2024–25 Sunderland A.F.C. season

Sunderland
2024–25 season
OwnerKyril Louis-Dreyfus (64%)
Juan Sartori (36%)
ChairmanKyril Louis-Dreyfus
Head CoachRégis Le Bris[1]
StadiumStadium of Light
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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[edit]

In[edit]

Date Pos. Player From Fee Ref.
1 July 2024[a] GK England Simon Moore England Coventry City Free [2]
  1. ^ The transfer was announced on 21 June, and became official on 1 July when his Coventry City contract expired.

Out[edit]

Date Pos. Player To Fee Ref.
18 June 2024 GK England Alex Bass England Notts County Undisclosed [3]

Loaned in[edit]

Date Position Player From Date until Ref

Loaned out[edit]

Date Pos. Player To Date until Ref.
1 July 2024[a] GK England Nathan Bishop England Wycombe Wanderers End of Season [4]

Released / Out of Contract[edit]

Date Pos. Player Subsequent club Join date Ref.
30 June 2024 LW England Jack Diamond England Stockport County 1 July 2024 [5][6]
30 June 2024 LB England Kailem Beattie [5]
30 June 2024 CM England Tom Chiabi [5]
30 June 2024 RW England Ben Creamer [5]
30 June 2024 AM England Bradley Dack [5]
30 June 2024 CM Northern Ireland Corry Evans [5]
30 June 2024 ST England Harry Gardiner [5]
30 June 2024 LW England Daniel Obolo [5]
30 June 2024 LB England Connor Pye [5]
30 June 2024 LB England Joe Ryder [5]
30 June 2024 RB Fiji Jayden Sekete [5]
30 June 2024 LW England Michael Spellman [5]
30 June 2024 RM England Ellis Taylor [5]
30 June 2024 RB Northern Ireland Callum Wilson [5]

Pre-season and friendlies[edit]

On 17 May, Sunderland announced their first slate of pre-season fixtures, against South Shields, Gateshead, Blackpool and Bradford City.[7] A weeks training camp in Alicante was later confirmed with a fixture against Eldense.[8]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

13 July 2024 Friendly South Shields v Sunderland Jarrow
12:30 BST Stadium: Mariners Park
13 July 2024 Friendly Gateshead v Sunderland Gateshead
17:00 BST Stadium: Gateshead International Stadium
21 July 2024 Friendly Eldense v Sunderland San Pedro del Pinatar, Spain
19:00 CEST
(18:00 BST)
Stadium: Pinatar Arena
27 July 2024 Friendly Blackpool v Sunderland Blackpool
15:00 BST Stadium: Bloomfield Road
30 July 2024 Friendly Bradford City v Sunderland Sunderland
19:30 BST Stadium: Valley Parade

Competitions[edit]

Championship[edit]

League table[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
17 Queens Park Rangers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 Sheffield Wednesday 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 Stoke City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 Sunderland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
21 Swansea City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
22 Watford 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Relegation to EFL League One
23 West Bromwich Albion 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played: 10 August 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)[9]


Results summary[edit]

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
0 0 0 0 0 0  0 0 0 0 0 0 0  0 0 0 0 0 0  0

Last updated: pre-season.
Source: Soccerway

Matches[edit]

On 26 June, the Championship fixtures were announced.[10]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

10 August 2024 1 Cardiff City v Sunderland Leckwith
12:30 BST Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium

FA Cup[edit]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

EFL Cup[edit]

On 27 June, the draw for the first round was made, with Sunderland being drawn away against Preston North End.[11]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

13 August 2024 First round Preston North End v Sunderland Preston
19:45 BST Stadium: Deepdale

Statistics[edit]

Appearances and goals[edit]

As of pre-season

List includes all first team players and any other matchday squad players

No. Pos Nat Player Total Championship FA Cup EFL Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Goalkeepers
GK England ENG Simon Moore 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
GK England ENG Anthony Patterson 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
Defenders
DF England ENG Aji Alese 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF England ENG Joe Anderson 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF Northern Ireland NIR Daniel Ballard 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF Northern Ireland NIR Dennis Cirkin 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF Norway NOR Leo Hjelde 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF Wales WAL Niall Huggins 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF Northern Ireland NIR Trai Hume 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF England ENG Luke O'Nien 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF France FRA Timothée Pembélé 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF Netherlands NED Jenson Seelt 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF Australia AUS Nectarios Triantis 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
Midfielders
MF France FRA Abdoullah Ba 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF France FRA Adil Aouchiche 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF England ENG Jobe Bellingham 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF France FRA Pierre Ekwah 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF England ENG Elliot Embleton 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF England ENG Jay Matete 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF England ENG Dan Neil 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF England ENG Chris Rigg 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
Forwards
FW Costa Rica CRC Jewison Bennette 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW England ENG Jack Clarke 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW Spain ESP Eliezer Mayenda 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW England ENG Romaine Mundle 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW England ENG Patrick Roberts 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW Ukraine UKR Nazariy Rusyn 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW Portugal POR Luís Semedo 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
Players away on loan:
GK England ENG Nathan Bishop 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ The loan was announced on 25 June, and would officially commence on July 1

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Régis Le Bris". Sunderland AFC. 22 June 2024. Retrieved 22 June 2024.
  2. ^ "Simon Moore joins Sunderland". Sunderland AFC. 21 June 2024. Retrieved 21 June 2024.
  3. ^ "Alex Bass joins Notts County". Sunderland AFC. 18 June 2024. Retrieved 18 June 2024.
  4. ^ "Bishop joins Wycombe on loan". Sunderland AFC. 25 June 2024. Retrieved 25 June 2024.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n "Retained list confirmed". Sunderland AFC. 17 May 2024. Retrieved 17 May 2024.
  6. ^ "Diamond set to shine after signing three year deal". Stockport County FC. 14 June 2024. Retrieved 14 June 2024.
  7. ^ "Several pre-season fixtures confirmed". Sunderland AFC. 17 May 2024. Retrieved 17 May 2024.
  8. ^ "Update on tour of Spain". Sunderland AFC. 15 June 2024. Retrieved 15 June 2024.
  9. ^ "EFL Regulations Section 3 – The League; subsection 9 – Method of Determining League Positions". EFL. Archived from the original on 30 May 2024. Retrieved 8 June 2024.
  10. ^ "Derby at Blackburn and Blades visit Preston to start Championship". British Broadcasting Corporation. 26 June 2024. Retrieved 26 June 2024.
  11. ^ "Carabao Cup Round One draw confirmed". English Football League. 27 June 2024. Retrieved 27 June 2024.