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2025–26 Stockport County F.C. season

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Stockport County
2025–26 season
OwnerMark Stott
ChairmanKen Knott
ManagerDave Challinor
StadiumEdgeley Park
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The 2025–26 season is the 144th season in the history of Stockport County 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.

Transfers and contracts

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In

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Date Pos. Player From Fee Ref.
1 July 2025[a] LB England Tayo Edun England Peterborough United Free [1]
1 July 2025[b] CB Republic of Ireland Christy Grogan England Stoke City Free [2]
1 July 2025[c] CB England Joseph Olowu England Doncaster Rovers Free [3]
2 July 2025 LW Jamaica Malik Mothersille England Peterborough United Undisclosed [4]
21 July 2025 CB Finland Arttu Hoskonen Poland Cracovia Free [5]
2 August 2025 LB England Danny Andrew England Cambridge United Free [6]
14 August 2025 CB England Brad Hills England Norwich City Undisclosed [7]
  1. ^ The transfer was announced on 19 June, and would become official on July 1 once his contract at Peterborough had ended
  2. ^ The transfer was announced on 29 May, and would become official on July 1 once his contract at Stoke had ended
  3. ^ The transfer was announced on 18 June, and would become official on July 1 once his contract at Doncaster had ended

Out

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Date Pos. Player To Fee Ref.
24 June 2025 CB England Sam Hughes England Peterborough United Undisclosed [8]
2 July 2025 CF England Isaac Olaofe England Charlton Athletic Undisclosed [9]

Loaned in

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Date Pos. Player From Date until Ref.
18 July 2025 RB Republic of Ireland Corey O'Keeffe England Barnsley 31 May 2026 [10]
30 July 2025 CF England Nathan Lowe England Stoke City [11]
31 July 2025 LB England Owen Dodgson England Burnley 31 May 2026[a] [12]
  1. ^ Option to buy when loan deal ends

Loaned out

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Date Pos. Player To Date until Ref.
25 June 2025 LB England Ryan Rydel England Exeter City 31 May 2026 [13]
16 August 2025 GK Republic of Ireland Andrew Wogan England Chester 23 August 2025 [14]

Released / Out of Contract

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Date Pos. Player Subsequent club Join date Ref.
30 June 2025 CM England Will Collar England Milton Keynes Dons 1 July 2025 [15]
CB England Fraser Horsfall England Blackpool [16][17]
RB England Kyle Knoyle England Mansfield Town [18][19]
Wales Macauley Southam-Hales England Bristol Rovers [20][21]
LB The Gambia Ibou Touray England Bradford City [22][23]
CM England Cody Johnson [18]

New Contract

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Date Pos. Player Contract until Ref.
23 July 2025 CB England Nathaniel Mapengu 30 June 2027[a] [24]
  1. ^ First professional contract

Pre-season and friendlies

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On 23 May, Stockport County announced a six-day training camp in San Pedro del Pinatar which included a fixture against Bristol Rovers.[25] A fortnight later, a home fixture against Hull City was confirmed.[26] On 12 June, a trip to face Salford City was added.[27]

Also confirmed was an XI side will face Spennymoor Town in a testimonial for Glen Taylor.[28]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

12 July 2025 Friendly Stockport County 3–2 Bristol Rovers San Pedro del Pinatar, Spain
11:30 CEST
Report
Stadium: Pinatar Arena
19 July 2025 Glen Taylor testimonial Spennymoor Town 3–0 Stockport County XI Spennymoor
15:00 BST
Report Stadium: The Brewery Field
Attendance: 757
25 July 2025 Friendly Salford City 1-1 Stockport County Kersal
19:30 BST
Report
  • Trialist A 53'
 Stadium: Moor Lane
26 July 2025 Friendly Stockport County 0–1 Hull City Edgeley
15:00 BST Report
Stadium: Edgeley Park
Attendance: 3,829 (921 away)

Competitions

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League One

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Main article: 2025–26 EFL League One

League table

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Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
2 Cardiff City 3 2 1 0 5 1 +4 7 Promotion to EFL Championship
3 Barnsley 3 2 1 0 7 4 +3 7 Qualification for League One play-offs
4 Stockport County 3 2 1 0 6 3 +3 7
5 Doncaster Rovers 3 2 1 0 4 2 +2 7
6 Bradford City 3 2 1 0 4 2 +2 7
Updated to match(es) played on 16 August 2025. Source: EFL Official Website
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results; 5) Wins; 6) Away goals; 7) Penalty points (sec 9.5); 8) 12-point sending off offences[29]

Results summary

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Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
3 2 1 0 6 3  +3 7 1 0 0 2 0  +2 1 1 0 4 3  +1

Last updated: 16 August 2025.
Source: Soccerway

Results by round

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Round123
GroundHAA
ResultWWD
Position534
Points367
Source: EFL
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; P = Postponed

Matches

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  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

3 August 2025 1 Stockport County 2–0 Bolton Wanderers Edgeley
12:00 BST
Report
Stadium: Edgeley Park
Attendance: 10,172 (1,205 away)
Referee: Elliott Bell
9 August 2025 2 Wycombe Wanderers 1–2 Stockport County High Wycombe
15:00 BST
Report
Stadium: Adams Park
Attendance: 5,590 (861 away)
Referee: Oliver Yates
16 August 2025 3 Leyton Orient 2–2 Stockport County Leyton
15:00 BST
Report
Stadium: Brisbane Road
Attendance: 7,651 (702 away)
Referee: Ruebyn Ricardo

FA Cup

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Main article: 2025–26 FA Cup

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

EFL Cup

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Main article: 2025–26 EFL Cup

Stockport were drawn at home to Crewe Alexandra in the first round[30][31] and away to Wigan Athletic in the second round.[32]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

12 August 2025 First round Stockport County 3–1 Crewe Alexandra Edgeley
19:30 BST
Report
Stadium: Edgeley Park
Attendance: 4,945 (908 away)
Referee: Scott Jackson
w/c 25 August 2025 Second round Wigan Athletic v Stockport County Wigan
19:45 BST Stadium: Brick Community Stadium

EFL Trophy

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Main article: 2025–26 EFL Trophy

Stockport were drawn against Salford City, Wigan Athletic and Wolverhampton Wanderers U21 in the group stage.[33]

Pos Div Team
 Pld W PW PL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 L2 Salford City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to Round 2
2 L1 Stockport County 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 L1 Wigan Athletic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 ACA Wolverhampton Wanderers U21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: EFL

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

2 September 2025 North Group A Stockport County v Wolverhampton Wanderers U21 Edgeley
19:00 BST Stadium: Edgeley Park
7 October 2025 North Group A Salford City v Stockport County Kersal
19:00 BST Stadium: Moor Lane
11 November 2025 North Group A Stockport County v Wigan Athletic Edgeley
19:00 GMT Stadium: Edgeley Park

Statistics

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Appearances and goals

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As of match played 16 August 2025

Players with no appearances are not included on the list

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 England ENG Ben Hinchliffe 1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
2 DF Republic of Ireland IRL Corey O'Keeffe 4 0 3+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
3 DF England ENG Owen Dodgson 4 0 3+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
5 DF England ENG Joseph Olowu 2 1 2+0 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
7 FW England ENG Jack Diamond 4 1 3+0 1 0+0 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
8 MF Northern Ireland NIR Callum Camps 3 0 3+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
9 FW England ENG Nathan Lowe 4 2 0+3 1 0+0 0 1+0 1 0+0 0
10 FW England ENG Jayden Fevrier 2 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
11 FW Jamaica JAM Malik Mothersille 2 1 1+1 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
15 DF England ENG Ethan Pye 4 0 3+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
16 MF England ENG Callum Connolly 4 0 3+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
18 MF Scotland SCO Lewis Fiorini 1 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 1 0+0 0
19 FW England ENG Kyle Wootton 4 3 3+0 2 0+0 0 1+0 1 0+0 0
21 MF England ENG Owen Moxon 3 0 3+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
23 DF England ENG Danny Andrew 4 0 0+3 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
26 MF Northern Ireland NIR Oliver Norwood 4 0 3+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
27 MF England ENG Odin Bailey 3 0 0+2 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
33 DF England ENG Brad Hills 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
34 GK Jamaica JAM Corey Addai 3 0 3+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
41 DF Germany GER Jid Okeke 1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
47 FW Montserrat MSR Arian Allen 1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
48 FW England ENG Che Gardner 1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 0+0 0

