2024–25 EFL League One explained

Competition:	EFL League One
Season:	2024–25
Dates:	9 August 2024 – 3 May 2025
League Topscorer Section:	Top scorers
Prevseason:	2023–24
Nextseason:	2025–26

The 2024–25 EFL League One (referred to as the Sky Bet League One for sponsorship purposes) is the 21st season of the EFL League One under its current title and the 33rd season under its current league division format. The season began on 9 August 2024.

The 2024–25 season will consist of 36 weekend rounds, six midweek rounds, and four Bank (Public) Holiday match weeks.^[1]

Team changes

The following teams have changed division since the 2023–24 season:

To League One

Promoted from League Two

• Stockport County
• Wrexham
• Mansfield Town
• Crawley Town

Relegated from the Championship

• Birmingham City
• Huddersfield Town
• Rotherham United

From League One

Promoted to the Championship

• Portsmouth
• Derby County
• Oxford United

Relegated to League Two

• Cheltenham Town
• Fleetwood Town
• Port Vale
• Carlisle United

Stadiums and locations

Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
			23,287
Birmingham City	Birmingham	St Andrew's	29,409
Blackpool	Blackpool	Bloomfield Road	16,616
Bolton Wanderers	Horwich	Toughsheet Community Stadium	28,723
Bristol Rovers	Bristol	Memorial Stadium	9,832
Burton Albion	Burton upon Trent	Pirelli Stadium	6,912
Cambridge United	Cambridge	Abbey Stadium	8,127
Charlton Athletic		The Valley	27,111
Crawley Town	Crawley		5,996
Exeter City	Exeter	St. James Park	8,720
			24,121
Leyton Orient		Brisbane Road	9,271
Lincoln City	Lincoln	Sincil Bank	10,669
Mansfield Town			9,186
Northampton Town	Northampton	Sixfields Stadium	7,798
Peterborough United	Peterborough	London Road Stadium	13,511
Reading	Reading	Madejski Stadium	24,161
Rotherham United	Rotherham	New York Stadium	12,021
Shrewsbury Town	Shrewsbury	New Meadow	9,875
Stevenage	Stevenage	Broadhall Way	7,800
		Edgeley Park	10,852
Wigan Athletic	Wigan	Brick Community Stadium	25,138
Wrexham	Wrexham	Racecourse Ground	13,214
Wycombe Wanderers	High Wycombe	Adams Park	10,137

Personnel and sponsoring

Team	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor (chest)	Shirt sponsor (sleeve)
Barnsley	Darrell Clarke	Luca Connell^[2]	Puma	Gleeson Homes
Birmingham City	Chris Davies	Krystian Bielik	Nike	Undefeated^[3]
Blackpool	Richard Keogh (interim)	James Husband	Puma^[4]	TreadTracker.com^[5]
Bolton Wanderers	Ian Evatt	Ricardo Santos	Macron	Victorian Plumbing^[6]	Whites Beaconsfield^[7]
Bristol Rovers	Matt Taylor	Scott Sinclair	Macron	FanHub^[8]
Burton Albion	Mark Robinson	Elliot Watt	TAG	Burton Kia^[9]
Cambridge United	Garry Monk	Michael Morrison	Umbro^[10]	BrewBoard^[11]
Charlton Athletic	Nathan Jones	Greg Docherty^[12]	Castore	RSK Group^[13]
Crawley Town	Scott Lindsey	Dion Conroy	Errea	TBA
Exeter City	Gary Caldwell	Pierce Sweeney	Adidas^[14]	HEL Performance^[15]
Huddersfield Town	Michael Duff	Jonathan Hogg	Umbro	Utilita^[16]
Leyton Orient	Richie Wellens	Darren Pratley	Puma^[17]	Eastdil Secured^[18]
Lincoln City	Michael Skubala	Paudie O'Connor	Oxen^[19]	Branston (Home)^[20] University of Lincoln (Away)^[21]	Sterling Technology^[22]
Mansfield Town	Nigel Clough	Aden Flint	Castore^[23]	TBA
Northampton Town	Jon Brady	Jon Guthrie	Puma^[24]	University Of Northampton
Peterborough United	Darren Ferguson	Hector Kyprianou^[25]	Puma	Mick George Group
Reading	Rubén Sellés	Andy Yiadom	Macron	Select Car Leasing^[26]
Rotherham United	Steve Evans	Jonson Clarke-Harris	Puma^[27]	Bluebell Wood
Shrewsbury Town	Paul Hurst	Carl Winchester	Oxen^[28]	Morris Property (Home) Shropshire Homes (Away & Third)
Stevenage	Alex Revell	Carl Piergianni	Macron	GRILLA^[29]
Stockport County	Dave Challinor	Lewis Bate^[30]	Puma	VITA	GroFu^[31]
Wigan Athletic	Shaun Maloney	Jason Kerr^[32]	Puma	Smurfit Kappa Group^[33]
Wrexham	Phil Parkinson	James McClean	Macron	United Airlines^[34]	HP
Wycombe Wanderers	Matt Bloomfield	Jack Grimmer^[35]	Hummel^[36]	TBA

