2026–27 Wigan Athletic F.C. season

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The 2026–27 season is the 95th season in the history of Wigan Athletic Football Club, and their fourth 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.

OwnerMike Danson

ChairmanBen Goodburn

Head coachGary Caldwell

StadiumBrick Community Stadium

Quick facts season, Owner ...

Wigan Athletic
2026–27 season
Owner	Mike Danson
Chairman	Ben Goodburn
Head coach	Gary Caldwell
Stadium	Brick Community Stadium
← 2025–26 2027–28 →

Transfers and contracts

In

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Date	Pos.	Player	From	Fee	Ref.
15 June 2026^[a]	RB	Connor Barrett	Walsall	Undisclosed	^[1]
15 June 2026^[b]	CM	Max Power	Bradford City		^[2]
26 June 2026	RW	Sonny Perkins	Leyton Orient		^[3]
1 July 2026	CB	Jeremiah Chilokoa-Mullen	Dunfermline Athletic		^[4]
3 July 2026	LW	Akeel Higgins	West Bromwich Albion	Free	^[5]
13 July 2026	GK	Ewan Dodgson	Ashton Athletic		^[6]
21 July 2026	CM	Ryan Trevitt	Brentford		^[7]
6 August 2026	LB	Archie Harris	Bournemouth		^[8]
14 August 2026	CB	Finley Burns	Manchester City	£200,000	^[9]

[a]
The transfer was announced on 10 June, and would become official on June 15 once the transfer window opened.
[b]
The transfer was announced on 6 June, and would become official on June 15 once the transfer window opened.

Loaned in

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Date	Pos.	Player	From	Loaned until	Ref.
4 July 2026	AM	Hindolo Mustapha	Crystal Palace	11 August 2026^[a]	^[10]^[11]
9 July 2026	GK	Joe Walsh	Queens Park Rangers	End of Season	^[12]
19 August 2026	AM	Reggie Walsh	Chelsea		^[13]
20 August 2026	CM	Charlie Gray	Manchester City		^[14]
21 August 2026	AM	Luke Harris	Fulham		^[15]

[a]
On 11 August, Mustapha's season-long loan from Crystal Palace was terminated by mutual consent.

Loaned out

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Date	Pos.	Player	To	Loaned until	Ref.
3 August 2026	RW	Joseph Hungbo	Swindon Town	End of Season	^[16]
4 August 2026	CM	Kai Payne	Oldham Athletic		^[17]
14 August 2026	CF	Charlie Hughes	Matlock Town		^[18]

Out

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Date	Pos.	Player	To	Fee	Ref.
25 June 2026	GK	Sam Tickle	Bristol City	Undisclosed	^[19]
4 August 2026	RW	Jonny Smith	Rochdale		^[20]
14 August 2026	CM	Baba Adeeko	Rochdale		^[21]
18 August 2026	CM	Tobias Brenan	Bromley		^[22]

Released / Out of Contract

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Date	Pos.	Player	Subsequent club	Joined date	Ref.
30 June 2026	CB	Will Aimson	Salford City	1 July 2026	^[23]^[24]
	AM	Leo Graham	Bury		^[23]^[25]
	RB	Alex Hughes	Connah's Quay Nomads		^[26]^[27]
	CB	Jason Kerr	Hibernian		^[23]^[28]
	GK	Toby Savin	Torquay United		^[23]^[29]
	RB	Steven Sessegnon	AFC Wimbledon		^[23]^[30]
	LB	Luke Robinson	Dunfermline Athletic	6 July 2026	^[23]^[31]
	RB	Jack Hunt	York City	17 July 2026	^[23]^[32]
	RW	Christy Edwards	Southport	18 July 2026	^[26]^[33]
	AM	Harrison Bettoni	Chelsea	23 July 2026	^[23]^[34]
	GK	Jake Spaven	Rochdale	28 July 2026	^[26]^[35]
	RB	Callum Jones	Mossley	7 August 2026	^[26]^[36]
	CB	Jack Rogers	Prescot Cables	7 August 2026	^[26]^[37]
	GK	Matthew Corran			^[23]
	CM	Tyrese Francois			^[23]
	CM	Matt Smith			^[23]

New Contract

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Date	Pos.	Player	Contract until	Ref.
23 June 2026	RB	Llyton Chapman	30 June 2029	^[38]
24 June 2026	CM	Jensen Weir	30 June 2028	^[39]
24 June 2026	CF	Adam Moseley	30 June 2027	^[40]
10 July 2026	AM	Chris Sze	30 June 2027^[a]	^[41]
13 July 2026	CM	John-Paul Cavanagh	Undisclosed^[b]	^[6]
	CB	Zac Edwards		^[6]
	CM	Joe Gilbertson		^[6]
	LB	Mason Goulding		^[6]
	CB	Seb Spelman		^[6]
	GK	Rohan Taylor		^[6]
22 July 2026	RW	Callum McManaman	Undisclosed^[c]	^[42]

