2025–26 EFL League One

EFL League One
Season2025–26
Dates1 August 2025 – 24 May 2026
Matches448
Goals1,171 (2.61 per match)
Top goalscorerDom Ballard
(21 goals)
Biggest home winPeterborough United 5–0 AFC Wimbledon
(8 November 2025)
Barnsley 5–0 Luton Town
(22 November 2025)
Huddersfield Town 5–0 Port Vale
(26 December 2025)
Peterborough United 6–1 Wigan Athletic
(7 February 2026) Peterborough United 5–0 Rotherham United
(17 March 2026)
Biggest away winBurton Albion 0–4 Plymouth Argyle
(27 September 2025)
Burton Albion 0–4 Leyton Orient
(29 November 2025)
Doncaster Rovers 1–5 Plymouth Argyle
(20 December 2025)
Exeter City 0–4 Rotherham United
(31 January 2026)
Blackpool 0–4 Plymouth Argyle
(14 February 2026)
Doncaster Rovers 0–4 Cardiff City
(28 February 2026)
Exeter City 1–5 Bolton Wanderers
(28 February 2026)
Exeter City 0–4 Cardiff City
(14 March 2026)
Highest scoringCardiff City 4–3 Leyton Orient
(4 October 2025)
Cardiff City 4–3 Doncaster Rovers
(13 December 2025)
Lincoln City 5–2 Peterborough United
(4 January 2026)
Peterborough United 6–1 Wigan Athletic
(7 February 2026)
Plymouth Argyle 5-2 Cardiff City
(21 February 2026)
Longest winning runLincoln City (6 games)
Longest unbeaten runLincoln City (21 games)
Longest winless runPort Vale (12 games)
Longest losing runRotherham United (7 games)
Highest attendance27,280
Cardiff City 0–2 Lincoln City
(7 March 2026)
Lowest attendance2,715
Stevenage 2–1 Port Vale
(17 February 2026)
Total attendance4,557,361
Average attendance10,173[1]
All statistics correct as of 14 March 2026.

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.

Summary

Pre-season managerial changes

On 3 May 2025, it was announced that both former Arsenal and Wales captain Aaron Ramsey and Jon Worthington who had served as interim managers at newly-relegated Cardiff City & Huddersfield Town, respectively would leave their roles following the end of their interim spells in charge of the clubs with Ramsey being replaced at Cardiff by former Manchester City academy coach Brian Barry-Murphy on 16 June 2025 and Worthington being replaced by former Manchester United back-up goalkeeper Lee Grant on 28 May 2025.[2][3] On 31 May 2025, it was announced that Miron Muslić at newly-relegated Plymouth Argyle would leave the club to join 2. Bundesliga club FC Schalke 04 with former Manchester United player and former Watford manager Tom Cleverley named as his replacement on 13 June 2025.[4]

In-season managerial changes

On 18 September 2025, Wycombe Wanderers announced that Mike Dodds had been sacked with the club at the time of Dodds' departure sitting in 19th place - with him becoming the first managerial departure of the season and the first managerial sacking for Wycombe since Gary Waddock in 2012 - he was replaced by former Barnsley and Huddersfield Town manager Michael Duff on 18 September 2025.[5][6] On 4 October 2025, Blackpool announced that they had parted company with former Newcastle United manager Steve Bruce with the club sitting second-from-bottom at the time of the sacking with him being replaced by former Bolton Wanderers manager and former Blackpool player Ian Evatt on 21 October 2025.[7][8] On 6 October 2025, Luton Town announced that Matt Bloomfield had been sacked by the club with them in 11th place at the time of Bloomfield's departure with him replaced by former Arsenal player and former Norwich City interim manager Jack Wilshire on 13 October 2025.[9][10] On 25 October 2025, Peterborough United announced that they had parted ways with Darren Ferguson with the club rock-bottom of the league with Ferguson being replaced by former Swansea City manager Luke Williams on 29 October 2025.[11][12] On 26 October 2025, it was announced that former Reading player Noel Hunt had left the club by mutual consent with the club in 19th place at the time of his departure - he was the first-ever sacking by new Reading owner Rob Couhig as he didn't sack a manager whilst he owned former club Wycombe Wanderers - Hunt was replaced by former Wigan Athletic and Rotherham United manager Leam Richardson on 28 October 2025.[13][14] On 28 December 2025, Port Vale announced that Darren Moore had left the club with the club rock-bottom of the league at the time of his departure with Moore being replaced by Jon Brady on 6 January 2026.[15][16] On 17 January 2026, Huddersfield Town announced that they had parted ways with former Ipswich Town assistant manager and Manchester United back-up goalkeeper Lee Grant with them in 6th place upon his departure with Grant being replaced by former Bristol City and Norwich City manager Liam Manning on 20 January 2026.[17][18] On 8 February 2026, Wigan Athletic announced that they had sacked Ryan Lowe with them in 22nd place at the time of his departure with Lowe being replaced by former Exeter City manager Gary Caldwell on 16 February 2026. On 16 February 2026, Exeter City announced that Gary Caldwell had left the club to sign for Wigan Athletic on the same day with Caldwell being replaced by Matt Taylor on 3 March 2026.[19][20][21] On 9 March 2026, Northampton Town announced that they had parted company with manager Kevin Nolan with Northampton in 23rd place upon his departure.[22]

