2025–26 Rotherham United F.C. season

Rotherham United

2025–26 season
Chairman	Tony Stewart
Manager	Matt Hamshaw
Stadium	New York Stadium
Home colours Away colours Third colours

The 2025–26 season is the 101st season in the history of Rotherham United 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.

Date	Pos.	Player	From	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2025[a]	GK	Ted Cann	West Bromwich Albion	Bosman	[1]
1 July 2025[b]	CM	Kian Spence	Barrow		[2]
15 July 2025	CB	Lenny Agbaire	Celtic	Undisclosed	[3]
19 July 2025	CM	Dru Yearwood	Nashville	Bosman	[4]
21 July 2025		Josh Benson	Barnsley		[5]
22 July 2025	RB	Marvin Kaleta	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Undisclosed	[6]
25 July 2025		Denzel Hall	Heerenveen		[7]
30 July 2025	LB	Ar'jany Martha	Beerschot		[8]

Date	Pos.	Player	From	Date until	Ref.
17 July 2025	CM	Dan Gore	Manchester United	31 May 2026	[9]
1 August 2025	CF	Kion Etete	Cardiff City	31 May 2026	[10]
18 August 2025	CF	Martin Sherif	Everton	31 May 2026	[11]

Date	Pos.	Player	To	Date until	Ref.
20 August 2025	CF	Josh Ayres	Cleethorpes Town	17 September 2025	[12]

Date	Pos.	Player	Subsequent club	Join date	Ref.
30 June 2025	CB	Cameron Humphreys	Port Vale	1 July 2025	[13][14]
	GK	Dillon Phillips	Hull City		[15][16]
	LW	Andre Green	Panserraikos	8 July 2025	[15][17]
	DM	Hakeem Odoffin	Luton Town	10 July 2025	[18][19]
	CB	Jake Hull			[15]
	RM	Alex MacDonald			[15]
4 July 2025	CF	Jonson Clarke-Harris	Pendikspor	9 July 2025	[20][21]

Date	Pos.	Player	Contract until	Ref.
6 June 2025	CB	Hamish Douglas	30 June 2027[a]	[22]
9 June 2025	CF	Josh Ayres	30 June 2026	[23]
	CM	Ben Hatton	30 June 2026[a]	[23]
28 June 2025	CF	Ciaran McGuckin		[24]
29 June 2025		Joshua Kayode		[25]

On 5 June, Rotherham United announced their first pre-season fixture, against Accrington Stanley.^[26] A day later, a second friendly was confirmed against Harrogate Town.^[27] A third fixture was shortly added after, with the traditional meeting with Parkgate to begin the preparations for the new season.^[28] A home fixture was then confirmed against Sheffield United.^[29] On 12 June, a warm-weather training camp in Portugal was announced along with a friendly versus Bromley.^[30]

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On 26 June, the League One fixtures were released.^[32]

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Rotherham were drawn away to Salford City in the first round^[38][39] and to Barnsley in the second round.^[40][41]

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Rotherham were drawn against Bolton Wanderers, Oldham Athletic and Manchester City U21 in the group stage.^[42]

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As of match played 16 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	Cameron Dawson	4	0	3+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
2	DF	IRL	Joe Rafferty	3	0	2+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
3	DF	SCO	Zak Jules	3	0	2+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
4	MF	SCO	Liam Kelly	3	0	3+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
5	DF	ENG	Sean Raggett	2	0	2+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
6	DF	ENG	Reece James	4	0	3+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
7	MF	ENG	Joe Powell	3	0	2+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
9	FW	ENG	Jordan Hugill	4	0	3+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
10	FW	ENG	Sam Nombe	2	2	2+0	2	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
11	DF	CUW	Ar'jany Martha	4	0	1+2	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
14	DF	COD	Marvin Kaleta	3	0	0+2	0	0+0	0	0+1	0	0+0	0
16	MF	ENG	Dru Yearwood	4	0	1+2	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
17	MF	ENG	Shaun McWilliams	2	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
18	DF	SCO	Lenny Agbaire	4	0	3+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
19	MF	ENG	Josh Benson	1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
22	DF	NED	Denzel Hall	4	0	3+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	0	0+0	0
23	MF	ENG	Jack Holmes	2	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+1	0	0+0	0
29	FW	ENG	Kion Etete	2	0	0+2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
35	FW	NIR	Ciaran McGuckin	3	0	0+2	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
37	MF	ENG	James Clarke	2	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+1	0	0+0	0
44	MF	ENG	Dan Gore	4	0	3+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	0	0+0	0