2025–26 Doncaster Rovers F.C. season

The 2025–26 season is the 147th season in the history of Doncaster Rovers Football Club and their first season back in League One since the 2021–22 season following promotion from League Two in the preceding season. The club are participating in League One, the FA Cup, the EFL Cup, and the EFL Trophy.

Date	Pos.	Player	From	Fee	Ref.
24 June 2025	CB	Seán Grehan	Crystal Palace	Undisclosed	[1]
1 July 2025[a]	CM	Robbie Gotts	Barrow	Free	[2]
1 July 2025[b]	CF	Brandon Hanlan	Wycombe Wanderers		[3]
1 July 2025[c]	LW	Glenn Middleton	Dundee United		[4]
1 July 2025[d]	CB	Matty Pearson	Huddersfield Town		[5]
2 January 2026	LB	Bayley McCann	Barnsley	Undisclosed	[6]
	CDM	Darren Robinson	Derby County	Free transfer	[6]
6 January 2026	RW	Hakeeb Adelakun	Cheltenham Town	Free	[7]

Date	Pos.	Player	To	Fee	Ref.
1 September 2025	CF	Joe Ironside	Tranmere Rovers	Undisclosed	[8]
10 January 2026	GK	Ian Lawlor	Crewe Alexandra	Free Transfer	[9]

Date	Pos.	Player	From	Date until	Ref.
16 June 2025	GK	Thimothée Lo-Tutala	Hull City	31 May 2026	[10]
24 June 2025	RW	Damola Ajayi	Tottenham Hotspur	1 January 2026[a]	[11][12]
27 June 2025	CB	Connor O'Riordan	Blackburn Rovers	5 January 2026[b]	[13][12]
5 August 2025	CDM	Charlie Crew	Leeds United	1 January 2026[c]	[14][12]
30 August 2025	CF	Toyosi Olusanya	Houston Dynamo	6 January 2026	[15]
6 January 2026	CF	Francis Okoronkwo	Everton	31 May 2026	[16]
10 January 2026	GK	Zander Clark	Heart of Midlothian		[17]
26 January 2026	CB	Neill Byrne	Bradford City		[18]
2 February 2026	CAM	Elliot Lee	Wrexham		[19]

Date	Pos.	Player	To	Date until	Ref.
1 July 2025	CM	Sam Straughan-Brown	Peterborough Sports	31 May 2026	[20]
2 July 2025	CB	Bobby Faulkner	Harrogate Town		[21]
24 July 2025	CM	Will Flint	Gateshead	9 February 2026[a]	[22][23]
31 July 2025	CB	Kasper Williams	Bridlington Town	11 September 2025	[24]
8 August 2025	LW	Kyle Hurst	Gateshead	2 January 2026	[25]
1 October 2025	CM	Zain Westbrooke	Scunthorpe United	31 May 2026[b]	[26][27]
13 November 2025	CAM	Joe Sbarra	Solihull Moors	31 May 2026[c]	[28][29]
22 December 2025	GK	Jake Oram	Hallam	19 January 2026	[30]
24 December 2025	CB	Kasper Williams	Stocksbridge Park Steels	21 January 2026	[31]
27 December 2025	CB	Aaron Cashmore	Stamford	Work Experience	[32]
1 January 2026	CF	Rhomani Murray	Bottesford Town		[32]
	CM	Harry Glaves	Pickering Town		[32]
	CF	Ethan Hodgett	Gainsborough Trinity		[32]
	CM	Franklin Middleton	Ossett United		[32]
	CM	Deshaun Musgrave-Dore	Bridlington Town		[32]
2 January 2026	LB	Bayley McCann	Alfreton Town	31 May 2026	[6]
8 January 2026	LW	Kyle Hurst	Scunthorpe United		[33]
3 February 2026	GK	Jake Oram	Bradford (Park Avenue)	4 February 2026[d]	[34][35]
9 February 2026	CB	Will Flint	Buxton	31 May 2026	[23]

Date	Pos.	Player	Subsequent club	Join date	Ref.
30 June 2025	CB	Tom Anderson	Shrewsbury Town	1 July 2025	[36][37]
	CF	Jack Goodman	Basford United		[38][39]
	CB	Joseph Olowu	Stockport County		[40][41]
	RW	Tavonga Kuleya	Belper Town	6 July 2025	[38][42]
	AM	Jack Degruchy	Stoskbridge Park Steels	17 July 2025	[38][43]
	LB	Freddie Allen			[38]
	CB	Richard Wood	Retired		[38]

Date	Pos.	Player	Contract until	Ref.
4 June 2025	GK	Jacob Bryant	30 June 2026[a]	[44]
	CM	Sam Straughan-Brown	30 June 2027[b][a]	[44]
	CB	Kasper Williams		[44]
5 June 2025	CB	Bobby Faulkner	30 June 2026[a]	[45]
4 July 2025	DM	George Broadbent	30 June 2027[a]	[46]
10 July 2025	CB	Jay McGrath	30 June 2028[a]	[47]
8 October 2025	CB	Lincoln Pawlak	30 June 2027[b][a]	[48]

