2024–25 Middlesbrough F.C. season

Middlesbrough
2024–25 season
ChairmanSteve Gibson
Head CoachMichael Carrick
StadiumRiverside Stadium
Championship6th
FA CupThird round
EFL CupSecond round
Top goalscorerLeague:
Tommy Conway (5)
All:
Tommy Conway (5)
Highest home attendance26,610 v Swansea City
(10 August 2024, Championship)
Lowest home attendance17,408 v Stoke City
(27 August 2024, EFL Cup)
Average home league attendance26,440
Biggest win5–1 v Luton Town (A)
(9 November 2024, Championship)
Biggest defeat5–0 v Stoke City (H)
(27 August 2024, EFL Cup)
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The 2024–25 season is the 149th season in the history of Middlesbrough Football Club and their eighth consecutive season in the Championship. In addition to the domestic league, the club are also participating in the FA Cup and the EFL Cup.

Transfers

In

Date Pos. Player From Fee Ref.
14 June 2024 LW Netherlands Delano Burgzorg Germany Mainz 05 Undisclosed [1]
28 June 2024 CM United States Aidan Morris United States Columbus Crew Undisclosed [2]
1 July 2024[a] RB England Luke Ayling England Leeds United Free [3]
8 July 2024 CB England Harley Hunt[b] England Swindon Town Undisclosed [4]
9 August 2024 LW England Micah Hamilton England Manchester City Undisclosed [5]
16 August 2024 CF Scotland Tommy Conway England Bristol City Undisclosed [6]
27 August 2024 LB Brazil Neto Borges France Clermont Foot Undisclosed [7]
  1. ^ The transfer was announced on 27 May, and would become official on July 1 once his Leeds United contract expired
  2. ^ Signed initially for the Academy

Out

Date Pos. Player To Fee Ref.
27 June 2024 LB England Hayden Coulson England Blackpool Undisclosed [8]
28 June 2024 LB England Bryant Bilongo England Bristol Rovers Undisclosed [9]
30 August 2024 CM England AJ Bridge England Norwich City Undisclosed [10]

Loaned in

Date Pos. Player From Date until Ref.
30 August 2024 RW Scotland Ben Doak England Liverpool End of Season [11]
30 August 2024 CB England George Edmundson England Ipswich Town End of Season [12]

Loaned out

Date Pos. Player To Date until Ref.
1 July 2024[a] RB England Terrell Agyemang Scotland Airdrieonians End of Season [13]
1 July 2024 LW Australia Samuel Silvera England Portsmouth End of Season [14]
23 July 2024 GK England Zach Hemming England Leyton Orient 1 January 2025[b] [15][16]
7 August 2024 CB England Jack Hannah Scotland Queen of the South End of Season [17]
30 August 2024 CF England Josh Coburn England Millwall End of Season [18]
30 August 2024 CF England Sonny Finch England Milton Keynes Dons End of Season [19]
30 August 2024 LW England Pharrell Willis Scotland Queen of the South End of Season [20]
20 December 2024 CM England Hazeem Bakre England Dagenham & Redbridge 18 January 2025 [21]
  1. ^ The loan was announced on 26 June, and would officially commence on July 1
  2. ^ On 1 January, Hemming was recalled back from his loan at Leyton Orient.

Released / Out of Contract

Date Pos. Player Subsequent club Join date Ref.
30 June 2024 CB England Ben Beals England Spennymoor Town 1 July 2024 [22][23]
30 June 2024 LB England Sam Collins England Whitby Town 1 July 2024 [22][24]
30 June 2024 AM England Fenton John England Gateshead 1 July 2024 [22][25]
30 June 2024 GK Scotland Max Metcalfe England Stockport County 1 July 2024 [22][26]
30 June 2024 RM England Jeremy Sivi England Sutton United 1 July 2024 [22][27]
30 June 2024 CB England Frankie Whelan England Whitby Town 1 July 2024 [22][28]
30 June 2024 GK England Jamie Jones England Salford City 18 July 2024 [29]
30 June 2024 GK England Liam Roberts England Millwall 22 July 2024 [22][30]
30 June 2024 CB Northern Ireland Paddy McNair United States San Diego 25 July 2024 [31][32]
30 June 2024 RM England Joe Gibson [22]
30 June 2024 GK England Henry Popple [22]

Pre-season and friendlies

On 7 June, Boro announced their pre-season schedule, with matches against Bolton Wanderers, Gateshead, Doncaster Rovers, Harrogate Town and Heerenveen.[33]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

