2019–20 Oxford United F.C. season

The 2019–20 Oxford United season was the club's 126th year in existence and their fourth consecutive season in League One, the third tier of English football. As well as competing in League One, 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.

Oxford United

2019–20 season
Chairman	Sumrith Thanakarnjanasuth
Manager	Karl Robinson
Stadium	Kassam Stadium
League One	4th (on PPG)
FA Cup	Fourth round
EFL Cup	Quarter-finals
EFL Trophy	Second round
Top goalscorer	League: Matty Taylor (13) All: Matty Taylor (17)
Highest home attendance	11,817 (18 December vs. Manchester City, EFL Cup)
Lowest home attendance	1,084 (3 September vs. Norwich City U21, EFL Trophy)
Average home league attendance	7,460
Home colours Away colours
← 2018–19 2020–21 →

First-team squad

No.	Name	Nationality	Position	Date of birth (age)	Signed in	Previous club	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	Simon Eastwood		GK	(1989-06-26) 26 June 1989 (age 36)	2016	Blackburn Rovers	168	0
13	Jack Stevens		GK	(1997-08-02) 2 August 1997 (age 28)	2016	OUFC Academy	3	0
Defenders
3	Josh Ruffels		DF	(1993-10-23) 23 October 1993 (age 31)	2013	Coventry City	232	14
4	Rob Dickie		DF	(1996-03-03) 3 March 1996 (age 29)	2018	Reading	66	2
5	Elliott Moore		DF	(1997-03-16) 16 March 1997 (age 28)	2019	Leicester City	5	1
12	Sam Long		DF	(1995-01-16) 16 January 1995 (age 30)	2013	OUFC Academy	57	1
15	John Mousinho		DF	(1986-04-30) 30 April 1986 (age 39)	2017	Burton Albion	96	3
29	Kashif Siddiqi		DF	(1986-01-25) 25 January 1986 (age 39)	2019	Northampton Town	0	0
33	Kevin Berkoe		DF	(2001-07-05) 5 July 2001 (age 24)	2019	Wolverhampton Wanderers	3	0
35	Sam Allardyce		DF	(2000-09-01) 1 September 2000 (age 24)	2019	Bury	0	0
Midfielders
6	Alex Gorrin		MF	(1993-08-01) 1 August 1993 (age 32)	2019	Motherwell	9	0
8	Cameron Brannagan		MF	(1996-05-09) 9 May 1996 (age 29)	2018	Liverpool	77	11
10	Ben Woodburn		MF	(1999-10-15) 15 October 1999 (age 25)	2019	Liverpool (loan)	11	1
11	Tariqe Fosu		MF	(1995-11-05) 5 November 1995 (age 29)	2019	Charlton Athletic	10	4
14	Anthony Forde		MF	(1993-11-16) 16 November 1993 (age 31)	2019	Rotherham United	12	1
16	Shandon Baptiste		MF	(1998-04-08) 8 April 1998 (age 27)	2017	OUFC Academy	21	2
18	Mark Sykes		MF	(1997-08-04) 4 August 1997 (age 28)	2019	Glenavon	14	1
20	Jamie Hanson		MF	(1995-11-10) 10 November 1995 (age 29)	2018	Derby County	49	0
21	Malachi Napa		MF	(1999-05-26) 26 May 1999 (age 26)	2017	OUFC Academy	18	0
22	George Thorne		MF	(1993-01-04) 4 January 1993 (age 32)	2019	Derby County (loan)	2	0
50	Tyler Goodrham		MF	(2003-08-07) 7 August 2003 (age 22)	2019	OUFC Academy	0	0
Forwards
7	Rob Hall		FW	(1993-10-20) 20 October 1993 (age 31)	2016	Bolton Wanderers	65	11
9	Matty Taylor		FW	(1990-03-30) 30 March 1990 (age 35)	2019	Bristol City (loan)	5	2
17	James Henry		FW	(1989-06-10) 10 June 1989 (age 36)	2017	Wolverhampton Wanderers	116	30
19	Jamie Mackie		FW	(1985-09-22) 22 September 1985 (age 39)	2018	Queens Park Rangers	58	8
23	Dan Agyei		FW	(1997-06-01) 1 June 1997 (age 28)	2019	Burnley	2	0
37	Kyran Lofthouse		FW	(2000-09-15) 15 September 2000 (age 24)	2019	OUFC Academy	1	0

Transfers

Transfers in

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2019	CB		Sam Allardyce	Bury	Undisclosed	[1]
1 July 2019	RB		Kevin Berkoe	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Free transfer	[2]
1 July 2019	AM		Tariqe Fosu	Charlton Athletic	Compensation	[3]
1 July 2019	CM		Alex Gorrin	Motherwell	Free transfer	[4]
31 July 2019	RM		Anthony Forde	Rotherham United	Free transfer	[5]
1 August 2019	CB		Elliott Moore	Leicester City	Undisclosed	[6]
10 August 2019	CF		Dan Agyei	Burnley	Compensation	[7]
29 August 2019	RB		Kashif Siddiqi	Free agent	Free transfer	[8]
2 September 2019	LW		Oussama Zamouri	FC Dordrecht	Free transfer	[9]
4 September 2019	MF		Fabio Sole	Reading	Free transfer	[10]
6 December 2019	GK		Jordan Archer	Millwall	Free transfer	[11]
9 January 2020	CB		Robert Atkinson	Eastleigh	Undisclosed	[12]
22 January 2020	DM		George Thorne	Derby County	Undisclosed	[13]

