2025–26 Burton Albion F.C. season

Burton Albion

2025–26 season
Owner	Nordic Football Group
Chairman	Wouter Gudde (Interim)
Manager	Gary Bowyer
Stadium	Pirelli Stadium
Home colours Away colours Third colours

The 2025–26 season is the 76th season in the history of Burton Albion Football Club and their eighth 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.
25 June 2025	CF	Jake Beesley	Blackpool	Undisclosed	[1]
30 June 2025	GK	Jordan Amissah	Ross County		[2]
1 July 2025[a]	CF	Fábio Tavares	Coventry City	Free	[3]
1 July 2025[b]	LB	Dylan Williams	Chelsea		[4]
10 July 2025	CB	Toby Sibbick	Wigan Athletic	Undisclosed	[5]
25 July 2025	RB	Kyran Lofthouse	Barnsley		[6]
30 July 2025	RW	Tyrese Shade	Eastleigh		[7]
1 September 2025	CDM	George Evans	Wrexham	Free	[8]
	CB	Alex Hartridge	Wycombe Wanderers	Undisclosed	[9]
9 January 2026	RW	Kain Adom	Gateshead		[10]
2 February 2026	CF	Millar Matthews-Lewis	Hemel Hempstead Town		[11]

Date	Pos.	Player	To	Fee	Ref.
26 July 2025	CF	Rumarn Burrell	Queens Park Rangers	Undisclosed	[12]
30 July 2025		Danilo Orsi	AFC Wimbledon		[13]

Date	Pos.	Player	From	Date until	Ref.
23 June 2025	CM	JJ McKiernan	Lincoln City	31 May 2026	[14]
13 August 2025	LB	Sebastian Revan	Wrexham		[15][16][17]
29 August 2025	GK	Bradley Collins	Coventry City		[18]
26 January 2026	CM	Andy Cannon	Wrexham		[19]

Date	Pos.	Player	To	Date until	Ref.
2 July 2025	CB	Alex Bannon	Derry City	30 June 2026	[20]
31 July 2025	LW	Tomas Kalinauskas	Kalmar	30 November 2025	[21]
2 August 2025	CF	Jack Cooper-Love	Roda JC Kerkrade	31 May 2026	[22]
22 August 2025	CB	Geraldo Bajrami	Crawley Town		[23]
17 October 2025	CM	Ciaran Gilligan	Aldershot Town		[24]
31 January 2026	CF	Jack Newall	Stourbridge	28 February 2026	[25]
3 February 2026	CF	Zac Scutt	Spennymoor Town	3 March 2026	[26]
4 February 2026	LW	Tomas Kalinauskas	Roda JC	31 May 2026	[27]
13 February 2026	LB	Josh Taroni	Spalding United		[28]

Date	Pos.	Player	Subsequent club	Join date	Ref.
30 June 2025	LW	Mason Bennett	Harrogate Town	1 July 2025	[29][30]
	CF	Jón Daði Böðvarsson	Selfoss		[31][32]
	GK	Max Crocombe	Millwall		[33]
	CF	Dylan Scott	Stalybridge Celtic		[29][34]
	CF	Jack Stretton	Morecambe		[29][35]
	CB	Ryan Sweeney	Mansfield Town		[36]
	CDM	Elliot Watt	Motherwell		[37]
	CB	Cameron Gilbert	Coleshill Town	30 July 2025	[29]
	RM	Anthony Forde			[29]
	CB	Toby Oakes			[29]
21 July 2025	RW	Billy Bodin	Swindon Town	21 July 2025	[38]
22 August 2025	CM	Ben Whitfield	Barrow	22 August 2025	[39]
7 November 2025	GK	Harry Isted	Forest Green Rovers	7 November 2025	[40]
2 February 2026	CAM	Jack Hazlehurst			[41]

Date	Pos.	Player	Contract until	Ref.
18 June 2025	CM	Kegs Chauke	30 June 2027	[42]
19 June 2025	CB	Finn Delap		[43]
24 June 2025	GK	Kamil Dudek		[44]
22 October 2025	CF	Sulyman Krubally	30 June 2027[a][b]	[45]

On 9 June, Burton Albion announced their first pre-season fixture, against Derby County for the Bass Charity Vase.^[46] A day later, two further friendlies were confirmed against Alfreton Town and Sheffield United.^[47][48] A fourth fixture was shortly added after, against Birmingham City.^[49] On 17 June, a fifth friendly was confirmed, against Chesterfield.^[50]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

On 26 June, the League One fixtures were announced.^[52]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

Wigan Athletic v Burton Albion

2 December 2025 19	Wigan Athletic	1–0	Burton Albion	Wigan
19:45 GMT	Mullin 41' Weir  70'	Report	Moon  36'	Stadium: Brick Community Stadium Attendance: 7,343 Referee: Martin Woods
Note: Fixture was initially scheduled for 9 December, but was rescheduled due to Burton's FA Cup fixture being moved to 8 December for TV Coverage.[58]

