2024–25 Queens Park Rangers F.C. season

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Queens Park Rangers
2024–25 season
OwnerRuben Gnanalingam,
Richard Reilly,
Lakshmi Mittal
ChairmanLee Hoos
ManagerMartí Cifuentes
StadiumLoftus Road
← 2023–24
2025–26 →

The 2024–25 season is the 143rd season in the history of Queens Park Rangers Football Club and their tenth consecutive season in the Championship. In addition to the domestic league, the club would also participate in the FA Cup, and the EFL Cup.

Current squad

As of 7 July 2024[1]
No. Name Nat Position Since Date of birth (Age) Signed from Contract Expires Games Goals
Goalkeepers
32 Joe Walsh England GK 2021 (2002-04-01) 1 April 2002 (age 22) England Gillingham 2024[2] 2 0
40 Matteo Salamon England GK 2022 (2004-02-18) 18 February 2004 (age 20) England Queens Park Rangers Academy 2024 0 0
— Murphy Mahoney England GK 2012 (2001-12-27) 27 December 2001 (age 22) England Wycombe Wanderers 2024[3] 2 0
Defenders
3 Jimmy Dunne Republic of Ireland CB 2021 (1997-10-19) 19 October 1997 (age 26) England Burnley 2024[4] 115 6
5 Steve Cook England CB 2023 (1991-04-19) 19 April 1991 (age 33) England Nottingham Forest 2025 36 2
6 Jake Clarke-Salter England CB 2022 (1997-09-22) 22 September 1997 (age 26) England Chelsea 2026[5] 49 1
15 Morgan Fox Wales LB/CB 2023 (1993-09-21) 21 September 1993 (age 30) England Stoke City 2025[6] 21 1
20 Reggie Cannon United States RB 2023 (1998-06-11) 11 June 1998 (age 26) Free agent 2027 21 0
21 Ziyad Larkeche France LB/LM/CB 2023 (2002-09-19) 19 September 2002 (age 21) England Fulham 2026[7] 22 0
22 Kenneth Paal Suriname LWB 2022 (1997-06-24) 24 June 1997 (age 27) Netherlands PEC Zwolle 2025[8] 87 5
33 Trent Rendall England CB 2020 (2001-09-08) 8 September 2001 (age 22) England Queens Park Rangers Academy 2024[9] 0 0
Midfielders
4 Jack Colback England CM 2023 (1989-10-24) 24 October 1989 (age 34) England Nottingham Forest 2025[10] 28 3
8 Sam Field England CM/DM 2021 (1998-05-08) 8 May 1998 (age 26) England West Bromwich Albion 2026 141 8
10 Ilias Chair Morocco AM/RM/LM 2017 (1997-10-30) 30 October 1997 (age 26) Belgium Lierse 2025[11] 236 35
19 Elijah Dixon-Bonner England CM 2022 (2001-01-01) 1 January 2001 (age 23) England Liverpool 2024[12] 27 0
25 Lucas Andersen Denmark AM/LW/RW 2024 (1994-09-13) 13 September 1994 (age 29) Denmark AaB 2025 16 1
36 Alexander Aoraha Iraq DM/CM 2021 (2003-01-17) 17 January 2003 (age 21) England Queens Park Rangers Academy 2024 1 0
41 Lorent Talla Kosovo CM/AM 2023 (2005-01-01) 1 January 2005 (age 19) England Queens Park Rangers Academy 2024 1 0
Forwards
9 Lyndon Dykes Scotland CF 2020 (1995-10-07) 7 October 1995 (age 28) Scotland Livingston 2026[13] 163 36
11 Paul Smyth Northern Ireland RW/LW/AM 2023 (1997-09-10) 10 September 1997 (age 26) England Leyton Orient 2026[14] 68 5
12 Michael Frey Switzerland CF 2024 (1994-07-19) 19 July 1994 (age 30) Belgium Royal Antwerp 2026 9 1
38 Rayan Kolli Algeria RW/LW/AM 2023 (2005-02-10) 10 February 2005 (age 19) England Queens Park Rangers Academy 2025 9 0
Out on Loan
23 Charlie Kelman United States CF 2020 (2001-11-02) 2 November 2001 (age 22) England Southend United 2024[15] 26 0
18 Taylor Richards England AM/RM/LM 2022 (2000-12-04) 4 December 2000 (age 23) England Brighton & Hove Albion 2026[16] 21 0

