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2024–25 Sunderland A.F.C. season

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Sunderland
2024–25 season
ChairmanKyril Louis-Dreyfus
Head coachRégis Le Bris[1]
StadiumStadium of Light
Championship1st
FA CupThird round
EFL CupFirst round
Top goalscorerLeague:
Wilson Isidor (5)

All:
Wilson Isidor (5)
Highest home attendance42,781 vs Middlesbrough
(21 September 2024, Championship)
Lowest home attendance39,017 vs Derby County
(1 October 2024, Championship)
Average home league attendance40,755
Biggest win4-0 vs Sheffield Wednesday (Championship)
Biggest defeat0-2 vs Preston (EFL Cup)
2025–26 →

The 2024–25 season is the 146th season in the history of Sunderland Association Football Club and their third consecutive season in the Championship. The club are participating in the Championship, the FA Cup, and the EFL Cup.

Transfers

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In

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Date Pos. Player From Fee Ref.
1 July 2024[a] GK England Simon Moore England Coventry City Free [2]
11 July 2024 CM Republic of Ireland Alan Browne England Preston North End Free [3]
24 July 2024 RW Colombia Ian Poveda England Leeds United Free [4]
29 July 2024 DM Germany Elias Lenz[b] Germany RB Leipzig Free [5]
2 August 2024 GK Cameroon Blondy Nna Noukeu England Stoke City Free [6]
30 August 2024 AM Serbia Milan Aleksić Serbia FK Radnički 1923 Undisclosed [7]
30 August 2024 ST Nigeria Ahmed Abdullahi Belgium KAA Gent Undisclosed [8]
24 September 2024 ST Republic of Ireland Aaron Connolly England Hull City Free [9]
  1. ^ The transfer was announced on 21 June, and became official on 1 July when his Coventry City contract expired.
  2. ^ Signed initially for the Under-21s.

Out

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Date Pos. Player To Fee Ref.
18 June 2024 GK England Alex Bass England Notts County Undisclosed [10]
8 August 2024 AM England Elliot Embleton England Blackpool Undisclosed [11]
24 August 2024 LW England Jack Clarke England Ipswich Town Undisclosed[a] [12]
  1. ^ Fee rumoured between £15,000,000 and £20,000,000.

Loaned in

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Date Pos. Player From Date until Ref.
23 August 2024 ST France Wilson Isidor Russia Zenit Saint Petersburg End of Season[a] [13]
30 August 2024 CB Wales Chris Mepham England AFC Bournemouth End of Season [14]
30 August 2024 DM Ghana Salis Abdul Samed France Lens End of Season [15]
  1. ^ Includes an option to make the transfer permanent.

Loaned out

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Date Pos. Player To Date until Ref.
1 July 2024[a] GK England Nathan Bishop England Wycombe Wanderers End of Season [16]
18 July 2024 GK England Matty Young England Salford City End of Season [17]
2 August 2024 LB England Oliver Bainbridge Scotland Kilmarnock End of Season [18]
8 August 2024 CM England Jay Matete England Bolton Wanderers End of Season [19]
23 August 2024 CM England Ben Middlemas England South Shields 22 September 2024 [20]
30 August 2024 DM France Pierre Ekwah France Saint-Étienne End of Season[b] [21]
30 August 2024 RB France Timothée Pembélé France Le Havre End of Season [22]
30 August 2024 CB Australia Nectarios Triantis Scotland Hibernian End of Season [23]
31 August 2024 ST Portugal Luís Semedo Italy Juventus Next Gen End of Season[c] [24]
20 September 2024 GK England Adam Richardson England Hebburn Town 19 October 2024 [25]
17 October 2024 AM England Caden Kelly England Darlington 16 November 2024 [26]
7 November 2024 GK England Adam Richardson England Blyth Spartans 31 January 2025 [27]
  1. ^ The loan was announced on 25 June, and officially commenced on 1 July.
  2. ^ Includes an option to make the transfer permanent.
  3. ^ Includes an option to make the transfer permanent.

Released / Out of Contract

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Date Pos. Player Subsequent club Join date Ref.
30 June 2024 LW England Jack Diamond England Stockport County 1 July 2024 [28][29]
30 June 2024 LW England Michael Spellman Wales Newport County 2 July 2024 [28][30]
30 June 2024 LB England Connor Pye England Bury 16 July 2024 [28][31]
30 June 2024 RM England Ellis Taylor England Harrogate Town 16 July 2024 [28][32]
30 June 2024 LB England Kailem Beattie England Heaton Stannington 24 July 2024 [28][33]
30 June 2024[a] CB England Henry Fieldson Scotland Queen's Park 9 August 2024 [34]
30 June 2024 LW England Joe Ryder United States High Point Panthers 9 August 2024 [28][35]
30 June 2024 AM England Bradley Dack England Gillingham 15 August 2024 [28][36]
30 June 2024 ST England Harry Gardiner England Blyth Spartans 25 August 2024 [28][37]
30 June 2024 RB Northern Ireland Callum Wilson England Rushall Olympic 13 September 2024 [28][38]
30 June 2024 RW England Ben Creamer England Bishop Auckland 18 September 2024 [28][39]
30 June 2024 RB Fiji Jayden Sekete England Darlington 27 September 2024 [28][40]
30 June 2024 CM Northern Ireland Corry Evans England Bradford City 6 October 2024 [28][41]
30 June 2024 CM England Tom Chiabi [28]
30 June 2024 LW England Daniel Obolo [28]
  1. ^ Rejected contract and subsequently joined Queen's Park.

Pre-season and friendlies

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On 17 May, Sunderland announced their first slate of pre-season fixtures, against South Shields, Gateshead, Blackpool and Bradford City.[42] A weeks training camp in Alicante was later confirmed with a fixtures against Eldense and Nottingham Forest.[43][44] On July 16, a final friendly was confirmed, against Marseille in Bradford.[45]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

13 July 2024 Friendly South Shields 0–5 Sunderland Jarrow
12:30 BST Report
Stadium: Mariners Park
13 July 2024 Friendly Gateshead 2–1 Sunderland Gateshead
17:00 BST
Report
Stadium: Gateshead International Stadium
19 July 2024 Friendly Nottingham Forest 1–1 Sunderland San Pedro del Pinatar, Spain
19:00 CEST
(18:00 BST)
Report
Stadium: Pinatar Arena
21 July 2024 Friendly Eldense 1–2 Sunderland San Pedro del Pinatar, Spain
19:00 CEST
(18:00 BST)
Stadium: Pinatar Arena
27 July 2024 Friendly Blackpool 0–1 Sunderland Blackpool
15:00 BST Report
Stadium: Bloomfield Road
30 July 2024 Friendly Bradford City 2–1 Sunderland Bradford
19:30 BST
Stadium: Valley Parade
3 August 2024 Friendly Sunderland 2–2 Marseille Bradford
15:00 BST
Report
Stadium: Valley Parade

Competitions

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Championship

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League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Sunderland 15 9 4 2 25 11 +14 31 Promotion to the Premier League
2 Sheffield United 15 10 3 2 19 7 +12 31[a]
3 Leeds United 15 8 5 2 24 9 +15 29 Qualification for the Championship play-offs
4 Burnley 15 7 6 2 18 6 +12 27
5 West Bromwich Albion 15 6 7 2 16 9 +7 25
Updated to match(es) played on 10 November 2024. Source: EFL Official Website
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results; 5) Wins; 6) Away goals; 7) Penalty points (sec 9.5); 8) Number of 12-point sending off offences; 9) Play-off (only if needed to determine promotion/relegation)[47]
Notes:
  1. ^ Sheffield United were deducted two points for defaulting on payments to other clubs during the 2022–23 and 2023–24 seasons, with a further two points suspended.[46]

Results summary

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Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
15 9 4 2 25 11  +14 31 5 2 0 14 4  +10 4 2 2 11 7  +4

Last updated: 9 November 2024.
Source: Soccerway

Results by round

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Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334353637383940414243444546
GroundAHHAAHAHHAAHAAHAHAHHAHAAHHAAHAHHAHAHHAHAAHAHAH
ResultWWWWLWLWDWWWDDD
Position421122211111111
Points369121215151819222528293031
Updated to match(es) played on 9 November 2024. Source: Soccerway
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

