2024–25 Cardiff City F.C. season

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.

Cardiff City
2024–25 season
OwnerVincent Tan
ChairmanMehmet Dalman
ManagerErol Bulut
StadiumCardiff City Stadium
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Current squad

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As of 7 June 2024

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Name Nat. Position(s) Date of birth (Age) Apps. Goals Year signed Signed from Transfer fee Ends
Goalkeepers
1 Ethan Horvath   GK (1995-06-09) 9 June 1995 (age 29) 16 0 2024   Nottingham Forest Undisclosed 2027[1]
21 Jak Alnwick   GK (1993-06-17) 17 June 1993 (age 31) 32 0 2022   St Mirren Free 2025[2]
41 Matthew Turner   GK (2002-03-27) 27 March 2002 (age 22) 0 0 2021   Leeds United Free 2026[3]
Defenders
2 Mahlon Romeo    RB/RM (1995-09-19) 19 September 1995 (age 28) 51 0 2022   Millwall Undisclosed 2025
3 Joel Bagan    LB (2001-09-03) 3 September 2001 (age 22) 42 3 2020 Academy Trainee 2026[4]
4 Dimitrios Goutas   CB (1994-04-04) 4 April 1994 (age 30) 45 4 2023   Sivasspor Free 2025[5]
5 Mark McGuinness    CB (2001-01-05) 5 January 2001 (age 23) 84 4 2021   Arsenal Undisclosed 2027[6]
17 Jamilu Collins   LB/CB/LM (1994-08-05) 5 August 1994 (age 29) 40 1 2022   SC Paderborn Free 2025
38 Perry Ng    RB/LB/CB (1996-04-27) 27 April 1996 (age 28) 144 8 2021   Crewe Alexandra £350,000 2026[7]
Ryotaro Tsunoda   CB/LB (1999-06-27) 27 June 1999 (age 24) 0 0 2024   Yokohama F. Marinos Undisclosed [8]
Midfielders
6 Ryan Wintle   DM/CM/CB (1997-06-13) 13 June 1997 (age 27) 117 5 2021   Crewe Alexandra Free 2026[9]
8 Joe Ralls   CM/LM/DM (1993-10-12) 12 October 1993 (age 30) 386 34 2011 Academy Trainee 2025[10]
10 Aaron Ramsey   CM/AM (1990-12-26) 26 December 1990 (age 33) 41 6 2023   Nice Free 2025
11 Callum O'Dowda    LW/AM/RW/LWB (1995-04-23) 23 April 1995 (age 29) 51 4 2022   Bristol City Free 2025
15 David Turnbill   AM (1999-07-10) 10 July 1999 (age 24) 17 0 2024   Celtic Undisclosed 2027[11]
18 Ebou Adams    CM/DM/AM (1996-01-15) 15 January 1996 (age 28) 12 0 2022   Forest Green Rovers Free 2025
23 Manolis Siopis   CM (1994-05-14) 14 May 1994 (age 30) 41 0 2023   Trabzonspor Free 2026[12]
25 Kieron Evans   AM (2001-12-19) 19 December 2001 (age 22) 11 1 2020 Academy Trainee 2024
27 Rubin Colwill   AM/LW/RW (2002-04-27) 27 April 2002 (age 22) 105 9 2020 Academy Trainee 2027[13]
32 Ollie Tanner   LW/AM/RW (2002-05-13) 13 May 2002 (age 22) 40 2 2022   Lewes £50,000 2027
34 Joel Colwill   CM (2004-10-27) 27 October 2004 (age 19) 5 0 2022 Academy Trainee 2028[13]
35 Andy Rinomhota   CM/DM/RM (1997-04-21) 21 April 1997 (age 27) 48 0 2022   Reading Free 2025
36 Raheem Conte   DM/RB (2002-11-11) 11 November 2002 (age 21) 3 0 2022   Queens Park Rangers Trainee 2025[14]
45 Cian Ashford   AM (2004-09-24) 24 September 2004 (age 19) 9 1 2022 Academy Trainee 2027[15]
Eli King   DM/CM (2002-12-23) 23 December 2002 (age 21) 7 0 2021 Academy Trainee 2026[16]
Forwards
9 Kion Etete    CF/SS (2001-11-28) 28 November 2001 (age 22) 61 9 2022   Tottenham Hotspur £500,000 2025
22 Yakou Méïté    LW/CF/RW (1996-02-11) 11 February 1996 (age 28) 37 2 2023   Reading Free 2025[17]
39 Isaak Davies   SS/RW/LW (2001-09-25) 25 September 2001 (age 22) 42 4 2020 Academy Trainee 2025
47 Callum Robinson   LW/CF/RW (1995-02-02) 2 February 1995 (age 29) 47 10 2022   West Bromwich Albion £1,500,000 2025
Out on Loan

Transfers

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Date Position Player From Fee Ref
Date Position Player To Fee Ref

Loaned in

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Date Position Player From Date until Ref

Loaned out

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Date Position Player To Date until Ref

Released / Out of Contract

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Date Pos. Player Subsequent club Join date Ref.
30 June 2024 RB   Xavier Benjamin [18]
30 June 2024 CF   James Crole [18]
30 June 2024 CB   Oliver Denham [18]
30 June 2024 CM   Ryan Kavanagh [18]
30 June 2024 CM   Kyle Kenniford [18]
30 June 2024 DM   Caleb Hughes [18]
30 June 2024 CF   Finlay Johnson [18]
30 June 2024 GK   Rohan Luthra [18]
30 June 2024 RW   Sheyi Ojo [18]
30 June 2024 AM   Romaine Sawyers [18]
30 June 2024 RB   Jai Semenyo [18]
30 June 2024 CF   Chanka Zimba [18]

Pre-season and friendlies

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On 21 June, Cardiff City announced their first four pre-season friendlies, against Kidderminster Harriers, KV Kortrijk, Penybont and Reading.[19]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

13 July 2024 Friendly Cardiff City v KV Kortrijk Canton
12:00 BST Stadium: Cardiff International Sports Stadium
16 July 2024 Friendly Cardiff City v Penybont Canton
19:30 BST Stadium: Cardiff International Sports Stadium
31 July 2024 Friendly Cardiff City v Reading Leckwith
19:30 BST Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium

Competitions

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Championship

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League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Blackburn Rovers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Promotion to the Premier League
2 Bristol City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Burnley 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualification for the Championship play-offs
4 Cardiff City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Coventry City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Derby County 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Hull City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played: 10 August 2024. Source: EFL Official Website
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results; 5) Wins; 6) Away goals; 7) Penalty points (sec 9.5); 8) Number of 12-point sending off offences; 9) Play-off (only if needed to determine promotion/relegation)[20]


Results summary

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Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
0 0 0 0 0 0  0 0 0 0 0 0 0  0 0 0 0 0 0  0

Last updated: pre-season.
Source: Soccerway

Results by round

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Round1
Ground
Result
Position
Updated to match(es) played on pre-season. Source: Soccerway
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; P = Postponed

Matches

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  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

FA Cup

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  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

EFL Cup

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  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

Statistics

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Appearances and goals

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As of pre-season

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
Goalkeepers
GK   ENG Jak Alnwick 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
GK   WAL Jake Dennis 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
GK   USA Ethan Horvath 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
Defenders
DF   IRL Joel Bagan 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF   NGA Jamilu Collins 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF   ENG Freddie Cook 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF   ENG Malachi Fagan-Walcott 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF   GRE Dimitrios Goutas 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF   WAL Dylan Lawlor 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF   IRL Mark McGuinness 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF   ENG Perry Ng 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF   ATG Mahlon Romeo 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF   JPN Ryotaro Tsunoda 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
Midfielders
MF   GAM Ebou Adams 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF   WAL Cian Ashford 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF   WAL Joel Colwill 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF   WAL Rubin Colwill 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF   WAL Eli King 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF   IRL Callum O'Dowda 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF   ENG Joe Ralls 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF   WAL Aaron Ramsey 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF   ZIM Andy Rinomhota 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF   GRE Manolis Siopis 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF   SCO David Turnbull 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF   ENG Ryan Wintle 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
Forwards
FW   WAL Isaak Davies 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW   ENG Kion Etete 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW   WAL Isaac Jefferies 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW   CIV Yakou Méïté 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW   IRL Callum Robinson 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW   ENG Ollie Tanner 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW   WAL Morgan Wigley 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0

References

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  1. ^ "Ethan Horvath signs". Cardiff City FC. 1 February 2024. Retrieved 2 February 2024.
  2. ^ "Jak Alnwick pens a new contract". Cardiff City. 18 September 2023. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
  3. ^ "Matthew Turner pens new City deal". Cardiff City. 13 June 2024. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
  4. ^ "Joel Bagan pens a new City deal". Cardiff City F.C. 1 July 2023. Retrieved 1 July 2023.
  5. ^ "Dimitrios Goutas joins Cardiff City". Cardiff City F.C. 5 July 2023. Retrieved 5 July 2023.
  6. ^ "Mark McGuinness signs a new four-year deal". Cardiff City F.C. 17 August 2023. Retrieved 17 August 2023.
  7. ^ "Perry Ng signs new City deal". Cardiff City F.C. 24 August 2023. Retrieved 24 August 2023.
  8. ^ "Tsunoda completes transfer and loan out deal". Cardiff City FC. 23 January 2024.
  9. ^ "Ryan Wintle pens a new three-year deal". Cardiff City F.C. 4 August 2023. Retrieved 4 August 2023.
  10. ^ "Cardiff City: Captain Joe Ralls signs new Bluebirds contract". BBC Sport Football. 11 March 2024. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
  11. ^ "David Turnbull is a Bluebird". Cardiff City F.C. 1 February 2024. Retrieved 11 February 2024.
  12. ^ "Manolis Siopis is a Bluebird". Cardiff City FC. 18 August 2023. Retrieved 18 August 2023.
  13. ^ a b "Rubin Colwill & Joe Colwill sign new City deals". Cardiff City. 15 September 2023. Retrieved 15 September 2023.
  14. ^ "Raheem Conte signs new Cardiff City contract". Cardiff City F.C. 14 June 2024. Retrieved 21 June 2024.
  15. ^ "Cian Ashford extends contract with the Bluebirds". Cardiff City. 19 January 2024. Retrieved 19 January 2024.
  16. ^ "Eli King signs new three-year contract". Cardiff City F.C. 27 June 2023. Retrieved 28 June 2023.
  17. ^ "Yakou Méïté signs for Cardiff City". Cardiff City FC. 7 July 2023. Retrieved 7 July 2023.
  18. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "2023/24 Retained List". Cardiff City FC. 7 June 2024. Retrieved 7 June 2024.
  19. ^ "2024 home pre-season fixtures confirmed". Cardiff City FC. 21 June 2024. Retrieved 21 June 2024.
  20. ^ "EFL Regulations Section 3 – The League; subsection 9 – Method of Determining League Positions". EFL. Archived from the original on 30 May 2024. Retrieved 8 June 2024.