# 2024–25 Middlesbrough F.C. season

The 2024–25 season is the 149th season in the history of Middlesbrough Football Club and their eighth consecutive season in the Championship. In addition to the domestic league, the club are also participating in the FA Cup and the EFL Cup.

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Pos. | Player | From | Fee |
| 14 June 2024 | LW | Delano Burgzorg | Mainz 05 | Undisclosed |
| 28 June 2024 | CM | Aidan Morris | Columbus Crew | Undisclosed |
| 1 July 2024 | RB | Luke Ayling | Leeds United | Free |
| 8 July 2024 | CB | Harley Hunt | Swindon Town | Undisclosed |
| 9 August 2024 | LW | Micah Hamilton | Manchester City | Undisclosed |
| 16 August 2024 | CF | Tommy Conway | Bristol City | Undisclosed |
| 27 August 2024 | LB | Neto Borges | Clermont Foot | Undisclosed |
| 23 January 2025 | CM | Brayden Johnson | Eastbourne Borough | Undisclosed |
| 24 January 2025 | RW | Morgan Whittaker | Plymouth Argyle | Undisclosed |
| 25 January 2025 | CB | George Edmundson | Ipswich Town | Undisclosed |
| 31 January 2025 | RW | Josh Dede | Celtic | Undisclosed |
* ↑ The transfer was announced on 27 May, and would become official on July 1 once his Leeds United contract expired
* 1 2 3 Signed initially for Under-21s

### Out

| Date | Pos. | Player | To | Fee |
| 27 June 2024 | LB | Hayden Coulson | Blackpool | Undisclosed |
| 28 June 2024 | LB | Bryant Bilongo | Bristol Rovers | Undisclosed |
| 30 August 2024 | CM | AJ Bridge | Norwich City | Undisclosed |
| 10 January 2025 | RW | Isaiah Jones | Luton Town | Undisclosed |
| 28 January 2025 | CB | Matthew Clarke | Derby County | Undisclosed |
| 30 January 2025 | CF | Ajay Matthews | Millwall | Undisclosed |
| 4 February 2025 | CF | Emmanuel Latte Lath | Atlanta United | $22,000,000 |

### Loaned in

| Date | Pos. | Player | From | Date until |
| 30 August 2024 | RW | Ben Doak | Liverpool | End of Season |
| 30 August 2024 | CB | George Edmundson | Ipswich Town | 21 January 2025 |
| 23 January 2025 | LB | Ryan Giles | Hull City | End of Season |
| 29 January 2025 | GK | Mark Travers | Bournemouth | End of Season |
| 3 February 2025 | CF | Kelechi Iheanacho | Sevilla | End of Season |
| 3 February 2025 | LW | Samuel Iling-Junior | Aston Villa | End of Season |
* ↑ On 21 January, Edmundson was recalled back to his parent club Ipswich

### Loaned out

| Date | Pos. | Player | To | Date until |
| 1 July 2024 | RB | Terrell Agyemang | Airdrieonians | 2 January 2025 |
| 1 July 2024 | LW | Samuel Silvera | Portsmouth | 13 January 2025 |
| 23 July 2024 | GK | Zach Hemming | Leyton Orient | 1 January 2025 |
| 7 August 2024 | CB | Jack Hannah | Queen of the South | End of Season |
| 30 August 2024 | CF | Josh Coburn | Millwall | End of Season |
| 30 August 2024 | CF | Sonny Finch | Milton Keynes Dons | 2 January 2025 |
| 30 August 2024 | LW | Pharrell Willis | Queen of the South | 16 January 2025 |
| 20 December 2024 | CM | Hazeem Bakre | Dagenham & Redbridge | 18 January 2025 |
| 3 January 2025 | GK | Zach Hemming | St Mirren | End of Season |
| 13 January 2025 | LW | Samuel Silvera | Blackpool | End of Season |
| 23 January 2025 | LW | Micah Hamilton | Stockport County | End of Season |
| 24 January 2025 | RB | George Gitau | Raith Rovers | End of Season |
| 3 February 2025 | AM | Alex Gilbert | Charlton Athletic | End of Season |
| 7 February 2025 | CF | Hazeem Bakre | Darlington | End of Season |
| 11 February 2025 | LB | Lukas Engel | FC Cincinnati | 31 December 2025 |
| 3 March 2025 | RB | Nathan Simpson | Spennymoor Town | 31 March 2025 |
* ↑ The loan was announced on 26 June, and would officially commence on July 1
* ↑ On 2 January, Agyemang was recalled back from his loan at Airdrieonians
* ↑ On 13 January, Silvera was recalled back from his loan at Portsmouth and subsequently loaned out to Blackpool
* ↑ On 1 January, Hemming was recalled back from his loan at Leyton Orient
* ↑ On 2 January, Finch was recalled back from his loan at Milton Keynes Dons
* ↑ On 16 January, Willis was recalled back from his loan at Queen of the South

### Released / Out of Contract

| Date | Pos. | Player | Subsequent club | Join date |
| 30 June 2024 | CB | Ben Beals | Spennymoor Town | 1 July 2024 |
| 30 June 2024 | LB | Sam Collins | Whitby Town | 1 July 2024 |
| 30 June 2024 | AM | Fenton John | Gateshead | 1 July 2024 |
| 30 June 2024 | GK | Max Metcalfe | Stockport County | 1 July 2024 |
| 30 June 2024 | RM | Jeremy Sivi | Sutton United | 1 July 2024 |
| 30 June 2024 | CB | Frankie Whelan | Whitby Town | 1 July 2024 |
| 30 June 2024 | GK | Jamie Jones | Salford City | 18 July 2024 |
| 30 June 2024 | GK | Liam Roberts | Millwall | 22 July 2024 |
| 30 June 2024 | CB | Paddy McNair | San Diego | 25 July 2024 |
| 30 June 2024 | RM | Joe Gibson | | |
| 30 June 2024 | GK | Henry Popple | | |
| 9 January 2025 | CF | Matthew Hoppe | Sønderjyske | 31 January 2025 |
| 5 February 2025 | RB | Tommy Smith | Retired | Retired |

## Pre-season and friendlies

On 7 June, Boro announced their pre-season schedule, with matches against Bolton Wanderers, Gateshead, Doncaster Rovers, Harrogate Town and Heerenveen.
Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 6 | West Bromwich Albion | 38 | 13 | 18 | 7 | 48 | 34 | +14 | 57 | Qualification for the Championship play-offs |
| 7 | Bristol City | 38 | 14 | 15 | 9 | 49 | 41 | +8 | 57 | |
| 8 | Middlesbrough | 38 | 15 | 9 | 14 | 57 | 48 | +9 | 54 | |
| 9 | Blackburn Rovers | 38 | 15 | 7 | 16 | 42 | 40 | +2 | 52 | |
| 10 | Watford | 38 | 15 | 7 | 16 | 47 | 51 | −4 | 52 | |

#### 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 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 31$^1$ | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 | 43 | 44 | 45 | 46 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | L | D | W | D | L | W | W | L | L | W | D | L | W | W | W | L | W | D | L | W | D | D | D | W | D | L | W | L | L | L | L | L | W | W | L | W | D | | | | | | | | |
| Position | 8 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 8 | | | | | | | | |
| Points | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 21 | 24 | 27 | 27 | 30 | 31 | 31 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 40 | 41 | 41 | 44 | 44 | 44 | 44 | 44 | 44 | 47 | 50 | 50 | 53 | 54 | | | | | | | | |
* $^1$ Matchday 31 (vs. Stoke City) was postponed due to Stoke's FA Cup involvements

#### Matches

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

### FA Cup

Middlesbrough entered the FA Cup at the third round stage, and were drawn at home to Blackburn Rovers.
Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

### EFL Cup

On 27 June, the draw for the first round was made, with Middlesbrough being drawn away against Leeds United. In the second round, they were drawn at home to Stoke City.
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
| 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 | SEN | Seny Dieng | 17 | 0 | 17+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | NED | Rav van den Berg | 20 | 0 | 19+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | ENG | Daniel Barlaser | 25 | 1 | 12+10 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | ENG | Dael Fry | 16 | 0 | 13+3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | ENG | Hayden Hackney | 36 | 5 | 35+0 | 5 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 8 | FW | AUS | Riley McGree | 17 | 1 | 11+5 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | NGA | Kelechi Iheanacho | 7 | 0 | 5+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | NED | Delano Burgzorg | 36 | 6 | 19+15 | 5 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 1 |
| 11 | FW | ENG | Morgan Whittaker | 8 | 0 | 6+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | ENG | Luke Ayling | 28 | 0 | 23+3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | IRL | Alex Gilbert | 10 | 1 | 0+7 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | SUR | Anfernee Dijksteel | 28 | 3 | 19+6 | 2 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 1 |
| 16 | MF | ENG | Jonny Howson | 14 | 1 | 7+6 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | ENG | Micah Hamilton | 16 | 0 | 2+11 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | USA | Aidan Morris | 29 | 0 | 25+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | ENG | Josh Coburn | 4 | 1 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 1 |
| 20 | MF | IRL | Finn Azaz | 38 | 10 | 35+2 | 10 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 21 | FW | FIN | Marcus Forss | 17 | 1 | 4+12 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 22 | FW | SCO | Tommy Conway | 29 | 11 | 19+9 | 11 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 23 | GK | AUS | Tom Glover | 8 | 0 | 6+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | ENG | George Edmundson | 25 | 1 | 24+0 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | DEN | Lukas Engel | 12 | 0 | 4+5 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | ENG | Ryan Giles | 7 | 0 | 3+4 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 29 | FW | ENG | Samuel Iling-Junior | 8 | 0 | 3+5 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 30 | DF | BRA | Neto Borges | 32 | 0 | 31+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 31 | GK | ENG | Sol Brynn | 8 | 0 | 6+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 32 | GK | IRL | Mark Travers | 9 | 0 | 9+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 37 | DF | ENG | George McCormick | 3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 39 | FW | ENG | Sonny Finch | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 41 | DF | ENG | Harley Hunt | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 44 | DF | ENG | Nathan Simpson | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 49 | MF | ENG | Law McCabe | 2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 50 | FW | SCO | Ben Doak | 24 | 3 | 21+3 | 3 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| Player(s) who featured but departed the club permanently during the season: ||||||||||||
| 5 | DF | ENG | Matthew Clarke | 17 | 2 | 12+2 | 2 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | CIV | Emmanuel Latte Lath | 31 | 11 | 20+9 | 11 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | ENG | Isaiah Jones | 23 | 0 | 8+13 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |