2019–20 Brentford F.C. season

The 2019–20 season was Brentford's 130th year in existence and sixth consecutive season in the Championship.[1] Along with competing in the Championship, the club also participated in the FA Cup and the EFL Cup.

Brentford

2019–20 season
Owner	Matthew Benham
Chairman	Cliff Crown
Head coach	Thomas Frank
Stadium	Griffin Park
Championship	3rd
Play-offs	Runners-up
FA Cup	Fourth round
EFL Cup	First round
Top goalscorer	League: Ollie Watkins (25) All: Ollie Watkins (26)
Average home league attendance	9,156
Home colours Away colours Third colours

The season covered the period from 1 July 2019 to 4 August 2020.

Transfers

Transfers in

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2019	DM		Christian Nørgaard	Fiorentina	Undisclosed	[2]
1 July 2019	CB		Kane O'Connor	Hibernian	Free transfer	[3]
1 July 2019	GK		Nathan Shepperd	Swansea City	Free transfer	[4]
2 July 2019	DM		Julien Carré	Brighton & Hove Albion	Free transfer	[5]
2 July 2019	CB		Ethan Pinnock	Barnsley	Undisclosed	[6]
5 July 2019	GK		David Raya	Blackburn Rovers	Undisclosed	[7]
8 July 2019	CB		Pontus Jansson	Leeds United	Undisclosed	[8]
10 July 2019	CM		Mathias Jensen	Celta Vigo	Undisclosed	[9]
12 July 2019	AM		Arthur Read	Luton Town	Compensation	[10]
19 July 2019	MF		Joe Adams	Bury	Undisclosed	[11]
31 July 2019	AM		Joel Valencia	Piast Gliwice	Undisclosed	[12]
5 August 2019	RM		Bryan Mbeumo	Troyes AC	Undisclosed	[13]
5 August 2019	CM		Dru Yearwood	Southend United	Undisclosed	[14]
6 August 2019	RB		Mads Roerslev	Copenhagen	Undisclosed	[15]
8 August 2019	LB		Dominic Thompson	Arsenal	Nominal fee	[16]
22 August 2019	CF		Nikos Karelis	KRC Genk	Free transfer	[17]
2 September 2019	DF		Aubrel Koutismouka	Quevilly-Rouen	Free transfer	[18]
1 January 2020	CF		Halil Dervişoğlu	Sparta Rotterdam	Undisclosed	[19]
16 January 2020	CM		Paris Maghoma	Tottenham Hotspur	Undisclosed	[20]
29 January 2020	CF		Aaron Pressley	Aston Villa	Undisclosed	[21]
31 January 2020	CM		Shandon Baptiste	Oxford United	Undisclosed	[22]
31 January 2020	LW		Tariqe Fosu	Oxford United	Undisclosed	[23]

Loans in

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Date until	Ref.
1 July 2019	RM		Christian Tue Jensen	FC Midtjylland	30 June 2020	[24]
1 July 2019	CB		Japhet Sery Larsen	FC Midtjylland	30 June 2020	[25]

Loans out

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Date until	Ref.
29 July 2019	CF		Justin Shaibu	Boreham Wood	30 June 2020	[26]
1 August 2019	CM		Canice Carroll	Carlisle United	31 January 2020	[27][28]
2 September 2019	GK		Ellery Balcombe	Viborg	20 January 2020	[29]
2 September 2019	CM		Reece Cole	Partick Thistle	31 December 2019	[30]
2 September 2019	CF		Marcus Forss	AFC Wimbledon	30 June 2020	[31]
2 September 2019	LW		Emiliano Marcondes	FC Midtjylland	31 December 2019	[32]
25 October 2019	LW		Jaden Brissett	Maidenhead United	25 November 2019	[33]
23 November 2019	MF		Jayden Onen	Bromley	23 December 2019	[34]
9 January 2020	CB		Mads Bech Sørensen	AFC Wimbledon	30 June 2020	[35]
20 February 2020	GK		Patrik Gunnarsson	Southend United	15 March 2020	[36]