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On 26 June, the Championship fixtures were announced.[48]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

10 August 2024 1 Cardiff City 0–2 Sunderland Leckwith
12:30 BST Report
Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium
Attendance: 21,401
Referee: Andy Davies
18 August 2024 2 Sunderland 4–0 Sheffield Wednesday Sunderland
12:00 BST
Report
Stadium: Stadium of Light
Attendance: 40,022
Referee: Dean Whitestone
Note: Fixture was initially scheduled for 17 August, but was moved for live Sky Sports broadcast.[49]
24 August 2024 3 Sunderland 1–0 Burnley Sunderland
15:00 BST
Report
Stadium: Stadium of Light
Attendance: 40,096
Referee: Steve Martin
31 August 2024 4 Portsmouth 1–3 Sunderland Milton
15:00 BST
Report
Stadium: Fratton Park
Attendance: 20,231
Referee: Sam Allison
14 September 2024 5 Plymouth Argyle 3–2 Sunderland Plymouth
15:00 BST
Report
Stadium: Home Park
Referee: John Brooks
21 September 2024 6 Sunderland 1–0 Middlesbrough Sunderland
12:30 BST
Report
Stadium: Stadium of Light
Attendance: 42,871
Referee: Simon Hooper
Note: Fixture was initially scheduled for a 15:00 kick-off, but was moved for live Sky Sports broadcast.[49]
28 September 2024 7 Watford 2–1 Sunderland Watford
15:00 BST
Report
Stadium: Vicarage Road
Attendance: 20,335
Referee: Andy Davies
1 October 2024 8 Sunderland 2–0 Derby County Sunderland
19:45 BST
Report
Stadium: Stadium of Light
Attendance: 39,017
Referee: Dean Whitestone
4 October 2024 9 Sunderland 2–2 Leeds United Sunderland
20:00 BST
Report
Stadium: Stadium of Light
Attendance: 41,769
Referee: Tim Robinson
Note: Fixture was initially scheduled for 5 October, but was moved for live Sky Sports broadcast.[50]
20 October 2024 10 Hull City 0–1 Sunderland Kingston upon Hull
15:00 BST
Report
Stadium: MKM Stadium
Attendance: 23,072
Referee: Bobby Madley
Note: Fixture was initially scheduled for 19 October, but was moved for live Sky Sports broadcast.[50]
23 October 2024 11 Luton Town 1–2 Sunderland Luton
19:45 BST
Report
Stadium: Kenilworth Road
Attendance: 11,332
Referee: Tom Nield
26 October 2024 12 Sunderland 2–0 Oxford United Sunderland
16:00 BST
Report
Stadium: Stadium of Light
Attendance: 40,654
Referee: Oliver Langford
2 November 2024 13 Queens Park Rangers 0–0 Sunderland Shepherd's Bush
15:00 GMT
Report
Stadium: Loftus Road
Referee: Ben Toner
6 November 2024 14 Preston North End 0–0 Sunderland Preston
20:00 GMT Stadium: Deepdale
Note: Fixture was initially scheduled for a 19:45 kick-off, but was moved for live Sky Sports broadcast.[50]
9 November 2024 15 Sunderland 2–2 Coventry City Sunderland
15:00 GMT
Report
Stadium: Stadium of Light
Attendance: 43,374
Referee: Leigh Doughty
23 November 2024 16 Millwall v Sunderland Bermondsey
15:00 GMT Stadium: The Den
26 November 2024 17 Sunderland v West Bromwich Albion Sunderland
20:00 GMT Stadium: Stadium of Light
Note: Fixture was initially scheduled for a 19:45 kick-off, but was moved for live Sky Sports broadcast.[50]
29 November 2024 18 Sheffield United v Sunderland Sheffield
20:00 GMT Stadium: Bramall Lane
Note: Fixture was initially scheduled for 30 November, but was moved for live Sky Sports broadcast.[50]
7 December 2024 19 Sunderland v Stoke City Sunderland
12:30 GMT Stadium: Stadium of Light
