2025–26 Colchester United F.C. season

The 2025–26 season is the 89th season in the history of Colchester United Football Club and their tenth consecutive season in League Two. 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.
	CF	Jaden Williams	Tottenham Hotspur	Free	[1]
1 July 2025	DM	Dominic Gape	Shrewsbury Town		[2]
	CB	Jack Tucker	Milton Keynes Dons		[3]
9 July 2025	CM	Ben Perry	Nottingham Forest	Undisclosed	[4]
11 July 2025	CF	Makise Evans	Stevenage	Free	[5]
26 July 2025	LB	Kurai Musanhi	Crystal Palace		[6]
1 August 2025	LW	Adrian Akande	Reading		[7]
7 August 2025	CB	Jack Baldwin	Northampton Town		[8]
9 January 2026	CF	Freddie Ingram	Eastleigh	Undisclosed	[9]
2 February 2026	CB	Alex Faux	Fulham	Free Transfer	[10]

Date	Pos.	Player	To	Fee	Ref.
8 July 2025	CB	Ben Goodliffe	Southend United	Undisclosed	[11][12]
26 August 2025	RW	Oscar Thorn	Lincoln City	Undisclosed	[13]

Date	Pos.	Player	From	Date until	Ref.
9 July 2025	CF	Will Goodwin	Oxford United	31 May 2026	[14]
6 August 2025	LB	Josh Powell	Nottingham Forest	2 January 2026[a]	[15][16]
29 August 2025	CB	Harvey Araujo	Fulham	31 May 2026	[17]
1 September 2025	CF	Micah Mbick	Charlton Athletic		[18]
30 January 2026	CDM	Finley Barbrook	Ipswich Town		[19]
31 January 2026	RB	Fin Back	Wycombe Wanderers		[20]
2 February 2026	CAM	Romeo Akachukwu	Southampton		[21]

Date	Pos.	Player	To	Date until	Ref.
8 August 2025	CB	Sam Kuffour Jr.	Hornchurch	26 September 2025[a]	[22][23]
	CB	Frankie Terry	Braintree Town	11 December 2025[b]	[24][25]
26 September 2025	CB	Frankie Edwards	Hornchurch	23 October 2025	[26]
	CDM	Max Jolliffe	Billericay Town		[27]
23 October 2025	CDM		Yeovil Town	31 January 2026[c]	[28][29]
6 December 2025	CDM	Ronnie Harvey	Chelmsford City	3 January 2026	[30]
20 December 2025	LW	Dwayne Campina Do Vale	Carshalton Athletic	17 January 2026	[31]
	CF	Makise Evans	Bishop's Stortford		[32]
	RW	Owen Moore	Concord Rangers		[31]
	CB	Herbie Shaw	Takeley		[31]
24 December 2025	CB	Fela Abidekun	Grays Athletic	21 January 2026	[33]
	CDM	Daniel Banjoko	White Ensign		[33]
	CF	Leo Makatta	Heybridge Swifts		[33]
	CF	James Sasere	Grays Athletic		[33]
	GK	Jack Sexton	White Ensign		[33]
31 January 2026	CDM	Max Jolliffe	Salisbury	31 May 2026	[29]
4 February 2026	RB	David Nkrumah	Stowmarket Town	28 February 2026	[34]
7 February 2026	CF	Kien Connolly	Dagenham & Redbridge	7 March 2026	[35]

Date	Pos.	Player	Subsequent club	Join date	Ref.
30 June 2025	CB	Fiacre Kelleher	Cork City	1 July 2025	[36]
	CM	Alfie Bendle	Spalding United	August 2025	[37]
	CF	Oliver Godziemski	A.F.C. Greenwich Borough	August 2025	[37]
	RW	Hakeem Sandah	Farnborough	9 August 2025	[38]
	CF	Lyle Taylor	Chelmsford City	7 August 2025	[39]

