2025–26 Middlesbrough F.C. season

Middlesbrough
2025–26 season
OwnerSteve Gibson
ChairmanSteve Gibson
Head CoachRob Edwards
(until 12 November)[1]
Kim Hellberg
(from 26 November)[2]
StadiumRiverside Stadium
Championship2nd
EFL CupFirst round
Top goalscorerTommy Conway
Kaly Sène
(2 goals each)

The 2025–26 season is the 150th season in the history of Middlesbrough Football Club and their ninth consecutive season in the Championship. In addition to the domestic league, the club are also participating in the FA Cup and the EFL Cup.

Managerial changes

Prior to the season starting, Rob Edwards was appointed as the new head coach on a three-year contract.[3] On 12 November, after 15 games in charge and a win ratio of 46.67%, he resigned as head coach to join Wolverhampton Wanderers.[1] Twelve days later, Kim Hellberg was appointed head coach from Swedish side Hammarby.[2]

Transfers and contracts

In

Date Pos. Player From Fee Ref.
1 July 2025 GK Owen Foster Hull City Free [4]
4 July 2025 CB Archie Baptiste Tottenham Hotspur [5]
25 July 2025 CF Jayden Carbon Oxford City Undisclosed [6]
CB Jack Daley Newcastle Blue Star Free transfer [7]
Alfie Jones Hull City £3,000,000 [8][9]
29 July 2025 DM Abdoulaye Kanté Troyes £2,610,000 [10][11]
4 August 2025 RB Callum Brittain Blackburn Rovers £3,500,000 [12][13]
13 August 2025 RW Sontje Hansen NEC Nijmegen £3,000,000 [14][15]
20 August 2025 CB Adilson Malanda Charlotte £7,364,000 [16][17]
29 August 2025 CF Kaly Sène Lausanne-Sport £1,500,000 [18][19]
1 September 2025 GK Jon McLaughlin Swansea City Free [20]
CF David Strelec Slovan Bratislava £8,000,000 [21]
Expenditure: ≈ £28,974,000 (all fees converted into GBP)

Out

Date Pos. Player To Fee Ref.
20 June 2025 GK Zach Hemming Chesterfield £150,000 [22][23]
26 June 2025 CF Josh Coburn Millwall £5,000,000 [24][25]
13 August 2025 CB Rav van den Berg Köln £11,200,000 [26][25][27]
29 August 2025 CAM Finn Azaz Southampton £12,000,000 [28][29]
Income: £28,350,000

Loans in

Date Pos. Player From Date until Ref.
19 August 2025 CM Sverre Nypan Manchester City 31 May 2026 [30]
27 August 2025 LB Matt Targett Newcastle United [31]
1 September 2025 CM Alan Browne Sunderland [32]

Loans out

Date Pos. Player To Date until Ref.
20 August 2025 CB Adilson Malanda Charlotte 31 December 2025 [16]
29 August 2025 LW Charlie Lennon Darlington 27 September 2025 [33]
31 August 2025 LB Neto Borges Bristol City 31 May 2026 [34]
1 September 2025 CF Marcus Forss Bolton Wanderers [35]
CM Law McCabe Plymouth Argyle [36]
2 September 2025 CDM Daniel Barlaser Hibernian [37]
26 September 2025 CDM Luke Woolston South Shields 2 January 2026 [38]
25 October 2025 RW Max Howells Darlington 4 January 2026[a] [39][40]
11 November 2025 RW Frankie Coulson Morpeth Town 9 December 2025 [41]
  1. ^ On 1 December, Howells' loan at Darlington was extended by a further month

Released / out of contract

Date Pos. Player Subsequent club Join date Ref.
30 June 2025 CB Jack Hannah Queen of the South 1 July 2025 [42][43]
CM Jack Stott [42][44]
CB Cain Sykes South Shields [42][45]
CB Afonso Lindo Iberia 1999 15 July 2025 [42][46]
RB Nathan Simpson Chester-le-Street Town 22 July 2025 [42][47]
RB Anfernee Dijksteel Kocaelispor 28 July 2025 [42][48]
CB Alfie Myers-Smith Darlington 1 August 2025 [42][49]
CF Daniel Nkrumah Wealdstone 8 August 2025 [42][50]
CM Jonny Howson Leeds United 11 August 2025 [51][52]
LW Pharrell Willis Columbus Crew 21 August 2025 [42][53]
RB Terrell Agyemang Morecambe 27 August 2025 [42][54]
LB George Gitau Dagenham & Redbridge 1 November 2025 [42][55]
1 September 2025 GK Tom Glover [56]