Team changes

The following teams have changed division since the 2024–25 season:

Stadiums and locations

Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.
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 Leckwith 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 15,314
Plymouth Argyle Plymouth Home Park 18,173
Port Vale Stoke-on-Trent (Burslem) Vale Park 19,052
Reading Reading (Green Park) 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

Personnel, sponsoring and season articles

Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor (chest) Shirt sponsor (back) Shirt sponsor (sleeve) Shorts sponsor
AFC Wimbledon Johnnie Jackson Jake Reeves Lotto[23] Football Manager (H)/War Child (A)/Private Office Asset Management (T)[24][25] Togglit Silvermere Golf Store[26] DFTBA
Barnsley Conor Hourihane Luca Connell[27] Oxen The Investment Room (H) / Rapid Response Telecoms (A)[28][29] Vitruvian Dental Studio[30] The Investment Room[28] Rapid Response Telecoms
Blackpool Ian Evatt James Husband Puma[31] TreadTracker.com[32] (H)/Pleasure Beach Resort (A) Visit Blackpool None None
Bolton Wanderers Steven Schumacher Eoin Toal Macron Victorian Plumbing[33](H & A)/Bolton Wanderers in the Community (T) Ebuyer Whites Beaconsfield[34] Destinology
Bradford City Graham Alexander Max Power Macron[35] JCT600[36] University of Bradford Flamingo Land/Penny Appeal (in league cup matches) Regal Foods
Burton Albion Gary Bowyer Udoka Godwin-Malife TAG Burton Kia[37] Russell Roof Tiles Home and Trade Hardy Signs
Cardiff City Brian Barry-Murphy Calum Chambers New Balance Visit Malaysia Quinnbet[38] Watches of Bath[39] Nyne Capital[40]
Doncaster Rovers Grant McCann Owen Bailey Oxen Eco-Power Group Stoneacre Motor Group MF Hire IPM Group
Exeter City Matt Taylor Pierce Sweeney Adidas[41] HEL Performance[42] Taking Care Personal Alarms[43] Bidfood[44] EMS Waste Services
Huddersfield Town Liam Manning Ryan Ledson Castore[45] HEYDUDE[46] Utilita[47] Core Facility Leading Edge Signage
Leyton Orient Richie Wellens Will Forrester Puma[48] Eastdil Secured[49] Moore Kingston Smith Peritium Search Associates Quattro Group
Lincoln City Michael Skubala Tendayi Darikwa Oxen[50] Branston[51] (H)/University of Lincoln[52] (A) Allen Signs Easy Heat Pumps Nicholsons Chartered Accountants
Luton Town Jack Wilshere Kal Naismith Reflo[53] Capital Sky[54] Utilita[55] Switchshop[56] None
Mansfield Town Nigel Clough Ryan Sweeney Errea[57] One Call Insurance (H)/OCL Solicitors (A)/BeeNoticed (T) A. Wass Funeral Directors (H)/AGG Electrical Safety Testing (A) Source Travel[58] (H) A Woodland & Son
Northampton Town Vacant Jon Guthrie Puma[59] University of Northampton Snowdon Homes Ltd Green Ape Media LCS The Cleaning Company
Peterborough United Luke Williams Sam Hughes Puma Mick George Princebuild Next Level FibreOptics Millfield Auto Parts
Plymouth Argyle Tom Cleverley Joe Edwards Puma Classic Builders[60] Project 35 Vertu Motors Retain Limited
Port Vale Jon Brady Ben Garrity Puma[61] None[62] Staffordshire University IronMarket Wealth Global QA
Reading Leam Richardson Lewis Wing Macron Select Car Leasing[63] None None CRL Fire & Flood Damage
Rotherham United Lee Clark Joe Rafferty Puma[64] 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[65] Puma VITA DeliveryApp GroFu[66] None
Wigan Athletic Gary Caldwell Jason Kerr[67] Puma Smurfit Westrock[68] Greenmount Projects None None
Wycombe Wanderers Michael Duff[69] Jack Grimmer[70] Hummel[71] Origin Doors and Windows Buckinghamshire New University Kress Cherry Red Records

