2025–26 EFL League One

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General

Kit gallery

Players

Managers

Stadiums

League One 2025–26
Season information
Dates	2 August 2025–24 May 2026
Season statistics
Average	(0.00 per match)
← 2024–25	2026–27 →

The 2025–26 EFL League One season (referred to as the Sky Bet League One for sponsorship purposes) 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 will begin on 2 August 2025, and will end in May 2026.

Twenty-four teams will compete in the league – seventeen returning teams from the previous season, three teams relegated from the Championship and four teams promoted from League Two.

Team changes

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

To League One Promoted from League Two Doncaster Rovers Port Vale Bradford City AFC Wimbledon Relegated from Championship Luton Town Plymouth Argyle Cardiff City

From League One Promoted to Championship Birmingham City Wrexham Charlton Athletic Relegated to League Two Bristol Rovers Crawley Town Cambridge United Shrewsbury Town

Stadia and locations

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Barnsley	Barnsley	Oakwell	23,287
Blackpool	Blackpool	Bloomfield Road	16,500
Bolton Wanderers	Horwich	Toughsheet Community Stadium	28,723
Bradford City	Bradford	Valley Parade	24,840
Burton Albion	Burton upon Trent	Pirelli Stadium	6,912
Cardiff City	Cardiff	Cardiff City Stadium	33,316
Doncaster Rovers	Doncaster	Eco-Power Stadium	15,231
Exeter City	Exeter	St James Park	8,720
Huddersfield Town	Huddersfield	Kirklees Stadium	24,121
Lincoln City	Lincoln	Sincil Bank	10,669
Luton Town	Luton	Kenilworth Road	12,056
Mansfield Town	Mansfield	Field Mill	9,186
Northampton Town	Northampton	Sixfields Stadium	8,203
Peterborough United	Peterborough	London Road Stadium	15,314
Plymouth Argyle	Plymouth	Home Park	19,500
Port Vale	Burslem	Vale Park	15,036
Reading	Reading	Madejski Stadium	24,161
Rotherham United	Rotherham	New York Stadium	12,021
Stevenage	Stevenage	Broadhall Way	7,400
Wigan Athletic	Wigan	DW Stadium	25,138

Personnel and sponsoring

Team	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor (chest)	Shirt sponsor (back)	Shirt sponsor (sleeve)	Shorts sponsor
AFC Wimbledon	Johnnie Jackson	Jake Reeves	Umbro	War Child	Togglit	None	DFTBA]
Barnsley	Conor Hourihane	Luca Connell	Puma	Gleeson Homes (H & A)/Breast Cancer UK (T)	Vitruvian Dental Studio	House of Parliament	Rapid Response Telecoms
Blackpool	Steve Bruce	James Husband	Puma	TreadTracker.com(H)/Pleasure Beach Resort (A)	Visit Blackpool	None	None
Bolton Wanderers	Steven Schumacher	George Thomason	Macron	Victorian Plumbing(H & A)/Bolton Wanderers in the Community (T)	Ebuyer	Whites Beaconsfield	Utilita
Bradford City	Graham Alexander	Richie Smallwood	Macron	JCT600	University of Bradford	Flamingo Land/Penny Appeal (in league cup matches)	Regal Foods
Burton Albion	Gary Bowyer	Ryan Sweeney	TAG	Burton Kia	Russell Roof Tiles	Bovril	Home and Trade
Cardiff City	TBA	Joe Ralls	New Balance	Visit Malaysia	Quinnbet	Watches of Bath	None
Doncaster Rovers	Grant McCann	Richard Wood	Oxen	Eco-Power Group	Stoneacre Motor Group	MF Hire	IPM Group
Exeter City	Gary Caldwell	Pierce Sweeney	Adidas	HEL Performance	Footasylum	Bidfood	EMS Waste Services
Huddersfield Town	TBA	TBA	Castore	Utilita	SportsBroker	Core Facility	Leading Edge Signage
Leyton Orient	Richie Wellens	Darren Pratley	Puma	Eastdil Secured	Moore Kingston Smith	Peritium Search Associates	Quattro Group
Lincoln City	Michael Skubala	Paudie O'Connor	Oxen	Branston (H)/University of Lincoln (A)	Allen Signs	Easy Heat Pumps	Nicholsons Chartered Accountants
Luton Town	Matt Bloomfield	Tom Lockyer	Reflo	Utilita	Toureen Group (H)/Ryebridge (A)	Star Platforms (H)Switchshop (A)	None
Mansfield Town	Nigel Clough	Alfie Kilgour	Castore	One Call Insurance (H)/OCL Solicitors (A)/BeeNoticed (T)	A. Wass Funeral Directors (H)/AGG Electrical Safety Testing (A)	Source Travel< (H)	A Woodland & Son
Northampton Town	Kevin Nolan	Jon Guthrie	Puma	University of Northampton	Snowdon Homes Ltd	Green Ape Media	LCS The Cleaning Company
Peterborough United	Darren Ferguson	Hector Kyprianou	Puma	Mick George Group	Princebuild	Next Level FibreOptics	Millfield Auto Parts
Plymouth Argyle	Miron Muslić	Joe Edwards	Puma	Classic Builders	Project 35	Vertu Motors	Retain Limited
Port Vale	Darren Moore	Ben Garrity	Puma	Synectics Solutions	Staffordshire University	IronMarket Wealth	Global QA
Reading	Noel Hunt	Andy Yiadom	Macron	Select Car Leasing	None	None	CRL Fire & Flood Damage
Rotherham United	Matt Hamshaw	Jonson Clarke-Harris	Puma	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	Puma	VITA	DeliveryApp	GroFu	None
Wigan Athletic	Ryan Lowe	Jason Kerr	Puma	Smurfit Westrock	Greenmount Projects	None	None
Wycombe Wanderers	Mike Dodds	Jack Grimmer	Hummel	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
Huddersfield Town	Jon Worthington

