2023–24 Leyton Orient F.C. season

Leyton Orient
2023–24 season
Chairman	Nigel Travis
Head Coach	Richie Wellens
Stadium	Brisbane Road
League One	10th
FA Cup	Second round
EFL Cup	First round
EFL Trophy	Group stage
Top goalscorer	Ruel Sotiriou (10)
	← 2022–23 2024–25 →

The 2023–24 season is the 125th season in the history of Leyton Orient and their first season back in League One since the 2014–15 season following their promotion from League Two in the previous season. The club are participating in League One, the FA Cup, the EFL Cup, and the 2023–24 EFL Trophy.

Current squad[edit]

As of 22 March 2024

No.	Name	Position	Place of birth	Date of birth (Age)	Previous club	Date signed	Fee	Contract end
Goalkeepers
1	Sol Brynn	GK	Middlesbrough	(2000-10-30) 30 October 2000 (age 23)	Middlesbrough	10 July 2023	Loan	31 May 2024
13	Sam Howes	GK	London	(1997-11-10) 10 November 1997 (age 26)	Wealdstone	6 July 2023	Undisclosed	30 June 2025
Defenders
2	Tom James	RB	Cardiff	(1996-04-15) 15 April 1996 (age 28)	Hibernian	19 July 2021	Free	30 June 2024
3	Jayden Sweeney	LB	Camden	(2001-12-04) 4 December 2001 (age 22)	Academy	1 July 2019	Trainee	30 June 2025
5	Dan Happe	CB	Tower Hamlets	(1998-09-28) 28 September 1998 (age 25)	Academy	2 October 2017	Trainee	30 June 2024
12	Brandon Cooper	CB	Porthcawl	(2000-01-14) 14 January 2000 (age 24)	Swansea City	16 January 2024	Undisclosed	30 June 2026
19	Omar Beckles	CB	Leytonstone	(1991-10-25) 25 October 1991 (age 32)	Crewe Alexandra	1 July 2021	Free	30 June 2025
32	Rob Hunt	RB	Dagenham	(1995-07-07) 7 July 1995 (age 28)	Swindon Town	27 July 2022	Free	30 June 2024
—	Jack Simpson	CB	Weymouth	(1996-12-18) 18 December 1996 (age 27)	Cardiff City	29 February 2024	Free	30 June 2024
Midfielders
8	Jordan Brown	DM	Stoke-on-Trent	(2001-06-21) 21 June 2001 (age 22)	Derby County	24 January 2022	Free	30 June 2025
11	Theo Archibald	LM	Glasgow	(1998-03-05) 5 March 1998 (age 26)	Lincoln City	1 July 2022	Undisclosed	30 June 2024
14	George Moncur	CM	Swindon	(1993-08-18) 18 August 1993 (age 30)	Hull City	1 July 2022	Undisclosed	30 June 2025
15	Idris El Mizouni	CM	Paris	(2000-09-26) 26 September 2000 (age 23)	Ipswich Town	5 July 2023	Loan	31 May 2024
18	Darren Pratley	CM	Barking	(1985-04-22) 22 April 1985 (age 39)	Charlton Athletic	1 July 2021	Free	30 June 2024
22	Ethan Galbraith	CM	Glengormley	(2001-05-11) 11 May 2001 (age 22)	Manchester United	1 July 2023	Free	30 June 2025
23	Max Sanders	CM	Horsham	(1999-01-04) 4 January 1999 (age 25)	Lincoln City	1 July 2023	Free	30 June 2025
29	Zech Obiero	CM	Redbridge	(2005-01-18) 18 January 2005 (age 19)	Tottenham Hotspur	1 July 2019	Free	30 June 2024
30	Jephte Tanga	CM	Lambeth	(2004-06-16) 16 June 2004 (age 19)	Academy	1 September 2022	Trainee	30 June 2024
34	Charlie Pegrum	RM	Havering	(2004-10-11) 11 October 2004 (age 19)	Academy	8 August 2023	Trainee	30 June 2026
36	Makai Welch	CM			Academy	6 November 2023	Trainee	30 June 2024
38	Abdi Mohamud	CM			Academy	6 November 2023	Trainee	30 June 2024
Forwards
7	Dan Agyei	CF	Kingston upon Thames	(1997-06-01) 1 June 1997 (age 26)	Crewe Alexandra	1 July 2023	Undisclosed	30 June 2025
9	Joe Pigott	CF	Maidstone	(1993-11-24) 24 November 1993 (age 30)	Ipswich Town	21 July 2023	Free	30 June 2025
10	Ruel Sotiriou	LW	Edmonton	(2000-08-24) 24 August 2000 (age 23)	Academy	1 July 2018	Trainee	30 June 2024
17	Shaq Forde	CF	Watford	(2004-05-05) 5 May 2004 (age 19)	Watford	14 August 2023	Loan	31 May 2024
20	Daniel Adu-Adjei	CF	London	(2005-06-21) 21 June 2005 (age 18)	Bournemouth	1 February 2024	Loan	31 May 2024
21	Ollie O'Neill	LW	London	(2003-01-08) 8 January 2003 (age 21)	Fulham	23 January 2024	Undisclosed	30 June 2026
24	Jordan Graham	RW	Coventry	(1995-03-05) 5 March 1995 (age 29)	Birmingham City	2 August 2023	Free	30 June 2025
47	Khayon Edwards	CF	Islington	(2003-09-12) 12 September 2003 (age 20)	Arsenal	1 February 2024	Loan	31 May 2024
Out on Loan
6	Adam Thompson	CB	Harlow	(1992-09-28) 28 September 1992 (age 31)	Rotherham United	30 January 2021	Undisclosed	30 June 2024
25	Harrison Sodje	LB	Lambeth	(2003-12-31) 31 December 2003 (age 20)	Academy	8 August 2023	Trainee	30 June 2024
27	Rhys Byrne	GK	Redbridge	(2002-08-24) 24 August 2002 (age 21)	Academy	1 July 2021	Trainee	30 June 2024

