2019–20 Tottenham Hotspur F.C. Women season
The 2019–20 Tottenham Hotspur F.C. Women season was the club's 35th season in existence but only their first as a professional team having been promoted to the FA Women's Super League, the highest level of the football pyramid, at the end of the 2018–19 season. Along with competing in the WSL, the club also contested two domestic cup competitions: the FA Cup and the League Cup.


2019–20 Tottenham Hotspur F.C. Women season
On 13 March 2020, in line with the FA's response to the coronavirus pandemic, it was announced the season was temporarily suspended until at least 3 April 2020. After further postponements, the season was ultimately ended prematurely on 25 May 2020 with immediate effect. Tottenham sat in 6th at the time but were overtaken by Everton and finished in 7th on sporting merit after The FA Board's decision to award places on a points-per-game basis.


2019–20 Tottenham Hotspur F.C. Women season, Squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2019–20 Tottenham Hotspur F.C. Women season, Pre-season
As part of Tottenham's preseason, the team traveled to Spain to compete in the invitational Ramon de Carranza Trophy, marking the first time women's teams took part. Spurs beat Real Betis in one semi-final with Athletic Bilbao beating CD Tacón in the other. The winners met each in the final the following day with Athletic Bilbao winning on penalties. Tottenham also scheduled five domestic friendlies against English opposition with every game open to the public.


2019–20 Tottenham Hotspur F.C. Women season, FA Women's Super League
In response to the record viewing figures during the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup, three fixtures were moved to Premier League grounds. These included two Spurs games: the away trip to Chelsea on the opening weekend and Tottenham's hosting of the North London derby in November. The latter saw an attendance of 38,262, setting a new FA WSL attendance record.


2019–20 Tottenham Hotspur F.C. Women season, Women's FA Cup
As a member of the top two tiers, Tottenham entered the FA Cup in the fourth round, beating National League Division One side Barnsley in their opening fixture. A successive 5–0 Cup victory, this time over Championship team Coventry United, set up a quarter-final tie against North London derby rivals Arsenal which was picked for television by BBC. However, the match was postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic before the season was ultimately curtailed. On 24 July 2020 it was announced the 2019–20 FA Cup would resume play during the 2020–21 season starting with the quarter-final ties rescheduled for the weekend of 26/27 September 2020.


2019–20 Tottenham Hotspur F.C. Women season, Squad statistics, Appearances
Starting appearances are listed first, followed by substitute appearances after the + symbol where applicable. Players listed with no appearances have been in the matchday squad but only as unused substitutes.


2019–20 Tottenham Hotspur F.C. season
The 2019–20 season was Tottenham Hotspur's 28th season in the Premier League and 42nd successive season in the top division of the English football league system. Along with the Premier League, the club competed in the FA Cup and the EFL Cup. The club also competed in the UEFA Champions League after finishing fourth last season.


2019–20 Tottenham Hotspur F.C. season
The season started poorly for Tottenham, with only three of their first 12 league games won as well as being knocked out of the EFL Cup by Colchester United. This resulted in Mauricio Pochettino being sacked on 19 November 2019, to be replaced by José Mourinho the following day. In the FA Cup Tottenham twice were taken to a replay and in the fifth round were drawn at home to Norwich City. The game went into extra time and with the result ending in 1–1, it came down to penalties. Norwich won the game 3–2 after the shootout.


2019–20 Tottenham Hotspur F.C. season
With the onset of the Coronavirus pandemic, Premier League football matches were postponed in March, including Tottenham's games against Manchester United and West Ham. A further joint statement from the Premier League and UEFA extended postponement until 30 April. The season's postponement was again extended, this time indefinitely.


2019–20 Tottenham Hotspur F.C. season
The season for Tottenham restarted on 19 June, where they played Manchester United to a 1–1 draw with Steven Bergwijn on the scoresheet.


2019–20 Tottenham Hotspur F.C. season
The season has seen Tottenham taking the least amount of shots since Opta began collecting data during the 1997-98 Season. Several of these games were also plagued by controversial VAR decisions. Two of which were a handball called against Lucas Moura that resulted in Harry Kane's goal against Sheffield United being disallowed, as well as a penalty not given against Bournemouth in which Joshua King pushed Kane from behind in the box. The Premier League later confirmed that this was, in fact, the wrong decision.


2019–20 Tottenham Hotspur F.C. season
The season was documented in the Amazon Prime Video series All or Nothing: Tottenham Hotspur.


2019–20 Tottenham Hotspur F.C. season, Pre-season and friendlies
Tottenham took part again in the 2019 International Champions Cup as defending champions. They played in Singapore and Shanghai. They also took part in the 2019 Audi Cup in Munich.


2019–20 Tottenham Hotspur F.C. season, Competitions, Premier League, Matches
On 13 June 2019, the Premier League fixtures were announced.


2019–20 Tottenham Hotspur F.C. season, Competitions, FA Cup
The third round draw was made on 2 December 2019. The fourth round draw was made by Alex Scott and David O'Leary on Monday, 6 January.


2019–20 Tottenham Hotspur F.C. season, Competitions, EFL Cup
The third round draw was made on 28 August 2018 by Andy Hinchcliffe and Don Goodman.


2019–20 Tottenham Hotspur F.C. season, Competitions, UEFA Champions League
Tottenham entered the competition in the group stage following their fourth-place finish in the 2018–19 season. Spurs were drawn with Bayern Munich, Olympiacos and Red Star Belgrade. The draw for the last 16 took place on 16 December 2019 in which Tottenham were drawn against RB Leipzig.


2019–20 Tottenham Hotspur F.C. season, Statistics, Goal scorers
The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.


2019–20 Tottenham Hotspur F.C. season, Statistics, Clean sheets
The list is sorted by shirt number when total clean sheets are equal.


2019–20 Toulouse FC season
The 2019–20 season was Toulouse Football Club's 49th season in existence and the club's 17th consecutive season in the top flight of French football. In addition to the domestic league, Toulouse participated in this season's editions of the Coupe de France, and the Coupe de la Ligue. The season covered the period from 1 July 2019 to 30 June 2020.


2019–20 Toulouse FC season
Toulouse underwent a disastrous campaign in the league, accumulating only one point in their last 18 matches. As a result the team was relegated to Ligue 2 for the first time since 2003.


2019–20 Toulouse FC season, Players, Squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2019–20 Toulouse FC season, Players, Out on loan
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2019–20 Toulouse FC season, Players, Reserve squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2019–20 Toulouse FC season, Competitions, Ligue 1, Matches
The Ligue 1 schedule was announced on 14 June 2019. The Ligue 1 matches were suspended by the LFP on 13 March 2020 due to COVID-19 until further notices. On 28 April 2020, it was announced that Ligue 1 and Ligue 2 campaigns would not resume, after the country banned all sporting events until September. On 30 April, The LFP ended officially the 2019–20 season.


2019–20 Tour de Ski
The 2019–20 Tour de Ski was the 14th edition of the Tour de Ski and part of the 2019–20 FIS Cross-Country World Cup. The World Cup stage event began in Lenzerheide, Switzerland on 28 December 2019 and concluded with the Final Climb stage in Val di Fiemme, Italy, on 5 January 2020. The tour was the third tour starting in Lenzerheide. The last stage known as the Final Climb was held as a mass start for the first time. A points standing replaced the sprint standing from previous editions.


2019–20 Tour de Ski
Alexander Bolshunov became the overall winner, surpassing Sergey Ustiugov and Johannes Høsflot Klæbo. He became the third Russian to win the Tour de Ski. In women's event the overall winner became Therese Johaug, who won the third Tour de Ski cup in her career. Natalya Nepryayeva was second and defending champion Ingvild Flugstad Østberg finished third.


2019–20 Tour de Ski, Overall leadership
Two main individual classifications were contested in the 2019–20 Tour de Ski, as well as a team competition. The most important was the overall standings, calculated by adding each skier's finishing times on each stage. Time bonuses (time subtracted) were awarded at both sprint stages and at intermediate points during mass start stages. In the sprint stages, the winners were awarded 60 bonus seconds, while on mass start stages the first ten skiers past the intermediate point received from 15 seconds to 1 seconds. The skier with the lowest cumulative time would be the overall winner of the Tour de Ski. For the first time in Tour history, the skier leading the overall standings would wear a yellow bib.


2019–20 Tour de Ski, Overall leadership
The second competition was the points standings, which replaced the sprint competition from past editions. The skiers who received the highest number of points during the Tour would win the points standings. The points available for each stage finish were determined by the stage's type. The leader was identified by a red bib.


2019–20 Tour de Ski, Overall leadership
The final competition was a team competition. This was calculated using the finishing times of the best two skiers of both genders per team on each stage; the leading team was the team with the lowest cumulative time.


2019–20 Tour de Ski, Overall leadership
A total of CHF 560,000, both genders included, was awarded in cash prizes in the race. The overall winners of the Tour de Ski received CHF 55,000, with the second and third placed skiers getting CHF 40,000 and CHF 27,500 respectively. All finishers in the top 20 were awarded money. The holders of the overall and points standings would benefit on each stage they led; the final winners of the points standings would be given CHF 6,000. CHF 3,000 was given to the winners of each stage of the race, with smaller amounts given to places 2 and 3.


2019–20 Tour de Ski, Stages, Stage 7
The race for "Fastest of the Day" counts for 2019–20 FIS Cross-Country World Cup points. No bonus seconds are awarded on this stage.


2019–20 Tour de Ski, World Cup points distribution
The table shows the number of 2019–20 FIS Cross-Country World Cup points won in the 2019–20 Tour de Ski for men and women.


2019–20 Townsville Fire season
The 2019–20 Townsville Fire season is the 19th season for the franchise in the Women's National Basketball League (WNBL).


2019–20 Townsville Fire season
James Cook University remain as the Fire's naming rights partner after signing a three-year extension in September 2019. 2019–20 will be the Fire's first season under new head coach, Shannon Seebohm, who overtook the role from Claudia Brassard after she spent three seasons in the position.


2019–20 Towson Tigers men's basketball team
The 2019–20 Towson Tigers men's basketball team represent Towson University during the 2019–20 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Tigers, led by ninth-year head coach Pat Skerry, play their home games at the SECU Arena in Towson, Maryland as members of the Colonial Athletic Association.


2019–20 Towson Tigers men's basketball team, Previous season
The Tigers finished the 2018–19 season 10–22, 6–12 in CAA play to finish in a tie for eighth place. They lost in the first round of the CAA Tournament to James Madison.


