# 2024–25 Cambridge United F.C. season

The 2024–25 season is the 113th season in the history of Cambridge United Football Club, and their fourth consecutive season in League One. In addition to the domestic league, the club will also participate in the FA Cup, the EFL Cup and the EFL Trophy.

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Pos | Player | From | Fee |
| 1 July 2024 | RB | James Gibbons | Bristol Rovers | Free |
| 1 July 2024 | CF | Shayne Lavery | Blackpool | Free |
| 1 July 2024 | CB | Kelland Watts | Newcastle United | Free |
| 10 July 2024 | CF | Ryan Loft | Port Vale | Undisclosed |
| 15 July 2024 | CM | Gary Gardner | Birmingham City | Free |
| 17 July 2024 | CM | Korey Smith | Derby County | Free |
| 14 January 2025 | GK | Marko Maroši | Plymouth Argyle | Free |
| 30 January 2025 | CM | Ben Stevenson | Portsmouth | Free |
| 4 March 2025 | LB | Scott Malone | Crawley Town | Free |
* ↑ The transfer was announced on 25 June, and would become official on July 1 once his Bristol Rovers contract expired
* ↑ The transfer was announced on 12 June, and would become official on July 1 once his Newcastle United contract expired

### Out

| Date | Pos. | Player | To | Fee |
| 27 June 2024 | RW | Jack Lankester | Crewe Alexandra | Undisclosed |
| 27 June 2024 | CM | Lewis Simper | Sutton United | Undisclosed |
| 3 July 2024 | CM | Adam May | Forest Green Rovers | Free |

### Loaned in

| Date | Pos. | Player | From | Date until |
| 2 July 2024 | GK | Vicente Reyes | Norwich City | 8 January 2025 |
| 13 July 2024 | CM | Taylor Richards | Queens Park Rangers | End of Season |
| 12 August 2024 | CB | Connor O'Riordan | Blackburn Rovers | 9 January 2025 |
| 21 August 2024 | AM | Josh Stokes | Bristol City | End of Season |
| 22 August 2024 | LB | Emmanuel Longelo | Birmingham City | End of Season |
| 30 August 2024 | CF | Dan Nlundulu | Bolton Wanderers | End of Season |
| 27 January 2025 | CF | Esapa Osong | Nottingham Forest | End of Season |
| 27 January 2025 | CF | Dom Ballard | Southampton | End of Season |
| 3 February 2025 | GK | Nathan Bishop | Sunderland | End of Season |
* ↑ On 8 January, Reyes was recalled back to Norwich.
* ↑ On 9 January, O'Riordan was recalled back to Blackburn.

### Loaned out

| Date | Pos | Player | To | Date until |
| 23 November 2024 | AM | Glenn McConnell | Chelmsford City | 21 December 2024 |
| 3 January 2025 | AM | Amaru Kaunda | Enfield Town | 31 January 2025 |
| 3 February 2025 | AM | Amaru Kaunda | Dulwich Hamlet | 3 March 2025 |

### Released / Out of Contract

| Date | Pos. | Player | Subsequent club | Join date |
| 30 June 2024 | CB | Harvey Beckett | Royston Town | 1 July 2024 |
| 30 June 2024 | GK | Will Mannion | Charlton Athletic | 1 July 2024 |
| 30 June 2024 | CF | Lyle Taylor | Colchester United | 2 July 2024 |
| 30 June 2024 | GK | Tom Finch | Norwich City | 3 July 2024 |
| 30 June 2024 | RB | Greg Sandiford | Coventry City | 3 July 2024 |
| 30 June 2024 | AM | Kai Yearn | Coventry City | 3 July 2024 |
| 30 June 2024 | LB | Brandon Haunstrup | Gateshead | 13 August 2024 |
| 30 June 2024 | CF | Fejiri Okenabirhie | Modern Sport | 6 September 2024 |
| 30 June 2024 | CF | Saleem Akanbi | Hemel Hempstead Town | 5 October 2024 |
| 30 June 2024 | CB | Ryan Bennett | Retired | Retired |
| 30 June 2024 | LB | Harrison Dunk | Retired | Retired |
| 30 June 2024 | GK | James Holden | | |
| 30 June 2024 | CF | Saikou Janneh | | |

## Pre-season and friendlies

On 24 May, Cambridge confirmed their initial pre-season plans, with matches against West Bromwich Albion, Braintree Town, Ebbsfleet United along with a training camp in Portugal. A week later, a fourth friendly was added to the pre-season schedule, versus Colchester United.
Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

## Competitions
### Overall record

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| League One | 10 August 2024 | 3 May 2025 | Matchday 1 | | 37 | 7 | 8 | 22 | 35 | 61 | −26 | 018.92 |
| FA Cup | 2 November 2024 | 30 November 2024 | First round | Second round | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | +0 | 050.00 |
| EFL Cup | 13 August 2024 | 13 August 2024 | First round | First round | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 000.00 |
| EFL Trophy | 3 September 2024 | 10 December 2024 | Group stage | Second round | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | −1 | 025.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 44 | 9 | 9 | 26 | 44 | 72 | −28 | 020.45 |
Last updated: 15 March 2025 Source: Soccerway