Note: Fixture was initially scheduled for a 15:00 kick-off, but was moved for live Sky Sports broadcast.[50]
10 December 2024 20 Sunderland v Bristol City Sunderland
19:45 GMT Stadium: Stadium of Light
14 December 2024 21 Swansea City v Sunderland Landore
15:00 GMT Stadium: Liberty Stadium
21 December 2024 22 Sunderland v Norwich City Sunderland
15:00 GMT Stadium: Stadium of Light
26 December 2024 23 Blackburn Rovers v Sunderland Blackburn
15:00 GMT Stadium: Ewood Park
29 December 2024 24 Stoke City v Sunderland Stoke-on-Trent
15:00 GMT Stadium: Bet365 Stadium
1 January 2025 25 Sunderland v Sheffield United Sunderland
20:00 GMT Stadium: Stadium of Light
Note: Fixture was initially scheduled for a 15:00 kick-off, but was moved for live Sky Sports broadcast.[50]
5 January 2025 26 Sunderland v Portsmouth Sunderland
15:00 GMT Stadium: Stadium of Light
Note: Fixture was initially scheduled for 4 January, but was moved for live Sky Sports broadcast.[50]
17 January 2025 27 Burnley v Sunderland Burnley
20:00 GMT Stadium: Turf Moor
Note: Fixture was initially scheduled for 18 January, but was moved for live Sky Sports broadcasting.[51]
21 January 2025 28 Derby County v Sunderland Derby
19:45 GMT Stadium: Pride Park Stadium
25 January 2025 29 Sunderland v Plymouth Argyle Sunderland
15:00 GMT Stadium: Stadium of Light
3 February 2025 30 Middlesbrough v Sunderland Middlesbrough
20:00 GMT Stadium: Riverside Stadium
Note: Fixture was initially scheduled for 1 February, but was moved for live Sky Sports broadcasting.[51]
8 February 2025 31 Sunderland v Watford Sunderland
12:30 GMT Stadium: Stadium of Light
Note: Fixture was initially scheduled for a 15:00 kick-off, but was moved for live Sky Sports broadcasting.[51]
12 February 2025 32 Sunderland v Luton Town Sunderland
19:45 GMT Stadium: Stadium of Light
17 February 2025 33 Leeds United v Sunderland Leeds
20:00 GMT Stadium: Elland Road
Note: Fixture was initially scheduled for 15 February, but was moved for live Sky Sports broadcasting.[51]
22 February 2025 34 Sunderland v Hull City Sunderland
12:30 GMT Stadium: Stadium of Light
Note: Fixture was initially scheduled for a 15:00 kick-off, but was moved for live Sky Sports broadcasting.[51]
1 March 2025 35 Sheffield Wednesday v Sunderland Sheffield
15:00 GMT Stadium: Hillsborough Stadium
8 March 2025 36 Sunderland v Cardiff City Sunderland
15:00 GMT Stadium: Stadium of Light
11 March 2025 37 Sunderland v Preston North End Sunderland
19:45 GMT Stadium: Stadium of Light
15 March 2025 38 Coventry City v Sunderland Coventry
15:00 GMT Stadium: Coventry Building Society Arena
29 March 2025 39 Sunderland v Millwall Sunderland
15:00 GMT Stadium: Stadium of Light
5 April 2025 40 West Bromwich Albion v Sunderland West Bromwich
15:00 BST Stadium: The Hawthorns
8 April 2025 41 Norwich City v Sunderland Norwich
19:45 BST Stadium: Carrow Road
12 April 2025 42 Sunderland v Swansea City Sunderland
15:00 BST Stadium: Stadium of Light
18 April 2025 43 Bristol City v Sunderland Bristol
15:00 BST Stadium: Ashton Gate
21 April 2025 44 Sunderland v Blackburn Rovers Sunderland
15:00 BST Stadium: Stadium of Light
26 April 2025 45 Oxford United v Sunderland Oxford
15:00 BST Stadium: Kassam Stadium
3 May 2025 46 Sunderland v Queens Park Rangers Sunderland
15:00 BST Stadium: Stadium of Light

