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Queen of the South
2019–20 season
ChairmanBilly Hewitson
ManagerAllan Johnston
StadiumPalmerston Park
Scottish ChampionshipNinth
Challenge CupThird Round; Lost to Clyde
League CupFirst Round; Lost after Group E Fixtures
Scottish CupThird Round; Lost to Queen's Park
Top goalscorerLeague: Stephen Dobbie (8)
All: Stephen Dobbie (11)
Highest home attendance2,041 vs. Dundee United, 4 January 2020
Lowest home attendance1,094 vs. Arbroath, 21 December 2019
Average home league attendance1,396

The 2019–20 season will be Queen of the South's seventh consecutive season back in the second tier of Scottish football and their seventh season in the Scottish Championship,[1] having been promoted as champions from the Scottish Second Division at the end of the 2012–13 season.[2] Queens will also be competing in the Challenge Cup, League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

Summary

Queens finished ninth in the Scottish Championship, although there were no play-offs due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Queens retained their place in the Championship after the leagues were ended by utilising a points-per-game ratio to determine the final league standings.

Queens reached the third round of the Challenge Cup, losing 3-2 away to Clyde.

The Doonhamers were knocked out after the first round of the League Cup after the completion of fixtures in Group E that included Annan Athletic, Dumbarton, Greenock Morton and Motherwell.

Queens reached the third round of the Scottish Cup, losing 2-1 to Queen's Park at Palmerston.

On 13 March 2020, all SPFL leagues were indefinitely suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [3]

On 8 April 2020, the SPFL proposed to end the 2019-20 season by utilising a points-per-game ratio to determine the final league standings. [4]

On 15 April 2020, the plan was approved, with this declaration that the season was concluded, as Dundee United were declared title winners, with Partick Thistle relegated to League One. [5]

Results & fixtures

  Win   Draw   Loss   Abandoned or Postponed

Pre season

29 June 2019 Friendly Airdrieonians 1 – 2 Queen of the South Excelsior Stadium
14:00 Fordyce QOSFC Report Dobbie Attendance: Closed doors
2 July 2019 Friendly East Fife 1 – 2 Queen of the South Bayview Stadium
19:45 Dowds 60' QOSFC Report Dobbie 18'
Mercer 26'
Attendance: 350
Referee: Dallas
6 July 2019 Friendly Queen of the South 3 – 1 Clyde Palmerston Park
14:00 Pybus
Oliver
Dobbie
QOSFC Report Syvertsen Attendance: Closed doors


Scottish Championship

30 November 2019 ScoChamp Match 15 Dundee 1 – 2 Queen of the South Dens Park
15:00 Johnson 90+2' QOSFC Report
BBC Sport Report
Dee Photos
Dobbie 29', 90+3' Attendance: 4,517
Referee: Muir
Man of the Match: Dobbie
14 December 2019 ScoChamp Greenock Morton P - P Queen of the South Cappielow Park
15:00 BBC Sport News
Note: Postponed due to waterlogged pitch
13 March 2020 ScoChamp Match 29 Queen of the South P - P Ayr United Palmerston Park
19:05 QOSFC News
Note: Postponed due to the COVID-19 Coronavirus outbreak
21 March 2020 ScoChamp Match 30 Queen of the South P - P Arbroath Palmerston Park
15:00
Note: Postponed due to the COVID-19 Coronavirus outbreak
28 March 2020 ScoChamp Match 31 Dundee P - P Queen of the South Kilmac Stadium at Dens Park
15:00
Note: Postponed due to the COVID-19 Coronavirus outbreak
3 April 2020 ScoChamp Match 32 Dundee United P - P Queen of the South Tannadice Park
19:05
Note: Postponed due to the COVID-19 Coronavirus outbreak
11 April 2020 ScoChamp Match 33 Queen of the South P - P Partick Thistle Palmerston Park
15:00
Note: Postponed due to the COVID-19 Coronavirus outbreak
18 April 2020 ScoChamp Match 34 Alloa Athletic P - P Queen of the South The Indodrill Stadium
15:00
Note: Postponed due to the COVID-19 Coronavirus outbreak
25 April 2020 ScoChamp Match 35 Queen of the South P - P Inverness Caledonian Thistle Palmerston Park
15:00
Note: Postponed due to the COVID-19 Coronavirus outbreak
2 May 2020 ScoChamp Match 36 Greenock Morton P - P Queen of the South Cappielow Park
15:00
Note: Postponed due to the COVID-19 Coronavirus outbreak

Scottish Challenge Cup

7 September 2019 Round 3 Clyde 3 – 2 Queen of the South Broadwood Stadium
15:00 McStay 62'
Goodwillie 76' (pen.)
McNiff 78'
QOSFC Report
SPFL Report
Bully Wee Photos
Murray 4'
Dobbie 47' (pen.)
Attendance: 667
Referee: Steven
Man of the Match: Murray

Scottish League Cup

16 July 2019 Round 1; Group E-2 Queen of the South 3 – 3
(5 – 4 p)
Annan Athletic Palmerston Park
19:45 Murray 23'
Mercer 26'
Dobbie 42'
QOSFC Report
BBC Sport Report
Galabankies Photos
Douglas 34'
McLear 54'
Wooding-Holt 81'
Attendance: 1,115
Referee: Muir
Man of the Match: McCrorie
Penalties
Dobbie soccer ball with check mark
Oliver soccer ball with check mark
Murray soccer ball with check mark
Holt soccer ball with check mark
Kidd soccer ball with check mark
McLean soccer ball with check mark
Muir soccer ball with check mark
Bradley soccer ball with check mark
Nade soccer ball with check mark
Sonkur soccer ball with red X

Scottish Cup

23 November 2019 Round 3 Queen of the South 1 – 2 Queen's Park Palmerston Park
15:00 Murray 90+2' QOSFC Report
BBC Sport Report
Spiders Photos
Kouider-Aissa 15', 30' Attendance: 1,066
Referee: Dickinson
Man of the Match: Murray

Player statistics

Captains

No. P Name Country No. games Notes
11 FW Stephen Dobbie Scotland 30 Club Captain
5 DF Darren Brownlie Scotland 3 Vice Captain
3 DF Kevin Holt Scotland 1 2nd Vice Captain

Last updated: 10 March 2020
Source: Competitive match reports.
Competitive matches only
Matches started as captain only
Country: FIFA nationality; No.: Squad number; P: Position; Name: Player name; No. Games: Number of games started as captain.

Squad

As of 10 March 2020[6][7]
No. Pos Nat Player Total Scottish Championship Challenge Cup League Cup Scottish Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
*1 GK Scotland SCO Robby McCrorie[8] 24 0 19+0 0 0+0 0 4+0 0 1+0 0
1 GK Scotland SCO Ross Stewart 9 0 9+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
2 DF Scotland SCO Scott Mercer 28 1 23+0 0 1+0 0 3+0 1 1+0 0
3 DF Scotland SCO Kevin Holt 33 2 27+0 2 1+0 0 4+0 0 1+0 0
4 DF Scotland SCO Lee Kilday 30 1 25+0 0 1+0 0 4+0 1 0+0 0
*5 DF Scotland SCO Darren Brownlie[9] 23 1 18+0 1 1+0 0 3+0 0 1+0 0
5 DF England ENG Michael Ledger 5 0 5+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
6 MF England ENG Dan Pybus 32 1 26+0 1 1+0 0 3+1 0 1+0 0
7 FW Scotland SCO Connor Murray 25 6 15+4 2 1+0 1 4+0 2 1+0 1
8 DF Scotland SCO Lewis Kidd 25 0 15+5 0 0+0 0 4+0 0 1+0 0
9 FW Scotland SCO Jack Hamilton 27 4 11+11 4 0+1 0 2+2 0 0+0 0
10 FW Scotland SCO Gary Oliver 24 5 13+7 4 0+0 0 3+0 1 1+0 0
11 FW Scotland SCO Stephen Dobbie 30 11 25+0 8 1+0 1 3+0 2 1+0 0
*14 MF Scotland SCO Andrew McCarthy[10] 9 0 0+4 0 0+0 0 3+1 0 1+0 0
14 DF Scotland SCO David Devine 5 0 5+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
15 MF Scotland SCO Darren Lyon 23 0 16+5 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
17 MF Ghana GHA Abdul Osman 11 0 9+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
18 DF England ENG Callum Semple 12 3 9+2 2 0+0 0 1+0 1 0+0 0
*19 FW France FRA Faissal El Bakhtaoui[11] 16 1 15+0 1 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
19 FW Lithuania LTU Deimantas Petravicius 7 1 3+4 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
20 GK Scotland SCO Jack Leighfield 1 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
21 FW Scotland SCO Ross Irving 5 0 0+3 0 0+0 0 0+2 0 0+0 0
22 DF Scotland SCO Ewan Gourlay 1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
*23 MF Scotland SCO Daniel Irving[12] 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
23 MF Scotland SCO Iain Wilson 8 0 8+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
24 MF England ENG Callum Williams 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
25 MF Scotland SCO Michael Paton 27 2 12+10 1 1+0 0 3+0 1 0+1 0
26 DF France FRA Benjamin Luissint 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
29 FW England ENG Michael Williamson 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
30 GK Scotland SCO Craig Burns 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0

