2019–20 West Ham United F.C. season

West Ham United 2019–20
Club information
Manager	Slaven Bilić
Stadium	London Stadium
League Season information
Final League position	Premier League
Cup placements
FA Cup	Third round
EFL Cup	Third round
Season statistics
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The 2019–20 season was West Ham United's eighth consecutive campaign in the Premier League since being promoted in the 2011–12 season. It was West Ham's 24th Premier League campaign overall and their 62nd top flight appearance in their 125th year in existence.

In addition to the Premier League, West Ham United will participate in the FA Cup and EFL Cup, entering at the third round in the FA Cup and the second round in the EFL Cup respectively.

First team

#	Name	Nationality	Position (s)	Date of Birth (Age)	Signed from
Goalkeepers
1	Łukasz Fabiański		GK	18 April 1985 (1985-04-18)	Swansea City
13	Roberto		GK	10 February 1986 (1986-02-10)	Espanyol
25	David Martin		GK	22 January 1986 (1986-01-22)	Millwall
Defenders
2	Winston Reid		CB	3 July 1988 (1988-07-03)	Midtjylland
3	Aaron Cresswell		LB	15 December 1989 (1989-12-15)	Ipswich Town
4	Fabián Balbuena		CB	23 August 1991 (1991-08-23)	Corinthians
5	Pablo Zabaleta		RB	16 January 1985 (1985-01-16)	Manchester City
21	Angelo Ogbonna		CB	23 May 1988 (1988-05-23)	Juventus
23	Issa Diop		CB	9 January 1997 (1997-01-09)	Toulouse
24	Ryan Fredericks		RB	10 October 1992 (1992-10-10)	Fulham
26	Arthur Masuaku		LB/LM	7 November 1993 (1993-11-07)	Olympiacos
53	Ben Johnson		LB/RB	24 January 2000 (2000-01-24)	Academy
Midfielders
10	Manuel Lanzini		AM	15 February 1993 (1993-02-15)	Al Jazira
11	Robert Snodgrass		RM	7 September 1987 (1987-09-07)	Hull City
15	Carlos Sánchez		DM	6 February 1986 (1986-02-06)	Fiorentina
16	Mark Noble (C)		CM	8 May 1987 (1987-05-08)	Academy
18	Pablo Fornals		AM	22 February 1996 (1996-02-22)	Villarreal
19	Jack Wilshere		CM/AM	1 January 1992 (1992-01-01)	Arsenal
30	Michail Antonio		RW/LW	28 March 1990 (1990-03-28)	Nottingham Forest
41	Declan Rice		DM/CB	14 January 1999 (1999-01-14)	Academy
45	Grady Diangana		RW/LW	19 April 1998 (1998-04-19)	Academy
Forwards
7	Andriy Yarmolenko		RW/LW	23 October 1989 (1989-10-23)	Borussia Dortmund
8	Felipe Anderson		LW/AM	15 April 1993 (1993-04-15)	Lazio
9	Javier Hernández		ST	1 June 1988 (1988-06-01)	Bayer Leverkusen
22	Sébastien Haller		ST	22 June 1994 (1994-06-22)	Eintracht Frankfurt
32	Xande Silva		ST	16 March 1997 (1997-03-16)	Vitória Guimarães

Kits

Home

Away

Third

Transfers

Transfers in

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Fee	Team
1 July 2019	AM		Pablo Fornals	Villarreal	£24,000,000	First team
1 July 2019	GK		David Martin	Millwall	Free transfer	First team
1 July 2019	GK		Roberto	Espanyol	Free transfer	First team
1 July 2019	MF		Christian Veliky	Slavia Prague	Undisclosed	Academy
17 July 2019	CF		Sébastien Haller	Eintracht Frankfurt	£45,000,000	First team

Loans out

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Date until	Team
1 July 2019	GK		Nathan Trott	AFC Wimbledon	30 June 2020	Under-23s
28 July 2019	CF		Jordan Hugill	Queens Park Rangers	30 June 2020	First team

