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

Club:	Hull City
Season:	2023–24
Owner:	Acun Medya
Chairman:	Acun Ilıcalı
Manager:	Liam Rosenior (until 7 May) Vacant (from 7 May)
Stadium:	MKM Stadium
League:	EFL Championship
League Result:	7th
Cup1:	FA Cup
Cup1 Result:	Third round
Cup2:	EFL Cup
Cup2 Result:	First round
League Topscorer:	Jaden Philogene (12)
Season Topscorer:	Jaden Philogene (12)
Highest Attendance:	24,605 (v Leicester City,)
Lowest Attendance:	19,491 (v Bristol City,)
Average Attendance:	21,980^[1]
Largest Win:	4–1 (v Rotherham United,) 3–0 (v Cardiff City,) 3–0 (v Queens Park Rangers,)
Largest Loss:	0–3 (v Ipswich Town,)
Pattern La1:	_hull2324h
Pattern B1:	_hull2324h
Pattern Ra1:	_hull2324h
Pattern Sh1:	_hull2324h
Pattern So1:	_hull2324h
Leftarm1:	000000
Body1:	FF9000
Rightarm1:	000000
Shorts1:	000000
Socks1:	000000
Pattern La2:	_hull2324a
Pattern B2:	_hull2324a
Pattern Ra2:	_hull2324a
Pattern Sh2:	_hull2324a
Pattern So2:	_hull2324a
Leftarm2:	FF9000
Body2:	FF9000
Rightarm2:	FF9000
Shorts2:	FF9000
Socks2:	FF9000
Pattern La3:	_hull2324t
Pattern B3:	_hull2324t
Pattern Ra3:	_hull2324t
Pattern Sh3:	_hull2324t
Pattern So3:	_hull2324t
Leftarm3:	0B7FD0
Body3:	0B7FD0
Rightarm3:	0B7FD0
Shorts3:	0B7FD0
Socks3:	0B7FD0
Prevseason:	2022–23
Nextseason:	2024–25

The 2023–24 season was the 120th season in the history of Hull City Association Football Club and their third consecutive season in the Championship. The club participated in the Championship, the FA Cup and the EFL Cup.

Events

On 1 July 2023, Callum Jones joined Forest Green Rovers on a season-long loan.
On 2 July 2023, Liam Delap joined from Manchester City.
On 3 July 2023, goalkeeper Owen Foster signed a two-year deal for the under-21 squad from Scunthorpe United for an undisclosed fee.
On 4 July 2023, Harvey Cartwright joined Grimsby Town on a season-long loan.
On 4 July 2023, Joseph Johnson joined on a one-year deal following his release from Huddersfield Town.
On 5 July 2023, Nathan Tinsdale joined on a one-year deal from Bradford City.
On 6 July 2023, Harry Wood joined Shelbourne on loan until 13 November 2023.
On 6 July 2023, Ajay Weston joined on a one-year deal from Huddersfield Town for an undisclosed fee.
On 7 July 2023, Rajdeep Palit joined on a one-year deal from Bradford City for an undisclosed fee.
On 11 July 2023, Tobias Figueiredo moved to Brazilian club Fortaleza for an undisclosed fee.
On 18 July 2023, Jason Lokilo joined from Sparta Rotterdam on a two-year deal for an undisclosed fee.
On 18 July 2023, Jake Leake joined Tranmere Rovers on a season-long loan spell.
On 20 July 2023, Rúben Vinagre joined on a season-long loan spell from Sporting CP, but on 26 January 2024, he was recalled by Sporting CP.
On 24 July 2023, Tom Nixon joined Doncaster Rovers on a season-long loan spell.
On 28 July 2023, Will Jarvis joined Shelbourne on loan until the end of the year.
On 29 July 2023, Chad Gribble joined as a Professional Development Phase Coach.^[2]
On 31 July 2023, Henry Sandat joined from Southend United on a two-year deal for an undisclosed fee.
On 1 August 2023, Ben Voase moved to NC State Wolfpack on a free transfer.
On 2 August 2023, Aaron Connolly signed a one-year deal with Hull City for an undisclosed fee.
On 10 August 2023, Benjamin Tetteh moved to Metz for an undisclosed fee.
On 17 August 2023, Scott Twine joined on a season-long loan from Burnley, but on 15 January 2024 Twine was recalled by Burnley.
On 21 August 2023, Tyrell Sellars-Fleming joined on a two-year deal from Scunthorpe United for an undisclosed fee.
On 25 August 2023, Ryan Woods moved to Bristol Rovers on a season-long loan, but was cut-short when he returned to Hull on 10 January 2024.
On 30 August 2023, Ryan Allsop joined on a two-year deal from Cardiff City for an undisclosed fee.
On 1 September 2023, James Furlong joined on a three-year deal from Brighton & Hove Albion for an undisclosed fee.
On 1 September 2023, Jaden Philogene joined on a three-year deal from Aston Villa for an undisclosed fee.
On 1 September 2023, Óscar Estupiñán moved to FC Metz on a season-long loan, but on 1 February 2024, Estupiñán was recalled by Hull City.
On 1 September 2023, Brandon Fleming moved to Shrewsbury Town on a season-long loan, but on 2 February 2024, Fleming returned to Hull City.
On 1 September 2023, Ryan Longman joined Millwall on a season-long loan.
On 1 September 2023, Xavier Simons joined Fleetwood Town on a season-long loan.
On 1 September 2023, Bora Aydınlık joined from Fenerbahçe S.K. on a season-long loan.
On 1 September 2023, Tyler Morton joined from Liverpool on a season-long loan.
On 29 September 2023, David Robson joined Darlington on a month-long loan spell.
On 6 October 2023, Andy Smith signed a new three-year contract with the club.^[3]
On 20 October 2023, Jim Simms moved on a month-long loan spell to Darlington.
On 27 October 2023, Oliver Green joined York City on a month-long loan.
On 7 December 2023, Rocco Coyle and Stan Ashbee signed three-year professional contracts with the club.^[4] ^[5]
On 20 December 2023, announced that Billy Sharp would be joining from LA Galaxy on a free transfer on 1 January 2024. He would be with the club until the end of the 2023–24 season.
On 17 December 2023, Hull City announced that Liam Rosenior had signed a new three-year contract, keeping him at the club until 2026.^[6]
On 23 December 2023, Sincere Hall went on a month-long loan spell to Guiseley.
On 23 December 2023, Henry Sandat went on a month-long loan spell to Southend United, before his loan-spell was extended for the remainder of the season on 23 January 2024.
On 23 December 2023, Jim Simms went on a month-long loan spell to Ashton United.
On 23 December 2023, Jake Brown went on a month-long loan spell to Bridlington Town.
On 29 December 2023, Nick Barmby was announced as the next member of the club's Hall of Fame and would be inducted at the first home league game of 2024 against Norwich City.^[7]
On 9 January 2024, Alfie Taylor went on a season-long loan spell to St Patrick's Athletic.
On 10 January 2024, Fábio Carvalho joined on loan from Liverpool for the rest of the season.
On 12 January 2024, Harry Wood joined Grimsby Town on loan for the remainder of the season.
On 20 January 2024, Ivor Pandur from Fortuna Sittard signed a three-and-a-half-year deal for an undisclosed fee.
On 24 January 2024, Andy Smith moved to Cheltenham Town on loan until the end of the season.
On 30 January 2024, Ryan Giles joined on loan from Luton Town for the remainder of the season.
On 30 January 2024, Will Jarvis returned on loan to Shelbourne for the 2024 League of Ireland Premier Division season.
On 30 January 2024, Noah Ohio joined on loan from Standard Liège for the remainder of the season.
On 30 January 2024, Callum Yam signed from Sheffield United on a one-and-a-half-year deal for the Academy.
On 31 January 2024, Jason Lokilo moved on loan to F.C. Vizela for the remainder of the season.
On 31 January 2024, Allahyar Sayyadmanesh left for Westerlo on a permanent deal for an undisclosed fee.
On 1 February 2024, Thimothée Lo-Tutala moved on loan to Doncaster Rovers for the rest of the season.
On 1 February 2024, Ryan Woods moved on loan to Exeter City for the rest of the season.
On 1 February 2024, Abdülkadir Ömür of Trabzonspor signed a three-and-a-half-year deal for an undisclosed fee.
On 1 February 2024, Harry Vaughan moved on loan to Bristol Rovers for the rest of the season.
On 1 February 2024, Anass Zaroury joined on loan from Burnley for the rest of the season.
On 1 February 2024, Doğukan Sinik joined Hatayspor on loan until the end of the season.
On 9 February 2024, Óscar Estupiñán moved on loan to Esporte Clube Bahia for the rest of the season.
On 10 February 2024, Owen Foster moved to Chorley on a month-long-loan.
On 22 February 2024, Jevon Mills moved to Bohemian on loan until the end of the season.
On 26 February 2024, David Robson joined Gainsborough Trinity on a month-long loan.
On 1 March 2024, Matty Jacob signed a new three-year contract with the club.^[8]
On 9 March 2024, Jim Simms has his contract with the club terminated by mutual consent so he could join Wythenshawe Town.
On 7 May 2024, after a seventh-place finish in the 2023–24 season caused the team to narrowly miss out on the play-offs, manager Rosenior was sacked.^[9] Hull City owner, Acun Ilicali said that Rosenior had been sacked over a difference on football philosophy between the two with Ilicali wanting attacking football and Rosenior unable to offer that as a manager.^[10]
On 31 May 2024, Tim Walter was appointed as the new manager of the club and would take up the post on 1 July 2024.^[11]
On 3 June 2024, Head of Recruitment, Lee Darnbrough left the club to take up a similar role with Stoke City.^[12]
On 7 June 2024, vice chairman Tan Kesler was appointed to the board of the English Football League as a representative of the Championship clubs.^[13]
On 11 June 2024, Tom Nixon joined Doncaster Rovers on a three-year deal.
On 18 June 2024, Ryan Allsop signed a three-year deal with Birmingham City for an undisclosed fee.
On 27 June 2024, Ozan Tufan moved to Trabzonspor for an undisclosed fee.
On 27 June 2024, Hull City triggered their option to sign Ryan Giles from Luton Town, following his loan spell with the club. Giles has signed a three-year deal with the club for an undisclosed fee.

