2025–26 Swansea City A.F.C. season

The 2025–26 season is the 114th season in the history of Swansea City Association Football Club and their eighth consecutive season in the Championship. In addition to the domestic league, the club would also participate in the FA Cup, and the EFL Cup.

Swansea City

2025–26 season
Owner(s)	Swansea Football LLC (majority) Nigel Morris (14.04%) Swansea City Supporters Society Ltd (7.59%)
Chief executive	Tom Gorringe
Head coach	Alan Sheehan
Stadium	Swansea.com Stadium
Championship	15th
Top goalscorer	League: Ronald (1) All: Ronald (2)
Highest home attendance	15,816 (v. Sheffield United, Championship, 16 August 2025)
Lowest home attendance	5,095 (v. Crawley Town, EFL Cup, 12 August 2025)
Average home league attendance	15,816
Home colours
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Transfers and contracts

In

Date	Pos.	Player	From	Fee	Ref.
1 June 2025[a]	LW	Zeidane Inoussa	BK Häcken	Undisclosed	[1]
1 June 2025[b]	CF	Bobby Wales	Kilmarnock	Compensation	[2]
5 June 2025	CB	Blair McKenzie[c]	Aberdeen	Undisclosed	[3]
1 July 2025[d]		Cameron Burgess	Ipswich Town	Free	[4]
1 July 2025[e]		Ricardo Santos	Bolton Wanderers		[5]
4 July 2025	CM	Ethan Galbraith	Leyton Orient	£1,500,000	[6][7]
10 July 2025	CF	Caleb Demery[c]	Briton Ferry Llansawel	Undisclosed	[8]
8 August 2025	GK	Evan Anderson	Brentford	Free	[9]
		Paul Farman	Barrow		[10]

Expenditure: £1,500,000 (not inc. any undisclosed transfers)

1. The transfer was announced on 5 May, and would become official on June 1 once the transfer window has reopened
2. The transfer was announced on 18 May, and would become official on June 1 once the transfer window has reopened
3. Signed initially for the Under-21s
4. The transfer was announced on 14 June, and would become official on July 1 once his contract at Ipswich had expired
5. The transfer was announced on 6 June, and would become official on July 1 once his contract at Bolton had expired

Out

Date	Pos.	Player	To	Fee	Ref.
17 June 2025	CF	Mykola Kukharevych	Slovan Bratislava	Undisclosed	[11]
1 August 2025		Jerry Yates	Luton Town		[12]

Loaned in

Date	Pos.	Player	From	Date until	Ref.
6 August 2025	CB	Kaelan Casey	West Ham United	31 May 2026	[13]
14 August 2025	CM	Malick Yalcouyé	Brighton & Hove Albion	31 May 2026	[14]

Loaned out

Date	Pos.	Player	To	Date until	Ref.
14 July 2025[a]	GK	Kit Margetson	Connah's Quay Nomads	31 May 2026	[15]
23 July 2025	CB	Jack Fanning	Briton Ferry Llansawel	31 December 2025	[16]
28 July 2025	CAM	Ben Lloyd	Newport County	1 January 2026	[17]
31 July 2025	RW	Florian Bianchini	Portsmouth	31 May 2026	[18]
8 August 2025	DM	Jacob Cook	Connah's Quay Nomads		[19]

1. The loan was announced on 20 June, and would become official on July 14

Released/Out of contract

Date	Pos.	Player	Subsequent club	Join date	Ref.
30 June 2025	CB	Harry Darling	Norwich City	1 July 2025	[20][21]
	GK	Ben Hughes	Cambridge United		[22][23]
	RB	Osian Williams	Baglan Dragons	18 July 2025	[22][24]
	LB	Nathan Tjoe-A-On	Willem II	21 July 2025	[25][26]
	CF	Sammy Henia-Kamau	Hull City	31 July 2025	[22][27]
	RW	Maliq Cadogan			[22]
	RB	Cyrus Christie			[28]
	CB	Richard Faakye			[22]
	AM	Aidan Higgins			[22]
	CB	Kiel Higginson			[22]
	GK	Jon McLaughlin			[28]
	LB	Kristian Pedersen			[28]
	GK	Sam Seager			[22]
	CM	Joe Allen	Retired		[29]
	RB	Kyle Naughton			[30]
22 July 2025	GK	Nathan Broome	Bolton Wanderers	22 July 2025	[31]

New contract

Date	Pos.	Player	Contract until	Ref.
24 June 2025	CB	Jack Fanning	30 June 2026	[32]
11 July 2025	CM	Ramon Rees-Siso	30 June 2027[a][b]	[33]
14 July 2025	DM	Callum Deacon	30 June 2026[a][b]	[34]
16 July 2025	RB	Thomas Searle	Undisclosed[a]	[35]
19 July 2025	RW	Josh Pescatore	30 June 2027[a][b]	[36]
25 July 2025	CF	Morgan Bates	30 June 2027[b]	[37]
28 July 2025	CAM	Ben Lloyd	30 June 2027	[17]

1. First professional contract
2. Option of an additional year

Pre-season and friendlies

On 30 April, Swansea City announced they would face Exeter City in a pre-season testimonial for Pierce Sweeney.^[38] A week-long training camp in Murcia was also confirmed, along with a friendly against Stevenage.^[39] A third friendly was later added, against Cheltenham Town.^[40] On 19 June, a home friendly against Ligue 1 side Lorient was announced.^[41]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

Swansea City v Kidderminster Harriers

12 July 2025 Friendly	Swansea City	5–0	Kidderminster Harriers	Fairwood
15:00 BST	Franco x2' Ronald Inoussa Eom Ji-sung	Report		Stadium: Fairwood Training Ground Attendance: 0 (behind-closed-doors)

Swansea City v Stevenage

19 July 2025 Friendly	Swansea City	3–2	Stevenage	San Pedro del Pinatar, Spain
12:00 CEST	Trialist 5' (o.g.) Wales 38' Vipotnik 66'	Report	Sweeney 47' Trialist 57'	Stadium: Pinatar Arena

Cheltenham Town v Swansea City

23 July 2025 Friendly	Cheltenham Town	2–1	Swansea City	Cheltenham
19:00 BST	Trialist 49' Angol 80'	Report	Willcox 54' (o.g.)	Stadium: Whaddon Road Attendance: 1,820 (905 away) Referee: John Durkin

Exeter City v Swansea City

26 July 2025 Friendly	Exeter City	1–0	Swansea City	Exeter
13:00 BST	Cox 47'	Report		Stadium: St James Park Attendance: 3,948 (626 away)

Swansea City v Lorient

2 August 2025 Friendly	Swansea City	1–3	Lorient	Landore
15:00 BST	Cullen 64'	Report	Pagis 23', 31' Bamba 42' (pen.)	Stadium: Swansea.com Stadium Attendance: 6,063 Referee: Iwan Griffith

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Record
				Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Championship	9 August 2025		Matchday 1	2	1	0	1	1	1	+0	050.00
FA Cup			Third round	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
EFL Cup	12 August 2025		First round	1	1	0	0	3	1	+2	100.00
Total				3	2	0	1	4	2	+2	066.67

Last updated: 16 August 2025
Source: Soccerway

Championship

Main article: 2025–26 EFL Championship

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
13	Portsmouth	2	1	0	1	2	2	0	3
14	Watford	2	1	0	1	2	2	0	3
15	Swansea City	2	1	0	1	1	1	0	3
16	Millwall	2	1	0	1	2	4	−2	3
17	Ipswich Town	2	0	2	0	2	2	0	2

Updated to match(es) played on 17 August 2025. Source: EFL Official Website
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results; 5) Wins; 6) Away goals; 7) Penalty points (sec 9.5); 8) Number of 12-point sending off offences; 9) Play-off (only if needed to determine promotion/relegation)^[42]

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
2	1	0	1	1	1	0	3	1	0	0	1	0	+1	0	0	1	0	1	−1

Source: Soccerway

Results by round

Round	1	2
Ground	A	H
Result	L	W
Position	21	15

Updated to match(es) played on 16 August 2025. Source: Soccerway
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

On 26 June, the Championship fixtures were released.^[43]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

