2019–20 Ipswich Town F.C. season

Ipswich Town
2019–20 season
Owner	Marcus Evans
Manager	Paul Lambert
Stadium	Portman Road
EFL League One	11th
FA Cup	Second round
EFL Cup	First round
EFL Trophy	Third round
Top goalscorer	League: Kayden Jackson / James Norwood (11); All: Kayden Jackson / James Norwood (11)
Highest home attendance	24,051; (vs Sunderland, 10 August 2019, EFL League One)
Lowest home attendance	5,271; (vs Gillingham, 8 October 2019, EFL Trophy)
Average home league attendance	19,549
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2018–19 2020–21 →

The 2019–20 season was Ipswich Town's first season back in the third tier of English football after relegation in the 2018–19 season and 142nd year in existence.^[1] Along with competing in EFL League One, the club also participated in the FA Cup, EFL Cup and EFL Trophy. The season covers the period from 1 July 2019 to 30 June 2020.

On 1 January 2020, Paul Lambert signed a new 5-year contract with the club until 2025.^[2]

On 13 March the season was suspended until further notice due to the Coronavirus outbreak.^[3] The season ultimately never resumed, and the final table was determined on a points-per-game basis after the club's voted to end the season on 9 June 2020.^[4]

Season summary

Pre-season

The 2019–20 season saw Ipswich compete in the third tier of English football for the first time since 1957. Ipswich started the 2019–20 season as one of the promotion favorites following relegation from the EFL Championship in the 2018–19 season. The club's pre-season began in Germany with a 12-day training camp from 4 to 15 July.^[5] After returning from Germany Ipswich scheduled pre-season friendlies with a number of English sides. New signings including Tomáš Holý and James Norwood saw a change to the first-team squad, following the departure of a number of first team players at the end of the previous season.^[6]

August to December

The season began on the 3 August, with Ipswich traveling away to face Burton Albion at the Pirelli Stadium. Ipswich made a positive start to the season with a 1–0 victory in the season opener away at Burton.^[7] The following week saw Ipswich host Sunderland in the club's first home game of the season at Portman Road. After being in control for the majority of the game Ipswich conceded a second-half equalizer to cancel out a first-half goal from new loan signing Luke Garbutt, drawing the game 1–1.^[8] Ipswich exited the EFL Cup in the first round, following a 1–3 away loss to Luton Town on 13 August.^[9] Ipswich began the season in exceptional form, going on an eleven-game unbeaten run during the first quarter of the season, reaching the top of the table following a 5–0 win away at Bolton Wanderers on 24 August. Ipswich went the first two months of the season unbeaten in the league, with a 1–0 win away at Fleetwood Town keeping the team top of the league going into the first international break of the season,^[10] while manager Paul Lambert also won the EFL League One Manager of the Month award for August.^[11] Ipswich suffered their first defeat of the season after returning from the international break, suffering a 0–2 away loss to Accrington Stanley.^[12] A first home defeat of the season against Rotherham United saw a stutter in form,^[13] although back-to-back away wins over Southend United^[14] and Rochdale kept Ipswich top of the division going into November.^[15] Summer signing Kane Vincent-Young picked up a groin injury during the win away at Fleetwood, which forced him to leave the field. Despite early expectation that the injury would be minor, it was announced that Vincent-Young would require surgery on the injury, ruling him out for an estimated three months.^[16] Ipswich began their 2019–20 FA Cup campaign on 9 November after being drawn at home to divisional rivals Lincoln City, with the first-round match ending in a 1–1 draw, setting up a replay as a result.^[17] The replay took place on 20 November at Sincil Bank. A 94th-minute winner from Alan Judge saw Ipswich win their first FA Cup match since January 2010.^[18] Ipswich were drawn away at Coventry City in the second round, which was scheduled to take place on 3 December.^[19]

Ipswich suffered from a poor run of form over November and December, starting with a 2–2 draw at home to Blackpool followed by a 0–0 draw with then league leaders Wycombe Wanderers, with a goal by Ipswich captain Luke Chambers being controversially ruled out for offside.^[20] Ipswich did however progress in the EFL Trophy, with the 2019–20 season being the first time Ipswich had entered the competition in the club's history. After finishing second in the group stage, Ipswich were drawn away to Peterborough United on 4 December. Ipswich progressed into the third round after beating Peterborough 6–5 on penalties following a 1–1 draw, with debutante Adam Przybek saving two penalties in the shoot-out.^[21] Despite progression in the EFL Trophy, the poor league run continued as Ipswich failed to win in eight consecutive league games from mid November to New Year's Day, including an FA Cup exit to Coventry City on 10 December following a replay after a 1–1 draw.^[22] Ipswich also exited the EFL Trophy in the third round, following a 1–2 away loss to Exeter City.^[23]

