2023–24 Bristol City F.C. season

The 2023–24 season was the 126th season in the history of Bristol City and their ninth consecutive season in the Championship. The club participated in the Championship, the FA Cup, and the EFL Cup.

Bristol City

2023–24 season
Owner	Stephen Lansdown
Manager	Nigel Pearson (until 29 October)[1] Curtis Fleming (interim, from 29 October to 7 November)[1][2] Liam Manning (from 7 November)[3]
Stadium	Ashton Gate
Championship	11th
FA Cup	Fourth round
EFL Cup	Second round
Top goalscorer	League: Tommy Conway (10) All: Tommy Conway (12)
Highest home attendance	25,857
Lowest home attendance	9,661
Biggest win	5–0 (league) v Blackburn Rovers 10 April 2024
Biggest defeat	0–4 v Stoke City 4 May 2024 (league)
Home colours Away colours Third colours
← 2022–23 2024–25 →

Current squad

As of 22 March 2024

No.	Name	Position	Nationality	Place of birth	Date of birth (Age)	Previous club	Date signed	Fee	Contract end
Goalkeepers
1	Max O'Leary	GK		Bath	(1996-10-10) 10 October 1996 (age 28)	Academy	1 July 2015	Trainee	30 June 2026
23	Stefan Bajic	GK		Saint-Étienne	(2001-12-23) 23 December 2001 (age 23)	Pau	5 July 2022	Free	30 June 2025
Defenders
3	Cameron Pring	LB		Cheltenham	(1998-01-22) 22 January 1998 (age 27)	Academy	1 July 2020	Trainee	30 June 2026
4	Kal Naismith	CB		Glasgow	(1992-02-18) 18 February 1992 (age 33)	Luton Town	1 July 2022	Free	30 June 2025
5	Robert Atkinson	CB		Chesterfield	(1998-07-13) 13 July 1998 (age 27)	Oxford United	3 July 2021	£1,500,000	30 June 2026
16	Robert Dickie	CB		Wokingham	(1996-03-03) 3 March 1996 (age 29)	Queens Park Rangers	14 June 2023	£700,000	30 June 2026
19	George Tanner	RB		Blackpool	(1999-11-16) 16 November 1999 (age 25)	Carlisle United	30 August 2021	Undisclosed	30 June 2026
22	Taylor Gardner-Hickman	RB		Telford	(2001-12-30) 30 December 2001 (age 23)	West Bromwich Albion	15 January 2024	Undisclosed	30 June 2027
24	Haydon Roberts	CB		Brighton	(2002-05-10) 10 May 2002 (age 23)	Brighton & Hove Albion	1 July 2023	Free	30 June 2026
26	Zak Vyner	CB		Southwark	(1997-05-14) 14 May 1997 (age 28)	Academy	1 June 2015	Trainee	30 June 2026
27	Jamie Knight-Lebel	CB		Montréal	(2004-12-24) 24 December 2004 (age 20)	Academy	1 July 2023	Trainee	30 June 2027
34	Joseph James	CB				Academy	20 October 2023	Trainee	30 June 2024
35	Duncan Idehen	CB			(2002-07-03) 3 July 2002 (age 23)	Birmingham City	1 January 2022	Undisclosed	30 June 2024
Midfielders
2	Ross McCrorie	DM		Dailly	(1998-03-18) 18 March 1998 (age 27)	Aberdeen	14 June 2023	£1,975,000	30 June 2026
6	Matty James	CM		Bacup	(1991-07-22) 22 July 1991 (age 34)	Leicester City	1 July 2021	Free	30 June 2024
7	Scott Twine	AM		Swindon	(1999-07-14) 14 July 1999 (age 26)	Burnley	15 January 2024	Loan	31 May 2024
8	Joe Williams	CM		Liverpool	(1996-12-08) 8 December 1996 (age 28)	Wigan Athletic	20 August 2020	Undisclosed	30 June 2024
10	Andy King	CM		Barnstaple	(1988-10-29) 29 October 1988 (age 36)	Oud-Heverlee Leuven	2 July 2021	Free	30 June 2024
11	Anis Mehmeti	AM		Islington	(2001-01-09) 9 January 2001 (age 24)	Wycombe Wanderers	31 January 2023	Undisclosed	30 June 2026
12	Jason Knight	CM		Dublin	(2001-02-13) 13 February 2001 (age 24)	Derby County	11 July 2023	£1,975,000	30 June 2027
17	Mark Sykes	RM		Belfast	(1997-08-04) 4 August 1997 (age 28)	Oxford United	1 July 2022	Free	30 June 2025
18	Ayman Benarous	CM		Bristol	(2003-07-27) 27 July 2003 (age 22)	Academy	1 July 2021	Trainee	30 June 2025
36	Jed Meerholz	CM				Academy	2 December 2023	Trainee	30 June 2024
37	Tommy Backwell	CM			(2003-06-22) 22 June 2003 (age 22)	Academy	1 July 2022	Trainee	30 June 2024
Forwards
9	Harry Cornick	CF		Poole	(1995-04-09) 9 April 1995 (age 30)	Luton Town	31 January 2023	Undisclosed	30 June 2026
15	Tommy Conway	CF		Taunton	(2002-08-06) 6 August 2002 (age 23)	Academy	1 July 2021	Trainee	30 June 2025
20	Sam Bell	CF		Bristol	(2002-05-23) 23 May 2002 (age 23)	Academy	1 July 2020	Trainee	30 June 2026
21	Nahki Wells	CF		Hamilton	(1990-06-01) 1 June 1990 (age 35)	Burnley	30 January 2020	£4,750,000	30 June 2025
30	Raekwon Nelson	CF			(2005-10-26) 26 October 2005 (age 19)	Academy	23 May 2022	Trainee	30 June 2026
47	Adedire Mebude	RW		London	(2004-05-28) 28 May 2004 (age 21)	Westerlo	1 February 2024	Loan	31 May 2024
Out on Loan
13	Harvey Wiles-Richards	GK		Bath	(2002-05-27) 27 May 2002 (age 23)	Bath City	1 July 2020	Free	30 June 2024
14	Andreas Weimann	AM		Vienna	(1991-08-05) 5 August 1991 (age 34)	Derby County	3 July 2018	£2,250,000	30 June 2024
28	Raphael Araoye	CB			(2004-04-22) 22 April 2004 (age 21)	Academy	1 July 2023	Trainee	30 June 2024
29	Ephraim Yeboah	CF		Montirone	(2006-07-21) 21 July 2006 (age 19)	Academy	21 July 2023	Trainee	30 June 2026
32	Lewis Thomas	GK		Swansea	(1997-09-20) 20 September 1997 (age 27)	Forest Green Rovers	29 September 2023	Free	30 June 2025
38	Omar Taylor-Clarke	DM		Newport	(2003-12-10) 10 December 2003 (age 21)	Academy	10 October 2022	Trainee	30 June 2025
—	Max Bird	DM		Burton upon Trent	(2000-09-18) 18 September 2000 (age 24)	Derby County	1 February 2024	Undisclsoed	30 June 2027

