# 2024–25 Burton Albion F.C. season

The 2024–25 season is the 75th season in the history of Burton Albion Football Club and their seventh consecutive season in League One. In addition to the domestic league, the club would also participate in the FA Cup, the EFL Cup, and the EFL Trophy.

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Pos. | Player | From | Fee |
| 14 June 2024 | CB | Jason Sraha | Shrewsbury Town | Undisclosed |
| 20 June 2024 | CF | Julian Larsson | Nottingham Forest | Undisclosed |
| 21 June 2024 | CM | Charlie Webster | Chelsea | Undisclosed |
| 24 June 2024 | CM | Alex Bannon | Queen's Park | Undisclosed |
| 25 June 2024 | CB | Udoka Godwin-Malife | Swindon Town | Undisclosed |
| 26 June 2024 | CF | Danilo Orsi | Crawley Town | Undisclosed |
| 1 July 2024 | CB | Geraldo Bajrami | Notts County | Free |
| 1 July 2024 | CF | Rumarn Burrell | Cove Rangers | Free |
| 1 July 2024 | LW | Tomas Kalinauskas | Den Bosch | Free |
| 1 July 2024 | DM | Elliot Watt | Salford City | Free |
| 1 July 2024 | CM | Ben Whitfield | Barrow | Free |
| 8 July 2024 | LB | Jack Armer | Carlisle United | Undisclosed |
| 8 July 2024 | RW | Billy Bodin | Oxford United | Free |
| 12 July 2024 | CF | Jack Hazlehurst | Chorley | Undisclosed |
| 16 July 2024 | CF | Jack Cooper Love | Elfsborg | Undisclosed |
| 20 July 2024 | LB | Ivan Inzoudine | Chambly Oise | Undisclosed |
| 24 July 2024 | RB | Nick Akoto | Tormenta | Undisclosed |
| 25 July 2024 | CB | Terence Vancooten | Stevenage | Undisclosed |
| 27 July 2024 | GK | Harry Isted | Charlton Athletic | Undisclosed |
| 16 January 2025 | CF | Jón Dadi Bödvarsson | Wrexham | Free |
| 31 January 2025 | CM | James Jones | Wrexham | Undisclosed |
| 20 February 2025 | RM | Anthony Forde | Wrexham | Free |
| 28 February 2025 | CF | Jack Stretton | Stockport County | Free |
* ↑ The transfer was announced on 13 June, and would become official on July 1 once his Notts County contract expired
* ↑ The transfer was announced on 26 June, and would become official on July 1 once his Cove Rangers contract expired
* ↑ The transfer was announced on 14 June, and would become official on July 1 once his Den Bosch contract expired
* ↑ The transfer was announced on 12 June, and would become official on July 1 once his Salford City contract expired
* ↑ The transfer was announced on 18 June, and would become official on July 1 once his Barrow contract expired

### Out

| Date | Pos. | Player | To | Fee |
| 14 June 2024 | CF | Cole Stockton | Salford City | Undisclosed |
| 1 July 2024 | CF | Josh Gordon | Walsall | Free |
| 8 July 2024 | CF | Josh Walker | Southend United | Undisclosed |
| 19 July 2024 | RB | Tom Hamer | Lincoln City | Undisclosed |
| 25 July 2024 | CM | Mark Helm | Fleetwood Town | Undisclosed |
| 13 August 2024 | CB | William Tamen | Everton | Undisclosed |
* ↑ The transfer was announced on 7 June, and would become official on June 14 once the transfer window re-opened

### Loaned in

| Date | Pos | Player | From | Date until |
| 3 July 2024 | LB | Dylan Williams | Chelsea | End of Season |
| 30 August 2024 | RW | Romelle Donovan | Birmingham City | 6 December 2024 |
| 30 August 2024 | CF | Ronnie Stutter | Chelsea | 1 January 2025 |
| 5 September 2024 | CM | Alejandro Bran | Minnesota United | 5 January 2025 |
| 9 January 2025 | LB | Owen Dodgson | Burnley | End of Season |
| 10 January 2025 | CM | JJ McKiernan | Lincoln City | End of Season |
| 31 January 2025 | CF | Fábio Tavares | Coventry City | End of Season |
| 3 February 2025 | RB | Kyran Lofthouse | Barnsley | End of Season |
* ↑ On 6 December, Donovan was recalled back early from his season-long loan from Birmingham.
* ↑ On 1 January, Stutter was recalled back early from his season-long loan from Chelsea.
* ↑ On 5 January, Bran was recalled back early from his season-long loan from Minnesota.

