2026–27 Sunderland A.F.C. season

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Date	Pos.	Player	From	Fee	Ref.
First team
15 July 2026	RB	Thomas Meunier	Lille	Free	[1]
21 August 2026	LB	Dayann Methalie	Toulouse	£23,900,000[a]	[2][3]
24 August 2026	DM	Jules Ahoka	Antwerp	£8,600,000	[4][5]
1 September 2026	LW	Malick Fofana	Lyon	£25,700,000[b]	[6]
	ST	Juan Riquelme Angulo	Independiente del Valle	£5,000,000	[7]
Academy
1 July 2026	RW	Ethan Berry	Crystal Palace	Free	[8]
	CM	Adam Nelson	Glentoran		[8]
26 July 2026	CB	Alfie Pollock	Glenavon	Undisclosed	[9]

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Date	Pos.	Player	To	Fee	Ref.
First team
18 June 2026	AM	Harrison Jones	Peterborough United	Undisclosed	[10]
26 June 2026	CB	Zak Johnson	York City	Undisclosed	[11]
1 July 2026	ST	Nazariy Rusyn	Karpaty Lviv	Undisclosed	[12][13]
5 July 2026	ST	Eliezer Mayenda	Rennes	£22,000,000	[14]
16 July 2026	RB	Timothée Pembélé	Le Havre	Undisclosed	[15]
4 August 2026	ST	Ahmed Abdullahi	Eyüpspor		[16]
10 August 2026	LB	Arthur Masuaku	Konyaspor	Undisclosed	[17][18]
11 August 2026	CB	Leo Hjelde	Mechelen	Undisclosed	[19]
	GK	Anthony Patterson	Wrexham	£10,000,000	[20][21]
1 September 2026	ST	Luís Semedo	Clermont Foot	Undisclosed	[22]
Academy

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Loans in

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Date	Pos.	Player	From	Date until	Ref.
First team
1 September 2026	CB	Kevin Danso	Tottenham Hotspur	End of Season	[23]
Academy

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Loans out

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Date	Pos.	Player	To	Loaned until	Ref.
First team
20 June 2026[a]	AM	Milan Aleksić	Partizan	End of season	[24]
27 August 2026	CB	Jenson Seelt	Swansea City		[25]
2 September 2026	LW	Simon Adingra	Ajax		[26]
Academy
29 June 2026	GK	Matty Young	Huddersfield Town	End of season	[27]

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Released / Out of contract

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Date	Pos.	Player	Subsequent club	Joined date	Ref.
First team
30 June 2026	CM	Dan Neil	Rangers	1 July 2026	[28][29]
	LB	Dennis Cirkin	Queens Park Rangers	12 August 2026	[28][30]
	RW	Bertrand Traoré	Wolverhampton Wanderers	7 September 2026	[28][31]
	RB	Niall Huggins			[28]
Academy
30 June 2026	LB	Oliver Bainbridge	Boreham Wood	1 July 2026	[28][32]
	RB	Tom Lavery	Gateshead		[28][33]
	LW	Rhys Walsh	Glentoran	9 July 2026	[28][34]
	RB	George Bell			[28]
	DM	Marshall Burke			[28]
	GK	Dan Cameron	Gateshead	15 August 2026	[28]
	DM	Elias Lenz			[28]
	RW	Ethan Moore	Kidderminster Harriers	17 July 2026	[28]
	GK	Adam Richardson			[28]
	DM	Ivan Struk	Siena Saints	31 July 2026	[28]
	ST	Jake Waters	Hebburn Town	7 August 2026	[28]

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New contracts

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Date	Pos.	Player	Contract expiry	Ref.
First team
25 August 2026	LW	Romaine Mundle	30 June 2030	[35]
27 August 2026	ST	Wilson Isidor		[36]
	CB	Jenson Seelt		[25]
28 August 2026	GK	Robin Roefs	30 June 2031	[37]
Academy
1 July 2026	RB	Jenson Jones	30 June 2028	[38]
2 July 2026	CM	Joe Neild	Undisclosed[a]	[39]
	LW	Felix Scott		[40]
3 July 2026	CAM	Charlie Dinsdale		[41]
	LB	Bayley Hester		[42]
6 July 2026	LB	Archie Lightfoot		[43]
7 July 2026	ST	Finn Geragusian		[44]
	CAM	Jack Whittaker	30 June 2028	[45]
20 July 2026	ST	Marcus Neill	Undisclosed[a]	[46]
	LW	Timur Tutierov	Undisclosed	[47]
21 July 2026	CB	Finlay Holcroft	Undisclosed[a]	[48]
	CM	Liam Hunt		[49]
7 September 2026	GK	Joe Cowan		[50]

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Overall record

Premier League

FA Cup

As a Premier League club, Sunderland enter the competition in the third round.