Transfers[edit]

In[edit]

Date	Pos	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Ref
1 July 2023	CM	Max Sanders	Lincoln City	Free Transfer	^[1]
1 July 2023	CF	Dan Agyei	Crewe Alexandra	Free Transfer	^[2]
1 July 2023	CM	Ethan Galbraith	Manchester United	Free Transfer	^[2]
6 July 2023	GK	Sam Howes	Wealdstone	Undisclosed	^[3]
21 July 2023	CF	Joe Pigott	Ipswich Town	Free Transfer	^[4]
2 August 2023	RW	Jordan Graham	Birmingham City	Free Transfer	^[5]
16 January 2024	CB	Brandon Cooper	Swansea City	Undisclosed	^[6]
23 January 2024	LW	Ollie O'Neill	Fulham	Undisclosed	^[7]
29 February 2024	CB	Jack Simpson	Free agent	—	^[8]

Loaned in[edit]

Date	Pos	Player	Loaned from	Date until	Ref
5 July 2023	CM	Idris El Mizouni	Ipswich Town	End of Season	^[9]
10 July 2023	GK	Sol Brynn	Middlesbrough	End of Season	^[10]
1 August 2023	CB	Ed Turns	Brighton & Hove Albion	1 February 2024^[a]	^[11]^[12]
14 August 2023	CF	Shaq Forde	Watford	End of Season	^[13]
1 September 2023	CB	Brandon Cooper	Swansea City	1 January 2024	^[14]
1 February 2024	CF	Daniel Adu-Adjei	Bournemouth	End of Season	^[15]
1 February 2024	CF	Khayon Edwards	Arsenal	End of Season	^[16]

^ On 1 February, Turns was recalled back early to Brighton.

Out[edit]

Date	Pos	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Ref
15 June 2023	CF	Daniel Nkrumah	Middlesbrough	Undisclosed	^[17]
30 June 2023	GK	Lawrence Vigouroux	Burnley	End of Contract	^[18]
30 June 2023	CM	Craig Clay	Sutton United	Released	^[19]^[20]
30 June 2023	CF	Sonny Fish	Crawley Town	Released	^[19]^[21]
30 June 2023	LW	Anthony Georgiou	Enosis Neon Paralimni	Released	^[19]^[22]
30 June 2023	DM	Jordan Lyden	Hereford	Released	^[19]^[23]
30 June 2023	GK	Sam Sargeant	Waterford	Released	^[19]^[24]
30 June 2023	CF	Harry Smith	Sutton United	Released	^[19]^[25]
30 June 2023	LB	Connor Wood	Tranmere Rovers	Released	^[19]^[26]
30 June 2023	CM	Matt Young	Free agent	Released	^[19]
30 June 2023	RW	Paul Smyth	Queens Park Rangers	End of Contract	^[27]
19 July 2023	LB	Shadrach Ogie	Gillingham	Undisclosed	^[28]
1 February 2024	CF	Aaron Drinan	Swindon Town	Undisclosed	^[29]