FA Cup

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  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

EFL Cup

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On 27 June, the draw for the first round was made, with Sunderland being drawn away against Preston North End.[52] They were beaten by Preston North End in that match and as a result were knocked out of the competition.[53]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

13 August 2024 First round Preston North End 2–0 Sunderland Preston
19:45 BST Report
Stadium: Deepdale
Attendance: 7,231
Referee: Oliver Yates

Statistics

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Appearances and goals

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As of match played 9 November 2024

Players with no appearances are not included on the list
Italics indicate a loaned in player

No. Pos Nat Player Total Championship FA Cup EFL Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK England ENG Anthony Patterson 11 0 11+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
3 DF England ENG Dennis Cirkin 15 2 15+0 2 0+0 0 0+0 0
4 MF England ENG Dan Neil 14 0 14+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
5 DF Northern Ireland NIR Daniel Ballard 5 0 2+3 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
7 MF England ENG Jobe Bellingham 13 2 13+0 2 0+0 0 0+0 0
8 MF Republic of Ireland IRL Alan Browne 12 1 6+6 1 0+0 0 0+0 0
9 FW Portugal POR Luís Semedo 1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0
10 FW England ENG Patrick Roberts 15 1 13+2 1 0+0 0 0+0 0
11 MF England ENG Chris Rigg 15 3 13+1 3 0+0 0 1+0 0
12 FW Spain ESP Eliezer Mayenda 7 2 6+1 2 0+0 0 0+0 0
13 MF England ENG Luke O'Nien 15 2 15+0 2 0+0 0 0+0 0
14 FW England ENG Romaine Mundle 16 4 12+3 4 0+0 0 1+0 0
15 FW Ukraine UKR Nazariy Rusyn 7 0 0+6 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
17 MF France FRA Abdoullah Ba 1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
18 FW France FRA Wilson Isidor 12 5 9+3 5 0+0 0 0+0 0
19 FW Costa Rica CRC Jewison Bennette 1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0
21 GK England ENG Simon Moore 5 0 4+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
22 MF France FRA Adil Aouchiche 2 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
24 FW Republic of Ireland IRL Aaron Connolly 6 0 1+5 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
25 DF Australia AUS Nectarios Triantis 2 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
26 DF Wales WAL Chris Mepham 10 0 10+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
32 DF Northern Ireland NIR Trai Hume 15 0 15+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
33 DF Norway NOR Leo Hjelde 4 0 0+3 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
36 FW Colombia COL Ian Poveda 3 0 0+3 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
39 MF France FRA Pierre Ekwah 1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
40 FW England ENG Tommy Watson 6 0 1+4 0 0+0 0 0+1 0
41 DF England ENG Zak Johnson 1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
42 DF England ENG Aji Alese 3 0 3+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
45 DF England ENG Joe Anderson 1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
50 MF England ENG Harrison Jones 1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0
Players who featured but departed the club permanently during the season:
20 FW England ENG Jack Clarke 2 1 2+0 1 0+0 0 0+0 0

Disciplinary record

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As of match played 9 November 2024

Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by squad number when disciplinary points / points per card / number of cards are equal. Players with no cards not included in the list.

Rank No. Pos. Nat. Name Championship FA Cup EFL Cup Total
Yellow card Second yellow card Red card Yellow card Second yellow card Red card Yellow card Second yellow card Red card Yellow card Second yellow card Red card
1 7 MF England Jobe Bellingham 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 1
2= 10 FW England Patrick Roberts 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0
32 DF Northern Ireland Trai Hume 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0
4 11 MF England Chris Rigg 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0
6= 26 DF Wales Chris Mepham 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
4 MF Northern Ireland Dan Neil 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0
8 18 FW France Wilson Isidor 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
8=
1 GK England Anthony Patterson 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
3 DF England Dennis Cirkin 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
13 MF England Luke O'Nien 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
14 FW England Romaine Mundle 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
15 FW Ukraine Nazariy Rusyn 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
21 GK England Simon Moore 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
33 DF Norway Leo Hjelde 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0
42 DF England Aji Alese 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Total 32 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 33 1 1

Notes

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References

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