2025–26 Salford City F.C. season

Salford City
2025–26 season
OwnerProject 92 Limited
Head coachKarl Robinson
StadiumMoor Lane

The 2025–26 season is the 86th season in the history of Salford City Football Club and their seventh consecutive season in League Two. In addition to the domestic league, the club are also participating in the FA Cup, the EFL Cup, and the EFL Trophy.

Transfers and contracts

In

Date Pos. Player From Fee Ref.
5 June 2025 RB Kallum Cesay Wealdstone Undisclosed [1]
26 June 2025 CF Jay Bird Exeter City [2]
1 July 2025[a] CB Loick Ayina Huddersfield Town Bosman [3]
1 July 2025[b] Adebola Oluwo Barnet [4]
2 July 2025 Luca Jackson Burnley [5]
10 July 2025 AM Jorge Grant Heart of Midlothian [6]
  1. ^ The transfer was announced on 27 June, and would become official on July 1 once his contract at Huddersfield had expired
  2. ^ The transfer was announced on 9 June, and would become official on July 1 once his contract at Barnet had expired

Out

Date Pos. Player To Fee Ref.
25 June 2025 RW Junior Luamba Carlisle United Undisclosed [7]

Loaned in

Date Pos. Player From Date until Ref.

Loaned out

Date Pos. Player To Date until Ref.
10 July 2025 CF Robbie Cleary Kerry 31 December 2025 [8]

Released / Out of Contract

Date Pos. Player Subsequent club Join date Ref.
30 June 2025 RM Jon Taylor Radcliffe 1 July 2025 [9][10]
CB Curtis Tilt Bradford City [11][12]
GK James Carr [9]
LM Ben Collins [9]
CF Marcus Dackers [9]
RW Sandro Da Costa [9]
CM Jez Davies [9]
Jacob Hamman [9]
Liam Humbles [9]
Matty Lund [9]
CF Conor McAleny [9]
Callum Morton [9]
RB Liam Shephard [9]
DM Ryan Watson [9]

New contract

Date Pos. Player Contracted until Ref.
31 May 2025 CM Alfie Bairstow Undisclosed[a] [13]
LB Ruben Butt [13]
CM Bruno Padovani [13]
  1. ^ First professional contract

Pre-season and friendlies

On 23 May, Salford City annouced they would begin pre-season with a fixture against Witton Albion.[14] Three weeks later, three further friendlies were confirmed against Curzon Ashton, Chester and Ashton United.[15][16] Two home friendlies were next added, against Blackpool and Stockport County.[17] On 13 June, the club announced their full pre-season schedule with the addition off FC United of Manchester and York City added.[18] A replacement friendly for the cancelled fixture was confirmed to be against Warrington Rylands.[19]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

5 July 2025 Friendly Witton Albion 2–3 Salford City Wincham
15:00 BST
  • Duckworth 19'
  • Hoyle 44'
 Report
  • Woodburn 34'
  • Curran-Nicholls 47'
  • Butt 87'
 Stadium: Wincham Park
8 July 2025 Friendly FC United of Manchester 2–2 Salford City Moston
19:00 BST
  • Buckley 35'
  • Sidibe 79'
 Report
  • Wright 47', 60'
 Stadium: Broadhurst Park
9 July 2025 Friendly Ashton United 2–2 Salford City Ashton-under-Lyne
19:00 BST
Report
  • Curran-Nicholls 50'
  • Wright 65'
 Stadium: Hurst Cross
11 July 2025 Friendly York City 3–3 Salford City Huntington
19:00 BST
  • Pearce 4', 21'
  • Fadera 76'
 Report
Stadium: York Community Stadium
15 July 2025 Friendly Warrington Rylands v Salford City Warrington
19:00 BST Stadium: Gorsey Lane
15 July 2025 Friendly Curzon Ashton Cancelled Salford City Ashton-under-Lyne
19:45 BST Stadium: Tameside Stadium
Note: On 20 June, the fixture was cancelled due to ongoing works at the Tameside Stadium.[20]
19 July 2025 Friendly Chester v Salford City Chester
15:00 BST Stadium: Deva Stadium
22 July 2025 Friendly Salford City v Blackpool Kersal
19:00 BST Stadium: Moor Lane
25 July 2025 Friendly Salford City v Stockport County Kersal
19:30 BST Stadium: Moor Lane

Competitions

League Two

Main article: 2025–26 EFL League Two

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
18 Notts County 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 Oldham Athletic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 Salford City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
21 Shrewsbury Town 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
22 Swindon Town 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Updated to match(es) played on 15 May 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[21]

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 Two fixtures were announced.[22]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

