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Watford FC Squad 2023: Watford first team all players 2023/24

Sep 8, 2023

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Watford FC Squad list 2023 – First Team 2023/24

Watford FC Squad list? Watford team list and player list? The football club is a Premier League club based in London, the capital of England. They won promotion to the Premier League in 2015 and have spent 3 seasons in England’s top division over the last three years. In 2016/17, they avoided relegation and therefore played Premier League football for six successive seasons in 2021/22. Watch & Bet Here =>

In May 2017, they went into the season with Marco Silva, but he was sacked halfway through the season after reportedly having his head turned by Everton. Javi Gracia took over at Vicarage Road and did exceedingly well until he was also sacked this season. In their fourth season, they had a fourth manager in Quico Flores who was sacked after just 12 games. Since Dec 2019, they appointed 6 managers including Nigel Pearson, Vladimir Ivić, Xisco Muñoz, Claudio Ranieri, Roy Hodgson and
Rob Edwards. Rob Edwards is their current manager who joined the club in May 2023.

The Hornets – Watford FC squad history

Watford FC Football Club’s nicknames are The Hornets and that’s because the club play in the colours of a Hornet, yellow and black. There used to be a hornet on the club badge but it was replaced by a hart, which is an old-fashioned word for ‘stag’, which is a male deer.

The traditional rivals of Watford FC are listed as Reading and Luton Town. Compared to their rivals, they are doing very well, as they are higher divisions than both of them. This could soon change though, as Reading could still win promotion to the Premier League in 2017 if they win the Championship playoff final.

Team arena: Vicarage Road

Watford’s home ground is known as Vicarage Road. They have been playing at this stadium since 19222, so compared with some grounds it is quite old, although it has been redeveloped several times. There is a 23,700-seat capacity, which is relatively small for a Premier League side.

Watford FC Squad 2023

Watford have been disappointing this season as they are at 10th in the Championship so getting into the Premier League would be tough. They survived the relegation for 6 seasons before playing in 2023/24 as a Championship side.

If we go back to previous seasons, after losing their Premier League status in the 2023/22 season, they changed their manager in the summer of 2023 and replaced Roy Hodgson with Rob Edwards, who brought in some new signings.

However, Watford have a tradition of hiring a new manager every summer, so Roy Hodgson was replaced by Rob Edwards ahead of the 2023/24 season.

Watford FC new players and signings – arrivals 2023/24

Watford FC signed a number of players for the upcoming 2023/24 season. They signed Rhys Healey and Jake Livermore on free transfers.

Watford New Signings	Age	Club	Transfer sum
Mileta Rajovic	24	Kalmar FF	€2.00m
Tom Ince	31	Reading	€58k
Rhys Healey	28	Toulouse	free transfer
Jake Livermore	33	West Brom	free transfer
Jamal Lewis	25	Newcastle	loan transfer
Giorgi Chakvetadze	23	KAA Gent	loan transfer

The Watford FC squad 2023/24 season will consist of these players.

Watford FC Squad: Goalkeepers

Daniel Bachmann
Ben Hamer

Watford’s goalkeepers have often come into question. However, over the 2017-18 season, veteran no.1 choice Heurelho Gomes earned lots of plaudits. Daniel Bachmann was brought for free from Stoke City and still playing for the club.

Ben Hamer is the latest addition to the Watford squad who was signed by Swansea on a free transfer.

Watford FC Squad: Defenders

Francisco Sierralta
Mattie Pollock
Jeremy Ngakia
Ryan Porteous
Wesley Hoedt
Jamal Lewis
James Morris
Ryan Andrews

Watford have often found themselves struggling at the back. This is an issue they have been looking to fix this season. They have some good players but concede a lot of goals.

Watford, however, have trimmed down the size of their squad this season begins and it seems to have worked well with them so far until of course last night. Mario Gaspar joined Watford from Villarreal this summer.

Watford FC Squad: Midfielders

Edo Kayembe
Jake Livermore
Imrân Louza
Tom Dele-Bashiru
Ken Sema
Yaser Asprilla
Ismaël Koné
Giorgi Chakvetadze

Watford made quite a few additions in the midfield in the 2021 summer transfer window. The club didn’t sign any midfielder this season. Moussa Sissoko was a quality player who left the club for Nantes.

Watford FC Squad: Forwards

Matheus Martins
Tom Ince
Rhys Healey
Mileta Rajovic
Vakoun Bayo

Watford sold star winger Richarlison for big money to Everton over the summer of 2018. Since then, they have struggled in attack. Vakoun Issouf Bayo is the latest addition to the current squad as a centre-forward. Last season’s top goal-scorer Emmanuel Dennis left the club this summer. They are demoted to Championship after six successive seasons in Premier League. João Pedro is their main forward who is leading the goal-scoring charts in season 2023/24. Watch & Bet Here =>
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