The 2023–24 season was the 22nd season in the history of AFC Wimbledon and their second consecutive season in League Two. The club participated 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 Nik Tzanev GK Wellington Brentford 1 July 2016 Free 30 June 2024 12 Alex Bass GK Eastleigh Sunderland 12 July 2023 Loan 31 May 2024 Defenders 2 Huseyin Biler RB London Academy 1 July 2020 Trainee 30 June 2024 3 Lee Brown LB Farnborough Portsmouth 28 January 2022 Undisclosed 30 June 2024 5 Kofi Balmer CB Newtownabbey Crystal Palace 31 January 2024 Loan 31 May 2024 6 Ryan Johnson CB Birmingham Stockport County 1 July 2023 Free 30 June 2025 15 Alex Pearce CB Oxford Millwall 1 July 2022 Free 30 June 2024 19 John-Joe O'Toole CB Harrow Mansfield Town 1 February 2024 Loan 31 May 2024 23 Josh Hallard LB Crawley Academy 1 July 2023 Trainee 30 June 2024 25 Ethan Sutcliffe CB Stretham Academy 1 July 2023 Trainee 30 June 2024 26 Jack Currie LB Kingston upon Thames Academy 1 July 2020 Trainee 30 June 2024 30 Paul Kalambayi CB Dulwich Academy 1 July 2017 Trainee 30 June 2024 31 Joe Lewis CB Neath Stockport County 10 January 2024 Undisclosed 30 June 2026 33 Isaac Ogundere CB Hillingdon Academy 1 July 2021 Trainee 30 June 2025 Midfielders 4 Jake Reeves CM Lewisham Stevenage 1 July 2023 Free 30 June 2025 8 Harry Pell CM Tilbury Accrington Stanley 24 August 2022 Undisclosed 30 June 2024 14 Armani Little CM Portsmouth Forest Green Rovers 6 July 2023 Undisclosed 30 June 2024 16 James Ball CM Bolton Rochdale 24 July 2023 Free 30 June 2025 27 Morgan Williams AM London Academy 1 July 2023 Trainee 30 June 2025 28 Marcel Campbell AM Carshalton Academy 1 July 2023 Trainee 30 June 2024 32 Kai Jennings CM Academy 5 September 2023 Trainee 30 June 2024 35 Junior Nkeng CM Barcelona Academy 11 November 2023 Trainee 30 June 2024 Forwards 7 James Tilley RW Billingshurst Crawley Town 22 June 2023 Undisclosed 30 June 2025 9 Josh Davison CF Enfield Charlton Athletic 18 July 2022 Undisclosed 30 June 2024 10 Josh Kelly CF Windsor Solihull Moors 1 February 2024 Undisclosed 30 June 2026 11 Josh Neufville RW Luton Luton Town 1 July 2023 Free 30 June 2025 17 Ryan McLean LW Shrewsbury Hereford 22 June 2023 Undisclosed 30 June 2025 18 Omar Bugiel CF Berlin Sutton United 1 July 2023 Free 30 June 2024 24 Ronan Curtis LW London Portsmouth 19 January 2024 Free 30 June 2024 29 Aron Sasu CF Croydon Academy 1 July 2023 Trainee 30 June 2024 38 John-Kymani Gordon CF Croydon Crystal Palace 17 January 2024 Loan 31 May 2024 Out on Loan 20 Quaine Bartley CF Whittington Academy 1 July 2023 Trainee 30 June 2024 21 Paris Lock CF London Academy 1 July 2023 Trainee 30 June 2024 22 Ben Mason RB Chertsey Academy 1 July 2023 Trainee 30 June 2024 Will Nightingale CB Wandsworth Academy 1 July 2014 Trainee 30 June 2024 Zach Robinson CF London Academy 1 July 2020 Trainee 30 June 2024
Transfers In DatePosPlayerTransferred fromFeeRef 22 June 2023 LW Ryan McLean Hereford Undisclosed 22 June 2023 RW James Tilley Crawley Town Undisclosed 1 July 2023 CF Omar Bugiel Sutton United Free Transfer 1 July 2023 CB Ryan Johnson Stockport County Free Transfer 1 July 2023 RW Josh Neufville Luton Town Free Transfer 1 July 2023 CM Jake Reeves Stevenage Free Transfer 6 July 2023 CM Armani Little Forest Green Rovers Undisclosed 24 July 2023 CM James Ball Rochdale Free Transfer 13 October 2023 GK Ryan Sandford Free agent 10 January 2024 CB Joe Lewis Stockport County Undisclosed 19 January 2024 LW Ronan Curtis Free agent 1 February 2024 CF Josh Kelly Solihull Moors Undisclosed
Out DatePosPlayerTransferred toFeeRef 30 June 2023 MF Dylan Adjei-Hersey Enfield Town Released 30 June 2023 DM Elliott Bolton Free agent Released 30 June 2023 AM Ethan Chislett Port Vale End of Contract 30 June 2023 CF Aaron Cosgrave FC Halifax Town Released 30 June 2023 CF David Fisher Glentoran Released 30 June 2023 CM Kwaku Frimpong Carshalton Athletic Released 30 June 2023 RB Chris Gunter Retired 30 June 2023 CB Luke Jenkins Chelmsford City Released 30 June 2023 CF David Kawa Peterborough United Undisclosed 30 June 2023 DM George Marsh AEL Limassol Released 30 June 2023 CB Aaron Pierre Shrewsbury Town End of Contract 30 June 2023 CF Obed Yeboah Truro City Free Transfer 26 July 2023 CM Alex Woodyard York City Free Transfer 9 August 2023 CM Alfie Bendle Forest Green Rovers Free Transfer 21 August 2023 GK Nathan Broome Swansea City Mutual Consent 29 January 2024 CF Ali Al-Hamadi Ipswich Town Undisclosed
Loaned in DatePosPlayerLoaned fromDate untilRef 1 July 2023 CB Joe Lewis Stockport County 10 January 2024 12 July 2023 GK Alex Bass Sunderland End of Season 1 September 2023 CM Charlie Lakin Burton Albion 1 January 2024 1 September 2023 AM Connor Lemonheigh-Evans Stockport County 10 January 2024 17 January 2024 CF John-Kymani Gordon Crystal Palace End of Season 31 January 2024 CB Kofi Balmer Crystal Palace End of Season 1 February 2024 CB John-Joe O'Toole Mansfield Town End of Season
Loaned out DatePosPlayerLoaned toDate untilRef 1 July 2023 CF Zach Robinson Dundee End of Season 8 July 2023 CF Quaine Bartley King's Lynn Town End of Season 18 July 2023 CB Will Nightingale Ross County End of Season 1 September 2023 RB Ben Mason Braintree Town 1 January 2024 22 September 2023 CB Ethan Sutcliffe King's Lynn Town 21 October 2023 6 October 2023 AM Morgan Williams Woking 4 November 2023 24 October 2023 LW Ryan McLean Kidderminster Harriers 1 January 2024 24 October 2023 CB Ethan Sutcliffe Tonbridge Angels 21 November 2023 1 January 2024 CF Paris Lock Tonbridge Angels End of Season 16 January 2024 RB Ben Mason Farnborough End of Season
Pre-season and friendlies On May 15, Wimbledon announced a pre-season tour to Alicante in Spain for a six-day warm-weather training camp. Two days later, the first match was confirmed, against Woking. A home friendly, against Portsmouth was also added to the pre-season calendar. A third friendly opposition was confirmed, in Queens Park Rangers visiting. During the clubs stay in Alicante, it was revealed a fixture would be played against Reading. A fifth fixture was confirmed in late June, against Southend United.
Competitions Overall record
League Two
League table
Results summary
Results by round
Matches On 22 June, the EFL League Two fixtures were released.
FA Cup
The Dons were drawn at home to Cheltenham Town in the first round Ramsgate in the second round and Ipswich Town in the third round.
EFL Cup
AFC Wimbledon were drawn at home to Coventry City in the first round and away to Chelsea in the second round.
EFL Trophy
In the group stage, Wimbledon were drawn into Southern Group C alongside Crystal Palace Under-21s, Stevenage and Wycombe Wanderers. After coming second in the group, they were drawn away to Portsmouth in the second round. Wimbledon was drawn at home against Oxford United in the Third Round.
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