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2019–20 season
Chairman	Robert Wilson
Manager	Gary Holt
Stadium	Almondvale Stadium
Scottish Premiership	5th
Scottish League Cup	Quarter-finals
Scottish Cup	Fifth round
Top goalscorer	League: Lyndon Dykes (9) All: Lyndon Dykes (11)
Highest home attendance	8,643 vs Celtic, Premiership, 4 March 2020
Lowest home attendance	692 vs Berwick Rangers, League Cup, 27 July 2019
Average home league attendance	3,542
Home colours Away colours
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The 2019–20 season was Livingston's second consecutive season in the Scottish Premiership, the top flight of Scottish football. Livingston also competed in the Scottish Cup and the League Cup.

On 13 March, the Scottish football season was suspended with immediate effect due to the COVID-19 Coronavirus outbreak. On 18 May, the SPFL declared the end of the season determining on an average points per game with Livi finishing in fifth place.

Season Summary

Gary Holt remained as manager for the season. Livi started the season well by going nine matches unbeaten until they met Rangers in the League, with them also knocking Livi out of the League Cup. Then for the first time in their history Livi earned their maiden win against Celtic in the League. They went on an eight match win-less League run but ended it with a win against Kilmarnock. Lyndon Dykes became the first Livi player to score a top-flight hat-trick against Ross County. Livi were knocked out in the fifth round of the Scottish Cup by Inverness Caledonian Thistle. Their away match at Rangers was postponed and rearranged 24 hours later by the SPFL due to Storm Dennis. They moved up to fifth in the table before all football was suspended due to COVID-19 Coronavirus outbreak. On 9 April, the Scottish football season was further suspended until at least 10 June. Livi shortly after released a statement saying they would support a decision to finish the league early. On 18 May, the SPFL finished the league.

Results & fixtures

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Pre-season

30 June 2019 Friendly	ŠKF Sereď	1–1	Livingston	Budapest, Hungary
16:00	Kuzma 73' (pen.)	Report	Dykes 41'

3 July 2019 Friendly	Paksi	1–0	Livingston	Budapest, Hungary
16:00	Böde 28'	Report

6 July 2019 Friendly	Tranmere Rovers	1–2	Livingston	St Andrews
15:00	Mullin 50'	Report	Pittman 45' Menga 74'	Attendance: 0
Note: Match played behind closed doors

9 July 2019 Friendly	Alloa Athletic	0–2	Livingston	Indodrill Stadium
19:45		Report	Dykes 13' Miller 81'

Scottish Premiership

10 August 2019 2	St Johnstone	2–2	Livingston	McDiarmid Park
14:00	Kennedy 55' Hendry 82'	BBC Report	Lawless 13' Pittman 39'	Attendance: 2,349 Referee: Andrew Dallas

24 August 2019 3	Ross County	1–4	Livingston	Global Energy Stadium
15:00	Stewart 44'	BBC Report	Guthrie 3' Lawless 14' Dykes 26' Stobbs 52'	Attendance: 4,237 Referee: John Beaton

31 August 2019 4	Livingston	2–1	St Mirren	Almondvale Stadium
15:00	Lithgow 26' Dykes 58'	Report	Magennis 64'	Attendance: 2,346 Referee: Colin Steven

14 September 2019 5	Rangers	3–1	Livingston	Ibrox Stadium
15:00	Tavernier 55' Morelos 71' Barker 79'	Report	Lawless 47' (pen.) Dykes  50'  73'	Attendance: 48,793 Referee: Willie Collum

21 September 2019 6	Livingston	0–2	Aberdeen	Almondvale Stadium
15:00 BST	Jacobs  52' Devlin  90+2'	Report	Considine 29' Cosgrove 90+3' (pen.)	Attendance: 2,803 Referee: Nick Walsh

28 September 2019 7	Hamilton Academical	2–1	Livingston	New Douglas Park
15:00	Alston 45+1' Cunningham 84' (pen.) Stubbs  90+1'	Report	Lithgow 15' Robinson  47'	Attendance: 1,075 Referee: Steven McLean

6 October 2019 8	Livingston	2–0	Celtic	Almondvale Stadium
12:00	Robinson 47' Dykes 73'	Report	Christie  26'	Attendance: 8,196 Referee: Willie Collum
Note: Game televised on Sky Sports Football

19 October 2019 9	Kilmarnock	2–1	Livingston	Rugby Park
15:00	Dicker 39' McKenzie 55'	Report	Miller 84'	Attendance: 4,828 Referee: Steven McLean

26 October 2019 10	Livingston	0–0	Heart of Midlothian	Almondvale Stadium
15:00	Souda  49'	Report		Attendance: 3,854 Referee: Greg Aitken

30 October 2019 11	Hibernian	2–2	Livingston	Easter Road
19:45	Allan 62' (pen.) Boyle 90+2'	Report	Lawless 38' Sibbald 41'	Attendance: 14,662 Referee: Gavin Duncan

2 November 2019 12	Motherwell	2–1	Livingston	Fir Park
15:00	Long 47' Gallagher  52' Campbell 83'	Report	Guthrie  30' Lawless 60' (pen.)  69'	Attendance: 4,423 Referee: Euan Anderson

10 November 2019 13	Livingston	0–2	Rangers	Almondvale Stadium
15:00	McMillan  20' Bartley  73' Taylor-Sinclair  81'	Report	Aribo 32' Morelos 52'	Attendance: 8,071 Referee: Nick Walsh
Note: Game televised on Sky Sports Football

23 November 2019 14	Celtic	4–0	Livingston	Celtic Park
	Édouard 19' Brown 57'  90+4' Forrest 64', 90+1'	Report	Dykes  44' Tiffoney  80'	Attendance: 58,247 Referee: Andrew Dallas

30 November 2019 15	Livingston	0–0	Hamilton Academical	Almondvale Stadium
15:00		Report	Easton  76'	Attendance: 1,076 Referee: William Collum

4 December 2019 16	Heart of Midlothian	1–1	Livingston	Tynecastle Park
	MacLean 88'	Report	Bartley  8' 33' Pittman  49' Robinson  55' Guthrie  68'	Attendance: 14,681 Referee: Greg Aitken

7 December 2019 17	Livingston	3–0	Kilmarnock	Almondvale Stadium
15:00	Guthrie 54' Dykes 65' Lawless 81'	Report	McKenzie  27' Power  86'	Attendance: 1,531 Referee: John Beaton

14 December 2019 18	St Mirren	3–3	Livingston	St Mirren Park
	Morias 33' Obika 61', 73' Flynn  71'	Report	Souda 13', 56' Lawson  26' Guthrie 45' Robinson  83' Dykes  88'	Attendance: 4,344 Referee: Nick Walsh

21 December 2019 19	Livingston	4–0	Ross County	Almondvale Stadium
15:00	Lamie 31' Dykes 41', 50', 73' Sibbald  60'	Report		Attendance: 1,201 Referee: Colin Steven

26 December 2019 20	Aberdeen	2–1	Livingston	Pittodrie Stadium
15:00	McLennan 13' Taylor  85' Anderson 81'	Report	Dykes 86'	Attendance: 14,518 Referee: Bobby Madden

29 December 2019 21	Livingston	2–0	Hibernian	Almondvale Stadium
15:00 GMT	Lawson  33' Guthrie 62', 77' Bartley  75'	Report	Slivka  60'	Attendance: 4,902 Referee: Euan Anderson

22 January 2020 22	Livingston	1–0	St. Johnstone	Almondvale Stadium
	McMillan  40' Bartley  44' Pittman 56'	Report	Kane  80'	Attendance: 1,140 Referee: Euan Anderson

25 January 2020 23	Hamilton Academical	2–4	Livingston	New Douglas Park
15:00	Want 13' Woods 57' Fjørtoft  77'	Report	Sibbald 15' Taylor-Sinclair 32' Lawless 62' (pen.) Pittman 65' Souda  71'	Attendance: 1,487 Referee: Bobby Madden

1 February 2020 24	Livingston	1–0	Motherwell	Almondvale Stadium
15:00	Bartley  56' Dykes  56' Taylor-Sinclair 67'	Report	Tait  70' O'Hara  89' Carroll  90+1'	Attendance: 1,932 Referee: John Beaton

5 February 2020 25	Ross County	2–0	Livingston	Global Energy Stadium
19:45	McKay 2', 59'	Report		Attendance: 3,301 Referee: Nick Walsh

12 February 2020 26	Livingston	2–1	St Mirren	Almondvale Stadium
19:45	Lawless 34' (pen.) Dykes 46'	Report	Obika 50'	Attendance: 1,263 Referee: David Munro

16 February 2020 27	Rangers	1–0	Livingston	Ibrox Stadium
15:00	Arfield 59'	Report	Lawson  34' Guthrie  43' Crawford  68'	Attendance: 48,302 Referee: Euan Anderson
Note: Match was played 24 hours later than planned due to Storm Dennis

22 February 2020 28	Hibernian	1–1	Livingston	Easter Road
15:00	Doidge 50'	Report	Taylor-Sinclair 56'	Attendance: 15,553 Referee: Alan Newlands

4 March 2020 29	Livingston	2–2	Celtic	Almondvale Stadium
	Guthrie 24' Robinson 46'	Report	McGregor 16' Rogic 90+1'	Attendance: 8,640 Referee: Willie Collum

7 March 2020 30	St Johnstone	1–0	Livingston	McDiarmid Park
15:00	Hendry 84'	Report		Attendance: 3,008 Referee: Kevin Clancy

Scottish League Cup

Group stage

13 July 2019 Group	Falkirk	1–1 (3–4 p)	Livingston	Falkirk Stadium
15:00	Connolly  6' Dixon  68' Sammon 90'	BBC Report Livi Report	Dykes 36'	Attendance: 2,121 Referee: Alan Muir
	Penalties
	Telfer Tidser Sammon Toshney		Jacobs Miller Lamie Souda

16 July 2019 Group	Livingston	2–1	Ayr United	Almondvale Stadium
19:45	Souda 25' Lamie 83'	SPFL Report Livi Report	Murdoch 51'	Attendance: 1,097 Referee: Willie Collum

23 July 2019 Group	Stranraer	1–2	Livingston	Stair Park
19:45	McManus  48' Elliott 57'	BBC Report	Lawless 42' (pen.) Souda 45'	Attendance: 402 Referee: Craig Napier

27 July 2019 Group	Livingston	5–0	Berwick Rangers	Almondvale Stadium
15:00	Lamie 2', 81' Sibbald 16', 84' Lithgow 24'	BBC Report		Attendance: 692 Referee: Colin Steven

Knockout round

17 August 2019 Second round	Forfar Athletic	1–2	Livingston	Station Park
15:00	Hilson 63'	BBC Report	Dykes 34' Pittman 53'	Attendance: 884 Referee: Gavin Duncan

25 September 2019 Quarter-final	Livingston	0–1	Rangers	Almondvale Stadium
19:45		Report	Kamara 5'	Attendance: 8,160 Referee: Don Robertson
Note: Game televised on BT Sport 1 and BT Sport Ultimate

Scottish Cup

18 January 2020 Fourth round	Livingston	3–1	Raith Rovers	Almondvale Stadium
15:00 GMT	Lawless 77' (pen.), 90+1' (pen.) Dykes 78'	Report	Baird 22'	Attendance: 1,725 Referee: Alan Newlands

8 February 2020 Fifth round	Inverness CT	1–0	Livingston	Caledonian Stadium
15:01 GMT	Welsh 61'	Report		Attendance: 1,512 Referee: Don Robertson

Squad statistics

Appearances

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Premiership		League Cup		Scottish Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	SCO	Robby McCrorie	7	0	7	0	0	0	0	0
2	DF	SCO	Nicky Devlin	16	0	11	0	5	0	0	0
3	DF	NIR	Ciaron Brown	11	0	9	0	0	0	2	0
4	DF	SCO	Alan Lithgow	17	3	9+3	2	5	1	0	0
5	DF	SCO	Ricki Lamie	30	4	19+3	1	6	3	2	0
6	MF	ENG	Marvin Bartley	36	1	27+1	1	6	0	2	0
7	MF	RSA	Keaghan Jacobs	29	0	14+10	0	3+1	0	1	0
8	MF	SCO	Scott Pittman	30	4	23	3	5	1	2	0
9	FW	AUS	Lyndon Dykes	33	11	25	9	6	2	2	0
10	MF	SCO	Craig Sibbald	21	4	14+4	2	1	2	1+1	0
11	MF	SCO	Steven Lawless	37	8	29+1	8	5	0	2	0
14	DF	ENG	Hakeem Odoffin	7	0	3+4	0	0	0	0	0
15	DF	FRA	Cécé Pepe	6	0	0+2	0	3+1	0	0	0
16	MF	SCO	Robbie Crawford	25	0	13+7	0	4+1	0	0	0
17	MF	SCO	Scott Robinson	27	2	13+9	2	1+2	0	0+2	0
19	FW	SCO	Chris Erskine	14	0	3+7	0	0+3	0	0+1	0
20	FW	TUN	Aymen Souda	25	4	11+6	2	5+1	2	2	0
21	DF	SCO	Jack McMillan	25	0	19+2	0	3	0	0+1	0
24	FW	ANG	Dolly Menga	4	0	0+3	0	0	0	0+1	0
25	DF	NGA	Efe Ambrose	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
27	DF	ENG	Jon Guthrie	32	6	28	6	2	0	2	0
29	DF	SCO	Aaron Taylor-Sinclair	14	3	12+2	3	0	0	0	0
31	GK	ENG	Ryan Schofield	3	0	1	0	0	0	2	0
33	DF	TOG	Steve Lawson	20	0	11+6	0	0+1	0	2	0
40	GK	SCO	Gary Maley	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Players who left the club during the season
1	GK	SCO	Ross Stewart	9	0	7	0	2	0	0	0
12	MF	SCO	Cameron Blues	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
18	FW	SCO	Lee Miller	5	1	0+3	1	0+2	0	0	0
22	MF	SCO	Scott Tiffoney	11	0	1+7	0	0+3	0	0	0
23	MF	ITA	Raffaele De Vita	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
29	DF	GUI	Ibrahima Savane	2	0	0+1	0	0+1	0	0	0
30	GK	MNE	Matija Sarkic	18	0	14	0	4	0	0	0
31	MF	ENG	Jack Stobbs	4	1	2+2	1	0	0	0	0
37	MF	SCO	Craig Henderson	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

