2025–26 Stoke City F.C. season

Stoke City
2025–26 season
ChairmanJohn Coates
ManagerMark Robins[1]
Stadiumbet365 Stadium
Championship2025–26 EFL Championship
FA Cup2025–26 FA Cup
EFL Cup2025–26 EFL Cup

The 2025–26 season will be Stoke City's 109th season in the Football League, the 49th in the second tier and twelfth in the Championship.

Pre-season

After avoiding relegation on the final day of the 2024–25 season, manager Mark Robins quickly released his retained list. leaving the club were Lynden Gooch, Michael Rose, Enda Stevens and Jordan Thompson whilst Lewis Baker signed a one-year extension.[2] Stoke made their first signing of the summer, bringing in Welsh winger Sorba Thomas from Huddersfield Town on a three-year contract.[3]

Stoke will play friendlies against Burnley, Crewe Alexandra, Shrewsbury Town and Wolverhampton Wanderers.[4]

9 July 2025 Friendly Stoke City v Shrewsbury Town Stoke-on-Trent
13:00 BST Stadium: Clayton Wood Training Ground
23 July 2025 Friendly Crewe Alexandra v Stoke City Crewe
19:30 BST Stadium: Gresty Road
26 July 2025 Friendly Stoke City v Wolverhampton Wanderers Stoke-on-Trent
15:00 BST Stadium: bet365 Stadium
2 August 2025 Friendly Stoke City v Burnley Stoke-on-Trent
15:00 BST Stadium: bet365 Stadium

Championship

Main article: 2025–26 EFL Championship

Stoke will begin their 2025–26 Championship campaign at home against Derby County.[5]

Matches

9 August 2025 1 Stoke City v Derby County Stoke-on-Trent
15:00 BST Stadium: bet365 Stadium
16 August 2025 2 Sheffield Wednesday v Stoke City Sheffield
15:00 BST Stadium: Hillsborough
23 August 2025 3 Southampton v Stoke City Southampton
15:00 BST Stadium: St Mary's Stadium
30 August 2025 4 Stoke City v West Bromwich Albion Stoke-on-Trent
12:30 BST Stadium: bet365 Stadium
Note: Fixture was originally scheduled for a 15:00 kick-off, but was moved live Sky Sports broadcasting.[6]
13 September 2025 5 Stoke City v Birmingham City Stoke-on-Trent
15:00 BST Stadium: bet365 Stadium
20 September 2025 6 Queens Park Rangers v Stoke City Shepherd's Bush, London
12:30 BST Stadium: Loftus Road
Note: Fixture was originally scheduled for a 15:00 kick-off, but was moved live Sky Sports broadcasting.[6]
27 September 2025 7 Stoke City v Norwich City Stoke-on-Trent
Stadium: bet365 Stadium
30 September 2025 8 Middlesbrough v Stoke City Middlesbrough
Stadium: Riverside Stadium
4 October 2025 9 Blackburn Rovers v Stoke City Blackburn
Stadium: Ewood Park
18 October 2025 10 Stoke City v Wrexham Stoke-on-Trent
Stadium: bet365 Stadium
21 October 2025 11 Millwall v Stoke City Bermondsey, London
Stadium: The Den
25 October 2025 12 Portsmouth v Stoke City Portsmouth
Stadium: Fratton Park
1 November 2025 13 Stoke City v Bristol City Stoke-on-Trent
Stadium: bet365 Stadium
4 November 2025 14 Oxford United v Stoke City Oxford
Stadium: Kassam Stadium
8 November 2025 15 Stoke City v Coventry City Stoke-on-Trent
Stadium: bet365 Stadium
22 November 2025 16 Leicester City v Stoke City Leicester
Stadium: King Power Stadium
25 November 2025 17 Stoke City v Charlton Athletic Stoke-on-Trent
Stadium: bet365 Stadium
29 November 2025 18 Stoke City v Hull City Stoke-on-Trent
Stadium: bet365 Stadium
6 December 2025 19 Sheffield United v Stoke City Sheffield
Stadium: Bramall Lane
10 December 2025 20 Ipswich Town v Stoke City Ipswich
Stadium: Portman Road
13 December 2025 21 Stoke City v Swansea City Stoke-on-Trent
Stadium: bet365 Stadium
20 December 2025 22 Watford v Stoke City Watford
Stadium: Vicarage Road
26 December 2025 23 Stoke City v Preston North End Stoke-on-Trent
Stadium: bet365 Stadium
29 December 2025 24 Stoke City v Sheffield United Stoke-on-Trent
Stadium: bet365 Stadium
1 January 2026 25 Hull City v Stoke City Kingston upon Hull
Stadium: MKM Stadium
4 January 2026 26 Norwich City v Stoke City Norwich
Stadium: Carrow Road
17 January 2026 27 Stoke City v Queens Park Rangers Stoke-on-Trent
Stadium: bet365 Stadium
21 January 2026 28 Stoke City v Middlesbrough Stoke-on-Trent
Stadium: bet365 Stadium
24 January 2026 29 Birmingham City v Stoke City Birmingham
Stadium: St Andrew's
31 January 2026 30 Stoke City v Southampton Stoke-on-Trent
Stadium: bet365 Stadium
7 February 2026 31 West Bromwich Albion v Stoke City West Bromwich
Stadium: The Hawthorns
14 February 2026 32 Charlton Athletic v Stoke City Charlton, London
Stadium: The Valley
21 February 2026 33 Stoke City v Leicester City Stoke-on-Trent
Stadium: bet365 Stadium
24 February 2026 34 Stoke City v Oxford United Stoke-on-Trent
Stadium: bet365 Stadium
28 February 2026 35 Coventry City v Stoke City Coventry
Stadium: Coventry Building Society Arena
7 March 2026 36 Swansea City v Stoke City Swansea
Stadium: Swansea.com Stadium
10 March 2026 37 Stoke City v Ipswich Town Stoke-on-Trent
Stadium: bet365 Stadium
14 March 2026 38 Stoke City v Watford Stoke-on-Trent
Stadium: bet365 Stadium
21 March 2026 39 Preston North End v Stoke City Preston
Stadium: Deepdale
3 April 2026 40 Stoke City v Sheffield Wednesday Stoke-on-Trent
Stadium: bet365 Stadium
6 April 2026 41 Derby County v Stoke City Derby
Stadium: Pride Park
11 April 2026 42 Stoke City v Blackburn Rovers Stoke-on-Trent
Stadium: bet365 Stadium
18 April 2026 43 Wrexham v Stoke City Wrexham
Stadium: Racecourse Ground
21 April 2026 44 Stoke City v Millwall Stoke-on-Trent
Stadium: bet365 Stadium
25 April 2026 45 Stoke City v Portsmouth Stoke-on-Trent
Stadium: bet365 Stadium
2 May 2026 46 Bristol City v Stoke City Bristol
Stadium: Ashton Gate

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
18 Sheffield Wednesday 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 Southampton 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 Stoke City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
21 Swansea City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
22 Watford 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Relegation to EFL League One
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)[7]

FA Cup

Main article: 2025–26 FA Cup
January 2026 Third round v

EFL Cup

Main article: 2025–26 EFL Cup

Stoke were drawn at home to Walsall in the first round.[8][9]

12 August 2025 First round Stoke City v Walsall Stoke-on-Trent
19:45 BST Stadium: bet365 Stadium

Squad statistics

No. Pos. Name Championship FA Cup EFL Cup Total Discipline
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Viktor Johansson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 MF Ben Pearson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 MF Wouter Burger 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 MF André Vidigal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 MF Lewis Baker 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 MF Bae Jun-ho 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 MF Tatsuki Seko 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 GK Jack Bonham 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 DF Ben Wilmot 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 DF Eric Bocat 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 MF Bosun Lawal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 FW Ryan Mmaee 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 FW Sam Gallagher 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
22 DF Junior Tchamadeu 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
23 DF Ben Gibson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
30 MF Sol Sidibe 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
34 GK Frank Fielding 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
35 FW Nathan Lowe 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
37 FW Emre Tezgel 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
42 FW Million Manhoef 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
— MF Sorba Thomas 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Own goals — 0 — 0 — 0 — 0 —

Transfers

In

Date Pos. Name From Fee Ref.
7 June 2025 MF Sorba Thomas Huddersfield Town Undisclosed [10]
5 July 2025 DF Maksym Talovierov Plymouth Argyle [11]

Out

Date Pos. Name To Fee Ref.
25 June 2024 FW Niall Ennis Blackpool Undisclosed [12]
30 June 2024 FW Dean Adekoya Unattached Released [13]
30 June 2024 GK Alfie Brooks Unattached Released [13]
30 June 2024 DF Lynden Gooch Unattached Released [14]
30 June 2024 MF Jack Griffiths Unattached Released [13]
30 June 2024 DF Christy Grogan Stockport County Released [15][16]
30 June 2024 FW Keke Jeffers Unattached Released [13]
30 June 2024 DF Michael Rose Unattached Released [14]
30 June 2024 DF Enda Stevens Unattached Released [14]
30 June 2024 MF Jordan Thompson Preston North End Released [14][17]

Loans in

Date from Pos. Name From Date to Ref.
5 July 2025 FW Divin Mubama Manchester City 31 May 2026 [18]

References

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  2. ^ "Thompson to leave Stoke as Potters extend Baker deal". BBC Sport. Retrieved 6 May 2025.
  3. ^ Smith, Peter (7 June 2025). "Stoke City confirm first permanent signing of Mark Robins era". Stoke on Trent Live. Retrieved 7 June 2025.
  4. ^ "Potters to face two Premier League sides at home, as pre-season programme confirmed". Stoke City. Retrieved 5 June 2025.
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  7. ^ "EFL Regulations Section 3 – The League; subsection 9 – Method of Determining League Positions". English Football League. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
  8. ^ "Carabao Cup Round One confirmed". English Football League. 26 June 2025. Retrieved 5 July 2025.
  9. ^ "Match details confirmed for Carabao Cup clash". Stoke City FC. 4 July 2025. Retrieved 5 July 2025.
  10. ^ "8 minutes ago First Team Potters sign Wales international Sorba Thomas". Stoke City. Retrieved 7 June 2025.
  11. ^ "City sign Ukraine giant Talovierov". Stoke City FC. 5 July 2025. Retrieved 5 July 2025.
  12. ^ "Ennis completes permanent transfer to Blackpool". Stoke City. Retrieved 25 June 2025.
  13. ^ a b c d "Club List of Registered Players" (PDF). English Football League. Retrieved 20 June 2025.
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  16. ^ "Exciting young talents sign pro-deals at Edgeley Park". Stockport County FC. 29 May 2025. Retrieved 29 May 2025.
  17. ^ "Jordan Thompson Becomes First Summer Signing". Preston North End. Retrieved 16 May 2025.
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