2025–26 English Football League

127th season of the English Football League From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The 2025–26 English Football League is the 127th season of the English Football League (EFL) and the ninth season under that name after it was renamed from The Football League in 2016. For the 13th season, the league is sponsored by Sky Betting & Gaming and is therefore known as the Sky Bet EFL.

Season2025–26
ChampionsCoventry City
PromotedIpswich Town
Hull City
RelegatedHarrogate Town
Barrow
Quick facts Season, Champions ...
English Football League
Season2025–26
ChampionsCoventry City
PromotedIpswich Town
Hull City
RelegatedHarrogate Town
Barrow
New clubs in leagueBarnet
Oldham Athletic
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The EFL is contested through three divisions: the Championship, League One and League Two. The winner and the runner-up of the Championship are automatically promoted to the Premier League and they are joined by the winner of the Championship play-off. The bottom two teams in League Two are relegated to the National League.

Promotion and relegation

Map of teams

Locations of the 2025–26 English Football League teams:
Red: Region
Blue: Championship
Yellow: League One
Green: League Two


Locations of the 2025–26 English Football League teams in Greater London
Locations of the 2025–26 English Football League teams in the West Midlands
Locations of the 2025–26 English Football League teams in South Yorkshire

Championship

This section is transcluded from 2025–26 EFL Championship. (edit | history)

Table

More information Pos, Team ...
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Coventry City (C, P) 46 28 11 7 97 45 +52 95 Promotion to the Premier League
2 Ipswich Town (P) 46 23 15 8 80 47 +33 84
3 Millwall 46 24 11 11 64 49 +15 83 Qualification for the Championship play-offs
4 Southampton[a] (D) 46 22 14 10 82 56 +26 80
5 Middlesbrough 46 22 14 10 72 47 +25 80
6 Hull City (O, P) 46 21 10 15 70 66 +4 73
7 Wrexham 46 19 14 13 69 65 +4 71
8 Derby County 46 20 9 17 67 59 +8 69
9 Norwich City 46 19 8 19 63 56 +7 65
10 Birmingham City 46 17 13 16 57 56 +1 64
11 Swansea City 46 18 10 18 57 59 −2 64
12 Bristol City 46 17 11 18 59 59 0 62
13 Sheffield United 46 18 6 22 66 66 0 60
14 Preston North End 46 15 15 16 55 62 −7 60
15 Queens Park Rangers 46 16 10 20 61 73 −12 58
16 Watford 46 14 15 17 53 65 −12 57
17 Stoke City 46 15 10 21 51 56 −5 55
18 Portsmouth 46 14 13 19 49 64 −15 55
19 Charlton Athletic 46 13 14 19 44 58 −14 53
20 Blackburn Rovers 46 13 13 20 42 56 −14 52
21 West Bromwich Albion 46 13 14 19 48 58 −10 51[b]
22 Oxford United (R) 46 11 14 21 45 59 −14 47 Relegation to EFL League One
23 Leicester City (R) 46 12 16 18 58 68 −10 46[c]
24 Sheffield Wednesday (R) 46 2 12 32 29 89 −60 0[d]
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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)[27]
(C) Champions; (D) Disqualified; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. [a]
    Southampton qualified for the play-offs and defeated Middlesbrough to qualify for the final, but were subsequently disqualified for multiple breaches of EFL regulations related to the unauthorised filming of other clubs' training, with Middlesbrough taking their place in the play-off final.[21]
  2. [b]
    West Bromwich Albion were deducted two points on 24 April 2026, due to breaching PSR rules.[22]
  3. [c]
    Leicester City were deducted six points on 5 February 2026, due to breaching PSR rules.[23] Their appeal against the points deduction was dismissed on 8 April 2026.[24]
  4. [d]
    Sheffield Wednesday were deducted twelve points due to filing for administration on 24 October 2025, then deducted a further six points on 1 December 2025 for failing to meet payment obligations.[25][26]