Transfers out

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2019	GK		Daniel Bentley	Bristol City	Undisclosed	[37]
1 July 2019	DF		Yoann Barbet	Queens Park Rangers	Free transfer	[38]
1 July 2019	GK		Jack Bonham	Gillingham	Free transfer	[39]
7 July 2019	MF		Josh McEachran	Birmingham City	Free transfer	[40][41]
7 July 2019	MF		Lewis Macleod	Wigan Athletic	Free transfer	[42]
7 July 2019	DF		Moses Odubajo	Sheffield Wednesday	Free transfer	[43]
11 July 2019	SS		Henrik Johansson	Trelleborg	Free transfer	[44]
11 July 2019	CB		Ezri Konsa	Aston Villa	£12,000,000	[45]
27 July 2019	AM		Romaine Sawyers	West Bromwich Albion	£3,000,000	[46]
30 July 2019	LM		Theo Archibald	Macclesfield Town	Free transfer	[47]
5 August 2019	CF		Neal Maupay	Brighton & Hove Albion	Undisclosed	[48]
20 August 2019	CM		Kolbeinn Finnsson	Borussia Dortmund II	Undisclosed	[49]
29 August 2019	LW		Chiedozie Ogbene	Rotherham United	Undisclosed	[50]
5 January 2020	FW		Joe Hardy	Liverpool	Undisclosed	[51]
24 January 2020	CM		Ali Coote	Waterford	Undisclosed	[52]
31 January 2020	CM		Canice Carroll	Stevenage	Undisclosed	[28]
31 January 2020	RB		Josh Clarke	Free agent	Mutual consent	[53]
31 January 2020	LB		Tom Field	Dundee	Undisclosed	[54]

Pre-season and friendlies

5 July 2019 Friendly	AFC Wimbledon	0–3	Brentford	Norbiton
19:45 BST		Report	Nightingale  56' (o.g.) Nørgaard  82' Watkins  84'	Stadium: Cherry Red Records Stadium

13 July 2019 Friendly	Dynamo Kyiv	0–0	Brentford	Jenbach, Austria
12:00 CET		Report		Stadium: Stadion Jenbach

20 July 2019 Friendly	Wycombe Wanderers	2–2	Brentford	High Wycombe
15:00 BST	Trialist  7' Akinfenwa  28'	Report	Hammar  36' Marcondes  56'	Stadium: Adams Park

24 July 2019 Friendly	Norwich City	1–3	Brentford	Norwich
12:00 BST	Buendía  9'	Report	Marcondes  11' Watkins  69' Pinnock  78'	Stadium: Colney Training Ground

27 July 2019 Friendly	Brentford	1–3	Bournemouth	Brentford
15:00 BST	Forss  87'	Report	Solanke  31' Ibe  70' Surridge  77'	Stadium: Griffin Park

10 June 2020 Friendly	Arsenal	2–3	Brentford	Holloway, London
15:00 BST	Willock  40' Lacazette  77'	Report	Fosu  73' Dervişoğlu  80' Baptiste  88'	Stadium: Emirates Stadium

13 June 2020 Friendly	Watford	2–0	Brentford	Watford
12:30 BST	Capoue  33' Sarr  90'	Report		Stadium: Vicarage Road

16 June 2020 Friendly	Luton Town	4–2	Brentford	Luton
	Collins McManaman Hylton Bolton	Report	Dervişoğlu Fosu	Stadium: Kenilworth Road

21 June 2020 Friendly	Brentford	1–1	Portsmouth	Brentford
	Dervişoğlu  pen' (50)	Report	Harness  15'	Stadium: Griffin Park

Competitions

Championship

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Leeds United (C, P)	46	28	9	9	77	35	+42	93	Promotion to the Premier League
2	West Bromwich Albion (P)	46	22	17	7	77	45	+32	83
3	Brentford	46	24	9	13	80	38	+42	81	Qualification for Championship play-offs[lower-alpha 1]
4	Fulham (O, P)	46	23	12	11	64	48	+16	81
5	Cardiff City	46	19	16	11	68	58	+10	73
6	Swansea City	46	18	16	12	62	53	+9	70

Source: EFL Official Website
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results; 5) Wins; 6) Away goals; 7) Penalty points (sec 9.5); 8) 12-point sending off offences[55]
(C) Champion; (O) Play-off winner; (P) Promoted.
Notes:

1. Four teams play for one spot and promotion to the Premier League.

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
46	24	9	13	80	38	+42	81	14	5	4	44	18	+26	10	4	9	36	20	+16

Last updated: 22 July 2020.
Source: Sports Mole

Result by matchday

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	46
Ground	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H
Result	L	W	D	L	L	W	L	D	W	D	L	W	W	W	L	W	W	L	W	L	W	W	D	W	L	W	W	D	L	W	W	D	D	D	L	D	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	L	L
Position	21	14	12	16	19	14	18	17	14	15	17	13	12	12	13	9	8	8	7	9	7	4	6	3	4	3	3	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3

Updated to match(es) played on 22 July 2020. Source: Soccerbase
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

3 August 2019 1	Brentford	0–1	Birmingham City	Brentford
15:00 BST	Jensen  86'	Report	Pedersen  18' Gardner  29' Crowley  56' Harding  90+2'	Stadium: Griffin Park Attendance: 11,332 Referee: Gavin Ward

10 August 2019 2	Middlesbrough	0–1	Brentford	Middlesbrough
15:00 BST		Report	Watkins  54' Dalsgaard  82'	Stadium: Riverside Stadium Attendance: 21,911 Referee: Stephen Martin

17 August 2019 3	Brentford	1–1	Hull City	Brentford
15:00 BST	Watkins  72' Jeanvier  83'	Report	Bowen  53' Burke  64'	Stadium: Griffin Park Attendance: 11,000 Referee: Darren England

21 August 2019 4	Leeds United	1–0	Brentford	Leeds
19:45 BST	Alioski  35' Dallas  63' Nketiah  81'	Report	Nørgaard  39'	Stadium: Elland Road Attendance: 35,004 Referee: Andy Davies

24 August 2019 5	Charlton Athletic	1–0	Brentford	Charlton
15:00 BST	Gallagher  41' Phillips  88'	Report	Henry  45+3' Dalsgaard  76' Canós  90+5'	Stadium: The Valley Attendance: 16,771 Referee: Tim Robinson

31 August 2019 6	Brentford	3–0	Derby County	Derby County
15:00 BST	Mbeumo  17' Watkins  18', 45'	Report	Waghorn  45+2' Lawrence  84'	Stadium: Griffin Park Attendance: 11,055 Referee: David Webb

14 September 2019 7	Preston North End	2–0	Brentford	Preston
15:00 BST	Maguire  4' Fisher  60' Barkhuizen  70' Johnson  78'	Report	Nørgaard  78'	Stadium: Deepdale Attendance: 12,873 Referee: David Coote

21 September 2019 8	Brentford	0–0	Stoke City	Brentford
15:00 BST	Benrahma  79'	Report	Gregory  22' McClean  82'	Stadium: Griffin Park Attendance: 11,870 Referee: Andy Woolmer

29 September 2019 9	Barnsley	1–3	Brentford	Barnsley
13:30 BST	Woodrow  1'	Report	Watkins  35', 46', 68'	Stadium: Oakwell Attendance: 12,188 Referee: David Webb
Note: Live on Sky Sports

2 October 2019 10	Brentford	1–1	Bristol City	Brentford
19:45 BST	Dasilva  64' Canós  81'	Report	Hunt  81' Weimann  87'	Stadium: Griffin Park Attendance: 11,433 Referee: Oliver Langford

5 October 2019 11	Nottingham Forest	1–0	Brentford	West Bridgford
15:00 BST	Watson  56'	Report	Canós  35'	Stadium: City Ground Attendance: 27,598 Referee: Dean Whitestone

19 October 2019 12	Brentford	3–2	Millwall	Brentford
15:00 BST	Watkins 24'  54'  90+4' Mbeumo  63'  88' Da Silva  84' Jeanvier  90+3'	Report	Hutchinson  23' M. Wallace  33' Bradshaw  45+4' J. Wallace  55' (pen.)  90+1' Molumby  64' Thompson  90+3' Romeo  90+7'	Stadium: Griffin Park Attendance: 10,886 Referee: Stuart Attwell

22 October 2019 13	Swansea City	0–3	Brentford	Swansea
19:45 BST	Roberts  71' van der Hoorn  83'	Report	Benrahma  30' Bidwell  36' (o.g.) Mbeumo  56' Jansson  85'	Stadium: Liberty Stadium Attendance: 15,875 Referee: Gavin Ward

28 October 2019 14	Queens Park Rangers	1–3	Brentford	Shepherd's Bush
19:45 GMT	Hall  48'	Report	Watkins  23', 90+4' Nørgaard  46' Henry  57' Benrahma  60' (pen.)	Stadium: Kiyan Prince Foundation Stadium Attendance: 15,562 Referee: Andy Woolmer

2 November 2019 15	Brentford	0–1	Huddersfield Town	Brentford
15:00 GMT	Nørgaard  59'	Report	Kachunga  55' Ahearne-Grant  62' Hogg 64' Simpson 87' Diakhaby 89' Elphick 90+2'	Stadium: Griffin Park Attendance: 11,727 Referee: Robert Jones

9 November 2019 16	Wigan Athletic	0–3	Brentford	Wigan
15:00 GMT	Kipré  56'  73' Williams  90+7'	Report	Mbeumo  5' Nørgaard  58' Mokotjo  70' Dasilva  83' Jeanvier  90+7'	Stadium: DW Stadium Attendance: 9,260 Referee: Andy Davies

23 November 2019 17	Brentford	1–0	Reading	Brentford
15:00 GMT	Jansson  9' Watkins  62' Dasilva  78' Jensen  82'	Report	Yiadom  4' Swift  29' Méïté  79'	Stadium: Griffin Park Attendance: 11,892 Referee: David Coote