Loans in

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Date until	Ref.
23 July 2019	RM		Chris Cadden	Columbus Crew SC	2 January 2020	[14][15]
30 July 2019	LW		Ben Woodburn	Liverpool	30 June 2020	[16]
19 August 2019	CF		Matty Taylor	Bristol City	30 June 2020	[17]
19 August 2019	DM		George Thorne	Derby County	January 2020	[18]
8 January 2020	LW		Nathan Holland	West Ham United	30 June 2020	[19]
8 January 2020	AM		Liam Kelly	Feyenoord	30 June 2020	[20]
9 January 2020	AM		Marcus Browne	Middlesbrough	30 June 2020	[21]

Loans out

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Date until	Ref.
20 September 2019	RB		Kashif Siddiqi	Real Kashmir	30 June 2020	[22]
18 October 2019	FW		Owen James	Bracknell Town	November 2019	[23]
1 November 2019	CM		Aaron Heap	North Leigh	December 2019	[24]
15 November 2019	RW		Kyran Lofthouse	Oxford City	December 2019	[25]
22 November 2019	LB		Kevin Berkoe	Oxford City	20 December 2019	[26]
22 November 2019	MF		Aaron McCreadie	Hayes & Yeading United	December 2019	[27]
3 January 2020	GK		Max Harris	Oxford City	February 2020	[28]
24 January 2020	CB		Robert Atkinson	Eastleigh	30 June 2020	[29]
24 January 2020	RW		Robert Hall	Forest Green Rovers	30 June 2020	[30]
11 February 2020	FW		Fábio Lopes	AFC Rushden & Diamonds	March 2020	[31]
21 February 2020	DF		Nico Jones	Oxford City	March 2020	[32]

Transfers out

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2019	GK		Niall Clayton	Free agent	Released	[33]
1 July 2019	MF		Albie Hopkins	Free agent	Released	[34]
1 July 2019	CB		Fiacre Kelleher	Macclesfield Town	Released	[35][36]
1 July 2019	CM		Armani Little	Torquay United	Free transfer	[37]
1 July 2019	CB		Curtis Nelson	Cardiff City	Free transfer	[38]
1 July 2019	CF		Jonathan Obika	St Mirren	Released	[35][39]
1 July 2019	CB		Charlie Raglan	Cheltenham Town	Free transfer	[40]
1 July 2019	GK		Scott Shearer	Free agent	Released	[35]
1 July 2019	CF		Jonte Smith	Cheltenham Town	Released	[35][41]
1 July 2019	FW		Brandon Taverner	Free agent	Released	[34]
10 July 2019	CM		Dai Wai-tsun	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Undisclosed	[42]
11 July 2019	CM		James Cowan	Airdrieonians	Free transfer	[43]
30 July 2019	RW		Gavin Whyte	Cardiff City	c.£2,000,000	[44]
1 August 2019	CF		Harvey Bradbury	Millwall	Free transfer	[45]
3 September 2019	RB		Tony McMahon	Free agent	Mutual consent	[46]
14 October 2019	LB		Matt Taylor	Harrogate Town	Free transfer	[47]
2 January 2020	MF		Oussama Zamouri	Free agent	Released	[15]
16 January 2020	GK		Jordan Archer	Fulham	Free transfer	[48]
31 January 2020	CM		Shandon Baptiste	Brentford	Undisclosed	[49]
31 January 2020	LW		Tariqe Fosu	Brentford	Undisclosed	[49]

Pre-season

  Win   Draw   Loss   Upcoming   Void   Postponed

On 10 May 2019, the U's announced their pre-season fixtures.^[50] A second home friendly against Fulham was added.^[51] Lastly a trip to Scotland to face Rangers was later confirmed.^[52]

Rangers v Oxford United

7 July 2019 (2019-07-07) Friendly	Rangers	5–0	Oxford United	Glasgow, Scotland
15:00 BST	Candeias 16' Stewart 32' Mayo 53' Ojo 70' Defoe 90'	Report		Stadium: Ibrox Stadium

Oxford City v Oxford United

9 July 2019 (2019-07-09) Friendly	Oxford City	3–5	Oxford United	Marston
19:45 BST	Brown 3' Self 42' Rowe 52'	Report	Henry 45+1' Fosu 62' Whyte 68' (pen.) Lofthouse 73' Napa 77'	Stadium: Court Place Farm Attendance: 797

Thame United v Oxford United

10 July 2019 (2019-07-10) Friendly	Thame United	0–2	Oxford United	Thame
19:45 BST		Report	Whyte 48' (pen.) Hall 79'	Stadium: The ASM Stadium Attendance: 841

Brackley Town v Oxford United

11 July 2019 (2019-07-11) Friendly	Brackley Town	1–2	Oxford United	Brackley
19:45 BST	Jones 37' (o.g.)	Report	Lopes 26' Henry 29'	Stadium: St James Park Attendance: 770

Woking v Oxford United

13 July 2019 (2019-07-13) Friendly	Woking	1–1	Oxford United	Woking
15:00 BST	Hyde 58'	Report	Frear 34'	Stadium: Laithwaite Community Stadium Attendance: 716

Eastleigh v Oxford United

16 July 2019 (2019-07-16) Friendly	Eastleigh	3–0	Oxford United	Eastleigh
19:45 BST	Williamson 13', 17' Boyce 52'	Report		Stadium: Silverlake Stadium

