2025–26 Accrington Stanley F.C. season

The 2025–26 season is the 57th season in the history of Accrington Stanley Football Club and their third consecutive season in League Two. In addition to the domestic league, the club are also to participate in the FA Cup, the EFL Cup, and the 2025–26 EFL Trophy.

Date	Pos.	Player	From	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2025[a]	LB	Freddie Sass	King's Lynn Town	Bosman	[1]
1 July 2025[b]	CM	Isaac Sinclair	Curzon Ashton		[2]

Date	Pos.	Player	To	Fee	Ref.
10 June 2025	CF	Jimmy Knowles	Altrincham	Undisclosed	[3]
18 August 2025	CM	Ben Woods	Peterborough United		[4]

Date	Pos.	Player	From	Date until	Ref.
8 July 2025	GK	Oliver Wright	Southampton	31 May 2026	[5]
5 August 2025	CM	Joe Bauress	Burnley		[6]
7 August 2025	LB	Logan Pye			[7]

Date	Pos.	Player	Subsequent club	Join date	Ref.
30 June 2025	RM	Seb Quirk	Sligo Rovers	1 July 2025	[8][9]
	GK	Liam Isherwood	Warrington Town	5 July 2025	[8][10]
	CB	Aaron Pickles	Southport	18 July 2025	[8][11]
	LW	Ashley Hunter	Marine	8 August 2025	[8][12]
	CB	Jay Rich-Baghuelou			[8]
	CB	Lewis Rhodes			[8]
	RM	Lewis Trickett			[8]

Date	Pos.	Player	Contract until	Ref.
26 June 2025	CM	Conor Grant	30 June 2026	[13]
1 July 2025	AM	Dan Martin		[14]
2 July 2025	DM	Seamus Conneely		[15]
6 July 2025	GK	James Rogerson	Undisclosed[a]	[16]
	CM	Finlay Tunstall		[17]

In June, Accrington Stanley announced pre-season friendlies against Blackburn Rovers, Everton, Wigan Athletic and Rotherham United.^[18][19][20] In July, a fifth freindly was added against Clitheroe.^[21]

A behind-closed-doors, fixture against Blackpool was also confirmed.^[22]

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On 26 June, the League Two fixtures were announced, with Accrington hosting Gillingham on the opening day.^[25]

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Accrington Stanley would take part in a Preliminary Round of the EFL Cup due to the number of Premier League teams being involved in European competitions. They would face Oldham Athletic.^[28][29] In the first round proper, they were drawn again at home against Peterborough United.^[30][31] Then against Doncaster Rovers in the second round.^[32][33]

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Accrington were drawn against Fleetwood Town, Port Vale and Leeds United U21 in the group stage.^[34]

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As of match played 16 August 2025

Players with no appearances are not included on the list

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		League Two		FA Cup		EFL Cup		EFL Trophy
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	IRL	Michael Kelly	3	0	3+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
2	DF	SCO	Donald Love	4	0	2+0	0	0+0	0	0+2	0	0+0	0
3	DF	ENG	Freddie Sass	4	0	2+0	0	0+0	0	2+0	0	0+0	0
4	MF	ENG	Conor Grant	2	0	2+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
5	DF	ENG	Farrend Rawson	5	0	3+0	0	0+0	0	2+0	0	0+0	0
6	MF	NIR	Liam Coyle	5	0	3+0	0	0+0	0	0+2	0	0+0	0
9	FW	ENG	Kelsey Mooney	5	2	1+2	0	0+0	0	2+0	2	0+0	0
10	MF	ENG	Alex Henderson	3	1	0+1	0	0+0	0	2+0	1	0+0	0
11	MF	ENG	Isaac Sinclair	5	0	3+0	0	0+0	0	0+2	0	0+0	0
13	GK	ENG	Ollie Wright	2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	2+0	0	0+0	0
14	DF	ENG	Benn Ward	1	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
15	DF	ENG	Logan Pye	2	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
16	MF	ENG	Joe Bauress	1	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
17	DF	ENG	Devon Matthews	5	0	3+0	0	0+0	0	2+0	0	0+0	0
18	FW	WAL	Charlie Caton	4	0	2+1	0	0+0	0	0+1	0	0+0	0
19	FW	ENG	Anjola Popoola	4	1	0+2	0	0+0	0	2+0	1	0+0	0
20	FW	ENG	Charlie Brown	4	0	1+1	0	0+0	0	2+0	0	0+0	0
22	MF	ENG	Dan Martin	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
23	FW	ENG	Tyler Walton	3	2	1+1	2	0+0	0	0+1	0	0+0	0
25	DF	ENG	Josh Smith	1	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
28	MF	IRL	Seamus Conneely	3	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	2+0	0	0+0	0
31	MF	ENG	Finlay Tunstall	2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+1	0	0+0	0
39	FW	ENG	Josh Woods	5	1	2+1	0	0+0	0	1+1	1	0+0	0
Player(s) who featured but departed the club permanently during the season:
8	MF	ENG	Ben Woods	1	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0