27 November 2019 18	Blackburn Rovers	1–0	Brentford	Blackburn
19:45 GMT	Dack  11'  44' Evans  79'	Report	Roerslev  90+1'	Stadium: Ewood Park Attendance: 11,401 Referee: Matthew Donohue

30 November 2019 19	Brentford	7–0	Luton Town	Brentford
15:00 GMT	Mbeumo  6' Watkins  29' Jensen  33' Dasilva  40', 45+3', 87' (pen.) Benrahma  71' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Griffin Park Attendance: 11,287 Referee: Tony Harrington

7 December 2019 20	Sheffield Wednesday	2–1	Brentford	Owlerton, Sheffield
15:00 GMT	Fletcher  69' (pen.), 73'  73'	Report	Mbeumo  29' Henry  68' Pinnock  82'	Stadium: Hillsborough Attendance: 22,475 Referee: Dean Whitestone

11 December 2019 21	Brentford	2–1	Cardiff City	Brentford
19:45 GMT	Mbeumo  25' Watkins  46' Jansson  76' Henry  80'	Report	Pack  64' Murphy  70' Bennett  83'	Stadium: Griffin Park Attendance: 10,417 Referee: John Brooks

14 December 2019 22	Brentford	1–0	Fulham	Brentford
15:00 GMT	Mbeumo  22' Dalsgaard  65'	Report	Bryan  12'	Stadium: Griffin Park Attendance: 12,305 Referee: Oliver Langford

21 December 2019 23	West Bromwich Albion	1–1	Brentford	West Bromwich
15.00 BST	Furlong  45+1' Livermore  56' Ferguson  76'	Report	Mbeumo  37' Dalsgaard  43'	Stadium: The Hawthorns Attendance: 24,961 Referee: Darren Bond

26 December 2019 24	Brentford	3–1	Swansea City	Brentford
15:00 GMT	Mbeumo  20' Watkins  25', 88'	Report	Ayew  65' Wilmot  71' Grimes  74'	Stadium: Griffin Park Attendance: 11,848 Referee: Andy Woolmer

29 December 2019 25	Millwall	1–0	Brentford	Bermondsey
15:00 GMT	O'Brien  8' J. Wallace  23' M. Wallace  51' Williams  70'	Report	Benrahma  45+2'	Stadium: The Den Attendance: 15,464 Referee: Robert Jones

1 January 2020 26	Bristol City	0–4	Brentford	Ashton Gate
15:00 GMT	Williams  11'  13' Dasilva  54' Weimann  58'	Report	Mbeumo  6' Watkins  11'  82', 90' Benrahma  26' Henry  61'	Stadium: Ashton Gate Stadium Attendance: 20,858 Referee: Matt Donohue

11 January 2020 27	Brentford	3–1	Queens Park Rangers	Brentford
12:30 GMT	Benrahma  19' Mbeumo  23' Watkins  33'	Report	Hall  46' Kane  56' Wells  62' Cameron  71' Osayi-Samuel  90' Manning  90+2'	Stadium: Griffin Park Attendance: 12,324 Referee: John Brooks

18 January 2020 28	Huddersfield Town	0–0	Brentford	Huddersfield
15:00 GMT	Schindler  87'	Report		Stadium: John Smith’s Stadium Attendance: 20,874 Referee: Oliver Langford

28 January 2020 29	Brentford	0–1	Nottingham Forest	Brentford
19:45 GMT	Benrahma  39'	Report	Lolley  14' Samba  23'	Stadium: Griffin Park Attendance: 12,274 Referee: Tim Robinson

1 February 2020 30	Hull City	1–5	Brentford	Kingston upon Hull
12:30 GMT	Tafazolli  29'	Report	Benrahma  12', 63', 85'  13' Burke  20' (o.g.) Watkins  58'	Stadium: KCOM Stadium Attendance: 10,034 Referee: Darren Bond

8 February 2020 31	Brentford	3–2	Middlesbrough	Brentford
15:00 GMT	Jeanvier  24' Mbeumo  60' Watkins  87'	Report	Wing  58' Fletcher  63' Tavernier  68'	Stadium: Griffin Park Attendance: 12,285 Referee: Peter Bankes

11 February 2020 32	Brentford	1–1	Leeds United	Brentford
19:45 GMT	Benrahma  25'	Report	Cooper  38'	Stadium: Griffin Park Attendance: 12,294 Referee: Robert Jones

15 February 2020 33	Birmingham City	1–1	Brentford	Bordesley
15:00 GMT	Jutkiewicz  13' Colin  58' Clarke-Salter  60'	Report	Pinnock  17' Yearwood  34' Dalsgaard  41' Nørgaard  85'	Stadium: St Andrew's Trillion Trophy Stadium Attendance: 20,379 Referee: Stephen Martin

