2025–26 Chesterfield F.C. season

The 2025–26 season is the 159th season in the history of Chesterfield Football Club and their second consecutive season in League Two. The club are participating in League Two, the FA Cup, the EFL Cup and the EFL Trophy.

Date	Pos.	Player	From	Fee	Ref.
20 June 2025	GK	Zach Hemming	Middlesbrough	£150,000	[1][2]
30 June 2025	CF	Lee Bonis	ADO Den Haag	Undisclosed	[3]
1 July 2025[a]	LB	Adam Lewis	Morecambe	Free	[4]
1 July 2025[b]	RW	Dilan Markanday	Blackburn Rovers		[5]
1 July 2025[c]	DM	Ryan Stirk	Walsall		[6]
18 July 2025		Luke Butterfield	Everton		[7]
1 January 2026[d]	CB	Malik Owolabi-Belewu	Forge		[8]
22 August 2025	GK	James Sissons	Melita		[9]

Expenditure: £150,000

Date	Pos.	Player	From	Date until	Ref.
3 July 2025	CM	Matt Dibley-Dias	Fulham	31 May 2026	[10]
8 July 2025	RB	Devan Tanton			[11]
5 August 2025	CAM	Ronan Darcy	Wigan Athletic		[12]
8 August 2025	LW	James Berry	Wycombe Wanderers		[13]

Date	Pos.	Player	To	Date until	Ref.
15 August 2025	CAM	Bailey Hobson	Brackley Town	14 January 2026	[14]
21 August 2025	CF	Paddy Madden	Accrington Stanley	31 May 2026	[15]

Date	Pos.	Player	Subsequent club	Join date	Ref.
30 June 2025	CM	Ollie Banks	York City	1 July 2025	[16][17]
	CF	Kane Drummond	Oldham Athletic		[18][19]
	LW	Michael Jacobs	Northampton Town		[18][20]
	CM	Darren Oldaker	Swindon Town		[18][21]
	CB	Ash Palmer	York City		[22]
	CM	Ali Mohiuddin			[18]
		Mike Jones	Retired		[23]
4 August 2025	RW	Ryan Colclough			[24]

Date	Pos.	Player	Contracted until	Ref.
19 June 2025	GK	Ryan Boot	Undisclosed	[25]
	CM	John Fleck		[26]
	CB	Kyle McFadzean		[27]
18 July 2025	CF	Gunner Elliott	Undisclosed[a]	[28]
24 July 2025	LB	Lewis Gordon	30 June 2027	[29]

On 23 May, Chesterfield announced their first pre-season fixture, against Matlock Town.^[30] Three weeks later, a second friendly was added against Sheffield United.^[31] Also confirmed was a training camp in Spain, along with a friendly against Europa Point.^[32] On 17 June, a fourth friendly match was added to the schedule, against Burton Albion.^[33] A fifth and sixth friendly was later announced, against Nottingham Forest and Alfreton Town.^[34][35]

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On 26 June, the League Two fixtures were released, with Chesterfied hosting Barrow on the opening weekend.^[37]

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Chesterfield were drawn at home to Mansfield Town in the first round.^[39][40]

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Chesterfield were drawn against Burton Albion, Crewe Alexandra and Liverpool U21 in the group stage.^[41]

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As of match played 19 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	ENG	Zach Hemming	5	0	4+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
3	DF	ENG	Adam Lewis	4	0	0+4	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
4	MF	ENG	Tom Naylor	5	1	4+0	1	0+0	0	0+1	0	0+0	0
6	DF	ENG	Kyle McFadzean	5	1	4+0	1	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
7	MF	ENG	Liam Mandeville	5	0	0+4	0	0+0	0	0+1	0	0+0	0
8	MF	WAL	Ryan Stirk	5	0	4+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
9	FW	NIR	Will Grigg	5	0	2+2	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
10	FW	NIR	Lee Bonis	5	0	2+2	0	0+0	0	0+1	0	0+0	0
11	MF	IRL	Dylan Duffy	5	1	3+1	1	0+0	0	0+1	0	0+0	0
13	MF	SCO	John Fleck	2	0	0+2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
16	MF	SCO	Luke Butterfield	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	0	0+0	0
17	FW	ALB	Armando Dobra	5	2	4+0	2	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
18	MF	NZL	Matt Dibley-Dias	3	0	0+2	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
19	DF	SCO	Lewis Gordon	5	1	4+0	1	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
20	DF	ENG	Vontae Daley-Campbell	5	0	4+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
21	FW	IRL	Paddy Madden	1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
22	DF	JAM	Chey Dunkley	5	0	4+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
24	FW	ENG	Dilan Markanday	5	1	4+0	1	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
27	MF	ENG	Ronan Darcy	4	0	1+2	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0