2025–26 Oxford United F.C. season

The 2025–26 season is the 132nd season in the history of Oxford United Football Club. It is their second consecutive season in the Championship (the second tier of English football). In addition to the domestic league, the club will also participate in the FA Cup, and the EFL Cup.

Date	Pos.	Player	From	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2025	DM	Brian De Keersmaecker	Heracles Almelo	Undisclosed	[1]
10 July 2025	RB	Brodie Spencer	Huddersfield Town		[2]

Date	Pos.	Player	To	Fee	Ref.
26 June 2025	AM	Rúben Rodrigues	Vitória	Undisclosed	[3]
4 July 2025	CM	Idris El Mizouni	Leyton Orient		[4]

Date	Pos.	Player	From	Date unil	Ref.
25 July 2025	CAM	Luke Harris	Fulham	31 May 2026	[5]
2 August 2025	CF	Nik Prelec	Cagliari		[6]
5 August 2025		Will Lankshear	Tottenham Hotspur		[7]

Date	Pos.	Player	To	Date until	Ref.
19 June 2025	CB	Stuart Findlay	Heart of Midlothian	31 May 2026	[8]
9 July 2025	CF	Will Goodwin	Colchester United		[9]
17 July 2025	CB	Jordan Thorniley	Northampton Town		[10]
11 August 2025		James Golding	Crewe Alexandra		[11]

Date	Pos.	Player	Subsequent club	Join date	Ref.
30 June 2025	CM	Josh McEachran	Bristol Rovers	1 July 2025	[12][13]
	LB	Joe Bennett			[12]
	GK	Eddie Brearey			[12]
	CM	George Franklin			[12]
	CF	Max Woltman			[12]

Date	Pos.	Player	Contract until	Ref.
30 May 2025	CB	James Golding	Undisclosed	[14]
	CM	Joshua Johnson		[14]
2 June 2025	RB	Sam Long		[15]
13 June 2025	CB	Ciaron Brown		[16]
19 June 2025	GK	Matt Ingram		[17]
20 June 2025	CF	Mark Harris		[18]
28 June 2025		Leo Snowden	Undisclosed[a]	[19]
30 June 2025	GK	Jamie Cumming	Undisclosed	[20]
2 July 2025	RW	Tyler Goodrham		[21]
27 July 2025	CF	Jack Lee	Undisclosed[a]	[22]

On 28 May, it was announced that Oxford United would face Maidenhead United in a behind closed doors fixture during pre-season.^[23] A fortnight later, a second friendly was added, against Mansfield Town.^[24] On 17 June, two home pre-season friendlies were announced, against Bristol Rovers and Leganés.^[25] A tour to Indonesia was also announced, with fixtures against a Liga Indonesia XI and Arema.^[26]

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On 26 June, the Championship fixtures were announced.^[28]

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Hull City v Oxford United

17 August 2025 2	Hull City	3–2	Oxford United	Kingston upon Hull
15:00 BST	Gelhardt 2' Crooks 20' McBurnie 90+3' Crooks  27'		Lankshear 9' Brannagan 26' Spencer  12'	Stadium: MKM Stadium Attendance: 20,667 Referee: Andrew Kitchen
Note: Fixture was originally scheduled for 16 August, but was moved due to a clash of events at the stadium.[29]

Oxford were drawn at home to Colchester United in the first round^[30][31] and to Brighton & Hove Albion in the second round.^[32][33]

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As of match played 17 August 2025

Players with no appearances are not included on the list

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Championship		FA Cup		EFL Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	ENG	Jamie Cumming	3	0	2+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
2	DF	ENG	Sam Long	2	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
4	MF	WAL	Will Vaulks	2	0	2+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
5	DF	ENG	Elliott Moore	3	0	2+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
6	DF	POL	Michał Helik	3	0	2+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
8	MF	ENG	Cameron Brannagan	3	1	2+0	1	0+0	0	1+0	0
9	FW	WAL	Mark Harris	3	0	2+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
10	FW	SCO	Matt Phillips	2	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
15	DF	NIR	Brodie Spencer	3	0	2+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
17	FW	ENG	Stanley Mills	2	0	2+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
18	MF	ENG	Louie Sibley	2	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
19	FW	IRL	Tyler Goodrham	3	1	2+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	1
20	FW	WAL	Tom Bradshaw	3	0	0+2	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
22	DF	JAM	Greg Leigh	2	0	2+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
23	FW	SCO	Siriki Dembélé	3	0	0+2	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
24	DF	NED	Hidde ter Avest	2	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
26	DF	ENG	Jack Currie	3	0	0+2	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
27	FW	ENG	Will Lankshear	3	1	2+0	1	0+0	0	1+0	0
39	FW	ENG	Gatlin O'Donkor	2	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+1	0