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Crystal Palace
2023–24 season
OwnersSteve Parish
Josh Harris
David Blitzer
John Textor
ChairmanSteve Parish
ManagerRoy Hodgson[1]
StadiumSelhurst Park
Premier League7th
FA CupThird round
EFL CupThird round
Top goalscorerLeague:
Odsonne Édouard (3)

All:
Odsonne Édouard (4)
2024–25 →

The 2023–24 season is the 118th season in the history of Crystal Palace and their eleventh consecutive season in the Premier League. In addition to the domestic league, the club are participating in the FA Cup and the EFL Cup.

Current squad

As of 1 September 2023
No. Player Position Nationality Place of birth Date of birth (age) Signed from Date signed Fee Contract end
Goalkeepers
1 Sam Johnstone GK England Preston (1993-03-25) 25 March 1993 (age 31) West Bromwich Albion 1 July 2022 Free transfer 30 June 2026
31 Remi Matthews GK England Gorleston (1994-02-10) 10 February 1994 (age 30) Sunderland 12 July 2021 Free transfer 30 June 2024
30 Dean Henderson GK England Whitehaven (1997-03-12) 12 March 1997 (age 27) Manchester United 31 August 2023 £15,000,000 30 June 2028
Defenders
2 Joel Ward RB England Emsworth (1989-10-29) 29 October 1989 (age 35) Portsmouth 1 July 2012 £525,000 30 June 2024
3 Tyrick Mitchell LB England Brent (1999-09-01) 1 September 1999 (age 25) Brentford 22 July 2016 Free transfer 30 June 2025
5 James Tomkins CB England Basildon (1989-03-29) 29 March 1989 (age 35) West Ham United 5 July 2016 £9,800,000 30 June 2024
6 Marc Guéhi CB England Abidjan (2000-07-13) 13 July 2000 (age 24) Chelsea 18 July 2021 £20,000,000 30 June 2026
16 Joachim Andersen CB Denmark Solrød Strand (1996-05-31) 31 May 1996 (age 28) France Lyon 28 July 2021 £15,000,000 30 June 2026
17 Nathaniel Clyne RB England Stockwell (1991-04-05) 5 April 1991 (age 33) Liverpool 14 October 2020 Free transfer 30 June 2024
26 Chris Richards CB United States Birmingham (2000-03-28) 28 March 2000 (age 24) Germany Bayern Munich 27 July 2022 £10,000,000 30 June 2027
Rob Holding CB England Stalybridge (1995-09-20) 20 September 1995 (age 29) Arsenal 1 September 2023 £1,000,000 30 June 2026
Midfielders
8 Jefferson Lerma DM Colombia El Cerrito (1994-10-25) 25 October 1994 (age 30) Bournemouth 1 July 2023 Free transfer 30 June 2026
10 Eberechi Eze AM England Greenwich (1998-06-29) 29 June 1998 (age 26) Queens Park Rangers 28 August 2020 £16,000,000 30 June 2025
11 Matheus França AM Brazil Rio de Janeiro (2004-04-01) 1 April 2004 (age 20) Brazil Flamengo 5 August 2023 £17,250,000 30 June 2028
15 Jeffrey Schlupp LM Ghana Germany Hamburg (1992-12-23) 23 December 1992 (age 31) Leicester City 13 January 2017 £12,000,000 30 June 2024
19 Will Hughes CM England Weybridge (1995-04-17) 17 April 1995 (age 29) Watford 28 August 2021 £6,000,000 30 June 2024
28 Cheick Doucouré DM Mali Bamako (2000-01-08) 8 January 2000 (age 24) France Lens 11 July 2022 £19,000,000 30 June 2027
29 Naouirou Ahamada CM France Marseille (2002-03-29) 29 March 2002 (age 22) Germany VfB Stuttgart 31 January 2023 £10,500,000 30 June 2026
44 Jaïro Riedewald DM Netherlands Haarlem (1996-09-09) 9 September 1996 (age 28) Netherlands Ajax 24 July 2017 £8,000,000 30 June 2024
Forwards
7 Michael Olise RW France England Hammersmith (2001-12-12) 12 December 2001 (age 22) Reading 8 July 2021 £8,000,000 30 June 2027
9 Jordan Ayew CF Ghana France Marseille (1991-09-11) 11 September 1991 (age 33) Swansea City 25 July 2019 £2,500,000 30 June 2024
14 Jean-Philippe Mateta CF France Sevran (1997-06-28) 28 June 1997 (age 27) Germany Mainz 05 31 January 2022 £9,000,000 30 June 2026
22 Odsonne Édouard CF France Kourou (1998-01-16) 16 January 1998 (age 26) Scotland Celtic 31 August 2021 £14,000,000 30 June 2025
23 Malcolm Ebiowei RW England London (2003-09-04) 4 September 2003 (age 21) Derby County 1 July 2022 Free transfer 30 June 2027
49 Jesurun Rak-Sakyi RW England Southwark (2002-10-05) 5 October 2002 (age 22) Chelsea 1 July 2019 Free transfer 30 June 2027
Out on Loan
37 John-Kymani Gordon CF England London (2003-02-13) 13 February 2003 (age 21) Academy 1 January 2021 30 June 2024
48 Luke Plange CF England Kingston upon Thames (2002-11-04) 4 November 2002 (age 22) Derby County 31 January 2022 £1,000,000 30 June 2025

