2025–26 EFL League One

EFL League One
Season	2025–26
Dates	1 August 2025 – May 2026
Matches played	36
Goals scored	95 (2.64 per match)
Top goalscorer	Niall Ennis ; Jamie Reid ; (3 goals each)
Biggest home win	Huddersfield Town 3–0 Leyton Orient ; (2 August 2025); Exeter City 4–1 Blackpool ; (9 August 2025); Cardiff City 3–0 Rotherham United ; (16 August 2025)
Biggest away win	Plymouth Argyle 1–3 Barnsley; (2 August 2025)
Highest scoring	Blackpool 2–3 Stevenage ; (2 August 2025); Barnsley 3–2 Burton Albion ; (9 August 2025); Exeter City 4–1 Blackpool ; (9 August 2025) Blackpool 3–2 Huddersfield Town ; (16 August 2025) Lincoln City 3–2 Plymouth Argyle ; (2 August 2025)
Longest winning run	Stevenage; (3 games)
Longest unbeaten run	Barnsley ; Bradford City; Cardiff City; Doncaster; Stevenage; Stockport; (3 games)
Longest winless run	Northampton Town; Peterborough ; Port Vale; Plymouth; Reading; Wycombe Wanderers; (3 games)
Longest losing run	Plymouth; Peterborough; Reading; (3 games)
Highest attendance	21,570 ; Bolton Wanderers vs Plymouth Argyle ; (9 August 2025)
Lowest attendance	3,350 ; Stevenage vs Northampton Town ; (16 August 2025)
Total attendance	384,932
Average attendance	10,693
	← 2024–25 2026–27 → All statistics correct as of 16 August 2025.

The 2025–26 EFL League One (referred to as Sky Bet League One due to sponsorship reasons) is the 22nd season of the EFL League One under its current title, and the 34th season under its current league division format. The season began on 1 August 2025, and will end in May 2026.

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Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
AFC Wimbledon	London (Wimbledon)	Plough Lane	9,215
Barnsley	Barnsley	Oakwell	23,287
Blackpool	Blackpool	Bloomfield Road	16,616
Bolton Wanderers	Horwich	Toughsheet Community Stadium	28,723
Bradford City	Bradford	Valley Parade	25,136
Burton Albion	Burton upon Trent	Pirelli Stadium	6,912
Cardiff City	Cardiff	Cardiff City Stadium	33,280
Doncaster Rovers	Doncaster	Eco-Power Stadium	15,231
Exeter City	Exeter	St. James Park	8,219
Huddersfield Town	Huddersfield	Kirklees Stadium	24,121
Leyton Orient	London (Leyton)	Brisbane Road	9,271
Lincoln City	Lincoln	Sincil Bank	10,669
Luton Town	Luton	Kenilworth Road	12,300
Mansfield Town	Mansfield	Field Mill	9,186
Northampton Town	Northampton (Sixfields)	Sixfields Stadium	8,203
Peterborough United	Peterborough	London Road Stadium	13,511
Plymouth Argyle	Plymouth	Home Park	18,173
Port Vale	Stoke-on-Trent (Burslem)	Vale Park	19,052
Reading	Reading	Madejski Stadium	24,161
Rotherham United	Rotherham	New York Stadium	12,021
Stevenage	Stevenage	Broadhall Way	7,200
Stockport County	Stockport (Edgeley)	Edgeley Park	10,841
Wigan Athletic	Wigan	Brick Community Stadium	25,133
Wycombe Wanderers	High Wycombe	Adams Park	10,137

Team	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor (chest)	Shirt sponsor (back)	Shirt sponsor (sleeve)	Shorts sponsor
AFC Wimbledon	Johnnie Jackson	Jake Reeves	Lotto^[2]	Football Manager (H)/War Child (A)/Private Office Asset Management (T)^[3]^[4]	Togglit	Silvermere Golf Store^[5]	DFTBA
Barnsley	Conor Hourihane	Luca Connell^[6]	Oxen	The Investment Room (H) / Rapid Response Telecoms (A)^[7]^[8]	Vitruvian Dental Studio^[9]	The Investment Room^[7]	Rapid Response Telecoms
Blackpool	Steve Bruce	James Husband	Puma^[10]	TreadTracker.com^[11] (H)/Pleasure Beach Resort (A)	Visit Blackpool	None	None
Bolton Wanderers	Steven Schumacher	Eoin Toal	Macron	Victorian Plumbing^[12](H & A)/Bolton Wanderers in the Community (T)	Ebuyer	Whites Beaconsfield^[13]	Destinology
Bradford City	Graham Alexander	Max Power	Macron^[14]	JCT600^[15]	University of Bradford	Flamingo Land/Penny Appeal (in league cup matches)	Regal Foods
Burton Albion	Gary Bowyer	Udoka Godwin-Malife	TAG	Burton Kia^[16]	Russell Roof Tiles	Home and Trade	Hardy Signs
Cardiff City	Brian Barry-Murphy	Calum Chambers	New Balance	Visit Malaysia	Quinnbet^[17]	Watches of Bath^[18]	None
Doncaster Rovers	Grant McCann	Owen Bailey	Oxen	Eco-Power Group	Stoneacre Motor Group	MF Hire	IPM Group
Exeter City	Gary Caldwell	Pierce Sweeney	Adidas^[19]	HEL Performance^[20]	Footasylum	Bidfood^[21]	EMS Waste Services
Huddersfield Town	Lee Grant	Ryan Ledson	Castore^[22]	HEYDUDE^[23]	Utilita^[24]	Core Facility	Leading Edge Signage
Leyton Orient	Richie Wellens	Omar Beckles	Puma^[25]	Eastdil Secured^[26]	Moore Kingston Smith	Peritium Search Associates	Quattro Group
Lincoln City	Michael Skubala	Tendayi Darikwa	Oxen^[27]	Branston^[28] (H)/University of Lincoln^[29] (A)	Allen Signs	Easy Heat Pumps	Nicholsons Chartered Accountants
Luton Town	Matt Bloomfield	Kal Naismith	Reflo^[30]	Capital Sky^[31]	Utilita^[32]	Switchshop^[33]	None
Mansfield Town	Nigel Clough	Ryan Sweeney	Errea ^[34]	One Call Insurance (H)/OCL Solicitors (A)/BeeNoticed (T)	A. Wass Funeral Directors (H)/AGG Electrical Safety Testing (A)	Source Travel^[35] (H)	A Woodland & Son
Northampton Town	Kevin Nolan	Jon Guthrie	Puma^[36]	University of Northampton	Snowdon Homes Ltd	Green Ape Media	LCS The Cleaning Company
Peterborough United	Darren Ferguson	Sam Hughes	Puma	Mick George	Princebuild	Next Level FibreOptics	Millfield Auto Parts
Plymouth Argyle	Tom Cleverley	Joe Edwards	Puma	Classic Builders^[37]	Project 35	Vertu Motors	Retain Limited
Port Vale	Darren Moore	Ben Garrity	Puma^[38]	None^[39]	Staffordshire University	IronMarket Wealth	Global QA
Reading	Noel Hunt	Lewis Wing	Macron	Select Car Leasing^[40]	None	None	CRL Fire & Flood Damage
Rotherham United	Matt Hamshaw	Joe Rafferty	Puma^[41]	Bluebell Wood	KCM Waste Management	Defaqto	Mears Group
Stevenage	Alex Revell	Carl Piergianni	Macron	Xsolla	HG Group	Everyone Active	Perfect Pet Insurance
Stockport County	Dave Challinor	Lewis Bate^[42]	Puma	VITA	DeliveryApp	GroFu^[43]	None
Wigan Athletic	Ryan Lowe	Jason Kerr^[44]	Puma	Smurfit Westrock^[45]	Greenmount Projects	None	None
Wycombe Wanderers	Mike Dodds	Jack Grimmer^[46]	Hummel^[47]	Origin Doors and Windows	Buckinghamshire New University	Kress	Cherry Red Records

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in the table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Cardiff City	Aaron Ramsey	End of interim spell	3 May 2025	Pre-season	Brian Barry-Murphy	16 June 2025
Huddersfield Town	Jon Worthington	End of interim spell	3 May 2025		Lee Grant^[48]	28 May 2025
Plymouth Argyle	Miron Muslić^[49]	Signed by Schalke 04	31 May 2025		Tom Cleverley^[50]	13 June 2025

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Stevenage	3	3	0	0	6	2	+4	9	Promotion to EFL Championship
2	Cardiff City	3	2	1	0	5	1	+4	7	Promotion to EFL Championship
3	Barnsley	3	2	1	0	7	4	+3	7	Qualification for League One play-offs
4	Stockport County	3	2	1	0	6	3	+3	7
5	Doncaster Rovers	3	2	1	0	4	2	+2	7
6	Bradford City	3	2	1	0	4	2	+2	7
7	Huddersfield Town	3	2	0	1	7	3	+4	6
8	Wigan Athletic	3	2	0	1	5	3	+2	6
9	Luton Town	3	2	0	1	4	2	+2	6
10	AFC Wimbledon	3	2	0	1	4	2	+2	6
11	Lincoln City	3	2	0	1	5	4	+1	6
12	Burton Albion	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	4
13	Bolton Wanderers	3	1	1	1	3	3	0	4
14	Leyton Orient	3	1	1	1	4	5	−1	4
15	Exeter City	3	1	0	2	5	4	+1	3
16	Mansfield Town	3	1	0	2	4	5	−1	3
17	Blackpool	3	1	0	2	6	9	−3	3
18	Rotherham United	3	1	0	2	2	5	−3	3
19	Port Vale	3	0	2	1	1	2	−1	2
20	Wycombe Wanderers	3	0	1	2	3	5	−2	1
21	Northampton Town	3	0	1	2	1	5	−4	1	Relegation to EFL League Two
22	Plymouth Argyle	3	0	0	3	3	8	−5	0
23	Peterborough United	3	0	0	3	1	6	−5	0
24	Reading	3	0	0	3	1	6	−5	0

Home \ Away	WIM	BAR	BLP	BOL	BRA	BRT	CAR	DON	EXE	HUD	LEY	LIN	LUT	MAN	NOR	PET	PLY	PVL	REA	ROT	STE	STK	WIG	WYC
AFC Wimbledon	—	23 Aug	10 Jan	31 Jan	21 Feb	25 Oct	19 Aug	17 Jan	29 Dec	2 May	17 Mar	2–0	6 Apr	13 Dec	7 Mar	21 Mar	18 Apr	11 Oct	7 Feb	13 Sep	26 Dec	15 Nov	22 Nov	27 Sep
Barnsley	14 Feb	—	17 Jan	1–1	18 Apr	3–2	11 Oct	21 Mar	7 Mar	30 Aug	13 Dec	29 Dec	22 Nov	26 Dec	15 Nov	17 Feb	6 Apr	27 Sep	13 Sep	25 Oct	31 Jan	2 Mar	17 Mar	10 Jan
Blackpool	4 Oct	20 Sep	—	30 Aug	4 Jan	28 Mar	8 Nov	17 Jan	3 Apr	3–2	25 Apr	26 Dec	6 Sep	17 Feb	24 Jan	11 Apr	14 Feb	17 Mar	29 Nov	29 Dec	2–3	27 Jan	7 Mar	18 Oct
Bolton Wanderers	6 Sep	7 Feb	21 Feb	—	22 Nov	27 Jan	25 Oct	17 Mar	13 Dec	18 Apr	24 Jan	23 Aug	2 May	29 Dec	4 Jan	4 Oct	2–0	8 Nov	20 Aug	26 Dec	28 Mar	6 Apr	20 Sep	7 Mar
Bradford City	30 Aug	18 Oct	27 Sep	25 Apr	—	8 Nov	17 Jan	31 Jan	29 Nov	13 Sep	7 Mar	11 Oct	2–1	17 Mar	3 Apr	14 Feb	28 Mar	29 Dec	13 Dec	10 Jan	11 Apr	17 Feb	26 Dec	2–1
Burton Albion	11 Apr	3 Apr	15 Nov	11 Oct	21 Mar	—	31 Jan	10 Jan	25 Apr	17 Jan	29 Nov	13 Sep	30 Aug	2–1	26 Dec	18 Oct	27 Sep	0–0	17 Mar	17 Feb	7 Mar	14 Feb	29 Dec	13 Dec
Cardiff City	17 Feb	27 Jan	21 Mar	11 Apr	20 Sep	6 Sep	—	13 Dec	26 Dec	15 Nov	4 Oct	7 Mar	14 Feb	29 Nov	25 Apr	2–1	30 Aug	3 Apr	18 Oct	3–0	29 Dec	24 Jan	4 Jan	17 Mar
Doncaster Rovers	20 Sep	8 Nov	14 Mar	1 Jan	20 Sep	4 Oct	28 Feb	—	1–0	17 Feb	27 Jan	28 Mar	4 Jan	3 Apr	18 Oct	29 Nov	20 Dec	14 Feb	11 Apr	30 Aug	25 Apr	9 Dec	24 Jan	1–1
Exeter City	9 Dec	20 Dec	4–1	28 Feb	2 May	22 Nov	14 Mar	6 Apr	—	27 Sep	28 Mar	10 Jan	1 Jan	1–2	14 Feb	30 Aug	25 Oct	13 Sep	11 Oct	31 Jan	17 Jan	18 Apr	8 Nov	17 Feb
Huddersfield Town	29 Nov	21 Feb	7 Feb	18 Oct	24 Jan	20 Sep	28 Mar	19 Aug	4 Jan	—	3–0	10 Jan	27 Jan	25 Apr	29 Dec	6 Sep	8 Nov	26 Dec	3 Apr	7 Mar	23 Aug	4 Oct	13 Dec	11 Apr
Leyton Orient	1 Jan	28 Feb	22 Nov	13 Sep	20 Dec	2 May	10 Jan	11 Oct	15 Nov	6 Apr	—	25 Oct	9 Dec	14 Feb	30 Aug	14 Mar	17 Feb	31 Jan	17 Jan	18 Apr	27 Sep	2–2	2–0	21 Mar
Lincoln City	3 Apr	9 Dec	28 Feb	14 Feb	27 Jan	24 Jan	20 Dec	15 Nov	4 Oct	1 Jan	11 Apr	—	20 Sep	30 Aug	17 Feb	4 Jan	3–2	29 Nov	2–0	21 Mar	18 Oct	14 Mar	6 Sep	25 Apr
Luton Town	1–0	25 Apr	31 Jan	29 Nov	7 Feb	21 Feb	23 Aug	27 Sep	17 Mar	11 Oct	29 Dec	17 Jan	—	18 Oct	11 Apr	3 Apr	13 Sep	13 Dec	7 Mar	15 Nov	10 Jan	21 Mar	19 Aug	26 Dec
Mansfield Town	28 Feb	14 Mar	19 Aug	9 Dec	1 Jan	6 Apr	2 May	1–2	7 Feb	22 Nov	23 Aug	21 Feb	18 Apr	—	21 Mar	15 Nov	11 Oct	17 Jan	10 Jan	27 Sep	13 Sep	20 Dec	25 Oct	31 Jan
Northampton Town	20 Dec	28 Mar	13 Sep	27 Sep	0–0	14 Mar	22 Nov	18 Apr	23 Aug	9 Dec	21 Feb	19 Aug	25 Oct	8 Nov	—	28 Feb	2 May	10 Jan	31 Jan	11 Oct	7 Feb	1 Jan	6 Apr	17 Jan
Peterborough United	8 Nov	19 Aug	25 Oct	10 Jan	23 Aug	18 Apr	6 Apr	2 May	21 Feb	31 Jan	26 Dec	27 Sep	0–2	28 Mar	13 Dec	—	17 Jan	7 Mar	29 Dec	17 Mar	11 Oct	22 Nov	7 Feb	13 Sep
Plymouth Argyle	18 Oct	1–3	23 Aug	3 Apr	15 Nov	4 Jan	21 Feb	7 Mar	11 Apr	21 Mar	19 Aug	7 Feb	24 Jan	27 Jan	29 Nov	20 Sep	—	25 Apr	26 Dec	13 Dec	17 Mar	6 Sep	4 Oct	29 Dec
Port Vale	27 Jan	4 Jan	1 Jan	21 Mar	9 Dec	7 Feb	0–0	23 Aug	24 Jan	14 Mar	6 Sep	2 May	28 Feb	20 Sep	4 Oct	20 Dec	22 Nov	—	21 Feb	6 Apr	19 Aug	25 Oct	18 Apr	15 Nov
Reading	1–2	24 Jan	2 May	17 Feb	28 Feb	1 Jan	18 Apr	25 Oct	27 Jan	0–2	20 Sep	6 Apr	20 Dec	4 Oct	6 Sep	9 Dec	14 Mar	30 Aug	—	22 Nov	8 Nov	4 Jan	28 Mar	14 Feb
Rotherham United	24 Jan	11 Apr	9 Dec	14 Mar	4 Oct	19 Aug	7 Feb	21 Feb	6 Sep	20 Dec	18 Oct	8 Nov	28 Mar	4 Jan	27 Jan	1 Jan	28 Feb	2–1	25 Apr	—	3 Apr	20 Sep	23 Aug	29 Nov
Stevenage	14 Mar	6 Sep	6 Apr	15 Nov	25 Oct	20 Dec	9 Dec	22 Nov	20 Sep	14 Feb	4 Jan	18 Apr	4 Oct	24 Jan	2–0	27 Jan	1 Jan	17 Feb	21 Mar	1–0	—	28 Feb	2 May	30 Aug
Stockport County	28 Mar	29 Nov	11 Oct	2–0	19 Aug	23 Aug	13 Sep	29 Dec	18 Oct	10 Jan	7 Feb	26 Dec	8 Nov	7 Mar	17 Mar	25 Apr	31 Jan	11 Apr	27 Sep	17 Jan	13 Dec	—	21 Feb	3 Apr
Wigan Athletic	25 Apr	1 Jan	20 Dec	17 Jan	14 Mar	9 Dec	27 Sep	13 Sep	21 Mar	28 Feb	3 Apr	31 Jan	17 Feb	11 Apr	3–1	2–0	10 Jan	18 Oct	15 Nov	14 Feb	29 Nov	30 Aug	—	11 Oct
Wycombe Wanderers	4 Jan	4 Oct	18 Apr	20 Dec	6 Apr	28 Feb	1 Jan	7 Feb	19 Aug	25 Oct	8 Nov	22 Nov	14 Mar	6 Sep	20 Sep	24 Jan	9 Dec	28 Mar	23 Aug	2 May	21 Feb	1–2	27 Jan	—

2025–26 EFL League One

Team changes

To League One

From League One

Stadiums and locations

Personnel and sponsoring

Managerial changes

League table

Results

Season statistics

Top goalscorers

See also

References

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