2025–26 Queens Park Rangers F.C. season

Queens Park Rangers
2025–26 season
OwnerRuben Gnanalingam (60%)
Richard Reilly (21%)
Lakshmi Mittal (20%)
ChairmanLee Hoos
ManagerJulien Stéphan
StadiumLoftus Road

The 2025–26 season is the 144th season in the history of Queens Park Rangers Football Club and their eleventh consecutive season in the Championship. In addition to the domestic league, the club would also participate in the FA Cup, and the EFL Cup.

Prior to the season starting, after a period of gardening leave, Martí Cifuentes left the club as head coach by mutual consent.[1] The following day, June 25, Julien Stéphan was announced as the club's new head coach.[2]

Current squad

As of 29 June 2025[3]
No. Name Nat Position Since Date of birth (age) Signed from Games Goals
Goalkeepers
1 Paul Nardi GK 2024 (1994-05-18) 18 May 1994 Gent 45 0
13 Joe Walsh GK 2021 (2002-04-01) 1 April 2002 Gillingham 7 0
– Murphy Cooper GK 2012 (2001-12-27) 27 December 2001 Wycombe Wanderers 2 0
Defenders
3 Jimmy Dunne CB/ RB 2021 (1997-10-19) 19 October 1997 Burnley 163 11
5 Steve Cook (captain) CB 2023 (1991-04-19) 19 April 1991 Nottingham Forest 69 3
6 Jake Clarke-Salter CB 2022 (1997-09-22) 22 September 1997 Chelsea 63 1
15 Morgan Fox CB/LB 2023 (1993-09-21) 21 September 1993 Stoke City 48 2
16 Liam Morrison CB 2024 (2003-04-07) 7 April 2003 Bayern Munich 21 0
23 Hevertton Santos RB/LB 2024 (2001-02-01) 1 February 2001 Estrela da Amadora 9 1
– Ziyad Larkeche LB/CB 2023 (2002-09-19) 19 September 2002 Fulham 22 0
– Amadou Mbengue CB 2025 (2002-01-05) 5 January 2002 Reading 0 0
– Kealey Adamson RB 2025 (2003-02-17) 17 February 2003 Macarthur 0 0
Midfielders
4 Jack Colback DM/CM 2023 (1989-10-24) 24 October 1989 Nottingham Forest 55 4
7 Karamoko Dembélé RW 2024 (2003-02-22) 22 February 2003 Stade Brestois 29 25 3
8 Sam Field CM/DM 2021 (1998-05-08) 8 May 1998 West Bromwich Albion 179 12
10 Ilias Chair AM/RM/LM 2017 (1997-10-30) 30 October 1997 Lierse 264 37
11 Paul Smyth RW/LW 2023 (1997-09-10) 10 September 1997 Leyton Orient 115 7
19 Elijah Dixon-Bonner CM/DM 2022 (2001-01-01) 1 January 2001 Liverpool 33 0
21 Kieran Morgan DM/CM 2024 (2006-03-17) 17 March 2006 Tottenham Hotspur 31 1
24 Nicolas Madsen CM 2024 (2000-03-17) 17 March 2000 Westerlo 34 3
27 Daniel Bennie AM/LW 2024 (2006-04-14) 14 April 2006 Perth Glory 13 0
36 Emmerson Sutton CM 2023 (2006-12-28) 28 December 2006 Queens Park Rangers Academy 2 0
40 Jonathan Varane CM/DM 2024 (2001-09-09) 9 September 2001 Sporting Gijón 43 1
– Harvey Vale AM 2025 (2003-09-11) 11 September 2003 Chelsea 0 0
– Taylor Richards AM/RM/LM 2022 (2000-12-04) 4 December 2000 Brighton & Hove Albion 21 0
– Kwame Poku RW 2025 (2001-08-11) 11 August 2001 Peterborough United 0 0
Forwards
12 Michael Frey CF 2024 (1994-07-19) 19 July 1994 Royal Antwerp 40 10
18 Žan Celar CF 2024 (1999-03-14) 14 March 1999 Lugano 22 2
26 Rayan Kolli CF/RW/LW 2023 (2005-02-10) 10 February 2005 Queens Park Rangers Academy 32 5
28 Alfie Lloyd CF 2021 (2003-04-30) 30 April 2003 Yeovil Town 31 2
– Charlie Kelman CF 2020 (2001-11-02) 2 November 2001 Southend United 26 0

Transfers and contracts

In

Date Pos. Player From Fee Ref.
27 June 2025 RB Kealey Adamson Macarthur Undisclosed [4]
29 June 2025 RW Kwame Poku Peterborough United Undisclosed [5]
1 July 2025[a] CB Timothy Akindileni Aberdeen Bosman [6]
1 July 2025[b] CM Kaleb Dyke Leicester City [7]
1 July 2025[c] AM Jaylan Pearman Perth Glory [8]
1 July 2025[d] GK Charlie Warren Tottenham Hotspur [9]
1 July 2025[e] CB Alex Wilkie Eastleigh [10]
1 July 2025[f] CB Amadou Mbengue Reading [11]
  1. ^ The transfer was announced on 2 June, and would become official on July 1 once his Aberdeen contract had expired
  2. ^ The transfer was announced on 3 June, and would become official on July 1 once his Leicester contract had expired
  3. ^ The transfer was announced on 19 June, and would become official on July 1 once his Perth contract had expired
  4. ^ The transfer was announced on 12 June, and would become official on July 1 once his Tottenham contract had expired
  5. ^ The transfer was announced on 11 June, and would become official on July 1 once his Eastleigh contract had expired
  6. ^ The transfer was announced on 26 June, and would become official on July 1 once his Reading contract had expired

Out

Date Pos. Player To Fee Ref.

