2025–26 Huddersfield Town A.F.C. season

Huddersfield Town

2025–26 season
Owner	Kevin M. Nagle
Chairman	Kevin M. Nagle
Manager	Lee Grant
Stadium	Kirklees Stadium
Home colours

The 2025–26 season is the 117th season in the history of Huddersfield Town Association Football Club and their second consecutive season in League One. In addition to the domestic league, the club would also participate in the FA Cup, the EFL Cup, and the EFL Trophy.

Prior to the season starting, Lee Grant was appointed as manager on a three-year contract.^[1]

Date	Pos.	Player	From	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2025[a]	CAM	Marcus Harness	Ipswich Town	Free	[2]
1 July 2025[b]	CM	Ryan Ledson	Preston North End		[3]
1 July 2025[c]	CB	Joe Low	Wycombe Wanderers	Compensation	[4]
1 July 2025[d]		Sean Roughan	Lincoln City		[5]
1 July 2025[e]	LB	Murray Wallace	Millwall	Free	[6]
9 July 2025	CB	Jack Whatmough	Preston North End	Undisclosed	[7]
15 July 2025	RWB	Lynden Gooch	Stoke City	Free	[8]
22 July 2025	CF	Alfie May	Birmingham City	£1,200,000	[9][10]
23 July 2025	DM	Marcus McGuane	Bristol City	Undisclosed	[11]

Date	Pos.	Player	To	Fee	Ref.
7 June 2025	RW	Sorba Thomas	Stoke City	Undisclosed	[12]
10 July 2025	RB	Brodie Spencer	Oxford United		[13]

Date	Pos.	Player	From	Date until	Ref.
16 June 2025	CB	Josh Feeney	Aston Villa	31 May 2026	[14]
2 July 2025	GK	Owen Goodman	Crystal Palace		[15]
1 August 2025	CAM	Leo Castledine	Chelsea		[16]

Date	Pos.	Player	To	Date until	Ref.
10 June 2025	CM	Tom Iorpenda	Notts County	31 May 2026	[17]
15 August 2025	CF	Rhys Healey	Barrow	1 January 2026	[18]

Date	Pos.	Player	Subsequent club	Join date	Ref.
23 June 2025	CF	Kyle Hudlin	Nam Dinh		[19]
30 June 2025	CM	Scott High	Barnet	1 July 2025	[20][21]
30 June 2025	CB	Matty Pearson	Doncaster Rovers	1 July 2025	[20][22]
30 June 2025	CB	Loick Ayina	Salford City	1 July 2025	[20][23]
30 June 2025	RW	Conor Falls	Cliftonville	1 July 2025	[20][24]
30 June 2025	LW	Josh Koroma	Leyton Orient	16 July 2025	[20][25]
30 June 2025	CM	Mikey Stone	Hamilton Academical	2 August 2025	[20][26]
30 June 2025	RB	Ollie Turton	Salford City	8 August 2025	[20][27]
30 June 2025	CB	Tom Lees	Peterborough United	16 August 2025	[20][28]
30 June 2025	CF	Zak Abbott			[20]
30 June 2025	CF	Fope Deru			[20]
30 June 2025	CM	Donnell Garrick			[20]
30 June 2025	CB	Anthony Gregory			[20]
30 June 2025	DM	Jonathan Hogg			[29]
30 June 2025	CF	Danny Isaac			[20]
30 June 2025	CM	Cian Philpott			[20]
30 June 2025	GK	Oliver Riva			[20]
30 June 2025	LB	Josh Ruffels			[20]
30 June 2025	CF	Danny Ward			[20]

Date	Pos.	Player	Contract Expiry	Ref.
3 July 2025	RB	Neo Eccleston	30 June 2026	[30]
4 August 2025	LB	Ruben Roosken	30 June 2028	[31]
6 August 2025	CM	Oliver Calland	30 June 2026[a]	[32]
	RB	Jay Smith-Sway		[32]
	GK	Alex Walpole		[32]

On 29 May, it was confirmed that a trip to face Emley would kick-off Huddersfield Town's pre-season preparations.^[33] Five days later, the club announced a training camp in Kössen.^[34] A home fixture versus Premier League side Burnley was next to be added.^[35] On 30 June, three more pre-season matches were confirmed, against Barrow, Young Boys and Greuther Fürth.^[36]

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On 26 June, the League One fixtures were announced, with Huddersfield hosting Leyton Orient on the opening weekend.^[38]

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Huddersfield were drawn at home to Leicester City in the first round^[41][42] and away to Sunderland in the second round.^[43][44]

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Huddersfield were drawn against Harrogate Town, Mansfield Town and Newcastle United U21 in the group stage.^[45]

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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 One		FA Cup		EFL Cup		EFL Trophy
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	ENG	Owen Goodman	4	0	4+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
2	DF	DEN	Lasse Sørensen	5	0	1+3	0	0+0	0	0+1	0	0+0	0
3	DF	SCO	Murray Wallace	2	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
4	MF	ENG	Ryan Ledson	4	0	4+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
5	DF	WAL	Joe Low	4	1	4+0	1	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
6	DF	ENG	Jack Whatmough	3	1	3+0	1	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
7	DF	USA	Lynden Gooch	5	1	3+1	1	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
8	MF	ENG	Ben Wiles	5	2	3+1	2	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
9	FW	WAL	Joe Taylor	5	1	1+3	1	0+0	0	0+1	0	0+0	0
10	MF	IRL	Marcus Harness	3	0	3+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
11	DF	NED	Ruben Roosken	5	1	3+1	1	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
14	MF	ENG	Mickel Miller	2	0	2+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
15	FW	NIR	Dion Charles	4	0	0+3	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
16	MF	ENG	Herbie Kane	4	0	4+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
17	MF	ENG	Marcus McGuane	1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
18	MF	NGA	David Kasumu	2	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
20	DF	ENG	Josh Feeney	3	0	1+1	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
22	GK	ENG	Lee Nicholls	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
23	DF	IRL	Sean Roughan	4	0	2+1	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
24	MF	ENG	Leo Castledine	3	0	1+1	0	0+0	0	0+1	0	0+0	0
26	FW	ENG	Alfie May	5	1	4+0	1	0+0	0	0+1	0	0+0	0
36	MF	ENG	Cameron Ashia	3	2	0+2	1	0+0	0	1+0	1	0+0	0
37	DF	ENG	Jay Smith-Sway	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	0	0+0	0
38	MF	ENG	Daniel Vost	1	1	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	1	0+0	0