The 2023–24 season was the 148th season in the history of Middlesbrough Football Club and their seventh consecutive season in the Championship. The club participated in the Championship, the FA Cup, and the EFL Cup.

First-team squad

No. Player Position Nationality Place of birth Date of birth (age) Previous club Date signed Fee Contract end Goalkeepers 1 Seny Dieng GK Zürich Queens Park Rangers 8 July 2023 Undisclosed 30 June 2027 23 Tom Glover GK Sydney Melbourne City 7 July 2023 Free 30 June 2026 32 Jamie Jones GK Kirkby Wigan Athletic 18 July 2023 Free 30 June 2024 Defenders 2 Tommy Smith RB Warrington Stoke City 27 July 2022 Free 30 June 2025 3 Rav van den Berg CB PEC Zwolle 6 July 2023 Undisclosed 30 June 2027 5 Matthew Clarke CB Barham Brighton & Hove Albion 25 August 2022 £2,200,000 30 June 2025 6 Dael Fry CB Middlesbrough Academy 1 July 2015 Trainee 30 June 2026 12 Luke Ayling RB Lambeth Leeds United 10 January 2024 Loan 31 May 2024 15 Anfernee Dijksteel RB Amsterdam Charlton Athletic 7 August 2019 £2,025,000 30 June 2025 17 Paddy McNair CB Ballyclare Sunderland 1 July 2018 £5,000,000 30 June 2024 24 Alex Bangura LB Mokomre Cambuur 1 September 2023 Undisclosed 30 June 2027 26 Darragh Lenihan CB Dunboyne Blackburn Rovers 1 July 2022 Free 30 June 2026 27 Lukas Engel LB Kastrup Silkeborg 15 August 2023 Undisclosed 30 June 2027 33 Luke Thomas LB Syston Leicester City 26 January 2024 Loan 31 May 2024 Midfielders 4 Daniel Barlaser CM Gateshead Rotherham United 29 January 2023 £900,000 30 June 2026 7 Hayden Hackney CM Redcar Academy 1 July 2022 Trainee 30 June 2027 8 Riley McGree LM Gawler Charlotte 14 January 2022 £3,000,000 30 June 2025 16 Jonny Howson CM Morley Norwich City 7 July 2017 £5,000,000 30 June 2024 20 Finn Azaz CM Westminster Aston Villa 5 January 2024 Undisclosed 30 June 2028 28 Lewis O'Brien CM Colchester Nottingham Forest 31 August 2023 Loan 31 May 2024 29 Sam Greenwood AM Sunderland Leeds United 31 August 2023 Loan 31 May 2024 49 Law McCabe AM Academy 28 February 2023 Trainee 30 June 2024 50 Finn Cartwright CM Academy 8 August 2023 Trainee 30 June 2024 52 AJ Bridge CM Academy 6 January 2023 Trainee 30 June 2025 59 Luke Woolston DM Academy 31 May 2022 Trainee 30 June 2027 Forwards 9 Emmanuel Latte Lath CF Marcory Atalanta 15 August 2023 Undisclosed 30 June 2027 11 Isaiah Jones RW Lambeth Tooting & Mitcham 1 July 2019 Undisclosed 30 June 2025 13 Matthew Hoppe CF Yorba Linda RCD Mallorca 10 August 2022 £2,500,000 30 June 2026 14 Alex Gilbert LW Birmingham Brentford 4 July 2023 Free 30 June 2027 18 Samuel Silvera LW London Central Coast Mariners 7 July 2023 Undisclosed 30 June 2026 19 Josh Coburn CF Bedale Sunderland 1 July 2018 Undisclosed 30 June 2027 21 Marcus Forss CF Turku Brentford 28 July 2022 £3,000,000 30 June 2026 64 Sonny Finch CF Houghton-le-Spring Academy 18 August 2022 Trainee 30 June 2026 Out on Loan 22 Hayden Coulson LB Gateshead Academy 1 July 2016 Trainee 30 June 2025 23 Liam Roberts GK Walsall Northampton Town 1 July 2022 Free 30 June 2024 31 Sol Brynn GK Middlesbrough Academy 1 July 2019 Trainee 30 June 2026 38 Daniel Nkrumah CF London Leyton Orient 15 June 2023 Undisclosed 30 June 2025 39 Terrell Agyemang RB London Manchester City 1 July 2023 Free 30 June 2025 57 Bryant Bilongo LB Kingstonian 12 January 2022 Undisclosed 30 June 2024

