2024–25 Cardiff City F.C. season

Cardiff City

2024–25 season
Owner	Vincent Tan
Chairman	Mehmet Dalman
Manager	Erol Bulut
Stadium	Cardiff City Stadium

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.

Current squad

As of 4 May 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	16	0	2024	Nottingham Forest	Undisclosed	2027
21	Jak Alnwick		GK	(1993-06-17) 17 June 1993	32	0	2022	St Mirren	Free	2025
28	Rohan Luthra		GK	(2002-05-06) 6 May 2002	1	0	2021	Crystal Palace	Free	2024
41	Matthew Turner		GK	(2002-03-27) 27 March 2002	0	0	2021	Leeds United	Free	2024
Defenders
2	Mahlon Romeo		RB/RM	(1995-09-19) 19 September 1995	51	0	2022	Millwall	Undisclosed	2025
3	Joel Bagan		LB	(2001-09-03) 3 September 2001	42	3	2020	Academy	Trainee	2026
4	Dimitrios Goutas		CB	(1994-04-04) 4 April 1994	45	4	2023	Sivasspor	Free	2025
5	Mark McGuinness		CB	(2001-01-05) 5 January 2001	84	4	2021	Arsenal	Undisclosed	2027
15	Oliver Denham		CB/RB	(2002-05-04) 4 May 2002	8	0	2021	Manchester United	Trainee	2024
17	Jamilu Collins		LB/CB/LM	(1994-08-05) 5 August 1994	40	1	2022	SC Paderborn	Free	2024
38	Perry Ng		RB/LB/CB	(1996-04-27) 27 April 1996	144	8	2021	Crewe Alexandra	£350,000	2026
44	Xavier Benjamin		CB	(2004-01-11) 11 January 2004	2	0	2022	Fulham	Academy	2024
	Ryotaro Tsunoda		CB/LB	(1999-06-27) 27 June 1999	0	0	2024	Yokohama F. Marinos	Undisclosed
Midfielders
6	Ryan Wintle		DM/CM/CB	(1997-06-13) 13 June 1997	117	5	2021	Crewe Alexandra	Free	2026
8	Joe Ralls		CM/LM/DM	(1993-10-12) 12 October 1993	386	34	2011	Academy	Trainee	2025
10	Aaron Ramsey		CM/AM	(1990-12-26) 26 December 1990	41	6	2023	Nice	Free	2025
11	Callum O'Dowda		LW/AM/RW/LWB	(1995-04-23) 23 April 1995	51	4	2022	Bristol City	Free	2025
15	David Turnbill		AM	(1999-07-10) 10 July 1999	17	0	2024	Celtic	Undisclosed	2027
18	Ebou Adams		CM/DM/AM	(1996-01-15) 15 January 1996	12	0	2022	Forest Green Rovers	Free	2025
19	Romaine Sawyers		AM/CM/SS	(1991-11-02) 2 November 1991	44	3	2022	West Bromwich Albion	Free	2024
23	Manolis Siopis		CM	(1994-05-14) 14 May 1994	41	0	2023	Trabzonspor	Free	2026
25	Kieron Evans		AM	(2001-12-19) 19 December 2001	11	1	2020	Academy	Trainee	2024
27	Rubin Colwill		AM/LW/RW	(2002-04-27) 27 April 2002	105	9	2020	Academy	Trainee	2027
32	Ollie Tanner		LW/AM/RW	(2002-05-13) 13 May 2002	40	2	2022	Lewes	£50,000	2027
34	Joel Colwill		CM	(2004-10-27) 27 October 2004	5	0	2022	Academy	Trainee	2028
35	Andy Rinomhota		CM/DM/RM	(1997-04-21) 21 April 1997	48	0	2022	Reading	Free	2025
45	Cian Ashford		AM	(2004-09-24) 24 September 2004	9	1	2022	Academy	Trainee	2027
—	Eli King		DM/CM	(2002-12-23) 23 December 2002	7	0	2021	Academy	Trainee	2026
Forwards
9	Kion Etete		CF/SS	(2001-11-28) 28 November 2001	61	9	2022	Tottenham Hotspur	£500,000	2025
22	Yakou Méïté		LW/CF/RW	(1996-02-11) 11 February 1996	37	2	2023	Reading	Free	2025
39	Isaak Davies		SS/RW/LW	(2001-09-25) 25 September 2001	42	4	2020	Academy	Trainee	2025
47	Callum Robinson		LW/CF/RW	(1995-02-02) 2 February 1995	47	10	2022	West Bromwich Albion	£1,500,000	2025
54	Sheyi Ojo		LW/RW/SS	(1997-06-19) 19 June 1997	81	7	2022	Liverpool	Free	2024
Out on Loan

Transfers

In

Date	Position	Player	From	Fee	Ref

Out

Date	Position	Player	To	Fee	Ref

Loaned in

Date	Position	Player	From	Date until	Ref

Loaned out

Date	Position	Player	To	Date until	Ref

Released

Date	Position	Player	Subsequent club	Joined date	Ref

Pre-season and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

Competitions

Championship

Main article: 2024–25 EFL Championship

League table

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	Cardiff City	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Qualification for the Championship play-offs
4	Coventry City	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	Derby County	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	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)

Results summary

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

Round	1
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
Notes:

Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

FA Cup

Main article: 2024–25 FA Cup

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

EFL Cup

Main article: 2024–25 EFL Cup

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

Statistics

Appearances and goals

As of 1 July 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
Goalkeepers
Defenders
Midfielders
Forwards

References