Statistics

As of 10 February 2024

Players with names in italics and marked * were on loan from another club for the whole of their season with Bristol City.

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Championship		FA Cup		EFL Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	IRL	Max O'Leary	37	0	31+0	0	4+0	0	2+0	0
2	DF	SCO	Ross McCrorie	8	0	2+3	0	3+0	0	0+0	0
3	DF	ENG	Cameron Pring	33	1	29+1	1	3+0	0	0+0	0
4	DF	SCO	Kal Naismith	15	2	9+4	1	0+0	0	1+1	1
6	MF	ENG	Matty James	36	3	26+4	3	2+2	0	0+2	0
7	MF	ENG	Scott Twine	1	1	1+0	1	0+0	0	0+0	0
8	MF	ENG	Joe Williams	31	0	19+7	0	3+0	0	2+0	0
9	FW	ENG	Harry Cornick	33	2	5+22	1	0+4	0	2+0	1
10	MF	WAL	Andy King	10	0	2+5	0	1+0	0	2+0	0
11	MF	ALB	Anis Mehmeti	29	1	10+13	1	4+0	0	2+0	0
12	MF	IRL	Jason Knight	37	6	30+1	3	3+1	1	1+1	2
14	FW	AUT	Andreas Weimann	21	1	9+11	1	0+1	0	0+0	0
15	FW	SCO	Tommy Conway	28	8	16+8	6	4+0	2	0+0	0
16	DF	ENG	Rob Dickie	35	3	27+2	3	4+0	0	2+0	0
17	MF	IRL	Mark Sykes	28	5	23+3	5	0+0	0	1+1	0
19	DF	ENG	George Tanner	32	0	25+1	0	3+1	0	2+0	0
20	FW	ENG	Sam Bell	37	4	21+10	4	2+2	0	0+2	0
21	FW	BER	Nahki Wells	26	4	13+7	3	0+4	0	2+0	1
22	DF	ENG	Taylor Gardner-Hickman*	30	1	17+10	1	3+0	0	0+0	0
24	DF	ENG	Haydon Roberts	12	0	1+8	0	1+0	0	2+0	0
26	DF	KEN	Zak Vyner	29	0	24+0	0	4+0	0	1+0	0
27	DF	CAN	Jamie Knight-Lebel	2	0	0+1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0
29	FW	ITA	Ephraim Yeboah	12	0	0+10	0	0+0	0	0+2	0
34	DF	ENG	Joseph James	2	0	1+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0

Goals record

As of 4 May 2024

Rank	No.	Nat.	Po.	Name	Championship	FA Cup	EFL Cup	Total
1	15		CF	Tommy Conway	10	2	0	12
2	21		CF	Nahki Wells	7	0	1	8
3	12		CM	Jason Knight	4	1	2	7
4	20		CF	Sam Bell	5	0	0	5
	16		CB	Rob Dickie	5	0	0	5
	17		RM	Mark Sykes	5	0	0	5
7	11		CM	Anis Mehmeti	4	0	0	4
8	9		CF	Harry Cornick	2	0	1	3
	6		CM	Matty James	3	0	0	3
10	4		LB	Kal Naismith	1	0	1	2
	7		CM	Scott Twine	2	0	0	2
12	22		CM	Taylor Gardner-Hickman	1	0	0	1
	24		CB	Haydon Roberts	1	0	0	1
	14		CF	Andreas Weimann	1	0	0	1
	Total				51	3	5	59