Loaned out[edit]

Date	Pos	Player	Loaned to	Until	Ref
4 August 2023	CM	Jephte Tanga	Welling United	5 January 2024^[a]	^[30]^[31]
2 October 2023	CM	Sahid Nallo	Erith and Belvedere	30 October 2023	^[32]
2 October 2023	CM	Charlie Pegrum	Tonbridge Angels	27 November 2023	^[32]
2 October 2023	CB	Marley St Louis	Erith and Belvedere	30 October 2023	^[32]
7 October 2023	LB	Harrison Sodje	Bishop's Stortford	30 November 2023	^[33]
20 October 2023	CM	Zech Obiero	Chelmsford City	20 November 2023	^[34]
6 November 2023	RB	Emmanuel Kwatchey	Cray Wanderers	4 December 2023	^[35]
11 November 2023	GK	Noah Phillips	Hornchurch	9 December 2023	^[36]
5 January 2024	CM	Jephte Tanga	Maidstone United	3 February 2024	^[31]
31 January 2024	CB	Adam Thompson	Barnet	End of Season	^[37]
22 March 2024	GK	Rhys Byrne	Dartford	End of Season	^[38]
22 March 2024	LB	Harrison Sodje	Dartford	End of Season	^[38]

Pre-season and friendlies[edit]

On 17 May, Orient announced their first pre-season friendly against Charlton Athletic in Málaga during a warm-weather training camp in Spain.^[39] A week later, two further friendlies were confirmed against Bishop's Stortford and Ebbsfleet United.^[40] Three more matches, against Billericay Town, Chelmsford City and Dagenham & Redbridge, and one still to be confirmed was later announced.^[41]

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

7 July 2023 Friendly	Billericay Town	0–0	Leyton Orient	Billericay
19:45 BST		Report		Stadium: New Lodge Attendance: 1,642 Referee: Aaron Farmer

14 July 2023 Friendly	Charlton Athletic	1–1	Leyton Orient	Málaga, Spain
11:00 CEST 10:00 BST	May 32'		Drinan 58'	Stadium: Marbella Football Centre

19 July 2023 Friendly	Chelmsford City	2–0	Leyton Orient	Chelmsford
19:45 BST	Jones 44' Bettamer 85'			Stadium: Melbourne Stadium

19 July 2023 Friendly	Ebbsfleet United	3–2	Leyton Orient	Northfleet
19:45 BST	Poleon 12', 36' Coulthirst 26'		Sotiriou 83' Tanga 90'	Stadium: Stonebridge Road

25 July 2023 Friendly	Dagenham & Redbridge	1–1	Leyton Orient	Dagenham
19:45 BST	Ibie 24'		Moncur 48'	Stadium: Chigwell Construction Stadium

1 August 2023 Friendly	Bishop's Stortford	1–0	Leyton Orient	Bishop's Stortford
15:00 BST	Foxley 54' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Woodside Park

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 One	Matchday 1		40	16	10	14	44	45	−1	040.00
FA Cup	First round	Second round	2	1	0	1	3	2	+1	050.00
EFL Cup	First round	First round	1	0	0	1	0	2	−2	000.00
EFL Trophy	Group stage	Group stage	3	0	1	2	4	6	−2	000.00
Total			46	17	11	18	51	55	−4	036.96

Last updated: 29 March 2024
Source: Soccerway

League One[edit]

League table[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
8	Blackpool	46	21	10	15	65	48	+17	73
9	Stevenage	46	19	14	13	57	46	+11	71
10	Wycombe Wanderers	46	17	14	15	60	55	+5	65
11	Leyton Orient	46	18	11	17	53	55	−2	65
12	Wigan Athletic	46	20	10	16	63	56	+7	62^[b]
13	Exeter City	46	17	10	19	46	61	−15	61
14	Northampton Town	46	17	9	20	57	66	−9	60