Transfers out

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Fee	Team
30 June 2019	CM		Edimilson Fernandes	1. FSV Mainz 05	Undisclosed	First team
30 June 2019	DM		Jay Mingi	Charlton Athletic	Undisclosed	Academy
30 June 2019	CF		Lucas Pérez	Deportivo Alavés	Undisclosed	First team
7 July 2019	CF		Marko Arnautović	Shanghai SIPG	£23,000,000	First team
16 July 2019	RB		Sam Byram	Norwich City	Undisclosed	First team
25 July 2019	DM		Pedro Obiang	Sassuolo	Undisclosed	First team
26 July 2019	AM		Marcus Browne	Middlesbrough	Undisclosed	Under-23s
2 August 2019	CB		Reece Oxford	Augsburg	Undisclosed	First team

Released

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Team
30 June 2019	GK		Adrián	Free agent	First team
30 June 2019	CB		Mason Barrett	Watford	Under-23s
30 June 2019	CF		Andy Carroll	Free agent	First team
30 June 2019	DM		Kevin Dalipi	Free agent	Academy
30 June 2019	CM		Moses Makasi	Free agent	First team
30 June 2019	CF		Toni Martínez	Famalicão	First team
30 June 2019	AM		Samir Nasri	Anderlecht	First team
30 June 2019	LB		Vashon Neufville	Free agent	First team
30 June 2019	CB		Josh Pask	Coventry City	First team
30 June 2019	CF		Odysseas Spyridis	Free agent	Academy
30 June 2019	CM		Noha Sylvestre	Neuchâtel Xamax	First team

Pre-season

West Ham United confirmed on 26 March that they would be taking part in the 2019 Premier League Asia Trophy in China, alongside Newcastle United, Wolverhampton Wanderers and Premier League champions Manchester City. This will be West Ham's second appearance in the bi-annual competition, after finishing third in the 2009 edition. It was later announced on 13 May that West Ham would face Manchester City in the semi-finals, at the same time that ticket details were revealed.

Friendly 11 July 2019	SCR Altach	2–3	West Ham United	Altach, Austria
17:30	Fischer  31' Lienhart  48'	Report	Sánchez  6' Antonio  25' Diop  58'	Stadium: Cashpoint Arena Attendance: 2,981

PL Asia Trophy 17 July 2019	Manchester City	4–1	West Ham United	Nanjing, China
20:30 CST	D. Silva  33' Nmecha  36' (pen.) Sterling  60', 72'	Report	Noble  26' (pen.)	Stadium: Nanjing Olympic Sports Centre Referee: Craig Pawson (England)

PL Asia Trophy 20 July 2019	Newcastle United	1–0	West Ham United	Shanghai, China
18:00 CST	Muto  34'	Report		Stadium: Hongkou Stadium Referee: Guan Xing (China)

Friendly 27 July 2019	Fulham	0–1	West Ham United	Fulham, London
15:00		Report	Lanzini  17'	Stadium: Craven Cottage

Friendly 31 July 2019	Hertha BSC	3–5	West Ham United	Ritzing, Austria
18:00	Köpke  4', 61' Selke  21'	Report	Fornals  11' Lanzini  29' Haller  70' Diangana  78' Antonio  90'	Stadium: Sonnenseestadion

Betway Cup 3 August 2019	West Ham United	2–2	Athletic Bilbao	Stratford, London
15:00	Lanzini  22' Wilshere  23'		Haller  1' (o.g.) López  16'	Stadium: London Stadium

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.

Matches

On 13 June 2019, the Premier League fixtures were announced.

1 10 August 2019	West Ham United	v	Manchester City	Stratford, London
12:30				Stadium: London Stadium

FA Cup

Main article: 2019–20 FA Cup

EFL Cup

Main article: 2019–20 EFL Cup

West Ham United F.C. matches - 2019-20

2019-20 Premier League

Manchester City (h) · Arsenal (h) · Arsenal (a) · Newcastle United (a) · Aston Villa (h)

2019-20 FA Cup

Gillingham (a) · West Bromwich Albion (h) ·

2019-20 EFL Cup