22 February 2020 34	Brentford	2–2	Blackburn Rovers	Brentford
12:30 GMT	Watkins  62' Benrahma  71' (pen.) Mbeumo  81'	Report	Armstrong  11', 54' (pen.)	Stadium: Griffin Park Attendance: 12,082 Referee: Tim Robinson

25 February 2020 35	Luton Town	2–1	Brentford	Luton
19:45 GMT	Baptiste  9' (o.g.) Rea  27' Cranie  45+2' Potts  90+5'	Report	Nørgaard  25' Watkins  83'	Stadium: Kenilworth Road Attendance: 10,008 Referee: Darren England

29 February 2020 36	Cardiff City	2–2	Brentford	Cardiff
15:00 GMT	Adomah  23' Hoilett  34'  75' Ralls  45+1' Bacuna  52' Vaulks  81'	Report	Racic  5' Mbeumo  21' Baptiste  85'	Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium Attendance: 22,393 Referee: Simon Hooper

7 March 2020 37	Brentford	5–0	Sheffield Wednesday	Brentford
15:00 GMT	Dasilva  10', 73' Marcondes  18' Mbeumo  40' Fosu  82'	Report	Bannan  35' Fletcher  50'	Stadium: Griffin Park Attendance: 12,273 Referee: Keith Stroud

20 June 2020 38	Fulham	0–2	Brentford	Fulham
12:30 BST	Arter  90'	Report	Dasilva  37' Benrahma  88' Marcondes  90',  90+1'	Stadium: Craven Cottage Attendance: 0 Referee: James Linington
Note: Season was suspended until 3 April 2020, due to Coronavirus outbreak.[56] The match was rescheduled to 20 June.[57]

26 June 2020 39	Brentford	1–0	West Bromwich Albion	Brentford
19:45 BST	Watkins  16' Nørgaard  45+2' Marcondes  55'	Report	Sawyers  55'	Stadium: Griffin Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Keith Stroud
Note: Season was suspended until 3 April 2020, due to Coronavirus outbreak.[56] The match was rescheduled to 26 June.[57]

30 June 2020 40	Reading	0–3	Brentford	Reading
18:00 BST		Report	Mbeumo  23' Dasilva  64' Jansson  67' Valencia  90'	Stadium: Madejski Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Dean Whitestone
Note: Season was suspended until 3 April 2020, due to Coronavirus outbreak.[56] The match was rescheduled to 30 June.[57]

4 July 2020 41	Brentford	3–0	Wigan Athletic	Brentford
15:00 BST	Benrahma  19', 57', 66'	Report	Robinson  59' Garner  81'	Stadium: Griffin Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Matt Donohue
Note: On 3 April, the English Football League decided to postpone all football until safe to do so due to the COVID-19.[58] The match was rescheduled to 4 July.[57]

7 July 2020 42	Brentford	2–1	Charlton Athletic	Brentford
18:00 BST	Benrahma  75' (pen.) Pinnock  85' Dervişoğlu  87'	Report	Bonne  8' Cullen  90'	Stadium: Griffin Park Attendance: 0 Referee: John Brooks
Note: On 3 April, the English Football League decided to postpone all football until safe to do so due to the COVID-19.[58] The match was rescheduled to 7 July.[57]

11 July 2020 43	Derby County	1–3	Brentford	Derby
15:00 BST	Knight  29',  62'	Report	Watkins  3' Benrahma  49', 64'	Stadium: Pride Park Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Tim Robinson
Note: On 3 April, the English Football League decided to postpone all football until safe to do so due to the COVID-19.[58] The match was rescheduled to 11 July.[57]

15 July 2020 44	Brentford	1–0	Preston North End	Brentford
17:00 BST	Watkins  4',  90+3' Benrahma  63'	Report	Rafferty  53'	Stadium: Griffin Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Darren England
Note: On 3 April, the English Football League decided to postpone all football until safe to do so due to the COVID-19.[58] The match was rescheduled to 15 July.[57]

18 July 2020 45	Stoke City	1–0	Brentford	Stoke-on-Trent
12:30 BST	Gregory  38' Campbell  74' McClean  90+3'	Report		Stadium: Bet365 Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Geoff Eltringham
Note: On 3 April, the English Football League decided to postpone all football until safe to do so due to the COVID-19.[58] The match was rescheduled to 18 July.[57]

22 July 2020 46	Brentford	1–2	Barnsley	Brentford
19:30 BST	Dasilva  73' Nørgaard  79' Jansson  85'	Report	Styles  41' Williams  55' Sollbauer  75' Oduor  90+1'	Stadium: Griffin Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Robert Jones
Note: On 3 April, the English Football League decided to postpone all football until safe to do so due to the COVID-19.[58] The match was rescheduled to 22 July.[57]

