# 2024–25 Sunderland A.F.C. season

The 2024–25 season is the 146th season in the history of Sunderland Association Football Club and their third consecutive season in the Championship. The club are participating in the Championship, the FA Cup, and the EFL Cup.

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Pos. | Player | From | Fee |
| 1 July 2024 | GK | Simon Moore | Coventry City | Free |
| 11 July 2024 | CM | Alan Browne | Preston North End | Free |
| 24 July 2024 | RW | Ian Poveda | Leeds United | Free |
| 29 July 2024 | DM | Elias Lenz | RB Leipzig | Free |
| 2 August 2024 | GK | Blondy Nna Noukeu | Stoke City | Free |
| 30 August 2024 | AM | Milan Aleksić | FK Radnički 1923 | Undisclosed |
| 30 August 2024 | ST | Ahmed Abdullahi | KAA Gent | Undisclosed |
| 24 September 2024 | ST | Aaron Connolly | Hull City | Free |
| 1 February 2025 | ST | Wilson Isidor | Zenit Saint Petersburg | Undisclosed |
* ↑ The transfer was announced on 21 June, and became official on 1 July when his Coventry City contract expired.
* ↑ Signed initially for the Under-21s.

### Out

| Date | Pos. | Player | To | Fee |
| 18 June 2024 | GK | Alex Bass | Notts County | Undisclosed |
| 8 August 2024 | AM | Elliot Embleton | Blackpool | Undisclosed |
| 24 August 2024 | LW | Jack Clarke | Ipswich Town | Undisclosed |
| 9 March 2025 | LW | Jewison Bennette | LNZ Cherkasy | Undisclosed |
* ↑ Fee rumoured between £15,000,000 and £20,000,000.

### Loaned in

| Date | Pos. | Player | From | Date until |
| 23 August 2024 | ST | Wilson Isidor | Zenit Saint Petersburg | End of Season |
| 30 August 2024 | CB | Chris Mepham | AFC Bournemouth | End of Season |
| 30 August 2024 | DM | Salis Abdul Samed | Lens | End of Season |
| 10 January 2025 | CM | Enzo Le Fée | Roma | End of Season |
| 3 February 2025 | ST | Jayden Danns | Liverpool | End of Season |
* ↑ Includes an option to make the transfer permanent, which was activated on 1 February
* ↑ Includes an option to make the transfer permanent.

### Loaned out

| Date | Pos. | Player | To | Date until |
| 1 July 2024 | GK | Nathan Bishop | Wycombe Wanderers | 3 February 2025 |
| 18 July 2024 | GK | Matty Young | Salford City | End of Season |
| 2 August 2024 | LB | Oliver Bainbridge | Kilmarnock | 10 January 2025 |
| 8 August 2024 | CM | Jay Matete | Bolton Wanderers | End of Season |
| 23 August 2024 | CM | Ben Middlemas | South Shields | 22 September 2024 |
| 30 August 2024 | DM | Pierre Ekwah | Saint-Étienne | End of Season |
| 30 August 2024 | RB | Timothée Pembélé | Le Havre | End of Season |
| 30 August 2024 | CB | Nectarios Triantis | Hibernian | End of Season |
| 31 August 2024 | ST | Luís Semedo | Juventus Next Gen | End of Season |
| 20 September 2024 | GK | Adam Richardson | Hebburn Town | 19 October 2024 |
| 17 October 2024 | AM | Caden Kelly | Darlington | 31 January 2025 |
| 7 November 2024 | GK | Adam Richardson | Blyth Spartans | 31 January 2025 |
| 22 November 2024 | CB | Ben Crompton | Tamworth | End of Season |
| 13 January 2025 | CB | Zak Johnson | Notts County | End of Season |
| 25 January 2025 | ST | Nazariy Rusyn | Hajduk Split | End of Season |
| 31 January 2025 | AM | Adil Aouchiche | Portsmouth | End of Season |
| 3 February 2025 | RM | Abdoullah Ba | Dunkerque | End of Season |
| 3 February 2025 | GK | Nathan Bishop | Cambridge United | End of Season |
* ↑ The loan was announced on 25 June, and officially commenced on 1 July.
* ↑ On 3 February, Bishop was recalled from his loan at Wycombe and subsequently loaned to Cambridge
* ↑ On 10 January, Bainbridge was recalled back from his loan at Kilmarnock
* 1 2 3 Includes an option to make the transfer permanent
* ↑ On 21 November, Kelly's loan at Darlington was extended until January, On 7 January, his loan was extended again until the end of January and on 4 February, extended again until the end of season
* ↑ On 21 December, Crompton's loan at Tamworth was extended for a further month, Then on January 25, it was extended further until the end of season

