2024–25 Swansea City A.F.C. season

The 2024–25 season is the 113th season in the history of Swansea City Association Football Club and their seventh consecutive season in the Championship. In addition to the domestic league, the club would also participate in the FA Cup, and the EFL Cup.

Swansea City

2024–25 season
Owner	Swansea City Football 2002 Ltd
Chairman	Andy Coleman
Head Coach	Luke Williams[1]
Stadium	Swansea.com Stadium
EFL Cup	Second Round
Top goalscorer	League: Liam Cullen (3) All: Liam Cullen (4)
Highest home attendance	20,174 (Vs Cardiff City 25 August 2024, EFL Championship)
Lowest home attendance	6,000 (Vs Wycombe Wanderers 28 August 2024, EFL Cup)
Average home league attendance	15,836
Biggest win	3–0 (Vs Preston North End 17 August 2024, EFL Championship)
Biggest defeat	1–0 (Vs Middlesbrough F.C. 10 August 2024, EFL Championship)
← 2023–24 2025–26 →

Transfers

In

Date	Pos.	Player	From	Fee	Ref.
12 July 2024	CM	Gonçalo Franco	Moreirense	Undisclosed	[2]
15 July 2024	LW	Eom Ji-sung	Gwangju	Undisclosed	[3]
15 July 2024	GK	Lawrence Vigouroux	Burnley	Undisclosed	[4]
1 August 2024	CF	Žan Vipotnik	Bordeaux	Undisclosed	[5]
14 August 2024	RB	Zac Jeanes[a]	Worthing	Free	[6]
23 August 2024	RW	Florian Bianchini	Bastia	Undisclosed	[7]
28 August 2024	GK	Jon McLaughlin	Rangers	Free	[8]
1 November 2024	RB	Cyrus Christie	Hull City	Free	[9]

1. Signed initially for the Under-21s

Out

Date	Pos.	Player	To	Fee	Ref.
5 July 2024	CB	Nathan Wood	Southampton	Undisclosed	[10]

Loaned in

Date	Pos.	Player	From	Date until	Ref.
23 August 2024	CB	Nelson Abbey	Olympiacos	End of Season	[11]
30 August 2024	AM	Myles Peart-Harris	Brentford	End of Season	[12]

Loaned out

Date	Pos.	Player	To	Date until	Ref.
2 July 2024	CF	Jerry Yates	Derby County	End of Season	[13]
3 July 2024	RW	Maliq Cadogan	Kidderminster Harriers	1 January 2025	[14]
30 July 2024	AM	Joel Cotterill	Swindon Town	End of Season	[15]
2 August 2024	CM	Cameron Congreve	Bromley	End of Season	[16]
3 August 2024	CF	Mykola Kukharevych	Hibernian	End of Season	[17]
23 August 2024	LW	Liam Smith	Partick Thistle	End of Season	[18]
30 August 2024	CF	Josh Thomas	Bromley	End of Season	[19]
9 September 2024	CB	Harry Jones	Weymouth	End of Season	[20]

Released / Out of Contract

Date	Pos.	Player	Subsequent club	Join date	Ref.
30 June 2024	GK	Archie Matthews	Wealdstone	1 July 2024	[21][22]
30 June 2024	LB	Nathanael Ogbeta	Plymouth Argyle	1 July 2024	[21][23]
30 June 2024	RB	Cameron Llewellyn	Newport County	1 July 2024	[21]
30 June 2024	RM	Joe Thomas	Newport County	1 July 2024	[21][24]
30 June 2024	GK	Ewan Griffiths	Cardiff City	4 July 2024	[21][25]
30 June 2024	CM	Charlie Veevers	Burnley	11 July 2024	[21][26]
30 June 2024	LW	Przemysław Płacheta	Oxford United	15 July 2024	[21][27]
30 June 2024	LB	Lincoln McFayden	AFC Fylde	17 July 2024	[21][28]
30 June 2024	CM	Joshua Carey	Colwyn Bay	1 August 2024	[21][29]
30 June 2024	CB	Kai Ludvigsen	Penybont	1 August 2024	[21][30]
30 June 2024	CF	Ruben Davies	Bath City	9 August 2024	[21][31]
30 June 2024	CM	Liam Walsh	Luton Town	20 August 2024	[21][32]
30 June 2024	CB	Jack Cooper	Cambrian United	24 August 2024	[21][33]
30 June 2024	LB	Kian Jenkins	Briton Ferry Llansawel	30 August 2024	[21]
30 June 2024	CB	Ben Blythe	Bradford (Park Avenue)	30 September 2024	[21][34]
30 June 2024	CF	Rohan Davies			[21]
30 June 2024	GK	Remy Mitchell			[21]
30 June 2024	GK	Lewis Webb			[21]

