2025–26 EFL League One
| Season | 2025–26 |
|---|---|
| Dates | 1 August 2025 – May 2026 |
| Matches | 195 |
| Goals | 460 (2.36 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Aaron Connolly Davis Keillor-Dunn Lorent Tolaj (8 goals each) |
| Biggest home win | Peterborough United 5–0 AFC Wimbledon (8 November 2025) Barnsley 5–0 Luton Town (22 November 2025)[1] |
| Biggest away win | Burton Albion 0–4 Plymouth Argyle (27 September 2025)[1] |
| Highest scoring | Cardiff City 4–3 Leyton Orient (4 October 2025)[1] |
| Longest winning run | Stevenage Cardiff City Stockport County (4 games)[1] |
| Longest unbeaten run | Bolton Wanderers Lincoln City Rotherham United (8 games)[1] |
| Longest winless run | Doncaster Rovers (10 games) |
| Longest losing run | Plymouth Peterborough (4 games) |
| Highest attendance | 26,473 Bolton Wanderers vs Bradford City (22 November 2025)[1] |
| Lowest attendance | 1,957 Doncaster Rovers vs Rotherham United (30 August 2025)[1] |
| Total attendance | 2,009,659 |
| Average attendance | 10,306[1] |
← 2024–25 2026–27 →
All statistics correct as of 22 November 2025. | |
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. The season began on 1 August 2025, and will end in May 2026.
Summary
[edit]Pre-season managerial changes
[edit]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 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
[edit]On 18 September 2025, Wycombe Wanderers announced that Mike Dodds had been sacked with the club at the time of Dodd's departure sitting in 19th place - with him becoming the first managerial departure of the season - 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 former Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson's son 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]
Team changes
[edit]The following teams have changed division since the 2024–25 season:
To League One[edit]Promoted from League Two Relegated from the Championship
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From League One[edit]Promoted to the Championship Relegated to League Two
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Stadiums and locations
[edit]- Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.
Personnel, sponsoring & season articles
[edit]Managerial changes
[edit]| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in the table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| End of interim spell | 3 May 2025 | Pre-season | 16 June 2025 | |||
| Huddersfield Town | 28 May 2025 | |||||
| Plymouth Argyle | Signed by |
31 May 2025 | 13 June 2025 | |||
| Wycombe Wanderers | Sacked | 18 September 2025 | 19th | 18 September 2025 | ||
| Blackpool | 4 October 2025 | 23rd | 21 October 2025 | |||
| Luton Town | 6 October 2025 | 11th | 13 October 2025 | |||
| Peterborough United | 25 October 2025 | 24th | 29 October 2025 | |||
| Reading | Mutual consent | 26 October 2025 | 19th | 28 October 2025 |
League table
[edit]| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cardiff City | 17 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 31 | 17 | +14 | 35 | Promotion to EFL Championship |
| 2 | Bradford City | 18 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 26 | 18 | +8 | 34 | |
| 3 | Stevenage | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 11 | +8 | 31 | Qualification for League One play-offs |
| 4 | Lincoln City | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 23 | 18 | +5 | 31 | |
| 5 | Stockport County | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 23 | 21 | +2 | 29 | |
| 6 | Bolton Wanderers | 17 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 24 | 16 | +8 | 28 | |
| 7 | Luton Town | 18 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 21 | 22 | −1 | 27 | |
| 8 | Huddersfield Town | 18 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 30 | 28 | +2 | 26 | |
| 9 | AFC Wimbledon | 17 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 23 | 25 | −2 | 26 | |
| 10 | Barnsley | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 26 | 19 | +7 | 25 | |
| 11 | Wigan Athletic | 18 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 21 | 20 | +1 | 25 | |
| 12 | Wycombe Wanderers | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 26 | 20 | +6 | 24 | |
| 13 | Leyton Orient | 18 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 29 | 29 | 0 | 24 | |
| 14 | Rotherham United | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 20 | 20 | 0 | 24 | |
| 15 | Northampton Town | 17 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 16 | 17 | −1 | 23 | |
| 16 | Mansfield Town | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 23 | 23 | 0 | 22 | |
| 17 | Reading | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 20 | 20 | 0 | 22 | |
| 18 | Doncaster Rovers | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 17 | 24 | −7 | 22 | |
| 19 | Burton Albion | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 24 | −8 | 22 | |
| 20 | Exeter City | 17 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 16 | 18 | −2 | 17 | |
| 21 | Peterborough United | 17 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 19 | 25 | −6 | 16 | Relegation to EFL League Two |
| 22 | Blackpool | 18 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 17 | 28 | −11 | 16 | |
| 23 | Plymouth Argyle | 18 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 19 | 32 | −13 | 16 | |
| 24 | Port Vale | 18 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 21 | −10 | 14 |
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[76]
Results
[edit]- ^ original match on 6 September was postponed due to international callups
Season statistics
[edit]- As of 6 December 2025
Top goalscorers
[edit]| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cardiff City | 9 | |
| 2 | Leyton Orient | 8 | |
| Barnsley | |||
| Plymouth Argyle Port Vale | |||
| 5 | Leyton Orient | 7 | |
| Bolton Wanderers | |||
| 7 | Wycombe Wanderers | 6 | |
| Bolton Wanderers | |||
| Bradford City | |||
| Stevenage | |||
| Stockport County |
Discipline
[edit]Player
[edit]- Most yellow cards: 7
Max Power (Bradford City)
- Most red cards: 1
- 28 players
Club
[edit]- Most yellow cards: 40
- Most red cards: 4
- Fewest yellow cards: 19
- Fewest red cards: 0
- 10 teams
Awards
[edit]Monthly
[edit]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 | Cardiff City | Doncaster Rovers | [77] | ||
| September | Lincoln City | Bradford City | [78] | ||
| October | Stockport County | Bolton Wanderers | [79] | ||
See also
[edit]- 2025–26 Premier League
- 2025–26 EFL Championship
- 2025–26 EFL League Two
- 2025–26 National League
- 2025–26 EFL Cup
- 2025–26 FA Cup
- 2025–26 EFL Trophy
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