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Leeds United
2024–25 season
Chairman	Paraag Marathe
Manager	Daniel Farke
Stadium	Elland Road
Championship	5th
FA Cup	Third round
EFL Cup	First round
Top goalscorer	League: ; Joël Piroe (3); All: ; Joël Piroe (3)
Highest home attendance	36,625 vs Coventry City; (28 September 2024, Championship)
Lowest home attendance	35,150 vs Middlesbrough; (14 August 2024, EFL Cup)
Average home league attendance	36,432
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2023–24 2025–26 →

The 2024–25 season is Leeds United's second consecutive season in the Championship, following defeat in the play-off final the previous season.

Players

As of 30 August 2024

No.	Player	Position	Place of birth	Date of birth (age)	Signed from	Date signed	Fee	Contract end
Goalkeepers
1	Illan Meslier	GK	Lorient	(2000-03-02) 2 March 2000 (age 24)	Lorient	27 July 2020	£6,000,000	30 June 2026
21	Alex Cairns	GK	Doncaster	(1993-01-04) 4 January 1993 (age 31)	Salford City	8 July 2024	Undisclosed	30 June 2026
26	Karl Darlow	GK	Northampton	(1990-10-08) 8 October 1990 (age 33)	Newcastle United	29 July 2023	£400,000	30 June 2026
Defenders
2	Jayden Bogle	RB	Reading	(2000-07-27) 27 July 2000 (age 24)	Sheffield United	20 July 2024	£5,000,000	30 June 2028
3	Junior Firpo	LB	Santo Domingo	(1996-08-22) 22 August 1996 (age 28)	Barcelona	6 July 2021	£12,800,000	30 June 2025
5	Pascal Struijk	CB	Deurne	(1999-08-11) 11 August 1999 (age 25)	Ajax	29 January 2018	Undisclosed	30 June 2027
6	Joe Rodon	CB	Swansea	(1997-10-22) 22 October 1997 (age 26)	Tottenham Hotspur	2 July 2024	£10,000,000	30 June 2028
25	Sam Byram	RB	Thurrock	(1993-09-16) 16 September 1993 (age 31)	Norwich City	5 August 2023	Free	30 June 2025
33	Isaac Schmidt	LB	Lausanne	(1999-12-07) 7 December 1999 (age 24)	St. Gallen	30 August 2024	Undisclosed	30 June 2028
39	Maximilian Wöber	CB	Vienna	(1998-02-04) 4 February 1998 (age 26)	Red Bull Salzburg	3 January 2023	£10,500,000	30 June 2027
Midfielders
4	Ethan Ampadu	DM	Exeter	(2000-09-14) 14 September 2000 (age 24)	Chelsea	19 July 2023	£7,000,000	30 June 2027
8	Joe Rothwell	CM	Manchester	(1995-07-01) 1 July 1995 (age 29)	Bournemouth	12 July 2024	Loan	30 June 2025
11	Brenden Aaronson	AM	Medford	(2000-10-22) 22 October 2000 (age 23)	Red Bull Salzburg	1 July 2022	£28,250,000	30 June 2027
22	Ao Tanaka	CM	Miyamae	(1998-09-10) 10 September 1998 (age 26)	Fortuna Düsseldorf	30 August 2024	Undisclosed	30 June 2028
44	Ilia Gruev	DM	Sofia	(2000-05-06) 6 May 2000 (age 24)	Werder Bremen	31 August 2023	Undisclosed	30 June 2027
Forwards
7	Daniel James	RW	Kingston upon Hull	(1997-11-10) 10 November 1997 (age 26)	Manchester United	31 August 2021	£25,000,000	30 June 2026
9	Patrick Bamford	ST	Grantham	(1993-09-05) 5 September 1993 (age 31)	Middlesbrough	31 July 2018	£7,000,000	30 June 2026
10	Joël Piroe	CF	Wijchen	(1999-08-02) 2 August 1999 (age 25)	Swansea City	24 August 2023	£12,000,000	30 June 2027
14	Manor Solomon	LW	Kfar Saba	(1999-07-24) 24 July 1999 (age 25)	Tottenham Hotspur	27 August 2024	Loan	30 June 2025
17	Largie Ramazani	LW	Berchem-Sainte-Agathe	(2001-02-27) 27 February 2001 (age 23)	UD Almería	22 August 2024	Undisclosed	30 June 2028
19	Mateo Joseph	ST	Santander	(2003-10-19) 19 October 2003 (age 20)	Espanyol	4 January 2022	Undisclosed	30 June 2028
29	Wilfried Gnonto	LW	Verbania	(2003-11-05) 5 November 2003 (age 20)	Zürich	1 September 2022	£3,800,000	30 June 2028
30	Joe Gelhardt	CF	Liverpool	(2002-05-04) 4 May 2002 (age 22)	Wigan Athletic	10 August 2020	£900,000	30 June 2027
Out on Loan
	Jack Harrison	LW	Stoke-on-Trent	(1996-11-20) 20 November 1996 (age 27)	Manchester City	2 July 2021	£11,000,000	30 June 2028
	Sam Greenwood	AM	Sunderland	(2002-01-26) 26 January 2002 (age 22)	Arsenal	28 August 2020	£1,500,000	30 June 2026
	Rasmus Kristensen	RB	Brande	(1997-07-11) 11 July 1997 (age 27)	Red Bull Salzburg	1 July 2022	£11,000,000	30 June 2027