New contracts

Date Pos. Player Contracted until Ref.
2 October 2025 CM Isaac Greenup Undisclosed[a] [57]
9 October 2025 RWB Rio Patterson-Powell [58]
17 November 2025 CF Cruz Ibeh [59]
4 December 2025 CF Layton Campbell [60]
  1. ^ First professional contract

Pre-season and friendlies

On 27 May, Middlesbrough announced their first pre-season friendly, against Rangers.[61] A week later, a second fixture was confirmed, against Hartlepool United.[62] A third trip was later added against Bradford City.[63] A home friendly was later announced, against Deportivo La Coruña.[64] On 4 July, a trip to Mansfield Town was added.[65]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

12 July 2025 Friendly Santa Clara 1–0 Middlesbrough TBC, Portugal
14:00 WEST Report Stadium: TBC
Attendance: 0 (behind-closed-doors)
19 July 2025 Friendly Mansfield Town 3–3 Middlesbrough Mansfield
15:00 BST
Report
Stadium: Field Mill
23 July 2025 Friendly Bradford City 2–0 Middlesbrough Bradford
19:00 BST
Report Stadium: Valley Parade
26 July 2025 Friendly Rangers 2–2 Middlesbrough Ibrox, Scotland
14:00 BST
Report
Stadium: Ibrox Stadium
30 July 2025 Friendly Hartlepool United 1–1 Middlesbrough Hartlepool
19:00 BST
Report
Stadium: Victoria Park
2 August 2025 Friendly Middlesbrough 2–2 Deportivo La Coruña Middlesbrough
15:00 BST
Report
Stadium: Riverside Stadium

Competitions

Overall record

Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Championship 9 August 2025 Matchday 1 17 8 6 3 22 18 +4 047.06
FA Cup Third round 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !
EFL Cup 12 August 2025 First round First round 1 0 0 1 0 4 −4 000.00
Total 18 8 6 4 22 22 +0 044.44

Last updated: 25 November 2025
Source: Soccerway

Championship

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Coventry City 21 14 5 2 52 22 +30 47 Promotion to the Premier League
2 Middlesbrough 21 12 6 3 33 22 +11 42
3 Preston North End 21 9 8 4 29 22 +7 35 Qualification for the Championship play-offs
4 Millwall 21 10 5 6 25 29 −4 35
5 Ipswich Town 21 9 7 5 35 22 +13 34
Updated to match(es) played on 19 December 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) Number of 12-point sending off offences; 9) Play-off (only if needed to determine promotion/relegation)[66]

Results summary

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
21 12 6 3 33 22  +11 42 7 2 1 16 10  +6 5 4 2 17 12  +5

Last updated: 13 December 2025.
Source: Soccerway

Results by round

Round123456789101112131415161718192021
GroundHAAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHHAAH
ResultWWWWDWDDLWWDLDWDLWWWW
Position822111112222232232222
Points369121316171818212425252629303033363942
Updated to match(es) played on 13 December 2025. Source: EFL
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; P = Postponed

Matches

On 26 June the Championship fixtures were announced, with Middlesbrough hosting Swansea City on the opening weekend.[67]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

