The 2023–24 season was the 145th season in the history of Sunderland and their second consecutive season in the Championship. The club also participated in the FA Cup, and the EFL Cup.
Squad
No. Player Position Nationality Place of birth Date of birth (age) Previous club Date signed Fee Contract end Apps Goals Goalkeepers 1 Anthony Patterson GK North Shields Academy 1 July 2018 Trainee 30 June 2028 88 0 30 Nathan Bishop GK Hillingdon Manchester United 2 August 2023 Undisclosed 30 June 2026 1 0 52 Adam Richardson GK Academy 1 July 2022 Trainee 30 June 2026 0 0 Defenders 2 Niall Huggins RB York Leeds United 20 August 2021 Undisclosed 30 June 2025 17 1 3 Dennis Cirkin LB Dublin Tottenham Hotspur 11 August 2021 Undisclosed 30 June 2026 74 5 5 Daniel Ballard CB Stevenage Arsenal 1 July 2022 £2,000,000 30 June 2027 33 2 6 Timothée Pembélé RB Beaumont-sur-Oise Paris Saint-Germain 2 September 2023 Undisclosed 30 June 2028 0 0 23 Jenson Seelt CB Ede PSV Eindhoven 23 June 2023 Undisclosed 30 June 2028 2 0 32 Trai Hume RB Ballymena Linfield 4 January 2022 £200,000 30 June 2027 48 2 33 Leo Hjelde LB Nottingham Leeds United 30 January 2024 Undisclosed 30 June 2028 0 0 42 Aji Alese CB Islington West Ham United 15 July 2022 £500,000 30 June 2027 24 1 44 Ben Crompton CB Shrewsbury Town 22 July 2022 Free 30 June 2025 1 0 49 Thomas Lavery RB Academy 24 February 2024 Trainee 30 June 2024 0 0 51 Oliver Bainbridge LB Academy 1 July 2023 Undisclosed 30 June 2025 0 0 Connor Pye LB Morecambe 12 August 2022 Undisclosed 30 June 2024 0 0 Callum Wilson CB Shrewsbury Town 22 July 2022 Free 30 June 2024 0 0 Midfielders 4 Corry Evans DM Belfast Blackburn Rovers 15 July 2021 Free 30 June 2024 64 2 7 Jobe Bellingham AM Stourbridge Birmingham City 14 June 2023 Undisclosed 30 June 2028 12 2 8 Elliot Embleton AM Durham Academy 1 July 2017 Trainee 30 June 2025 92 11 13 Luke O'Nien DM Hemel Hempstead Wycombe Wanderers 30 July 2018 Undisclosed 30 June 2026 232 18 17 Abdoullah Ba AM Saint-Aubin-lès-Elbeuf Le Havre 31 August 2022 £850,000 30 June 2027 43 3 22 Adil Aouchiche AM Le Blanc-Mesnil Lorient 1 September 2023 Undisclosed 30 June 2028 6 0 24 Dan Neil CM South Shields Academy 1 July 2018 Trainee 30 June 2026 116 8 27 Jay Matete CM Lambeth Fleetwood Town 31 January 2022 Undisclosed 30 June 2026 25 0 28 Callum Styles CM Bury Barnsley 1 February 2024 Loan 31 May 2024 0 0 31 Chris Rigg AM Hebburn Academy 1 July 2022 Trainee 30 June 2025 8 2 39 Pierre Ekwah DM Massy West Ham United 23 January 2023 Undisclosed 30 June 2027 26 2 46 Bradley Dack AM Greenwich Blackburn Rovers 27 July 2023 Free 30 June 2024 5 1 48 Caden Kelly CM Buncrana Academy 1 July 2021 Trainee 30 June 2024 2 0 50 Harrison Jones AM Sunderland Academy 1 July 2023 Trainee 30 June 2024 0 0 Forwards 9 Luís Semedo ST Lisbon Benfica 18 June 2023 Undisclosed 30 June 2028 8 0 10 Patrick Roberts RW Kingston upon Thames Manchester City 21 January 2022 Free 30 June 2026 74 7 11 Mason Burstow ST Greenwich Chelsea 1 September 2023 Loan 31 May 2024 6 0 14 Romaine Mundle RW London Standard Liège 1 February 2024 Undisclosed 30 June 2028 0 0 15 Nazariy Rusyn ST Novoyavorivsk Zorya Luhansk 1 September 2023 Undisclosed 30 June 2027 4 0 18 Ellis Taylor LW Hartlepool Academy 1 July 2021 Trainee 30 June 2024 5 0 20 Jack Clarke LW York Tottenham Hotspur 9 July 2022 Undisclosed 30 June 2026 82 19 40 Tom Watson LW Easington Academy 1 July 2023 Trainee 30 June 2026 1 0 43 Michael Spellman LW Chester-le-Street United 1 July 2022 Undisclosed 30 June 2024 1 0 76 Timur Tuterov ST Bakhchysarai Kolos Kovalivka 6 April 2023 Free 30 June 2025 0 0 Out on loan 12 Alex Bass GK Eastleigh Portsmouth 26 July 2022 Undisclosed 30 June 2025 2 0 12 Eliezer Mayenda ST Zaragoza Sochaux 28 July 2023 Undisclosed 30 June 2028 0 0 19 Jewison Bennette LW Heredia Herediano 25 August 2022 £1,000,000 30 June 2026 20 2 25 Nectarios Triantis CB Sydney Central Coast Mariners 14 June 2023 £300,000 30 June 2027 1 0 41 Zak Johnson CB Sunderland Academy 1 July 2022 Trainee 30 June 2026 2 0 45 Joe Anderson CB Stalybridge Everton 31 January 2023 Undisclosed 30 June 2026 4 0 45 Matthew Young GK Academy 1 July 2023 Trainee 30 June 2025 0 0 Tom Chiabi CM London Middlesbrough 12 August 2022 Undisclosed 30 June 2024 0 0 Jack Diamond LW Gateshead Academy 1 July 2018 Trainee 30 June 2024 45 2
Transfers In DatePosPlayerTransferred fromFeeRef 14 June 2023 CB Nectarios Triantis Central Coast Mariners £300,000 14 June 2023 AM Jobe Bellingham Birmingham City Undisclosed 18 June 2023 ST Luís Semedo Benfica Undisclosed 23 June 2023 CB Jenson Seelt PSV Undisclosed 27 July 2023 AM Bradley Dack Blackburn Rovers Free Transfer 28 July 2023 ST Eliezer Mayenda Sochaux Undisclosed 2 August 2023 GK Nathan Bishop Manchester United Undisclosed 1 September 2023 ST Nazariy Rusyn Zorya Luhansk Undisclosed 1 September 2023 RB Timothée Pembélé Paris Saint-Germain Undisclosed 2 September 2023 AM Adil Aouchiche Lorient Undisclosed 31 October 2023 GK Kelechi Chibueze Leicester City Free Transfer 30 January 2024 LB Leo Hjelde Leeds United Undisclosed 1 February 2024 RW Romaine Mundle Standard Liège Undisclosed 2 February 2024 LW Rhys Walsh Glentoran Undisclosed
Out DatePosPlayerTransferred toFeeRef 29 June 2023 CB Bailey Wright Lion City Sailors Mutual Consent 30 June 2023 GK Harrison Bond Gateshead Released 30 June 2023 DM Will Cain Clemson Tigers Released 30 June 2023 GK Jacob Carney CD Castellón Released 30 June 2023 AM Will Dowling Stoke City Released 30 June 2023 CB Cameron Jessup Clacton Released 30 June 2023 RB Ethan Kachosa Lewes Released 30 June 2023 LB Nathan Newall Buxton Released 30 June 2023 AM Owen Robinson Marine Released 30 June 2023 RM Louie Salkeld ETSU Buccaneers Released 30 June 2023 CM Thomas Scott Banbury United Released 30 June 2023 CM Harrison Sohna Cheltenham Town Released 30 June 2023 CB Ben Williams Ashington Released 30 June 2023 DM Carl Winchester Shrewsbury Town Released 1 July 2023 SS Leon Dajaku HNK Hajduk Split Undisclosed 5 August 2023 RW Isaac Lihadji Al-Duhail Undisclosed 1 September 2023 RW Lynden Gooch Stoke City Undisclosed 1 September 2023 ST Ross Stewart Southampton Undisclosed 2 September 2023 CB Danny Batth Norwich City Undisclosed 9 October 2023 ST Max Thompson MFK Skalica Mutual Consent 1 February 2024 AM Alex Pritchard Birmingham City Undisclosed 1 February 2024 AM Josh Robertson Brighton & Hove Albion Undisclosed
Loaned in DatePosPlayerLoaned fromUntilRef 1 September 2023 ST Mason Burstow Chelsea End of Season 1 February 2024 CM Callum Styles Barnsley End of Season
Loaned out DatePosPlayerLoaned toUntilRef 12 July 2023 GK Alex Bass AFC Wimbledon End of Season 24 July 2023 CB Joe Anderson Shrewsbury Town End of Season 1 September 2023 AM Elliot Embleton Derby County 10 January 2024 22 September 2023 CB Zak Johnson Hartlepool United 1 January 2024 5 January 2024 ST Harry Gardiner Blyth Spartans End of Season 22 January 2024 GK Kelechi Chibueze Consett 19 February 2024 25 January 2024 LW Jack Diamond Carlisle United End of Season 30 January 2024 LW Jewison Bennette Aris Thessaloniki End of Season 1 February 2024 CM Jay Matete Oxford United 27 March 2024 1 February 2024 ST Eliezer Mayenda Hibernian End of Season 1 February 2024 CB Nectarios Triantis Hibernian End of Season 14 February 2024 CB Zak Johnson Dundalk End of Season 16 February 2024 GK Matthew Young Darlington End of Season 15 March 2024 GK Kelechi Chibueze Consett End of Season 29 March 2024 CM Tom Chiabi Carshalton Athletic End of Season