### Loaned out

| Date | Pos. | Player | To | Date until |
| 20 July 2024 | LB | Ivan Inzoudine | Kalmar | 1 January 2025 |
| 7 August 2024 | GK | Kamil Dudek | Alvechurch | 1 November 2024 |
| 9 August 2024 | CF | Dylan Scott | Mickleover | 7 September 2024 |
| 30 August 2024 | CB | Jasper Moon | Harrogate Town | End of Season |
| 24 January 2025 | AM | Jack Hazlehurst | Marine | End of Season |
| 31 January 2025 | DM | Elliot Watt | St Johnstone | End of Season |
| 3 February 2025 | CM | Alex Bannon | Airdrieonians | End of Season |
| 3 February 2025 | RW | Billy Bodin | Reading | End of Season |
| 3 February 2025 | CM | Ben Whitfield | Barrow | End of Season |
| 4 February 2025 | CF | Jack Cooper-Love | De Graafschap | End of Season |
| 4 February 2025 | CF | Danilo Orsi | Milton Keynes Dons | End of Season |

### Released / Out of Contract

| Date | Pos. | Player | Subsequent club | Join date |
| 30 June 2024 | CB | Sam Hughes | Stockport County | 1 July 2024 |
| 30 June 2024 | CM | Charlie Lakin | Walsall | 1 July 2024 |
| 30 June 2024 | CB | Aristote Nsiala | Shrewsbury Town | 1 July 2024 |
| 30 June 2024 | CM | Deji Oshilaja | Mansfield Town | 1 July 2024 |
| 30 June 2024 | AM | Joe Powell | Rotherham United | 1 July 2024 |
| 30 June 2024 | CF | Bobby Kamwa | Newport County | 2 August 2024 |
| 30 June 2024 | RB | Jake Caprice | Oldham Athletic | 7 August 2024 |
| 30 June 2024 | LW | Mustapha Carayol | Exeter City | 20 September 2024 |
| 30 August 2024 | CM | Rekeem Harper | Port Vale | 1 November 2024 |
| 30 June 2024 | GK | Jamal Blackman | Shrewsbury Town | 21 December 2024 |
| 3 February 2025 | LB | Ivan Inzoudine | | |

## Pre-season and friendlies

On 3 July, the Brewers announced their pre-season schedule, with friendly matches against Port Vale, Buxton and Morecambe.
Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

## Competitions
### League One
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 19 | Northampton Town | 36 | 10 | 11 | 15 | 36 | 53 | −17 | 41 | |
| 20 | Peterborough United | 35 | 10 | 9 | 16 | 52 | 60 | −8 | 39 | |
| 21 | Burton Albion | 36 | 7 | 12 | 17 | 36 | 53 | −17 | 33 | Relegation to EFL League Two |
| 22 | Crawley Town | 36 | 7 | 9 | 20 | 38 | 66 | −28 | 30 | Relegation to EFL League Two |
| 23 | Cambridge United | 36 | 7 | 8 | 21 | 35 | 60 | −25 | 29 | Relegation to EFL League Two |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 8 March 2025. Source: Soccerway

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 5$^1$ | 15 | 17 | 11$^2$ | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 27 | 16$^3$ | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 26$^4$ | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 | 43 | 44 | 45 | 38$^5$ |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | H |
| Result | L | D | D | D | D | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | D | W | L | L | W | L | D | L | L | D | D | L | D | W | W | W | D | D | L | W | W | D | L | L | | | | | | | | | |
| Position | 15 | 17 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 23 | 24 | 24 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 23 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 23 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | | | |
* $^1$ Matchday 5 (vs Crawley Town) was postponed due to the international call-ups.
* $^2$ Matchday 11 (vs Charlton Athletic) was postponed due to the international call-ups.
* $^3$ Matchday 16 (vs Wigan Athletic) was postponed due to the international call-ups.
* $^4$ Matchday 26 (vs Stevenage) was postponed due to a frozen pitch.
* $^5$ Matchday 38 (vs Wigan Athletic) was postponed due to internatonal call-ups.

