2019–20 Aston Villa F.C. season

Aston Villa 2019–20
Club information
Manager	Dean Smith
Stadium	Villa Park
League Season information
Final League position	Premier League
Cup placements
FA Cup	Third round
EFL Cup	First round
Season statistics
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The 2019–20 season was Aston Villa's 25th season in Premier League, and their 106th season in the top flight of English football following their promotion from the EFL Championship during the play-offs. It's also their 145th year in existence.

Pre-season

Friendlies

      Win       Loss       Draw

17 July 2019	Minnesota United	0–3	Aston Villa	St Paul, MN
19:00 CDT	Ng'anzi 75'	Report	Grealish  35' Lansbury  82' Bjarnason  85'	Stadium: Allianz Field Attendance: 18,335

21 July 2019	Shrewsbury Town	0–1	Aston Villa	Shrewsbury
14:00 BST	Williams 88'	Report	Grealish 12' Steer 63' Hogan  65'	Stadium: New Meadow Attendance: 9,322 Referee: John Brooks

24 July 2019	Walsall	1–5	Aston Villa	Walsall
19:45 BST	Sinclair  26'	Report	Jota  7', 42' Wesley  9', 25' (pen.) Grealish  59'	Stadium: Bescot Stadium Attendance: 8,400

27 July 2019	Charlton Athletic	1–4	Aston Villa	Charlton, London
15:00 BST	Taylor  64' (pen.)	Report	El Ghazi  43' Green  54' McGinn  56', 82'	Stadium: The Valley Attendance: 7,532 Referee: Charles Breakspear

3 August 2019	RB Leipzig	1–3	Aston Villa	Leipzig
15:30 CEST	Poulsen  28' Konate 79' Werner 81'	Report	Hourihane  16', 82' Guilbert 63' El Ghazi 78' Mings 81' McGinn  89'	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 15,811 Referee: Steven Greif

4 August 2019	RB Leipzig	0–1	Aston Villa	Leipzig
12:00 CEST		Report	Kodjia  87'	Stadium: RB Leipzig Training Centre, Cottaweg

Kits

Home

Away

Third

Competitions

Premier League

Main article: 2019–20 Premier League

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Liverpool  (C)	38	32	3	3	85	33	+52	99	Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2	Manchester City	38	26	3	9	102	35	+67	81
3	Manchester Utd	38	18	12	8	66	36	+30	66
4	Chelsea	38	20	6	12	69	54	+15	66
5	Leicester City	38	18	8	12	67	41	+26	62	Qualification for the Europa League group stage
6	Tottenham	38	16	11	11	61	47	+14	59	Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round
7	Wolves	38	15	14	9	51	40	+11	59
8	Arsenal	38	14	14	10	56	48	+8	56	Qualification for the Europa League group stage
8	Sheffield Utd	38	14	12	12	39	39	0	54
10	Burnley	38	15	9	14	43	50	−7	54
11	Southampton	38	15	7	16	51	60	−9	52
12	Everton	38	13	10	15	44	56	−12	49
13	Newcastle Utd	38	11	11	16	38	58	−20	44
14	Crystal Palace	38	11	10	17	31	50	−19	43
15	Brighton	38	9	14	15	39	54	−15	41
16	West Ham Utd	38	10	9	19	49	62	−13	39
17	Aston Villa	38	9	8	21	41	67	−26	35
18	Bournemouth  (R)	38	9	7	22	40	65	−25	34	Relegation to EFL Championship
19	Watford  (R)	38	8	10	20	36	64	−28	34
20	Norwich City  (R)	38	5	6	27	26	75	−49	21

Updated to games played on 26 July 2020
Source: Barclays Premier League
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd number of goals scored.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round; (Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament

a. Manchester City were initially banned from all UEFA club competitions for the 2020–21 and 2021–22 seasons by the UEFA Club Financial Control Body on 14 February 2020 due to alleged breaches of the UEFA Financial Fair Play Regulations. The decision was appealed to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) on 26 February 2020. That appeal was heard on 8 June 2020. The appeal was upheld on 13 July 2020, and the ban was overturned.
b. Since the winners of the 2019–20 EFL Cup, Manchester City, have qualified for the Champions League group stage by league position, the spot given to the EFL Cup winners (Europa League second qualifying round) is passed down to the sixth-placed team.