121st season in existence of Bradford City AFC
Bradford City 2023–24 football season
The 2023–24 season is the 121st season in the existence of Bradford City and their fifth consecutive season in League Two . In addition to the league the club are also participating in the FA Cup , the EFL Cup , and the EFL Trophy .
Current squad
As of 21 February 2024
Transfers
In
Out
Loaned in
^ Afoka returned to parent club Aston Villa early from his season-long loan.
^ Tulloch returned to parent club West Brom early from his season-long loan.
Loaned out
^ On 2 January, Young was recalled back from his season-long loan at Swindon early.
^ On 22 December, it was announced East would join Rochdale permanently in January.
^ On 5 January, Odusina's loan at Woking was extended until the end of season.
Pre-season and friendlies
On 15 June, Bradford City announced their pre-season schedule, with matches against Bury , Eldense , Bradford (Park Avenue) , Hull City , Middlesbrough and Rochdale .[ 41] In July, it was confirmed that Getafe replaced Eldense as pre-season opposition.[ 42]
Win
Draw
Loss
Fixtures
Competitions
Overall record
Competition
First match
Last match
Starting round
Final position
Record
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Win %
League Two
5 Aug 2023
Matchday 1
45
18
12
15
57
58
−1
0 40.00
FA Cup
4 Nov 2023
4 November 2023
First round
First round
1
0
0
1
1
2
−1
00 0.00
EFL Cup
8 Aug 2023
28 September 2023
First round
Third round
3
0
2
1
2
4
−2
00 0.00
EFL Trophy
10 Oct 2023
Group stage
6
6
0
0
16
2
+14
100.00
Total
55
24
14
17
76
66
+10
0 43.64
Last updated: 17 February 2024
Source: Soccerway
League Two
League table
Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Promotion, qualification or relegation
6
Crewe Alexandra
46
19
14
13
69
65
+4
71
Qualified for League Two play-offs
7
Crawley Town (O, P)
46
21
7
18
73
67
+6
70
8
Barrow
46
18
15
13
62
56
+6
69
9
Bradford City
46
19
12
15
61
59
+2
69
10
AFC Wimbledon
46
17
14
15
64
51
+13
65
11
Walsall
46
18
11
17
69
73
−4
65
12
Gillingham
46
18
10
18
46
57
−11
64
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) 12-point sending off offences
[ 43] (O) Play-off winners;
(P) Promoted
Results summary
Overall
Home
Away
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
46
19
12
15
61
59
+2
69
9
8
6
29
28
+1
10
4
9
32
31
+1
Last updated: 23 April 2024.
Source: Soccerway
Results by round
Round 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 211 30 30 32 33 34 292 37 38 39 364 40 41 42 43 44 45 353 46 Ground A H A A H A H H A H A H A H A A H A H A A A H H A H A H A H A H H H A H H H A H A H A A A H Result L W D L W D D D W L L W W D L L L L W W W W D D L L D D L D W W W D W L L L L W D W W W W W Position 18 11 13 18 12 15 16 17 11 14 18 14 11 11 15 16 18 18 14 14 14 10 10 11 13 14 15 16 18 18 14 13 13 16 13 13 15 17 17 14 14 14 13 10 9 9
Updated to match(es) played on 23 April 2024. Source:
Soccerway A = Away;
H = Home;
W = Win;
D = Draw;
L = Loss;
P = PostponedNotes:
1 Matchday 21 (vs Salford City ) was postponed due to a waterlogged pitch.
2 Matchday 29 (vs Doncaster Rovers ) was postponed due to a frozen pitch.
3 Matchday 35 (vs Barrow ) was postponed after the referee deemed the pitch to be unplayable.
4 Matchday 36 (vs Notts County ) was postponed due to a waterlogged pitch.
Matches
On 22 June, the EFL League Two fixtures were released.[ 44]
Win
Draw
Loss
Fixtures
FA Cup
Bradford were drawn at home to Wycombe Wanderers in the first round.[ 56]
Win
Draw
Loss
Fixtures
EFL Cup
The Bantams were drawn away to Accrington Stanley in the first round,[ 57] to Wrexham in the second round[ 58] and at home against Middlesbrough in the third round.[ 59]
Win
Draw
Loss
Fixtures
EFL Trophy
The Group stage draw was finalised on 22 June 2023.[ 60] After topping the group, they were drawn at home to Liverpool U21 in the second round,[ 61] [ 62] away to Derby County in the third round,[ 63] [ 64] then at home to Doncaster Rovers in the quarter-finals,[ 65] and finally at home to Wycombe Wanderers in the semi-finals.[ 66] [ 67] If Bradford Beat Wycombe, they will face Peterborough United at Wembley Stadium .
Updated to match(es) played on 31 October 2023. Source:
EFL.com
Win
Draw
Loss
Fixtures
References
History Grounds Matches Related articles
National teams
League competitions
Level 1 Levels 2–4 Levels 5–6 Levels 7–8 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 )
Cup competitions
Youth competitions