The 2024–25 season is the 122nd season in the history of Bradford City Association Football Club and their sixth consecutive season in League Two. In addition to the domestic league, the club also participated in the FA Cup, the EFL Cup, and the EFL Trophy.
Transfers In Date Pos. Player From Fee Ref. 14 June 2024 CB Undisclosed 1 July 2024 CB Free 1 July 2024 RB Free 1 July 2024 CM Free 4 July 2024 RW Undisclosed 1 October 2024 CB Free . 6 October 2024 CM Free 1 January 2025 AM Undisclosed 10 January 2025 AM Undisclosed 3 February 2025 CB Free 3 February 2025 GK Undisclosed
Out Date Pos. Player To Fee Ref. 14 June 2024 CB Undisclosed 30 August 2024 LW Free 30 August 2024 CF Undisclosed
Loaned in Date Pos. Player From Date until Ref. 1 August 2024 CB End of Season 12 August 2024 CF 9 January 2025 23 August 2024 AM 1 January 2025 30 August 2024 RB End of Season 30 August 2024 CB 6 January 2025 3 January 2025 CM End of Season 8 January 2025 CF End of Season 3 February 2025 LB End of Season
Loaned out Date Pos. Player To Date until Ref. 20 August 2024 RW End of Season 23 August 2024 CB End of Season 15 January 2025 CF 14 March 2025 17 January 2025 CF End of Season 3 February 2025 CF End of Season 4 March 2025 CM End of Season 6 March 2025 GK End of Season
Released / Out of Contract Date Pos. Player Subsequent club Join date Ref. 16 May 2024 CB 1 July 2024 30 June 2024 CB 1 July 2024 30 June 2024 CB 1 July 2024 30 June 2024 GK 1 July 2024 30 June 2024 RB 1 July 2024 30 June 2024 CF 2 July 2024 30 June 2024 LB 3 July 2024 30 June 2024 RB 12 July 2024 30 June 2024 AM 9 August 2024 30 June 2024 CB 10 September 2024 30 June 2024 LB 16 September 2024 30 June 2024 CF 30 June 2024 CF Retired 30 August 2024 DM 13 November 2024 6 January 2025 CM 15 January 2025
Pre-season and friendlies On 17 May, Bradford announced their pre-season plans, with friendlies against Chorley, Scunthorpe United, Sunderland and Altincham along with an overseas tour of Austria. A month later, it was confirmed that the Bantams would face SV Ried II during their Austria tour. On 3 July, the club confirmed they would also face Guiseley, as a replacement for the cancelled Scunthorpe United visit.
Competitions League Two
League table
Results summary
Results by round
Matches On 26 June, the League Two fixtures were announced.
FA Cup
Bradford City were drawn at home to Aldershot Town in the first round and away to Morecambe in the second round.
EFL Cup
On 27 June, the draw for the first round was made, with Bradford being drawn away against Grimsby Town.
EFL Trophy
In the group stage, Bradford were drawn into Northern Group H alongside Mansfield Town, Rotherham United and Newcastle United U21. They were then drawn away to Stockport County in the round of 32, Aston Villa U21 in the round of 16, Rotherham United in the quarter-finals and Birmingham City in the semi-finals.
Knockout stages
Statistics Appearances and goals
|colspan="14"|Player(s) who featured whilst on loan but returned to parent club during the season:
|colspan="14"|Player(s) who featured but departed the club permanently during the season:
References