Results

More information Home \ Away, BIR ...
Home \ Away BIR BLA BRI CHA COV DER HUL IPS LEI MID MIL NOR OXF POR PNE QPR SHU SHW SOU STO SWA WAT WBA WRX
Birmingham City — 0–1 2–1 1–1 3–2 1–1 2–3 1–1 2–1 1–3 4–0 4–1 1–0 4–0 2–1 1–0 1–1 2–2 1–1 1–1 1–0 2–1 0–0 2–0
Blackburn Rovers 1–2 — 1–2 2–2 1–1 1–2 0–1 1–1 0–1 0–0 2–0 0–2 1–1 1–1 1–0 0–1 1–3 1–0 2–1 1–1 1–2 1–1 0–0 0–2
Bristol City 1–0 0–1 — 0–0 0–2 0–5 4–2 1–1 2–2 2–0 0–1 2–4 1–3 5–0 0–2 1–2 1–0 2–0 3–1 2–0 3–0 1–2 0–1 2–2
Charlton Athletic 1–0 3–0 1–2 — 1–1 1–2 2–1 1–2 0–1 1–2 1–1 0–1 1–0 1–3 1–2 0–0 1–0 2–1 1–5 1–0 1–1 1–0 1–0 0–1
Coventry City 3–0 2–0 1–0 3–1 — 3–2 0–0 0–2 2–1 3–1 2–1 1–1 0–0 5–1 3–0 7–1 3–1 0–0 1–2 2–1 1–0 3–1 3–2 3–1
Derby County 1–0 3–1 1–1 1–1 3–5 — 2–1 1–2 1–3 1–0 1–1 1–0 1–0 1–1 0–1 1–0 1–2 2–1 1–1 2–0 2–0 2–3 1–1 1–2
Hull City 1–1 0–3 2–3 1–1 0–0 4–2 — 0–2 2–1 1–4 1–3 2–1 3–2 3–2 2–2 1–3 1–0 3–1 3–1 0–1 2–1 0–0 1–0 2–0
Ipswich Town 2–1 3–0 2–0 0–3 3–0 2–2 1–0 — 1–1 2–2 1–1 3–1 2–1 2–1 1–1 3–0 5–0 3–1 1–1 1–0 3–0 1–1 1–0 0–0
Leicester City 2–0 0–2 2–0 0–2 0–0 2–1 2–2 3–1 — 1–1 1–1 0–2 1–2 1–1 2–2 1–3 2–3 2–1 3–4 2–1 0–1 1–2 2–1 1–1
Middlesbrough 2–1 0–0 1–1 0–1 2–4 2–1 0–1 2–1 1–1 — 1–2 1–0 0–0 0–1 4–0 3–1 1–0 1–0 4–0 0–0 1–0 5–1 2–1 1–1
Millwall 3–0 1–2 2–1 4–0 0–4 1–0 1–3 0–0 1–0 0–3 — 1–2 2–0 1–3 1–1 2–0 1–1 1–0 3–2 2–0 2–1 1–0 3–0 0–2
Norwich City 1–2 2–0 0–1 1–0 2–1 2–1 0–2 0–2 1–2 1–2 1–2 — 1–1 1–1 2–0 3–1 2–1 2–0 2–1 0–2 1–1 0–1 0–1 2–3
Oxford United 0–2 1–0 0–0 1–1 2–2 1–0 1–1 2–1 2–2 1–1 2–2 0–3 — 0–1 1–2 0–0 0–1 4–1 2–1 0–3 0–1 2–0 2–1 0–1
Portsmouth 1–1 2–1 0–1 2–1 1–2 0–1 0–1 2–0 1–0 1–0 3–1 1–2 2–2 — 1–0 1–1 0–1 0–2 1–1 0–1 1–2 2–2 3–0 0–0
Preston North End 0–1 1–2 0–0 2–0 1–1 0–1 0–3 1–0 2–1 2–2 0–2 1–1 1–3 1–0 — 1–1 3–2 3–0 1–3 3–1 2–1 2–2 0–2 1–1
Queens Park Rangers 2–1 1–3 0–0 3–1 2–1 2–3 3–2 1–4 4–1 0–4 1–2 1–2 0–0 6–1 1–1 — 0–2 3–0 1–2 1–0 1–2 2–1 3–1 2–3
Sheffield United 3–0 1–3 1–4 0–1 1–2 1–3 2–1 3–1 3–1 1–2 0–1 1–1 3–1 3–0 2–3 0–0 — 2–1 1–2 4–0 3–3 1–0 1–1 1–2
Sheffield Wednesday 0–2 0–0 0–3 1–1 0–5 0–3 2–2 0–2 1–1 0–1 1–2 1–1 1–2 0–1 2–3 1–1 0–3 — 1–3 0–3 0–2 1–1 2–1 0–1
Southampton 3–1 3–0 2–2 1–1 1–1 2–1 1–2 2–2 3–0 1–1 0–0 1–0 2–0 0–0 0–2 5–0 1–0 3–1 — 1–2 0–0 1–0 3–2 2–1
Stoke City 1–0 1–1 5–1 3–0 0–1 3–1 1–2 3–3 2–2 1–2 1–3 1–1 2–1 1–3 0–0 0–0 1–2 2–0 0–2 — 2–1 3–1 0–1 1–0
Swansea City 1–1 3–1 1–0 3–1 0–3 1–2 2–2 1–4 1–3 2–2 1–1 2–1 2–0 1–0 1–1 0–1 1–0 4–0 1–2 2–0 — 1–1 1–0 2–1
Watford 3–0 0–1 1–1 1–1 0–4 2–0 2–1 0–2 0–0 3–0 0–2 3–2 2–1 1–1 1–1 2–1 0–2 1–1 2–2 1–0 0–2 — 2–1 3–1
West Bromwich Albion 1–1 1–0 1–2 1–1 0–2 0–1 3–0 0–0 1–1 2–3 0–0 0–5 2–1 1–1 2–1 2–1 2–0 0–0 1–1 0–0 3–2 3–0 — 2–2
Wrexham 1–1 1–1 2–0 1–0 3–2 1–1 1–2 5–3 1–1 2–2 0–2 1–2 1–0 2–1 2–1 1–3 5–3 2–2 1–5 2–0 2–0 2–2 2–3 —
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Source: efl.com
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Play-offs

Main article: 2026 EFL play-offs

Bracket

Semi-finals Final
        
3 Millwall 0 0 0
6 Hull City 0 2 2
6 Hull City 1
5 Middlesbrough 0
4 Southampton (a.e.t.) 0 2 2
5 Middlesbrough 0 1 1

Semi-finals

First leg
More information Hull City, 0–0 ...
Hull City0–0Millwall
Report
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Attendance: 24,623
Referee: Gavin Ward
More information Middlesbrough, 0–0 ...
Middlesbrough0–0Southampton
Report
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Attendance: 32,045
Referee: Farai Hallam
Second leg
More information Millwall, 0–2 ...
Millwall0–2Hull City
Report
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Attendance: 17,768
Referee: Sam Barrott

Hull City won 2–0 on aggregate.

More information Southampton, 2–1 (a.e.t.) ...
Southampton2–1 (a.e.t.)Middlesbrough
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Attendance: 30,277
Referee: Andrew Madley

Southampton won 2–1 on aggregate; however, Middlesbrough advanced to the final on walkover after Southampton were disqualified for spying on other teams (see Southampton F.C. espionage incident).[28]


Championship final

Main article: 2026 EFL Championship play-off final
More information Hull City, 1−0 ...
Hull City1−0Middlesbrough
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Attendance: 84,506

League One

This section is transcluded from 2025–26 EFL League One. (edit | history)

Table

More information Pos, Team ...
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Lincoln City (C, P) 46 31 10 5 89 41 +48 103 Promotion to EFL Championship
2 Cardiff City (P) 46 27 10 9 90 50 +40 91
3 Stockport County 46 22 11 13 71 58 +13 77 Qualification for League One play-offs
4 Bradford City 46 22 11 13 58 51 +7 77
5 Bolton Wanderers (O, P) 46 19 18 9 70 52 +18 75
6 Stevenage 46 21 12 13 49 46 +3 75
7 Luton Town 46 21 11 14 68 56 +12 74
8 Plymouth Argyle 46 22 7 17 75 63 +12 73
9 Huddersfield Town 46 18 13 15 74 64 +10 67
10 Mansfield Town 46 16 17 13 62 50 +12 65
11 Wycombe Wanderers 46 17 12 17 69 58 +11 63
12 Reading 46 16 15 15 64 60 +4 63
13 Blackpool 46 17 9 20 54 65 −11 60
14 Doncaster Rovers 46 17 9 20 50 69 −19 60
15 Barnsley 46 15 14 17 68 73 −5 59
16 Wigan Athletic 46 14 14 18 49 58 −9 56
17 Burton Albion 46 13 15 18 50 60 −10 54
18 Peterborough United 46 15 8 23 64 68 −4 53
19 AFC Wimbledon 46 15 8 23 51 72 −21 53
20 Leyton Orient 46 14 10 22 59 71 −12 52
21 Exeter City (R) 46 12 13 21 52 61 −9 49 Relegation to EFL League Two
22 Port Vale (R) 46 10 12 24 36 61 −25 42
23 Rotherham United (R) 46 10 11 25 41 71 −30 41
24 Northampton Town (R) 46 9 8 29 39 74 −35 35
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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[29]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Results

