2025–26 Middlesbrough F.C. season

Middlesbrough
2025–26 season
OwnerSteve Gibson
ChairmanSteve Gibson
Head CoachRob Edwards
StadiumRiverside Stadium

The 2025–26 season is the 150th season in the history of Middlesbrough Football Club and their ninth consecutive season in the Championship. In addition to the domestic league, the club are also participating in the FA Cup and the EFL Cup.

Prior to the season starting, Rob Edwards was appointed as the new head coach on a three-year contract.[1]

Transfers and contracts

In

Date Pos. Player From Fee Ref.
1 July 2025 GK Owen Foster Hull City Bosman [2]
4 July 2025 CB Archie Baptiste Tottenham Hotspur [3]

Out

Date Pos. Player To Fee Ref.
20 June 2025 GK Zach Hemming Chesterfield £150,000 [4][5]
26 June 2025 CF Josh Coburn Millwall £5,000,000 [6][7]
Income: £5,150,000

Loaned in

Date Pos. Player From Date until Ref.

Loaned out

Date Pos. Player To Date until Ref.

Released / Out of Contract

Date Pos. Player Subsequent club Join date Ref.
30 June 2025 RB Terrell Agyemang [8]
RB Anfernee Dijksteel [8]
RB George Gitau [8]
CB Jack Hannah [8]
CB Afonso Lindo [8]
CB Alfie Myers-Smith [8]
CF Daniel Nkrumah [8]
RB Nathan Simpson [8]
CM Jack Stott [8]
CB Cain Sykes [8]
LW Pharrell Willis [8]

New Contract

Date Pos. Player Contracted until Ref.

Pre-season and friendlies

On 27 May, Middlesbrough annouced their first pre-season friendly, against Rangers.[9] A week later, a second fixture was confirmed, against Hartlepool United.[10] A third trip was later added against Bradford City.[11] A home friendly was later announced, against Deportivo La Coruña.[12] On 4 July, a trip to Mansfield Town was added.[13]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures


19 July 2025 Friendly Mansfield Town v Middlesbrough Mansfield
15:00 BST Stadium: Field Mill
23 July 2025 Friendly Bradford City v Middlesbrough Bradford
19:00 BST Stadium: Valley Parade
26 July 2025 Friendly Rangers v Middlesbrough Ibrox, Scotland
14:00 BST Stadium: Ibrox Stadium
30 July 2025 Friendly Hartlepool United v Middlesbrough Hartlepool
19:00 BST Stadium: Victoria Park
2 August 2025 Friendly Middlesbrough v Deportivo La Coruña Middlesbrough
15:00 BST Stadium: Riverside Stadium

Competitions

Championship

Main article: 2025–26 EFL Championship

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
8 Ipswich Town 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Leicester City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Middlesbrough 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Millwall 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Norwich City 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)[14]

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

Results by round

Round1
Ground
Result
Position
Points
Source: EFL
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; P = Postponed

Matches

On 26 June the Championship fixtures were announced, with Middlesbrough hosting Swansea City on the opening weekend.[15]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

9 August 2025 1 Middlesbrough v Swansea City Middlesbrough
15:00 BST Stadium: Riverside Stadium
16 August 2025 2 Millwall v Middlesbrough Bermondsey
15:00 BST Stadium: The Den
23 August 2025 3 Norwich City v Middlesbrough Norwich
15:00 BST Stadium: Carrow Road
30 August 2025 4 Middlesbrough v Sheffield United Middlesbrough
12:30 BST Stadium: Riverside Stadium
Note: Fixture was originally scheduled for a 15:00 kick-off, but was moved live Sky Sports broadcasting.[16]
13 September 2025 5 Preston North End v Middlesbrough Preston
12:30 BST Stadium: Deepdale
Note: Fixture was originally scheduled for a 15:00 kick-off, but was moved live Sky Sports broadcasting.[16]
19 September 2025 6 Middlesbrough v West Bromwich Albion Middlesbrough
20:00 BST Stadium: Riverside Stadium
Note: Fixture was originally scheduled for 20 September, but was moved live Sky Sports broadcasting.[16]

FA Cup

Main article: 2025–26 FA Cup

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

EFL Cup

Main article: 2025–26 EFL Cup

Middlesbrough were drawn at home to Doncaster Rovers in the first round.[17][18]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

12 August 2025 First round Middlesbrough v Doncaster Rovers Middlesbrough
19:30 BST Stadium: Riverside Stadium

Statistics

Appearances and goals

As of pre-season

Players with no appearances are not included on the list

No. Pos Nat Player Total Championship FA Cup EFL Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals

References

  1. ^ "Rob Edwards Appointed Head Coach". Middlesbrough FC. 24 June 2025. Retrieved 1 July 2025.
  2. ^ "Owen Foster Joins From Hull City". Middlesbrough FC. 1 July 2025. Retrieved 1 July 2025.
  3. ^ "Archie Baptiste Signs In At Boro". Middlesbrough FC. 4 July 2025. Retrieved 5 July 2025.
  4. ^ "Zach Hemming In Chesterfield Move". Middlesbrough FC. 20 June 2025. Retrieved 1 July 2025.
  5. ^ "Zach Hemming agreed to join Chesterfield. The 25-year-old has agreed a permanent £150,000 deal from Middlesbrough to Chesterfield". Facebook. Spireite Gazette. 13 June 2025. Retrieved 20 June 2025.
  6. ^ "Josh Coburn Joins Millwall". Middlesbrough FC. 26 June 2025. Retrieved 1 July 2025.
  7. ^ "How much money Millwall have paid to sign Middlesbrough's Josh Coburn - He was not cheap". Football League World. 26 June 2025. Retrieved 1 July 2025.
  8. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Club Confirm Retained List". Middlesbrough FC. 16 May 2025. Retrieved 16 May 2025.
  9. ^ "Boro Travel To Rangers". Middlesbrough FC. 27 May 2025. Retrieved 27 May 2025.
  10. ^ "Hartlepool United Trip Confirmed". Middlesbrough FC. 6 June 2025. Retrieved 7 June 2025.
  11. ^ "Boro To Make Bradford City Trip". Middlesbrough FC. 13 June 2025. Retrieved 13 June 2025.
  12. ^ "RC Deportivo Set For Riverside". Middlesbrough FC. 17 June 2025. Retrieved 17 June 2025.
  13. ^ "Mansfield Town Trip Confirmed". Middlesbrough FC. 4 July 2025. Retrieved 4 July 2025.
  14. ^ "EFL Regulations Section 3 – The League; subsection 9 – Method of Determining League Positions". English Football League. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
  15. ^ "Championship 2025/26 fixtures, dates, schedule & how to watch: Birmingham vs Ipswich, Southampton vs Wrexham open new season". Sky Sports. 26 June 2025. Retrieved 4 July 2025.
  16. ^ a b c "Three More Boro Games Selected For Live TV Coverage". Middlesbrough FC. 4 July 2025. Retrieved 4 July 2025.
  17. ^ "Carabao Cup Round One confirmed". English Football League. 26 June 2025. Retrieved 5 July 2025.
  18. ^ "Doncaster Rovers Carabao Cup Date Confirmed". Middlesbrough FC. 4 July 2025. Retrieved 5 July 2025.
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