#### Matches

On 26 June, the League One fixtures were announced.
Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

### FA Cup

Burton Albion were drawn at home to Scarborough Athletic in the first round and then to Tamworth in the second round.
Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

### EFL Cup

On 27 June, the draw for the first round was made, with Burton being drawn at home against Blackpool.
Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

### EFL Trophy

In the group stage, Burton were drawn into Southern Group F alongside Northampton Town, Notts County and Leicester City. In the round of 32, Burton were drawn at home against Stevenage.

#### Group stage

| Pos | Div | Teamvte | Pld | W | PW | PL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | L1 | Burton Albion | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 5 | +4 | 6 | Advance to Round 2 |
| 2 | L1 | Northampton Town | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 6 | Advance to Round 2 |
| 3 | L2 | Notts County | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | |
| 4 | ACA | Leicester City U21 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | −6 | 0 | |
Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

#### Knockout stages
## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

    As of match played 8 March 2025
Players with no appearances are not included on the list Italics indicate a loaned in player
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | League One | League One | FA Cup | FA Cup | EFL Cup | EFL Cup | EFL Trophy | EFL Trophy |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | NZL | Max Crocombe | 35 | 0 | 33+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | ENG | Udoka Godwin-Malife | 36 | 1 | 29+3 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | ENG | Owen Dodgson | 12 | 1 | 12+0 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | SCO | Elliot Watt | 30 | 0 | 24+1 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | ALB | Geraldo Bajrami | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | IRL | Ryan Sweeney | 39 | 3 | 35+0 | 2 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 1 |
| 7 | FW | LTU | Tomas Kalinauskas | 37 | 2 | 18+15 | 1 | 1+1 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 8 | FW | ENG | Charlie Webster | 29 | 5 | 20+6 | 4 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 1 |
| 9 | FW | ENG | Danilo Orsi | 32 | 7 | 18+9 | 6 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+1 | 1 |
| 10 | FW | ISL | Jón Daði Böðvarsson | 9 | 4 | 8+1 | 4 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | WAL | Billy Bodin | 15 | 4 | 7+5 | 4 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 12 | MF | ENG | Jack Hazlehurst | 3 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 13 | GK | ENG | Harry Isted | 8 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | USA | Nick Akoto | 20 | 1 | 6+8 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 1 |
| 15 | DF | GUY | Terence Vancooten | 33 | 0 | 28+1 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 16 | FW | SWE | Jack Cooper-Love | 21 | 2 | 6+8 | 2 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | SCO | Jack Armer | 33 | 0 | 26+3 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | SCO | Rumarn Burrell | 25 | 6 | 17+4 | 6 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | ENG | Dylan Williams | 25 | 1 | 10+8 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 1 |
| 20 | DF | ENG | Jason Sraha | 12 | 0 | 7+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | SCO | Alex Bannon | 12 | 0 | 9+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
| 22 | FW | SWE | Julian Larsson | 7 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 23 | FW | POR | Fábio Tavares | 3 | 1 | 0+3 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | NIR | JJ McKiernan | 11 | 1 | 11+0 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | IRL | Ciaran Gilligan | 16 | 0 | 8+4 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | ENG | Finn Delap | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 29 | DF | ENG | Toby Oakes | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 32 | FW | ENG | Mason Bennett | 30 | 3 | 14+13 | 1 | 0+1 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 1 |
| 33 | MF | RSA | Kegs Chauke | 32 | 1 | 24+5 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 34 | MF | ENG | Ben Whitfield | 30 | 3 | 13+10 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+2 | 2 |
| 35 | MF | SCO | James Jones | 4 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 36 | DF | ENG | Kyran Lofthouse | 7 | 0 | 5+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 38 | FW | ENG | Jack Newall | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 39 | DF | ENG | Josh Taroni | 2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 44 | MF | IRL | Anthony Forde | 3 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 47 | FW | SCO | Jack Stretton | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| Player(s) who featured whilst on loan but returned to parent club during the season: ||||||||||||||
| 23 | MF | CRC | Alejandro Bran | 4 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 24 | FW | ENG | Ronnie Stutter | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 49 | FW | ENG | Romelle Donovan | 9 | 1 | 1+5 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 1 |