2025–26 Colchester United F.C. season

The 2025–26 season is the 89th season in the history of Colchester United Football Club and their tenth consecutive season in League Two. In addition to the domestic league, the club would also participate in the FA Cup, the EFL Cup, and the EFL Trophy.

Date	Pos.	Player	From	Fee	Ref.
	CF	Jaden Williams	Tottenham Hotspur	Free	[1]
1 July 2025	DM	Dominic Gape	Shrewsbury Town		[2]
	CB	Jack Tucker	Milton Keynes Dons		[3]
9 July 2025	CM	Ben Perry	Nottingham Forest	Undisclosed	[4]
11 July 2025	CF	Makise Evans	Stevenage	Free	[5]
26 July 2025	LB	Kurai Musanhi	Crystal Palace		[6]
1 August 2025	LW	Adrian Akande	Reading		[7]
7 August 2025	CB	Jack Baldwin	Northampton Town		[8]

Date	Pos.	Player	To	Fee	Ref.
8 July 2025	CB	Ben Goodliffe	Southend United	Undisclosed	[9][10]

Date	Pos.	Player	From	Date until	Ref.
9 July 2025	CF	Will Goodwin	Oxford United	31 May 2026	[11]
6 August 2025	LB	Josh Powell	Nottingham Forest		[12]

Date	Pos.	Player	To	Date until	Ref.
8 August 2025	CB	Samuel Kuffour Jr.	Hornchurch	1 January 2026	[13]
		Frankie Terry	Braintree Town		[14]

Date	Pos.	Player	Subsequent club	Join date	Ref.
30 June 2025	CB	Fiacre Kelleher	Cork City	1 July 2025	[15]
	CM	Alfie Bendle			[16]
	CF	Oliver Godziemski			[16]
	RW	Hakeem Sandah	Farnborough	9 August 2025	[17]
	CF	Lyle Taylor	Chelmsford City	7 August 2025	[18]

Date	Pos.	Player	Contract until	Ref.
24 June 2025	RB	Elkanah Akor	30 June 2026[a][b]	[19]
	CB	Alfie Newby		[20]
	AM	Kai Martin		[21]
8 July 2025	CB	Tom Flanagan	30 June 2026	[22]
26 July 2025	LW	Kaion Lisbie	Undisclosed[a]	[23]
31 July 2025	CB	Frankie Terry	30 June 2027	[24]
1 August 2025	RB	Kane Vincent-Young	30 June 2026	[25]

On 12 June, Colchester United announced two pre-season fixtures, against Maldon & Tiptree and Dagenham & Redbridge.^[26] Five days later, a third friendly was confirmed against Peterborough United.^[27]

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On 26 June the League Two fixtures were revealed.^[29]

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Colchester were drawn against Gillingham, Wycombe Wanderers and Fulham U21 in the group stage.^[31]

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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	Matt Macey	5	0	4+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
2	DF	ENG	Rob Hunt	4	0	4+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
4	MF	ENG	Ben Perry	4	0	3+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
5	DF	ENG	Jack Tucker	5	1	4+0	1	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
6	DF	NIR	Tom Flanagan	5	0	4+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
7	FW	ENG	Harry Anderson	2	0	2+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
8	MF	ENG	Teddy Bishop	4	0	4+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
9	FW	ENG	Samson Tovide	4	1	2+1	1	0+0	0	0+1	0	0+0	0
10	MF	ENG	Jack Payne	4	0	2+1	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
11	FW	ENG	John-Kymani Gordon	3	0	1+1	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
14	FW	ENG	Kyreece Lisbie	5	2	1+3	2	0+0	0	0+1	0	0+0	0
15	MF	ENG	Dominic Gape	1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
16	MF	ENG	Arthur Read	5	1	1+3	1	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
17	FW	ENG	Jaden Williams	4	0	2+1	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
18	FW	ENG	Oscar Thorn	5	0	2+2	0	0+0	0	0+1	0	0+0	0
19	FW	ENG	Will Goodwin	1	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
21	FW	ENG	Owura Edwards	5	0	3+1	0	0+0	0	0+1	0	0+0	0
23	FW	NGA	Adrian Akande	5	0	1+3	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
26	DF	ENG	Josh Powell	3	0	1+1	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
30	DF	GRN	Kane Vincent-Young	5	0	2+2	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
47	MF	ENG	Ronnie Harvey	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	0	0+0	0