Transfers In DatePosPlayerTransferred fromFeeRef 30 June 2023 RB Terrell Agyemang † Manchester City Free Transfer 1 July 2023 CF Daniel Nkrumah † Leyton Orient Undisclosed 4 July 2023 LW Alex Gilbert Brentford Free Transfer 6 July 2023 CB Rav van den Berg PEC Zwolle Undisclosed 7 July 2023 GK Tom Glover Melbourne City Free Transfer 7 July 2023 LW Morgan Rogers Manchester City Undisclosed 7 July 2023 LW Sam Silvera Central Coast Mariners Undisclosed 8 July 2023 GK Seny Dieng Queens Park Rangers Undisclosed 18 July 2023 GK Jamie Jones Wigan Athletic Free Transfer 15 August 2023 LB Lukas Engel Silkeborg Undisclosed 15 August 2023 CF Emmanuel Latte Lath Atalanta Undisclosed 1 September 2023 LB Alex Bangura Cambuur Undisclosed 5 January 2024 AM Finn Azaz Aston Villa Undisclosed † Signed for the Under-21s

Out DatePosPlayerTransferred toFeeRef 30 June 2023 CM Isiah Cornet Free agent Released 30 June 2023 GK Luke Daniels Forest Green Rovers Released 30 June 2023 CM Alfie Doherty Whitby Town Released 30 June 2023 CF Louie Evans Free agent Released 30 June 2023 RB Darnell Fisher Free agent Released 30 June 2023 CB Grant Hall Rotherham United Released 30 June 2023 GK Joe Lumley Southampton Released 30 June 2023 RW Ash MacCarthy Free agent Released 30 June 2023 LW Joe Ridley Free agent Released 30 June 2023 LB Jack Robinson Carlisle United Free Transfer 30 June 2023 GK Oliver Swan Free agent Released 30 June 2023 RB Tylah Wallace-Ming Free agent Released 3 July 2023 CM Kamil Conteh Grimsby Town Undisclosed 9 July 2023 LB Marc Bola Samsunspor Undisclosed 16 August 2023 CF Chuba Akpom Ajax Undisclosed 1 September 2023 CM Martín Payero Udinese Undisclosed 1 February 2024 CF Calum Kavanagh Bradford City Undisclosed 1 February 2024 LW Morgan Rogers Aston Villa Undisclosed 12 February 2024 AM Matt Crooks Real Salt Lake Undisclosed

Loaned in DatePosPlayerLoaned fromUntilRef 31 August 2023 AM Sam Greenwood Leeds United End of season 31 August 2023 CM Lewis O'Brien Nottingham Forest End of season 10 January 2024 RB Luke Ayling Leeds United End of season 26 January 2024 LB Luke Thomas Leicester City End of season

Loaned out DatePosPlayerLoaned toFeeRef 1 July 2023 GK Zach Hemming St Mirren End of season 10 July 2023 GK Sol Brynn Leyton Orient End of season 18 July 2023 GK Liam Roberts Barnsley End of season 3 August 2023 CF Matthew Hoppe San Jose Earthquakes End of season 18 August 2023 GK Max Metcalfe AFC Fylde 10 November 2023 25 August 2023 CM Jack Stott York City 1 January 2024 1 September 2023 RM Jeremy Sivi Harrogate Town End of season 30 September 2023 CB Jack Hannah Darlington 28 October 2023 13 October 2023 RB Terrell Agyemang Hartlepool United 11 November 2023 6 December 2023 RB George Gitau Marske United 3 January 2024 8 January 2024 LB Hayden Coulson Blackpool End of season 10 January 2024 CM Jack Stott Gateshead End of season 1 February 2024 LB Bryant Bilongo Ebbsfleet United End of season 1 March 2024 RB Terrell Agyemang Hartlepool United End of season 7 March 2024 CF Daniel Nkrumah Dagenham & Redbridge End of season 8 March 2024 RW Max Howells Whitby Town 6 April 2024 12 March 2024 RM Joe Gibson Darlington 9 April 2024

Pre-season and friendlies On June 1, Boro announced two pre-season friendlies, against Hartlepool United and York City. Five days later, a third fixture was added, against Rotherham United. A fourth pre-season friendly was announced, at home against Auxerre. A trip to Bradford City was also confirmed as a fifth pre-season match. A sixth and final friendly was confirmed, against Real Betis.

Competitions Overall record

Championship

League table

Results summary

Results by round

Matches On 22 June, the EFL Championship fixtures were released.

FA Cup

As a Championship club, Boro entered into the competition at the third round stage, and were drawn at home to Aston Villa.

EFL Cup

Middlesbrough were drawn away to Huddersfield Town in the first round, Bolton Wanderers in the second round, Bradford City in the third round, Exeter City in the fourth round and Port Vale in the quarter-finals and then against Chelsea in a Two-legged tie, first at home and second away.

Statistics

Players with names in italics and marked * were on loan from another club for the whole of their season with Middlesbrough

|colspan="12" style="text-align:center;" |Out on loan

|colspan="12" style="text-align:center;" |No longer at the club

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