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

EFL Cup

As a Premier League club competing in a European competition, Sunderland entered the EFL Cup in the third round, and were drawn at home against Hull City.^[58][59]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

UEFA Europa League

League phase

Main article: 2026–27 UEFA Europa League league phase

Sunderland were drawn against AZ, Dinamo Zagreb, Jagiellonia Białystok, and Levski Sofia at home, and Torreense, Lech Poznań, Milan, and Anderlecht away in the league phase.^[60]

More information Pos, Pld ...

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
30	Sparta Prague	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
31	Sturm Graz	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
32	Sunderland	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
33	Torreense	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
34	TSG Hoffenheim	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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First match(es) will be played: 16 September 2026. Source: UEFA^[61]
Rules for classification: League phase tiebreakers

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Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
Ground	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H
Result
Position
Points

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Source: UEFA
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

Sunderland v AZ

16 September 2026 1	Sunderland	v	AZ	Sunderland
20:00 BST		Report		Stadium: Stadium of Light

Torreense v Sunderland

15 October 2026 2	Torreense	v	Sunderland	Leiria, Portugal
17:45 WEST		Report		Stadium: Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa
Note: The match will be played at Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa in Leiria, instead of Torreense's regular stadium, Estádio Manuel Marques in Torres Vedras, which did not meet UEFA requirements.

Lech Poznań v Sunderland

22 October 2026 3	Lech Poznań	v	Sunderland	Grunwald, Poland
18:45 CEST		Report		Stadium: Poznań Stadium

Sunderland v Dinamo Zagreb

5 November 2026 4	Sunderland	v	Dinamo Zagreb	Sunderland
20:00 GMT		Report		Stadium: Stadium of Light

Sunderland v Jagiellonia Białystok

26 November 2026 5	Sunderland	v	Jagiellonia Białystok	Sunderland
20:00 GMT		Report		Stadium: Stadium of Light

Milan v Sunderland

10 December 2026 6	Milan	v	Sunderland	Milan, Italy
21:00 CET		Report		Stadium: San Siro

Anderlecht v Sunderland

21 January 2027 7	Anderlecht	v	Sunderland	Anderlecht, Belgium
21:00 CET		Report		Stadium: Lotto Park

Sunderland v Levski Sofia

28 January 2027 8	Sunderland	v	Levski Sofia	Sunderland
20:00 GMT		Report		Stadium: Stadium of Light

Appearances and goals

As of match played 8 September 2026

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

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No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Premier League		FA Cup		EFL Cup		Europa League
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
4	DF	AUT	Kevin Danso	1	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
5	DF	NIR	Daniel Ballard	3	0	3+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
6	DF	FRA	Dayann Methalie	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
7	FW	MAR	Chemsdine Talbi	2	1	0+1	0	0+0	0	1+0	1	0+0	0
8	MF	IRL	Alan Browne	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	0	0+0	0
9	FW	NED	Brian Brobbey	3	0	3+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
10	FW	ECU	Nilson Angulo	3	1	3+0	1	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
11	MF	ENG	Chris Rigg	3	0	0+2	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
12	DF	BEL	Thomas Meunier	4	0	3+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	0	0+0	0
13	DF	ENG	Luke O'Nien	2	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
14	FW	ENG	Romaine Mundle	1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
15	DF	PAR	Omar Alderete	2	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
17	DF	MOZ	Reinildo Mandava	3	0	3+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
18	FW	HAI	Wilson Isidor	4	1	0+3	1	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
19	MF	SEN	Habib Diarra	2	0	0+2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
20	DF	FRA	Nordi Mukiele	2	0	2+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
22	GK	NED	Robin Roefs	3	0	3+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
27	MF	COD	Noah Sadiki	3	0	3+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
28	MF	FRA	Enzo Le Fée	3	1	3+0	1	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
29	MF	COD	Jules Ahoka	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
31	GK	SWE	Melker Ellborg	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
32	DF	NIR	Trai Hume	4	0	2+1	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
34	MF	SUI	Granit Xhaka	3	0	3+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
37	FW	CIV	Jocelin Ta Bi	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
39	FW	BEL	Malick Fofana	2	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
57	FW	UKR	Timur Tutierov	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	0	0+0	0
77	MF	ENG	Tom Proctor	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	0	0+0	0

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Disciplinary record

As of match played 8 September 2026

Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by squad number when disciplinary points / points per card / number of cards are equal. Players with no cards not included in the list.

More information Rank, No. ...

Rank	No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Premier League			FA Cup			EFL Cup			Europa League			Total
1	13	CB		Luke O'Nien	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
2	5	CB		Daniel Ballard	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	10	LW		Nilson Angulo	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	27	CM		Noah Sadiki	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	34	CDM		Granit Xhaka	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Total					5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0

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