Managerial changes

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[72] 16 June 2025
Huddersfield Town Jon Worthington Lee Grant[73] 28 May 2025
Plymouth Argyle Miron Muslić[74] Signed by Schalke 04 31 May 2025 Tom Cleverley[75] 13 June 2025
Wycombe Wanderers Mike Dodds[76] Sacked 18 September 2025 19th Michael Duff[69] 18 September 2025
Blackpool Steve Bruce[77] 4 October 2025 23rd Ian Evatt[78] 21 October 2025
Luton Town Matt Bloomfield[79] 6 October 2025 11th Jack Wilshere 13 October 2025
Peterborough United Darren Ferguson[80] 25 October 2025 24th Luke Williams[81] 29 October 2025
Reading Noel Hunt[82] 26 October 2025 19th Leam Richardson[83] 28 October 2025
Port Vale Darren Moore[84] 28 December 2025 24th Jon Brady[85] 6 January 2026
Huddersfield Town Lee Grant[86] 17 January 2026 6th Liam Manning[87] 20 January 2026
Wigan Athletic Ryan Lowe[88] 7 February 2026 22nd Gary Caldwell[89] 16 February 2026
Exeter City Gary Caldwell[90] Signed by Wigan Athletic 16 February 2026 14th Matt Taylor[91] 3 March 2026
Northampton Town Kevin Nolan[92] Sacked 9 March 2026 23rd
Rotherham United Matt Hamshaw[93] Sacked 18 March 2026 22nd Lee Clark[94] 18 March 2026

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Lincoln City 38 24 9 5 71 34 +37 81 Promotion to EFL Championship
2 Cardiff City 38 23 7 8 73 41 +32 76
3 Bolton Wanderers 38 17 15 6 55 38 +17 66 Qualification for League One play-offs
4 Bradford City 38 19 8 11 48 42 +6 65
5 Stockport County 36 17 8 11 50 47 +3 59
6 Reading 38 15 13 10 57 50 +7 58
7 Huddersfield Town 38 16 9 13 58 48 +10 57
8 Stevenage 37 16 9 12 40 38 +2 57
9 Wycombe Wanderers 38 15 11 12 55 41 +14 56
10 Plymouth Argyle 38 17 5 16 57 53 +4 56
11 Luton Town 38 15 9 14 51 48 +3 54
12 Barnsley 36 13 11 12 59 59 0 50
13 Peterborough United 37 15 4 18 56 51 +5 49
14 AFC Wimbledon 37 14 7 16 48 54 −6 49
15 Mansfield Town 36 11 13 12 43 40 +3 46
16 Leyton Orient 37 13 6 18 53 62 −9 45
17 Doncaster Rovers 37 12 8 17 40 59 −19 44
18 Burton Albion 38 11 10 17 42 53 −11 43
19 Exeter City 38 11 9 18 42 50 −8 42
20 Wigan Athletic 37 10 12 15 39 51 −12 42
21 Blackpool 38 11 8 19 46 63 −17 41 Relegation to EFL League Two
22 Rotherham United 37 9 9 19 35 55 −20 36
23 Northampton Town 38 9 8 21 32 52 −20 35
24 Port Vale 35 6 10 19 28 49 −21 28
Updated to match(es) played on 17 March 2026. 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) 12-point sending off offences[95]


Results

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 2–0 4–1 0–1 3–1 0–1 0–1 0–1 0–1 2 May 2–4 2–0 6 Apr 0–0 1–0 21 Mar 18 Apr 1–1 3–2 2–1 0–0 14 Apr 1–2 2–1
Barnsley 3–3 2–1 1–1 18 Apr 3–2 1–1 21 Mar 2–1 3–1 3–2 0–2 5–0 2–3 2–2 2–1 6 Apr 0–2 3–2 0–1 3–1 2 Mar 1–1 0–1
Blackpool 0–2 1–0 1–1 1–2 28 Mar 3–1 1–0 3 Apr 3–2 25 Apr 2–2 2–2 1–0 2–0 11 Apr 0–4 3–2 0–3 4–0 2–3 1–2 1–1 1–1
Bolton Wanderers 3–0 3–2 2–2 0–0 2–1 1–0 0–0 2–1 18 Apr 2–1 1–1 2 May 0–1 0–0 2–1 2–0 4–0 1–1 2–1 28 Mar 6 Apr 4–1 3–2
Bradford City 3–2 2–2 1–0 25 Apr 1–2 1–2 1–0 1–0 3–1 2–1 0–0 2–1 1–1 3 Apr 2–0 28 Mar 1–0 2–0 1–0 11 Apr 1–0 2–1 2–1
Burton Albion 11 Apr 3 Apr 1–0 3–0 21 Mar 2–2 1–2 25 Apr 3–1 0–4 0–1 0–3 2–1 5–1 0–1 0–4 0–0 1–2 1–0 0–1 3–0 0–2 0–0
Cardiff City 4–1 4–0 21 Mar 11 Apr 1–3 0–1 4–3 1–0 3–2 4–3 0–2 3–1 3–0 25 Apr 2–1 4–0 3 Apr 2–1 3–0 2–1 1–1 1–0 0–2
Doncaster Rovers 1–2 1–2 2–1 1–1 3–1 1–1 0–4 1–0 1–0 3–0 28 Mar 1–1 3 Apr 1–2 2–1 1–5 24 Mar 11 Apr 1–0 25 Apr 0–2 3–3 1–1
Exeter City 1–0 3–0 4–1 1–5 2 May 1–1 0–4 6 Apr 0–1 28 Mar 0–1 1–0 1–2 0–0 3–0 2–0 0–2 1–1 0–4 3–0 18 Apr 1–1 1–1
Huddersfield Town 3–3 2–1 2–2 1–2 1–0 0–0 28 Mar 2–0 2–2 3–0 2–2 1–0 25 Apr 2–0 3–2 3–1 5–0 3 Apr 1–0 1–0 1–2 1–1 11 Apr
Leyton Orient 1–3 1–3 1–1 1–1 2–1 2 May 1–1 4–0 2–1 6 Apr 1–0 1–1 14 Apr 0–1 2–1 1–3 0–1 3–1 18 Apr 2–3 2–2 2–0 21 Mar
Lincoln City 3 Apr 3–1 4–0 1–1 3–0 2–1 2–1 2–1 0–1 1–1 11 Apr 3–1 1–1 4–0 5–2 3–2 1–0 2–0 21 Mar 1–0 3–1 2–2 25 Apr
Luton Town 1–0 25 Apr 1–0 1–1 2–1 1–1 0–1 1–0 3–2 2–1 3–0 2–2 0–2 11 Apr 3 Apr 2–3 2–2 2–3 0–0 2–1 21 Mar 1–0 4–0
Mansfield Town 2–2 2–2 2–0 0–1 3–0 6 Apr 2 May 1–2 0–0 1–3 4–1 0–2 18 Apr 21 Mar 1–2 2–0 3–0 1–0 2–1 1–1 1–2 1–1 0–0
Northampton Town 3–1 28 Mar 1–0 2–0 0–0 0–2 1–3 18 Apr 2–0 1–1 1–2 0–1 0–1 2–1 1–1 2 May 0–1 0–2 1–2 3–1 0–0 6 Apr 1–2
Peterborough United 5–0 0–1 1–2 3–1 1–1 18 Apr 6 Apr 2 May 3–3 2–3 1–0 0–3 0–2 28 Mar 2–1 0–1 7 Mar 1–1 5–0 0–1 3–0 6–1 2–1
Plymouth Argyle 1–2 1–3 1–0 3 Apr 0–1 3–0 5–2 2–1 11 Apr 21 Mar 0–1 1–4 1–0 1–1 0–3 0–1 25 Apr 1–4 1–0 1–0 4–2 1–1 1–1
Port Vale 0–1 14 Apr 5–1 21 Mar 0–2 2–2 0–0 0–1 1–3 0–0 2–3 2 May 1–1 2–1 0–0 0–1 0–1 1–1 6 Apr 1–2 0–3 18 Apr 0–0
Reading 1–2 2–2 2 May 1–1 2–1 2–0 18 Apr 1–1 2–2 0–2 2–1 6 Apr 3–2 1–1 1–0 1–2 2–2 1–0 1–1 1–0 1–0 28 Mar 3–2
Rotherham United 1–1 11 Apr 0–3 2–2 2–2 2–2 0–3 1–2 1–0 1–3 1–0 3–0 28 Mar 0–0 2–1 0–2 1–0 2–1 25 Apr 3 Apr 0–1 2–2 1–1
Stevenage 1–0 21 Apr [a] 6 Apr 0–0 1–1 2–2 0–1 0–0 2–1 1–0 1–2 18 Apr 2–0 1–1 2–0 1–0 1–1 2–1 21 Mar 1–0 2–1 2 May 1–0
Stockport County 28 Mar 1–1 1–0 2–0 1–2 2–1 1–1 4–2 1–0 1–0 0–0 1–2 0–3 7 Mar 2–1 25 Apr 2–1 11 Apr 1–1 3–2 1–3 4–2 3 Apr
Wigan Athletic 25 Apr 1–1 0–2 0–1 2–0 1–0 0–2 3–0 21 Mar 1–0 3 Apr 0–1 1–0 11 Apr 3–1 2–0 0–3 1–0 1–2 14 Apr 0–0 1–1 0–1
Wycombe Wanderers 2–0 2–2 18 Apr 2–1 6 Apr 3–0 1–1 4–0 0–1 3–0 4–1 3–2 1–2 2–0 2–0 0–2 0–1 28 Mar 2–2 2 May 3–1 1–2 2–0
Updated to match(es) played on 17 March 2026. Source: BBC Sport
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.
  1. ^ original match on 6 September was postponed due to international callups

