The 2024–25 season was the 158th season in the history of Chesterfield Football Club and their first season back in League Two since the 2017–18 season, following promotion from the National League the previous season. The club participated in League Two, the FA Cup, the EFL Cup and the EFL Trophy.
Transfers In DatePos.PlayerFromFeeRef. 14 June 2024 CM Free agent 1 July 2024 CF Free 1 July 2024 CB Free 1 July 2024 LB Free 1 July 2024 CF Free 1 August 2024 RB Free 10 September 2024 CM Free 12 January 2025 RB Free 22 January 2025 CB Free 31 January 2025 LM Undisclosed
Out DatePos.PlayerToFeeRef. 30 August 2024 CF Undisclosed 22 January 2025 LW Undisclosed 5 February 2025 LB Free 28 March 2025 CM Free
Loaned in DatePos.PlayerFromDate untilRef. 5 August 2024 RB 10 January 2025 15 August 2024 CB End of season 15 August 2024 RW 16 January 2025 29 August 2024 GK End of season 30 August 2024 CM End of season 12 January 2025 CF End of season 20 January 2025 LB End of season 27 January 2025 LM 31 January 2025 31 January 2025 RW End of season
Loaned out DatePos.PlayerToDate untilRef. 29 August 2024 CM 31 December 2024 13 September 2024 AM 6 December 2024 4 October 2024 CF 3 December 2024 31 January 2025 LW End of season 21 February 2025 CM 22 March 2025
Released / Out of Contract DatePos.PlayerSubsequent clubJoin dateRef. 30 June 2024 CB 1 July 2024 30 June 2024 RW 7 July 2024 30 June 2024 RB 5 August 2024 30 June 2024 LB 16 August 2024 30 June 2024 GK
Pre-season and friendlies On 25 April, Chesterfield announced their first pre-season friendly, against Matlock Town. A month later, home fixtures against Sheffield United and Derby County were also confirmed. On June 21, a fourth friendly fixture was added, against Scunthorpe United. Three days later, a home fixture versus Nottingham Forest was announced.
Competitions League Two
League table
Results summary
Results by round
Matches On 26 June, the League Two fixtures were announced.
Play-offs Chesterfield finished 7th in the regular season, and were drawn against 4th place Walsall with the first leg at home and the second leg away.
FA Cup
Chesterfield were drawn at home to Horsham in the first round, and then away to Exeter City in the second round.
EFL Cup
On 27 June, the draw for the first round was made, with Chesterfield being drawn away against Derby County.
EFL Trophy
In the group stage, Chesterfield were drawn into Northern Group G alongside Grimsby Town, Lincoln City and Manchester City U21. Chesterfield were then drawn at home to Wigan Athletic in the round of 32 and to Rotherham United in the round of 16.
Group stage
Knoutout stages
Statistics Appearances and goals
|colspan="16"|Player(s) who featured whilst on loan but returned to parent club permanently during the season:
|colspan="16"|Player(s) who featured but departed the club permanently during the season:
References