Loaned in

Date Pos. Player From Date until Ref.

Loaned out

Date Pos. Player To Date until Ref.
23 June 2025 GK Murphy Cooper Barnsley 31 May 2026 [12]

Released or out of contract

Date Pos. Player Subsequent club Join date Ref.
30 June 2025 CB Charlie O'Brien Cardiff City 3 July 2025 [13]
GK Conor Clark [14]
AM Hassan Hamid [14]
AM Kooshan Hayati [14]
GK La'Trell Jones [14]
CB Kemoko Keita-Turay [14]
GK Callum Loades [14]
RB Samuel Manufor [14]
AM Harry Murphy [15]
LB Kenneth Paal [16]
CM Luka Radojevic [14]
AM Lucas Andersen [17]
LB Casey Shann [14]
GK Nathan Shepperd The New Saints 24 June 2025 [18]
CF Lorenzo Strachan [14]

New contracts

Date Pos. Player Contracted until Ref.
12 May 2025 CB Steve Cook Undisclosed [19]
4 June 2025 CB Noah McCann Undisclosed[a] [20]
5 June 2025 GK Joel Halliday Undisclosed [21]
12 June 2025 Joe Walsh [22]
13 June 2025 DM Sam Field [23]
18 June 2025 CB Jimmy Dunne [24]
23 June 2025 GK Murphy Cooper [25]
30 June 2025 LB Ziyad Larkeche [26]
  1. ^ First professional contract

Pre-season and friendlies

On 22 May 2025, Queens Park Rangers announced a ten-day training camp in Girona and their first pre-season friendly against Ligue 1 side Toulouse.[27] On 16 June, a second friendly was confirmed against Heerenveen[28] and on 17 June a third friendly was confirmed against Brentford.[29] Three days later, the completed schedule was released with the additions of behind closed doors matches against Stevenage, Castellón and Cardiff City.[30]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

5 July 2025 Friendly Queens Park Rangers 5-0 Stevenage Hounslow
12:00 BST
  • Dembélé 15', 35'
  • Chair 30'
  • Richards 32'
  • Vale 80'
 Report Stadium: TSG Training Centre
Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors)
12 July 2025 Friendly Castellón v Queens Park Rangers Girona, Spain
12:00 CEST Stadium: TBA
Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors)
18 July 2025 Friendly Toulouse v Queens Park Rangers Canet-en-Roussillon, France
18:00 CEST Report Stadium: Stade Saint-Michel
23 July 2025 Friendly Queens Park Rangers v Cardiff City Hounslow
14:00 BST Stadium: TSG Training Centre
Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors)
26 July 2025 Friendly Queens Park Rangers v Heerenveen Shepherd's Bush
15:00 BST Stadium: Loftus Road
2 August 2025 Friendly Queens Park Rangers v Brentford Shepherd's Bush
15:00 BST Stadium: Loftus Road

Competitions

Overall record

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

Last updated: pre-season
Source: Soccerway

EFL Championship

Main article: 2025–26 EFL Championship

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
14 Portsmouth 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Preston North End 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Queens Park Rangers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Sheffield United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 Sheffield Wednesday 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)[31]

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 league fixtures were released.[32]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

9 August 2025 1 Queens Park Rangers v Preston North End Shepherd's Bush
15:00 BST Stadium: Loftus Road
16 August 2025 2 Watford v Queens Park Rangers Watford
15:00 BST Stadium: Vicarage Road
23 August 2025 3 Coventry City v Queens Park Rangers Coventry
15:00 BST Stadium: Coventry Building Society Arena
30 August 2025 4 Queens Park Rangers v Charlton Athletic Shepherd's Bush
12:30 BST Stadium: Loftus Road
Note: Fixture was originally scheduled for a 15:00 kick-off, but was moved live Sky Sports broadcasting.[33]
13 September 2025 5 Wrexham v Queens Park Rangers Wrexham
15:00 BST Stadium: Racecourse Ground
20 September 2025 6 Queens Park Rangers v Stoke City Shepherd's Bush
12:30 BST Stadium: Loftus Road
Note: Fixture was originally scheduled for a 15:00 kick-off, but was moved live Sky Sports broadcasting.[33]
27 September 2025 7 Sheffield Wednesday v Queens Park Rangers Owlerton
15:00 BST Stadium: Hillsborough Stadium
1 October 2025 8 Queens Park Rangers v Oxford United Shepherd's Bush
19:45 BST Stadium: Loftus Road
4 October 2025 9 Bristol City v Queens Park Rangers Bristol
15:00 BST Stadium: Ashton Gate
18 October 2025 10 Queens Park Rangers v Millwall Shepherd's Bush
12:30 BST Stadium: Loftus Road
Note: Fixture was originally scheduled for a 15:00 kick-off, but was moved following consultation with local police.[33]

FA Cup

Main article: 2025–26 FA Cup

As a Championship side, QPR will enter the FA Cup in the third round.