Oxford United v Queens Park Rangers

20 July 2019 (2019-07-20) Friendly	Oxford United	1–2	Queens Park Rangers	Oxford
15:00 BST	Gorrin 39'	Report	Amos 31', 33'	Stadium: Kassam Stadium Attendance: 3,165

Oxford United v Fulham

23 July 2019 (2019-07-23) Friendly	Oxford United	1–1	Fulham	Oxford
19:45 BST	Mousinho 59'	Report	Knockaert 22'	Stadium: Kassam Stadium Attendance: 2,549

Solihull Moors v Oxford United

27 July 2019 (2019-07-27) Friendly	Solihull Moors	1–1	Oxford United	Solihull
15:00 BST	Hancox 16'	Report	Brannagan 36'	Stadium: Automated Technology Group Stadium Attendance: 709

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
1	Coventry City (C, P)	34	18	13	3	48	30	+18	67	1.97	Promotion to the EFL Championship
2	Rotherham United (P)	35	18	8	9	61	38	+23	62	1.77
3	Wycombe Wanderers (O, P)	34	17	8	9	45	40	+5	59	1.74	Qualification for League One play-offs[a]
4	Oxford United	35	17	9	9	61	37	+24	60	1.71
5	Portsmouth	35	17	9	9	53	36	+17	60	1.71
6	Fleetwood Town	35	16	12	7	51	38	+13	60	1.71
7	Peterborough United	35	17	8	10	68	40	+28	59	1.69
8	Sunderland	36	16	11	9	48	32	+16	59	1.64

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^[53]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted
Notes:

1. Four teams play for one spot and promotion to the EFL Championship.

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
35	17	9	9	61	37	+24	60	11	3	3	33	13	+20	6	6	6	28	24	+4

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
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	H	A
Result	D	W	L	L	L	D	L	W	D	W	W	D	W	W	W	D	W	D	L	W	W	W	L	L	D	D	W	L	D	L	W	W	W	W	W
Position	12	7	11	16	17	18	20	17	17	12	10	9	8	5	5	4	6	7	8	6	3	2	4	5	5	5	8	10	10	11	10	9	8	6	3

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 released.^[54]

Sunderland v Oxford United

3 August 2019 (2019-08-03) 1	Sunderland	1–1	Oxford United	Monkwearmouth
15:00 BST	Fosu 14' Mousinho  56' Gorrin  65' Brannagan  90+5' Henry  90+5'	Report	Gooch 49' (pen.)  70'	Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 33,498 (1,122 away) Referee: Peter Wright

Oxford United v Peterborough United

10 August 2019 (2019-08-10) 2	Oxford United	1–0	Peterborough United	Oxford
15:00 BST	Brannagan 12'  16' Gorrin  56' Mousinho  76'	Report	Boyd  18' Kent  43'	Stadium: Kassam Stadium Attendance: 6,959 (744 away) Referee: Michael Salisbury

Blackpool v Oxford United

17 August 2019 (2019-08-17) 3	Blackpool	2–1	Oxford United	Blackpool
15:00 BST	Edwards 5' Gnanduillet 45+2' Thompson  60' Alnwick  62' Tilt  89'	Report	Gorrin  43' Mousinho  45+1' Ruffels 45+4' Hall  82' Moore  90+5' Brannagan	Stadium: Bloomfield Road Attendance: 9,104 (894 away) Referee: Darren Drysdale

Oxford United v Burton Albion

20 August 2019 (2019-08-20) 4	Oxford United	2–4	Burton Albion	Oxford
19:45 BST	Brannagan 47' Forde 56' Gorrin  74'	Report	Buxton 30' Edwards  34' Broadhead  42' Fraser 61' 70' 84'	Stadium: The Kassam Stadium Attendance: 6,111 (161 away) Referee: Brett Huxtable

Bristol Rovers v Oxford United

24 August 2019 (2019-08-24) 5	Bristol Rovers	3–1	Oxford United	Horfield
15:00 BST	Clarke  10' Upson  22' 37' Clarke-Harris 45' Davies  56' Nichols 77'	Report	Taylor  15' Woodburn 27' Hanson  41' Fosu  45+4'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 7,871 (993 away) Referee: Charles Breakspear

Oxford United v Coventry City

31 August 2019 (2019-08-31) 6	Oxford United	3–3	Coventry City	Oxford
15:00 BST	Dickie  41' Forde  62' Mackie 64'  90+6' Ruffels  67' Dabo 85', 90+4' (o.g.)	Report	Shipley  29' Westbrooke 35'  74' Godden 56' O'Hare 90+1'	Stadium: The Kassam Stadium Attendance: 8,080 (1,810 away) Referee: Graham Salisbury

Fleetwood Town v Oxford United

7 September 2019 (2019-09-07) 7	Fleetwood Town	2–1	Oxford United	Fleetwood
15:00 BST	Madden 15' Clarke 79' Coutts  89'	Report	Moore 33' Mackie  40' Baptiste  49'	Stadium: Highbury Stadium Attendance: 2,672 Referee: Trevor Kettle

Oxford United v Tranmere Rovers

14 September 2019 (2019-09-14) 8	Oxford United	3–0	Tranmere Rovers	Oxford
15:00 BST	Henry 23' (pen.) 90+2' (pen.) Dickie  51' Woodburn  63' Brannagan 70'	Report	Woods  26' Nelson  57'	Stadium: The Kassam Stadium Attendance: 6,294 (639 away) Referee: Robert Lewis

