2023–24 Sunderland A.F.C. season

Sunderland
2023–24 season
Owner	Kyril Louis-Dreyfus (64%); Juan Sartori (36%)
Chairman	Kyril Louis-Dreyfus
Head Coach	Tony Mowbray; (until 4 December 2023); Michael Beale; (from 18 December 2023 to 19 February 2024); Mike Dodds; (from 19 February 2024)
Stadium	Stadium of Light
Championship	16th
FA Cup	Third round
EFL Cup	First round
Top goalscorer	League: ; Jack Clarke (15); All: ; Jack Clarke (15)
Average home league attendance	41,028
	← 2022–23 2024–25 →

The 2023–24 season was the 145th season in the history of Sunderland and their second consecutive season in the Championship. The club also participated in the FA Cup, and the EFL Cup.

Current squad

As of 29 March 2024

No.	Name	Position	Place of birth	Date of birth (Age)	Previous club	Date signed	Fee	Contract end	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	Anthony Patterson	GK	North Shields	(2000-05-10) 10 May 2000 (age 24)	Academy	1 July 2018	Trainee	30 June 2028	88	0
30	Nathan Bishop	GK	Hillingdon	(1999-10-15) 15 October 1999 (age 25)	Manchester United	2 August 2023	Undisclosed	30 June 2026	1	0
52	Adam Richardson	GK		(2003-09-07) 7 September 2003 (age 21)	Academy	1 July 2022	Trainee	30 June 2026	0	0
Defenders
2	Niall Huggins	RB	York	(2000-12-18) 18 December 2000 (age 24)	Leeds United	20 August 2021	Undisclosed	30 June 2025	17	1
3	Dennis Cirkin	LB	Dublin	(2002-04-06) 6 April 2002 (age 22)	Tottenham Hotspur	11 August 2021	Undisclosed	30 June 2026	74	5
5	Daniel Ballard	CB	Stevenage	(1999-09-22) 22 September 1999 (age 25)	Arsenal	1 July 2022	£2,000,000	30 June 2027	33	2
6	Timothée Pembélé	RB	Beaumont-sur-Oise	(2002-09-09) 9 September 2002 (age 22)	Paris Saint-Germain	2 September 2023	Undisclosed	30 June 2028	0	0
23	Jenson Seelt	CB	Ede	(2003-05-23) 23 May 2003 (age 21)	PSV	23 June 2023	Undisclosed	30 June 2028	2	0
32	Trai Hume	RB	Ballymena	(2002-03-18) 18 March 2002 (age 22)	Linfield	4 January 2022	£200,000	30 June 2027	48	2
33	Leo Hjelde	LB	Nottingham	(2003-08-26) 26 August 2003 (age 21)	Leeds United	30 January 2024	Undisclosed	30 June 2028	0	0
42	Aji Alese	CB	Islington	(2001-01-17) 17 January 2001 (age 23)	West Ham United	15 July 2022	£500,000	30 June 2027	24	1
44	Ben Crompton	CB		(2003-12-17) 17 December 2003 (age 21)	Shrewsbury Town	22 July 2022	Free	30 June 2025	1	0
49	Thomas Lavery	RB		(2005-12-19) 19 December 2005 (age 19)	Academy	24 February 2024	Trainee	30 June 2024	0	0
51	Oliver Bainbridge	LB		(2005-06-13) 13 June 2005 (age 19)	Academy	1 July 2023	Undisclosed	30 June 2025	0	0
—	Connor Pye	LB		(2004-02-14) 14 February 2004 (age 20)	Morecambe	12 August 2022	Undisclosed	30 June 2024	0	0
—	Callum Wilson	CB		(2004-02-29) 29 February 2004 (age 20)	Shrewsbury Town	22 July 2022	Free	30 June 2024	0	0
Midfielders
4	Corry Evans	DM	Belfast	(1990-07-30) 30 July 1990 (age 34)	Blackburn Rovers	15 July 2021	Free	30 June 2024	64	2
7	Jobe Bellingham	AM	Stourbridge	(2005-09-23) 23 September 2005 (age 19)	Birmingham City	14 June 2023	Undisclosed	30 June 2028	12	2
8	Elliot Embleton	AM	Durham	(1999-04-02) 2 April 1999 (age 25)	Academy	1 July 2017	Trainee	30 June 2025	92	11
13	Luke O'Nien	DM	Hemel Hempstead	(1994-11-21) 21 November 1994 (age 30)	Wycombe Wanderers	30 July 2018	Undisclosed	30 June 2026	232	18
17	Abdoullah Ba	AM	Saint-Aubin-lès-Elbeuf	(2003-07-31) 31 July 2003 (age 21)	Le Havre	31 August 2022	£850,000	30 June 2027	43	3
