2025–26 Wigan Athletic F.C. season

Wigan Athletic

2025–26 season
Owner	Mike Danson
Chairman	Ben Goodburn
Head Coach	Ryan Lowe
Stadium	Brick Community Stadium
Home colours Away colours Third colours

The 2025–26 season is the 94th season in the history of Wigan Athletic Football Club, and their third consecutive season in League One. In addition to the domestic league, the club will also participate in the FA Cup, the EFL Cup, and the EFL Trophy.

Date	Pos.	Player	From	Fee	Ref.
19 June 2025	CF	Christian Saydee	Portsmouth	Undisclosed	[1]
25 June 2025	CF	Dara Costelloe	Burnley	£350,000[a]	[2]
1 July 2025[b]	LM	Fraser Murray	Kilmarnock	Free	[3]
2 August 2025	LB	Morgan Fox	Queens Park Rangers		[4]

Date	Pos.	Player	To	Fee	Ref.
10 July 2025	CB	Toby Sibbick	Burton Albion	Undisclosed	[5]

Date	Pos.	Player	From	Date until	Ref.
23 June 2025	CF	Paul Mullin	Wrexham	31 May 2026	[6]
4 July 2025	CM	Callum Wright	Plymouth Argyle		[7]
31 July 2025	CM	Ryan Trevitt	Brentford		[8]
1 August 2025	RB	Isaac Mabaya	Liverpool

Date	Pos.	Player	To	Date until	Ref.
8 July 2025	CM	Kai Payne	Oldham Athletic	31 May 2026	[9]
5 August 2025	CAM	Ronan Darcy	Chesterfield		[10]
8 August 2025	GK	Matteo Spinelli	Marine	5 September 2025	[11]

Date	Pos.	Player	Subsequent club	Join date	Ref.
30 June 2025	CM	Scott Smith	Barrow	1 July 2025	[12][13]
	LB	Jack Bates			[14]
	GK	Andy Lonergan			[14]
	RM	Finn O'Boyle			[14]
	RB	Jack Reilly			[14]

Date	Pos.	Player	Contract until	Ref.
27 May 2025	GK	Tom Watson	30 June 2028[a]	[15]
4 June 2025	CM	Harry McHugh	30 June 2026[a]	[16]
13 June 2025	GK	Matthew Corran	30 June 2026[b]	[17]
4 July 2025	RW	Callum McManaman	30 June 2026	[18]
11 July 2025	LB	K'Marni Miller	30 June 2027[b]	[19]
11 August 2025	CB	Sam Bolland	Undisclosed[c]	[20]
	RW	Christy Edwards		[20]
	CAM	Reece Greenhalgh		[20]
	RB	Alex Hughes		[20]
	CB	James Knott		[20]
	CM	Charley McKee		[20]
	DM	Harrison Rimmer		[20]
	CF	Cole Simms		[20]
	GK	Jake Spaven		[20]

On 30 May, Wigan Athletic announced their first pre-season fixtute to be against Curzon Ashton during a warm-weather training camp in Campoamor, Spain.^[21] Five days later, three friendlies were confirmed against Chorley, Accrington Stanley and Tranmere Rovers.^[22]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

Round	1	2	3	4
Ground	H	A	H	A
Result	W	L	W	L
Position	4	12	8	13
Points	3	3	6	6

On 26 June, the League One fixtures were announced.^[24]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

Wigan were drawn at home to Notts County in the first round^[26][27] and to Stockport County in the second round.^[28][29]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

Wigan Athletic v Notts County

12 August 2025 First round	Wigan Athletic	1-0	Notts County	Wigan
19:45 BST	Mullin 10' (pen.) Brenan  23' Tickle  54' Murray  68' Weir  83'	Report	Cotter  32'	Stadium: Brick Community Stadium Attendance: 2,907 Referee: Ollie Yates

Wigan were drawn against Salford City, Stockport Couny and Wolverhampton Wanderers U21 in the group stage.^[30]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

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	Sam Tickle	5	0	4+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
2	DF	ZIM	Isaac Mabaya	3	0	0+2	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
3	DF	WAL	Morgan Fox	2	0	2+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
4	DF	ENG	Will Aimson	2	0	2+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
5	DF	ENG	Steven Sessegnon	2	0	2+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
6	MF	ENG	Jensen Weir	5	1	3+1	1	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
7	MF	SCO	Fraser Murray	4	2	3+0	2	0+0	0	0+1	0	0+0	0
8	MF	ENG	Callum Wright	4	0	2+1	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
9	FW	ENG	Christian Saydee	5	1	3+1	1	0+0	0	0+1	0	0+0	0
10	FW	ENG	Paul Mullin	5	1	1+3	0	0+0	0	1+0	1	0+0	0
11	FW	IRL	Dara Costelloe	5	0	3+1	0	0+0	0	0+1	0	0+0	0
14	MF	ENG	Ryan Trevitt	4	0	2+1	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
15	DF	SCO	Jason Kerr	5	1	4+0	1	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
16	MF	IRL	Baba Adeeko	1	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
18	FW	ENG	Jonny Smith	1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
19	DF	SCO	Luke Robinson	2	0	1+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
22	DF	ENG	Jon Mellish	2	0	0+2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
23	DF	MLT	James Carragher	2	0	2+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
24	MF	ENG	Harry McHugh	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	0	0+0	0
27	MF	ENG	Tobias Brenan	4	0	3+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
28	MF	ENG	Leo Graham	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	0	0+0	0
35	MF	AUS	Tyrese Francois	3	0	3+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
37	FW	ENG	Maleace Asamoah	5	0	0+4	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
44	FW	ENG	Joseph Hungbo	5	0	3+1	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0