The 2024–25 season is the 113th season in the history of Cambridge United Football Club and their fourth consecutive season in League One. In addition to the domestic league, the club would also participate in the FA Cup, the EFL Cup, and the EFL Trophy.

Date	Pos	Player	From	Fee	Ref
1 July 2024 [a]	RB	James Gibbons	Bristol Rovers	Free	[1]
1 July 2024	CF	Shayne Lavery	Blackpool	Free	[2]
1 July 2024 [b]	CB	Kelland Watts	Newcastle United	Free	[3]
10 July 2024	CF	Ryan Loft	Port Vale	Undisclosed	[4]
15 July 2024	CM	Gary Gardner	Birmingham City	Free	[5]
17 July 2024	CM	Korey Smith	Derby County	Free	[6]

Date	Pos.	Player	To	Fee	Ref.
27 June 2024	RW	Jack Lankester	Crewe Alexandra	Undisclosed	[7]
27 June 2024	CM	Lewis Simper	Sutton United	Undisclosed	[8]
3 July 2024	CM	Adam May	Forest Green Rovers	Free	[9]

Date	Pos.	Player	From	Date until	Ref.
2 July 2024	GK	Vicente Reyes	Norwich City	End of Season	[10]
13 July 2024	CM	Taylor Richards	Queens Park Rangers	End of Season	[11]

Date	Pos.	Player	Subsequent club	Join date	Ref.
30 June 2024	CB	Harvey Beckett	Royston Town	1 July 2024	[12] [13]
30 June 2024	GK	Will Mannion	Charlton Athletic	1 July 2024	[14]
30 June 2024	CF	Lyle Taylor	Colchester United	2 July 2024	[15] [16]
30 June 2024	GK	Tom Finch	Norwich City	3 July 2024	[12] [17]
30 June 2024	RB	Greg Sandiford	Coventry City	3 July 2024	[12] [18]
30 June 2024	AM	Kai Yearn	Coventry City	3 July 2024	[12] [19]
30 June 2024	CF	Saleem Akanbi			[12]
30 June 2024	CB	Ryan Bennett			[15]
30 June 2024	LB	Harrison Dunk			[20]
30 June 2024	LB	Brandon Haunstrup			[15]
30 June 2024	GK	James Holden			[15]
30 June 2024	CF	Saikou Janneh			[15]
30 June 2024	CF	Fejiri Okenabirhie			[15]

On 24 May, Cambridge confirmed their initial pre-season plans, with matches against West Bromwich Albion, Braintree Town, Ebbsfleet United along with a training camp in Portugal. ^[21] A week later, a fourth friendly was added to the pre-season schedule, versus Colchester United. ^[22]

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On 26 June, the League One fixtures were announced. ^[24]

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On 27 June, the draw for the first round was made, with Cambridge being drawn at home against Queens Park Rangers. ^[26]

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In the group stage, Cambridge were drawn into Southern Group C alongside Bromley, Charlton Athletic and Chelsea U21. ^{[27] [28]}

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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		League One		FA Cup		EFL Cup		EFL Trophy
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	ENG	Jack Stevens	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
2	DF	ENG	Liam Bennett	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
3	DF	ENG	Danny Andrew	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
4	MF	ENG	Paul Digby	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
5	DF	ENG	Michael Morrison	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
6	DF	ENG	Kelland Watts	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
7	MF	ENG	James Brophy	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
8	MF	WAL	George Thomas	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
14	FW	SLE	Sullay Kaikai	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
16	DF	ENG	Zeno Ibsen Rossi	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
21	FW	COD	Elias Kachunga	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
24	MF	JAM	Jordan Cousins	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
26	DF	ENG	James Gibbons	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
27	GK	CHI	Vicente Reyes (on loan from Norwich City)	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
30	MF	IRL	Glenn McConnell	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
31	GK	ENG	Louis Chadwick	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
34	FW	ENG	Brandon Njoku	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
36	FW	ENG	Dan Barton	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
—	DF	ENG	Mamadou Jobe	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
—	MF	ENG	Gary Gardner	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
—	MF	ENG	George Hoddle	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
—	MF	ENG	Taylor Richards (on loan from Queens Park Rangers)	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
—	MF	ENG	Korey Smith	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
—	FW	NIR	Shayne Lavery	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
—	FW	ENG	Ryan Loft	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0