The 2019–20 season was

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's 28th season in the

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and 42nd successive season in the top division of the

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. Along with the domestic league, the club competed in the

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, the

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and the

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. This also marked the first full season of the

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, after playing the majority of the previous season at

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. 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

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. This resulted in

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's sacking on 19 November 2019, to be replaced by

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the following day. In the FA Cup, Tottenham were taken to a replay twice, requiring four games to progress to the fifth round where they hosted

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. The game went into extra time and with the result being 1–1, it came down to penalties. Norwich won the shootout 3–2 and knocked out Spurs. With the onset of the

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, 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. Later, the season's postponement was again extended, this time indefinitely. The season for Tottenham ultimately restarted on 19 June, when they hosted Manchester United in a 1–1 draw with

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on the scoresheet. 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 plagued by controversial VAR decisions, two of which were a handball called against

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that resulted in

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's goal against Sheffield United being disallowed, as well as a penalty not given against

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in which

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pushed Kane from behind in the box. The Premier League later confirmed that this was, in fact, the wrong decision. The season was documented in the

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series '' All or Nothing: Tottenham Hotspur''.

First-team squad

Transfers

Released

Loans in

Loans out

Transfers in

Transfers out

Overall transfer activity

Expenditure

Summer: £90,000,000 Winter: £27,000,000 Total: £117,000,000

Income

Summer: £30,900,000 Winter: £0 Total: £30,900,000

Net totals

Summer: £59,100,000 Winter: £27,000,000 Total: £86,100,000

Pre-season and friendlies

Tottenham took part again in the

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as defending champions. They played in Singapore and Shanghai. They also took part in the 2019 Audi Cup in Munich.

2019 International Champions Cup

Audi Cup

Mid-season friendlies

Competitions

Overview

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Premier League

League table

Results summary

Results by matchday

Matches

On 13 June 2019, the

fixtures were announced.

FA Cup

The third round draw was made on 2 December 2019. The fourth round draw was made by Alex Scott and

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on Monday, 6 January.

EFL Cup

The third round draw was made on 28 August 2019 by Andy Hinchcliffe and Don Goodman.

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

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and

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. The draw for the last 16 took place on 16 December 2019 in which Tottenham were drawn against

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Group stage

Knockout phase

=Round of 16

Statistics

Appearances

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Jan Vertonghen Jan Bert Lieve Vertonghen (; born 24 April 1987) is a Belgian former professional footballer who played as a defender. Mainly a centre-back, he also played as a left-back. Vertonghen began his senior career at Dutch club Ajax in 2006, and total ...

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Davinson Sánchez Davinson Sánchez Mina (born 12 June 1996) is a Colombian professional Association football, footballer who plays as a centre-back for club Galatasaray S.K. (football), Galatasaray and the Colombia national football team, Colombia national team ...

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Juan Foyth Juan Marcos Foyth (born 12 January 1998) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as right-back for La Liga club Villarreal and the Argentina national team. Having begun his professional career at his hometown club Estudiantes, he wen ...

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Serge Aurier Serge Alain Stéphane Aurier (; born 24 December 1992) is an Ivorian professional footballer who plays as a right-back and captains the Ivory Coast national team. Aurier moved to France as a child and played for Lens, Toulouse and Paris Saint-G ...

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Harry Winks Harry Billy Winks (born 2 February 1996) is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for club Leicester City. A product of the Tottenham Hotspur academy, Winks made his debut for the senior side in 2014. He went on to mak ...

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Eric Dier Eric Jeremy Edgar Dier (born 15 January 1994) is an English professional Association football, footballer who plays as a Defender (association football)#Centre-back, centre-back and Midfielder#Defensive midfielder, defensive midfielder for Bund ...

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Moussa Sissoko Moussa Sissoko (born 16 August 1989) is a French professional Association football, footballer who plays as a midfielder for and captain (association football), captains club Watford F.C., Watford. He is a Midfielder#Box-to-box midfielder, bo ...

