2025–26 Rotherham United F.C. season

Rotherham United

2025–26 season
Chairman	Tony Stewart
Manager	Matt Hamshaw
Stadium	New York Stadium
Home colours Away colours Third colours

The 2025–26 season is the 101st season in the history of Rotherham United Football Club and their second 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.
1 July 2025[a]	GK	Ted Cann	West Bromwich Albion	Free	[1]
1 July 2025[b]	CM	Kian Spence	Barrow		[2]
15 July 2025	CB	Lenny Agbaire	Celtic	Undisclosed	[3]
19 July 2025	CM	Dru Yearwood	Nashville	Free	[4]
21 July 2025	CM	Josh Benson	Barnsley		[5]
22 July 2025	RB	Marvin Kaleta	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Undisclosed	[6]
25 July 2025	RB	Denzel Hall	Heerenveen		[7]
30 July 2025	LB	Ar'jany Martha	Beerschot		[8]
23 January 2026	CB	Emmanuel Adegboyega	Norwich City		[9]
2 February 2026	CDM	Brandon Cover	Leicester City		[10]
	RW	Duncan Watmore	Millwall	Free	[11]

Date	Pos.	Player	From	Date until	Ref.
17 July 2025	CM	Dan Gore	Manchester United	31 May 2026	[12]
1 August 2025	CF	Kion Etete	Cardiff City	15 January 2026[a]	[13][14]
18 August 2025	CF	Martin Sherif	Everton	31 December 2025[b]	[15][16]
29 August 2025	CB	Jamal Baptiste	Sheffield United	31 May 2026	[17]
1 September 2025	CB	Tom Holmes	Luton Town	12 January 2026[c]	[18][19]
14 January 2026	CF	Harry Gray	Leeds United	31 May 2026	[20]
2 February 2026	CF	Gabriele Biancheri	Manchester United		[21]
	LB	Lino Sousa	Aston Villa		[22]

Date	Pos.	Player	To	Date until	Ref.
20 August 2025	CF	Josh Ayres	Cleethorpes Town	17 September 2025	[23]
3 September 2025	CM	Kane Richardson	Brighouse Town	1 November 2025[a]	[24][25]
5 September 2025	CAM	James Clarke		4 October 2025	[26]
30 September 2025	CF	Josh Ayres	Gainsborough Trinity	28 October 2025	[27]
4 October 2025	CF	Ciaran McGuckin	Eastleigh	1 November 2025	[28]
31 December 2025	CF	Reece Wilson	Brighouse Town	5 March 2026[b]	[29][30]
22 January 2026	CF	Josh Ayres	Alfreton Town	31 May 2026	[31]
2 February 2026	CB	Sean Raggett	Cambridge United		[32]
7 February 2026	CAM	Ben Hatton	North Ferriby	7 March 2026	[33]

Date	Pos.	Player	Subsequent club	Join date	Ref.
30 June 2025	CB	Cameron Humphreys	Port Vale	1 July 2025	[34][35]
	GK	Dillon Phillips	Hull City		[36][37]
	LW	Andre Green	Panserraikos	8 July 2025	[36][38]
	DM	Hakeem Odoffin	Luton Town	10 July 2025	[39][40]
	CB	Jake Hull			[36]
	RM	Alex MacDonald			[36]
4 July 2025	CF	Jonson Clarke-Harris	Pendikspor	9 July 2025	[41][42]

Date	Pos.	Player	Contract until	Ref.
6 June 2025	CB	Hamish Douglas	30 June 2027[a]	[43]
9 June 2025	CF	Josh Ayres	30 June 2026	[44]
	CM	Ben Hatton	30 June 2026[a]	[44]
28 June 2025	CF	Ciaran McGuckin		[45]
29 June 2025		Joshua Kayode		[46]

On 5 June, Rotherham United announced their first pre-season fixture, against Accrington Stanley.^[47] A day later, a second friendly was confirmed against Harrogate Town.^[48] A third fixture was shortly added after, with the traditional meeting with Parkgate to begin the preparations for the new season.^[49] A home fixture was then confirmed against Sheffield United.^[50] On 12 June, a warm-weather training camp in Portugal was announced along with a friendly versus Bromley.^[51]