More information Home \ Away, WIM ...
Home \ Away WIM BAR BLP BOL BRA BRT CAR DON EXE HUD LEY LIN LUT MAN NOR PET PLY PVL REA ROT STE STK WIG WYC
AFC Wimbledon — 2–0 4–1 0–1 3–1 0–1 0–1 0–1 0–1 0–4 2–4 2–0 0–3 0–0 1–0 1–1 1–3 1–1 3–2 2–1 0–0 0–2 1–2 2–1
Barnsley 3–3 — 2–1 1–1 2–2 3–2 1–1 0–1 2–1 3–1 3–2 0–2 5–0 2–3 2–2 2–1 0–3 0–2 3–2 0–1 3–1 1–3 1–1 0–1
Blackpool 0–2 1–0 — 1–1 1–2 1–0 3–1 1–0 1–0 3–2 1–0 2–2 2–2 1–0 2–0 3–1 0–4 3–2 0–3 4–0 2–3 1–2 1–1 1–1
Bolton Wanderers 3–0 3–2 2–2 — 0–0 2–1 1–0 0–0 2–1 3–3 2–1 1–1 2–3 0–1 0–0 2–1 2–0 4–0 1–1 2–1 5–1 2–2 4–1 3–2
Bradford City 3–2 2–2 1–0 1–1 — 1–2 1–2 1–0 1–0 3–1 2–1 0–0 2–1 1–1 1–0 2–0 1–1 1–0 2–0 1–0 0–1 1–0 2–1 2–1
Burton Albion 1–0 1–1 1–0 3–0 2–1 — 2–2 1–2 1–1 3–1 0–4 0–1 0–3 2–1 5–1 0–1 0–4 0–0 1–2 1–0 0–1 3–0 0–2 0–0
Cardiff City 4–1 4–0 0–0 2–0 1–3 0–1 — 4–3 1–0 3–2 4–3 0–2 3–1 3–0 5–1 2–1 4–0 1–0 2–1 3–0 2–1 1–1 1–0 0–2
Doncaster Rovers 1–2 1–2 2–1 1–1 3–1 1–1 0–4 — 1–0 1–0 3–0 0–2 1–1 0–2 1–2 2–1 1–5 1–0 1–0 1–0 1–1 0–2 3–3 1–1
Exeter City 1–0 3–0 4–1 1–5 1–2 1–1 0–4 3–0 — 0–1 0–0 0–1 1–0 1–2 0–0 3–0 2–0 0–2 1–1 0–4 3–0 3–3 1–1 1–1
Huddersfield Town 3–3 2–1 2–2 1–2 1–0 0–0 1–1 2–0 2–2 — 3–0 2–2 1–0 1–4 2–0 3–2 3–1 5–0 1–1 1–0 1–0 1–2 1–1 3–3
Leyton Orient 1–3 1–3 1–1 1–1 2–1 2–2 1–1 4–0 2–1 1–2 — 1–0 1–1 0–0 0–1 2–1 1–3 0–1 3–1 0–2 2–3 2–2 2–0 2–0
Lincoln City 1–0 3–1 4–0 1–1 3–0 2–1 2–1 2–1 0–1 1–1 2–1 — 3–1 1–1 4–0 5–2 3–2 1–0 2–0 3–0 1–0 3–1 2–2 4–3
Luton Town 1–0 2–1 1–0 1–1 2–1 1–1 0–1 1–0 3–2 2–1 3–0 2–2 — 0–2 2–1 2–1 2–3 2–2 2–3 0–0 2–1 1–1 1–0 4–0
Mansfield Town 2–2 2–2 2–0 0–1 3–0 0–0 5–4 1–2 0–0 1–3 4–1 0–2 2–2 — 4–1 1–2 2–0 3–0 1–0 2–1 1–1 1–2 1–1 0–0
Northampton Town 3–1 0–1 1–0 2–0 0–0 0–2 1–3 1–3 2–0 1–1 1–2 0–1 0–1 2–1 — 1–1 2–3 0–1 0–2 1–2 3–1 0–0 1–3 1–2
Peterborough United 5–0 0–1 1–2 3–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–3 3–3 2–3 1–0 0–3 0–2 0–0 2–1 — 0–1 1–3 1–1 5–0 0–1 3–0 6–1 2–1
Plymouth Argyle 1–2 1–3 1–0 1–2 0–1 3–0 5–2 2–1 2–2 3–1 0–1 1–4 1–0 1–1 0–3 0–1 — 2–1 1–4 1–0 1–0 4–2 1–1 1–1
Port Vale 0–1 0–0 5–1 1–0 0–2 2–2 0–0 0–1 1–3 0–0 2–3 0–2 1–1 2–1 0–0 0–1 0–1 — 1–1 1–0 1–2 0–3 0–0 0–0
Reading 1–2 2–2 0–1 1–1 2–1 2–0 1–3 1–1 2–2 0–2 2–1 1–2 3–2 1–1 1–0 1–2 2–2 1–0 — 1–1 1–0 1–0 3–0 3–2
Rotherham United 1–1 1–3 0–3 2–2 2–2 2–2 0–3 1–2 1–0 1–3 1–0 3–0 0–2 0–0 2–1 0–2 1–0 2–1 1–1 — 0–0 0–1 2–2 1–1
Stevenage 1–0 1–0 1–0 0–0 1–1 2–2 0–1 0–0 2–1 1–0 1–2 2–2 2–0 1–1 2–0 1–0 1–1 2–1 1–0 1–0 — 2–1 1–0 1–0
Stockport County 3–0 1–1 1–0 2–0 1–2 2–1 1–1 4–2 1–0 1–0 0–0 1–2 0–3 0–1 2–1 3–1 2–1 1–2 1–1 3–2 1–3 — 4–2 3–0
Wigan Athletic 0–1 1–1 0–2 0–1 2–0 1–0 0–2 3–0 2–0 1–0 0–0 0–1 1–0 2–1 3–1 2–0 0–3 1–0 1–2 3–0 0–0 1–1 — 0–1
Wycombe Wanderers 2–0 2–2 0–1 2–1 1–2 3–0 1–1 4–0 0–1 3–0 4–1 3–2 1–2 2–0 2–0 0–2 0–1 4–0 2–2 3–2 3–1 1–2 2–0 —
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Source: BBC Sport
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Play-offs