Burton Albion v Huddersfield Town

17 January 2026 27	Burton Albion	3–1	Huddersfield Town	Burton upon Trent
15:00 GMT	Vancooten 4' Beesley 57' McKiernan 78'	Report	May 28'	Stadium: Pirelli Stadium Attendance: 4,318 Referee: Simon Mather

Burton were drawn at home to St Albans City in the first round,^[64][65] away to Brackley Town in the second round,^[66][67] away to Boreham Wood in the third round^[68] and at home to West Ham United in the fourth round.^[69][70]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

Brackley Town v Burton Albion

8 December 2025 Second round	Brackley Town	1–3	Burton Albion	Brackley
19:30 GMT	Nottingham 25'	Report	Shade 13', 73', 88' Sibbick  45+1' Vancooten  49'	Stadium: St James Park Attendance: 2,978 Referee: Alex Chilowicz

Burton were drawn away to Tranmere Rovers in the first round^[71][72] and at home to Lincoln City in the second round.^[73]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

Burton were drawn against Chesterfield, Crewe Alexandra and Liverpool U21 in the group stage.^[75]

As of match played 14 February 2026

Players with no appearances are not included on the list; italics indicate loaned in player

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		League One		FA Cup		EFL Cup		EFL Trophy
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
2	DF	ENG	Udoka Godwin-Malife	26	1	21+1	1	2+0	0	0+0	0	1+1	0
3	DF	SCO	Jack Armer	35	2	24+4	2	3+1	0	1+0	0	1+1	0
4	MF	RSA	Kegs Chauke	31	0	23+2	0	2+2	0	0+0	0	2+0	0
5	DF	GUY	Terence Vancooten	16	1	11+2	1	3+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
6	DF	UGA	Toby Sibbick	28	0	18+4	0	3+1	0	0+2	0	0+0	0
7	MF	NIR	JJ McKiernan	21	2	13+4	1	1+1	1	0+0	0	2+0	0
8	MF	ENG	Charlie Webster	18	6	16+0	4	1+0	2	1+0	0	0+0	0
9	FW	ENG	Jake Beesley	31	12	29+0	12	2+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
10	FW	SKN	Tyrese Shade	30	10	16+8	5	3+0	5	1+1	0	0+1	0
11	FW	POR	Fábio Tavares	28	6	9+11	2	1+2	3	1+1	0	3+0	1
12	MF	ENG	George Evans	25	0	20+1	0	4+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
14	DF	USA	Nick Akoto	13	0	0+7	0	1+1	0	2+0	0	2+0	0
15	DF	ENG	Kyran Lofthouse	35	4	29+0	3	4+0	1	0+1	0	1+0	0
16	DF	ENG	Alex Hartridge	27	1	22+1	1	2+0	0	0+0	0	1+1	0
18	DF	ENG	Jasper Moon	10	0	5+2	0	0+2	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
19	DF	ENG	Dylan Williams	25	1	13+7	0	1+1	1	2+0	0	1+0	0
20	DF	ENG	Jason Sraha	4	0	0+3	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
21	GK	GHA	Jordan Amissah	6	0	5+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
22	FW	SWE	Julian Larsson	23	1	7+9	0	2+1	0	2+0	0	2+0	1
23	DF	ENG	Sebastian Revan	18	0	9+6	0	1+0	0	0+1	0	0+1	0
24	GK	ENG	Bradley Collins	26	0	24+0	0	2+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
25	MF	IRL	Ciaran Gilligan	3	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	1+0	0
26	DF	ENG	Finn Delap	11	0	6+1	0	0+0	0	2+0	0	2+0	0
27	GK	POL	Kamil Dudek	7	0	1+0	0	2+0	0	2+0	0	2+0	0
29	FW	ENG	Kain Adom	8	0	5+1	0	1+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
33	DF	ALB	Geraldo Bajrami	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
34	MF	ENG	Ben Whitfield	1	1	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	1	0+0	0
37	FW	LTU	Tomas Kalinauskas	1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
38	FW	ENG	Jack Newall	14	0	0+7	0	0+3	0	2+0	0	1+1	0
39	DF	ENG	Josh Taroni	13	0	0+6	0	1+1	0	2+0	0	3+0	0
40	DF	ENG	Bodi Thistleton	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
41	FW	ENG	Sulyman Krubally	18	0	4+6	0	2+2	0	0+1	0	1+2	0
42	MF	ENG	Andy Cannon	4	0	0+3	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
48	MF	ENG	Daniel Matthews	2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+1	0
49	MF	ENG	Matty Lay	2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+2	0
50	FW	ENG	Jamal Williamson	4	0	0+3	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
52	DF	ENG	William Earley	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
53	FW	ENG	Robbie Meakin	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
54	MF	ENG	Samuel Oyemade	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
55	MF	ENG	Kairo Piper	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
56	FW	ENG	Zac Scutt	5	1	0+3	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	1+0	1
Players who featured but departed the club during the season:
17	MF	ENG	Jack Hazlehurst	2	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0