[a]
Option of a further year
[b]
First professional contract
[c]
Player/mentor role

Pre-season and friendlies

On 12 June, Wigan Athletic announced their first three pre-season fixtures to be against Port Vale, Southport and Grimsby Town.^[43] On 29 June, a final pre-season fixture was announced to be against AFC Fylde, confirming the club's full pre-season schedule.^[44]

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

18 July 2026 Friendly	Wigan Athletic	1–3	Port Vale	Wigan
13:00 BST	Rimmer 72'	Report	Walters 14', 42' Trialist C 53'	Stadium: Brick Community Stadium

21 July 2025 (2025-07-21) Friendly	Bury	4–0	Wigan Athletic U21	Bury
19:45 BST	Pedro 32' Trialist H 64', 85' Trialist C 89'	Report		Stadium: Gigg Lane Attendance: 1,062

25 July 2026 Friendly	West Bromwich Albion U21	1–2	Wigan Athletic U21	Walsall
13:00 BST			Simms ,	Stadium: WBA Training Ground

25 July 2026 Friendly	AFC Fylde	0–3	Wigan Athletic	Medlar-with-Wesham
15:00 BST	Allen-Hadley 33	Report	Sze 10' (pen.), 42' (pen.) Murray 54'	Stadium: Mill Farm

28 July 2026 Friendly	Witton Albion	3–1	Wigan Athletic U21	Wincham
19:45 BST	Garbutt , Hooper		Simms (pen.)	Stadium: Wincham Park

31 July 2026 Friendly	Southport	0–0	Wigan Athletic	Southport
19:45 BST		Report		Stadium: Haig Avenue Attendance: 1,571

1 August 2026 Friendly	Grimsby Town	2–0	Wigan Athletic	Cleethorpes
15:00 BST	Sweeney 10' Cook 90'	Report		Stadium: Blundell Park Attendance: 2,043 (200 Wigan fans)

4 August 2026 Friendly	Wolverhampton Wanderers Academy	1–1	Wigan Athletic U21	Wolverhampton
				Stadium: Compton Park

Competitions

Overall record

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Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
League One	15 August 2026	May 2027	Matchday 1	TBD	2	0	0	2	2	5	−3	000.00
FA Cup	November 2026	TBD	First round	TBD	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
EFL Cup	8 August 2026	8 August 2026	First round	First round	1	0	1	0	1	1	+0	000.00
EFL Trophy	18 August 2026	TBD	Group Stage	TBD	1	1	0	0	3	2	+1	100.00
Total					4	1	1	2	6	8	−2	025.00

Last updated: 22 August 2026
Source:

League One

League table

More information Pos, Pld ...

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
20	Doncaster Rovers	2	1	1	1	2	−1	1
21	Barnsley	2	1	1	0	1	−1	1	Relegation to EFL League Two
22	Plymouth Argyle	2	1	1	2	4	−2	1
23	AFC Wimbledon	2	1	1	0	3	−3	1
24	Wigan Athletic	2	0	2	2	5	−3	0

Updated to match(es) played on 22 August 2026. 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^[45]

Results summary

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Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
2	0	0	2	2	5	−3	0	0	0	1	0	2	−2	0	0	1	2	3	−1

Last updated: 22 August 2026.
Source: Soccerstats

Results by round

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Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	46
Ground	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H
Result	L	L
Position	18	24
Points	0	0

Source: EFL
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; P = Postponed
Notes:

Matches

On 25 June, the League One fixtures were revealed.^[46]

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

15 August 2026 1	Cambridge United	3–2	Wigan Athletic	Cambridge
15:00 BST	Watts 3' Appéré 34' Heath 52' Bradshaw 90+5'	Report	Perkins 69' Higgins 73'	Stadium: Cledara Abbey Stadium Attendance: 7,506 (754 Wigan fans) Referee: Alex Chilowicz

22 August 2026 2	Wigan Athletic	0–2	Leyton Orient	Wigan
15:00 BST	Power 18'	Report	Springett 15' Kabia 35' Akhamrich 58' Hayden 73' El Mizouni 90+2'	Stadium: Brick Community Stadium Attendance: 9,317 Referee: Ross Martin

30 August 2026 3	AFC Wimbledon	v	Wigan Athletic	Wimbledon
14:00 BST				Stadium: Cherry Red Records Stadium
Note: Fixture was originally scheduled for 29 August, but was pushed back due to AFC Wimbledon's Carabao Cup fixture being moved to 27 August.^[47]

2 September 2026 4	Wigan Athletic	v	MK Dons	Wigan
19:45 BST				Stadium: Brick Community Stadium
Note: Fixture was originally scheduled for 1 September, but was pushed back 24 hours due to Wigan's rearranged fixture with AFC Wimbledon on 30 August.^[47]