Main article: 2026 EFL play-offs

Bracket

Semi-finals Final
        
6 Stevenage 0 0 0
3 Stockport County 1 2 3
3 Stockport County 1
5 Bolton Wanderers 4
5 Bolton Wanderers 1 1 2
4 Bradford City 0 0 0

Semi-finals

First leg
More information Stevenage, 0–1 ...
Stevenage0–1Stockport County
Report
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Attendance: 7,321
Referee: Charles Breakspear
More information Bolton Wanderers, 1–0 ...
Bolton Wanderers1–0Bradford City
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Attendance: 22,789
Referee: Martin Coy
Second leg
More information Stockport County, 2–0 ...
Stockport County2–0Stevenage
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Attendance: 10,243
Referee: Josh Smith

Stockport County won 3–0 on aggregate.

More information Bradford City, 0–1 ...
Bradford City0–1Bolton Wanderers
Report Simons 81'
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Attendance: 22,381
Referee: Thomas Kirk

Bolton Wanderers won 2–0 on aggregate.


Final

Main article: 2026 EFL League One play-off final
More information Stockport County, 1–4 ...
Stockport County1–4Bolton Wanderers
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Attendance: 48,268
Referee: Josh Smith

League Two

This section is transcluded from 2025–26 EFL League Two. (edit | history)

Table

More information Pos, Team ...
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Bromley (C, P) 46 24 15 7 71 46 +25 87 Promotion to EFL League One
2 Milton Keynes Dons (P) 46 24 14 8 86 45 +41 86
3 Cambridge United (P) 46 22 16 8 66 33 +33 82
4 Salford City 46 25 6 15 61 51 +10 81 Qualification for League Two play-offs
5 Notts County (O, P) 46 24 8 14 74 52 +22 80
6 Chesterfield 46 21 16 9 71 56 +15 79
7 Grimsby Town 46 22 12 12 74 50 +24 78
8 Barnet 46 21 13 12 70 53 +17 76
9 Swindon Town 46 22 9 15 70 59 +11 75
10 Oldham Athletic 46 18 14 14 60 44 +16 68
11 Crewe Alexandra 46 19 10 17 64 58 +6 67
12 Colchester United 46 18 12 16 62 49 +13 66
13 Walsall 46 18 11 17 56 56 0 65
14 Bristol Rovers 46 19 5 22 56 65 −9 62
15 Fleetwood Town 46 15 16 15 57 58 −1 61
16 Accrington Stanley 46 14 11 21 47 58 −11 53
17 Gillingham 46 13 14 19 53 72 −19 53
18 Cheltenham Town 46 14 10 22 53 79 −26 52
19 Shrewsbury Town 46 13 10 23 42 69 −27 49
20 Newport County 46 12 7 27 48 77 −29 43
21 Tranmere Rovers 46 10 11 25 54 79 −25 41
22 Crawley Town 46 8 16 22 44 68 −24 40
23 Harrogate Town (R) 46 10 9 27 39 68 −29 39 Relegation to National League
24 Barrow (R) 46 9 9 28 45 78 −33 36
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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[30]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Results