22	Adil Aouchiche	AM	Le Blanc-Mesnil	(2002-07-15) 15 July 2002 (age 22)	Lorient	1 September 2023	Undisclosed	30 June 2028	6	0
24	Dan Neil	CM	South Shields	(2001-11-30) 30 November 2001 (age 23)	Academy	1 July 2018	Trainee	30 June 2026	116	8
27	Jay Matete	CM	Lambeth	(2001-02-11) 11 February 2001 (age 23)	Fleetwood Town	31 January 2022	Undisclosed	30 June 2026	25	0
28	Callum Styles	CM	Bury	(2000-03-27) 27 March 2000 (age 24)	Barnsley	1 February 2024	Loan	31 May 2024	0	0
31	Chris Rigg	AM	Hebburn	(2007-06-18) 18 June 2007 (age 17)	Academy	1 July 2022	Trainee	30 June 2025	8	2
39	Pierre Ekwah	DM	Massy	(2002-01-15) 15 January 2002 (age 22)	West Ham United	23 January 2023	Undisclosed	30 June 2027	26	2
46	Bradley Dack	AM	Greenwich	(1993-12-31) 31 December 1993 (age 30)	Blackburn Rovers	27 July 2023	Free	30 June 2024	5	1
48	Caden Kelly	CM	Buncrana	(2003-11-20) 20 November 2003 (age 21)	Academy	1 July 2021	Trainee	30 June 2024	2	0
50	Harrison Jones	AM	Sunderland	(2004-12-25) 25 December 2004 (age 19)	Academy	1 July 2023	Trainee	30 June 2024	0	0
Forwards
9	Luís Semedo	ST	Lisbon	(2003-08-11) 11 August 2003 (age 21)	Benfica	18 June 2023	Undisclosed	30 June 2028	8	0
10	Patrick Roberts	RW	Kingston upon Thames	(1997-02-05) 5 February 1997 (age 27)	Manchester City	21 January 2022	Free	30 June 2026	74	7
11	Mason Burstow	ST	Greenwich	(2003-08-04) 4 August 2003 (age 21)	Chelsea	1 September 2023	Loan	31 May 2024	6	0
14	Romaine Mundle	RW	London	(2003-04-24) 24 April 2003 (age 21)	Standard Liège	1 February 2024	Undisclosed	30 June 2028	0	0
15	Nazariy Rusyn	ST	Novoyavorivsk	(1998-10-25) 25 October 1998 (age 26)	Zorya Luhansk	1 September 2023	Undisclosed	30 June 2027	4	0
18	Ellis Taylor	LW	Hartlepool	(2003-04-14) 14 April 2003 (age 21)	Academy	1 July 2021	Trainee	30 June 2024	5	0
20	Jack Clarke	LW	York	(2000-11-23) 23 November 2000 (age 24)	Tottenham Hotspur	9 July 2022	Undisclosed	30 June 2026	82	19
40	Tom Watson	LW	Easington	(2006-04-08) 8 April 2006 (age 18)	Academy	1 July 2023	Trainee	30 June 2026	1	0
43	Michael Spellman	LW		(2002-09-21) 21 September 2002 (age 22)	Chester-le-Street United	1 July 2022	Undisclosed	30 June 2024	1	0
76	Timur Tuterov	ST	Bakhchysarai	(2005-06-11) 11 June 2005 (age 19)	Kolos Kovalivka	6 April 2023	Free	30 June 2025	0	0
Out on Loan
12	Alex Bass	GK	Eastleigh	(1998-04-01) 1 April 1998 (age 26)	Portsmouth	26 July 2022	Undisclosed	30 June 2025	2	0
12	Eliezer Mayenda	ST	Zaragoza	(2005-05-08) 8 May 2005 (age 19)	Sochaux	28 July 2023	Undisclosed	30 June 2028	0	0
19	Jewison Bennette	LW	Heredia	(2004-06-15) 15 June 2004 (age 20)	Herediano	25 August 2022	£1,000,000	30 June 2026	20	2
25	Nectarios Triantis	CB	Sydney	(2003-05-11) 11 May 2003 (age 21)	Central Coast Mariners	14 June 2023	£300,000	30 June 2027	1	0
41	Zak Johnson	CB		(2004-07-30) 30 July 2004 (age 20)	Academy	1 July 2022	Trainee	30 June 2026	2	0
45	Joe Anderson	CB	Stalybridge	(2001-02-06) 6 February 2001 (age 23)	Everton	31 January 2023	Undisclosed	30 June 2026	4	0
45	Matthew Young	GK		(2006-11-24) 24 November 2006 (age 18)	Academy	1 July 2023	Trainee	30 June 2025	0	0
—	Tom Chiabi	CM	London	(2003-05-02) 2 May 2003 (age 21)	Middlesbrough	12 August 2022	Undisclosed	30 June 2024	0	0
—	Jack Diamond	LW	Gateshead	(2000-01-12) 12 January 2000 (age 24)	Academy	1 July 2018	Trainee	30 June 2024	45	2