### Released / Out of Contract

| Date | Pos. | Player | Subsequent club | Join date |
| 30 June 2024 | LW | Jack Diamond | Stockport County | 1 July 2024 |
| 30 June 2024 | LW | Michael Spellman | Newport County | 2 July 2024 |
| 30 June 2024 | LB | Connor Pye | Bury | 16 July 2024 |
| 30 June 2024 | RM | Ellis Taylor | Harrogate Town | 16 July 2024 |
| 30 June 2024 | LB | Kailem Beattie | Heaton Stannington | 24 July 2024 |
| 30 June 2024 | CB | Henry Fieldson | Queen's Park | 9 August 2024 |
| 30 June 2024 | LW | Joe Ryder | High Point Panthers | 9 August 2024 |
| 30 June 2024 | AM | Bradley Dack | Gillingham | 15 August 2024 |
| 30 June 2024 | ST | Harry Gardiner | Blyth Spartans | 25 August 2024 |
| 30 June 2024 | RB | Callum Wilson | Rushall Olympic | 13 September 2024 |
| 30 June 2024 | RW | Ben Creamer | Bishop Auckland | 18 September 2024 |
| 30 June 2024 | RB | Jayden Sekete | Darlington | 27 September 2024 |
| 30 June 2024 | CM | Corry Evans | Bradford City | 6 October 2024 |
| 30 June 2024 | CM | Tom Chiabi | | |
| 30 June 2024 | LW | Daniel Obolo | | |
| 16 January 2025 | ST | Aaron Connolly | Millwall | 16 January 2025 |
* ↑ Rejected contract and subsequently joined Queen's Park.
* ↑ Mutual agreement to terminate Sunderland contract.

## Pre-season and friendlies

On 17 May, Sunderland announced their first slate of pre-season fixtures, against South Shields, Gateshead, Blackpool and Bradford City. A weeks training camp in Alicante was later confirmed with a fixtures against Eldense and Nottingham Forest. On July 16, a final friendly was confirmed, against Marseille in Bradford.
Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

## Competitions
### Championship
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 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 |
| 6 | West Bromwich Albion | 38 | 13 | 18 | 7 | 48 | 34 | +14 | 57 | 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: 15 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 |
| Ground | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | W | W | W | L | W | L | W | D | W | W | W | D | D | D | D | D | L | W | D | W | W | D | L | W | W | D | W | D | W | D | W | L | L | W | W | D | L | | | | | | | | |
| Position | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | |
| Points | 3 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 12 | 15 | 15 | 18 | 19 | 22 | 25 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 33 | 36 | 37 | 40 | 43 | 44 | 44 | 47 | 50 | 51 | 54 | 55 | 58 | 59 | 62 | 62 | 62 | 65 | 68 | 69 | 69 | | | | | | | | |

#### Matches

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

### FA Cup

Sunderland entered the FA Cup in the third round, and were drawn at home to Stoke City.
Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

### EFL Cup

On 27 June, the draw for the first round was made, with Sunderland being drawn away against Preston North End. They were beaten by Preston North End in that match and as a result were knocked out of the competition.
Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

## 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 | 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 | Anthony Patterson | 34 | 0 | 34+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | ENG | Dennis Cirkin | 34 | 3 | 29+5 | 3 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | ENG | Dan Neil | 38 | 2 | 37+0 | 2 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | NIR | Daniel Ballard | 19 | 2 | 12+7 | 2 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | ENG | Jobe Bellingham | 34 | 4 | 34+0 | 4 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | IRL | Alan Browne | 15 | 1 | 8+7 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | ENG | Patrick Roberts | 37 | 2 | 32+5 | 2 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | ENG | Chris Rigg | 36 | 4 | 29+5 | 4 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 12 | FW | ESP | Eliezer Mayenda | 31 | 7 | 19+11 | 7 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 13 | MF | ENG | Luke O'Nien | 38 | 3 | 36+1 | 3 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | ENG | Romaine Mundle | 21 | 5 | 15+5 | 5 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | FRA | Wilson Isidor | 35 | 12 | 29+6 | 12 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | GHA | Salis Abdul Samed | 7 | 0 | 2+4 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | GHA | Salis Abdul Samed | 7 | 0 | 2+4 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 21 | GK | ENG | Simon Moore | 6 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | NED | Jenson Seelt | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | WAL | Chris Mepham | 30 | 1 | 29+1 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | FRA | Enzo Le Fée | 8 | 1 | 8+0 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 30 | MF | SRB | Milan Aleksić | 5 | 1 | 1+3 | 0 | 0+1 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 32 | DF | NIR | Trai Hume | 38 | 1 | 36+1 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | NOR | Leo Hjelde | 12 | 0 | 2+8 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 36 | FW | COL | Ian Poveda | 6 | 0 | 0+6 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 40 | FW | ENG | Tom Watson | 14 | 2 | 7+6 | 2 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 42 | DF | ENG | Aji Alese | 13 | 0 | 8+4 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 45 | DF | ENG | Joe Anderson | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 47 | FW | BEL | Trey Samuel-Ogunsuyi | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 50 | MF | ENG | Harrison Jones | 3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| Player(s) who featured but departed the club on loan during the season: ||||||||||||
| 9 | FW | POR | Luís Semedo | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 15 | FW | UKR | Nazariy Rusyn | 10 | 0 | 0+8 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | FRA | Abdoullah Ba | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | FRA | Adil Aouchiche | 10 | 0 | 3+5 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | AUS | Nectarios Triantis | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 39 | MF | FRA | Pierre Ekwah | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 41 | DF | ENG | Zak Johnson | 2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| Player(s) who featured but departed the club permanently during the season: ||||||||||||
| 19 | FW | CRC | Jewison Bennette | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | ENG | Jack Clarke | 2 | 1 | 2+0 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 24 | FW | IRL | Aaron Connolly | 11 | 1 | 2+8 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |

### Disciplinary record

    As of match played 15 March 2025
Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by squad number when disciplinary points / points per card / number of cards are equal. Players with no cards not included in the list.
| Rank | No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Championship | Championship | Championship | FA Cup | FA Cup | FA Cup | EFL Cup | EFL Cup | EFL Cup | Total | Total | Total |
| 1 | 7 | MF | | Jobe Bellingham | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 32 | DF | | Trai Hume | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 26 | DF | | Chris Mepham | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 |
| 4= | 11 | MF | | Chris Rigg | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 4= | 18 | FW | | Wilson Isidor | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 6= | 10 | FW | | Patrick Roberts | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 6= | 13 | MF | | Luke O'Nien | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | 3 | DF | | Dennis Cirkin | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | 4 | MF | | Dan Neil | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | 5 | DF | | Daniel Ballard | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 11= | 1 | GK | | Anthony Patterson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 11= | 28 | MF | | Enzo Le Fée | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 11= | 33 | DF | | Leo Hjelde | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 11= | 36 | MF | | Ian Poveda | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 11= | 42 | DF | | Aji Alese | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 16= | 12 | FW | | Eliezer Mayenda | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 16= | 14 | FW | | Romaine Mundle | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 16= | 15 | FW | | Nazariy Rusyn | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 16= | 21 | GK | | Simon Moore | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 16= | 30 | MF | | Milan Aleksić | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 80 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 82 | 1 | 2 |