More information Home \ Away, ACC ...
Home \ Away ACC BNT BRW BRV BRM CAM CHT CHF COL CRA CRE FLE GIL GRI HAR MKD NPC NTC OLD SAL SHR SWI TRA WAL
Accrington Stanley — 0–1 2–1 3–1 0–1 1–1 3–1 0–1 1–0 3–3 2–0 1–2 1–1 1–1 1–0 0–2 0–1 0–4 1–0 1–0 0–2 4–0 1–1 1–3
Barnet 2–0 — 3–2 4–0 2–2 1–0 0–0 1–0 1–1 2–1 1–1 0–2 6–2 3–0 1–1 2–2 1–2 0–1 3–2 1–3 1–3 1–2 1–0 1–2
Barrow 0–0 2–2 — 0–2 2–1 0–2 1–2 0–1 1–0 0–1 1–0 0–1 0–1 2–2 0–1 0–2 1–2 2–1 3–2 1–2 0–0 1–3 0–3 1–3
Bristol Rovers 2–0 0–2 2–1 — 2–3 1–0 4–0 2–3 0–1 3–1 2–1 1–0 0–1 3–1 0–1 0–4 3–0 0–1 0–0 2–1 1–0 0–3 1–4 2–0
Bromley 2–1 2–0 2–1 1–0 — 0–0 1–1 2–2 1–0 3–1 2–2 2–2 2–2 2–0 2–0 2–1 2–1 1–1 0–0 2–0 2–1 2–1 3–3 3–1
Cambridge United 2–0 0–0 3–0 3–1 2–1 — 1–0 1–1 1–1 3–1 2–1 2–1 5–0 1–2 1–1 1–1 2–0 4–0 0–1 1–0 1–0 1–1 4–2 2–0
Cheltenham Town 1–0 0–1 2–2 1–0 1–2 1–1 — 0–2 1–4 3–0 1–1 2–0 2–1 0–2 1–1 2–3 1–0 1–2 0–3 3–2 3–1 0–2 1–3 1–0
Chesterfield 3–3 3–1 1–0 3–1 0–0 0–1 1–0 — 3–0 2–2 2–0 1–1 1–0 2–1 1–1 1–1 4–1 2–0 0–3 2–0 2–3 1–2 1–1 2–2
Colchester United 2–1 4–1 0–2 1–1 0–2 1–2 2–0 6–2 — 0–0 1–1 2–1 0–0 0–1 3–1 1–0 4–1 0–1 1–3 0–1 2–0 3–0 1–1 1–1
Crawley Town 1–1 1–1 1–2 4–0 1–3 0–3 2–0 1–1 1–1 — 0–1 2–1 2–0 0–2 2–0 1–1 1–2 1–2 2–2 0–0 0–0 2–2 0–2 1–1
Crewe Alexandra 2–0 1–2 3–1 1–1 0–1 0–0 4–1 3–3 1–0 1–0 — 0–1 1–0 3–2 1–1 1–3 2–2 2–1 2–1 1–0 3–1 0–3 2–1 0–3
Fleetwood Town 2–1 2–5 3–2 2–1 1–2 1–2 2–2 1–1 4–2 1–0 1–4 — 2–1 0–1 3–2 1–1 0–0 1–2 1–1 1–1 3–1 1–1 0–0 1–1
Gillingham 2–0 1–1 2–2 1–2 1–4 1–1 1–1 4–1 1–1 2–2 1–0 1–1 — 1–4 0–1 1–5 3–2 1–0 0–3 1–2 1–0 0–2 2–1 1–0
Grimsby Town 1–0 1–0 5–0 0–1 1–1 1–1 7–1 0–1 1–2 3–0 3–2 1–0 1–0 — 1–3 2–2 2–1 0–2 0–0 3–1 1–0 4–0 1–2 2–2
Harrogate Town 0–2 1–2 1–0 2–3 0–0 2–1 1–1 1–2 1–0 0–1 1–2 1–2 0–3 3–3 — 0–4 0–3 0–2 0–1 0–1 2–0 0–1 0–2 0–2
Milton Keynes Dons 1–2 1–3 0–0 1–0 2–1 1–1 5–0 2–2 1–0 0–0 3–1 2–1 3–2 2–3 4–1 — 1–0 1–1 0–0 2–0 5–1 1–0 3–0 0–1
Newport County 1–4 0–0 2–2 2–3 0–1 0–2 0–2 2–1 1–2 0–2 2–0 0–2 1–3 0–0 2–1 1–2 — 1–1 3–2 0–1 1–0 0–1 3–1 2–4
Notts County 0–1 1–2 2–1 1–1 2–2 2–0 5–2 2–3 1–3 4–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 0–1 1–1 3–2 3–1 — 3–1 1–2 4–1 2–1 5–0 0–0
Oldham Athletic 3–0 1–1 0–0 2–0 1–0 0–3 2–1 1–1 1–1 2–0 0–0 1–1 0–1 1–0 1–0 1–1 3–0 3–0 — 1–2 2–2 1–2 3–1 0–1
Salford City 2–1 2–0 3–1 1–0 2–0 0–0 1–1 0–1 4–3 4–3 1–3 0–0 0–0 0–2 1–0 1–0 1–3 2–1 1–0 — 1–2 3–2 3–1 1–0
Shrewsbury Town 0–0 0–0 2–1 0–3 0–0 2–0 0–2 0–1 0–2 1–0 0–4 2–2 3–3 1–1 1–0 1–2 1–0 1–0 1–0 1–3 — 3–1 1–0 1–2
Swindon Town 2–2 0–2 3–1 1–1 2–0 3–2 0–1 1–2 0–0 1–0 1–2 1–1 2–0 2–2 3–1 1–2 2–0 2–2 3–0 2–3 2–1 — 2–1 2–1
Tranmere Rovers 0–1 0–2 1–3 1–2 0–2 0–0 3–2 1–1 0–1 2–0 1–4 1–0 1–1 1–1 0–3 2–2 1–1 1–2 1–3 0–2 4–0 0–1 — 1–3
Walsall 0–0 1–3 1–2 2–1 3–1 0–0 0–4 1–0 0–2 0–0 1–0 0–1 2–2 0–1 0–2 0–2 2–1 1–2 1–2 1–0 1–1 2–1 4–2 —
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Source: BBC Sport
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Play-offs

Main article: 2026 EFL play-offs

Bracket

Semi-finals Final
        
4 Salford City (a.e.t.) 2 2 4
7 Grimsby Town 1 2 3
4 Salford City 0
5 Notts County 3
5 Notts County 1 0 1
6 Chesterfield 0 0 0

Semi-finals

First leg
More information Grimsby Town, 1–2 ...
Grimsby Town1–2Salford City
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Attendance: 8,115
Referee: Matthew Corlett
More information Chesterfield, 0–1 ...
Chesterfield0–1Notts County
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Attendance: 10,014
Referee: Will Finnie
Second leg
More information Salford City, 2–2 (a.e.t.) ...
Salford City2–2 (a.e.t.)Grimsby Town
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Referee: Ben Speedie

Salford City won 4–3 on aggregate.

More information Notts County, 0–0 ...
Notts County0–0Chesterfield
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Attendance: 17,224
Referee: Thomas Parsons

Notts County won 1–0 on aggregate.


Final

Main article: 2026 EFL League Two play-off final
More information Salford City, 0–3 ...
Salford City0–3Notts County
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Attendance: 30,851
Referee: Tom Reeves

Managerial changes

More information Team, Outgoing manager ...
Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment Position in table
Huddersfield Town Northern Ireland Michael Duff[31] Sacked 9 March 2025 2024–25 English Football League England Lee Grant[32] 28 May 2025 Pre-season
Southampton Croatia Ivan Jurić[33] Mutual consent 7 April 2025 2024–25 Premier League Belgium Will Still[34] 25 May 2025
Cardiff City Turkey Omer Riza[35] Sacked 19 April 2025 2024–25 English Football League Republic of Ireland Brian Barry-Murphy[36] 16 June 2025
West Bromwich Albion England Tony Mowbray[37] 21 April 2025 England Ryan Mason[38] 2 June 2025
Norwich City Denmark Johannes Hoff Thorup[39] 22 April 2025 England Liam Manning[40] 3 June 2025
Newport County Portugal Nelson Jardim[41] Mutual consent 24 April 2025 Wales David Hughes[42] 23 May 2025
Bristol Rovers Spain Iñigo Calderón[43] Sacked 4 May 2025 Pre-season England Darrell Clarke[44] 6 May 2025
Watford England Tom Cleverley[45] 6 May 2025 Uruguay Paulo Pezzolano[46] 13 May 2025
Hull City Spain Rubén Sellés[47] 15 May 2025 Bosnia and Herzegovina Sergej Jakirović[48] 11 June 2025
Notts County England Stuart Maynard[49] 22 May 2025 Northern Ireland Martin Paterson[50] 22 June 2025
Plymouth Argyle Austria Miron Muslić[51] Signed by Schalke 04 31 May 2025 England Tom Cleverley[52] 13 June 2025
Bristol City England Liam Manning[40] Signed by Norwich City 3 June 2025 Austria Gerhard Struber[53] 19 June 2025
Middlesbrough England Michael Carrick[54] Sacked 4 June 2025 Wales Rob Edwards[55] 24 June 2025
Sheffield United England Chris Wilder[56] Mutual consent 18 June 2025 Spain Rubén Sellés[57] 18 June 2025
Queens Park Rangers Spain Martí Cifuentes[58] 24 June 2025 France Julien Stéphan[59] 25 June 2025
Leicester City Netherlands Ruud van Nistelrooy[60] 27 June 2025 Spain Martí Cifuentes[61] 15 July 2025
Sheffield Wednesday Germany Danny Röhl[62] 29 July 2025 Denmark Henrik Pedersen[63] 31 July 2025
Sheffield United Spain Rubén Sellés[64] Sacked 14 September 2025 24th England Chris Wilder[65] 15 September 2025 24th
Wycombe Wanderers England Mike Dodds[66] 18 September 2025 19th Northern Ireland Michael Duff[66] 18 September 2025 19th
Cheltenham Town Wales Michael Flynn[67] 20 September 2025 24th England Steve Cotterill[68] 30 September 2025 24th
Blackpool England Steve Bruce[69] 4 October 2025 23rd England Ian Evatt[70] 21 October 2025 24th
Luton Town England Matt Bloomfield[71] 6 October 2025 11th England Jack Wilshere[72] 13 October 2025 11th
