| Club: | Cardiff City |
| Season: | 2024–25 |
| Owner: | Vincent Tan |
| Chairman: | Mehmet Dalman |
| Manager: | Erol Bulut |
| Stadium: | Cardiff City Stadium |
| League: | Championship |
| Cup1: | FA Cup |
| Cup2: | EFL Cup |
| Season Topscorer: | Colwill(1) McGuinness(1) |
| Prevseason: | 2023–24 |
| Nextseason: | 2025–26 |
The 2024–25 season is the 126th season in the history of Cardiff City Football Club and their sixth consecutive season in the Championship. In addition to the domestic league, the club would also participate in the FA Cup, and the EFL Cup.
| No. | Name | Nat. | Position(s) | Date of birth (Age) | Apps. | Goals | Year signed | Signed from | Transfer fee | Ends | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Goalkeepers | |||||||||||
| 1 | Ethan Horvath |  | GK | 1995 6, df=yes | 17 | 0 | 2024 | Nottingham Forest | Undisclosed | 2027[1] | |
| 21 | Jak Alnwick | GK | 1993 6, df=yes | 33 | 0 | 2022 | St Mirren | Free | 2025[2] | ||
| 41 | Matthew Turner | GK | 2002 3, df=yes | 0 | 0 | 2021 | Leeds United | Free | 2026[3] | ||
| Defenders | |||||||||||
| 2 | Mahlon Romeo |  | RB/RM | 1995 9, df=yes | 51 | 0 | 2022 | Millwall | Undisclosed | 2025 | |
| 4 | Dimitrios Goutas | CB | 1994 4, df=yes | 46 | 4 | 2023 |  Sivasspor | Free | 2025[4] | ||
| 12 | Calum Chambers | CB/RB/DM | 1995 1, df=yes | 1 | 0 | 2024 | Aston Villa | Free | 2027 | ||
| 17 | Jamilu Collins |  | LB/CB/LM | 1994 8, df=yes | 40 | 1 | 2022 | SC Paderborn | Free | 2025 | |
| 23 | Joel Bagan |  | LB | 2001 9, df=yes | 43 | 3 | 2020 | Academy | Trainee | 2026[5] | |
| 33 | Ryotaro Tsunoda |  | CB/LB | 1999 6, df=yes | 0 | 0 | 2024 | Yokohama F. Marinos | Undisclosed | [6] | |
| 38 | Perry Ng | RB/LB/CB | 1996 4, df=yes | 145 | 8 | 2021 | Crewe Alexandra | £350,000 | 2026[7] | ||
| Jesper Daland | CB | 2000 1, df=yes | 0 | 0 | 2024 |  Cercle Brugge | Undisclosed | 2028 | |||
| Midfielders | |||||||||||
| 3 | CM | 1994 5, df=yes | 42 | 0 | 2023 | Trabzonspor | Free | 2026[8] | |||
| 6 | Ryan Wintle | DM/CM/CB | 1997 6, df=yes | 117 | 5 | 2021 | Crewe Alexandra | Free | 2026[9] | ||
| 8 | Joe Ralls | CM/LM/DM | 1993 10, df=yes | 387 | 34 | 2011 | Academy | Trainee | 2025[10] | ||
| 10 | Aaron Ramsey | CM/AM | 1990 12, df=yes | 42 | 6 | 2023 |  Nice | Free | 2025 | ||
| 11 | Callum O'Dowda | | LW/AM/RW/LWB | 1995 4, df=yes | 52 | 4 | 2022 | Bristol City | Free | 2025 | |
| 14 | David Turnbill | AM | 1999 7, df=yes | 18 | 0 | 2024 | Celtic | Undisclosed | 2027[11] | ||
| 18 | Alex Robertson |  | CM/AMDM | 2003 4, df=yes | 1 | 0 | 2024 | Manchester City | Undisclosed | 2028 | |
| 24 | Eli King | DM/CM | 2002 12, df=yes | 8 | 0 | 2021 | Academy | Trainee | 2026[12] | ||
| 25 | Kieron Evans | AM | 2001 12, df=yes | 12 | 1 | 2020 | Academy | Trainee | 2025[13] | ||
| 27 | Rubin Colwill | AM/LW/RW | 2002 4, df=yes | 107 | 10 | 2020 | Academy | Trainee | 2027[14] | ||
| 32 | Ollie Tanner | LW/AM/RW | 2002 5, df=yes | 42 | 2 | 2022 | Lewes | £50,000 | 2027 | ||
| 35 | CM/DM/RM | 1997 4, df=yes | 49 | 0 | 2022 | Reading | Free | 2025 | |||
| 36 | Raheem Conte | DM/RB | 2002 11, df=yes | 4 | 0 | 2022 | Queens Park Rangers | Trainee | 2025[15] | ||
| 45 | Cian Ashford | AM | 2004 9, df=yes | 9 | 1 | 2022 | Academy | Trainee | 2027[16] | ||
| Forwards | |||||||||||
| 9 | Kion Etete | | CF/SS | 2001 11, df=yes | 61 | 9 | 2022 | Tottenham Hotspur | £500,000 | 2025 | |
| 15 | Wilfried Kanga |  | CF/LW/RW | 1998 2, df=yes | 2 | 0 | 2024 | Hertha BSC | Loan | 2025 | |
| 16 | Chris Willock | LW/RW/AM | 1998 1, df=yes | 1 | 0 | 2024 | Queens Park Rangers | Free | 2027 | ||
| 19 | Yakou Méïté | | LW/CF/RW | 1996 2, df=yes | 38 | 2 | 2023 | Reading | Free | 2025[17] | |
| 20 | Anwar El Ghazi |  | RW/LW/CF | 1995 5, df=yes | 0 | 0 | 2024 | Mainz 05 | Free | 2025 | |
| 39 | Isaak Davies | SS/RW/LW | 2001 9, df=yes | 42 | 4 | 2020 | Academy | Trainee | 2025 | ||
| 47 | Callum Robinson | | LW/CF/RW | 1995 2, df=yes | 48 | 10 | 2022 | West Bromwich Albion | £1,500,000 | 2025 | |
| Out on Loan | |||||||||||
| 34 | Joel Colwill | CM | 2004 10, df=yes | 5 | 0 | 2022 | Academy | Trainee | 2028 | ||
| Date | Pos. | Player | From | Fee | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 July 2024 | Ewan Griffiths | Free | [18] | |||
| 4 July 2024 | Luke Pearce | Free | ||||
| 4 July 2024 | Michael Reindorf | Free | ||||
| 12 July 2024 | Free | [19] | ||||
| 14 July 2024 | CB | Calum Chambers | Aston Villa | Free | [20] | |
| 31 July 2024 | Free | [21] | ||||
| 6 August 2024 | Baylin Johnson | Free | [22] | |||
| 7 August 2024 | Undisclosed | [23] | ||||
| 20 August 2024 | Undisclosed | [24] |
| Date | Pos. | Player | To | Fee | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 July 2024 | Undisclosed | [25] | ||||
| 17 July 2024 | Undisclosed | [26] | ||||
| 26 July 2024 | Japhet Matondo | Undisclosed | [27] | |||
| 20 August 2024 | Undisclosed | [28] |
| Date | Pos. | Player | To | Date until | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 July 2024 | Luke Pearce | 30 November 2024 | [30] | |||
| 2 August 2024 | End of Season | [31] |
| Date | Pos. | Player | Subsequent club | Join date | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 June 2024 | James Crole | 1 July 2024 | [32] | |||
| 30 June 2024 | 1 July 2024 | [33] | ||||
| 30 June 2024 | Kyle Kenniford | 24 July 2024 | [34] | |||
| 30 June 2024 | 7 August 2024 | [35] | ||||
| 30 June 2024 | Xavier Benjamin | |||||
| 30 June 2024 | Ryan Kavanagh | |||||
| 30 June 2024 | Caleb Hughes | |||||
| 30 June 2024 | Finlay Johnson | |||||
| 30 June 2024 | ||||||
| 30 June 2024 | [36] | |||||
| 30 June 2024 | 7 August 2024 | |||||
| 30 June 2024 |
On 21 June, Cardiff City announced their first four pre-season friendlies, against Kidderminster Harriers, KV Kortrijk, Penybont and Reading.[37] Four days later, a fifth fixture was added, against Bristol Rovers.[38] In July, a pre-season training camp in Austria was announced along with friendly matches against Hamburger SV, Hertha BSC and Mamelodi Sundowns.[39] [40] [41]
See main article: 2024–25 EFL Championship.
On 26 June, the Championship fixtures were announced.[42]
See main article: 2024–25 FA Cup.
See main article: 2024–25 EFL Cup.
On 27 June, the draw for the first round was made, with Cardiff being drawn at home against Bristol Rovers.[43] In the second round, they were drawn at home to Southampton.[44] [45]
|-|colspan="14"|Players away on loan:|-|colspan="14"|Players who left the club:|}
| width=50px | Rank ! | width=50px | No. ! | width=50px | Nat. ! | width=50px | Po. ! | width=150px | Name ! | width=150px | Championship ! | width=150px | FA Cup ! | width=150px | EFL Cup ! | width=150px | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | | CB | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| 27 | AM | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Colspan=5 | Total ! | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| width=50px | Rank ! | width=50px | No. ! | width=50px | Nat. ! | width=50px | Po. ! | width=150px | Name ! | width=150px | Championship ! | width=150px | FA Cup ! | width=150px | EFL Cup ! | width=150px | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 25 | AM | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 32 | RW | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Colspan=5 | Total ! | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Rank | No. | Nat. | Po. | Name | Championship | Total | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | | CB | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 10 | CM | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||||