2019–20 Toyota Finance 86 Championship
The 2019–2020 Toyota Finance 86 Championship (named the 2019–20 Best Bars Toyota 86 Championship for sponsorship reasons) will be the seventh running of the Toyota Finance 86 Championship. The championship will begin on 2 November 2019 at Pukekohe Park Raceway and will conclude on 26 April 2020 at the same venue.


2019–20 Toyota Finance 86 Championship, Calendar
The 2019–20 calendar was announced on 30 April 2019. Each round will have three races each, with qualifying taking place for both races one and three.


2019–20 Trabzonspor season
The 2019–20 season was Trabzonspor's 52nd year in existence. In addition to the domestic league, the club participated in the Turkish Cup and the UEFA Europa League.


2019–20 Trabzonspor season
On 29 July 2020, Trabzonspor defeated Alanyaspor 2–0 to win their ninth Turkish Cup and end a ten-year trophy drought.


2019–20 Trabzonspor season, Squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2019–20 Trabzonspor season, Squad, Intaken youth players
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2019–20 Trabzonspor season, Squad, Out on loan
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2019–20 Trabzonspor season, Squad, Left during the season
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2019–20 Tractor S.C. season
The 2019–20 season is the Tractor Sport Club's 12th season in the Pro League, and their 11th consecutive season in the top division of Iranian Football. They will also be competing in the Hazfi Cup.


2019–20 Tranmere Rovers F.C. season
The 2019–20 season was Tranmere Rovers' 136th season of existence and their first back in EFL League One in five years following promotion from the 2018–19 EFL League Two. Along with competing in League One, the club participated in the FA Cup, EFL Cup and EFL Trophy.


2019–20 Tranmere Rovers F.C. season
The season covers the period from 1 July 2019 to 30 June 2020.


2019–20 Tranmere Rovers F.C. season, Pre-season
The Whites announced pre-season friendlies against Liverpoool, Stoke City, Carlisle United and Walsall.


2019–20 Tranmere Rovers F.C. season, Competitions, EFL League One, Matches
On Thursday, 20 June 2019, the EFL League One fixtures were revealed.


2019–20 Tranmere Rovers F.C. season, Competitions, FA Cup
The first round draw was made on 21 October 2019. The second round draw was made live on 11 November from Chichester City's stadium, Oaklands Park. The third round draw was made live on BBC Two from Etihad Stadium, Micah Richards and Tony Adams conducted the draw.


2019–20 Tranmere Rovers F.C. season, Competitions, EFL Trophy
On 9 July 2019, the pre-determined group stage draw was announced with Invited clubs to be drawn on 12 July 2019. The draw for the second round was made on 16 November 2019 live on Sky Sports. The third round draw was confirmed on 5 December 2019.


2019–20 Troy Trojans men's basketball team
The 2019–20 Troy Trojans men's basketball team represented Troy University in the 2019–20 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Trojans, led by first-year head coach Scott Cross, played their home games at Trojan Arena in Troy, Alabama as members of the Sun Belt Conference. They finished the season 9–22, 5–15 in Sun Belt play to finish in a tie for 11th place. They failed to qualify for the Sun Belt Tournament.


2019–20 Troy Trojans men's basketball team, Previous season
The Trojans finished the 2018–19 season 12–18, 5–13 in Sun Belt play to finish in a tie for last place. They failed to qualify for the Sun Belt Tournament.


2019–20 Troy Trojans men's basketball team, Previous season
On March 11, 2019, it was announced that head coach Phil Cunningham was relieved of his duties, ending his six-year tenure with the team. On March 26, TCU assistant and former UT Arlington head coach Scott Cross was announced as Troy's next head coach.


2019–20 Troy Trojans women's basketball team
The 2019–20 Troy Trojans women's basketball team represents Troy University during the 2019–20 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Trojans, led by seventh year head coach Chanda Rigby, play their home games at Trojan Arena and were members of the Sun Belt Conference. They finished the season 25–4, 16–2 in Sun Belt play to finish regular season champions. They received a first and second round bye in the Sun Belt tournament after being seeded 1st. Before their first game, the tournament was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.


2019–20 Troy Trojans women's basketball team, Preseason, Sun Belt coaches poll
On October 30, 2019, the Sun Belt released their preseason coaches poll with the Trojans predicted to finish in second place in the conference.


2019–20 Tulane Green Wave men's basketball team
The 2019–20 Tulane Green Wave men's basketball team represents Tulane University during the 2019–20 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Green Wave, led by first-year head coach Ron Hunter, play their home games at Devlin Fieldhouse in New Orleans, Louisiana as sixth-year members of the American Athletic Conference.


2019–20 Tulane Green Wave men's basketball team, Previous season
The Green Wave 4–27, 0–18 in AAC play to finish in 12th place. They lost in the first round of the AAC Tournament to Memphis.


2019–20 Tulane Green Wave men's basketball team, Previous season
On March 16, 2019, the school announced that Mike Dunleavy would not return as head coach. He finished 24–69 in three seasons at Tulane. On March 24, the school named Georgia State head coach Ron Hunter the new head coach.


2019–20 Tulane Green Wave women's basketball team
The 2019–20 Tulane Green Wave women's basketball team will represent Tulane University during the 2019–20 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Green Wave, led by twenty-sixth year head coach Lisa Stockton, play their home games at Devlin Fieldhouse and were sixth year members of the American Athletic Conference. They finished the season 14–17, 8–8 in AAC play to finish in fifth place. They defeated Tulsa in the first round of the American Athletic Women's Tournament to advance to the quarterfinals, where they lost to South Florida.


2019–20 Tulane Green Wave women's basketball team, Media
All Green Wave games will be broadcast on WRBH 88.3 FM. A video stream for all home games will be on , ESPN3, or . Road games will typically be streamed on the opponents website, though conference road games could also appear on ESPN3 or AAC Digital.


2019–20 Tulsa Golden Hurricane men's basketball team
The 2019–20 Tulsa Golden Hurricane men's basketball team represented the University of Tulsa during the 2019–20 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Golden Hurricane, led by sixth-year head coach Frank Haith, played their home games at the Reynolds Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma as members of the American Athletic Conference. They finished the season 21–10, 13–5 in AAC play to finish in a three-way tie for first place. Frank Haith was named AAC Coach of the Year for the season. Due to tiebreaking rules, they received the No. 3 seed in the AAC Tournament, which was canceled due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Shortly thereafter, the NCAA Tournament and all postseason tournaments were canceled, effectively ending Tulsa's season.


2019–20 Tulsa Golden Hurricane men's basketball team, Previous season
The Golden Hurricane finished the 2018–19 season 18–14, 8–10 in AAC play to finish in a tie for seventh place. They lost in the first round of the AAC Tournament to SMU.


2019–20 Tunisian Cup
The 2019–20 Tunisian Cup (Coupe de Tunisie) or Habib Bourguiba Cup is the 88th season of the football cup competition of Tunisia. The competition is organized by the Fédération Tunisienne de Football (FTF) and open to all clubs in Tunisia.


2019–20 Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1
The 2019–20 Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 (Tunisian Professional League) season is the 94th season of top-tier football in Tunisia.


2019–20 Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1
The season was suspended in March 2020, due to COVID-19 pandemic in Tunisia, then resumed in August 2020.


2019–20 Tunisian Super Cup
The 2019–20 Tunisian Super Cup was the 16th edition of the Tunisian Super Cup. The match will be contested by the 2019–20 Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 champions, Espérance Sportive de Tunis and the 2019–20 Tunisian Cup winners, US Monastir, and is scheduled to take place at Stade Hammadi Agrebi in Radès on 18 September 2021.


2019–20 Tunisian Super Cup, Match, Venue
Stade Hammadi Agrebi, formerly known as Stade 7 Novembre is a multi-purpose stadium in Radès, Tunisia about 10 kilometers south-east of the city center of Tunis, in the center of the Olympic City. It is currently used mostly for football matches and it also has facilities for athletics. The stadium holds 65,000 and was built in 2001 for the 2001 Mediterranean Games and is considered to be one of the best stadiums in Africa.


2019–20 Turkish Cup
The 2019–20 Turkish Cup (Turkish: Türkiye Kupası) was the 58th season of the tournament. Ziraat Bankası was the sponsor of the tournament, thus the sponsored name was Ziraat Turkish Cup. The winners earned a berth in the group stage of the 2020–21 UEFA Europa League, and also qualified for the 2020 Turkish Super Cup.


2019–20 Turkish Cup, Top Goalscorers
Note: Players and teams in bold are still active in the competition.


2019–20 Turkish Women's First Football League
The 2019–20 season of the Turkish Women's First Football League is the 24th season of Turkey's premier women's football league.


2019–20 Turkish Women's First Football League
The league season started with the first week matches on 20 October 2019, and the regular season will conclude with the 22nd week matches on 3 May 2020. The number of participating teams was increased from ten to twelve again after eight seasons. Trabzon İdmanocağı was relegated after the previous season due to not show-up. The promoted Women's Second League teams are Adana İdmanyurduspor of Adana, Fomget Gençlik ve Spor from Ankara and Kocaeli Bayan FK of İzmit. Four teams from Istanbul continue to take part in the 2019–20 season.


2019–20 Turkish Women's First Football League
On 19 March 2020, Youth and Sports Minister Mehmet Kasapoğlu announced that following a meeting with the federation presidents all men's and women's football, basketball, volleyball and handball leagues were postponed as part of the precautionary measures taken in context with the COVID-19 pandemic in Turkey.


2019–20 Turkish Women's First Football League
On 8 July 2020, the Turkish Football Federation's Board of Directors decided that the 2019-20 "Özge Kanbay Season" matches of all three women's football leagues not to be played further due to the ongoing COVİD-19 outbreak in Turkey. Following decisions were met for the 2019-20 Turkish Women's First Football League season:


2019–20 Tweede Divisie
The 2019–20 Tweede Divisie season was the fourth edition of the Dutch third tier since on hiatus from 1970-71 season and the 19th edition using Tweede Divisie name. Thirteen teams competed from the last season along with five promoted teams from the Derde Divisie.


2019–20 Tweede Divisie
At an extraordinary KNVB federation meeting on 2 October 2017, representatives of the amateur and professional football reached an agreement about the route to be taken to renew the football pyramid. Part of this agreement was that no promotion/relegation will take place between the Eerste and Tweede Divisie for the current season.


