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Millwall

2023–24 season
Owner	Millwall Holdings
Chairman	John Berylson (until his death on 4th July) James Berlyson (from 14th July)
Manager	Gary Rowett (until 18 October) Adam Barrett (caretaker - from 18 October) Joe Edwards (between 6 November–21 February) Neil Harris (from 21 February)
Stadium	The Den
Championship	13th
FA Cup	Third round
EFL Cup	First round
Top goalscorer	League: Zian Flemming (8) All: Zian Flemming (8)
Highest home attendance	18,905 vs. Bristol City & Southampton
Lowest home attendance	4,738 vs. Reading
Average home league attendance	16,544
Biggest win	Sheffield Wednesday 0–4 Millwall (11 November 2023)
Biggest defeat	Millwall 0–4 Ipswich Town (14 February 2024)
Home colours Away colours Third colours
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The 2023–24 season was the 139th season in the history of Millwall Football Club, their seventh consecutive season in the Championship, 97th consecutive season in the Football League, and 47th in the second tier. The club played in the FA Cup, and the EFL Cup. In preseason, Millwall announced the death of owner and chairman John Berylson, who passed away in an accident on 4 July. He was succeeded as chairman by his son; James Berylson.

On 18th October 2023, the club announced it had mutually agreed to part company with first team manager Gary Rowett. Assistant manager Adam Barrett took over as interim manager for four games, before England under-20s manager Joe Edwards was installed as their new Head Coach on 6 November 2023. In his debut game, Edwards led Millwall to a 4–0 win at Sheffield Wednesday, the Lions largest away win in the second tier since 2001 and the biggest win in a first game for a Millwall manager since Ron Gray in 1956. Edwards was sacked after winning only four of his 19 games in charge, leaving Millwall in relegation trouble. Neil Harris returned to manage the club, winning eight of their final 13 games, including five in a row to finish the season strongly in 13th place.

Millwall's average home attendance of 16,540 was their highest since the 1952–53 season. Zian Flemming finished top scorer this season with eight goals, the lowest since the 2007–08 season.

