2025–26 Sunderland A.F.C. season

Sunderland
2025–26 season
ChairmanKyril Louis-Dreyfus
Head coachRégis Le Bris
StadiumStadium of Light
Premier League2nd
FA CupThird round
EFL CupSecond round

The 2025–26 season is the 147th season in the history of Sunderland Association Football Club, and the club's first season back in the Premier League since the 2016–17 campaign, following promotion from the Championship in the preceding season. In addition to the domestic league, the club is also participating in the FA Cup and the EFL Cup.

Squad

As of 17 August 2025
No. Name Position Nationality Date of birth (Age) Previous club Contract end
Goalkeepers
1 Anthony Patterson GK England (2000-05-10) 10 May 2000 Academy 30 June 2028
16 Blondy Nna Noukeu GK Cameroon (2001-09-17) 17 September 2001 Stoke City 30 June 2026
21 Simon Moore GK England (1990-05-19) 19 May 1990 Coventry City 30 June 2026
22 Robin Roefs GK Netherlands (2003-01-17) 17 January 2003 NEC Nijmegen 30 June 2030
Defenders
2 Niall Huggins RB Wales (2000-12-18) 18 December 2000 Leeds United 30 June 2026
3 Dennis Cirkin LB England (2002-04-06) 6 April 2002 Tottenham Hotspur 30 June 2026
5 Daniel Ballard CB Northern Ireland (1999-09-22) 22 September 1999 Arsenal 30 June 2028
13 Luke O'Nien CB England (1994-11-21) 21 November 1994 Wycombe Wanderers 30 June 2027
15 Omar Alderete CB Paraguay (1996-12-26) 26 December 1996 Getafe 30 June 2029
17 Reinildo Mandava LB Mozambique (1994-01-21) 21 January 1994 Atlético Madrid 30 June 2027
20 Nordi Mukiele RB France (1997-11-01) 1 November 1997 Paris Saint-Germain 30 June 2029
23 Jenson Seelt CB Netherlands (2003-05-23) 23 May 2003 PSV 30 June 2028
25 Nectarios Triantis CB Greece (2003-05-11) 11 May 2003 Central Coast Mariners 30 June 2027
26 Arthur Masuaku LB Democratic Republic of the Congo (1993-11-07) 7 November 1993 Beşiktaş 30 June 2027
32 Trai Hume RB Northern Ireland (2002-03-18) 18 March 2002 Linfield 30 June 2030
33 Leo Hjelde CB Norway (2003-08-26) 26 August 2003 Leeds United 30 June 2028
41 Zak Johnson CB England (2005-05-25) 25 May 2005 Academy 30 June 2026
42 Aji Alese CB England (2001-01-17) 17 January 2001 West Ham United 30 June 2027
Midfielders
4 Dan Neil CM England (2001-11-30) 30 November 2001 Academy 30 June 2026
8 Alan Browne CM Republic of Ireland (1995-04-15) 15 April 1995 Preston North End 30 June 2027
11 Chris Rigg AM England (2007-06-18) 18 June 2007 Academy 30 June 2027
19 Habib Diarra CM Senegal (2004-01-03) 3 January 2004 Strasbourg 30 June 2030
27 Noah Sadiki DM Democratic Republic of the Congo (2002-01-15) 15 January 2002 Union SG 30 June 2030
28 Enzo Le Fee CM France (2000-02-03) 3 February 2000 Roma 30 June 2029
30 Milan Aleksić AM Serbia (2005-08-30) 30 August 2005 FK Radnički 1923 30 June 2028
34 Granit Xhaka (C) DM Switzerland (1992-09-27) 27 September 1992 Bayer Leverkusen 30 June 2028
50 Harrison Jones AM England (2004-12-25) 25 December 2004 Academy 30 June 2026
Forwards
7 Chemsdine Talbi RW Morocco (2005-05-09) 9 May 2005 Club Brugge 30 June 2030
9 Marc Guiu ST Spain (2006-01-04) 4 January 2006 Chelsea 30 June 2026 (Loan)
10 Patrick Roberts RW England (1997-02-05) 5 February 1997 Manchester City 30 June 2026
12 Eliezer Mayenda ST Spain (2005-05-08) 8 May 2005 Sochaux 30 June 2030
14 Romaine Mundle LW England (2003-04-24) 24 April 2003 Standard Liège 30 June 2028
18 Wilson Isidor ST France (2000-08-27) 27 August 2000 Zenit Saint Petersburg 30 June 2028
24 Simon Adingra LW Ivory Coast (2002-01-01) 1 January 2002 Brighton & Hove Albion 30 June 2030
29 Ahmed Abdullahi ST Nigeria (2004-06-19) 19 June 2004 KAA Gent 30 June 2028
47 Trey Ogunsuyi ST Belgium (2006-12-26) 26 December 2006 Academy 30 June 2028
Out on Loan

