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2024–25 Cambridge United F.C. season

The 2024–25 season is the 113th season in the history of Cambridge United Football Club, and their fourth consecutive season in League One. In addition to the domestic league, the club will also participate in the FA Cup, the EFL Cup and the EFL Trophy.

Cambridge United
2024–25 season
OwnerPaul Barry (70%),
Mark Green (20%),
Adam Webb (10%)
ChairmanShaun Grady
Head CoachGarry Monk
StadiumAbbey Stadium
League One21st
FA CupSecond Round
EFL CupFirst round
(eliminated by Queens Park Rangers)
EFL TrophyGroup stage
Top goalscorerLeague:
Shayne Lavery (2)
All:
Shayne Lavery
Dan Nlundulu
Emmanuel Longelo
(2)
Highest home attendance7,083
(vs Blackpool, 24 August 2024, EFL League One)
Lowest home attendance1,028
(vs Charlton Athletic, 17 September 2024, EFL Trophy)
Average home league attendance6,594
← 2023–24
2025–26 →

Transfers

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In

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Date Pos Player From Fee Ref
1 July 2024[a] RB   James Gibbons   Bristol Rovers Free [1]
1 July 2024 CF   Shayne Lavery   Blackpool Free [2]
1 July 2024[b] CB   Kelland Watts   Newcastle United Free [3]
10 July 2024 CF   Ryan Loft   Port Vale Undisclosed [4]
15 July 2024 CM   Gary Gardner   Birmingham City Free [5]
17 July 2024 CM   Korey Smith   Derby County Free [6]
  1. ^ The transfer was announced on 25 June, and would become official on July 1 once his Bristol Rovers contract expired
  2. ^ The transfer was announced on 12 June, and would become official on July 1 once his Newcastle United contract expired

Out

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Date Pos. Player To Fee Ref.
27 June 2024 RW   Jack Lankester   Crewe Alexandra Undisclosed [7]
27 June 2024 CM   Lewis Simper   Sutton United Undisclosed [8]
3 July 2024 CM   Adam May   Forest Green Rovers Free [9]

Loaned in

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Date Pos. Player From Date until Ref.
2 July 2024 GK   Vicente Reyes   Norwich City End of Season [10]
13 July 2024 CM   Taylor Richards   Queens Park Rangers End of Season [11]
12 August 2024 CB   Connor O'Riordan   Blackburn Rovers End of Season [12]
21 August 2024 AM   Josh Stokes   Bristol City End of Season [13]
22 August 2024 LB   Emmanuel Longelo   Birmingham City End of Season [14]
30 August 2024 CF   Dan Nlundulu   Bolton Wanderers End of Season [15]

Loaned out

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Date Pos Player To Date until Ref

Released / Out of Contract

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Date Pos. Player Subsequent club Join date Ref.
30 June 2024 CB   Harvey Beckett   Royston Town 1 July 2024 [16][17]
30 June 2024 GK   Will Mannion   Charlton Athletic 1 July 2024 [18]
30 June 2024 CF   Lyle Taylor   Colchester United 2 July 2024 [19][20]
30 June 2024 GK   Tom Finch   Norwich City 3 July 2024 [16][21]
30 June 2024 RB   Greg Sandiford   Coventry City 3 July 2024 [16][22]
30 June 2024 AM   Kai Yearn   Coventry City 3 July 2024 [16][23]
30 June 2024 LB   Brandon Haunstrup   Gateshead 13 August 2024 [19][24]
30 June 2024 CF   Fejiri Okenabirhie   Modern Sport 6 September 2024 [19][25]
30 June 2024 CF   Saleem Akanbi   Hemel Hempstead Town 5 October 2024 [16][26]
30 June 2024 CB   Ryan Bennett Retired [19][27]
30 June 2024 LB   Harrison Dunk Retired [28][29]
30 June 2024 GK   James Holden [19]
30 June 2024 CF   Saikou Janneh [19]

Pre-season and friendlies

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On 24 May, Cambridge confirmed their initial pre-season plans, with matches against West Bromwich Albion, Braintree Town, Ebbsfleet United along with a training camp in Portugal.[30] A week later, a fourth friendly was added to the pre-season schedule, versus Colchester United.[31]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

17 July 2024 Friendly Marítimo 2–0 Cambridge United Parchal, Portugal
19:00 WEST Report Stadium: Estádio Municipal Bela Vista
20 July 2024 Friendly Bromley 2–2 Cambridge United Parchal, Portugal
11:00 WEST Report
Stadium: Estádio Municipal Bela Vista
26 July 2024 Friendly Braintree Town 0–3 Cambridge United Braintree
19:45 BST Report
Stadium: Cressing Road
27 July 2024 Friendly Ebbsfleet United 1–3 Cambridge United Northfleet
15:00 BST
Report
Stadium: Stonebridge Road
2 August 2024 Friendly Cambridge United 1–0 West Bromwich Albion Cambridge
19:45 BST
Report Stadium: Abbey Stadium
Attendance: 3,203
Referee: Neil Hair
3 August 2024 Friendly Colchester United 6–0 Cambridge United St Neots
15:00 BST
Report Stadium: Rowley Park

Competitions

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Overall record

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Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
League One 10 August 2024 3 May 2025 Matchday 1 12 3 1 8 11 17 −6 025.00
FA Cup 2 November 2024 First round 1 1 0 0 1 0 +1 100.00
EFL Cup 13 August 2024 13 August 2024 First round First round 1 0 0 1 1 2 −1 000.00
EFL Trophy 3 September 2024 Group stage 2 0 1 1 4 5 −1 000.00
Total 16 4 2 10 17 24 −7 025.00

Last updated: 2 November 2024
Source: Soccerway

League One

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Main article: 2024–25 EFL League One

League table

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Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
20 Leyton Orient 14 4 2 8 14 18 −4 14
21 Crawley Town 15 3 3 9 14 27 −13 12 Relegation to EFL League Two
22 Cambridge United 13 3 1 9 12 23 −11 10
23 Burton Albion 14 1 5 8 15 25 −10 8
24 Shrewsbury Town 15 2 2 11 13 27 −14 8
Updated to match(es) played on 9 November 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) 12-point sending off offences[32]

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
12 3 1 8 11 17  −6 10 2 1 3 7 8  −1 1 0 5 4 9  −5

Last updated: 26 October 2024.
Source: Soccerway

Results by round

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Round1234678910111213141516175
GroundAHHAAAHHAAHAHAHAH
ResultLLDLLLLLLPWWW
Position232120232424242424—232321
Points001111111—4710
Source: EFL
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; P = Postponed

Matches

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On 26 June, the League One fixtures were announced.[33]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

