2024–25 Ipswich Town F.C. season

Ipswich Town 2024–25
Club information
Manager	Kieran McKenna
Stadium	Portman Road
League Season information
Final League position	Premier League, TBD
Cup placements
FA Cup	Third round
EFL Cup	Second round
Season statistics
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The 2024–25 season was the 147th season in the history of Ipswich Town Football Club and their first season back in the Premier League since the 2001–02 season following their promotion from the Championship the previous season and the League One the previous two seasons. In addition to the domestic league, the club also competed in the FA Cup and the EFL Cup.

Transfers

In

Date	Pos	Nationality	Player	From	Fee
15 June 2024	DF		Leon Elliott †	Crystal Palace	Free
25 June 2024	MF		Abube Onuchukwu †	Aston Villa	Free transfer
30 June 2024	FW		Omari Hutchinson	Chelsea	£20,000,000
1 July 2024	DF		Ben Johnson	West Ham United	Free transfer
5 July 2024	DF		Darragh McCann †	Glentoran	Undisclosed
12 July 2024	DF		Jacob Greaves	Hull City	Undisclosed
13 July 2024	FW		Liam Delap	Manchester City	Undisclosed
17 July 2024	GK		Arijanet Muric	Burnley	Undisclosed
1 August 2024	DF		Conor Townsend	West Bromwich Albion	£500,000

† For the academy

Out

Date	Pos	Nationality	Player	From	Fee
30 May 2024	FW		Silva Mexes †	Manchester United	Compensation
30 June 2024	RW		Sone Aluko	Retired
30 June 2024	MF		Alex Graham-Alexandrou †	Left for US College Football Scholarship
30 June 2024	DF		Nick Nkansa-Dwamena †	Left for US College Football Scholarship
30 June 2024	MF		Jack Manly †	Leiston	Released
30 June 2024	GK		Nick Hayes	Barnet	Released
30 June 2024	MF		Dominic Ball	Free Agent	Released
30 June 2024	MF		Panutche Camará	Free Agent	Released
30 June 2024	FW		Kayden Jackson	Derby County	Released
30 June 2024	DF		Cameron Stewart †	Coleraine	Released
30 June 2024	MF		Seth O'Neill †	Ipswich Wanderers	Released
30 June 2024	GK		Václav Hladký	Burnley	Contract expired
30 June 2024	GK		Danny Cullum †	AFC Sudbury	Released
30 June 2024	MF		Ben Haddoch †	Lowestoft Town	Released
4 July 2024	FW		Gassan Ahadme	Chartlon Athletic	Undisclosed
9 July 2024	MF		Idris El Mizouni	Oxford United	£400,000
30 July 2024	DF		Corrie Ndaba	Kilmarnock	Undisclosed

† From the academy

Loaned in

Date	Pos	Nationality	Player	From	Fee

Loaned out

Date	Pos	Nationality	Player	From	Fee

New contracts

First Team

Date signed	Number	Pos	Nationality	Player	Contract length	Expiry
3 June 2024	1	GK		Christian Walton	1 year	2025
3 June 2024	15	DF		Cameron Burgess	1 year	2025
3 June 2024	22	MF		Idris El Mizouni	1 year	2025
3 June 2024	40	DF		Axel Tuanzebe	1 year	2025
31 July 2024	5	MF		Sam Morsy	2 years	2026

Academy

Date signed	Number	Pos	Nationality	Player	Contract length	Expiry

Coaching Staff

Date signed	Nationality	Name	Contract length	Expiry
30 May 2024		Kieran McKenna	4 years	2028
30 May 2024		Martyn Pert	Unknown length
30 May 2024		Lee Grant	Unknown length
30 May 2024		Rene Gilmartin	Unknown length
30 May 2024		Charlie Turnbull	Unknown length
8 July 2024		Sone Aluko	Unknown length

Kits

Home

Away

Third

Pre-season and friendlies

On 16 May, Ipswich Town announced their first pre-season friendly for the 2024–25 campaign, taking on 2. Bundesliga side Fortuna Düsseldorf continuing the strong affiliation between the two sides. The club later confirmed they would travel to Carinthia for a pre-season training camp, and face Shakhtar Donetsk. On July 11, the club confirmed they would also face two Bundesliga sides in Borussia Mönchengladbach and TSG Hoffenheim during a short training camp in Germany. Five days later, a home friendly match against Nice was announced. On 1 August 2024, it was announced that the game against Borussia Mönchengladbach on 2 August 2024 would now be competed using the under-21s squad as opposed to the first team squad.

