Founded in 1905, the 2019–20 season was

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's 114th season in their existence. Along with competing in the

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, the club also participated in the

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and

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. The season covered the period from 1 July 2019 to 31 July 2020. Due to the

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, the Championship season was stopped after game 37 until further notice. However, on 31 May 2020, the EFL agreed to a provisional restart date of the weekend of 20 June 2020 for the 2019/20 Championship season.

Squad statistics

Top scorers

Disciplinary record

Transfers

Transfers in

Transfers out

Loans in

Loans out

Friendlies

On 3 June 2019, Charlton Athletic announced its first confirmed friendly taking place ahead of the 2019/20 season would be against

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at The Chigwell Construction Stadium. A day later, two further fixtures against

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and

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were added. On 7 June 2019, Charlton Athletic announced its had arranged a fourth friendly that would also act as long-serving defender Chris Solly's

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against

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at The Valley. It was announced on 10 June that a further friendly had been organised at

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. A sixth friendly against Gillingham was organised on 17 June 2019. A final behind-closed-doors friendly against

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was organised for the club's Spanish training camp.

Competitions

Championship

League table

Result summary

Results by round

Matches

On Thursday, 20 June 2019, the

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fixtures were revealed.

FA Cup

On 2 December 2019, Charlton Athletic were drawn home to

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in the third round.

EFL Cup

On 20 June 2019, Charlton Athletic were drawn home to

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in the first round.

Kent Senior Cup

References

Notes

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