9 August 2025 1 Middlesbrough 1–0 Swansea City Middlesbrough
15:00 BST
Report
Stadium: Riverside Stadium
Attendance: 26,035
Referee: Farai Hallam
16 August 2025 2 Millwall 0–3 Middlesbrough Bermondsey
15:00 BST
Report
Stadium: The Den
Attendance: 18,021
Referee: Tom Nield
23 August 2025 3 Norwich City 1–2 Middlesbrough Norwich
15:00 BST
Report
Stadium: Carrow Road
Attendance: 26,381
Referee: Leigh Doughty
30 August 2025 4 Middlesbrough 1–0 Sheffield United Middlesbrough
12:30 BST
Report
Stadium: Riverside Stadium
Attendance: 26,610
Referee: Lewis Smith
Note: Fixture was originally scheduled for a 15:00 kick-off, but was moved live Sky Sports broadcasting.[68]
13 September 2025 5 Preston North End 2–2 Middlesbrough Preston
12:30 BST
Report
Stadium: Deepdale
Attendance: 19,391
Referee: Thomas Kirk
Note: Fixture was originally scheduled for a 15:00 kick-off, but was moved live Sky Sports broadcasting.[68]
19 September 2025 6 Middlesbrough 2–1 West Bromwich Albion Middlesbrough
20:00 BST
  • Heggebo 90'
Stadium: Riverside Stadium
Attendance: Andrew Kitchen
Referee: 27,803
Note: Fixture was originally scheduled for 20 September, but was moved live Sky Sports broadcasting.[68]
27 September 2025 7 Southampton 1–1 Middlesbrough Southampton
15:00 BST
Report
Stadium: St Mary's Stadium
Attendance: 28,605
Referee: Farai Hallam
30 September 2025 8 Middlesbrough 0–0 Stoke City Middlesbrough
19:45 BST
Report Stadium: Riverside Stadium
Attendance: 24,707
Referee: David Webb
4 October 2025 9 Portsmouth 1–0 Middlesbrough Milton
15:00 BST
Report
Stadium: Fratton Park
Attendance: 20,397
Referee: Anthony Backhouse
17 October 2025 10 Middlesbrough 2–1 Ipswich Town Middlesbrough
20:00 BST
Stadium: Riverside Stadium
Attendance: 27,805
Referee: Matt Donohue
Note: Fixture was originally scheduled for 18 October, but was rescheduled for live Sky Sports broadcasting.[69]
22 October 2025 11 Sheffield Wednesday 0–1 Middlesbrough Owlerton
20:00 BST
Report
Stadium: Hillsborough Stadium
Attendance: 7,081
Referee: Thomas Kirk
Note: Fixture was originally scheduled for a 19:45 kick-off, but was rescheduled for live Sky Sports broadcasting.[69]
25 October 2025 12 Middlesbrough 1–1 Wrexham Middlesbrough
15:00 BST
Report
Stadium: Riverside Stadium
Attendance: 30,046
Referee: Stephen Martin
1 November 2025 13 Watford 3–0 Middlesbrough Watford
15:00 GMT
Report
Stadium: Vicarage Road
Attendance: 19,278
Referee: John Busby
4 November 2025 14 Leicester City 1–1 Middlesbrough Leicester
19:45 GMT
Report
Stadium: King Power Stadium
Attendance: 28,389
Referee: Adam Herczeg
8 November 2025 15 Middlesbrough 2–1 Birmingham City Middlesbrough
15:00 GMT
Report
Stadium: Riverside Stadium
Attendance: 26,378
Referee: Sam Allison
22 November 2025 16 Oxford United 1–1 Middlesbrough Littlemore
15:00 GMT
Report
Stadium: Kassam Stadium
Attendance: 11,138
Referee: Ben Toner
25 November 2025 17 Middlesbrough 2–4 Coventry City Middlesbrough
19:45 GMT
Report
Stadium: Riverside Stadium
Attendance: 26,726
Referee: Matt Donohue
29 November 2025 18 Middlesbrough 2–1 Derby County Middlesbrough
15:00 GMT Report
Stadium: Riverside Stadium
Attendance: 25,402
Referee: James Linington
5 December 2025 19 Hull City 1–4 Middlesbrough Kingston upon Hull
20:00 GMT
Report Stadium: MKM Stadium
Attendance: 21,105
Referee: Dean Whitestone
Note: Fixture was originally scheduled for 6 December, but was rescheduled for live Sky Sports broadcasting.[69]
9 December 2025 20 Charlton Athletic 1–2 Middlesbrough Charlton
19:45 GMT
Report
Stadium: The Valley
Attendance: 17,258
Referee: Oliver Langford
13 December 2025 21 Middlesbrough 3–1 Queens Park Rangers Middlesbrough
15:00 GMT
Report
Stadium: Riverside Stadium
Attendance: 24,055
Referee: David Webb

FA Cup

Middlesbrough were drawn away to Fulham in the third round.[70][71]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

10 January 2026 Third round Fulham v Middlesbrough Fulham
15:00 GMT Stadium: Craven Cottage

EFL Cup

Middlesbrough were drawn at home to Doncaster Rovers in the first round.[72][73]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

12 August 2025 First round Middlesbrough 0–4 Doncaster Rovers Middlesbrough
19:30 BST
Report
Stadium: Riverside Stadium
Attendance: 11,979
Referee: Matt Corlett

Statistics

Appearances and goals

As of match played 13 December 2025

Players with no appearances are not included on the list

No. Pos Nat Player Total Championship FA Cup EFL Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
2 DF  ENG Callum Brittain 21 0 20+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
3 DF  ENG Matt Targett 18 2 16+2 2 0+0 0 0+0 0
5 DF  CAN Alfie Jones 21 1 20+0 1 0+0 0 1+0 0
6 DF  ENG Dael Fry 12 2 10+1 2 0+0 0 0+1 0
7 MF  ENG Hayden Hackney 22 3 21+0 3 0+0 0 0+1 0
8 MF  AUS Riley McGree 9 2 5+4 2 0+0 0 0+0 0
9 FW  SCO Tommy Conway 22 3 20+1 3 0+0 0 1+0 0
10 FW  SUR Delano Burgzorg 19 1 9+9 1 0+0 0 1+0 0
11 FW  ENG Morgan Whittaker 21 8 17+3 8 0+0 0 1+0 0
12 DF  ENG Luke Ayling 20 1 15+4 1 0+0 0 1+0 0
13 FW  SVK David Strelec 13 3 8+5 3 0+0 0 0+0 0
14 MF  IRL Alex Gilbert 3 1 2+1 1 0+0 0 0+0 0
16 MF  IRL Alan Browne 15 0 9+6 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
17 FW  ENG Micah Hamilton 2 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+1 0
18 MF  USA Aidan Morris 18 0 15+2 0 0+0 0 0+1 0
19 MF  NOR Sverre Nypan 14 0 3+11 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
20 FW  SEN Kaly Sène 18 2 3+15 2 0+0 0 0+0 0
21 FW  FIN Marcus Forss 2 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+1 0
22 FW  AUS Samuel Silvera 14 0 5+9 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
24 DF  SLE Alex Bangura 3 0 3+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
25 DF  ENG George Edmundson 5 0 3+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
26 DF  IRL Darragh Lenihan 2 0 1+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
27 FW  CUW Sontje Hansen 11 1 3+8 1 0+0 0 0+0 0
28 MF  ENG Law McCabe 1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
30 DF  BRA Neto Borges 4 0 0+3 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
31 GK  ENG Sol Brynn 21 0 21+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
40 DF  ENG George McCormick 2 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
42 MF  CIV Abdoulaye Kanté 5 0 1+3 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
47 DF  ENG Archie Baptiste 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
Player(s) who featured but departed the club permanently during the season:
20 MF  IRL Finn Azaz 2 1 1+1 1 0+0 0 0+0 0
23 GK  AUS Tom Glover 1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0

Disciplinary record

As of match played 13 December 2025
Rank No. Pos. Nat. Player Championship FA Cup EFL Cup Total
       
1 5 DF Alfie Jones 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1
2 2 DF Callum Brittain 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0
3 7 MF Hayden Hackney 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
9 FW Tommy Conway 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
12 DF Luke Ayling 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
22 FW Samuel Silvera 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
7 11 FW Morgan Whittaker 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
19 MF Sverre Nypan 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
20 FW Kaly Sène 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
10 3 DF Matt Targett 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
8 MF Riley McGree 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
10 FW Delano Burgzorg 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
13 FW David Strelec 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
14 MF Alex Gilbert 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
16 MF Alan Browne 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
25 DF George Edmundson 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
26 DF Darragh Lenihan 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
42 MF Abdoulaye Kanté 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0
Totals 33 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 34 0 1

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