Transfers

In

Date	Pos.	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
2 July 2024	DF	Joe Rodon	Tottenham Hotspur	Undisclosed	^[1]
8 July 2024	GK	Alex Cairns	Salford City		^[2]
20 July 2024	DF	Jayden Bogle	Sheffield United		^[3]
22 August 2024	FW	Largie Ramazani	Almería		^[4]
30 August 2024	MF	Ao Tanaka	Fortuna Düsseldorf		^[5]
30 August 2024	DF	Isaac Schmidt	St. Gallen		^[6]

Out

Date	Pos.	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
30 June 2024	MF	Charlie Allen	Unattached	Released	^[7]
	DF	Luke Ayling	Middlesbrough		^[7]^[8]
	MF	Lewis Bate	Stockport County		^[7]^[9]
	FW	Keenan Carole	Unattached		^[7]
	DF	Cuba Dibo			^[7]
	DF	Cody Drameh			^[10]
	DF	Scott Godden			^[7]
	DF	Robin Koch	Eintracht Frankfurt		^[11]
	FW	Ian Poveda	Unattached		^[7]
	DF	Jamie Shackleton			^[12]
	MF	Morten Spencer			^[7]
	DF	Harvey Sutcliffe			^[7]
	GK	Dani van den Heuvel			^[7]
1 July 2024	MF	Marc Roca	Real Betis	Undisclosed	^[13]
2 July 2024	MF	Archie Gray	Tottenham Hotspur		^[14]
7 July 2024	GK	Kristoffer Klaesson	Raków Częstochowa		^[15]
8 July 2024	DF	Charlie Cresswell	Toulouse		^[16]
9 July 2024	DF	Diego Llorente	Real Betis		^[17]
16 July 2024	MF	Glen Kamara	Rennes		^[18]
3 August 2024	FW	Crysencio Summerville	West Ham United		^[19]
19 August 2024	FW	Georginio Rutter	Brighton & Hove Albion		^[20]

Loan in

Date from	Date to	Pos.	Name	From	Ref.
11 July 2024	End of season	MF	Joe Rothwell	Bournemouth	^[21]
27 August 2024	End of season	FW	Manor Solomon	Tottenham Hotspur	^[22]

Loan out

Date from	Date to	Pos.	Name	To	Ref.
1 July 2024	End of season	MF	Jack Harrison	Everton	^[23]
1 July 2024		FW	Sonny Perkins	Leyton Orient	^[24]
2 July 2024		MF	Darko Gyabi	Plymouth Argyle	^[25]
5 July 2024		MF	Sam Greenwood	Preston North End	^[26]
19 July 2024		DF	Rasmus Kristensen	Eintracht Frankfurt	^[27]

Pre-season and friendlies

Leeds United announced pre-season friendlies against Valencia and Harrogate Town.^[28]^[29]

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

19 July 2024 Friendly	Harrogate Town	0–3	Leeds United	Harrogate
19:30 BST		Report	Firpo 12' Rutter 61' Chambers 90'	Stadium: Wetherby Road Attendance: 3,920 Referee: Andrew Kitchen

24 July 2024 Friendly	Leeds United	4–1	Hannover 96	Harsewinkel
15:30 CEST	Gruev 7' Piroe 27' Joseph 51', 70'	Report	Gindorf 62'	Stadium: Hotel-Residence Klosterpforte Attendance: 0 Referee: Henry Schroder

27 July 2024 Friendly	Schalke 04	0–2	Leeds United	Hamm
15:30 CEST		Report	Joseph 57' Piroe 66'	Stadium: Hellmeister Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Felix Weller

3 August 2024 Friendly	Leeds United	2–1	Valencia	Leeds
15:00 BST	Joseph 14' Rutter 41'	Report	Tejón 89'	Stadium: Elland Road Attendance: 32,973 Referee: James Bell

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Championship	10 August 2024	3 May 2025	Matchday 1	8	4	3	1	13	5	+8	050.00
FA Cup	January 2025		Third round	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
EFL Cup	14 August 2024	14 August 2024	First round	1	0	0	1	0	3	−3	000.00
Total				9	4	3	2	13	8	+5	044.44

Last updated: 1 October 2024
Source: Soccerway

Championship

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
3	Sheffield United	8	5	3	0	10	3	+7	16^[a]	Qualification for the Championship play-offs
4	West Bromwich Albion	8	5	1	2	12	6	+6	16
5	Leeds United	8	4	3	1	13	5	+8	15
6	Blackburn Rovers	8	4	3	1	14	9	+5	15
7	Middlesbrough	8	4	2	2	9	5	+4	14

Updated to match(es) played on 2 October 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)^[31]
Notes:

^ Sheffield United were deducted two points for defaulting on payments to other clubs during the 2022–23 and 2023–24 seasons, with a further two points suspended.^[30]

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
8	4	3	1	13	5	+8	15	2	1	1	8	4	+4	2	2	0	5	1	+4

Last updated: 1 October 2024.
Source: Soccerway

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
Ground	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A
Result	D	D	W	W	L	W	W	D
Position	12	16	6	4	9	6	5	5

Source: Soccerway
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

On 26 June, the Championship fixtures were released.^[32]

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

10 August 2024 1	Leeds United	3–3	Portsmouth	Leeds
12:30 BST	Struijk 10' (pen.) Gnonto 46' Aaronson 90+5'	Report	Sørensen 23' Lang 41', 90+2' (pen.)	Stadium: Elland Road Attendance: 36,432 Referee: Oliver Langford

17 August 2024 2	West Bromwich Albion	0–0	Leeds United	West Bromwich
12:30 BST		Report		Stadium: Hawthorns Attendance: 25,329 Referee: Sam Allison

23 August 2024 3	Sheffield Wednesday	0–2	Leeds United	Sheffield
20:00 BST		Report	Aaronson 24' James 48'	Stadium: Hillsborough Attendance: 28,800 Referee: Simon Hooper

31 August 2024 4	Leeds United	2–0	Hull City	Leeds
15:00 BST	Joseph 63' Piroe 81'	Report		Stadium: Elland Road Attendance: 36,517 Referee: Gavin Ward

14 September 2024 5	Leeds United	0–1	Burnley	Leeds
12:30 BST		Report	Koleosho 18'	Stadium: Elland Road Attendance: 36,405 Referee: James Bell

21 September 2024 6	Cardiff City	0–2	Leeds United	Cardiff
15:00 BST		Report	Ramazani 30' Piroe 87'	Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium Attendance: 23,207 Referee: Josh Smith

28 September 2024 7	Leeds United	3–0	Coventry City	Leeds
15:00 BST	Gnonto 16' Bogle 49' Piroe 79'	Report		Stadium: Elland Road Attendance: 36,625 Referee: Gavin Ward

1 October 2024 8	Norwich City	1–1	Leeds United	Norwich
19:45 BST	Sargent 15' (pen.)	Report	Ramazani 60'	Stadium: Carrow Road Attendance: 26,261 Referee: Stephen Martin

4 October 2024 9	Sunderland	v	Leeds United	Sunderland
20:00 BST				Stadium: Stadium of Light
Note: Fixture was initially scheduled for 5 October, but was moved for live Sky Sports broadcast.^[33]

