2025–26 Leyton Orient F.C. season

Leyton Orient
2025–26 season
ChairmanNigel Travis
Head CoachRichie Wellens
StadiumBrisbane Road

The 2025–26 season is the 127th season in the history of Leyton Orient Football Club and their third consecutive season in League One. The club are participating in League One, and also compete in the FA Cup, the EFL Cup, and the EFL Trophy.

Transfers and contracts

In

Date Pos. Player From Fee Ref.
1 July 2025[a] GK Republic of Ireland Killian Cahill England Brighton & Hove Albion Free [1]
1 July 2025[b] AM England Demetri Mitchell England Exeter City [2]
4 July 2025 DM Scotland Michael Craig England Reading [3]
CM Tunisia Idris El Mizouni England Oxford United Undisclosed [4]
7 July 2025 CF Republic of Ireland Aaron Connolly England Millwall Free [5]
11 July 2025 DM England Tyreeq Bakinson England Wycombe Wanderers Undisclosed [6]
16 July 2025 LW Sierra Leone Josh Koroma England Huddersfield Town Free [7]
4 August 2025 LW England Lemar Gordon England Fulham Undisclosed [8]
12 August 2025 CM England Charlie Wellens England Reading Free [9]
  1. ^ The transfer was announced on 24 June, and would become official on July 1 once his contract at Brighton had expired
  2. ^ The transfer was announced on 27 June, and would become official on July 1 once his contract at Exeter had expired

Out

Date Pos. Player To Fee Ref.
4 July 2025 CM Northern Ireland Ethan Galbraith Wales Swansea City £1,500,000 [10][11]
8 July 2025 DM England Jordan Brown England Blackpool Undisclosed [12]
16 July 2025 RM England Charlie Pegrum England Hornchurch Undisclosed [13]
Income: Increase £1,500,000

Loaned in

Date Pos. Player From Date until Ref.
18 July 2025 GK England Tommy Simkin England Stoke City 31 May 2026 [14]
26 July 2025 LB Republic of Ireland Tayo Adaramola England Crystal Palace [15]
29 July 2025 CAM England Joe White England Newcastle United [16]
1 August 2025 CM Republic of Ireland Jack Moorhouse England Manchester United [17]
8 August 2025 CF England Alfie Lloyd England Queens Park Rangers [18]

Loaned out

Date Pos. Player To Date until Ref.
8 August 2025 CB England Phillip Chinedu England Wealdstone 5 September 2025 [19]

Released / Out of Contract

Date Pos. Player Subsequent club Joined date Ref.
30 June 2025 CF England Dan Agyei Turkey Kocaelispor 1 July 2025 [20][21]
DM England Dominic Ball England Cambridge United [22][23]
GK England Sam Howes England Dagenham & Redbridge [24][25]
LB England Jayden Sweeney England Grimsby Town [24][26]
GK England Rhys Byrne England Hornchurch 1 August 2025 [24][27]
AM Greece Thomas Avgoustidis England Royston Town 8 August 2025 [24][28]
CF England Joe Pigott [24]
CF England Reon Smith-Kouassi [24]
LM England Randell Williams [24]
CM England Darren Pratley Retired [24][29]
1 August 2025 CM England Lewis Warrington England Walsall 1 August 2025 [30]

New Contract

Date Pos. Player Contract until Ref.
28 June 2025 CB England Jack Simpson 30 June 2026 [31]
29 June 2025 Grenada Omar Beckles 30 June 2027 [32]
GK England Noah Phillips [33]
DM Jamaica Makai Welch 30 June 2026 [33]
28 July 2025 CM England Dan Carter 30 June 2027[a] [34]
CB England Phillip Chinedu [34]
  1. ^ First professional contract

Pre-season and friendlies

On 30 May, Leyton Orient announced their first pre-season friendly, against Watford.[35] Six days later, a double header against Barnet and Ebbsfleet United was confirmed.[36] A fourth friendly was added, against Brentwood Town.[37] On 12 June, a pre-season camp in Marbella was announced.[38] A day later, a trip to Welling United was confirmed.[39] A sixth fixture was added, against Tottenham Hotspur U21 to honor the legacy of Justin Edinburgh for the JE3 Trophy.[40] On 18 June, Pafos were confirmed as the opponents whilst in Spain.[41]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

5 July 2025 Friendly Brentwood Town 0–5 Leyton Orient Brentwood
13:00 BST Report
  • Abdulai 9'
  • Trialist 24'
  • Hambury 54'
  • Jaiyesimi 71'
  • Perkins 86'
Stadium: Brentwood Centre Arena
11 July 2025 Friendly Pafos 1–0 Leyton Orient Marbella, Spain
11:00 CEST
Report Stadium: Banus Football Centre
16 July 2025 Friendly Welling United 0–10 Leyton Orient Northfleet
19:45 BST Report
Stadium: Stonebridge Road
Note: Fixture was originally scheduled to take place at Park View Road, but was changed due to the playing surface conditions.[42]
19 July 2025 Friendly Barnet 2–0 Leyton Orient Edgware
15:30 BST Report Stadium: The Hive Stadium
Attendance: 0 (behind-closed-doors)
Note: Fixture was initially postponed due to a waterlogged pitch, however after a couple of hours a second referee deemed the pitch to be playable.[43]
19 July 2025 Friendly Ebbsfleet United 1–4 Leyton Orient Northfleet
13:00 BST
Report
Stadium: Stonebridge Road
22 July 2025 Friendly Leyton Orient 3–1 Tottenham Hotspur U21 Leyton
19:45 BST
Report
  • Thompson 65'
Stadium: Brisbane Road
25 July 2025 Friendly Barnet XI 0–4 Leyton Orient Edgware
12:00 BST Report
Stadium: The Hive Stadium
Attendance: 0 (behind-closed-doors)
26 July 2025 Friendly Leyton Orient 1–1 Watford Leyton
15:00 BST Report
Stadium: Brisbane Road
Attendance: 4,074

