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2024–25 Blackburn Rovers F.C. season

The 2024–25 season is the 137th season in the history of Blackburn Rovers Football Club and their seventh consecutive season in the Championship. In addition to the domestic league, the club would also participate in the FA Cup, and the EFL Cup.

Season summary

May

On 18 May 2024, Rovers announced their retained list, The club confirmed they activated the one-year options in the contracts of Sam Gallagher & Tyrhys Dolan, meaning the attacking duo will remain contracted to the club for a further 12 months, discussions are ongoing with Kyle McFadzean & John Fleck while Sam Barnes, Lenni Cirino, Ben Fyles, Jay Haddow, Jared Harlock, Ethan Walker & Charlie Weston, along with second year scholar Ben Thirkill, will not be retained by the club upon the expiration of their current agreements.[1]

June

On 14 June 2024, Rovers announced the appointments of Rudy Gestede as Head of Football Operations, replacing Gregg Broughton, and the return of John Park as Head of Recruitment, replacing Sean Kimberley.[2]

July

On 2 July 2024, Rovers announced that Igor Tyjon will remain at the club he is one of 14 promising players to sign a two-year scholarship contract with the club until 2026 along with Michael Decandia, Isaac Dunn, Valentin Joseph, Leon Kelly-Quinn, Freddie Leatherbarrow, Bruce Leeming, Tyler Mansbridge, Harvey Pates, Aaron Potter, Jayden Sergeant, Luke Thompson, Frank Vare & Blake Wolsoncroft.[3]

On 3 July 2024, Rovers announced that a number of Academy graduates have now signed their first professional contracts with the club, Lewis Bell, Rhys Doherty, Adam Khan, Matty Litherland, Paul Murphy-Worrell, Brandon Powell & Zack Stritch signed one-year contracts until 2025, with the option of an extra 12 months & Solomon Honor signed a two-year deal until 2026, with a 12-month option.[4]

On 6 July 2024, Rovers announced the appointment of Adam Owen as the club’s new Head of Technical Development.[5]

On 12 July 2024, Rovers announced u21 defender Charlie Olson had signed a new 2 year contract until 2026, with the option of a further 12 months.[6]

On 15 July 2024, Rovers announced u21 midfielder Isaac Whitehall had signed a new 1 year contract until 2025, with the option of a further 12 months.[7]

On 17 July 2024, Rovers announced u21 winger Harrison Wood had signed his 1st professional contract, a 2 year deal until 2026.[8]

August

On 2 August 2024, Rovers announced u18 attacker Nathan Dlamini had signed a new 1 year contract until 2025, with the option of a further 12 months.[9]

On 11 August 2024, Rovers announced u18 attacking midfielder Patrik Farkas had signed his 1st professional contract, a 2 year deal until 2026.[10]

Backroom staff

As of 30 Aug 2024[11]

Senior football

Academy football

Current squad

Players and squad numbers last updated on 1 February 2024. List is representative of players who have made an appearance for the first-team this season and of information available on Rovers.co.uk.[12]

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Transfers

In

  1. ^ a b Signed initially for the Under-21s

Out

  1. ^ tribunal will be required to determine the compensation fee

Loaned in

Loaned out

Released / Out of Contract

Pre-season and friendlies

On 16 May, Rovers announced their first three pre-season friendlies, against Accrington Stanley, Wigan Athletic and Stockport County.[80] A month later, a further two fixtures was confirmed, against Tranmere Rovers behind closed doors and Morecambe. On 28 June, a pre-season training camp in Austria was also confirmed, along with a friendly against 1. FC Nürnberg.[81]

  Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

Competitions

EFL Championship

League table

Updated to match(es) played on 22 September 2024. Source: EFL Official Website
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results; 5) Wins; 6) Away goals; 7) Penalty points (sec 9.5); 8) Number of 12-point sending off offences; 9) Play-off (only if needed to determine promotion/relegation)[83]
Notes:
  1. ^ Sheffield United were deducted two points for defaulting on payments to other clubs during the 2022–23 and 2023–24 seasons, with a further two points suspended.[82]

Results summary

Last updated: 22 September 2024.
Source: Soccerway

Results by round

Source: EFL
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; P = Postponed

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 26 June 2024.[84]

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FA Cup

As an EFL Championship side, Blackburn will enter the FA Cup in the third round.

  Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

EFL Cup

As an EFL Championship side, Blackburn entered the EFL Cup in the first round, where they were drawn away to League One side Stockport County on 27 June.[86] In the second round, they were drawn at home to Blackpool on 14 August.[87][88]

  Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

Statistics

Appearances

As of match played 22 September 2024

Players with no appearances are not included on the list

Goalscorers

As of match played 22 September 2024[89]

Assists

As of match played 22 September 2024[90][91]

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