Transfers

In

Date Pos. Player From Fee Ref.
1 July 2025[a] CM France Enzo Le Fée Italy Roma £19,300,000 [1]
1 July 2025 CM Senegal Habib Diarra France Strasbourg £30,000,000 [2]
2 July 2025 CM Northern Ireland Matthew Burns Northern Ireland Coleraine Undisclosed [3]
4 July 2025 CM Democratic Republic of the Congo Noah Sadiki Belgium Union SG £17,500,000 [4][5]
8 July 2025 LB Mozambique Reinildo Mandava Spain Atlético Madrid Free [6][7]
9 July 2025 RW Morocco Chemsdine Talbi Belgium Club Brugge £19,500,000 [8][9]
10 July 2025 LW Ivory Coast Simon Adingra England Brighton & Hove Albion £21,000,000 [10][11]
19 July 2025 GK England Isaac Allan England Lincoln City Free [12]
30 July 2025 CM Switzerland Granit Xhaka Germany Bayer Leverkusen £17,300,000 [13]
1 August 2025 GK Netherlands Robin Roefs Netherlands NEC Nijmegen £11,500,000 [14]
10 August 2025 LB Democratic Republic of the Congo Arthur Masuaku Turkey Beşiktaş Free [15]
12 August 2025 CB Paraguay Omar Alderete Spain Getafe £10,400,000 [16][17]
17 August 2025 RB France Nordi Mukiele France Paris Saint-Germain £12,000,000 [18][19]
Expenditure: Decrease £158,500,000
  1. ^ The transfer was announced on 3 June, and became official on 1 July.

Out

Date Pos. Player To Fee Ref.
1 June 2025[a] LW England Tom Watson England Brighton & Hove Albion £11,000,000[b] [20]
10 June 2025 CM England Jobe Bellingham Germany Borussia Dortmund £32,000,000[c] [21][22]
1 July 2025 GK England Nathan Bishop England AFC Wimbledon Undisclosed [23]
14 August 2025 DM France Pierre Ekwah France Saint-Étienne £6,000,000 [24]
Income Increase £49,000,000 (not inc. undisclosed transfers)
  1. ^ The transfer was announced on 1 April, and became official on 1 June.
  2. ^ Includes a 20% sell-on clause
  3. ^ Includes a 15% sell-on clause

Loans in

Date Pos. Player From Date until Ref.
6 August 2025 ST Spain Marc Guiu England Chelsea 31 May 2026 [25]

Loans out

Date Pos. Player To Date until Ref.
6 July 2025 AM France Adil Aouchiche Scotland Aberdeen 31 May 2026[a] [26]
24 July 2025 GK England Matty Young England Salford City 31 May 2026 [27]
13 August 2025 RB England Tom Lavery Northern Ireland Cliftonville 30 November 2025 [28]
15 August 2025 LW Northern Ireland Rhys Walsh England South Shields 12 September 2025 [29]
  1. ^ Includes an option to make the transfer permanent for £1,500,000.