Disciplinary record

As of 25 October 2023

Rank	No.	Nat.	Po.	Name	Championship			FA Cup			EFL Cup			Total
1	16		CB	Rob Dickie	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	0
	21		CF	Nahki Wells	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
2	8		CM	Joe Williams	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
	14		SS	Andreas Weimann	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
	19		RB	George Tanner	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
	22		RB	Taylor Gardner-Hickman	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
	29		CF	Ephraim Yeboah	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
8	3		LB	Cameron Pring	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	4		LB	Kal Naismith	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	24		LB	Haydon Roberts	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	12		CM	Jason Knight	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	24		LB	Haydon Roberts	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0
Total					18	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	20	0	0

Transfers

In

Date	Pos	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Ref.
14 June 2023	DF	Robert Dickie	Queens Park Rangers	Undisclosed	[4]
14 June 2023	DF	Ross McCrorie	Aberdeen	Undisclosed	[5][6]
1 July 2023	DF	Haydon Roberts	Brighton & Hove Albion	Free transfer	[7]
11 July 2023	MF	Jason Knight	Derby County	Undisclosed	[8]
29 September 2023	GK	Lewis Thomas	Forest Green Rovers	Free transfer	[9]
2 January 2024	FW	Jack Griffin	Guernsey	Undisclosed	[10][11]
2 January 2024	DF	Jack Hooper	Unattached	Free transfer	[12]
3 January 2024	MF	Adam Murphy	St Patrick's Athletic	Undisclosed	[13][14]
15 January 2024	DF	Taylor Gardner-Hickman	West Bromwich Albion	Undisclosed	[15][16]
22 January 2024	MF	Josh Stokes	Aldershot Town	£250,000	[17][18]
1 February 2024	MF	Max Bird	Derby County	Undisclosed	[19][20]
16 February 2024	GK	Isaac Finch	Bridgwater United	Free transfer	[21]

Out

Date	Pos	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Ref
30 June 2023	GK	Will Buse	Yeovil Town	Free transfer	[22][23]
30 June 2023	DF	Jay Dasilva	Coventry City	Free transfer	[22][24]
30 June 2023	FW	Prince Henry	Bromsgrove Sporting	Free transfer	[22][25]
30 June 2023	DF	Taylor Moore	Valenciennes	Free transfer	[22][26]
30 June 2023	MF	James Morton	Weston-super-Mare	Free transfer	[22][27]
30 June 2023	MF	Josh Owers	Yeovil Town	Free transfer	[22][28]
30 June 2023	MF	Joseph Porton	Melksham Town	Free transfer	[22][29]
30 June 2023	DF	James Taylor	Truro City	Free transfer	[22][30]
11 July 2023	DF	Kane Wilson	Derby County	Undisclosed	[31][32]
16 July 2023	MF	Brandon Oputeri	Yate Town	Free transfer	[33]
18 July 2023	DF	Joe Low	Wycombe Wanderers	Undisclosed	[34]
10 August 2023	MF	Alex Scott	AFC Bournemouth	£25,000,000	[35][36]
26 August 2023	DF	Tomáš Kalas	Schalke 04	Free transfer	[37][38]
1 September 2023	MF	Han-Noah Massengo	Burnley	Compensation	[39][40]
1 September 2023	FW	Owura Edwards	Colchester United	Undisclosed	[41]
12 January 2024	FW	Sam Pearson	Yeovil Town	Free transfer	[42][43]

Loaned in

Date	Pos	Player	Loaned from	Until	Ref
22 August 2023	DF	Taylor Gardner-Hickman	West Bromwich Albion	15 January 2024[a]	[44][45]
15 January 2024	FW	Scott Twine	Burnley	End of season	[46][47]
1 February 2024	FW	Adedire Mebude	Westerlo	End of season	[48][20]

1. Gardner-Hickman joined Bristol City on a permanent transfer.

Loaned out

Date	Pos	Player	Loaned to	Until	Ref
13 July 2023	DF	Zac Bell	Yeovil Town	1 January 2024	[49]
20 July 2023	FW	Olly Thomas	Yeovil Town	31 August 2023[a]	[50][51]
20 July 2023	FW	Seb Palmer-Houlden	Newport County	End of season	[52]
21 July 2023	MF	Ewan Clark	Bath City	13 January 2024[b]	[53][54]
26 July 2023	GK	Josey Casa-Grande	Tiverton Town	13 January 2024[c]	[55][54]
4 August 2023	MF	Dylan Kadji	Forest Green Rovers	4 March 2024	[56]
1 September 2023	FW	Olly Thomas	Newport County	24 November 2023[d]	[57][58]
18 October 2023	DF	Harry Leeson	Gloucester City	7 January 2024	[59]
27 October 2023	MF	Kai Churchley	Gloucester City	27 November 2023	[60]
15 November 2023	DF	Duncan Idehen	Yeovil Town	18 December 2023[e]	[61][62]
9 January 2024	DF	Zac Bell	Taunton Town	End of season	[63]
9 January 2024	FW	Marley Rose	Taunton Town	End of season	[64]
13 January 2024	GK	Josey Casa-Grande	Bath City	End of season	[54]
15 January 2024	FW	Andreas Weimann	West Bromwich Albion	End of season	[65]
22 January 2024	MF	Josh Stokes	Aldershot Town	End of season	[17]
23 January 2024	DF	Raphael Araoye	Weston-super-Mare	20 February 2024	[66]
1 February 2024	MF	Max Bird	Derby County	End of season	[19][20]
23 February 2024	GK	Mac Boyd	Cribbs	End of Season	[67]
23 February 2024	FW	Olly Thomas	Yeovil Town	End of Season	[67]
23 February 2024	DF	Callum Wood	Weston-super-Mare	End of Season	[67]
27 February 2024	FW	Ephraim Yeboah	Bath City	End of Season	[68]
1 March 2024	GK	Harvey Wiles-Richards	Weymouth	End of Season	[69]
4 March 2024	MF	Dylan Kadji	Aldershot Town	End of Season	[70]
11 March 2024	MF	Omar Taylor-Clarke	Weston-super-Mare	End of Season	[71]
22 March 2024	DF	Duncan Idehen	Bath City	End of Season	[72]
22 March 2024	GK	Lewis Thomas	Bromley	End of Season	[73]

1. Thomas was recalled back early from his loan at Yeovil Town.
2. Clark was recalled back early from his loan at Bath City.
3. Casa-Grande was recalled back early from his loan at Tiverton Town.
4. On 24 November, Thomas returned early from his loan spell at Newport.
5. Idehen was recalled back early from his loan at Yeovil Town.

New Contracts

Date	Pos	Player	Length	Squad	Ref
14 July 2023	FW	Seb Palmer-Houlden	1 year	Under-21s	[74]
14 July 2023	MF	Andy King	1 year	First team	[75]
21 July 2023	FW	Ephraim Yeboah	3 years	First team	[76]
24 July 2023	DF	Cameron Pring	3 years	First team	[77]
1 September 2023	DF	Zak Vyner	3 years	First team	[78]
3 October 2023	FW	Sam Bell	3 years	First team	[79]
16 February 2024	GK	Josey Casa-Grande	2 years	Under-21s	[80]
16 February 2024	GK	Lewis Thomas	1 year	First team	[81]
21 February 2024	FW	Seb Palmer-Houlden	3 years	Under-21s	[82]
15 March 2024	DF	Jamie Knight-Lebel	3 years	First team	[83]
21 May 2024	MF	Elijah Morrison	3 years	First team	[84]
29 May 2024	MF	Joe Williams	3 years	First team	[85]

Pre-season and friendlies

On 17 May, Bristol City announced their pre-season preparations would end away to Portsmouth.^[86] A day later, the club confirmed their pre-season schedule, with fixtures against Reading, Swindon Town, Newport County, Oxford United and Exeter City.^[87] A seventh and final friendly was later confirmed, against Cheltenham Town.^[88] On July 14, the club announced they would begin pre-season with a behind closed doors friendly against Torquay United.^[89]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

Bristol City v Reading

12 July 2023 Friendly	Bristol City	Cancelled	Reading	Bristol
12:30 BST				Stadium: Robins High Performance Centre
Note: Fixture was cancelled due to Reading unable to fulfil the match.[90]

Bristol City v Torquay United

15 July 2023 Friendly	Bristol City	6–2	Torquay United	Bristol
14:00 BST	Knight Bell Mehmeti x2' Cornick x2'	Report	Ash Jarvis	Stadium: Robins High Performance Centre Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors)

Bristol City v Swindon Town

18 July 2023 Friendly	Bristol City	7–1	Swindon Town	Bristol
12:30 BST	Bell 17', 55' Sykes 77' Conway 90', 92', 99', 114'	Report	Hepburn-Murphy 22'	Stadium: Robins High Performance Centre Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors)

Bristol City v Newport County

22 July 2023 Friendly	Bristol City	8–0	Newport County	Bristol
12:30 BST	Bell 8' Wells 19', 37', 49', 51' (pen.) Vyner 43' Scott 62', 90'	Report		Stadium: Robins High Performance Centre

Bristol City v Oxford United

22 July 2023 Friendly	Bristol City	4–1	Oxford United	Bristol
15:00 BST	Conway 13', 59' Weimann 27' Knight 49'	Report	O'Donkor 15'	Stadium: Robins High Performance Centre

Bristol City v Exeter City

25 July 2023 Friendly	Bristol City	4–0	Exeter City	Bristol
13:00 BST	Leeson 30', 80' Wells 59' Sykes 76'	Report		Stadium: Robins High Performance Centre

Cheltenham Town v Bristol City

25 July 2023 Friendly	Cheltenham Town	1–1	Bristol City	Cheltenham
19:45 BST	Keena 64' (pen.)	Report	Tanner 42'	Stadium: Whaddon Road

Portsmouth v Bristol City

29 July 2023 Friendly	Portsmouth	0–1	Bristol City	Milton
15:00 BST		Report	Sykes 50'	Stadium: Fratton Park

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	Starting round	Final position	Record
			Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Championship	Matchday 1	11th	46	17	11	18	53	51	+2	036.96
FA Cup	Third round	Fourth round	4	1	3	0	3	2	+1	025.00
EFL Cup	First round	Second round	2	1	0	1	5	2	+3	050.00
Total			52	19	14	19	61	55	+6	036.54

Last updated: 4 May 2024
Source: Soccerway

Championship

Main article: 2023–24 EFL Championship

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
8	Middlesbrough	46	20	9	17	71	62	+9	69
9	Coventry City	46	17	13	16	70	59	+11	64
10	Preston North End	46	18	9	19	56	67	−11	63
11	Bristol City	46	17	11	18	53	51	+2	62
12	Cardiff City	46	19	5	22	53	70	−17	62
13	Millwall	46	16	11	19	45	55	−10	59
14	Swansea City	46	15	12	19	59	65	−6	57

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)^[91]

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	17	12	17	53	51	+2	63	11	4	8	31	21	+10	6	8	9	22	30	−8

Last updated: 4 May 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	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A
Result	D	W	L	D	W	D	W	L	L	W	L	W	L	L	W	D	W	L	L	D	L	W	W	W	D	L	L	D	D	L	W	W	L	L	L	L	W	L	W	W	D	W	D	D	W	D
Position	14	10	14	14	8	11	7	9	11	11	14	8	13	15	11	11	11	12	14	14	15	14	12	8	8	11	14	13	13	14	13	11	12	12	13	14	13	14	13	12	12	12	12	12	11	11

Updated to match(es) played on 4 May 2024. Source: Soccerway
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

On 22 June, the EFL Championship fixtures were released.^[92]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

Bristol City v Preston North End

5 August 2023 1	Bristol City	1–1	Preston North End	Ashton Gate
15:00 BST	Bell 47'	Report	Keane 86' McCann  90'	Stadium: Ashton Gate Stadium Attendance: 23,313 Referee: David Webb

Millwall v Bristol City

12 August 2023 2	Millwall	0–1	Bristol City	Bermondsey
15:00 BST	Hutchinson  67'	Report	Williams  25' Pring  69' Vyner  88' James 90+4'	Stadium: The Den Attendance: 18,905 Referee: Keith Stroud

Bristol City v Birmingham City

19 August 2023 3	Bristol City	0–2	Birmingham City	Ashton Gate
15:00 BST	Dickie  38'  76'	Report	Šunjić  20' Miyoshi 45+3' Buchanan  52' Jutkiewicz 84'	Stadium: Ashton Gate Stadium Attendance: 22,397 Referee: Samuel Barrott

Hull City v Bristol City

25 August 2023 4	Hull City	1–1	Bristol City	Kingston upon Hull
19:45 BST	Greaves  9' Tufan 17'	Report	Wells 62'  65' Gardner-Hickman  82'	Stadium: MKM Stadium Attendance: 19,491 Referee: James Linington

Swansea City v Bristol City

2 September 2023 5	Swansea City	1–2	Bristol City	Landore
12:30 BST	Cullen 10' Naughton  45+2' Ginnelly  57' Paterson  90'	Report	Naismith  45+3' Sykes 48' Bell 59' Dickie  86'	Stadium: Swansea.com Stadium Attendance: 16,676 Referee: Oliver Langford

Bristol City v West Bromwich Albion

16 September 2023 6	Bristol City	0–0	West Bromwich Albion	Ashton Gate
15:00 BST	Pring  39' Tanner  54'	Report	Phillips  30' Molumby  67'	Stadium: Ashton Gate Attendance: 21,836 Referee: Anthony Backhouse

Bristol City v Plymouth Argyle

19 September 2023 7	Bristol City	4–1	Plymouth Argyle	Ashton Gate
19:45 BST	Bell 3' James 8' Sykes 33' Wells  35' Tanner  67' Cornick 80' Yeboah  90+3'	Report	Randell 26' Molumby  67'	Stadium: Ashton Gate Attendance: 23,017 Referee: Matt Donohue

Leicester City v Bristol City

23 September 2023 8	Leicester City	1–0	Bristol City	Leicester
15:00 BST	Faes  62' Vardy 67' (pen.)	Report	Williams  51' Knight  53'	Stadium: King Power Stadium Attendance: 31,674 Referee: James Bell