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Giovani Lo Celso Giovani Lo Celso (born 9 April 1996) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for La Liga club Real Betis and the Argentina national team. Club career Rosario Central Lo Celso is a youth product of Rosario Ce ...

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Ryan Sessegnon Kouassi Ryan Sessegnon (born 18 May 2000) is an English professional association football, footballer who plays as a left-back, left midfielder, or left winger for club Fulham F.C., Fulham. Sessegnon made his breakthrough in the Fulham F.C., ...

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Dele Alli Bamidele Jermaine "Dele" Alli ( ; born 11 April 1996) is an English professional Association football, footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for club Como 1907, Como. Born and raised in Milton Keynes, he joined the youth system at ...

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, , 8+6 , , 3 , , 1 , , 0 , , 0 , , 0 , , 1 , , 0 , , 10+6 , , 3 , - , 27 , MF , align="left" ,

, , 25+10 , , 4 , , 5 , , 2 , , 1 , , 0 , , 5+1 , , 1 , , 36+11 , , 7 , - , 28 , MF , align="left" ,

Tanguy Ndombele Tanguy Ndombele Alvaro (born 28 December 1996) is a French professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Ligue 1 club Nice. Ndombele finished his youth career at Guingamp but was not offered a professional contract. He signed for Ligue ...

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Son Heung-min Son Heung-min (; born 8 July 1992) is a South Korean professional footballer who plays as a forward for and captains both club Tottenham Hotspur and the South Korea national team. Known for his speed, finishing, two-footedness, and ability ...

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, , 29 , , 18 , , 0 , , 0 , , 0 , , 0 , , 5 , , 6 , , 34 , , 24 , - , 52 , FW , align="left" ,

Troy Parrott Troy Daniel Parrott (born 4 February 2002) is an Irish professional footballer who plays as a forward for Eredivisie club AZ and the Republic of Ireland national team. Club career Tottenham Hotspur From Dublin, Parrott started his youth care ...

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Victor Wanyama Victor Mugubi Wanyama (; born 25 June 1991) is a Kenyan professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for club Dunfermline Athletic. He also plays for the Kenya national team. Wanyama became the first ever Kenyan player to sc ...

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Goal scorers

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, , 18 , , 0 , , 0 , , 6 , , 24 , - , 2 , , FW , , 7 , , align=left ,

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, , 2 , , 0 , , 0 , , 1 , , 3 , - , , FW , , 23 , , align="left" ,

, , 3 , , 0 , , 0 , , 0 , , 3 , - , rowspan="6" , 8 , , DF , , 4 , , align="left" ,

, , 2 , , 0 , , 0 , , 0 , , 2 , - , , DF , , 5 , , align="left" ,

, , 1 , , 1 , , 0 , , 0 , , 2 , - , , MF , , 17 , , align="left" ,

, , 2 , , 0 , , 0 , , 0 , , 2 , - , , MF , , 18 , , align="left" ,

, , 0 , , 1 , , 0 , , 1 , , 2 , - , , DF , , 24 , , align="left" ,

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, , 2 , , 0 , , 0 , , 0 , , 2 , - , rowspan="1" , 14 , , DF , , 19 , , align="left" ,

, , 0 , , 0 , , 0 , , 1 , , 1 , - , colspan="4" , TOTALS , 56 , 7 , 0 , 18 , 81

Own goals

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, , Premier League , style="text-align:center", 61' , 2-1 , 2-2 (A) , 28 December 2019 , - ,

, , Premier League , style="text-align:center", 9' , 1-0 , 2-3 (A) , 16 February 2020

Clean sheets

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, , 6 , , 0 , , 0 , , 0 , , 6 , - , 2 , 22 , , align="left" ,

, , 2 , , 0 , , 1 , , 2 , , 5 , - , colspan="3" , TOTALS , 8 , 0 , 1 , 2 , 11

References

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