Transfers

In

Date Pos. Player Transferred from Fee Ref.
1 July 2023 CM Colombia Jefferson Lerma England Bournemouth Free [2]
1 August 2023 CB England Chris Francis † England Bournemouth Free [3]
5 August 2023 AM Brazil Matheus França Brazil Flamengo Undisclosed [4]
21 August 2023 LM Northern Ireland Justin Devenny † Scotland Airdrieonians Undisclosed [5]
24 August 2023 RW England Roshaun Mathurin † England Tottenham Hotspur Free [6]
31 August 2023 GK England Dean Henderson England Manchester United Undisclosed [7]
1 September 2023 CB England Rob Holding England Arsenal Undisclosed [8]

† Signed for Under-21s

Out

Date Pos. Player Transferred to Fee Ref.
21 July 2023 GK Kosovo Laurence Shala England Wycombe Wanderers Free transfer [9]
1 July 2023 CF England Rob Street England Cheltenham Town Free transfer [10]
9 August 2023 AM England Fionn Mooney Spain Real Valladolid Undisclosed [11]
15 August 2023 CB Republic of Ireland Jake O'Brien France Lyon Undisclosed [12]
1 September 2023 GK Spain Vicente Guaita Spain Celta Vigo Free transfer [13]

Loaned in

Date Pos. Player Loaned from Fee Ref.

Loaned out

Date Pos. Player Loaned to Until Ref.
14 July 2023 GK England Owen Goodman England Colchester United End of season [14]
15 July 2023 CB Northern Ireland Kofi Balmer England Port Vale End of season [15]
18 July 2023 DM England Malachi Boateng Scotland Dundee End of season [16]
1 August 2023 CF England Luke Plange England Carlisle United 14 January 2024 [17]
10 August 2023 RW Scotland Scott Banks Germany St. Pauli End of season [18]
11 August 2023 AM Republic of Ireland Killian Phillips England Wycombe Wanderers End of season [19]
1 September 2023 CF England John-Kymani Gordon England Cambridge United End of Season [20]

Released

Date Pos. Player Subsequent club Join date Ref.
30 June 2023 GK England Jack Butland Scotland Rangers 1 July 2023 [21][22]
CB England Daniel Quick England Eastbourne Borough 1 July 2023 [23][24]
AM Equatorial Guinea Basilio Rieno England Burnley 1 July 2023 [23][25]
RM England Maliq Cadogan Wales Swansea City 4 July 2023 [23][26]
CB England Ryan Bartley England Derby County 7 July 2023 [23][27]
CF England Junior Dixon England Birmingham City 12 July 2023 [23][28]
LW Ivory Coast Wilfried Zaha Turkey Galatasaray 24 July 2023 [29]
CM England Matthew Vigor England Cray Valley PM 29 July 2023 [23][30]
CM Serbia Luka Milivojević United Arab Emirates Shabab Al Ahli 8 August 2023 [31][32]
LB England Reece Hannam England Stevenage 14 August 2023 [23][33]
RW England David Omilabu England Maidenhead United 24 August 2023 [23][34]
RB England Kalani Barton England Leatherhead 1 September 2023 [23][35]
RB England Joshua Addae Currently unattached [23]
DM England Freddie Bell Currently unattached [23]
RB England David Boateng Currently unattached [23]
CB England James Leonard Currently unattached [23]
RB England Cameron Lewis-Brown Currently unattached [23]
CM Scotland James McArthur None (Retired) [36][37]

Pre-season and friendlies

On 12 May, Palace announced a pre-season stateside tour to Chicago and Detroit to face Millonarios and Sevilla respectively.[38] A week later, a first UK based pre-season fixture was confirmed with a trip to Crawley Town.[39] On 6 June, a fourth pre-season fixture was announced, against Barnet.[40] A fifth, but behind-closed-doors fixture against Brøndby was later confirmed.[41] On 7 July, the final pre-season fixtures were announced, against Lyon and Watford.[42]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

11 July 2023 Friendly Barnet 1–0 Crystal Palace Canons Park
19:30 BST
  • Senior 84'
Report Stadium: The Hive Stadium
Attendance: 2,469
15 July 2023 Friendly Crystal Palace 2–2 Brøndby Beckenham
14:00 BST
Report
Stadium: Palace Academy
Attendance: 0 (behind-closed-doors)
19 July 2023 Friendly Crawley Town 0–4 Crystal Palace Crawley
19:45 BST Report
Stadium: Broadfield Stadium
Attendance: 6,134
22 July 2023 Friendly Crystal Palace 2–1 Watford Beckenham
13:00 BST
Report
Stadium: Palace Academy
Attendance: 0 (behind-closed-doors)
26 July 2023 Friendly Millonarios 2–1 Crystal Palace Bridgeview, United States
19:00 Central Daylight Time
01:00 BST
Report
Stadium: SeatGeek Stadium
Referee: Sergii Demianchuk (United States)
30 July 2023 Friendly Crystal Palace 1–1
(0–1 p)
Sevilla Detroit, United States
19:00 EDT
00:00 BST
Report
Stadium: Comerica Park
Referee: Natalie Simon (United States)
Penalties
Note: Penalty shoot-out was immediate sudden death.
5 August 2023 Friendly Crystal Palace 2–0 Lyon Selhurst
18:30 BST (UTC+1)
Report Stadium: Selhurst Park

Competitions

Overall record

Competition First match Last match Starting round Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Premier League 12 August 2023 19 May 2024 Matchday 1 4 2 1 1 5 4 +1 050.00
FA Cup TBD Third round 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !
EFL Cup 29 August 2023 Second round 1 1 0 0 4 2 +2 100.00
Total 5 3 1 1 9 6 +3 060.00

Last updated: 3 September 2023
Source: Soccerway

Premier League

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
8 Manchester United 38 18 6 14 57 58 −1 60 Qualification to Europa League league phase[a]
9 West Ham United 38 14 10 14 60 74 −14 52
10 Crystal Palace 38 13 10 15 57 58 −1 49
11 Brighton & Hove Albion 38 12 12 14 55 62 −7 48
12 Bournemouth 38 13 9 16 54 67 −13 48
Source: Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) If the champions, relegated teams or qualified teams for UEFA competitions cannot be determined by rules 1 to 3, rules 4.1 to 4.3 are applied – 4.1) Points gained in head-to-head record between such teams; 4.2) Away goals scored in head-to-head record between such teams; 4.3) Play-offs[43]
Notes:
  1. ^ Manchester United qualified for the Europa League league phase as the 2023–24 FA Cup winners.

Results summary

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
4 2 1 1 5 4  +1 7 1 0 1 3 3  0 1 1 0 2 1  +1

Last updated: 3 September 2023.
Source: Soccerway

Results by round

Round1234
GroundAHAH
ResultWLDW
Position511117
Updated to match(es) played on 3 September 2023. Source: Soccerway
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

On 15 June, the Premier League fixtures were released.[44]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

12 August 2023 1 Sheffield United 0–1 Crystal Palace Sheffield
15:00 BST Report Stadium: Bramall Lane
Attendance: 31,194
Referee: John Brooks
21 August 2023 2 Crystal Palace 0–1 Arsenal Selhurst
20:00 BST Report
Stadium: Selhurst Park
Attendance: 24,189
Referee: David Coote
Note: Fixture was rescheduled from 19 August to 21 August due to TV broadcast selections.
Live on Sky Sports.[45]
26 August 2023 3 Brentford 1–1 Crystal Palace Brentford
15:00 BST
Report Stadium: Gtech Community Stadium
Attendance: 16,997
Referee: Peter Bankes
3 September 2023 4 Crystal Palace 3–2 Wolverhampton Wanderers Selhurst
14:00 BST
Report
Stadium: Selhurst Park
Referee: Robert Jones
Note: Fixture was rescheduled from the 2 to the 3 September due to TV broadcast selections
Live on Sky Sports.[45]

FA Cup

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

EFL Cup

The Eagles entered the EFL Cup in the second round, and were drawn away to Plymouth Argyle.[46] They were then drawn away to Manchester United in the third round.[47]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

29 August 2023 Second round Plymouth Argyle 2–4 Crystal Palace Plymouth
19:45 BST
Report
Stadium: Home Park
Attendance: 15,826
Referee: Dean Whitestone
26 September 2023 Third round Manchester United v Crystal Palace Manchester
19:45 BST Stadium: Old Trafford

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