# 2023–24 Queen's Park F.C. season

The 2023–24 season was Queen's Park's second season in the Scottish Championship following their promotion from League One at the end of the 2021–22 season. Queen's also competed in the Scottish Cup, League Cup, Challenge Cup and the Glasgow Cup.

## Summary

Following their defeat to Partick Thistle in the Premiership play-offs at the conclusion of the previous season, Owen Coyle announced he would be stepping down from his role as head coach.
On 8 June 2023, Queen's announced that they entered an agrrement with the Scottish Football Association to use Hampden Park as their ground for home matches ahead of the upcoming season.
On 17 June, the club confirmed the appointment of former Ajax and Anderlecht coach Robin Veldman as their new head coach.
On 29 November, the club announced that director of football Marijn Beuker would leave the club to take up a similar role at Ajax.
After a slump in form following a promising start to the league campaign, Veldman left his position as head coach on 9 December.
On 6 January Leeann Dempster announced her intention to stand down as the club's CEO when a suitable replacement could be found.
Former St Johnstone manager Callum Davidson was unveiled as Queen's new head coach on 9 January.
On 26 January the club announced that their academy squad, known as Young Queen's Park would be rebranded to Queen's Park B.

## Results and fixtures

Win  Draw  Loss  Postponed

### Glasgow Cup
## Player statistics

    As of 9 May 2024 (UTC)
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Championship | Championship | League Cup | League Cup | Challenge Cup | Challenge Cup | Scottish Cup | Scottish Cup | Glasgow Cup | Glasgow Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | ENG | Calum Ferrie | 34 | 0 | 29+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | SCO | Ben McPherson | 26 | 0 | 18+7 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | ENG | Thomas Robson | 37 | 1 | 26+4 | 1 | 2+2 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | SCO | Alex Bannon | 35 | 1 | 25+5 | 1 | 1+2 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | ENG | Charlie Fox | 22 | 1 | 13+1 | 0 | 4+0 | 1 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | SCO | Danny Wilson | 10 | 0 | 9+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | IRL | Cillian Sheridan | 12 | 4 | 8+4 | 4 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | SCO | Jack Thomson | 38 | 1 | 31+0 | 1 | 4+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | IRL | Ruari Paton | 43 | 22 | 36+0 | 17 | 4+0 | 4 | 2+0 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | SCO | Grant Savoury | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | SCO | Dom Thomas | 39 | 10 | 32+0 | 10 | 4+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | ENG | Will Tizzard | 25 | 0 | 13+7 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | SCO | Cameron Bruce | 26 | 1 | 7+13 | 1 | 2+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | ENG | Rocco Hickey-Fugaccia | 4 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | WAL | James Crole | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | SCO | Stuart McKinstry | 21 | 1 | 7+13 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | SCO | Scott Williamson | 4 | 1 | 0+3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 1 |
| 20 | MF | ENG | Jack Turner | 43 | 4 | 29+7 | 3 | 4+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | SCO | Lennon Connolly | 4 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | SCO | Lewis Reid | 8 | 0 | 4+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 23 | FW | SCO | Louis Longridge | 39 | 0 | 27+6 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | SCO | Joseph Smith | 3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | ENG | Joshua Scott | 16 | 1 | 14+1 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | SCO | Alex Fairlie | 5 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | SCO | Ricky Waugh | 5 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | ENG | Patrick Jarrett | 18 | 0 | 5+8 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 28 | FW | SCO | Lucas McCormick | 14 | 2 | 0+5 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 2 |
| 29 | FW | SCO | Liam McLeish | 21 | 2 | 1+14 | 2 | 0+4 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 30 | GK | SCO | Jack Willis | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 31 | GK | SCO | Sam Kane | 3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | SCO | Zach Mauchin | 17 | 0 | 5+10 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 35 | MF | SCO | MacKenzie Carse | 9 | 1 | 1+8 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 38 | DF | SCO | Callum Haspell | 2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 44 | MF | SCO | Sean Welsh | 15 | 2 | 15+0 | 2 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| Players who left the club during the 2023–24 season ||||||||||
| 6 | MF | ENG | Jack Spong | 27 | 0 | 19+2 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | SCO | Barry Hepburn | 21 | 3 | 9+5 | 2 | 4+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 12 | GK | SCO | Jacques Heraghty | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | SCO | Aaron Healey | 11 | 1 | 1+5 | 0 | 0+3 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 30 | GK | SCO | Callan McKenna | 9 | 0 | 7+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |

## Team statistics
### Championship table

| Pos | Teamvte | 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 |

### League Cup table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | PW | PL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | MOT | QOS | EFI | QPA | ELG |
| 1 | Motherwell | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | +6 | 11 | Qualification for the second round | — | — | 3–0 | 1–0 | — |
| 2 | Queen of the South | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 8 | | 3–3p | — | 0–0p | — | — |
| 3 | East Fife | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 7 | | — | — | — | p0–0 | 3–1 |
| 4 | Queen's Park | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 4 | | — | 1–2 | — | — | 5–0 |
| 5 | Elgin City | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 12 | −11 | 0 | | 0–2 | 0–2 | — | — | — |