2019–20 Tweede Divisie
At another extraordinary KNVB federation meeting on 7 June 2018, an agreement was reached about the number of reserves teams allowed in each division as of season 2019–20. For the Tweede Divisie it will be 2 teams.


2019–20 Tweede Divisie, Effects of the 2020 coronavirus pandemic
On 12 March 2020, all football leagues were suspended until 31 March as the Dutch government forbade events due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the Netherlands. On 15 March this period was extended until 6 April. Due to the decision of the Dutch government to forbid all gatherings and events until 1 June 2020, this period was even further extended.


2019–20 Tweede Divisie, Effects of the 2020 coronavirus pandemic
Eventually, on 31 March 2020, the KNVB decided not to resume competitions at amateur level. They also decided, for those competitions involved, there would be no final standings, and therefore no champions, no promotions and no relegations. All teams will start next season at the same level as they did this season.


2019–20 Tweede Divisie, Standings
>> As the competition was cancelled, below is the situation on 8 March 2020, the date the last matches were played. <<


2019–20 U.C. Sampdoria season
The 2019–20 season was the 63rd season of Unione Calcio Sampdoria in the Serie A, and their 8th consecutive season in the top-flight. The club competed in Serie A and the Coppa Italia.


2019–20 U.C. Sampdoria season
Former Sassuolo and Roma coach Eusebio Di Francesco replaced Marco Giampaolo as head coach on 22 June 2019, with Giampaolo moving to Milan on 19 June.


2019–20 U.S. Lecce season
The 2019–20 season was Unione Sportiva Lecce's first season back in Serie A since being relegated at the end of the 2010–11 Serie A season. The club competed in Serie A and in the Coppa Italia, starting in the third round.


2019–20 U.S. Lecce season
The season was coach Fabio Liverani's third in charge and second full season after being appointed in September 2017.


2019–20 U.S. Sassuolo Calcio season
The 2019–20 U.S. Sassuolo Calcio season was the club's seventh consecutive season in the top-flight of Italian football. The club competed in Serie A and the Coppa Italia.


2019–20 U.S. Sassuolo Calcio season
Roberto De Zerbi coached the club for the second full season after replacing previous coach Giuseppe Iachini in June 2018.


2019–20 U.S. Virgin Islands Premier League
The 2019–20 U.S. Virgin Islands Premier League was the second season of the U.S. Virgin Islands Premier League, and the 16th season of the U.S. Virgin Islands Soccer Championship, the top division soccer competition in the United States Virgin Islands. The season was scheduled to begin on 10 November 2019 and was scheduled to end on 22 March 2020. However, the start of the season was delayed to 19 January 2020, and the league was suspended on 14 March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.


2019–20 U.S. Virgin Islands Premier League
On 15 July 2020, the season was declared abandoned, and Helenites were declared the champions.


2019–20 UAB Blazers men's basketball team
The 2019–20 UAB Blazers basketball team represented the University of Alabama at Birmingham during the 2019–20 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Blazers, led by fourth-year head coach Robert Ehsan, play their home games at the Bartow Arena as members of Conference USA.


2019–20 UAB Blazers women's basketball team
The 2019–20 UAB Blazers women's basketball team represents the University of Alabama at Birmingham during the 2019–20 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Blazers, led by seventh year head coach Randy Norton, play their home games at the Bartow Arena and are members of Conference USA.


2019–20 UAE Division 1
2019–20 UAE Division one was the 44th Division one season. Team changes for the season include Al Bataeh who joined the league, while Hatta and Khor Fakkan was  promoted to the UAE Pro League, while Dibba Al Fujairah and Emirates were relegated. However, the season was cancelled with 12 out of 14 UAE Pro League clubs voting in favour of cancelling the season and not a single division one club had a say on the matter. The decision was done due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Arab Emirates and no team were rewarded with promotion.


2019–20 UAE Division 1, Personnel and kits
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2019–20 UAE Division 2
2019–20 UAE Division two was the first UAE Division two season. The competition was created to create more clubs and increase the number of players in UAE. The season will feature 10 teams, 4 from Abu Dhabi, 4 from Dubai and 1 from Ras Al Khaimah and Ajman respectively. The season was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Arab Emirates.


2019–20 UAE League Cup
The 2019–20 UAE League Cup was the 12th season of the UAE League Cup. The season started on August 22, 2019.


2019–20 UAE President's Cup
The 2019–20 UAE President's Cup was the 44th edition of the UAE President's Cup, a football cup competition of the United Arab Emirates. The winner will qualify for the 2021 AFC Champions League. The tournament was cancelled along with the rest of the UAE league season.


2019–20 UAE President's Cup, Preliminary round
In the preliminary round, eleven teams were divided into two groups, one containing six teams while the other containing five.


2019–20 UAE Pro League
The 2019–20 UAE Pro League was the 46th edition of the UAE Pro League. On 26 April 2019, Khor Fakkan won the first division title over Al Taawon 3–0; this is their inaugural appearance on the pro league as Khor Fakkan Club as they were previously known as Al Khaleej, having been absent from the Pro League for twelve years. Hatta later returned to the pro league after a 1–0 away victory against Al Hamriyah secured them a spot on the first division after getting relegated a year ago. Sharjah are the defending champions.


2019–20 UAE Pro League
The League was put on hold on March due to the COVID-19 pandemic, however on June, with the majority of 12 out of 14 clubs votes, the league was cancelled and the champion is yet to be decided. On 18th of June, it was declared that this season will end with no champion despite Shabab Al-Ahli  leading the table with 43 points and the same teams that qualified for the 2020 AFC Champions League will qualify for the 2021 AFC Champions League.


2019–20 UAE Pro League, Personnel and kits
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2019–20 UAE Pro League, Personnel and kits, Foreign players
All teams could register as many foreign players as they want, but could only use four on the field each game.


2019–20 UAE Pro League, Season statistics, Hat-tricks
4 Player scored 4 goals(H) – Home team(A) – Away team


2019–20 UC Davis Aggies men's basketball team
The 2019–20 UC Davis Aggies men's basketball team represented the University of California, Davis in the 2019–20 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Aggies, led by ninth-year head coach Jim Les, played their home games at The Pavilion in Davis, California as members of the Big West Conference. They finished the season 14–18, 8–8 in Big West play to finish in a tie for fourth place. They were set to be the No. 5 seed in the Big West Tournament. However, the Big West Tournament was canceled amid the COVID-19 pandemic.


2019–20 UC Davis Aggies men's basketball team, Previous season
The Aggies finished the 2018–19 season 11–20 overall, 7–9 in Big West play, finishing in a tie for 6th place. In the Big West Tournament, they were defeated by Cal State Fullerton in the quarterfinals.


2019–20 UC Irvine Anteaters men's basketball team
The 2019–20 UC Irvine Anteaters men's basketball team represented the University of California, Irvine in the 2019–20 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Anteaters were led by tenth-year head coach Russell Turner competing in the Bren Events Center. UC Irvine is a member of the Big West Conference. The team won their second straight Big West Regular Season title before the 2020 Big West Conference Men's Basketball Tournament and subsequently, the remainder of the 2019–20 NCAA Division I men's basketball season and postseason tournaments were canceled as a result of the COVID-19 Pandemic.


2019–20 UC Irvine Anteaters men's basketball team
The team finished 21–11, and has won at least a share of 3 of the last 4 Big West Regular season titles. The program has won at least 20 games in 7 of the last 8 seasons. Turner became the winningest coach in program history on Jan 15 surpassing Pat Douglass total of 197 wins and won his 4th Big West Coach of the Year Award. Evan Leonard, Eyassu Worku, and Tommy Rutherford all recorded their 1000th point during the season, the first time the program has had 3 players score 1,000 career points in the same season. The team was 12th in the nation in FG % defense holding opponents to (38.8%) shooting, 11th in total rebounds (1,269), 3rd in rebounding margin (+9.4). Brad Greene pulled a Bren Events Center record 21 rebounds on Jan. 11 vs Hawai'i.


2019–20 UC Irvine Anteaters men's basketball team, Previous season
The Anteaters finished the season a program best 31–6 overall, and 15–1 in the conference and recorded their first ever NCAA Tournament win over Kansas State in the South Region 1st Round before falling to Oregon in the Second Round. During the season, the Anteaters participated in the 2019 Gulf Coast Showcase, which was held in Estero, Florida, where they were runner-ups defeating UTSA and Tulane before losing to Toledo. Prior to the season, the Anteaters competed in the 2018 Asia-Pacific University Basketball Challenge, hosted by the KBA and Yonsei University where they were also runner-ups.


2019–20 UC Riverside Highlanders men's basketball team
The 2019–20 UC Riverside Highlanders men's basketball team represented the University of California, Riverside in the 2019–20 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Highlanders, led by second-year head coach David Patrick, played their home games at SRC Arena in Riverside, California as members of the Big West Conference. They finished the season 17–15, 7–9 in Big West play to finish in sixth place. They were set to be the No. 6 seed in the Big West Tournament. However, the Big West Tournament was canceled amid the COVID-19 pandemic.


2019–20 UC Riverside Highlanders men's basketball team, Previous season
The Highlanders finished the 2018–19 season 10–23 overall, 4–12 in Big West play, finishing in 8th place. In the Big West Tournament, they were defeated by UC Irvine in the quarterfinals.


2019–20 UC Santa Barbara Gauchos men's basketball team
The 2019–20 UC Santa Barbara Gauchos men's basketball team represent the University of California, Santa Barbara in the 2019–20 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Gauchos, led by 3rd-year head coach Joe Pasternack, play their home games at The Thunderdome in Santa Barbara, California as members of the Big West Conference.


2019–20 UC Santa Barbara Gauchos men's basketball team, Previous season
The Gauchos finished the 2018–19 season 22–10 overall, 10–6 in Big West play, finishing in 2nd place. In the Big West Tournament, they defeated Cal State Northridge in the quarterfinals, before falling to Cal State Fullerton in the semifinals.


2019–20 UCF Knights men's basketball team
The 2019–20 UCF Knights men's basketball team represents the University of Central Florida during the 2019–20 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Knights are members of the American Athletic Conference. The Knights, in the program's 51st season of basketball, are led by fourth-year head coach Johnny Dawkins and play their home games at the Addition Financial Arena on the university's main campus in Orlando, Florida.


2019–20 UCF Knights men's basketball team, Previous season
The Knights finished the 2018–19 season 24–9 overall and 13–5 in AAC play to finish in a tie for third place. In the AAC Tournament, they lost to Memphis in the quarterfinals. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2005. They defeated VCU in the first round before losing Duke in the second round.


2019–20 UCF Knights women's basketball team
The 2019–20 UCF Knights women's basketball team represented the University of Central Florida during the 2019–20 NCAA Division I basketball season. The Knights compete in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and the American Athletic Conference (The American). The Knights, in the program's 43rd season of basketball, were led by fourth-year head coach Katie Abrahamson-Henderson, and play their home games at the CFE Arena on the university's main campus in Orlando, Florida. They finished the season 19–9, 11–5 in AAC play to finish in second place in the regular season. In the 2020 American Athletic Conference Women's Basketball Tournament at the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut they reached the semi-final where they were ousted by the Cincinnati Bearcats 57-51.


2019–20 UCF Knights women's basketball team, Media
All UCF games will have an audio or video broadcast available. For conference play, UCF games will typically be available on ESPN3, , or . Road games not on ESPN3 or AAC Digital will have an audio broadcast available on the . All non-conference home games will be streamed exclusively on UCF Knights All-Access. Select non-conference road games will have a stream available through the opponents website. The audio broadcast for home games will only be available through UCF Knights All-Access.


2019–20 UCI Cyclo-cross World Cup
The 2019–20 Telenet UCI Cyclo-cross World Cup was a season long cyclo-cross competition, organised by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI). The UCI Cyclo-cross World Cup took place between 14 September 2019 and 26 January 2020, over a total of nine events. The defending champions were Toon Aerts in the men's competition and Marianne Vos in the women's competition.


2019–20 UCI Cyclo-cross World Cup, Points distribution
Points were awarded to all eligible riders at each race. The top ten finishers received points according to the following table:


2019–20 UCI Cyclo-cross World Cup, Events
In comparison to the previous season, the race in Pontchâteau was replaced by the Cyclo-cross de Nommay and the two American races were swapped around.


2019–20 UCI Track Cycling World Cup
The 2019–20 UCI Track Cycling World Cup (also known as the Tissot UCI Track Cycling World Cup for sponsorship reasons) is a multi-race tournament over a track cycling season. It is the 28th series of the UCI Track Cycling World Cup organised by the UCI. This was the last season of the competition as World Cup because from 2021, the competition will be renamed to UCI Track Cycling Nations Cup.


2019–20 UCI Track Cycling World Cup, Standings, Overall Team Standings
Overall team standings are calculated based on total number of points gained by the team's riders in each event.


2019–20 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team
The 2019–20 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team represented the University of California, Los Angeles, during the 2019–20 NCAA Division I season. The Bruins were led by first-year head coach Mick Cronin and played their home games at Pauley Pavilion as members in the Pac-12 Conference. UCLA finished the season with a 19–12 record. After starting slowly at 8–9, they went 11–3 and finished second in the Pac-12 at 12–6. Cronin was named the Pac-12 Coach of the Year, while junior Chris Smith earned first-team All-Pac-12 honors and was voted the Pac-12 Most Improved Player. Due to the coronavirus pandemic, the Pac-12 Tournament was canceled before the Bruins' first scheduled game in the quarterfinals, and the NCAA Tournament was called off as well.


2019–20 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team
UCLA started the season 7–6 in non-conference play, including home losses to mid-major programs Hofstra and Cal State Fullerton. After beginning 1–3 in the Pac-12, they won seven of their next nine, including an upset win on the road against Arizona followed by consecutive 12-point second-half comebacks against Washington State and Washington. Still, the Bruins needed a strong finish to offset their early-season struggles and become contenders for an NCAA tournament bid. Their late-season surge continued with their fifth straight win, defeating No. 18 Colorado on the road to sweep the season series.


2019–20 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team
UCLA erased a nine-point deficit in the second half with a 14–0 run and recorded 14 deflections in the final 13 minutes against the Buffaloes, which largely contributed to the Bruins' rise up 25 spots that week to No. 76 on the NCAA Evaluation Tool, one metric used by the NCAA tourney selection committee. UCLA extended its winning streak to seven after home wins against Arizona State and Arizona. It was the Bruins' first regular season sweep in their rivalry with the Wildcats since 2012–13.


2019–20 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team
In their regular-season finale, UCLA lost 54–52 at USC after the Trojans made a game-winning three-point field goal with one second remaining. The Bruins earned a No. 2 seed and a first-round bye in the Pac-12 Tournament. On March 12, the Pac-12 canceled the tournament prior to its quarterfinals due to the coronavirus pandemic, and the NCAA Tournament was canceled later that day as well.


2019–20 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team
UCLA's roster consisted of mostly role players. For the first time since 1977–78, it did not include a McDonald's All-American; the honor began in 1977. The team's most high-profile player—Shareef O'Neal, the son of Hall of Fame player Shaquille O'Neal—transferred midseason after failing to earn regular playing time. Smith, who averaged 13.1 points per game, was the only Bruin to average in double figures.


2019–20 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team, Previous season
The Bruins finished the 2018–19 season 17–16, 9–9 in Pac-12 play. They were led by sixth-year head coach Steve Alford until he was fired mid-season and assistant Murry Bartow was named the interim head coach. Their lineup featured three former McDonald's All-Americans: sophomores Jaylen Hands and Kris Wilkes were both named second-team All-Pac-12, while first-year player Moses Brown was voted to the Pac-12 All-Freshman Team. UCLA finished the season 17–16, and lost in the second round of the Pac-12 Tournament. They missed the postseason for the second time in four years.


2019–20 UCLA Bruins women's basketball team
The 2019–20 UCLA Bruins women's basketball team represented the University of California, Los Angeles during the 2019–20 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Bruins, led by ninth year head coach Cori Close, played their home games at Pauley Pavilion and competed as members of the Pac-12 Conference.


2019–20 UCLA Bruins women's basketball team
Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the NCAA Tournament was canceled. The Bruins finished the season 26–5 and 14–4 in conference play for a second-place tie in the Pac-12. They advanced to the semifinals of the Pac-12 Tournament, where they lost to Stanford. Had the NCAA Tournament not been canceled, the Bruins were projected to receive a #3-seed and to host a 1st/2nd Round pod. UCLA's overall winning percentage of .839 was its highest since the 2010–11 season, when the Bruins finished 28–5 (.848).


2019–20 UCLA Bruins women's basketball team
The Bruins were 17–0 when scoring at least 70 points and 22–0 when holding opponents to under 67 points.


2019–20 UConn Huskies men's basketball team
The 2019–20 UConn Huskies men's basketball team represented the University of Connecticut in the 2019–20 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Huskies were led by second-year head coach Dan Hurley in their final season of the American Athletic Conference. The Huskies split their home games between the XL Center in Hartford, Connecticut, and the Harry A. Gampel Pavilion on the UConn campus in Storrs, Connecticut. They finished the season 19–12, 10–8 in AAC play to finish in a tie for fifth place. Their season ended when the AAC Tournament and all other postseason tournaments were canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.


2019–20 UConn Huskies men's basketball team
This was the final season in the American Athletic Conference for the Huskies as they will return to the Big East for the 2020–21 season.


2019–20 UConn Huskies men's basketball team, Previous season
The Huskies finished the 2018–19 season 16–17, 6–12 in AAC play to finish in ninth place. They lost in the Quarterfinals of the AAC Tournament to Houston.


2019–20 UConn Huskies men's ice hockey season
The 2019-20 UConn Huskies men's ice hockey season was the 60th season of play for the program, the 22nd at the Division I level, and the 6th season in the Hockey East conference. The Huskies represented the University of Connecticut and were coached by Mike Cavanaugh, in his 7th season.


2019–20 UConn Huskies men's ice hockey season
The Hockey East tournament as well as the NCAA Tournament were canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic before any games were played.


2019–20 UConn Huskies women's basketball team
The 2019–20 UConn Huskies women's basketball team represented the University of Connecticut (UConn) during the 2019–20 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Huskies, led by Hall of Fame head coach Geno Auriemma in his 35th season at UConn, split their home games between Harry A. Gampel Pavilion and the XL Center and were in their seventh and final season as members of the American Athletic Conference (The American).


2019–20 UConn Huskies women's basketball team
UConn had a record of 26–3 during the regular season. They went 16–0 in the AAC and were the conference regular season champions. Then, they won the AAC Tournament. UConn received an automatic bid to the 2020 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament, but the tournament was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The team finished the season ranked number 5 in the AP Poll.


2019–20 UConn Huskies women's basketball team
The Huskies left The American to join several of their former conference mates in the Big East Conference in July 2020.


2019–20 UConn Huskies women's basketball team, Media
Every UConn women's game was televised. Excluding exhibitions, most Huskies games aired on SNY, an ESPN network, or a CBS network. Exhibition games and games that aired on SNY were also streamed on . Every game was broadcast on the UConn IMG Sports Network with an extra audio broadcast available online to listen to through Husky Vision.


2019–20 UD Almería season
The 2019–20 season was UD Almería's twentieth ninth season of existence and the fifth consecutive in Segunda División. The season covered a period from 1 July 2019 to 16 August 2020.


2019–20 UD Las Palmas season
During the 2019–20 season, UD Las Palmas participated in the 2019–20 Segunda División and the Copa del Rey. The season covered the period from 1 July 2019 to 20 July 2020.


2019–20 UD Las Palmas season, Current squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2019–20 UD Las Palmas season, Current squad, Reserve team
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2019–20 UD Las Palmas season, Current squad, Out on loan
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2019–20 UEFA Champions League
The 2019–20 UEFA Champions League was the 65th season of Europe's premier club football tournament organised by UEFA, and the 28th season since it was renamed from the European Champion Clubs' Cup to the UEFA Champions League.


2019–20 UEFA Champions League
Bayern Munich defeated Paris Saint-Germain in the final, played at the Estádio da Luz in Lisbon, Portugal, 1–0 and became the first European Cup winners to win all their matches during the tournament. In addition, the Germans secured their second continental treble, becoming only the second European club to do so, and became the first team to claim any European competition with a 100% winning record.


2019–20 UEFA Champions League
As winners, they earned the right to play against Sevilla, the winners of the 2019–20 UEFA Europa League, in the 2020 UEFA Super Cup, and also qualified for the 2020 FIFA Club World Cup in Qatar. They would go on to win both competitions.


2019–20 UEFA Champions League
Since they had already qualified for the 2020–21 UEFA Champions League group stage through their league performance, the berth originally reserved for the Champions League title holders was given to the team that was top of the 2019–20 Eredivisie (Ajax) , the 11th-ranked association according to next season's access list, when it was suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic.