Current squad

As of 11 February 2024

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Nationality	Name	Position	Place of Birth	Date of Birth (Age)	Apps.	Goals	Assists	Signed From	Date Signed	Transfer Fee	Contract End
Goalkeepers
20		Matija Sarkic	GK	Grimsby	(1997-07-23) 23 July 1997 (age 27)	1	0	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	3 August 2023	£1,200,000	30 June 2026
27		Connal Trueman	GK	Birmingham	(1996-03-26) 26 March 1996 (age 28)	0	0	0	Birmingham City	4 August 2022	Free Transfer	30 June 2025
33		Bartosz Białkowski	GK	Braniewo	(1987-07-06) 6 July 1987 (age 37)	155	0	0	Ipswich Town	2020	£350,000	30 June 2024
Defenders
2		Danny McNamara	RB/RM	Sidcup	(1998-12-27) 27 December 1998 (age 25)	101	2	4	Academy	2018	Trainee	30 June 2025
3		Murray Wallace	LB/CB	Glasgow	(1993-01-10) 10 January 1993 (age 31)	185	11	5	Scunthorpe United	2018	£500,000	30 June 2025
4		Shaun Hutchinson	CB	Newcastle upon Tyne	(1990-11-23) 23 November 1990 (age 34)	244	13	7	Fulham	2016	Free Transfer	30 June 2024
5		Jake Cooper	CB	Bracknell	(1995-02-03) 3 February 1995 (age 29)	302	22	17	Reading	2017	Undisclosed	30 June 2025
6		Japhet Tanganga	CB	Hackney	(1999-03-31) 31 March 1999 (age 25)	0	0	0	Tottenham Hotspur	18 January 2024	Loan	31 May 2024
15		Joe Bryan	LB/LM	Bristol	(1993-09-17) 17 September 1993 (age 31)	2	0	0	Fulham	1 July 2023	Free Transfer	30 June 2027
17		Brooke Norton-Cuffy	RB	Pimlico	(2004-01-12) 12 January 2004 (age 20)	0	0	0	Arsenal	24 August 2023	Loan	31 May 2024
45		Wes Harding	RB/CB/LB	Leicester	(1996-10-20) 20 October 1996 (age 28)	1	0	0	Rotherham United	21 July 2023	Free Transfer	30 June 2024
Midfielders
8		Billy Mitchell	CM/CDM/RB	Orpington	(2001-04-07) 7 April 2001 (age 23)	110	1	1	Academy	2019	Trainee	30 June 2025
10		Zian Flemming	CAM/ST/RW/LW	Amsterdam	(1998-08-01) 1 August 1998 (age 26)	46	15	3	Fortuna Sittard	2022	£1,700,000	30 June 2025
14		Allan Campbell	CM	Glasgow	(1998-07-04) 4 July 1998 (age 26)	0	0	0	Luton Town	1 September 2023	Loan	31 May 2024
18		Ryan Leonard	CM/CDM/CB/RB	Plympton	(1992-05-24) 24 May 1992 (age 32)	130	5	11	Sheffield United	2 January 2019	£1,250,000	30 June 2024
23		George Saville	CM/CDM	Camberley	(1993-06-01) 1 June 1993 (age 31)	153	15	5	Middlesbrough	2 July 2021	£600,000	30 June 2024
24		Casper de Norre	CM	Hasselt	(1997-02-07) 7 February 1997 (age 27)	1	0	0	Oud-Heverlee Leuven	21 July 2023	Undisclosed	30 June 2027
25		Romain Esse	CAM/RW/CM	England	(2005-05-13) 13 May 2005 (age 19)	15	1	0	Academy	2023	Trainee	30 June 2026
39		George Honeyman	CM/CAM/RW	Prudhoe	(1994-09-08) 8 September 1994 (age 30)	40	1	3	Hull City	2022	Undisclosed	30 June 2025
44		George Walker	CM		(2003-09-24) 24 September 2003 (age 21)	0	0	0	Academy	1 July 2023	Trainee	30 June 2024
48		Sha'mar Lawson	CM		(2003-06-14) 14 June 2003 (age 21)	0	0	0	Mansfield Town	1 July 2022	Trainee	30 June 2024
Forwards
7		Kevin Nisbet	ST	Glasgow	(1997-03-08) 8 March 1997 (age 27)	2	0	0	Hibernian	14 June 2023	Undisclosed	30 June 2027
9		Tom Bradshaw	ST/CAM/RW	Shrewsbury	(1992-07-27) 27 July 1992 (age 32)	164	40	9	Barnsley	2019	£1,000,000	30 June 2024
11		Ryan Longman	LW	Redhill	(2000-11-06) 6 November 2000 (age 24)	0	0	0	Hull City	1 September 2023	Loan	31 May 2024
12		Adam Mayor	LW	Liverpool	(2005-04-10) 10 April 2005 (age 19)	0	0	0	Morecambe	31 January 2024	Undisclosed	30 June 2027
19		Duncan Watmore	RW/ST/CAM	Manchester	(1994-03-08)8 March 1994 (aged 29)	17	3	2	Middlesbrough	2023	Undisclosed	30 June 2025
21		Michael Obafemi	ST/RW	Dublin	(2000-07-06) 6 July 2000 (age 24)	0	0	0	Burnley	23 January 2024	Loan	31 May 2024
22		Aidomo Emakhu	LW/ST/RW	Bawnogue	(2003-10-26) 26 October 2003 (age 21)	3	0	1	Shamrock Rovers	2022	Undisclosed	30 June 2026
29		Tom Leahy	ST		(2004-03-31) 31 March 2004 (age 20)	0	0	0	Academy	2023	Trainee	30 June 2024
Out on Loan
26		Alex Mitchell	CB		(2001-10-07) 7 October 2001 (age 23)	0	0	0	Academy	1 July 2020	Trainee	30 June 2025
43		Kamarl Grant	CB		(2003-01-26) 26 January 2003 (age 21)	0	0	0	Sheffield United	1 July 2022	Free Transfer	30 June 2024
46		Nino Adom-Malaki	LB/LM			0	0	0	Kinetic Foundation	21 January 2021	Free Transfer	30 June 2024

