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Arbroath
2023–24 season
ChairmanMike Caird
ManagerDick Campbell
(until 25 November)
Jim McIntyre
(from 4 December)
StadiumGayfield Park
Scottish ChampionshipTenth place
Scottish League CupGroup stage
Scottish Challenge CupQuarter-final
Scottish CupThird round
Top goalscorerLeague: Jay Bird (7)
All: Jay Bird (11)
Highest home attendance5,558 vs. Dundee United, Championship, 4 August 2023
Lowest home attendance780 vs. Inverness CT, Challenge Cup, 9 September 2023
Average home league attendance1,972

The 2023–24 season was Arbroath's fifth consecutive season in the Scottish Championship, following their promotion from Scottish League One in the 2018–19 season. They also competed in the Scottish League Cup, Scottish Challenge Cup and the Scottish Cup.

Competitions

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Pre-season and friendlies

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Date Opponent Venue Result[a] Scorers Attendance Ref.
24 June 2023 Brechin City Away 1–1 Gold 51' 809 [1]
1 July 2023 Montrose Home 1–3 Little 50' [2]
8 July 2023 Stirling Albion Away 2–1 Dow 45', Trialist 78' [3]
12 July 2023 Dundee Home 0–1 Robinson 36' 2,160 [4]
15 July 2023 Falkirk Away 2–1 Bird 20', Baldé 60' [5]

Scottish Championship

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Main article: 2023–24 Scottish Championship
Win Draw Loss
Date Opponent Venue Result[a] Scorers Attendance Ref.
4 August 2023 Dundee United Home 0–4 5,558 [6]
12 August 2023 Queen's Park Away 1–2 McIntosh 71' 916 [7]
19 August 2023 Queen's Park Home 0–1 1,477 [8]
26 August 2023 Greenock Morton Away 3–0 McKenna 20', Wilson 73' o.g., Baldé 90+4' 1,746 [9]
2 September 2023 Ayr United Home 2–1 Bird 21', Hylton 82' 1,643 [10]
16 September 2023 Airdrieonians Home 4–0 McKenna 2', Hylton 35', Bird 88', McIntosh 90+1' 1,708 [11]
23 September 2023 Partick Thistle Away 3–0 Hylton 12', 80', O'Brien 39' 3,159 [12]
30 September 2023 Inverness Caledonian Thistle Home 2–3 Stewart 69', McKenna 79' 1,723 [13]
27 October 2023 Dundee United Away 0–6 8,489 [14]
4 November 2023 Partick Thistle Home 1–3 Hylton 87' 1,753 [15]
11 November 2023 Airdrieonians Away 0–2 1,418 [16]
28 November 2023 Dunfermline Athletic Away 0–3 3,226 [17]
9 December 2023 Greenock Morton Home 1–2 Gold 61' 1,219 [18]
13 December 2023 Raith Rovers Home 1–2 Hylton 30' pen. 1,445 [19]
16 December 2023 Inverness Caledonian Thistle Away 1–2 Bird 29', Gold 42' 1,842 [20]
23 December 2023 Dunfermline Athletic Home 1–1 Bird 45+3' 1,910 [21]
30 December 2023 Raith Rovers Away 2–2 Adams 76', McIntosh 81 pen.' 3,806 [22]
2 January 2024 Dundee United Home 0–3 5,276 [23]
6 January 2024 Partick Thistle Away 0–4 3,481 [24]
13 January 2024 Ayr United Home 0–0 1,598 [25]
23 January 2024 Ayr United Away 0–2 1,115 [26]
27 January 2024 Greenock Morton Away 0–3 1,802 [27]
17 February 2024 Dunfermline Athletic Away 1–1 O'Brien 52' 4,743 [28]
24 February 2024 Inverness Caledonian Thistle Home 1–1 Mackinnon 82' 1,539 [29]
27 February 2024 Queen's Park Away 0–6 1,073 [30]
1 March 2024 Raith Rovers Home 3–2 Bird 61', 71', Stowe 77' 1,780 [31]
9 March 2024 Dundee United Away 0–4 7,676 [32]
16 March 2024 Airdrieonians Away 2–5 Dow 16', Gold 54' 1,403 [33]
23 March 2024 Partick Thistle Home 0–1 1,048 [34]
30 March 2024 Dunfermline Athletic Home 2–3 Stewart 54', 64' 2,139 [35]
2 April 2024 Airdrieonians Home 1–2 Bird 90+1' 1,043 [36]
6 April 2024 Inverness Caledonian Thistle Away 1–2 McIntosh 61' 2,223 [37]
13 April 2024 Ayr United Away 0–5 1,849 [38]
20 April 2024 Greenock Morton Home 1–2 McKenna 68' 1,299 [39]
27 April 2024 Queen's Park Home 0–5 1,322 [40]
3 May 2024 Raith Rovers Away 0–5 3,357 [41]

Scottish League Cup

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Main article: 2023–24 Scottish League Cup

Group stage

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Win Draw Loss
Date Opponent Venue Result[a] Scorers Attendance Ref.
19 July 2023 Cowdenbeath Home 1–1 (4–3 pen.) McKenna 51' pen. 1,010 [42]
22 July 2023 St Mirren Away 0–4 2,059 [43]
25 July 2023 Forfar Athletic Away 1–3 Bird 41' 1,129 [44]
29 July 2023 Montrose Home 3–0 McIntosh 12', Dünnwald-Turan 70', Bird 79' 1,408 [45]

Scottish Challenge Cup

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Main article: 2023–24 Scottish Challenge Cup
Win Draw Loss
Round Date Opponent Venue Result[a] Scorers Attendance Ref.
Third round 9 September 2023 Inverness Caledonian Thistle Home 4–2 Gold 34', O'Brien 41', Stewart 70', Steele 84' 780 [46]
Fourth round 14 October 2023 Queen of the South Away 2–1 Bird 54', McKenna 90' 786 [47]
Quarter-final 18 November 2023 Wales The New Saints Away 1–4 Bird 9' 587 [48]

Scottish Cup

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Main article: 2023–24 Scottish Cup
Win Draw Loss
Round Date Opponent Venue Result[a] Scorers Attendance Ref.
Third round 25 November 2023 The Spartans Away 1–2 Gold 49' 647 [49]

Player statistics

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Appearances and goals

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As of 3 May 2024
No. Pos Player Championship League Cup Challenge Cup Scottish Cup Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Scotland Derek Gaston 23 0 4 0 1 0 1 0 29 0
2 DF Scotland Aaron Steele 20+1 0 3 0 3 1 1 0 28 1
3 DF Scotland Colin Hamilton 14+1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 17 0
4 DF Scotland Ricky Little 21+2 0 4 0 2 0 0 0 29 0
5 DF Scotland Thomas O'Brien 19 2 2 0 2+1 1 1 0 25 3
6 MF Scotland Craig Slater 25+5 0 3+1 0 1+1 0 1 0 37 0
7 MF Scotland David Gold 32+1 3 3+1 0 3 1 1 1 41 5
8 MF Scotland Michael McKenna 19+6 4 3 1 3 1 1 0 32 6
9 FW Scotland Leighton McIntosh 23+10 4 1+3 1 0+2 0 0 0 39 5
10 MF South Africa Keaghan Jacobs 4+9 0 1+2 0 1+1 0 0 0 18 0
11 MF Scotland Ryan Dow 19+5 1 4 0 1+1 0 1 0 31 1
12 MF Scotland Scott Stewart 36 3 4 3 1 0 1 0 42 6
14 FW Scotland Mark Stowe 8+18 1 2+2 0 1+2 1 0+1 0 34 2
15 DF Republic of Ireland Zak Delaney 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
16 MF England Jess Norey 8+5 0 0+1 0 0+2 0 0 0 16 0
17 DF England Connor Teale 9+2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0
18 MF Scotland Adam Mackinnon 14+3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 1
19 FW Republic of Ireland Kyle Robinson 4+6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
20 DF Republic of Ireland Gordon Walker 7+2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
21 GK Scotland Ali Adams 1+1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 4 1
22 MF Scotland Innes Murray 8+4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0
25 FW Scotland Charlie Reilly 4+1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
26 MF Scotland Darren Lyon 7+8 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 16 0
27 FW England Jay Bird 23+10 7 4 2 2 2 1 0 40 11
41 GK Poland Max Boruc 12+1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0
62 FW Germany Kenan Dünnwald-Turan 5+14 0 1+3 1 2+1 0 1 0 27 1
Players who left the club during the 2023–24 season
23 MF Scotland Scott Allan 0 0 1+2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
24 FW England Jermaine Hylton 15+2 6 1 0 2 0 1 0 21 6
25 MF Portugal Joaõ Baldé 3+7 1 3+1 0 2 0 0 0 16 1