Updated to match(es) played on 27 April 2024. 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^[44]
Notes:

^ On 5 January, Tanga was recalled back from his loan at Welling and subsequently joined Maidstone on loan.
^ On 19 May 2023, Wigan Athletic were deducted four points for failing to pay players and staff on time following previous EFL rules breaches in the 2022–23 season.^[42] Another four-point deduction was applied on 26 May, after the club's owners missed a deadline to deposit an amount equalling 125% of its monthly wage bill.^[43]

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	17	11	17	50	54	−4	62	9	5	9	28	33	−5	8	6	8	22	21	+1

Last updated: 20 April 2024.
Source: Soccerway

Results by round[edit]

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	12	13	14	15	16	17	11¹	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	28	29	30	31	18²	32	33	34	35	27³	36	37	38	39	41	42	43	40	44	45
Ground	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	H	A	H
Result	L	L	L	D	W	L	W	D	W	L	W	W	D	D	D	L	L	D	D	L	W	L	W	D	W	W	W	D	W	W	L	W	L	W	W	L	L	D	W	L	L	W	D	L	L
Position	16	22	22	23	18	20	16	16	15	16	16	10	13	12	14	14	14	16	16	16	14	16	13	13	12	10	9	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10

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 11 (vs Lincoln City) was abandoned due to a medical emergency.
² Matchday 18 (vs Port Vale) was postponed due to international call-ups.
³ Matchday 27 (vs Blackpool) was postponed due to Blackpool's FA Cup involvement.

Matches[edit]

On 22 June, the EFL League One fixtures were released.^[45]

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

5 August 2023 1	Charlton Athletic	1–0	Leyton Orient	Charlton
15:00 BST	Dobson 45' May 49' Fraser 60' Maynard-Brewer 90+2'	Report	Beckles 13' El Mizouni 15'	Stadium: The Valley Attendance: 18,512 Referee: Andrew Kitchen

12 August 2023 2	Leyton Orient	0–4	Portsmouth	Leyton
15:00 BST	Hunt 50' Beckles 90+2'	Report	Pack 23' Bishop 44' Beckles 51' (o.g.) Robertson 68' Yengi 90+3' (pen.) 90+4'	Stadium: Brisbane Road Attendance: 8,372 Referee: Ollie Yates

15 August 2023 3	Wycombe Wanderers	3–2	Leyton Orient	High Wycombe
19:45 BST	Low 15', 68' Stryjek 82' Taylor 84'	Report	Sotiriou 36', 86' Brown 42' Happe 50' James 58' Turns 90+7'	Stadium: Adams Park Attendance: 4,794 Referee: Thomas Parsons

19 August 2023 4	Blackpool	0–0	Leyton Orient	Blackpool
15:00 BST		Report	Turns 54' El Mizouni 83' Graham 90+3' Sotiriou 90+4'	Stadium: Bloomfield Road Attendance: 10,146 Referee: Marc Edwards

26 August 2023 5	Leyton Orient	2–0	Cambridge United	Leyton
15:00 BST	Galbraith 15' Forde 29' Graham 32' Archibald 57' 82' James 85'	Report	Andrew 45' Ahadme 49' Simper 68' Okenabirhie 86'	Stadium: Breyer Group Stadium Attendance: 8,266 Referee: Stephen Martin

2 September 2023 6	Leyton Orient	0–3	Stevenage	Leyton
15:00 BST	Forde 16' Turns 32'	Report	McNeill 21' Sweeney 44' Freeman 79' Roberts 86'	Stadium: Breyer Group Stadium Attendance: 8,287 Referee: Scott Oldham

9 September 2023 7	Exeter City	1–2	Leyton Orient	Exeter
15:00 BST	Mitchell 48' Borges 90' Beardmore 90+5' Cole 90+6'	Report	Archibald 45+2' Pigott 55' Pratley 59' Sotiriou 90+2' 90+3'	Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 7,004 Referee: Ben Toner

16 September 2023 8	Peterborough United	1–1	Leyton Orient	Peterborough
15:00 BST	Kioso 6' Kyprianou 21' 84'	Report	Beckles 33' Pratley 43' Graham 86' El Mizouni 89'	Stadium: Weston Homes Stadium Attendance: 7,945 Referee: Scott Tallis