Transfers

In

Date	Pos	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Ref
14 June 2023	CF	Kevin Nisbet	Hibernian	Undisclosed
1 July 2023	LB	Joe Bryan	Fulham	Free Transfer
1 July 2023	GK	Ethan Wady †	Chelsea	Free Transfer
21 July 2023	CM	Casper de Norre	Oud-Heverlee Leuven	Undisclosed
21 July 2023	RB	Wes Harding	Rotherham United	Free Transfer
3 August 2023	GK	Matija Sarkic	Wolverhampton Wanderers	£1.2 million
31 January 2024	LW	Adam Mayor	Morecambe	Undisclosed

† Signed for the Under-21s

Out

Date	Pos	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Ref
30 June 2023	CM	Alfie Allen	Dulwich Hamlet	Released
30 June 2023	CF	Tyrese Briscoe	Free agent	Released
30 June 2023	LW	Mason Bennett	Burton Albion	Released
30 June 2023	CB	Ernie Cheeseman	Free agent	Released
30 June 2023	CM	Laquay Coleman	Free agent	Released
30 June 2023	CM	Kallen Donaldson	Free agent	Released
30 June 2023	DM	George Evans	Wrexham	End of Contract
30 June 2023	GK	Jordan Gillmore	Free agent	Released
30 June 2023	LB	Scott Malone	Gillingham	Released
30 June 2023	CB	Arthur Penney	Lewes	Released
30 June 2023	GK	Ryan Sandford	Free agent	Released
16 August 2023	CF	Tyler Burey	Odense	Undisclosed
17 August 2023	GK	George Long	Norwich City	Free Transfer
1 September 2023	CF	Andreas Voglsammer	Hannover 96	Mutual Consent
23 February 2024	GK	Joe Wright	Galway United	Free Transfer

Loaned in

Date	Pos	Player	Loaned from	Until	Ref
24 August 2023	RB	Brooke Norton-Cuffy	Arsenal	End of Season
1 September 2023	CM	Allan Campbell	Luton Town	End of Season
1 September 2023	LW	Ryan Longman	Hull City	End of Season
18 January 2024	CB	Japhet Tanganga	Tottenham Hotspur	End of Season
23 January 2024	CF	Michael Obafemi	Burnley	End of Season

Loaned out

Date	Pos	Player	Loaned to	Until	Ref
24 July 2023	CF	Nana Boateng	Woking	31 January 2024
25 July 2023	GK	Joe Wright	Salford City	8 January 2024
27 July 2023	CB	Chinwike Okoli	Bromley	8 January 2024
17 August 2023	CB	Alex Mitchell	Lincoln City	End of Season
8 September 2023	CF	Abdul Abdulmalik	Wealdstone	1 January 2024
15 September 2023	RB	Kyle Smith	Wealdstone	1 January 2024
15 January 2024	LB	Nino Adom-Malaki	Sutton United	End of Season
1 February 2024	CB	Kamarl Grant	Bromley	End of Season
12 March 2024	RB	Kyle Smith	Wealdstone	End of Season

1. On 11 October, Smith's loan at Wealdstone was extended until January.

Pre-season and friendlies

On 19 June, Millwall announced their pre-season schedule, with matches against Gillingham, Sutton United, Charlton Athletic and Fortuna Sittard.

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

15 July 2023 Friendly	Gillingham	0–2	Millwall	Gillingham
13:00 BST		Report	Nisbet 26' (pen.) Emakhu 87'	Stadium: Priestfield Stadium Referee: John Busby

18 July 2023 Friendly	Sutton United	0–3	Millwall	Sutton
19:45 BST		Report	Nisbet 23', 61' (pen.), 75'	Stadium: VBS Community Stadium Referee: Carl Brook

25 July 2023 Friendly	Millwall	2–2	Charlton Athletic	Bermondsey
19:45 BST	Nisbet 69' Emakhu 82'	Report	Anderson 6' Kirk 25'	Stadium: The Den Attendance: 7,143 (1,510 away) Referee: Keith Stroud

29 July 2023 Friendly	Millwall	1–2	Fortuna Sittard	Bermondsey
13:00 BST	Bradshaw 23'	Report	Halilović 45+2' Noslin 73'	Stadium: The Den Attendance: 3,011 (300 away) Referee: James Bell

Competitions

Overall record

Last updated: 4 May 2024
Source: Soccerway

Championship

League table

Results summary

Last updated: 4 May 2024.
Source: Soccerway

Results by round

Matches

On 22 June, the EFL Championship fixtures were released.

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

5 August 2023 1	Middlesbrough	0–1	Millwall	Middlesbrough
15:00 BST	Howson  80'	Report	Bryan  25' Nisbet  46' Esse 79' Assist:Emakhu Cooper  80'	Stadium: Riverside Stadium Attendance: 29,359 Referee: Gavin Ward

12 August 2023 2	Millwall	0–1	Bristol City	Bermondsey
15:00 BST	Hutchinson  67'	Report	Williams  25' Pring  69' Vyner  88' James 90+4'	Stadium: The Den Attendance: 18,905 Referee: Keith Stroud

23 September 2023 8	West Bromwich Albion	0–0	Millwall	West Bromwich
15:00 BST		Report	Flemming 29' McNamara  89'	Stadium: Hawthorns Attendance: 22,325 (1,170 away) Referee: Tom Nield

FA Cup

As a Championship club, Millwall entered the FA Cup in the third round and were drawn at home to Leicester City.

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

EFL Cup

Millwall were drawn at home to Reading in the first round.

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

Statistics

Overall Stats

As of 5 August 2023

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Championship		FA Cup		League Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	ENG	George Long	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
2	DF	IRL	Danny McNamara	2	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
3	DF	SCO	Murray Wallace	2	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
4	DF	ENG	Shaun Hutchinson	2	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
5	DF	ENG	Jake Cooper	2	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
6	MF	ENG	George Evans	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
7	FW	SCO	Kevin Nisbet	2	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
8	MF	ENG	Billy Mitchell	2	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
9	FW	WAL	Tom Bradshaw	2	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
10	MF	NED	Zian Flemming	2	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
14	FW	ENG	Tyler Burey	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
15	DF	ENG	Joe Bryan	2	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
18	MF	ENG	Ryan Leonard	2	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
19	FW	ENG	Duncan Watmore	1	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
20	GK	MNE	Matija Sarkic	1	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
21	FW	GER	Andreas Voglsammer	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
22	FW	IRL	Aidomo Emakhu	2	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
23	MF	NIR	George Saville	2	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
24	MF	BEL	Casper de Norre	1	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
25	MF	ENG	Romain Esse	2	1	0+1	1	0+0	0	1+0	0
26	DF	ENG	Alex Mitchell	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
27	GK	ENG	Connal Trueman	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
33	GK	POL	Bartosz Białkowski	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
39	MF	ENG	George Honeyman	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
45	DF	ENG	Wes Harding	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
46	DF	ENG	Niino Adom-Malaki	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0

Goals record

As of 5 August 2023

Rank	No.	Nat.	Po.	Name	Championship	FA Cup	League Cup	Total
1	25		CAM	Romain Esse	1	0	0	1
Total					1	0	0	1

Disciplinary record

As of 5 August 2023

Rank	No.	Nat.	Po.	Name	Championship			FA Cup			League Cup			Total
1	15		LB	Joe Bryan	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0
2
	5		CB	Jake Cooper	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	6		CB	George Evans	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0
	7		CF	Kevin Nisbet	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	18		CDM	Ryan Leonard	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0
	23		CDM	George Saville	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0
Total					3	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	7	0	0

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