2024–25 Sunderland A.F.C. season

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[a]	GK	Simon Moore	Coventry City	Free	[2]
11 July 2024	CM	Alan Browne	Preston North End	Free	[3]
24 July 2024	AM	Ian Poveda	Leeds United	Free	[4]
29 July 2024	DM	Elias Lenz[b]	RB Leipzig	Free	[5]
2 August 2024	GK	Blondy Nna Noukeu	Stoke City	Free	[6]

Date	Pos.	Player	To	Fee	Ref.
18 June 2024	GK	Alex Bass	Notts County	Undisclosed	[7]
8 August 2024	AM	Elliot Embleton	Blackpool	Undisclosed	[8]

Date	Pos.	Player	To	Date until	Ref.
1 July 2024[a]	GK	Nathan Bishop	Wycombe Wanderers	End of Season	[9]
18 July 2024	GK	Matty Young	Salford City	End of Season	[10]
2 August 2024	LB	Oliver Bainbridge	Kilmarnock	End of Season	[11]
8 August 2024	CM	Jay Matete	Bolton Wanderers	End of Season	[12]

Date	Pos.	Player	Subsequent club	Join date	Ref.
30 June 2024	LW	Jack Diamond	Stockport County	1 July 2024	[13][14]
30 June 2024	LW	Michael Spellman	Newport County	2 July 2024	[13][15]
30 June 2024	LB	Connor Pye	Bury	16 July 2024	[13][16]
30 June 2024	RM	Ellis Taylor	Harrogate Town	16 July 2024	[13][17]
30 June 2024	LB	Kailem Beattie	Heaton Stannington	24 July 2024	[13][18]
30 June 2024	AM	Bradley Dack	Gillingham	15 August 2024	[13][19]
30 June 2024	CM	Tom Chiabi			[13]
30 June 2024	RW	Ben Creamer			[13]
30 June 2024	CM	Corry Evans			[13]
30 June 2024	ST	Harry Gardiner			[13]
30 June 2024	LW	Daniel Obolo			[13]
30 June 2024	LB	Joe Ryder			[13]
30 June 2024	RB	Jayden Sekete			[13]
30 June 2024	RB	Callum Wilson			[13]
30 June 2024	CB	Henry Fieldson	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]

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

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On 27 June, the draw for the first round was made, with Sunderland being drawn away against Preston North End.^[29] They were beaten by Preston North End in that match and as a result were knocked out of the competition.^[30]

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As of match played 18 August 2024

List includes all first team players and any other matchday squad players

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Championship		FA Cup		EFL Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	ENG	Anthony Patterson	2	0	2+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
2	DF	WAL	Niall Huggins	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
3	DF	ENG	Dennis Cirkin	2	1	2+0	1	0+0	0	0+0	0
4	MF	ENG	Dan Neil	2	0	2+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
5	DF	NIR	Daniel Ballard	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
6	DF	FRA	Timothée Pembélé	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
7	MF	ENG	Jobe Bellingham	2	0	2+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
8	MF	IRL	Alan Browne	1	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
9	FW	POR	Luís Semedo	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
10	FW	ENG	Patrick Roberts	2	0	2+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
11	MF	ENG	Chris Rigg	3	0	1+1	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
12	FW	ESP	Eliezer Mayenda	2	2	2+0	2	0+0	0	0+0	0
13	MF	ENG	Luke O'Nien	2	2	2+0	2	0+0	0	0+0	0
14	FW	ENG	Romaine Mundle	3	0	0+2	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
15	FW	UKR	Nazariy Rusyn	3	0	0+2	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
16	GK	CMR	Blondy Nna Noukeu	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
17	MF	FRA	Abdoullah Ba	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
19	FW	CRC	Jewison Bennette	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
20	FW	ENG	Jack Clarke	2	1	2+0	1	0+0	0	0+0	0
21	GK	ENG	Simon Moore	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
22	MF	FRA	Adil Aouchiche	2	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
23	DF	NED	Jenson Seelt	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
25	DF	AUS	Nectarios Triantis	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
32	DF	NIR	Trai Hume	2	0	2+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
33	DF	NOR	Leo Hjelde	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
36	FW	COL	Ian Poveda	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
39	MF	FRA	Pierre Ekwah	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
40	FW	ENG	Tommy Watson	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
41	DF	ENG	Zak Johnson	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
42	DF	ENG	Aji Alese	2	0	2+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
44	DF	ENG	Ben Crompton	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
45	DF	ENG	Joe Anderson	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
50	MF	ENG	Harrison Jones	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
Players away on loan:
—	GK	ENG	Nathan Bishop	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
—	MF	ENG	Jay Matete	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0

As of 17 August 2024

Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by squad number when disciplinary points / points per card / number of cards are equal. Players with no cards not included in the list.

Rank	No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Championship			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