Team statistics

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League table

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Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
6 Dunfermline Athletic 36 11 12 13 43 48 −5 45
7 Ayr United 36 12 8 16 53 61 −8 44
8 Queen's Park 36 11 10 15 50 56 −6 43
9 Inverness Caledonian Thistle (R) 36 10 12 14 41 40 +1 42 Qualification for the Championship play-offs
10 Arbroath (R) 36 6 5 25 35 89 −54 23 Relegation to League One
Source: [50]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-to head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Play-off (only for deciding promotion, play-off participation and relegation).[51]
(R) Relegated

League Cup table

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Pos Team
 Pld W PW PL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification STM FOR ARB MON COW
1 St Mirren 4 3 0 0 1 9 1 +8 9 Qualification for the second round — 4–0 4–0 — —
2 Forfar Athletic 4 3 0 0 1 6 6 0 9 — — 3–1 — 1–0
3 Arbroath 4 1 1 0 2 5 8 −3 5 — — — 3–0 p1–1
4 Montrose 4 1 1 0 2 3 6 −3 5 1–0 1–2 — — —
5 Cowdenbeath 4 0 0 2 2 2 4 −2 2 0–1 — — 1–1p —
Source: [52]
Rules for classification: 1) goal difference, 2) goals scored, 3) away goals scored, 4) matches won, 5) away matches won, 6) drawing of lots.[53]

Transfers

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Transfers in

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Date Position Name From Fee Ref.
18 May 2023 MF Craig Slater Forfar Athletic Free transfer [54]
22 May 2023 FW Leighton McIntosh Cove Rangers [55]
24 May 2023 DF Aaron Steele East Fife [56]
7 June 2023 GK Ali Adams Musselburgh Athletic [57]
16 June 2023 FW Mark Stowe Linlithgow Rose [58]
7 July 2023 MF Germany Kenan Dünnwald-Turan Free agent [59]
12 July 2023 England Jess Norey England Barking [60]
15 July 2023 FW England Jay Bird England Dagenham & Redbridge [61]
28 July 2023 England Jermaine Hylton Free agent [62]
12 September 2023 MF Darren Lyon Kelty Hearts [63]
21 December 2023 Innes Murray Edinburgh City [64]
5 January 2024 DF Republic of Ireland Gordon Walker Republic of Ireland Cork City [65]
12 January 2024 Republic of Ireland Zak Delaney Inverness Caledonian Thistle [66]
FW Republic of Ireland Kyle Robinson Republic of Ireland Drogheda United [67]

Transfers out

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Date Position Name To Fee Ref.
17 May 2023 MF Bobby Linn Lochee United Free transfer [68][69]
23 May 2023 FW Kieran Shanks Peterhead Undisclosed [70]
25 May 2023 FW England Sean Adarkwa England Wealdstone Free transfer [71][72]
DF England Lewis Banks England Altrincham [71][73]
MF England Yasin Ben El-Mhanni [71]
GK Cammy Gill Montrose [71][74]
FW Dale Hilson Stirling Albion [71][75]
FW Nigeria Paul Komolafe [71]
MF Dylan Paterson Linlithgow Rose [71]
1 February 2024 MF Portugal Joaõ Baldé East Kilbride Undisclosed [76]
14 February 2024 FW England Jermaine Hylton Lithuania Kauno Žalgiris Free transfer [77]

Loans in

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Date Position Name From End date Ref.
12 January 2024 MF Adam Mackinnon Ross County 31 May 2024 [78]
13 January 2024 GK Tom Welsh Dundee 20 January 2024 [79]
23 January 2024 Poland Max Boruc Hibernian 31 May 2024 [80]
1 February 2024 DF England Connor Teale England Fleetwood Town [81]
23 February 2024 FW Charlie Reilly Dundee [82]

Loans out

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Date Position Name To End date Ref.
23 August 2023 MF Scott Allan Northern Ireland Larne 31 May 2024 [83]
3 November 2023 Portugal Joaõ Baldé East Kilbride 1 January 2024 [84]

Notes

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  1. ^ a b c d e Arbroath's score written first

References

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