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(Top) 1 Current squad 2 Transfers 2.1 In 2.2 Out 2.3 Loaned in 2.4 Loaned out 3 Pre-season and friendlies 4 Competitions 4.1 Overall record 4.2 Championship 4.2.1 League table 4.2.2 Results summary 4.2.3 Results by round 4.2.4 Matches 4.3 FA Cup 4.4 EFL Cup 5 Statistics 5.1 Appearances and goals 5.2 Goalscorers 5.3 Assists 5.4 Clean sheets 6 References

2023–24 Watford F.C. season

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Watford
2023–24 season
Owner	Gino Pozzo
Chairman	Scott Duxbury
Head Coach	Valérien Ismaël (until 9 March)^[1] Tom Cleverley (from 9 March)^[1]
Stadium	Vicarage Road
EFL Championship	15th
FA Cup	Fourth round
EFL Cup	First round
Top goalscorer	League: Mileta Rajović (10) All: Mileta Rajović (11)
← 2022–23 2024–25 →

The 2023–24 season was the 125th season in the history of Watford and their second consecutive season in the Championship. The club are participating in the Championship, the FA Cup, and the EFL Cup.

Current squad

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As of 4 May 2024^[2]

No.	Name	Position	Date of birth (Age)	Signed from	Since	Fee	Ends	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	Daniel Bachmann	GK	9 July 1994 (age 29)	Stoke City	2017	Free Transfer	2028	116	0
26	Ben Hamer	GK	20 November 1987 (age 36)	Swansea City	2022	Free Transfer	2024	22	0
Defenders
2	Jeremy Ngakia	RB	7 September 2000 (age 23)	West Ham United	2020	Free Transfer	2025	74	0
3	Francisco Sierralta	CB	6 May 1997 (age 27)	Udinese	2020	Undisclosed	2027	88	2
4	Wesley Hoedt	CB	6 March 1994 (age 30)	Anderlecht	2023	£2,000,000	2025	63	4
5	Ryan Porteous	CB	25 March 1999 (age 25)	Hibernian	2023	£500,000	2027	57	5
6	Jamal Lewis	LB	25 January 1998 (age 26)	Newcastle United	2023	Loan	2024	38	0
15	Mattie Pollock	CB	28 September 2001 (age 22)	Grimsby Town	2021	£300,000	2026	24	0
42	James Morris	LB	23 November 2001 (age 22)	Southampton	2021	Free Transfer	2026	31	0
45	Ryan Andrews	RB	26 August 2004 (age 19)	Academy	2012	—	2028	51	3
55	Albert Eames	RB	20 September 2005 (age 18)	Academy	2014	—	2027	1	0
Midfielders
8	Jake Livermore	DM	14 November 1989 (age 34)	West Bromwich Albion	2023	Free Transfer	2024	32	3
11	Ismaël Koné	CM	16 June 2002 (age 21)	Montréal	2023	£8,000,000	2027	63	4
16	Giorgi Chakvetadze	AM	29 August 1999 (age 24)	Gent	2024	Undisclosed	2026	37	1
18	Yáser Asprilla	AM	19 November 2003 (age 20)	Envigado	2022	£3,000,000	2026	86	7
24	Tom Dele-Bashiru	CM	17 September 1999 (age 24)	Manchester City	2019	Free Transfer	2025	49	4
39	Edo Kayembe	CM	3 June 1998 (age 25)	KAS Eupen	2022	£4,700,000	2026	71	5
Forwards
7	Tom Ince	RW	30 January 1992 (age 32)	Reading	2023	£500,000	2025	29	2
9	Mileta Rajović	ST	17 July 1999 (age 24)	Kalmar FF	2023	£1,000,000	2028	43	11
12	Ken Sema	LW	30 September 1993 (age 30)	Östersunds	2018	Undisclosed	2025	159	12
19	Vakoun Bayo	ST	10 January 1997 (age 27)	Sporting Charleroi	2022	£5,800,000	2027	67	11
25	Emmanuel Dennis	ST	15 November 1997 (age 26)	Nottingham Forest	2024	Loan	2024	55	14
34	Kwadwo Baah	LW	27 January 2003 (age 21)	Rochdale	2021	Free Transfer	2026	0	0
37	Matheus Martins	LW	16 July 2003 (age 20)	Udinese	2023	Loan	2024	49	6
58	Zavier Massiah-Edwards	RW	16 January 2007 (age 17)	Academy	2016	—	2024	1	0
59	Jack Grieves	ST	5 December 2004 (age 19)	Academy	2020	—	2026	5	0
Out on Loan
10	Imran Louza	CM	1 May 1999 (age 25)	Nantes	2021	£10,000,000	2028	60	6
13	João Ferreira	RB	22 March 2001 (age 23)	Benfica	2023	£2,500,000	2027	5	1
17	Jorge Hurtado	ST	6 September 2003 (age 20)	Real Cartagena	2023	Undisclosed	2029	1	0
28	Samuel Kalu	RW	26 August 1997 (age 26)	Bordeaux	2022	£3,000,000	2025	13	0
47	Shaq Forde	ST	5 May 2004 (age 20)	Academy	2012	—	2024	1	0
—	Ashley Fletcher	ST	2 October 1995 (age 28)	Middlesbrough	2021	Free Transfer	2026	6	2

