The 2024–25 season was the 119th season in the history of Crystal Palace Football Club, and their twelfth consecutive season in the Premier League. In addition to the domestic league, the club also participated in the FA Cup and the EFL Cup.
Marc Guéhi was appointed club captain ahead of the season, replacing Joel Ward. This was the first season since 2015–16 not to feature James Tomkins, who departed the club in the summer of 2024 before retiring. Michael Olise also departed for Bayern Munich after three years for a club record sale of £50.8 million.
On 26 April 2025, Crystal Palace beat Aston Villa 3–0 in the FA Cup semi-finals to make the final for the third time in their history. They would go on to beat Manchester City 1–0 in the final on 17 May to win the FA Cup for the first time, which marked the Eagles' first ever major trophy and qualified them for the 2025 FA Community Shield as well as the play-off round of the 2025–26 UEFA Conference League, after they were demoted from 2025–26 UEFA Europa League league phase due to multi-club ownership with fellow participant Olympique Lyonnais. They also finished the season on 53 points, their highest ever in the Premier League.
Squad
Transfers In DatePos.PlayerFromFeeRef. 14 June 2024 CB Chadi Riad Real Betis £14,000,000 1 July 2024 AM Daichi Kamada Lazio Free 2 July 2024 CF Jemiah Umolu West Ham United Free 1 August 2024 RW Ismaïla Sarr Marseille £12,500,000 22 August 2024 GK Louie Moulden Wolverhampton Wanderers Free 23 August 2024 LB Kurai Musanhi Hertford Town Free 30 August 2024 CB Maxence Lacroix VfL Wolfsburg £18,000,000 CF Eddie Nketiah Arsenal £25,000,000 18 January 2025 RW Romain Esse Millwall £12,000,000 https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/cp9xxde1r9jo 7 March 2025 CF Rylan Brownlie Brisbane Roar Free
Total expenditure: £81,500,000 (excluding add-ons, bonuses and undisclosed figures)
Out DatePos.PlayerToFeeRef.7 July 2024 RW Michael Olise Bayern Munich £50,800,000 3 August 2024 CM Malachi Boateng Heart of Midlothian Undisclosed 23 August 2024 CB Joachim Andersen Fulham £30,000,000 23 August 2024 CF Jordan Ayew Leicester City £5,000,000 30 August 2024 GK Sam Johnstone Wolverhampton Wanderers £10,000,000 Total income: £95,800,000 (excluding add-ons, bonuses and undisclosed figures)
Loaned in DatePos.PlayerFromDate untilRef. 30 August 2024 CB Trevoh Chalobah Chelsea 15 January 2025 GK Matt Turner Nottingham Forest End of season 3 February 2025 LB Ben Chilwell Chelsea End of season
Loaned out DatePos.PlayerToDate untilRef. 16 July 2024 GK Owen Goodman AFC Wimbledon End of season 16 July 2024 GK Joe Whitworth Exeter City End of season 24 July 2024 DM David Ozoh Derby County End of season 26 July 2024 LB Tayo Adaramola Stockport County 20 January 2025 26 July 2024 RB Danny Imray Bromley End of season 2 August 2024 RW Malcolm Ebiowei Oxford United 3 January 2025 6 August 2024 CF Ademola Ola-Adebomi Beveren End of season 16 August 2024 RW Jesurun Rak-Sakyi Sheffield United End of season 21 August 2024 CM Killian Phillips St Mirren End of season 30 August 2024 CM Naouirou Ahamada Rennes End of season 30 August 2024 CF Odsonne Édouard Leicester City End of season 30 August 2024 CM Jack Wells-Morrison Wealdstone 1 January 2025 4 September 2024 RW Roshaun Mathurin Hartlepool United 1 January 2025 7 January 2025 CB Chris Francis Dagenham & Redbridge End of season 10 January 2025 LW Asher Agbinone Gillingham End of season 10 January 2025 CF Jemiah Umolu Port Vale End of season 1 February 2025 CF Luke Plange Motherwell End of season 3 February 2025 LB Tayo Adaramola Bradford City End of season 3 February 2025 CB Rob Holding Sheffield United End of season 3 February 2025 AM Jadan Raymond Queen's Park End of season 3 February 2025 LM Jeffrey Schlupp Celtic End of season 4 February 2025 CM Jack Wells-Morrison Solihull Moors End of season 21 February 2025 CB Seán Grehan Bohemian End of season
Released DatePos.PlayerSubsequent clubJoin dateRef. 30 June 2024 CB Kofi Balmer Motherwell 1 July 2024 30 June 2024 RW Scott Banks FC St. Pauli 1 July 2024 30 June 2024 CF John-Kymani Gordon Colchester United 1 July 2024 30 June 2024 DM Jaïro Riedewald Antwerp 13 August 2024 30 June 2024 LB Vonnte Williams Brentford 26 August 2024 30 June 2024 LB Kelvin Agho 30 June 2024 CB Nathan Ferguson 30 June 2024 DM Giulio Marroni 30 June 2024 CB James Tomkins Retired 30 June 2024 CB Noah Watson
Pre-season and friendlies On 9 May, Palace announced they would return to the United States, as part of the inaugural Stateside Cup pre-season tournament, against Wolverhampton Wanderers and West Ham United. A third friendly was later confirmed, away to Crawley Town. On 28 June, a home friendly against Nantes was announced. A behind closed doors friendly against Charlton Athletic was also later added.
Competitions Overall record
Premier League
League table
Results summary
Results by round
Matches The Premier League fixtures were released on 18 June 2024.
FA Cup
Crystal Palace won the FA Cup, defeating fellow Premier League team Manchester City in the final, 1–0, with a goal from Eberechi Eze.
As a Premier League club, Palace entered the FA Cup in the third round, and were drawn at home to League One side Stockport County. They were then drawn away against League Two club Doncaster Rovers in the fourth round, at home to Championship side Millwall in the fifth round and away to Premier League side Fulham in the quarter-finals. In the semi-finals, they were drawn against Premier League club Aston Villa.
EFL Cup
As a Premier League club not competing in European competitions, Palace entered the EFL Cup in the second round, and were drawn at home to EFL Championship side Norwich City. They were then drawn away to Queens Park Rangers in the third round, away to Aston Villa in the fourth round, and away to Arsenal in the quarter-finals.
Statistics Appearances and goals
|colspan="14"|Player(s) who featured whilst on loan but returned to parent club during the season:
|colspan="14"|Player(s) who featured but departed the club during the season:
References