20 July 2024 Friendly Middlesbrough 3–0 Bolton Wanderers Bishop Auckland
15:00 BST
Report Stadium: Heritage Park
24 July 2024 Friendly Gateshead 0–1 Middlesbrough Gateshead
19:30 BST Report
Stadium: Gateshead International Stadium
Attendance: 1,319
27 July 2024 Friendly Doncaster Rovers 3–5 Middlesbrough Doncaster
14:00 BST
Report
Stadium: Eco-Power Stadium
31 July 2024 Friendly Harrogate Town 0–0 Middlesbrough Harrogate
19:30 BST Report Stadium: Wetherby Road
3 August 2024 Friendly Middlesbrough 1–0 Heerenveen Middlesbrough
15:00 BST
Report Stadium: Riverside Stadium

Competitions

Championship

Main article: 2024–25 EFL Championship

League table

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
5 West Bromwich Albion 25 9 12 4 31 20 +11 39 Qualification for the Championship play-offs
6 Blackburn Rovers 24 11 6 7 28 22 +6 39
7 Middlesbrough 24 10 7 7 41 31 +10 37
8 Watford 24 11 4 9 34 34 0 37
9 Sheffield Wednesday 25 10 6 9 36 38 −2 36
Updated to match(es) played on 1 January 2025. 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)[34]

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
24 10 7 7 41 31  +10 37 6 4 3 19 14  +5 4 3 4 22 17  +5

Last updated: 29 December 2024.
Source: Soccerway

Results by round

Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324
GroundHAHAHAHAAHHAHAHAHHAAHAHH
ResultWLDWDLWWLLWDLWWWLWDLWDDD
Position8119710128799891187565576676
Points334788111414141718182124272730313134353637
Source: EFL
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; P = Postponed

Matches

On 26 June, the Championship fixtures were announced.[35]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

10 August 2024 1 Middlesbrough 1–0 Swansea City Middlesbrough
12:30 BST
Report
Stadium: Riverside Stadium
Attendance: 26,610
Referee: Sam Allison
17 August 2024 2 Derby County 1–0 Middlesbrough Derby
12:30 BST
Report
Stadium: Pride Park Stadium
Attendance: 29,443
Referee: Bobby Madley
Note: Fixture was initially scheduled for a 15:00 kick-off, but was moved for live Sky Sports broadcast.[36]
24 August 2024 3 Middlesbrough 2–2 Portsmouth Middlesbrough
15:00 BST
Report
Stadium: Riverside Stadium
Attendance: 26,270
Referee: Matt Donohue
31 August 2024 4 Cardiff City 0–2 Middlesbrough Leckwith
12:30 BST
Report
Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: David Webb
Note: Fixture was initially scheduled for a 15:00 kick-off, but was moved for live Sky Sports broadcast.[36]
14 September 2024 5 Middlesbrough 1–1 Preston North End Middlesbrough
15:00 BST
Report
Stadium: Riverside Stadium
Referee: Tom Nield
21 September 2024 6 Sunderland 1–0 Middlesbrough Sunderland
12:30 BST
Report
Stadium: Stadium of Light
Referee: Simon Hooper
Note: Fixture was initially scheduled for a 15:00 kick-off, but was moved for live Sky Sports broadcast.[36]
28 September 2024 7 Middlesbrough 2–0 Stoke City Middlesbrough
15:00 BST
Report
Stadium: Riverside Stadium
Attendance: 24,610
Referee: Stephen Martin
1 October 2024 8 West Bromwich Albion 0–1 Middlesbrough West Bromwich
20:00 BST
Report
Stadium: The Hawthorns
Attendance: 23,769
Referee: David Webb
Note: Fixture was initially scheduled for a 19:45 kick-off, but was moved for live Sky Sports broadcast.[37]
5 October 2024 9 Watford 2–1 Middlesbrough Watford
15:00 BST
Report
Stadium: Vicarage Road
Attendance: 20,002
Referee: Matt Donohue
19 October 2024 10 Middlesbrough 0–2 Bristol City Middlesbrough
15:00 BST
Report
Stadium: Riverside Stadium
Attendance: 24,438
Referee: Sam Allison
23 October 2024 11 Middlesbrough 1–0 Sheffield United Middlesbrough
20:00 BST
Report
Stadium: Riverside Stadium
Attendance: 24,303
Referee: Andy Davies
Note: Fixture was initially scheduled for a 19:45 kick-off, but was moved for live Sky Sports broadcast.[37]
27 October 2024 12 Norwich City 3–3 Middlesbrough Norwich
15:00 BST
Report
Stadium: Carrow Road
Attendance: 26,487
Referee: James Bell
Note: Fixture was initially scheduled for 26 October, but was moved for live Sky Sports broadcast.[37]
2 November 2024 13 Middlesbrough 0–3 Coventry City Middlesbrough
15:00 GMT
Report
Stadium: Riverside Stadium
Attendance: 24,921
Referee: Thomas Bramall
5 November 2024 14 Queens Park Rangers 1–4 Middlesbrough Shepherd's Bush
19:45 GMT
Report
Stadium: Loftus Road
Attendance: 14,054
Referee: Oliver Langford
9 November 2024 15 Middlesbrough 5–1 Luton Town Middlesbrough
12:30 GMT
Report
Stadium: Riverside Stadium
Attendance: 23,692
Referee: Tony Harrington
Note: Fixture was initially scheduled for a 15:00 kick-off, but was moved for live Sky Sports broadcast.[37]
23 November 2024 16 Oxford United 2–6 Middlesbrough Littlemore
15:00 GMT
Report
Stadium: Kassam Stadium
Attendance: 11,442
Referee: Josh Smith
27 November 2024 17 Middlesbrough 0–1 Blackburn Rovers Middlesbrough
19:45 GMT
Report
Stadium: Riverside Stadium
Attendance: 22,751
Referee: James Bell
30 November 2024 18 Middlesbrough 3–1 Hull City Middlesbrough
12:30 GMT
Report
Stadium: Riverside Stadium
Attendance: 24,121
Referee: Stephen Martin
Note: Fixture was initially scheduled for a 15:00 kick-off, but was moved for live Sky Sports broadcast.[37]
6 December 2024 19 Burnley 1–1 Middlesbrough Burnley
20:00 GMT
Report
Stadium: Turf Moor
Attendance: 20,543
Referee: Andrew Kitchen
Note: Fixture was initially scheduled for 7 December, but was moved for live Sky Sports broadcast.[37]
10 December 2024 20 Leeds United 3–1 Middlesbrough Leeds
20:00 GMT
Report
Stadium: Elland Road
Attendance: 36,422
Referee: Ben Toner
Note: Fixture was initially scheduled for a 19:45 kick-off, but was moved for live Sky Sports broadcast.[37]
14 December 2024 21 Middlesbrough 1–0 Millwall Middlesbrough
15:00 GMT
Report
Stadium: Riverside Stadium
Attendance: 23,445
Referee: Geoff Eltringham
21 December 2024 22 Plymouth Argyle 3–3 Middlesbrough Plymouth
15:00 GMT
Report
Stadium: Home Park
Attendance: 16,550
Referee: Will Finnie
26 December 2024 23 Middlesbrough 3–3 Sheffield Wednesday Middlesbrough
15:00 GMT
Report
Stadium: Riverside Stadium
Attendance: 32,147
Referee: Anthony Backhouse
29 December 2024 24 Middlesbrough 0–0 Burnley Middlesbrough
20:00 GMT
Report
Stadium: Riverside Stadium
Attendance: 27,686
Referee: Josh Smith
Note: Fixture was initially scheduled for 28 December, but was moved for live Sky Sports broadcast.[37]
1 January 2025 25 Hull City v Middlesbrough Kingston upon Hull
17:30 GMT Stadium: MKM Stadium
4 January 2025 26 Middlesbrough v Cardiff City Middlesbrough
15:00 GMT Stadium: Riverside Stadium
18 January 2025 27 Portsmouth v Middlesbrough Milton
15:00 GMT Stadium: Fratton Park
21 January 2025 28 Middlesbrough v West Bromwich Albion Middlesbrough
15:00 GMT Stadium: Riverside Stadium
25 January 2025 29 Preston North End v Middlesbrough Preston
15:00 GMT Stadium: Deepdale
3 February 2025 30 Middlesbrough v Sunderland Middlesbrough
20:00 GMT Stadium: Riverside Stadium
Note: Fixture was initially scheduled for 1 February, but was moved for live Sky Sports broadcasting.[38]
7 February 2025 31 Stoke City v Middlesbrough Stoke on Trent
20:00 GMT Stadium: Bet365 Stadium
Note: Fixture was initially scheduled for 8 February, but was moved for live Sky Sports broadcasting.[38]
12 February 2025 32 Sheffield United v Middlesbrough Sheffield
20:00 GMT Stadium: Bramall Lane
Note: Fixture was initially scheduled for a 19:45 kick-off, but was moved for live Sky Sports broadcasting.[38]
15 February 2025 33 Middlesbrough v Watford Middlesbrough
15:00 GMT Stadium: Riverside Stadium
21 February 2025 34 Bristol City v Middlesbrough Ashton Gate
19:45 GMT Stadium: Ashton Gate
Note: Fixture was initially scheduled for 22 February, but was pushed forward a day earlier.[37]