Play-offs

26 July 2020 Semi-final 1st leg	Swansea City	1–0	Brentford	Swansea
18:30 BST	Bidwell  18' Cabango  55' Brewster  78' Ayew  81'	Report	Jensen  45+2' Dalsgaard  47' Henry  65' Nørgaard  90'	Stadium: Liberty Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Keith Stroud

29 July 2020 Semi-final 2nd leg	Brentford	3–1 (3–2 agg.)	Swansea City	Brentford
19:45 BST	Dalsgaard  9' Watkins  11' Marcondes  15' Mbeumo  46' Benrahma  83'	Report	Cabango  54' Dhanda  75' Brewster  78' Ayew  82' Roberts  90+3'	Stadium: Griffin Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Chris Kavanagh

4 August 2020 Final	Brentford	1–2 (a.e.t.)	Fulham	London
19:45 BST	Jensen  88' Nørgaard  103' Dalsgaard  120+4'	Report	Reed  29' Cairney  67' Hector  98' Knockaert  102' Mitrović  104' Bryan  105', 117' Cavaleiro  120+2' Rodák  120+4'	Stadium: Wembley Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Martin Atkinson

FA Cup

4 January 2020 Third round	Brentford	1–0	Stoke City	Brentford
15:01 GMT	Marcondes  43' Daniels  90'	Report	Campbell  43'	Stadium: Griffin Park Attendance: 7,575 Referee: Keith Stroud

25 January 2020 Fourth round	Brentford	0–1	Leicester City	Brentford
12:45 GMT		Report	Iheanacho  4'	Stadium: Griffin Park Attendance: 12,221 Referee: Chris Kavanagh

EFL Cup

13 August 2019 First round	Brentford	1–1 (4–5 p)	Cambridge United	Brentford
19:45 BST	Thompson  18' Forss  69'	Report	Richards  3' John  20'	Stadium: Griffin Park Attendance: 5,215 Referee: Lee Swabey
	Penalties
	Jensen Marcondes Mbeumo Watkins Forss Racic		Hannant Lewis Dunk Lambe Darling Knibbs

First team squad

Players' ages are as of the opening day of the 2019–20 season.

#	Name	Nationality	Position	Date of birth (age)	Signed from	Signed in	Notes
Goalkeepers
1	David Raya		GK	15 September 1995 (aged 23)	Blackburn Rovers	2019
13	Patrik Gunnarsson		GK	15 November 2000 (aged 18)	Breiðablik	2018	Loaned to Southend United
25	Ellery Balcombe		GK	15 October 1999 (aged 19)	Academy	2016	Loaned to Viborg FF
28	Luke Daniels		GK	5 January 1988 (aged 31)	Scunthorpe United	2017
41	Nathan Shepperd		GK	9 October 2000 (aged 18)	Swansea City	2019
Defenders
2	Dominic Thompson		LB	26 July 2000 (aged 19)	Arsenal	2019
3	Rico Henry		LB	8 July 1997 (aged 22)	Walsall	2016
5	Ethan Pinnock		CB	29 May 1993 (aged 26)	Barnsley	2019
18	Pontus Jansson		CB	13 February 1991 (aged 28)	Leeds United	2019
22	Henrik Dalsgaard		RB	27 July 1989 (aged 30)	Zulte Waregem	2017
23	Julian Jeanvier		CB	31 March 1992 (aged 27)	Reims	2018
29	Mads Bech Sørensen		CB	7 January 1999 (aged 20)	AC Horsens	2017	Loaned to AFC Wimbledon
32	Luka Racic		CB	8 May 1999 (aged 20)	FC Copenhagen	2018
35	Mads Roerslev		RB	24 June 1999 (aged 20)	FC Copenhagen	2019
40	Kane O'Connor		CB	17 January 2001 (aged 18)	Hibernian	2019
Midfielders
4	Dru Yearwood		CM	17 February 2000 (aged 19)	Southend United	2019
6	Christian Nørgaard		DM	10 March 1994 (aged 25)	Fiorentina	2019
8	Mathias Jensen		CM	1 January 1996 (aged 23)	Celta	2019
12	Kamohelo Mokotjo		DM	11 March 1991 (aged 28)	FC Twente	2017
14	Josh Dasilva		AM	23 October 1998 (aged 20)	Arsenal	2018
17	Emiliano Marcondes		AM	9 March 1995 (aged 24)	Nordsjælland	2018	Loaned to FC Midtjylland
26	Shandon Baptiste		CM	8 April 1998 (aged 21)	Oxford United	2020
31	Jan Žambůrek		CM	13 February 2001 (aged 18)	Slavia Prague	2018
33	Fredrik Hammar		CM	26 February 2001 (aged 18)	Akropolis IF	2019
34	Jaakko Oksanen		CM	7 November 2000 (aged 18)	HJK Helsinki	2018
37	Arthur Read		CM	3 November 1999 (aged 19)	Luton Town	2019
Attackers
7	Sergi Canós		W	2 February 1997 (aged 22)	Norwich City	2017
9	Nikos Karelis		FW	24 February 1992 (aged 27)	Unattached	2019
10	Saïd Benrahma		W	10 August 1995 (aged 23)	OGC Nice	2018
11	Ollie Watkins		FW	30 December 1995 (aged 23)	Exeter City	2017
15	Marcus Forss		FW	18 June 1999 (aged 20)	West Bromwich Albion	2017	Loaned to AFC Wimbledon
16	Joel Valencia		W	16 November 1994 (aged 24)	Piast Gliwice	2019
19	Bryan Mbeumo		W	7 August 1999 (aged 19)	Troyes	2019
21	Halil Dervişoğlu		FW	8 December 1999 (aged 19)	Sparta Rotterdam	2020
24	Tariqe Fosu		LW	5 November 1995 (aged 23)	Oxford United	2020
36	Gustav Mogensen		FW	19 April 2001 (aged 18)	AGF Aarhus	2019
38	Joe Adams		W	13 February 2001 (aged 18)	Bury	2019
Players who left the club mid-season
9	Neal Maupay		FW	14 August 1996 (aged 22)	Saint-Étienne	2017	Transferred to Brighton & Hove Albion
20	Josh Clarke		RB / RW	5 July 1994 (aged 25)	Academy	2013	Released
24	Chiedozie Ogbene		W	1 May 1997 (aged 22)	Limerick	2018	Transferred to Rotherham United
27	Justin Shaibu		FW	28 October 1997 (aged 21)	HB Køge	2016	Loaned to Boreham Wood, released
30	Tom Field		LB	14 March 1997 (aged 22)	Academy	2015	Transferred to Dundee
39	Japhet Sery Larsen		CB	10 April 2000 (aged 19)	FC Midtjylland	2019	Returned to FC Midtjylland after loan

