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English League Championship · SQUAD INSIGHTS

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Explore the people, payroll and history behind the team.

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Squad players29Primary and secondary team assignments
Average age24.929 recorded birth dates
Team honours0Distinct recorded honour / season pairs
Recent managers14Since 2016, including current managers

THE SQUAD

Who makes up the team?

1 staff records excluded from player metrics.

Recorded ethnicity

29 of 29 players have a recorded value. No values are inferred.

Recorded ethnicity distributionWhite: 13 (44.8%)Black: 13 (44.8%)Arabic: 2 (6.9%)Eurasian: 1 (3.4%)29PLAYERS
  • White1345%
  • Black1345%
  • Arabic27%
  • Eurasian13%

Nationality

Recorded nationalities across the current squad.

Nationality distributionEngland: 8 (27.6%)DR Congo: 2 (6.9%)Italy: 2 (6.9%)Croatia: 1 (3.4%)Austria: 1 (3.4%)Cyprus: 1 (3.4%)Spain: 1 (3.4%)Zimbabwe: 1 (3.4%)Other: 12 (41.4%)29PLAYERS
  • England828%
  • DR Congo27%
  • Italy27%
  • Croatia13%
  • Austria13%
  • Cyprus13%
  • Spain13%
  • Zimbabwe13%
  • Other1241%

Age profile

Age today, grouped into career stages.

Under 214
21–2410
25–2812
29–321
33+2
Unknown0

Positions

The 12 most common recorded positions.

Defender4
Forward3
Goalkeeper3
Attacker3
Centre-Back3
Defensive Midfield2
Midfielder2
Centre-Forward2
Left Wing2
Right-Back1
Left-Back1
Right Midfield1

THE PAYROLL

Wages at a glance

27 of 29 players have a recognised wage.

Annual wages as recorded on player profiles. Totals cover known wages only; currencies are kept separate, with no exchange-rate conversion. Contract-table wages are not included.

Known annual payroll · GBP£17,394,000 GBP
Average annual wage£644,222 GBP
Median annual wage£624,000 GBP

Highest individual wages · GBP

Top 15 of 27 players with a recorded GBP wage.

Edoardo Bove£1,560,000 GBP
Federico Ravaglia£1,300,000 GBP
Marc Bola£1,300,000 GBP
Martín Payero£1,300,000 GBP
Myron Boadu£1,170,000 GBP
Luca Tange Kjerrumgaard£910,000 GBP
Omar Traoré£858,000 GBP
Soumaïla Coulibaly£858,000 GBP
Edo Kayembe£780,000 GBP
Daniel Bachmann£650,000 GBP
Hector Kyprianou£650,000 GBP
Branimir Mlacic£624,000 GBP
Jeremy Ngakia£624,000 GBP
Jordan Zemura£624,000 GBP
Matthew Pollock£624,000 GBP

Payroll by position · GBP

Total annual wages by recorded position; 12 largest groups.

Defender£2,860,000 GBP
Midfielder£2,860,000 GBP
Goalkeeper£2,210,000 GBP
Forward£1,976,000 GBP
Centre-Back£1,794,000 GBP
Defensive Midfield£1,430,000 GBP
Attacker£1,144,000 GBP
Left Wing£832,000 GBP
Right-Back£624,000 GBP
Left-Back£624,000 GBP
Centre-Forward£520,000 GBP
Right Winger£260,000 GBP
View all squad wages 29 players
Current squad wages, exactly as recorded
PlayerPositionAnnual wage
Albert EamesDefender£78,000
Amin NabizadaForward£260,000
Branimir MlacicDefender£624,000
Daniel BachmannGoalkeeper£650,000
Edo KayembeDefensive Midfield£780,000
Edoardo BoveMidfielder£1,560,000
Federico RavagliaGoalkeeper£1,300,000
Hector KyprianouDefensive Midfield£650,000
Iker BravoCentre-Forward£520,000
Jack GrievesAttacker£156,000
Jeremy NgakiaRight-Back£624,000
Jordan ZemuraLeft-Back£624,000
Kévin KebenCentre-Back£312,000
Krépin DiattaRight MidfieldNot recorded
Kwadwo BaahForward£546,000
Luca Tange KjerrumgaardAttacker£910,000
Mamadou DoumbiaAttacker£78,000
Marc BolaDefender£1,300,000
Martín PayeroMidfielder£1,300,000
Matthew PollockCentre-Back£624,000
Michail AntonioCentre-ForwardNot recorded
Myron BoaduForward£1,170,000
Nikoloz ChikovaniLeft Wing£312,000
Omar TraoréDefender£858,000
Othmane MaammaRight Winger£260,000
Rocco VataSecond Striker£260,000
Sam WalkerGoalkeeper£260,000
Soumaïla CoulibalyCentre-Back£858,000
Stephy MavididiLeft Wing£520,000

THE TROPHY CABINET

Honours & experience

Based on recorded honours; coverage may be incomplete.

Team honours by competition

Top 12 honours recorded for the club itself, without counting player medals again.

No records available yet.

Honours through the seasons

The latest 15 seasons with recorded team honours.

No records available yet.

Most decorated squad members

Top 12 players by recorded career honours, including honours won at other clubs and individual awards.

Michail Antonio3
Krépin Diatta3
Hector Kyprianou2
Federico Ravaglia1
Stephy Mavididi1
Edoardo Bove1

THE DUGOUT

Manager history

Recorded head managers, interim managers and head coaches since 2016.

Recorded manager arrivals

Start years from team-history records. Current managers without a recorded start year are excluded from this chart.

20160
20171
20181
20193
20203
20211
20223
20231
20241
20251
20260

Current & recent managers

Alessio DionisiCurrent manager

Recorded historical tenures overlapping this period
ManagerJoinedLeft
Javi GraciaManager20252026
Tom CleverleyManager20242025
Valérien IsmaëlManager20232024
Roy HodgsonManager20222022
Rob EdwardsManager20222022
Slaven BilicManager2022Not recorded
Claudio RanieriManager20212022
Vladimir IvićManager20202020
XiscoManager20202021
Hayden MullinsCaretaker Manager20202020
Nigel PearsonManager20192020
Hayden MullinsCaretaker Manager20192019
Quique Sánchez FloresManager20192019
Javi GraciaManager20182019
Marco SilvaManager20172018
Quique Sánchez FloresManager20152016

Snapshot of currently assigned players, including secondary team assignments. Missing values are shown as unknown; charts reflect contributed records, not a complete audited squad or financial statement. Ages calculated on 12 November 2026.