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2019–20 EFL League Two

The 2019–20 EFL League Two (referred to as the Sky Bet League Two for sponsorship reasons) was the 16th season of Football League Two under its current title and the 28th season under its current league division format. On 13 March 2020, the EFL, alongside the FA announced the suspension of all domestic football until 3 April due to the rapidly developing COVID-19 pandemic.[1] On 3 April 2020, this suspension was extended indefinitely.[2]

On 15 May 2020, the clubs voted to end the season with immediate effect with the final table being determined on a points-per-game basis. No decision was made as to promotion and relegation. The play-offs would be played as normal. The decision meant Swindon Town would be crowned champions and would be joined by Crewe Alexandra and Plymouth Argyle in League One the following season.[3]

Team changes

The following teams have changed division since the 2018–19 season.

To League Two

Promoted from National League

Relegated from League One

From League Two

Promoted to League One

Relegated to National League

Stadiums

2019–20 EFL League Two is located in England
Bradford City
Cambridge United
Carlisle United
Cheltenham Town
Crawley Town
Colchester United
Crewe Alexandra
Exeter City
Leyton Orient
Forest Green Rovers
Grimsby Town
Macclesfield Town
Mansfield Town
Morecambe
Newport County
Northampton Town
Oldham Athletic
Plymouth Argyle
Port Vale
Salford City
Scunthorpe United
Stevenage
Swindon Town
Walsall
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Locations of the 2019–20 EFL League Two teams

Personnel and sponsoring

  1. ^ a b The shirts of Macclesfield Town and Newport County do not display Paddy Power's logo as part of the bookmakers "Save Our Shirt" campaign.

Managerial changes

League table

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[52]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Four teams play for one spot and promotion to EFL League One.
  2. ^ As a result of Bury's expulsion from League One, only one team is relegated to maintain League Two at 24 teams.[45]
  3. ^ Macclesfield Town deducted four points for failing to both pay their players' wages and to fulfil a fixture, reduced from six points after appeal.[46][47] A further seven-point deduction was given for failing to play December's match against Plymouth Argyle.[48] A further two-point deduction was given for breaches of regulations over non-payment of wages.[49] On 3 July the EFL appealed against the independent disciplinary panel's sanctions on Macclesfield.[50] A further four points were deducted on 11 August 2020, resulting in Macclesfield Town being relegated. Stevenage reprieved[51]

Play-offs

Results

Updated to match(es) played on 10 March 2020. Source: EFL Official Website
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Season statistics

Top scorers

As of 7 March 2020[53]

Hat-tricks

Notes

References

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  10. ^ "Paul Hurst: Scunthorpe United name ex-Ipswich Town boss as manager". BBC Sport. 7 September 2019. Retrieved 3 June 2019.
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  12. ^ "Pete Wild: Oldham Athletic boss leaves for personal reasons". BBC Sport. 7 May 2019. Retrieved 7 September 2019.
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  14. ^ a b "Club statement". www.mansfieldtown.net. Retrieved 2019-09-07.
  15. ^ "STATEMENT: Justin Edinburgh". Leyton Orient F.C. 8 June 2019.
  16. ^ "Carl Fletcher: Leyton Orient appoint ex-Plymouth boss as head coach". BBC Sport. 16 October 2019. Retrieved 16 October 2019.
  17. ^ "Sol Campbell: Macclesfield Town manager leaves by mutual agreement". BBC Sport. 15 August 2019. Retrieved 15 August 2019.
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  19. ^ "Dino Maamria: Stevenage sack Tunisian; Mark Sampson takes temporary charge". BBC Sport. 9 September 2019. Retrieved 9 September 2019.
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  29. ^ "Michael Jolley: Grimsby Town part company with manager". BBC. 15 November 2019.
  30. ^ "Ian Holloway: Grimsby Town appoint ex-QPR and Crystal Palace boss as new manager". BBC. 31 December 2019.
  31. ^ "Gabriele Cioffi: Crawley Town part company with head coach after 14 months". BBC. 3 December 2019.
  32. ^ "John Yems: Crawley Town reappoint former manager until end of seasonmanager". BBC. 5 December 2019.
  33. ^ "John Dempster: Mansfield Town sack manager after seven months in charge". BBC. 14 December 2019.
  34. ^ Graham Coughlan unveiled as new Mansfield Town manager Archived 2019-12-17 at the Wayback Machine Chad (Mansfield local newspaper), 17 December 2019. Retrieved 17 December 2019
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  36. ^ "Mark Kennedy: Macclesfield Town name ex-Republic of Ireland winger as head coach". BBC Sport. 16 January 2020. Retrieved 16 January 2020.
  37. ^ "Colin Calderwood: Cambridge United part company with head coach". BBC Sport. 29 January 2020. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
  38. ^ "Mark Bonner: Cambridge United name caretaker boss as permanent head coach". BBC Sport. 9 March 2020. Retrieved 9 March 2020.
  39. ^ "Paul Hurst: Scunthorpe United manager departs League Two club". BBC Sport. 29 January 2020. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
  40. ^ "Russ Wilcox: Scunthorpe United caretaker boss to stay in charge until end of season". BBC Sport. 12 February 2020. Retrieved 12 February 2020.
  41. ^ "Gary Bowyer: Bradford City part company with manager". BBC Sport. 3 February 2020. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
  42. ^ "Stuart McCall: Bradford City reappoint ex-Scotland player as manager". BBC Sport. 4 February 2020. Retrieved 4 February 2020.
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  44. ^ "Graham Westley: Stevenage manager resigns to end fourth spell as boss". BBC. 16 February 2020. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
  45. ^ "Bury FC: Membership of the League withdrawn". EFL. 27 August 2019.
  46. ^ "Macclesfield Town docked six points by EFL over financial issues". BBC Sport. 19 December 2019.
  47. ^ "Macclesfield Town: Six-point deduction reduced to four point penalty after appeal". BBC Sport. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
  48. ^ "Macclesfield Town: League Two club given seven-point deduction". BBC Sport. Retrieved 7 May 2020.
  49. ^ "Macclesfield deducted points but avoid relegation to National League". BBC Sport. Retrieved 20 June 2020.
  50. ^ "Macclesfield Town: EFL to appeal against independent panel decision". BBC Sport. 3 July 2020. Retrieved 4 July 2020.
  51. ^ "Macclesfield Town relegated after EFL wins points appeal, Stevenage re-elected". BBC Sport. 11 August 2020. Retrieved 11 August 2020.
  52. ^ "EFL Regulations Section 3 – The League; subsection 9 – Method of Determining League Positions". EFL. Retrieved 30 July 2019.
  53. ^ "Top Scorers – League Two". Retrieved 4 August 2019.
  54. ^ "Mansfield 6–1 Oldham: Nicky Maynard scores hat-trick as Stags rout Latics". Sky Sports. 12 October 2019.
  55. ^ "Crawley Town 0–4 Swindon Town". BBC Sport. 26 October 2019.
  56. ^ "Swindon Town 4–0 Cambridge United". BBC Sport. 26 December 2019.
  57. ^ "Cambridge United 2–3 Mansfield Town". BBC Sport. 1 January 2020.