Dunfermline Athletic’s 2024-25 squad breakdown

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The squad that James McPake has compiled in his attempt at lifting Dunfermline Athletic up the table.

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By Michael Wood

Loans returned – Summer

RCB: Sam Young, 18 (Gala Fairydean Rovers)

Transfers in – Summer

LB: Kieran Ngwenya, 21 (Aberdeen)
CF: Chris Kane, 29 (St Johnstone)

Loans returned – Summer

RCB: Malachi Fagan-Walcott, 22 (Cardiff City)
RCB: Xavier Benjamin, 20 (Cardiff City)
RB: Miles Welch-Hayes, 27 (Livingston)
CF: Bradley Holmes, 21 (Blackpool)
CF: Chris Kane, 29 (St Johnstone)

Transfers out – Summer

GK: Max Little, 21 (unattached)
LB: Josh Edwards, 24 (Charlton Athletic)
LB: Miller Fenton, 21 (unattached)
RB: Michael Beagley, 19 (unattached)
DM: Paul Allan, 24 (Hamilton Academical)
CM: Jake Rennie, 19 (unattached)
CF: Alex Jakubiak, 27 (unattached)

Age as of May 31, 2024

Goalkeeper

#1 Deniz Mehmet, 32

Defence

Left Back:

#3 Kieran Ngwenya, 22

Left Centre Back:

#12 Rhys Breen, 25
#6 Ewan Otoo, 22

Centre Back:

#4 Kyle Benedictus, 33
#27 Sam Young, 19

Right Centre Back:

#15 Sam Fisher, 23

Right Back:

#2 Aaron Comrie, 28

Midfield

Defensive:

#5 Chris Hamilton, 23

Central:

#8 Joe Chalmers, 31
#10 Matthew Todd, 23

Right:

#7 Kane Ritchie-Hosler, 22

Attacking: 

#28 Andrew Tod, 19

Attack

Left Wing:

#23 Michael O’Halloran, 34

Centre Forward:

#9 Craig Wighton, 27
#11 Lewis McCann, 23
#20 Chris Kane, 30
#26 Taylor Sutherland, 19

Depth Chart

GK: Mehmet.
LB: Ngwenya.
LCB: Breen, Otoo
CB: Benedictus (c), Young.
RCB: Fisher.
RB: Comrie.
DM: Hamilton (vc).
CM: *Todd, Chalmers (3rd c).
RM: Ritchie-Hosler.
AM: *Tod.
LW: O’Halloran.
CF: *McCann, Wighton, Kane, *T.Sutherland.

*denotes academy graduate.
Italics denotes youth eligible for internationals.

Positional Breakdown

GK: 1
DEF: 7
RB: 1 RCB: 1 CB: 2 LCB: 2 LB: 1
MID: 5
DM: 1 RM: 1 CM: 2 LM: 0 AM: 1
ATT: 5
RW: 0 CF: 4 LW: 1

Total: 18

Nationalities

Scottish: 14
English: 1 (Ritchie-Hosler)
Malawian: 1 (Ngwenya)
Northern Irish: 1 (McCann)
Turkish: 1 (Mehmet)

Average Age

GK: 32.69
DEF: 25.12
RB: 28.32 RCB: 23.85 CB: 26.43 LCB: 24.07 LB: 22.68
MID: 24.21
DM: 23.88 RM: 22.55 CM: 27.68 LM: N/A AM: 19.26
ATT: 27.27
RW: N/A CF: 25.49 LW: 33.4

Total: 25.49

Born before June 01, 1997: six/five.
Born on or after January 1, 2002: six/five.

Oldest: O’Halloran, 34.
Youngest: Tod, 19.

Starting XI

Mehmet;
Comrie, Benedictus (c), Breen, Ngwenya;
Hamilton, Otoo;
Ritchie-Hosler, Todd, McCann;
Kane.

Average Age: 26.4

Oldest XI

Mehmet;
Comrie, Fisher, Benedictus (c), Otoo;
Todd, Hamilton, Chalmers;
O’Halloran, Kane, Wighton.

Average Age: 29.52

Youngest XI

Mehmet;
Fisher, Young, Otoo, Ngwenya;
Hamilton (c);
Tod, Todd;
Ritchie-Hosler, T.Sutherland, McCann.

Average Age: 23.13

Contracted for 2025/26
Kyle Benedictus
Sam Fisher
Chris Kane
Lewis McCann
Deniz Mehmet
Kieran Ngwenya
Ewen Otoo
Kane Ritchie-Hosler
Taylor Sutherland
Andrew Tod
Matthew Todd
Sam Young

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(Photo credit: Craig Brown – DAFC.co.uk)