2025–26 Luton Town F.C. season

Luton Town

2025–26 season
Owner	Luton Town Football Club 2020 Ltd
Chairman	David Wilkinson
Manager	Matt Bloomfield
Stadium	Kenilworth Road
EFL League One	Pre-season
FA Cup	First round
EFL Cup	First round
EFL Trophy	Group stage
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The 2025–26 season is the 140th season in the history of Luton Town Football Club and their first season back in League One since the 2018–19 season following successive relegations from the Premier League two years ago and the EFL Championship the previous season. In addition to the domestic league, the club also participates in the FA Cup, the EFL Cup, and the EFL Trophy.

Transfers and contracts

In

Date	Pos.	No.	Player	From	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2025[a]	CB	—	Kal Naismith	Bristol City	Free	[1]
1 July 2025[b]	CM	—	George Saville	Millwall		[2]
4 July 2025		—	Jake Richards	Exeter City	Compensation	[3]
10 July 2025	DM	—	Hakeem Odoffin	Rotherham United	Free	[4]
	CF	—	Nahki Wells	Bristol City		[5]
19 July 2025	GK	—	Josh Keeley	Tottenham Hotspur	Undisclosed	[6]
1 August 2025	LB	—	Cohen Bramall	Portsmouth	Free	[7]
	CF	9	Jerry Yates	Swansea City	Undisclosed	[8]

1. The transfer was announced on 10 June, and would become official on July 1 once his contract at Bristol City had expired
2. The transfer was announced on 11 June, and would become official on July 1 once his contract at Millwall had expired

Out

Date	Pos.	No.	Player	To	Fee	Ref.
26 June 2025	CF	9	Carlton Morris	Derby County	Undisclosed	[9]
27 June 2025	RB	27	Daiki Hashioka	Slavia Prague		[10]
1 July 2025	GK	24	Thomas Kaminski	Charlton Athletic		[11]
4 July 2025	CF	—	Aribim Pepple	Plymouth Argyle		[12][13]
5 July 2025	CAM	8	Thelo Aasgaard	Rangers	£3,500,000	[14][15]
9 July 2025	CB	16	Reece Burke	Charlton Athletic	Undisclosed	[16]
22 July 2025	GK		Jack Walton	Preston North End		[17]
28 July 2025	LWB	45	Alfie Doughty	Millwall		[18]

Loans in

Date	Pos.	No.	Player	From	Date until	Ref.
10 July 2025	CB	—	Nigel Lonwijk	Wolverhampton Wanderers	31 May 2026	[19]
22 July 2025	CF	—	Gideon Kodua	West Ham United		[20]

Loans out

Date	Pos.	No.	Player	To	Date until	Ref.
23 July 2025	CF	41	Taylan Harris	Tranmere Rovers	1 January 2026	[21]
29 July 2025	CM	—	Jayden Luker	Notts County	31 May 2026	[22]
30 July 2025	GK	—	Liam Coyne	Biggleswade	27 August 2025	[23]
31 July 2025	CF	—	Oliver Lynch	Tamworth	31 December 2025	[24]
8 August 2025	CM	—	Claude Kayibanda	Bedford Town	5 September 2025	[25]
22 August 2025	CF	—	Josh Phillips	Torquay United	19 September 2025	[26]

Released / Out of contract

Date	Pos.	No.	Player	Subsequent club	Join date	Ref.
30 June 2025	CM	—	Axel Piesold	Galway United	2 July 2025	[27][28]
	LB	3	Amari'i Bell	Charlton Athletic	4 July 2025	[27][29]
	LW	—	Dion Pereira	Crawley Town		[27][30]
	DM	17	Pelly Ruddock Mpanzu	Cambridge United	24 July 2025	[27][31]
	RW	7	Victor Moses			[27]
	GK	23	Tim Krul			[27]
	GK	31	Jameson Horlick			[27]
	CB	—	Jack Bateson			[27]
	DM	—	Dominic Dos Santos Martins			[27]
	CB	—	Tyrell Giwa			[27]

New contract

Date	Pos.	No.	Player	Contract until	Ref.
4 June 2025	CF	43	Josh Phillips	Undisclosed	[32]

Pre-season and friendlies

On 13 June, Luton Town announced three pre-season friendlies, against Tottenham Hotspur, Boreham Wood and Gillingham.^[33] Four days later, a trip to Southend United was confirmed.^[34] A training camp in Slovenia along with a friendly against Triglav Kranj was also added.^[35]

Boreham Wood v Luton

5 July 2025 Friendly	Boreham Wood	0–3	Luton	Borehamwood
13:00 BST		Report	Woodrow 10' Fanne 55', 77'	Stadium: Meadow Park Referee: Dave Rock

Triglav Kranj v Luton Town

12 July 2025 Friendly	Triglav Kranj	1–8	Luton Town	Kranj, Slovenia
12:00 CEST		Report	Nelson 35' Paternoster 50' Xavier-Jones 52' Nordås 55', 69' Baptiste 60' Harris 65' Odegah 79'	Stadium: Stanko Mlakar Stadium

