2023–24 Swansea City A.F.C. season explained

Club:	Swansea City
Season:	2023–24
Owner:	Swansea City Football 2002 Limited^[1]
Chairman:	Andy Coleman
Manager:	Michael Duff Luke Williams
Mgrtitle:	Head coach
Stadium:	Swansea.com Stadium
League:	EFL Championship
League Result:	14th
Cup1:	FA Cup
Cup1 Result:	Fourth round
Cup2:	EFL Cup
Cup2 Result:	Second round
League Topscorer:	Jerry Yates Jamal Lowe (7)
Season Topscorer:	Jerry Yates (8)
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Prevseason:	2022–23
Nextseason:	2024-25

The 2023–24 season is the 112th season in the history of Swansea City and their sixth consecutive season in the Championship. The club are participating in the Championship, the FA Cup, and the EFL Cup.

Current squad

No.	Name	Position	Nationality	Place of birth	Date of birth (Age)	Previous club	Date signed	Fee	Contract end
Goalkeepers
1							11 January 2022	£475,000	30 June 2026
22					2 July 2001		31 July 2023	Loan	31 May 2024
25	Lewis Webb				12 September 2001	Academy	1 July 2020	Trainee	30 June 2024
29					3 January 2002		30 August 2023	Free	30 June 2026
46	Ben Hughes				15 November 2003		1 July 2021	Undisclosed	30 June 2024
Defenders
2					19 November 1999		4 July 2023	Undisclosed	30 June 2026
5						Academy	1 July 2019	Trainee	30 June 2025
6							1 July 2022	£2,300,000	30 June 2025
14					22 May 1999		1 September 2023	£1,885,000	30 June 2026
21					22 December 2001		14 August 2023	£300,000	30 June 2026
23							1 July 2022	Undisclosed	30 June 2024
26							22 January 2015	£5,000,000	30 June 2024
30					14 November 2001		4 August 2023	Loan	31 May 2024
33					15 March 2003		1 September 2023	Loan	31 May 2024
41					7 July 2006	Academy	16 August 2023	Trainee	30 June 2026
50	Filip Lissah				8 December 2004		1 September 2021	Free	30 June 2024
Midfielders
4							31 January 2014	Undisclosed	30 June 2026
7							8 July 2022	Free	30 June 2024
8							3 January 2015	£2,240,000	30 June 2027
18					17 October 2003		11 August 2023	Loan	31 May 2024
28							5 January 2018	£1,100,000	30 June 2024
31						Academy	1 July 2020	Trainee	30 June 2027
36	Ben Lloyd				14 March 2005	Academy	1 July 2022	Trainee	30 June 2026
45						Academy	1 July 2022	Trainee	30 June 2025
47					9 December 2002		1 July 2021	Free	30 June 2025
48					10 October 2004	Academy	1 July 2022	Trainee	30 June 2026
Forwards
9					10 November 1996		12 July 2023	£2,400,000	30 June 2026
10					21 July 1994		1 September 2023	Loan	31 May 2024
11					24 March 1997		3 July 2023	Free	30 June 2026
12							6 August 2021	Free	30 June 2024
17					23 March 1998		1 February 2024	Undisclosed	30 June 2024
19					1 July 2001		31 July 2023	£1,725,000	30 June 2026
20						Academy	1 July 2020	Trainee	30 June 2024
24					24 July 2004		1 February 2024	Loan	31 May 2024
35					14 April 2001		29 January 2024	£1,275,000	30 June 2027
49	Kyrell Wilson				1 December 2004		1 July 2021	Free	30 June 2024
Out on Loan
3					4 August 1994		1 September 2023	Free	30 June 2025
15							31 January 2022	Undisclosed	30 June 2024

Transfers

In

Date	Pos	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Ref
22 June 2023		Glory Nzingo †		Undisclosed	^[2]
3 July 2023				Free Transfer	^[3]
4 July 2023		Maliq Cadogan †		Free Transfer	^[4]
4 July 2023				Undisclosed	^[5]
12 July 2023				Undisclosed	^[6]
31 July 2023				Undisclosed	^[7]
14 August 2023				Undisclosed	^[8]
30 August 2023				Free Transfer	^[9]
1 September 2023				Undisclosed	^[10]
1 September 2023				Undisclosed	^[11]
27 November 2023					^[12]
1 February 2024				Undisclosed	^[13]

† signed for Under-21s

Out

Date	Pos	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Ref
30 June 2023		Geoffroy Bony		Released
30 June 2023		Corey Hurford		Released
30 June 2023				Released	^[14]
30 June 2023		Sam Leverett		Released	^[15]
30 June 2023				Released	^[16] ^[17]
30 June 2023		Jada Mawongo		Released
30 June 2023		David Roberts		Released
30 June 2023				Released	^[18]
30 June 2023				Released
30 June 2023		Tarrelle Whittaker		Released
30 June 2023				Released	^[19]
30 June 2023		Wasiri Williams		Released
1 July 2023				Undisclosed
12 July 2023				Undisclosed	^[20]
17 July 2023				Undisclosed	^[21]
8 August 2023				Undisclosed	^[22]
25 August 2023				Undisclosed	^[23]
30 August 2023				Undisclosed	^[24]
1 September 2023		Iwan Morgan		Compensation	^[25]
16 January 2024				Undisclosed	^[26]
29 January 2024				Released	^[27]

Loaned in

Date	Pos	Player	Loaned from	Until	Ref
31 July 2023				End of Season	^[28]
4 August 2023				End of Season	^[29]
11 August 2023				End of Season	^[30]
1 September 2023				End of Season	^[31]
1 September 2023				End of Season	^[32]
7 September 2023		Kristian Fletcher †		1 January 2024	^[33]
1 February 2024				End of Season	^[34]

† Signed initially for the Under-21s

Loaned out

Date	Pos	Player	Transferred to	Until	Ref
2 August 2023				11 January 2024	^[35] ^[36]
28 August 2023				15 January 2024	^[37] ^[38]
31 August 2023				End of Season	^[39]
1 September 2023				1 January 2024	^[40]
26 January 2024				End of Season	^[41]
1 February 2024		Harry Jones		End of Season	^[42]
1 February 2024				End of Season	^[43]

Statistics

Players with names in italics and marked * were on loan from another club for the whole of their season with Swansea City.|-!colspan=15|Players who left the club during the season:|}

Goals record

width=50px	Rank !	width=50px	No. !	width=50px	Nat. !	width=50px	Po. !	width=150px	Name !	width=150px	Championship !	width=150px	FA Cup !	width=150px	EFL Cup !	width=150px	Total
1	9		CF		2	0	0	2
	17		CF		0	0	2	2
3	6		CB		1	0	0	1
	8		CM		0	0	1	1
	11		LW		0	0	1	1
	12		SS		0	0	1	1
	20		SS		1	0	0	1
	23		CB		1	0	0	1
	30		RB		1	0	0	1
Total					6	0	5	11

Disciplinary record

Rank	No.	Nat.	Po.	Name	Championship			Total
1	11		LW		1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0
	12		SS		2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
	23		CB		2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
	26		RB		1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0
5	4		CM		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	5		CB		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	6		CB		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	7		CM		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	8		CM		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	31		AM		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	47		MF		0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0
Total					12	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	15	0	0

Pre-season and friendlies

Michael Duff was named Swansea City's new head coach on 22 June.^[44] Additionally, there were changes at boardroom level, including the appointment of Andy Coleman as the club's new chairman.^[45]

Swansea began their pre-season preparations at a training camp in Alicante, Spain,^[46] after announcing pre-season friendlies against Oxford United, Reading and Bristol Rovers.^{[47] [48] [49]} They also hosted behind closed doors friendlies against Haverfordwest County, Brøndby, Swindon Town and Newport County.^[50]

Competitions

Championship

See main article: 2023–24 EFL Championship.

Matches

On 22 June, the EFL Championship fixtures were released.^[51]

FA Cup

See main article: 2023–24 FA Cup.

As a Championship side, Swansea entered the competition in the third round and were drawn at home to Morecambe.^{[52] [53]} In the fourth round, they were drawn away to Bournemouth.^{[54] [55]}

EFL Cup

See main article: 2023–24 EFL Cup.

The Swans were drawn at home to Northampton Town in the first round^[56] and to Bournemouth in the second round.^[57]

Welsh League Cup

See main article: 2023–24 Welsh League Cup.

Swansea were drawn away against Carmarthen Town in the first round.^[58]

Notes and References

1. News: Ownership statement . Swansea City . 22 June 2023.
2. News: Glory Nzingo Joins Swansea City Academy . 22 June 2023 . Swansea City AFC . 22 June 2023.
3. News: Swansea City complete signing of Josh Ginnelly . 3 July 2023 . Swansea City AFC . 3 July 2023.
4. News: Maliq Cadogan Joins Swansea City Academy . 4 July 2023 . Swansea City AFC . 4 July 2023.
5. News: Swansea City seal signing of Josh Key . 4 July 2023 . Exeter City FC . 4 July 2023.
6. News: Swansea City complete transfer of Jerry Yates . 12 July 2023 . Swansea City AFC . 12 July 2023.
7. News: Swansea City complete transfer of Mykola Kukharevych. 31 July 2023 . Swansea City AFC . 31 July 2023.
8. News: Swansea City seal transfer of Nathan Tjoe-A-On . 14 August 2023 . Swansea City AFC . 14 August 2023.
9. News: Swansea City sign goalkeeper Nathan Broome . 30 August 2023 . Swansea City AFC . 30 August 2023.
10. News: Swansea City seal transfer of Kristian Pedersen . 2 September 2023 . Swansea City AFC . 1 September 2023.
11. News: Swansea City complete signing of Josh Tymon . 2 September 2023 . Swansea City AFC . 1 September 2023.
12. News: Swansea City complete signing of Yannick Bolasie on short-term contract . 27 November 2023 . Swansea City AFC . 27 November 2023.
13. News: Przemyslaw Placheta signs for Swansea City . 2 February 2024 . Swansea City AFC . 1 February 2024.
14. News: Coventry sign ex-Swansea defender Latibeaudiere . 18 July 2023 . British Broadcasting Corporation . 18 July 2023.
15. News: Sam Leverett signs for the Celts . 2 September 2023 . Farsley Celtic FC . 1 September 2023.
16. News: Swansea City Confirm Retained List Ahead Of 2023-24 Season . 21 May 2023 . Swansea City AFC . 19 May 2023.
17. News: Southampton sign Irish left-back Manning from Swansea . 11 July 2023 . British Broadcasting Corporation . 11 July 2023.
18. News: Reading sign midfielder Rushesha and defender Dean . British Broadcasting Corporation . 4 August 2023.
19. News: Williams Returns! Dan Williams Joins The New Saints FC On A Permanent Basis . 22 June 2023 . The New Saints FC . 22 June 2023.
20. News: Kyle Joseph joins Blackpool . 12 July 2023 . Swansea City AFC . 12 July 2023.
21. News: Morgan Whittaker makes move to Plymouth Argyle . 17 July 2023 . Swansea City AFC . 17 July 2023.
22. News: Hoşgeldin Olivier Ntcham . 14 August 2023 . Samsunspor . 8 August 2023 . Turkish.
23. News: Joel Piroe completes transfer to Leeds United . 25 August 2023 . Swansea City AFC . 25 August 2023.
24. News: Steven Benda completes transfer to Fulham . 30 August 2023 . Swansea City AFC . 30 August 2023.
25. News: Swansea City striker Iwan Morgan joins Brentford . 2 September 2023 . Swansea City AFC . 1 September 2023.
26. News: Brandon Cooper completes move to Leyton Orient . 16 January 2024 . Swansea City AFC . 16 January 2024.
27. News: Yannick Bolasie leaves Swansea City . 29 January 2024 . Swansea City AFC . 29 January 2024.
28. News: Swansea City seal loan move for Carl Rushworth . 31 July 2023 . Swansea City AFC . 31 July 2023.
