2023–24 Doncaster Rovers F.C. season

Doncaster Rovers
2023–24 season
Owner	Doncaster Rovers Ltd
Chairman	Terry Bramall
Manager	Grant McCann
Stadium	Eco-Power Stadium
League Two	5th
FA Cup	Second round
EFL Cup	Second round
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2022–23 2024–25 →

The 2023–24 season is the 145th season in the history of Doncaster Rovers and their second consecutive season in League Two. The club are participating in League Two, the FA Cup, the EFL Cup, and the 2023–24 EFL Trophy.

Current squad[edit]

As of 31 March 2024

No.	Name	Position	Place of birth	Date of birth (Age)	Previous club	Date signed	Fee	Contract end
Goalkeepers
1	Ian Lawlor	GK	Dublin	(1994-10-27) 27 October 1994 (age 29)	Dundee	1 July 2023	Free	30 June 2025
12	Louis Jones	GK	Doncaster	(1998-10-12) 12 October 1998 (age 25)	Academy	1 July 2017	Trainee	30 June 2024
15	Thimothée Lo-Tutala	GK	Gonesse	(2003-02-13) 13 February 2003 (age 21)	Hull City	1 February 2024	Loan	31 May 2024
Defenders
2	Jamie Sterry	RB	Newcastle upon Tyne	(1995-11-21) 21 November 1995 (age 28)	Hartlepool United	1 July 2023	Free	30 June 2025
3	James Maxwell	LB	Crewe	(2001-12-09) 9 December 2001 (age 22)	Rangers	21 July 2022	Free	30 June 2026
4	Tom Anderson	CB	Burnley	(1993-09-02) 2 September 1993 (age 30)	Burnley	1 July 2018	Free	30 June 2025
5	Joseph Olowu	CB	Ibadan	(1999-11-27) 27 November 1999 (age 24)	Arsenal	10 September 2021	Free	30 June 2025
6	Richard Wood	CB	Ossett	(1985-07-05) 5 July 1985 (age 38)	Rotherham United	1 July 2023	Free	30 June 2024
16	Thomas Nixon	RB	Trentham	(2002-11-25) 25 November 2002 (age 21)	Hull City	24 July 2023	Loan	31 May 2024
17	Owen Bailey	CB	Newcastle upon Tyne	(1999-01-22) 22 January 1999 (age 25)	Gateshead	1 July 2023	Free	30 June 2025
23	Jack Senior	LB	Halifax	(1997-01-13) 13 January 1997 (age 27)	FC Halifax Town	1 July 2023	Free	30 June 2025
25	Jay McGrath	CB	Doncaster	(2003-04-15) 15 April 2003 (age 21)	St Patrick's Athletic	4 January 2024	Free	30 June 2026
28	Bobby Faulkner	CB	Doncaster	(2004-08-05) 5 August 2004 (age 19)	Academy	1 July 2022	Trainee	30 June 2024
Midfielders
7	Luke Molyneux	AM	Bishop Auckland	(1998-03-29) 29 March 1998 (age 26)	Hartlepool United	1 July 2022	Free	30 June 2024
8	George Broadbent	CM	Tameside	(2000-09-30) 30 September 2000 (age 23)	Sheffield United	14 June 2023	Undisclosed	30 June 2025
10	Tommy Rowe	LM	Wythenshawe	(1988-09-24) 24 September 1988 (age 35)	Bristol City	1 July 2021	Free	30 June 2024
11	Jon Taylor	RM	Liverpool	(1992-07-20) 20 July 1992 (age 31)	Rotherham United	9 August 2019	Free	30 June 2024
14	Harrison Biggins	CM	Sheffield	(1996-03-15) 15 March 1996 (age 28)	Fleetwood Town	1 July 2022	Free	30 June 2024
24	Zain Westbrooke	CM	Chertsey	(1996-10-28) 28 October 1996 (age 27)	Bristol Rovers	24 March 2023	Free	30 June 2026
27	Liam Ravenhill	CM	Doncaster	(2002-11-28) 28 November 2002 (age 21)	Academy	1 July 2021	Trainee	30 June 2025
33	Ben Close	CM	Portsmouth	(1996-08-08) 8 August 1996 (age 27)	Portsmouth	1 July 2021	Free	30 June 2026
37	Matthew Craig	DM	Barnet	(2003-04-16) 16 April 2003 (age 21)	Tottenham Hotspur	9 January 2024	Loan	31 May 2024
38	Will Flint	CM			Academy	10 October 2023	Trainee	30 June 2024
42	Sam Straughan-Brown	CM			Academy	15 August 2023	Trainee	30 June 2024
Forwards
9	George Miller	CF	Bolton	(1998-08-11) 11 August 1998 (age 25)	Barnsley	1 July 2022	Free	30 June 2024
20	Joe Ironside	CF	Middlesbrough	(1993-10-16) 16 October 1993 (age 30)	Cambridge United	1 July 2023	Free	30 June 2026
21	Kyle Hurst	LW	Milton Keynes	(2002-01-20) 20 January 2002 (age 22)	Birmingham City	22 July 2022	Undisclosed	30 June 2025
22	Conor Carty	CF	Dunlavin	(2002-05-25) 25 May 2002 (age 22)	Bolton Wanderers	3 January 2024	Loan	31 May 2024
31	Caolan Lavery	CF	Red Deer	(1992-10-22) 22 October 1992 (age 31)	Scunthorpe United	24 January 2023	Free	30 June 2024
36	Maxime Biamou	CF	Creteil	(1990-11-13) 13 November 1990 (age 33)	Dundee United	28 February 2024	Free	30 June 2024
40	Billy Waters	SS	Epsom	(1994-10-15) 15 October 1994 (age 29)	Wrexham	11 January 2024	Loan	31 May 2024
47	Hakeeb Adelakun	RW	Hackney	(1996-06-11) 11 June 1996 (age 28)	Lincoln City	22 January 2024	Loan	31 May 2024
Out on Loan
18	Deji Sotona	LW	Waterford	(2002-12-07) 7 December 2002 (age 21)	Burnley	14 July 2023	Free	30 June 2025
19	Charlie Seaman	RB	Waltham Forest	(1999-09-30) 30 September 1999 (age 24)	Bournemouth	1 October 2020	Free	30 June 2024
29	Jack Degruchy	AM	Knaresborough	(2003-08-13) 13 August 2003 (age 20)	York City	28 July 2022	Free	30 June 2024
30	Tavonga Kuleya	RW	Bradford	(2004-06-15) 15 June 2004 (age 20)	Academy	1 July 2022	Trainee	30 June 2024
32	Ben Bottomley	GK	Pontefract	(2002-10-22) 22 October 2002 (age 21)	Academy	1 July 2021	Trainee	30 June 2024
35	Jack Goodman	CF	Nottingham	(2005-03-21) 21 March 2005 (age 19)	Academy	1 July 2023	Trainee	30 June 2025