Bristol City v Stoke City

30 September 2023 9	Bristol City	2–3	Stoke City	Ashton Gate
15:00 BST	Bell 5' Wells 15' Weimann  90+6'	Report	Léris 20' Hakšabanović 47' Lowe 89' Tchamadeu  90+5'	Stadium: Ashton Gate Stadium Attendance: 21,117 Referee: Jeremy Simpson

Rotherham United v Bristol City

4 October 2023 10	Rotherham United	1–2	Bristol City	Rotherham
20:00 BST	Rathbone  43' Blackett 86'	Report	Conway 81', 90+5' Roberts  90'	Stadium: AESSEAL New York Stadium Attendance: 9,221 Referee: Dean Whitestone

Leeds United v Bristol City

7 October 2023 11	Leeds United	2–1	Bristol City	Leeds
15:00 BST	James 37' Piroe 53' Rodon  67'	Report	Williams  6' Gardner-Hickman  45+3' Naismith 45+4'	Stadium: Elland Road Attendance: 36,386 Referee: Keith Stroud

Bristol City v Coventry City

21 October 2023 12	Bristol City	1–0	Coventry City	Ashton Gate
15:00 BST	Dickie 45' Weimann  55' Yeboah  90+5'	Report	Eccles  75' Ayari  81' Dasilva  89'	Stadium: Ashton Gate Stadium Attendance: 22,718 Referee: David Webb

Bristol City v Ipswich Town

25 October 2023 13	Bristol City	0–1	Ipswich Town	Ashton Gate
19:45 BST		Report	Jackson  14' Broadhead 16' Morsy  42' Davis  69' Hirst  77'	Stadium: Ashton Gate Stadium Attendance: 22,784 Referee: Tom Nield

Cardiff City v Bristol City

28 October 2023 14	Cardiff City	2–0	Bristol City	Leckwith
15:00 BST	Ng 33' Colwill 90+1' Méïté  54'	BBC report Sky report	Dickie  9' Mehmeti  45'	Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium Attendance: 25,803 Referee: Darren England (Barnsley)

Bristol City v Sheffield Wednesday

4 November 2023 15	Bristol City	1–0	Sheffield Wednesday	Ashton Gate
15:00 GMT	Sykes  45+2' Dickie 64' Pring  67' Gardner-Hickman  84'	Report	Bannan  32' Gassama  42'	Stadium: Ashton Gate Stadium Attendance: 22,322 Referee: Lewis Smith

Queens Park Rangers v Bristol City

11 November 2023 16	Queens Park Rangers	0–0	Bristol City	Shepherd's Bush
15:00 GMT	Smyth  63' Field  67'	Report	Pring  59' Knight  67'	Stadium: Loftus Road Attendance: 17,540 Referee: Geoff Eltringham

Bristol City v Middlesbrough

25 November 2023 17	Bristol City	3–2	Middlesbrough	Ashton Gate
15:00 GMT	Gardner-Hickman 37',  42' Conway 45+1' (pen.) Sykes 67' Pring  77'	Report	Fry  44' Vyner 50' (o.g.) Crooks 52' Greenwood  63'	Stadium: Ashton Gate Stadium Attendance: 21,694 Referee: John Busby

Southampton v Bristol City

29 November 2023 18	Southampton	1–0	Bristol City	Southampton
19:45 GMT	Armstrong  6' Walker-Peters  15' 47' Manning  45+2'	Report	Vyner  85'	Stadium: St Mary's Stadium Attendance: 28,047 Referee: Keith Stroud

Bristol City v Norwich City

3 December 2023 19	Bristol City	1–2	Norwich City	Ashton Gate
13:30 GMT	Knight 34' Tanner  72'	Report	Duffy  26' Tanner 59' (o.g.) Idah 90+5'	Stadium: Ashton Gate Stadium Attendance: 20,424 Referee: Gavin Ward

Huddersfield Town v Bristol City

9 December 2023 20	Huddersfield Town	1–1	Bristol City	Huddersfield
15:00 GMT	Burgzorg 24' Pearson  80'	Report	Conway 46'  82'	Stadium: John Smith's Stadium Attendance: 17,429 Referee: Andy Davies

Blackburn Rovers v Bristol City

12 December 2023 21	Blackburn Rovers	2–1	Bristol City	Blackburn
19:45 GMT	Carter  22' Sigurðsson 35' Wharton 52' Brittain  85' Szmodics  88' Travis  89'	Report	Knight  51' Sykes 60'	Stadium: Ewood Park Attendance: 11,092 Referee: James Linington

Bristol City v Sunderland

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 Stadium Attendance: 22,701 Referee: Steve Martin

Bristol City v Hull City

22 December 2023 23	Bristol City	3–2	Hull City	Bristol
19:45 GMT	Conway 25' (pen.) Tanner  39' Vyner  42' Mehmeti 76' Knight 84'	Report	Seri  7' Connolly 30' Tufan 42' (pen.) Allsop  53' Greaves  72'	Stadium: Ashton Gate Stadium Attendance: 20,816 Referee: Ben Toner

