# 2024–25 Huddersfield Town A.F.C. season

The 2024–25 season is the 116th season in the history of Huddersfield Town Association Football Club and their first season back in League One since the 2011–12 season following relegation from the Championship in the previous season. 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 |
| 18 June 2024 | RM | Lasse Sørensen | Lincoln City | Undisclosed |
| 1 July 2024 | LM | Mickel Miller | Plymouth Argyle | Free |
| 2 July 2024 | CM | Herbie Kane | Barnsley | Free |
| 4 July 2024 | AM | Antony Evans | Bristol Rovers | Undisclosed |
| 28 August 2024 | CB | Aaron O'Reilly | Aston Villa | Free |
| 10 September 2024 | CF | Freddie Ladapo | Ipswich Town | Free |
| 18 September 2024 | GK | Oliver Riva | Accrington Stanley | Free |
| 1 January 2025 | LB | Ruben Roosken | Heracles Almelo | Undisclosed |
| 10 January 2025 | CF | Joe Taylor | Luton Town | Undisclosed |
| 15 January 2025 | CF | Dion Charles | Bolton Wanderers | Undisclosed |
* 1 2 Signed initially for the 'B team
* ↑ The transfer was announced on 28 December, and would become official on January 1 once the transfer window reopened

### Out

| Date | Pos. | Player | To | Fee |
| 20 June 2024 | CM | Jack Rudoni | Coventry City | Undisclosed |
| 26 July 2024 | CF | Tyreece Simpson | Stevenage | Undisclosed |
| 30 July 2024 | LB | Ben Jackson | Barrow | Undisclosed |
| 17 August 2024 | CM | Josh Austerfield | Salford City | Undisclosed |
| 30 August 2024 | LW | Pat Jones | Exeter City | Undisclosed |
| 2 January 2025 | LB | Jaheim Headley | Port Vale | Undisclosed |
| 6 January 2025 | CF | Kian Harratt | Fleetwood Town | Undisclosed |
| 6 January 2025 | CF | Kieran Phillips | Ross County | Undisclosed |
| 17 January 2025 | CB | Michał Helik | Oxford United | Undisclosed |

### Loaned in

| Date | Pos. | Player | From | Date until |
| 9 August 2024 | CF | Callum Marshall | West Ham United | End of Season |
| 28 August 2024 | DM | Joe Hodge | Wolverhampton Wanderers | End of Season |
| 28 August 2024 | CB | Nigel Lonwijk | Wolverhampton Wanderers | End of Season |
| 3 February 2025 | AM | Tawanda Chirewa | Wolverhampton Wanderers | End of Season |

### Loaned out

| Date | Pos. | Player | To | Date until |
| 30 July 2024 | RB | Neo Eccleston | Barrow | 15 January 2025 |
| 30 July 2024 | RW | Sorba Thomas | Nantes | End of Season |
| 30 August 2024 | CF | Kian Harratt | Fleetwood Town | 7 January 2025 |
| 30 August 2024 | CF | Kyle Hudlin | Newport County | End of Season |
| 7 September 2024 | CM | Scott High | FC Halifax Town | 3 November 2024 |
| 7 January 2025 | CB | Eko Solomon | Harrogate Town | End of Season |
| 24 January 2025 | CM | Scott High | FC Halifax Town | End of Season |
| 24 January 2025 | GK | Oliver Riva | Sheffield | 22 February 2025 |
| 24 January 2025 | DM | Daniel Vost | Warrington Town | 22 February 2025 |
| 4 February 2025 | CF | Bojan Radulović | Fortuna Sittard | End of Season |
* ↑ On 15 January, Eccleston was recalled back from his loan at Barrow
* ↑ On 7 January, Harratt's loan at Fleetwood was made permanently

### Released / Out of Contract

| Date | Pos. | Player | Subsequent club | Join date |
| 30 June 2024 | CM | Hazeem Bakre | Middlesbrough | 1 July 2024 |
| 30 June 2024 | RW | Connor Mahoney | Barrow | 1 July 2024 |
| 30 June 2024 | CF | Jordan Rhodes | Blackpool | 1 July 2024 |
| 30 June 2024 | RM | Aaron Rowe | Gillingham | 1 July 2024 |
| 30 June 2024 | CB | Yūta Nakayama | Machida Zelvia | 14 August 2024 |
| 30 June 2024 | CM | Brahima Diarra | Al Wahda | 5 September 2024 |
| 30 June 2024 | GK | Michael Acquah | | |
| 30 June 2024 | CB | David Adewoju | | |
| 30 June 2024 | GK | Giosue Bellagambi | | |
| 30 June 2024 | RW | Myles Bright | | |
| 30 June 2024 | CB | Freddie Fletcher | | |
| 30 June 2024 | CM | Dylan Helliwell | | |
| 30 June 2024 | LB | Shane Maroodza | | |
| 30 June 2024 | CM | Ben Midgley | | |
| 30 June 2024 | CF | Aaron Ojungu | | |
| 30 June 2024 | CB | Mustapha Olagunju | | |
| 30 June 2024 | RW | Charles Ondo | | |
| 30 June 2024 | CB | Archie Sheppard | | |

## Pre-season and friendlies

On 17 May, Huddersfield announced their pre-season preparations, with matches against Emley, Alfreton Town, Guiseley, York City and Harrogate Town along with a tour of Austria. In July it was confirmed Town would face Aris Limassol, Hertha BSC and Lecce during the pre-season tour in Austria. On July 19, another friendly was added, against Sheffield United.
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## Competitions
### League One
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 5 | Stockport County | 36 | 17 | 11 | 8 | 52 | 34 | +18 | 62 | Qualification for League One play-offs |
| 6 | Bolton Wanderers | 36 | 18 | 6 | 12 | 59 | 54 | +5 | 60 | Qualification for League One play-offs |
| 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 | |

#### 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 | 25 | 16$^3$ | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 26$^5$ | 33 | 24$^4$ | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 38$^6$ | 42 | 43 | 44 | 45 | 46 |
| Ground | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H |
| Result | W | W | W | L | W | L | L | L | L | W | W | D | W | D | W | W | W | W | D | W | W | D | D | W | D | L | L | L | D | W | W | L | L | W | L | L | | | | | | | | | | |
| Position | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Points | 3 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 15 | 18 | 19 | 22 | 23 | 26 | 29 | 32 | 35 | 36 | 39 | 42 | 43 | 44 | 47 | 48 | 48 | 48 | 48 | 49 | 52 | 55 | 55 | 55 | 58 | 58 | 58 | | | | | | | | | | |
* $^1$ Matchday 5 (vs. Blackpool) was postponed due to international call-ups.
* $^2$ Matchday 11 (vs. Leyton Orient) was postponed due to international call-ups.
* $^3$ Matchday 16 (vs. Wycombe Wanderers) was postponed due to international call-ups.
* $^4$ Matchday 24 (vs. Wigan Athletic) was postponed due to severe localised flooding.
* $^5$ Matchday 26 (vs. Shrewsbury Town) was postponed due to a frozen pitch.
* $^6$ Matchday 38 (vs. Wycombe Wanderers) was postponed due to international obligations.

#### Matches

The league fixtures were released on 26 June 2024.
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### FA Cup

Huddersfield Town were drawn away to Tamworth in the first round.
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### EFL Cup

On 27 June, the draw for the first round was made, with Huddersfield being drawn at home against Morecambe. In the second round, they were drawn away to Walsall.
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### EFL Trophy

In the group stage, Huddersfield were drawn into Northern Group F alongside Barnsley, Doncaster Rovers and Manchester United U21. In the round of 32, Huddersfield were drawn away to Bolton Wanderers.

#### Group stage

| Pos | Div | Teamvte | Pld | W | PW | PL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | L2 | Doncaster Rovers | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 5 | +3 | 7 | Advance to Round 2 |
| 2 | L1 | Huddersfield Town | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 6 | Advance to Round 2 |
| 3 | ACA | Manchester United U21 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 9 | −2 | 5 | |
| 4 | L1 | Barnsley | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | −5 | 0 | |
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#### Knoutout 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 | ENG | Lee Nicholls | 15 | 0 | 15+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 2 | MF | DEN | Lasse Sørensen | 28 | 0 | 18+5 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | ENG | Josh Ruffels | 17 | 1 | 7+7 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 1 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | ENG | Matty Pearson | 26 | 4 | 15+4 | 4 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | ENG | Jonathan Hogg | 29 | 1 | 13+12 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | NIR | Callum Marshall | 38 | 9 | 27+8 | 8 | 0+1 | 0 | 2+0 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | ENG | Ben Wiles | 41 | 8 | 31+4 | 7 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 1+2 | 1 |
| 9 | FW | SRB | Bojan Radulović | 21 | 1 | 9+8 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | ENG | Josh Koroma | 33 | 9 | 23+7 | 8 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | ENG | Rhys Healey | 11 | 2 | 2+7 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 1 |
| 12 | GK | WAL | Chris Maxwell | 4 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 13 | GK | AUS | Jacob Chapman | 24 | 0 | 21+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | ENG | Mickel Miller | 16 | 0 | 13+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 15 | FW | NIR | Dion Charles | 11 | 0 | 8+3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | ENG | Herbie Kane | 29 | 3 | 19+6 | 3 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | NIR | Brodie Spencer | 31 | 3 | 24+5 | 3 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | ENG | David Kasumu | 27 | 4 | 19+4 | 3 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 1 |
| 19 | FW | ENG | Freddie Ladapo | 25 | 1 | 1+20 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+2 | 1 |
| 20 | DF | ENG | Ollie Turton | 28 | 1 | 12+10 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | ENG | Antony Evans | 27 | 2 | 14+10 | 2 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 22 | FW | WAL | Joe Taylor | 5 | 1 | 2+3 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | NED | Nigel Lonwijk | 26 | 1 | 21+0 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | SUR | Radinio Balker | 9 | 0 | 6+3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 25 | FW | ENG | Danny Ward | 20 | 3 | 9+4 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 1 | 2+2 | 2 |
| 26 | DF | NED | Ruben Roosken | 7 | 0 | 5+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | ZIM | Tawanda Chirewa | 8 | 0 | 7+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | ENG | Tom Iorpenda | 11 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 |
| 32 | DF | ENG | Tom Lees | 32 | 1 | 28+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 1 |
| 34 | MF | ENG | Cameron Ashia | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 36 | MF | ENG | Daniel Vost | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 37 | MF | ENG | Peter Thomas | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 41 | MF | IRL | Joe Hodge | 21 | 1 | 9+12 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 42 | FW | NIR | Conor Falls | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| Player(s) who featured but departed the club permanently during the season: ||||||||||||||
| 5 | DF | POL | Michał Helik | 21 | 2 | 15+2 | 2 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | ENG | Jaheim Headley | 13 | 1 | 3+4 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 1 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 22 | FW | ENG | Kian Harratt | 4 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 26 | FW | WAL | Pat Jones | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |