The 2024–25 season is the 146th season in the history of Sunderland Association Football Club and their third consecutive season in the Championship. The club are participating in the Championship, the FA Cup, and the EFL Cup.

Date	Pos.	Player	From	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2024[a]	GK	Simon Moore	Coventry City	Free	[2]
11 July 2024	CM	Alan Browne	Preston North End	Free	[3]

Date	Pos.	Player	To	Fee	Ref.
18 June 2024	GK	Alex Bass	Notts County	Undisclosed	[4]

Date	Pos.	Player	To	Date until	Ref.
1 July 2024[a]	GK	Nathan Bishop	Wycombe Wanderers	End of Season	[5]
18 July 2024	GK	Matthew Young	Salford City	End of Season	[6]

Date	Pos.	Player	Subsequent club	Join date	Ref.
30 June 2024	LW	Jack Diamond	Stockport County	1 July 2024	[7][8]
30 June 2024	LW	Michael Spellman	Newport County	2 July 2024	[7][9]
30 June 2024	RM	Ellis Taylor	Harrogate Town	16 July 2024	[7][10]
30 June 2024	LB	Kailem Beattie			[7]
30 June 2024	CM	Tom Chiabi			[7]
30 June 2024	RW	Ben Creamer			[7]
30 June 2024	AM	Bradley Dack			[7]
30 June 2024	CM	Corry Evans			[7]
30 June 2024	ST	Harry Gardiner			[7]
30 June 2024	LW	Daniel Obolo			[7]
30 June 2024	LB	Connor Pye			[7]
30 June 2024	LB	Joe Ryder			[7]
30 June 2024	RB	Jayden Sekete			[7]
30 June 2024	RB	Callum Wilson			[7]

On 17 May, Sunderland announced their first slate of pre-season fixtures, against South Shields, Gateshead, Blackpool and Bradford City.^[11] A weeks training camp in Alicante was later confirmed with a fixtures against Eldense and Nottingham Forest.^[12][13] On July 16, a final friendly was confirmed, against Marseille in Bradford.^[14]

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On 26 June, the Championship fixtures were announced.^[16]

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On 27 June, the draw for the first round was made, with Sunderland being drawn away against Preston North End.^[18]

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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	ENG	Simon Moore	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
—	GK	ENG	Anthony Patterson	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
Defenders
—	DF	ENG	Aji Alese	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
—	DF	ENG	Joe Anderson	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
—	DF	NIR	Daniel Ballard	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
—	DF	NIR	Dennis Cirkin	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
—	DF	NOR	Leo Hjelde	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
—	DF	WAL	Niall Huggins	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
—	DF	NIR	Trai Hume	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
—	DF	ENG	Luke O'Nien	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
—	DF	FRA	Timothée Pembélé	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
—	DF	NED	Jenson Seelt	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
—	DF	AUS	Nectarios Triantis	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
Midfielders
—	MF	FRA	Abdoullah Ba	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
—	MF	FRA	Adil Aouchiche	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
—	MF	ENG	Jobe Bellingham	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
—	MF	IRL	Alan Browne	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
—	MF	FRA	Pierre Ekwah	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
—	MF	ENG	Elliot Embleton	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
—	MF	ENG	Jay Matete	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
—	MF	ENG	Dan Neil	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
—	MF	ENG	Chris Rigg	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
Forwards
—	FW	CRC	Jewison Bennette	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
—	FW	ENG	Jack Clarke	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
—	FW	ESP	Eliezer Mayenda	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
—	FW	ENG	Romaine Mundle	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
—	FW	ENG	Patrick Roberts	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
—	FW	UKR	Nazariy Rusyn	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
—	FW	POR	Luís Semedo	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
Players away on loan:
—	GK	ENG	Nathan Bishop	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0