2025–26 Wigan Athletic F.C. season

Wigan Athletic
2025–26 season
OwnerMike Danson
ChairmanBen Goodburn
Head CoachRyan Lowe
StadiumBrick Community Stadium

The 2025–26 season is the 94th season in the history of Wigan Athletic Football Club, and their third consecutive season in League One. In addition to the domestic league, the club will also participate in the FA Cup, the EFL Cup, and the EFL Trophy.

Transfers and contracts

In

Date Pos. Player From Fee Ref.
19 June 2025 CF Christian Saydee Portsmouth Undisclosed [1]
25 June 2025 ST Dara Costelloe Burnley £350,000[a] [2]
1 July 2025[b] LM Fraser Murray Kilmarnock Free [3]
  1. ^ The fee was reported as being £350,000 rising to £500,000 in add-ons
  2. ^ The transfer was announced on 9 June, and would become official on July 1 once his contract had expired at Kilmarnock

Out

Date Pos. Player To Fee Ref.

Loaned in

Date Pos. Player From Date until Ref.
23 June 2025 CF Paul Mullin Wrexham 31 May 2026 [4]
4 July 2025 CM Callum Wright Plymouth Argyle. 31 May 2026 [5]

Loaned out

Date Pos. Player To Date until Ref.
8 July 2025 CM Kai Payne Oldham Athletic 31 May 2026 [6]

Released / Out of Contract

Date Pos. Player Subsequent club Join date Ref.
30 June 2025 CM Scott Smith Barrow 1 July 2025 [7][8]
LB Jack Bates [9]
GK Andy Lonergan [9]
RM Finn O'Boyle [9]
RB Jack Reilly [9]

New Contract

Date Pos. Player Contract until Ref.
27 May 2025 GK Tom Watson 30 June 2028[a] [10]
4 June 2025 CM Harry McHugh 30 June 2026[a] [11]
13 June 2025 GK Matthew Corran 30 June 2026[b] [12]
4 July 2025 RW Callum McManaman 30 June 2026 [13]
  1. ^ a b Club option of a further year
  2. ^ Option of a further year

Pre-season and friendlies

On 30 May, Wigan Athletic announced their first pre-season fixtute to be against Curzon Ashton during a warm-weather training camp in Campoamor, Spain.[14] Five days later, three friendlies were confirmed against Chorley, Accrington Stanley and Tranmere Rovers.[15]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

5 July 2025 Friendly Chorley 1–2 Wigan Athletic Chorley
15:00 BST
  • Carr 35'
 Report
Stadium: Victory Park
Attendance: 2,243
12 July 2025 Friendly Curzon Ashton v Wigan Athletic Dehesa de Campoamor, Spain
11:00 CEST Stadium: Real Club De Golf Campoamor Resort
19 July 2025 Friendly Accrington Stanley v Wigan Athletic Accrington
15:00 BST Stadium: Crown Ground
26 July 2025 Friendly Tranmere Rovers v Wigan Athletic Birkenhead
15:00 BST Stadium: Prenton Park

Competitions

Overall record

Competition First match Last match Starting round Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
League One August 2025 Matchday 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !—
FA Cup November 2025 First round 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !—
EFL Cup August 2025 First round 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !—
EFL Trophy September 2025 Group stage 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !—
Total 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !—

Last updated: pre-season
Source: [1]

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
20 Rotherham United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
21 Stevenage 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Relegation to EFL League Two
22 Stockport County 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
23 Wigan Athletic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 Wycombe Wanderers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Updated to match(es) played on 26 April 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[16]

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: Soccerstats

Results by round

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

League One

Main article: 2025–26 EFL League One

On 26 June, the League One fixtures were announced.[17]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