Transfers

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In

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Date	Position	Player	From	Fee	Ref.
27 June 2023	RW	Tom Ince	Reading	Undisclosed	^[3]
1 July 2023	CF	Jorge Cabezas	Real Cartagena	Undisclosed	^[4]
1 July 2023	CF	Rhys Healey	Toulouse	Free Transfer	^[5]
20 July 2023	LB	Charlie Stallard †	St Neots Town	Free Transfer	^[6]
21 July 2023	DM	Jake Livermore	West Bromwich Albion	Free Transfer	^[7]
9 August 2023	CB	Ali Gould †	Motherwell	Free Transfer	^[8]
25 August 2023	CF	Mileta Rajović	Kalmar	Undisclosed	^[9]
14 September 2023	CM	Junior Gyamfi †	Free agent	—	^[10]
26 January 2024	LB	Freddie Buers †	Kings Langley	Free Transfer	^[11]
1 February 2024	AM	Giorgi Chakvetadze	Gent	Undisclosed	^[12]
2 February 2024	CB	James Clarridge †	Nottingham Forest	Undisclosed	^[13]

† Signed initially for the Under-21s

Out

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Date	Position	Player	To	Fee	Ref.
14 June 2023	CF	João Pedro	Brighton & Hove Albion	Undisclosed	^[14]
30 June 2023	AM	Andrés Aguilar	Free agent	Released	^[15]
30 June 2023	CF	Britt Assombalonga	Antalyaspor	Released	^[16]^[17]
30 June 2023	CM	Leandro Bacuna	FC Groningen	Released	^[16]^[18]
30 June 2023	LB	Christos Batzelis	Free agent	Released	^[15]
30 June 2023	RW	Aaron Benn	Free agent	Released	^[15]
30 June 2023	CB	Craig Cathcart	KV Kortrijk	Released	^[19]^[20]
30 June 2023	CM	Tom Cleverley	Retired		^[21]
30 June 2023	DM	Max Delyfer	Free agent	Released	^[15]
30 June 2023	CM	Jordan Fankwe	Salford City	Released	^[15]^[22]
30 June 2023	CM	Dan Gosling	Notts County	Released	^[23]^[24]
30 June 2023	CM	Ethan Goulding	Free agent	Released	^[15]
30 June 2023	CF	Damani Hunter	Free agent	Released	^[15]
30 June 2023	CM	Adian Manning	Norwich City	Released	^[15]^[25]
30 June 2023	LB	Bogdan Marian	Free agent	Released	^[15]
30 June 2023	CM	JJ McKiernan	Morecambe	Released	^[15]^[26]
30 June 2023	CB	Harvey Peters	Free agent	Released	^[15]
30 June 2023	CF	Ezio Touray	Weymouth	Released	^[15]^[27]
1 July 2023	CM	Juergen Elitim	Legia Warsaw	Undisclosed	^[28]
1 July 2023	RB	Mario Gaspar	Elche	Mutual Consent	^[28]^[29]
1 July 2023	CM	Domingos Quina	Udinese	Undisclosed	^[28]
4 July 2023	CB	William Troost-Ekong	PAOK	Undisclosed	^[30]
15 July 2023	LW	Adrian Blake	Utrecht	Free Transfer	^[15]
19 July 2023	RW	Joseph Hungbo	1. FC Nürnberg	Undisclosed	^[31]
25 July 2023	CB	Christian Kabasele	Udinese	Undisclosed	^[32]
25 July 2023	RW	Ismaïla Sarr	Marseille	Undisclosed	^[33]
17 August 2023	RW	Ignacio Pussetto	Huracán	Mutual Consent	^[34]^[35]
24 August 2023	GK	Maduka Okoye	Udinese	Undisclosed	^[36]
19 January 2024	CF	Rhys Healey	Huddersfield Town	Undisclosed	^[37]

Loaned in

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Date	Position	Player	From	Date until	Ref.
4 July 2023	LW	Matheus Martins	Udinese	End of season	^[38]
27 July 2023	LB	Jamal Lewis	Newcastle United	End of season	^[39]
2 August 2023	AM	Giorgi Chakvetadze	Gent	1 February 2024^[a]	^[40]^[12]
24 January 2024	LW	Emmanuel Dennis	Nottingham Forest	End of season	^[41]

^ On 1 February, Chakbetadze joined the club on a permanent basis.

Loaned out

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Date	Position	Player	To	Date until	Ref.
1 July 2023	CM	Óber Almanza	Orsomarso	31 December 2023	^[28]
25 July 2023	CF	Ashley Fletcher	Sheffield Wednesday	End of season	^[42]
1 August 2023	RB	João Ferreira	Udinese	End of season	^[43]
3 August 2023	CF	Jorge Cabezas Hurtado	New York Red Bulls	31 December 2023	^[44]
4 August 2023	CB	George Abbott	Chippenham Town	1 September 2023^[a]	^[45]^[46]
14 August 2023	CF	Shaq Forde	Leyton Orient	End of season	^[47]
18 August 2023	LW	Kwadwo Baah	Burton Albion	11 January 2024^[b]	^[48]^[49]
7 September 2023	RW	Samuel Kalu	Lausanne-Sport	End of season	^[50]
24 October 2023	RB	Hamzat Balogun	Bedford Town	2 January 2024^[c]	^[51]^[52]
28 October 2023	GK	Roraigh Browne	Northwood	5 February 2024^[d]	^[53]^[54]
3 November 2023	LB	Charlie Stallard	Hayes & Yeading United	3 December 2023	^[55]
10 November 2023	CF	James Collins	Royston Town	10 December 2023	^[56]
13 December 2023	RB	Scott Holding	Dover Athletic	End of season^[e]	^[57]^[54]
29 December 2023	CB	George Abbott	Potters Bar Town	28 January 2024	^[58]
15 January 2024	CM	Imran Louza	Lorient	End of season	^[59]
19 January 2024	RW	Dawid Hamiga	Slough Town	13 February 2024	^[60]
30 January 2024	CF	James Collins	Haringey Borough	29 February 2024	^[61]
1 February 2024	CF	Jorge Cabezas Hurtado	Gillingham	End of season	^[62]
15 February 2024	GK	Roraigh Browne	Walthamstow	30 April 2024^[f]	^[63]^[64]
17 February 2024	CF	Michael Adu-Poku	Kings Langley	17 March 2024	^[65]
17 February 2024	GK	Gabriel Ortelli	Kings Langley	End of season^[g]	^[65]^[66]
8 March 2024	GK	Jonathan Macaulay	Hemel Hempstead Town	1 May 2024	^[67]
12 March 2024	CM	Junior Gyamfi	Hemel Hempstead Town	1 May 2024	^[68]
19 March 2024	LB	Charlie Stallard	Bedford Town	End of season	^[69]
28 March 2024	CF	Tobi Adeyemo	Wealdstone	24 April 2024	^[70]
28 March 2024	LB	Josh Mullins	Bedford Town	1 May 2024	^[71]
29 March 2024	CF	Michael Adu-Poku	Maidstone United	End of season	^[72]

^ On 1 September, Abbott was recalled from his loan at Chippenham Town, which has been set to run until 5 November.

^ On 11 January, Baah was recalled from his season-long loan at Burton.

^ On 24 November, Balogun's loan at Bedford Town, initially set to run until 30 November, was extended until 2 January.

^ Browne's initial month-long loan at Northwood, beginning in late October, was twice extended for a further month, on 23 November and 12 January.

^ On 12 January, Holding's loan at Dover, initially set to run until 9 January, was extended until the end of the season.

^ On 18 March, Browne's loan at Walthamstow, initially set to run until 15 March, was extended until the end of April.

^ On 22 March, Oretlli's loan at Kings Langley, initially set to run until 17 March, was extended until the end of the season.

Pre-season and friendlies

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On 30 May, Watford announced their first two pre-season friendlies, against Boreham Wood and Stevenage.^[73] However, the friendly against Stevenage was later cancelled as they were drawn against each other in the 1st round of EFL Cup. ^[74]

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

5 July 2023 Friendly	Boreham Wood	0–0	Watford	Borehamwood
19:30 BST		Report		Stadium: Meadow Park Attendance: 1,703

8 July 2023 Friendly	Arsenal	1–1	Watford	London Colney
14:00 BST	Marquinhos 54'	Report	Koné 42'	Stadium: Arsenal Training Centre Attendance: 0 (Behind closed doors)

18 July 2023 Friendly	Stevenage	Cancelled	Watford	Stevenage
19:45 BST				Stadium: The Lamex Stadium
Note: Due to the two sides being drawn against each other in the 2023–24 EFL Cup the friendly was cancelled.^[75]

22 July 2023 Friendly	Crystal Palace	2–1	Watford	Beckenham
13:00 BST	Édouard 54' 75'	Report	Kayembe 68'	Stadium: Crystal Palace FC Training Ground Attendance: 0 (Behind closed doors)

29 July 2023 Friendly	Watford	3–0	Peterborough United	Watford
15:00 BST	Bayo 14', 67' Martins 19'	Report		Stadium: Vicarage Road Attendance: 0 (Behind closed doors)

Competitions

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Overall record

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Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Championship	5 August 2023	4 May 2024	Matchday 1		46	13	17	16	61	61	+0	028.26
FA Cup	6 January 2024	6 February 2024	Third round	Fourth round	3	1	1	1	3	5	−2	033.33
EFL Cup	8 August 2023		First round	First round	1	0	1	0	1	1	+0	000.00
Total					50	14	19	17	65	67	−2	028.00

Last updated: 4 May 2024
Source: Soccerway

Championship

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League table

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Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
12	Cardiff City	46	19	5	22	53	70	−17	62
13	Millwall	46	16	11	19	45	55	−10	59
14	Swansea City	46	15	12	19	59	65	−6	57
15	Watford	46	13	17	16	61	61	0	56
16	Sunderland	46	16	8	22	52	54	−2	56
17	Stoke City	46	15	11	20	49	60	−11	56
18	Queens Park Rangers	46	15	11	20	47	58	−11	56

Source: EFL official website
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results; 5) Wins; 6) Away goals; 7) Penalty points (sec 9.5); 8) Number of 12-point sending off offences; 9) Play-off (only if needed to determine promotion/relegation)^[76]

Results summary

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Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
46	13	17	16	61	61	0	56	6	9	8	32	28	+4	7	8	8	29	33	−4

Last updated: 4 May 2024.
Source: Soccerway

Results by round

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Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	46
Ground	H	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A
Result	W	D	L	L	D	W	D	L	L	L	D	W	W	D	D	W	L	W	W	D	L	W	W	L	D	D	W	D	D	L	L	L	W	L	L	D	L	W	D	D	D	D	L	D	W	L
Position	1	3	9	15	18	12	14	16	20	21	20	19	15	16	16	13	15	13	10	10	12	9	7	10	10	10	8	9	9	11	11	12	11	11	12	13	14	13	14	14	14	14	15	15	14	15

Updated to match(es) played on 20 April 2024. Source: Soccerway
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

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On 22 June, the EFL Championship fixtures were released.^[77]

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

5 August 2023 1	Watford	4–0	Queens Park Rangers	Watford
15:00 BST	Dele-Bashiru 1' Louza 20' Martins 38' Morris 45+1' Bayo 43'	Report	Dykes 67' Armstrong 76'	Stadium: Vicarage Road Attendance: 20,087 Referee: Thomas Bramall

12 August 2023 2	Watford	0–0	Plymouth Argyle	Watford
15:00 BST		Report	Scarr 71' Mumba 78'	Stadium: Vicarage Road Attendance: 19,446 Referee: Geoff Eltringham

19 August 2023 3	Stoke City	1–0	Watford	Stoke-on-Trent
15:00 BST	McNally 29' Wesley 52' Vidigal 53' Thompson 77' Johnson 83'	Report	Koné 60'	Stadium: Bet365 Stadium Attendance: 21,193 Referee: James Bell

27 August 2023 4	Watford	0–1	Blackburn Rovers	Watford
12:00 BST	Hoedt 24' Louza 69' Andrews 69'	Report	Hyam 63' Hedges 72' Rankin-Costello 77'	Stadium: Vicarage Road Attendance: 17,810 Referee: Gavin Ward

2 September 2023 5	Coventry City	3–3	Watford	Coventry
15:00 BST	Godden 20' 87' Eccles 24' van Ewijk 41' McFadzean 60' Hoedt 64' (o.g.) Sheaf 76'	Report	Porteous 30' Rajović 35', 79' Sierralta 40' Martins 52' Hoedt 90+4'	Stadium: Coventry Building Society Stadium Attendance: 24,539 Referee: David Webb

16 September 2023 6	Watford	2–0	Birmingham City	Watford
15:00 BST	Hoedt 55' Rajović 90+1' Andrews 90+6'	Report	Drameh 5' Buchanan 35' 88' Bielik 38' Stansfield 57' Šunjić 60' Longelo 90+3'	Stadium: Vicarage Road Attendance: 18,932 Referee: Keith Stroud

20 September 2023 7	Watford	2–2	West Bromwich Albion	Watford
19:45 BST	Ince 3' Martins 23' Porteous 53' Louza 90+5'	Report	Swift 14' Wallace 17' Molumby 26'	Stadium: Vicarage Road Attendance: 16,742 Referee: Leigh Doughty

23 September 2023 8	Leeds United	3–0	Watford	Leeds
15:00 BST	Rutter 40' Piroe 67' Byram 70' Anthony 89'	Report	Andrews 43' Bachmann 67' Bayo 88'	Stadium: Elland Road Attendance: 36,236 Referee: Jeremy Simpson

30 September 2023 9	Watford	2–3	Middlesbrough	Watford
15:00 BST	Bayo 19' Porteous 40' Hoedt 52' Sierralta 55'	Report	McGree 5', 12' Coburn 63'	Stadium: Vicarage Road Attendance: 18,446 Referee: Oliver Langford

4 October 2023 10	Sunderland	2–0	Watford	Sunderland
19:45 BST	Huggins 43' Burstow 50' Ba 62'	Report	Ngakia 27' Dele-Bashiru 58' Bachmann 74' Louza 74' Porteous 83' Andrews 87'	Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 38,120 Referee: Andy Davies

7 October 2023 11	Cardiff City	1–1	Watford	Leckwith
15:00 BST	McGuinness 26'	Report	Sierralta 39' Bayo 54' Lewis 65'	Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium Attendance: 19,804 Referee: Gavin Ward

