U21 2024-25 season

U21 2024-25 season
Academy information
Academy Director	Sean Cullen
Head Coach	Hayden Mullins
Captain	Chris Donnell
Ground	Motspur Park
League season information
League	Premier League 2
Position	2nd/26
Matches played	20 (W14 D3 L3)
Other competitions
EFL Trophy	Group stage
National League Cup	Group stage
Premier League International Cup	Semi-final
Season statistics
Top goalscorer (League)	Callum Osmand (10)
Top goalscorer (All)	Callum Osmand (17)
Most appearances (League)	Terrell Works (20)
Most appearances (All)	Terrell Works (35)
Biggest home win	4-0 v Derby U21 (13 Dec 2024)
Biggest away win	5-1 v Reading U21 (24 Aug 2024)
Biggest home defeat	0-6 v Chelsea U21 (4 Oct 2024)
Biggest away defeat	1-7 v Birmingham (29 Oct 2024)
Biggest home attendance	359 v Man City U21 (7 Apr 2025)
Biggest away attendance	6,900 v Birmingham (29 Oct 2024)
Lowest home attendance	105 v Nottm Forest U21 (28 Apr 2025)
Lowest away attendance	50 v Reading U21 (24 Aug 2024)
Previous season	Next season
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Overview

The U21 2024-25 season was head coach Hayden Mullins second in charge, following on from a successful 2023-24 campaign. They started the season with a trip to Canada, participating in the Kamloops International Cup. Despite good showings in all three of their matches, they failed to win any of them and lost two of the fixtures on penalty shoot-outs.

Tables

Premier League 2

Table to be completed at the end of the season

EFL Trophy Southern Section Group A

		P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Additional info
1	Walsall (Q)	3	2	1	0	5	1	+4	8	Qualified for Round of 32
2	Birmingham City (Q)	3	2	1	0	12	2	+10	7
3	Fulham U21	3	1	0	2	3	9	-6	3
4	Shrewsbury Town	3	0	0	3	1	9	-8	0

National League Cup Group A

Table to be completed at the end of the group stage

Premier League International Cup Group C

Table to be completed at the end of the group stage

Squad

Starting XI

To be completed at the end of the season

Staff

Management & operations Position Name Academy director Sean Cullen Academy technical director Steve Wigley Youth development phase manager Andrew Wyatt Head of football development Huw Jennings

Coaching staff Position Name Head Coach Hayden Mullins Assistant head coach Andrew Joslin First team development coach Colin Omogbehin Goalkeeping coach Geoff Warne

Other staff Position Name Head of talent ID & recruitment Malcolm Elias

Transfers

Transfers in

Date	Position	Name	From	Fee	Other info
4 Feb 2025	CM	Seth Chingwaro	Manchester City	£750,000
	Total	£750,000

Loans in

Start date	Position	Name	From	End date	Other info

Transfers out

Date	Position	Name	To	Fee	Additional info
1 Jul 2024	R/CB	Caelan Avenall	Released	Free	Joined Brentford on 19 Sept 2024
1 Jul 2024	AM	Ma'kel Bogle-Campbell	Released	Free	Joined Peterborough on 9 Aug 2024
1 Jul 2024	GK	Monty Conway	Released	Free	Joined Bromley on 22 Aug 2024
1 Jul 2024	RB	Luciano D'Auria-Henry	Released	Free	Joined Farnborough on 23 Nov 2024
1 Jul 2024	CM	Tyrese Francois	Released	Free	Joined Wigan on 19 Jul 2024
1 Jul 2024	CM	George Okkas	Released	Free	Joined Rio Ave on 9 Jul 2024
21 Jul 2024	GK	George Wickens	Lincoln City	Free	Rejected Fulham contract offer
8 Aug 2024	LW/CF	Kieron Bowie	Hibernian	£600,000
30 Aug 2024	CB	Ibane Bowat	Portsmouth	£500,000
30 Aug 2024	CB	Sam Tabares	Southampton	Free	+ Fulham retain a 20% sell-on clause
7 Feb 2025	AM/RW	Kristian Šekularac	Fehérvár	Free	+ Fulham retain a 20% sell-on clause
	Total	£1,100,000