23 September 2023 9	Leyton Orient	1–0	Shrewsbury Town	Leyton
15:00 BST	Sotiriou 20' Pratley 49' Archibald 52' Forde 72' James 75'	Report	Flanagan 85'	Stadium: Brisbane Road Attendance: 8,001 Referee: Lewis Smith

30 September 2023 10	Fleetwood Town	1–0	Leyton Orient	Fleetwood
15:00 BST	Nsiala 50' Marriott 56' Johnston 77' 90+9'	Report	Beckles 52' Sotiriou 89' Brown 90+4' Galbraith 90+4' 90+9'	Stadium: Highbury Stadium Attendance: 3,189 Referee: Simon Mather

7 October 2023 12	Leyton Orient	2–1	Reading	Leyton
15:00 BST	Brown 26' Hunt 61' Sotiriou 69' Moncur 90' Cooper 90+2'	Report	Bindon 19', 35' Azeez 70'	Stadium: Brisbane Road Attendance: 8,639 Referee: Neil Hair

14 October 2023 13	Carlisle United	0–1	Leyton Orient	Carlisle
15:00 BST		Report	Sotiriou 21' Brown 38' Turns 75' El Mizouni 90+3'	Stadium: Brunton Park Attendance: 8,355 Referee: Edward Duckworth

21 October 2023 14	Leyton Orient	1–1	Barnsley	Leyton
15:00 GMT	Pigott 27' (pen.)	Report	Kane 69' Cosgrove 89' 90+1'	Stadium: Brisbane Road Attendance: 8,642 Referee: Peter Wright

24 October 2023 15	Northampton Town	2–2	Leyton Orient	Northampton
19:45 BST	Hoskins 49', 52' (pen.) Bowie 58'	Report	Happe 10' Hunt 14' Cooper 19' Forde 90+6' Turns 90+7'	Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 6,193 Referee: Jacob Miles

28 October 2023 16	Burton Albion	0–0	Leyton Orient	Burton upon Trent
15:00 GMT	Oshilaja 59'	Report	Brown 72'	Stadium: Pirelli Stadium Attendance: 3,359 Referee: Charles Breakspear

11 November 2023 17	Leyton Orient	2–3	Oxford United	Leyton
15:00 GMT	Stevens 48' (o.g.) Sotiriou 64' Brown 67' Pratley 78'	Report	Rodrigues 32', 47' Bodin 45+2' Harris 59' Moore 66'	Stadium: Brisbane Road Attendance: 8,614 Referee: Declan Bourne

21 November 2023 11^[46]	Leyton Orient	0–1	Lincoln City	Leyton
19:45 GMT	Cooper 70' Happe 78'	Report	Hamilton 34', 89' Eyoma 53'	Stadium: Brisbane Road Referee: Sam Allison
Note: Fixture was previously abandoned due to a medical emergency.^[47]

25 November 2023 19	Leyton Orient	1–1	Wigan Athletic	Leyton
15:00 GMT	Brynn 2' Forde 18' Pigott 26' James 39' Hunt 80' Archibald 81'	Report	Humphrys 2' 45+1' Hughes 63'	Stadium: Brisbane Road Attendance: 8,517 Referee: Sam Purkiss

28 November 2023 20	Bristol Rovers	1–1	Leyton Orient	Horfield
19:45 GMT	Ward 45+4' Vale 90+2'	Report	Turns 45+3' Sweeney 74' Brown 90' Crama 90+3' (o.g.)	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 7,048 Referee: Will Finnie

9 December 2023 21	Leyton Orient	0–3	Derby County	Leyton
15:00 GMT	El Mizouni 42' Cooper 44'	Report	Hourihane 8' Sibley 34' Mendez-Laing 47' Barkhuizen 79'	Stadium: Brisbane Road Attendance: 8,499 Referee: David Rock

16 December 2023 22	Cheltenham Town	1–2	Leyton Orient	Cheltenham
15:00 GMT	Williams 17' 18' Smith 47' Goodwin 68' (pen.) Freestone 85'	Report	Beckles 3' Sotiriou 32' Brown 58' Pratley 67' Forde 89' Galbraith 90+4'	Stadium: The Completely-Suzuki Stadium Attendance: 3,887 Referee: Tom Reeves