Transfers[edit]

In[edit]

Date	Pos	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Ref
14 June 2023	CM	George Broadbent	Sheffield United	Undisclosed	^[2]
1 July 2023	CB	Owen Bailey	Gateshead	Free Transfer	^[3]
1 July 2023	CF	Joe Ironside	Cambridge United	Free Transfer	^[4]
1 July 2023	GK	Ian Lawlor	Dundee	Free Transfer	^[5]
1 July 2023	LB	Jack Senior	FC Halifax Town	Free Transfer	^[6]
1 July 2023	RB	Jamie Sterry	Hartlepool United	Free Transfer	^[7]
1 July 2023	CB	Richard Wood	Rotherham United	Free Transfer	^[8]
14 July 2023	LW	Deji Sotona	Burnley	Free Transfer	^[9]
8 August 2023	GK	Rory Watson	Wrexham	Free Transfer	^[10]
4 January 2024	CB	Jay McGrath	St Patrick's Athletic	Free Transfer	^[11]
28 February 2024	CF	Maxime Biamou	Free agent	—	^[12]

Out[edit]

Date	Pos	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Ref
30 June 2023	CF	Kieran Agard	Free agent	Released	^[13]
30 June 2023	LM	Aidan Barlow	Eastleigh	Released	^[13]^[14]
30 June 2023	GK	Jonathan Mitchell	Free agent	Released	^[13]
30 June 2023	CB	Jak Whiting	Bradford (Park Avenue)	Free Transfer	^[15]
30 June 2023	CB	Ro-Shaun Williams	Free agent	Released	^[13]
24 August 2023	GK	Rory Watson	York City	Free Transfer	^[16]
10 November 2023	CF	Reo Griffiths	Free agent	Mutual Consent	^[17]
1 February 2024	CB	Adam Long	AFC Fylde	Mutual Consent	^[18]^[19]

Loaned in[edit]

Date	Pos	Player	Loaned from	Fee	Ref
1 July 2023	RW	Tyler Roberts	Wolverhampton Wanderers	2 January 2024^[a]	^[20]^[21]
24 July 2023	RB	Tom Nixon	Hull City	End of Season	^[22]
11 August 2023	CF	Modou Faal	West Bromwich Albion	13 January 2024^[b]	^[23]^[24]
1 September 2023	SS	Louie Marsh	Sheffield United	10 January 2024^[c]	^[25]^[26]
3 January 2024	CF	Conor Carty	Bolton Wanderers	End of Season	^[27]
9 January 2024	DM	Matthew Craig	Tottenham Hotspur	End of Season	^[28]
11 January 2024	SS	Billy Waters	Wrexham	End of Season	^[29]
22 January 2024	RW	Hakeeb Adelakun	Lincoln City	End of Season	^[30]
1 February 2024	GK	Thimothée Lo-Tutala	Hull City	End of Season	^[31]

^ On 2 January, Roberts' loan from Wolves ended early.
^ On 13 January, Faal returned to parent club West Brom early from his season-long loan.
^ On 10 January, Marsh returned back to Sheffied United early due to injury.

Loaned out[edit]

Date	Pos	Player	Loaned to	Until	Ref
22 July 2023	AM	Jack Degruchy	Marske United	19 January 2024^[a]	^[32]^[33]
22 July 2023	RW	Tavonga Kuleya	Marske United	26 August 2023^[b]	^[32]^[34]
24 July 2023	CF	Jack Goodman	Gainsborough Trinity	26 August 2023^[c]	^[35]^[34]
27 July 2023	RB	Charlie Seaman	Hartlepool United	5 January 2024	^[36]^[37]
8 September 2023	RW	Tavonga Kuleya	Sheffield	7 October 2023	^[38]
15 November 2023	CB	Will Green	Maltby Main	13 December 2023	^[39]
24 November 2023	LW	Deji Sotona	Boston United	13 January 2024	^[40]
28 November 2023	GK	Ben Bottomley	Gainsborough Trinity	26 December 2023	^[41]
10 January 2024	RW	Tavonga Kuleya	Gainsborough Trinity	7 February 2024	^[42]
19 January 2024	AM	Jack Degruchy	Kettering Town	17 February 2024	^[33]
19 January 2024	RB	Charlie Seaman	Wealdstone	End of Season	^[43]
27 February 2024	CF	Jack Goodman	Matlock Town	End of Season	^[44]
27 February 2024	RW	Tavonga Kuleya	Gainsborough Trinity	End of Season	^[44]
27 March 2024	AM	Jack Degruchy	Matlock Town	End of Season	^[45]
28 March 2024	GK	Ben Bottomley	Cleethorpes Town	End of Season	^[46]

^ On 19 January, Degruchy was recalled from his loan at Marske and subsequently joined Kettering on loan.
^ On 26 August, Tavonga Kuleya was recalled from his season-long loan at Marske United.
^ On 26 August, Jack Goodman was recalled from his season-long loan at Gainsborough Trinity.

Pre-season and friendlies[edit]

On 25 May, Doncaster announced their first pre-season friendly, against Rossington Main.^[47] A second friendly was confirmed on June 6, against Port Vale.^[48] A day later, a third was added, against Sheffield Wednesday.^[49] On 14 June, the club confirmed a three further friendlies, against Boston United, York City and Scunthorpe United.^[50]^[51]^[52]

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

8 July 2023 Friendly	Rossington Main	1–3	Doncaster Rovers	Rossington
15:00 BST	Hannah 6'	Report	Rowe 15' Broadbent 54' Miller 68'	Stadium: Oxford Street Attendance: 1,700+

11 July 2023 Friendly	Boston United	2–3	Doncaster Rovers	Boston
19:45 BST	Ward 7' Gyasi 83'	Report	Ironside 18', 28' Rowe 26'	Stadium: Jakemans Community Stadium

18 July 2023 Friendly	York City	1–0	Doncaster Rovers	Huntington
19:45 BST	Kouhyar 62'	Report		Stadium: LNER Community Stadium

22 July 2023 Friendly	Scunthorpe United	0–0	Doncaster Rovers	Scunthorpe
13:00 BST		Report		Stadium: Glanford Park

25 July 2023 Friendly	Doncaster Rovers	1–0	Sheffield Wednesday	Doncaster
19:00 BST	Molyneux 72'	Report		Stadium: Eco-Power Stadium

