2025–26 Stevenage F.C. season

The 2025–26 season is the 50th season in the history of Stevenage Football Club and their third 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.
10 June 2025	CAM	Chem Campbell	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Undisclosed	[1]
20 June 2025	LW	Phoenix Patterson	Fleetwood Town	£200,000	[2][3]
1 July 2025[a]	LB	Saxon Earley	Plymouth Argyle	Free	[4]
1 July 2025[b]	CDM	Jordan Houghton			[5]
11 July 2025	LW	Beryly Lubala	Wycombe Wanderers		[6]
	RB	Jasper Pattenden		Free transfer	[7]
23 July 2025	CAM	Mathaeus Roberts	Ipswich Town	Free	[8]
29 July 2025	GK	Filip Marschall	Aston Villa	Undisclosed	[9]
11 August 2025	CF	Jovan Malcolm	Gateshead		[10]
28 January 2026	CB	Jack Taylor	Sutton United		[11]
31 January 2026	CM	Joe Knight	Brighton & Hove Albion		[12]
13 February 2026	RW	Matt Phillips	Oxford United	Free	[13]

Expenditure: £200,000 (excluding undisclosed transfers)

Date	Pos.	Player	To	Fee	Ref.
17 June 2025	GK	Rylee Mitchell	Norwich City	Undisclosed	[14]
26 June 2025	CF	Aaron Pressley	Walsall		[15]
29 July 2025	CF	Louis Appéré	Cambridge United		[16]
13 January 2026	MF	Nick Freeman	Shrewsbury Town		[17]
16 January 2026	CF	Jake Young	St Mirren		[18]
2 February 2026	CM	Ryan Doherty	Ipswich Town		[19]

Date	Pos.	Player	From	Date until	Ref.
14 August 2025	CF	Gassan Ahadme	Charlton Athletic	31 May 2026	[20]
1 September 2025	CM	Lewis Orford	West Ham United	27 November 2025[a]	[21][22]
17 January 2026	CF	Harry Cornick	Bristol City	31 May 2026	[23]

Date	Pos.	Player	To	Date until	Ref.
4 October 2025	CAM	Mathaeus Roberts	Bedford Town	1 November 2025	[24]
2 January 2026	CAM		Eastbourne Borough	6 April 2026	[25]
29 January 2026	CF	Jovan Malcolm	Barrow	31 May 2026	[26]
13 February 2026	CF	Samuel Ayolie	Canvey Island	14 March 2026	[27]
	CM	Riley England	Royston Town		[28]
	CF	Frank Norris	Bishop's Stortford		[29]
	LB	Dylan Suleiman	Wormley Rovers		[30]

Date	Pos.	Player	Subsequent club	Join date	Ref.
30 June 2025	RW	Elliott List	Northampton Town	1 July 2025	[31]
	CF	Makise Evans	Colchester United	11 July 2025	[32]
	RB	Kane Smith	Barnet	15 July 2025	[33][34]
	CM	David Hicks	Reading	4 August 2025	[33][35]
	CM	Jake Forster-Caskey	Woking	26 August 2025	[33][36]
	LW	Kyle Edwards	Northampton Town	1 September 2025	[33][37]

Date	Pos.	Player	Expiry	Ref.
14 August 2025	LM	Jordan Roberts	Undisclosed	[38]
15 August 2025	CB	Carl Piergianni		[39]
27 August 2025	CM	Ryan Doherty	Undisclosed[a]	[40]
20 October 2025	CAM	Dan Kemp	30 June 2028	[41]
12 January 2026	GK	Max Woodford	Undisclosed[a]	[42]
16 January 2026	CB	Lewis Freestone	Undisclosed	[43]

On 14 May, Stevenage announced a pre-season camp in Murcia along with a friendly against Swansea City.^[44] A second fixture was later confirmed, against Milton Keynes Dons.^[45] A behind-closed-doors meeting with Queens Park Rangers was also later added.^[46] In July, a trip to face Bishop's Stortford was added to the schedule.^[47]

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The league fixtures were released on 26 June 2025.^[49]

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Stevenage were drawn at home to Chesterfield in the first round.^[62]

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Stevenage were drawn against AFC Wimbledon, Bromley and Crystal Palace U21 in the group stage.^[63] After winning the group, Stevenage were drawn at home to Walsall in the round of 32.^[64]

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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 One		FA Cup		EFL Cup		EFL Trophy
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	ENG	Filip Marschall	30	0	29+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
2	DF	ATG	Luther James-Wildin	24	1	24+0	1	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
3	DF	ENG	Dan Butler	18	0	8+5	0	1+0	0	1+0	0	3+0	0
4	MF	ENG	Jordan Houghton	26	0	21+3	0	1+0	0	0+1	0	0+0	0
5	DF	ENG	Carl Piergianni	28	3	25+1	2	1+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	1
6	DF	ENG	Dan Sweeney	23	1	10+8	1	1+0	0	1+0	0	3+0	0
7	FW	ENG	Harry Cornick	7	0	2+5	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
8	MF	TRI	Daniel Phillips	27	0	14+9	0	0+1	0	1+0	0	2+0	0
9	FW	MAR	Gassan Ahadme	17	4	5+8	1	0+1	0	0+0	0	2+1	3
10	MF	ENG	Dan Kemp	31	3	22+5	3	1+0	0	1+0	0	0+2	0
11	MF	ENG	Jordan Roberts	27	2	16+7	2	1+0	0	0+0	0	2+1	0
13	GK	ENG	Taye Ashby-Hammond	6	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	4+0	0
14	DF	ENG	Saxon Earley	10	0	7+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	2+0	0
15	DF	ENG	Charlie Goode	27	1	25+0	1	0+0	0	0+1	0	1+0	0
16	DF	ENG	Lewis Freestone	26	3	22+1	2	0+0	0	1+0	1	2+0	0
17	DF	ENG	Jasper Pattenden	22	0	6+10	0	1+0	0	1+0	0	4+0	0
18	MF	ENG	Harvey White	32	5	25+3	3	1+0	0	1+0	0	2+0	2
19	FW	NIR	Jamie Reid	30	9	24+4	9	1+0	0	0+1	0	0+0	0
20	MF	WAL	Chem Campbell	31	4	13+14	4	0+1	0	1+0	0	1+1	0
23	MF	WAL	Louis Thompson	16	1	6+9	1	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
24	FW	ENG	Jovan Malcolm	14	1	2+6	0	0+1	0	1+0	0	3+1	1
25	FW	SCO	Matt Phillips	1	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
27	MF	WAL	Mathaeus Roberts	2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	0	0+1	0
30	FW	COD	Beryly Lubala	23	1	10+11	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	2+0	1
33	MF	ENG	Ryan Doherty	8	0	2+1	0	0+0	0	0+1	0	4+0	0
35	FW	ENG	Frank Norris	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
40	FW	ENG	Lenny Brown	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
42	DF	ENG	Divine Okwara	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
44	FW	SCO	Phoenix Patterson	29	4	9+14	1	1+0	0	1+0	0	4+0	3
Player(s) who featured but departed the club during the season:
22	FW	ENG	Jake Young	8	0	0+6	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+2	0
26	MF	ENG	Lewis Orford	3	1	0+1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	1+0	1