2025–26 Charlton Athletic F.C. season

Charlton Athletic
2025–26 season
ChairmanGavin Carter[1]
ManagerNathan Jones
StadiumThe Valley
Championship4th
Average home league attendance[2]

The 2025–26 Charlton Athletic season is the 120th season in their existence, having been founded in 1905, and their first season back in the Championship. The club are participating in Championship, the FA Cup and the EFL Cup. The season covers the period from 1 July 2025 to 30 June 2026.

Squad statistics

As of 1 July 2025
No. Pos Nat Player Total Championship FA Cup EFL Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
GK  BEL Thomas Kaminski 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
GK  ENG Will Mannion 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
GK  AUS Ashley Maynard-Brewer 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF  UGA Nathan Asiimwe 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF  JAM Amari'i Bell 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF  ENG Reece Burke 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF  SCO Josh Edwards 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF  ENG Macaulay Gillesphey 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF  ENG Lloyd Jones 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF  FIJ Josh Laqeretabua 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF  ENG Alex Mitchell 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF  ENG Zach Mitchell 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF  ENG Kayne Ramsay 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF  JAM Karoy Anderson 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF  ENG Luke Berry 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF  ENG Sonny Carey 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF  IRL Conor Coventry 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF  SCO Greg Docherty 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF  ENG Kai Enslin 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF  ENG Ibrahim Fullah 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF  ENG Alan Mwamba 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF  ENG Henry Rylah 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF  WAL Terry Taylor 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW  MAR Gassan Ahadme 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW  JAM Tyreece Campbell 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW  IRL Patrick Casey 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW  JAM Kaheim Dixon 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW  ENG Matt Godden 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW  SLE Daniel Kanu 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW  ENG Miles Leaburn 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW  ENG Micah Mbick 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW  ENG Isaac Olaofe 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0

Top scorers

As of 1 July 2025
Place Position Nation Number Name Championship FA Cup EFL Cup Total
Totals 0 0 0 0

Disciplinary record

As of 1 July 2025
Number Nation Position Name Championship FA Cup EFL Cup Total
Totals 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Transfers

Transfers in

Date from Position Nationality Name From Fee Ref.
1 July 2025[a] MF Sonny Carey Blackpool Free transfer [3]
1 July 2025 GK Thomas Kaminski Luton Town Undisclosed [4]
2 July 2025 FW Isaac Olaofe Stockport County Undisclosed [5]
4 July 2025 LB Amari'i Bell Luton Town Free transfer [6]
9 July 2025 DF Reece Burke Luton Town Undisclosed [7]
  1. ^ The transfer of Sonny Carey was announced on 6 June 2025 and would become official on 1 July 2025 once his Blackpool contract expired.

Transfers out

Date from Position Nationality Name To Fee Ref.
1 July 2025 FW Chuks Aneke Free agent Released [8]
1 July 2025 GK Dean Bouzanis Free agent Released [8]
1 July 2025 MF Aaron Henry Boreham Wood Released [8][9]
1 July 2025 FW Danny Hylton Retired [8]
1 July 2025 MF Harvey Kedwell Free agent Released [10]
1 July 2025 LB Thierry Small Preston North End Free transfer [11]
1 July 2025 RB Tennai Watson Free agent Released [8]

Loans in

Date from Position Nationality Name From Date until Ref.

Loans out

Date from Position Nationality Name To Date until Ref.

Friendlies

On Monday 2 June 2025, Charlton announced their first two pre-season friendlies against Dartford and Cambridge United.[12] On 19 June 2025, Charlton announced their third and fourth pre-season friendlies and that they will return to Slovenia for a pre-season training camp ahead of the 2025/26 campaign. While there, they will face HNK Gorica in a behind-closed-doors friendly. They also announced that, on their return, they would face National League outfit Wealdstone.[13] On Tuesday 24 June 2025, Charlton announced their fifth friendly against Southend United.[14] On Friday 27 June 2025, Charlton announced their sixth and final friendly against Ipswich Town.[15]

12 July 2025 (2025-07-12) Friendly Dartford Charlton Athletic Dartford
15:00 BST Stadium: Princes Park
Referee: Ben McDonald
19 July 2025 (2025-07-19) Friendly HNK Gorica Charlton Athletic Kranjska Gora, Slovenia
11:00 BST Stadium: Kranjska Gora
Attendance: 0
23 July 2025 (2025-07-23) Friendly Wealdstone Charlton Athletic Ruislip
18:30 BST Stadium: Grosvenor Vale
26 July 2025 (2025-07-26) Friendly Cambridge United Charlton Athletic Cambridge
15:00 BST Stadium: Cledara Abbey Stadium
29 July 2025 (2025-07-29) Friendly Ipswich Town Charlton Athletic Colchester
19:30 BST Stadium: JobServe Community Stadium
2 August 2025 (2025-08-02) Friendly Southend United Charlton Athletic Southend-on-Sea
15:00 BST Stadium: Roots Hall