Date	Pos.	Player	Contract until	Ref.
24 June 2025	RB	Elkanah Akor	30 June 2026[a][b]	[40]
	CB	Alfie Newby		[41]
	AM	Kai Martin		[42]
8 July 2025	CB	Tom Flanagan	30 June 2026	[43]
26 July 2025	LW	Kaion Lisbie	Undisclosed[a]	[44]
31 July 2025	CB	Frankie Terry	30 June 2027	[45]
1 August 2025	RB	Kane Vincent-Young	30 June 2026	[46]

On 12 June, Colchester United announced two pre-season fixtures, against Maldon & Tiptree and Dagenham & Redbridge.^[47] Five days later, a third friendly was confirmed against Peterborough United.^[48]

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On 26 June the League Two fixtures were revealed.^[50]

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Colchester were drawn at home to Milton Keynes Dons in the first round.^[58]

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Colchester were drawn against Gillingham, Wycombe Wanderers and Fulham U21 in the group stage.^[59] After winning the group, The U's were drawn at home to West Ham United U21 in the round of 32.^[60][61]

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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 Two		FA Cup		EFL Cup		EFL Trophy
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	ENG	Matt Macey	31	0	29+0	0	1+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
2	DF	ENG	Rob Hunt	29	0	17+8	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	3+1	0
3	DF	ENG	Ellis Iandolo	16	1	15+0	1	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
4	MF	ENG	Ben Perry	4	0	3+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
5	DF	ENG	Jack Tucker	36	4	30+0	2	1+0	0	1+0	0	2+2	2
6	DF	NIR	Tom Flanagan	12	0	9+1	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	1+0	0
7	FW	ENG	Harry Anderson	22	8	19+0	7	1+0	1	0+0	0	0+2	0
8	MF	ENG	Teddy Bishop	26	0	22+2	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
9	FW	ENG	Samson Tovide	33	4	20+8	3	0+1	0	0+1	0	1+2	1
10	MF	ENG	Jack Payne	26	6	20+3	6	0+0	0	1+0	0	2+0	0
11	FW	ENG	John-Kymani Gordon	16	0	2+10	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	3+0	0
12	GK	ENG	Tom Smith	7	0	1+2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	4+0	0
14	FW	ENG	Kyreece Lisbie	36	10	21+9	10	1+0	0	0+1	0	2+2	0
15	MF	ENG	Dominic Gape	12	0	2+8	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	2+0	0
16	MF	ENG	Arthur Read	35	5	26+3	4	1+0	0	1+0	0	0+4	1
17	FW	ENG	Jaden Williams	27	1	2+19	0	1+0	0	1+0	0	4+0	1
19	FW	ENG	Will Goodwin	17	2	6+9	2	0+0	0	0+0	0	2+0	0
20	DF	ENG	Jack Baldwin	3	0	1+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
21	FW	ENG	Owura Edwards	30	1	10+15	1	0+1	0	0+1	0	2+1	0
22	DF	ENG	Fin Back	2	0	2+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
23	FW	NGA	Adrian Akande	9	0	1+6	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	1+0	0
24	DF	ENG	Harvey Araujo	27	0	23+1	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	1+1	0
25	MF	ENG	Finley Barbrook	2	0	1+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
27	MF	IRL	Romeo Akachukwu	2	0	1+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
30	DF	GRN	Kane Vincent-Young	28	0	21+4	0	1+0	0	1+0	0	1+0	0
33	FW	ENG	Micah Mbick	23	9	16+4	7	1+0	1	0+0	0	0+2	1
34	FW	ENG	Kaion Lisbie	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
40	DF	ENG	Frankie Terry	5	0	2+3	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
42	MF	ENG	Milton Oni	2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+1	0
44	DF	GHA	Samuel Kuffour Jr.	4	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	3+0	0
47	MF	ENG	Ronnie Harvey	5	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+1	0	3+0	0
Players who featured but departed the club during the season:
18	FW	ENG	Oscar Thorn	5	0	2+2	0	0+0	0	0+1	0	0+0	0
26	DF	ENG	Josh Powell	14	0	6+3	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	4+0	0