2019–20 Oldham Athletic A.F.C. season
# 2019–20 Oldham Athletic A.F.C. season

The 2019–20 season was Oldham Athletic's 125th season in their history and second consecutive season in the English football's fourth tier. Along with competing in League Two, the club also participated in the FA Cup, EFL Cup, and EFL Trophy.

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

## Transfers

### Transfers in

| Date | Position | Name | From | Fee |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 July 2019 | CB | Alex Iacovitti | Nottingham Forest | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2019 | RB | Zak Mills | Morecambe | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2019 | GK | Gary Woods | Hamilton Academical | Free transfer |
| 19 July 2019 | CF | Scott Wilson | Macclesfield Town | Free transfer |
| 22 July 2019 | RW | Marvin Kokos | Gazélec Ajaccio | Undisclosed |
| 23 July 2019 | CF | Désiré Segbé Azankpo | FK Senica | Undisclosed |
| 27 July 2019 | RW | Chris Eagles | Free agent | Free transfer |
| 30 July 2019 | FW | Kielen Adams | Bradford City | Free transfer |
| 30 July 2019 | MF | Dylan Fage | AJ Auxerre | Free transfer |
| 30 July 2019 | MF | Florian Gonzales | AJ Auxerre | Free transfer |
| 1 August 2019 | AM | Callum Dolan | Altrincham | Free transfer |
| 1 August 2019 | CB | Tomáš Egert | Burton Albion | Free transfer |
| 1 August 2019 | CB | David Wheater | Bolton Wanderers | Free transfer |
| 30 August 2019 | LW | Dominic McHale | FC United of Manchester | Free transfer |
| 18 October 2019 | DM | Chris McCann | D.C. United | Free transfer |
| 29 November 2019 | CM | David Jones | Sheffield Wednesday | Free transfer |
| 30 November 2019 | CF | Jean-Louis Akpa Akpro | Masfout Club | Free transfer |
| 14 January 2020 | RW | Zak Dearnley | New Mills | Free transfer |
| 16 January 2020 | CF | Danny Rowe | AFC Fylde | Undisclosed |

### Loans in

| Date | Position | Name | From | Date until |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 5 July 2019 | GK | Gregor Zabret | Swansea City | 30 June 2020 |
| 2 August 2019 | LB | Ashley Smith-Brown | Plymouth Argyle | 31 January 2020 |
| 2 September 2019 | RW | Filipe Morais | Crawley Town | 30 June 2020 |
| 2 September 2019 | LM | Jonny Smith | Bristol City | 30 June 2020 |
| 2 January 2020 | MF | Christian N'Guessan | Burnley | 30 June 2020 |
| 6 January 2020 | CB | Carl Piergianni | Salford City | 30 June 2020 |
| 10 January 2020 | CF | Emmanuel Dieseruvwe | Salford City | 30 June 2020 |
| 24 January 2020 | LB | Cameron Borthwick-Jackson | Manchester United | 30 June 2020 |

### Loans out

| Date | Position | Name | To | Date until |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 16 August 2019 | LM | Harry Robinson | Crusaders | 7 January 2020 |
| 16 August 2019 | MF | Kyle Wych | Glossop North End | September 2019 |
| 29 August 2019 | RB | Javid Swaby-Neavin | Radcliffe | 30 June 2020 |
| 30 August 2019 | AM | Callum Dolan | Ashton United | October 2019 |
| 19 September 2019 | LW | Gevaro Nepomuceno | Chesterfield | 1 January 2020 |
| 12 October 2019 | MF | Florian Gonzales | Ashton United | 1 January 2020 |
| 22 November 2019 | MF | Reece Gaskell | Runcorn Linnets | December 2019 |
| 22 November 2019 | MF | Lewis McKinney | Runcorn Linnets | December 2019 |
| 29 November 2019 | DF | Andy Hackett | Winsford United | January 2020 |
| 29 November 2019 | DF | Charley Leech | Winsford United | January 2020 |
| 29 November 2019 | FW | Ryan Pickford | Winsford United | January 2020 |
| 17 January 2020 | CF | Kielen Adams | Chorley | February 2020 |
| 28 February 2020 | CF | Scott Wilson | Notts County | 31 May 2020 |
| 1 March 2020 | CF | Kielen Adams | Hyde United | April 2020 |

### Transfers out

| Date | Position | Name | To | Fee | Ref. |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 July 2019 | AM | Jose Baxter | Plymouth Argyle | Released | |
| 1 July 2019 | CB | Peter Clarke | Fleetwood Town | Released | |
| 1 July 2019 | CB | George Edmundson | Rangers | Undisclosed | |
| 1 July 2019 | AM | Dan Gardner | Free agent | Released | |
| 1 July 2019 | RB | Rob Hunt | Swindon Town | Mutual consent | |
| 1 July 2019 | LB | Jay Sheridan | Free agent | Released | |
| 1 July 2019 | LB | Andy Taylor | AFC Fylde | Released | |
| 1 July 2019 | CM | Chinedu Uche | Glossop North End | Released | |
| 2 September 2019 | CF | Chris O'Grady | Bolton Wanderers | Mutual consent | |
| 11 October 2019 | AM | Callum Dolan | Free agent | Sacked | |
| 18 October 2019 | CF | Jonathan Benteke | Alemannia Aachen | Free transfer | |
| 3 December 2019 | DM | Ousmane Fané | Shrewsbury Town | Free transfer | |
| 6 January 2020 | RW | Chris Eagles | Free agent | Mutual consent | |
| 8 January 2020 | MF | Florian Gonzales | Free agent | Mutual consent | |
| 10 January 2020 | CF | Jean-Louis Akpa Akpro | Radcliffe | Mutual consent | |
| 24 January 2020 | CF | Urko Vera | CD Guijuelo | Mutual consent | [59] [60] |
| 30 January 2020 | CM | David Jones | Free agent | Released | |
| 3 February 2020 | LM | Harry Robinson | Motherwell | Released | [62] [63] |
| 3 February 2020 | CB | Sonhy Sefil | Free agent | Released | |

## Pre-season

The Latics announced pre-season friendlies against Raja Casablanca and Rochdale.

## Competitions

### League Two

**League table**

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | PPG | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 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 | |
| 21 | Mansfield Town | 36 | 9 | 11 | 16 | 48 | 55 | −7 | 38 | 1.06 | |
| 22 | Morecambe | 37 | 7 | 11 | 19 | 35 | 60 | −25 | 32 | 0.86 | |
| 23 | Stevenage | 36 | 3 | 13 | 20 | 24 | 50 | −26 | 22 | 0.61 | Reprieved from relegation |

* ↑ As a result of Bury's expulsion from League One, only one team is relegated to maintain League Two at 24 teams.

**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 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | L | L | L | D | W | L | D | D | D | W | L | D | L | L | W | D | D | W | D | L | W | W | L | L | L | D | D | D | D | W | W | L | L | D | D | W | L |
| Position | 20 | 22 | 24 | 23 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 20 | 21 | 19 | 19 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 20 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 19 | 17 | 18 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 18 | 18 | 20 | 17 | 14 | 17 | 19 | 18 | 19 | 17 | 18 |

**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. The second round draw was made live on 11 November from Chichester City's stadium, Oaklands Park.

### EFL Cup

The first round draw was made on 20 June.

### 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 | 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 | Advance to Round 2 |
| 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 | |