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in the table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Barnsley	Martin Devaney	End of interim spell	7 May 2024	Pre-season	Darrell Clarke^[37]	23 May 2024
Birmingham City	Gary Rowett	Tony Mowbray		7 May 2024
Huddersfield Town	André Breitenreiter^[38]	Mutual consent	10 May 2024	Michael Duff^[39]	13 May 2024
Birmingham City	Tony Mowbray^[40]	Resigned	21 May 2024	Chris Davies^[41]	6 June 2024
Burton Albion	Martin Paterson^[42]	End of contract	31 May 2024	Mark Robinson^[43]	4 June 2024
Blackpool	Neil Critchley^[44]	Sacked	21 August 2023	23rd

League table

Season statistics

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1		Burton Albion	3
2		Stockport County	2
		Reading
		Mansfield Town
		Birmingham City
		Lincoln City
		Peterborough United
		Peterborough United
		Wycombe Wanderers
		Huddersfield Town

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2023-12-22 . EFL schedule confirmed for 2024/25 season . 5 April 2024. efl.com . en.
2. https://www.barnsleyfc.co.uk/news/2024/august/08/luca-connell-announced-as-club-captain/ Luca Connell announced as club captain
3. Undefeated named Blues' new principal partner and sponsor. 26 July 2023. Birmingham City Football Club. Birmingham. 28 July 2023.
4. Web site: Puma Agree New Four Year Partnership . Blackpool F.C.. 21 March 2023 . 27 April 2024.
5. TreadTracker.com Confirmed As Club's Principal Front Of Shirt Sponsor . Blackpool Football Club. Blackpool. 2 August 2024.
6. Victorian Plumbing become new principal partner . Bolton Wanderers Football Club. Bolton. 6 June 2023.
7. Whites Beaconsfield Become Official Sleeve Sponsor . Bolton Wanderers Football Club. Bolton. 2 August 2024.
8. Web site: FanHub join Bristol Rovers as principle partner. www.bristolrovers.co.uk. 10 July 2024. 10 July 2024.
9. Web site: Burton Kia are 24/25 front of shirt sponsor . 2024-07-25 . www.burtonalbionfc.co.uk.
10. Web site: Umbro named new Technical Partner. Cambridge United F.C.. 25 April 2023 . 27 April 2024.
11. Web site: BrewBoard announced as new front of shirt sponsor. Cambridge United F.C.. 7 July 2023 . 27 April 2024.
12. Greg Docherty named club captain . Charlton Atheltic A.F.C.. 1 August 2024 . 11 August 2024.
13. Web site: Charlton announce five-year partnership with RSK. Charlton Atheltic A.F.C.. 9 March 2022 . 13 April 2024.
14. Web site: 31 May 2023. ✍️ Exeter City x Adidas . Exeter City Football Club. 9 April 2024.
15. 5 June 2023. ✍️ Welcome to HEL. Exeter City Football Club. Exeter. 9 April 2024.
16. Utilita on the front of Town's shirts for three years. 31 March 2021. Huddersfield Town A.F.C.. Huddersfield.
17. 7 December 2021. Leyton Orient to partner with Puma from the 2022/23 season. Leyton Orient Football Club. London. 7 December 2021.
18. Web site: Leyton Orient announces Eastdil Secured as new Official Shirt Partner. Leyton Orient F.C.. 5 July 2023 . 13 April 2024.
19. Oxen become official kit supplier. 1 June 2023. Lincoln City Football Club. Lincoln. 1 June 2023.
20. Branston continue front of shirt sponsorship. 6 June 2024. Lincoln City Football Club. Lincoln. 6 June 2024.
21. News: Imps release away kit. 6 June 2024. Lincoln City Official Site. 6 June 2024.
22. Leyton Orient is delighted to have entered into an exciting new partnership with Sterling Technology . Leyton Orient Football Club. London. 2 August 2024.
23. Web site: Castore to become Mansfield Town's new kit manufacturer. Mansfield Town F.C.. 6 April 2023 . 27 April 2024.
24. 14 April 2023. Puma announced as new technical kit partner . Northampton Town Football Club. Northampton. 12 May 2023.
25. Kyprianou Named Posh Skipper . www.theposh.com . 8 August 2024 . 11 August 2024.
26. Select Car Leasing become new principal partner of Reading Football Club. Reading Football Club. Reading. 11 June 2021.
27. Web site: Millers extend long-standing relationship with leading sportswear giants Puma Teamwear . Rotherham United F.C.. 15 August 2022 . 5 April 2024.
28. Web site: Oxen to become Shrewsbury's official kit and teamwear supplier . 12 January 2024 . 20 April 2024 . www.shrewsburytown.com . en-gb.
29. Web site: Stevenage FC announce GRILLA as new Official Shirt Sponsor . 20 June 2023 . 24 April 2024 . Stevenage F.C..
30. Lewis Bate named as new County captain . Stockport County Football Club . 10 August 2024 . 11 August 2024.
31. Stockport based GroFu become Official Kit Sleeve sponsor . Stockport County Football Club. Stockport. 2 August 2024.
32. Jason Kerr appointed as Wigan Athletic captain! . Wigan Athletic Football Club . . 2024-08-07 . 2024-08-11 .
33. 2023-08-05 . Wigan Athletic and Smurfit Kappa agree three-year Principal Partner and Front of Shirt Sponsorship! . 2023-11-19 . Wigan Athletic Football Club. Wigan.
34. Web site: United Airlines Debuts New, Limited-Edition Wrexham AFC Amenity Kits and Pajamas . 21 May 2024 . 2024-05-21 . United.com.
35. Web site: Wanderers . Wycombe . 4 July 2024 . JACK GRIMMER APPOINTED CLUB CAPTAIN OF WYCOMBE WANDERERS . 2024-07-04 . Wycombe Wanderers.
36. 2023-06-01 . It's hummel! . 2023-06-01 . Wycombe Wanderers Football Club. High Wycombe.
37. Web site: DARRELL CLARKE APPOINTED AS HEAD COACH. www.barnsleyfc.co.uk. 23 May 2024. 23 May 2024.
38. Web site: CLUB STATEMENT: BREITENREITER DEPARTS. Huddersfield Town A.F.C.. 10 May 2024. 13 May 2024.
39. Web site: MICHAEL DUFF APPOINTED HEAD COACH. Huddersfield Town A.F.C.. 13 May 2024.
40. Web site: Tony Mowbray stands down. www.bcfc.com. 21 May 2024. 21 May 2024.
41. Web site: Chris Davies named Blues Manager. www.bcfc.com. 6 June 2024. 6 June 2024.
42. Web site: MANAGER MARTIN PATERSON LEAVES BURTON ALBION. www.burtonalbionfc.co.uk. 31 May 2024. 1 June 2024.
43. Web site: MARK ROBINSON APPOINTED BURTON ALBION NEW HEAD COACH. www.burtonalbionfc.co.uk. 4 June 2024. 4 June 2024.
44. Web site: Club Statement Neil Critchley. www.blackpoolfc.co.uk. 21 August 2024. 21 August 2024.