Loans out

Start date	Position	Name	To	End date	Other info
7 Mar 2024	AM/LW	Imani Lanquedoc	FC Haka	31 Dec 2024
26 Jul 2024	CM	Matt Dibley-Dias	Northampton Town	8 Jan 2025	Recalled; initially season-long loan
4 Aug 2024	AM	Luke Harris	Birmingham City	31 May 2025
5 Aug 2024	RB	Devan Tanton	Chesterfield	10 Jan 2025	Recalled; initially season-long loan
12 Aug 2024	CF	Olly Sanderson	Bradford City	9 Jan 2025	Recalled; initially season-long loan
15 Aug 2024	L/CB	Harvey Araujo	Chesterfield	31 May 2025
23 Aug 2024	CF	Terry Ablade	Partick Thistle	31 May 2025
29 Aug 2024	RW	Tom Olyott	Walton & Hersham	31 May 2025
30 Aug 2024	CF	Callum McFarlane	Wealdstone	1 Jan 2025
30 Aug 2024	GK	Luca Ashby-Hammond	Gillingham	17 Jan 2025	Recalled; initially season-long loan
30 Aug 2024	CB	Connor McAvoy	Ayr United	16 Jan 2025	Recalled; initially season-long loan
5 Sept 2024	CM	Adrion Pajaziti	HNK Gorica	31 May 2025
16 Jan 2025	CF	Olly Sanderson	Harrogate Town	31 May 2025
21 Jan 2025	CB	Connor McAvoy	Wealdstone	31 May 2025
31 Jan 2025	CF	Aaron Loupalo-Bi	Dagenham & Redbridge	31 May 2025

Matches

Pre-Season

Kamloops International Cup

#	Date	Opposition	Venue	Result	Score	Other info
1	Mon 28 Jul 2024	Cavalry U21	Neutral	Drew	1-1	Lost 5-3 on pens
2	Wed 31 Jul 2024	Vancouver U23	Neutral	Lost	2-3
3	Sat 3 Aug 2024	League1 BC Selects	Neutral	Drew	1-1	Lost 7-6 on pens

Premier League 2

#	Date	Opposition	Venue	Result	Score	Other info
	Fri 16 Aug 2024	Crystal Palace U21	Away	Postponed	P-P	Due to insufficient player medical care
1	Sat 24 Aug 2024	Reading U21	Away	Won	5-1
2	Fri 30 Aug 2024	Leicester City U21	Home	Won	3-1
3	Fri 20 Sept 2024	Tottenham Hotspur U21	Away	Won	4-1
4	Fri 27 Sept 2024	Sunderland U21	Home	Won	5-2
5	Fri 4 Oct 2024	Chelsea U21	Home	Lost	0-6
6	Fri 25 Oct 2024	Stoke City U21	Away	Won	1-0
7	Fri 1 Nov 2024	West Ham United U21	Away	Won	3-0
8	Fri 29 Nov 2024	Leeds United U21	Home	Won	2-1
9	Fri 13 Dec 2024	Derby County U21	Home	Won	4-0
10	Mon 6 Jan 2025	Crystal Palace U21	Away	Won	1-0
11	Fri 10 Jan 2025	Southampton U21	Away	Lost	0-5
12	Sat 18 Jan 2025	Arsenal U21	Home	Won	6-3
13	Mon 27 Jan 2025	Aston Villa U21	Away	Drew	3-3
14	Mon 10 Feb 2025	Middlesbrough U21	Home	Won	2-0
15	Mon 17 Feb 2025	Manchester United U21	Away	Won	1-0
16	Fri 21 Feb 2025	Everton U21	Home	Drew	2-2
17	Mon 3 Mar 2025	Nottingham Forest U21	Home	Lost	0-1
18	Fri 14 Mar 2025	Brighton & Hove Albion U21	Away	Won	3-1
19	Mon 7 Apr 2025	Manchester City U21	Home	Drew	1-1
20	Mon 14 Apr 2025	Blackburn Rovers U21	Away	Won	3-2

Play-offs

#	Date	Opposition	Venue	Result	Score	Other info
Round of 16	Mon 28 Apr 2025	Nottingham Forest U21	Home	Won	1-0
Quarter-final	Mon 5 May 2025	Southampton U21	Away	Lost	2-5

EFL Trophy

#	Date	Opposition	Venue	Result	Score	Other info
Group A	Tue 20 Aug 2024	Shrewsbury Town	Away	Won	2-1
Group A	Tue 17 Sept 2024	Walsall	Away	Lost	0-1
Group A	Tue 29 Oct 2024	Birmingham City	Away	Lost	1-7

National League Cup

#	Date	Opposition	Venue	Result	Score	Other info
Group A	Tue 1 Oct 2024	Maidenhead United	Away	Lost	0-2
Group A	Tue 5 Nov 2024	Wealdstone	Away	Won	2-0
Group A	Tue 3 Dec 2024	Woking	Away	Won	3-2
Group A	Tue 21 Jan 2025	Aldershot Town	Away	Lost	1-2

Premier League International Cup

#	Date	Opposition	Venue	Result	Score	Other info
Group C	Tue 24 Sept 2024	Jong PSV	Home	Drew	4-4
Group C	Tue 26 Nov 2024	Sparta Prague B	Home	Won	3-1
Group C	Tue 10 Dec 2024	Hertha Berlin II	Home	Won	5-3
Group C	Fri 24 Jan 2025	Nordsjælland U19	Home	Drew	1-1
Quarter-final	Mon 17 Mar 2025	Sporting B	Home	Won	2-1
Semi-final	Tue 22 Apr 2025	Lyon II	Home	Lost	0-2

Statistics

Appearances & goals

Pos.	Name	Total		Premier League 2		National League Cup		Premier League International Cup		EFL Trophy	Play-offs
		Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
GK	Allen, MikeyMikey Allen	7	0	5	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
GK	Borto, AlexAlex Borto	17	0	6	0	3	0	4	0	2	0	2	0
GK	McNally, AlfieAlfie McNally	7	0	5	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
GK	Underwood, MarcoMarco Underwood	5	0	4	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
DF	Amissah, SamSam Amissah	23	0	14	0	2	0	3	0	2	0	2	0
DF	de Fougerolles, LucLuc de Fougerolles	10	0	3+2	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	2	0
DF	de Jesus, BradBrad de Jesus	21	3	9+5	1	2	0	1+2	2	0+2	0	0	0
DF	Esenga, JonJon Esenga	27	1	12+2	1	1+2	0	5	0	3	0	2	0
DF	McAvoy, ConnorConnor McAvoy	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
DF	Nsasi, EddyEddy Nsasi	29	0	16+1	0	4	0	4	0	2+1	0	0+1	0
DF	Park, DamonDamon Park	17	0	4+7	0	2+1	0	1+1	0	0+1	0	0	0
DF	Parkes, StefanStefan Parkes	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
DF	Picotto, LucaLuca Picotto	1	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
DF	Robinson, CharlieCharlie Robinson	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
DF	Slade, BradleyBradley Slade	8	0	3	0	2	0	1	0	1+1	0	0	0
DF	Tanton, DevanDevan Tanton	6	0	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0
MF	Dibley-Dias, MattMatt Dibley-Dias	8	0	3+1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	0
MF	Donnell, ChrisChris Donnell	32	3	17+2	2	4	0	5+1	1	3	0	0	0
MF	Gofford, OllieOllie Gofford	28	0	14+3	0	3	0	3+1	0	3	0	1	0
MF	King, JoshJosh King	12	2	6	2	0	0	2	0	2	0	2	0
MF	Khan, RubanRuban Khan	2	0	0+1	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
MF	Lanquedoc, ImaniImani Lanquedoc	15	1	6+3	0	1	0	1+2	1	0	0	2	0
MF	Nwoko, ChibbyChibby Nwoko	31	2	11+7	1	3	0	4+1	0	2+1	0	0+2	1
MF	Pajaziti, AdrionAdrion Pajaziti	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
MF	Quashie, JaydenJayden Quashie	6	0	0+1	0	1+1	0	0+3	0	0	0	0	0
MF	Ridgeon, SethSeth Ridgeon	8	3	5	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0
MF	McCoy-Splatt, DelanoDelano McCoy-Splatt	6	0	1+3	0	0	0	0+1	0	1	0	0	0
FW	Ablade, TerryTerry Ablade	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
FW	Ali Wahid, FarhaanFarhaan Ali Wahid	3	1	0	0	0+1	0	0+2	1	0	0	0	0
FW	Godo, MartialMartial Godo	7	4	3	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	2	2
FW	Gordon, LemarLemar Gordon	33	7	12+6	3	4	1	5+1	2	1+2	1	0+2	0
FW	Loupalo-Bi, AaronAaron Loupalo-Bi	24	11	8+5	7	3+1	2	3+1	2	1+2	0	0	0
FW	McFarlane, CallumCallum McFarlane	4	0	0+2	0	0	0	0+1	0	0+1	0	0	0
FW	Olyott, TomTom Olyott	17	2	3+9	2	1+2	0	1+1	0	0	0	0	0
FW	Osmand, CallumCallum Osmand	32	17	16+1	10	3+1	2	4+2	4	3	1	2	0
FW	Wingate, TomTom Wingate	2	0	0+2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
FW	Works, TerrellTerrell Works	35	6	18+2	3	3+1	1	5+1	2	1+2	0	0+2	0
FW	Zepa, MacaulayMacaulay Zepa	2	0	0	0	0	0	0+2	0	0	0	0	0
Players who left the club during 2024-25:
DF	Tabares, SamSam Tabares	2	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0
MF	Šekularac, KristianKristian Šekularac	21	9	13	9	1+1	0	3	0	3	0	0	0