      Win       Draw       Loss       Fixtures

Friendly 20 July 2024	Shakhtar Donetsk	0–1	Ipswich Town	Villach, Austria
14:00 CEST (13:00 BST)		Report	Morsy  28'	Stadium: Sportzentrum Landskron

Friendly 27 July 2024	Ipswich Town	1–2	Fortuna Düsseldorf	Ipswich
15:00 BST	Marcus Harness  48' Cameron Burgess 77'	Report	Danny Schmidt  5' Tim Roßmann  57'	Stadium: Portman Road Attendance: 15,337 Referee: Josh Smith

Friendly 3 August 2024	TSG Hoffenheim	0–1	Ipswich Town	Kufstein, Austria
13:30 CEST (12:30 BST)		Report	Taylor  43'	Stadium: Kufstein Arena

Friendly 10 August 2024	Ipswich Town	1–0	Nice	Ipswich
12:30 BST	Tuanzebe  58'	Report	Cho 45'	Stadium: Portman Road Attendance: 10,000 Referee: James Bell

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
					Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Premier League	17 August 2024	25 May 2025	Matchday 1	TBC	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.0000000	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.0000000	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.0000000	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.0000000	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.0000000	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.0000000	+0	!—
FA Cup	January 2025	TBA	Third round	TBC	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.0000000	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.0000000	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.0000000	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.0000000	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.0000000	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.0000000	+0	!—
EFL Cup	August 2024	TBA	Second round	TBC	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.0000000	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.0000000	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.0000000	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.0000000	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.0000000	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.0000000	+0	!—
Total					&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.0000000	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.0000000	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.0000000	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.0000000	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.0000000	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.0000000	−0	—

Source: Soccerway

Premier League

Main article: 2024–25 Premier League

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Liverpool  (C)	38	25	9	4	86	41	+45	84	Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2	Arsenal	38	20	14	4	69	34	+35	74
3	Manchester City	38	21	8	9	72	43	+29	71
4	Chelsea	38	20	9	9	64	43	+21	69
5	Newcastle Utd	38	20	6	12	68	47	+21	66
6	Aston Villa	38	19	9	10	58	51	+7	66	Qualification for the Europa League group stage
7	Nottm Forest	38	19	8	11	58	46	+12	65
8	Brighton	38	16	13	9	66	59	+7	61
9	Bournemouth	38	15	11	12	58	46	+12	56
10	Brentford	38	16	8	14	66	57	+9	56
11	Fulham	38	15	9	14	52	54	−2	54
12	Crystal Palace	38	13	14	11	51	51	0	53	Qualification for the Conference League play-off round
13	Everton	38	11	15	12	42	44	−2	48
14	West Ham Utd	38	11	10	17	46	62	−16	43
15	Manchester Utd	38	11	9	18	44	54	−10	42
16	Wolves	38	12	6	20	54	69	−15	42
17	Tottenham	38	11	5	22	64	65	−1	38	Qualification for the Champions League group stage
18	Leicester City  (R)	38	6	7	25	33	80	−47	25	Relegation to EFL Championship
19	Ipswich Town  (R)	38	4	10	24	36	82	−46	22
20	Southampton  (R)	38	2	6	30	26	86	−60	12

Source: Premier League
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd number of goals scored.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round; (Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament

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
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Last updated: pre-season
Source: Soccerway

Matches

On 18 June, the Premier League fixtures were released.

      Win       Draw       Loss       Fixtures

1 17 August 2024	Ipswich Town	v	Liverpool	Ipswich
12:30 BST				Stadium: Portman Road

FA Cup

Main article: 2024–25 FA Cup

      Win       Draw       Loss       Fixtures

EFL Cup

Main article: 2024–25 EFL Cup

      Win       Draw       Loss

External links

• Official website Official website