Competitions

Championship

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
2 Blackburn Rovers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Promotion to the Premier League
3 Bristol City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualification for the Championship play-offs
4 Charlton Athletic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Coventry City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Derby County 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played: 8 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) Number of 12-point sending off offences; 9) Play-off (only if needed to determine promotion/relegation)[16]

Result 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: 1 July 2025.
Source:

Results by round

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Result
Position
Updated to match(es) played on 1 July 2025. Source:
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; P = postponed

Matches

The 2025–26 season fixtures were released on Thursday 26 June 2025.[17]

9 August 2025 (2025-08-09) 1 Charlton Athletic Watford Charlton
12:30 BST Stadium: The Valley
Note: Live on Sky Sports+
16 August 2025 (2025-08-16) 2 Bristol City Charlton Athletic Bristol
15:00 BST Stadium: Ashton Gate
23 August 2025 (2025-08-23) 3 Charlton Athletic Leicester City Charlton
12:30 BST Stadium: The Valley
Note: Live on Sky Sports Football
30 August 2025 (2025-08-30) 4 Queens Park Rangers Charlton Athletic Shepherd's Bush
12:30 BST Stadium: MATRADE Loftus Road Stadium
Note: Live on Sky Sports+
13 September 2025 (2025-09-13) 5 Charlton Athletic Millwall Charlton
12:30 BST Stadium: The Valley
Note: Live on Sky Sports Football
20 September 2025 (2025-09-20) 6 Sheffield United Charlton Athletic Sheffield
15:00 BST Stadium: Bramall Lane
27 September 2025 (2025-09-27) 7 Charlton Athletic Blackburn Rovers Charlton
15:00 BST Stadium: The Valley
30 September 2025 (2025-09-30) 8 Derby County Charlton Athletic Derby
19:45 BST Stadium: Pride Park Stadium
4 October 2025 (2025-10-04) 9 Preston North End Charlton Athletic Preston
15:00 BST Stadium: Deepdale
18 October 2025 (2025-10-18) 10 Charlton Athletic Sheffield Wednesday Charlton
15:00 BST Stadium: The Valley
21 October 2025 (2025-10-21) 11 Ipswich Town Charlton Athletic Ipswich
19:45 BST Stadium: Portman Road
25 October 2025 (2025-10-25) 12 Hull City Charlton Athletic Kingston upon Hull
15:00 BST Stadium: MKM Stadium
1 November 2025 (2025-11-01) 13 Charlton Athletic Swansea City Charlton
15:00 GMT Stadium: The Valley
4 November 2025 (2025-11-04) 14 Charlton Athletic West Bromwich Albion Charlton
19:45 GMT Stadium: The Valley
8 November 2025 (2025-11-08) 15 Wrexham Charlton Athletic Wrexham
15:00 GMT Stadium: Racecourse Ground
22 November 2025 (2025-11-22) 16 Charlton Athletic Southampton Charlton
15:00 GMT Stadium: The Valley
25 November 2025 (2025-11-25) 17 Stoke City Charlton Athletic Stoke-on-Trent
19:45 GMT Stadium: Bet365 Stadium
29 November 2025 (2025-11-29) 18 Coventry City Charlton Athletic Coventry
15:00 GMT Stadium: Coventry Building Society Arena
6 December 2025 (2025-12-06) 19 Charlton Athletic Portsmouth Charlton
15:00 GMT Stadium: The Valley
9 December 2025 (2025-12-09) 20 Charlton Athletic Middlesbrough Charlton
19:45 GMT Stadium: The Valley
13 December 2025 (2025-12-13) 21 Birmingham City Charlton Athletic Bordesley
15:00 GMT Stadium: St Andrew's
20 December 2025 (2025-12-20) 22 Charlton Athletic Oxford United Charlton
15:00 GMT Stadium: The Valley
26 December 2025 (2025-12-26) 23 Norwich City Charlton Athletic Norwich
15:00 GMT Stadium: Carrow Road
29 December 2025 (2025-12-29) 24 Portsmouth Charlton Athletic Portsmouth
19:45 GMT Stadium: Fratton Park
1 January 2026 (2026-01-01) 25 Charlton Athletic Coventry City Charlton
15:00 GMT Stadium: The Valley
4 January 2026 (2026-01-04) 26 Blackburn Rovers Charlton Athletic Blackburn
15:00 GMT Stadium: Ewood Park
17 January 2026 (2026-01-17) 27 Charlton Athletic Sheffield United Charlton
15:00 GMT Stadium: The Valley
21 January 2026 (2026-01-21) 28 Charlton Athletic Derby County Charlton
19:45 GMT Stadium: The Valley
24 January 2026 (2026-01-24) 29 Millwall Charlton Athletic Bermondsey
12:30 GMT Stadium: The Den
31 January 2026 (2026-01-31) 30 Leicester City Charlton Athletic Leicester
15:00 GMT Stadium: King Power Stadium
7 February 2026 (2026-02-07) 31 Charlton Athletic Queens Park Rangers Charlton
15:00 GMT Stadium: The Valley
14 February 2026 (2026-02-14) 32 Charlton Athletic Stoke City Charlton
15:00 GMT Stadium: The Valley
21 February 2026 (2026-02-21) 33 Southampton Charlton Athletic Southampton
15:00 GMT Stadium: St Mary's Stadium
24 February 2026 (2026-02-24) 34 West Bromwich Albion Charlton Athletic West Bromwich
19:45 GMT Stadium: The Hawthorns
28 February 2026 (2026-02-28) 35 Charlton Athletic Wrexham Charlton
15:00 GMT Stadium: The Valley
7 March 2026 (2026-03-07) 36 Charlton Athletic Birmingham City Charlton
15:00 GMT Stadium: The Valley
11 March 2026 (2026-03-11) 37 Middlesbrough Charlton Athletic Middlesbrough
19:45 GMT Stadium: Riverside Stadium
14 March 2026 (2026-03-14) 38 Oxford United Charlton Athletic [Oxford]]
15:00 GMT Stadium: Kassam Stadium
21 March 2026 (2026-03-21) 39 Charlton Athletic Norwich City Charlton
15:00 GMT Stadium: The Valley
3 April 2026 (2026-04-03) 40 Charlton Athletic Bristol City Charlton
15:00 BST Stadium: The Valley
6 April 2026 (2026-04-06) 41 Watford Charlton Athletic Watford
15:00 BST Stadium: Vicarage Road
11 April 2026 (2026-04-11) 42 Charlton Athletic Preston North End Charlton
15:00 BST Stadium: The Valley
18 April 2026 (2026-04-18) 43 Sheffield Wednesday Charlton Athletic Owlerton
15:00 BST Stadium: Hillsborough Stadium
22 April 2026 (2026-04-22) 44 Charlton Athletic Ipswich Town Charlton
19:45 BST Stadium: The Valley
25 April 2026 (2026-04-25) 45 Charlton Athletic Hull City Charlton
15:00 BST Stadium: The Valley
2 May 2026 (2026-05-02) 46 Swansea City Charlton Athletic Swansea
12:30 BST Stadium: Swansea.com Stadium

FA Cup

10 January 2026 (2026-01-10) Third round
TBC GMT

EFL Cup

The first round draw was made on Thursday 26 June 2025.[18] On Friday 4 July 2025, the date of the first round was announced.[19]


12 August 2025 (2025-08-12) First round Charlton Athletic Stevenage Charlton
19:45 BST Stadium: The Valley

London Senior Cup

2025 (2025)
TBC GMT

References

  1. ^ "Update on structure of the club's board | Charlton Athletic Football Club".
  2. ^ Championship 2025/2026 » Attendance » Home matches
  3. ^ "Sonny Carey joins the Addicks!". Charlton Athletic Official Site. 6 June 2025. Retrieved 6 June 2025.
  4. ^ "Charlton complete Thomas Kaminski signing". Charlton Athletic Official Site. 1 July 2025. Retrieved 1 July 2025.
  5. ^ "Tanto Olaofe is an Addick!". Charlton Athletic Official Site. 2 July 2025. Retrieved 2 July 2025.
  6. ^ "Addicks complete Amari'i Bell signing". Charlton Athletic Official Site. 4 July 2025. Retrieved 4 July 2025.
  7. ^ "Reece Burke joins the Addicks". Charlton Athletic Official Site. 9 July 2025. Retrieved 9 July 2025.
  8. ^ a b c d e "2024/25 end-of-season squad update". Charlton Athletic Official Site. 30 May 2025. Retrieved 30 May 2025.
  9. ^ "Welcome, Aaron Henry!". Boreham Wood Official Site. 1 July 2025. Retrieved 2 July 2025.
  10. ^ "Harvey Kedwell Instagram Post". Charlton Athletic Official Site. 27 May 2025. Retrieved 27 May 2025.
  11. ^ "Thierry Small to join Preston North End". Charlton Athletic Official Site. 6 June 2025. Retrieved 6 June 2025.
  12. ^ "Two pre-season friendlies confirmed". Charlton Athletic Official Site. 2 June 2025. Retrieved 2 June 2025.
  13. ^ "Addicks to return to Slovenia for pre-season". Charlton Athletic Official Site. 19 June 2025. Retrieved 19 June 2025.
  14. ^ "Addicks to conclude pre-season at Southend". Charlton Athletic Official Site. 24 June 2025. Retrieved 24 June 2025.
  15. ^ "Addicks to face Ipswich Town in pre-season friendly". Charlton Athletic Official Site. 27 June 2025. Retrieved 27 June 2025.
  16. ^ "EFL Regulations Section 3 – The League; subsection 9 – Method of Determining League Positions". English Football League. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
  17. ^ "2025/26 Sky Bet Championship fixtures confirmed". Charlton Athletic Official Site. 26 June 2025. Retrieved 26 June 2025.
  18. ^ "Addicks to host Stevenage in Carabao Cup". Charlton Athletic Official Site. 26 June 2025. Retrieved 26 June 2025.
  19. ^ "Date set for Stevenage cup tie". Charlton Athletic Official Site. 4 July 2025. Retrieved 4 July 2025.

Notes