Statistics

Appearances and goals

Substitute appearances in brackets.

No	Pos	Nat	Name	League		FA Cup		League Cup		Playoffs		Total
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		David Raya	46	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	49	0
2	DF		Dominic Thompson	0 (2)	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	3 (2)	0
3	DF		Rico Henry	46	0	0 (1)	0	0 (1)	0	3	0	49 (2)	0
4	MF		Dru Yearwood	0 (2)	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	3 (2)	0
5	DF		Ethan Pinnock	34 (2)	2	1	0	0	0	3	0	38 (2)	2
6	MF		Christian Nørgaard	40 (2)	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	43 (2)	0
7	MF		Sergi Canós	11 (2)	0	0	0	0	0	0 (2)	0	11 (4)	0
8	MF		Mathias Jensen	30 (9)	1	0	0	0 (1)	0	3	0	33 (10)	1
9	FW		Nikos Karelis	1 (3)	0	0	0	―		0	0	1 (3)	0
10	MF		Saïd Benrahma	38 (4)	17	0	0	0	0	3	0	41 (4)	17
11	FW		Ollie Watkins	46	25	0	0	0 (1)	0	3	1	49 (1)	26
12	MF		Kamohelo Mokotjo	14 (11)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	15 (11)	1
14	MF		Josh Dasilva	34 (8)	10	0 (2)	0	0	0	2 (1)	0	36 (11)	10
15	FW		Marcus Forss	0 (2)	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1 (2)	1
16	MF		Joel Valencia	1 (18)	1	2	0	1	0	0 (1)	0	4 (19)	1
17	MF		Emiliano Marcondes	13 (12)	2	2	1	1	0	1 (2)	1	17 (14)	4
18	DF		Pontus Jansson	34	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	37	0
19	MF		Bryan Mbeumo	36 (6)	15	0 (1)	0	1	0	3	1	40 (7)	16
20	DF		Josh Clarke	0 (1)	0	0	0	1	0	―		1 (1)	0
21	FW		Halil Dervişoğlu	0 (4)	0	2	0	―		0 (1)	0	2 (5)	0
22	DF		Henrik Dalsgaard	42 (1)	1	0	0	1	0	3	1	46 (1)	2
23	DF		Julian Jeanvier	25 (1)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	26 (1)	1
24	MF		Tariqe Fosu	2 (8)	1	―		―		0 (1)	0	2 (9)	1
26	MF		Shandon Baptiste	3 (9)	0	―		―		0 (1)	0	3 (10)	0
28	GK		Luke Daniels	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	3	0
29	DF		Mads Bech Sørensen	0 (1)	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1 (1)	0
31	MF		Jan Žambůrek	1 (15)	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	4 (15)	0
32	DF		Luka Racic	3 (1)	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	6 (1)	1
33	MF		Fredrik Hammar	0	0	0 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	0 (1)	0
34	MF		Jaakko Oksanen	0 (1)	0	0 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	0 (2)	0
35	DF		Mads Roerslev	5 (6)	0	2	0	0	0	0 (1)	0	7 (7)	0

