The 2023–24 season was the 148th season in the history of

Middlesbrough Football Club Middlesbrough Football Club ( ) is a professional association football club based in Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire. They compete in the EFL Championship, the second level of the English football league system. Nicknamed the Boro, they were fo ...

and their seventh consecutive season in the

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. The club participated in the

, the

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, and the

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First-team squad

Transfers

In

: † Signed for the Under-21s

Out

Loaned in

Loaned out

Pre-season and friendlies

On June 1, ''Boro'' announced two pre-season friendlies, against

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and

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. Five days later, a third fixture was added, against

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. A fourth pre-season friendly was announced, at home against

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. A trip to

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was also confirmed as a fifth pre-season match. A sixth and final friendly was confirmed, against

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Competitions

Overall record

Championship

League table

Results summary

Results by round

Matches

On 22 June, the EFL Championship fixtures were released.

FA Cup

As a Championship club, Boro entered into the competition at the third round stage, and were drawn at home to

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EFL Cup

Middlesbrough were drawn away to

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in the first round,

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in the second round,

in the third round,

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in the fourth round and

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in the quarter-finals and then against Chelsea in a

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, first at home and second away.

Statistics

:Players with names ''in italics'' and marked * were

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from another club for the whole of their season with Middlesbrough , - , colspan="12" style="text-align:center;" , Out on loan , - , colspan="12" style="text-align:center;" , No longer at the club

References

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Middlesbrough F.C. Middlesbrough Football Club ( ) is a professional association football club based in Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire. They compete in the EFL Championship, the second level of the English football league system. Nicknamed the Boro, they were fo ...