The 2023–24 season is the 87th season in the history of Colchester United and their eighth 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 Owen Goodman GK Harold Wood Crystal Palace 14 July 2023 Loan 31 May 2024 12 Tom Smith GK Arsenal 31 July 2023 Free 30 June 2025 29 Sam Hornby GK Birmingham Bradford City 1 July 2022 Undisclosed 30 June 2024 44 Ted Collins GK Colchester Academy 1 July 2023 Trainee 30 June 2024 Defenders 2 Will Greenidge CB Redbridge West Ham United 27 January 2023 Undisclosed 30 June 2025 3 Ellis Iandolo LB Chatham Swindon Town 23 June 2023 Undisclosed 30 June 2025 4 Fiacre Kelleher CB Cork Bradford City 4 January 2023 Undisclosed 30 June 2025 5 Connor Hall CB Slough Port Vale 7 January 2023 Undisclosed 30 June 2025 6 Tom Dallison CB Dagenham Crawley Town 6 January 2022 Undisclosed 30 June 2024 15 Zach Mitchell CB Bromley Charlton Athletic 1 September 2023 Loan 31 May 2024 18 Mandela Egbo RB Brent Charlton Athletic 15 August 2023 Undisclosed 30 June 2025 22 Riley Harbottle CB Nottingham Hibernian 23 January 2024 Loan 31 May 2024 26 Jayden Richardson RB Nottingham Aberdeen 12 January 2024 Loan 31 May 2024 36 Matt Yates RB Academy 1 July 2023 Trainee 30 June 2024 43 Harry Beadle CB London Charlton Athletic 1 July 2021 Free 30 June 2024 Midfielders 10 Noah Chilvers AM Chelmsford Academy 1 July 2019 Trainee 30 June 2024 13 Cameron McGeehan CM Kingston upon Thames KV Oostende 4 September 2023 Free 30 June 2024 16 Arthur Read CM Camden Stevenage 3 January 2023 Undisclosed 30 June 2025 17 Harry Anderson RM Chertsey Stevenage 26 January 2024 Loan 31 May 2024 20 Jay Mingi DM London Portsmouth 1 September 2023 Free 30 June 2025 21 Gene Kennedy DM Harlow Academy 1 July 2021 Trainee 30 June 2024 27 Alistair Smith CM Beverley Lincoln City 24 January 2024 Loan 31 May 2024 31 Donnell Thomas AM Academy 1 July 2023 Trainee 30 June 2024 33 Marley Marshall-Miranda DM Madrid Brighton & Hove Albion 1 January 2019 Free 30 June 2024 34 Kennedy Mupomba AM Academy 1 July 2023 Trainee 30 June 2024 35 Archie Oliver CM West Bromwich Albion 1 July 2023 Free 30 June 2025 42 Jayden Fevrier LM Waltham Forest West Ham United 5 October 2022 Free 30 June 2025 45 Taizo Marcel-Dilaver AM Academy 1 July 2023 Trainee 30 June 2024 46 Bayan Aman DM Academy 1 July 2023 Trainee 30 June 2024 Forwards 7 Matt Jay SS Torbay Exeter City 9 January 2023 Undisclosed 30 June 2025 8 Conor Wilkinson CF Croydon Motherwell 3 January 2024 Undisclosed 30 June 2025 9 Samson Tovide CF Hackney Academy 1 July 2022 Trainee 30 June 2026 11 Owura Edwards RW Bristol Bristol City 1 September 2023 Undisclosed 30 June 2025 14 Tom Hopper CF Boston Lincoln City 26 January 2023 Undisclosed 30 June 2025 24 John Akinde CF Gravesend Gillingham 27 January 2022 Free 30 June 2024 41 Kaleel Green CF Arsenal 1 July 2023 Free 30 June 2025 47 Oscar Thorn RW Norwich City 16 January 2023 Free 30 June 2024 48 Bradley Ihionvien CF Academy 1 July 2023 Trainee 30 June 2025 49 Kaan Bennett SS Academy 1 July 2023 Trainee 30 June 2025 Out on Loan 28 Ronny Nelson CB Leicester City 1 July 2023 Free 30 June 2024 30 Al-Amin Kazeem LB Academy 1 July 2022 Trainee 30 June 2024 37 Chay Cooper AM Harlow Tottenham Hotspur 3 September 2021 Free 30 June 2024 39 Ryan Lowe DM Academy 1 July 2023 Undisclosed 30 June 2024 40 Frankie Terry CB Havering Academy 1 July 2023 Trainee 30 June 2024 Yassine En-Neyah CM Oued Zem Truro City 1 September 2023 Free 30 June 2024
Transfers In DatePosPlayerTransferred fromFeeRef 23 June 2023 LB Ellis Iandolo Swindon Town Undisclosed 1 July 2023 CB Jet Dyer † Aylesbury United Free Transfer 1 July 2023 CF Kaleel Green † Arsenal Free Transfer 1 July 2023 CB Ronny Nelson † Leicester City Free Transfer 1 July 2023 RW Archie Oliver † West Bromwich Albion Free Transfer 31 July 2023 GK Tom Smith Arsenal Free Transfer 15 August 2023 RB Mandela Egbo Charlton Athletic Undisclosed 1 September 2023 RW Owura Edwards Bristol City Undisclosed 1 September 2023 CM Yassine En-Neyah Truro City Free Transfer 1 September 2023 DM Jay Mingi Portsmouth Free Transfer 4 September 2023 CM Cameron McGeehan KV Oostende Free Transfer 3 January 2024 CF Conor Wilkinson Motherwell Undisclosed 26 January 2024 AM Hakeem Sandah † Free agent 5 April 2024 CF Ollie Godziemki † Welling United Free † Signed for U21's
Out DatePosPlayerTransferred toFeeRef 30 June 2023 CM Ossama Ashley Salford City Undisclosed 30 June 2023 LB Lion Bello Kingstonian Released 30 June 2023 CB Luke Chambers Retired 30 June 2023 LB Ryan Clampin Eastleigh Released 30 June 2023 RB Billy Cracknell Bishop's Stortford Released 30 June 2023 CB Tom Eastman Dagenham & Redbridge End of Contract 30 June 2023 LM Luke Hannant Gateshead Released 30 June 2023 DM Emyr Huws Retired 30 June 2023 CM Alan Judge Woking Released 30 June 2023 GK Kieran O'Hara Kilmarnock Released 30 June 2023 LM Harvey Sayer Lowestoft Town Released 30 June 2023 SS Freddie Sears Dagenham & Redbridge Released 30 June 2023 DM Cole Skuse Retired 30 June 2023 CB Tommy Smith Milton Keynes Dons Released 1 September 2023 CF Jake Hutchinson Queen of the South Undisclosed 1 September 2023 RB Junior Tchamadeu Stoke City Undisclosed 30 January 2024 RW Alex Newby Altrincham Mutual Consent
Loaned in DatePosPlayerLoaned fromFeeRef 1 July 2023 CB Nico Lawrence Southampton 25 January 2024 14 July 2023 GK Owen Goodman Crystal Palace End of Season 18 July 2023 CM Mauro Bandeira Arsenal 3 January 2024 5 August 2023 CF Joe Taylor Luton Town 8 January 2024 1 September 2023 CB Zach Mitchell Charlton Athletic End of Season 12 January 2024 RB Jayden Richardson Aberdeen End of Season 23 January 2024 CB Riley Harbottle Hibernian End of Season 24 January 2024 CM Alistair Smith Lincoln City End of Season 26 January 2024 RM Harry Anderson Stevenage End of Season
Loaned out DatePosPlayerLoaned toUntilRef 28 July 2023 CB Harry Beadle Braintree Town 10 October 2023 1 August 2023 CB Frankie Terry Chelmsford City 2 October 2023 1 September 2023 CB Frankie Edwards Maldon & Tiptree End of Season 1 September 2023 CM Yassine En-Neyah Maldon & Tiptree End of Season 21 September 2023 RW Alex Newby Altrincham 31 January 2024 13 October 2023 DM Bayan Aman Felixstowe & Walton United 11 November 2023 13 October 2023 CB Harry Beadle Bishop's Stortford 6 January 2024 22 October 2023 CM Milton Oni Maldon & Tiptree 18 November 2023 15 November 2023 GK Sam Hornby Solihull Moors 14 December 2023 24 November 2023 RW Oscar Thorn Bath City 3 February 2024 21 December 2023 CB Andrew Palmer-Brown Brightlingsea Regent 18 January 2024 12 January 2024 DM Ryan Lowe Margate 10 February 2024 8 February 2024 LB Al-Amin Kazeem Galway United End of Season 9 February 2024 CB Ronny Nelson Torquay United 9 March 2024 10 February 2024 CB Frankie Terry Aveley 9 March 2024 16 February 2024 AM Chay Cooper Hartlepool United End of Season 23 February 2024 GK Jayden Peglar Sheppey United 23 March 2024
Pre-season and friendlies On 9 June, Colchester United announced four pre-season friendlies, against Ebbsfleet United, Peterborough United, West Ham Under Under-21s and Leyton Orient. Six days later, a fifth friendly was confirmed, against Maldon & Tiptree.
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 U's were drawn away to Shrewsbury Town in the first round.
EFL Cup
Colchester were drawn away against Cardiff City in the first round.
EFL Trophy
In the group stage, Colchester United were drawn into Southern Group D along with Cambridge United, Peterborough United and Tottenham Hotspur U21. After finishing second in their group, they were drawn away to West Ham United U21 in the second round.
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