Goalscorers

When total goals are equal, the list is sorted by player who achieved that number first

#	Pos.	Name	Premier League 2	National League Cup	Premier League International Cup	EFL Trophy	Play-offs	Total
1	CF	Callum Osmand	10	2	4	1	0	16
2	AM/RW	Kristian Šekularac	9	0	0	0	0	9
	CF/LW	Aaron Loupalo-Bi	7	2	2	0	0	9
4	LW	Lemar Gordon	3	1	2	1	0	7
5	RW	Terrell Works	3	1	2	0	0	6
6	LW	Martial Godo	1	0	0	1	2	4
7	CM	Chris Donnell	2	0	1	0	0	3
	RB	Brad de Jesus	1	0	2	0	0	3
	CM	Seth Ridgeon	3	0	0	0	0	3
10	CM	Josh King	2	0	0	0	0	2
	RW	Tom Olyott	2	0	0	0	0	2
	CM	Chibby Nwoko	1	0	0	0	1	2
13	LW	Farhaan Ali Wahid	0	0	1	0	0	1
	LB	Jon Esenga	1	0	0	0	0	1
	AM/W	Imani Lanquedoc	0	0	1	0	0	1
Own Goals			4	0	0	0	0	4
Total			49	6	15	3	3	76

Assists

When total assists are equal, the list is sorted by player who achieved that number first

#	Pos.	Name	Premier League 2	National League Cup	Premier League International Cup	EFL Trophy	Play-offs	Total
1	LW	Lemar Gordon	6	0	3	0	0	9
2	CF	Callum Osmand	4	1	1	0	0	6
	CM	Chris Donnell	2	3	0	1	0	6
4	R/LW	Terrell Works	5	0	0	0	0	5
5	LB	Jon Esenga	1	0	3	0	0	4
	CF/W	Aaron Loupalo-Bi	3	0	1	0	0	4
7	CM	Josh King	1	0	0	2	0	3
	RB/CM	Ollie Gofford	1	0	2	0	0	3
9	AM/W	Imani Lanquedoc	1	0	1	0	0	2
	CM	Chibby Nwoko	2	0	0	0	0	2
	RB	Devan Tanton	1	0	0	0	1	2
12	AM	Kristian Šekularac	0	0	1	0	0	1
	RW	Tom Olyott	1	0	0	0	0	1
	RB	Brad de Jesus	1	0	0	0	0	1
	CM	Seth Ridgeon	0	0	0	0	1	1
	CB	Sam Amissah	0	0	0	0	1	1
Total			29	4	12	3	3	52

Disciplinary record

Cards

#	Pos.	Name	Premier League 2	National League Cup	Premier League International Cup	EFL Trophy	Play-offs	Total
1	LB	Jon Esenga	4	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0
2	CM	Chibby Nwoko	2	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0
	CF	Callum Osmand	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1
4	AM	Kristian Šekularac	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
	CB	Eddy Nsasi	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
	CB	Sam Amissah	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	0	0
7	CM	Chris Donnell	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
	LW	Lemar Gordon	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0
9	LW	Martial Godo	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0
	CB	Luc de Fougerolles	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0
11	LB	Bradley Slade	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	GK	Alfie McNally	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	RB	Ollie Gofford	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	RW	Tom Olyott	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	R/LW	Terrell Works	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	RB	Brad de Jesus	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	GK	Mikey Allen	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	CM	Matt Dibley-Dias	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0
	CM	Seth Ridgeon	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Total	25	0	1	5	0	0	8	0	0	3	0	0	5	0	0	46	0	1

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