January to March

Despite the poor run of results, on 1 January it was announced that Paul Lambert had signed a four-year contract extension with the club, extending his contract until 2025. Ipswich's next league win did not come until 11 January, with a 4–1 win at home to Accrington Stanley.^[24] January saw an upturn in form, with a draw away at Oxford United being followed by a 2–1 away win over Tranmere Rovers at Prenton Park, in which Ipswich came from behind in the second half to win the match.^[25] The following match saw Ipswich beat Lincoln City 1–0 at Portman Road, returning Ipswich to the top of the League One table for the first time since November.^[26] The following league match was a top of the table clash between Ipswich and second-placed Rotherham United. Ipswich suffered a 0–1 defeat at the New York Stadium.^[27] The following run saw a huge decline in results for Ipswich, defeats to promotion rivals Peterborough United and Sunderland followed by a 0–0 draw away to AFC Wimbledon.^[28] Ipswich suffered another injury blow on 21 February, when it was announced that James Norwood would require surgery on an adductor injury, adding to long term first-team injuries to Kane Vincent-Young, Danny Rowe, Jack Lankester and Tristan Nydam.^[29] A 4–1 win at home to Burton Albion followed four league defeats in a row to see Ipswich drop to 10th in the table, after being in the top six of the league from August through to February.^[30]

Season postponement

On 13 March the season was suspended until further notice due to the Coronavirus outbreak.^[3] After months of uncertainty, it was announced on 9 June that the season would ultimately not resume, with the final league table being determined on a points-per-game basis after the League One club's voting to end the season. Ipswich dropped a further place to 11th in League One, representing the club's lowest league finish since the 1952–53 season.^[4]

Kits

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First-team squad

Age listed below are accurate as of 4 May 2020

Number	Position(s)	Name	Age
Goalkeepers
1	GK	Tomáš Holý	(1991-12-10)10 December 1991 (aged 28)
12	GK	Will Norris	(1993-08-12)12 August 1993 (aged 26)
Defenders
2	CB / RB / LB	Janoi Donacien	(1993-11-03)3 November 1993 (aged 26)
3	LB / CB	Josh Earl	(1998-10-24)24 October 1998 (aged 21)
4	CB	Luke Chambers (C)	(1985-09-28)28 September 1985 (aged 34)
5	CB	James Wilson	(1989-02-26)26 February 1989 (aged 31)
24	RB / LB	Kane Vincent-Young	(1996-03-15)15 March 1996 (aged 24)
28	CB / RB	Luke Woolfenden	(1998-10-21)21 October 1998 (aged 21)
29	LB / LW	Luke Garbutt	(1993-05-21)21 May 1993 (aged 26)
30	LB	Myles Kenlock	(1996-11-26)26 November 1996 (aged 23)
Midfielders
7	RW / LW	Gwion Edwards	(1993-03-01)1 March 1993 (aged 27)
8	DM	Cole Skuse (VC)	(1986-03-29)29 March 1986 (aged 34)
11	CM	Jon Nolan	(1992-04-22)22 April 1992 (aged 28)
14	RW / LW / AM / SS	Jack Lankester	(2000-01-19)19 January 2000 (aged 20)
15	CM	Teddy Bishop	(1996-07-15)15 July 1996 (aged 23)
16	CM / LB	Tristan Nydam	(1999-11-06)6 November 1999 (aged 20)
17	LW / RW / AM	Danny Rowe	(1992-06-01)1 June 1992 (aged 27)
18	AM / LW / RW	Alan Judge	(1988-11-11)11 November 1988 (aged 31)
21	CM / DM	Flynn Downes	(1999-01-20)20 January 1999 (aged 21)
23	CM	Andre Dozzell	(1999-05-02)2 May 1999 (aged 21)
36	AM / RW / LW	Armando Dobra	(2001-04-14)14 April 2001 (aged 19)
44	CM	Emyr Huws	(1993-09-30)30 September 1993 (aged 26)
Forwards
9	CF	Kayden Jackson	(1994-02-22)22 February 1994 (aged 26)
10	CF	James Norwood	(1990-09-05)5 September 1990 (aged 29)
20	SS / LW / CF	Freddie Sears	(1989-11-27)27 November 1989 (aged 30)
48	CF	Will Keane	(1993-01-11)11 January 1993 (aged 27)
Players transferred/loaned out during the season
19	LW / CF	Jordan Roberts	(1994-01-05)5 January 1994 (aged 26)
22	CB	Aristote Nsiala	(1992-03-25)25 March 1992 (aged 28)
26	AM / CM	Idris El Mizouni	(2000-09-26)26 September 2000 (aged 19)
27	RB	Josh Emmanuel	(1997-08-18)18 August 1997 (aged 22)
38	LW / LB	Anthony Georgiou	(1997-02-24)24 February 1997 (aged 23)

First-team coaching staff

Position	Name
Manager	Paul Lambert
Assistant manager	Stuart Taylor
First-team Coach	Matt Gill
Goalkeeping coach	Jimmy Walker
Head of Athletic Performance & Sports Science	Jim Henry
Strength & conditioning Coach	Tom Walsh
Head physiotherapist	Matt Byard
Assistant Head Physiotherapist	Alex Chapman
Head of performance Analysis	Will Stephenson
First-team Assistant Analyst	George Buckley
Recruitment Analyst	Alex Hood
Kitman	James Pullen

Pre-season

The club's pre-season schedule was confirmed in June 2019.^[31] The club's pre-season schedule also included a 12-day training camp in Germany, from 4 to 15 July.^[5]

Friendlies

6 July 2019 Friendly	SC Paderborn 07	3–2	Ipswich Town	Delbrück, Germany
15:00 CET	Pröger 8' Guèye 18', 34'	Report	Roberts 36' Jackson 76' (pen.)	Stadium: Stadion Laumeskamp

19 July 2019 Friendly	Colchester United	0–5	Ipswich Town	Colchester, England
19:30 BST		Report	Norwood 17' (pen.), 62', 71' Jackson 47', 73'	Stadium: Colchester Community Stadium

23 July 2019 Friendly	Notts County	1–1	Ipswich Town	Nottingham, England
19:00 BST	Tyson 41'	Report	Jackson 67'	Stadium: Meadow Lane

27 July 2019 Friendly	Cambridge United	0–0	Ipswich Town	Cambridge, England
13:00 BST		Report		Stadium: Abbey Stadium

Interwetten Cup

The Interwetten Cup is a four team pre-season friendly tournament hosted by German side SV Meppen at their home ground, the Hänsch-Arena in Meppen, Germany. The tournament features four teams, including hosts SV Meppen, with teams playing 45 minute semi-finals, with the winner of each semi-final progressing into another 45 minute final. The two losing teams then take part in a 45-minute 3rd place play-off to decide the final position for each team. The teams competing in the 2019 Interwetten Cup included Ipswich Town, Fortuna Düsseldorf, SV Meppen and FC Utrecht.^[32] The two semi-finals featured Fortuna Düsseldorf against Ipswich Town, with Fortuna emerging 4–1 winners, and SV Meppen against FC Utrecht, with Utrecht winning 5–4 on penalties, after the semi-final match finished in a 0–0 draw. The final of the tournament was contested by FC Utrecht and Fortuna Düsseldorf, with Utrecht winning the Interwetten Cup following a 1–0 win over Fortuna in the tournament final. Hosts SV Meppen finished third following a 3–1 penalty shootout win over Ipswich Town, after the 3rd place play-off match finished in a 0–0 draw.^[33]

14 July 2019 Interwetten Cup Semi-finals	Fortuna Düsseldorf	4–1	Ipswich Town	Meppen, Germany
14:00 CET	Fink 3' Thommy 10', 14' Tekpetey 27'	Report	Norwood 4'	Stadium: Hänsch-Arena

14 July 2019 Interwetten Cup 3rd place play-off	SV Meppen	0–0 (3–1 p)	Ipswich Town	Meppen, Germany
15:00 CET		Report		Stadium: Hänsch-Arena
	Penalties
	Vidović El-Helwe Komenda		Jackson Dozzell Chambers Roberts