League table

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

Updated to match(es) played on 26 April 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) 12-point sending off offences

Season statistics

As of

External links

• League One official site

2025–26 in English football
FA competitions
FA Cup (Qualifying Rounds, Final) · FA Community Shield · FA Trophy (Final) · FA Vase (Final)
League cups
EFL Cup (Final) · EFL Trophy (Final)
Premier and Football League
Premier League · Football League (Championship · League One · League Two)
National League
National League (National League · North · South)
Lower leagues
Isthmian League (Premier · North · South Central · South East) · Northern Premier League (Premier · West · East · Midlands) · Southern League (Premier Central · Premier South · Division One Central · Division One South) · Combined Counties League (North Premier, South Premier, One) · Eastern Counties League (Premier, One North, One South) · Essex Senior League (level 9 only) · Hellenic League (Premier, One) · Midland League (Premier, One, Two, Three) · Northern Counties East League (Premier, One) · Northern League (One, Two) · North West Counties League (Premier, One North, One South) · Southern Combination League (Premier, One, Two) · Southern Counties East League (Premier, One) · South West Peninsula League (East, West) · Spartan South Midlands League (Premier, One) · United Counties League (Premier North, Premier South, One) · Wessex League (Premier, One) · Western League (Premier, One)
Playoffs
European competitions
Champions League (Final) · Europa League (Final) · Conference League (Final)
National teams
Senior: 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification) · U21: (UEFA Euro 2025 finals) · U20: (UEFA Euro 2025 qualification) · U17: (UEFA Euro 2025 qualification)
Other
Professional U21 Development League · Premier League awards · 2025 Summer Series Summer 2025 transfers · Winter 2025–26 transfers
Club seasons
Premier League
Arsenal · Aston Villa · Bournemouth · Brentford · Brighton & Hove Albion · Burnley · Chelsea · Crystal Palace · Everton · Fulham · Leeds United · Liverpool · Manchester City · Manchester United · Newcastle United · Nottingham Forest · Sunderland · Tottenham Hotspur · West Ham United · Wolverhampton Wanderers
Championship
Birmingham City · Blackburn Rovers · Bristol City · Charlton Athletic · Coventry City · Derby County · Hull City · Ipswich Town · Leicester City · Middlesbrough · Millwall · Norwich City · Oxford United · Portsmouth · Preston North End · Queens Park Rangers · Sheffield United · Sheffield Wednesday · Southampton · Stoke City · Swansea City · Watford · West Bromwich Albion · Wrexham
League One
AFC Wimbledon · Barnsley · Blackpool · Bolton Wanderers · Bradford City · Burton Albion · Cardiff City · Doncaster Rovers · Exeter City · Huddersfield Town · Leyton Orient · Lincoln City · Luton Town · Mansfield Town · Northampton Town · Peterborough United · Plymouth Argyle · Port Vale · Reading · Rotherham United · Stevenage · Stockport County · Wigan Athletic · Wycombe Wanderers
League Two
Accrington Stanley · Barnet · Barrow · Bristol Rovers · Bromley · Cambridge United · Cheltenham Town · Chesterfield · Colchester United · Crawley Town · Crewe Alexandra · Fleetwood Town · Gillingham · Grimsby Town · Harrogate Town · Milton Keynes Dons · Newport County · Notts County · Oldham Athletic · Salford City · Shrewsbury Town · Swindon Town · Tranmere Rovers · Walsall
2024–25