2023–24 in English football

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England 2023–24
Season information
Premier League	Manchester City
Championship	Leicester City
League One	Portsmouth
League Two	Stockport County
National League	Chesterfield
EFL Trophy	Peterborough
FA Cup	Manchester City or Manchester United
EFL Cup	Liverpool
Community Shield	Arsenal
← 2022–23	2024–25 →

The 2023–24 season is the 144th competitive association football season in England.

National teams

England national football team

Main article:England national football team

Results and fixtures

Friendlies

12 September 2023	Scotland	1–3	England	Glasgow, Scotland
19:45 BST	Maguire  67' (og)	Report	Foden  32' Bellingham  35' Kane  81'	Stadium: Hampden Park Attendance: 51,000 Referee: Davide Massa (Italy)

13 October 2023	England	1–0	Australia	London, England
19:45 BST	Watkins  57'	Report		Stadium: Wembley Stadium Attendance: 81,116 Referee: Stéphanie Frappart (France)

23 March 2024 (2024-03-23)	England	0–1	Brazil	London, England
19:00 BST		Report	Endrick  80'	Stadium: Wembley Stadium Attendance: 84,595 Referee: Artur Dias (Portugal)

26 March 2024 (2024-03-26)	England	2–2	Belgium	London, England
19:45 BST	Toney  17' (pen.) Bellingham  90+5'	Report	Tielemans  11', 36'	Stadium: Wembley Stadium Referee: Sebastian Gishamer (Austria)

3 June 2024 (2024-06-03)	England	v	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Newcastle, England
19:45 BST		Report		Stadium: St. James' Park

7 June 2024 (2024-06-07)	England	v	Iceland	London, England
19:45 BST		[https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/2036166/		Stadium: Wembley Stadium

UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying

Main article:UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying

Group C

Main article:UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying Group C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
England (Q)	8	6	2	0	22	3	+19	20	Qualify for final tournament
Italy (Q)	8	4	2	2	16	9	+7	14
Ukraine	8	4	2	2	11	8	+3	14	Advance to play-offs via Nations League
North Macedonia (E)	8	2	2	4	10	19	−9	8
Malta (E)	8	0	0	8	2	20	−18	0

9 September 2023	Ukraine	1–1	England	Wrocław, Poland
17:00 BST	Zinchenko  26'	Report	Walker  41'	Stadium: Stadion Wrocław Attendance: 39,000 Referee: Georgi Kabakov (Bulgaria)

17 October 2023	England	3–1	Italy	London, England
19:45 BST	Kane  32' (pen.), 77' Rashford  57'	Report	Scamacca  15'	Stadium: Wembley Stadium Attendance: 83,194 Referee: Clément Turpin (France)

17 November 2023	England	2–0	Malta	London, England
19:45 BST	Pepe  8' (o.g.) Kane  75'	Report		Stadium: Wembley Stadium Referee: Luis Godinho (Portugal)

20 November 2023	North Macedonia	1–1	England	Skopje, North Macedonia
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Bardhi  41'	Report	Atanasov  59', og'	Stadium: Toše Proeski National Arena Attendance: 27,982 Referee: Filip Glova (Slovakia)

UEFA Euro 2024

Main article:UEFA Euro 2024

Group C

Main article:UEFA Euro 2024 Group C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
England	3	1	2	0	2	1	+1	5	Advance to knockout phase
Denmark	3	0	3	0	2	2	0	3
Slovenia	3	0	3	0	2	2	0	3	Possible knockout phase based on ranking
Serbia	3	0	2	1	1	2	−1	2

16 June 2024 (2024-06-16)	Serbia	v	England	[Gelsenkirchen, Germany
		Report		Stadium: Arena AufSchalke

20 June 2024 (2024-06-20)	Denmark	v	England	Frankfurt, Germany
		Report		Stadium: Waldstadion

25 June 2024 (2024-06-25)	England	v	Slovenia	Cologne, Germany
		Report		Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion

FIFA competitions

FIFA Club World Cup

Main article:2023 FIFA Club World Cup

Bracket

First round

Second round

Semi-finals

Final

15 December – Jeddah (PAASC)

León

0

19 December – Jeddah (KASC)

Urawa Red Diamonds

1

Urawa Red Diamonds

0

Manchester City

3

22 December – Jeddah (KASC)

Manchester City

4

18 December – Jeddah (KASC)

Fluminense

0

15 December – Jeddah (KASC)

Fluminense

2

12 December – Jeddah (KASC)

Al Ahly

3

Al Ahly

0

Match for third place

Al-Ittihad

3

Al-Ittihad

1

22 December – Jeddah (PAASC)

Auckland City

0

Urawa Red Diamonds

2

Al Ahly

4

Matches

SF 19 December 2023 (2023-12-19)	Urawa Red Diamonds	0–3	Manchester City	King Abdullah Sports City, Jeddah
		https://www.fifa.com/fifaplus/en/match-centre/match/107/287833/287838/400017371	Høibråten  45+1' (o.g.) Kovačić  52' Silva  59'	Attendance: 40,127 Referee: Mohammed Al Hoish (Saudi Arabia)

F 22 December 2023 (2023-12-22)	Manchester City	4–0	Fluminense	King Abdullah Sports City, Jeddah
21:00	Álvarez  1', 88' Nino  27' (o.g.) Foden  72'	https://www.fifa.com/fifaplus/en/match-centre/match/107/287833/287839/400017372		Attendance: 52,601 Referee: Szymon Marciniak (Poland)

UEFA competitions

UEFA Super Cup

Main article:2023 UEFA Super Cup

16 August 2023 (2023-08-16) 21:00 CEST	Manchester City	1–1	Sevilla	Karaiskakis Stadium, Piraeus Attendance: 29,207 Referee: François Letexier (France)
	Palmer  63'	Report	En-Nesyri  25'
		Penalties
	Haaland Álvarez Kovačić Grealish Walker	5–4	Ocampos Mir Rakitić Montiel Gudelj

UEFA Champions League

Main article:2023–24 UEFA Champions League

Group stage

Main article:2023–24 UEFA Champions League group stage#Group stage

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
Bayern Munich (Q)	6	5	1	0	12	6	+6	16	Advance to knockout phase
Copenhagen (Q)	6	2	2	2	8	8	0	8
Galatasaray	6	1	2	3	10	13	−3	5	Transfer to Europa League
Manchester United	6	1	1	4	12	15	−3	4

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
Arsenal (Q)	6	4	1	1	16	4	+12	13	Advance to knockout phase
PSV Eindhoven (Q)	6	2	3	1	8	10	−2	9
Lens	6	2	2	2	6	11	−5	8	Transfer to Europa League
Sevilla	6	0	2	4	7	12	−5	2

Group F

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
Borussia Dortmund (Q)	6	3	2	1	7	4	+3	11	Advance to knockout phase
Paris Saint-Germain (Q)	6	2	2	2	9	8	+1	8
Newcastle United	6	2	2	2	5	8	−3	8	Transfer to Europa League
Milan	6	1	2	3	6	7	−1	5

Group G

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
Manchester City (Q)	6	6	0	0	18	7	+11	18	Advance to knockout phase
RB Leipzig (Q)	6	4	0	2	13	10	+3	12
Young Boys (Q)	6	1	1	4	7	13	−6	4	Transfer to Europa League
Red Star Belgrade (E)	6	0	1	5	7	15	−8	1

Knockout phase

Main article:2023–24 UEFA Champions League knockout phase

Round of 16

Main article:2023–24 UEFA Champions League knockout phase#Round of 16

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg
Porto	1–1 (2–4 p)	Arsenal	1–0	0–1 (a.e.t.)
Copenhagen	2–6	Manchester City	1–3	1–3

Quarter-finals

Main article:2023–24 UEFA Champions League knockout phase#Quarter-finals

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg
Arsenal		Bayern Munich	9 Apr	17 Apr
Real Madrid		Manchester City	9 Apr	17 Apr

UEFA Europa League

Main article:2023–24 UEFA Europa League

Group stage

Main article:2023–24 UEFA Europa League group stage#Group stage

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
West Ham United	6	5	0	1	10	4	+6	15	Advance to round of 16
SC Freiburg	6	4	0	2	17	7	+10	12	Advance to knockout round play-offs
Olympiacos	6	2	1	3	11	14	−3	7	Transfer to Europa Conference League
TSC	6	0	1	5	6	19	−13	1

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
Brighton & Hove Albion	6	4	1	1	10	5	+5	13	Advance to round of 16
Marseille	6	3	2	1	14	10	+4	11	Advance to knockout round play-offs
Ajax	6	1	2	3	10	13	−3	5	Transfer to Europa Conference League
AEK Athens	6	1	1	4	6	12	−6	4

Group E

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
Liverpool	6	4	0	2	17	7	+10	12	Advance to round of 16
Toulouse	6	3	2	1	8	9	−1	11	Advance to knockout round play-offs
Union Saint-Gilloise	6	2	2	2	5	8	−3	8	Transfer to Europa Conference League
LASK	6	1	0	5	6	12	−6	3

Knockout stage

Main article:2023–24 UEFA Europa League knockout phase

Round of 16

Main article:2023–24 UEFA Europa League knockout phase#Round of 16

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg
Sparta Prague	2–11	Liverpool	1–5	1–6
Roma	4–1	Brighton & Hove Albion	4–0	0–1
SC Freiburg	1–5	West Ham United	1–0	0–5

Quarter-finals

Main article:2023–24 UEFA Europa League knockout phase#Quarter-finals

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg
Liverpool		Atalanta	11 Apr	18 Apr
Bayer Leverkusen		West Ham United	11 Apr	18 Apr

UEFA Europa Conference League

Main article:2023–24 UEFA Europa Conference League

Play-off round

Main article:2023–24 UEFA Europa Conference League qualifying phase and play-off round (Main Path)#Play-off round

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg
Hibernian	0–8	Aston Villa	0–5	0–3

Group stage

Main article:2023–24 UEFA Europa Conference League group stage

Group E

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
Aston Villa	6	4	1	1	12	7	+5	13	Advance to round of 16
Legia Warsaw	6	4	0	2	10	6	+4	12	Advance to knockout round play-offs
AZ	6	2	0	4	7	12	−5	6
Zrinjski Mostar	6	1	1	4	6	10	−4	4

Knockout phase

Main article:2023–24 UEFA Europa Conference League knockout phase

Round of 16

Main article:2023–24 UEFA Europa Conference League knockout phase#Round of 16

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg
Ajax	0–4	Aston Villa	0–0	0–4

Quarter-finals

Main article:2023–24 UEFA Europa Conference League knockout phase#Quarter-finals

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg
Aston Villa		Lille	11 Apr	18 Apr

Men's football

League	Promoted to league	Relegated from league
Premier League	Burnley Sheffield United Luton Town	Leicester City Leeds United Southampton
Championship	Plymouth Argyle Ipswich Town Sheffield Wednesday	Reading Blackpool Wigan Athletic
League One	Leyton Orient Stevenage Northampton Town Carlisle United	Milton Keynes Dons Morecambe Accrington Stanley Forest Green Rovers
League Two	Wrexham Notts County	Hartlepool United Rochdale
National League	AFC Fylde Kidderminster Harriers Ebbsfleet United Oxford City	Torquay United Yeovil Town Scunthorpe United Maidstone United

Premier League

Main article:2023–24 Premier League

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 Hotspur	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 United	38	18	6	14	85	62	+23	60
8	Manchester United	38	18	6	14	57	58	−1	60	Qualification for the Europa League group stage
9	West Ham United	38	14	10	14	60	74	−14	52
10	Crystal Palace	38	13	10	15	57	58	−1	49
11	Brighton & Hove Albion	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	Wolverhampton Wanderers	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	Nottingham 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 United  (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.

Championship

Main article:2023–24 EFL Championship

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Leicester City (C, P)	46	31	4	11	89	41	+48	97	Promotion to the Premier League
2	Ipswich Town (P)	46	28	12	6	92	57	+35	96
3	Leeds United (Q)	46	27	9	10	81	43	+38	90	Qualification for the Championship play-offs
4	Southampton (Q)	46	26	9	11	87	63	+24	87
5	West Bromwich Albion (Q)	46	21	12	13	70	47	+23	75
6	Norwich City (Q)	46	21	10	15	79	64	+15	73
7	Hull City	46	19	13	14	68	60	+8	70
8	Middlesbrough	46	20	9	17	71	62	+9	69
9	Coventry City	46	17	13	16	70	59	+11	64
10	Preston North End	46	18	9	19	56	67	−11	63
11	Bristol City	46	17	11	18	53	51	+2	62
12	Cardiff City	46	19	5	22	53	70	−17	62
13	Millwall	46	16	11	19	45	55	−10	59
14	Swansea City	46	15	12	19	59	65	−6	57
15	Watford	46	13	17	16	61	61	0	56
16	Sunderland	46	16	8	22	52	54	−2	56
17	Stoke City	46	15	11	20	49	60	−11	56
18	Queens Park Rangers	46	15	11	20	47	58	−11	56
19	Blackburn Rovers	46	14	11	21	60	74	−14	53
20	Sheffield Wednesday	46	15	8	23	44	68	−24	53
21	Plymouth Argyle	46	13	12	21	59	70	−11	51
22	Birmingham City (R)	46	13	11	22	50	65	−15	50	Relegation to EFL League One
23	Huddersfield Town (R)	46	9	18	19	48	77	−29	45
24	Rotherham United (R)	46	5	12	29	37	89	−52	27

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) Number of 12-point sending off offences; 9) Play-off (only if needed to determine promotion/relegation)
(C) Champion; (P) Promoted; (Q) Qualified to the phase indicated; (R) Relegated

League One

Main article:2023–24 EFL League One

League Two

Main article:2023–24 EFL League Two

National League

Main article:2023–24 National League (division)

North

Main article:2023–24 National League North

South

Main article:2023–24 National League South

Cup competitions

FA Cup

Main article:2023–24 FA Cup

EFL Cup

Main article:2023–24 EFL Cup

Final

Main article:2024 EFL Cup final

25 February 2024 (2024-02-25) 15:00 GMT	Chelsea	0–1 (a.e.t.)	Liverpool	Wembley Stadium Attendance: 88,868 Referee: Chris Kavanagh
		Report	Van Dijk  118'

Community Shield

Main article:2023 FA Community Shield

6 August 2023 (2023-08-06) 16:00 BST	Arsenal	1–1	Manchester City	Wembley Stadium, London Attendance: 81,145 Referee: Stuart Attwell (Birmingham)
	Trossard  90+11'	Report	Palmer  77'
		Penalties
	Ødegaard Trossard Saka Vieira	4–1	De Bruyne Silva Rodri

EFL Trophy

Main article:2023–24 EFL Trophy

Final

7 April 2024 16:30 BST	Peterborough United	v	Wycombe Wanderers	Wembley Stadium

FA Trophy

Main article:2023–24 FA Trophy

Managerial changes

This is a list of changes of managers within English league football:

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of departure	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Watford	Chris Wilder	End of contract	8 May 2023	Pre-season	Valérien Ismaël	10 May 2023
Blackpool	Stephen Dobbie	End of interim spell			Neil Critchley	23 May 2023
Reading	Noel Hunt				Rubén Sellés	26 June 2023
Swindon Town	Steve Mildenhall Gavin Gunning				Michael Flynn	8 May 2023
Doncaster Rovers	Danny Schofield	Sacked	9 May 2023		Grant McCann	12 May 2023
Milton Keynes Dons	Mark Jackson				Graham Alexander	27 May 2023
Cardiff City	Sabri Lamouchi	End of contract	16 May 2023		Erol Bulut	3 June 2023
Tottenham Hotspur	Ryan Mason	End of interim spell	28 May 2023		Ange Postecoglou	6 June 2023
Chelsea	Frank Lampard				Mauricio Pochettino	29 May 2023
Southampton	Rubén Sellés	End of contract			Russell Martin	21 June 2023
Leicester City	Dean Smith				Enzo Maresca	16 June 2023
Leeds United	Sam Allardyce	Mutual consent	2 June 2023		Daniel Farke	4 July 2023
Shrewsbury Town	Steve Cotterill	Resigned	6 June 2023		Matthew Taylor	26 June 2023
Bournemouth	Gary O'Neil	Sacked	19 June 2023		Andoni Iraola	19 June 2023
Sheffield Wednesday	Darren Moore	Mutual consent			Xisco Muñoz	4 July 2023
Swansea City	Russell Martin	Signed by Southampton	21 June 2023		Michael Duff	22 June 2023
Barnsley	Michael Duff	Signed by Swansea City	22 June 2023		Neill Collins	6 July 2023
Forest Green Rovers	Duncan Ferguson	Sacked	4 July 2023		David Horseman	18 July 2023
Wolverhampton Wanderers	Julen Lopetegui	Mutual consent	8 August 2023		Gary O'Neil	9 August 2023
Charlton Athletic	Dean Holden	Sacked	27 August 2023	19th	Michael Appleton	8 September 2023
Fleetwood Town	Scott Brown		3 September 2023	23rd	Lee Johnson	10 September 2023
Tranmere Rovers	Ian Dawes		10 September 2023	22nd	Nigel Adkins	10 September 2023
Huddersfield Town	Neil Warnock	Resigned	20 September 2023	16th	Darren Moore	21 September 2023
Cheltenham Town	Wade Elliott	Mutual consent		24th	Darrell Clarke	29 September 2023
Bradford City	Mark Hughes	Sacked	4 October 2023	18th	Graham Alexander	6 November 2023
Sheffield Wednesday	Xisco Muñoz	24th		Danny Röhl	13 October 2023
Gillingham	Neil Harris	5 October 2023	8th	Stephen Clemence	1 November 2023
Birmingham City	John Eustace	9 October 2023	6th	Wayne Rooney	11 October 2023
Milton Keynes Dons	Graham Alexander	16 October 2023	16th	Mike Williamson	17 October 2023
Lincoln City	Mark Kennedy	18 October 2023	16th	Michael Skubala	13 November 2023
Millwall	Gary Rowett		Mutual consent	15th	Joe Edwards	6 November 2023
Colchester United	Ben Garner	Sacked	21 October 2023	23rd	Matthew Etherington	21 October 2023
Bristol Rovers	Joey Barton		26 October 2023	16th	Matt Taylor	1 December 2023
Grimsby Town	Paul Hurst		28 October 2023	21st	David Artell	27 November 2023
Queens Park Rangers	Gareth Ainsworth			23rd	Martí Cifuentes	30 October 2023
Bristol City	Nigel Pearson		29 October 2023	15th	Liam Manning	7 November 2023
Oxford United	Liam Manning	Signed by Bristol City	7 November 2023	2nd	Des Buckingham	16 November 2023
Rotherham United	Matt Taylor	Sacked	13 November 2023	22nd	Leam Richardson	11 December 2023
Morecambe	Derek Adams	Signed by Ross County	20 November 2023	9th	Ged Brannan	27 November 2023
Cambridge United	Mark Bonner	Sacked	29 November 2023	18th	Neil Harris	6 December 2023
Swansea City	Michael Duff		4 December 2023	18th	Luke Williams	5 January 2024
Sunderland	Tony Mowbray			9th	Michael Beale	18 December 2023
Sheffield United	Paul Heckingbottom		5 December 2023	20th	Chris Wilder	5 December 2023
Burton Albion	Dino Maamria		9 December 2023	19th	Martin Paterson	11 January 2024
Stoke City	Alex Neil		10 December 2023	20th	Steven Schumacher	19 December 2023
Sutton United	Matt Gray		19 December 2023	24th	Steve Morison	6 January 2024
Nottingham Forest	Steve Cooper			17th	Nuno Espírito Santo	20 December 2023
Plymouth Argyle	Steven Schumacher	Signed by Stoke City		16th	Ian Foster	5 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
Fleetwood Town	Lee Johnson		30 December 2023	23rd	Charlie Adam	31 December 2023
Colchester United	Matthew Etherington		1 January 2024	22nd	Danny Cowley	4 January 2024
Birmingham City	Wayne Rooney		2 January 2024	20th	Tony Mowbray	8 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 (interim manager)
Forest Green Rovers	Troy Deeney	Sacked	18 January 2024	24th	Steve Cotterill	25 January 2024
Shrewsbury Town	Matthew Taylor		21 January 2024	19th	Paul Hurst	24 January 2024
Charlton Athletic	Michael Appleton		23 January 2024	16th	Nathan Jones	4 February 2024
Huddersfield Town	Darren Moore		29 January 2024	21st	André Breitenreiter	15 February 2024
Port Vale	Andy Crosby		5 February 2024	20th	Darren Moore	13 February 2024
Blackburn Rovers	Jon Dahl Tomasson	Mutual consent	9 February 2024	18th	John Eustace	9 February 2024
Crystal Palace	Roy Hodgson	Resigned	19 February 2024	16th	Oliver Glasner	19 February 2024
Sunderland	Michael Beale	Sacked		10th	Mike Dodds (interim)	19 February 2024
Millwall	Joe Edwards		21 February 2024	21st	Neil Harris	21 February 2024
Cambridge United	Neil Harris	Signed by Millwall		17th	Garry Monk	4 March 2024
Accrington Stanley	John Coleman	Sacked	3 March 2024	16th	John Doolan	4 March 2024
Watford	Valérien Ismaël		9 March 2024	13th	Tom Cleverley (interim)	9 March 2024
Birmingham City	Tony Mowbray	Temporary medical leave of absence	19 March 2024	21st	Gary Rowett (interim)	19 March 2024

Deaths

• 3 June 2023: Josser Watling, 98, Bristol Rovers outside left.
• 14 June 2023: John Hollins MBE, 76, England, Chelsea, Queens Park Rangers and Arsenal defender/midfielder, who also managed Chelsea, Swansea City and Rochdale.
• 15 June 2023: Gordon McQueen, 70, Scotland, Manchester United and Leeds United defender.
• 22 June 2023: Dave Wilkes, 59, Barnsley, Stockport County and Carlisle United midfielder.
• 24 June 2023: Cédric Roussel, 45, Belgium, Coventry City and Wolverhampton Wanderers striker.
• 26 June 2023: Craig Brown CBE, 82, Preston North End manager.
• 27 June 2023: Max Thompson, 66, Liverpool, Blackpool, Swansea City and AFC Bournemouth defender.
• c. 28 June 2023: Willie Carrick, 70, Luton Town goalkeeper.
• 2 July 2023: Wayne Evans, 51, Walsall and Rochdale defender.
• c. 5 July 2023: Keith Ball, 82, Walsall and Port Vale goalkeeper.
• 13 July 2023: Chris Garland, 74, Bristol City, Chelsea and Leicester City forward.
• c. 18 July 2023: Mike Hellawell, 85, England, Queens Park Rangers, Birmingham City, Sunderland, Huddersfield Town and Peterborough United outside right.
• 22 July 2023: Paul Hince, 78, Manchester City, Charlton Athletic, Bury and Crewe Alexandra winger.
• 24 July 2023: Chris Bart-Williams, 49, Leyton Orient, Sheffield Wednesday, Nottingham Forest, Charlton Athletic and Ipswich Town midfielder.
• 24 July 2023: Trevor Francis, 69, England, Birmimgham City, Nottingham Forest, Manchester City, Queens Park Rangers and Sheffield Wednesday striker, who also managed Queens Park Rangers, Sheffield Wednesday, Birmingham City and Crystal Palace.
• c. 24 July 2023: Tony Priscott, 82, Portsmouth, Aldershot and AFC Bournemouth winger.
• 1 August 2023: Tony Brien, 54, Leicester City, Chesterfield, Rotherham United, West Bromwich Albion and Hull City defender.
• c. 9 August 2023: John Coddington, 85, Huddersfield Town, Blackburn Rovers and Stockport County defender.
• 10 August 2023: Alec Jackson, 86, West Bromwich Albion, Birmingham City and Walsall winger.
• 13 August 2023: Joe Caven, 86, Brighton & Hove Albion forward.
• 14 August 2023: Brian Snowdon, 88, Blackpool, Portsmouth, Millwall and Crystal Palace defender.
• 21 August 2023: Andy Rankin, 79, Everton, Watford and Huddersfield Town goalkeeper.
• 22 August 2023: Barry Howard, 73, Stockport County forward.
• 22 August 2023: Bobby Noble, 77, Manchester United defender.
• 2 September 2023: Mark Pearson, 83, Manchester United, Sheffield Wednesday, Fulham and Halifax Town inside forward.
• 5 September 2023: Robin Gladwin, 83, Norwich City and Oxford United defender.
• 6 September 2023: Ian Hamilton, 55, Cambridge United, Scunthorpe United, West Bromwich Albion, Sheffield United, Notts County and Lincoln City midfielder.
• c. 9 September 2023: John Harris, 84, Wolverhampton Wanderers and Walsall defender.
• 10 September 2023: Colin Ayre, 67, Torquay United midfielder.
• 16 September 2023: Colin Murphy, 79, Derby County, Lincoln City, Stockport County, Southend United and Notts County manager.
• 17 September 2023: Arthur Longbottom, 90, Queens Park Rangers, Port Vale, Millwall, Oxford United and Colchester United forward.
• c. 26 September 2023: David Hughes, 65, Aston Villa, Lincoln City and Scunthorpe United midfielder.
• 27 September 2023: Jim Forrest, 79, Scotland and Preston North End striker.
• c. 27 September 2023: Harry Poole, 88, Port Vale half-back.
• 2 October 2023: Francis Lee CBE, 79, England, Bolton Wanderers, Manchester City and Derby County forward, who was also chairman at Manchester City for four years.
• 2 October 2023: Gary Simpson, 64, Chesterfield and Chester City forward.
• 4 October 2023: Tommy Hoyland, 91, Sheffield United and Bradford City wing half.
• 6 October 2023: Bill Munro, 89, Barrow inside forward.
• 10 October 2023: Wilf Billington, 93, Workington goalkeeper.
• 12 October 2023: Neil Le Bihan, 47, Peterborough United midfielder.
• 15 October 2023: Gerry Ryan, 68, Republic of Ireland, Derby County and Brighton & Hove Albion forward.
• 17 October 2023: Gordon Low, 83, Huddersfield Town, Bristol City, Stockport County and Crewe Alexandra defender.
• 21 October 2023: Sir Bobby Charlton CBE, 86, England World Cup winner, who made over 600 appearances for Manchester United and was also the player/manager at Preston North End.
• 23 October 2023: Bill Gates, 79, Middlesbrough defender.
• 24 October 2023: Bill Kenwright, 78, Everton chairman.
• 26 October 2023: John Wilkie, 76, Halifax Town and Wigan Athletic winger.
• 28 October 2023: Domenico Genovese, 62, Peterborough United forward.
• 29 October 2023: Charlie Aitken, 81, Aston Villa defender, who is the clubs record appearance maker with 660 games between 1959 and 1976.
• October 2023: Ronnie Rees, 79, Wales, Coventry City, West Bromwich Albion, Nottingham Forest and Swansea City winger.
• 6 November 2023: John Fahy, 80, Oxford United forward.
• 10 November 2023: Miah Dennehy, 73, Republic of Ireland, Nottingham Forest, Walsall and Bristol Rovers winger.
• 14 November 2023: Barrie Wright, 78, Leeds United and Brighton & Hove Albion defender.
• c. 22 November 2023: Mike Bickle, 79, Plymouth Argyle and Gillingham forward.
• 25 November 2023: Terry Venables, 80, England, Chelsea, Tottenham Hotspur, Queens Park Rangers and Crystal Palace midfielder, who also managed the England national team, Crystal Palace, Queens Park Rangers, Tottenham Hotspur, Middlesbrough and Leeds United.
• 28 November 2023: Rod Fletcher, 78, Crewe Alexandra, Lincoln City, Scunthorpe United and Grimsby Town forward.
• 28 November 2023: Alex Smith, 85, Bolton Wanderers, Halifax Town and Preston North End goalkeeper.
• c. 5 December 2023: Martin Patching, 65, Wolverhampton Wanderers and Watford midfielder.
• 19 December 2023: Andy Clements, 68, Bolton Wanderers and York City defender.
• c. 20 December 2023: Pat Quartermain, 86, Oxford United defender.

Retirements

• 5 June 2023: Zlatan Ibrahimović, 41, former Sweden and Manchester United striker.
• 5 June 2023: Jacob Mellis, 32, former Sheffield United, Chelsea, Southampton, Barnsley, Blackpool, Oldham Athletic, Bury, Mansfield Town, Bolton Wanderers, Gillingham, Southend United, and Leatherhead midfielder.
• 14 June 2023: Rhys Williams, 34, former Australia, Middlesbrough, Burnley and Charlton Athletic defender.
• 21 June 2023: Asamoah Gyan, 37, former Ghana and Sunderland striker, who is the record goalscorer for his country.
• 26 June 2023: Maxime Le Marchand, 31, former Fulham defender.
• 27 June 2023: Phil Bardsley, 37, former Scotland, Manchester United, Sunderland, Stoke City, Burnley and Stockport County defender.
• 30 June 2023: Aaron Mooy, 32, former Australia, Bolton Wanderers, Manchester City, Huddersfield Town, and Brighton & Hove Albion midfielder
• 1 July 2023: Tom Cleverley, 33, former England, Great Britain Olympic, Manchester United, Everton and Watford midfielder.
• 1 July 2023: Cesc Fabregas, 36, former Spain, Arsenal and Chelsea midfielder.
• 5 July 2023: André Moritz, 36, former Crystal Palace and Bolton Wanderers midfielder.
• 10 July 2023: Willy Caballero, 41, former Argentina, Manchester City, Chelsea and Southampton goalkeeper.
• 27 July 2023: Eoin Doyle, 35, former Chesterfield, Cardiff City, Preston North End, Bradford City, Swindon Town and Bolton Wanderers forward.
• 27 July 2023: David Silva, 37, former Spain and Manchester City midfielder.
• 3 August 2023: Luke Chambers, 37, former Northampton Town, Nottingham Forest, Ipswich Town and Colchester United defender.
• 7 August 2023: James McArthur, 35, former Scotland, Wigan Athletic and Crystal Palace midfielder.
• 16 August 2023: Eddie Nolan, 35, former Republic of Ireland, Blackburn Rovers, Preston North End, Scunthorpe United, York City, Blackpool and Crewe Alexandra defender.
• 17 August 2023: Henri Lansbury, 32, former Arsenal, Nottingham Forest, Aston Villa, Bristol City and Luton Town midfielder.
• 12 August 2023: Kevin-Prince Boateng, 36, former Ghana and Portsmouth midfielder and foward.
• 18 August 2023: Theo Walcott, 34, former England, Southampton, Arsenal and Everton forward.
• 21 August 2023: Ben Foster, 40, former England, Wrexham, Manchester United, Watford, Birmingham City, West Bromwich Albion goalkeeper.
• 29 August 2023: Matthew Briggs, 32, former Guyana, Fulham, Millwall, Colchester United, Chesterfield and Barnet defender.
• 1 September 2023: David Wheater, 36, former Middlesbrough, Doncaster Rovers, Wolverhampton Wanderers, Darlington, Bolton Wanderers, and Oldham Athletic defender.
• 4 September 2023: Tom Clarke, 35, former Huddersfield Town, Bradford City, Leyton Orient, Preston North End, Salford City and Fleetwood Town defender.
• 4 September 2023: Charlie Mulgrew, 37, former Scotland, Wolverhampton Wanderers and Blackburn Rovers defender.
• 4 September 2023: Sandro, 34, former Brazil, Tottenham Hotspur and Queens Park Rangers midfielder.
• 11 September 2023: Anssi Jaakkola, 36, former Finland, Reading and Bristol Rovers goalkeeper.
• 13 September 2023: Chris Hussey, 34, former Coventry City, Crewe Alexandra, AFC Wimbledon, Burton Albion, Bury, Sheffield United, Swindon Town, Cheltenham Town, Port Vale, Stockport County and Walsall defender.
• 14 September 2023: Sam Baldock, 34, former Milton Keynes Dons, West Ham United, Bristol City, Brighton & Hove Albion, Reading, Derby County and Oxford United forward.
• 20 September 2023: Danny Rose, 35, former Fleetwood Town, Aldershot Town, Oxford United, Northampton Town, Portsmouth, Swindon Town and Grimsby Town midfielder.
• 20 September 2023: Craig Cathcart, 34, former Northern Ireland, Blackpool and Watford defender.
• 3 October 2023: Tom Rogic, 30, former Australia and West Bromwich Albion midfielder.
• 8 October 2023: Loïc Rémy, 36, former France, Queens Park Rangers and Chelsea forward.
• 10 October 2023: Eden Hazard, 32, former Belgium and Chelsea winger.
• 17 October 2023: Mike Williamson, 39, former Torquay United, Wycombe Wanderers, Watford, Newcastle United, Wolverhampton Wanderers and Oxford United defender.
• 23 October 2023: Darnell Fisher, 29, former Rotherham United, Preston North End and Middlesbrough defender.
• 30 October 2023: Danny Drinkwater, 33, former England, Leicester City and Chelsea midfielder.
• 30 October 2023: Craig Noone, 35, former Skelmersdale, Burscough, Southport, Plymouth Argyle, Exeter City, Brighton & Hove Albion, Cardiff City and Bolton Wanderers midfielder.
• 1 November 2023: Kean Bryan, 27, former Sheffield United and West Bromwich Albion defender.
• 14 November 2023: Alex Song, 36, former Cameroon, Arsenal, Charlton Athletic and West Ham United midfielder and defender.
• 17 November 2023: Royston Drenthe, 36, former Netherlands, Everton, Sheffield Wednesday and Reading winger.
• 28 November 2023: Phil Jagielka, 41, former England, Sheffield United, Everton, Derby County and Stoke City defender.
• 28 November 2023: Carl Magnay, 34, former Milton Keynes Dons, Northampton Town and Hartlepool United defender.
• 29 November 2023: Craig Woodman, 40, former Bristol City, Mansfield Town, Torquay United, Wycombe Wanderers, Brentford and Exeter City defender.
• 8 December 2023: Liam O'Neil, 30, former West Bromwich Albion, Chesterfield and Cambridge United midfielder.
• 18 December 2023: Emyr Huws, 30, former Wales, Manchester City, Wigan Athletic, Cardiff City, Ipswich Town and Colchester United midfielder.

See also

• 2023–24 in English women's football