2019–20 Cambridge United F.C. season
# 2019–20 Cambridge United F.C. season

The 2019–20 season was Cambridge United's 108th season in their history, their 41st in the Football League, and their sixth consecutive season in League Two. Along with League Two, the club participated in the FA Cup, EFL Cup and EFL Trophy.

The season covers the period from 1 July 2019 to 30 June 2020.

## Season squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | GK | BUL | Dimitar Mitov |
| 2 | DF | ENG | Kyle Knoyle |
| 3 | DF | ENG | Daniel Jones |
| 4 | DF | ENG | George Taft |
| 5 | DF | ENG | Greg Taylor |
| 6 | MF | IRL | Gary Deegan |
| 7 | MF | ENG | Luke Hannant |
| 8 | DF | ENG | Liam O'Neil |
| 9 | FW | SCO | Andrew Dallas |
| 10 | MF | ENG | George Maris |
| 11 | FW | ENG | Harrison Dunk |
| 13 | GK | ENG | Finley Iron |
| 14 | FW | ENG | Jabo Ibehre |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 15 | DF | ENG | Louis John |
| 16 | DF | ENG | Harry Darling |
| 17 | DF | ENG | Leon Davies |
| 18 | FW | ENG | Marc Richards |
| 19 | MF | BER | Reggie Lambe |
| 20 | FW | ENG | Sam Smith (on loan from Reading) |
| 22 | MF | ENG | Paul Lewis |
| 23 | MF | ENG | Tom Knowles |
| 24 | DF | ENG | Jordan Norville-Williams |
| 25 | GK | ENG | Callum Burton |
| 26 | FW | ENG | Harvey Knibbs |
| 27 | MF | ENG | Ben Worman |
| 30 | MF | CYP | Jack Roles (on loan from Tottenham Hotspur) |

## Transfers

### Transfers in

| Date | Position | Name | From | Fee |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 July 2019 | GK | Callum Burton | Hull City | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2019 | CM | Luke Hannant | Port Vale | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2019 | CF | Harvey Knibbs | Aston Villa | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2019 | RB | Kyle Knoyle | Swindon Town | Free transfer |
| 19 July 2019 | LB | Dan Jones | Notts County | Free transfer |
| 29 July 2019 | CF | Andrew Dallas | Rangers | Undisclosed |
| 5 August 2019 | CF | Marc Richards | Swindon Town | Free transfer |
| 29 August 2019 | CM | Samir Carruthers | Sheffield United | Free transfer |
| 13 September 2019 | CB | Elliott Ward | Notts County | Free transfer |

### Loans in

| Date from | Position | Name | From | Date until |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 2 August 2019 | CF | Sam Smith | Reading | 30 June 2020 |
| 20 August 2019 | CM | Jack Roles | Tottenham Hotspur | 30 June 2020 |
| 23 January 2020 | MF | Idris El Mizouni | Ipswich Town | 30 June 2020 |
| 24 January 2020 | CF | Victor Adeboyejo | Barnsley | 30 June 2020 |
| 31 January 2020 | LB | Ben Coker | Lincoln City | 30 June 2020 |
| 31 January 2020 | CF | Paul Mullin | Tranmere Rovers | 30 June 2020 |

### Loans out

| Date from | Position | Name | To | Date until |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 26 July 2019 | CF | Joe Neal | Needham Market | September 2019 |
| 17 October 2019 | RW | Tom Knowles | Chelmsford City | 3 March 2020 |
| 12 November 2019 | CB | Louis John | Sutton United | January 2020 |
| 21 November 2019 | DM | Ben Worman | Chelmsford City | December 2019 |
| 11 March 2020 | LB | Daniel Jones | Solihull Moors | 30 June 2020 |

### Transfers out

| Date | Position | Name | To | Fee |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 July 2019 | LB | Jake Carroll | Motherwell | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2019 | GK | David Forde | Free agent | Released |
| 1 July 2019 | CF | Matthew Foy | Cambridge City | Released |
| 1 July 2019 | RB | Brad Halliday | Doncaster Rovers | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2019 | RM | Emmanuel Osadebe | Macclesfield Town | Released |
| 1 July 2019 | DM | Sam Squire | Needham Market | Released |
| 1 July 2019 | CM | Lee Watkins | St Neots Town | Released |
| 4 July 2019 | AM | Jevani Brown | Colchester United | Undisclosed |
| 8 July 2019 | RW | David Amoo | Port Vale | Free transfer |
| 31 December 2019 | CM | Gary Deegan | Shelbourne | Free transfer |
| 16 January 2020 | CF | Marc Richards | Yeovil Town | Free transfer |
| 23 January 2020 | CB | Louis John | Sutton United | Undisclosed |

## Pre-season

On 23 May 2019, The U's announced their pre-season schedule. On 21 June 2019 a further two matches during a tour of Scotland were confirmed.

## Competitions

### League Two

**League table**

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | PPG |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 12 | Walsall | 36 | 13 | 8 | 15 | 40 | 49 | −9 | 47 | 1.31 |
| 13 | Crawley Town | 37 | 11 | 15 | 11 | 51 | 47 | +4 | 48 | 1.30 |
| 14 | Newport County | 36 | 12 | 10 | 14 | 32 | 39 | −7 | 46 | 1.28 |
| 15 | Grimsby Town | 37 | 12 | 11 | 14 | 45 | 51 | −6 | 47 | 1.27 |
| 16 | Cambridge United | 37 | 12 | 9 | 16 | 40 | 48 | −8 | 45 | 1.22 |
| 17 | Leyton Orient | 36 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 47 | 55 | −8 | 42 | 1.17 |
| 18 | Carlisle United | 37 | 10 | 12 | 15 | 39 | 56 | −17 | 42 | 1.14 |
| 19 | Oldham Athletic | 37 | 9 | 14 | 14 | 44 | 57 | −13 | 41 | 1.11 |
| 20 | Scunthorpe United | 37 | 10 | 10 | 17 | 44 | 56 | −12 | 40 | 1.08 |

**Results summary**

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |

Last updated: 7 March 2020. Source: BBC

**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 |
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| Ground | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | D | D | W | W | L | L | L | W | W | L | D | D | L | W | D | L | W | L | D | W | D | L | L | W | L | L | L | L | D | L | W | W | W | W | D | L | L |
| Position | 15 | 18 | 10 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 16 | 12 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 16 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 18 | 16 | 15 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 16 |

**Matches**

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

### FA Cup

The first round draw was made on 21 October 2019.

### EFL Cup

The first round draw was made on 20 June. The second round draw was made on 13 August 2019 following the conclusion of all but one first-round matches.

### EFL Trophy

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

| Pos | Div | Teamvte | Pld | W | PW | PL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | L1 | Peterborough United | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 9 | Advance to Round 2 |
| 2 | L2 | Northampton Town | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 5 | Advance to Round 2 |
| 3 | ACA | Arsenal U21 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 3 | |
| 4 | L2 | Cambridge United | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 1 | |