2 August 2025 1 Salford City v Crewe Alexandra Kersal
15:00 BST Stadium: Moor Lane
9 August 2025 2 Notts County v Salford City Nottingham
12:30 BST Stadium: Meadow Lane
Note: Fixture was originally scheduled for a 15:00 kick-off, but was moved live Sky Sports broadcasting.[23]
16 August 2025 3 Salford City v Accrington Stanley Kersal
15:00 BST Stadium: Moor Lane
19 August 2025 4 Newport County v Salford City Newport
19:45 BST Stadium: Rodney Parade
23 August 2025 5 Walsall v Salford City Bescot
12:30 BST Stadium: Bescot Stadium
Note: Fixture was originally scheduled for a 15:00 kick-off, but was moved live Sky Sports broadcasting.[23]
29 August 2025 6 Salford City v Cheltenham Town Kersal
19:45 BST Stadium: Moor Lane
Note: Fixture was originally scheduled for 30 August, but was moved to the night prior.[23]

FA Cup

Main article: 2025–26 FA Cup

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

EFL Cup

Main article: 2025–26 EFL Cup

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

EFL Trophy

Main article: 2025–26 EFL Trophy

Salford were drawn against Stockport County, Wigan Athletic and Wolverhampton Wanderers U21 in the group stage.[24]

Pos Div Team Pld W PW PL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 L2 Salford City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to Round 2
2 L1 Stockport County 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 L1 Wigan Athletic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 ACA Wolverhampton Wanderers U21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: EFL

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

Statistics

Appearances and goals

As of pre-season

Players with no appearances are not included on the list
Italics indicate a loaned in player

No. Pos Nat Player Total League Two FA Cup EFL Cup EFL Trophy
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals

References

  1. ^ "Salford Announce Their First Signing of The Summer". Salford City FC. 5 June 2025. Retrieved 7 June 2025.
  2. ^ "Salford Welcome Forward Jay Bird as Latest Signing". Salford City FC. 26 June 2025. Retrieved 2 July 2025.
  3. ^ "Defender Loick Ayina joins Salford City". Salford City FC. 27 June 2025. Retrieved 2 July 2025.
  4. ^ "Defender Adebola Oluwo Makes Salford Move". Salford City FC. 9 June 2025. Retrieved 9 June 2025.
  5. ^ "Former Burnley defender signs for Salford City B". Salford City FC. 2 July 2025. Retrieved 2 July 2025.
  6. ^ "Jorge Grant signs for Salford City". Salford City FC. 10 July 2025. Retrieved 11 July 2025.
  7. ^ "Junior Luamba joins Carlisle United". Salford City FC. 25 June 2025. Retrieved 2 July 2025.
  8. ^ "Robbie Cleary loaned to Kerry FC". Salford City FC. 10 July 2025. Retrieved 11 July 2025.
  9. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m "Retained and released list confirmed". Salford City FC. 12 May 2025. Retrieved 12 May 2025.
  10. ^ "Jon Taylor becomes first summer arrival". Radcliffe FC. 12 May 2025. Retrieved 12 May 2025.
  11. ^ "Curtis Tilt moves on from Salford City". Salford City FC. 4 June 2024. Retrieved 7 June 2025.
  12. ^ "Tilt Makes City Switch". Bradford City AFC. 4 June 2025. Retrieved 7 June 2025.
  13. ^ a b c "Making the step up". X. Salford City FC. 31 May 2025. Retrieved 7 June 2025.
  14. ^ "First pre-season fixture announced". Salford City FC. 23 May 2025. Retrieved 23 May 2025.
  15. ^ "Two further pre-season fixtures announced". Salford City FC. 11 June 2025. Retrieved 11 June 2025.
  16. ^ "Ashton pre-season fixture added". Salford City FC. 12 June 2025. Retrieved 12 June 2025.
  17. ^ "Two home pre-season fixtures announced". Salford City FC. 12 June 2025. Retrieved 12 June 2025.
  18. ^ "Pre-season schedule completed". Salford City FC. 13 June 2025. Retrieved 13 June 2025.
  19. ^ "Warrington Rylands pre-season fixture added". Salford City FC. 28 June 2025. Retrieved 2 July 2025.
  20. ^ "Curzon Ashton friendly cancelled". Salford City FC. 20 June 2025. Retrieved 20 June 2025.
  21. ^ "EFL Regulations Section 3 – The League; subsection 9 – Method of Determining League Positions". EFL. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
  22. ^ "League Two 2025/26 fixtures, dates, schedule & how to watch: Barnet host Fleetwood in opening day clash live on Sky". Sky Sports. 26 June 2025. Retrieved 4 July 2025.
  23. ^ a b c "August league fixture changes". Salford City FC. 4 July 2025. Retrieved 4 July 2025.
  24. ^ "Under-21 teams and Group Stage draw confirmed for 2025/26 Vertu Trophy". English Football League. 25 June 2025. Retrieved 9 July 2025.
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