Watford Uruguay Paulo Pezzolano[73] 8 October 2025 11th Spain Javi Gracia[73] 8 October 2025 11th
Peterborough United Scotland Darren Ferguson[74] 25 October 2025 24th England Luke Williams[75] 29 October 2025 24th
Reading Republic of Ireland Noel Hunt[76] 26 October 2025 19th England Leam Richardson[77] 28 October 2025 19th
Southampton Belgium Will Still[78] 2 November 2025 21st Germany Tonda Eckert[79] 12 November 2025 21st
Norwich City England Liam Manning[80] 8 November 2025 23rd Belgium Philippe Clement[81] 18 November 2025 23rd
Swansea City Republic of Ireland Alan Sheehan[82] 11 November 2025 18th Portugal Vítor Matos[83] 24 November 2025 20th
Middlesbrough Wales Rob Edwards[84] Signed by Wolverhampton Wanderers 12 November 2025 2nd Sweden Kim Hellberg[85] 2nd
Newport County Wales David Hughes[86] Sacked 15 November 2025 24th Austria Christian Fuchs[87] 20 November 2025 24th
Barrow England Andy Whing[88] 10 December 2025 18th Scotland Paul Gallagher[89] 2 January 2026 19th
Bristol Rovers England Darrell Clarke[90] 13 December 2025 23rd Scotland Steve Evans[91] 16 December 2025 23rd
Oxford United England Gary Rowett[92] 23 December 2025 22nd England Matt Bloomfield[93] 9 January 2026 23rd
Port Vale Jamaica Darren Moore[94] 28 December 2025 24th Australia Jon Brady[95] 6 January 2026 24th
West Bromwich Albion England Ryan Mason[96] 6 January 2026 18th Wales Eric Ramsay[97] 11 January 2026 18th
Huddersfield Town England Lee Grant[98] 17 January 2026 6th England Liam Manning[99] 20 January 2026 6th
Leicester City Spain Martí Cifuentes[100] 25 January 2026 14th England Gary Rowett[101] 18 February 2026 22nd
Fleetwood Town England Pete Wild[102] 25 January 2026 15th England Matt Lawlor[a] 26 January 2026 15th
Shrewsbury Town England Michael Appleton[104] Mutual consent 28 January 2026 21st England Gavin Cowan[105] 29 January 2026 21st
Watford Spain Javi Gracia[106] Resigned 1 February 2026 10th England Edward Still[107] 9 February 2026 11th
Blackburn Rovers France Valérien Ismaël[108] Mutual consent 2 February 2026 22nd Northern Ireland Michael O'Neill[109] 13 February 2026 22nd
Wigan Athletic England Ryan Lowe[110] Sacked 7 February 2026 22nd Scotland Gary Caldwell[111] 16 February 2026 22nd
Barrow Scotland Paul Gallagher[112] 11 February 2026 22nd Tunisia Dino Maamria[113] 11 February 2026 22nd
Exeter City Scotland Gary Caldwell[111] Signed by Wigan Athletic 16 February 2026 14th England Matt Taylor[114] 3 March 2026 15th
West Bromwich Albion Wales Eric Ramsay[115] Sacked 24 February 2026 21st Scotland James Morrison[b][116][117] 24 February 2026 21st
Northampton Town England Kevin Nolan[118] 9 March 2026 23rd
Tranmere Rovers England Andy Crosby[119] 4 March 2026 19th England Pete Wild (interim)[120] 10 March 2026 20th
Walsall England Mat Sadler[121] 11 March 2026 11th Jamaica Darren Byfield (interim)[121] 11 March 2026 10th
Barrow Tunisia Dino Maamria[122] 11 March 2026 22nd Republic of Ireland Sam Foley (interim)[122] 11 March 2026 23rd
Rotherham United England Matt Hamshaw[123] 18 March 2026 22nd England Lee Clark[124] 18 March 2026 22nd
Crawley Town England Scott Lindsey[125] 22 March 2026 21st Turkey Colin Kazim-Richards[126] 24 March 2026 21st
Bristol City Austria Gerhard Struber[127] 27 March 2026 16th England Roy Hodgson (interim)[128] 27 March 2026 13th
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Notes

  1. [a]
    Lawlor was initially appointed interim head coach on 26 January 2026, before being appointed head coach permanently on 17 March 2026.[103]
  2. [b]
    Morrison was appointed interim head coach until the end of the season on 4 March 2026, before being appointed on a permanent basis on 30 April 2026.

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