21 October 2023 12	Watford	1–0	Sheffield Wednesday	Watford
15:00 BST	Porteous 45' Lewis 50' Asprilla 82'	Report	Hendrick 68'	Stadium: Vicarage Road Attendance: 19,102 Referee: Dean Whitestone

24 October 2023 13	Swansea City	0–1	Watford	Landore
19:45 BST		Report	Livermore 30' Hoedt 73' Sema 82' Kayembe 86'	Stadium: Swansea.com Stadium Attendance: 14,698 Referee: Andrew Kitchen

28 October 2023 14	Watford	2–2	Millwall	Watford
15:00 GMT	Asprilla 7', 50' Livermore 37' Sema 79' Rajović 90+2'	Report	Flemming 12', 27' Saville 38' Harding 86' Norton-Cuffy 90+3'	Stadium: Vicarage Road Attendance: 18,620 Referee: Keith Stroud

4 November 2023 15	Huddersfield Town	0–0	Watford	Huddersfield
15:00 GMT		Report	Livermore 57' Chakvetadze 67'	Stadium: The John Smith's Stadium Attendance: 18,225 Referee: Sunny Gill

11 November 2023 16	Watford	5–0	Rotherham United	Watford
15:00 GMT	Rajovic 10', 45+4' Kayembe 54' Porteous 58' Asprilla 61' Ince 86' Martins 90+4'	Report	Cafú 45'	Stadium: Vicarage Road Attendance: 17,349 Referee: Stephen Martin

25 November 2023 17	Leicester City	2–0	Watford	Leicester
15:00 GMT	Ndidi 62' Vardy 68' 76', 90+5' (pen.)	Report	Louza 30' Porteous 54' Chakvetadze 72' Kayembe 75' Bachmann 83' 90+3' Asprilla 90'	Stadium: King Power Stadium Attendance: 31,577 Referee: Sam Allison

28 November 2023 18	Watford	3–2	Norwich City	Watford
20:00 GMT	Livermore 18' Koné 30' Rajović 33' Asprilla 77'	Report	Batth 3' Hwang Ui-jo 12' Stacey 35' Duffy 64' Giannoulis 90+4' Sainz 90+4'	Stadium: Vicarage Road Attendance: 16,714 Referee: Simon Hooper

2 December 2023 19	Hull City	1–2	Watford	Kingston upon Hull
15:00 GMT	Twine 10' Philogene 60' Connolly 90+6'	Report	Kayembe 8' Andrews 38' Hoedt 74' Hamer 85'	Stadium: MKM Stadium Attendance: 20,057 Referee: John Busby

9 December 2023 20	Watford	1–1	Southampton	Watford
15:00 GMT	Porteous 59' Koné 61' Hoedt 87' Healey 90+6'	Report	Charles 34' A. Armstrong 45' Adams 56' S. Armstrong 87' Fraser 90+3'	Stadium: Vicarage Road Attendance: 19,797 Referee: Geoff Eltringham

12 December 2023 21	Watford	1–2	Ipswich Town	Watford
19:45 GMT	Asprilla 12' Kayembe 46' Bayo 84'	Report	Hirst 24' 45' Chaplin 39' Luongo 53' Morsy 80' Hutchinson 89'	Stadium: Vicarage Road Attendance: 18,109 Referee: David Coote

16 December 2023 22	Preston North End	1–5	Watford	Preston
15:00 GMT	Keane 27' Millar 41' Whiteman 45+2' Osmajić 90+1'	Report	Bayo 42', 71' Martins 46' Kayembe 53' Koné 77' Lewis 85'	Stadium: Deepdale Attendance: 14,389 Referee: Sunny Singh Gill

23 December 2023 23	Blackburn Rovers	1–2	Watford	Blackburn
15:00 GMT	Wharton 3' Garrett 36' Moran 89'		Hoedt 65' Rajović 81', 83' Healey 87' Andrews 87'	Stadium: Ewood Park Attendance: 17,803 Referee: Dean Whitestone

26 December 2023 24	Watford	1–4	Bristol City	Watford
15:00 GMT	Chakvetadze 49' Hoedt 80'	Report	Pring 28' Hoedt 45+2' (o.g.) Sykes 50' Weimann 83'	Stadium: Vicarage Road Attendance: 19,626 Referee: John Busby

29 December 2023 25	Watford	1–1	Stoke City	Watford
19:45 GMT	Livermore 15', 49' Koné 42' Bayo 52' Chakvetadze 72' Morris 80'	Report	Tchamadeu 14' Mmaee 34'	Stadium: Vicarage Road Attendance: 19,643 Referee: Scott Oldham

1 January 2024 26	Plymouth Argyle	3–3	Watford	Plymouth
15:00 GMT	Azaz 20' Whittaker 27' Hardie 42' Mumba 59' Randell 86'	Report	Kayembe 11' Koné 38' Livermore 42' Andrews 57' Healey 87' Martins 88' Asprilla 88'	Stadium: Home Park Attendance: 16,355 Referee: Robert Madley

14 January 2024 27	Queens Park Rangers	1–2	Watford	Shepherd's Bush
12:00 GMT	Field 5' Paal 23' Colback 39' Dykes 77'	Report	Livermore 20' Hoedt 45' Dele-Bashiru 49' Livermore 60', 65'	Stadium: MATRADE Loftus Stadium Attendance: 17,409 Referee: Simon Hooper
Note: Fixture was originally scheduled for 13 January, but was moved back for TV selection.^[78]

20 January 2024 28	Bristol City	1–1	Watford	Bristol
15:00 GMT	Twine 25' McCrorie 36'	Report	Dele-Bashiru 13' (pen.) Asprilla 14' Andrews 40'	Stadium: Ashton Gate Stadium Attendance: 23,611 Referee: Andrew Kitchen

31 January 2024 29	Sheffield Wednesday	0–0	Watford	Owlerton
19:45 GMT	Palmer 29' Famewo 39' Johnson 42' Bannan 75'	Report	Matheus Martins 25' Pollock 76' Hamer 90'	Stadium: Hillsborough Stadium Attendance: 22,303 Referee: Rebecca Welch
Note: Fixture was initially scheduled for 27 January, but was postponed due to both sides advancing in the FA Cup.^[79]

3 February 2024 30	Watford	0–1	Cardiff City	Watford
15:00 GMT	Chakvetadze 44' Pollock 47' Livermore 50'	Report	Bowler 41', 69' Colwill 51' Goutas 90+1'	Stadium: Vicarage Road Attendance: 19,739 Referee: John Busby

10 February 2024 31	Watford	1–2	Leicester City	Watford
15:00 GMT	Dennis 63' Porteous 75' Hoedt 90+5'	Report	Daka 11' (pen.) Winks 37' Nelson 45+5' Pereira 55' Vardy 90+5'	Stadium: Vicarage Road Attendance: 20,597 Referee: Oliver Langford

13 February 2024 32	Norwich City	4–2	Watford	Norwich
19:45 GMT	Barnes 17', 20' Sargent 28', 30' Sara 77' Fassnacht 82' Gibbs 88'	Report	Rajović 42' Martins 45+1' Asprilla 71' Porteous 79'	Stadium: Carrow Road Attendance: 25,325 Referee: Stuart Attwell

17 February 2024 33	Rotherham United	0–1	Watford	Rotherham
15:00 GMT	Rinomhota 64' Revan 68'	Report	Asprilla 58' Hamer 73'	Stadium: AESSEAL New York Stadium Attendance: 10,143 Referee: Andrew Kitchen

24 February 2024 34	Watford	1–2	Huddersfield Town	Watford
15:00 GMT	Kayembe 14' Dennis 55' Ince 57'	Report	Ward 70', 83' Kasumu 73' Spencer 81'	Stadium: Vicarage Road Attendance: 18,970 Referee: Ben Toner

2 March 2024 35	Millwall	1–0	Watford	Bermondsey
15:00 GMT	Flemming 3', 90+1' McNamara 45' Leonard 75'	Report	Kayembe 1'	Stadium: The Den Attendance: 17,847 Referee: Gavin Ward

6 March 2024 36	Watford	1–1	Swansea City	Watford
19:45 GMT	Chakvetadze 45+1' Livermore 45+3' Hoedt 57' Andrews 67' Porteous 83'	Report	Andrews 18' (o.g.) Tymon 32' Wood 36'	Stadium: Vicarage Road Attendance: 16,440 Referee: Tom Nield

9 March 2024 37	Watford	1–2	Coventry City	Watford
15:00 GMT	Porteous 20' Hoedt 26'	Report	Kelly 18' Palmer 23' Wright 40', 72', 88' Bidwell 45+1' Thomas 66'	Stadium: Vicarage Road Attendance: 18,907 Referee: Robert Madley

16 March 2024 38	Birmingham City	0–1	Watford	Bordesley
15:00 GMT		Report	Dennis 44' Chakvetadze 45+1' Asprilla 88' Bachmann 90+4'	Stadium: St Andrew's Stadium Attendance: 21,266 Referee: Matt Donohue

29 March 2024 39	Watford	2–2	Leeds United	Watford
20:00 GMT	Bayo 31' Dennis 44'	Report	Summerville 37' Joseph 85'	Stadium: Vicarage Road Attendance: 20,236 Referee: David Webb
Note: Fixture was initially scheduled for a 15:00 kick-off, but was moved for live Sky Sports broadcasting.^[80]

1 April 2024 40	West Bromwich Albion	2–2	Watford	West Bromwich
15:00 GMT	Thomas-Asante 70' Furlong 90+1'	Report	Dennis 30' Kayembe 51' Rajović 66'	Stadium: The Hawthorns Attendance: 24,173 Referee: Gavin Ward