Competitions

EFL League One

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	PPG
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
9	Doncaster Rovers	34	15	9	10	51	33	+18	54	1.59
10	Gillingham	35	12	15	8	42	34	+8	51	1.46
11	Ipswich Town	36	14	10	12	46	36	+10	52	1.44
12	Burton Albion	35	12	12	11	50	50	0	48	1.37
13	Blackpool	35	11	12	12	44	43	+1	45	1.29
14	Bristol Rovers	35	12	9	14	38	49	−11	45	1.29
15	Shrewsbury Town	34	10	11	13	31	42	−11	41	1.21

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^[34]

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
36	14	10	12	46	36	+10	52	6	5	6	23	18	+5	8	5	6	23	18	+5

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	38	39	40	41	42	43	44	45
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	W	D	D	W	W	W	D	W	W	W	W	L	L	W	W	D	D	D	L	L	D	L	D	W	D	W	W	L	L	L	D	W	L	L	L	L
Position	8	6	8	5	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	2	2	2	2	3	2	4	5	3	3	3	1	3	4	7	7	7	8	9	9	10

Updated to match(es) played on 7 March 2020. Source: Statto.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

3 August 2019 (2019-08-03) 1	Burton Albion	0–1	Ipswich Town	Burton upon Trent
15:00 BST	Quinn 27' 78' Edwards 36' Fraser 90+2'	Report	Garbutt 11' Norwood 53' Downes 58' Judge 88'	Stadium: Pirelli Stadium Attendance: 4,565 Referee: Ross Joyce

10 August 2019 (2019-08-10) 2	Ipswich Town	1–1	Sunderland	Ipswich
15:00 BST	Jackson 6' Garbutt 15'	Report	Dobson 61' Gooch 64'	Stadium: Portman Road Attendance: 24,051 Referee: Neil Hair

17 August 2019 (2019-08-17) 3	Peterborough United	2–2	Ipswich Town	Peterborough
15:00 BST	Toney 29' Eisa 62' Kent 65' Knight 73' Mason 90'	Report	Norwood 4' 66' Kenlock 73' Chambers 90+4'	Stadium: London Road Stadium Attendance: 10,071 Referee: Martin Coy

20 August 2019 (2019-08-20) 4	Ipswich Town	2–1	AFC Wimbledon	Ipswich
19:45 BST	Donacien 47' Norwood 81' Jackson 90+4'	Report	Guinness-Walker 41' O'Neill 50' Kalambayi 63' Wagstaff 81' Pigott 90+4'	Stadium: Portman Road Attendance: 18,778 Referee: Antony Coggins

24 August 2019 (2019-08-24) 5	Bolton Wanderers	0–5	Ipswich Town	Bolton
15:00 BST	Brockbank 19'	Report	Norwood 19' (pen.), 72' Edwards 50' 69' Jackson 60', 64'	Stadium: University of Bolton Stadium Attendance: 5,454 Referee: Kevin Johnson

31 August 2019 (2019-08-31) 6	Ipswich Town	3–0	Shrewsbury Town	Ipswich
15:00 BST	Jackson 2' Norwood 10' (pen.) Downes 69' 87'	Report	Whalley 5' 38' Love 38' Pierre 76' Goss 85'	Stadium: Portman Road Attendance: 19,161 Referee: Trevor Kettle

14 September 2019 (2019-09-14) 7	Ipswich Town	0–0	Doncaster Rovers	Ipswich
15:00 BST	Downes 47'	Report	James 35' Sheaf 62' Whiteman 65' Coppinger 69' Halliday 82'	Stadium: Portman Road Attendance: 18,928 Referee: Ollie Yates

17 September 2019 (2019-09-17) 8	Milton Keynes Dons	0–1	Ipswich Town	Milton Keynes
19:45 BST	Poole 58'	Report	Nolan 12' Huws 58' Downes 90+2'	Stadium: Stadium MK Attendance: 10,167 Referee: Lee Swabey

21 September 2019 (2019-09-21) 9	Gillingham	0–1	Ipswich Town	Gillingham
15:00 BST	Byrne 43'	Report	Vincent-Young 32' Wilson 87' Judge 90'	Stadium: Priestfield Stadium Attendance: 7,214 Referee: Chris Sarginson

28 September 2019 (2019-09-28) 10	Ipswich Town	4–1	Tranmere Rovers	Ipswich
15:00 BST	Garbutt 35' Jackson 48' Nolan 62' Norwood 68' Vincent-Young 70'	Report	Payne 39' 47' Potter 33'	Stadium: Portman Road Attendance: 19,785 Referee: Ben Toner