Watford v Bristol City

26 December 2023 24	Watford	1–4	Bristol City	Watford
15:00 GMT	Chakvetadze 49' Hoedt  80'	Report	Pring 28' Hoedt 45+2' (o.g.) Sykes 50' Weimann 83'	Stadium: Vicarage Road Attendance: 19,626 Referee: John Busby

Birmingham City v Bristol City

29 December 2023 25	Birmingham City	0–0	Bristol City	Bordesley
19:45 GMT		Report		Stadium: St Andrew's Attendance: 21,231 Referee: Geoff Eltringham

Bristol City v Millwall

1 January 2024 26	Bristol City	0–1	Millwall	Bristol
15:00 GMT	Williams  90+7'	Report	Norton-Cuffy  74' Hutchinson 90+2' Leonard  90+7'	Stadium: Ashton Gate Stadium Attendance: 21,755 Referee: Tom Nield

Preston North End v Bristol City

13 January 2024 27	Preston North End	2–0	Bristol City	Preston
15:00 GMT	Keane  57' 65', 77'	Report	Pring  50' Cornick  90+5'	Stadium: Deepdale Attendance: 14,929 Referee: Samuel Barrott

Bristol City v Watford

20 January 2024 28	Bristol City	1–1	Watford	Bristol
15:00 GMT	Twine 25' McCrorie  36'	Report	Dele-Bashiru 13' (pen.) Asprilla  14' Andrews  40'	Stadium: Ashton Gate Stadium Attendance: 23,611 Referee: Andrew Kitchen

Coventry City v Bristol City

30 January 2024 29	Coventry City	2–2	Bristol City	Coventry
19:45 GMT	Sakamoto 27' Simms 86' van Ewijk  90+1'	Report	Dickie 45+1' Wells 83' Pring  85' McCrorie  90+3'	Stadium: The Coventry Building Society Arena Attendance: 22,724 Referee: Leigh Doughty
Note: Fixture was originally scheduled for 27 January, but was postponed due to Coventry's FA Cup involvement.[93]

Bristol City v Leeds United

2 February 2024 30	Bristol City	0–1	Leeds United	Bristol
20:00 GMT	Dickie  63'	Report	Gnonto 48'	Stadium: Ashton Gate Stadium Attendance: 25,429 Referee: Stephen Martin

Middlesbrough v Bristol City

10 February 2024 31	Middlesbrough	1–2	Bristol City	Middlesbrough
15:00 GMT	Barlaser  73' Silvera 90+1'	Report	Knight 16' James 17'	Stadium: Riverside Stadium Attendance: 24,881 Referee: Sam Allison

Bristol City v Southampton

13 February 2024 32	Bristol City	3–1	Southampton	Bristol
20:00 GMT	Bell 52' Vyner  65' Dickie 72' Cornick 82' Williams  90+4'	Report	Fraser  90+2' Armstrong 90+5' Sulemana  90+6'	Stadium: Ashton Gate Attendance: 24,661 Referee: Matt Donohue
Note: Live on Sky Sports.

Bristol City v Queens Park Rangers

17 February 2024 33	Bristol City	0–1	Queens Park Rangers	Bristol
15:00 GMT		Report	Hayden  37' Chair 41'	Stadium: Ashton Gate Attendance: 23,619 Referee: Samuel Barrott

Sheffield Wednesday v Bristol City

24 February 2024 34	Sheffield Wednesday	2–1	Bristol City	Owlerton
15:00 GMT	Ugbo 16', 45' Bernard  29'  78' Johnson  70'	Report	Knight 25' Dickie  34' Gardner-Hickman  53' Roberts  61'	Stadium: Hillsborough Stadium Attendance: 26,328 Referee: Thomas Kirk

Bristol City v Cardiff City

2 March 2024 35	Bristol City	0–1	Cardiff City	Bristol
12:30 GMT	King  48' Gardner-Hickman  76'	Report	Etete  15' Ng 66' Wilson-Esbrand  67'	Stadium: Ashton Gate Stadium Attendance: 24,035 Referee: Sam Allison

Ipswich Town v Bristol City

5 March 2024 36	Ipswich Town	3–2	Bristol City	Ipswich
20:00 GMT	Al-Hamadi 62', 86',  90+1' Chaplin 80' Davis 89'	Report	Mehmeti 54' Conway 77' McCrorie  79' O'Leary  85' Pring  90+3'	Stadium: Portman Road Attendance: 28,001 Referee: David Webb

Bristol City v Swansea City

10 March 2024 37	Bristol City	1–0	Swansea City	Bristol
12:30 GMT	Sykes  71' Dickie 79' Wells  88'	Report	Tymon  63'	Stadium: Ashton Gate Stadium Attendance: 20,995 Referee: Matt Donohue

West Bromwich Albion v Bristol City

16 March 2024 38	West Bromwich Albion	2–0	Bristol City	West Bromwich
15:00 GMT	Townsend  28' Fellows 45' Wallace 50' Yokuşlu  71' Kipré  85' Palmer  90+1'	Report	Knight  45+1' Gardner-Hickman  58'	Stadium: The Hawthorns Attendance: 25,254 Referee: Tom Nield