Transfers

In

Date	Pos	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Ref
14 June 2023	CB	Nectarios Triantis	Central Coast Mariners	£300,000	^[5]^[6]
14 June 2023	AM	Jobe Bellingham	Birmingham City	Undisclosed	^[7]^[8]
18 June 2023	ST	Luís Semedo	Benfica	Undisclosed	^[9]
23 June 2023	CB	Jenson Seelt	PSV	Undisclosed	^[10]^[11]
27 July 2023	AM	Bradley Dack	Blackburn Rovers	Free Transfer	^[12]
28 July 2023	ST	Eliezer Mayenda	Sochaux	Undisclosed	^[13]
2 August 2023	GK	Nathan Bishop	Manchester United	Undisclosed	^[14]
1 September 2023	ST	Nazariy Rusyn	Zorya Luhansk	Undisclosed	^[15]
1 September 2023	RB	Timothée Pembélé	Paris Saint-Germain	Undisclosed	^[16]
2 September 2023	AM	Adil Aouchiche	Lorient	Undisclosed	^[17]
31 October 2023	GK	Kelechi Chibueze	Leicester City	Free Transfer	^[18]
30 January 2024	LB	Leo Hjelde	Leeds United	Undisclosed	^[19]
1 February 2024	RW	Romaine Mundle	Standard Liège	Undisclosed	^[20]
2 February 2024	LW	Rhys Walsh	Glentoran	Undisclosed	^[21]

Out

Date	Pos	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Ref
29 June 2023	CB	Bailey Wright	Lion City Sailors	Mutual Consent	^[22]^[23]
30 June 2023	GK	Harrison Bond	Gateshead	Released	^[24]^[25]
30 June 2023	DM	Will Cain	Clemson Tigers	Released	^[24]^[26]
30 June 2023	GK	Jacob Carney	CD Castellón	Released	^[24]^[27]
30 June 2023	AM	Will Dowling	Stoke City	Released	^[24]
30 June 2023	CB	Cameron Jessup	Clacton	Released	^[24]^[28]
30 June 2023	RB	Ethan Kachosa	Lewes	Released	^[24]^[29]
30 June 2023	LB	Nathan Newall	Buxton	Released	^[24]^[30]
30 June 2023	AM	Owen Robinson	Marine	Released	^[24]^[31]
30 June 2023	RM	Louie Salkeld	ETSU Buccaneers	Released	^[24]^[32]
30 June 2023	CM	Thomas Scott	Banbury United	Released	^[24]^[33]
30 June 2023	CM	Harrison Sohna	Cheltenham Town	Released	^[24]^[34]
30 June 2023	CB	Ben Williams	Ashington	Released	^[24]^[35]
30 June 2023	DM	Carl Winchester	Shrewsbury Town	Released	^[24]^[36]
1 July 2023	SS	Leon Dajaku	HNK Hajduk Split	Undisclosed	^[37]
5 August 2023	RW	Isaac Lihadji	Al-Duhail	Undisclosed	^[38]
1 September 2023	RW	Lynden Gooch	Stoke City	Undisclosed	^[39]
1 September 2023	ST	Ross Stewart	Southampton	Undisclosed	^[40]
2 September 2023	CB	Danny Batth	Norwich City	Undisclosed	^[41]
9 October 2023	ST	Max Thompson	MFK Skalica	Mutual Consent	^[42]^[43]
1 February 2024	AM	Alex Pritchard	Birmingham City	Undisclosed	^[44]
1 February 2024	AM	Josh Robertson	Brighton & Hove Albion	Undisclosed	^[45]