References

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  1. ^ "Dun deal for County as Tayo checks in". Stockport County FC. 19 June 2025. Retrieved 19 June 2025.
  2. ^ "Exciting young talents sign pro-deals at Edgeley Park". Stockport County FC. 29 May 2025. Retrieved 29 May 2025.
  3. ^ "Title-winning defender becomes first Summer signing". Stockport County FC. 18 June 2025. Retrieved 18 June 2025.
  4. ^ "County smash transfer record for one of EFL's biggest talents". Stockport County FC. 2 July 2025. Retrieved 6 July 2025.
  5. ^ "Finnish international Hoskonen joins County". Stockport County FC. 21 July 2025. Retrieved 21 July 2025.
  6. ^ "Experienced defender joins on short-term contract". Stockport County FC. 2 August 2025. Retrieved 2 August 2025.
  7. ^ "Brad Hills returns to Edgeley Park on long-term deal". Stockport County FC. 14 August 2025. Retrieved 14 August 2025.
  8. ^ "Sam Hughes makes Peterborough move permanent". Stockport County FC. 24 June 2025. Retrieved 2 July 2025.
  9. ^ "Tanto completes move to Championship club". Stockport County FC. 2 July 2025. Retrieved 2 July 2025.
  10. ^ "O'Keeffe boosts defensive options". Stockport County FC. 18 July 2025. Retrieved 18 July 2025.
  11. ^ "Forward ranks bolstered by prolific Lowe-n signing". Stockport County FC. 30 July 2025. Retrieved 30 July 2025.
  12. ^ "Dodgson signs ahead of opening day". Stockport County FC. 31 July 2025. Retrieved 31 July 2025.
  13. ^ "Rydel joins Exeter on season-long loan deal". Stockport County FC. 25 June 2025. Retrieved 2 July 2025.
  14. ^ @StockportCounty (16 August 2025). "Goalkeeper Andrew Wogan has joined National League North side Chester on a 7-day emergency loan deal" (Tweet). Retrieved 16 August 2025 – via Twitter.
  15. ^ "Will Collar Is A Don". Milton Keynes Dons FC. 30 June 2025. Retrieved 1 July 2025.
  16. ^ "Horsfall to depart after three seasons at Edgeley Park". Stockport County FC. 3 June 2025. Retrieved 7 June 2025.
  17. ^ "Seasiders Sign Fraser Horsfall". Blackpool FC. 3 June 2025. Retrieved 3 June 2025.
  18. ^ a b "Released and Retained list for next season confirmed". Stockport County FC. 19 May 2025. Retrieved 19 May 2025.
  19. ^ @mansfieldtownfc (12 June 2025). "Mansfield Town are delighted to announce the signing of versatile defender Kyle Knoyle on a two-year deal" (Tweet). Retrieved 12 June 2025 – via Twitter.
  20. ^ "Macca set to move on". Stockport County FC. 20 June 2025. Retrieved 20 June 2025.
  21. ^ "Bristol Rovers Sign Macauley Southam-Hales". Bristol Rovers FC. 25 June 2025. Retrieved 30 June 2025.
  22. ^ "Ibby and Will to depart this Summer". Stockport County FC. 9 June 2025. Retrieved 9 June 2025.
  23. ^ "Touray Joins City". Bradford City AFC. 20 June 2025. Retrieved 20 June 2025.
  24. ^ "Nathaniel Mapengu Signs First Professional Contract". Stockport County FC. 23 July 2025. Retrieved 23 July 2025.
  25. ^ "County to return to Pinatar this Summer". Stockport County FC. 23 May 2025. Retrieved 23 May 2025.
  26. ^ "County to host Hull City in pre-season fixture". Stockport County FC. 5 June 2025. Retrieved 7 June 2025.
  27. ^ "County to travel to Salford City in pre-season". Stockport County FC. 12 June 2025. Retrieved 12 June 2025.
  28. ^ "Stockport County XI to take on Spennymoor in Taylor testimonial". Stockport County FC. 10 June 2025. Retrieved 10 June 2025.
  29. ^ "EFL Regulations Section 3 – The League; subsection 9 – Method of Determining League Positions". English Football League. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
  30. ^ "Carabao Cup Round One confirmed". English Football League. 26 June 2025. Retrieved 5 July 2025.
  31. ^ "Date confirmed for Crewe clash". Stockport County FC. 4 July 2025. Retrieved 5 July 2025.
  32. ^ "County discover second round opponents". Stockport County FC. 13 August 2025. Retrieved 13 August 2025.
  33. ^ "Under-21 teams and Group Stage draw confirmed for 2025/26 Vertu Trophy". English Football League. 25 June 2025. Retrieved 9 July 2025.
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