Kit

Supplier: Erreà / Sponsor: CopyBet

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Kit information

QPR agreed a multi-year partnership with Erreà as the official technical kit suppliers, the 2024–25 season will be the eighth year of the deal. The kits will be 100 percent bespoke designs for the duration of the deal.[17] On 8 December 2022 QPR announced that the kit deal with Erreà had been extended until the end of the 2025/26 season.[18]

On 25 April 2024 the 2024–25 season home shirt was unveiled with CopyBet as the main shirt sponsor on a two-year deal.[19]

Transfers

In

Date Pos. Player From Fee Ref.
1 July 2024[a] LW Australia Daniel Bennie[b] Australia Perth Glory Free [20]
1 July 2024[c] RB Scotland Rocco Friel[b] Scotland Heart of Midlothian Free [21]
1 July 2024[d] CB England Jack McDowell[b] England Aston Villa Free [22]
1 July 2024[e] DM England Kieran Morgan[b] England Tottenham Hotspur Free [23]
1 July 2024[f] GK France Paul Nardi Belgium Gent Free [24]
1 July 2024[g] CF England Rohan Vaughan[b] England Burnley Free [25]
5 July 2024 CB Scotland Liam Morrison Germany Bayern Munich Undisclosed [26]
5 July 2024 RB Brazil Hevertton Santos Portugal Estrela da Amadora Free [26]
19 July 2024 CF Slovenia Žan Celar Switzerland Lugano Undisclosed [27]
  1. ^ The transfer was announced on 30 May, and would become official on July 1 once his Perth Glory contract expired
  2. ^ a b c d e Signed initially for the Development squad
  3. ^ The transfer was announced on 21 June, and would become official on July 1 once his Heart of Midlothian contract expired
  4. ^ The transfer was announced on 4 June, and would become official on July 1 once his Aston Villa contract expired
  5. ^ The transfer was announced on 29 May, and would become official on July 1 once his Tottenham Hotspur contract expired
  6. ^ The transfer was announced on 27 June, and would become official on July 1 once his Gent contract expired
  7. ^ The transfer was announced on 18 May, and would become official on July 1 once his Burnley contract expired

Out

Date Position Player To Fee Ref
19 July 2024 CF Republic of Ireland Sinclair Armstrong England Bristol City Undisclosed [28]

Loaned in

Date Position Player From Date until Ref

Loaned out

Date Pos. Player To Date until Ref.
1 July 2024[a] CF United States Charlie Kelman England Leyton Orient End of Season [29]
13 July 2024 CM England Taylor Richards England Cambridge United End of Season [30]
  1. ^ The loan was announced on 29 June, and would officially commence on July 1

Released / Out of Contract

Date Pos. Player Subsequent club Join date Ref.
30 June 2024 RW England Joseph Ajose England Maidstone United 1 July 2024 [31][32]
30 June 2024 GK Scotland Jordan Archer England Portsmouth 1 July 2024 [33][34]
30 June 2024 RM Guyana Stephen Duke-McKenna England Harrogate Town 1 July 2024 [35][36]
30 June 2024 CB England Joe Gubbins England Southend United 9 July 2024 [37][38]
30 June 2024 RB England Arkell Jude-Boyd England Cheltenham Town 1 July 2024 [31][39]
30 June 2024 LW England Teddy Lawrence England Bracknell Town 1 July 2024 [40][41]
30 June 2024 CB England Trent Rendall England Dagenham & Redbridge 1 July 2024 [31][42]
30 June 2024 CB England Deon Woodman England Wealdstone 1 July 2024 [31][43]
30 June 2024 RW England Chris Willock Wales Cardiff City 12 July 2024 [44][45]
30 June 2024 RW Ghana Albert Adomah [46]
30 June 2024 RW England Micah Anthony [31]
30 June 2024 AM Albania Steven Bala [47]
30 June 2024 GK Bosnia and Herzegovina Asmir Begović [48]
30 June 2024 AM Morocco Ramy Bouhiaoui [40]
30 June 2024 GK England Harry Cant [31]
30 June 2024 CM England Andre Dozzell [49]
30 June 2024 CB England Aaron Drewe [50]
30 June 2024 CF England Nathan Jeche [31]
30 June 2024 RB Sierra Leone Osman Kakay [51]
30 June 2024 CF England Hamzad Kargbo [31]
30 June 2024 CM England Rafferty Pedder [31]
30 June 2024 CM England Samuel Sackey [31]
30 June 2024 CF England Youssef Yahyaoui [40]
30 June 2024 CM England Tyler Young [40]

