ward 57'	Stadium: Brunton Park Attendance: 4,381 Referee: Darren Handley

Reading v Cardiff City

25 January 2020 (2020-01-25) Fourth round	Reading	1–1	Cardiff City	Reading
15:00 GMT	Méïté 8',  9' McIntyre  45+1'  81' Howe  90+1'	Report	Paterson 5'	Stadium: Madejski Stadium Attendance: 12,798 Referee: Marc Edwards

Cardiff City v Reading

4 February 2020 (2020-02-04) Fourth round replay	Cardiff City	3–3 (a.e.t.) (1–4 p)	Reading	Cardiff
19:45 GMT	Murphy 19', 93',  87' Vaulks  39' Glatzel 54' Richards  66' Ward  75'	Report	Richards 69',  87' Rinomhota 79',  99' Osho  81' Méïté 116'	Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium Attendance: 4,832 Referee: Gavin Ward
	Penalties
	Flint Vaulks Pack		McCleary Osho Obita Aluko

EFL Cup

Main article: 2019–20 EFL Cup

The second round draw was made on 13 August 2019 following the conclusion of all but one first-round matches.^[57]

Cardiff City v Luton Town

27 August 2019 (2019-08-27) Second round	Cardiff City	0–3	Luton Town	Cardiff
19:45 BST	Vaulks  85'	Report	Hoilett 43', og' Sheehan 63' Jervis 70'	Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium Attendance: 4111 Referee: Tony Harrington

Summary

Games played	53 (46 EFL Championship, 4 FA Cup, 1 League Cup, 2 Play-Offs)
Games won	21 (19 EFL Championship, 1 FA Cup, 0 League Cup, 1 Play-Offs)
Games drawn	19 (16 EFL Championship, 3 FA Cup, 0 League Cup, 0 Play-Offs)
Games lost	13 (11 EFL Championship, 0 FA Cup, 1 League Cup, 1 Play-Offs)
Goals scored	78 (66 EFL Championship, 10 FA Cup, 0 League Cup, 2 Play-Offs)
Goals conceded	73 (58 EFL Championship, 9 FA Cup, 3 League Cup, 3 Play-Offs)
Goal difference	+5
Clean sheets	14 (14 EFL Championship, 0 FA Cup, 0 League Cup, 0 Play-Offs)
Yellow cards	82 (69 EFL Championship, 6 FA Cup, 1 League Cup, 6 Play-Offs)
Red cards	2 (2 EFL Championship, 0 FA Cup, 0 League Cup, 0 Play-Offs)
Worst Discipline	Lee Tomlin (8 , 0  , 0 )
Best result	3–0 vs. Queens Park Rangers (2 Oct 19) 3–0 vs. Huddersfield Town (12 Feb 20) 3–0 vs. Hull City (22 Jul 20)
Worst result	1–6 vs. Queens Park Rangers (1 Jan 20)
Most appearances	Joe Bennett (46 starts, 2 subs)
Top scorer	Lee Tomlin (9)
Most Clean Sheets	Alex Smithies (11)
Points	73

Club staff

Backroom staff Position Name Manager Neil Harris Assistant manager David Livermore First-team coach James Rowberry Goalkeeper coach Andy Dibble Head of medical services Paul Godfrey Club doctor Dr. Len Nokes First-team physiotherapist James Rowland Head of Fitness & Conditioning Lee Southernwood Senior Strength & Conditioning Mike Beere Sports scientist Ben Parry Head scout Glyn Chamberlain First Team Analyst Jack Radusin Player Liaison Officer Callum Davies Kit and Equipment Manager Paul Carter

Board of directors Position Name Chairman Mehmet Dalman General Manager Ken Choo Finance Director Richard Thompson Non-Executive Board Members Football Club[58] Steve Borley (since 2003) Derek Chee Seng Chin (since 2010) Veh Ken Choo (since 2016) Mehmet Dalman (since 2012) Non-Executive Board Members Cardiff City (Holdings)[59] Danni Rais (since 2012) Club Secretary[60] David Beeby