2025–26 Charlton Athletic F.C. season

Charlton Athletic
2025–26 season
ChairmanGavin Carter[1]
ManagerNathan Jones
StadiumThe Valley
Championship10th
Top goalscorerLeague:
Harvey Knibbs (1)

All:
Harvey Knibbs
Miles Leaburn
Ibrahim Fullah
Luke Berry (1)
Highest home attendance21,778 (vs. Watford, 9 August 2025)
Lowest home attendance4,092 (vs. Stevenage, 12 August 2025)
Average home league attendance21,778[2]

The 2025–26 Charlton Athletic season is the 120th season in their existence, having been founded in 1905, and their first season back in the Championship. The club are participating in Championship, the FA Cup and the EFL Cup. The season covers the period from 1 July 2025 to 30 June 2026.

Squad statistics

As of 16 August 2025
No. Pos Nat Player Total Championship FA Cup EFL Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Belgium BEL Thomas Kaminski 2 0 2+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
2 DF England ENG Kayne Ramsay 2 0 2+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
3 DF England ENG Macaulay Gillesphey 3 0 0+2 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
4 DF England ENG Alex Mitchell 1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
5 DF England ENG Lloyd Jones 2 0 2+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
6 MF Republic of Ireland IRL Conor Coventry 2 0 2+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
7 FW Jamaica JAM Tyreece Campbell 2 0 2+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
8 MF England ENG Luke Berry 1 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 1
9 FW Morocco MAR Gassan Ahadme 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
10 MF Scotland SCO Greg Docherty 2 0 2+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
11 FW England ENG Miles Leaburn 3 1 0+2 0 0+0 0 1+0 1
12 MF Wales WAL Terry Taylor 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
13 FW Jamaica JAM Kaheim Dixon 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
14 MF England ENG Sonny Carey 2 0 2+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
16 DF Scotland SCO Josh Edwards 2 0 2+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
17 DF Jamaica JAM Amari'i Bell 2 0 2+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
18 MF Jamaica JAM Karoy Anderson 2 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
19 DF Uganda UGA Nathan Asiimwe 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
20 DF England ENG Zach Mitchell 1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
21 GK Australia AUS Ashley Maynard-Brewer 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
22 FW England ENG Isaac Olaofe 3 0 0+2 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
23 FW United States USA Charlie Kelman 3 0 2+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0
24 FW England ENG Matt Godden 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
25 GK England ENG Will Mannion 1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
26 MF England ENG Joe Rankin-Costello 1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
29 FW Sierra Leone SLE Daniel Kanu 1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0
30 MF Scotland SCO Rob Apter 2 0 2+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
31 GK England ENG Tommy Reid 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
32 DF England ENG Reece Burke 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
33 FW England ENG Micah Mbick 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
34 MF England ENG Kai Enslin 1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0
35 MF England ENG Alan Mwamba 1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0
36 DF England ENG Keenan Gough 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
37 MF England ENG Ibrahim Fullah 1 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 1
38 DF Fiji FIJ Josh Laqeretabua 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
39 MF England ENG Henry Rylah 1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
41 MF England ENG Harvey Knibbs 3 1 0+2 1 0+0 0 1+0 0
FW Republic of Ireland IRL Patrick Casey 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0

Top scorers

As of 16 August 2025
Place Position Nation Number Name Championship FA Cup EFL Cup Total
1 MF England 41 Harvey Knibbs 1 0 0 1
= FW England 11 Miles Leaburn 0 0 1 1
= MF England 37 Ibrahim Fullah 0 0 1 1
= MF England 8 Luke Berry 0 0 1 1
Totals 1 0 3 4

Disciplinary record

As of 16 August 2025
Number Nation Position Name Championship FA Cup EFL Cup Total
Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card
10 Scotland MF Greg Docherty 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
30 Scotland MF Rob Apter 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0

Transfers

Transfers in

Date from Position Nationality Name From Fee Ref.
1 July 2025[a] MF England Sonny Carey England Blackpool Free transfer [3]
1 July 2025 GK Belgium Thomas Kaminski England Luton Town Undisclosed [4]
2 July 2025 FW England Isaac Olaofe England Stockport County Undisclosed [5]
4 July 2025 LB Jamaica Amari'i Bell England Luton Town Free transfer [6]
9 July 2025 DF England Reece Burke England Luton Town Undisclosed [7]
11 July 2025 MF England Joe Rankin-Costello England Blackburn Rovers Undisclosed [8]
17 July 2025 RW Scotland Rob Apter England Blackpool Undisclosed [9]
27 July 2025 FW United States Charlie Kelman England Queens Park Rangers Undisclosed [10]
1 August 2025 AM England Harvey Knibbs England Reading Undisclosed [11]
  1. ^ The transfer of Sonny Carey was announced on 6 June 2025 and would become official on 1 July 2025 once his Blackpool contract expired.

