2024–25 Norwich City F.C. season explained

The 2024–25 season is the 123rd season in the history of Norwich City, and their third consecutive season in the Championship. In addition to the domestic league, the club will also compete in the season's editions of the FA Cup and the EFL Cup.

Current squad

No.	Name	Position	Nationality	Place of birth	Date of birth (Age)	Signed from	Date signed	Fee	Contract end
Goalkeepers
1							1 July 2021	£5,000,000	30 June 2025
12							17 August 2023	Free Transfer	30 June 2025
37						Academy	1 July 2020		30 June 2025
Defenders
3							1 July 2023	Free Transfer	30 June 2026
5							30 August 2017	Undisclosed	30 June 2025
4							1 July 2023	Free Transfer	30 June 2026
6							6 August 2024	Loan	30 June 2025
14					12 January 2004		30 July 2024	Undisclosed	30 June 2028
33					3 June 2001		14 June 2024	Undisclosed	30 June 2028
35					5 May 2004		16 June 2023	Undisclosed	30 June 2026
40						Academy	1 July 2022		30 June 2027
50					28 October 2002	Academy	1 July 2021		30 June 2025
–					11 April 2002		1 July 2019	Free Transfer	30 June 2024
Midfielders
8							23 July 2021	Undisclosed	30 June 2028
11							4 October 2024	Free	30 June 2025
18							9 August 2024	Undisclosed	30 June 2028
19							27 July 2020	Undisclosed	30 June 2024
20							30 August 2024	Loan	30 June 2025
23							22 January 2018	£200,000	30 June 2026
26							2 August 2022	£3,200,000	30 June 2026
29							24 August 2024	Undisclosed	30 June 2028
Forwards
7							30 June 2023	Free Transfer	30 June 2026
9							9 August 2021	£8,000,000	30 June 2028
10							1 July 2023	Free Transfer	30 June 2025
16							25 July 2023	Undisclosed	30 June 2025
17							22 August 2024	Undisclosed	30 June 2028
21							30 August 2024	Loan	30 June 2025
25							25 January 2018	Undisclosed	30 June 2025
42					22 September 2002	Academy	1 July 2021		30 June 2025
Out on Loan
27						Academy	1 January 2022		30 June 2025
38							8 November 2018	Free Transfer	30 June 2024

Transfers

In

Date	Pos.	Player	From	Fee	Ref.
14 June 2024				Undisclosed	[2]
3 July 2024		Tom Finch		Free
3 July 2024		Harmony Okwumo		Free	[3]
8 July 2024		Lucien Mahovo		Undisclosed	[4]
19 July 2024		Theo Adelusi		Free	[5]
30 July 2024				Undisclosed	[6]
9 August 2024				Undisclosed	[7]
22 August 2024				Undisclosed	[8]
24 August 2024				Undisclosed	[9]
30 August 2024		Brandon Forbes		Undisclosed	[10]
30 August 2024				Free	[11]
30 August 2024		AJ Bridge		Undisclosed	[12]
4 October 2024				Free	[13]

Out

Date	Pos	Player	To	Fee	Ref
1 July 2024				Undisclosed	[14]
4 August 2024				£15,300,000	[15] [16] [17]
14 August 2024				Undisclosed	[18]
30 August 2024				Undisclosed	[19]
2 September 2024		Waylon Renecke		Undisclosed	[20]

Loaned in

Date	Pos	Player	From	Date until	Ref
6 August 2024				End of Season	[21]
30 August 2024				End of Season	[22]
30 August 2024				End of Season	[23]

Loaned out

Date	Pos.	Player	To	Date until	Ref.
2 July 2024				End of Season	[24]
7 August 2024				End of Season	[25]
17 August 2024		Ellis Craven		14 September 2024	[26]
23 August 2024				End of Season	[27]
30 August 2024				End of Season	[28]
30 August 2024		Ken Aboh		End of season	[29]
30 August 2024				1 January 2025	[30]
17 October 2024				17 November 2024	[31]

Released / Out of Contract

Date	Pos.	Player	Subsequent club	Join date	Ref.
30 June 2024		Dubem Eze		1 July 2024	[32]
30 June 2024				1 July 2024	[33]
30 June 2024				1 July 2024	[34]
30 June 2024		Sean Stewart		3 July 2024	[35]
30 June 2024				4 July 2024	[36]
30 June 2024				11 July 2024	[37]
30 June 2024				23 July 2024	[38]
30 June 2024				1 August 2024	[39] [40]
30 June 2024				10 August 2024	[41]
30 June 2024				17 August 2024	[42]
30 June 2024				13 September 2024	[43]
30 June 2024		Joe Duffy
30 June 2024		Marcel McIntosh
30 June 2024		Joe Rose
30 June 2024		Ben Watt
1 August 2024		Dylan Berry		3 August 2024	[44] [45]
22 August 2024		Guilherme Montóia			[46]

Pre-season and friendlies

On 6 June, Norwich confirmed their first pre-season friendly against 2. Bundesliga club 1. FC Magdeburg. On 14 June 2024, they then announced two further friendlies against EFL League One clubs Stevenage and Northampton Town, with the remaining fixtures to be confirmed at a later date.^{[47] [48]} A week later, a home friendly fixture versus St Pauli was added.^[49] On 8 July, a training camp in Austria along with a friendly against Hoffenheim was announced.^[50]

Competitions

Championship

See main article: 2024–25 EFL Championship.

Matches

On 26 June, the Championship fixtures were announced.^[51]

FA Cup

See main article: 2024-25 FA Cup.

Norwich City entered the FA Cup at the third round stage, and were drawn at home to Brighton & Hove Albion.^[52]

EFL Cup

See main article: 2024–25 EFL Cup.

On 27 June, the draw for the first round was made, with Norwich being drawn at home against Stevenage.^[53] In the second round, they were drawn away to Crystal Palace.^{[54] [55]}

Squad statistics

Appearances and goals

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Goalscorers

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1	7	FW		Borja Sainz	15	0	1	16
2	9	FW		Josh Sargent	4	0	0	4
	17	FW		Ante Crnac	4	0	0	4
4	4	DF		Shane Duffy	2	0	0	2
	26	MF		Marcelino Núñez	2	0	0	2
	11	MF		Emiliano Marcondes	2	0	0	2
	25	MF		Onel Hernández	0	0	2	2
8	6	DF		Callum Doyle	1	0	0	1
	14	DF		Ben Chrisene	1	0	0	1
	21	FW		Kaide Gordon	1	0	0	1
	20	MF		Anis Ben Slimane	1	0	0	1
	47	MF		Abu Kamara	0	0	1	1
Own goals					2	0	0	2
Total					35	0	4	39

