The 2023–24 season was Tottenham Hotspur's 32nd consecutive season in the Premier League, 46th consecutive season in the top flight of the English football league system, and 142nd season in existence. In addition to the domestic league, they participated in that season's editions of the FA Cup and EFL Cup.
For the first time since the 2009–10 season, Tottenham did not compete in any European competition, due to an eighth-place finish in the 2022–23 Premier League. It was also the first season since 2008–09 not to feature the club's all-time leading goalscorer Harry Kane, who departed to join German champions Bayern Munich, bidding farewell to Spurs after fourteen years at the club.
On 6 June 2023, Tottenham announced that Ange Postecoglou would become the new head coach on a four-year contract.
On 12 August, South Korea's Son Heung-min was named the club's new captain, having been appointed in place of Hugo Lloris.
Season overview
The start of the season saw the arrival of Australian manager Ange Postecoglou and the exit of several long-serving players, including Harry Kane, who had been a constant presence for Tottenham. Other players who exited the club included Lucas Moura, who had seen out his contract and Harry Winks, who had been at the club since 2014. Davinson Sánchez, who had had a difficult time at Spurs, was sold to Turkish club Galatasaray. Dejan Kulusevski and Pedro Porro who had arrived on loan in the previous season signed permanent papers at the start of the 2023–24 season.
Tottenham started the season away to Brentford, where the game finished in a 2–2 draw. The following week saw a home game against Manchester United, which Spurs won 2–0. The unbeaten start to the season continued with an away win at Bournemouth; however, in the League Cup Tottenham were drawn against Fulham. This was another away day that ended in a 1–1 draw at full time and needed penalties to decide the tie. Son Heung-min and Kulusevski converted their penalties, however Davinson Sánchez's penalty was saved by Marek Rodák. Fulham scored all five of theirs to knock Tottenham out of the competition. This also was Davinson Sánchez's final game for the club, as a little over a week later he was sold to Galatasaray.
In the league Tottenham were unbeaten in their first ten games and sitting in first place right up to the beginning of November. On 6 November, Spurs played at home against Chelsea: Tottenham started the game well with a goal from Dejan Kulusevski in the sixth minute. Eight minutes later, Son had a goal controversially disallowed for a negligible offside. However, in the 33rd minute Cristian Romero was sent off for a foul despite clearly winning the ball, something which many other players were not sent off for later in the season. This allowed Chelsea to get back into the game at 1–1. In first-half injury time escaped a red card for an elbow to the face of Destiny Udogie, which would have leveled the teams at 10 players each. The game stayed even for a period of time, until Tottenham lost Udogie to a second yellow in the 55th minute. Their two-player advantage allowed Chelsea to overcome Tottenham, resulting in Nicolas Jackson claiming a second-half hat trick, with the final result a 4–1 loss for Spurs.
Season squad
Squad no. Player Nationality Position(s) Date of birth (age) Goalkeepers 13 Guglielmo Vicario GK 20 Fraser Forster GK 40 Brandon Austin GK 41 Alfie Whiteman GK Defenders 6 Radu Drăgușin CB 12 Emerson Royal RWB / RB 17 Cristian Romero (VC) CB 19 Ryan Sessegnon LWB / LB 23 Pedro Porro RWB / RB 33 Ben Davies CB / LWB 37 Micky van de Ven CB 38 Destiny Udogie LB 65 Alfie Dorrington CB Midfielders 4 Oliver Skipp DM / CM 5 Pierre-Emile Højbjerg DM / CM 8 Yves Bissouma DM / CM 10 James Maddison (VC) AM / RW 18 Giovani Lo Celso CM / AM 29 Pape Matar Sarr CM 30 Rodrigo Bentancur DM / CM Forwards 7 Son Heung-min (C) LW / ST 9 Richarlison ST / LW / RW 11 Bryan Gil LW / RW / AM 16 Timo Werner ST 21 Dejan Kulusevski RW / AM 22 Brennan Johnson RW 27 Manor Solomon LW / RW / AM 44 Dane Scarlett ST 58 Yago Santiago LW / AM / RW 63 Jamie Donley SS / ST / AM Out on loan 3 Sergio Reguilón LWB / LB 14 Ivan Perišić LW / LWB / LB 15 Eric Dier CB 22 Joe Rodon CB 24 Djed Spence RWB / RB 25 Japhet Tanganga RB / CB 28 Tanguy Ndombele CM 35 Ashley Phillips CB 36 Alejo Véliz ST
Transfers and contracts Released Date from Position Nationality Player To Notes Ref. 30 June 2023 LW Tom Bloxham Blackburn Rovers End of contract 30 June 2023 RB Kallum Cesay Wealdstone End of contract 30 June 2023 CB Malachi Fagan-Walcott Cardiff City End of contract 30 June 2023 RW Roshaun Mathurin Crystal Palace End of contract 30 June 2023 RW Romaine Mundle Standard Liège End of contract 30 June 2023 LM Riley Owen Brentford End of contract 30 June 2023 DM Jamie Bowden Free agent End of contract 30 June 2023 RB Brandon Bryan-Waugh Free agent End of contract 30 June 2023 CB Marqes Muir Free agent End of contract 1 July 2023 FW Lucas Moura São Paulo End of contract Note: Players will join other clubs after being released or terminated from their contract. Only the following clubs are mentioned when that club signed the player in the same transfer window.
Transfers in Date from Position Nationality Player From Fee Ref.17 June 2023 RW Dejan Kulusevski Juventus Undisclosed 27 June 2023 GK Guglielmo Vicario Empoli Undisclosed 28 June 2023 AM James Maddison Leicester City Undisclosed 1 July 2023 RWB Pedro Porro Sporting CP £40,000,000 11 July 2023 LW Manor Solomon Shakhtar Donetsk Free transfer 5 August 2023 CB Ashley Phillips Blackburn Rovers Undisclosed 8 August 2023 CB Micky van de Ven VfL Wolfsburg Undisclosed 8 August 2023 CF Alejo Véliz Rosario Central Undisclosed 1 September 2023 RW Brennan Johnson Nottingham Forest Undisclosed 11 January 2024 CB Radu Drăgușin Genoa £26,700,000 Note: Dejan Kulusevski and Pedro Porro were loaned the previous season and signed permanent deals for the 2023–24 season.
Transfers out Date from Position Nationality Player To Fee Ref.1 July 2023 MF Harry Winks Leicester City Undisclosed 12 August 2023 ST Harry Kane Bayern Munich Undisclosed 2 September 2023 MF Harvey White Stevenage Undisclosed 4 September 2023 CB Davinson Sánchez Galatasaray Undisclosed 6 September 2023 CB Maksim Paskotši Grasshoppers Undisclosed 1 January 2024 GK Hugo Lloris Los Angeles FC Free 14 February 2024 CB Brooklyn Lyons-Foster HJK Helsinki Undisclosed
Loans in Date from Position Nationality Player From Date until Ref. 9 January 2024 FW Timo Werner RB Leipzig End of season
Loans out Date from Position Nationality Player To Date until Ref. 10 August 2023 CB Joe Rodon Leeds United End of season 24 August 2023 CF Troy Parrott Excelsior End of season 25 August 2023 CM Alfie Devine Port Vale 17 January 2024 30 August 2023 RB Djed Spence Leeds United 4 January 2024 31 August 2023 CF Dane Scarlett Ipswich Town 27 December 2023 1 September 2023 CB Japhet Tanganga FC Augsburg 18 January 2024 1 September 2023 LB Sergio Reguilón Manchester United 2 January 2024 4 September 2023 CM Tanguy Ndombele Galatasaray End of season 4 January 2024 GK Josh Keeley Barnet End of season 8 January 2024 DF Ashley Phillips Plymouth Argyle End of season 9 January 2024 MF Matthew Craig Doncaster Rovers End of season 11 January 2024 DF Eric Dier Bayern Munich End of season 11 January 2024 DF Djed Spence Genoa End of season 17 January 2024 CM Alfie Devine Plymouth Argyle End of season 17 January 2024 LB Sergio Reguilón Brentford End of season 18 January 2024 CB Japhet Tanganga Millwall End of season 18 January 2024 LW Ivan Perišić Hajduk Split End of season 1 February 2024 ST Alejo Véliz Sevilla End of season
Pre-season and friendlies To prepare for the upcoming season, Tottenham played a series of friendlies around Asia and Australia for the Asia-Pacific Tour. This saw newly appointed head coach Ange Postecoglou return to his home country. The club first met fellow English side West Ham United in Australia on 18 July 2023. They then travelled to Thailand to play Leicester City on 23 July 2023, which was cancelled due to adverse weather conditions. To conclude the tour, Tottenham were supposed to visit Singapore to play Italian club Roma on 26 July 2023. However, the match was cancelled due to logistical reasons, and so Tottenham played local club Lion City Sailors instead. On 28 June, Tottenham revealed a special match dedicated to the people of Ukraine, against Shakhtar Donetsk. On 19 March 2024, it was announced that Tottenham would travel to Australia and participate in a post-season friendly against Newcastle, at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, on May 22.
Competitions Overview
Premier League
League table
Results summary
Results by round
Matches The Premier League fixtures were announced on 15 June 2023.
FA Cup
As a Premier League club, Tottenham entered the FA Cup in the third round, and were drawn at home against fellow Premier League side Burnley. They were then drawn at home to Manchester City in the fourth round.
EFL Cup
Tottenham entered the EFL Cup in the second round as one of the Premier League teams not participating in any European competitions, and were drawn away to Fulham.
Statistics Appearances
PlayerPremier LeagueFA CupEFL CupTotalAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsGoalkeepers 13 GK Guglielmo Vicario 38 0 2 0 1 0 41 0 20 GK Fraser Forster 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Defenders 6 DF Radu Drăgușin 4+5 0 0 0 0 0 4+5 0 12 DF Emerson Royal 11+11 1 1 0 1 0 13+11 1 17 DF Cristian Romero 33 5 1 0 0 0 34 5 19 DF Ryan Sessegnon 0 0 0+1 0 0 0 0+1 0 23 DF Pedro Porro 35 3 2 1 0 0 37 4 33 DF Ben Davies 12+5 1 1 0 1 0 14+5 1 37 DF Micky van de Ven 27 3 1 0 1 0 29 3 38 DF Destiny Udogie 28 2 2 0 0 0 30 2Midfielders 4 MF Oliver Skipp 5+16 0 1+1 0 1 0 7+17 0 5 MF Pierre-Emile Højbjerg 8+28 0 1+1 0 1 0 10+29 0 8 MF Yves Bissouma 25+2 0 0 0 0 0 26+2 0 10 MF James Maddison 26+2 4 0+1 0 0+1 0 26+4 4 18 MF Giovani Lo Celso 4+18 2 1 0 1 0 6+18 2 29 MF Pape Matar Sarr 27+7 3 0 0 0+1 0 27+8 3 30 MF Rodrigo Bentancur 13+10 1 2 0 0 0 15+10 1Forwards 7 FW Son Heung-min 34+1 17 0 0 0+1 0 34+2 17 9 FW Richarlison 18+10 11 2 0 1 1 21+10 12 11 FW Bryan Gil 2+9 0 0+1 0 0 0 2+10 0 16 FW Timo Werner 10+3 2 1 0 0 0 11+3 2 21 FW Dejan Kulusevski 31+5 8 2 0 0+1 0 33+6 8 22 FW Brennan Johnson 23+9 5 2 0 0 0 25+9 5 27 FW Manor Solomon 2+3 0 0 0 1 0 3+3 0 44 FW Dane Scarlett 0+4 0 0+2 0 0+1 0 0+7 0 59 FW Mikey Moore 0+2 0 0 0 0 0 0+2 0 63 FW Jamie Donley 0+3 0 0+1 0 0 0 0+4 0Players transferred out during the season 6 DF Davinson Sánchez 0+1 0 0 0 1 0 1+1 0 14 MF Ivan Perišić 0+5 0 0 0 1 0 1+5 0 15 DF Eric Dier 1+3 0 0 0 0 0 1+3 0 36 FW Alejo Véliz 0+8 1 0 0 0 0 0+8 1
Goalscorers The list is sorted by squad number when total goals are equal. RankPlayerPremier LeagueFA CupEFL CupTotal1 FW 7 Son Heung-min 17 0 0 172 FW 9 Richarlison 11 0 1 123 FW 21 Dejan Kulusevski 8 0 0 84 DF 17 Cristian Romero 5 0 0 5 FW 22 Brennan Johnson 5 0 0 56 MF 10 James Maddison 4 0 0 4 DF 23 Pedro Porro 3 1 0 48 MF 29 Pape Matar Sarr 3 0 0 3 DF 37 Micky van de Ven 3 0 0 310 FW 16 Timo Werner 2 0 0 2 MF 18 Giovani Lo Celso 2 0 0 2 DF 38 Destiny Udogie 2 0 0 213 DF 12 Emerson Royal 1 0 0 1 MF 30 Rodrigo Bentancur 1 0 0 1 DF 33 Ben Davies 1 0 01 FW 36 Alejo Véliz 1 0 0 1Totals691171
Hat-tricks + Key Score The score is at the time of the goals. (H) Tottenham were the home team. (A) Tottenham were the away team.
PlayerMinutesResultOpponentCompetitionDateFWSon Heung-min16', 63', 66'1–1, 1–4, 1–52–5 (A)BurnleyPremier League2 September 2023
Own goals + Key Score The score is at the time of the own goal. (H) Tottenham were the home team. (A) Tottenham were the away team.