# 2024–25 Sheffield United F.C. season

The 2024–25 season is the 136th season in the history of Sheffield United and their first season back in the Championship following relegation from the Premier League the previous season. In addition to the domestic league, the club also participated in the FA Cup, and the EFL Cup.

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Pos. | Player | From | Fee |
| 4 July 2024 | RB | Jamie Shackleton | Leeds United | Free |
| 11 July 2024 | LB | Sam McCallum | Norwich City | Free |
| 15 July 2024 | CF | Kieffer Moore | Bournemouth | Undisclosed |
| 15 July 2024 | AM | Callum O'Hare | Coventry City | Free |
| 19 July 2024 | GK | Henry Molyneux | Charlton Athletic | Free |
| 27 July 2024 | LB | Harrison Burrows | Peterborough United | Undisclosed |
| 11 August 2024 | CF | Tyrese Campbell | Stoke City | Free |
| 15 August 2024 | GK | Michael Cooper | Plymouth Argyle | Undisclosed |
| 5 November 2024 | CB | Jamal Baptiste | Manchester City | Free |
| 23 January 2025 | CF | Tom Cannon | Leicester City | Undisclosed |
| 3 February 2025 | LW | Jefferson Cáceres | Melgar | Undisclosed |
| 3 February 2025 | LW | Christian Nwachukwu | Botev Plovdiv | Undisclosed |
| 10 February 2025 | LB | Lennon Patterson | Wolverhampton Wanderers | Free |
* 1 2 3 Signed initially for the Under-21s

### Out

| Date | Pos | Player | To | Fee |
| 11 July 2024 | CF | Cameron Archer | Aston Villa | Undisclosed |
| 21 July 2024 | RB | Jayden Bogle | Leeds United | Undisclosed |
| 22 July 2024 | CF | Bénie Traoré | Basel | Undisclosed |
| 8 August 2024 | CF | William Osula | Newcastle United | Undisclosed |
| 30 August 2024 | CB | Auston Trusty | Celtic | Undisclosed |
| 3 January 2025 | CM | Ismaila Coulibaly | LASK | Undisclosed |
| 13 January 2025 | CM | Anis Ben Slimane | Norwich City | Undisclosed |
| 4 February 2025 | CF | Kurtis Havenhand | Birmingham City | Free |

### Loaned in

| Date | Pos. | Player | From | Date until |
| 6 August 2024 | CB | Harry Souttar | Leicester City | End of Season |
| 7 August 2024 | RB | Alfie Gilchrist | Chelsea | End of Season |
| 16 August 2024 | RW | Jesurun Rak-Sakyi | Crystal Palace | End of Season |
| 20 January 2025 | LW | Ben Brereton Diaz | Southampton | End of Season |
| 27 January 2025 | DM | Hamza Choudhury | Leicester City | End of Season |
| 29 January 2025 | RB | Harry Clarke | Ipswich Town | End of Season |
| 3 February 2025 | CB | Rob Holding | Crystal Palace | End of Season |

### Loaned out

| Date | Pos. | Player | To | Date until |
| 26 July 2024 | CB | Miguel Freckleton | Swindon Town | End of Season |
| 2 August 2024 | RB | Sam Curtis | Peterborough United | 2 January 2025 |
| 30 August 2024 | CM | Anis Ben Slimane | Norwich City | 13 January 2025 |
| 30 August 2024 | CF | Antwoine Hackford | Port Vale | End of Season |
| 9 September 2024 | GK | Ivo Grbić | Çaykur Rizespor | End of Season |
| 17 January 2025 | RB | Sam Curtis | St Johnstone | End of Season |
| 3 February 2025 | CM | Owen Hampson | Dunfermline Athletic | End of Season |
| 3 February 2025 | SS | Louie Marsh | Fleetwood Town | End of Season |
* ↑ On 2 January, Curtis was recalled back from his loan at Peterborough
* ↑ On 13 January, Ben Slimane joined Norwich on a permanent basis