Coaching staff

Position

Name

Head coach

Liam Rosenior^[14]

Assistant head coach

Justin Walker^[15]

First team coach

Andy Dawson^[16]

Goalkeeping coach

Barry Richardson^[17]

Coach Analyst

Ben Warner^[18]

">News: Sky Bet Championship fixtures 2023/24 confirmed! . 22 June 2023 . Hull City A.F.C. . 22 June 2023.

Matches

FA Cup

See main article: 2023–24 FA Cup.

The draw for the third round of the FA Cup took place on 3 December 2023, with matches taking place between 5 and 8 January 2024. Hull were drawn at home to Birmingham City,^[19] with the match been played on 6 January 2024. Both teams made seven changes for the match. Lukas Jutkiewicz made early shots, one saved by Ryan Allsop while another just missed the target, before he headed the opener for Birmingham, 18-minutes into the match. Siriki Dembele nearly doubled the lead moments later when his shot hit the bar. Hull failed to reply, with Aaron Connolly having several attempts saved by Neil Etheridge. This was until Etheridge failed to collect one of Connolly's shots late in the game, which fell to debutant Matty Jacob who then scored from close-range. This earned Hull a 1–1 draw and a replay at St Andrew's.

The draw for the Fourth round took place on 8 January 2024 and the winner of the replay were drawn away to Leicester City.^[20]

EFL Cup

See main article: 2023–24 EFL Cup.

The draw for the first round of the cup took place on 22 June 2023, with matches taking place during the week starting 7 August 2023.^[21] Hull were drawn at home against Doncaster Rovers in the first round.^[22] The match was scheduled for 8 August 2023 with a 7:45 pm kick-off.^[23]

Statistics

Appearances

Note: Appearances shown after a "+" indicate player came on during course of the match.

Top goalscorers

Name	Number	Position	Championship	FA Cup	League Cup	Total
	23	FW	12	0	0	12
	7	MF	10	0	0	10
	45	MF	9	0	0	9
	44	FW	8	0	0	8
	20	MF	8	0	0	8
	30	MF	4	0	0	4
	15	MF	3	0	0	3
	9	FW	3	0	0	3
	4	DF	2	0	0	2
	27	MF	2	0	0	2
	10	MF	2	0	0	2
	47	FW	2	0	0	2
	2	DF	1	0	0	1
	19	FW	0	0	1	1
	29	DF	0	1	0	1
	5	DF	1	0	0	1
	22	FW	0	1	0	1
	24	MF	1	0	0	1
Total			69	2	1	72

Disciplinary record

Number	Position	Championship		FA Cup		League Cup		Total
Number	Position
15	MF	8	1	0	0	0	0	8	1
4	DF	11	0	0	0	0	0	11	0
23	FW	8	0	0	0	0	0	8	0
24	MF	8	0	0	0	0	0	8	0
5	DF	7	0	0	0	0	0	7	0
20	FW	6	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
7	MF	5	0	1	0	0	0	6	0
10	MF	4	0	0	0	1	0	5	0
45	MF	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
33	DF	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
44	FW	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
27	MF	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
17	GK	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
2	DF	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
29	DF	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
30	MF	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
8	MF	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
3	DF	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
22	FW	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
6	DF	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	0
9	FW	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
3	DF	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
1	GK	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
		97	1	1	0	2	0	99	1

Kits

On 23 June 2023, the club announced that the kits for the 2023–24 season would be manufactured by Kappa.^[24]