Competitions

League One

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
7 Lincoln City 4 3 0 1 6 4 +2 9
8 Stockport County 4 2 1 1 7 5 +2 7
9 Leyton Orient 4 2 1 1 5 5 0 7
10 Doncaster Rovers 4 2 1 1 4 4 0 7
11 Exeter City 4 2 0 2 6 4 +2 6
Updated to match(es) played on 19 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) 12-point sending off offences[44]

Results summary

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
4 2 1 1 5 5  0 7 1 1 0 4 2  +2 1 0 1 1 3  −2

Last updated: 19 August 2025.
Source: Soccerway

Results by round

Round1234
GroundAHHA
ResultLWDW
Position241614
Points0347
Source: EFL
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; P = Postponed

Matches

On 26 June, the League One were released, with Orient travelling to Huddersfield Town on the opening weekend.[45]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

2 August 2025 1 Huddersfield Town 3–0 Leyton Orient Huddersfield
15:00 BST
Report Stadium: Kirklees Stadium
Attendance: 17,062
Referee: Simon Mather
9 August 2025 2 Leyton Orient 2–0 Wigan Athletic Leyton
15:00 BST
Report
Stadium: Brisbane Road
Attendance: 8,111
Referee: Neil Hair
16 August 2025 3 Leyton Orient 2–2 Stockport County Leyton
15:00 BST
Report
Stadium: Brisbane Road
Referee: Ruebyn Ricardo
19 August 2025 4 Plymouth Argyle 0–1 Leyton Orient Plymouth
19:45 BST
Report
Stadium: Home Park
Attendance: 15,422 (420 away)
Referee: Benjamin Speedie
23 August 2025 5 Mansfield Town v Leyton Orient Mansfield
15:00 BST Stadium: Field Mill
30 August 2025 6 Leyton Orient v Northampton Town Leyton
15:00 BST Stadium: Brisbane Road
6 September 2025 7 Port Vale v Leyton Orient Burslem
15:00 BST Stadium: Vale Park
13 September 2025 8 Leyton Orient v Bolton Wanderers Leyton
15:00 BST Stadium: Brisbane Road
20 September 2025 9 Reading v Leyton Orient Reading
15:00 BST Stadium: Madejski Stadium
27 September 2025 10 Leyton Orient v Stevenage Leyton
12:30 BST Stadium: Brisbane Road
Note: Fixture was originally scheduled for a 15:00 kick-off, but was moved live Sky Sports broadcasting.[46]

FA Cup

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

EFL Cup

Orient were drawn at home to Wycombe Wanderers in the first round.[47][48]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

12 August 2025 First round Leyton Orient 0–1 Wycombe Wanderers Leyton
19:45 BST
Report
Stadium: Brisbane Road
Attendance: 3,293
Referee: Tom Nield

EFL Trophy

Leyton Orient were drawn against Crawley Town, Peterborough United and Aston Villa U21 in the group stage.[49]

Pos Div Team Pld W PW PL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 L2 Crawley Town 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to Round 2
2 L1 Leyton Orient 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 L1 Peterborough United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 ACA Aston Villa U21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: EFL

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

2 September 2025 South Group F Peterborough United v Leyton Orient Peterborough
19:00 BST Stadium: London Road Stadium
7 October 2025 South Group F Leyton Orient v Crawley Town Leyton
19:00 BST Stadium: Brisbane Road
28 October 2025 South Group F Leyton Orient v Aston Villa U21 Leyton
19:00 GMT Stadium: Brisbane Road

Statistics

Appearances and goals

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 England ENG Tommy Simkin 4 0 4+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
2 DF Wales WAL Tom James 4 0 3+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
3 DF Republic of Ireland IRL Tayo Adaramola 5 0 4+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
4 DF England ENG Jack Simpson 3 0 0+2 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
5 DF England ENG Dan Happe 4 0 4+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
7 FW Republic of Ireland IRL Ollie O'Neill 5 1 3+1 1 0+0 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
8 MF Tunisia TUN Idris El Mizouni 3 0 3+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
10 FW Republic of Ireland IRL Aaron Connolly 4 1 4+0 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
11 MF England ENG Demetri Mitchell 3 0 0+2 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
14 MF Scotland SCO Michael Craig 4 0 1+2 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
15 MF England ENG Tyreeq Bakinson 5 0 2+2 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
17 FW Sierra Leone SLE Josh Koroma 4 2 4+0 2 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
18 DF England ENG Rarmani Edmonds-Green 2 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
19 DF Grenada GRN Omar Beckles 3 0 3+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
20 FW England ENG Sonny Perkins 2 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
21 MF Republic of Ireland IRL Jack Moorhouse 4 0 0+3 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
22 MF Scotland SCO Azeem Abdulai 5 0 1+3 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
23 FW England ENG Lemar Gordon 1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
25 MF England ENG Charlie Wellens 1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
27 FW England ENG Diallang Jaiyesimi 4 0 3+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
28 DF England ENG Sean Clare 4 0 3+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
29 MF Kenya KEN Zech Obiero 2 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
30 MF England ENG Joe White 3 0 0+2 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
33 GK Republic of Ireland IRL Killian Cahill 1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0

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