A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | CH | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9
| 2019–20 season | ||||
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| Chairman | Stefan Rupp | |||
| Manager | Gary Bowyer (until 3 February)[1] Stuart McCall (from 4 February)[2] | |||
| Stadium | Valley Parade | |||
| League Two | 9th (on PPG) | |||
| FA Cup | First Round | |||
| EFL Cup | First Round | |||
| EFL Trophy | Group Stage | |||
| Top goalscorer | League: James Vaughan (11) All: James Vaughan (11) | |||
| Highest home attendance | 17,668 vs. Grimsby Town FC (League Two) | |||
| Lowest home attendance | 868 vs. Manchester City U21s (EFL Trophy) | |||
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The 2019–20 season is Bradford City's 117th season in their history and the first season back in EFL League Two following the club's relegation the season before.[3] Along with League Two, the club will also participate in the FA Cup, EFL Cup and EFL Trophy.
The season covers the period from 1 July 2019 to 30 June 2020.
Pre-season
On 23 May 2019 it was announced that the Bantams would face local city rivals Bradford Park Avenue.[4] Following this announcement, Bradford City arranged a further two friendlies to be played against Rochdale A.F.C. and Brighouse Town F.C.[5] A home game was added to the pre-season schedule on 20 July where City would face Wigan Athletic.[6] Another local friendly was announce as Eccleshill United F.C. would host the Bantams.[7] Bolton Wanderers had three of their friendlies cancelled[8] leading Bradford to agree to play a Behind closed doors friendly against them.[9]
| Date | Opponents | H / A | Result F–A |
Scorers | Attendance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 July 2019 | Guiseley | A | 2–0 | Donaldson 33', Fawns 55' | 1,799 |
| 9 July 2019 | Brighouse Town | A | 2–0 | Hippolyte (2) 20' (pen.), 70' | n/a |
| 14 July 2019 | Liverpool | H | 1–3 | Doyle 81' (pen.) | 24,343 |
| 16 July 2019 | Eccleshill United | A | 2–1 | Mooney 55', Okafor 81' | 650 |
| 20 July 2019 | Wigan Athletic | H | 1–1 | Vaughan 36' (pen.) | n/a |
| 23 July 2019 | Bolton Wanderers | A | 1–2[a] | Vaughan (pen.) | 0 |
| 23 July 2019 | Bradford Park Avenue | A | 0–0 (3–2 p) | 1,171 | |
| 27 July 2019 | Rochdale | A | 1–0[b] | Doyle 38' (pen.) | n/a |
Competitions
League Two
League table
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | PPG | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | Exeter City | 37 | 18 | 11 | 8 | 53 | 43 | +10 | 65 | 1.76 | Qualification for League Two play-offs[c] |
| 6 | Colchester United | 37 | 15 | 13 | 9 | 52 | 37 | +15 | 58 | 1.57 | |
| 7 | Northampton Town (O, P) | 37 | 17 | 7 | 13 | 54 | 40 | +14 | 58 | 1.57 | |
| 8 | Port Vale | 37 | 14 | 15 | 8 | 50 | 44 | +6 | 57 | 1.54 | |
| 9 | Bradford City | 37 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 44 | 40 | +4 | 54 | 1.46 | |
| 10 | Forest Green Rovers | 36 | 13 | 10 | 13 | 43 | 40 | +3 | 49 | 1.36 | |
| 11 | Salford City | 37 | 13 | 11 | 13 | 49 | 46 | +3 | 50 | 1.35 | |
| 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 |
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[10]
(O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted
Notes:
- ^ The match between Bolton Wanderers and Bradford City in Bolton was played behind closed doors.
- ^ The match between Rochdale A.F.C. and Bradford City in Rochdale was abandoned at halftime due to a waterlogged pitch.
- ^ Four teams play for one spot and promotion to EFL League One.
Result summary
| Overall | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
| 37 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 44 | 40 | +4 | 54 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 30 | 16 | +14 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 24 | −10 |
Last updated: 7 March 2020.
Source: Statto.com
Results by matchday
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
Matches
On Thursday, 20 June 2019, the EFL League Two fixtures were revealed.[11]