# 2024–25 Leyton Orient F.C. season

The 2024–25 season is the 126th season in the history of Leyton Orient Football Club and their second consecutive season in League One. The club are participating in League One, the FA Cup, the EFL Cup, and the EFL Trophy.

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Pos. | Player | From | Fee |
| 4 July 2024 | RW | Diallang Jaiyesimi | Charlton Athletic | Free |
| 16 July 2024 | CM | Lewis Warrington | Everton | Free |
| 21 July 2024 | RB | Sean Clare | Wigan Athletic | Undisclosed |
| 10 September 2024 | DM | Dominic Ball | Ipswich Town | Free |
| 22 January 2025 | CB | Azeem Abdulai | Swansea City | Undisclosed |
| 31 January 2025 | RW | Sonny Perkins | Leeds United | Undisclosed |
| 3 February 2025 | CB | Rarmani Edmonds-Green | Charlton Athletic | Undisclosed |
| 3 February 2025 | LM | Randell Williams | Bolton Wanderers | Free |

### Out

| Date | Pos. | Player | To | Fee | Ref. |
| 3 July 2024 | CM | Max Sanders | Crewe Alexandra | Undisclosed | |

### Loaned in

| Date | Pos. | Player | From | Date until |
| 1 July 2024 | CF | Charlie Kelman | Queens Park Rangers | End of Season |
| 1 July 2024 | CF | Sonny Perkins | Leeds United | 31 January 2025 |
| 23 July 2024 | GK | Zach Hemming | Middlesbrough | 1 January 2025 |
| 16 August 2024 | SS | Jamie Donley | Tottenham Hotspur | End of Season |
| 30 August 2024 | LB | Jack Currie | Oxford United | End of Season |
| 30 August 2024 | GK | Josh Keeley | Tottenham Hotspur | End of Season |
| 16 January 2025 | RW | Dilan Markanday | Blackburn Rovers | End of Season |
* ↑ The loan was announced on 29 June, and would officially commence on July 1
* ↑ The loan was announced on 27 June, and would officially commence on July 1
* ↑ On 31 January, Perkins joined the club on a permanent deal
* ↑ On 1 January, Hemming was recalled back to Middlesbrough

### Loaned out

| Date | Pos. | Player | To | Date until |
| 11 July 2024 | CF | Joe Pigott | AFC Wimbledon | End of Season |
| 3 August 2024 | GK | Rhys Byrne | Bowers & Pitsea | November 2024 |
| 14 August 2024 | AM | Thomas Avgoustidis | Potters Bar Town | 11 September 2024 |
| 14 August 2024 | CM | Hayden Bullas | Erith Town | 11 September 2024 |
| 14 August 2024 | CF | Reon Smith-Kouassi | Potters Bar Town | 11 September 2024 |
| 20 August 2024 | CM | George Moncur | Southend United | 7 January 2025 |
| 2 September 2024 | RM | Charlie Pegrum | Welling United | 10 November 2024 |
| 17 September 2024 | GK | Sam Howes | Wealdstone | 12 November 2024 |
| 17 October 2024 | CF | Reon Smith-Kouassi | Grays Athletic | 14 December 2024 |
| 13 November 2024 | RM | Charlie Pegrum | Tonbridge Angels | 5 February 2025 |
| 20 December 2024 | DM | Makai Welch | Hendon | 29 January 2025 |
| 7 January 2025 | CM | George Moncur | Ebbsfleet United | End of Season |
| 14 January 2025 | GK | Rhys Byrne | Salisbury | 11 February 2025 |
| 23 January 2025 | CM | Lewis Warrington | Salford City | End of Season |

### Released / Out of Contract

| Date | Pos. | Player | Subsequent club | Joined date |
| 30 June 2024 | RB | Rob Hunt | Colchester United | 1 July 2024 |
| 30 June 2024 | CB | Ethan Light | Hemel Hempstead Town | 1 July 2024 |
| 30 June 2024 | CF | Ruel Sotiriou | Bristol Rovers | 1 July 2024 |
| 30 June 2024 | CM | Jephte Tanga | Ebbsfleet United | 10 July 2024 |
| 30 June 2024 | DM | Emmanuel Harvest | Hornchurch | 10 August 2024 |
| 30 June 2024 | LB | Harrison Sodje | Cray Wanderers | 17 August 2024 |
| 30 June 2024 | CB | Adam Thompson | | |

## Pre-season and friendlies

On 12 May, The O's announced they would return to Spain for a pre-season training camp in Málaga. Five days later, they announced they would travel to Hornchurch to kick-off the pre-season campaign. A second friendly, versus Dagenham & Redbridge was also shortly added. On June 4, the club added a double-header to their pre-season schedule, versus Welling United and St Albans City. Two weeks later, a fifth fixture was added, against Cheshunt. On 28 June, fixtures against Heart of Midlothian and Juventud de Torremolinos were added. A fixture to honour Justin Edinburgh against Tottenham Hotspur U21 was also later added.
Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 7 | Huddersfield Town | 36 | 17 | 7 | 12 | 47 | 33 | +14 | 58 |
| 8 | Reading | 36 | 16 | 10 | 10 | 51 | 45 | +6 | 58 |
| 9 | Leyton Orient | 36 | 16 | 5 | 15 | 51 | 37 | +14 | 53 |
| 10 | Barnsley | 36 | 15 | 7 | 14 | 50 | 51 | −1 | 52 |
| 11 | Blackpool | 36 | 12 | 15 | 9 | 54 | 48 | +6 | 51 |