Luton Town v Colchester United

15 July 2025 Friendly	Luton Town	4–1	Colchester United	Luton
13:00 BST	Richards 40' Nordås 57' Wells 66' Alli 76'	Report	Trialist 64' (pen.)	Stadium: The Brache Attendance: 0 (behind-closed-doors)
Note: 2x60 minute matches

Gillingham v Luton Town

19 July 2025 Friendly	Gillingham	0–2	Luton Town	Gillingham
15:00 BST		Report	Clark 29, 39'	Stadium: Priestfield Stadium Attendance: 1,967

Southend United v Luton Town

22 July 2025 Friendly	Southend United	0–2	Luton Town	Southend-on-Sea
19:45 BST		Report	Woodrow 41' Nordås 80'	Stadium: Roots Hall Attendance: 1,919 (179 Town)

Luton Town v Tottenham Hotspur

26 July 2025 Friendly	Luton Town	0–0	Tottenham Hotspur	Luton
15:00 BST		Report		Stadium: Kenilworth Road Attendance: 10,871

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Record
				Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
EFL League One	August 2025	May 2026	Matchday 1	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
FA Cup	January 2026		First round	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
EFL Cup	September 2025		First round	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
EFL Trophy	September 2025		Group stage	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
Total				0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—

Last updated: pre-season
Source: Soccerway

EFL League One

Main article: 2025–26 EFL League One

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
9	Mansfield Town	5	3	0	2	10	6	+4	9
10	AFC Wimbledon	5	3	0	2	6	3	+3	9
11	Luton Town	5	3	0	2	5	3	+2	9
12	Wigan Athletic	5	2	1	2	7	6	+1	7
13	Leyton Orient	5	2	1	2	6	8	−2	7

Updated to match(es) played on 23 August 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^[36]

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
5	3	0	2	5	3	+2	9	2	0	1	2	1	+1	1	0	1	3	2	+1

Last updated: 23 August 2025.
Source: Soccerway

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7^1	8	9
Ground	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A
Result	W	W	L	W	L		P
Position	8	4	9	6	11		—
Points	3	6	6	9	9		—

Source: EFL
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; P = Postponed
Notes:

• ¹ Matchday 7 (vs. Blackpool) was postponed due to international call-ups.

Matches

On 26 June the EFL League One fixtures were announced, with Luton hosting AFC Wimbledon on the opening weekend.^[37]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

Luton Town v AFC Wimbledon

1 August 2025 1	Luton Town	1–0	AFC Wimbledon	Luton
20:00 BST	Alli  83' Johnson 85' (o.g.)	Report	Lewis  36'	Stadium: Kenilworth Road Attendance: 11,735 Referee: Thomas Parsons

Peterborough United v Luton Town

9 August 2025 2	Peterborough United	0–2	Luton Town	Peterborough
12:30 BST	Okagbue  62' Khela  82'	Report	Andersen 60',  72' Wells  84' Clark 85'	Stadium: London Road Stadium Attendance: 10,827 (2,995 in the away end) Referee: Scott Oldham
Note: Fixture was originally scheduled for a 15:00 kick-off, but was moved live Sky Sports broadcasting.[38]

Bradford City v Luton Town

16 August 2025 3	Bradford City	2–1	Luton Town	Bradford
15:00 BST	Pointon  30', 48' Humphrys 33' Power  82'	Report	Alli  17' Lonwijk  27' Kodua 86'	Stadium: Valley Parade Attendance: 20,233 (1,338 backing Town) Referee: Edward Duckworth

Luton Town v Wigan Athletic

19 August 2025 4	Luton Town	1–0	Wigan Athletic	Luton
19:45 BST	Saville 9',  67'	Report	Brenan  11' Kerr  55'	Stadium: Kenilworth Road Attendance: 10,751 (562 from Wigan) Referee: Carl Brook

Luton Town v Cardiff City

23 August 2025 5	Luton Town	0–1	Cardiff City	Luton
12:30 BST	Keeley  52' Saville  55'	Report	Willock 68' Chambers  86'	Stadium: Kenilworth Road Attendance: 11,456 (inc. 1,345 in away end) Referee: Martin Coy
Note: Fixture was originally scheduled for a 15:00 kick-off, but was moved live Sky Sports broadcasting.[38]

Burton Albion v Luton Town

30 August 2025 6	Burton Albion	v	Luton Town	Burton upon Trent
15:00 BST				Stadium: Pirelli Stadium

Blackpool v Luton Town

6 September 2025 7	Blackpool	Postponed	Luton Town	Blackpool
15:00 BST				Stadium: Bloomfield Road
Note: Fixture was postponed due to sufficient international call-ups in the squad.[39]

Luton Town v Plymouth Argyle

13 September 2025 8	Luton Town	v	Plymouth Argyle	Luton
15:00 BST				Stadium: Kenilworth Road

Lincoln City v Luton Town

20 September 2025 9	Lincoln City	v	Luton Town	Lincoln
12:30 BST				Stadium: Sincil Bank
Note: Fixture was originally scheduled for a 15:00 kick-off, but was moved live Sky Sports broadcasting.[38]

FA Cup

Main article: 2025–26 FA Cup

As a League One side, Luton will enter the FA Cup in the first round.

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

TBC v TBC

15 November 2025 First round	TBC	v	TBC	TBC
TBC GMT		Report		Stadium: TBC

EFL Cup

Main article: 2025–26 EFL Cup

Luton were drawn away to Coventry City in the first round.^[40][41]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

Coventry City v Luton Town

12 August 2025 First round	Coventry City	1–0	Luton Town	Coventry
19:45 BST	Simms 57'	Report	Holmes  40'	Stadium: Coventry Building Society Arena Attendance: 10,536 (515 Town fans) Referee: Leigh Doughty

EFL Trophy

Main article: 2025–26 EFL Trophy

Luton were drawn against Barnet, Cambridge United and Brighton & Hove Albion U21 in the group stage.^[42]

Pos	Div	Team v t e	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	L2	Barnet	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Advance to Round 2
2	L2	Cambridge United	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	L1	Luton Town	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	ACA	Brighton & Hove Albion U21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: EFL

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

Luton Town v Barnet

2 September 2025 South Group H	Luton Town	v	Barnet	Luton
19:30 BST				Stadium: Kenilworth Road

Cambridge United v Luton Town

7 October 2025 South Group H	Cambridge United	v	Luton Town	Cambridge
19:00 BST				Stadium: Abbey Stadium

Luton Town v Brighton & Hove Albion U21

28 October 2025 South Group H	Luton Town	v	Brighton & Hove Albion U21	Luton
19:00 GMT				Stadium: Kenilworth Road

Statistics

Appearances

As of match played 23 August 2025

Players with no appearances are not included on the list

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		League One		FA Cup		EFL Cup		EFL Trophy
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	ENG	James Shea	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
2	DF	ENG	Reuell Walters	2	0	2+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
3	DF	SCO	Kal Naismith	5	0	5+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
5	DF	DEN	Mads Juel Andersen	3	1	3+0	1	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
6	DF	IRL	Mark McGuinness	6	0	3+2	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
7	FW	IRL	Millenic Alli	6	0	5+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	0	0+0	0
8	MF	ENG	Liam Walsh	6	0	3+2	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
9	FW	ENG	Jerry Yates	5	0	3+1	0	0+0	0	0+1	0	0+0	0
10	FW	ENG	Cauley Woodrow	2	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
17	DF	SUR	Nigel Lonwijk	6	0	4+1	0	0+0	0	0+1	0	0+0	0
18	MF	ENG	Jordan Clark	5	1	5+0	1	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
20	FW	NOR	Lasse Nordås	4	0	1+2	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
21	FW	BER	Nahki Wells	3	0	3+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
22	MF	ESP	Lamine Fanne	4	0	1+2	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
23	MF	NIR	George Saville	5	1	5+0	1	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
24	GK	IRL	Josh Keeley	5	0	5+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
26	MF	GRN	Shandon Baptiste	4	0	2+2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
27	MF	ENG	Jake Richards	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	0	0+0	0
28	DF	CGO	Christ Makosso	3	0	3+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
29	DF	ENG	Tom Holmes	2	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
30	FW	ENG	Gideon Kodua	4	1	1+2	1	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
33	DF	ENG	Cohen Bramall	4	0	1+2	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
37	MF	ENG	Zack Nelson	6	0	0+5	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
39	FW	ENG	Josh Phillips	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	0	0+0	0
42	DF	ENG	Christian Chigozie	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0

Goals

As of match played 23 August 2025

Rank	Pos.	No.	Player	League One	FA Cup	EFL Cup	EFL Trophy	Total
1	DF	5	Mads Juel Andersen	1	0	0	0	1
	MF	18	Jordan Clark	1	0	0	0	1
	MF	23	George Saville	1	0	0	0	1
	FW	30	Gideon Kodua	1	0	0	0	1
	Own goals			1	0	0	0	1
Total				5	0	0	0	5

Clean sheets

As of match played 23 August 2025

Rank	No.	Player	League One	FA Cup	EFL Cup	EFL Trophy	Total
1	24	Josh Keeley	3	0	0	0	3
Total			3	0	0	0	3

Disciplinary record

As of match played 23 August 2025

No.	Pos.	Player	League One			FA Cup			EFL Cup			EFL Trophy			Total
5	DF	Mads Juel Andersen	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
7	FW	Millenic Alli	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
17	DF	Nigel Lonwijk	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
21	FW	Nahki Wells	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
23	MF	George Saville	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
24	GK	Josh Keeley	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
29	DF	Tom Holmes	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Total			8	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0

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