| Club: | Milton Keynes Dons |
| Season: | 2024–25 |
| Chairman: | Pete Winkelman (until 9 August) Fahad Al Ghanim[1] (from 9 August) |
| Manager: | Mike Williamson (until 19 September)[2] Dean Lewington Scott Lindsey (from 25 September)[3] |
| Mgrtitle: | Head Coach |
| Stadium: | Stadium MK |
| League: | League Two |
| League Result: | 3rd |
| Cup1: | FA Cup |
| Cup1 Result: | First round (eliminated by AFC Wimbledon) |
| Cup2: | EFL Cup |
| Cup2 Result: | First round (eliminated by Watford) |
| Cup3: | EFL Trophy |
| Cup3 Result: | Group stage |
| League Topscorer: | Alex Gilbey (9) |
| Season Topscorer: | Alex Gilbey (9) |
| Highest Attendance: | 10,419 vs AFC Wimbledon |
| Lowest Attendance: | 1,127 vs Leyton Orient |
| Average Attendance: | 6,697 |
| Largest Win: | 5–1 vs Harrogate Town (A) |
| Largest Loss: | 5–0 vs Watford (A) |
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| Updated: | 3 December 2024 |
| Prevseason: | 2023–24 |
| Nextseason: | 2025–26 |
The 2024–25 season is the 21st season in the history of Milton Keynes Dons Football Club and their second consecutive season in League Two. In addition to the domestic league, the club will also participate in the FA Cup, the EFL Cup and the EFL Trophy.
The season covers the period from 1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025.
On 9 August 2024, it was announced that a Kuwait-based consortium, led by Fahad Al Ghanim, had taken over ownership of the club from previous chairman Pete Winkelman.[1]
On 19 September 2024, it was announced that head coach Mike Williamson had left the club to take up the vacant managerial position at fellow League Two side Carlisle United. Club captain Dean Lewington was placed in charge of the team on an interim basis.[2]
On 25 September 2024, Scott Lindsey was announced as the club's new Head Coach. He was most recently the manager of League One side Crawley Town.[3]
| Date | Pos | Player | From | Fee | Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 June 2024 | Undisclosed | [4] | ||||
| 1 July 2024 | Free | [5] | ||||
| 1 July 2024 | Free | [6] | ||||
| 1 July 2024 | Free | [7] | ||||
| 1 July 2024 | Free | [8] | ||||
| 1 July 2024 | Free | [9] | ||||
| 4 July 2024 | Undisclosed | [10] | ||||
| 5 July 2024 | Free | [11] | ||||
| 12 July 2024 | Undisclosed | [12] | ||||
| 9 August 2024 | Undisclosed | [13] | ||||
| 30 August 2024 | Undisclosed | [14] | ||||
| 4 October 2024 | Free | [15] |
| Date | Pos | Player | To | Fee | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 July 2024 | Undisclosed | [16] | |||
| 12 July 2024 | €2,000,000 | [17] [18] | |||
| 15 July 2024 | Undisclosed | [19] | |||
| 9 August 2024 | Undisclosed | [20] | |||
| Date | Pos | Player | From | Date until | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 July 2024 | End of Season | [21] | |||
| 2 August 2024 | End of Season | [22] | |||
| 30 August 2024 | End of Season | [23] | |||
| End of Season | [24] |
| Date | Pos. | Player | To | Date until | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 August 2024 | 2 January 2025 | [25] | ||||
| 7 August 2024 | Keon Lewis-Burgess | 8 September 2024 | [26] | |||
| 16 August 2024 | Seb Stacey | 16 September 2024 | [27] | |||
| Albert Wood | [28] | |||||
| 21 August 2024 | 18 September 2024 | [29] | ||||
| 26 September 2024 | Seb Stacey | 31 October 2024 | [30] | |||
| 30 October 2024 | 2 January 2025 | [31] | ||||
| 15 November 2024 | Seb Stacey | 13 December 2024 | [32] | |||
| 13 December 2024 | [33] | |||||
| Keon Lewis-Burgess | TBA | [34] | ||||
| Albert Wood | ||||||
| 16 November 2024 | Chase Medwynter | 15 December 2024 | [35] | |||
| 19 November 2024 | 17 December 2024 | [36] |
| Date | Pos | Player | Subsequent club | Join date | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 June 2024 | 1 July 2024 | [37] | |||
| 1 July 2024 | [38] | ||||
| 1 July 2024 | [39] | ||||
| 1 July 2024 | [40] | ||||
| 1 July 2024 | [41] | ||||
| 18 September 2024 | [42] [43] | ||||
The club's full pre-season schedule was announced on 5 June 2024.[44] They began with three away friendlies against non league opposition, facing Barnet, Chelmsford City and Wealdstone. The club then played two home friendlies, hosting EFL Championship sides Portsmouth and Plymouth Argyle at Stadium MK.
For the second consecutive season, the club travelled to Germany for pre-season training and also played a friendly against local opposition, taking on 3. Liga side Hannover 96 II.[45]
See main article: 2024–25 EFL League Two.
On 26 June, the League Two fixtures were announced.[46] The club will begin the season at home to Bradford City on 10 August with the final game of the regular season being away at Swindon Town on 3 May.
See main article: 2024–25 FA Cup.
The draw for the first round proper took place on 14 October, with the club being drawn at home to fellow League Two side AFC Wimbledon.[47]
See main article: 2024–25 EFL Cup.
On 27 June, the draw for the first round was made, with MK Dons being drawn away against Watford.[48]
See main article: 2024–25 EFL Trophy.
In the group stage, MK Dons were drawn into Southern Group E alongside Colchester United, Leyton Orient and Arsenal U21.[49] [50]
|-|colspan="14"|Players who featured but departed on loan during the season:|}
| Player | FA Cup | EFL Cup | EFL Trophy | Total | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | MF | Alex Gilbey | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 17 | DF | Luke Offord | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 9 | FW | Ellis Harrison | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 16 | MF | Aaron Nemane | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 22 | FW | Callum Hendry | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 24 | MF | Connor Lemonheigh-Evans | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 3 | DF | Dean Lewington | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 6 | MF | MJ Williams | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 11 | MF | Stephen Wearne | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 18 | MF | Tommy Leigh | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 20 | MF | Kane Thompson-Sommers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 23 | DF | Laurence Maguire | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 4 | DF | Jack Tucker | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 14 | DF | Joe Tomlinson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 29 | FW | Scott Hogan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 34 | MF | Callum Tripp | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 37 | DF | Albert Wood | 0 | 0 | 0 | O | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 27 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 1 | 1 | ||||