29 July 2023 Friendly	Doncaster Rovers	1–0	Port Vale	Doncaster
15:00 BST	Broadbent 69'	Report		Stadium: Eco-Power Stadium

Competitions[edit]

Overall record[edit]

Competition	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
League Two	Matchday 1		27	8	4	15	31	47	−16	029.63
FA Cup	First round	Second round	3	1	1	1	5	5	+0	033.33
EFL Cup	First round	Second round	2	1	0	1	3	3	+0	050.00
EFL Trophy	Group stage	Quarter Final	6	3	1	2	10	6	+4	050.00
Total			38	13	6	19	49	61	−12	034.21

Last updated: 31 January 2024
Source: Soccerway

League Two[edit]

League table[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
2	Wrexham (P)	46	26	10	10	89	52	+37	88	Promoted to EFL League One
3	Mansfield Town (P)	46	24	14	8	90	47	+43	86	Promoted to EFL League One
4	Milton Keynes Dons	46	23	9	14	83	68	+15	78	Qualified for League Two play-offs
5	Doncaster Rovers	46	21	8	17	73	68	+5	71
6	Crewe Alexandra	46	19	14	13	69	65	+4	71
7	Crawley Town (O, P)	46	21	7	18	73	67	+6	70
8	Barrow	46	18	15	13	62	56	+6	69

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^[53]
(O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted

Results summary[edit]


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
45	21	7	17	71	66	+5	70	14	2	7	38	30	+8	7	5	10	33	36	−3

Last updated: 23 April 2024.
Source: Soccerway

Results by round[edit]

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	29²	37	39	40	41	42	43	18¹	44	45	38³	46
Ground	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	H	A	A
Result	L	L	D	L	L	D	L	W	W	L	W	L	W	W	L	W	L	L	W	D	L	L	L	D	W	L	L	L	D	W	D	W	W	L	D	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	D
Position	19	24	23	23	24	24	24	22	19	21	20	20	19	17	18	17	19	19	17	17	19	20	20	20	19	19	20	21	22	20	20	20	20	20	21	19	18	18	16	14	12	10	8	8	5	5

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

¹ Matchday 18 (vs Walsall) was postponed due to the international call-ups.
² Matchday 29 (vs Bradford City) was postponed due to a frozen pitch.
³ Matchday 38 (vs Colchester United) was postponed due to a waterlogged pitch.

Matches[edit]

On 22 June, the EFL League Two fixtures were released.^[54]

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

5 August 2023 1	Doncaster Rovers	0–1	Harrogate Town	Doncaster
15:00 BST	Lawlor 65'	Report	Folarin 53' Muldoon 66' (pen.) Gibson 75' O'Connor 90+7' Odoh 90+8'	Stadium: Eco-Power Stadium Attendance: 7,126 Referee: Scott Tallis

12 August 2023 2	Newport County	4–0	Doncaster Rovers	Newport
15:00 BST	Palmer-Houlden 6' Evans 14', 49' Wood 21' (o.g.) Jameson 24' Bennett 61' Lewis 74' Delaney 81'	Report	Broadbent 30' Anderson 32' Roberts 70' Rowe 72' Sotona 74' Biggins 85'	Stadium: Rodney Parade Attendance: 3,989 Referee: Thomas Kirk

15 August 2023 3	Doncaster Rovers	2–2	Mansfield Town	Doncaster
19:45 BST	Nixon 20' 64' Ironside 76'	Report	Reed 42' Boateng 43' Maris 80' Clarke 90+3' Swan 90+4'	Stadium: Eco-Power Stadium Attendance: 7,793 Referee: Lewis Smith

19 August 2023 4	Doncaster Rovers	1–3	Notts County	Doncaster
15:00 BST	Sotona 90+5'	Report	McGoldrick 16' Jones 18' 54' Bostock 21' Langstaff 28', 46'	Stadium: Eco-Power Stadium Attendance: 8,485 Referee: Ben Atkinson

26 August 2023 5	Milton Keynes Dons	2–1	Doncaster Rovers	Denbigh
15:00 BST	Harvie 16' Smith 25' O'Hora 33'	Report	Senior 42' Molyneux 56'	Stadium: Stadium MK Attendance: 5,697 Referee: Andrew Kitchen

