2025–26 Sheffield United F.C. season

The 2025–26 season is the 137th season in the history of Sheffield United and their second consecutive season in the Championship. In addition to the domestic league, the club would also participate in the FA Cup, and the EFL Cup.

Sheffield United

2025–26 season
Owner	COH Sports
Chairman	Steven Rosen Helmy Eltoukhy
Manager	Rubén Sellés
Stadium	Bramall Lane
Home colours Away colours Third colours
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Prior to the season starting, the club and Chris Wilder mutually agreed to terminate his contract as manager.^[1] He was quickly replaced by Rubén Sellés who signed a three-year contract as the manager.^[2]

Transfers and contracts

In

Date	Pos.	Player	From	Fee	Ref.
11 June 2025	RW	Ehije Ukaki	Botev Plovdiv	Undisclosed	[3]
7 July 2025	CB	Max Asante-Boakye	Aston Villa	Bosman	[4]
22 July 2025	RB	Mihail Polendakov	PFC Septemvri Sofia	Undisclosed	[5]

Out

Date	Pos	Player	To	Fee	Ref.
5 July 2025	DM	Vinícius Souza	Wolfsburg	£13,000,000	[6][7]
24 July 2025	CB	Miguel Freckleton	St Mirren	Undisclosed	[8]
5 August 2025		Anel Ahmedhodžić	Feyenoord	£15,600,000	[9][10]
	CF	Kieffer Moore	Wrexham	£2,000,000	[11][12]

Income: ≈ £30,600,000 (all fees converted into GBP)

Loaned in

Date	Pos.	Player	From	Date until	Ref.
4 July 2025	CB	Tyler Bindon	Nottingham Forest	31 May 2026	[13]
22 July 2025	LW	Louie Barry	Aston Villa		[14]
4 August 2025	CM	Djibril Soumaré	Braga	31 May 2026[a]	[15]

1. The deal includes an obligation to buy upon certain criteria being met

Loaned out

Date	Pos.	Player	To	Date until	Ref.
21 July 2025	CF	Billy Blacker	Tranmere Rovers	31 May 2026	[16]
7 August 2025	GK	Ivo Grbić	Fatih Karagümrük		[17]

Released / Out of Contract

Date	Pos.	Player	Subsequent club	Join date	Ref.
30 June 2025	LB	Mekhi Haughton-Parris	Kentucky Wildcats	1 July 2025	[18]
	GK	Henry Molyneux	Chatham Town		[18][19]
	LB	Harry Boyes	Southend United	2 July 2025	[18][20]
	CF	Rhian Brewster	Derby County	1 August 2025	[21][22]
	AM	Ethan Cummings			[18]

New Contract

Date	Pos.	Player	Contract until	Ref.
6 June 2025	CB	Jamal Baptiste	Undisclosed	[23]
7 July 2025	CAM	Jackson Blaize	Undisclosed[a]	[4]
	CM	Archie Christie-Crainie		[4]
	RB	Sam Colechin		[4]
	CF	Siem Eyob-Abraha		[4]
	RB	Zach Giggs		[4]
	GK	Coby Hewitson		[4]
	DM	Theo Howard		[4]
	CM	Frankie Jones		[4]
	CB	Seth Okyere		[4]
	RM	Aaron Reid		[4]
9 July 2025	CF	Jevan Beattie	Undisclosed	[24]
	CB	Dovydas Sasnauskas		[24]

1. First professional contract

Pre-season and friendlies

On 10 June, Sheffield United announced four pre-season friendlies against York City, Rotherham United, Burton Albion and Chesterfield, along with a training camp in Girona.^[25] A behind closed doors fixture against Nice was also added to the schedule.^[26]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

York City v Sheffield United

15 July 2025 Friendly	York City	2–6	Sheffield United	Huntington
19:00 BST	Hunt 65' Fallowfield 69'	Report	Ahmedhodžić 20' Brooks 22' Campbell 40' Oné 49', 83' Moore 73'	Stadium: York Community Stadium

Rotherham United v Sheffield United

19 July 2025 Friendly	Rotherham United	0–5	Sheffield United	Rotherham
15:00 BST		Report	Oné 15' Campbell 49' Brooks 63' Cannon 72' O'Hare 85'	Stadium: New York Stadium

Burton Albion v Sheffield United

22 July 2025 John Brayford testimonial	Burton Albion	1−2	Sheffield United	Burton upon Trent
19:45 BST	Beesley 19'	Report	Oné 50' Moore 90'	Stadium: Pirelli Stadium

Chesterfield v Sheffield United

26 July 2025 Friendly	Chesterfield	1–4	Sheffield United	Chesterfield
15:00 BST	Bonis 37'	Report	Cáceres 4' Ukaki 13' Ahmedhodžić 32' Cannon 52'	Stadium: SMH Group Stadium

Nice v Sheffield United

30 July 2025 Friendly	Nice	3–2	Sheffield United	Nice, France
18:00 CEST	Sanson 44' Moffi 68' Burrows 79' (o.g.)	Report	Campbell 28' Ukaki 73'	Stadium: OGCN Training and Academy Center Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors)

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Record
				Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Championship	August 2025	May 2026	Matchday 1	1	0	0	1	1	4	−3	000.00
FA Cup	January 2026		Third round	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
EFL Cup	August 2025		First round	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
Total				1	0	0	1	1	4	−3	000.00

Source: Soccerway

Championship

Main article: 2025–26 EFL Championship

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
20	Oxford United	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1	0
21	Swansea City	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1	0
22	Watford	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1	0	Relegation to EFL League One
23	Derby County	1	0	0	1	1	3	−2	0
24	Sheffield United	1	0	0	1	1	4	−3	0

Updated to match(es) played on 10 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)^[27]

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
1	0	0	1	1	4	−3	0	0	0	1	1	4	−3	0	0	0	0	0	0

Last updated: 9 August 2025.
Source: Soccerway

Results by round

Round	1
Ground	H
Result	L
Position	24
Points	0

Source: Soccerway
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

On 26 June, the Championship fixtures were released, with Sheffield United hosting Bristol City on the opening weekend.^[28]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

Sheffield United v Bristol City

9 August 2025 1	Sheffield United	1–4	Bristol City	Sheffield
17:30 BST	Campbell 14'	Report	Twine 5', 51' McCrorie 26' Mehmeti 46'	Stadium: Bramall Lane Attendance: 28,033 Referee: Josh Smith

Swansea City v Sheffield United

16 August 2025 2	Swansea City	v	Sheffield United	Landore
15:00 BST				Stadium: Swansea.com Stadium

Sheffield United v Millwall

23 August 2025 3	Sheffield United	v	Millwall	Sheffield
15:00 BST				Stadium: Bramall Lane

Middlesbrough v Sheffield United

30 August 2025 4	Middlesbrough	v	Sheffield United	Middlesbrough
12:30 BST				Stadium: Riverside Stadium
Note: Fixture was originally scheduled for a 15:00 kick-off, but was moved live Sky Sports broadcasting.[29]

Ipswich Town v Sheffield United

12 September 2025 5	Ipswich Town	v	Sheffield United	Ipswich
20:00 BST				Stadium: Portman Road
Note: Fixture was originally scheduled for 13 September, but was moved live Sky Sports broadcasting.[29]

EFL Cup

Main article: 2025–26 EFL Cup

Sheffield United were drawn away to Birmingham City in the first round.^[30][29]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

Birmingham City v Sheffield United

13 August 2025 First round	Birmingham City	v	Sheffield United	Bordesley
20:00 BST				Stadium: St. Andrew's

Statistics

Appearances and goals

As of match played 9 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	Michael Cooper	1	0	1+0	0	0	0	0	0
3	DF	ENG	Sam McCallum	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
6	DF	NZL	Tyler Bindon	1	0	1+0	0	0	0	0	0
7	FW	IRL	Tom Cannon	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
8	MF	NED	Gustavo Hamer	1	0	1+0	0	0	0	0	0
10	MF	ENG	Callum O'Hare	1	0	1+0	0	0	0	0	0
11	MF	ENG	Andre Brooks	1	0	1+0	0	0	0	0	0
14	DF	ENG	Harrison Burrows	1	0	1+0	0	0	0	0	0
19	DF	ENG	Jack Robinson	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
23	FW	ENG	Tyrese Campbell	1	1	1+0	1	0	0	0	0
27	FW	ENG	Louie Barry	1	0	1+0	0	0	0	0	0
33	DF	WAL	Rhys Norrington-Davies	1	0	1+0	0	0	0	0	0
38	DF	ENG	Femi Seriki	1	0	1+0	0	0	0	0	0
39	FW	SCO	Ryan Oné	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
42	MF	ENG	Sydie Peck	1	0	1+0	0	0	0	0	0

Goals

As of match played 9 August 2025

Rank	No.	Nat.	Pos.	Player	Championship	FA Cup	EFL Cup	Total
1	23	ENG	FW	Tyrese Campbell	1	0	0	1
Totals					1	0	0	1