Bolton Wanderers v Oxford United

17 September 2019 (2019-09-17) 9	Bolton Wanderers	0–0	Oxford United	Horwich
20:00 BST	Hobbs  55' Politic  64'	Report		Stadium: University of Bolton Stadium Attendance: 6,786 (364 away) Referee: Paul Marsden

Lincoln City v Oxford United

21 September 2019 (2019-09-21) 10	Lincoln City	0–6	Oxford United	Lincoln
15:00 BST	Eardley  56' Andrade  86'	Report	Fosu 5', 40', 70' Ruffels  14' Mackie 48'  64' Henry 54' Taylor 79'  90+1' Dickie  86'	Stadium: Sincil Bank Attendance: 8,746 (668 away) Referee: Anthony Backhouse

Oxford United v Gillingham

28 September 2019 (2019-09-28) 11	Oxford United	3–0	Gillingham	Oxford
15:00 BST	Henry 10' 34' Taylor 30' Brannagan  86'	Report	Fuller  57' Ehmer  82'	Stadium: The Kassam Stadium Attendance: 6,553 (483 away) Referee: Andy Woolmer

Accrington Stanley v Oxford United

5 October 2019 (2019-10-05) 12	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: Crown Ground Attendance: 2,590 (486 away) Referee: Martin Coy

Oxford United v Doncaster Rovers

12 October 2019 (2019-10-12) 13	Oxford United	3–0	Doncaster Rovers	Oxford
15:00 BST	Henry 45+1', 78' (pen.) Brannagan 47' Dickie  75'	Report	Taylor  30' Anderson  55'	Stadium: The Kassam Stadium Attendance: 6,861 (491 away) Referee: Seb Stockbridge

Rotherham United v Oxford United

19 October 2019 (2019-10-19) 14	Rotherham United	1–2	Oxford United	Rotherham
15:00 BST	Ihiekwe 35'	Report	Fosu 23' Taylor 57'  83'	Stadium: New York Stadium Attendance: 8,837 (734 away) Referee: Scott Oldham

Oxford United v Rochdale

26 October 2019 (2019-10-26) 15	Oxford United	3–0	Rochdale	Oxford
15:00 BST	Ruffels 20' Fosu 27' Sykes  45' Long 86'	Report	Wilbraham  40'	Stadium: The Kassam Stadium Attendance: 6,666 (206 away) Referee: Nick Kinseley

Portsmouth v Oxford United

2 November 2019 (2019-11-02) 16	Portsmouth	1–1	Oxford United	Portsmouth
15:00 GMT	McCrorie  39' Evans 58' (pen.) Marquis  87'	Report	Mackie  26' Taylor 90'	Stadium: Fratton Park Attendance: 18,528 (1,747 away) Referee: Ben Toner

Oxford United v Ipswich Town

16 November 2019 (2019-11-16)	Oxford United	v	Ipswich Town	Oxford
15:00 GMT		Report		Stadium: The Kassam Stadium
Note: On 7 November, the match was postponed because of international call-ups.[55]

Southend United v Oxford United

23 November 2019 (2019-11-23) 17	Southend United	0–4	Oxford United	Southend-on-Sea
15:00 GMT	Milligan  45+2'	Report	Taylor 1', 84' Rodriguez  26' Henry 33'  35' Agyei 86'	Stadium: Roots Hall Attendance: 6,835 (905 away) Referee: Tom Nield

Oxford United v Shrewsbury Town

7 December 2019 (2019-12-07) 18	Oxford United	0–0	Shrewsbury Town	Oxford
15:00 GMT	Dickie  14'	Report	Ebanks-Landell  73' Edwards  84' Pierre  89' Williams  90+3'	Stadium: Kassam Stadium Attendance: 6,931 (383 away) Referee: Craig Hicks

Milton Keynes Dons v Oxford United

14 December 2019 (2019-12-14) 19	Milton Keynes Dons	1–0	Oxford United	Denbigh
15:00 GMT	Houghton  17' Mason 59' Nicholls  67' Lewington  75' Agard  82' Reeves  90+7'	Report	Dickie  39' Fosu  88' Rodriguez  90+6'	Stadium: Stadium MK Attendance: 10,031 (2,850 away) Referee: Trevor Kettle

Oxford United v Wycombe Wanderers

21 December 2019 (2019-12-21) 20	Oxford United	1–0	Wycombe Wanderers	Oxford
15:00 GMT	Henry 23' Rodriguez  27' Mousinho  27' Dickie  72' Sykes  90+3'	Report	Akinfenwa  20'  26' Bloomfield  44' Ofoborh  90' Jacobson  90+2'	Stadium: Kassam Stadium Attendance: 10,123 (1,802 away) Referee: Lee Swabey

Oxford United v Lincoln City

26 December 2019 (2019-12-26) 21	Oxford United	1–0	Lincoln City	Oxford
15:00 GMT	Baptiste 36'  82' Mousinho  71'	Report	O'Connor  45+1' Morrell  69'	Stadium: Kassam Stadium Attendance: 10,115 (630 away) Referee: Will Finnie

AFC Wimbledon v Oxford United

29 December 2019 (2019-12-29) 22	AFC Wimbledon	1–2	Oxford United	Kingston upon Thames
15:00 GMT	Guinness-Walker  45+1' Pigott 47' Rudoni  84'	Report	Brannagan  7' McLoughlin 26' (o.g.) Sykes 61'	Stadium: Kingsmeadow Attendance: 4,763 (776 away) Referee: Sam Purkiss

Doncaster Rovers v Oxford United

1 January 2020 (2020-01-01) 23	Doncaster Rovers	1–0	Oxford United	Doncaster
15:00 GMT	James 34'  57'	Report	Henry  74'	Stadium: Keepmoat Stadium Attendance: 4,763 (759 away) Referee: Seb Stockbridge

Oxford United v Rotherham United

11 January 2020 (2020-01-11) 24	Oxford United	1–3	Rotherham United	Oxford
15:00 GMT	Rodriguez  8' Browne 71' Long  83'	Report	Vassell 16', 33' Wood 45+6' Wiles  52' Lindsay  83'	Stadium: Kassam Stadium Attendance: 8,077 (894 away) Referee: David Webb

Oxford United v Ipswich Town

14 January 2020 (2020-01-14) 25	Oxford United	0–0	Ipswich Town	Oxford
19:45 GMT	Browne  72'	Report	Edwards  63'	Stadium: Kassam Stadium Attendance: 8,191 (1,319 away) Referee: Tom Nield

Gillingham v Oxford United

18 January 2020 (2020-01-18) 26	Gillingham	1–1	Oxford United	Gillingham
15:00 GMT	Lee  45+1' 61' (pen.)	Report	Fosu 16' Mackie  37' Baptiste  75' Browne  86'	Stadium: Priestfield Stadium Attendance: 5,051 (535 away) Referee: Neil Hair

Oxford United v Blackpool

1 February 2020 (2020-02-01) 27	Oxford United	2–1	Blackpool	Oxford
15:00 GMT	Browne 18', 40' Brannagan  36' Gorrin  53'	Report	Thorniley  1' Madine 10' Bola  36'	Stadium: Kassam Stadium Attendance: 7,525 (476 away) Referee: Josh Smith

Peterborough United v Oxford United

8 February 2020 (2020-02-08) 28	Peterborough United	4–0	Oxford United	Peterborough
15:00 GMT	Dembélé 36' Thompson  44'  63' Toney 56', 77'  90+1' Knight 90+6'	Report	Mousinho  76'	Stadium: London Road Stadium Attendance: 8,363 (862 away) Referee: Andy Haines

Burton Albion v Oxford United

11 February 2020 (2020-02-11) 29	Burton Albion	2–2	Oxford United	Burton upon Trent
19:45 GMT	Dickie 20' (o.g.) Murphy 71' Powell  89'	Report	Gorrin  41' Taylor  45+2' 90+1' Agyei 63' Dickie  89'	Stadium: Pirelli Stadium Attendance: 2,278 (415 away) Referee: Steve Martin

Oxford United v Sunderland

15 February 2020 (2020-02-15) 30	Oxford United	0–1	Sunderland	Oxford
15:00 GMT	Brannagan  90+2'	Report	Mousinho 3' (o.g.)	Stadium: Kassam Stadium Attendance: 9,105 (1,776 away) Referee: Kevin Johnson

Oxford United v AFC Wimbledon

18 February 2020 (2020-02-18) 31	Oxford United	5–0	AFC Wimbledon	Oxford
19:45 GMT	Taylor 32', 90+3' Holland 34', 55' Henry 50'	Report	Guinness-Walker  72'	Stadium: Kassam Stadium Attendance: 6,155 (380 away) Referee: Sam Purkiss

Ipswich Town v Oxford United

22 February 2020 (2020-02-22) 32	Ipswich Town	0–1	Oxford United	Ipswich
15:00 BST	Garbutt  38' Jackson  90+3' Woolfenden  90+4'	Report	Taylor 44' Browne  64'	Stadium: Portman Road Attendance: 19,363 (1,365 away) Referee: Scott Oldham

Oxford United v Accrington Stanley

25 February 2020 (2020-02-25) 33	Oxford United	3–0	Accrington Stanley	Oxford
19:45 BST	Henry 13' Taylor 50' 72'	Report	Finley  71' Johnson  77'	Stadium: Kassam Stadium Attendance: 5,622 (69 away) Referee: David Rock

Oxford United v Southend

29 February 2020 (2020-02-29) 34	Oxford United	2–1	Southend	Oxford
15:00 BST	Henry 17' (pen.) Gorrin  51' Taylor 84'	Report	Gard 45' McLaughlin  54'	Stadium: Kassam Stadium Attendance: 7,451 (485 away) Referee: Lee Swabey

Shrewsbury Town v Oxford United

7 March 2020 (2020-03-07) 35	Shrewsbury Town	2–3	Oxford United	Shrewsbury
15:00 BST	Vela  9'  35' Udoh 12' Lang 34' Ebanks-Landell  62' Edwards  87'	Report	Browne 45+3' Agyei 59' Brannagan  66' Ruffels 88'	Stadium: New Meadow Attendance: 6,474 (928 away) Referee: Seb Stockbridge

Oxford United v Milton Keynes Dons

14 March 2020 (2020-03-14)	Oxford United	v	Milton Keynes Dons	Oxford
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Kassam Stadium
Note: Season was suspended until 3 April 2020, because of the COVID-19 pandemic.[56]

Wycombe Wanderers v Oxford United

21 March 2020 (2020-03-21)	Wycombe Wanderers	v	Oxford United	High Wycombe
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Adams Park
Note: Season was suspended until 3 April 2020, because of the COVID-19 pandemic.[56]

Oxford United v Portsmouth

28 March 2020 (2020-03-28)	Oxford United	v	Portsmouth	Oxford
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Kassam Stadium
Note: Season was suspended until 3 April 2020, because of the COVID-19 pandemic.[56]

Rochdale v Oxford United

4 April 2020 (2020-04-04)	Rochdale	v	Oxford United	Spotland
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Crown Oil Arena
Note: On 3 April, the English Football League decided to postpone all football until safe to resume because of the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak.[57]

Oxford United v Bristol Rovers

10 April 2020 (2020-04-10)	Oxford United	v	Bristol Rovers	Oxford
13:00 BST				Stadium: Kassam Stadium
Note: On 3 April, the English Football League decided to postpone all football until safe to resume because of the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak.[57]

Coventry City v Oxford United

13 April 2020 (2020-04-13)	Coventry City	v	Oxford United	Bordesley
13:00 BST				Stadium: St Andrew's Trillion Trophy Stadium
Note: On 3 April, the English Football League decided to postpone all football until safe to resume because of the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak.[57]

Oxford United v Fleetwood Town

18 April 2020 (2020-04-18)	Oxford United	v	Fleetwood Town	Oxford
15:00 BST				Stadium: Kassam Stadium
Note: On 3 April, the English Football League decided to postpone all football until safe to resume because of the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak.[57]

Tranmere Rovers v Oxford United

25 April 2020 (2020-04-25)	Tranmere Rovers	v	Oxford United	Birkenhead
15:00 BST				Stadium: Prenton Park
Note: On 3 April, the English Football League decided to postpone all football until safe to resume because of the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak.[57]

Oxford United v Bolton Wanderers

3 May 2020 (2020-05-03)	Oxford United	v	Bolton Wanderers	Oxford
15:00 BST				Stadium: Kassam Stadium
Note: On 3 April, the English Football League decided to postpone all football until safe to resume because of the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak.[57]

Play-offs

Portsmouth v Oxford United

3 July 2020 (2020-07-03) Semi-final first leg	Portsmouth	1–1	Oxford United	Portsmouth
17:30 BST	McGeehan  28' Curtis 32'	Report	Brannagan  28' Browne 43' Rodríguez  87'	Stadium: Fratton Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Gavin Ward

Oxford United v Portsmouth

6 July 2020 (2020-07-06) Semi-final second leg	Oxford United	1–1 (a.e.t.) (2–2 agg.) (5–4 p)	Portsmouth	Oxford
17:00 BST	Harrison 45+3' (o.g.) Long  58' Browne  73' Dickie  91' Rodríguez  103' Taylor  107'	Report	Harness 38' Marquis  64' Curtis  90+4'	Stadium: Kassam Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Darren England
	Penalties
	Woodburn Forde Taylor Mousinho Brannagan		Marquis Evans Brown McGeehan Hawkins

Oxford United v Wycombe Wanderers

13 July 2020 (2020-07-13) Final	Oxford United	1–2	Wycombe Wanderers	Wembley
19:30 BST	Rodríguez  27' Sykes 57'	Report	Stewart 9' Thompson  71' Jacobson 79' (pen.)	Stadium: Wembley Stadium Attendance: Behind closed doors Referee: Robert Jones

FA Cup

Main article: 2019–20 FA Cup

The draw for the first round proper was held on 21 October 2019.^[58] The second round draw was made live on 11 November from Chichester City's stadium, Oaklands Park.^[59] The draw for the third round was held on 2 December 2019.^[60] The fourth round draw was made by Alex Scott and David O'Leary on Monday, 6 January.^[61]

Hayes & Yeading United v Oxford United

10 November 2019 (2019-11-10) First round	Hayes & Yeading United	0–2	Oxford United	Hayes
14:15 GMT	Rowe  16' Della-Verde  85'	Report	Long 29' Hall 69'	Stadium: Beaconsfield Road Attendance: 1,501 (719 away) Referee: Darren Handley

Walsall v Oxford United

30 November 2019 (2019-11-30) Second round	Walsall	0–1	Oxford United	Bescot
15:00 GMT	Cockerill-Mollett  25' Kinsella  41'	Report	Dickie  19' Henry 84' Hall  90+1'	Stadium: Banks's Stadium Attendance: 3,224 (1,375 away) Referee: Leigh Doughty

Oxford United v Hartlepool United

4 January 2020 (2020-01-04) Third round	Oxford United	4–1	Hartlepool United	Oxford
15:01 GMT	Dickie  17' Rob Hall 51' Baptiste 66' Fosu 84' Taylor 87' (pen.)	Report	Kitching 9' Mafuta  42' Kerr  45'	Stadium: Kassam Stadium Attendance: 6,240 (779 away) Referee: Michael Salisbury

Newcastle United v Oxford United

25 January 2020 (2020-01-25) Fourth round	Newcastle United	0–0	Oxford United	Newcastle upon Tyne
15:00 GMT	Lascelles  11'	Report	Baptiste  64' Rodriguez  75' Sykes  85'	Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 52,221 (3,710 away) Referee: Robert Jones

Oxford United v Newcastle United

4 February 2020 (2020-02-04) Fourth round replay	Oxford United	2–3 (a.e.t.)	Newcastle United	Oxford
20:05 GMT	Sykes  45' Kelly  77' 84' Holland 90+4'	Report	Longstaff 15' Joelinton 30' Bentaleb  45' Lejeune  95' Saint-Maximin 116'	Stadium: Kassam Stadium Attendance: 11,520 (1,779 away) Referee: Peter Bankes

EFL Cup

Main article: 2019–20 EFL Cup

The first-round draw was made on 20 June.^[62] The second-round draw was made on 13 August 2019 following the conclusion of all but one first-round matches.^[63] The third round draw was confirmed on 28 August 2019, live on Sky Sports.^[64] The draw for the fourth round was made on 25 September 2019.^[65] The quarter-final draw was conducted on 31 October, live on BBC Radio 2.^[66] After convincingly beating Premier League opponents West Ham in the third round, Oxford were eliminated at the quarter-final stage by eventual winners Manchester City, who had also beaten them in the same competition in an earlier round the previous season.^[67]

Oxford United v Peterborough United

13 August 2019 (2019-08-13) First round	Oxford United	1–0	Peterborough United	Oxford
19:45 BST	Long  55' Brannagan 88'	Report	Kent  25' Toney  64' Mason  87'	Stadium: Kassam Stadium Attendance: 2,798 (238 away) Referee: Ollie Yates

Oxford United v Millwall

27 August 2019 (2019-08-27) Second round	Oxford United	2–2 (4–2 p)	Millwall	Oxford
19:45 BST	Sykes  58', 87' Mousinho  69' Hanson  73' Berkoe  80' Henry 90+4' (pen.)	Report	Böðvarsson 29', 52'	Stadium: Kassam Stadium Attendance: 3,693 (735 away) Referee: Craig Hicks
	Penalties
	Thorne Woodburn Henry Mousinho		McCarthy Böðvarsson Ferguson Williams

Oxford United v West Ham United

25 September 2019 (2019-09-25) Third round	Oxford United	4–0	West Ham United	Oxford
19:45 BST	Moore 55'  66' Taylor 71' Fosu 84' Baptiste 90+2'	Report	Snodgrass  68'	Stadium: Kassam Stadium Attendance: 10,450 (1,513 away) Referee: Robert Jones

Oxford United v Sunderland

29 October 2019 (2019-10-29) Fourth round	Oxford United	1–1 (4–2 p)	Sunderland	Oxford
19:45 GMT	Hall 25'	Report	McNulty 78'	Stadium: Kassam Stadium Attendance: 11,108 (1,269 away) Referee: Steve Martin
	Penalties
	Henry Forde Fosu Mousinho		Power O'Nien Grigg McNulty

Oxford United v Manchester City

18 December 2019 (2019-12-18) Quarter-final	Oxford United	1–3	Manchester City	Oxford
19:45 GMT	Taylor 46'	Report	Cancelo 22' Sterling 51', 70'	Stadium: The Kassam Stadium Attendance: 11,817 (1,200 away) Referee: Andrew Madley

EFL Trophy

Main article: 2019–20 EFL Trophy

On 9 July 2019, the pre-determined group stage draw was announced with invited clubs to be drawn on 12 July 2019.^[68] The draw for the second round was made on 16 November 2019 live on Sky Sports.^[69]

Pos	Div	Team v t e	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	L1	Portsmouth	3	2	1	0	0	6	3	+3	8	Advance to Round 2
2	L1	Oxford United	3	2	0	1	0	8	4	+4	7
3	ACA	Norwich City U21	3	1	0	0	2	4	6	−2	3
4	L2	Crawley Town	3	0	0	0	3	2	7	−5	0

Source: EFL.com

Oxford United v Norwich City U21

3 September 2019 (2019-09-03) Group stage	Oxford United	2–1	Norwich City U21	Oxford
19:45 BST	Dickie  53' Long  56' Brannagan 77' Baptiste 85'	Report	Nizet  56' Hutchinson 64'	Stadium: The Kassam Stadium Attendance: 1,084 (152 away) Referee: Chris Sarginson

Oxford United v Portsmouth

8 October 2019 (2019-10-08) Group stage	Oxford United	2–2 (4–5 p)	Portsmouth	Oxford
19:45 BST	Taylor 21' Dickie 90+1' Agyei  90+4'	Report	Rew  19' Lethbridge 33' Walkes 85' Haunstrup  90+1'	Stadium: The Kassam Stadium Attendance: 1548 (274 away) Referee: Will Finnie
	Penalties
	Sole Brannagan Hall Sykes Ruffels Agyei Long		Evans Harrison Close Williams Downing Walkes Haunstrup

Crawley Town v Oxford United

12 November 2019 (2019-11-12) Group stage	Crawley Town	1–4	Oxford United	Crawley
19:45 BST	Bloomfield 50' Francomb  56'	Report	Hall 12' 57' (pen.) 73' (pen.) Forde 28' (pen.)	Stadium: The Peoples Pension Stadium Attendance: 412 (100 away) Referee: Joshua Smith

Exeter City v Oxford United

4 December 2019 (2019-12-04) Second round	Exeter City	0–0 (3–0 p)	Oxford United	Exeter
19:00 GMT	Tillson  30'	Report	Mackie  61'	Stadium: St James Park Attendance: 483 (130 away) Referee: Kevin Johnson
	Penalties
	Jay Sweeney Seymour		Forde Hall Sykes

Squad statistics

Appearances and goals

As of 7 March 2020.