Released / Out of Contract

Date Pos. Player Subsequent club Join date Ref.
30 June 2025 GK England Kelechi Chibueze [30]
RW England Aaron Chungh [30]
CB England Ben Crompton Scotland Ross County 1 July 2025[a] [30][31]
AM England Caden Kelly England South Shields 1 July 2025[b] [30][32]
CM England Cuba Mitchell Bangladesh Bashundhara Kings 28 July 2025[c] [30]
CB England Daniel Parker [30]
  1. ^ The transfer was announced on 19 June, and became official on 1 July.
  2. ^ The transfer was announced on 23 June, and became official on 1 July.
  3. ^ The transfer was announced on 28 July, and became official on 10 August.

New Contracts

Date Pos. Player Contract expiry Ref.
First team
7 August 2025 ST Spain Eliezer Mayenda 30 June 2030 [33]
13 August 2025 RB Northern Ireland Trai Hume 30 June 2030 [34]
14 August 2025 CB England Luke O'Nien 30 June 2027 [35]
Academy
7 July 2025 CM England Jaydon Jones Undisclosed[a] [36]
7 July 2025 AM England Jack Whittaker Undisclosed[a] [36]
8 July 2025 CB England Ben Kindon Undisclosed[a] [37]
8 July 2025 GK Northern Ireland Ben Metcalf Undisclosed[a] [37]
13 August 2025 ST Belgium Trey Samuel-Ogunsuyi 30 June 2028 [38]
  1. ^ a b c d First professional contract

Pre-season and friendlies

On 7 June, Sunderland announced their initial pre-season schedule, with matches against Gateshead, South Shields, Heart of Midlothian, Hull City and Real Betis.[39] A training camp in Algarve was confirmed along with a friendlies against Sporting CP and Sevilla.[40][41] The final two fixtures of Sunderland's pre-season schedule are against FC Augsburg and Rayo Vallecano.[42]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

12 July 2025 Friendly Gateshead 2–2 Sunderland Gateshead
12:30 BST Report Stadium: Gateshead International Stadium
12 July 2025 Friendly South Shields 0–4 Sunderland Jarrow
16:00 BST Report
  • Isidor 1'
  • Mundle 41'
  • Aleksić 54'
  • Abdullahi 90+1'
 Stadium: 1st Cloud Arena
19 July 2025 Friendly Sevilla 1–1 Sunderland Faro-Loulé, Portugal
20:00 WEST
Report
Stadium: Estádio Algarve
21 July 2025 Friendly Sporting CP 1−0 Sunderland Faro-Loulé, Portugal
20:00 WEST
Stadium: Estádio Algarve
26 July 2025 Friendly Heart of Midlothian 3–0 Sunderland Edinburgh, Scotland
15:00 BST
Report Stadium: Tynecastle Park
Note: Testimonial match for Craig Gordon.
29 July 2025 Friendly Hull City 2–1 Sunderland Kingston upon Hull
19:45 BST
Report
Stadium: MKM Stadium
2 August 2025 Friendly Sunderland 0–1 Real Betis Sunderland
15:00 BST Report
Stadium: Stadium of Light
9 August 2025 Friendly FC Augsburg 0–1 Sunderland Augsburg, Germany
14:00 BST Report
Stadium: Augsburg Arena
10 August 2025 Friendly Sunderland 0–3 Rayo Vallecano Sunderland
16:30 BST Report
Stadium: Stadium of Light

Competitions

Overall record

Competition First match Last match Starting round Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Premier League 16 August 2025 24 May 2026 Matchday 1 1 1 0 0 3 0 +3 100.00
FA Cup January 2026 Third round 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !—
EFL Cup 26 August 2025 Second round 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !—
Total 1 1 0 0 3 0 +3 100.00

Last updated: 16 August 2025
Source: Soccerway

Premier League

Main article: 2025–26 Premier League

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Manchester City 1 1 0 0 4 0 +4 3 Qualification for the Champions League league phase
2 Sunderland 1 1 0 0 3 0 +3 3
3 Tottenham Hotspur 1 1 0 0 3 0 +3 3
4 Liverpool 1 1 0 0 4 2 +2 3
5 Nottingham Forest 1 1 0 0 3 1 +2 3 Qualification for the Europa League league phase[a]
Updated to match(es) played on 18 August 2025. Source: Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) If the champions, relegated teams or qualified teams for UEFA competitions cannot be determined by rules 1 to 3, rules 4.1 to 4.3 are applied – 4.1) Points gained in head-to-head record between such teams; 4.2) Away goals scored in head-to-head record between such teams; 4.3) Play-offs[43]
Notes:
  1. ^ The winners of the 2025–26 FA Cup and the 5th-placed team both qualify for the Europa League league phase. If the FA Cup winners finish in the top five, the 6th-placed team will qualify.

