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Watford

2023–24 season
Owner	Gino Pozzo
Chairman	Scott Duxbury
Head coach	Valérien Ismaël (until 9 March) Tom Cleverley (from 9 March)
Stadium	Vicarage Road
EFL Championship	15th
FA Cup	Fourth round
EFL Cup	First round
Top goalscorer	League: Mileta Rajović (10) All: Mileta Rajović (11)
Home colours Away colours Third colours
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The 2023–24 season was the 125th season in the history of Watford and their second consecutive season in the Championship. The club participated in the Championship, the FA Cup, and the EFL Cup.

First-team squad

As of 4 May 2024

No.	Player	Position	Nationality	Date of birth (age)	Signed from	Since	Fee	Ends	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	Daniel Bachmann	GK		9 July 1994 (age 29)	Stoke City	2017	Free Transfer	2028	116	0
26	Ben Hamer	GK		20 November 1987 (age 36)	Swansea City	2022	Free Transfer	2024	22	0
Defenders
2	Jeremy Ngakia	RB		7 September 2000 (age 23)	West Ham United	2020	Free Transfer	2025	74	0
3	Francisco Sierralta	CB		6 May 1997 (age 27)	Udinese	2020	Undisclosed	2027	88	2
4	Wesley Hoedt	CB		6 March 1994 (age 30)	Anderlecht	2023	£2,000,000	2025	63	4
5	Ryan Porteous	CB		25 March 1999 (age 25)	Hibernian	2023	£500,000	2027	57	5
6	Jamal Lewis	LB		25 January 1998 (age 26)	Newcastle United	2023	Loan	2024	38	0
15	Mattie Pollock	CB		28 September 2001 (age 22)	Grimsby Town	2021	£300,000	2026	24	0
42	James Morris	LB		23 November 2001 (age 22)	Southampton	2021	Free Transfer	2026	31	0
45	Ryan Andrews	RB		26 August 2004 (age 19)	Academy	2012	—	2028	51	3
55	Albert Eames	RB		20 September 2005 (age 18)	Academy	2014	—	2027	1	0
Midfielders
8	Jake Livermore	DM		14 November 1989 (age 34)	West Bromwich Albion	2023	Free Transfer	2024	32	3
11	Ismaël Koné	CM		16 June 2002 (age 21)	Montréal	2023	£8,000,000	2027	63	4
16	Giorgi Chakvetadze	AM		29 August 1999 (age 24)	Gent	2024	Undisclosed	2026	37	1
18	Yáser Asprilla	AM		19 November 2003 (age 20)	Envigado	2022	£3,000,000	2026	86	7
24	Tom Dele-Bashiru	CM		17 September 1999 (age 24)	Manchester City	2019	Free Transfer	2025	49	4
39	Edo Kayembe	CM		3 June 1998 (age 25)	KAS Eupen	2022	£4,700,000	2026	71	5
Forwards
7	Tom Ince	RW		30 January 1992 (age 32)	Reading	2023	£500,000	2025	29	2
9	Mileta Rajović	ST		17 July 1999 (age 24)	Kalmar FF	2023	£1,000,000	2028	43	11
12	Ken Sema	LW		30 September 1993 (age 30)	Östersunds	2018	Undisclosed	2025	159	12
19	Vakoun Bayo	ST		10 January 1997 (age 27)	Sporting Charleroi	2022	£5,800,000	2027	67	11
25	Emmanuel Dennis	ST		15 November 1997 (age 26)	Nottingham Forest	2024	Loan	2024	55	14
34	Kwadwo Baah	LW		27 January 2003 (age 21)	Rochdale	2021	Free Transfer	2026	0	0
37	Matheus Martins	LW		16 July 2003 (age 20)	Udinese	2023	Loan	2024	49	6
58	Zavier Massiah-Edwards	RW		16 January 2007 (age 17)	Academy	2016	—	2024	1	0
59	Jack Grieves	ST		5 December 2004 (age 19)	Academy	2020	—	2026	5	0
Out on Loan
10	Imran Louza	CM		1 May 1999 (age 25)	Nantes	2021	£10,000,000	2028	60	6
13	João Ferreira	RB		22 March 2001 (age 23)	Benfica	2023	£2,500,000	2027	5	1
17	Jorge Hurtado	ST		6 September 2003 (age 20)	Real Cartagena	2023	Undisclosed	2029	1	0
28	Samuel Kalu	RW		26 August 1997 (age 26)	Bordeaux	2022	£3,000,000	2025	13	0
47	Shaq Forde	ST		5 May 2004 (age 20)	Academy	2012	—	2024	1	0
—	Ashley Fletcher	ST		2 October 1995 (age 28)	Middlesbrough	2021	Free Transfer	2026	6	2