Pre-season and friendlies

On 4 July, Swansea City announced their first pre-season friendly, against 1. FC Köln as part of a week-long training camp in Austria.^[35] Eleven days later, a second fixture in Austria was confirmed, against Vardar.^[36]

Swansea City v Swindon Town

13 July 2024 Friendly	Swansea City	3–1	Swindon Town	Fairwood
14:00 BST	Cullen 13' Grimes pen.' Kukharevych	Report	Brown	Stadium: Swansea City Training Ground Attendance: 0 (behind-closed-doors)

Swansea City v Bristol Rovers

19 July 2024 Friendly	Swansea City	2–2	Bristol Rovers	Fairwood
17:00 BST	Grimes 2' (pen.) Thomas ?'	Report	Sinclair 9', ?'	Stadium: Swansea City Training Ground Attendance: 0 (behind-closed-doors)

1. FC Köln v Swansea City

24 July 2024 Friendly	1. FC Köln	2–1	Swansea City	Bad Waltersdorf, Austria
16:00 CEST (15:00 BST)	Lemperle 10', 14'	Report	Cabango 41'	Stadium: Thermenstadion

Vardar v Swansea City

27 July 2024 Friendly	Vardar	1–1	Swansea City	Friedberg, Austria
13:00 CEST (12:00 BST)	Dianessy	Report	Franco	Stadium: Sportzentrum Friedberg

Swansea City v Rio Ave

3 August 2024 Friendly	Swansea City	3–0	Rio Ave	Landore
15:00 BST	Fulton Naughton Grimes	Report		Stadium: Swansea.com Stadium Attendance: 5,439 Referee: Tom Owen

Competitions

Championship

Main article: 2024–25 EFL Championship

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
9	Blackburn Rovers	15	6	4	5	19	17	+2	22
10	Bristol City	15	5	7	3	20	19	+1	22
11	Swansea City	15	5	4	6	11	10	+1	19
12	Derby County	15	5	4	6	19	19	0	19
13	Stoke City	15	5	4	6	18	19	−1	19

Updated to match(es) played on 10 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) Number of 12-point sending off offences; 9) Play-off (only if needed to determine promotion/relegation)^[37]

Matches

On 26 June, the Championship fixtures were announced.^[38]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

Middlesbrough v Swansea City

10 August 2024 1	Middlesbrough	1–0	Swansea City	Middlesbrough
12:30 BST	Latte Lath 25' (pen.) Engel  39'	Report	Cabango  14' Franco  43' Tymon  76' Thomas  90+4'	Stadium: Riverside Stadium Attendance: 26,610 Referee: Sam Allison

Swansea City v Preston North End

17 August 2024 2	Swansea City	3–0	Preston North End	Landore
15:00 BST	Grimes 40' Abdulai  59', 61' Vipotnik 83'	Report	Frøkjær-Jensen  34' Ledson  43' Whiteman  63'	Stadium: Swansea.com Stadium Attendance: 14,037 Referee: Stephen Martin

Swansea City v Cardiff City

25 August 2024 3	Swansea City	1–1	Cardiff City	Landore
15:00 BST	Cullen 10' Allen  90+7' Darling  90+10'	Report	Robinson 79' Ng  90+10' Colwill  90+10'	Stadium: Swansea.com Stadium Attendance: 20,174 Referee: Oliver Langford
Note: Fixture was initially scheduled for 24 August, but was moved for live Sky Sports broadcast.[39]