#### 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 | 5$^1$ | 8 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 17 | 11$^2$ | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 16$^3$ | 32 | 31$^5$ | 33 | 26$^4$ | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | A | A | H | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | H | A | A | A | H | A | H | A | A | H |
| Result | L | L | L | L | W | W | D | D | L | L | L | W | L | W | D | L | W | W | D | W | W | W | W | W | D | W | W | L | W | W | W | L | L | L | L | L | | | |
| Position | 18 | 20 | 23 | 24 | 22 | 19 | 16 | 18 | 20 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 21 | 21 | 20 | 16 | 18 | 15 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 9 | | | |
| Points | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 18 | 21 | 22 | 25 | 28 | 31 | 34 | 37 | 38 | 41 | 44 | 44 | 47 | 50 | 53 | 53 | 53 | 53 | 53 | 53 | | | |
* $^1$ Matchday 5 (vs. Peterborough United) was postponed due to international call-ups.
* $^2$ Matchday 11 (vs. Huddersfield Town) was postponed due to international call-ups.
* $^3$ Matchday 16 (vs. Mansfield Town) was postponed due to international call-ups.
* $^4$ Matchday 26 (vs. Birmingham City) was postponed due to FA Cup involvements.
* $^5$ Matchday 31 (vs. Wrexham) was postponed due to FA Cup involvements.

#### Matches

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

### FA Cup

Leyton Orient were drawn away to Boreham Wood in the first round, and then at home to Oldham Athletic in the second round, Derby County in the third round and Manchester City in the fourth round.
Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

### EFL Cup

On 27 June, the draw for the first round was made, with Leyton Orient being drawn at home against Newport County. In the second round, they were drawn away to Millwall. In the third round, Orient were drawn away to Brentford.
Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

### EFL Trophy

In the group stage, Orient were drawn into Southern Group E alongside Colchester United, Milton Keynes Dons and Arsenal U21. They were then drawn away to Charlton Athletic in the round of 32 and at home to Stevenage in the round of 16.

#### Group stage

| Pos | Div | Teamvte | Pld | W | PW | PL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | L2 | Colchester United | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 7 | Advance to Round 2 |
| 2 | L1 | Leyton Orient | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 5 | Advance to Round 2 |
| 3 | ACA | Arsenal U21 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 4 | |
| 4 | L2 | Milton Keynes Dons | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 2 | |
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 |
| 2 | DF | WAL | Tom James | 29 | 2 | 15+5 | 2 | 2+1 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | ENG | Jayden Sweeney | 28 | 1 | 9+10 | 1 | 1+2 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | ENG | Jack Simpson | 25 | 0 | 9+7 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | ENG | Dan Happe | 26 | 3 | 21+1 | 2 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 1 |
| 6 | DF | WAL | Brandon Cooper | 32 | 2 | 11+10 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 3+0 | 2 | 4+0 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | ENG | Dan Agyei | 40 | 10 | 23+7 | 4 | 2+1 | 2 | 2+1 | 2 | 1+3 | 2 |
| 8 | MF | ENG | Jordan Brown | 43 | 2 | 29+5 | 2 | 1+3 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 |
| 9 | MF | ENG | Randell Williams | 7 | 1 | 5+2 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | ENG | Jordan Graham | 10 | 0 | 0+8 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | ENG | Jack Currie | 32 | 0 | 25+1 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 |
| 13 | GK | ENG | Sam Howes | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | ENG | Dominic Ball | 28 | 0 | 11+12 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | ENG | Lewis Warrington | 12 | 0 | 3+4 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | ENG | Jamie Donley | 39 | 6 | 24+5 | 6 | 3+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | ENG | Darren Pratley | 36 | 0 | 17+7 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 3+2 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | GRN | Omar Beckles | 33 | 2 | 23+2 | 2 | 2+1 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | ENG | Sonny Perkins | 38 | 6 | 10+16 | 4 | 3+1 | 1 | 3+0 | 0 | 5+0 | 1 |
| 21 | FW | IRL | Ollie O'Neill | 28 | 2 | 20+1 | 2 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | NIR | Ethan Galbraith | 41 | 5 | 30+2 | 5 | 4+0 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 23 | FW | USA | Charlie Kelman | 47 | 16 | 28+7 | 12 | 3+1 | 1 | 0+3 | 1 | 3+2 | 2 |
| 24 | GK | IRL | Josh Keeley | 32 | 1 | 26+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 26 | GK | ENG | Noah Phillips | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 27 | FW | ENG | Diallang Jaiyesimi | 33 | 2 | 1+20 | 1 | 3+1 | 0 | 3+0 | 1 | 4+1 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | ENG | Sean Clare | 22 | 2 | 9+9 | 2 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | KEN | Zech Obiero | 21 | 1 | 4+6 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 5+0 | 1 |
| 31 | MF | JAM | Makai Welch | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 44 | FW | ENG | Dilan Markanday | 9 | 2 | 8+1 | 2 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 45 | DF | ENG | Rarmani Edmonds-Green | 8 | 0 | 7+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 47 | DF | SCO | Azeem Abdulai | 11 | 3 | 7+4 | 3 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| Player(s) who featured whilst on loan but returned to parent club during the season: ||||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | ENG | Zach Hemming | 15 | 0 | 10+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |