2024–25 Cardiff City F.C. season explained

Club:	Cardiff City
Season:	2024–25
Owner:	Vincent Tan
Chairman:	Mehmet Dalman
Manager:	Erol Bulut (until 22 September)^[1] Omer Riza (interim)
Stadium:	Cardiff City Stadium
Updated:	30 November 2024
League:	Championship
League Result:	20th
Cup1:	FA Cup
Cup2:	EFL Cup
Cup2 Result:	Second round
League Topscorer:	Callum Robinson (5)
Season Topscorer:	Callum Robinson (5)
Highest Attendance:	23,207 v Leeds United (21 September 2024, Championship)
Lowest Attendance:	5,718 v Bristol Rovers (13 August 2024, EFL Cup)
Average Attendance:	18,876
Largest Win:	5-0 v Plymouth Argyle (H) (19 October 2024, Championship)
Largest Loss:	5-0 v Burnley (A) (17 August 2024, Championship)
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.

Transfers

In

Date	Pos.	Player	From	Fee	Ref.
4 July 2024		Ewan Griffiths		Free	^[2]
4 July 2024		Luke Pearce		Free
4 July 2024				Free
12 July 2024				Free	^[3]
14 July 2024	CB	Calum Chambers	Aston Villa	Free	^[4]
31 July 2024				Free	^[5]
6 August 2024		Baylin Johnson		Free	^[6]
7 August 2024				Undisclosed	^[7]
20 August 2024				Undisclosed	^[8]
23 August 2024				Undisclosed	^[9]
30 August 2024				Undisclosed	^[10]

Out

Date	Pos.	Player	To	Fee	Ref.
10 July 2024				Undisclosed	^[11]
17 July 2024				Undisclosed	^[12]
26 July 2024		Japhet Matondo		Undisclosed	^[13]
20 August 2024				Undisclosed	^[14]

Loaned out

Date	Pos.	Player	To	Date until	Ref.
16 July 2024		Luke Pearce		30 November 2024	^[16]
2 August 2024				End of Season	^[17]
22 August 2024				End of Season	^[18]
23 August 2024				End of Season	^[19]
28 August 2024				End of Season	^[20]
30 August 2024		Josh Beecher		1 January 2025	^[21]
31 August 2024				End of Season	^[22]
31 August 2024		Ewan Griffiths		1 January 2025	^[23]
31 August 2024				End of Season	^[24]
2 September 2024				End of Season	^[25]

Released / out of contract

Date	Pos.	Player	Subsequent club	Join date	Ref.
30 June 2024		James Crole		1 July 2024	^[26]
30 June 2024				1 July 2024	^[27]
30 June 2024		Kyle Kenniford		24 July 2024	^[28]
30 June 2024				7 August 2024	^[29]
30 June 2024				7 August 2024
30 June 2024		Ryan Kavanagh		11 August 2024
30 June 2024				6 September 2024
30 June 2024				13 September 2024
30 June 2024		Xavier Benjamin		19 September 2024
30 June 2024		Caleb Hughes
30 June 2024		Finlay Johnson
30 June 2024					^[30]
30 August 2024					^[31]

Current squad

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	20	0	2024	Nottingham Forest	Undisclosed	2027^[32]
21	Jak Alnwick		GK	1993 6, df=yes	43	0	2022	St Mirren	Free	2025^[33]
41	Matthew Turner		GK	2002 3, df=yes	0	0	2021	Leeds United	Free	2026^[34]
Defenders
2	Will Fish		CB	2003 2, df=yes	3	0	2024	Manchester United	Undisclosed	2028
4	Dimitrios Goutas		CB	1994 4, df=yes	55	4	2023	Sivasspor	Free	2025^[35]
5	Jesper Daland		CB	2000 1, df=yes	4	0	2024	Cercle Brugge	Undisclosed	2028
12	Calum Chambers		CB/RB/DM	1995 1, df=yes	13	0	2024	Aston Villa	Free	2027
17	Jamilu Collins		LB/CB/LM	1994 8, df=yes	42	1	2022	SC Paderborn	Free	2025
23	Joel Bagan		LB	2001 9, df=yes	51	3	2020	Academy	Trainee	2026^[36]
33	Ryotaro Tsunoda		CB/LB	1999 6, df=yes	0	0	2024	Yokohama F. Marinos	Undisclosed	^[37]
38	Perry Ng		RB/LB/CB	1996 4, df=yes	156	9	2021	Crewe Alexandra	£350,000	2026^[38]
Midfielders
3			CM	1994 5, df=yes	51	0	2023	Trabzonspor	Free	2026^[39]
8	Joe Ralls		CM/LM/DM	1993 10, df=yes	393	34	2011	Academy	Trainee	2025^[40]
10	Aaron Ramsey		CM/AM	1990 12, df=yes	44	6	2023	Nice	Free	2025
11	Callum O'Dowda		LW/AM/RW/LWB	1995 4, df=yes	63	5	2022	Bristol City	Free	2025
14	David Turnbill		AM	1999 7, df=yes	24	0	2024	Celtic	Undisclosed	2027^[41]
18	Alex Robertson		CM/AMDM	2003 4, df=yes	12	2	2024	Manchester City	Undisclosed	2028
27	Rubin Colwill		AM/LW/RW	2002 4, df=yes	120	12	2020	Academy	Trainee	2027^[42]
32	Ollie Tanner		LW/AM/RW	2002 5, df=yes	54	3	2022	Lewes	£50,000	2027
35			CM/DM/RM	1997 4, df=yes	56	0	2022	Reading	Free	2025
45	Cian Ashford		AM	2004 9, df=yes	13	1	2022	Academy	Trainee	2027^[43]
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	12	0	2024	Hertha BSC	Loan	2025
16	Chris Willock		LW/RW/AM	1998 1, df=yes	12	1	2024	Queens Park Rangers	Free	2027
19	Yakou Méïté		LW/CF/RW	1996 2, df=yes	46	2	2023	Reading	Free	2025^[44]
20	Anwar El Ghazi		RW/LW/CF	1995 5, df=yes	11	1	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	58	15	2022	West Bromwich Albion	£1,500,000	2025
Out on Loan
6	Ryan Wintle		DM/CM/CB	1997 6, df=yes	117	5	2021	Crewe Alexandra	Free	2026^[45]
24	Eli King		DM/CM	2002 12, df=yes	8	0	2021	Academy	Trainee	2026^[46]
25	Kieron Evans		AM	2001 12, df=yes	12	1	2020	Academy	Trainee	2025^[47]
34	Joel Colwill		CM	2004 10, df=yes	5	0	2022	Academy	Trainee	2028
36	Raheem Conte		DM/RB	2002 11, df=yes	5	0	2022	Queens Park Rangers	Trainee	2025^[48]

Pre-season and friendlies

On 21 June, Cardiff City announced their first four pre-season friendlies, against Kidderminster Harriers, KV Kortrijk, Penybont and Reading.^[49] Four days later, a fifth fixture was added, against Bristol Rovers.^[50] In July, a pre-season training camp in Austria was announced along with friendly matches against Hamburger SV, Hertha BSC and Mamelodi Sundowns.^{[51] [52] [53]}

Competitions

Championship

See main article: 2024–25 EFL Championship.

Matches

On 26 June, the Championship fixtures were announced.^[54]

FA Cup

See main article: 2024–25 FA Cup.

Cardiff City entered the competition in the third round, and were drawn away against Sheffield United.^[55]

EFL 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.^[56] In the second round, they were drawn at home to Southampton.^{[57] [58]}

Statistics

Appearances and goals

|-|colspan="14"|Players who featured but departed the club permanently during the season:|}

Goals record

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	47		CF		5	0	0	5
2=	18		CM		2	0	1	3
	27		AM		1	0	2	3
4	32		RW		2	0	0	2
	Own Goals				1	0	1	2
6=	5		CB		0	0	1	1
	11		LB		1	0	0	1
	14		CM		1	0	0	1
	16		LW		1	0	0	1
	19		RW		1	0	0	1
	20		RW		1	0	0	1
	38		RB		1	0	0	1
Colspan=5	Total !	17	0	5	22

Assists record

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	27		AM		4	0	0	4
2	32		RW		1	0	1	2
3=	4		CB		1	0	0	1
	8		CB		1	0	0	1
	11		LB		1	0	0	1
	16		LW		1	0	0	1
	18		CM		1	0	0	1
	20		RW		1	0	0	1
	25		AM		0	0	1	1
	36		DM		0	0	1	1
46		CF		0	0	1	1
Colspan=5	Total !	11	0	4	15

Disciplinary record

Rank	No.	Nat.	Po.	Name	Championship			Total
1	38		RB		5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0
2=	3		CM		3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
	11		LM		3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
	12		CB		3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
	27		AM		2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0
5=	2		CB		2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
	8		CM		2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
	14		CM		2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
	18		CM		2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
	23		LB		1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
	35		CM		2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
12=	4		CB		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	5		CB		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	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
	17		LB		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	21		GK		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	31		CB		0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0
	32		RW		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	47		LW		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Total					34	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	37	0	1

Notes and References

1. News: Club Statement Erol Bulut . 23 September 2024 . Cardiff City FC . 22 September 2024.
2. News: Four new recruits added to City's U21s . 4 July 2024 . Cardiff City FC . 4 July 2024.
3. News: Chris Willock is a Bluebird! . 12 July 2024 . Cardiff City FC . 12 July 2024.
4. Web site: 2024-07-14 . Calum Chambers: Cardiff sign England defender from Aston Villa . 2024-07-14 . BBC Sport . en-GB.
5. News: Anwar El Ghazi joins the Bluebirds . 1 August 2024 . Cardiff City FC . 31 July 2024.
6. News: Baylin Johnson added to U21 squad . 7 August 2024 . Cardiff City FC . 6 August 2024.
7. News: Alex Robertson is a Bluebird . 7 August 2024 . Cardiff City FC . 7 August 2024.
8. News: Jesper Daland is a Bluebird . 20 August 2024 . Cardiff City FC . 20 August 2024.
9. News: Will Fish joins Cardiff City from Manchester United . 23 August 2024 . Cardiff City FC . 23 August 2024.
10. News: Roko Simic agrees four-year contract . 30 August 2024 . Cardiff City FC . 30 August 2024.
11. News: Cameron Antwi joins Newport County . 10 July 2024 . Cardiff City FC . 10 July 2024.
12. News: Ebou Adams joins Derby County . 17 July 2024 . Cardiff City FC . 17 July 2024.
13. News: Japhet Matondo joins City's Under-21s . 26 July 2024 . Stoke City FC . 26 July 2024.
14. News: McGuinness joins Luton Town . 20 August 2024 . Cardiff City FC . 20 August 2024.
15. News: Kanga joins Bulut's Bluebirds . 31 July 2024 . Cardiff City FC . 30 July 2024.
16. News: Luke Pearce joins Sligo Rovers on loan . 16 July 2024 . Cardiff City FC . 16 July 2024.
17. News: Joel Colwill joins Cheltenham Town . 2 August 2024 . Cardiff City FC . 2 August 2024.
18. News: Eli King joins Stevenage on loan . 22 August 2024 . Cardiff City FC . 22 August 2024.
19. News: Kieron Evans joins Newport County on loan . 23 August 2024 . Cardiff City FC . 23 August 2024.
20. News: Ryan Wintle joins Millwall on loan . 28 August 2024 . Cardiff City FC . 28 August 2024.
21. News: Josh Beecher joins Barry Town United . 1 September 2024 . Cardiff City FC . 30 August 2024.
22. News: Raheem Conte joins Woking . 1 September 2024 . Cardiff City FC . 31 August 2024.
23. News: Ewan Griffiths joins Plymouth Parkway . 1 September 2024 . Cardiff City FC . 30 August 2024.
24. News: Simic joins K.V. Kortrijk . 1 September 2024 . Cardiff City FC . 31 August 2024.
25. News: Malachi Fagan-Walcott joins York City on loan . 2 September 2024 . Cardiff City FC . 2 September 2024.
26. Web site: James Crole comes home . X . Penybont FC . 7 July 2024.
27. News: Ollie Denham signs 18 month deal . 7 July 2024 . Sligo Rovers FC . 1 July 2024.
28. News: Haverfordwest County AFC announce signing of midfielder Kyle Kenniford . 28 July 2024 . Haverfordwest County AFC . 24 July 2024.
29. News: Rams Add Luthra To Goalkeeping Department . 7 August 2024 . Derby County FC . 7 August 2024.
30. News: 2023/24 Retained List . 7 June 2024 . Cardiff City FC . 7 June 2024.
31. News: Mahlon Romeo leaves by mutual consent . 1 September 2024 . Cardiff City FC . 30 August 2024.
32. News: Ethan Horvath signs . 2 February 2024 . Cardiff City FC . 1 February 2024.
33. News: Jak Alnwick pens a new contract . Cardiff City . 18 September 2023 . 18 September 2023.
34. News: Matthew Turner pens new City deal . Cardiff City . 13 June 2024 . 13 June 2024.
35. News: Dimitrios Goutas joins Cardiff City . Cardiff City F.C. . 5 July 2023 . 5 July 2023.
36. News: Joel Bagan pens a new City deal . Cardiff City F.C. . 1 July 2023 . 1 July 2023.
37. News: Tsunoda completes transfer and loan out deal . Cardiff City FC . 23 January 2024.
38. News: Perry Ng signs new City deal . Cardiff City F.C. . 24 August 2023 . 24 August 2023.
39. News: Manolis Siopis is a Bluebird . 18 August 2023 . Cardiff City FC . 18 August 2023.
40. News: Cardiff City: Captain Joe Ralls signs new Bluebirds contract . BBC Sport Football . 11 March 2024 . 29 March 2024.
41. News: David Turnbull is a Bluebird . Cardiff City F.C. . 11 February 2024 . 1 February 2024.
42. News: Rubin Colwill & Joe Colwill sign new City deals . Cardiff City . 15 September 2023 . 15 September 2023.
43. News: Cian Ashford extends contract with the Bluebirds . Cardiff City . 19 January 2024 . 19 January 2024.
44. News: Yakou Méïté signs for Cardiff City . Cardiff City FC . 7 July 2023 . 7 July 2023.
45. News: Ryan Wintle pens a new three-year deal . Cardiff City F.C. . 4 August 2023 . 4 August 2023.
46. News: Eli King signs new three-year contract . Cardiff City F.C. . 27 June 2023 . 28 June 2023.
47. News: Kieron Evans extends stay with Cardiff City . 27 June 2024 . Cardiff City FC . 27 June 2024.
48. News: Raheem Conte signs new Cardiff City contract . Cardiff City F.C. . 14 June 2024 . 21 June 2024.
49. News: 2024 home pre-season fixtures confirmed . 21 June 2024 . Cardiff City FC . 21 June 2024.
50. News: Pre-Season 2024 Bristol Rovers vs. Cardiff City . 25 June 2024 . Cardiff City FC . 25 June 2024.
51. News: Pre-Season 2024 Hamburger SV vs. Cardiff City . 3 July 2024 . Cardiff City FC . 3 July 2024.
52. News: Pre-Season 2024 Hertha BSC vs. Cardiff City . 10 July 2024 . Cardiff City FC . 9 July 2024.
53. News: Pre-Season 2024 Mamelodi Sundowns vs. Cardiff City . 11 July 2024 . Cardiff City FC . 11 July 2024.
54. News: Derby at Blackburn and Blades visit Preston to start Championship . 26 June 2024 . British Broadcasting Corporation . 26 June 2024.
55. News: FA Cup third round proper draw . 2 December 2024 . The Football Association . 2 December 2024.
56. News: Carabao Cup Round One draw confirmed . 27 June 2024 . English Football League . 27 June 2024.
57. News: Carabao Cup Round Two draw confirmed . 15 August 2024 . English Football League . 14 August 2024.
58. News: Cardiff City vs. Southampton . 19 August 2024 . Cardiff City FC . 19 August 2024.