Club: | Watford |
Season: | 2023–24 |
Owner: | Gino Pozzo |
Chairman: | Scott Duxbury |
Mgrtitle: | Head Coach |
Manager: | Valérien Ismaël [1] Tom Cleverley |
Stadium: | Vicarage Road |
League: | EFL Championship |
League Result: | 15th |
Cup1: | FA Cup |
Cup1 Result: | Fourth round |
Cup2: | EFL Cup |
Cup2 Result: | First round |
League Topscorer: | Mileta Rajović (10) |
Season Topscorer: | Mileta Rajović (11) |
Prevseason: | 2022–23 |
Nextseason: | 2024–25 |
The 2023–24 season was the 125th season in the history of Watford and their second consecutive season in the Championship. The club are participating in the Championship, the FA Cup, and the EFL Cup.
No. | Name | Position | Nationality | Date of birth (Age) | Signed from | Since | Fee | Ends | Apps | Goals | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Goalkeepers | |||||||||||||
1 | 9 July 1994 (age 29) | 2017 | Free Transfer | 2028 | 116 | 0 | |||||||
26 | 20 November 1987 (age 36) | 2022 | Free Transfer | 2024 | 22 | 0 | |||||||
Defenders | |||||||||||||
2 | 7 September 2000 (age 23) | 2020 | Free Transfer | 2025 | 74 | 0 | |||||||
3 | 6 May 1997 (age 27) | 2020 | Undisclosed | 2027 | 88 | 2 | |||||||
4 | 6 March 1994 (age 30) | 2023 | £2,000,000 | 2025 | 63 | 4 | |||||||
5 | 25 March 1999 (age 25) | 2023 | £500,000 | 2027 | 57 | 5 | |||||||
6 | 25 January 1998 (age 26) | 2023 | Loan | 2024 | 38 | 0 | |||||||
15 | 28 September 2001 (age 22) | 2021 | £300,000 | 2026 | 24 | 0 | |||||||
42 | 23 November 2001 (age 22) | 2021 | Free Transfer | 2026 | 31 | 0 | |||||||
45 | 26 August 2004 (age 19) | 2012 | — | 2028 | 51 | 3 | |||||||
55 | 20 September 2005 (age 18) | 2014 | — | 2027 | 1 | 0 | |||||||
Midfielders | |||||||||||||
8 | 14 November 1989 (age 34) | 2023 | Free Transfer | 2024 | 32 | 3 | |||||||
11 | 16 June 2002 (age 21) | 2023 | £8,000,000 | 2027 | 63 | 4 | |||||||
16 | 29 August 1999 (age 24) | 2024 | Undisclosed | 2026 | 37 | 1 | |||||||
18 | 19 November 2003 (age 20) | 2022 | £3,000,000 | 2026 | 86 | 7 | |||||||
24 | 17 September 1999 (age 24) | 2019 | Free Transfer | 2025 | 49 | 4 | |||||||
39 | 3 June 1998 (age 25) | 2022 | £4,700,000 | 2026 | 71 | 5 | |||||||
Forwards | |||||||||||||
7 | 30 January 1992 (age 32) | 2023 | £500,000 | 2025 | 29 | 2 | |||||||
9 | 17 July 1999 (age 24) | 2023 | £1,000,000 | 2028 | 43 | 11 | |||||||
12 | 30 September 1993 (age 30) | 2018 | Undisclosed | 2025 | 159 | 12 | |||||||
19 | 10 January 1997 (age 27) | 2022 | £5,800,000 | 2027 | 67 | 11 | |||||||
25 | 15 November 1997 (age 26) | 2024 | Loan | 2024 | 55 | 14 | |||||||
34 | 27 January 2003 (age 21) | 2021 | Free Transfer | 2026 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
37 | 16 July 2003 (age 20) | 2023 | Loan | 2024 | 49 | 6 | |||||||
58 | Zavier Massiah-Edwards | 16 January 2007 (age 17) | 2016 | — | 2024 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
59 | 5 December 2004 (age 19) | 2020 | — | 2026 | 5 | 0 | |||||||
Out on Loan | |||||||||||||
10 | 1 May 1999 (age 25) | 2021 | £10,000,000 | 2028 | 60 | 6 | |||||||
13 | 22 March 2001 (age 23) | 2023 | £2,500,000 | 2027 | 5 | 1 | |||||||
17 | 6 September 2003 (age 20) | 2023 | Undisclosed | 2029 | 1 | 0 | |||||||
28 | 26 August 1997 (age 26) | 2022 | £3,000,000 | 2025 | 13 | 0 | |||||||
47 | 5 May 2004 (age 20) | 2012 | — | 2024 | 1 | 0 | |||||||
— | 2 October 1995 (age 28) | 2021 | Free Transfer | 2026 | 6 | 2 |
Date | Position | Nationality | Player | From | Fee | Ref. | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
27 June 2023 | Undisclosed | [3] | |||||
1 July 2023 | Undisclosed | [4] | |||||
1 July 2023 | Free Transfer | [5] | |||||
20 July 2023 | Charlie Stallard † | Free Transfer | [6] | ||||
21 July 2023 | Free Transfer | [7] | |||||
9 August 2023 | Ali Gould † | Free Transfer | [8] | ||||
25 August 2023 | Undisclosed | [9] | |||||
14 September 2023 | Junior Gyamfi † | [10] | |||||
26 January 2024 | Freddie Buers † | Free Transfer | [11] | ||||
1 February 2024 | Undisclosed | ||||||
2 February 2024 | James Clarridge † | Undisclosed | [12] |
Date | Position | Nationality | Player | To | Fee | Ref. | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
14 June 2023 | Undisclosed | [13] | |||||
30 June 2023 | Released | ||||||
30 June 2023 | Released | [14] | |||||
30 June 2023 | Released | [15] [16] | |||||
30 June 2023 | Christos Batzelis | Released | |||||
30 June 2023 | Aaron Benn | Released | |||||
30 June 2023 | Released | [17] [18] | |||||
30 June 2023 | [19] | ||||||
30 June 2023 | Max Delyfer | Released | |||||
30 June 2023 | Jordan Fankwe | Released | [20] | ||||
30 June 2023 | Released | [21] [22] | |||||
30 June 2023 | Ethan Goulding | Released | |||||
30 June 2023 | Damani Hunter | Released | |||||
30 June 2023 | Adian Manning | Released | [23] | ||||
30 June 2023 | Bogdan Marian | Released | |||||
30 June 2023 | Released | [24] | |||||
30 June 2023 | Harvey Peters | Released | |||||
30 June 2023 | Released | [25] | |||||
1 July 2023 | Undisclosed | ||||||
1 July 2023 | Mutual Consent | [26] | |||||
1 July 2023 | Undisclosed | [27] | |||||
4 July 2023 | Undisclosed | [28] | |||||
15 July 2023 | Free Transfer | [29] | |||||
19 July 2023 | Undisclosed | [30] | |||||
25 July 2023 | Undisclosed | [31] | |||||
25 July 2023 | Undisclosed | [32] | |||||
17 August 2023 | Huracán | Mutual Consent | [33] [34] | ||||
24 August 2023 | Undisclosed | [35] | |||||
19 January 2024 | Undisclosed | [36] |
Date | Position | Nationality | Player | From | Date until | Ref. | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
4 July 2023 | End of season | [37] | |||||
27 July 2023 | End of season | [38] | |||||
2 August 2023 | 1 February 2024 | [39] [40] | |||||
24 January 2024 | End of season | [41] |
Date | Position | Nationality | Player | To | Date until | Ref. | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 July 2023 | 31 December 2023 | ||||||
25 July 2023 | End of season | [42] | |||||
1 August 2023 | End of season | [43] | |||||
3 August 2023 | 31 December 2023 | [44] | |||||
4 August 2023 | George Abbott | 1 September 2023 | [45] [46] | ||||
14 August 2023 | End of season | [47] | |||||
18 August 2023 | 11 January 2024 | [48] [49] | |||||
7 September 2023 | End of season | [50] | |||||
24 October 2023 | Hamzat Balogun | 2 January 2024 | [51] [52] | ||||
28 October 2023 | Roraigh Browne | 5 February 2024 | [53] [54] | ||||
3 November 2023 | Charlie Stallard | 3 December 2023 | [55] | ||||
10 November 2023 | James Collins | 10 December 2023 | [56] | ||||
13 December 2023 | Scott Holding | End of season | [57] | ||||
29 December 2023 | George Abbott | 28 January 2024 | [58] | ||||
15 January 2024 | End of season | [59] | |||||
19 January 2024 | Dawid Hamiga | 13 February 2024 | [60] | ||||
30 January 2024 | James Collins | 29 February 2024 | [61] | ||||
1 February 2024 | End of season | [62] | |||||
15 February 2024 | Roraigh Browne | 30 April 2024 | [63] [64] | ||||
17 February 2024 | Michael Adu-Poku | 17 March 2024 | [65] | ||||
17 February 2024 | Gabriel Ortelli | End of season | [66] [67] | ||||
8 March 2024 | Jonathan Macaulay | 1 May 2024 | [68] | ||||
12 March 2024 | 1 May 2024 | [69] | |||||
19 March 2024 | Charlie Stallard | End of season | [70] | ||||
28 March 2024 | 24 April 2024 | [71] | |||||
28 March 2024 | Josh Mullins | 1 May 2024 | [72] | ||||
29 March 2024 | Michael Adu-Poku | End of season | [73] |
On 30 May, Watford announced their first two pre-season friendlies, against Boreham Wood and Stevenage.[74] However, the friendly against Stevenage was later cancelled as they were drawn against each other in the 1st round of EFL Cup. [75]
See main article: 2023–24 EFL Championship.
On 22 June, the EFL Championship fixtures were released.[76]
See main article: 2023–24 FA Cup.
As a Championship club, Watford joined the FA Cup at the third round stage, and were drawn at home against Chesterfield[77] [78] and then to Southampton in the fourth round.[79] [80]
See main article: 2023–24 EFL Cup.
Watford were drawn away to Stevenage in the first round.[81]
No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | League | FA Cup | EFL Cup | Total | Discipline | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||||||
1 | GK | Daniel Bachmann | 27 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 3 | 1 | |||
2 | DF | Jeremy Ngakia | 11+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
3 | DF | Francisco Sierralta | 23+4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |||
4 | DF | Wesley Hoedt | 44 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 48 | 3 | 12 | 0 | |||
5 | DF | Ryan Porteous | 33+4 | 3 | 1+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 40 | 3 | 14 | 0 | |||
6 | DF | Jamal Lewis | 32+4 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |||
7 | FW | Tom Ince | 8+19 | 2 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |||
8 | MF | Jake Livermore | 25+5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 32 | 3 | 9 | 0 | |||
9 | FW | Mileta Rajović | 17+24 | 10 | 1+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 11 | 1 | 0 | |||
11 | MF | Ismaël Koné | 28+14 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 46 | 4 | 3 | 0 | |||
12 | FW | Ken Sema | 24+5 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 32 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||
15 | DF | Mattie Pollock | 10+8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||
16 | MF | Giorgi Chakvetadze | 14+20 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 1 | 7 | 0 | |||
18 | MF | Yáser Asprilla | 28+16 | 6 | 2+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 6 | 6 | 0 | |||
19 | FW | Vakoun Bayo | 27+12 | 6 | 1+1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 42 | 7 | 2 | 1 | |||
24 | MF | Tom Dele-Bashiru | 28+7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 38 | 3 | 2 | 0 | |||
25 | FW | Emmanuel Dennis | 11+6 | 4 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 0 | |||
26 | GK | Ben Hamer | 19 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||
37 | FW | Matheus Martins | 20+19 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 43 | 6 | 3 | 0 | |||
39 | MF | Edo Kayembe | 28+7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 36 | 5 | 6 | 0 | |||
42 | DF | James Morris | 10+2 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
45 | DF | Ryan Andrews | 26+14 | 3 | 1+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 44 | 3 | 7 | 1 | |||
55 | DF | Albert Eames | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
58 | FW | Zavier Massiah-Edwards | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
59 | FW | Jack Grieves | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Players who went out on loan or left permanently but made appearances for Watford prior to departing | |||||||||||||||
10 | MF | Imran Louza | 11+4 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 4 | 0 | |||
14 | FW | Rhys Healey | 1+10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |||
17 | FW | Jorge Hurtado | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
As of 4 May 2024
Player | Championship | FA Cup | EFL Cup | Total | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | FW | 9 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 | |
2 | FW | 19 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | |
3 | MF | 18 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |
FW | 37 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
5 | MF | 39 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |
6 | MF | 11 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
FW | 25 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
8 | DF | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
DF | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
MF | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
MF | 24 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
DF | 45 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
13 | FW | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
FW | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
15 | MF | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
FW | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
MF | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
Total | 61 | 3 | 1 | 65 |
As of 4 May 2024
Player | Championship | FA Cup | EFL Cup | Total | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | MF | 18 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 8 | |
2 | FW | 12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
3 | DF | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
DF | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
MF | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
MF | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
MF | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
FW | 19 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
MF | 24 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | ||
10 | DF | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
FW | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
FW | 37 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
MF | 39 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
DF | 45 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
15 | DF | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
DF | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
MF | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
FW | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
FW | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
As of 27 April 2024
No. | Player | Championship | FA Cup | EFL Cup | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 11 | ||
26 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
Total | 14 | 0 | 0 | 14 |