23 December 2023 23	Bolton Wanderers	3–2	Leyton Orient	Horwich
15:00 GMT	Dacres-Cogley 3' Charles 7' Thomason 10'	Report	Sotiriou 45+4' James 54' Forde 55' Archibald 57' 60' Happe 84'	Stadium: Toughsheet Community Stadium Attendance: 21,482 Referee: Charles Breakspear

26 December 2023 24	Leyton Orient	1–0	Charlton Athletic	Leyton
13:00 GMT	Happe 55' Hunt 61' James 67' Beckles 76', 80' Archibald 84'	Report	Dobson 90+2'	Stadium: Gaughan Group Stadium Attendance: 8,499 Referee: Daniel Middleton

29 December 2023 25	Leyton Orient	0–0	Wycombe Wanderers	Leyton
15:00 GMT	Agyei 43'	Report		Stadium: Gaughan Group Stadium Attendance: 8,648 Referee: Jacob Miles

1 January 2024 26	Cambridge United	0–2	Leyton Orient	Cambridge
15:00 GMT	Lankester 12'	Report	Beckles 25' Archibald 39' James 44' Brown 54' Agyei 57' Galbraith 68' Forde 84'	Stadium: Abbey Stadium Attendance: 7,210 Referee: Carl Brook

13 January 2024 28	Portsmouth	0–3	Leyton Orient	Portsmouth
15:00 GMT	Bishop 40' Rafferty 41'	Report	Forde 30' Brown 35' 89' Galbraith 37' Agyei 45+5' Pigott 81' Pratley 87'	Stadium: Fratton Park Attendance: 19,477 Referee: Ben Speedie

20 January 2024 29	Leyton Orient	1–0	Bolton Wanderers	Leyton
15:00 GMT	Sweeney 29' Agyei 54'	Report	Sheehan 13' Jerome 90+3'	Stadium: Gaughan Group Stadium Referee: Alex Chilowicz

27 January 2024 30	Reading	1–1	Leyton Orient	Reading
15:00 GMT	Knibbs 23' Bindon 53' Smith 53'	Report	Agyei 19' (pen.) Galbraith 77'	Stadium: Select Car Leasing Stadium Referee: Graham Scott

3 February 2024 31	Leyton Orient	3–2	Carlisle United	Leyton
15:00 GMT	Forde 40', 45+4' 83' Galbraith 56' Sotiriou 58' El Mizouni 69' Hunt 81'	Report	Vela 21' Maguire 90+5' (pen.)	Stadium: Gaughan Group Stadium Attendance: 8,468 Referee: Ollie Yates

6 February 2024 18^[48]	Port Vale	0–1	Leyton Orient	Burslem
19:45 GMT		Report	Brown 10' El Mizouni 60' Archibald 74'	Stadium: Vale Park Attendance: 4,117 Referee: Scott Jackson
Note: Fixture was originally scheduled for 18 November, but was postponed due to international call-ups.^[49]

10 February 2024 32	Barnsley	2–1	Leyton Orient	Barnsley
15:00 GMT	Connell 80' 89' Phillips 88', 90+5' Earl 90+3' de Gevigney 90+6'	Report	Sotiriou 10' Galbraith 87' Pigott 90+1' O'Neill 90+4'	Stadium: Oakwell Attendance: 12,370 Referee: Ross Joyce

13 February 2024 33	Leyton Orient	4–3	Northampton Town	Leyton
19:45 GMT	El Mizouni 21' O'Neill 35' Brown 41' Forde 58' Sotiriou 80', 90+7'	Report	Gape 31' Leonard 45+1' Bowie 77' Simpson 83' Guthrie 90+6'	Stadium: Gaughan Group Stadium Attendance: 7,228 Referee: Ben Atkinson

17 February 2024 34	Leyton Orient	1–2	Burton Albion	Leyton
15:00 GMT	Galbraith 26' Moncur 43' (pen.)	Report	Nsiala 42' 76' Bennett 72'	Stadium: Gaughan Group Stadium Attendance: 7,167 Referee: Paul Howard

24 February 2024 35	Oxford United	1–2	Leyton Orient	Oxford
15:00 GMT	Murphy 4' Goodrham 20' Brown 57'	Report	O'Neill 4', 51' El Mizouni 18' Sotiriou 45+4' Cooper 50' Moncur 77' Forde 81' Sanders 90+10'	Stadium: The Kassam Stadium Attendance: 8,884 Referee: Martin Woods

27 February 2024 27^[50]	Leyton Orient	1–0	Blackpool	Leyton
19:45 GMT	O'Neill 52' El Mizouni 74'	Report	Lawrence-Gabriel 35' Connolly 67'	Stadium: Gaughan Group Stadium Attendance: 7,198 Referee: Ben Speedie
Note: Fixture was originally scheduled for 6 January, but was postponed due to Blackpool's FA Cup involvement.