Middlesbrough v Swansea City

9 August 2025 1	Middlesbrough	1–0	Swansea City	Middlesbrough
15:00 BST	Silvera  10' Fry 51' Ayling  90+7'	Report	Fulton  29' Franco  41' Galbraith  60' Burgess  90+6' Cullen  90+7'	Stadium: Riverside Stadium Attendance: 26,036 (685 away) Referee: Farai Hallam

Swansea City v Sheffield United

16 August 2025 2	Swansea City	1–0	Sheffield United	Landore
15:00 BST	Ronald  23' Ronald 66'	Report	Hamer  16' Campbell  45+5' Soumaré  70'	Stadium: Swansea.com Stadium Attendance: 15,816 Referee: Thomas Kirk

Swansea City v Watford

23 August 2025 3	Swansea City	v	Watford	Landore
12:30 BST				Stadium: Swansea.com Stadium
Note: Fixture was originally scheduled for a 15:00 kick-off, but was moved live Sky Sports broadcasting.[44]

Sheffield Wednesday v Swansea City

30 August 2025 4	Sheffield Wednesday	v	Swansea City	Owlerton
15:00 BST				Stadium: Hillsborough Stadium

Swansea City v Hull City

13 September 2025 5	Swansea City	v	Hull City	Landore
15:00 BST				Stadium: Swansea.com Stadium

Birmingham City v Swansea City

20 September 2025 6	Birmingham City	v	Swansea City	Bordesley
12:30 BST				Stadium: St. Andrew's
Note: Fixture was originally scheduled for a 15:00 kick-off, but was moved live Sky Sports broadcasting.[44]

Swansea City v Millwall

27 September 2025 7	Swansea City	v	Millwall	Landore
12:30 BST				Stadium: Swansea.com Stadium
Note: Fixture was originally scheduled for a 15:00 kick-off, but was moved live Sky Sports broadcasting.[44]

EFL Cup

Main article: 2025–26 EFL Cup

Swansea were drawn at home to Crawley Town in the first round^[45][46] and to Plymouth Argyle in the second round.^[47][48]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

Swansea City v Crawley Town

12 August 2025 First round	Swansea City	3–1	Crawley Town	Landore
19:00 BST	Ronald 4' Wales 67' Galbraith 90+4'	Report	Flint  54' Tshimanga 75' Holohan  83'	Stadium: Swansea.com Stadium Attendance: 5,095 Referee: Benjamin Speedie

Swansea City v Plymouth Argyle

26 August 2025 Second round	Swansea City	v	Plymouth Argyle	Landore
19:45 BST				Stadium: Swansea.com Stadium

Statistics

Appearances and goals

As of match played 15 August 2025

Players with no appearances are not included on the list

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Championship		FA Cup		EFL Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	ENG	Andy Fisher	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
2	DF	ENG	Joshua Key	2	0	2+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
4	MF	SCO	Jay Fulton	2	0	1+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
5	DF	WAL	Ben Cabango	2	0	2+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
7	MF	SWE	Melker Widell	3	0	0+2	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
8	MF	CIV	Malick Yalcouyé	1	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
9	FW	SVN	Žan Vipotnik	2	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
10	FW	KOR	Eom Ji-sung	3	0	2+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
14	DF	ENG	Josh Tymon	3	0	2+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
15	DF	AUS	Cameron Burgess	3	0	2+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
17	MF	POR	Gonçalo Franco	3	0	2+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
20	FW	WAL	Liam Cullen	2	0	2+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
22	GK	CHI	Lawrence Vigouroux	2	0	2+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
24	FW	SCO	Bobby Wales	2	1	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+1	1
26	DF	ENG	Kaelan Casey	2	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
27	FW	SWE	Zeidane Inoussa	3	0	0+2	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
30	MF	NIR	Ethan Galbraith	3	1	2+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	1
31	MF	WAL	Oli Cooper	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
35	FW	BRA	Ronald	3	2	2+0	1	0+0	0	1+0	1
41	DF	WAL	Sam Parker	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
45	MF	WAL	Cameron Congreve	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
46	DF	ENG	Arthur Parker	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	0