Squad numbers released

Boro's new No.9

In total 31 players have been allocated numbers with the notable changes from last season being Robbie Stockdale, Franck Queudrue and Ugo Ehiogu who have been allocated no's 2, 3 & 4 respectively, as opposed to last sesaon when they had no's 27, 37 & 17.

Juninho has been given the no.10 shirt which he wore back in the 1996-97 season and Massimo Maccarone has been given the no.9 shirt. George Boateng and Geremi have been allocated no's 7 & 14 respectively.





The full list of squad numbers is as follows:

1 - Mark Schwarzer
2 - Robbie Stockdale
3 - Franck Queudrue
4 - Ugo Ehiogu
5 - Gianluca Festa
6 - Gareth Southgate (captain)
7 - George Boateng
8 - Szilard Nemeth
9 - Massimo Maccarone
10 - Juninho
11 - Alen Boksic
12 - Jonathan Greening
14 - Geremi
16 - Joseph-Desire Job
17 - Stewart Downing
18 - Mark Wilson
20 - Dean Windass
23 - Carlos Marinelli
24 - Phil Stamp
25 - Mark Crossley
26 - Noel Whelan
28 - Colin Cooper
29 - Jason Gavin
30 - Stuart Parnaby
31 - Luke Wilkshire
32 - Allan Johnston
33 - David Murphy
34 - Sam Russell
35 - Brad Jones
36 - Mark Hudson
37 - Brian Close