2019–20 UEFA Champions League
Due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the tournament was suspended in mid-March 2020 and resumed in August. The quarter-finals onwards were played as single-match knockout ties at neutral venues in Lisbon, Portugal (Estádio da Luz and Estádio José Alvalade) behind closed doors from 12 to 23 August. In keeping with its introduction the campaign prior, the video assistant referee (VAR) system was in use from the play-off round onwards.


2019–20 UEFA Champions League
Liverpool were the defending champions, but they – along with the previous season's other finalists, Tottenham Hotspur – were eliminated in the round of 16, following defeats to Atlético Madrid and RB Leipzig respectively.


2019–20 UEFA Champions League, Association team allocation
A total of 79 teams from 54 of the 55 UEFA member associations participated in the 2019–20 UEFA Champions League (the exception being Liechtenstein, which did not organise a domestic league). The association ranking based on the UEFA country coefficients was used to determine the number of participating teams for each association:


2019–20 UEFA Champions League, Association team allocation, Association ranking
For the 2019–20 UEFA Champions League, the associations were allocated places according to their 2018 UEFA country coefficients, which took into account their performance in European competitions from 2013–14 to 2017–18.


2019–20 UEFA Champions League, Association team allocation, Association ranking
Apart from the allocation based on the country coefficients, associations could have additional teams participating in the Champions League, as noted below:


2019–20 UEFA Champions League, Association team allocation, Distribution
Changes were made to the default access list, if the Champions League and/or Europa League title holders qualified for the tournament via their domestic leagues. In any case where a spot in the Champions League was vacated, teams of the highest-ranked associations in earlier rounds of the appropriate path were promoted accordingly.


2019–20 UEFA Champions League, Association team allocation, Teams
League positions of the previous season shown in parentheses (TH: Champions League title holders; EL: Europa League title holders).


2019–20 UEFA Champions League, Round and draw dates
The schedule of the competition was as follows (all draws were held at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland, unless stated otherwise).


2019–20 UEFA Champions League, Round and draw dates
The competition was suspended on 17 March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe. A working group was set up by UEFA to decide the calendar of the remainder of the season. On 17 June 2020, UEFA announced the revised schedule for the quarter-finals, semi-finals and final of the competition, to be played in single-leg matches.


2019–20 UEFA Champions League, Round and draw dates
The original schedule of the competition, as planned before the pandemic, was as follows.


2019–20 UEFA Champions League, Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic
The round of 16 ties were to be played across four weeks, with the first legs being played across two weeks in February and the second legs across two weeks in March. Because of this, the first leg ties were unaffected by the pandemic, but the second leg ties were affected in different ways. All of the four matches in the first week of fixtures went ahead but due to the increased severity of the COVID-19 pandemic in Spain and France, Valencia's and PSG's home games were played behind closed doors.


2019–20 UEFA Champions League, Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic
On 15 March, UEFA announced a halt to the competition meaning that the remaining second leg games would be postponed indefinitely. A taskforce was convened to reschedule the rest of the season. On 23 March, it was announced that the Atatürk Olympic Stadium in Istanbul, Turkey would no longer host the competition final, originally scheduled for 30 May, but would host the 2021 final instead.


2019–20 UEFA Champions League, Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic
On 17 June, it was announced that the Champions League would return on 7 August and conclude on 23 August, with the rest of the tournament to be held in Portugal, with the exception of the four unplayed round of 16 second legs, which would be played at their original venues. The last 8 of the competition would be played as a mini-tournament style with remaining fixtures to be played as single legged ties. All remaining ties of the competition were played behind closed doors due to the remaining presence of the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe.


2019–20 UEFA Champions League, Preliminary round
In the preliminary round, teams were divided into seeded and unseeded teams based on their 2019 UEFA club coefficients, and then drawn into one-legged semi-final and final ties. The losers of both semi-final and final rounds entered the 2019–20 UEFA Europa League second qualifying round.


2019–20 UEFA Champions League, Preliminary round
The draw for the preliminary round was held on 11 June 2019, 12:00 CEST, to determine the matchups of the semi-finals and the administrative "home" team of each semi-final and final. The semi-final round was played on 25 June, and the final round on 28 June 2019, both at the Fadil Vokrri Stadium in Pristina, Kosovo.


2019–20 UEFA Champions League, Qualifying rounds
In the qualifying rounds and the play-off round, teams were divided into seeded and unseeded teams based on their 2019 UEFA club coefficients, and then drawn into two-legged home-and-away ties.


2019–20 UEFA Champions League, Qualifying rounds, First qualifying round
The losers entered the 2019–20 UEFA Europa League second qualifying round, except one team who was drawn to receive a bye to the 2019–20 UEFA Europa League third qualifying round.


2019–20 UEFA Champions League, Qualifying rounds, First qualifying round
The draw for the first qualifying round was held on 18 June 2019, 14:30 CEST. The first legs were played on 9 and 10 July, and the second legs on 16 and 17 July 2019.


2019–20 UEFA Champions League, Qualifying rounds, Second qualifying round
The second qualifying round was split into two separate sections: Champions Path (for league champions) and League Path (for league non-champions). The losers from both Champions Path and League Path entered the 2019–20 UEFA Europa League third qualifying round.


2019–20 UEFA Champions League, Qualifying rounds, Second qualifying round
The draw for the second qualifying round was held on 19 June 2019, 12:00 CEST. The first legs were played on 23 and 24 July, and the second legs on 30 and 31 July 2019.


2019–20 UEFA Champions League, Qualifying rounds, Third qualifying round
The third qualifying round was split into two separate sections: Champions Path (for league champions) and League Path (for league non-champions). The losers from the Champions Path entered the 2019–20 UEFA Europa League play-off round, while the losers from the League Path entered the 2019–20 UEFA Europa League group stage.


2019–20 UEFA Champions League, Qualifying rounds, Third qualifying round
The draw for the third qualifying round was held on 22 July 2019, 12:00 CEST. The first legs were played on 6 and 7 August, and the second legs on 13 August 2019.


2019–20 UEFA Champions League, Play-off round
The play-off round was split into two separate sections: Champions Path (for league champions) and League Path (for league non-champions). The losers from both Champions Path and League Path entered the 2019–20 UEFA Europa League group stage. From this stage, the video assistant referee was used.


2019–20 UEFA Champions League, Play-off round
The draw for the play-off round was held on 5 August 2019, 12:00 CEST. The first legs were played on 20 and 21 August, and the second legs on 27 and 28 August 2019.


2019–20 UEFA Champions League, Group stage
The draw for the group stage was held on 29 August 2019, 18:00 CEST, at the Grimaldi Forum in Monaco. The 32 teams were drawn into eight groups of four, with the restriction that teams from the same association could not be drawn against each other. For the draw, the teams were seeded into four pots based on the following principles:


2019–20 UEFA Champions League, Group stage
In each group, teams played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The group winners and runners-up advanced to the round of 16, while the third-placed teams entered the 2019–20 UEFA Europa League round of 32. The matchdays were 17–18 September, 1–2 October, 22–23 October, 5–6 November, 26–27 November, and 10–11 December 2019.


2019–20 UEFA Champions League, Group stage
The youth teams of the clubs that qualified for the group stage also participated in the 2019–20 UEFA Youth League on the same matchdays, where they competed in the UEFA Champions League Path (the youth domestic champions of the top 32 associations competed in a separate Domestic Champions Path until the play-offs).


2019–20 UEFA Champions League, Group stage
A total of sixteen national associations were represented in the group stage. Atalanta made their debut appearance in the group stage.


2019–20 UEFA Champions League, Knockout phase
In the knockout phase, teams played against each other over two legs on a home-and-away basis, except for the one-match final. The mechanism of the draws for each round was as follows:


2019–20 UEFA Champions League, Knockout phase
For the quarter-finals and semi-finals, teams from the same city were not to be scheduled to play at home on the same day or on consecutive days, due to logistics and crowd control. To avoid such scheduling conflict, if the two teams were to be drawn to play at home for the same leg, the order of legs of the tie involving the team with the lower domestic ranking in the qualifying season was to be reversed from the original draw.


2019–20 UEFA Champions League, Knockout phase
On 17 June 2020, UEFA announced that due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe, the final stages of the competition would feature a format change: the quarter-finals, semi-finals and final would be played in a single-leg format from 12 to 23 August 2020 at the Estádio da Luz and Estádio José Alvalade in Lisbon, Portugal. The matches were played behind closed doors, through the decisions of the national and local government.


2019–20 UEFA Champions League, Knockout phase
Following the competition restart in August 2020, a maximum of five substitutions were allowed, with a sixth allowed in extra time. However, each team was only given three opportunities to make substitutions, with a fourth opportunity in extra time, excluding substitutions made at half-time, before the start of extra time and at half-time in extra time. This followed a proposal from FIFA and approval by IFAB to lessen the impact of fixture congestion.


2019–20 UEFA Champions League, Knockout phase, Round of 16
The draw for the round of 16 was held on 16 December 2019, 12:00 CET. The first legs were played as scheduled on 18, 19, 25 and 26 February, as were the first set of second legs on 10 and 11 March 2020. Due to concerns over the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe, the second set of second leg matches were postponed by UEFA on 13 March 2020.


2019–20 UEFA Champions League, Knockout phase, Round of 16
On 17 June 2020, UEFA announced that the second legs would be played on 7–8 August 2020, with the venue to be decided between the home team's stadium and a neutral stadium in Portugal (at the Estádio do Dragão in Porto and the Estádio D. Afonso Henriques in Guimarães). On 9 July 2020, UEFA announced that the remaining second legs would be held at the venues originally proposed.


2019–20 UEFA Champions League, Knockout phase, Round of 16
The first leg of the Atalanta v Valencia tie was retrospectively blamed by local civic and medical authorities for contributing to the extremely high concentration of coronavirus cases in Atalanta's home city of Bergamo. Several fans and players of Valencia also had positive diagnoses after returning from the game. The second leg of the Atlético Madrid v Liverpool tie was similarly blamed for the sharp increase in coronavirus-related deaths in North West England.


2019–20 UEFA Champions League, Knockout phase, Quarter-finals
The draw for the quarter-finals took place on 10 July 2020. The matches were played from 12 to 15 August 2020.