Loaned in

Date	Pos	Player	Loaned from	Until	Ref
1 September 2023	ST	Mason Burstow	Chelsea	End of Season	^[46]
1 February 2024	CM	Callum Styles	Barnsley	End of Season	^[47]

Loaned out

Date	Pos	Player	Loaned to	Until	Ref
12 July 2023	GK	Alex Bass	AFC Wimbledon	End of Season	^[48]
24 July 2023	CB	Joe Anderson	Shrewsbury Town	End of Season	^[49]
1 September 2023	AM	Elliot Embleton	Derby County	10 January 2024^[a]	^[50]^[51]
22 September 2023	CB	Zak Johnson	Hartlepool United	1 January 2024^[b]	^[52]^[53]
5 January 2024	ST	Harry Gardiner	Blyth Spartans	End of Season^[c]	^[54]^[55]
22 January 2024	GK	Kelechi Chibueze	Consett	19 February 2024	^[56]
25 January 2024	LW	Jack Diamond	Carlisle United	End of Season	^[57]
30 January 2024	LW	Jewison Bennette	Aris Thessaloniki	End of Season	^[58]
1 February 2024	CM	Jay Matete	Oxford United	27 March 2024^[d]	^[59]^[60]
1 February 2024	ST	Eliezer Mayenda	Hibernian	End of Season	^[61]
1 February 2024	CB	Nectarios Triantis	Hibernian	End of Season	^[62]
14 February 2024	CB	Zak Johnson	Dundalk	End of Season	^[63]
16 February 2024	GK	Matthew Young	Darlington	End of Season^[e]	^[64]^[65]
15 March 2024	GK	Kelechi Chibueze	Consett	End of Season	^[66]
29 March 2024	CM	Tom Chiabi	Carshalton Athletic	End of Season	^[67]

^ On 10 January, Embleton was recalled back early from his loan spell at Derby.
^ On 26 October, Johnson's loan at Hartlepool was extended until January.
^ On 20 February, Gardiner's loan at Blyth was extended until the end of season.
^ On 27 March, Matete returned from his loan at Oxford early due to a knee injury.
^ On 19 March, Young's loan at Darlington was extended until the end of season.

Pre-season and friendlies

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

On 20 February 2023, Sunderland announced a tour of the United States as part of their pre-season preparations, with friendlies against lower-league sides San Antonio FC and New Mexico United.^[68] A third and final stateside friendly was announced a few days later, against North Carolina.^[69] On May 18, the club confirmed a further two friendlies, against local sides Gateshead and South Shields.^[70] In June, a sixth pre-season opposition was added, with a trip to Hartlepool United planned.^[71] A home friendly against RCD Mallorca was also announced.^[72]

8 July 2023 Friendly	South Shields	3–4	Sunderland	Jarrow
12:30 BST	Blackett 26', 56' Morse 80'	Report	Semedo 48' Clarke 61', 73' Rigg 89'	Stadium: 1st Cloud Arena

8 July 2023 Friendly	Gateshead	2–3	Sunderland	Gateshead
16:00 BST	Pani 20' Campbell 23'	Report	Neil 39' Huggins 64' Spellman 82'	Stadium: Gateshead International Stadium

15 July 2023 Friendly	San Antonio FC	1–3	Sunderland	San Antonio, United States
20:00 CST	PC 25'	Report	Rigg 16' Semedo 45' Bennette 90'	Stadium: Toyota Field Attendance: 8,328^[73]

19 July 2023 Friendly	New Mexico United	2–3	Sunderland	Albuquerque, United States
19:00 MST	Garvanian 88' Zuleta 90+6' (pen.)	Report	Ekwah 39' Semedo 45+3' Lihadji 67'	Stadium: Rio Grande Credit Union Field at Isotopes Park

21 July 2023 Friendly	North Carolina	2–4	Sunderland	Cary, United States
19:00 EST	Mentzingen 52' Perez 59'	Report	Matete 4' Batth 15' Roberts 44' Clarke 45+2'	Stadium: WakeMed Soccer Park

29 July 2023 Friendly	Sunderland	1–1	RCD Mallorca	Sunderland
15:00 BST	Semedo 3'	Report	Muriqi 47'	Stadium: Stadium of Light

1 August 2023 Friendly	Hartlepool United	5–2	Sunderland	Hartlepool
19:00 BST	Wreh 3' Mancini 22', 23' Dieseruvwe 74' Grey 78'	Report	Pritchard 13' Bennette 64'	Stadium: Suit Direct Stadium Attendance: 2,832 (away fans)

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Championship	Matchday 1		45	16	8	21	52	52	+0	035.56
FA Cup	Third round	Third round	1	0	0	1	0	3	−3	000.00
EFL Cup	First round	First round	1	0	1	0	1	1	+0	000.00
Total			47	16	9	22	53	56	−3	034.04

Last updated: 27 April 2024
Source: Soccerway

Championship

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
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
19	Blackburn Rovers	46	14	11	21	60	74	−14	53

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)^[74]

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	16	8	22	52	54	−2	56	10	2	11	30	30	0	6	6	11	22	24	−2

Last updated: 20 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	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	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H
Result	L	L	W	D	W	W	W	L	W	W	L	L	L	W	D	W	L	L	D	W	W	L	L	W	D	W	L	L	W	D	W	L	L	L	L	L	L	D	W	L	D	D	W	L	L	L
Position	20	21	15	18	9	7	4	5	4	4	4	6	10	8	8	6	9	11	9	6	6	6	9	6	7	6	7	8	7	8	7	10	10	10	10	11	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	15	16
Points	0	0	3	4	7	10	13	13	16	19	19	19	19	22	23	26	26	26	27	30	33	33	33	36	37	40	40	40	43	44	47	47	47	47	47	47	47	48	51	51	52	53	56	56	56	56

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

Matches

On 22 June, the EFL Championship fixtures were released.^[75]

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

6 August 2023 1	Sunderland	1–2	Ipswich Town	Sunderland
17:00 BST	Hume 32' 72' Ballard 80' Neil 86'	Report	Burns 35' Broadhead 45+1' Hirst 53' Hladký 56' Morsy 62'	Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 44,409 (1,995 away) Referee: Samuel Barrott
Note: Live on Sky Sports

12 August 2023 2	Preston North End	2–1	Sunderland	Preston
15:00 BST	Keane 25' 35' Frøkjær-Jensen 59' Browne 90+4' Potts 90+5'	Report	Clarke 31' (pen.) Ballard 69'	Stadium: Deepdale Attendance: 19,892 (5,706 away) Referee: James Linington

19 August 2023 3	Sunderland	2–1	Rotherham United	Sunderland
15:00 BST	Cirkin 10' Bellingham 22', 52' 69'	Report	Odoffin 20' Bramall 33'	Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 40,688 (814 away) Referee: Gavin Ward

26 August 2023 4	Coventry City	0–0	Sunderland	Coventry
15:00 BST	Palmer 21'	Report	Ekwah 10' O'Nien 14' Cirkin 65' Pritchard 90+5'	Stadium: Coventry Building Society Arena Attendance: 25,714 (2,785 away) Referee: Keith Stroud

2 September 2023 5	Sunderland	5–0	Southampton	Sunderland
12:30 BST	Clarke 1' Ekwah 7', 45' Ba 39' O'Nien 42' Dack 48' Rigg 90+5'	Report	Mara 35' Adams 69'	Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 41,459 (1,541 away) Referee: David Coote

16 September 2023 6	Queens Park Rangers	1–3	Sunderland	Shepherd's Bush
15:00 BST	Paal 12' Colback 21' Armstrong 33' Kakay 79'	Report	Clarke 45+8' Ballard 57' Ba 81'	Stadium: Loftus Road Stadium Attendance: 16,383 (3,014 away) Referee: Dean Whitestone

20 September 2023 7	Blackburn Rovers	1–3	Sunderland	Blackburn
19:45 BST	Travis 31' Leonard 35', 50' Wharton 45+3' Garrett 77' Rankin-Costello 90+6'	Report	Clarke 28' (pen.), 78' Neil 45+1' Pritchard 71' Ba 86' Ballard 90+7'	Stadium: Ewood Park Attendance: 15,621 (3,825 away) Referee: John Busby

24 September 2023 8	Sunderland	0–1	Cardiff City	Sunderland
15:00 BST	Ba 9' Burstow 58'	Report	Siopis 55' Colwill 77' McGuinness 87'	Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 41,581 (384 away) Referee: Steve Martin

29 September 2023 9	Sheffield Wednesday	0–3	Sunderland	Owlerton
20:00 BST	Diaby 62' Delgado 83'	Report	Ballard 5' Clarke 8', 31' (pen.)	Stadium: Hillsborough Stadium Attendance: 25,987 (3,886 away) Referee: Samuel Barrott

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 86'	Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 38,120 (142 away) Referee: Andy Davies

7 October 2023 11	Sunderland	0–4	Middlesbrough	Sunderland
12:30 BST	Neil 17' 45+4' Roberts 70' Clarke 73'	Report	Jones 32', 72' Greenwood 58' Crooks 60' Forss 90'	Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 43,584 (2,085 away) Referee: Jarred Gillett

21 October 2023 12	Stoke City	2–1	Sunderland	Stoke-on-Trent
15:00 BST	Mmaee 7' Johnson 21' McNally 47' Burger 50' Pearson 59' Thompson 73' Stevens 86'	Report	Clarke 10' 64' Huggins 25' Hume 34' Aouchiche 90+4'	Stadium: Bet365 Stadium Attendance: 25,512 (2,604 away) Referee: Graham Scott

24 October 2023 13	Leicester City	1–0	Sunderland	Leicester
20:00 BST	Justin 12' 67' Iheanacho 40' Vestergaard 50' Pereira 72'	Report	O'Nien 50' Hume 54' Cirkin 71'	Stadium: King Power Stadium Attendance: 30,951 (3,300 away) Referee: Keith Stroud

28 October 2023 14	Sunderland	3–1	Norwich City	Sunderland
15:00 BST	Ekwah 24' Hume 37' O'Nien 41' Neil 45' Clarke 80' (pen.) Pritchard 89' Semedo 90+5'	Report	Fassnach 11' Hwang 23' Giannoulis 61' McLean 78' Idah 90+5'	Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 39,871 (1,083 away) Referee: Anthony Backhouse

4 November 2023 15	Swansea City	0–0	Sunderland	Landore
15:00 GMT	Patino 10' 30' Lowe 45+2' Fulton 50' Darling 80'	Report	Rusyn 20' Ballard 52' O'Nien 90+3'	Stadium: Swansea.com Stadium Attendance: 16,974 (1,791 away) Referee: Bobby Madley

11 November 2023 16	Sunderland	3–1	Birmingham City	Sunderland
12:30 GMT	Bellingham 17' Roberts 39' Hume 45+5' Sanderson 57' (o.g.) Aouchiche 76'	Report	Laird 18' Miyoshi 30' James 46'	Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 40,922 (1,204 away) Referee: Dean Whitestone

25 November 2023 17	Plymouth Argyle	2–0	Sunderland	Plymouth
15:00 GMT	Whittaker 24' Cundle 26' Azaz 40' Kesler-Hayden 85' Randell 90+1' Mumba 90+2'	Report	O'Nien 85'	Stadium: Home Park Attendance: 16,457 (1,632 away) Referee: James Bell

29 November 2023 18	Sunderland	1–2	Huddersfield Town	Sunderland
19:45 GMT	Aouchiche 31' O'Nien 40' Clarke 90+5'	Report	Helik 28' Lees 39' Burgzorg 67'	Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 37,728 (238 away) Referee: Matt Donohue

2 December 2023 19	Millwall	1–1	Sunderland	Millwall
15:00 GMT	Nisbet 44' Saville 67' Białkowski 75' Cooper 78' Bradshaw 81' Watmore 90+4'	Report	Burstow 25' Clarke 32', 78' (pen.) Ballard 45'	Stadium: The Den Attendance: 17,815 (3,005 away) Referee: James Linington

9 December 2023 20	Sunderland	2–1	West Bromwich Albion	Sunderland
12:30 GMT	Ballard 34' 69' Neil 84'	Report	Sarmiento 51' Molumby 54' Chalobah 81' Thomas-Asante 86' 90' Furlong 90+3' Pipa 90+6'	Stadium: The Stadium of Light Attendance: 40,101 (782 away) Referee: Darren Bond

12 December 2023 21	Sunderland	1–0	Leeds United	Sunderland
20:00 GMT	O'Nien 40' Bellingham 78'	Report	Gray 28' Ampadu 64' James 70'	Stadium: The Stadium of Light Attendance: 40,531 (1,995 away) Referee: Dean Whitestone

16 December 2023 22	Bristol City	1–0	Sunderland	Bristol
15:00 GMT	Conway 1' 20' (pen.) Dickie 35' Williams 70'	Report	Bellingham 69' Roberts 85' Ballard 90+4'	Stadium: Ashton Gate Attendance: 22,701 (2,698 away) Referee: Steve Martin

23 December 2023 23	Sunderland	0–3	Coventry City	Sunderland
15:00 GMT	Hume 26' O'Nien 45+4' Neil 88'	Report	Sakamoto 45+1' Collins 54' Bidwell 64' O'Hare 67' Palmer 70'	Stadium: The Stadium of Light Attendance: 41,216 (1,074 away) Referee: Matt Donohue

26 December 2023 24	Hull City	0–1	Sunderland	Kingston upon Hull
15:00 GMT	Delap 88'	Report	Clarke 82' Triantis 90+4'	Stadium: MKM Stadium Attendance: 24,420 (2,150 away) Referee: Sunny Gill

29 December 2023 25	Rotherham United	1–1	Sunderland	Rotherham
19:45 GMT	Clucas 48' Nombe 65' Cafú 90+4'	Report	Bellingham 40' Clarke 73'	Stadium: AESSEAL New York Stadium Attendance: 11,323 (2,420 away) Referee: Tony Harrington

1 January 2024 26	Sunderland	2–0	Preston North End	Sunderland
12:30 GMT	Pritchard 10' Rusyn 44'	Report	Lindsay 39'	Stadium: The Stadium of Light Attendance: 42,714 (670 away) Referee: Oliver Langford

13 January 2024 27	Ipswich Town	2–1	Sunderland	Ipswich
17:30 GMT	Clarke 24' Jackson 33' Taylor 52' Edmundson 54' Burns 60' Chaplin 75' Sarmiento 85'	Report	Clarke 26' Ba 55' Hume 83'	Stadium: Portman Road Attendance: 29,291 (1,987 away) Referee: Sam Allison
Note: Fixture was originally scheduled for a 15:00 kick-off time, but was moved for TV coverage.^[76]

19 January 2024 28	Sunderland	0–1	Hull City	Sunderland
20:00 GMT	Ekwah 48' Clarke 90+4'	Report	Tufan 17' Docherty 30' Coyle 32' Morton 40' Slater 43' Carvalho 71' Allsop 83' Jacob 89'	Stadium: The Stadium of Light Attendance: 40,219 (850 away) Referee: Robert Jones
Note: Fixture was originally scheduled for 20 January, but was moved for TV coverage.^[76]

27 January 2024 29	Sunderland	3–1	Stoke City	Sunderland
15:00 GMT	Burstow 43' Ba 49' Ekwah 70' Ballard 90+1'	Report	Wilmot 26' Cundle 32' Thompson 39' Seelt 74' (o.g.)	Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 41,394 (1,487 away) Referee: Andy Davies

4 February 2024 30	Middlesbrough	1–1	Sunderland	Middlesbrough
12:00 GMT	Engel 34' Forss 61' Greenwood 75' Ayling 79'	Report	Hume 14' Ba 34' Rusyn 83' Ekwah 90+2'	Stadium: Riverside Stadium Attendance: 31,716 (2,000 away) Referee: Darren England
Note: Fixture was initially scheduled for 3 February, but was moved for live Sky Sports coverage.^[77]

10 February 2024 31	Sunderland	3–1	Plymouth Argyle	Sunderland
15:00 GMT	Ba 10' Ekwah 52' Clarke 59' Bellingham 67'	Report	Whittaker 24' Phillips 33' Hardie 39' Mumba Gyabi 69' Sorinola 87'	Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 41,269 (1,200 away) Referee: Anthony Backhouse