2 September 2023 6	Doncaster Rovers	0–0	Swindon Town	Doncaster
15:00 BST	Ironside 35' Westbrooke 39' Rowe 45' Senior 62' Lawlor 69'	Report	Khan 34' Hutton 37' Brewitt 67' Austin 73'	Stadium: The Eco-Power Stadium Attendance: 6,108 Referee: Edward Duckworth

9 September 2023 7	Wrexham	2–1	Doncaster Rovers	Wrexham
15:00 BST	Lee 21' 88' Young 37' O'Connor 79'	Report	Olowu 47' Faal 52' Senior 80' Anderson 90+9'	Stadium: SToK Racecourse Attendance: 10,254 Referee: Leigh Doughty

16 September 2023 8	Forest Green Rovers	1–2	Doncaster Rovers	Nailsworth
15:00 BST	Brown 25' Moore-Taylor 51' 84' Inniss 71' McCann 79'	Report	Biggins 35' Olowu 70' Anderson 90+5' Close 90+6'	Stadium: The Bolt New Lawn Attendance: 1,979 Referee: Jacob Miles

23 September 2023 9	Doncaster Rovers	2–1	Gillingham	Doncaster
15:00 BST	Close 12', 87' Biggins 34' Ironside 90'	Report	Masterson 45+2' Coleman 53' Malone 90+5'	Stadium: The Eco-Power Stadium Attendance: 6,371 Referee: Thomas Parsons

30 September 2023 10	Barrow	3–2	Doncaster Rovers	Barrow-in-Furness
15:00 BST	Warren 12' 22' Garner 36' 53' Gotts 57' Spence 65' Acquah 85'	Report	Close 11' Westbrooke 26' Biggins 32' Ironside 56' Faal 90+3'	Stadium: SO Legal Stadium Attendance: 3,502 Referee: Scott Oldham

3 October 2023 11	Doncaster Rovers	2–0	Crawley Town	Doncaster
19:45 BST	Faal 27' Bailey 32' Ironside 62' (pen.) Olowu 65' Westbrooke 71'	Report	Johnson 45+1' Tsaroulla 45+4' Wright 62'	Stadium: The Eco-Power Stadium Attendance: 5,501 Referee: Martin Woods

7 October 2023 12	Stockport County	1–0	Doncaster Rovers	Edgeley
15:00 BST	Croasdale 34' Madden 74' Olaofe 83'	Report	Molyneux 9'	Stadium: Edgeley Park Attendance: 9,522 Referee: Adam Herczeg

14 October 2023 13	Doncaster Rovers	4–1	Sutton United	Doncaster
15:00 BST	Ironside 17' (pen.), 52' Rowe 56' Westbrooke 63' Faal 67' Nixon 73'	Report	N'Guessan 29' Kizzi 34' Smith 90+3' 90+9'	Stadium: Eco-Power Stadium Attendance: 6,473 Referee: Declan Bourne

20 October 2023 14	Tranmere Rovers	1–2	Doncaster Rovers	Birkenhead
19:45 GMT	Turnbull 11' Jennings 20' 70' Yarney 48'	Report	Biggins 27' Bailey 38' Faal 57' Jones 90+1'	Stadium: Prenton Park Attendance: 5,835 Referee: Ben Speedie

24 October 2023 15	Doncaster Rovers	0–3	Salford City	Doncaster
19:45 GMT		Report	Smith 1', 26', 77' Ingram 40' Mariappa 44'	Stadium: Eco-Power Stadium Attendance: 5,861 Referee: Neil Hair

28 October 2023 16	Doncaster Rovers	1–0	Grimsby Town	Doncaster
15:00 GMT	Bailey 51' Close 68' Ironside 72' (pen.) Jones 80'	Report	Holohan 44' Rose 74'	Stadium: Eco-Power Stadium Attendance: 8,746 Referee: Darren Drysdale

11 November 2023 17	AFC Wimbledon	2–0	Doncaster Rovers	Wimbledon
15:00 GMT	Bugiel 23' 90+5' Lemonheigh-Evans 27' Little 39' Al-Hamadi 45+2', 63' Biler 56' 72' Bass 90+7'	Report	Westbrooke 41' Senior 45'	Stadium: Cherry Red Records Stadium Attendance: 8,013 Referee: Ollie Yates

25 November 2023 19	Crewe Alexandra	3–2	Doncaster Rovers	Crewe
15:00 GMT	Offord 29' O'Riordan 44', 90+2' Thomas 90+1'	Report	Faal 16' Maxwell 19' Anderson 37' Ironside 57'	Stadium: Mornflake Stadium Attendance: 4,263 Referee: Martin Coy

