2025 EFL League Two play-off final

The 2025 EFL League Two play-off final was an association football match which was played on 26 May 2025 at Wembley Stadium, London, to determine the fourth and final team to gain promotion from EFL League Two, the fourth tier of English football, to EFL League One. The top three teams of 2024–25 EFL League Two, Doncaster Rovers, Port Vale and Bradford City, gained automatic promotion to League One, while the clubs placed from fourth to seventh in the table – Walsall, Wimbledon, Notts County and Chesterfield – took part in the 2025 English Football League play-offs. The winners of the play-off semi-finals, AFC Wimbledon and Walsall, competed for the final place for the 2025–26 season in League One.^[1][2]

2025 EFL League Two play-off Final

Wembley Stadium in London hosted the final
AFC Wimbledon Walsall 1 0
Date	26 May 2025 (2025-05-26)
Venue	Wembley Stadium, London
Referee	Will Finnie
Attendance	50,947
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Wimbledon won the game 1–0 and were promoted to play in League One for the 2025–26 League One season.^[3]

Route to the final

Main articles: 2024–25 EFL League Two and 2025 English Football League play-offs § League Two

EFL League Two final table, leading positions

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Doncaster Rovers (C, P)	46	24	12	10	73	50	+23	84	Promotion to 2025–26 EFL League One
2	Port Vale (P)	46	22	14	10	65	46	+19	80
3	Bradford City (P)	46	22	12	12	64	45	+19	78
4	Walsall	46	21	14	11	75	54	+21	77	Qualified
5	AFC Wimbledon	46	20	13	13	56	35	+21	73
6	Notts County	46	20	12	14	68	49	+19	72	Eliminated
7	Chesterfield	46	19	13	14	73	54	+19	70

Source: EFL Official Website
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted

Match

Details

26 May 2025

15:01 BST

AFC Wimbledon	1–0	Walsall
Hippolyte 45+2'	Report

Wembley Stadium, London

Attendance: 50,947

Referee: Will Finnie

AFC Wimbledon

Walsall

GK 1 Owen Goodman CB 26 Riley Harbottle  69' CB 31 Joe Lewis CB 6 Ryan Johnson RWB 7 James Tilley CM 12 Alistair Smith CM 4 Jake Reeves (c) CM 21 Myles Hippolyte 45+2',  90' LWB 11 Josh Neufville CF 18 Marcus Browne  90' CF 14 Matty Stevens  77' Substitutes: GK 22 Lewis Ward DF 33 Isaac Ogundere  69' MF 8 Callum Maycock  90' MF 16 James Ball MF 29 Aron Sasu  90' FW 10 Josh Kelly  77' FW 39 Joe Pigott Head Coach: Johnnie Jackson

GK 1 Tommy Simkin CB 26 David Okagbue CB 24 Harry Williams  34' CB 21 Taylor Allen RM 19 Nathan Asiimwe  74' CM 15 Alfie Chang  74' CM 25 Ryan Stirk LM 3 Liam Gordon RW 22 Jamie Jellis  62' LW 20 George Hall CF 9 Jamille Matt (c)  63' Substitutes: GK 12 Sam Hornby DF 2 Connor Barrett  74' DF 4 Oisin McEntee  34' MF 8 Charlie Lakin  74' MF 14 Brandon Comley FW 11 Levi Amantchi  63' FW 37 Albert Adomah  62' Head Coach: Mat Sadler