5 September 2026 5	Wigan Athletic	v	Stockport County	Wigan
12:30 BST				Stadium: Brick Community Stadium
Note: Fixture was initially scheduled for a 15:00 kick-off, but was brought forward for live Sky Sports broadcasting.^[48]

12 September 2026 6	Sheffield Wednesday	v	Wigan Athletic	Sheffield
15:00 BST				Stadium: Hillsborough

19 September 2026 7	Wigan Athletic	v	Wycombe Wanderers	Wigan
15:00 BST				Stadium: Brick Community Stadium

26 September 2026 8	Leicester City	v	Wigan Athletic	Leicester
15:00 BST				Stadium: King Power Stadium

3 October 2026 9	Wigan Athletic	v	Mansfield Town	Wigan
15:00 BST				Stadium: Brick Community Stadium

10 October 2026 10	Stevenage	v	Wigan Athletic	Stevenage
15:00 BST				Stadium: Lamex Stadium

17 October 2026 11	Wigan Athletic	v	Reading	Wigan
15:00 BST				Stadium: Brick Community Stadium

20 October 2026 12	Oxford United	v	Wigan Athletic	Oxford
19:45 BST				Stadium: Kassam Stadium

24 October 2026 13	Huddersfield Town	v	Wigan Athletic	Huddersfield
12:30 BST				Stadium: Accu Stadium
Note: Fixture was initially scheduled for a 15:00 kick-off, but was brought forward for live Sky Sports broadcasting.^[49]

31 October 2026 14	Wigan Athletic	v	Bromley	Wigan
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Brick Community Stadium

14 November 2026 15	Wigan Athletic	v	Barnsley	Wigan
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Brick Community Stadium

21 November 2026 16	Blackpool	v	Wigan Athletic	Blackpool
12:30 GMT				Stadium: Bloomfield Road
Note: Fixture was initially scheduled for a 15:00 kick-off, but was brought forward for live Sky Sports broadcasting.^[49]

28 November 2026 17	Wigan Athletic	v	Plymouth Argyle	Wigan
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Brick Community Stadium

1 December 2026 18	Burton Albion	v	Wigan Athletic	Burton-on-Trent
19:45 GMT				Stadium: Pirelli Stadium

12 December 2026 19	Luton Town	v	Wigan Athletic	Luton
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Kenilworth Road

19 December 2026 20	Wigan Athletic	v	Peterborough United	Wigan
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Brick Community Stadium

26 December 2026 21	Doncaster Rovers	v	Wigan Athletic	Doncaster
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Eco-Power Stadium

29 December 2026 22	Wigan Athletic	v	Notts County	Wigan
19:45 GMT				Stadium: Brick Community Stadium

1 January 2027 23	Wigan Athletic	v	Bradford City	Wigan
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Brick Community Stadium

9 January 2027 24	Peterborough United	v	Wigan Athletic	Peterborough
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Weston Homes Stadium

16 January 2027 25	Reading	v	Wigan Athletic	Reading
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Select Car Leasing Stadium

19 January 2027 26	Wigan Athletic	v	Oxford United	Wigan
19:45 GMT				Stadium: Brick Community Stadium

23 January 2027 27	Wigan Athletic	v	Huddersfield Town	Wigan
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Brick Community Stadium

30 January 2027 28	Bromley	v	Wigan Athletic	Bromley
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Hayes Lane

6 February 2027 29	Wigan Athletic	v	AFC Wimbledon	Wigan
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Brick Community Stadium

9 February 2027 30	MK Dons	v	Wigan Athletic	Denbigh
19:45 Greenwich Mean Time				Stadium: Stadium MK

13 February 2027 31	Stockport County	v	Wigan Athletic	Edgeley
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Edgeley Park

20 February 2027 32	Wigan Athletic	v	Sheffield Wednesday	Wigan
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Brick Community Stadium

27 February 2027 33	Barnsley	v	Wigan Athletic	Barnsley
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Oakwell

6 March 2027 34	Wigan Athletic	v	Cambridge United	Wigan
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Brick Community Stadium

13 March 2027 35	Leyton Orient	v	Wigan Athletic	Leyton
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Brisbane Road

20 March 2027 36	Wigan Athletic	v	Blackpool	Wigan
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Brick Community Stadium

26 March 2027 37	Bradford City	v	Wigan Athletic	Bradford
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Valley Parade