10 August 2024 1 Stockport County 2–0 Cambridge United Stockport
17:30 BST
Report
Stadium: Edgeley Park
Attendance: 9,457
Referee: Seb Stockbridge
17 August 2024 2 Cambridge United 0–1 Crawley Town Cambridge
15:00 BST Andrew   9'
Kaikai   49'
Lavery   53'
Gibbons   83'		 Report Williams   14'
Anderson   45+1'
Mullarkey   50'
Quitirna   60'
Adeyemo   86'		 Stadium: Abbey Stadium
Attendance: 6,720
Referee: David Rock
24 August 2024 3 Cambridge United 4–4 Blackpool Cambridge
15:00 BST Brophy   19'
Lavery   28', 75'
Bennett   45+2'
Andrew   59'
Njoku   72'		 Report Husband   5', 38'
Joseph   39'
Ballard   53'
Baggott   58'
Norburn   76'
Coulson   80'
Casey   84'		 Stadium: Abbey Stadium
Attendance: 7,083
Referee: Jacob Miles
31 August 2024 4 Bristol Rovers 2–0 Cambridge United Horfield
15:00 BST Moore   29'
Omochere   30', 48'		 Report Andrew   55' Stadium: Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 7,893
Referee: Craig Hicks
14 September 2024 6 Mansfield Town 2–1 Cambridge United Mansfield
12:30 BST
Report
Stadium: Field Mill
Attendance: 7,294
Referee: Martin Coy
Note: Fixture was initially scheduled for a 15:00 kick-off, but was moved for live Sky Sports broadcast.[34]
21 September 2024 7 Wycombe Wanderers 2–1 Cambridge United High Wycombe
15:00 BST McCleary   8'
Humphreys   85'
Scowen   88'		 Report Kaikai   7'
Nlundulu   19'
Ibsen Rossi   78'		 Stadium: Adams Park
Attendance: 4,189
Referee: Scott Oldham
28 September 2024 8 Cambridge United 0–2 Lincoln City Cambridge
15:00 BST Nlundulu   38' Report Draper   26'
Makama   37'
Cadamarteri   68'   71'
Jackson   87'		 Stadium: Abbey Stadium
Attendance: 6,969
Referee: Adam Herczeg
1 October 2024 9 Cambridge United 0–1 Rotherham United Cambridge
19:45 BST Digby   32'
Brophy   64'
Nlundulu   76'
Loft   90+4'		 Report Nombe   90+2'
Hugill   90+4'		 Stadium: Abbey Stadium
Attendance: 5,085
Referee: Darren Drysdale
5 October 2024 10 Exeter City 1–0 Cambridge United Exeter
15:00 BST Woods   23'   74'
Yfeko   45+2'		 Report Loft   19'
Andrew   79'		 Stadium: St James Park
Attendance: 6,406
Referee: Scott Tallis
12 October 2024 11 Birmingham City Postponed Cambridge United Bordesley
15:00 BST Stadium: St Andrew's
Note: Fixture was postponed due to international call-ups.[35]
19 October 2024 12 Cambridge United 2–0 Wigan Athletic Cambridge
15:00 BST Kachunga   5'   74'
Tickle   22' (o.g.)
Andrew   47'
Bennett   61'
Reyes   85'
Smith   86'		 Report Smith   73'
Miller   83'		 Stadium: Abbey Stadium
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Ruebyn Ricardo
22 October 2024 13 Stevenage 0–2 Cambridge United Stevenage
19:45 BST Piergianni   26'
Thompson   40'		 Report Digby   26'
Smith   31'   45+4'
Kaikai   90'		 Stadium: Broadhall Way
Attendance: 4,574
Referee: Ben Atkinson
26 October 2024 14 Cambridge United 1–0 Burton Albion Cambridge
15:00 BST Bennett   39'
Cousins   84'
Andrew   90+3'		 Report Bennett   5'
Watt   23'
Bodin   34'		 Stadium: Abbey Stadium
Attendance: 6,706
Referee: Declan Bourne
9 November 2024 15 Peterborough United v Cambridge United Peterborough
15:00 GMT Stadium: London Road Stadium
16 November 2024 16 Cambridge United v Barnsley Cambridge
15:00 GMT Stadium: Abbey Stadium
23 November 2024 17 Northampton Town v Cambridge United Sixfields
15:00 GMT Stadium: Sixfields Stadium
26 November 2024 5[36] Cambridge United v Bolton Wanderers Cambridge
19:45 GMT Stadium: Abbey Stadium
Note: Fixture was originally scheduled for 7 September, but was postponed due to international call-ups from both teams.[36]

FA Cup

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Main article: 2024–25 FA Cup

Cambridge United were drawn away to Woking in the first round[37][38] and at home to Wigan Athletic in the second round.[39]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

2 November 2024 First round Woking 0–1 Cambridge United Woking
15:00 GMT Moss   16'
Lewis   22'
Conte   41'
Kelly-Evans   66'		 Kachunga   42'
Brophy   73'
Andrew   90+4'		 Stadium: Kingfield Stadium
Attendance: 3,105
Referee: Jamie O'Connor
TBC Second round Cambridge United v Wigan Athletic Cambridge
TBC GMT Stadium: Abbey Stadium

EFL Cup

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Main article: 2024–25 EFL Cup

On 27 June, the draw for the first round was made, with Cambridge being drawn at home against Queens Park Rangers.[40]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

13 August 2024 First round Cambridge United 1–2 Queens Park Rangers Cambridge
19:45 BST Brophy   9'
Digby   57'
Kaikai   68'		 Frey   13'
Smyth   36'
Andersen   45+1'
Bennie   81'		 Stadium: Abbey Stadium
Attendance: 4,529
Referee: Paul Howard

EFL Trophy

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Main article: 2024–25 EFL Trophy

In the group stage, Cambridge were drawn into Southern Group C alongside Bromley, Charlton Athletic and Chelsea U21.[41][42]

Pos Div Team
 Pld W PW PL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 L1 Charlton Athletic (A) 2 2 0 0 0 5 1 +4 6 Advance to Round 2
2 L1 Cambridge United 3 1 0 1 1 5 5 0 4
3 ACA Chelsea U21 (E) 3 1 0 0 2 3 6 −3 3
4 L2 Bromley 2 0 1 0 1 5 6 −1 2
Updated to match(es) played on 5 November 2024. Source: EFL
(A) Advances to a further round; (E) Eliminated

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

3 September 2024 1 Bromley 3–3
(5–4 p)		 Cambridge United Bromley
19:45 BST
Report
Stadium: Hayes Lane
Attendance: 1,120
Referee: James Durkin
Penalties
17 September 2024 Group stage Cambridge United 1–2 Charlton Athletic Cambridge
19:00 BST
Report
Stadium: Abbey Stadium
Attendance: 1,028
Referee: Carl Brook
5 November 2024 Group stage Cambridge United 1–0 Chelsea U21 Cambridge
19:00 GMT
Report
Stadium: Abbey Stadium
Attendance: 1,340
Referee: Sam Mulhall

Statistics

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Appearances and goals

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As of match played 5 November 2024

Players with no appearances are not included on the list
Italics indicate a loaned in player

No. Pos Nat Player Total League One FA Cup EFL Cup EFL Trophy
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK   ENG Jack Stevens 3 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 2+0 0
2 DF   ENG Liam Bennett 14 1 7+2 0 1+0 0 1+0 0 3+0 1
3 DF   ENG Danny Andrew 16 1 11+1 1 0+1 0 1+0 0 2+0 0
4 MF   ENG Paul Digby 17 1 11+1 0 1+0 0 1+0 1 1+2 0
5 DF   ENG Michael Morrison 12 0 7+1 0 1+0 0 1+0 0 1+1 0
6 DF   ENG Kelland Watts 3 0 1+0 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
7 MF   ENG James Brophy 17 1 10+2 0 1+0 1 1+0 0 1+2 0
9 FW   ENG Dan Nlundulu 12 2 7+1 1 1+0 0 0+0 0 1+2 1
10 FW   COD Elias Kachunga 12 1 5+4 1 1+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
11 FW   SLE Sullay Kaikai 14 1 5+6 1 1+0 0 0+1 0 1+0 0
14 MF   ENG Korey Smith 17 1 12+0 1 1+0 0 0+1 0 2+1 0
15 DF   MWI Jubril Okedina 12 0 8+0 0 1+0 0 0+1 0 1+1 0
16 DF   ENG Zeno Ibsen Rossi 10 0 6+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 2+1 0
17 MF   ENG Taylor Richards 2 0 0+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
18 MF   ENG Ryan Loft 4 0 2+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
19 FW   NIR Shayne Lavery 6 2 5+0 2 0+0 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
22 MF   ENG Josh Stokes 4 0 2+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
24 MF   JAM Jordan Cousins 7 1 0+4 1 0+1 0 0+0 0 2+0 0
26 DF   ENG James Gibbons 12 0 8+3 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
27 GK   CHI Vicente Reyes 14 0 12+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
29 DF   IRL Connor O'Riordan 7 0 3+1 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 2+0 0
30 MF   IRL Glenn McConnell 1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
34 FW   ENG Brandon Njoku 14 1 4+5 1 0+1 0 1+0 0 2+1 0
36 FW   ENG Daniel Barton 10 1 3+4 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 2+0 1
37 MF   ENG Amaru Kaunda 2 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 1+0 1
41 FW   ENG Randy Bulakio 1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
45 DF   ENG Emmanuel Longelo 10 2 3+5 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 1

References

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