The 2023–24 season was Tottenham Hotspur's 32nd season in the Premier League, 46th successive season in the top flight of the

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, and 118th season in existence. In addition to the domestic league, they participated in this season's editions of the FA Cup and

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. For the first time since the 2009–10 season, Tottenham did not compete in any European competition, due to an eighth-place finish in the

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. It was also the first season since 2008–09 not to feature the club's all-time leading goalscorer Harry Kane, who departed to join German champions

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, bidding farewell to Spurs after fourteen years at the club. On 6 June 2023, Tottenham announced that

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would become the new head coach on a four-year contract. On 12 August, South Korea's Son Heung-min was named the club's new captain, having been appointed in place of Hugo Lloris.

Season overview

The start of the season saw the arrival of Australian manager

and the exit of long time serving players including Harry Kane who had been a constant presence for Tottenham. Other players who exited the club where Lucas Moura who saw out his contract and the exit of Harry Winks who had been at the club since 2014. Davinson Sánchez who had a difficult time at Spurs was sold to Turkish club Galatasaray. Dejan Kulusevski and

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who were loaned in last season sign permanent papers at the start of this season. Tottenham started the season away to Brentford where the game finished to a 2–2 draw. The following week was a home game against

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which Spurs won 2–0. The form continued with an away win at Bournemouth however in the League Cup Tottenham where drawn against

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. This was another away day that ended in a 1–1 all draw and needed penalties to decide the tie. Son Heung-min and Kulusevski converted their penalties, however Davinson Sánchez penalty was saved by Marek Rodák. Fulham scored all five of theirs to knock Tottenham out of the competition. This also was Davinson Sánchez last game for the club as a little over a week later he was sold to Galatasaray.

Season squad

Transfers and contracts

Released

*Note: Players will join other clubs after being released or terminated from their contract. Only the following clubs are mentioned when that club signed the player in the same transfer window.

Transfers in

* Note: Dejan Kulusevski and Pedro Porro were loaned the previous season and signed permanent deals for the 2023–24 season.

Transfers out

Loans in

Loans out

Pre-season and friendlies

To prepare for the upcoming season, Tottenham played a series of

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around Asia and Australia for the Asia-Pacific Tour. This saw newly appointed head coach

return to his home country. The club first met fellow English side West Ham United in Australia on 18 July 2023. They then travelled to Thailand to play Leicester City on 23 July 2023, which was cancelled due to adverse weather conditions. To conclude the tour, Tottenham were supposed to visit Singapore to play Italian club

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on 26 July 2023. However, the match was cancelled due to logistical reasons, and so Tottenham played local club Lion City Sailors instead. On 28 June, Tottenham revealed a special match dedicated to the people of Ukraine, against Shakhtar Donetsk. On 19 March 2024, it was announced that Tottenham would travel to

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and participate in a post-season friendly against Newcastle, at the

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, on May 22.

Competitions

Overview

Premier League

League table

Results summary

Results by round

Matches

The Premier League fixtures were announced on 15 June 2023.

FA Cup

As a Premier League club, Tottenham entered the FA Cup in the third round, and were drawn at home against fellow Premier League side Burnley. They were then drawn at home to

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in the fourth round.

EFL Cup

Tottenham entered the EFL Cup in the second round as one of the Premier League teams not participating in any European competitions, and were drawn away to

Statistics

Appearances

Goalscorers

''The list is sorted by squad number when total goals are equal.''

Hat-tricks

Own goals

Disciplinary

''The list is sorted by squad number when total cards are equal.''

Clean sheets

''The list is sorted by squad number when total clean sheets are equal.''

Awards

Premier League Manager of the Month

Premier League Player of the Month

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References

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