2019–20 UEFA Champions League, Knockout phase, Semi-finals
The draw for the semi-finals took place on 10 July 2020 (after the quarter-final draw). The matches were played on 18 and 19 August 2020.


2019–20 UEFA Champions League, Knockout phase, Final
The final was played at the Estádio da Luz in Lisbon. The "home" team (for administrative purposes) was determined by an additional draw held after the quarter-final and semi-final draws.


2019–20 UEFA Champions League, Statistics, Squad of the season
The UEFA technical study group selected the following 23 players as the squad of the tournament.


2019–20 UEFA Champions League, Statistics, Players of the season
Votes were cast for players of the season by coaches of the 32 teams in the group stage, together with 55 journalists selected by the European Sports Media (ESM) group, representing each of UEFA's member associations. The coaches were not allowed to vote for players from their own teams. Jury members selected their top three players, with the first receiving five points, the second three and the third one. The shortlist of the top three players was announced on 16 September 2020. The award winners were announced and presented during the 2020–21 UEFA Champions League group stage draw in Switzerland on 1 October 2020.


2019–20 UEFA Champions League group stage
The 2019–20 UEFA Champions League group stage began on 17 September 2019 and ended on 11 December 2019. A total of 32 teams competed in the group stage to decide the 16 places in the knockout phase of the 2019–20 UEFA Champions League.


2019–20 UEFA Champions League group stage, Draw
The draw for the group stage was held on 29 August 2019, 18:00 CEST, at the Grimaldi Forum in Monaco.


2019–20 UEFA Champions League group stage, Draw
The 32 teams were drawn into eight groups of four, with the restriction that teams from the same association could not be drawn against each other. For the draw, the teams were seeded into four pots based on the following principles (Regulations Article 13.06):


2019–20 UEFA Champions League group stage, Draw
On 17 July 2014, the UEFA emergency panel ruled that Ukrainian and Russian clubs would not be drawn against each other "until further notice" due to the political unrest between the countries.


2019–20 UEFA Champions League group stage, Draw
Moreover, for associations with two or more teams, teams were paired in order to split them into two sets of four groups (A–D, E–H) for maximum television coverage. The following pairings were announced by UEFA after the group stage teams were confirmed:


2019–20 UEFA Champions League group stage, Draw
On each matchday, one set of four groups played their matches on Tuesday, while the other set of four groups played their matches on Wednesday, with the two sets of groups alternating between each matchday. The fixtures were decided after the draw, using a computer draw not shown to public, with the following match sequence (Regulations Article 16.02):


2019–20 UEFA Champions League group stage, Draw
Note: Positions for scheduling do not use the seeding pots, e.g. Team 1 was not necessarily the team from Pot 1 in the draw.


2019–20 UEFA Champions League group stage, Draw
There were scheduling restrictions: for example, teams from the same city (e.g. Real Madrid and Atlético Madrid) in general were not scheduled to play at home on the same matchday (to avoid them playing at home on the same day or on consecutive days, due to logistics and crowd control), and teams from "winter countries" (e.g. Russia) were not scheduled to play at home on the last matchday (due to cold weather).


2019–20 UEFA Champions League group stage, Draw
The draw also established the group compositions of the UEFA Champions League Path of the 2019–20 UEFA Youth League.


2019–20 UEFA Champions League group stage, Teams
Below are the participating teams (with their 2019 UEFA club coefficients), grouped by their seeding pot. They include:


2019–20 UEFA Champions League group stage, Format
In each group, teams play against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The group winners and runners-up advance to the round of 16, while the third-placed teams enter the Europa League round of 32.


2019–20 UEFA Champions League group stage, Format, Tiebreakers
Teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss), and if tied on points, the following tiebreaking criteria are applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings (Regulations Articles 17.01):


2019–20 UEFA Champions League group stage, Groups
The matchdays were 17–18 September, 1–2 October, 22–23 October, 5–6 November, 26–27 November, and 10–11 December 2019. The scheduled kickoff times were 21:00 CET/CEST, with two matches on each Tuesday and Wednesday scheduled for 18:55 CET/CEST.


2019–20 UEFA Champions League group stage, Groups
Times are CET/CEST, as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, are in parentheses).


2019–20 UEFA Champions League knockout phase
The 2019–20 UEFA Champions League knockout phase began on 18 February with the round of 16 and ended on 23 August 2020 with the final at the Estádio da Luz in Lisbon, Portugal, to decide the champions of the 2019–20 UEFA Champions League. A total of 16 teams competed in the knockout phase.


2019–20 UEFA Champions League knockout phase
Times are CET/CEST, as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, are in parentheses).


2019–20 UEFA Champions League knockout phase, Qualified teams
The knockout phase involves the 16 teams which qualified as winners and runners-up of each of the eight groups in the group stage.


2019–20 UEFA Champions League knockout phase, Format
Each tie in the knockout phase, apart from the final, was to be played over two legs, with each team playing one leg at home. The team that scored more goals on aggregate over the two legs would advance to the next round. If the aggregate score was level, the away goals rule was applied, i.e. the team that scored more goals away from home over the two legs advanced. If away goals were also equal, then extra time was played.


2019–20 UEFA Champions League knockout phase, Format
The away goals rule was again applied after extra time, i.e. if there were goals scored during extra time and the aggregate score was still level, the visiting team advanced by virtue of more away goals scored. If no goals were scored during extra time, the winners were decided by a penalty shoot-out. In the final, which was played as a single match, if the score was level at the end of normal time, extra time was played, followed by a penalty shoot-out if the score was still level.


2019–20 UEFA Champions League knockout phase, Format
The mechanism of the draws for each round was as follows:


2019–20 UEFA Champions League knockout phase, Format
For the quarter-finals and semi-finals, teams from the same city were not to be scheduled to play at home on the same day or on consecutive days, due to logistics and crowd control. To avoid such scheduling conflict, if the two teams were to be drawn to play at home for the same leg, the order of legs of the tie involving the team with the lower domestic ranking in the qualifying season was to be reversed from the original draw.


2019–20 UEFA Champions League knockout phase, Format
On 17 June 2020, UEFA announced that due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe, the final stages of the competition would feature a format change: the quarter-finals, semi-finals and final would be played in a single-leg format from 12 to 23 August 2020 at the Estádio da Luz and Estádio José Alvalade in Lisbon, Portugal. The matches were played behind closed doors, through the decisions of the national and local government.


2019–20 UEFA Champions League knockout phase, Format
Following the competition restart in August 2020, a maximum of five substitutions were allowed, with a sixth allowed in extra time. However, each team was only given three opportunities to make substitutions, with a fourth opportunity in extra time, excluding substitutions made at half-time, before the start of extra time and at half-time in extra time. This followed a proposal from FIFA and approval by IFAB to lessen the impact of fixture congestion.


2019–20 UEFA Champions League knockout phase, Schedule
The schedule was as follows (all draws were held at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland).


2019–20 UEFA Champions League knockout phase, Schedule
Following the first set of round of 16 second leg matches, the competition was postponed indefinitely due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe. The final, originally scheduled to take place on 30 May 2020, was officially postponed on 23 March 2020. A working group was set up by UEFA to decide the calendar of the remainder of the season.


2019–20 UEFA Champions League knockout phase, Round of 16
The draw for the round of 16 was held on 16 December 2019, 12:00 CET.


2019–20 UEFA Champions League knockout phase, Round of 16, Summary
The first legs were played as scheduled on 18, 19, 25 and 26 February, as were the first set of second legs on 10 and 11 March 2020. Due to concerns over the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe, the second set of second leg matches were postponed by UEFA on 13 March 2020.


2019–20 UEFA Champions League knockout phase, Round of 16, Summary
On 17 June 2020, UEFA announced that the second legs would be played on 7–8 August 2020, with the venue to be decided between the home team's stadium and a neutral stadium in Portugal (at the Estádio do Dragão in Porto and the Estádio D. Afonso Henriques in Guimarães). On 9 July 2020, UEFA announced that the remaining second legs would be held at the venues originally proposed.


2019–20 UEFA Champions League knockout phase, Round of 16, Summary
The first leg of the Atalanta v Valencia tie was retrospectively blamed by local civic and medical authorities for contributing to the extremely high concentration of coronavirus cases in Atalanta's home city of Bergamo. Several fans and players of Valencia also had positive diagnoses after returning from the game. The second leg of the Atlético Madrid v Liverpool tie was similarly blamed for the sharp increase in coronavirus-related deaths in North West England.


2019–20 UEFA Champions League knockout phase, Quarter-finals
The draw for the quarter-finals took place on 10 July 2020.


2019–20 UEFA Champions League knockout phase, Quarter-finals, Summary
The matches were played from 12 to 15 August 2020.


2019–20 UEFA Champions League knockout phase, Semi-finals
The draw for the semi-finals took place on 10 July 2020 (after the quarter-final draw).


2019–20 UEFA Champions League knockout phase, Semi-finals
For the first time since the 2006–07 season, no Spanish team managed to reach the semi-finals of the competition. It is also the first time that no English or Spanish team has managed to reach the semi-finals of the competition since the 1995–96 season, and the first time since the 1990–91 European Cup that no English, Italian or Spanish team reached the semi-finals. For the first time in competition history, two French teams managed to reach the semi-finals.


2019–20 UEFA Champions League knockout phase, Semi-finals, Summary
The matches were played on 18 and 19 August 2020.


2019–20 UEFA Champions League knockout phase, Final
The final was played at the Estádio da Luz in Lisbon. The "home" team (for administrative purposes) was determined by an additional draw held after the quarter-final and semi-final draws.


2019–20 UEFA Champions League qualifying phase and play-off round
The 2019–20 UEFA Champions League qualifying phase and play-off round began on 25 June and ended on 28 August 2019.


2019–20 UEFA Champions League qualifying phase and play-off round
A total of 53 teams compete in the qualifying system of the 2019–20 UEFA Champions League, which includes the qualifying phase and the play-off round, with 43 teams in Champions Path and 10 teams in League Path. The six winners in the play-off round (four from Champions Path, two from League Path) advanced to the group stage, to join the 26 teams that enter in the group stage.


2019–20 UEFA Champions League qualifying phase and play-off round
Times are CEST (UTC+2), as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, are in parentheses).


2019–20 UEFA Champions League qualifying phase and play-off round, Teams, Champions Path
The Champions Path includes all league champions which do not qualify directly for the group stage, and consists of the following rounds:


2019–20 UEFA Champions League qualifying phase and play-off round, Teams, Champions Path
All teams eliminated from the Champions Path enter the Europa League:


2019–20 UEFA Champions League qualifying phase and play-off round, Teams, Champions Path
Below are the participating teams of the Champions Path (with their 2019 UEFA club coefficients), grouped by their starting rounds.