Bristol City v Leicester City

29 March 2024 39	Bristol City	1–0	Leicester City	Bristol
12:30 GMT	Mehmeti 73' Wells  82' Sykes  88'	Report		Stadium: Ashton Gate Stadium Attendance: 25,857 Referee: Andrew Kitchen
Note: Fixture was initially scheduled for a 15:00 kick-off, but was moved for live Sky Sports broadcasting.[94]

Plymouth Argyle v Bristol City

1 April 2024 40	Plymouth Argyle	0–1	Bristol City	Plymouth
15:00 BST	Devine  54'  78' Gibson  62' Houhgton  90'	Report	Twine  28' Wells 57'  90+6' Pring  88'	Stadium: Home Park Attendance: 16,866 Referee: Keith Stroud

Sunderland v Bristol City

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

Bristol City v Blackburn Rovers

10 April 2024 42	Bristol City	5–0	Blackburn Rovers	Bristol
19:45 BST	Conway 24', 32' (pen.) Mehmeti 73' Wells 78' (pen.), 90+6'	Report	Rankin-Costello  29' McFadzean  77'	Stadium: Ashton Gate Attendance: 19,672 Referee: Bobby Madley

Bristol City v Huddersfield Town

13 April 2024 43	Bristol City	1–1	Huddersfield Town	Bristol
15:00 BST	Roberts  64' Wells 90+11' (pen.)	Report	Spencer  7' Matos  12' Helik  42' Pearson  71' Koroma 81' Nicholls  90+9' Rudoni  90+9'	Stadium: Ashton Gate Attendance: 21,819 Referee: Rebecca Welch

Norwich City v Bristol City

20 April 2024 44	Norwich City	1–1	Bristol City	Norwich
15:00 BST	Sainz 58' McLean  90+5'	Report	Roberts 55' Williams  90+2' Mehmeti  90+4'	Stadium: Carrow Road Attendance: 26,295 Referee: Samuel Barrott

Bristol City v Rotherham United

27 April 2024 45	Bristol City	2–0	Rotherham United	Bristol
15:00 BST	Conway 32' (pen.) Twine 57' Williams  83'	Report	Phillips  31' Eaves  67'	Stadium: Ashton Gate Attendance: 22,873 Referee: Charles Breakspear

Stoke City v Bristol City

4 May 2024 46	Stoke City	4–0	Bristol City	Stoke-on-Trent
12:30 BST	Cundle 25' Campbell 45' Manhoef 45+2', 49'	Report		Stadium: bet365 Stadium Attendance: 28,243 Referee: Samuel Barrott

FA Cup

Main article: 2023–24 FA Cup

The club entered the competition in the third round and were drawn away to West Ham United.^[95]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

West Ham United v Bristol City

7 January 2024 Third round	West Ham United	1–1	Bristol City	Stratford
14:00 GMT	Bowen 4' Álvarez  45+5' Ward-Prowse  53'	Report	Williams  33' Conway  35', 61' Pring  60'	Stadium: London Stadium Attendance: 62,477 Referee: Graham Scott

Bristol City v West Ham United

16 January 2024 Third round replay	Bristol City	1–0	West Ham United	Bristol
19:45 GMT	Conway 3' Williams  50' Gardner-Hickman  63'	Report	Benrahma  51' Cresswell  64'	Stadium: Ashton Gate Stadium Attendance: 25,616 Referee: Darren England

Bristol City v Nottingham Forest

26 January 2024 Fourth round	Bristol City	0–0	Nottingham Forest	Bristol
19:45 GMT	Pring  20' James  40' Gardner-Hickman  90+1'	Report	Yates  30' Domínguez  34'	Stadium: Ashton Gate Stadium Attendance: 25,787 Referee: Stuart Attwell

Nottingham Forest v Bristol City

7 February 2024 Fourth round replay	Nottingham Forest	1–1 (a.e.t.) (5–3 p)	Bristol City	West Bridgford
19:45 GMT	Origi 8'	Report	Knight 11' Conway  58'	Stadium: City Ground Attendance: 27,754 Referee: Michael Salisbury
	Penalties
	Gibbs-White Hudson-Odoi Williams Niakhaté Awoniyi		Cornick Bell Wells Mehmeti

EFL Cup

Main article: 2023–24 EFL Cup

Bristol City were drawn at home to Oxford United in the first round^[96] and to Norwich City in the second round.^[97]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

Bristol City v Oxford United

9 August 2023 First round	Bristol City	5–1	Oxford United	Ashton Gate
19:45 BST	Cornick 15' Knight 35', 47' Wells 51' Dickie  55' Naismith 62' Roberts  90+7'	Report	Bodin 30' Brown  45+4' Murphy  70' Rodrigues  89'	Stadium: Ashton Gate Stadium Attendance: 9,661 Referee: Ollie Yates

Bristol City v Norwich City

29 August 2023 Second round	Bristol City	0–1	Norwich City	Ashton Gate
19:45 BST		Report	Płacheta 49'	Stadium: Ashton Gate Stadium Attendance: 9,408 Referee: Samuel Allison