2 March 2024 36	Leyton Orient	0–1	Bristol Rovers	Leyton
15:00 GMT	Cooper 83'	Report	Martin 30' Wilson 44' 82' Vale 58' Finley 84' Grant 84'	Stadium: Gaughan Group Stadium Attendance: 8,769 Referee: Darren Drysdale

9 March 2024 37	Wigan Athletic	1–0	Leyton Orient	Wigan
15:00 GMT	Goode 59' Kerr 73'	Report	Forde 12' Galbraith 29' 42'	Stadium: DW Stadium Attendance: 10,352 Referee: Scott Oldham

12 March 2024 38	Leyton Orient	0–0	Port Vale	Leyton
19:45 GMT		Report	Smith 20'	Stadium: Gaughan Group Stadium Attendance: 7,326 Referee: Gavin Ward

16 March 2024 39	Stevenage	0–1	Leyton Orient	Stevenage
15:00 GMT	Vancooten 77'	Report	Sanders 16' Pratley 44' Forde 83'	Stadium: Broadhall Way Attendance: 5,650 Referee: Craig Hicks

29 March 2024 41	Lincoln City	1–0	Leyton Orient	Lincoln
15:00 GMT	Hackett-Fairchild 19' Makama 90'	Report	Sanders 55' Brown 68' Sotiriou 73'	Stadium: LNER Stadium Attendance: 9,922 Referee: Carl Brook

1 April 2024 42	Leyton Orient	1–2	Peterborough United	Leyton
15:00 GMT	Galbraith 66' Sotiriou 71'	Report	Kyprianou 8' Mason-Clark 26'	Stadium: Brisbane Road Attendance: 8,758 Referee: Sunny Singh Gill

6 April 2024 43	Leyton Orient	3–1	Cheltenham Town	Leyton
15:00 BST	Galbraith 34', 59' O'Neill 44', 65' Brown 53' Sotiriou 85'	Report	Freestone 35' Nuttall 90+7'	Stadium: Brisbane Road Attendance: 7,804 Referee: Simon Mather

9 April 2024 40	Leyton Orient	2–2	Exeter City	Leyton
19:45 BST	O'Neill 36' Moncur 64'	Report	Alli 88' Aimson 90+2'	Stadium: Brisbane Road Attendance: 7,028 Referee: Scott Jackson

13 April 2024 44	Derby County	3–0	Leyton Orient	Derby
15:00 BST	Moncur 10' (o.g.) Bradley 18', 86' Cashin 82'	Report	Galbraith 53'	Stadium: Pride Park Stadium Attendance: 30,247 Referee: Lewis Smith

20 April 2024 45	Leyton Orient	0–1	Fleetwood Town	Leyton
15:00 BST		Report	Rooney 89' Simons 90+3'	Stadium: Gaughan Group Stadium Attendance: 8,249 Referee: Alex Chilowicz

FA Cup[edit]

Orient were drawn at home to Carlisle United in the first round.^[51]

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

4 November 2023 First round	Leyton Orient	3–1	Carlisle United	Leyton
15:00 GMT	Cooper 8' Pigott 11' (pen.) Forde 14' El Mizouni 60' Drinan 65' Happe 70' Sotiriou 90+1' Sweeney 90+6'	Report	Garner 50' Robinson 72'	Stadium: Brisbane Road Attendance: 3,808 Referee: Seb Stockbridge

3 December 2023 Second round	Chesterfield	1–0	Leyton Orient	Chesterfield
14:00 GMT	Cooper 40' (o.g.) Banks 62' Naylor 73'	Report	Cooper 61'	Stadium: SMH Group Stadium Attendance: 8,232 Referee: Scott Oldham

EFL Cup[edit]

Leyton were drawn away to Plymouth Argyle in the first round.^[52]

