2023–24 Sheffield United F.C. season

Sheffield United 2023–24
Club information
Manager	Paul Heckingbottom (until 5 December) Chris Wilder (from 6 December)
Stadium	Bramall Lane
League Season information
Final League position	Premier League, 20th (relegated)
Cup placements
FA Cup	Fourth round
EFL Cup	Second round
Season statistics
Top goalscorer	Oli McBurnie (6)
← 2022–23	2024–25 →

The 2023–24 season is the 135th season in the history of Sheffield United and their first season back in the Premier League since the 2020–21 season following their promotion from the Championship in the previous season. The club participated in the Premier League, the FA Cup, and the EFL Cup.

Kits

Home

Away

Third

Pre-season and friendlies

On 1 June, Sheffield United announced three pre-season friendlies, against Chesterfield, Rotherham United and Derby County along with a training camp in Europe.

      Win       Draw       Loss       Fixtures

Friendly 15 July 2023	Chesterfield	0–2	Sheffield United	Chesterfield
15:00 BST		Report	Ndiaye  52' Osborn  59'	Stadium: Technique Stadium Attendance: 9,476

Friendly 19 July 2023	Estoril	0–0	Sheffield United	Alcabideche, Portugal
19:30 WEST 19:30 BST		Report		Stadium: Estádio António Coimbra da Mota

Friendly 25 July 2023	Rotherham United	1–0	Sheffield United	Rotherham
19:00 BST	Trialist  12'	Report		Stadium: AESSEAL New York Stadium

Friendly 26 July 2023	Sheffield United	0–2	Girona	Manchester
13:00 BST		Report	Sávio  74' Torre  90+3'

Friendly 29 July 2023	Derby County	1–3	Sheffield United	Derby
15:00 BST	Smith  58'	Report	Ben Slimane  18' Baldock  82' Ndiaye  84'	Stadium: Pride Park Stadium

Friendly 5 August 2023	Sheffield United	0–3	VfB Stuttgart	Sheffield
13:00 BST		Report	Guirassy  9', 14', 59'	Stadium: Bramall Lane Attendance: 10,732

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
					Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Premier League			Matchday 1		&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.0000000	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.0000000	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.0000000	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.0000000	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.0000000	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.0000000	+0	!—
FA Cup			Third round		&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.0000000	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.0000000	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.0000000	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.0000000	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.0000000	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.0000000	+0	!—
EFL Cup			Second round		&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.0000000	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.0000000	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.0000000	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.0000000	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.0000000	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.0000000	+0	!—
Total					&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.0000000	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.0000000	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.0000000	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.0000000	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.0000000	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.0000000	−0	—

Last updated: pre-season
Source: Soccerway

Premier League

Main article: 2023–24 Premier League

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
2	Manchester City  (C)	38	28	7	3	94	33	+61	91	Qualification for the Champions League group stage
1	Arsenal	38	28	5	5	91	29	+62	89
3	Liverpool	38	24	10	4	86	41	+45	82
4	Aston Villa	38	20	8	10	76	61	+15	68
5	Tottenham	38	20	6	12	74	61	+13	66	Qualification for the Europa League group stage
6	Chelsea	38	18	9	11	77	63	+14	63	Qualification for the Conference League play-off round
7	Newcastle Utd	38	18	6	14	85	62	+23	60
8	Manchester Utd	38	18	6	14	57	58	−1	60	Qualification for the Europa League group stage
9	West Ham Utd	38	14	10	14	60	74	−14	52
10	Crystal Palace	38	13	10	15	57	58	−1	49
11	Brighton	38	12	12	14	55	62	−7	48
12	Bournemouth	38	13	9	16	54	67	−13	48
13	Fulham	38	13	8	17	55	61	−6	47
14	Wolves	38	13	7	18	49	63	−14	46
15	Everton	38	13	9	16	40	51	−11	40
16	Brentford	38	10	9	19	56	65	−9	39
17	Nottm Forest	38	9	9	20	49	67	−18	32
18	Luton Town  (R)	38	6	8	24	52	85	−33	26	Relegation to EFL Championship
19	Burnley  (R)	38	5	9	24	41	78	−37	24
20	Sheffield Utd  (R)	38	3	7	28	35	104	−69	16

Source: Premier League
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd number of goals scored.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round; (Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament

• Everton were deducted eight points for breaching profitability and sustainability rules. They were originally deducted 10 points but this was reduced to six after an appeal. The club were then deducted an additional two points for further PSR breaches.
• Nottingham Forest were deducted 4 points for breaching profitability and sustainability rules. The club appealed the decision but were unsuccessful.

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Last updated: pre-season
Source: Soccerway

Matches

      Win       Draw       Loss       Fixtures

FA Cup

Main article: 2023–24 FA Cup

      Win       Draw       Loss       Fixtures

EFL Cup

Main article: 2023–24 EFL Cup

      Win       Draw       Loss       Fixtures

External links

• Official website

Sheffield United F.C. matches - 2023–24

2023–24 Premier League

Nottingham Forest (a) · Newcastle United (h) · Arsenal (a) · Luton Town (h) · Arsenal (h) · Tottenham Hotspur (h)

2023–24 FA Cup

Gillingham (a) · Brighton & Hove Albion (h)

2023–24 EFL Cup

Lincoln City (h)