### League One
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 20 | Bristol Rovers | 37 | 12 | 6 | 19 | 39 | 60 | −21 | 42 | |
| 21 | Burton Albion | 37 | 8 | 12 | 17 | 38 | 53 | −15 | 36 | Relegation to EFL League Two |
| 22 | Crawley Town | 37 | 7 | 9 | 21 | 39 | 71 | −32 | 30 | Relegation to EFL League Two |
| 23 | Cambridge United | 37 | 7 | 8 | 22 | 35 | 61 | −26 | 29 | Relegation to EFL League Two |
| 24 | Shrewsbury Town | 37 | 7 | 7 | 23 | 34 | 62 | −28 | 28 | 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: 15 March 2025. Source: Soccerway

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 5$^1$ | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 11$^2$ | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 26$^3$ | 37 |
| Ground | A | H | H | A | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H |
| Result | L | L | D | L | L | L | L | L | L | W | W | W | L | D | D | D | L | W | D | L | L | L | L | L | D | W | L | D | D | L | L | W | W | L | L | L | L |
| Position | 23 | 21 | 20 | 23 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 23 | 23 | 21 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 22 | 22 | 23 | 23 | 23 |
| Points | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 21 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 26 | 29 | 29 | 29 | 29 | 29 |
* $^1$ Matchday 5 (vs. Bolton Wanderers) was postponed due to international call-ups.
* $^2$ Matchday 11 (vs. Birmingham City) was postponed due to international call-ups.
* $^3$ Matchday 26 (vs. Blackpool) was postponed due to a frozen pitch.

#### Matches

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

### FA Cup

Cambridge United were drawn away to Woking in the first round and at home to Wigan Athletic in the second round.
Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

### EFL Cup

On 27 June, the draw for the first round was made, with Cambridge being drawn at home against Queens Park Rangers.
Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

### EFL Trophy

In the group stage, Cambridge were drawn into Southern Group C alongside Bromley, Charlton Athletic and Chelsea U21. In the round of 32, Cambridge were drawn away to Cheltenham Town.

#### Group stage

| Pos | Div | Teamvte | Pld | W | PW | PL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | L1 | Charlton Athletic | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 9 | Advance to Round 2 |
| 2 | L1 | Cambridge United | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 4 | Advance to Round 2 |
| 3 | ACA | Chelsea U21 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 3 | |
| 4 | L2 | Bromley | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | −2 | 2 | |
Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

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

    As of match played 15 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 | Jack Stevens | 11 | 0 | 6+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | ENG | Liam Bennett | 40 | 1 | 29+4 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 1 |
| 3 | DF | ENG | Danny Andrew | 34 | 1 | 25+3 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | ENG | Paul Digby | 28 | 2 | 19+4 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 1 | 1+2 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | ENG | Michael Morrison | 37 | 1 | 31+1 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | ENG | Kelland Watts | 24 | 0 | 17+3 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | ENG | James Brophy | 44 | 1 | 34+3 | 0 | 2+0 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | ENG | Dan Nlundulu | 29 | 5 | 17+7 | 4 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+2 | 1 |
| 10 | FW | COD | Elias Kachunga | 38 | 6 | 27+7 | 6 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | SLE | Sullay Kaikai | 23 | 3 | 8+11 | 3 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 13 | GK | ENG | Nathan Bishop | 9 | 0 | 9+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | ENG | Korey Smith | 29 | 1 | 23+0 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | MWI | Jubril Okedina | 32 | 0 | 23+4 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | ENG | Zeno Ibsen Rossi | 21 | 0 | 12+3 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | ENG | Taylor Richards | 5 | 0 | 0+5 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | ENG | Ryan Loft | 26 | 2 | 14+10 | 2 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | NIR | Shayne Lavery | 14 | 4 | 9+3 | 4 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 21 | FW | ENG | Esapa Osong | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | ENG | Josh Stokes | 25 | 6 | 18+5 | 5 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 1 |
| 24 | MF | JAM | Jordan Cousins | 32 | 1 | 23+5 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | ENG | James Gibbons | 21 | 1 | 14+6 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 27 | GK | SVK | Marko Maroši | 2 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | ENG | Ben Stevenson | 8 | 0 | 2+6 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 29 | FW | ENG | Dom Ballard | 8 | 1 | 4+4 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 30 | MF | IRL | Glenn McConnell | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | ENG | Scott Malone | 3 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 34 | FW | ENG | Brandon Njoku | 30 | 2 | 8+15 | 1 | 0+2 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 |
| 36 | FW | ENG | Daniel Barton | 20 | 1 | 6+10 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 1 |
| 37 | MF | ENG | Amaru Kaunda | 4 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 2+0 | 1 |
| 38 | MF | ENG | George Hoddle | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 39 | MF | ENG | Peter Holmes | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 41 | FW | ENG | Randy Bulakio | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 45 | DF | ENG | Emmanuel Longelo | 18 | 2 | 3+11 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 1 |
| Player(s) who featured whilst on loan but returned to parent club during the season: ||||||||||||||
| 27 | GK | CHI | Vicente Reyes | 23 | 0 | 20+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 29 | DF | IRL | Connor O'Riordan | 8 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |