| Club: | Queens Park Rangers |
| Season: | 2023–24 |
| Owner: | Total Soccer Growth (51%) Tune Group (46%) Lakshmi Mittal (3%) |
| Chairman: | Amit Bhatia (until 1 November) Lee Hoos (from 1 November) |
| Manager: | Gareth Ainsworth (until 28 October)[1] Martí Cifuentes (from 30 October)[2] |
| Mgrtitle: | Head Coach |
| Stadium: | Loftus Road Stadium |
| League: | EFL Championship |
| League Result: | 18th |
| Cup1: | FA Cup |
| Cup1 Result: | Third round |
| Cup2: | EFL Cup |
| Cup2 Result: | First round |
| League Topscorer: | Ilias Chair (7) |
| Season Topscorer: | Lyndon Dykes (7) & Ilias Chair (7) |
| Highest Attendance: | 17,831 vs. Norwich City (10 February, Championship) |
| Lowest Attendance: | 13,367 vs. Swansea City (19 September, Championship) |
| Average Attendance: | 16,702 |
| Largest Win: | 4–0 vs Leeds United, Championship, 26 April 2024 |
| Largest Loss: | 4-0 vs Blackburn Rovers, Championship, 7 October 2023 |
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| Prevseason: | 2022–23 |
| Nextseason: | 2024–25 |
The 2023–24 season was the 142nd season in the history of Queens Park Rangers and their ninth consecutive season in the Championship. The club participated in the Championship, the FA Cup, and the EFL Cup.
| Name | Nat | Position | Since | Date of birth (Age) | Signed from | Contract Expires | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Goalkeepers | ||||||||||
| 1 | Asmir Begović |  | GK | 2023 | 20 June 1987 | Everton | 2024 | 46 | 0 | |
| 13 | Jordan Archer | GK | 2021 | 12 April 1993 | Middlesbrough | 2024[4] | 4 | 0 | ||
| 32 | Joe Walsh | GK | 2021 | 1 April 2002 | Gillingham | 2024[5] | 2 | 0 | ||
| 40 | Matteo Salamon | GK | 2022 | 18 February 2004 | Queens Park Rangers Academy | 2024 | 0 | 0 | ||
| — | Murphy Mahoney | GK | 2012 | 27 December 2001 | Wycombe Wanderers | 2024[6] | 2 | 0 | ||
| Defenders | ||||||||||
| 2 | Osman Kakay |  | RWB | 2015 | 25 August 1997 | Queens Park Rangers Academy | 2024[7] | 113 | 2 | |
| 3 | Jimmy Dunne | CB | 2021 | 19 October 1997 | Burnley | 2024[8] | 115 | 6 | ||
| 5 | Steve Cook | CB | 2023 | 19 April 1991 | Nottingham Forest | 2025 | 36 | 2 | ||
| 6 | Jake Clarke-Salter | CB | 2022 | 22 September 1997 | Chelsea | 2026[9] | 49 | 1 | ||
| 15 | Morgan Fox | LB/CB | 2023 | 21 September 1993 | Stoke City | 2025 | 21 | 1 | ||
| 20 | Reggie Cannon |  | RB | 2023 | 11 June 1998 | Free agent | 2027 | 21 | 0 | |
| 21 | Ziyad Larkeche |  | LB/LM/CB | 2023 | 19 September 2002 | Fulham | 2026 | 22 | 0 | |
| 22 | Kenneth Paal |  | LWB | 2022 | 24 June 1997 | PEC Zwolle | 2025[10] | 87 | 5 | |
| 29 | Aaron Drewe | RWB | 2019 | 8 February 2001 | Queens Park Rangers Academy | 2024 | 13 | 0 | ||
| Midfielders | ||||||||||
| 4 | Jack Colback | CM | 2023 | 24 October 1989 | Nottingham Forest | 2025 | 28 | 3 | ||
| 7 | AM/RM/LM | 2020 | 31 January 1998 | Benfica | 2024[11] | 146 | 20 | |||
| 8 | Sam Field | CM/DM | 2021 | 8 May 1998 | West Bromwich Albion | 2026 | 141 | 8 | ||
| 10 | Ilias Chair |  | AM/RM/LM | 2017 | 30 October 1997 |  Lierse | 2025[12] | 236 | 35 | |
| 14 | Isaac Hayden | DM | 2024 | 22 March 1995 | Newcastle United | Loan | 17 | 0 | ||
| 16 | Joe Hodge |  | DM/CM | 2024 | 14 September 2002 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | Loan | 8 | 1 | |
| 18 | Taylor Richards | AM/RM/LM | 2022 | 4 December 2000 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 2026[13] | 21 | 0 | ||
| 19 | Elijah Dixon-Bonner | CM | 2022 | 1 January 2001 | Liverpool | 2024[14] | 27 | 0 | ||
| 25 | Lucas Andersen | AM/LW/RW | 2024 | 13 September 1994 | AaB | 2025 | 16 | 1 | ||
| 34 | Rafferty Pedder | CM/AM | 2022 | 6 April 2002 | Tottenham Hotspur | 2024 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 36 | Alexander Aoraha |  | DM/CM | 2021 | 17 January 2003 | Queens Park Rangers Academy | 2024 | 1 | 0 | |
| 37 | Albert Adomah |  | AM/RM/LM | 2020 | 13 December 1987 | Nottingham Forest | 2024[15] | 130 | 6 | |
| 39 | Steven Bala |  | AM/LM/CM | 2021 | 19 November 2003 | Barnet | 2024 | 0 | 0 | |
| 41 | Lorent Talla | CM/AM | 2023 | 1 January 2005 | Queens Park Rangers Academy | 2024 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Forwards | ||||||||||
| 9 | Lyndon Dykes | CF | 2020 | 7 October 1995 | Livingston | 2026[16] | 163 | 36 | ||
| 11 | Paul Smyth | RW/LW/AM | 2023 | 10 September 1997 | Leyton Orient | 2026 | 68 | 5 | ||
| 12 | Michael Frey | CF | 2024 | 19 July 1994 | Royal Antwerp | 2026 | 9 | 1 | ||
| 30 | Sinclair Armstrong | | CF | 2020 | 22 June 2003 | Shamrock Rovers | 2024[17] | 64 | 4 | |
| 38 | Rayan Kolli | RW/LW/AM | 2023 | 10 February 2005 | Queens Park Rangers Academy | 2025 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Out on Loan | ||||||||||
| 17 | Andre Dozzell | CM/AM/DM | 2021 | 2 May 1999 | Ipswich Town | 2024[18] | 98 | 2 | ||
| 23 | Charlie Kelman | | CF | 2020 | 2 November 2001 | Southend United | 2024[19] | 26 | 0 | |
| 24 | Stephen Duke-McKenna |  | RM/CM | 2019 | 17 August 2000 | Bolton Wanderers | 2024[20] | 10 | 0 | |
| 28 | Joe Gubbins | CB | 2019 | 3 August 2001 | Queens Park Rangers Academy | 2024 | 5 | 0 | ||
| 33 | Trent Rendall | CB | 2020 | 8 September 2001 | Queens Park Rangers Academy | 2024[21] | 0 | 0 | ||
Supplier: Erreà / Sponsor: Convivia
QPR agreed a multi-year partnership with Erreà as the official technical kit suppliers, the 2023–24 season will be the seventh year of the deal. The kits will be 100 percent bespoke designs for the duration of the deal.[22] On 8 December 2022 QPR announced that the kit deal with Erreà had been extended until the end of the 2025/26 season.[23]
On 27 June 2022 Convivia were announced as the main shirt sponsor for the 2022–23 season on a three-year deal.[24]
| Date | Pos | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 July 2023 | Free Transfer | [25] | ||||
| 1 July 2023 | Undisclosed | |||||
| 1 July 2023 | Free Transfer | [26] | ||||
| 17 July 2023 | Free Transfer | [27] | ||||
| 24 July 2023 | Free Transfer | [28] | ||||
| 1 August 2023 | Free Transfer | [29] | ||||
| 9 August 2023 | Undisclosed | [30] | ||||
| 6 September 2023 |  Casey Shann † | Free Transfer | [31] | |||
| 26 September 2023 | [32] | |||||
| 28 January 2024 | Undisclosed | [33] | ||||
| 5 February 2024 | Free Transfer | [34] |
| Date | Pos | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 June 2023 | Undisclosed | [35] | ||||
| 19 June 2023 | Mutual Consent | [36] | ||||
| 29 June 2023 | Mutual Consent | [37] [38] | ||||
| 30 June 2023 | Released | [39] | ||||
| 30 June 2023 | Released | [40] | ||||
| 30 June 2023 | Elijah Anthony | Released | [41] [42] | |||
| 30 June 2023 | Sam Bagan | Released | ||||
| 30 June 2023 | End of Contract | |||||
| 30 June 2023 | Shannon Brown | Released | ||||
| 30 June 2023 | Matthew Castillo-Anderson | Released | ||||
| 30 June 2023 | Jabari Christmas | Released | ||||
| 30 June 2023 | Riley Cotter | Released | ||||
| 30 June 2023 | Released | [43] | ||||
| 30 June 2023 | Adam Dougui | Released | ||||
| 30 June 2023 | Stanley Flaherty | Released | [44] | |||
| 30 June 2023 | Harry Halwax | Released | ||||
| 30 June 2023 | Released | |||||
| 30 June 2023 | Moses Luzinda | Released | ||||
| 30 June 2023 |  Salvatore Marino | Released | ||||
| 30 June 2023 | End of Contract | [45] [46] | ||||
| 30 June 2023 | Released | [47] | ||||
| 30 June 2023 | Charlie McDonald | Released | ||||
| 30 June 2023 | Reece Nicholas-Davies | Released | ||||
| 30 June 2023 | Released | [48] | ||||
| 30 June 2023 | Isaac Pitblado | Released | ||||
| 30 June 2023 | Ivo Rossi | Released | [49] | |||
| 30 June 2023 | Released | [50] | ||||
| 30 June 2023 |  Guilherme Siqueira | Released | [51] | |||
| 30 June 2023 |  Kacper Zapieraczynski | Released | ||||
| 8 July 2023 | £2,000,000 | [52] | ||||
| 17 January 2024 | Released | [53] [54] |
| Date from | Pos | Player | Loaned from | Date until | Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 February 2024 | End of Season | [55] | ||||
| 1 February 2024 | End of Season | [56] |
| Date | Pos | Player | Loaned to | Fee | Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 July 2023 | 28 December 2023 | [57] [58] | ||||
| 25 August 2023 | End of Season | [59] | ||||
| 1 September 2023 | Trent Rendall | 30 September 2023 | [60] | |||
| 17 September 2023 | Henry Hawkins | 1 January 2024 | [61] | |||
| 7 October 2023 | Rafferty Pedder | 4 November 2023 | [62] | |||
| 21 November 2023 | Steven Bala | 19 December 2023 | [63] | |||
| 21 November 2023 | Harry Cant | 16 January 2024 | [64] | |||
| 7 December 2023 | 22 December 2023 | [65] [66] | ||||
| 22 December 2023 | Osman Foyo | 20 January 2024 | [67] | |||
| 19 January 2024 | End of Season | [68] | ||||
| 25 January 2024 | End of Season | [69] | ||||
| 31 January 2024 | End of Season | [70] | ||||
| 1 February 2024 | Deon Woodman | 29 February 2024 | [71] | |||
| 6 February 2024 | Arkell Jude-Boyd | 5 March 2024 | [72] | |||
| 23 February 2024 | Conor Clark | 23 March 2024 | [73] | |||
| 5 March 2024 | Deon Woodman | End of Season | [74] [75] | |||
| 26 March 2024 | Trent Rendall | 30 April 2024 | [76] | |||
| 29 March 2024 | Harry Cant | 16 April 2024 | [77] |
On 24 May the club announced their first pre-season friendly, against Oxford United.[78] A day later, a second friendly was confirmed, against AFC Wimbledon.[79] A third pre-season game was confirmed, against Reading in a behind-closed-doors fixture.[80] On June 7, the club confirmed a pre-season training camp in Austria and face Slavia Prague and Vorwärts Steyr.[81]
See main article: 2023–24 EFL Championship.
On 22 June, the EFL Championship fixtures were released.[82]
See main article: 2023–24 FA Cup.
Queens Park Rangers joined the FA Cup at the third round stage, as a Championship side, and were drawn at home to Bournemouth.[83] [84]
See main article: 2023–24 EFL Cup.
QPR were drawn at home to Norwich City in the first round.[85]
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| style=background-color:#0066CC;color:#FFFFFF | Rank | style=background-color:#0066CC;color:#FFFFFF | Player | style=background-color:#0066CC;color:#FFFFFF | Position | style=background-color:#0066CC;color:#FFFFFF | Championship | style=background-color:#0066CC;color:#FFFFFF | FA Cup | style=background-color:#0066CC;color:#FFFFFF | EFL Cup | style=background-color:#0066CC;color:#FFFFFF | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align=center valign=top rowspan=2 | 1 | Ilias Chair | MF | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | ||||||
| Lyndon Dykes | FW | 6 | 1 | 0 | 7 | ||||||||
| align=center valign=top rowspan=4 | 3 | Kenneth Paal | DF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||||||
| Chris Willock | MF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||||||||
| Sinclair Armstrong | FW | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | ||||||||
| Sam Field | MF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||||||||
| align=center valign=top rowspan=2 | 7 | Jack Colback | MF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||||||
| Paul Smyth | FW | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||
| align=center valign=top rowspan=2 | 9 | Andre Dozzell | MF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||||
| Steve Cook | DF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||
| align=center valign=top rowspan=6 | 11 | Jake Clarke-Salter | DF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
| Joe Hodge | MF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||
| Lucas Andersen | MF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||
| Michael Frey | FW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||
| Jimmy Dunne | DF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||
| Morgan Fox | DF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||
| Own Goal | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |||||||||
| Total | 47 | 2 | 0 | 49 | |||||||||
| style=background-color:#0066CC;color:#FFFFFF | Rank | style=background-color:#0066CC;color:#FFFFFF | Player | style=background-color:#0066CC;color:#FFFFFF | Position | style=background-color:#0066CC;color:#FFFFFF | Championship | style=background-color:#0066CC;color:#FFFFFF | FA Cup | style=background-color:#0066CC;color:#FFFFFF | EFL Cup | style=background-color:#0066CC;color:#FFFFFF | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align=center valign=top rowspan=1 | 1 | Asmir Begovic | GK | 13 | 0 | 0 | 13 | ||||||
| align=center valign=top rowspan=1 | 2 | Joe Walsh | GK | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Total | 13 | 0 | 0 | 13 | |||||||||