14 February 2024 32	Huddersfield Town	1–0	Sunderland	Huddersfield
19:45 GMT	Pearson 37' Matos 68' Nicholls 80'	Report	O'Nien 35' Ba 50' Mundle 86' Patterson 90+6'	Stadium: John Smith's Stadium Attendance: 19,550 (2,400 away) Referee: Gavin Ward

17 February 2024 33	Birmingham City	2–1	Sunderland	Bordesley
15:00 GMT	Paik 32' James 60', 77' Laird 62' Bielik 72' Miyoshi 80'	Report	Bellingham 16' Clarke 22' Ballard 56' Ba 73' Hume 82'	Stadium: St Andrew's Stadium Attendance: 27,449 (2,300 away) Referee: Steve Martin

24 February 2024 34	Sunderland	1–2	Swansea City	Sunderland
15:00 GMT	Hume 45+4' O'Nien 77'	Report	Ronald 19', 28' Cabango 45+5' Paterson 45+5' Darling 90+2' Tymon 90+4'	Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 41,777 (358 away) Referee: Keith Stroud

2 March 2024 35	Norwich City	1–0	Sunderland	Norwich
15:00 GMT	Giannoulis 76' Sargent 81' Sørensen 90'	Report	Hume 43' Ekwah 59' Seelt 90+5'	Stadium: Carrow Road Attendance: 26,668 (2,023 away) Referee: Thomas Kirk

5 March 2024 36	Sunderland	0–1	Leicester City	Sunderland
19:45 GMT	O'Nien 55'	Report	Vardy 13' Hermansen 68' Dewsbury-Hall 81' Ndidi 90'	Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 40,293 (1,200 away) Referee: Sunny Sukhvir Gill

9 March 2024 37	Southampton	4–2	Sunderland	Southampton
15:00 GMT	Armstrong 9' Armstrong 37' (pen.) Rothwell 77', 80' 90+6' Aribo 90'	Report	Seelt 8' Ballard 31' Mundle 62' Hjelde 64' Bellingham 71'	Stadium: St Mary's Stadium Attendance: 30,869 (2,021 away) Referee: Stuart Attwell

16 March 2024 38	Sunderland	0–0	Queens Park Rangers	Sunderland
15:00 GMT	Hume 73'	Report	Dunne 45' Willock 87'	Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 41,478 (1,101 away) Referee: Oliver Langford

29 March 2024 39	Cardiff City	0–2	Sunderland	Leckwith
15:00 GMT	Wintle 64' Bowler 64'	Report	Aouchiche 12' Bellingham 27' Styles 36'	Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium Attendance: 22,141 (2,400 away) Referee: Jeremy Simpson

1 April 2024 40	Sunderland	1–5	Blackburn Rovers	Sunderland
15:00 BST	Rigg 77'	Report	Szmodics 29', 36' Hedges 47' Dolan 54' Moran 81'	Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 42,019 (1,100 away) Referee: John Busby

6 April 2024 41	Sunderland	0–0	Bristol City	Sunderland
15:00 BST	Hume 62'	Report	Roberts 70'	Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: Leigh Doughty Referee: 40,298 (742 away)

9 April 2024 42	Leeds United	0–0	Sunderland	Leeds
20:00 BST	Firpo 70'	Report	Ballard 21' O'Nien 46' Rigg 57' Bellingham 62'	Stadium: Elland Road Attendance: 36,793 (2,987 away) Referee: Tim Robinson
Note: Fixture was initially scheduled to kick-off at 19:45, but was moved for live Sky Sports broadcast.^[78]

13 April 2024 43	West Bromwich Albion	0–1	Sunderland	West Bromwich
15:00 BST		Report	Ekwah 45+2'	Stadium: The Hawthorns Attendance: 25,366 (2,009 away) Referee: Matt Donohue

20 April 2024 44	Sunderland	0–1	Millwall	Sunderland
15:00 BST	Clarke 12' Ballard 87' Bellingham 90+1'	Report	Obafemi 43' Watmore 71' Flemming 87'	Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 40,743 Referee: Anthony Backhouse

[50] On 10 January, Embleton was recalled back early from his loan spell at Derby.

[53] On 26 October, Johnson's loan at Hartlepool was extended until January.

[56] On 20 February, Gardiner's loan at Blyth was extended until the end of season.

[62] On 27 March, Matete returned from his loan at Oxford early due to a knee injury.

[68] On 19 March, Young's loan at Darlington was extended until the end of season.

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