2024–25 Almere City FC season
| 2024–25 season | ||
|---|---|---|
| Owner | Yanmar | |
| Manager | Hedwiges Maduro (until 18 December) Jeroen Rijsdijk (from 3 January) | |
| Stadium | Yanmar Stadion | |
| Eredivisie | 18th (relegated) | |
| KNVB Cup | First round | |
| Top goalscorer | League: Junior Kadile (5) All: Junior Kadile (5) | |
| Highest home attendance | 4,222 (v. multiple) | |
| Lowest home attendance | 2,921 (v. Fortuna Sittard, 14 May 2025) | |
| Average home league attendance | 3,770 | |
| Biggest win | 3–0 v. Heerenveen (21 December 2024, Eredivisie) | |
| Biggest defeat | 1–7 v. PSV (24 August 2024, Eredivisie) | |
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The 2024–25 season was Almere City's 24th season of existence and their second consecutive campaign in the Eredivisie. In addition to the league, the club entered the KNVB Cup, where they were eliminated in the first round by third-tier amateur side Quick Boys on 30 October 2024.
Almere City finished 18th in the Eredivisie with a record of four wins, 10 draws and 20 defeats and were relegated to the Eerste Divisie following a 1–1 home draw with Fortuna Sittard on 14 May 2025.[1]
The campaign featured a mid-season change of head coach: Hedwiges Maduro—appointed in May 2024—was dismissed on 18 December 2024 after one league win in sixteen matches; he was succeeded in January 2025 by Jeroen Rijsdijk.[2][3][4]
Transfers
In
Out
| Pos. | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FW | Jason van Duiven | PSV | Loan return | 30 June 2024 | |
| FW | Yann Kitala | Le Havre | Loan return | 30 June 2024 |
Friendlies
Pre-season
On June 4, 2024, Almere City released its schedule for pre-season matches, with training starting on June 22.[5]
| 28 June 2024 Friendly | Almere City | v | FCSB | |
| 14:00 |
| 7 July 2024 Friendly | Almere City | v | Go Ahead Eagles |
| 12 July 2024 Friendly | Almere City | v | SC Heerenveen |
| 2 August 2024 Friendly | Almere City | v | Le Havre | Almere |
| Stadium: Yanmar Stadion |
Competitions
Overall record
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Record | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | ||||
| Eredivisie | 16–18 August 2024 | May 2025 | Matchday 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | — |
| KNVB Cup | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | — | |||
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | — | |||
Source: Competitions
Eredivisie
The schedule for the league fixtures was on 24 June 2024.[6]
League table
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 | Heracles Almelo | 34 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 42 | 63 | −21 | 38 | |
| 15 | NAC Breda | 34 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 34 | 58 | −24 | 33 | |
| 16 | Willem II (R) | 34 | 6 | 8 | 20 | 34 | 56 | −22 | 26 | Qualification for the Relegation play-off |
| 17 | RKC Waalwijk (R) | 34 | 6 | 7 | 21 | 44 | 74 | −30 | 25 | Relegation to Eerste Divisie |
| 18 | Almere City (R) | 34 | 4 | 10 | 20 | 23 | 64 | −41 | 22 |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head away goals scored; 7) Play-off if relevant for deciding champion, relegation or participating in a European league, otherwise by draw. 8) Penalty shoot-out (only after a play-off)
(R) Relegated
KNVB Cup
References
- ^ "Almere City degradeert uit eredivisie, RKC heeft wonder nodig voor nacompetitie". NOS (in Dutch). 14 May 2025. Retrieved 1 November 2025.
- ^ "Maduro named Almere City head coach". Football Oranje. 13 May 2024. Retrieved 1 November 2025.
- ^ "Almere City FC neemt afscheid van Hedwiges Maduro". Almere City FC (in Dutch). 18 December 2024. Retrieved 1 November 2025.
- ^ "Almere City appoint Jeroen Rijsdijk as Hedwiges Maduro's successor". OneFootball. 3 January 2025. Retrieved 1 November 2025.
- ^ Oefenduels Almere City FC zo goed als bekend
- ^ "Competitieprogramma Eredivisie en Keuken Kampioen Divisie definitief" [League schedule Eredivisie and Keuken Kampioen Divisie definitive] (in Dutch). 24 June 2024. Retrieved 27 June 2024.