Disciplinary record

As of 10 March 2020 (UTC)
Number Nation Position Name Scottish Championship Challenge Cup League Cup Scottish Cup Total
Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card
1 Scotland GK Ross Stewart 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2 Scotland DF Scott Mercer 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
3 Scotland DF Kevin Holt 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 0
*5 Scotland DF Darren Brownlie[13] 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 3 0
5 England DF Michael Ledger 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
6 England MF Dan Pybus 9 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 10 0
7 Scotland FW Connor Murray 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
8 Scotland DF Lewis Kidd 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 0
11 Scotland FW Stephen Dobbie 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
*14 Scotland MF Andrew McCarthy[14] 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
14 Scotland DF David Devine 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
17 Ghana MF Abdul Osman 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
18 England DF Callum Semple 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
19 France FW Faissal El Bakhtaoui 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
23 Scotland MF Iain Wilson 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
25 Scotland MF Michael Paton 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
Totals 41 0 2 0 4 0 1 0 48 0

Top Scorers

Last updated 10 March 2020
Position Nation Name Scottish Championship Challenge Cup League Cup Scottish Cup Total
1 Scotland Stephen Dobbie 8 1 2 0 11
2 Scotland Connor Murray 2 1 2 1 6
3 Scotland Gary Oliver 4 0 1 0 5
4 Scotland Jack Hamilton 4 0 0 0 4
5 England Callum Semple 2 0 1 0 3
6 Scotland Kevin Holt 2 0 0 0 2
= Scotland Michael Paton 1 0 1 0 2
8 Scotland Darren Brownlie 1 0 0 0 1
= France Faissal El Bakhtaoui 1 0 0 0 1
= Scotland Lee Kilday 0 0 1 0 1
= Scotland Scott Mercer 0 0 1 0 1
= Lithuania Deimantas Petravicius 1 0 0 0 1
= England Dan Pybus 1 0 0 0 1

Clean sheets

R Pos Nat Name Scottish Championship Challenge Cup League Cup Scottish Cup Total
*1 GK Scotland Robby McCrorie[15] 5 0 0 0 5
1 GK Scotland Ross Stewart 1 0 0 0 1
20 GK Scotland Jack Leighfield 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 6 0 0 0 6

Last updated: 10 March 2020
Source: Match reports in Competitive matches

Team statistics

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts PPG Promotion, qualification or relegation[a]
6 Dunfermline Athletic 28 10 7 11 41 36 +5 37 1.32
7 Greenock Morton 28 10 6 12 45 52 −7 36 1.29
8 Alloa Athletic 28 7 10 11 33 43 −10 31 1.11
9 Queen of the South 28 7 7 14 28 40 −12 28 1.00
10 Partick Thistle (R) 27 6 8 13 32 47 −15 26 0.96 Relegation to League One
Source: SPFL
Rules for classification: 1) Points per game.
(R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ All play-off matches were cancelled, as clubs voted to curtail the season due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Scotland.[16]


League Cup table

Template:2019–20 Scottish League Cup Group E table

Division summary

Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728
GroundAHAHHAHAHAHAHAAHHAHHHAAHHAAA
ResultDDLLWLDWWDLLWLWLWWLLLDLLLDDL
Position8778788646777777666888899999
Updated to match(es) played on 1 June 2020. Source: [citation needed]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Management statistics

Last updated 10 March 2020
Name From To P W D L Win%[nb 1]
Allan Johnston 13 July 2019 10 March 2020 34 8 9 17 023.53

Transfers

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Win% is the percentage of matches won rounded to two decimal places.

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