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		League One		FA Cup		League Cup		FL Trophy
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	ENG	Simon Eastwood	38	0	29	0	4	0	4	0	1	0
2	DF	SCO	Chris Cadden	23	0	21	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
3	DF	ENG	Josh Ruffels	44	3	35	3	3	0	4	0	2	0
4	DF	ENG	Robert Dickie	47	1	35	0	5	0	4	0	3	1
5	DF	ENG	Elliott Moore	31	2	11+8	1	4+1	0	5	1	2	0
6	MF	ESP	Alex Gorrin	41	0	29+2	0	5	0	2	0	3	0
7	FW	ENG	Robert Hall	24	6	3+10	0	1+2	2	4	1	4	3
8	MF	ENG	Cameron Brannagan	36	7	29+1	5	1	0	3	1	1+1	1
9	FW	ENG	Matty Taylor	34	17	20+6	13	2+2	1	2+1	2	1	1
10	FW	WAL	Ben Woodburn	13	1	11	1	0	0	0+2	0	0	0
11	FW	ENG	Tariqe Fosu	34	10	21+4	8	4	1	2+1	1	2	0
12	DF	ENG	Sam Long	27	2	10+6	1	3	1	5	0	3	0
13	GK	ENG	Jack Stevens	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
14	MF	IRL	Anthony Forde	27	2	9+9	1	2	0	4	0	3	1
15	DF	ENG	John Mousinho	33	0	25+1	0	1	0	1+2	0	2+1	0
16	MF	GRN	Shandon Baptiste	27	4	9+8	1	3	1	4	1	3	1
17	MF	ENG	James Henry	35	14	30	12	2	1	1+2	1	0	0
18	MF	NIR	Mark Sykes	35	2	17+6	1	3+1	0	2+2	1	3+1	0
19	FW	SCO	Jamie Mackie	41	2	15+17	2	3+1	0	3+1	0	1	0
20	MF	ENG	Jamie Hanson	10	0	2+3	0	0+1	0	2	0	1+1	0
21	MF	ENG	Malachi Napa	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
22	MF	ENG	George Thorne	7	0	1+3	0	0+1	0	1+1	0	0	0
23	FW	ENG	Dan Agyei	22	3	1+12	3	0+4	0	1	0	3+1	0
26	GK	SCO	Jordan Archer	7	0	5	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
27	MF	ENG	Nathan Holland	12	3	7+3	2	1+1	1	0	0	0	0
28	MF	IRL	Liam Kelly	4	1	1+2	0	0+1	1	0	0	0	0
30	MF	MAR	Oussama Zamouri	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
30	MF	ENG	Marcus Browne	15	4	8+3	4	4	0	0	0	0	0
33	DF	ENG	Kevin Berkoe	4	0	0	0	0	0	1+1	0	2	0
37	FW	ENG	Kyran Lofthouse	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0
47	DF	IRL	Nico Jones	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
47	FW	POR	Fábio Lopes	4	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0	0+3	0
48	MF	ENG	Fabio Sole	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0
56	MF	ENG	Tyler Goodrham	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0

• Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Top scorers

As of 7 March 2020

Place	Position	Nation	Number	Name	League One	FA Cup	League Cup	FL Trophy	Total
1	FW		9	Matty Taylor	13	1	2	1	17
2	MF		17	James Henry	12	1	1	0	14
3	FW		11	Tariqe Fosu	8	1	1	0	10
4	MF		8	Cameron Brannagan	5	0	1	1	7
5	FW		7	Robert Hall	0	2	1	3	6
6=	MF		16	Shandon Baptiste	1	1	1	1	4
	MF		30	Marcus Browne	4	0	0	0	4
8=	DF		3	Josh Ruffels	3	0	0	0	3
	FW		23	Dan Agyei	3	0	0	0	3
	MF		27	Nathan Holland	2	1	0	0	3
	Own goal				3	0	0	0	3
12=	DF		5	Elliott Moore	1	0	1	0	2
	MF		14	Anthony Forde	1	0	0	1	2
	DF		12	Sam Long	1	1	0	0	2
	FW		19	Jamie Mackie	2	0	0	0	2
	MF		18	Mark Sykes	1	0	1	0	2
17=	DF		4	Robert Dickie	0	0	0	1	1
	FW		10	Ben Woodburn	1	0	0	0	1
	MF		28	Liam Kelly	0	1	0	0	1
TOTALS					61	9	9	8	88

Disciplinary record

As of 7 March 2020.

Number	Nation	Position	Name	League One		FA Cup		League Cup		FL Trophy		Total
3		DF	Josh Ruffels	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
4		DF	Robert Dickie	8	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	11	0
5		DF	Elliott Moore	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0
6		MF	Alex Gorrin	11	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	12	0
7		FW	Robert Hall	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
8		MF	Cameron Brannagan	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	0
9		FW	Matty Taylor	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
10		FW	Ben Woodburn	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
11		FW	Tariqe Fosu	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
12		DF	Sam Long	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	3	0
14		MF	Anthony Forde	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
15		DF	John Mousinho	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	7	0
16		MF	Shandon Baptiste	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
17		MF	James Henry	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
18		MF	Mark Sykes	2	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	5	0
19		FW	Jamie Mackie	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	7	0
20		MF	Jamie Hanson	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0
23		FW	Dan Agyei	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
28		MF	Liam Kelly	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
30		MF	Marcus Browne	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
33		DF	Kevin Berkoe	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
TOTALS				61	0	7	0	6	0	4	0	'78	0