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

8 August 2023 First round	Plymouth Argyle	2–0	Leyton Orient	Plymouth
19:45 BST	Waine 25', 38' Cundle 48'	Report	Brown 22' Pigott 44' Sotiriou 46' Obiero 90+2' Sodje 90+8'	Stadium: Home Park Attendance: 10,324 Referee: Sunny Sukhvir Gill

EFL Trophy[edit]

The Group stage draw was finalised on 22 June 2023.^[53]

Pos	Div	Team v t e	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	L1	Portsmouth	3	2	1	0	0	10	5	+5	8	Advance to Round 2
2	ACA	Fulham U21	3	1	0	2	0	6	5	+1	5	Advance to Round 2
3	L2	Gillingham	3	1	0	0	2	3	7	−4	3
4	L1	Leyton Orient	3	0	1	0	2	4	6	−2	2

Updated to match(es) played on 7 November 2023. Source: EFL.com

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

5 September 2023 Group stage	Gillingham	2–1	Leyton Orient	Gillingham
19:00 BST	Coleman 67' Alexander 80' (pen.) Beckles 83' (o.g.)	Report	Morris 43' (o.g.) Cooper 45+1' 65' Galbraith 61' Forde 62' Sanders 65' Archibald 81'	Stadium: Priestfield Referee: Ben Atkinson

19 September 2023 Group stage	Leyton Orient	2–2	Fulham U21	Leyton
19:00 BST	Galbraith 9' Brown 53' El Mizouni 90+6'	Report	Šekularac 45+2' O'Neill 60'	Stadium: Brisbane Road Attendance: 780 Referee: Darren Drysdale
	Penalties
	Moncur Graham Pigott Galbraith El Mizouni		Dibley-Dias O'Neill Pajaziti Lanquedoc Šekularac

7 November 2023 Group stage	Leyton Orient	1–2	Portsmouth	Leyton
19:00 GMT	Pigott 58'	Report	Raggett 20' Saydee 44' Kamara 74'	Stadium: Brisbane Road Attendance: 2,371 Referee: Stephen Parkinson

Player statistics[edit]

Appearances and goals[edit]

Players listed with no appearances have been in the matchday squad but only as unused substitutes.

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		League One		FA Cup		EFL Cup		EFL Trophy
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	ENG	Sol Brynn	43	0	40	0	2	0	0	0	1	0
13	GK	ENG	Sam Howes	6	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	2	0
Defenders
2	DF	WAL	Tom James	45	0	31+9	0	2	0	1	0	1+1	0
4	DF	ENG	Jack Simpson	2	0	1+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	DF	ENG	Dan Happe	33	0	26+2	0	2	0	1	0	1+1	0
12	DF	WAL	Brandon Cooper	31	0	25+4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
19	DF	GRN	Omar Beckles	35	2	30+2	2	0	0	1	0	2	0
24	DF	ENG	Jayden Sweeney	16	0	8+4	0	0+1	0	0+1	0	2	0
32	DF	ENG	Rob Hunt	35	1	17+14	1	1	0	1	0	2	0
Midfielders
11	MF	SCO	Theo Archibald	36	2	29+1	2	2	0	0+1	0	2+1	0
12	MF	ENG	Jordan Brown	46	3	33+8	3	2	0	1	0	2	0
14	MF	ENG	George Moncur	39	4	19+14	4	0+2	0	1	0	2+1	0
15	MF	TUN	Idris El Mizouni	45	2	39+1	1	2	0	0+1	0	0+2	1
18	MF	ENG	Darren Pratley	34	0	13+17	0	0+2	0	0	0	2	0
21	MF	IRL	Ollie O'Neill	15	5	11+4	5	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	MF	NIR	Ethan Galbraith	42	4	26+10	3	1+1	0	1	0	2+1	1
23	MF	ENG	Max Sanders	27	1

[11] On 1 February, Turns was recalled back early to Brighton.

[31] On 5 January, Tanga was recalled back from his loan at Welling and subsequently joined Maidstone on loan.

[table_hth_WIG0.2359789056871-46] On 19 May 2023, Wigan Athletic were deducted four points for failing to pay players and staff on time following previous EFL rules breaches in the 2022–23 season.^[42] Another four-point deduction was applied on 26 May, after the club's owners missed a deadline to deposit an amount equalling 125% of its monthly wage bill.^[43]

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