2023–24 Tottenham Hotspur F.C. season

Tottenham Hotspur

2023–24 season
Owner	ENIC Group
Chairman	Daniel Levy
Head coach	Ange Postecoglou
Stadium	Tottenham Hotspur Stadium
Premier League	5th
FA Cup	Fourth round
EFL Cup	Second round
Top goalscorer	League: Son Heung-min (17) All: Son Heung-min (17)
Highest home attendance	62,001 v Liverpool 30 September 2023, Premier League
Lowest home attendance	60,872 v Manchester City 26 January 2024, FA Cup
Average home league attendance	61,459
Biggest win	4–0 v Aston Villa 10 March 2024, Premier League
Biggest defeat	0–4 v Newcastle United 13 April 2024, Premier League
Home colours Away colours Third colours
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The 2023–24 season was Tottenham Hotspur's 32nd season in the Premier League, 46th successive season in the top flight of the English football league system, and 118th season in existence. In addition to the domestic league, they participated in that season's editions of the FA Cup and EFL Cup.

For the first time since the 2009–10 season, Tottenham did not compete in any European competition, due to an eighth-place finish in the 2022–23 Premier League.^[1] It was also the first season since 2008–09 not to feature the club's all-time leading goalscorer Harry Kane, who departed to join German champions Bayern Munich, bidding farewell to Spurs after fourteen years at the club.

On 6 June 2023, Tottenham announced that Ange Postecoglou would become the new head coach on a four-year contract.^[2]

On 12 August, South Korea's Son Heung-min was named the club's new captain, having been appointed in place of Hugo Lloris. ^[3]

The start of the season saw the arrival of Australian manager Ange Postecoglou and the exit of long time serving players including Harry Kane who had been a constant presence for Tottenham. Other players who exited the club where Lucas Moura who saw out his contract and the exit of Harry Winks who had been at the club since 2014. Davinson Sánchez who had a difficult time at Spurs was sold to Turkish club Galatasaray. Dejan Kulusevski and Pedro Porro who were loaned in last season sign permanent papers at the start of this season.

Tottenham started the season away to Brentford where the game finished to a 2–2 draw. The following week was a home game against Manchester United which Spurs won 2–0. The form continued with an away win at Bournemouth however in the League Cup Tottenham where drawn against Fulham. This was another away day that ended in a 1–1 all draw and needed penalties to decide the tie. Son Heung-min and Kulusevski converted their penalties, however Davinson Sánchez penalty was saved by Marek Rodák. Fulham scored all five of theirs to knock Tottenham out of the competition. This also was Davinson Sánchez last game for the club as a little over a week later he was sold to Galatasaray.^[4]

As of 18 January 2024

Squad no.	Player	Nationality	Position(s)	Date of birth (age)
Goalkeepers
13	Guglielmo Vicario		GK	(1996-10-07) 7 October 1996 (age 28)
20	Fraser Forster		GK	(1988-03-17) 17 March 1988 (age 36)
40	Brandon Austin		GK	(1999-01-07) 7 January 1999 (age 25)
41	Alfie Whiteman		GK	(1998-10-02) 2 October 1998 (age 26)
Defenders
6	Radu Drăgușin		CB	(2002-02-03) 3 February 2002 (age 22)
12	Emerson Royal		RWB / RB	(1999-01-14) 14 January 1999 (age 25)
17	Cristian Romero (VC)		CB	(1998-04-27) 27 April 1998 (age 26)
19	Ryan Sessegnon		LWB / LB	(2000-05-18) 18 May 2000 (age 24)
23	Pedro Porro		RWB / RB	(1999-09-13) 13 September 1999 (age 25)
33	Ben Davies		CB / LWB	(1993-04-24) 24 April 1993 (age 31)
37	Micky van de Ven		CB	(2001-04-19) 19 April 2001 (age 23)
38	Destiny Udogie		LB	(2002-11-28) 28 November 2002 (age 21)
65	Alfie Dorrington		CB	(2005-04-20) 20 April 2005 (age 19)
Midfielders
4	Oliver Skipp		DM / CM	(2000-09-16) 16 September 2000 (age 24)
5	Pierre-Emile Højbjerg		DM / CM	(1995-08-05) 5 August 1995 (age 29)
8	Yves Bissouma		DM / CM	(1996-08-30) 30 August 1996 (age 28)
10	James Maddison (VC)		AM / RW	(1996-11-23) 23 November 1996 (age 27)
18	Giovani Lo Celso		CM / AM	(1996-04-09) 9 April 1996 (age 28)
29	Pape Matar Sarr		CM	(2002-09-14) 14 September 2002 (age 22)
30	Rodrigo Bentancur		DM / CM	(1997-06-25) 25 June 1997 (age 27)
Forwards
7	Son Heung-min (C)		LW / ST	(1992-07-08) 8 July 1992 (age 32)
9	Richarlison		ST / LW / RW	(1997-04-10) 10 April 1997 (age 27)
11	Bryan Gil		LW / RW / AM	(2001-02-11) 11 February 2001 (age 23)
16	Timo Werner		ST	(1996-03-06) 6 March 1996 (age 28)
21	Dejan Kulusevski		RW / AM	(2000-04-25) 25 April 2000 (age 24)
22	Brennan Johnson		RW	(2001-05-23) 23 May 2001 (age 23)
27	Manor Solomon		LW / RW / AM	(1999-07-24) 24 July 1999 (age 25)
44	Dane Scarlett		ST	(2004-03-24) 24 March 2004 (age 20)
58	Yago Santiago		LW / AM / RW	(2003-04-15) 15 April 2003 (age 21)
63	Jamie Donley		SS / ST / AM	(2005-01-03) 3 January 2005 (age 19)
Out on loan
3	Sergio Reguilón		LWB / LB	(1996-12-16) 16 December 1996 (age 27)
14	Ivan Perišić		LW / LWB / LB	(1989-02-02) 2 February 1989 (age 35)
15	Eric Dier		CB	(1994-01-15) 15 January 1994 (age 30)
22	Joe Rodon		CB	(1997-10-22) 22 October 1997 (age 27)
24	Djed Spence		RWB / RB	(2000-08-09) 9 August 2000 (age 24)
25	Japhet Tanganga		RB / CB	(1999-03-31) 31 March 1999 (age 25)
28	Tanguy Ndombele		CM	(1996-12-28) 28 December 1996 (age 27)
35	Ashley Phillips		CB	(2005-06-26) 26 June 2005 (age 19)
36	Alejo Véliz		ST	(2003-09-19) 19 September 2003 (age 21)