29 March 2027 38	Wigan Athletic	v	Luton Town	Wigan
15:00 BST				Stadium: Brick Community Stadium

3 April 2027 39	Notts County	v	Wigan Athletic	Nottingham
15:00 BST				Stadium: Meadow Lane

10 April 2027 40	Wigan Athletic	v	Doncaster Rovers	Wigan
15:00 BST				Stadium: Brick Community Stadium

13 April 2027 41	Wigan Athletic	v	Leicester City	Wigan
19:45 BST				Stadium: Brick Community Stadium

17 April 2027 42	Wycombe Wanderers	v	Wigan Athletic	High Wycombe
15:00 BST				Stadium: Adams Park

24 April 2027 43	Wigan Athletic	v	Stevenage	Wigan
15:00 BST				Stadium: Brick Community Stadium

27 April 2027 44	Mansfield Town	v	Wigan Athletic	Mansfield
19:45 BST				Stadium: Field Mill

1 May 2027 45	Plymouth Argyle	v	Wigan Athletic	Plymouth
15:00 BST				Stadium: Home Park

8 May 2027 46	Wigan Athletic	v	Burton Albion	Wigan
12:30 BST				Stadium: Brick Community Stadium

FA Cup

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

EFL Cup

Wigan were drawn away to Barnsley in the first round.^[50]

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

8 August 2026 First round	Barnsley	1–1 (6–5 p)	Wigan Athletic	Barnsley
15:00 BST	McGeehan 81' Ravenhill 90'	Report	Costelloe 40'	Stadium: Oakwell Attendance: 4,414 (522 Wigan fans) Referee: Richard Eley
	Penalties
	McGeehan Kelly Gale Connell Cleary Earl		Power Carragher Higgins Weir Murray Mellish

EFL Trophy

Group stage

Wigan were drawn against Blackpool, Crewe Alexandra and Aston Villa U21 into Northern Group B.^[51]

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Pos	Div	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	L1	Wigan Athletic	1	1	0	3	2	+1	3	Advance to Round 2
2	L1	Blackpool	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Advance to Round 2
3	L2	Crewe Alexandra	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	ACA	Aston Villa U21	1	0	1	2	3	−1	0

Source: EFL

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

18 August 2026 Northern Group B	Wigan Athletic	3–2	Aston Villa U21	Wigan
19:00 BST	Miller 27' Feeney 40' (o.g.) Chilokoa-Mullen 66' Costelloe 81'	Report	Broggio 22' O'Reilly 75' Taylor 78'	Stadium: Brick Community Stadium Attendance: 2,001 Referee: Scott Jackson

22 September 2026 Northern Group B	Wigan Athletic	v	Blackpool	Wigan
19:00 BST				Stadium: Brick Community Stadium

10 November 2026 Northern Group B	Crewe Alexandra	v	Wigan Athletic	Crewe
19:00 GMT				Stadium: Mornflake Stadium

Statistics

Appearances and goals

As of match played 22 August 2026

Players with no appearances are not included on the list

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No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		League One		FA Cup		EFL Cup		EFL Trophy
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	ENG	Joe Walsh	4	0	2+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	1+0	0
2	DF	ENG	Connor Barrett	4	0	1+1	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	1+0	0
3	DF	WAL	Morgan Fox	3	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+1	0
4	DF	SCO	Jeremiah Chilokoa-Mullen	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
5	DF	ENG	Finley Burns	2	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
6	MF	ENG	Jensen Weir	3	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+1	0
7	MF	SCO	Fraser Murray	3	0	2+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
8	MF	ENG	Max Power	4	0	2+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	1+0	0
9	FW	ENG	Sonny Perkins	3	1	2+0	1	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
10	MF	ENG	Reggie Walsh	1	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
11	FW	IRL	Dara Costelloe	4	2	2+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	1	0+1	1
13	MF	WAL	Luke Harris	1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
14	MF	ENG	Ryan Trevitt	1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
16	DF	ENG	Archie Harris	4	0	0+2	0	0+0	0	0+1	0	1+0	0
17	FW	ENG	Akeel Higgins	4	1	1+1	1	0+0	0	0+1	0	1+0	0
19	MF	ENG	Chris Sze	3	0	1+1	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
20	FW	ENG	Callum McManaman	2	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
21	DF	ENG	K'Marni Miller	3	1	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+1	0	1+0	1
22	DF	ENG	Jon Mellish	3	0	2+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
23	DF	MLT	James Carragher	2	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
24	FW	ENG	Adam Moseley	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
51	MF	ENG	Harrison Rimmer	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
53	DF	ENG	Sam Bolland	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
55	MF	ENG	Reece Greenhalgh	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
Player(s) who featured but departed the club permanently during the season:
27	MF	ENG	Tobias Brenan	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	0	0+0	0

2026–27 Wigan Athletic F.C. season

Transfers and contracts

In

Loaned in

Loaned out

Out

Released / Out of Contract

New Contract

Pre-season and friendlies

Competitions

Overall record

League One

League table

Results summary

Results by round

Matches

FA Cup

EFL Cup

EFL Trophy

Group stage

Statistics

Appearances and goals

References

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