Pre-season and friendlies
On 20 February 2023, Sunderland announced a tour of the United States as part of their pre-season preparations, with friendlies against lower-league sides San Antonio FC and New Mexico United. A third and final stateside friendly was announced a few days later, against North Carolina. On May 18, the club confirmed a further two friendlies, against local sides Gateshead and South Shields. In June, a sixth pre-season opposition was added, with a trip to Hartlepool United planned. A home friendly against RCD Mallorca was also announced.
Competitions Overall record
Championship
League table
Results summary
Results by round
Matches On 22 June, the EFL Championship fixtures were released.
FA Cup
Sunderland entered the competition in the third round, as a Championship side, and were drawn at home to arch-rivals Newcastle United, being the first Tyne-Wear derby since 2016.
EFL Cup
Sunderland were drawn at home against Crewe Alexandra in the first round.
Player statistics Appearance summary
! colspan="18" style="background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center"| Goalkeepers
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! colspan="18" style="background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center"| Midfielders
! colspan="18" style="background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center"| Forwards
Goals record
Rank No. Nat. Po. Name Championship FA Cup EFL Cup Total120LWJack Clarke 12001227AMJobe Bellingham 400424CMDan Neil 400435CBDaniel Ballard 3003417AMAbdoullah Ba 200231AMChris Rigg 101239CMPierre Ekwah 200252RBNiall Huggins 100113CMLuke O'Nien 100122AMAdil Aouchiche 100132RBTrai Hume 100146AMBradley Dack 1001Total 330134
Penalties record
Excludes penalties taken during Penalty shoot-outs. +RankNo.Nat.Po.NameChampionshipFA CupEFL CupTotalConversion RatioScored Missed Scored Missed Scored Missed Scored Missed 1 20 LW Jack Clarke 50000050100%Total 50000050100%
Assists record
Rank No. Nat. Po. Name Championship FA Cup EFL Cup Total121AMAlex Pritchard 5005224CMDan Neil 300332RBNiall Huggins 10013LBDennis Cirkin 10017AMJobe Bellingham 100110AMPatrick Roberts 100111STMason Burstow 100115STNazariy Rusyn 100117AMAbdoullah Ba 100119AMJewison Bennette 100120AMJack Clarke 100122AMAdil Aouchiche 100123CBJenson Seelt 100132RBTrai Hume 100146AMBradley Dack 1001Total 200020
Disciplinary record
Rank No. Nat. Po. Name Championship FA Cup EFL Cup Total 15CBDaniel Ballard 800000000800213DMLuke O'Nien 700000000700332RBTrai Hume 410000000410417AMAbdoullah Ba 30000010040020LWJack Clarke 40000000040021AMAlex Pritchard 30000010040053LBDennis Cirkin 30000000030010RWPatrick Roberts 30000000030011STMason Burstow 300000000300624CMDan Neil 1100000001107AMJobe Bellingham 20000000020022AMAdil Aouchiche 20000000020039DMPierre Ekwah 20000000020072RBNiall Huggins 1000000001006CBDanny Batth 0000001001009STLuís Semedo 10000000010015STNazariy Rusyn 10000000010019LWJewison Bennette 00000010010025CBNectarios Triantis 100000000100Total 49200004005320
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