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

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

EFL Cup

Main article: 2025–26 EFL Cup

QPR were drawn away to Plymouth Argyle in the first round.[34][35]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

12 August 2025 First round Plymouth Argyle v Queens Park Rangers Plymouth
19:45 BST Stadium: Home Park

Statistics

As of pre-season

Appearances

Players with no appearances are not included on the list, italics indicate a loaned in player.

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

Goals

Rank Player Position Championship FA Cup EFL Cup Total
Total 0 0 0 0

Clean sheets

Rank Player Position Championship FA Cup EFL Cup Total
Total 0 0 0 0

References

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  2. ^ "Julien Stéphan named QPR Head Coach". Queens Park Rangers FC. 25 June 2025. Retrieved 30 June 2025.
  3. ^ "QPR Soccerbase". Soccerbase.
  4. ^ "Kealey Adamson joins QPR". Queens Park Rangers FC. 27 June 2025. Retrieved 27 June 2025.
  5. ^ "QPR complete Kwame Poku signing". Queens Park Rangers FC. 29 June 2025. Retrieved 29 June 2025.
  6. ^ "Defender Timothy Akindileni joins Dev Squad". Queens Park Rangers FC. 2 June 2025. Retrieved 7 June 2025.
  7. ^ "Kaleb Dyke joins QPR Dev Squad". Queens Park Rangers FC. 3 June 2025. Retrieved 7 June 2025.
  8. ^ "Dev Squad recruit Jaylan Pearman". Queens Park Rangers FC. 19 June 2025. Retrieved 19 June 2025.
  9. ^ "Dev Squad recruit goalie Charlie Warren". Queens Park Rangers FC. 12 June 2025. Retrieved 12 June 2025.
  10. ^ "Alex Wilkie officially joins Dev Squad". Queens Park Rangers FC. 11 June 2025. Retrieved 11 June 2025.
  11. ^ "Amadou Mbengue is a Ranger". Queens Park Rangers FC. 26 June 2025. Retrieved 26 June 2025.
  12. ^ "Cooper joins Barnsley on loan". Queens Park Rangers FC. 23 June 2025. Retrieved 30 June 2025.
  13. ^ "Three new recruits join City's U21s". Cardiff City FC. 3 July 2025. Retrieved 4 July 2025.
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  15. ^ "Harry Murphy to depart". Queens Park Rangers FC. 22 May 2025. Retrieved 23 May 2025.
  16. ^ "Kenneth Paal departs". Queens Park Rangers FC. 27 May 2025. Retrieved 27 May 2025.
  17. ^ "Lucas Andersen departs". Queens Park Rangers FC. 23 June 2025. Retrieved 23 June 2025.
  18. ^ "Nathan Shepperd departs". Queens Park Rangers FC. 16 June 2025. Retrieved 16 June 2025.
  19. ^ "Steve Cook's contract extended". Queens Park Rangers FC. 18 June 2025.
  20. ^ "Noah McCann signs pro deal". Queens Park Rangers FC. 4 June 2025. Retrieved 7 June 2025.
  21. ^ "Joel Halliday agrees new deal". Queens Park Rangers FC. 5 June 2025. Retrieved 7 June 2025.
  22. ^ "New deal for Joe Walsh". Queens Park Rangers FC. 13 June 2025. Retrieved 13 June 2025.
  23. ^ "Sam Field signs new deal". Queens Park Rangers FC. 14 June 2025. Retrieved 14 June 2025.
  24. ^ "Jimmy Dunne signs new deal". Queens Park Rangers FC. 18 June 2025. Retrieved 18 June 2025.
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  28. ^ "QPR to host SC Heerenveen". Queens Park Rangers FC. 16 June 2025. Retrieved 16 June 2025.
  29. ^ "R's set to entertain Brentford". Queens Park Rangers FC. 17 June 2025. Retrieved 18 June 2025.
  30. ^ "Pre-season line-up complete". Queens Park Rangers FC. 20 June 2025. Retrieved 20 June 2025.
  31. ^ "EFL Regulations Section 3 – The League; subsection 9 – Method of Determining League Positions". English Football League. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
  32. ^ "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.
  33. ^ a b c "Three '25/26 fixtures on Sky Sports". Queens Park Rangers FC. 4 July 2025. Retrieved 4 July 2025.
  34. ^ "Carabao Cup Round One confirmed". English Football League. 26 June 2025. Retrieved 5 July 2025.
  35. ^ "Plymouth cup date confirmed". Queens Park Rangers FC. 4 July 2025. Retrieved 5 July 2025.
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