• Players listed in italics left the club mid-season
• Source: Soccerbase

Goalscorers

No	Pos	Nat	Player	Lg.	FAC	FLC	FLP	Total
11	FW		Ollie Watkins	25	0	0	1	26
10	MF		Saïd Benrahma	17	0	0	0	17
19	MF		Bryan Mbeumo	15	0	0	1	16
14	MF		Josh Dasilva	10	0	0	0	10
17	MF		Emiliano Marcondes	2	1	0	1	4
5	DF		Ethan Pinnock	2	0	0	0	2
22	DF		Henrik Dalsgaard	1	0	0	1	2
24	MF		Tariqe Fosu	1	0	0	0	1
23	DF		Julian Jeanvier	1	0	0	0	1
8	MF		Mathias Jensen	1	0	0	0	1
12	MF		Kamohelo Mokotjo	1	0	0	0	1
32	DF		Luka Racic	1	0	0	0	1
16	MF		Joel Valencia	1	0	0	0	1
15	FW		Marcus Forss	0	0	1	0	1
Opponents				2	0	0	0	2
Total				77	1	1	4	83

• Players listed in italics left the club mid-season
• Source: Soccerbase

Discipline

No	Pos	Nat	Player	FLCh.		FAC		FLCu.		FLP		Total		Pts
6	MF		Christian Nørgaard	9	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	11	0	11
3	DF		Rico Henry	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	1	8
22	DF		Henrik Dalsgaard	5	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	7	0	7
10	MF		Saïd Benrahma	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	6	0	6
18	DF		Pontus Jansson	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	5
23	DF		Julian Jeanvier	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	5
8	MF		Mathias Jensen	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	4	0	4
11	FW		Ollie Watkins	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	4
7	MF		Sergi Canós	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	3
19	MF		Bryan Mbeumo	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	3
14	MF		Josh Dasilva	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2
17	MF		Emiliano Marcondes	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2
26	MF		Shandon Baptiste	1	0	―		―		0	0	1	0	1
21	FW		Halil Dervişoğlu	1	0	0	0	―		0	0	1	0	1
5	DF		Ethan Pinnock	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
35	DF		Mads Roerslev	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
4	MF		Dru Yearwood	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
28	GK		Luke Daniels	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
2	DF		Dominic Thompson	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1
Total				48	1	1	0	1	0	7	1	57	2	63

• Players listed in italics left the club mid-season.
• Source: ESPN

International caps

No	Pos	Nat	Player	Caps	Goals	Ref
10	MF		Saïd Benrahma	1	0	[59]
12	MF		Kamohelo Mokotjo	2	0	[60]
18	CB		Pontus Jansson	1	0	[61]
22	DF		Henrik Dalsgaard	4	0	[62]
23	DF		Julian Jeanvier	3	0	[63]

• Players listed in italics left the club mid-season.
• Only international caps won while contracted to Brentford are counted.

Coaching staff

Name	Role
Thomas Frank	Head Coach
Brian Riemer	Assistant Head Coach
Kevin O'Connor	Assistant First Team Coach
Andy Quy	Goalkeeper Coach
Andreas Georgson	Head of Set Pieces and Individual Development
Neil Greig	Head of Medical
Chris Haslam	Head of Athletic Performance
Luke Stopforth	Head of Performance Analysis

Source: brentfordfc.com

Kit

Supplier: Umbro
Sponsor(s): EcoWorld

2019–2020

Away

Third

Source: Brentford F.C.

Awards

• Supporters' Player of the Year: Saïd Benrahma[64]
• Players' Player of the Year: Ollie Watkins[64]
• EFL Championship Player of the Year: Ollie Watkins[65]
• London Football Awards EFL Player of the Year: Ollie Watkins[66]
• London Football Awards Manager of the Year: Thomas Frank[66]
• Championship PFA Team of the Year: Saïd Benrahma, Ollie Watkins[67]
• PFA Fans' Championship Player of the Month: Saïd Benrahma (January 2020)[68]
• EFL Championship Manager of the Month: Thomas Frank (June 2020)[69]
• EFL Championship Player of the Month: Saïd Benrahma (July 2020)[70]
• EFL Golden Glove: David Raya (shared)[71]
• League Managers Association Performance of the Week: Thomas Frank (2)[72][73]
  • Brentford 7–0 Luton Town, Championship, 30 November 2019
  • Fulham 0–2 Brentford, Championship, 20 June 2020

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