West Bromwich Albion v Swansea City

31 August 2024 4	West Bromwich Albion	1–0	Swansea City	West Bromwich
15:00 BST	Molumby  10', 45+1' Ajayi  20' Heggem  36' Palmer  87'	Report	Tymon  87'	Stadium: The Hawthorns Attendance: 24,975 Referee: Anthony Backhouse

Swansea City v Norwich City

14 September 2024 5	Swansea City	1–0	Norwich City	Landore
15:00 BST	Amankwah 4' (o.g.) Darling  53' Key  88'	Report	Núñez  45+1' McLean  48' Duffy  67'	Stadium: Swansea.com Stadium Attendance: 14,097 Referee: John Busby

Coventry City v Swansea City

21 September 2024 6	Coventry City	1–2	Swansea City	Coventry
15:00 BST	Ronald 34' (o.g.) Thomas-Asante  52' Eccles  90'	Report	Cullen 8' Cooper 32' Tymon  86' Franco  86' Fulton  90+5'	Stadium: Coventry Building Society Arena Attendance: 26,273 Referee: James Linington

Swansea City v Bristol City

29 September 2024 7	Swansea City	1–1	Bristol City	Landore
15:00 BST	Cabango 15' Naughton  49'	Report	Twine  56' Knight 76' Sykes  90+2' Wells  90+4'	Stadium: Swansea.com Stadium Attendance: 16,328 Referee: Josh Smith
Note: Fixture was initially scheduled for 28 September, but was moved for live Sky Sports broadcast.[39]

Sheffield United v Swansea City

2 October 2024 8	Sheffield United	1–0	Swansea City	Sheffield
19:45 BST	Hamer  21' Tymon 44' (o.g.) Souttar  57' Peck  90+4'	Report	Tymon  31' Bianchini  82'	Stadium: Bramall Lane Attendance: 25,112 Referee: Leigh Doughty

Swansea City v Stoke City

5 October 2024 9	Swansea City	0–0	Stoke City	Swansea
15:00 BST		Report	Burger  14' Moran  63' Wilmot  90+8' Gibson  90+10'	Stadium: Swansea.com Stadium Attendance: 14,546 Referee: Andy Davies

Blackburn Rovers v Swansea City

19 October 2024 10	Blackburn Rovers	1–0	Swansea City	Blackburn
15:00 BST	Dolan 13' Beck  60'	Report	Franco  8' Key  41'	Stadium: Ewood Park Attendance: 13,550 Referee: David Webb

Sheffield Wednesday v Swansea City

22 October 2024 11	Sheffield Wednesday	0–0	Swansea City	Owlerton
19:45 BST		Report	Ronald  7' Fulton  66' Darling  87' Peart-Harris  90+4'	Stadium: Hillsborough Stadium Attendance: 22,452 Referee: Matt Donohue

Swansea City v Millwall

26 October 2024 12	Swansea City	0–1	Millwall	Landore
15:00 BST	Cullen  60'	Report	Wintle  40' Esse  41' Leonard  89' De Norre 90' Ivanović  90+3'	Stadium: Swansea.com Stadium Attendance: 15,119 Referee: John Busby

Oxford United v Swansea City

2 November 2024 13	Oxford United	1–2	Swansea City	Littlemore
12:30 GMT	Sibley  32' Scarlett 88'	Report	Vipotnik 38' Bianchini 80' Tymon  84'	Stadium: Kassam Stadium Attendance: 11,454 Referee: Michael Salisbury
Note: Fixture was initially scheduled for a 15:00 kick-off, but was moved for live Sky Sports broadcast.[40]

Swansea City v Watford

5 November 2024 14	Swansea City	1–0	Watford	Landore
20:00 GMT	Peart-Harris 35',  79' Grimes  40' Franco  44'	Report	Ebosele  26' Sierralta  45'	Stadium: Swansea.com Stadium Referee: Josh Smith
Note: Fixture was initially scheduled for a 19:45 kick-off, but was moved for live Sky Sports broadcast.[40]

