2025–26 Sunderland A.F.C. season

Sunderland 2025–26
Club information
Manager	Régis Le Bris
Stadium	Stadium of Light
League Season information
Final League position	Premier League, TBD
Cup placements
FA Cup	Third round
EFL Cup	Second round
Season statistics
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The 2025–26 season is the 147th season in the history of Sunderland Association Football Club and their first season back in the Premier League since the 2016–17 season following promotion from the Championship in the preceding season. In addition to the domestic league, the team will also participate in the FA Cup and the EFL Cup.

Kits

Home

Away

Third

Pre-season and friendlies

On 7 June, Sunderland annouced their initial pre-season schedule, with matches against Gateshead, South Shields, Heart of Midlothian, Hull City and Real Betis. A training camp in Algarve was confirmed along with a friendlies against Sporting CP and Sevilla.

      Win       Draw       Loss       Fixtures

Friendly 12 July 2025	Gateshead	2–2	Sunderland	Gateshead
12:30 BST	Trialist  11' John  37'	Report	Samuel-Ogunsuyi  29' Anderson  33'	Stadium: Gateshead International Stadium Attendance: 2,196

Friendly 12 July 2025	South Shields	0–4	Sunderland	Jarrow
16:00 BST		Report	Isidor  1' Mundle  41' Aleksić  54' Abdullahi  90+1'	Stadium: 1st Cloud Arena

Friendly 19 July 2025	Sevilla	1–1	Sunderland	Faro-Loulé, Portugal
20:00 WEST	Vargas  90+5'	Report	Le Fée  31'	Stadium: Estádio Algarve

Friendly 21 July 2025	Sporting CP	1−0	Sunderland	Faro-Loulé, Portugal
20:00 WEST	Trincão  11'			Stadium: Estádio Algarve

Friendly 26 July 2025	Heart of Midlothian	3–0	Sunderland	Edinburgh, Scotland
15:00 BST	Braga  11' Shankland  60' Kyziridis  83'	Report		Stadium: Tynecastle Park

Friendly 29 July 2025	Hull City	2–1	Sunderland	Kingston upon Hull
19:45 BST	Tinsdale  17' Kamara  71'	Report	Adingra  11'	Stadium: MKM Stadium

Friendly 2 August 2025	Sunderland	0–1	Real Betis	Sunderland
15:00 BST		Report	Ruibal  75'	Stadium: Stadium of Light

Friendly 9 August 2025	FC Augsburg	0–1	Sunderland	Augsburg, Germany
14:00 BST		Report	Diarra  14'	Stadium: Augsburg Arena

Friendly 10 August 2025	Sunderland	0–3	Rayo Vallecano	Sunderland
16:30 BST		Report	de Frutos Espino Palazón	Stadium: Stadium of Light

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
					Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Premier League	August 2025	24 May 2026	Matchday 1		&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.0000000	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.0000000	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.0000000	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.0000000	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.0000000	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.0000000	+0	!—
FA Cup	January 2026		Third round		&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.0000000	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.0000000	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.0000000	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.0000000	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.0000000	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.0000000	+0	!—
EFL Cup	August 2025		Second round		&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.0000000	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.0000000	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.0000000	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.0000000	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.0000000	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.0000000	+0	!—
Total					&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.0000000	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.0000000	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.0000000	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.0000000	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.0000000	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.0000000	−0	—

Last updated: pre-season
Source: Soccerway

Premier League

Main article: 2025–26 Premier League

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
6	Liverpool	24	11	6	7	39	33	+6	39	Possible qualification for the Conference League play-off round
7	Brentford	24	11	3	10	36	32	+4	36
8	Sunderland	24	9	9	6	27	26	+1	36
9	Fulham	24	10	4	10	34	35	−1	34
10	Everton	24	9	7	8	26	27	−1	34

Updated to match(es) played on 2 February 2026. Source: Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) If the champions, relegated teams or qualified teams for UEFA competitions cannot be determined by rules 1 to 3, rules 4.1 to 4.3 are applied – 4.1) Points gained in head-to-head record between such teams; 4.2) Away goals scored in head-to-head record between such teams; 4.3) Play-offs

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
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Last updated: pre-season
Source: Soccerway

Matches

The league fixtures will be released on 18 June 2025.

      Win       Draw       Loss       Fixtures

1 August 2025	TBC	v	TBC	TBC
TBC BST				Stadium: TBC

FA Cup

Main article: 2025–26 FA Cup

As a Premier League side, Sunderland will enter the FA Cup in the third round.

      Win       Draw       Loss       Fixtures

Third round January 2026	TBC	v	TBC	TBC
TBC GMT				Stadium: TBC

EFL Cup

Main article: 2025–26 EFL Cup

As one of the Premier League clubs not participating in European competitions, Sunderland will enter the EFL Cup in the second round.

      Win       Draw       Loss       Fixtures

Second round August 2025	TBC	v	TBC	TBC
TBC BST				Stadium: TBC

External links

• Official website