Transfers out

Date from Position Nationality Name To Fee Ref.
1 July 2025 FW England Chuks Aneke Free agent Released [12]
1 July 2025 GK Australia Dean Bouzanis Australia Brisbane Roar Released [12][13]
1 July 2025 MF England Aaron Henry England Boreham Wood Released [12][14]
1 July 2025 FW England Danny Hylton Retired [12]
1 July 2025 MF England Harvey Kedwell England AFC Croydon Athletic Released [15]
1 July 2025 LB England Thierry Small England Preston North End Free transfer [16]
1 July 2025 RB England Tennai Watson England Barnsley Released [12][17]

Loans in

Date from Position Nationality Name From Date until Ref.

Loans out

Date from Position Nationality Name To Date until Ref.
30 July 2025 DF Uganda Nathan Asiimwe England AFC Wimbledon End of season [18]
8 August 2025 DF England Toby Bower England Farnborough 2 January 2026 [19]
11 August 2025 MF Wales Terry Taylor England Northampton Town End of season [20]
14 August 2025 SS Morocco Gassan Ahadme England Stevenage End of season [21]
15 August 2025 FW Jamaica Kaheim Dixon England Crawley Town End of season [22]
18 August 2025 DF England Alex Mitchell England Plymouth Argyle End of season [23]

Friendlies

On Monday 2 June 2025, Charlton announced their first two pre-season friendlies against Dartford and Cambridge United.[24] On 19 June 2025, Charlton announced their third and fourth pre-season friendlies and that they will return to Slovenia for a pre-season training camp ahead of the 2025/26 campaign. While there, they will face HNK Gorica in a behind-closed-doors friendly. They also announced that, on their return, they would face National League outfit Wealdstone.[25] On Tuesday 24 June 2025, Charlton announced their fifth friendly against Southend United.[26] On Friday 27 June 2025, Charlton announced their sixth and final friendly against Ipswich Town.[27]

12 July 2025 (2025-07-12) Friendly Dartford 2–3 Charlton Athletic Dartford
15:00 BST Jones 10'
Carruthers 36' (pen.)
Report Kanu 5'
Docherty 26' (pen.)
Mbick 84'
Stadium: Princes Park
Attendance: 3,584
Referee: Luke Scott
19 July 2025 (2025-07-19) Friendly HNK Gorica 0–2 Charlton Athletic Kranjska Gora, Slovenia
11:00 BST Report Matijaš 83' (o.g.)
Fullah 86'
Stadium: Kranjska Gora
Attendance: 0
Referee: Markez Aljosa
23 July 2025 (2025-07-23) Friendly Wealdstone 0–3 Charlton Athletic Ruislip
18:30 BST Report Olaofe 15' (pen.)
Kanu 35' (pen.)
Carey 53'
Stadium: Grosvenor Vale
Attendance: 675
Referee: Sam Mulhall
26 July 2025 (2025-07-26) Friendly Cambridge United 1–1 Charlton Athletic Cambridge
15:00 BST Hoddle 70' Report Leaburn 31' Stadium: Cledara Abbey Stadium
Attendance: 2,003
Referee: Neil Hair
29 July 2025 (2025-07-29) Friendly Ipswich Town 2–1 Charlton Athletic Colchester
19:45 BST Clarke 51'
Al-Hamadi 58'
Report Olaofe 55' Stadium: JobServe Community Stadium
Referee: Alex Chilowicz
2 August 2025 (2025-08-02) Friendly Southend United 0–3 Charlton Athletic Southend-on-Sea
15:00 BST Report Carey 19'
Ahadme 48', 50'
Stadium: Roots Hall
Attendance: 2,696
Referee: Robert Claussen