Burnley v Swansea City

10 November 2024 15	Burnley	1–0	Swansea City	Burnley
15:00 GMT	J. Cullen  32' Rodriguez 90+4'	Report	Ronald  61' L. Cullen  86' Cabango  90+6'	Stadium: Turf Moor Referee: David Webb
Note: Fixture was initially scheduled for a 9 November, but was moved due to Burnley playing the Thursday prior.[40]

Swansea City v Leeds United

24 November 2024 16	Swansea City	v	Leeds United	Landore
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Swansea.com Stadium
Note: Fixture was initially scheduled for 23 November, but was moved for live Sky Sports broadcast.[40]

Derby County v Swansea City

27 November 2024 17	Derby County	v	Swansea City	Derby
20:00 GMT				Stadium: Pride Park Stadium
Note: Fixture was initially scheduled for a 19:45 kick-off, but was moved for live Sky Sports broadcast.[40]

FA Cup

Main article: 2024–25 FA Cup

EFL Cup

Main article: 2024–25 EFL Cup

On 27 June, the draw for the first round was made, with Swansea being drawn at home against Gillingham.^[41] In the second round, they were drawn at home to Wycombe Wanderers.^[42][43]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

Swansea City v Gillingham

13 August 2024 First round	Swansea City	3–1	Gillingham	Landore
19:45 BST	Pedersen  19' Ronald 24' Abdulai  50', 90+6' Cullen 70'	Report	Williams  51' Hawkins 87'	Stadium: Swansea.com Stadium Attendance: 6,019 Referee: David Rock

Swansea City v Wycombe Wanderers

28 August 2024 Second round	Swansea City	0–1	Wycombe Wanderers	Landore
19:45 BST	Bianchini  36'	Report	Kone 40' Harvie  85' Hartridge  86'	Stadium: Swansea.com Stadium Referee: Ben Toner

Statistics

Appearances and goals

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		Championship		FA Cup		EFL Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
2	DF	ENG	Joshua Key	15	0	12+2	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
3	DF	DEN	Kristian Pedersen	2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	2+0	0
4	MF	SCO	Jay Fulton	9	0	3+4	0	0+0	0	2+0	0
5	DF	WAL	Ben Cabango	16	1	14+0	1	0+0	0	1+1	0
6	DF	ENG	Harry Darling	14	0	14+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
7	MF	WAL	Joe Allen	11	0	1+9	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
8	MF	ENG	Matt Grimes	16	1	14+0	1	0+0	0	2+0	0
9	FW	SVN	Žan Vipotnik	15	2	6+7	2	0+0	0	2+0	0
10	FW	KOR	Eom Ji-sung	11	0	9+0	0	0+0	0	1+1	0
14	DF	ENG	Josh Tymon	15	0	12+1	0	0+0	0	0+2	0
17	MF	POR	Gonçalo Franco	13	0	12+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
19	FW	FRA	Florian Bianchini	9	1	1+7	1	0+0	0	1+0	0
20	FW	WAL	Liam Cullen	13	3	8+3	2	0+0	0	0+2	1
21	DF	IDN	Nathan Tjoe-A-On	3	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	2+0	0
22	GK	CHI	Lawrence Vigouroux	16	0	14+0	0	0+0	0	2+0	0
23	DF	ENG	Cyrus Christie	2	0	0+2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
25	MF	JAM	Myles Peart-Harris	11	1	5+6	1	0+0	0	0+0	0
26	DF	ENG	Kyle Naughton	12	0	4+6	0	0+0	0	2+0	0
31	MF	WAL	Oli Cooper	13	1	9+3	1	0+0	0	1+0	0
32	DF	ENG	Nelson Abbey	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
35	FW	BRA	Ronald	16	1	13+1	0	0+0	0	1+1	1
44	FW	WAL	Josh Thomas	1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
47	MF	SCO	Azeem Abdulai	12	2	2+8	1	0+0	0	2+0	1

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