Transfers

In

Date	Position	Nationality	Player	From	Fee	Ref.
27 June 2023	RW		Tom Ince	Reading	Undisclosed
1 July 2023	CF		Jorge Cabezas	Real Cartagena	Undisclosed
1 July 2023	CF		Rhys Healey	Toulouse	Free Transfer
20 July 2023	LB		Charlie Stallard †	St Neots Town	Free Transfer
21 July 2023	DM		Jake Livermore	West Bromwich Albion	Free Transfer
9 August 2023	CB		Ali Gould †	Motherwell	Free Transfer
25 August 2023	CF		Mileta Rajović	Kalmar	Undisclosed
14 September 2023	CM		Junior Gyamfi †	Free agent	—
26 January 2024	LB		Freddie Buers †	Kings Langley	Free Transfer
1 February 2024	AM		Giorgi Chakvetadze	Gent	Undisclosed
2 February 2024	CB		James Clarridge †	Nottingham Forest	Undisclosed

† Signed initially for the Under-21s

Out

Date	Position	Nationality	Player	To	Fee	Ref.
14 June 2023	CF		João Pedro	Brighton & Hove Albion	Undisclosed
30 June 2023	AM		Andrés Aguilar	Free agent	Released
30 June 2023	CF		Britt Assombalonga	Antalyaspor	Released
30 June 2023	CM		Leandro Bacuna	FC Groningen	Released
30 June 2023	LB		Christos Batzelis	Free agent	Released
30 June 2023	RW		Aaron Benn	Free agent	Released
30 June 2023	CB		Craig Cathcart	KV Kortrijk	Released
30 June 2023	CM		Tom Cleverley	Retired
30 June 2023	DM		Max Delyfer	Free agent	Released
30 June 2023	CM		Jordan Fankwe	Salford City	Released
30 June 2023	CM		Dan Gosling	Notts County	Released
30 June 2023	CM		Ethan Goulding	Free agent	Released
30 June 2023	CF		Damani Hunter	Free agent	Released
30 June 2023	CM		Adian Manning	Norwich City	Released
30 June 2023	LB		Bogdan Marian	Free agent	Released
30 June 2023	CM		JJ McKiernan	Morecambe	Released
30 June 2023	CB		Harvey Peters	Free agent	Released
30 June 2023	CF		Ezio Touray	Weymouth	Released
1 July 2023	CM		Juergen Elitim	Legia Warsaw	Undisclosed
1 July 2023	RB		Mario Gaspar	Elche	Mutual Consent
1 July 2023	CM		Domingos Quina	Udinese	Undisclosed
4 July 2023	CB		William Troost-Ekong	PAOK	Undisclosed
15 July 2023	LW		Adrian Blake	Utrecht	Free Transfer
19 July 2023	RW		Joseph Hungbo	1. FC Nürnberg	Undisclosed
25 July 2023	CB		Christian Kabasele	Udinese	Undisclosed
25 July 2023	RW		Ismaïla Sarr	Marseille	Undisclosed
17 August 2023	RW		Ignacio Pussetto	Huracán	Mutual Consent
24 August 2023	GK		Maduka Okoye	Udinese	Undisclosed
19 January 2024	CF		Rhys Healey	Huddersfield Town	Undisclosed

Loaned in

Date	Position	Nationality	Player	From	Date until	Ref.
4 July 2023	LW		Matheus Martins	Udinese	End of season
27 July 2023	LB		Jamal Lewis	Newcastle United	End of season
2 August 2023	AM		Giorgi Chakvetadze	Gent	1 February 2024
24 January 2024	LW		Emmanuel Dennis	Nottingham Forest	End of season

1. On 1 February, Chakbetadze joined the club on a permanent basis.

Loaned out

Date	Position	Nationality	Player	To	Date until	Ref.
1 July 2023	CM		Óber Almanza	Orsomarso	31 December 2023
25 July 2023	CF		Ashley Fletcher	Sheffield Wednesday	End of season
1 August 2023	RB		João Ferreira	Udinese	End of season
3 August 2023	CF		Jorge Cabezas Hurtado	New York Red Bulls	31 December 2023
4 August 2023	CB		George Abbott	Chippenham Town	1 September 2023
14 August 2023	CF		Shaq Forde	Leyton Orient	End of season
18 August 2023	LW		Kwadwo Baah	Burton Albion	11 January 2024
7 September 2023	RW		Samuel Kalu	Lausanne-Sport	End of season
24 October 2023	RB		Hamzat Balogun	Bedford Town	2 January 2024
28 October 2023	GK		Roraigh Browne	Northwood	5 February 2024
3 November 2023	LB		Charlie Stallard	Hayes & Yeading United	3 December 2023
10 November 2023	CF		James Collins	Royston Town	10 December 2023
13 December 2023	RB		Scott Holding	Dover Athletic	End of season
29 December 2023	CB		George Abbott	Potters Bar Town	28 January 2024
15 January 2024	CM		Imran Louza	Lorient	End of season
19 January 2024	RW		Dawid Hamiga	Slough Town	13 February 2024
30 January 2024	CF		James Collins	Haringey Borough	29 February 2024
1 February 2024	CF		Jorge Cabezas Hurtado	Gillingham	End of season
15 February 2024	GK		Roraigh Browne	Walthamstow	30 April 2024
17 February 2024	CF		Michael Adu-Poku	Kings Langley	17 March 2024
17 February 2024	GK		Gabriel Ortelli	Kings Langley	End of season
8 March 2024	GK		Jonathan Macaulay	Hemel Hempstead Town	1 May 2024
12 March 2024	CM		Junior Gyamfi	Hemel Hempstead Town	1 May 2024
19 March 2024	LB		Charlie Stallard	Bedford Town	End of season
28 March 2024	CF		Tobi Adeyemo	Wealdstone	24 April 2024
28 March 2024	LB		Josh Mullins	Bedford Town	1 May 2024
29 March 2024	CF		Michael Adu-Poku	Maidstone United	End of season

1. On 1 September, Abbott was recalled from his loan at Chippenham Town, which has been set to run until 5 November.
2. On 11 January, Baah was recalled from his season-long loan at Burton.
3. On 24 November, Balogun's loan at Bedford Town, initially set to run until 30 November, was extended until 2 January.
4. Browne's initial month-long loan at Northwood, beginning in late October, was twice extended for a further month, on 23 November and 12 January.
5. On 12 January, Holding's loan at Dover, initially set to run until 9 January, was extended until the end of the season.
6. On 18 March, Browne's loan at Walthamstow, initially set to run until 15 March, was extended until the end of April.
7. On 22 March, Oretlli's loan at Kings Langley, initially set to run until 17 March, was extended until the end of the season.

Pre-season and friendlies

On 30 May, Watford announced their first two pre-season friendlies, against Boreham Wood and Stevenage. However, the friendly against Stevenage was later cancelled as they were drawn against each other in the 1st round of EFL Cup.

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

8 July 2023 Friendly	Arsenal	1–1	Watford	London Colney
14:00 BST	Marquinhos 54'	Report	Koné 42'	Stadium: Arsenal Training Centre Attendance: 0 (Behind closed doors)

22 July 2023 Friendly	Crystal Palace	2–1	Watford	Beckenham
13:00 BST	Édouard 54' 75'	Report	Kayembe 68'	Stadium: Crystal Palace FC Training Ground Attendance: 0 (Behind closed doors)

29 July 2023 Friendly	Watford	3–0	Peterborough United	Watford
15:00 BST	Bayo 14', 67' Martins 19'	Report		Stadium: Vicarage Road Attendance: 0 (Behind closed doors)

Competitions

Overall record

Source: Soccerway

Championship

League table

Results summary

Source: Soccerway

Results by round

Matches

On 22 June, the EFL Championship fixtures were released.

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

5 August 2023 1	Watford	4–0	Queens Park Rangers	Watford
15:00 BST	Dele-Bashiru 1' Louza 20' Martins 38' Morris  45+1' Bayo 43'	Report	Dykes  67' Armstrong  76'	Stadium: Vicarage Road Attendance: 20,087 Referee: Thomas Bramall

12 August 2023 2	Watford	0–0	Plymouth Argyle	Watford
15:00 BST		Report	Scarr  71' Mumba  78'	Stadium: Vicarage Road Attendance: 19,446 Referee: Geoff Eltringham

27 August 2023 4	Watford	0–1	Blackburn Rovers	Watford
12:00 BST	Hoedt  24' Louza  69' Andrews  69'	Report	Hyam  63' Hedges 72' Rankin-Costello  77'	Stadium: Vicarage Road Attendance: 17,810 Referee: Gavin Ward

11 November 2023 16	Watford	5–0	Rotherham United	Watford
15:00 GMT	Rajovic 10', 45+4' Kayembe 54' Porteous  58' Asprilla  61' Ince 86' Martins 90+4'	Report	Cafú  45'	Stadium: Vicarage Road Attendance: 17,349 Referee: Stephen Martin

FA Cup

As a Championship club, Watford joined the FA Cup at the third round stage, and were drawn at home against Chesterfield and then to Southampton in the fourth round.

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

EFL Cup

Watford were drawn away to Stevenage in the first round.

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

Statistics

Appearances and goals

As of 4 May 2024

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Player	League		FA Cup		EFL Cup		Total		Discipline
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	AUT	Daniel Bachmann	27	0	3	0	0	0	30	0	3	1
2	DF	ENG	Jeremy Ngakia	11+3	0	0	0	1	0	15	0	1	0
3	DF	CHI	Francisco Sierralta	23+4	0	3	0	1	0	31	0	4	0
4	DF	NED	Wesley Hoedt	44	3	3	0	1	0	48	3	12	0
5	DF	SCO	Ryan Porteous	33+4	3	1+1	0	1	0	40	3	14	0
6	DF	NIR	Jamal Lewis	32+4	0	1+1	0	0	0	38	0	4	0
7	FW	ENG	Tom Ince	8+19	2	0+2	0	0	0	29	2	1	0
8	MF	ENG	Jake Livermore	25+5	3	1	0	0+1	0	32	3	9	0
9	FW	DEN	Mileta Rajović	17+24	10	1+1	1	0	0	43	11	1	0
11	MF	CAN	Ismaël Koné	28+14	4	3	0	0+1	0	46	4	3	0
12	FW	SWE	Ken Sema	24+5	1	1+1	0	1	0	32	1	1	0
15	DF	ENG	Mattie Pollock	10+8	0	1	0	0	0	19	0	3	0
16	MF	GEO	Giorgi Chakvetadze	14+20	1	3	0	0	0	37	1	7	0
18	MF	COL	Yáser Asprilla	28+16	6	2+1	0	0	0	47	6	6	0
19	FW	CIV	Vakoun Bayo	27+12	6	1+1	0	1	1	42	7	2	1
24	MF	NGA	Tom Dele-Bashiru	28+7	2	2	1	1	0	38	3	2	0
25	FW	NGA	Emmanuel Dennis	11+6	4	0+1	0	0	0	18	4	1	0
26	GK	ENG	Ben Hamer	19	0	0+1	0	1	0	21	0	3	0
37	FW	BRA	Matheus Martins	20+19	5	3	1	1	0	43	6	3	0
39	MF	COD	Edo Kayembe	28+7	5	0	0	0+1	0	36	5	6	0
42	DF	ENG	James Morris	10+2	0	2+1	0	1	0	16	0	2	0
45	DF	ENG	Ryan Andrews	26+14	3	1+2	0	0+1	0	44	3	7	1
55	DF	ENG	Albert Eames	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
58	FW	ENG	Zavier Massiah-Edwards	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
59	FW	ENG	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	MAR	Imran Louza	11+4	1	0+1	0	1	0	17	1	4	0
14	FW	ENG	Rhys Healey	1+10	2	1	0	0+1	0	13	2	1	0
17	FW	COL	Jorge Hurtado	0	0	0+1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0

Goalscorers

As of 4 May 2024

Rank	Pos.	No.	Player	Championship	FA Cup	EFL Cup	Total
1	FW	9	Mileta Rajović	10	1	0	11
2	FW	19	Vakoun Bayo	6	0	1	7
3	MF	18	Yáser Asprilla	6	0	0	6
	FW	37	Matheus Martins	5	1	0	6
5	MF	39	Edo Kayembe	5	0	0	5
6	MF	11	Ismaël Koné	4	0	0	4
	FW	25	Emmanuel Dennis	4	0	0	4
8	DF	4	Wesley Hoedt	3	0	0	3
	DF	5	Ryan Porteous	3	0	0	3
	MF	8	Jake Livermore	3	0	0	3
	MF	24	Tom Dele-Bashiru	2	1	0	3
	DF	45	Ryan Andrews	3	0	0	3
13	FW	7	Tom Ince	2	0	0	2
	FW	14	Rhys Healey	2	0	0	2
15	MF	10	Imran Louza	1	0	0	1
	FW	12	Ken Sema	1	0	0	1
	MF	16	Giorgi Chakvetadze	1	0	0	1
Total				61	3	1	65

Assists

As of 4 May 2024

Rank	Pos.	No.	Player	Championship	FA Cup	EFL Cup	Total
1	MF	18	Yáser Asprilla	7	1	0	8
2	FW	12	Ken Sema	4	0	0	4
3	DF	4	Wesley Hoedt	3	0	0	3
	DF	5	Ryan Porteous	3	0	0	3
	MF	10	Imran Louza	3	0	0	3
	MF	11	Ismaël Koné	3	0	0	3
	MF	16	Giorgi Chakvetadze	3	0	0	3
	FW	19	Vakoun Bayo	3	0	0	3
	MF	24	Tom Dele-Bashiru	2	0	1	3
10	DF	6	Jamal Lewis	2	0	0	2
	FW	7	Tom Ince	2	0	0	2
	FW	37	Matheus Martins	2	0	0	2
	MF	39	Edo Kayembe	2	0	0	2
	DF	45	Ryan Andrews	2	0	0	2
15	DF	2	Jeremy Ngakia	1	0	0	1
	DF	3	Francisco Sierralta	1	0	0	1
	MF	8	Jake Livermore	1	0	0	1
	FW	14	Rhys Healey	1	0	0	1
	FW	17	Jorge Hurtado	0	1	0	1

Clean sheets

As of 27 April 2024

No.	Player	Championship	FA Cup	EFL Cup	Total
1	Daniel Bachmann	11	0	0	11
26	Ben Hamer	3	0	0	3
Total		14	0	0	14

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