2023–24 EFL League Two

League Two
2023–24
	League Two; 2023–24
Season information
Dates	5 August 2023–27 April 2024
Winners	Stockport County; 1st League Two title; 2nd D4 title
Promoted	Stockport County; Wrexham; Mansfield Town; Crawley Town
Relegated	Sutton United; Forest Green Rovers
Season statistics
Matches played	552
Goals scored	1,645
Average	(2.98 per match)
Top goalscorer	Macaulay Langstaff (28 goals)
Biggest home win	Stockport County 8–0 Sutton United; 16 December 2023
Biggest away win	Doncaster Rovers 0–5 Morecambe; 16 Dec 2023; Grimsby Town 1–6 Walsall; 1 Jan 2024
Highest scoring	Mansfield Town 9–2 Harrogate Town; 13 Feb 2024
← 2022–23	2024–25 →

The 2023–24 EFL League Two (referred to as the Sky Bet League Two for sponsorship reasons) was the 20th season of the Football League Two under its current title and the 32nd season under its current league division format. The season began on 5 August 2023.

Twenty-four teams will compete in the league – eighteen returning teams from the previous season, four teams relegated from League One and two teams promoted from the National League. As of 22 April 2023, twelve of the eighteen returning teams have been determined, as they have earned sufficient points in the 2022–23 season to guarantee they will not be relegated but not performed well enough to potentially reach the promotion play-offs (i.e. will finish no better than 8th place and no worse than 22nd place).

Team changes[]

The following teams have changed division since the 2022–23 season:

To League Two[]

Promoted from National League

Relegated from League One

From League Two[]

Promoted to League One

Relegated to National League

Stadiums[]

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Accrington Stanley	Accrington	Crown Ground	5,450
AFC Wimbledon	London (Wimbledon)	Plough Lane	9,369
Barrow	Barrow-in-Furness	Holker Street	5,045
Bradford City	Bradford	Valley Parade	25,136
Carlisle United	Carlisle	Brunton Park	17,949
Colchester United	Colchester	Colchester Community Stadium	10,105
Crawley Town	Crawley	Broadfield Stadium	6,134
Crewe Alexandra	Crewe	Gresty Road	10,153
Doncaster Rovers	Doncaster	Keepmoat Stadium	15,231
Forest Green Rovers	Nailsworth	The New Lawn	5,147
Gillingham	Gillingham	Priestfield Stadium	11,582
Grimsby Town	Cleethorpes	Blundell Park	9,052
Mansfield Town	Mansfield	Field Mill	9,186
Milton Keynes Dons	Milton Keynes	Stadium MK	30,500
Morecambe	Morecambe	Globe Arena	6,476
Newport County	Newport	Rodney Parade	7,850
Notts County	Nottingham	Meadow Lane	19,841
Salford City	Salford	Moor Lane	5,108
Stockport County	Stockport	Edgeley Park	10,841
Sutton United	London (Sutton)	Gander Green Lane	5,032
Swindon Town	Swindon	County Ground	15,728
Tranmere Rovers	Birkenhead	Prenton Park	16,789
Walsall	Walsall	Bescot Stadium	11,300
Wrexham	Wrexham	Racecourse Ground	10,771

Personnel and sponsoring[]

Team	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Sponsor
Accrington Stanley	John Coleman	Séamus Conneely	Macron	Wham
AFC Wimbledon	Johnnie Jackson	Alex Woodyard	Umbro	Sports Interactive
Barrow	Pete Wild	Niall Canavan	Puma	Terrace
Bradford City	Mark Hughes	Richie Smallwood	Macron	JCT600
Colchester United	Ben Garner	Tommy Smith	Macron	Workhorse Group
Crawley Town	Scott Lindsey	Ben Gladwin	Adidas	The People's Pension
Crewe Alexandra	Lee Bell	Luke Offord	FBT	Mornflake
Doncaster Rovers	Grant McCann	Tom Anderson	Elite Pro Sports	Eco-Power Group
Forest Green Rovers	Duncan Ferguson	Baily Cargill	PlayerLayer	Ecotricity
Gillingham	Neil Harris	Stuart O'Keefe	Macron	MEMS Power Generation
Grimsby Town	Paul Hurst	Luke Waterfall	Macron	myenergi
Harrogate Town	Simon Weaver	Josh Falkingham	New Balance	Strata
Mansfield Town	Nigel Clough	Ollie Clarke	Castore	One Call Insurance
Milton Keynes Dons	Graham Alexander	Dean Lewington	Castore	Suzuki
Morecambe	Derek Adams	Donald Love	Joma	Mazuma
Newport County	Graham Coughlan	Mickey Demetriou	VX3 Sportswear	Pure Vans
Notts County	Luke Williams	Kyle Cameron	Puma	Access Training
Salford City	Neil Wood	Ashley Eastham	Castore	TalkTalk
Stockport County	Dave Challinor	Paddy Madden	Puma	VITA Group
Sutton United	Matt Gray	Craig Eastmond	O'Neills	Angel Plastics
Swindon Town	Michael Flynn	Charlie Austin	Puma	MiPermit
Tranmere Rovers	Ian Dawes	Kane Hemmings	Mills	Essar
Walsall	Mat Sadler	Donervon Daniels	Erreà	Poundland
Wrexham	Phil Parkinson	Luke Young	Macron	TikTok

Managerial changes[]

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in the table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Swindon Town	Steve Mildenhall Gavin Gunning	End of interim spell	8 May 2023	Pre-season	Michael Flynn	8 May 2023
Doncaster Rovers	Danny Schofield	Sacked	9 May 2023		Grant McCann	12 May 2023
Milton Keynes Dons	Mark Jackson		9 May 2023		Graham Alexander	27 May 2023
Forest Green Rovers	Duncan Ferguson		4 July 2023		David Horseman	17 July 2023
Tranmere Rovers	Ian Dawes		10 September 2023	22nd	Nigel Adkins	10 September 2023
Bradford City	Mark Hughes		4 October 2023	18th	Graham Alexander	6 November 2023
Gillingham	Neil Harris		5 October 2023	8th	Stephen Clemence	1 November 2023
Milton Keynes Dons	Graham Alexander		16 October 2023	16th	Mike Williamson	17 October 2023
Colchester United	Ben Garner		21 October 2023	22nd	Matthew Etherington	21 October 2023
Grimsby Town	Paul Hurst		28 October 2023	21st	David Artell	27 November 2023
Morecambe	Derek Adams	Release clause met	20 November 2023	9th	Ged Brannan	27 November 2023
Sutton United	Matt Gray	Sacked	19 December 2023	24th	Steve Morison	6 January 2024
Forest Green Rovers	David Horseman	Mutual consent	20 December 2023	23rd	Troy Deeney	20 December 2023
Salford City	Neil Wood	Sacked	27 December 2023	21st	Karl Robinson	5 January 2024
Colchester United	Matthew Etherington	Sacked	1 January 2024	22nd	Danny Cowley	4 January 2024
Notts County	Luke Williams	Signed by Swansea City	5 January 2024	5th	Stuart Maynard	18 January 2024
Swindon Town	Michael Flynn	Mutual consent	15 January 2024	15th	Gavin Gunning	15 January 2024
Forest Green Rovers	Troy Deeney	Sacked	18 January 2024	24th	Steve Cotterill	25 January 2024
Accrington Stanley	John Coleman		3 March 2024	16th	John Doolan	4 March 2024
Gillingham	Stephen Clemence		29 April 2024	12th	Mark Bonner	7 May 2024
Morecambe	Ged Brannan	Resigned	30 April 2024	15th

League table[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Stockport County (C, P)	46	27	11	8	96	48	+48	92	Promoted to EFL League One
2	Wrexham (P)	46	26	10	10	89	52	+37	88
3	Mansfield Town (P)	46	24	14	8	90	47	+43	86
4	Milton Keynes Dons	46	23	9	14	83	68	+15	78	Qualified for League Two play-offs
5	Doncaster Rovers	46	21	8	17	73	68	+5	71
6	Crewe Alexandra	46	19	14	13	69	65	+4	71
7	Crawley Town (O, P)	46	21	7	18	73	67	+6	70
8	Barrow	46	18	15	13	62	56	+6	69
9	Bradford City	46	19	12	15	61	59	+2	69
10	AFC Wimbledon	46	17	14	15	64	51	+13	65
11	Walsall	46	18	11	17	69	73	−4	65
12	Gillingham	46	18	10	18	46	57	−11	64
13	Harrogate Town	46	17	12	17	60	69	−9	63
14	Notts County	46	18	7	21	89	86	+3	61
15	Morecambe	46	17	10	19	67	81	−14	58
16	Tranmere Rovers	46	17	6	23	67	70	−3	57
17	Accrington Stanley	46	16	9	21	63	71	−8	57
18	Newport County	46	16	7	23	62	76	−14	55
19	Swindon Town	46	14	12	20	77	83	−6	54
20	Salford City	46	13	12	21	66	82	−16	51
21	Grimsby Town	46	11	16	19	57	74	−17	49
22	Colchester United	46	11	12	23	59	80	−21	45
23	Sutton United (R)	46	9	15	22	59	84	−25	42	Relegated to National League
24	Forest Green Rovers (R)	46	11	9	26	44	78	−34	42	Relegated to National League

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
(C) Champion; (O) Play-off winner; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

On 11 April 2024, Morecambe were deducted three points for failing to pay players and staff on time following previous EFL rules breaches in the 2023–24 season.

Play-offs[]

Main article: 2024 Football League play-offs

Semi-finals					Final

7	Crawley Town	3	5	8
4	Milton Keynes Dons	0	1	1
					7	Crawley Town	2
					6	Crewe Alexandra	0
6	Crewe Alexandra	0	2	2 (4)
5	Doncaster Rovers	2	0	2 (3)

Results[]

Home \ Away	ACC	WIM	BAR	BRA	COL	CRA	CRE	DON	FOR	GIL	GRI	HAR	MAN	MIL	MOR	NEW	NCO	SAL	STO	SUT	SWI	TRA	WAL	WRE
Accrington Stanley	—	2–0	1–1	0–3	0–1	0–1	0–0	0–0	2–1	1–2	0–0	2–1	0–3	1–0	1–2	3–0	2–2	3–0	1–3	4–1	3–4	4–1	2–1	2–0
AFC Wimbledon	2–4	—	2–0	0–1	5–3	0–1	2–2	2–0	1–1	2–0	0–0	1–1	2–1	1–0	1–1	0–2	4–2	1–0	1–2	0–1	4–0	4–1	5–1	1–1
Barrow	1–1	0–0	—	1–2	2–0	1–0	1–3	3–2	1–2	2–0	3–1	0–0	1–1	1–0	1–0	1–0	1–1	0–0	2–2	2–1	0–2	1–0	2–0	1–1
Bradford City	1–0	0–0	1–2	—	2–1	2–4	1–0	1–1	0–2	1–0	1–1	1–1	1–5	4–0	2–2	4–1	0–3	1–1	0–0	1–0	1–0	2–0	1–3	1–1
Colchester United	1–1	0–2	1–4	1–1	—	1–2	1–1	1–4	3–3	0–1	2–0	1–2	1–1	2–3	1–3	2–1	5–4	2–1	1–2	1–1	3–1	2–0	1–1	1–2
Crawley Town	3–1	1–2	1–1	1–0	2–3	—	2–4	0–2	2–0	0–1	2–0	2–1	1–3	2–1	1–2	4–1	2–1	0–1	1–1	3–0	3–1	3–2	1–1	0–1
Crewe Alexandra	3–3	1–1	1–3	1–0	2–1	1–0	—	3–2	0–3	2–0	0–3	0–0	2–2	3–1	2–3	4–2	1–0	2–3	0–2	1–0	2–1	2–0	2–2	0–3
Doncaster Rovers	4–0	1–0	4–2	1–3	3–1	2–0	2–0	—	2–0	2–1	1–0	0–1	2–2	3–0	0–5	0–1	1–3	0–3	1–5	4–1	0–0	2–1	2–1	1–0
Forest Green Rovers	0–1	1–1	0–2	0–3	5–0	2–1	1–4	1–2	—	0–0	2–2	0–2	0–4	0–2	1–2	0–3	1–0	0–2	0–3	0–1	1–2	1–0	2–0	1–1
Gillingham	1–0	1–0	3–0	0–2	0–3	0–2	0–0	2–2	1–1	—	1–1	1–0	1–1	2–1	2–1	0–2	1–2	3–1	0–0	1–0	2–2	1–1	1–1	1–0
Grimsby Town	0–2	0–0	2–1	1–1	2–3	2–3	2–1	1–5	1–0	2–0	—	1–2	1–1	1–0	3–2	1–0	5–5	2–0	1–3	1–1	2–0	1–2	1–6	1–3
Harrogate Town	2–1	0–1	0–1	3–0	1–0	1–2	0–1	3–1	0–1	5–1	1–0	—	1–4	3–5	2–0	1–4	3–1	3–2	1–3	2–2	1–1	0–2	0–2	2–2
Mansfield Town	2–1	0–0	1–0	0–0	1–1	1–4	0–1	1–1	1–0	2–1	2–0	9–2	—	1–2	3–0	2–0	1–0	5–1	3–2	1–1	3–2	2–2	2–1	0–0
Milton Keynes Dons	2–1	3–1	2–2	4–1	1–0	2–0	3–1	2–1	2–0	2–1	1–1	0–1	1–4	—	1–2	3–0	1–1	3–1	1–2	4–4	3–2	1–0	5–0	1–1
Morecambe	1–1	4–1	2–1	3–0	0–1	1–0	0–1	0–3	1–2	2–3	1–1	2–2	1–1	1–3	—	1–2	0–0	1–0	1–1	1–0	2–2	1–0	2–1	1–3
Newport County	1–3	2–2	1–1	1–4	2–1	0–4	1–1	4–0	4–2	1–0	1–1	1–2	0–1	0–0	5–3	—	1–3	0–1	2–1	3–1	2–1	1–2	3–3	1–0
Notts County	3–1	0–2	1–1	4–2	1–0	3–1	1–3	3–0	4–3	1–3	3–2	3–0	1–4	3–3	5–0	3–0	—	1–2	2–5	3–4	3–1	2–1	1–2	0–2
Salford City	1–2	0–0	5–3	1–2	1–1	1–1	4–2	2–2	2–2	0–2	0–3	2–2	1–2	2–4	3–1	2–1	0–2	—	2–2	1–2	2–2	1–5	1–2	3–1
Stockport County	4–2	1–0	1–0	1–1	2–0	3–3	1–3	1–0	2–0	0–1	3–2	1–1	0–2	5–0	2–0	1–0	2–1	0–0	—	8–0	0–0	2–0	3–1	5–0
Sutton United	3–1	0–3	2–2	2–1	1–1	2–2	1–1	1–1	0–1	0–1	1–1	1–2	0–2	1–1	2–3	1–1	5–1	0–2	1–3	—	3–1	1–1	4–0	1–2
Swindon Town	1–2	3–2	0–3	2–0	2–2	6–0	2–2	1–2	2–1	0–1	2–1	1–1	2–1	1–2	3–3	2–0	2–1	1–1	2–4	5–3	—	3–1	2–0	0–1
Tranmere Rovers	2–0	3–2	1–2	2–1	1–1	1–3	0–0	1–2	3–0	3–1	2–2	3–0	2–1	1–2	2–3	2–1	4–2	3–4	4–0	1–0	2–1	—	1–3	0–1
Walsall	2–1	1–3	1–1	2–3	1–0	1–1	2–0	3–1	0–0	4–1	1–1	0–1	2–1	0–0	3–0	0–3	1–3	2–1	2–1	1–1	2–1	1–0	—	3–1
Wrexham	4–0	2–0	4–1	0–1	2–1	4–1	3–3	2–1	6–0	2–0	3–0	0–0	2–0	3–5	6–0	2–0	1–0	3–2	2–1	2–1	5–5	0–1	4–2	—

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: BBC Sport
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Season statistics[]

As of 20 April 2024

Top scorers[]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Macaulay Langstaff	Notts County	28
2	Paul Mullin	Wrexham	24
2	Matt Smith	Salford City	24
4	Davis Keillor-Dunn	Mansfield Town	22
5	Will Evans	Newport County	21
6	Isaac Olaofe	Stockport County	20
7	Joe Ironside	Doncaster Rovers	18
7	Danilo Orsi	Crawley Town	18
9	Dan Kemp	Swindon Town MK Dons	17
9	Paddy Madden	Stockport County	17

Updated to match(es) played on 20 April. Source: BBC

Hat-tricks[]

Player	For	Against	Result	Date
Callum Hendry	Salford City	Tranmere Rovers	3–4 (A)	19 August 2023
Jake Young⁴	Swindon Town	Crawley Town	6–0 (H)	26 August 2023
Andy Cook	Bradford City	Newport County	4–1 (A)	23 September 2023
Troy Deeney	Forest Green Rovers	Notts County	3–4 (A)	23 September 2023
Isaac Olaofe	Stockport County	Wrexham	5–0 (H)	23 September 2023
Isaac Hutchinson	Walsall	Gillingham	4-1 (H)	14 October 2023
Freddie Draper	Walsall	Newport County	3-3 (A)	20 October 2023
Paul Mullin	Wrexham	Morecambe	6-0 (H)	25 November 2023
Madden, PaddyPaddy Madden	Stockport County	Sutton United	8–0 (H)	02023-12-16-16 December 2023
Langstaff, MacaulayMacaulay Langstaff	Notts County	Morecambe	5–0 (H)	02023-12-29-29 December 2023
Fletcher, StevenSteven Fletcher	Wrexham	Barrow	4–1 (H)	1 January 2024
Smith, MattMatt Smith	Salford City	Crewe Alexandra	2–3 (A)	27 January 2024
Boateng, HiramHiram Boateng	Mansfield Town	Harrogate Town	9–2 (H)	13 February 2024
Paul Mullin	Wrexham	Accrington Stanley	4–0 (H)	2 March 2024
Madden, PaddyPaddy Madden	Stockport County	Sutton United	1–3 (A)	6 April 2024
Madden, PaddyPaddy Madden	Stockport County	Notts County	2–5 (A)	16 April 2024

Awards[]

Monthly[]

Month	Manager of the Month		Player of the Month
August	Graham Alexander	Milton Keynes Dons	Jake Young	Swindon Town
September	Dave Challinor	Stockport County	Louie Barry	Stockport County
October	Dave Challinor	Stockport County	Matt Smith	Salford City
November	Pete Wild	Barrow	Jake Young	Swindon Town
December	Mike Williamson	Milton Keynes Dons	Dean Lewington	Milton Keynes Dons
January	Simon Weaver	Harrogate Town	Jodi Jones	Notts County
February	Nigel Clough	Mansfield Town	Hakeeb Adelakun	Doncaster Rovers
March	Pete Wild	Barrow	Paul Mullin	Wrexham
April	Grant McCann	Doncaster Rovers	Paddy Madden	Stockport County

Annual[]

Award	Winner	Club
Player of the Season	Jodi Jones	Notts County
Young Player of the Season	Rob Apter	Tranmere Rovers
Manager of the Season	Nigel Clough	Mansfield Town

External links[]

League Two official site

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Season information
League Two 2023–24

Dates	5 August 2023–27 April 2024
Winners	Stockport County 1st League Two title 2nd D4 title
Promoted	Stockport County Wrexham Mansfield Town Crawley Town
Relegated	Sutton United Forest Green Rovers
Season statistics
Matches played	552
Goals scored	1,645
Average	(2.98 per match)
Top goalscorer	Macaulay Langstaff (28 goals)

Biggest home win	Stockport County 8–0 Sutton United 16 December 2023

Biggest away win	Doncaster Rovers 0–5 Morecambe 16 Dec 2023 Grimsby Town 1–6 Walsall 1 Jan 2024

Highest scoring	Mansfield Town 9–2 Harrogate Town 13 Feb 2024


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