OXFORD United will compete in the second tier of English football for the first time in 25 years next season.
Preparation for Sky Bet Championship has seen quartet Billy Bodin, Marcus Browne, James Henry and Steve Seddon all released by the U’s.
We had a look at the retained lists for next season’s second tier sides, plus those promoted and relegated from the Championship during the 2023/24 campaign.
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Championship 2023/24
Blackburn Rovers (19th): Sam Barnes, Lenni Cirino, Ben Fyles, Jay Haddow, Jared Harlock, Ethan Walker, Charlie Weston.
Bristol City (11th): Matty James, Andy King, Andreas Weimann.
Cardiff City (12th): Xavier Benjamin, James Crole, Oliver Denham, Caleb Hughes, Finlay Johnson, Ryan Kavanagh, Kyle Kenniford, Rohan Luthra, Sheyi Ojo, Romaine Sawyers, Jai Semenyo, Chanka Zimba.
Coventry City (9th): Liam Kelly, Dermi Lusala, Simon Moore, Bradley Stretton.
Hull City (7th): Cyrus Christie, Aaron Connolly, Vaughn Covil, Greg Docherty, David Robson, Billy Sharp, Adama Traore.
Leeds United (3rd): Charlie Allen, Luke Ayling, Lewis Bate, Keenan Carole, Stuart Dallas, Cuba Diboe, Scott Godden, Ian Poveda, Morten Spencer, Harvey Sutcliffe, Dani van den Heuvel.
Middlesbrough (8th): Paddy McNair, Liam Roberts.
Millwall (13th): Bartosz Bialkowski, Shaun Hutchinson.
Norwich City (6th): Danny Batth, Dimitris Giannoulis, Ben Gibson, Sam McCallum, Jon McCracken.
Plymouth Argyle (21st): Callum Burton, Jack Endacott, Oscar Halls.
Preston North End (10th): Greg Cunningham, Ben Woodburn.
Sheffield Wednesday (20th): Tyreeq Bakinson, Ciaran Brennan, George Byers, Juan Delgado, Lee Gregory, Reece James.
Stoke City (17th): Tyrese Campbell, Ciaran Clark, Wesley.
Sunderland (16th): Bradley Dack, Jack Diamond, Corry Evans, Ellis Taylor.
Swansea City (14th): Nathanel Ogbeta, Przemyslaw Placheta, Liam Walsh.
West Bromwich Albion (5th): Nathaniel Chalobah, Martin Kelly, Yann M’Vila, Jovan Malcolm, Matty Phillips, Erik Pieters, Adam Reach.
Watford (15th): Ashley Fletcher, Ben Hamer, Jake Livermore.
Relegated from the Premier League
Burnley (19th): Jack Cork, Johann Berg Gudmundsson.
Luton Town (18th): Luke Berry, Admiral Muskwe, Fred Onyedinma, Dan Potts, Elliot Thorpe.
Sheffield United (20th): George Baldock, Chris Basham, Wes Foderingham, Max Lowe, Ollie Norwood.
Promoted from the Championship
Ipswich Town (2nd): Dominic Ball, Panutche Camara, Nick Hayes, Kayden Jackson.
Leicester City (1st): Marc Albrighton, Kelechi Iheanacho, Dennis Praet.
Southampton (4th): Stuart Armstrong.
Relegated from the Championship
Birmingham City (22nd): Neil Etheridge, Gary Gardner, Scott Hogan, Marc Roberts, Ivan Sunjic.
Huddersfield Town (23rd): Brahima Diarra, Connor Mahoney, Yuta Nakayama, Jordan Rhodes, Aaron Rowe.
Rotherham United (24th): Tyler Blackett, Tolaji Bola, Cafu, Sam Clucas, Curtis Durose, Shane Ferguson, Nat Ford, Grant Hall, Joel Holvey, Sean Morrison, Lee Peltier.
Promoted from League One
Derby County (2nd): Dwight Gayle, Conor Hourihane, Scott Loach, Korey Smith, Martyn Waghorn, Joe Wildsmith.
OXFORD UNITED (5th): Billy Bodin, Marcus Browne, James Henry, Steve Seddon.
Portsmouth (1st): Josh Dockerill, Lee Evans, Harry Jewitt-White, Matt Macey, Josh Martin, Haji Mnoga, Joe Rafferty, Sean Raggett, Ryan Schofield, Liam Vincent.
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