FA Cup

Main article: 2024–25 FA Cup

Middlesbrough entered the FA Cup at the third round stage, and were drawn at home to Blackburn Rovers.[39][40]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

11 January 2025 Third round Middlesbrough v Blackburn Rovers Middlesbrough
12:00 GMT Stadium: Riverside Stadium

EFL Cup

Main article: 2024–25 EFL Cup

On 27 June, the draw for the first round was made, with Middlesbrough being drawn away against Leeds United.[41] In the second round, they were drawn at home to Stoke City.[42][43]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

14 August 2024 First round Leeds United 0–3 Middlesbrough Leeds
20:00 BST
Report
Stadium: Elland Road
Attendance: 35,150
Referee: Anthony Backhouse
27 August 2024 Second round Middlesbrough 0–5 Stoke City Middlesbrough
19:15 BST
Report
Stadium: Riverside Stadium
Attendance: 17,408
Referee: Geoff Eltringham

Statistics

Appearances and goals

As of match played 29 December 2024

Players with no appearances are not included on the list

No. Pos Nat Player Total Championship FA Cup EFL Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Senegal SEN Seny Dieng 17 0 17+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
3 DF Netherlands NED Rav van den Berg 11 0 10+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
4 MF England ENG Daniel Barlaser 17 1 8+7 1 0+0 0 2+0 0
5 DF England ENG Matthew Clarke 16 2 12+2 2 0+0 0 2+0 0
6 DF England ENG Dael Fry 7 0 4+3 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
7 MF England ENG Hayden Hackney 21 3 21+0 3 0+0 0 0+0 0
8 FW Australia AUS Riley McGree 15 1 10+5 1 0+0 0 0+0 0
9 FW Ivory Coast CIV Emmanuel Latte Lath 25 9 15+9 9 0+0 0 0+1 0
10 FW Netherlands NED Delano Burgzorg 21 3 10+10 2 0+0 0 1+0 1
11 FW England ENG Isaiah Jones 21 0 7+12 0 0+0 0 1+1 0
12 DF England ENG Luke Ayling 20 0 17+1 0 0+0 0 1+1 0
14 FW Republic of Ireland IRL Alex Gilbert 5 0 0+3 0 0+0 0 2+0 0
15 DF Suriname SUR Anfernee Dijksteel 18 2 11+5 1 0+0 0 1+1 1
16 MF England ENG Jonny Howson 11 1 5+5 1 0+0 0 1+0 0
17 FW England ENG Micah Hamilton 15 0 2+11 0 0+0 0 1+1 0
18 MF United States USA Aidan Morris 17 0 14+1 0 0+0 0 1+1 0
19 FW England ENG Josh Coburn 4 1 0+2 0 0+0 0 2+0 1
20 MF Republic of Ireland IRL Finn Azaz 24 8 23+0 8 0+0 0 0+1 0
21 FW Finland FIN Marcus Forss 4 0 0+4 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
22 FW Scotland SCO Tommy Conway 20 8 12+7 8 0+0 0 0+1 0
23 GK Australia AUS Tom Glover 2 0 1+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
25 DF England ENG George Edmundson 19 1 19+0 1 0+0 0 0+0 0
27 DF Denmark DEN Lukas Engel 7 0 3+2 0 0+0 0 1+1 0
30 DF Brazil BRA Neto Borges 20 0 20+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
31 GK England ENG Sol Brynn 8 0 6+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 0
37 DF England ENG George McCormick 3 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 1+1 0
39 FW England ENG Sonny Finch 1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
41 DF England ENG Harley Hunt 1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
44 DF England ENG Nathan Simpson 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
49 MF England ENG Law McCabe 1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
50 FW Scotland SCO Ben Doak 19 2 17+2 2 0+0 0 0+0 0

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