On 3 July 2023 Hull City revealed the home kit for the 2023–24 season. The shirt would be a traditional black and amber striped pattern. The shorts would be black with amber trim and the socks would be black with amber turnover.^[25]

On 14 July 2023 Hull City revealed the third kit for the 2023–24 season. The shirt would be blue with amber on the sleeves and collar. The shorts would also be blue with amber trim and the socks would be blue with amber turnover.^[26]

On 29 July 2023 Hull City revealed the away kit for the 2023–24 season when it was used for the final pre-season match against Nantes. The shirt would be amber with "subtle vertical stripes of 'Up the Tigers' lettering on the front". The shorts would also be amber with black trim. The socks would be amber with black turnover.^[27]

Awards

The annual awards for the club saw Jacob Greaves pick-up the Players' Player of the Year, Supporters' Player of the Year awards and Player of the Year, selected by head coach Liam Rosenior, awards.^[28] Ozan Tufan was presented with the Goal of the Season award for his goal against Queens Park Rangers on 13 April 2024 in the 3–0 home win in the league. Jaden Philogene took the award for Young Player of the Year. The Frank Donoghue Academy Player of the Year award went to Stan Ashbee for the second year in a row.

References

Notes and References

Web site: Championship 2023/2024 » Attendance » Home matches . 2024 . worldfootball.net . 1 May 2024.
News: Gribble joins Hull City Academy staff . 29 July 2023 . Hull City A.F.C. . 29 July 2023.
News: Smith pens new long-term deal . Hull City A.F.C. . 6 October 2023 . 7 October 2023.
News: Coyle signs first professional contract . 7 December 2023 . Hull City A.F.C. . 8 December 2023.
News: Ashbee pens first professional deal . 7 December 2023 . Hull City A.F.C. . 8 December 2023.
News: Rosenior signs new contract . Hull City A.F.C. . 17 December 2023 . 20 December 2023.
News: Barmby to be inducted into Hall of Fame . 29 December 2023 . Hull City A.F.C. . 29 December 2023.
News: Jacob signs long-term contract . 1 March 2024 . Hull City A.F.C. . 1 March 2024.
News: Hull City sack manager Liam Rosenior after Tigers miss out on Championship play-offs . 7 May 2024 . Sky Sports .
News: Hull City: Owner Acun Ilicali explains Liam Rosenior sacking . BBC Sport . 8 May 2024 . 8 May 2024.
News: Walter appointed new head coach . 31 May 2024 . Hull City A.F.C. . 31 May 2024.
News: Stoke appoint Darnborough as head of recruitment . 3 June 2024 . BBC Sport . 4 June 2024.
News: Tan Kesler appointed on EFL Board . 7 June 2024 . Hull City A.F.C. . 8 June 2024.
News: Rosenior appointed new head coach . 3 November 2022 . Hull City A.F.C. . 3 August 2023.
News: Walker appointed assistant head coach . 4 November 2022 . Hull City A.F.C. . 3 August 2023.
News: Liam Rosenior makes key Hull City appointment as ex-Derby County & Nottingham Forest man joins . Hull Daily Mail . 4 November 2022 . 3 August 2023.
News: Richardson Named As New Goalkeeping Coach . 26 January 2018 . Hull City A.F.C. . 3 August 2023 . 27 January 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180127083848/https://www.hullcitytigers.com/news/articles/2018/201718-barry-richardson/ . dead .
News: Warner joins coaching staff . 24 November 2022 . Hull City A.F.C. . 3 August 2023.
News: FA Cup third-round draw: Arsenal v Liverpool, Sunderland v Newcastle, Wigan v Man Utd, Man City v Huddersfield . 3 December 2023 . BBC Sport . 4 December 2023.
News: FA Cup draw: Tottenham to face holders Man City in fourth round . 8 January 2024 . BBC Sport . 8 January 2024.
News: Carabao Cup first round draw details . 14 June 2023 . Hull City A.F.C. . 16 June 2023.
News: Tigers draw Doncaster at home . 22 June 2023 . Hull City A.F.C. . 22 June 2023.
News: Doncaster date confirmed . 29 June 2023 . Hull City A.F.C. . 29 June 2023.
News: Kappa becomes new technical partner . 23 June 2023 . Hull City A.F.C. . 5 July 2023.
News: New 2023/24 home kit revealed . 3 July 2023 . Hull City A.F.C. . 3 July 2023.
News: New 2023/24 Third Kit Revealed . 14 July 2023 . Hull City A.F.C. . 14 July 2023.
News: New 2023/24 Away Kit Revealed . 29 July 2023 . Hull City A.F.C. . 29 July 2023.
News: Hull City Awards 2023/24: Round-Up . 1 May 2024 . Hull City A.F.C. . 14 May 2024.