### Released / Out of Contract

| Date | Pos. | Player | Subsequent club | Join date |
| 30 June 2024 | RB | George Baldock | Panathinaikos | 1 July 2024 |
| 30 June 2024 | CM | George Dickinson | Hull City | 1 July 2024 |
| 30 June 2024 | GK | Wes Foderingham | West Ham United | 1 July 2024 |
| 30 June 2024 | LB | Max Lowe | Sheffield Wednesday | 1 July 2024 |
| 30 June 2024 | CM | Ben Osborn | Derby County | 1 July 2024 |
| 30 June 2024 | CF | Daniel Jebbison | Bournemouth | 10 July 2024 |
| 30 June 2024 | CF | Oli McBurnie | Las Palmas | 25 July 2024 |
| 30 June 2024 | CB | Ben Drake | Millwall | 2 August 2024 |
| 30 June 2024 | CM | Oliver Norwood | Stockport County | 23 August 2024 |
| 30 June 2024 | CB | Chris Basham | Retired | 28 August 2024 |
| 30 June 2024 | CB | John Egan | Burnley | 10 September 2024 |
| 30 June 2024 | GK | Jordan Amissah | Ross County | 6 December 2024 |
* ↑ Paid a £1,500,000 compensation training fee

## Pre-season and friendlies

On 24 May, Sheffield United announced their initial pre-season plans, including four matches against York City, Chesterfield, Harrogate Town and Rotherham United. A fifth was later added, against Huddersfield Town.
Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

## Competitions
### Overall record

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Championship | 9 August 2024 | 3 May 2025 | Matchday 1 | 36 | 24 | 6 | 6 | 51 | 27 | +24 | 066.67 |
| FA Cup | 9 January 2025 | 9 January 2025 | Third round | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 000.00 |
| EFL Cup | 13 August 2024 | 27 August 2024 | First round | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 050.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 39 | 25 | 6 | 8 | 55 | 31 | +24 | 064.10 |
Source: Soccerway

### Championship
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Leeds United | 38 | 23 | 11 | 4 | 76 | 25 | +51 | 80 | Promotion to the Premier League |
| 2 | Sheffield United | 38 | 25 | 7 | 6 | 53 | 28 | +25 | 80 | Promotion to the Premier League |
| 3 | Burnley | 38 | 21 | 15 | 2 | 52 | 11 | +41 | 78 | Qualification for the Championship play-offs |
| 4 | Sunderland | 38 | 19 | 12 | 7 | 55 | 37 | +18 | 69 | Qualification for the Championship play-offs |
| 5 | Coventry City | 38 | 17 | 8 | 13 | 55 | 48 | +7 | 59 | Qualification for the Championship play-offs |
* ↑ Sheffield United were deducted two points for defaulting on payments to other clubs during the 2022–23 and 2023–24 seasons, with a further two points suspended.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 16 March 2025. Source: Soccerway

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 | 43 | 44 | 45 | 46 | 47 |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H |
| Result | W | D | D | W | W | W | D | W | W | L | L | W | W | W | W | D | W | W | D | W | W | W | L | D | L | W | W | W | L | W | W | W | W | L | W | W | D | W | | | | | | | | | |
| Position | 10 | 14 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
* $^1$ Sheffield United were deducted two points before the season started.

#### Matches

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

### FA Cup

Sheffield United entered the competition in the third round, and were drawn at home to Cardiff City.
Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

### EFL Cup

On 27 June, the draw for the first round was made, with Sheffield United being drawn at home against Wrexham. In the second round, they were drawn away to Barnsley.
Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