5 October 2019 (2019-10-05) 11	Fleetwood Town	0–1	Ipswich Town	Fleetwood
15:00 BST	Coutts 21' Evans 72' Andrew 74' Dunne 88'	Report	Norwood 20' Skuse 43' Wilson 50' 90+3' Jackson 58' 87' Edwards 74' Nolan 90+5'	Stadium: Highbury Stadium Attendance: 4,312 Referee: Carl Boyeson

20 October 2019 (2019-10-20) 12	Accrington Stanley	2–0	Ipswich Town	Accrington
12:00 BST	Bishop 17', 41' (pen.) Opoku 49' McConville 74' Sykes 78'	Report	Nsiala 19' Edwards 45' Nolan 59' Dobra 72' 79'	Stadium: Wham Stadium Attendance: 3,567 Referee: Sebastian Stockbridge

23 October 2019 (2019-10-23) 13	Ipswich Town	0–2	Rotherham United	Ipswich
19:45 BST	Edwards 78'	Report	Crooks 11', 48' Clarke 29' Jones 43' Mattock 76'	Stadium: Portman Road Attendance: 20,550 Referee: John Busby

26 October 2019 (2019-10-26) 14	Southend United	1–3	Ipswich Town	Southend-on-Sea
15:00 BST	Humphrys 38' Cox 75' Acquah 83'	Report	Norwood 8', 70' Downes 10' Jackson 48' 76'	Stadium: Roots Hall Attendance: 8,632 Referee: Andy Davies

5 November 2019 (2019-11-05) 15	Rochdale	0–1	Ipswich Town	Rochdale
19:45 BST		Report	Norwood 43' Rowe 53'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3,150 Referee: Scott Oldham

23 November 2019 (2019-11-23) 16	Ipswich Town	2–2	Blackpool	Ipswich
15:00 GMT	Edwards 8' Garbutt 58' (pen.)	Report	Nuttall 22' Spearing 53' (pen.), 90' Edwards 69'	Stadium: Portman Road Attendance: 19,503 Referee: Steve Martin

26 November 2019 (2019-11-26) 17	Ipswich Town	0–0	Wycombe Wanderers	Ipswich
19:45 BST	Nolan 31' Garbutt 34' Norwood 44' Donacien 45+4' Woolfenden 81'	Report	Smyth 45+1' Stewart 61' Allsop 79' Thompson 83' Jacobson 87' Kashket 87' Akinfenwa 90+2'	Stadium: Portman Road Attendance: 19,215 Referee: Alan Young

7 December 2019 (2019-12-07) 18	Coventry City	1–1	Ipswich Town	Birmingham
15:00 BST	Biamou 56' Kastaneer 59'	Report	Keane 31' Edwards 59' Woolfenden 76' Jackson 90+2'	Stadium: St Andrew’s Attendance: 8,085 Referee: Darren Drysdale

14 December 2019 (2019-12-14) 19	Ipswich Town	1–2	Bristol Rovers	Ipswich
15:00 BST	Norwood 37' Downes 45+1' Woolfenden 51'	Report	Smith 4' Nichols 23' Upson 14' Clarke 45+1' 77' Jaakkola 49'	Stadium: Portman Road Attendance: 18,806 Referee: James Adcock

21 December 2019 (2019-12-21) 20	Portsmouth	1–0	Ipswich Town	Milton
15:00 GMT	Harrison 1' Burgess 32' Curtis 50' Williams 84'	Report	Nsiala 7' Edwards 28' Chambers 56' 88' Nolan 62' Woolfenden 88' Jackson 90+2'	Stadium: Fratton Park Attendance: 18,801 Referee: Brett Huxtable

26 December 2019 (2019-12-26) 21	Ipswich Town	0–0	Gillingham	Ipswich
15:00 BST	Norwood 27' Nsiala 45+2' Judge 90+1' Edwards 90+2'	Report	Tucker 90+3'	Stadium: Portman Road Attendance: 22,082 Referee: Craig Hicks

29 December 2019 (2019-12-29) 22	Lincoln City	5−3	Ipswich Town	Lincoln
15:00 BST	Anderson 6' Walker 45+2', 72' Bostwick 45+1' 79' Hesketh 90+2' Vickers 90+4'	Report	Garbutt 32' Edwards 43' Sears 47' Dozzell 48' Toffolo 59' (o.g.) Keane 83'	Stadium: Sincil Bank Attendance: 10,012 Referee: James Oldham

1 January 2020 (2020-01-01) 23	Wycombe Wanderers	1–1	Ipswich Town	High Wycombe
15:00 BST	Wheeler 66'	Report	Norwood 54' Wilson 35' Woolfenden 78'	Stadium: Adams Park Attendance: 8,523 Referee: Robert Lewis

11 January 2020 (2020-01-11) 24	Ipswich Town	4–1	Accrington Stanley	Ipswich
15:00 BST	Jackson 12' Norwood 29' Judge 44' Keane 90+2' Chambers 90+4'	Report	Zanzala 86' (pen.) Alese 72'	Stadium: Portman Road Attendance: 17,536 Referee: Charles Breakspear

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

18 January 2020 (2020-01-18) 26	Tranmere Rovers	1–2	Ipswich Town	Birkenhead
15:00 BST	Monthé 32' 71' Perkins 36' Danns 65'	Report	Norris 32' Downes 55' Huws 68' Jackson 79'	Stadium: Prenton Park Attendance: 7,921 Referee: John Busby

25 January 2020 (2020-01-25) 27	Ipswich Town	1–0	Lincoln City	Ipswich
15:00 BST	Woolfenden 41' 44' Huws 71' Downes 88'	Report	Morrell 40' Bolger 69'	Stadium: Portman Road Attendance: 18,795 Referee: Lee Swabey

28 January 2020 (2020-01-28) 28	Rotherham United	1–0	Ipswich Town	Rotherham
15:00 BST	Wood 42' Morrell 37' Mattock 83'	Report	Huws 43' Woolfenden 78'	Stadium: New York Stadium Attendance: 9,327 Referee: Antony Coggins

1 February 2020 (2020-02-01) 29	Ipswich Town	1–4	Peterborough United	Ipswich
15:00 BST	Edwards 77' Norwood 79' (pen.) Skuse 90+3'	Report	Toney 23' (pen.) Szmodics 33', 74' Dembélé 50' Butler 65' Knight 67'	Stadium: Portman Road Attendance: 21,351 Referee: Andy Woolmer

8 February 2020 (2020-02-08) 30	Sunderland	1–0	Ipswich Town	Sunderland
15:00 BST	O'Nien 21' Flanagan 75' Maguire 81'	Report	Downes 23' Chambers 54'	Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 32,726 Referee: Jeremy Simpson

11 February 2020 (2020-02-11) 31	AFC Wimbledon	0–0	Ipswich Town	Norbiton
19:45 BST	Reilly 39'	Report	Downes 69'	Stadium: Kingsmeadow Attendance: 4,745 Referee: Craig Hicks

15 February 2020 (2020-02-15) 32	Ipswich Town	4–1	Burton Albion	Ipswich
15:00 BST	Garbutt 23' Judge 29', 63' Jackson 45+1', 52' Nolan 67'	Report	Murphy 6'	Stadium: Portman Road Attendance: 19,922 Referee: Charles Breakspear

22 February 2020 (2020-02-22) 33	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 Referee: Scott Oldham

29 February 2020 (2020-02-29) 33	Blackpool	2–1	Ipswich Town	Blackpool
15:00 GMT	Dewsbury-Hall 26', 81' Macdonald 86' Nuttall 90+3' 90+3'	Report	Sears 54' Downes 59'	Stadium: Bloomfield Road Attendance: 9,500 Referee: Chris Sarginson

3 March 2020 (2020-03-03) 35	Ipswich Town	0–1	Fleetwood Town	Ipswich
19:45 BST	Chambers 66'	Report	Evans 40' Madden 70'	Stadium: Portman Road Attendance: 15,678 Referee: Neil Hair

7 March 2020 (2020-03-07) 36	Ipswich Town	0–1	Coventry City	Ipswich
15:00 BST	Norris 45+3' Sears 62' Dozzell 76'	Report	Godden 16' Walsh 30' McFadzean 59' McCallum 90+1'	Stadium: Portman Road Attendance: 18,825 Referee: Trevor Kettle

14 March 2020 (2020-03-14) 37	Bristol Rovers	v	Ipswich Town	Horfield
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Memorial Stadium
Note: Season was suspended due to the Coronavirus outbreak.^[3]

21 March 2020 (2020-03-21) 38	Ipswich Town	v	Portsmouth	Ipswich
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Portman Road
Note: Season was suspended due to the Coronavirus outbreak.^[3]

4 April 2020 (2020-04-04) 39	Ipswich Town	v	Southend United	Ipswich
15:00 BST				Stadium: Portman Road
Note: Season was suspended due to the Coronavirus outbreak.^[3]

10 April 2020 (2020-04-10) 40	Ipswich Town	v	Bolton Wanderers	Ipswich
15:00 BST				Stadium: Portman Road
Note: Season was suspended due to the Coronavirus outbreak.^[3]

13 April 2020 (2020-04-13) 41	Shrewsbury Town	v	Ipswich Town	Shrewsbury
15:00 BST				Stadium: New Meadow
Note: Season was suspended due to the Coronavirus outbreak.^[3]

18 April 2020 (2020-04-18) 42	Ipswich Town	v	Rochdale	Ipswich
15:00 BST				Stadium: Portman Road
Note: Season was suspended due to the Coronavirus outbreak.^[3]

25 April 2020 (2020-04-25) 43	Doncaster Rovers	v	Ipswich Town	Doncaster
15:00 BST				Stadium: Keepmoat Stadium
Note: Season was suspended due to the Coronavirus outbreak.^[3]

3 May 2020 (2020-05-03) 44	Ipswich Town	v	MK Dons	Ipswich
15:00 BST				Stadium: Portman Road
Note: Season was suspended due to the Coronavirus outbreak.^[3]

FA Cup

The first round draw was made on 21 October 2019.^[35] The second round draw was made live on 11 November from Chichester City's stadium, Oaklands Park.^[19]

9 November 2019 (2019-11-09) First round	Ipswich Town	1–1	Lincoln City	Ipswich
15:00 BST	Dobra 33' Downes 45' Dozzell 79'	Report	Hesketh 30' Walker 37' 74'	Stadium: Portman Road Attendance: 11,598 Referee: Kevin Johnson

20 November 2019 (2019-11-20) First round replay	Lincoln City	0–1	Ipswich Town	Lincoln
19:45 GMT		Report	Donacien 26' Judge 90+4'	Stadium: Sincil Bank Attendance: 6,781 Referee: Andy Haines

1 December 2019 (2019-12-01) Second round	Coventry City	1–1	Ipswich Town	Birmingham
14:00 GMT	Walsh 79' O'Hare 90+4'	Report	Keane 51' Dozzell 67' Downes 81'	Stadium: St Andrew's Attendance: 2,878 Referee: Anthony Backhouse

10 December 2019 (2019-12-10) Second round replay	Ipswich Town	1–2	Coventry City	Ipswich
19:45 GMT	Garbutt 84'	Report	Shipley 18' Biamou 33'	Stadium: Portman Road Attendance: 6,515 Referee: Chris Sarginson

EFL Cup

The first round draw was made on 20 June 2019.^[36]

13 August 2019 (2019-08-13) First round	Luton Town	3–1	Ipswich Town	Luton
19:45 BST	Jones 8' Lee 17' (pen.), 85' Shinnie 55'	Report	Dobra 74', 85' Judge 56' Roberts 79' Emmanuel 90'	Stadium: Kenilworth Road Attendance: 5,435 Referee: Brett Huxtable

EFL Trophy

On 9 July 2019, the pre-determined group stage draw was announced with Invited clubs to be drawn on 12 July 2019.^[37] The draw for the second round was made on 16 November 2019 live on Sky Sports.^[38] The draw for the third round was made on 5 December 2019 live on Sky Sports.^[39]

Group stage

Pos	Div	Team v t e	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	L2	Colchester United	3	2	0	1	0	5	3	+2	7	Advance to Round 2
2	L1	Ipswich Town	3	2	0	0	1	6	2	+4	6	Advance to Round 2
3	L1	Gillingham	3	1	0	0	2	4	7	−3	3
4	ACA	Tottenham Hotspur U21	3	0	1	0	2	2	5	−3	2

Source: EFL.com

3 September 2019 (2019-09-03) Group A	Ipswich Town	2–1	Tottenham Hotspur U21	Ipswich
19:45 BST	Roberts 47', 66'	Report	Shashoua 8' Okedina 77'	Stadium: Portman Road Attendance: 5,377 Referee: Craig Hicks

8 October 2019 (2019-10-08) Group A	Ipswich Town	4–0	Gillingham	Ipswich
19:45 BST	Huws 8' 67' Roberts 21' Mandron 61' (o.g.) Keane 87'	Report	Mandron 21' Woods 26'	Stadium: Portman Road Attendance: 5,271 Referee: Tom Nield

