| Club: | Sunderland |
| Season: | 2024–25 |
| Owner: | Kyril Louis-Dreyfus (64%) Juan Sartori (36%) |
| Chairman: | Kyril Louis-Dreyfus |
| Manager: | Régis Le Bris[1] |
| Mgrtitle: | Head Coach |
| Stadium: | Stadium of Light |
| League: | Championship |
| League Result: | 2nd |
| Cup1: | FA Cup |
| Cup1 Result: | Third round |
| Cup2: | EFL Cup |
| Cup2 Result: | First round |
| League Topscorer: | Luke O'Nien & Eliezer Mayenda (2) |
| Season Topscorer: | Luke O'Nien & Eliezer Mayenda (2) |
| Highest Attendance: | 40,022 vs Sheffield Wednesday (17 August 2024, Championship) |
| Lowest Attendance: | 40,022 vs Sheffield Wednesday (17 August 2024, Championship) |
| Average Attendance: | 40,022 |
| Largest Win: | 4-0 vs Sheffield Wednesday (Championship) |
| Largest Loss: | 0-2 vs Preston (EFL Cup) |
| Prevseason: | 2023–24 |
| Nextseason: | 2025–26 |
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.
| Date | Pos. | Player | From | Fee | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 July 2024 | Free | [2] | ||||
| 11 July 2024 | Free | [3] | ||||
| 24 July 2024 | Free | [4] | ||||
| 29 July 2024 | Elias Lenz | Free | [5] | |||
| 2 August 2024 | Free | [6] |
| Date | Pos. | Player | To | Fee | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 June 2024 | Undisclosed | [7] | ||||
| 8 August 2024 | Undisclosed | [8] |
| Date | Position | Player | From | Date until | Ref |
|---|
| Date | Pos. | Player | To | Date until | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 July 2024 | End of Season | [9] | ||||
| 18 July 2024 | End of Season | [10] | ||||
| 2 August 2024 | Oliver Bainbridge | End of Season | [11] | |||
| 8 August 2024 | End of Season | [12] |
| Date | Pos. | Player | Subsequent club | Join date | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 June 2024 | 1 July 2024 | [13] | ||||
| 30 June 2024 | 2 July 2024 | [14] | ||||
| 30 June 2024 | Connor Pye | 16 July 2024 | [15] | |||
| 30 June 2024 | 16 July 2024 | [16] | ||||
| 30 June 2024 | Kailem Beattie | 24 July 2024 | [17] | |||
| 30 June 2024 | 15 August 2024 | [18] | ||||
| 30 June 2024 | Tom Chiabi | |||||
| 30 June 2024 | Ben Creamer | |||||
| 30 June 2024 | [19] | |||||
| 30 June 2024 | Harry Gardiner | |||||
| 30 June 2024 | Daniel Obolo | |||||
| 30 June 2024 | Joe Ryder | |||||
| 30 June 2024 | Jayden Sekete | |||||
| 30 June 2024 | ||||||
| 30 June 2024 | Queen's Park | 9 August 2024 | [20] |
On 17 May, Sunderland announced their first slate of pre-season fixtures, against South Shields, Gateshead, Blackpool and Bradford City.[21] A weeks training camp in Alicante was later confirmed with a fixtures against Eldense and Nottingham Forest.[22] [23] On July 16, a final friendly was confirmed, against Marseille in Bradford.[24]
See main article: 2024–25 EFL Championship.
On 26 June, the Championship fixtures were announced.[25]
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 Sunderland being drawn away against Preston North End.[26] They were beaten by Preston North End in that match and as a result were knocked out of the competition.[27]
|-|colspan="14"|Players away on loan:|}
| Rank | Name | FA Cup | EFL Cup | Total | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 32 | DF | Trai Hume | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 33 | DF | Leo Hjelde | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 42 | DF | Aji Alese | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Total | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||||