29. News: Swansea City complete loan move for Harrison Ashby . 4 August 2023 . Swansea City AFC . 4 August 2023.
30. News: Charlie Patino joins Swansea City on season-long loan . 11 August 2023 . Swansea City AFC . 11 August 2023.
31. Web site: Bashir Humphreys joins Swansea City on loan Swansea . 2023-09-02 . www.swanseacity.com . en.
32. News: Lowe Heads To Swansea On Loan . 2 September 2023 . AFC Bournemouth . 1 September 2023.
33. News: Kristian Fletcher joins Swansea City Academy on loan . 7 September 2023 . Swansea City AFC . 7 September 2023.
34. News: Swansea City complete loan move for Charles Sagoe Jr . 1 February 2024 . Swansea City AFC . 1 February 2024.
35. News: Swansea City striker Josh Thomas seals loan move to Port Vale . 2 August 2023 . Swansea City AFC . 2 August 2023.
36. News: Josh Thomas Returns From Port Vale Loan Spell . 11 January 2024 . Swansea City AFC . 11 January 2024.
37. News: Joel Cotterill makes loan move to Stockport County . 28 August 2023 . Swansea City AFC . 28 August 2023.
38. News: Joel Cotterill returns from Stockport County loan spell . 15 January 2024 . Swansea City AFC . 15 January 2024.
39. News: Ben Blythe makes Barry Town loan move . 31 August 2023 . Swansea City AFC . 31 August 2023.
40. News: Brandon Cooper Moves To Leyton Orient On Loan . 2 September 2023 . Swansea City AFC . 1 September 2023.
41. News: Nathanel Ogbeta makes Bolton Wanderers loan move . 26 January 2024 . Swansea City AFC . 26 January 2024.
42. News: Harry Jones joins Weymouth on loan . 1 February 2024 . Swansea City AFC . 1 February 2024.
43. News: Kristian Pedersen makes Sheffield Wednesday loan move . 2 February 2024 . Swansea City AFC . 1 February 2024.
44. News: Michael Duff confirmed as new Swansea City head coach . 22 June 2023 . Swansea City AFC . 22 June 2023.
45. Web site: Andy Coleman: American named Swansea City chairman as he buys stake in Championship club . BBC Sport . 19 July 2023.
46. Web site: MICHAEL DUFF SPAIN CAMP AN OPPORTUNITY TO CONNECT WITH SQUAD . Swansea City . 24 June 2023 . 19 July 2023.
47. News: Swansea City To Travel To Oxford United For Pre-Season Friendly . 11 May 2023 . Swansea City AFC . 11 May 2023.
48. News: Swansea City to face Reading in pre-season friendly . 31 May 2023 . Swansea City AFC . 31 May 2023.
49. News: Swansea City to host Bristol Rovers in pre-season friendly . 6 June 2023 . Swansea City AFC . 6 June 2023.
50. Web site: SWANSEA CITY BEGIN PRE-SEASON WITH VICTORY OVER HAVERFORDWEST COUNTY . Swansea City . 19 July 2023.
51. News: Swansea City Fixture Release Championship 2023-24 . 22 June 2023 . Swansea City AFC . 22 June 2023.
52. News: Swansea City Host Morecambe In FA Cup Third Round . 8 December 2023 . Swansea City AFC . 3 December 2023.
53. News: Details confirmed for Morecambe FA Cup tie . 8 December 2023 . Swansea City AFC . 8 December 2023.
54. News: Swansea City to face Bournemouth in FA Cup fourth round . 8 January 2024 . Swansea City AFC . 8 January 2024.
55. News: Bournemouth FA Cup tie chosen for live TV coverage . 12 January 2024 . Swansea City AFC . 12 January 2024.
56. News: Swansea City Will Face Northampton Town In The Carabao Cup First Round . 22 June 2023 . Swansea City AFC . 22 June 2023.
57. News: Swansea City will face Bournemouth at home in the Carabao Cup Second Round . 10 August 2023 . Swansea City AFC . 9 August 2023.
58. News: Swansea City will face Carmarthen Town in round one of the Nathaniel MG Cup . 27 June 2023 . Swansea City AFC . 27 June 2023.