On 27 May, Doncaster Rovers confirmed their first two pre-season friendlies, a double-header against Stamford and Peterborough Sports.^[49] A week later, a match against Milton Keynes Dons at a neutral venue was confirmed.^[50] A fourth fixture was added, against Gateshead.^[51] On 20 June, two further friendlies were confirmed against Blackpool and Alfreton Town.^[52][53]

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On 26 June, the League One fixtures were announced, with Doncaster hosting Exeter City on the opening weekend.^[56]

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Doncaster were drawn away to Crewe Alexandra in the first round,^[67][68] to Chesterfield in the second round^[69][70] and at home to Southampton in the third round.^[71][72]

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Doncaster were drawn away to Middlesbrough in the first round,^[73][74] Accrington Stanley in the second round^[75][76] and Tottenham Hotspur in the third round.^[77]

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Doncaster were drawn against Bradford City, Grimsby Town and Everton U21 in the group stage.^[78] After winning the group they were guaranteed a home time in the round of 32, and were drawn against Chesterield,^[79][80] Then against Fleetwood Town in the round of 16,^[81][82] away to Huddersfield Town in the quarter-finals^[83][84] and home to Stockport County in the semi-finals.^[85][86]

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As of match played 17 February 2026

Players with no appearances are not included on the list; italics indicated 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
1	GK	SCO	Zander Clark	5	0	4+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
2	DF	ENG	Jamie Sterry	21	0	16+1	0	2+0	0	0+0	0	2+0	0
3	DF	SCO	James Maxwell	25	0	18+1	0	2+1	0	1+0	0	2+0	0
4	MF	ENG	Owen Bailey	39	14	31+0	11	3+0	2	1+2	1	0+2	0
5	DF	ENG	Matty Pearson	24	2	14+5	1	2+0	1	1+0	0	2+0	0
6	DF	IRL	Jay McGrath	33	1	22+2	1	2+1	0	2+0	0	4+0	0
7	FW	ENG	Luke Molyneux	41	7	29+1	7	3+0	0	0+3	0	0+5	0
8	MF	ENG	George Broadbent	34	0	22+6	0	2+0	0	0+0	0	3+1	0
9	FW	ENG	Brandon Hanlan	31	5	9+13	3	1+1	0	1+1	0	3+2	2
10	MF	ENG	Joe Sbarra	8	1	3+0	0	0+0	0	3+0	0	2+0	1
11	MF	ENG	Jordan Gibson	39	6	16+13	3	2+1	1	2+1	0	1+3	2
12	DF	IRL	Neill Byrne	4	0	4+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
14	FW	ENG	Billy Sharp	37	10	17+13	3	1+2	1	1+0	0	3+0	6
15	MF	WAL	Harry Clifton	28	2	20+3	2	2+0	0	0+1	0	2+0	0
16	DF	ENG	Tom Nixon	20	1	8+4	0	0+0	0	3+0	1	4+1	0
17	FW	SCO	Glenn Middleton	34	1	9+15	1	1+1	0	1+2	0	5+0	0
18	MF	ENG	Elliot Lee	3	0	3+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
19	FW	ENG	Francis Okoronkwo	5	1	3+0	1	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
20	MF	NIR	Darren Robinson	6	0	0+3	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	2+0	0
22	MF	ENG	Robbie Gotts	31	3	12+11	0	1+1	0	1+1	1	3+1	2
23	DF	ENG	Jack Senior	30	2	13+9	0	1+1	1	2+0	0	4+0	1
27	DF	IRL	Seán Grehan	19	0	6+6	0	1+0	0	3+0	0	3+0	0
29	GK	FRA	Thimothée Lo-Tutala	27	0	21+0	0	3+0	0	0+0	0	3+0	0
31	MF	ENG	Will Flint	2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	2+0	0
33	MF	ENG	Ben Close	23	3	8+6	1	0+1	0	3+0	2	4+1	0
34	MF	ENG	Harry Glaves	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
37	MF	ENG	Sam Straughan-Brown	3	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+2	0
38	FW	ENG	Ethan Hodgett	2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+2	0
39	MF	ENG	Deshaun Musgrave-Dore	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
41	GK	ENG	Jacob Bryant	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
42	FW	ENG	Rhomani Murray	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
47	FW	ENG	Hakeeb Adelakun	10	1	6+1	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+2	1
Player(s) who featured but departed the club during the season:
1	GK	IRL	Ian Lawlor	11	0	6+0	0	0+0	0	3+0	0	2+0	0
12	DF	IRL	Connor O'Riordan	23	0	18+1	0	2+0	0	0+1	0	1+0	0
18	MF	WAL	Charlie Crew	11	0	5+2	0	0+1	0	1+1	0	1+0	0
19	FW	ENG	Damola Ajayi	19	2	1+10	0	0+1	0	3+0	1	4+0	1
20	FW	ENG	Joe Ironside	2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+2	0	0+0	0
30	FW	ENG	Toyosi Olusanya	11	0	0+7	0	0+1	0	1+0	0	2+0	0