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On 26 June, the League One fixtures were released.^[53]

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Rotherham were drawn at home to Swindon Town in the first round.^[65][66]

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Rotherham were drawn away to Salford City in the first round^[67][68] and to Barnsley in the second round.^[69][70]

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Rotherham were drawn against Bolton Wanderers, Oldham Athletic and Manchester City U21 in the group stage.^[71] After finishing second in the group stage, they were then drawn away to Salford City in the round of 32.^[72][73] and to Huddersfield Town in the round of 16.^[74][75]

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As of match played 7 February 2026

Players with no appearances are not included on the list; italics indicate a 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	ENG	Cameron Dawson	33	0	29+0	0	1+0	0	2+0	0	1+0	0
2	DF	IRL	Joe Rafferty	32	2	24+2	2	0+0	0	1+1	0	1+3	0
3	DF	SCO	Zak Jules	24	1	16+4	1	0+0	0	1+0	0	3+0	0
4	MF	SCO	Liam Kelly	18	0	6+8	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	3+0	0
5	DF	ENG	Sean Raggett	13	1	4+5	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	3+0	1
6	DF	ENG	Reece James	32	2	24+2	1	1+0	0	2+0	0	1+2	1
7	MF	ENG	Joe Powell	33	1	27+0	0	1+0	0	1+1	0	0+3	1
8	MF	ENG	Kian Spence	19	3	14+4	2	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	1
9	FW	ENG	Jordan Hugill	32	2	20+5	2	1+0	0	2+0	0	3+1	0
10	FW	ENG	Sam Nombe	15	7	8+6	6	1+0	1	0+0	0	0+0	0
11	DF	CUW	Ar'jany Martha	31	2	14+11	1	1+0	0	2+0	1	2+1	0
13	GK	ENG	Ted Cann	4	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	4+0	0
14	DF	COD	Marvin Kaleta	18	0	8+7	0	0+0	0	1+1	0	1+0	0
15	DF	ENG	Jamal Baptiste	24	1	17+3	1	0+0	0	0+0	0	3+1	0
16	MF	ENG	Dru Yearwood	27	0	7+13	0	1+0	0	2+0	0	4+0	0
17	MF	ENG	Shaun McWilliams	28	3	16+5	2	1+0	0	2+0	0	3+1	1
18	DF	SCO	Lenny Agbaire	10	0	5+3	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	1+0	0
19	MF	ENG	Josh Benson	15	5	8+6	2	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	3
20	FW	ENG	Duncan Watmore	1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
21	FW	IRL	Joshua Kayode	3	0	1+2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
22	DF	NED	Denzel Hall	26	3	20+2	3	1+0	0	1+1	0	1+0	0
23	MF	ENG	Jack Holmes	13	0	1+4	0	0+1	0	0+2	0	5+0	0
24	FW	ENG	Harry Gray	5	2	5+0	2	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
26	DF	ENG	Hamish Douglas	13	1	8+1	1	1+0	0	0+0	0	2+1	0
27	MF	ENG	Ben Hatton	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
28	MF	JAM	Brandon Cover	1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
29	FW	WAL	Gabriele Biancheri	1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
35	FW	NIR	Ciaran McGuckin	5	0	0+3	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	1+0	0
36	DF	IRL	Emmanuel Adegboyega	3	1	1+2	1	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
37	MF	ENG	James Clarke	7	1	0+1	0	0+1	0	0+1	0	3+1	1
38	MF	ENG	Kane Richardson	2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+1	0
39	DF	ENG	Harrison Duncan	1	0	0+0	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
41	FW	ENG	Josh Ayres	9	2	0+4	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	2+3	2
44	MF	ENG	Dan Gore	31	1	23+1	0	1+0	0	0+2	0	1+3	1
46	FW	ENG	Dean Gardner	3	1	0+0	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+2	1
Players who featured but departed the club during the season:
12	DF	ENG	Tom Holmes	8	0	3+4	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
20	FW	NED	Martin Sherif	10	2	4+3	2	0+1	0	0+1	0	1+0	0
29	FW	ENG	Kion Etete	14	0	6+5	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	2+0	0