28 November 2023 20	Doncaster Rovers	3–1	Colchester United	Doncaster
19:45 GMT	Maxwell 33' Olowu 63' Rowe 67' Faal 73' Ironside 87' (pen.)	Report	Hopper 22' Taylor 43' McGeehan 51' Smith 60' Ihionvien 79'	Stadium: The Eco-Power Stadium Attendance: 5,412 Referee: Ben Toner

9 December 2023 21	Accrington Stanley	0–0	Doncaster Rovers	Accrington
15:00 GMT	Shipley 55' Conneely 64'	Report		Stadium: Wham Stadium Attendance: 2,501 Referee: Peter Wright

16 December 2023 22	Doncaster Rovers	0–5	Morecambe	Doncaster
15:00 GMT	Sterry 90+5' Senior 90+5'	Report	King 7' Tutonda 28' 80' Mellon 34', 90+7' Bedeau 51' Connolly 76' Mayor 90+3'	Stadium: The Eco-Power Stadium Attendance: 6,260 Referee: Kirsty Dowle

22 December 2023^[55] 23	Doncaster Rovers	1–3	Bradford City	Doncaster
19:45 GMT	Ironside 7' Senior 65'	Report	Cook 27', 85' Smith 43' Richards 90+5'	Stadium: The Eco-Power Stadium Attendance: 8,695 Referee: Edward Duckworth

26 December 2023 24	Notts County	3–0	Doncaster Rovers	Nottingham
15:00 GMT	Crowley 33' Langstaff 44' Nemane 53'	Report	Ironside 26' Close 75' Bailey 76'	Stadium: Meadow Lane Attendance: 12,785 Referee: Lewis Smith

29 December 2023 25	Mansfield Town	1–1	Doncaster Rovers	Mansfield
19:45 GMT	Johnson 21' Swan 90+2'	Report	Ironside 59' Bailey 85'	Stadium: One Call Stadium Attendance: 7,644 Referee: Scott Jackson

1 January 2024 26	Doncaster Rovers	3–0	Milton Keynes Dons	Doncaster
15:00 GMT	Molyneux 8', 22' Ironside 14' Senior 32' Rowe 43'	Report	Eisa 45+3' Dean 74' Lewington 76' Robson 90+5'	Stadium: The Eco-Power Stadium Attendance: 6,151 Referee: Thomas Parsons

6 January 2024 27	Harrogate Town	3–1	Doncaster Rovers	Harrogate
15:00 GMT	Folarin 17' Daly 66' Odoh 74'		Rowe 19' Sterry 38' Nixon 77' Olowu 85'	Stadium: EnviroVent Stadium Attendance: 1,017 Referee: Sam Purkiss

13 January 2024 28	Doncaster Rovers	0–1	Newport County	Doncaster
15:00 GMT	Molyneux 33'	Report	Morris 45+1' Wildig 76' Palmer-Houlden 90+3'	Stadium: Eco-Power Stadium Attendance: 5,889 Referee: Alex Chilowicz

27 January 2024 30	Doncaster Rovers	1–5	Stockport County	Doncaster
15:00 GMT	McGrath 38' Biggins 65' Close 88'	Report	Madden 5', 46', 57' Bailey 10' (o.g.) Lemonheigh-Evans 33' Olaofe 55'	Stadium: Eco-Power Stadium Attendance: 7,469 Referee: David Rock

3 February 2024 31	Sutton United	1–1	Doncaster Rovers	Sutton
15:00 GMT	Kizzi 39' Eastmond 73' Beautyman 90+5'	Report	Waters 1' Wood 36' Broadbent 65' Ironside 90+6' (pen.)	Stadium: VBS Community Stadium Attendance: 3,021 Referee: Scott Simpson

10 February 2024 32	Doncaster Rovers	2–1	Tranmere Rovers	Doncaster
15:00 GMT	Craig 12' Ironside 15' Adelakun 64'	Report	Apter 42' Jennings 42' Hawkes 60' Davies 71'	Stadium: Eco-Power Stadium Attendance: 6,389 Referee: John Busby

13 February 2024 33	Salford City	2–2	Doncaster Rovers	Kersal
19:45 GMT	Wood 14' (o.g.) Watt 55' Luamba 56' Tilt 61' Garbutt 63' 89'	Report	Tilt 12' (o.g.) Craig 64' Adelakun 71' Bailey 74'	Stadium: Peninsula Stadium Attendance: 2,592 Referee: Martin Woods