Notes and References

1. News: Club Statement - October 23, 2024. Norwich City F.C.. 23 October 2024.
2. News: City agree to sign José Córdoba. Norwich City F.C.. 5 June 2024.
3. News: 2024/25 Academy signing day . 3 July 2024 . Norwich City FC . 3 July 2024.
4. News: Canaries complete signing of Mahovo. Norwich City F.C.. 8 July 2024.
5. News: Norwich City sign Adelusi. Norwich City F.C.. 19 July 2024.
6. News: City complete signing of Ben Chrisene. Norwich City F.C.. 30 July 2024.
7. News: City complete signing of Amankwah Forson . 9 August 2024 . Norwich City FC . 9 August 2024.
8. News: City complete signing of Ante Crnac. Norwich City F.C.. 22 August 2024.
9. News: Oscar Schwartau signs for City. Norwich City F.C.. 24 August 2024.
10. News: Canaries sign Forbes from Dundee United. Norwich City F.C.. 30 August 2024.
11. News: Gee joins City from Chelsea. Norwich City F.C.. 30 August 2024.
12. News: Canaries complete signing of AJ Bridge. Norwich City F.C.. 30 August 2024.
13. News: City complete signing of Emiliano Marcondes. Norwich City F.C.. 4 October 2024.
14. News: Fortuna Düsseldorf activate buy option for Tzolis. Norwich City F.C.. 31 May 2024.
15. News: Sara completes Galatasaray move. Norwich City F.C.. 4 August 2024.
16. Web site: Profesyonel futbolcu Gabriel Davi Gomes Sara ve kulübü Norwich City Football Club . X . Galatasary SK . 5 August 2024 . Turkish.
17. News: Galatasaray sign Norwich's Sara for undisclosed fee . 5 August 2024 . British Broadcasting Corporation . 4 August 2024.
18. News: Idah departs for Celtic. Norwich City F.C.. 14 August 2024.
19. News: Kamara makes permanent switch to Hull City. Norwich City F.C.. 30 August 2024.
20. News: Renecke completes permanent move to FC Copenhagen. Norwich City F.C.. 2 September 2024.
21. News: Doyle joins Canaries on season-long loan. Norwich City F.C.. 6 August 2024.
22. News: City sign Slimane on season-long loan. Norwich City F.C.. 30 August 2024.
23. News: City sign Kaide Gordon on loan. Norwich City F.C.. 30 August 2024.
24. News: Reyes joins Cambridge United on season-long loan. Norwich City F.C.. 2 July 2024.
25. News: Adegboyega joins Dundee United on loan. Norwich City F.C.. 7 August 2024.
26. News: Craven joins Boston United on loan . 18 August 2024 . Norwich City FC . 17 August 2024.
27. News: Rowe joins Marseille on initial loan deal. Norwich City F.C.. 22 August 2024.
28. News: Barden joins Swindon Town on loan. Norwich City F.C.. 30 August 2024.
29. News: Aboh joins Stevenage on season-long loan. Norwich City F.C.. 30 August 2024.
30. News: Shipley joins Cheltenham Town on loan . 30 August 2024 . Norwich City FC . 30 August 2024.
31. News: Welch joins Boston United on loan. Norwich City F.C.. 17 October 2024.
32. News: Eze Secures B Team Deal . 1 July 2024 . Bolton Wanderers FC . 1 July 2024.
33. News: Gibson makes Potters move. Stoke City F.C.. 7 June 2024.
34. News: McCracken back at The Dee . 21 June 2024 . Dundee FC . 21 June 2024.
35. News: Sean his way back . 7 July 2024 . Cliftonville FC . 3 July 2024.
36. News: Four new recruits added to City's U21s . 4 July 2024 . Cardiff City FC . 4 July 2024.
37. News: SAM IS LATEST RECRUIT. Sheffield United F.C.. 11 July 2024.
38. News: FCA complete the signing of Dimitrios Giannoulis. FC Augsburg. 23 July 2024.
39. News: Club confirm released and retained list. Norwich City F.C.. 20 May 2024.
40. News: Danny deal done!. Blackburn Rovers F.C.. 1 August 2024.
41. News: Trio of new signings set to bolster the Blues. Lowestoft Town F.C.. 10 August 2024.
42. News: HENDON 3 CRAY WANDERERS 1 – ISTHMIAN PREMIER – SATURDAY 17TH AUGUST – MATCH REPORT. Cray Wanderers F.C.. 17 August 2024.
43. News: Regan Riley arrives at Radcliffe. Radcliffe F.C.. 13 September 2024.
44. News: Dylan Berry departs Norwich City . 1 August 2024 . Norwich City FC . 1 August 2024.
45. News: Keeper exchanges Carrow Road for the Kuflink. Ebbsfleet United F.C.. 3 August 2024.
46. News: Montóia contract ended by mutual consent. Norwich City F.C.. 22 August 2024.
47. News: Canaries confirm pre-season fixture with 1. FC Magdeburg . 6 June 2024 . Norwich City FC . 6 June 2024.
48. News: Stevenage and Northampton friendlies confirmed. Norwich City F.C.. 14 June 2023.
49. News: Canaries to host FC St. Pauli in pre-season . 21 June 2024 . Norwich City FC . 21 June 2024.
50. News: City to face Hoffenheim in pre-season . 8 July 2024 . Norwich City FC . 8 July 2024.
51. News: Derby at Blackburn and Blades visit Preston to start Championship . 26 June 2024 . British Broadcasting Corporation . 26 June 2024.
52. News: FA Cup third round proper draw . 2 December 2024 . The Football Association . 2 December 2024.
53. News: Carabao Cup Round One draw confirmed . 27 June 2024 . English Football League . 27 June 2024.
54. News: Carabao Cup Round Two draw confirmed . 15 August 2024 . English Football League . 14 August 2024.
55. News: Palace fixture details confirmed . 19 August 2024 . Norwich City FC . 19 August 2024.