2019–20 Cardiff City F.C. season

Cardiff City
2019–20 season
Owner	Vincent Tan
Chairman	Mehmet Dalman
Manager	Neil Warnock; (until 11 November); Neil Harris; (From 16 November)
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
	← 2018–19 2020–21 →

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.

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[edit]

No.	Name	Pos.	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[edit]

As of 31 July 2020

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Championship		FA Cup		League Cup		Play-Offs
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	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[edit]

As of 31 July 2020

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

Disciplinary record[edit]

As of 31 July 2020

Rank	No.	Nat.	Po.	Name	Championship			FA Cup			League Cup			Play-Offs			Total
Rank	No.	Nat.	Po.	Name
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
8	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
10	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[edit]

Date	Position	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[edit]

Transfers in[edit]

Date	Position	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	^[14]
8 August 2019	CF	Isaac Vassell	Birmingham City	Undisclosed	^[15]
27 August 2019	GK	Brian Murphy	Free Agent	Free	^[16]
7 November 2019	LB	Armand Traoré	Çaykur Rizespor	Free	^[17]

Spent - Undisclosed (~ £13,600,000)

^ Fee reported to be an initial £2,100,000 with further add ons
^ Fee reported to be an initial £4,000,000 with further add ons
^ Fee reported to be £2,000,000
^ Fee reported to be £5,500,000

Loans in[edit]

Date from	Position	Name	From	Date until	Ref.
30 January 2020	LB	Brad Smith	Bournemouth	30 June 2020	^[18]
31 January 2020	LW	Albert Adomah	Nottingham Forest	30 June 2020	^[19]
31 January 2020	RB	Dion Sanderson	Wolverhampton Wanderers	30 June 2020	^[19]

Loans out[edit]

Date from	Position	Name	To	Date until	Ref.
1 July 2019	LW	Mark Harris	Wrexham	30 June 2020	^[20]
24 July 2019	RB	Connor Davies	Weston-super-Mare	30 June 2020	^[21]
8 August 2019	LB	Greg Cunningham	Blackburn Rovers	30 June 2020	^[22]
8 August 2019	CF	Bobby Reid	Fulham	24 January 2020	^[23]^[24]
16 August 2019	LB	Daniel Martin	Weston-super-Mare	February 2020	^[25]
13 September 2019	CB	Jack Bodenham	Hereford	1 January 2020	^[26]
8 January 2019	CB	Ciaron Brown	Livingston	30 June 2020	^[27]
28 January 2020	GK	Joe Day	AFC Wimbledon	30 June 2020	^[28]
31 January 2020	CF	Omar Bogle	ADO Den Haag	11 May 2020	^[29]
14 February 2020	LB	Joel Bagan	Notts County	March 2020	^[30]

Transfers out[edit]

Date	Position	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2019	GK	Jordan Duffey	Free agent	Released	^[31]
1 July 2019	MF	Tyrone Duffus	Warrington Town	Released	^[31]^[32]
1 July 2019	CM	Aron Gunnarsson	Al-Arabi	Free transfer	^[33]
1 July 2019	RM	Kadeem Harris	Sheffield Wednesday	Released	^[31]^[34]
1 July 2019	CF	Jack McKay	Chesterfield	Free transfer	^[35]
1 July 2019	GK	Brian Murphy	Free Agent	Free	^[31]
1 July 2019	CM	Stuart O'Keefe	Gillingham	Released	^[31]^[36]
1 July 2019	CB	Adam Sharif	Free agent	Released	^[31]
1 July 2019	AM	Henry Smith	Free agent	Released	^[31]
16 July 2019	CF	Rhys Healey	Milton Keynes Dons	Undisclosed	^[37]
19 July 2019	CB	Bruno Ecuele Manga	Dijon	Undisclosed^[a]	^[38]
19 July 2019	CF	Kenneth Zohore	West Bromwich Albion	Undisclosed^[b]	^[40]
9 August 2019	CM	Loïc Damour	Heart of Midlothian	Undisclosed	^[41]
7 January 2020	LB	Armand Traoré	Free agent	Released	^[42]
9 January 2020	CF	Gary Madine	Blackpool	Mutual consent	^[43]^[44]
24 January 2020	AM	Bobby Decordova-Reid	Fulham	Undisclosed	^[24]
31 January 2020	RB	Lee Peltier	West Bromwich Albion	Free Transfer	^[45]
12 February 2020	GK	Brian Murphy	Waterford	Free Transfer	^[46]
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	^[47]
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)

^ Fee reported to be £3,000,000
^ Fee reported to be £8,000,000^[39]

Pre-season[edit]

The Bluebirds announced pre-season fixtures against Taff's Well,^[48] San Antonio,^[49] New Mexico United,^[49] Real Valladolid^[49] and OGC Nice.^[50]

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

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

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

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

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

Competitions[edit]

Championship[edit]

League table[edit]

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^[51]
(O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted
Notes:

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

Results summary[edit]


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[edit]

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[edit]

On Thursday, 20 June 2019, the EFL Championship fixtures were revealed.^[52]

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)

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)

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

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)

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)

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

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

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)

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)

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)

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)

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

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)

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

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)

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

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

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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

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)

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

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)

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

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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

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)

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)

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^[53] The match was rescheduled to 21 June. Live on Sky Sports.

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^[53] The match was rescheduled to 27 June. Live on Sky Sports.

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^[53] The match was rescheduled to 30 June.

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.^[54] The match was rescheduled to 4 July. Live on Sky Sports.

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.^[54] The match was rescheduled to 7 July.

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.^[54] The match was rescheduled to 10 July. Live on Sky Sports

14 July 2020 (2020-07-14) 44	Cardiff City	2–1	Derby County	Cardiff
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2019–20 Cardiff City F.C. season

First-team squad[edit]

Statistics[edit]

Goals record[edit]

Disciplinary record[edit]

Contracts[edit]

Transfers[edit]

Transfers in[edit]

Loans in[edit]

Loans out[edit]

Transfers out[edit]

Pre-season[edit]

Competitions[edit]

Championship[edit]

League table[edit]

Results summary[edit]

Results by matchday[edit]

Matches[edit]

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