17 February 2024 34	Grimsby Town	1–5	Doncaster Rovers	Cleethorpes
15:00 GMT	Rose 19' (pen.) Smith 45+4' Clifton 74'	Report	Molyneux 6' Ironside 8' Bailey 28' Maher 51' (o.g.) Craig 53', 72' Hurst 82' Sterry 90+3'	Stadium: Blundell Park Attendance: 7,424 Referee: Thomas Kirk

24 February 2024 35	Doncaster Rovers	1–0	AFC Wimbledon	Doncaster
15:00 GMT	Adelakun 3'	Report	Ogundere 28' Little 46' Tilley 55'	Stadium: Eco-Power Stadium Attendance: 6,440 Referee: Adam Herczeg

2 March 2024 36	Walsall	3–1	Doncaster Rovers	Bescot
15:00 GMT	Gordon 18' Earing 67' Faal 80'	Report	Hurst 62' Maxwell 63' Anderson 71' Olowu 85' Waters 89' Sterry 90+2'	Stadium: Poundland Bescot Stadium Attendance: 7,118 Referee: Sam Purkiss

5 March 2024 29^[56]	Bradford City	1–1	Doncaster Rovers	Bradford
19:45 GMT	Oduor 17' Stubbs 28' McDonald 32' Tomkinson 61' Smith 84' Wilson 90+2'	Report	Maxwell 30' Bailey 41' Biggins 42' Molyneux 45' Lo-Tutala 90+4'	Stadium: Valley Parade Attendance: 17,138 Referee: Leigh Doughty
Note: Fixture was originally scheduled for 20 January, but was postponed due to a frozen pitch.^[57]

9 March 2024 37	Doncaster Rovers	2–0	Crewe Alexandra	Doncaster
15:00 GMT	Adelakun 17' Rowe 58'	Report	Rowe 37' Adebisi 43' Cooney 54' Williams 65'	Stadium: Eco-Power Stadium Attendance: 6,617 Referee: Craig Hicks

16 March 2024 39	Swindon Town	1–2	Doncaster Rovers	Swindon
15:00 GMT	Brewitt 12' McEachran 30' Devoy 44' Glatzel 46'	Report	Biamou 10' Adelakun 26' Senior 50' Lo-Tutala 79' Olowu 84'	Stadium: The County Ground Attendance: 7,419 Referee: Farai Hallam

23 March 2024 40	Doncaster Rovers	2–0	Forest Green Rovers	Doncaster
15:00 GMT	Anderson 48' Molyneux 62' Ironside 68' Keogh 86' (o.g.)	Report	Rodríguez 45+1' Thompson 72'	Stadium: Eco-Power Stadium Attendance: 7,024 Referee: Anthony Backhouse

29 March 2024 41	Crawley Town	0–2	Doncaster Rovers	Crawley
15:00 GMT	Adeyemo 18' Williams 42' Mukena 90+5'	Report	Adelakun 45+1' 57' Anderson 66' Lo-Tutala 90+4' Biamou 90+8'	Stadium: Broadfield Stadium Attendance: 5,336 Referee: David Rock

2 April 2024 42	Doncaster Rovers	1–0	Wrexham	Doncaster
19:45 BST	Maxwell 35' Bailey 44' Sterry 74' Ironside 84'	Report	Boyle 60' Mullin 71'	Stadium: Eco-Power Stadium Attendance: 10,537 Referee: Charles Breakspear

6 April 2024 43	Morecambe	0–3	Doncaster Rovers	Morecambe
15:00 BST	Edwards 39' Taylor 55'	Report	Molyneux 12', 23' Adelakun 68' Craig 76' Sterry 88' Rowe 90+1'	Stadium: Mazuma Stadium Attendance: 4,146 Referee: Darren Drysdale

9 April 2024 18^[58]	Doncaster Rovers	2–1	Walsall	Doncaster
19:45 BST	Ironside 39' Adelakun 45+2', 77' Biggins 90+2'	Report	Foulkes 37' Gordon 65' Hutchinson 90+3'	Stadium: Eco-Power Stadium Attendance: 6,487 Referee: Ben Speedie
Note: Fixture was originally scheduled for 18 November, but was postponed due to international call-ups within the Walsall squad.^[59]

13 April 2024 44	Doncaster Rovers	4–0	Accrington Stanley	Doncaster
15:00 BST	Adelakun 6' Ironside 21' Maxwell 60', 78' Bailey 71'	Report	Whalley 29' Pritchard 90+7'	Stadium: Eco-Power Stadium Attendance: 6,990 Referee: Ross Joyce

20 April 2024 45	Doncaster Rovers	4–2	Barrow	Doncaster
15:00 BST	Westbrooke 10' Molyneux 53' Ironside 58' (pen.), 90+9' Adelakun 84' Biggins 88' Broadbent 90+7'	Report	Acquah 35' Feely 45+1' Newby 79'	Stadium: Eco-Power Stadium Attendance: 10,251 Referee: Carl Brook

23 April 2024 38^[60]	Colchester United	1–4	Doncaster Rovers	Colchester
19:45 BST	Fevrier 9' Iandolo 13' Harbottle 75'	Report	Molyneux 14' Sterry 17' Biggins 22', 73' Ironside 45+3', 85' Anderson 76'	Stadium: Colchester Community Stadium Attendance: 4,041 Referee: Paul Howard
Note: Fixture was originally scheduled for 12 March, but was postponed due to a waterlogged pitch.

27 April 2024 46	Gillingham	2–2	Doncaster Rovers	Gillingham
15:00 BST	Andrews 13' Dieng 57' Anderson 62' (o.g.) Ehmer 71'	Report	Ironside 30' Molyneux 37' Lo-Tutala 55' Craig 77'	Stadium: Priestfield Stadium Attendance: 8,723 Referee: Alex Chilowicz

Play-offs[edit]

Doncaster finished 5th in the regular 2023–24 EFL League Two season, so were drawn against 6th placed Crewe Alexandra in the Play-off Semi-Final. The first leg, which Doncaster won 2–0, took place at Gresty Road and the second leg took place at the Eco-Power Stadium. Crewe won the second leg 2–0, making the aggregate score 2–2, and then won a penalty shoot-out 4–3 to reach the final for promotion to EFL League One.

6 May 2024 Semi-Final First leg	Crewe Alexandra	0–2	Doncaster Rovers	Crewe
17:30 BST		Report	Molyneux 34' Biggins 48'	Stadium: Gresty Road Attendance: 8,220 Referee: Sunny Singh Gill

10 May 2024 Semi-Final Second leg	Doncaster Rovers	0–2 (a.e.t.) (2–2 agg.) (3–4 p)	Crewe Alexandra	Doncaster
20:00 BST	Demetriou 6' Maxwell 16' (o.g.)	Report		Stadium: Eco-Power Stadium Attendance: 12,889 Referee: Scott Oldham
	Penalties
	Ironside Westbrooke Miller Bailey Adelakun		Baker-Richardson Demetriou Cooney Leigh Kirk

FA Cup[edit]

Rovers were drawn at home to Accrington Stanley in the first round^[61] and away to Peterborough United in the second round.^[62]

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

4 November 2023 First round	Doncaster Rovers	2–2	Accrington Stanley	Doncaster
15:00 GMT	Faal 8' Anderson 45+1' Nixon 52' Biggins 81'	Report	Woods 27' Hills 29' Whalley 74' Conneely 84' Leigh 90+1'	Stadium: Eco-Power Stadium Attendance: 3,226 Referee: Alan Young

14 November 2023 First round replay	Accrington Stanley	1–2 (a.e.t.)	Doncaster Rovers	Accrington
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[20] On 2 January, Roberts' loan from Wolves ended early.

[24] On 13 January, Faal returned to parent club West Brom early from his season-long loan.

[27] On 10 January, Marsh returned back to Sheffied United early due to injury.

[35] On 19 January, Degruchy was recalled from his loan at Marske and subsequently joined Kettering on loan.

[38] On 26 August, Tavonga Kuleya was recalled from his season-long loan at Marske United.

[40] On 26 August, Jack Goodman was recalled from his season-long loan at Gainsborough Trinity.

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2023–24 Doncaster Rovers F.C. season

Current squad[edit]

Transfers[edit]

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Out[edit]

Loaned in[edit]

Loaned out[edit]

Pre-season and friendlies[edit]

Competitions[edit]

Overall record[edit]

League Two[edit]

League table[edit]

Results summary[edit]

Results by round[edit]

Matches[edit]

Play-offs[edit]

FA Cup[edit]

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