Competitions

Championship

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
8 Southampton 2 1 1 0 3 2 +1 4
9 Hull City 2 1 1 0 3 2 +1 4
10 Charlton Athletic 2 1 1 0 1 0 +1 4
11 Norwich City 2 1 0 1 3 3 0 3
12 Leicester City 2 1 0 1 3 3 0 3
Updated to match(es) played on 17 August 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) Number of 12-point sending off offences; 9) Play-off (only if needed to determine promotion/relegation)[28]

Result summary

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
2 1 1 0 1 0  +1 4 1 0 0 1 0  +1 0 1 0 0 0  0

Last updated: 16 August 2025.
Source:

Results by round

Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334353637383940414243444546
GroundHAHAHAHAAHAAHHAHAAHHAHAAHAHHAAHHAAHHAAHHAHAHHA
ResultWD
Position710
Points34
Updated to match(es) played on 16 August 2025. Source:
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; P = postponed

Matches

The 2025–26 season fixtures were released on Thursday 26 June 2025.[29]

9 August 2025 (2025-08-09) 1 Charlton Athletic 1–0 Watford Charlton
12:30 BST Knibbs 90+4' Report Stadium: The Valley
Attendance: 21,778
Referee: Stephen Martin
Note: Live on Sky Sports+
16 August 2025 (2025-08-16) 2 Bristol City 0–0 Charlton Athletic Bristol
15:00 BST Report Stadium: Ashton Gate
Attendance: 24,721
Referee: Benjamin Speedie
23 August 2025 (2025-08-23) 3 Charlton Athletic Leicester City Charlton
12:30 BST Stadium: The Valley
Note: Live on Sky Sports Football
30 August 2025 (2025-08-30) 4 Queens Park Rangers Charlton Athletic Shepherd's Bush
12:30 BST Stadium: MATRADE Loftus Road Stadium
Note: Live on Sky Sports+
13 September 2025 (2025-09-13) 5 Charlton Athletic Millwall Charlton
12:30 BST Stadium: The Valley
Note: Live on Sky Sports Football
20 September 2025 (2025-09-20) 6 Sheffield United Charlton Athletic Sheffield
15:00 BST Stadium: Bramall Lane
27 September 2025 (2025-09-27) 7 Charlton Athletic Blackburn Rovers Charlton
15:00 BST Stadium: The Valley
30 September 2025 (2025-09-30) 8 Derby County Charlton Athletic Derby
20:00 BST Stadium: Pride Park Stadium
Note: Live on Sky Sports Football
4 October 2025 (2025-10-04) 9 Preston North End Charlton Athletic Preston
15:00 BST Stadium: Deepdale
18 October 2025 (2025-10-18) 10 Charlton Athletic Sheffield Wednesday Charlton
15:00 BST Stadium: The Valley
21 October 2025 (2025-10-21) 11 Ipswich Town Charlton Athletic Ipswich
19:45 BST Stadium: Portman Road
25 October 2025 (2025-10-25) 12 Hull City Charlton Athletic Kingston upon Hull
15:00 BST Stadium: MKM Stadium
1 November 2025 (2025-11-01) 13 Charlton Athletic Swansea City Charlton
15:00 GMT Stadium: The Valley
4 November 2025 (2025-11-04) 14 Charlton Athletic West Bromwich Albion Charlton
19:45 GMT Stadium: The Valley
8 November 2025 (2025-11-08) 15 Wrexham Charlton Athletic Wrexham
15:00 GMT Stadium: Racecourse Ground
22 November 2025 (2025-11-22) 16 Charlton Athletic Southampton Charlton
12:30 GMT Stadium: The Valley
Note: Live on Sky Sports+
25 November 2025 (2025-11-25) 17 Stoke City Charlton Athletic Stoke-on-Trent
19:45 GMT Stadium: Bet365 Stadium
29 November 2025 (2025-11-29) 18 Coventry City Charlton Athletic Coventry
15:00 GMT Stadium: Coventry Building Society Arena
6 December 2025 (2025-12-06) 19 Charlton Athletic Portsmouth Charlton
12:30 GMT Stadium: The Valley
Note: Live on Sky Sports+
9 December 2025 (2025-12-09) 20 Charlton Athletic Middlesbrough Charlton
19:45 GMT Stadium: The Valley
13 December 2025 (2025-12-13) 21 Birmingham City Charlton Athletic Bordesley
15:00 GMT Stadium: St Andrew's
20 December 2025 (2025-12-20) 22 Charlton Athletic Oxford United Charlton
15:00 GMT Stadium: The Valley
26 December 2025 (2025-12-26) 23 Norwich City Charlton Athletic Norwich
15:00 GMT Stadium: Carrow Road
29 December 2025 (2025-12-29) 24 Portsmouth Charlton Athletic Portsmouth
19:45 GMT Stadium: Fratton Park
1 January 2026 (2026-01-01) 25 Charlton Athletic Coventry City Charlton
15:00 GMT Stadium: The Valley
4 January 2026 (2026-01-04) 26 Blackburn Rovers Charlton Athletic Blackburn
15:00 GMT Stadium: Ewood Park
17 January 2026 (2026-01-17) 27 Charlton Athletic Sheffield United Charlton
15:00 GMT Stadium: The Valley
21 January 2026 (2026-01-21) 28 Charlton Athletic Derby County Charlton
19:45 GMT Stadium: The Valley
24 January 2026 (2026-01-24) 29 Millwall Charlton Athletic Bermondsey
12:30 GMT Stadium: The Den
31 January 2026 (2026-01-31) 30 Leicester City Charlton Athletic Leicester
15:00 GMT Stadium: King Power Stadium
7 February 2026 (2026-02-07) 31 Charlton Athletic Queens Park Rangers Charlton
15:00 GMT Stadium: The Valley
14 February 2026 (2026-02-14) 32 Charlton Athletic Stoke City Charlton
15:00 GMT Stadium: The Valley
21 February 2026 (2026-02-21) 33 Southampton Charlton Athletic Southampton
15:00 GMT Stadium: St Mary's Stadium
24 February 2026 (2026-02-24) 34 West Bromwich Albion Charlton Athletic West Bromwich
19:45 GMT Stadium: The Hawthorns
28 February 2026 (2026-02-28) 35 Charlton Athletic Wrexham Charlton
15:00 GMT Stadium: The Valley
7 March 2026 (2026-03-07) 36 Charlton Athletic Birmingham City Charlton
15:00 GMT Stadium: The Valley
11 March 2026 (2026-03-11) 37 Middlesbrough Charlton Athletic Middlesbrough
19:45 GMT Stadium: Riverside Stadium
14 March 2026 (2026-03-14) 38 Oxford United Charlton Athletic Oxford
15:00 GMT Stadium: Kassam Stadium
21 March 2026 (2026-03-21) 39 Charlton Athletic Norwich City Charlton
15:00 GMT Stadium: The Valley
3 April 2026 (2026-04-03) 40 Charlton Athletic Bristol City Charlton
15:00 BST Stadium: The Valley
6 April 2026 (2026-04-06) 41 Watford Charlton Athletic Watford
15:00 BST Stadium: Vicarage Road
11 April 2026 (2026-04-11) 42 Charlton Athletic Preston North End Charlton
15:00 BST Stadium: The Valley
18 April 2026 (2026-04-18) 43 Sheffield Wednesday Charlton Athletic Owlerton
15:00 BST Stadium: Hillsborough Stadium
22 April 2026 (2026-04-22) 44 Charlton Athletic Ipswich Town Charlton
19:45 BST Stadium: The Valley
25 April 2026 (2026-04-25) 45 Charlton Athletic Hull City Charlton
15:00 BST Stadium: The Valley
2 May 2026 (2026-05-02) 46 Swansea City Charlton Athletic Swansea
12:30 BST Stadium: Swansea.com Stadium

FA Cup

10 January 2026 (2026-01-10) Third round
TBC GMT

EFL Cup

The first round draw was made on Thursday 26 June 2025.[30] On Friday 4 July 2025, the date of the first round was announced.[31] The second round draw was made on Wednesday 13 August 2025.[32] On Friday 15 August 2025, the date of the second round was announced.[33]

12 August 2025 (2025-08-12) First round Charlton Athletic 3–1 Stevenage Charlton
19:45 BST Leaburn 27'
Fullah 36'
Berry 77'
Report Freestone 86' Stadium: The Valley
Attendance: 4,092
Referee: Craig Hicks
26 August 2025 (2025-08-26) Second round Cambridge United Charlton Athletic Cambridge
19:30 BST Stadium: Cledara Abbey Stadium
Note: Live on Sky Sports+

Kent Senior Cup

2025 (2025) Second round Ramsgate / Margate Charlton Athletic
TBC GMT

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Notes