Pre-season and friendlies

On May 23, QPR announced their first pre-season friendly, against Reading.[52] Two days later, an eleven-day training camp in Girona was confirmed.[53] Home fixtures versus Tottenham Hotspur[54] and Brighton & Hove Albion[55] were later added. On 3 July, a behind-closed-doors fixture against UE Santa Coloma was announced.[56] Five days later, L'Escala were added to R's pre-season schedule.[57]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

5 July 2024 Friendly UE Santa Coloma 0–2 Queens Park Rangers Navata
18:30 CEST
(17:30 BST)		 Report
  • Chair 41'
  • Frey 75'
 Stadium: TorreMirona Golf & Spa Resort
Attendance: 0 (behind-closed-doors)
11 July 2024 Friendly L'Escala 0–11 Queens Park Rangers Navata
16:30 CEST
(15:30 BST)		 Report
Stadium: TorreMirona Golf & Spa Resort
Attendance: 0 (behind-closed-doors)
20 July 2024 Friendly Queens Park Rangers 0–2 Tottenham Hotspur White City
15:00 BST Report
Stadium: Loftus Road
27 July 2024 Friendly Reading v Queens Park Rangers Reading
14:00 BST Stadium: Madejski Stadium
3 August 2024 Friendly Queens Park Rangers v Brighton & Hove Albion White City
15:00 BST Stadium: Loftus Road

Competitions

Championship

Main article: 2024–25 EFL Championship

League table

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
14 Plymouth Argyle 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Portsmouth 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Preston North End 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Queens Park Rangers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 Sheffield Wednesday 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 Stoke City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 Sunderland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played: 10 August 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)[58]


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: 16 April 2024.
Source: Soccerway

Matches

On 26 June, the Championship fixtures were announced.[59]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

10 August 2024 1 Queens Park Rangers v West Bromwich Albion White City
12:30 BST Stadium: Loftus Road
17 August 2024 2 Sheffield United v Queens Park Rangers Sheffield
15:00 BST Stadium: Bramall Lane
24 August 2024 3 Queens Park Rangers v Plymouth Argyle White City
12:30 BST Stadium: Loftus Road
Note: Fixture was initially scheduled for a 15:00 kick-off, but was moved for live Sky Sports broadcast.[60]
30 August 2024 4 Luton Town v Queens Park Rangers Luton
20:00 BST Stadium: Kenilworth Road
Note: Fixture was initially scheduled for 31 August, but was moved for live Sky Sports broadcast.[60]
14 September 2024 5 Sheffield Wednesday v Queens Park Rangers Owlerton
15:00 BST Stadium: Hillsborough Stadium
21 September 2024 6 Queens Park Rangers v Millwall White City
12:30 BST Stadium: Loftus Road
Note: Fixture was initially scheduled for a 15:00 kick-off, but was moved for live Sky Sports broadcast.[60]
28 September 2024 7 Blackburn Rovers v Queens Park Rangers Blackburn
12:30 BST Stadium: Ewood Park
Note: Fixture was initially scheduled for a 15:00 kick-off, but was moved for live Sky Sports broadcast.[60]

FA Cup

Main article: 2024–25 FA Cup

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

EFL Cup

Main article: 2024–25 EFL Cup

On 27 June, the draw for the first round was made, with QPR being drawn away against Cambridge United.[61]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

13 August 2024 First round Cambridge United v Queens Park Rangers Cambridge
19:45 BST Stadium: Abbey Stadium

Statistics

Appearances and goals

As of pre-season

List includes all first team players and any other matchday squad players

No. Pos Nat Player Total Championship FA Cup EFL Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Goalkeepers
— GK France FRA Paul Nardi 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
— GK England ENG Joe Walsh 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
Defenders
— DF United States USA Reggie Cannon 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
— DF England ENG Jake Clarke-Salter 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
— DF England ENG Steve Cook 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
— DF Republic of Ireland IRL Jimmy Dunne 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
— DF Wales WAL Morgan Fox 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
— DF France FRA Ziyad Larkeche 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
— DF Scotland SCO Liam Morrison 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
— DF Suriname SUR Kenneth Paal 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
— DF Brazil BRA Hevertton Santos 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
Midfielders
— MF Denmark DEN Lucas Andersen 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
— MF Morocco MAR Ilias Chair 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
— MF England ENG Jack Colback 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
— MF England ENG Elijah Dixon-Bonner 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
Forwards
— FW Slovenia SVN Žan Celar 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
— FW Scotland SCO Lyndon Dykes 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
— FW Switzerland SUI Michael Frey 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
— FW Algeria ALG Rayan Kolli 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
— FW Northern Ireland NIR Paul Smyth 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
Players away on loan:
— FW United States USA Charlie Kelman 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
— MF England ENG Taylor Richards 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0

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