Season statistics

As of 17 March 2026

Top goalscorers

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Dom Ballard Leyton Orient 21
2 Kyle Wootton Stockport County 18
3 Jack Marriott Reading 16
Jayden Wareham Exeter City
5 Ashley Fletcher Blackpool 15
6 David McGoldrick Barnsley 14
Lorent Tolaj Plymouth Argyle
Port Vale
8 Jake Beesley Burton Albion 13
Davis Keillor-Dunn Barnsley
Jamie Reid Stevenage

Hat-tricks

Player For Against Result Date
Dom Ballard Leyton Orient Doncaster Rovers 4–0 11 October 2025
Lorent Tolaj Plymouth Argyle Doncaster Rovers 1–5 20 December 2025
Dom Ballard Leyton Orient Reading 3–1 17 January 2026
Marcus Browne AFC Wimbledon Reading 3–2 7 February 2026
Kyrell Lisbie Peterborough United Wigan Athletic 6–1
Jack Marriott Reading Wycombe Wanderers 3–2 14 February 2026
Jayden Wareham Exeter City Peterborough United 3–3 21 February 2026
David McGoldrick Barnsley Leyton Orient 1–3 28 February 2026
Kelvin Ehibhatiomhan Reading Luton Town 2–3 7 March 2026
Dom Ballard Leyton Orient AFC Wimbledon 2–4 17 March 2026

Clean sheets

Rank Player Club Clean sheets
1 Josh Keeley Luton Town 11
Nathan Trott Cardiff City
3 Filip Marschall Stevenage 10
Joe Whitworth Exeter City
George Wickens Lincoln City
6 Sam Walker Bradford City 9

Discipline

Player

Club

  • Fewest red cards: 0
    • 7 teams

Awards

Monthly

Each month the EFL announces their official Player of the Month and Manager of the Month.

Month Manager of the Month Player of the Month Reference
August Brian Barry-Murphy Cardiff City Owen Bailey Doncaster Rovers [96]
September Michael Skubala Lincoln City Josh Neufville Bradford City [97]
October Dave Challinor Stockport County Amario Cozier-Duberry Bolton Wanderers [98]
November Conor Hourihane Barnsley Aaron Connolly Leyton Orient [99]
December Brian Barry-Murphy Cardiff City Leo Castledine Huddersfield Town [100]
January Michael Skubala Lincoln City Dom Ballard Leyton Orient [101]
February David McGoldrick Barnsley [102]

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