    As of match played 16 March 2025
Players with no appearances are not included on the list Italics indicate a loaned in player
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Championship | Championship | FA Cup | FA Cup | EFL Cup | EFL Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | ENG | Michael Cooper | 36 | 0 | 36+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | ENG | Alfie Gilchrist | 30 | 0 | 26+2 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | ENG | Sam McCallum | 31 | 1 | 7+22 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | ENG | Ollie Arblaster | 12 | 2 | 11+1 | 2 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | ENG | Rob Holding | 6 | 0 | 1+5 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | AUS | Harry Souttar | 22 | 0 | 20+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | ENG | Rhian Brewster | 32 | 3 | 11+18 | 3 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | NED | Gustavo Hamer | 36 | 7 | 29+5 | 7 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | WAL | Kieffer Moore | 22 | 5 | 16+6 | 5 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | ENG | Callum O'Hare | 37 | 2 | 35+2 | 2 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | ENG | Jesurun Rak-Sakyi | 30 | 6 | 20+9 | 6 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 13 | GK | CRO | Ivo Grbic | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | ENG | Harrison Burrows | 38 | 5 | 33+3 | 5 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | BIH | Anel Ahmedhodžić | 31 | 2 | 28+2 | 2 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | ENG | Jamie Shackleton | 12 | 0 | 2+10 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 17 | GK | WAL | Adam Davies | 4 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | ENG | Harry Clarke | 5 | 0 | 5+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | ENG | Jack Robinson | 28 | 0 | 25+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | CHI | Ben Brereton Diaz | 10 | 3 | 8+2 | 3 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | BRA | Vinícius Souza | 27 | 0 | 27+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | ENG | Tom Davies | 12 | 1 | 6+6 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 23 | FW | ENG | Tyrese Campbell | 27 | 9 | 15+11 | 9 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | ENG | Hamza Choudhury | 9 | 0 | 7+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | ENG | Jamal Baptiste | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 28 | FW | IRL | Tom Cannon | 8 | 0 | 4+4 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | WAL | Rhys Norrington-Davies | 17 | 0 | 2+12 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 34 | FW | ENG | Louie Marsh | 3 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 1 |
| 35 | MF | ENG | Andre Brooks | 22 | 2 | 9+10 | 2 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 38 | DF | ENG | Femi Seriki | 18 | 0 | 4+13 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 39 | FW | SCO | Ryan Oné | 13 | 1 | 2+9 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 41 | FW | ENG | Billy Blacker | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 42 | MF | ENG | Sydie Peck | 36 | 0 | 25+9 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 43 | DF | ENG | Harry Boyes | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 44 | MF | ENG | Owen Hampson | 3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 45 | DF | ENG | Sai Sachdev | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 35 | DF | ENG | Sam Colechin | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| Player(s) who featured but departed the club permanently during the season: ||||||||||||
| 5 | DF | USA | Auston Trusty | 3 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 1 |
| 25 | MF | TUN | Anis Ben Slimane | 4 | 1 | 0+3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 1 |
| 29 | MF | MLI | Ismaila Coulibaly | 2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |

### Goals

    As of match played 16 March 2025
| Rank | No. | Nat. | Pos. | Player | Championship | FA Cup | EFL Cup | Total |
| 1 | 23 | | FW | Tyrese Campbell | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| 2 | 8 | | MF | Gustavo Hamer | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 3 | 11 | | FW | Jesurun Rak-Sakyi | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 4= | 9 | | FW | Kieffer Moore | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 4= | 14 | | DF | Harrison Burrows | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 6= | 7 | | FW | Rhian Brewster | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 6= | 20 | | FW | Ben Brereton Diaz | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 8= | 4 | | MF | Ollie Arblaster | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 8= | 10 | | MF | Callum O'Hare | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 8= | 15 | | DF | Anel Ahmedhodžić | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 8= | 35 | | MF | Andre Brooks | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 12= | 3 | | DF | Sam McCallum | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12= | 22 | | MF | Tom Davies | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12= | 39 | | FW | Ryan Oné | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12= | 5 | | DF | Auston Trusty | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 12= | 25 | | MF | Anis Ben Slimane | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 12= | 34 | | FW | Louie Marsh | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 53 | 0 | 4 | 57 |