The 2023–24 season was the 138th season in the history of Plymouth Argyle and their first season back in the Championship since the 2009–10 season following their promotion from League One the season before. The club participated in the Championship, the FA Cup, and the EFL Cup.
Plymouth secured survival on 4 May 2024, the final day of the season, by virtue of beating play-off chasing Hull City 1–0 at Home Park.
First-team Squad
No. Name Position Nationality Date of birth (age) Previous club Fee Contract end Goalkeepers 1 Michael Cooper GK Academy Trainee 30 June 2025 21 Conor Hazard GK Celtic £150,000 30 June 2026 25 Callum Burton GK Cambridge United Free 30 June 2024 Defenders 2 Bali Mumba DF Norwich City 1m 30 June 2027 3 Lino Sousa DF Aston Villa Loan 31 May 2024 5 Julio Pleguezuelo DF FC Twente Free 30 June 2025 6 Dan Scarr DF Walsall Free 30 June 202517 Lewis Gibson DF Everton Free 30 June 2025 22 Brendan Galloway DF Luton Town Free 30 June 2024 31 Oscar Halls DF Academy Trainee 30 June 2024 26 Ashley Phillips DF Tottenham Hotspur Loan 31 May 2024 29 Matthew Sorinola DF Union Saint-Gilloise Free 30 June 2025 Midfielders 4 Jordan Houghton MF Milton Keynes Dons Free 30 June 2025 8 Joe Edwards MF Walsall Free 30 June 2025 11 Callum Wright MF Blackpool Undisclosed 30 June 2026 16 Alfie Devine MF Tottenham Hotspur Loan 31 May 2024 20 Adam Randell MF Academy Trainee 30 June 2026 27 Adam Forshaw MF Norwich City Free 30 June 2024 34 Caleb Roberts MF Academy Trainee 30 June 2024 37 Jack Matthews MF Academy Trainee 30 June 2024 Forwards 9 Ryan Hardie FW Blackpool Undisclosed 30 June 2026 10 Morgan Whittaker FW Swansea City 1 million 30 June 2027 14 Mickel Miller FW Rotherham United Free 30 June 2024 15 Mustapha Bundu FW Anderlecht Undisclosed 30 June 2025 23 Ben Waine FW Wellington Phoenix Undisclosed 30 June 2025 35 Freddie Issaka FW Truro City Undisclosed 30 June 2026 Out on Loan 19 Tyreik Wright FW Aston Villa Undisclosed 30 June 2024 24 Saxon Earley DF Norwich City Undisclosed 30 June 2024 30 Jack Endacott DF Academy Trainee 30 June 2024 32 Will Jenkins-Davies MF Academy Trainee 30 June 2024 33 Zak Baker GK Academy Trainee 30 June 2024
Statistics
Goals record
Rank No. Nat. Po. Name Championship FA Cup EFL Cup Total110FW 800829 FW 6006318MF 400423FW 103428MF 3014620MF 300372 DF 200215FW 200296 DF 10018 DF 1001Total 300434
Disciplinary record
Rank No. Nat. Po. Name Championship FA Cup EFL Cup Total 16 DF 40100010050114FW 60000000060032 DF 4000000004004 MF 40000000040028MF 30000010040029DF 400000000400710FW 30000000030017DF 30000000030020MF 300000000300105 DF 2000000002009 FW 20000000020018MF 2000000002001 GK 2000000002007 MF 1000001002008 DF 2000000002001621GK 10000000010022DF 100000000100Total 46010003005001
Transfers In DatePosPlayerTransferred fromFeeRef 1 July 2023 CB Free transfer 3 July 2023 CB Free transfer 11 July 2023 GK Undisclosed 17 July 2023 RW £1,000,000 21 July 2023 RB £1,000,000 1 September 2023 RW Undisclosed 17 January 2024 LB Free transfer 19 January 2024 CM Free transfer
Out DatePosPlayerTransferred toFeeRef 30 June 2023 RB Released 30 June 2023 RB Released 30 June 2023 CF Free transfer 30 June 2023 DM Free agent Released 30 June 2023 CM Released 30 June 2023 CF Released 30 June 2023 LB Released 30 June 2023 CM Released 30 June 2023 GK Released 30 June 2023 GK Released 30 June 2023 DF Free agent Released 30 June 2023 CB Free agent Released 30 June 2023 CB Released 12 January 2024 CB Undisclosed 31 January 2024 DM Mutual Consent
Loaned in DatePosPlayerLoaned fromFeeRef 1 July 2023 RB 14 January 2024 26 July 2023 CM 14 January 2024 2 August 2023 AM 3 January 2024 7 August 2023 CM 7 January 2024 8 January 2024 CB End of season 11 January 2024 CM 27 March 2024 17 January 2024 AM End of season 1 February 2024 LB End of season
Loaned out DatePosPlayerLoaned toUntilRef 21 July 2023 CM End of season 26 July 2023 CB 26 October 2023 2 August 2023 LB 7 October 2023 7 October 2023 LB 4 November 2023 9 November 2023 GK 7 December 2023 15 January 2024 RW End of season 1 February 2024 LB End of season
Pre-season and friendlies On June 7, Plymouth Argyle announced their pre-season schedule, with friendlies against Plymouth Parkway, Torquay United, Forest Green Rovers, Salford City and Swindon Town. A week later, a trip to Spain to face Scottish side Heart of Midlothian was also confirmed.
Competitions Overall record
Championship
League table
Results summary
Results by round
Matches On 22 June, the EFL Championship fixtures were released.
FA Cup
Plymouth joined the competition in the third round, and were drawn at home to Sutton United, then away to Leeds United in the fourth round.
EFL Cup
Plymouth were drawn at home to Leyton Orient in the first round and to Crystal Palace in the second round.
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