18 October 2024 10	Leeds United	v	Sheffield United	Leeds
20:00 BST				Stadium: Elland Road
Note: Fixture was initially scheduled for 19 October, but was moved for live Sky Sports broadcast.^[33]

22 October 2024 11	Leeds United	v	Watford	Leeds
19:45 BST				Stadium: Elland Road

26 October 2024 12	Bristol City	v	Leeds United	Bristol
12:30 BST				Stadium: Ashton Gate
Note: Fixture was initially scheduled for a 15:00 kick-off, but was brought forward for live Sky Sports broadcast.^[33]

2 November 2024 13	Leeds United	v	Plymouth Argyle	Leeds
15:00 BST				Stadium: Elland Road

6 November 2024 14	Millwall	v	Leeds United	Bermondsey
19:45 BST				Stadium: The Den
Note: Fixture was initially scheduled for 5 November, but was pushed back 24 hours.^[33]

9 November 2024 15	Leeds United	v	Queens Park Rangers	Leeds
15:00 BST				Stadium: Elland Road

24 November 2024 16	Swansea City	v	Leeds United	Swansea
15:00 BST				Stadium: Swansea.com Stadium
Note: Fixture was initially scheduled for 23 November, but was moved for live Sky Sports broadcast.^[33]

27 November 2024 17	Leeds United	v	Luton Town	Leeds
19:45 BST				Stadium: Elland Road
Note: Fixture was initially scheduled for 26 November, but was pushed back 24 hours.^[33]

30 November 2024 18	Blackburn Rovers	v	Leeds United	Blackburn
13:30 BST				Stadium: Ewood Park
Note: Fixture was initially scheduled for a 15:00 kick-off, but was brought forward after a request and intervention from Lancashire Police.^[34]

7 December 2024 19	Leeds United	v	Derby County	Leeds
12:30 BST				Stadium: Elland Road
Note: Fixture was initially scheduled for a 15:00 kick-off, but was brought forward for live Sky Sports broadcast.^[33]

10 December 2024 20	Leeds United	v	Middlesbrough	Leeds
20:00 BST				Stadium: Elland Road
Note: Fixture was initially scheduled for a 19:45 kick-off, but was pushed back for live Sky Sports broadcast.^[33]

14 December 2024 21	Preston North End	v	Leeds United	Preston
12:30 BST				Stadium: Deepdale
Note: Fixture was initially scheduled for a 15:00 kick-off, but was brought forward for live Sky Sports broadcast.^[33]

21 December 2024 22	Leeds United	v	Oxford United	Leeds
15:00 BST				Stadium: Elland Road

26 December 2024 23	Stoke City	v	Leeds United	Stoke-on-Trent
20:00 BST				Stadium: Bet365 Stadium
Note: Fixture was initially scheduled for a 15:00 kick-off, but was pushed back for live Sky Sports broadcast.^[33]

29 December 2024 24	Derby County	v	Leeds United	Derby
17:45 BST				Stadium: Pride Park
Note: Fixture was initially scheduled for a 15:00 kick-off, but was pushed back for live Sky Sports broadcast.^[33]