2019–20 UEFA Champions League qualifying phase and play-off round, Teams, League Path
The League Path includes all league non-champions which do not qualify directly for the group stage, and consists of the following rounds:


2019–20 UEFA Champions League qualifying phase and play-off round, Teams, League Path
All teams eliminated from the League Path enter the Europa League:


2019–20 UEFA Champions League qualifying phase and play-off round, Teams, League Path
Below are the participating teams of the League Path (with their 2019 UEFA club coefficients), grouped by their starting rounds.


2019–20 UEFA Champions League qualifying phase and play-off round, Format
Each tie, apart from the preliminary round, is played over two legs, with each team playing one leg at home. The team that scores more goals on aggregate over the two legs advance to the next round. If the aggregate score is level, the away goals rule is applied, i.e. the team that scores more goals away from home over the two legs advances. If away goals are also equal, then extra time is played.


2019–20 UEFA Champions League qualifying phase and play-off round, Format
The away goals rule is again applied after extra time, i.e. if there are goals scored during extra time and the aggregate score is still level, the visiting team advances by virtue of more away goals scored. If no goals are scored during extra time, the tie is decided by penalty shoot-out. In the preliminary round, where single-match semi-finals and final are hosted by one of the participating teams, if scores are level at the end of normal time, extra time is played, followed by penalty shoot-out if scores remain tied.


2019–20 UEFA Champions League qualifying phase and play-off round, Format
In the draws for each round, teams are seeded based on their UEFA club coefficients at the beginning of the season, with the teams divided into seeded and unseeded pots containing the same number of teams. A seeded team is drawn against an unseeded team, with the order of legs (or the administrative "home" team in the preliminary round matches) in each tie decided by draw.


2019–20 UEFA Champions League qualifying phase and play-off round, Format
As the identity of the winners of the previous round is not known at the time of the draws, the seeding is carried out under the assumption that the team with the higher coefficient of an undecided tie advances to this round, which means if the team with the lower coefficient is to advance, it simply take the seeding of its opponent.


2019–20 UEFA Champions League qualifying phase and play-off round, Format
Prior to the draws, UEFA may form "groups" in accordance with the principles set by the Club Competitions Committee, but they are purely for convenience of the draw and do not resemble any real groupings in the sense of the competition. Teams from associations with political conflicts as decided by UEFA may not be drawn into the same tie. After the draws, the order of legs of a tie may be reversed by UEFA due to scheduling or venue conflicts.


2019–20 UEFA Champions League qualifying phase and play-off round, Schedule
The schedule is as follows (all draws are held at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland).


2019–20 UEFA Champions League qualifying phase and play-off round, Preliminary round
The draw for the preliminary round was held on 11 June 2019, 12:00 CEST, to determine the matchups of the semi-finals and the administrative "home" team of each semi-final and final.


2019–20 UEFA Champions League qualifying phase and play-off round, Preliminary round, Seeding
A total of four teams were involved in the preliminary round draw. Two teams were seeded and two teams were unseeded for the semi-final round draw.


2019–20 UEFA Champions League qualifying phase and play-off round, Preliminary round, Summary
The semi-final round was played on 25 June, and the final round on 28 June 2019, both at the Fadil Vokrri Stadium in Pristina, Kosovo.


2019–20 UEFA Champions League qualifying phase and play-off round, First qualifying round
The draw for the first qualifying round was held on 18 June 2019, 14:30 CEST.


2019–20 UEFA Champions League qualifying phase and play-off round, First qualifying round, Seeding
A total of 32 teams were involved in the first qualifying round draw: 31 teams entering in this round, and the winners of the preliminary round. They were divided into three groups: two groups of ten teams, where five teams were seeded and five teams were unseeded; and one group of twelve teams, where six teams were seeded and six teams were unseeded.


2019–20 UEFA Champions League qualifying phase and play-off round, First qualifying round, Summary
The first legs were played on 9 and 10 July, and the second legs on 16 and 17 July 2019.


2019–20 UEFA Champions League qualifying phase and play-off round, Second qualifying round
The draw for the second qualifying round was held on 19 June 2019, 12:00 CEST.


2019–20 UEFA Champions League qualifying phase and play-off round, Second qualifying round, Seeding
A total of 24 teams were involved in the second qualifying round draw.


2019–20 UEFA Champions League qualifying phase and play-off round, Second qualifying round, Summary
The first legs were played on 23 and 24 July, and the second legs on 30 and 31 July 2019.


2019–20 UEFA Champions League qualifying phase and play-off round, Third qualifying round
The draw for the third qualifying round was held on 22 July 2019, 12:00 CEST.


2019–20 UEFA Champions League qualifying phase and play-off round, Third qualifying round, Seeding
A total of 20 teams were involved in the third qualifying round draw.


2019–20 UEFA Champions League qualifying phase and play-off round, Third qualifying round, Summary
The first legs were played on 6 and 7 August, and the second legs on 13 August 2019.


2019–20 UEFA Champions League qualifying phase and play-off round, Third qualifying round, Champions Path
2–2 on aggregate. Red Star Belgrade won 7–6 on penalties.


2019–20 UEFA Champions League qualifying phase and play-off round, Play-off round
The draw for the play-off round was held on 5 August 2019, 12:00 CEST.


2019–20 UEFA Champions League qualifying phase and play-off round, Play-off round, Seeding
A total of 12 teams were involved in the play-off round draw.


2019–20 UEFA Champions League qualifying phase and play-off round, Play-off round, Summary
The first legs were played on 20 and 21 August, and the second legs on 27 and 28 August 2019.


2019–20 UEFA Champions League qualifying phase and play-off round, Play-off round, Champions Path
3–3 on aggregate. Red Star Belgrade won on away goals.


2019–20 UEFA Champions League qualifying phase and play-off round, Top goalscorers
There were 240 goals scored in 91 matches in the qualifying phase and play-off round, for an average of 2.64 goals per match.


2019–20 UEFA Europa League
The 2019–20 UEFA Europa League was the 49th season of Europe's secondary club football tournament organised by UEFA, and the 11th season since it was renamed from the UEFA Cup to the UEFA Europa League.


2019–20 UEFA Europa League
Sevilla defeated Inter Milan in the final, played at the RheinEnergieStadion in Cologne, Germany, 3–2 for a record sixth title in the competition. As winners, Sevilla earned the right to play against Bayern Munich, the winners of the 2019–20 UEFA Champions League, in the 2020 UEFA Super Cup. Since they had already qualified for the 2020–21 UEFA Champions League group stage through their league performance, the berth originally reserved for the Europa League title holders was given to the third-placed team of the 2019–20 Ligue 1 (Rennes), the 5th-ranked association according to next season's access list.


2019–20 UEFA Europa League
Due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the tournament was suspended in mid-March 2020 and resumed in August. The quarter-finals onwards were played as a single match knockout ties at neutral venues in Germany (RheinEnergieStadion, MSV-Arena, Merkur Spiel-Arena, Arena AufSchalke) behind closed doors from 10 to 21 August. The video assistant referee (VAR) system was used in the competition from the knockout stage onwards.


2019–20 UEFA Europa League
As the title holders of the Europa League, Chelsea qualified for the 2019–20 UEFA Champions League, although they had already qualified before the final through their league performance. They were unable to defend their title as they advanced to the Champions League knockout stage.


2019–20 UEFA Europa League, Association team allocation
A total of 213 teams from all 55 UEFA member associations participated in the 2019–20 UEFA Europa League. The association ranking based on the UEFA country coefficients was used to determine the number of participating teams for each association:


2019–20 UEFA Europa League, Association team allocation, Association ranking
For the 2019–20 UEFA Europa League, the associations were allocated places according to their 2018 UEFA country coefficients, which took into account their performance in European competitions from 2013–14 to 2017–18.


2019–20 UEFA Europa League, Association team allocation, Association ranking
Apart from the allocation based on the country coefficients, associations could have additional teams participating in the Champions League, as noted below:


2019–20 UEFA Europa League, Association team allocation, Distribution
Changes were made to the default access list, if any of the teams that qualified for the Europa League via their domestic competitions also qualified for the Champions League as the Champions League or Europa League title holders, or if there were fewer teams transferred from the Champions League due to changes in the Champions League access list. In any case where a spot in the Europa League was vacated, cup winners of the highest-ranked associations in earlier rounds were promoted accordingly.


2019–20 UEFA Europa League, Association team allocation, Distribution, Redistribution rules
A Europa League place was vacated when a team qualified for both the Champions League and the Europa League, or qualified for the Europa League by more than one method. When a place was vacated, it was redistributed within the national association by the following rules:


2019–20 UEFA Europa League, Association team allocation, Teams
The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round:


2019–20 UEFA Europa League, Association team allocation, Teams
One team not playing a national top division took part in the competition; Vaduz (representing Liechtenstein) played in 2019–20 Swiss Challenge League, which is Switzerland's 2nd tier.


2019–20 UEFA Europa League, Round and draw dates
The schedule of the competition was as follows (all draws were held at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland, unless stated otherwise). Matches could also be played on Tuesdays or Wednesdays instead of the regular Thursdays due to scheduling conflicts.


2019–20 UEFA Europa League, Round and draw dates
The competition was suspended on 17 March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe. A working group was set up by UEFA to decide the calendar of the remainder of the season. On 17 June 2020, UEFA announced the revised schedule for the quarter-finals, semi-finals and final of the competition, to be played in single-leg matches.


2019–20 UEFA Europa League, Round and draw dates
The original schedule of the competition, as planned before the pandemic, was as follows.


2019–20 UEFA Europa League, Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic
Due to the varying rates of transmission of COVID-19 across European countries during the time of the Round of 16 first leg ties, different matches were affected in different ways. Because of this severity of the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy at the time, the games involving Inter Milan and A.S. Roma were postponed, whereas games hosted in Greece, Germany, and Austria went ahead but behind closed doors. Games hosted in Turkey and Scotland went ahead as normal.


2019–20 UEFA Europa League, Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic
On 15 March, UEFA announced that none of the Round of 16 second leg ties would go ahead in the following week, postponing them indefinitely, with a taskforce convened to reschedule the rest of the season. On 23 March, it was announced that the Stadion Energa Gdańsk in Gdańsk, Poland would no longer host the competition Final, originally scheduled for 27 May, but would host the 2021 Final instead.


2019–20 UEFA Europa League, Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic
On 17 June it was announced that the Europa League would return on 5 August and conclude on 21 August, with a last-eight tournament to be held across four venues in Germany. The remainder of the competition would be played in a mini-tournament style with remaining fixture to be played as single legged ties except for the Round of 16 fixtures where the first leg had already been played. All remaining ties of the competition were played behind closed doors due to the remaining presence of the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe.


2019–20 UEFA Europa League, Preliminary round
In the preliminary round, teams were divided into seeded and unseeded teams based on their 2019 UEFA club coefficients, and then drawn into two-legged home-and-away ties. Teams from the same association could not be drawn against each other.


2019–20 UEFA Europa League, Preliminary round
The draw for the preliminary round was held on 11 June 2019. The first legs were played on 27 June, and the second legs on 2 and 4 July 2019.


2019–20 UEFA Europa League, Qualifying rounds
In the qualifying rounds and the play-off round, teams were divided into seeded and unseeded teams based on their 2019 UEFA club coefficients, and then drawn into two-legged home-and-away ties. Teams from the same association could not be drawn against each other.


2019–20 UEFA Europa League, Qualifying rounds, First qualifying round
The draw for the first qualifying round was held on 18 June 2019. The first legs were played on 9, 10 and 11 July, and the second legs on 16, 17 and 18 July 2019.


2019–20 UEFA Europa League, Qualifying rounds, Second qualifying round
The second qualifying round was split into two separate sections: Champions Path (for league champions) and League Path (for cup winners and league non-champions).


2019–20 UEFA Europa League, Qualifying rounds, Second qualifying round
The draw for the second qualifying round was held on 19 June 2019. The first legs were played on 23, 24 and 25 July, and the second legs on 30, 31 July and 1 August 2019.


2019–20 UEFA Europa League, Qualifying rounds, Third qualifying round
The third qualifying round was split into two separate sections: Champions Path (for league champions) and League Path (for cup winners and league non-champions).


2019–20 UEFA Europa League, Qualifying rounds, Third qualifying round
The draw for the third qualifying round was held on 22 July 2019. The first legs were played on 6, 7 and 8 August, and the second legs on 13, 14 and 15 August 2019.


2019–20 UEFA Europa League, Play-off round
The play-off round was split into two separate sections: Champions Path (for league champions) and League Path (for cup winners and league non-champions).


2019–20 UEFA Europa League, Play-off round
The draw for the play-off round was held on 5 August 2019. The first legs were played on 22 August, and the second legs will be played on 29 August 2019.


2019–20 UEFA Europa League, Group stage
The draw for the group stage was held on 30 August 2019, 13:00 CEST, at the Grimaldi Forum in Monaco. The 48 teams were drawn into twelve groups of four, with the restriction that teams from the same association could not be drawn against each other. For the draw, the teams were seeded into four pots based on their 2019 UEFA club coefficients.


2019–20 UEFA Europa League, Group stage
In each group, teams played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The group winners and runners-up advanced to the round of 32, where they were joined by the eight third-placed teams of the 2019–20 UEFA Champions League group stage. The matchdays were 19 September, 3 October, 24 October, 7 November, 28 November, and 12 December 2019.


2019–20 UEFA Europa League, Group stage
A total of 26 national associations were represented in the group stage. Espanyol, Ferencváros, LASK, Oleksandriya, Wolfsberger AC and Wolverhampton Wanderers made their debut appearances in the group stage (although Espanyol and Ferencváros had appeared in the UEFA Cup group stage).


2019–20 UEFA Europa League, Knockout phase
In the knockout phase, teams played against each other over two legs on a home-and-away basis, except for the one-match final. The mechanism of the draws for each round was as follows:


2019–20 UEFA Europa League, Knockout phase
On 17 June 2020, UEFA announced that due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe, the final stages of the competition would feature a format change. The quarter-finals, semi-finals and final would be played in a single-leg format from 10 to 21 August 2020 in the German cities of Cologne, Düsseldorf, Duisburg and Gelsenkirchen. The matches were tentatively played behind closed doors, though spectators could be allowed subject to a review of the situation and the decisions of the national and local government.


2019–20 UEFA Europa League, Knockout phase
Following the competition restart in August 2020, a maximum of five substitutions were allowed, with a sixth allowed in extra time. However, each team was only given three opportunities to make substitutions, with a fourth opportunity in extra time, excluding substitutions made at half-time, before the start of extra time and at half-time in extra time. This followed a proposal from FIFA and approval by IFAB to lessen the impact of fixture congestion.


2019–20 UEFA Europa League, Knockout phase, Round of 32
The draw for the round of 32 was held on 16 December 2019, 13:00 CET. The first legs were played on 20 February, and the second legs were played on 26, 27 and 28 February 2020.


2019–20 UEFA Europa League, Knockout phase, Round of 16
The draw for the round of 16 was held on 28 February 2020, 13:00 CET. Six of the eight first leg matches were played on 12 March, while the remaining first legs and all second leg fixtures were postponed by UEFA due to concerns over the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe. On 17 June 2020, UEFA announced that the second legs would be played on 5–6 August 2020. In July 2020, they confirmed that the second legs would be played at the home team's stadium as normal. For the two ties that had not played their first legs, the matches were instead played in a single-leg format, at neutral venues in Germany.


2019–20 UEFA Europa League, Knockout phase, Quarter-finals
The draw for the quarter-finals took place on 10 July 2020. The matches were played on 10 and 11 August 2020.


2019–20 UEFA Europa League, Knockout phase, Semi-finals
The draw for the semi-finals took place on 10 July 2020 (after the quarter-final draw). The matches were played on 16 and 17 August 2020.


2019–20 UEFA Europa League, Knockout phase, Final
The final was played at the RheinEnergieStadion in Cologne. The "home" team (for administrative purposes) was determined by an additional draw held after the quarter-final and semi-final draws.


2019–20 UEFA Europa League, Statistics, Squad of the season
The UEFA technical study group selected the following 23 players as the squad of the tournament.


2019–20 UEFA Europa League, Statistics, Player of the season
Votes were cast by coaches of the 48 teams in the group stage, together with 55 journalists selected by the European Sports Media (ESM) group, representing each of UEFA's member associations. The coaches were not allowed to vote for players from their own teams. Jury members selected their top three players, with the first receiving five points, the second three and the third one. The shortlist of the top three players was announced on 17 September 2020. The award winner was announced during the 2020–21 UEFA Europa League group stage draw in Switzerland on 2 October 2020.


2019–20 UEFA Europa League group stage
The 2019–20 UEFA Europa League group stage began on 19 September and ended on 12 December 2019. A total of 48 teams competed in the group stage to decide 24 of the 32 places in the knockout phase of the 2019–20 UEFA Europa League.


2019–20 UEFA Europa League group stage, Draw
The draw for the group stage was held on 30 August 2019, 13:00 CEST, at the Grimaldi Forum in Monaco.


2019–20 UEFA Europa League group stage, Draw
The 48 teams were drawn into twelve groups of four, with the restriction that teams from the same association could not be drawn against each other. For the draw, the teams were seeded into four pots based on their 2019 UEFA club coefficients.


2019–20 UEFA Europa League group stage, Draw
On 17 July 2014, the UEFA emergency panel ruled that Ukrainian and Russian clubs would not be drawn against each other "until further notice" due to the political unrest between the countries.


2019–20 UEFA Europa League group stage, Draw
Moreover, for associations with two or more teams, teams were paired in order to split them into two sets of six groups (A–F, G–L) for maximum television coverage. The following pairings were announced by UEFA after the group stage teams were confirmed:


2019–20 UEFA Europa League group stage, Draw
On each matchday, one set of six groups play their matches at 18:55 CET/CEST, while the other set of six groups play their matches at 21:00 CET/CEST, with the two sets of groups alternating between each matchday. The fixtures were decided after the draw, using a computer draw not shown to public, with the following match sequence (Regulations Article 15.02):


2019–20 UEFA Europa League group stage, Draw
Note: Positions for scheduling do not use the seeding pots, e.g. Team 1 is not necessarily the team from Pot 1 in the draw.


2019–20 UEFA Europa League group stage, Draw
There were scheduling restrictions: for example, teams from the same city (e.g. Lazio and Roma) in general were not scheduled to play at home on the same matchday (to avoid them playing at home on the same day, due to logistics and crowd control), and teams from "winter countries" (e.g. Russia) were not scheduled to play at home on the last matchday (due to cold weather).


2019–20 UEFA Europa League group stage, Teams
Below were the participating teams (with their 2019 UEFA club coefficients), grouped by their seeding pot. They included:


2019–20 UEFA Europa League group stage, Format
In each group, teams played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The group winners and runners-up advanced to the round of 32, where they were joined by the eight third-placed teams of the Champions League group stage.


2019–20 UEFA Europa League group stage, Format, Tiebreakers
Teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss), and if tied on points, the following tiebreaking criteria were applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings (Regulations Articles 16.01):


2019–20 UEFA Europa League group stage, Groups
The matchdays were 19 September, 3 October, 24 October, 7 November, 28 November, and 12 December 2019. The scheduled kickoff times were 18:55 and 21:00 CET/CEST, with possible exceptions at 16:50 CET/CEST due to geographical reasons.


2019–20 UEFA Europa League group stage, Groups
Times are CET/CEST, as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, are in parentheses).


2019–20 UEFA Europa League knockout phase
The 2019–20 UEFA Europa League knockout phase began on 20 February with the round of 32 and ended on 21 August 2020 with the final at RheinEnergieStadion in Cologne, Germany, to decide the champions of the 2019–20 UEFA Europa League. A total of 32 teams competed in the knockout phase.


2019–20 UEFA Europa League knockout phase
Times are CET/CEST, as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, are in parentheses).


2019–20 UEFA Europa League knockout phase, Qualified teams
The knockout phase involved 32 teams: the 24 teams which qualified as winners and runners-up of each of the twelve groups in the group stage, and the eight third-placed teams from the Champions League group stage.


2019–20 UEFA Europa League knockout phase, Format
Each tie in the knockout phase, apart from the final, was played over two legs, with each team playing one leg at home. The team that scored more goals on aggregate over the two legs advanced to the next round. If the aggregate score was level, the away goals rule was applied, i.e. the team that scored more goals away from home over the two legs advanced. If away goals were also equal, then extra time was played.