• Robby McCrorie used squad No. 23 for one match against St Johnstone. He used No. 1 after.

Team statistics

League table

1. All play-off matches were cancelled, as clubs voted to curtail the season due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

League cup table

Transfers

Transfers in

Date	Position	Name	Previous Club	Fee	Ref
11 Jun 2019	DF	Cécé Pepe	Rieti	Free
15 Jun 2019	MF	Robbie Crawford	Ayr United	Free
26 Jun 2019	GK	Matija Sarkic	Aston Villa	Loan
1 Jul 2019	DF	Nicky Devlin	Walsall	Free
16 Jul 2019	DF	Ibrahima Savane	Béziers	Free
20 Jul 2019	FW	Aymen Souda	Dunărea Călărași	Free
12 Aug 2019	DF	Jon Guthrie	Walsall	Free
20 Aug 2019	MF	Jack Stobbs	Sheffield Wednesday	Loan
6 Nov 2019	DF	Aaron Taylor-Sinclair	Motherwell	Free
8 Jan 2020	GK	Ryan Schofield	Huddersfield Town	Loan
8 Jan 2020	DF	Ciaron Brown	Cardiff City	Loan
21 Jan 2020	GK	Robby McCrorie	Rangers	Loan
18 Feb 2020	DF	Efe Ambrose	Derby County	Free

Transfers out

Date	Position	Name	Subsequent Club	Fee	Ref.
14 Jun 2019	GK	Liam Kelly	Queens Park Rangers	Undisclosed
18 Jun 2019	MF	Shaun Byrne	Dundee	Undisclosed
19 Jun 2019	MF	Nicky Cadden	Greenock Morton	Free
27 Jun 2019	MF	Carlo Pignatiello	Stranraer	Loan
1 Jul 2019	DF	Callum Crane	Edinburgh City	Free
1 Jul 2019	GK	Jordan Pettigrew	Dumbarton	Free
1 Jul 2019	FW	Jack Hamilton	Queen of the South	Loan
1 Jul 2019	DF	Declan Gallagher	Motherwell	Free
1 Jul 2019	DF	Craig Halkett	Heart of Midlothian	Free
7 Jul 2019	DF	Cameron Clark	Queen's Park	Free
12 Jul 2019	FW	Matthew Knox	Brechin City	Free
18 Jul 2019	FW	Raffaele De Vita	Partick Thistle	Loan
18 Jul 2019	FW	Dolly Menga	Atlético Petróleos de Luanda	Loan
26 Jul 2019	DF	Henk van Schaik	Greenock Morton	Undisclosed
6 Sep 2019	MF	Cameron Blues	Greenock Morton	Free
19 Nov 2019	FW	Lee Miller	Falkirk	Free
1 Jan 2020	FW	Raffaele De Vita	Falkirk	Loan
4 Jan 2020	FW	Gregg Wylde	Clyde	Free
23 Jan 2020	GK	Ross Stewart	Queen of the South	Loan
30 Jan 2020	MF	Scott Tiffoney	Ayr United	Loan
31 Jan 2020	DF	Ibrahima Savane	US Avranches	Free

See also

List of Livingston F.C. seasons

Footnotes

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