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
1 1 0 0 3 0  +3 3 1 0 0 3 0  +3 0 0 0 0 0  0

Last updated: 16 August 2025.
Source: Soccerway

Results by round

Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
GroundH
ResultW
Position2
Points3
Updated to match(es) played on 16 August 2025. Source: Premier League
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; P = Postponed

Matches

The league fixtures were released on 18 June 2025.[44][45]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

16 August 2025 1 Sunderland 3–0 West Ham United Sunderland
15:00 BST
Report
Stadium: Stadium of Light
Attendance: 46,233
Referee: Robert Jones
23 August 2025 2 Burnley v Sunderland Burnley
15:00 BST Report Stadium: Turf Moor
30 August 2025 3 Sunderland v Brentford Sunderland
15:00 BST Report Stadium: Stadium of Light
13 September 2025 4 Crystal Palace v Sunderland Selhurst
15:00 BST Report Stadium: Selhurst Park
21 September 2025 5 Sunderland v Aston Villa Sunderland
14:00 BST Report Stadium: Stadium of Light
Note: Fixture was originally scheduled for 20 September, but was moved live Sky Sports broadcasting.[46]
27 September 2025 6 Nottingham Forest v Sunderland West Bridgford
17:30 BST Report Stadium: City Ground
Note: Fixture was originally scheduled for a 15:00 kick-off, but was moved live Sky Sports broadcasting.[46]
4 October 2025 7 Manchester United v Sunderland Trafford
15:00 BST Report Stadium: Old Trafford
18 October 2025 8 Sunderland v Wolverhampton Wanderers Sunderland
15:00 BST Report Stadium: Stadium of Light
25 October 2025 9 Chelsea v Sunderland Fulham
15:00 BST Report Stadium: Stamford Bridge
1 November 2025 10 Sunderland v Everton Sunderland
15:00 GMT Report Stadium: Stadium of Light
8 November 2025 11 Sunderland v Arsenal Sunderland
15:00 GMT Report Stadium: Stadium of Light
22 November 2025 12 Fulham v Sunderland Fulham
15:00 GMT Report Stadium: Craven Cottage
29 November 2025 13 Sunderland v Bournemouth Sunderland
15:00 GMT Report Stadium: Stadium of Light
3 December 2025 14 Liverpool v Sunderland Liverpool
20:00 GMT Report Stadium: Anfield
6 December 2025 15 Manchester City v Sunderland Manchester
15:00 GMT Report Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium
13 December 2025 16 Sunderland v Newcastle United Sunderland
15:00 GMT Report Stadium: Stadium of Light
20 December 2025 17 Brighton & Hove Albion v Sunderland Brighton and Hove
15:00 GMT Report Stadium: Falmer Stadium
27 December 2025 18 Sunderland v Leeds United Sunderland
15:00 GMT Report Stadium: Stadium of Light
30 December 2025 19 Sunderland v Manchester City Sunderland
19:45 GMT Report Stadium: Stadium of Light
3 January 2026 20 Tottenham Hotspur v Sunderland Tottenham
15:00 GMT Report Stadium: Tottenham Hotspur Stadium
7 January 2026 21 Brentford v Sunderland Brentford
19:45 GMT Report Stadium: Brentford Community Stadium
17 January 2026 22 Sunderland v Crystal Palace Sunderland
15:00 GMT Report Stadium: Stadium of Light
24 January 2026 23 West Ham United v Sunderland Stratford
15:00 GMT Report Stadium: London Stadium
31 January 2026 24 Sunderland v Burnley Sunderland
15:00 GMT Report Stadium: Stadium of Light
7 February 2026 25 Arsenal v Sunderland Holloway
15:00 GMT Report Stadium: Emirates Stadium
11 February 2026 26 Sunderland v Liverpool Sunderland
19:45 GMT Report Stadium: Stadium of Light
21 February 2026 27 Sunderland v Fulham Sunderland
15:00 GMT Report Stadium: Stadium of Light
28 February 2026 28 Bournemouth v Sunderland Bournemouth
15:00 GMT Report Stadium: Dean Court
4 March 2026 29 Leeds United v Sunderland Leeds
19:45 GMT Report Stadium: Elland Road
14 March 2026 30 Sunderland v Brighton & Hove Albion Sunderland
15:00 GMT Report Stadium: Stadium of Light
21 March 2026 31 Newcastle United v Sunderland Newcastle upon Tyne
15:00 GMT Report Stadium: St James' Park
11 April 2026 32 Sunderland v Tottenham Hotspur Sunderland
15:00 BST Report Stadium: Stadium of Light
18 April 2026 33 Aston Villa v Sunderland Birmingham
15:00 BST Report Stadium: Villa Park
25 April 2026 34 Sunderland v Nottingham Forest Sunderland
15:00 BST Report Stadium: Stadium of Light
2 May 2026 35 Wolverhampton Wanderers v Sunderland Wolverhampton
15:00 BST Report Stadium: Molineux Stadium
9 May 2026 36 Sunderland v Manchester United Sunderland
15:00 BST Report Stadium: Stadium of Light
17 May 2026 37 Everton v Sunderland Liverpool
15:00 BST Report Stadium: Everton Stadium
24 May 2026 38 Sunderland v Chelsea Sunderland
15:00 BST Report Stadium: Stadium of Light