12 November 2019 (2019-11-12) Group A	Colchester United	1–0	Ipswich Town	Colchester
19:30 BST	Norris 35' Sowunmi 38' Clampin 80'	Report	Wilson 45+3'	Stadium: Colchester Community Stadium Attendance: 5,104 Referee: Sam Purkiss

Second round

4 December 2019 (2019-12-04) Second round	Peterborough United	1–1 (5–6 p)	Ipswich Town	Peterborough
19:30 GMT	Jones 32' Tasdemir 37' Butler 85'	Report	El Mizouni 23' Smith 59' Huws 71' Roberts 85'	Stadium: Weston Homes Stadium Attendance: 2,310 Referee: Graham Salisbury
	Penalties
	Eisa Toney Dembélé Butler Mason Barker Kent		Roberts McGavin Kenlock El Mizouni Norwood Huws Cotter

Third round

4 January 2020 (2020-01-04) Third round	Exeter City	2–1	Ipswich Town	Exeter
15:00 GMT	Jay 35' Ajose 45' Martin 90+3'	Report	Keane 41' 57' Woolfenden 60' Nsiala 90+1'	Stadium: St James Park Attendance: 2,299 Referee: Josh Smith

Transfers

Transfers in

Date	Position	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2019	GK	Tomáš Holý	Gillingham	Free transfer	^[40]
1 July 2019	GK	Adam Przybek	West Bromwich Albion	Free transfer	^[41]
1 July 2019	CF	James Norwood	Tranmere Rovers	Free transfer	^[42]
2 August 2019	CB	James Wilson	Lincoln City	Free transfer	^[43]
19 August 2019	RB	Kane Vincent-Young	Colchester United	£500,000	^[44]
20 August 2019	CF	Will Keane	Hull City	Free transfer	^[45]
1 January 2020	DF	Levi Andoh	Worcester City	Free transfer	^[46]

Loans in

Date from	Position	Name	From	Date until	Ref.
12 July 2019	LB	Luke Garbutt	Everton	30 June 2020	^[47]
30 July 2019	GK	Will Norris	Wolverhampton Wanderers	30 June 2020	^[48]
19 August 2019	LM	Anthony Georgiou	Tottenham Hotspur	28 December 2019	^[49]^[50]
13 January 2020	LB	Josh Earl	Preston North End	4 May 2020	^[51]^[52]

Transfers out

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
21 June 2019	CF		Ellis Harrison	Portsmouth	Undisclosed^[a]	^[53]
1 July 2019	CM		Tom Adeyemi	Free agent	Released	^[54]
1 July 2019	CB		James Collins	Free agent	Released	^[54]
1 July 2019	LW		Simon Dawkins	Free agent	Released	^[54]
1 July 2019	GK		Dean Gerken	Colchester United	Free transfer	^[54]^[55]
1 July 2019	RB		Ashton Henry	Free agent	Released	^[56]
1 July 2019	LB		Jonas Knudsen	Malmö	Free transfer	^[54]^[57]
1 July 2019	CB		Ross Marshall	Maidstone United	Free transfer	^[56]^[58]
1 July 2019	LW		Conor McKendry	Larne	Free transfer	^[54]^[59]
1 July 2019	MF		Kian Ronan	Manchester 62	Free transfer	^[56]
1 July 2019	MF		Ryley Scott	Free agent	Released	^[54]
1 July 2019	MF		Henry Barley	Felixstowe & Walton United	Free transfer	^[60]
1 July 2019	CB		Chris Smith	King's Lynn Town	Free transfer	^[54]^[61]
1 July 2019	RB		Jordan Spence	Free agent	Released	^[54]
1 July 2019	CB		Luca Vega	Charlton Athletic	Free transfer	^[56]^[62]
1 July 2019	RM		Grant Ward	Free agent	Released	^[54]
1 July 2019	GK		Mitchell Ware	Free agent	Released	^[56]
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Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
36	14	10	12	46	36	+10	52	6	5	6	23	18	+5	8	5	6	23	18	+5

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
36	14	10	12	46	36	+10	52	6	5	6	23	18	+5	8	5	6	23	18	+5

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
36	14	10	12	46	36	+10	52	6	5	6	23	18	+5	8	5	6	23	18	+5