The 2023–24 season is the 147th season in the history of Crewe Alexandra and their second consecutive season in League Two. The club are participating in League Two, the FA Cup, the EFL Cup, and the 2023–24 EFL Trophy.
Current squad
No. Name Position Nationality Place of birth Date of birth (age) Previous club Date signed Fee Contract end Goalkeepers 1 Harvey Davies GK Liverpool Liverpool 1 July 2023 Loan 31 May 2024 13 Tom Booth GK Crewe Academy 1 July 2022 Trainee 30 June 2025 27 Keiren Westwood GK Manchester Queens Park Rangers 8 February 2024 Free 30 June 2024 40 Mikolaj Lenarcik GK Academy 20 November 2023 Trainee 30 June 2024 Defenders 2 Ryan Cooney RB Manchester Morecambe 1 July 2023 Free 30 June 2025 3 Rio Adebisi LB Croydon Academy 1 July 2019 Trainee 30 June 2024 4 Zac Williams CB Rhyl Academy 1 July 2022 Trainee 30 June 2024 5 Mickey Demetriou CB Durrington Newport County 21 July 2023 Free 30 June 2025 6 Luke Offord CB Northwich Academy 1 July 2019 Trainee 30 June 2024 12 Ed Turns CB Brighton Brighton & Hove Albion 1 February 2024 Loan 31 May 2024 21 Aaron Rowe RB Hackney Huddersfield Town 30 August 2023 Loan 31 May 2024 28 Lewis Billington CB Crewe Academy 1 July 2022 Trainee 30 June 2025 29 Zak Kempster-Down CB Academy 1 July 2023 Trainee 30 June 2024 35 Nathan Robinson CB Academy 5 September 2023 Trainee 30 June 2024 38 Lucas Sant CB Stoke-on-Trent Academy 20 November 2023 Trainee 30 June 2024 41 Stan Dancey CB Academy 20 November 2023 Trainee 30 June 2024 Midfielders 8 Conor Thomas DM Coventry Cheltenham Town 1 July 2022 Free 30 June 2024 11 Joel Tabiner CM Liverpool Academy 1 July 2022 Trainee 30 June 2026 14 Lewis Leigh CM Preston Preston North End 8 January 2024 Loan 31 May 2024 17 Matúš Holíček CM Academy 1 July 2021 Trainee 30 June 2025 19 Owen Lunt DM Prescot Academy 1 July 2022 Trainee 30 June 2025 23 Jack Powell CM Canning Town Crawley Town 1 July 2023 Free 30 June 2025 24 Charlie Finney CM Crewe Academy 1 July 2022 Trainee 30 June 2025 25 Josh Austerfield CM Morley Huddersfield Town 18 January 2024 Loan 31 May 2024 34 Lewis Nolan CM Academy 5 September 2023 Trainee 30 June 2024 37 Matt Senior CM Academy 20 November 2023 Trainee 30 June 2024 Joe Collins CM Academy 20 November 2023 Trainee 30 June 2024 Forwards 7 Chris Long CF Huyton Motherwell 1 July 2021 Free 30 June 2024 9 Courtney Baker-Richardson CF Coventry Newport County 1 July 2022 Free 30 June 2024 10 Shilow Tracey RW Newham Cambridge United 1 July 2023 Free 30 June 2025 20 Elliott Nevitt CF Liverpool Tranmere Rovers 11 January 2023 Undisclosed 30 June 2024 30 Charlie Kirk LW Winsford Charlton Athletic 2 February 2024 Free 30 June 2024 32 Max Woodcock CF Congleton Academy 1 July 2023 Trainee 30 June 2024 33 Calum Agius LW Ellesmere Port Academy 1 July 2022 Trainee 30 June 2026 36 Rhys Allport CF Academy 20 November 2023 Trainee 30 June 2024 Out on Loan 16 Charlie Colkett CM Newham Cheltenham Town 1 July 2022 Free 30 June 2024 22 Billy Sass-Davies CB Abergele Academy 1 July 2018 Trainee 30 June 2024 31 Dave Richards GK Abergavenny Bristol City 28 July 2015 Free 30 June 2024
Transfers In DatePosPlayerTransferred fromFeeRef 1 July 2023 RB Free transfer 1 July 2023 CM Free transfer 1 July 2023 RW Free transfer 21 July 2023 CB Free transfer 2 February 2024 LW Free transfer 8 February 2024 GK Free agent
Out DatePosPlayerTransferred toFeeRef 8 June 2023 CF Mutual Consent 30 June 2023 CF Free transfer 30 June 2023 CM End of Contract 30 June 2023 RW Released 30 June 2023 LB Free agent Released 30 June 2023 CB End of Contract 30 June 2023 RB End of Contract 30 June 2023 LM Mutual Consent 30 June 2023 CM Free transfer 22 August 2023 GK Free transfer 10 January 2024 CM Mutual Consent 24 January 2024 CB Undisclosed 22 February 2024 CF Free transfer
Loaned in DatePosPlayerLoaned fromUntilRef 1 July 2023 GK End of season 30 August 2023 RB End of season 31 August 2023 AM 14 January 2024 8 January 2024 CM End of season 18 January 2024 CM End of season 1 February 2024 CB End of season 13 April 2024 GK 20 April 2024
Loaned out DatePosPlayerLoaned toUntilRef 11 August 2023 GK End of season 25 August 2023 CF 25 November 2023 25 August 2023 CB 23 January 2024 25 August 2023 CF 24 September 2023 1 September 2023 CM 11 January 2024 1 September 2023 CB End of Season 24 November 2023 CF 23 December 2023 31 January 2024 CM End of season
Pre-season and friendlies On 7 June, Crewe announced their pre-season schedule with matches against Halesowen Town, Whitchurch Alport, Burton Albion, Vauxhall Motors, Lincoln City and Barnsley.
Competitions Overall record
League Two
League table
Results summary
Results by round
Matches On 22 June, the EFL League Two fixtures were released.
Play-offs
Crewe finished 6th in the regular 2023–24 EFL League Two season, so were drawn against 5th placed Doncaster Rovers in the Play-off Semi-Final. The first leg, which Doncaster won 2–0, took place at Gresty Road and the second leg took place at the Eco-Power Stadium. Crewe won the second leg 2–0, making the aggregate score 2–2, and then won a penalty shoot-out 4–3 to reach the final for promotion to EFL League One. Crewe lost the final at Wembley, beaten 2-0 by Crawley Town.
FA Cup
Crewe were drawn at home to Derby County in the first round.
EFL Cup
Crewe were drawn away to Sunderland in the first round and to Port Vale in the second round.
EFL Trophy
In the group stage, Crewe were drawn into Northern Group B alongside Port Vale, Wrexham and Newcastle United U21.
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