1 January 2025 25	Leeds United	v	Blackburn Rovers	Leeds
15:00 BST				Stadium: Elland Road

4 January 2025 26	Hull City	v	Leeds United	Kingston upon Hull
15:00 BST				Stadium: MKM Stadium

18 January 2025 27	Leeds United	v	Sheffield Wednesday	Leeds
15:00 BST				Stadium: Elland Road

22 January 2025 28	Leeds United	v	Norwich City	Leeds
19:45 BST				Stadium: Elland Road

25 January 2025 29	Burnley	v	Leeds United	Burnley
15:00 BST				Stadium: Turf Moor

1 February 2025 30	Leeds United	v	Cardiff City	Leeds
15:00 BST				Stadium: Elland Road

8 February 2025 31	Coventry City	v	Leeds United	Coventry
15:00 BST				Stadium: Coventry Building Society Arena

11 February 2025 32	Watford	v	Leeds United	Watford
19:45 BST				Stadium: Vicarage Road

15 February 2025 33	Leeds United	v	Sunderland	Leeds
15:00 BST				Stadium: Elland Road

22 February 2025 34	Sheffield United	v	Leeds United	Sheffield
15:00 BST				Stadium: Bramall Lane

1 March 2025 35	Leeds United	v	West Brom	Leeds
15:00 BST				Stadium: Elland Road

8 March 2025 36	Portsmouth	v	Leeds United	Portsmouth
15:00 BST				Stadium: Fratton Park

11 March 2025 37	Leeds United	v	Millwall	Leeds
19:45 BST				Stadium: Elland Road

15 March 2025 38	Queens Park Rangers	v	Leeds United	Shepherd's Bush
15:00 BST				Stadium: Loftus Road

29 March 2025 39	Leeds United	v	Swansea City	Leeds
15:00 BST				Stadium: Elland Road

5 April 2025 40	Luton Town	v	Leeds United	Luton
12:30 BST				Stadium: Kenilworth Road
Note: Fixture was initially scheduled for a 15:00 kick-off, but was brought forward.^[33]

8 April 2025 41	Middlesbrough	v	Leeds United	Middlesbrough
19:45 BST				Stadium: Riverside Stadium

12 April 2025 42	Leeds United	v	Preston North End	Leeds
15:00 BST				Stadium: Elland Road

18 April 2025 43	Oxford United	v	Leeds United	Oxford
19:45 BST				Stadium: Kassam Stadium

21 April 2025 44	Leeds United	v	Stoke City	Leeds
15:00 BST				Stadium: Elland Road

26 April 2025 45	Leeds United	v	Bristol City	Leeds
15:00 BST				Stadium: Elland Road

3 May 2025 46	Plymouth Argyle	v	Leeds United	Plymouth
15:00 BST				Stadium: Home Park

FA Cup

EFL Cup

Leeds United were drawn at home to Middlesbrough in the first round.^[35]

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

14 August 2024 First round	Leeds United	0–3	Middlesbrough	Leeds
20:00 BST		Report	Dijksteel 50' Burgzorg 60' Coburn 67'	Stadium: Elland Road Attendance: 35,150 Referee: Anthony Backhouse

Statistics

As of 1 October 2024

No.	Pos.	Name	Championship		FA Cup		EFL Cup		Total		Discipline
No.	Pos.	Name	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	Illan Meslier	8	0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0
2	DF	Jayden Bogle	8	1	0	0	0(1)	0	8(1)	1	3	0
3	DF	Junior Firpo	8	0	0	0	1	0	9	0	2	0
4	MF	Ethan Ampadu	7	0	0	0	1	0	8	0	3	0
5	DF	Pascal Struijk	8	1	0	0	0(1)	0	8(1)	1	3	0
6	DF	Joe Rodon	8	0	0	0	1	0	9	0	3	0
7	MF	Daniel James	3	1	0	0	0	0	3	1	1	0
8	MF	Joe Rothwell	0(8)	0	0	0	1	0	1(8)	0	1	0
9	FW	Patrick Bamford	0(3)	0	0	0	1	0	1(3)	0	0	0
10	FW	Joël Piroe	1(7)	3	0	0	1	0	2(7)	3	0	0
11	MF	Brenden Aaronson	6(2)	2	0	0	1	0	7(2)	2	0	0
14	FW	Manor Solomon	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
17	FW	Largie Ramazani	3(2)	2	0	0	0	0	3(2)	2	0	0
19	FW	Mateo Joseph	8	1	0	0	0	0	8	1	0	0
22	MF	Ao Tanaka	1(4)	0	0	0	0	0	1(4)	0	0	0
24	FW	Georginio Rutter	1	0	0	0	0(1)	0	1(1)	0	0	0
25	DF	Sam Byram	0(6)	0	0	0	1	0	1(6)	0	1	0
26	GK	Karl Darlow	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
29	FW	Wilfried Gnonto	8	2	0	0	0(1)	0	8(1)	2	3	0
30	FW	Joe Gelhardt	0(2)	0	0	0	1	0	1(2)	0	0	0
33	DF	Isaac Schmidt	0(2)	0	0	0	0	0	0(2)	0	0	0
39	DF	Maximilian Wöber	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
44	MF	Ilia Gruev	8	0	0	0	0(1)	0	8(1)	0	2	0