FA Cup

Main article: 2025–26 FA Cup

As a Premier League side, Sunderland will enter the FA Cup in the third round.

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

January 2026 Third round TBC v TBC TBC
TBC GMT Report Stadium: TBC

EFL Cup

Main article: 2025–26 EFL Cup

As one of the Premier League clubs not participating in European competitions, Sunderland entered the EFL Cup in the second round, and were drawn at home to Huddersfield Town.[47][48]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

26 August 2025 Second round Sunderland v Huddersfield Town Sunderland
19:45 BST Report Stadium: Stadium of Light

Statistics

Appearances and goals

As of match played 16 August 2025

Players with no appearances are not included on the list, italics indicate a loaned in player.

No. Pos Nat Player Total Premier League FA Cup EFL Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
5 DF Northern Ireland NIR Daniel Ballard 1 1 1+0 1 0+0 0 0+0 0
7 FW Morocco MAR Chemsdine Talbi 1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
11 MF England ENG Chris Rigg 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
12 FW Spain ESP Eliezer Mayenda 1 1 1+0 1 0+0 0 0+0 0
15 DF Paraguay PAR Omar Alderete 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
17 DF Mozambique MOZ Reinildo Mandava 1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
18 FW France FRA Wilson Isidor 1 1 0+1 1 0+0 0 0+0 0
19 MF Senegal SEN Habib Diarra 1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
22 GK Netherlands NED Robin Roefs 1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
23 DF Netherlands NED Jenson Seelt 1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
24 FW Ivory Coast CIV Simon Adingra 1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
27 MF Democratic Republic of the Congo COD Noah Sadiki 1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
28 MF France FRA Enzo Le Fée 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
32 DF Northern Ireland NIR Trai Hume 1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
34 MF Switzerland SUI Granit Xhaka 1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0

Disciplinary record

As of match played 16 August 2025

Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by squad number when disciplinary points / points per card / number of cards are equal. Players with no cards not included in the list.

Rank No. Pos. Nat. Name Premier League FA Cup EFL Cup Total
Yellow card Second yellow card Red card Yellow card Second yellow card Red card Yellow card Second yellow card Red card Yellow card Second yellow card Red card
Total 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Notes

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