2 August 2025 1 Wigan Athletic v Northampton Town Wigan
15:00 BST Stadium: Brick Community Stadium
9 August 2025 2 Leyton Orient v Wigan Athletic Leyton
15:00 BST Stadium: Brisbane Road
16 August 2025 3 Wigan Athletic v Peterborough United Wigan
15:00 BST Stadium: Brick Community Stadium
19 August 2025 4 Luton Town v Wigan Athletic Luton
19:45 BST Stadium: Kenilworth Road
23 August 2025 5 Wigan Athletic v Rotherham United Wigan
12:30 BST Stadium: Brick Community Stadium
Note: Fixture was originally scheduled for a 15:00 kick-off, but was moved live Sky Sports broadcasting.[18]

FA Cup

Main article: 2025–26 FA Cup

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

EFL Cup

Main article: 2025–26 EFL Cup

Wigan were drawn at home to Notts County in the first round.[19][20]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

12 August 2025 First round Wigan Athletic v Notts County Wigan
19:45 BST Stadium: Brick Community Stadium

EFL Trophy

Main article: 2025–26 EFL Trophy

  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 One FA Cup EFL Cup EFL Trophy
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals

References

  1. ^ "Striker Christian Saydee Signs With The Tics". Wigan Athletic FC. 19 June 2025. Retrieved 19 June 2025.
  2. ^ FC, Wigan Athletic (2025-06-25). "Latics sign Burnley striker Dara Costelloe!". Wigan Athletic FC. Retrieved 2025-06-25.
  3. ^ "Fraser Murray Becomes The First Summer Signing". Wigan Athletic FC. 9 June 2025. Retrieved 9 June 2025.
  4. ^ "Wigan sign Wrexham striker Mullin on loan". BBC Sport. 23 June 2025.
  5. ^ FC, Wigan Athletic (2025-07-04). "Latics sign Callum Wright on loan!". Wigan Athletic FC. Retrieved 2025-07-04.
  6. ^ "Kai Payne Links Up With Oldham Athletic". Wigan Athletic FC. 8 July 2025. Retrieved 8 July 2025.
  7. ^ "Scott Smith to leave Wigan Athletic". Wigan Athletic FC. 6 May 2025. Retrieved 6 May 2025.
  8. ^ "Scott Smith Signs". Barrow AFC. 22 May 2025. Retrieved 23 May 2025.
  9. ^ a b c d "Wigan Athletic confirms retained list following the 2024/25 season". Wigan Athletic FC. 9 May 2025. Retrieved 10 May 2025.
  10. ^ FC, Wigan Athletic (2025-05-27). "Goalkeeper Tom Watson extends his Wigan Athletic contract until 2028". Wigan Athletic FC. Retrieved 2025-06-18.
  11. ^ "Harry McHugh signs a one-year contract extension!". Wigan Athletic FC. 4 June 2025. Retrieved 8 June 2025.
  12. ^ "Matty Corran Signs One-Year Contract Extension". Wigan Athletic FC. 13 June 2025. Retrieved 13 June 2025.
  13. ^ "Callum McManaman signs new contract!". Wigan Athletic FC. 4 July 2025. Retrieved 5 July 2025.
  14. ^ "Latics to head to Spain in July". Wigan Athletic FC. 30 May 2025. Retrieved 30 May 2025.
  15. ^ "Latics confirm three pre-season fixtures". Wigan Athletic FC. 4 June 2025. Retrieved 8 June 2025.
  16. ^ "EFL Regulations Section 3 – The League; subsection 9 – Method of Determining League Positions". English Football League. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
  17. ^ "League One 2025/26 fixtures, dates, schedule & how to watch: Luton Town vs AFC Wimbledon season opener live on Sky Sports". Sky Sports. 26 June 2025. Retrieved 4 July 2025.
  18. ^ "Three Fixtures Subject to Kick-Off Changes". Wigan Athletic FC. 4 July 2025. Retrieved 4 July 2025.
  19. ^ "Carabao Cup Round One confirmed". English Football League. 26 June 2025. Retrieved 5 July 2025.
  20. ^ "Notts County tie confirmed". Wigan Athletic FC. 4 July 2025. Retrieved 5 July 2025.
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