Date from	Position	Nationality	Player	To	Notes	Ref.
30 June 2023	LW		Tom Bloxham	Blackburn Rovers	End of contract	[5][6]
30 June 2023	RB		Kallum Cesay	Wealdstone	End of contract	[5][7]
30 June 2023	CB		Malachi Fagan-Walcott	Cardiff City	End of contract	[5][8]
30 June 2023	RW		Roshaun Mathurin	Crystal Palace	End of contract	[5][9]
30 June 2023	RW		Romaine Mundle	Standard Liège	End of contract	[5][10]
30 June 2023	LM		Riley Owen	Brentford	End of contract	[5][11]
30 June 2023	DM		Jamie Bowden	Free agent	End of contract	[5]
30 June 2023	RB		Brandon Bryan-Waugh	Free agent	End of contract	[5]
30 June 2023	CB		Marqes Muir	Free agent	End of contract	[5]
1 July 2023	FW		Lucas Moura	São Paulo	End of contract	[12][13]

• Note: Players will join other clubs after being released or terminated from their contract. Only the following clubs are mentioned when that club signed the player in the same transfer window.

Date from	Position	Nationality	Player	From	Fee	Ref.
17 June 2023	RW		Dejan Kulusevski	Juventus	Undisclosed	[14]
27 June 2023	GK		Guglielmo Vicario	Empoli	Undisclosed	[15]
28 June 2023	AM		James Maddison	Leicester City	Undisclosed	[16]
1 July 2023	RWB		Pedro Porro	Sporting CP	£34,500,000	[17]
11 July 2023	LW		Manor Solomon	Shakhtar Donetsk	Free transfer	[18]
5 August 2023	CB		Ashley Phillips	Blackburn Rovers	Undisclosed	[19]
8 August 2023	CB		Micky van de Ven	VfL Wolfsburg	Undisclosed	[20]
8 August 2023	CF		Alejo Véliz	Rosario Central	Undisclosed	[21]
1 September 2023	RW		Brennan Johnson	Nottingham Forest	Undisclosed	[22]
11 January 2024	CB		Radu Drăgușin	Genoa	£26,700,000	[23][24]

• Note: Dejan Kulusevski and Pedro Porro were loaned the previous season and signed permanent deals for the 2023–24 season.

Date from	Position	Nationality	Player	To	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2023	MF		Harry Winks	Leicester City	Undisclosed	[25]
12 August 2023	ST		Harry Kane	Bayern Munich	Undisclosed	[26]
2 September 2023	MF		Harvey White	Stevenage	Undisclosed	[27]
4 September 2023	CB		Davinson Sánchez	Galatasaray	Undisclosed	[4]
6 September 2023	CB		Maksim Paskotši	Grasshoppers	Undisclosed	[28]
1 January 2024	GK		Hugo Lloris	Los Angeles FC	Free	[29]
14 February 2024	CB		Brooklyn Lyons-Foster	HJK Helsinki	Undisclosed	[30]

Date from	Position	Nationality	Player	From	Date until	Ref.
9 January 2024	FW		Timo Werner	RB Leipzig	End of season	[31]

Date from	Position	Nationality	Player	To	Date until	Ref.
10 August 2023	CB		Joe Rodon	Leeds United	End of season	[32]
24 August 2023	CF		Troy Parrott	Excelsior	End of season	[33]
25 August 2023	CM		Alfie Devine	Port Vale	17 January 2024[a]	[34][35]
30 August 2023	RB		Djed Spence	Leeds United	4 January 2024[b]	[36][37]
31 August 2023	CF		Dane Scarlett	Ipswich Town	27 December 2023[c]	[38][39]
1 September 2023	CB		Japhet Tanganga	FC Augsburg	18 January 2024[d]	[40][41]
1 September 2023	LB		Sergio Reguilón	Manchester United	2 January 2024[e]	[42][43]
4 September 2023	CM		Tanguy Ndombele	Galatasaray	End of season	[44]
4 January 2024	GK		Josh Keeley	Barnet	End of season	[45]
8 January 2024	DF		Ashley Phillips	Plymouth Argyle	End of season	[46]
9 January 2024	MF		Matthew Craig	Doncaster Rovers	End of season	[47]
11 January 2024	DF		Eric Dier	Bayern Munich	End of season	[48]
11 January 2024	DF		Djed Spence	Genoa	End of season	[49]
17 January 2024	CM		Alfie Devine	Plymouth Argyle	End of season	[50]
17 January 2024	LB		Sergio Reguilón	Brentford	End of season	[51]
18 January 2024	CB		Japhet Tanganga	Millwall	End of season	[52]
18 January 2024	LW		Ivan Perišić	Hajduk Split	End of season	[53]
1 February 2024	ST		Alejo Véliz	Sevilla	End of season	[54]

To prepare for the upcoming season, Tottenham played a series of friendlies around Asia and Australia for the Asia-Pacific Tour. This saw newly appointed head coach Ange Postecoglou return to his home country. The club first met fellow English side West Ham United in Australia on 18 July 2023.^[55] They then travelled to Thailand to play Leicester City on 23 July 2023, which was cancelled due to adverse weather conditions.^[56] To conclude the tour, Tottenham were supposed to visit Singapore to play Italian club Roma on 26 July 2023.^[57] However, the match was cancelled due to logistical reasons, and so Tottenham played local club Lion City Sailors instead.^[58] On 28 June, Tottenham revealed a special match dedicated to the people of Ukraine, against Shakhtar Donetsk.^[59] On 19 March 2024, it was announced that Tottenham would travel to Australia and participate in a post-season friendly against Newcastle, at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, on May 22.^[60]

Tottenham Hotspur v West Ham United

18 July 2023 (2023-07-18) Asia-Pacific Tour	Tottenham Hotspur	2–3	West Ham United	Perth, Australia
18:00 AWST	Emerson  60' Lo Celso 68' Udogie 71'	Report	Ings 17' Mubama 23' Scamacca 78'	Stadium: Optus Stadium Attendance: 46,266 Referee: Kurt Ams (Australia)

Lion City Sailors v Tottenham Hotspur

26 July 2023 (2023-07-26) Asia-Pacific Tour	Lion City Sailors	1–5	Tottenham Hotspur	Kallang, Singapore
13:30 ICT	Anuar 14'	Report	Kane 45+4' (pen.) Richarlison 48', 52', 90+1' Lo Celso 73'	Stadium: National Stadium Attendance: 25,035 Referee: Andrea Verolino (Singapore)

Tottenham Hotspur v Shakhtar Donetsk

6 August 2023 (2023-08-06) Friendly	Tottenham Hotspur	5–1	Shakhtar Donetsk	Tottenham
14:00 BST	Kane 38' (pen.), 50', 55', 79' Romero  59' Scarlett  84', 90+4' Emerson  85'	Report	Kelsy 45' Castillo  86'	Stadium: Tottenham Hotspur Stadium Attendance: 56,331 Referee: David Coote (England)

Barcelona v Tottenham Hotspur

8 August 2023 (2023-08-08) Joan Gamper Trophy	Barcelona	4–2	Tottenham Hotspur	Barcelona, Spain
20:00 CEST 19:00 BST	Lewandowski 3' Torres 81' Fati 90+1' Ezzalzouli 90+3'	Report	Skipp 24', 36' Bissouma  26'	Stadium: Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys Attendance: 35,224 Referee: Jesús Gil Manzano (Spain)

Tottenham Hotspur v Newcastle United

22 May 2024 (2024-05-22) Global Football Week	Tottenham Hotspur	1–1 (4–5 p)	Newcastle United	Melbourne, Australia
19:45 AEST	Maddison 32' Skipp  54'	Report	Isak 45'	Stadium: Melbourne Cricket Ground Attendance: 78,419 Referee: Alireza Faghani (Australia)
	Penalties
	Gil Scarlett Donley Hall Skipp		White Parkinson Diallo Kuol Ashby

The Premier League fixtures were announced on 15 June 2023.^[62]

As a Premier League club, Tottenham entered the FA Cup in the third round, and were drawn at home against fellow Premier League side Burnley.^[66][67] They were then drawn at home to Manchester City in the fourth round.^[68][69]

Tottenham entered the EFL Cup in the second round as one of the Premier League teams not participating in any European competitions, and were drawn away to Fulham.^[70]