6 April 2024 41	Watford	0–0	Preston North End	Watford
15:00 BST	Asprilla 51' Chakvetadze 87'	Report	Lindsay 89'	Stadium: Vicarage Road Attendance: 19,374 Referee: James Bell

10 April 2024 42	Ipswich Town	0–0	Watford	Ipswich
19:45 BST	Clarke 33' Moore 57'	Report	Porteous 67'	Stadium: Portman Road Attendance: 28,589 Referee: Samuel Barrott

13 April 2024 43	Southampton	3–2	Watford	Southampton
15:00 BST	Smallbone 1' Adams 20' Fraser 74' Downes 90+9'	Report	Porteous 34', 55' Hoedt 40' Kayembe 70' Koné 85'	Stadium: St Mary's Stadium Attendance: 30,347 Referee: Josh Smith

20 April 2024 44	Watford	0–0	Hull City	Watford
15:00 BST	Hoedt 40' Porteous 50' Andrews 52' Sierralta 72'	Report	Tufan 11' Greaves 42' Jacob 62' Morton 70' Traoré 90+2'	Stadium: Vicarage Road Attendance: 18,753 Referee: Ben Toner

27 April 2024 45	Watford	1–0	Sunderland	Watford
15:00 BST	Kayembe 10' Andrews 64' Lewis 86'	Report	O'Nien 58'	Stadium: Vicarage Road Attendance: 20,712 Referee: Oliver Langford

4 May 2024 46	Middlesbrough	3–1	Watford	Middlesbrough
12:30 BST	Latte Lath 28' Azaz 33' Bangura 78' Jones 84'	Report	Pollock 20' Hoedt 73'	Stadium: Riverside Stadium Attendance: 28,289 Referee: Keith Stroud

FA Cup

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As a Championship club, Watford joined the FA Cup at the third round stage, and were drawn at home against Chesterfield^[81]^[82] and then to Southampton in the fourth round.^[83]^[84]

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

6 January 2024 Third round	Watford	2–1	Chesterfield	Watford
15:00 GMT	Koné 38' Hoedt 45+1' Rajović 76' Dele-Bashiru 90+5'	Report	Quigley 26', 28' Banks 45+1' Naylor 52' Boot 81'	Stadium: Vicarage Road Attendance: 15,932 Referee: Gavin Ward

28 January 2024 Fourth round	Watford	1–1	Southampton	Watford
14:00 GMT	Matheus Martins 5' Chakvetadze 45'	Report	Holgate 4' Alcaraz 40' Armstrong 89'	Stadium: Vicarage Road Attendance: 16,688 Referee: Michael Salisbury

6 February 2024 Fourth round replay	Southampton	3–0	Watford	Southampton
19:45 GMT	Smallbone 21' Dibling 51' Mara 52', 58' Adams 76' Edozie 86' Armstrong 87'	Report	Morris 46' Chakvetadze 49' Porteous 69' Sierralta 75'	Stadium: St Mary's Stadium Referee: Darren Bond

EFL Cup

[edit]

Watford were drawn away to Stevenage in the first round.^[85]

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

8 August 2023 First round	Stevenage	1–1 (4–3 p)	Watford	Stevenage
19:45 BST	March 43'	Report	Bayo 6'	Stadium: Lamex Stadium Attendance: 4,495 Referee: Charles Breakspear
	Penalties
	Reid Roberts Forster-Caskey MacDonald Thompson		Hoedt Sierralta Porteous Healey Koné

Statistics

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Appearances and goals

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As of 4 May 2024

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	League		FA Cup		EFL Cup		Total		Discipline
No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	AUT	Daniel Bachmann	27	0	3	0	0	0	30	0	3	1
2	DF	ENG	Jeremy Ngakia	11+3	0	0	0	1	0	15	0	1	0
3	DF	CHI	Francisco Sierralta	23+4	0	3	0	1	0	31	0	4	0
4	DF	NED	Wesley Hoedt	44	3	3	0	1	0	48	3	12	0
5	DF	SCO	Ryan Porteous	33+4	3	1+1	0	1	0	40	3	14	0
6	DF	NIR	Jamal Lewis	32+4	0	1+1	0	0	0	38	0	4	0
7	FW	ENG	Tom Ince	8+19	2	0+2	0	0	0	29	2	1	0
8	MF	ENG	Jake Livermore	25+5	3	1	0	0+1	0	32	3	9	0
9	FW	DEN	Mileta Rajović	17+24	10	1+1	1	0	0	43	11	1	0
11	MF	CAN	Ismaël Koné	28+14	4	3	0	0+1	0	46	4	3	0
12	FW	SWE	Ken Sema	24+5	1	1+1	0	1	0	32	1	1	0
15	DF	ENG	Mattie Pollock	10+8	0	1	0	0	0	19	0	3	0
16	MF	GEO	Giorgi Chakvetadze	14+20	1	3	0	0	0	37	1	7	0
18	MF	COL	Yáser Asprilla	28+16	6	2+1	0	0	0	47	6	6	0
19	FW	CIV	Vakoun Bayo	27+12	6	1+1	0	1	1	42	7	2	1
24	MF	NGA	Tom Dele-Bashiru	28+7	2	2	1	1	0	38	3	2	0
25	FW	NGA	Emmanuel Dennis	11+6	4	0+1	0	0	0	18	4	1	0
26	GK	ENG	Ben Hamer	19	0	0+1	0	1	0	21	0	3	0
37	FW	BRA	Matheus Martins	20+19	5	3	1	1	0	43	6	3	0
39	MF	COD	Edo Kayembe	28+7	5	0	0	0+1	0	36	5	6	0
42	DF	ENG	James Morris	10+2	0	2+1	0	1	0	16	0	2	0
45	DF	ENG	Ryan Andrews	26+14	3	1+2	0	0+1	0	44	3	7	1
55	DF	ENG	Albert Eames	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
58	FW	ENG	Zavier Massiah-Edwards	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
59	FW	ENG	Jack Grieves	1+1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
Players who went out on loan or left permanently but made appearances for Watford prior to departing
10	MF	MAR	Imran Louza	11+4	1	0+1	0	1	0	17	1	4	0
14	FW	ENG	Rhys Healey	1+10	2	1	0	0+1	0	13	2	1	0
17	FW	COL	Jorge Hurtado	0	0	0+1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0

Goalscorers

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As of 4 May 2024

Rank	Pos.	No.	Player	Championship	FA Cup	EFL Cup	Total
1	FW	9	Mileta Rajović	10	1	0	11
2	FW	19	Vakoun Bayo	6	0	1	7
3	MF	18	Yáser Asprilla	6	0	0	6
3	FW	37	Matheus Martins	5	1	0	6
5	MF	39	Edo Kayembe	5	0	0	5
6	MF	11	Ismaël Koné	4	0	0	4
6	FW	25	Emmanuel Dennis	4	0	0	4
8	DF	4	Wesley Hoedt	3	0	0	3
	DF	5	Ryan Porteous	3	0	0	3
	MF	8	Jake Livermore	3	0	0	3
	MF	24	Tom Dele-Bashiru	2	1	0	3
	DF	45	Ryan Andrews	3	0	0	3
13	FW	7	Tom Ince	2	0	0	2
13	FW	14	Rhys Healey	2	0	0	2
15	MF	10	Imran Louza	1	0	0	1
	FW	12	Ken Sema	1	0	0	1
	MF	16	Giorgi Chakvetadze	1	0	0	1
Total				61	3	1	65

Assists

[edit]

As of 4 May 2024

Rank	Pos.	No.	Player	Championship	FA Cup	EFL Cup	Total
1	MF	18	Yáser Asprilla	7	1	0	8
2	FW	12	Ken Sema	4	0	0	4
3	DF	4	Wesley Hoedt	3	0	0	3
	DF	5	Ryan Porteous	3	0	0	3
	MF	10	Imran Louza	3	0	0	3
	MF	11	Ismaël Koné	3	0	0	3
	MF	16	Giorgi Chakvetadze	3	0	0	3
	FW	19	Vakoun Bayo	3	0	0	3
	MF	24	Tom Dele-Bashiru	2	0	1	3
10	DF	6	Jamal Lewis	2	0	0	2
	FW	7	Tom Ince	2	0	0	2
	FW	37	Matheus Martins	2	0	0	2
	MF	39	Edo Kayembe	2	0	0	2
	DF	45	Ryan Andrews	2	0	0	2
15	DF	2	Jeremy Ngakia	1	0	0	1
	DF	3	Francisco Sierralta	1	0	0	1
	MF	8	Jake Livermore	1	0	0	1
	FW	14	Rhys Healey	1	0	0	1
	FW	17	Jorge Hurtado	0	1	0	1

Clean sheets

[edit]

As of 27 April 2024

No.	Player	Championship	Total
1	Daniel Bachmann	11	11
26	Ben Hamer	3	3
Total		14	14

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Training Ground	Watford Training Ground
Supporters	Luton Town rivalry Theme from Z-Cars
Sister clubs	Udinese Calcio Granada CF

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League
competitions

Level 1	Premier League
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Levels 5–6	National League (National, North, South)
Levels 7–8	Isthmian League (Premier, One North, One South Central, One South East) Northern Premier League (Premier, One East, One Midlands, One West) Southern League (Premier Central, Premier South, One Central, One South)
Levels 9–10	Combined Counties League (Premier North, Premier South, One) Eastern Counties League (Premier, One North, One South) Essex Senior League (level 9 only) Hellenic League (Premier, One) Midland League (Premier, One) Northern Counties East League (Premier, One) Northern League (One, Two) North West Counties League (Premier, One North, One South) Southern Combination League (Premier, One) Southern Counties East League (Premier, One) South West Peninsula League (Premier East, Premier West - level 10 only) Spartan South Midlands League (Premier, One) United Counties League (Premier North, Premier South, One) Wessex League (Premier, One) Western League (Premier, One)

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competitions

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