2024–25 Derby County F.C. season

The 2024–25 season is Derby County's 126th season in the Football League and their 55th in the second tier of English football. It is their first season in the Championship since 2022 following their promotion as runners-up in League One in the previous campaign. They will also compete in the FA Cup and the EFL Cup, and will enter in the 3rd round and 1st round respectively.

Pre-season
1st July saw the start of pre-season for the 2024/25 campaign, with the players returning to training after the summer break. As 30th June had seen the final day of a number of players contracts, 1st July also saw the official departure of Dwight Gayle, Conor Hourihane, Scott Loach, Korey Smith, Martyn Waghorn, and Joe Wildsmith from the first team as had been announced via the release of the club's retained list six-weeks previously. Louie Sibley joined Oxford United following his rejection of a new contract. Conversely, Corey Blackett-Taylor saw his loan deal from Charlton Athletic become a permanent deal, and Ben Osborn joined on a free from Sheffield United. The third and fourth signings of the summer followed the next day, with Kayden Jackson arriving on a free transfer following his release by Ipswich Town and Jerry Yates coming in on a season-long loan from Swansea City. After this inital flurry, the next signing came a week later, with dutch midfielder Kenzo Goudmijn joining from AZ Alkmaar; a week after that Gambian midfielder Ebou Adams, a popular loanee in the promotion campaign the previous season, signed on a permanent deal from Cardiff City.

First-team Squad
List includes all first team players and any other matchday squad players

Pre-season and friendlies
On 11 May, the club announced a return to Alicante for a weeks training camp and a friendly against Stockport County. Two days later, Derby announced they would travel to Matlock Town for the opening pre-season fixture. A third fixture was later added to the schedule, against Chesterfield. On 6 June, a visit to Shrewsbury Town was also confirmed. A fifth friendly was later announced, versus Barnsley. On 5 July, a sixth and final fixture was added, at home against Spanish La Liga side Real Valladolid.

Matches
On 26 June, the Championship fixtures were announced.

EFL Cup
On 27 June, the draw for the first round was made, with Derby being drawn at home against Chesterfield.

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

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! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Forwards


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