West Bromwich Albion

2025–26 season
Owner	Bilkul Football WBA
Chairman	Shilen Patel
Manager	Ryan Mason
Stadium	The Hawthorns
Championship	14th
FA Cup	Third Round
EFL Cup	First Round
Top goalscorer	Isaac Price (5)
Home colours Away colours Third colours
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The2025–26 season is the 148th season in the history ofWest Bromwich Albion Football Club and their fifth consecutive season in theChampionship. In addition to thedomestic league, the club would also participate in theFA Cup, and theEFL Cup.

Prior to the season starting,Ryan Mason was appointed head coach signing a three-year contract.^[1]

As of 1 September 2025

No.	Name	Position	Nationality	Place of birth	Date of birth (Age)	Signed from	Date signed	Fee	Contract end
Goalkeepers
20	Josh Griffiths	GK		Hereford	(2001-09-05)5 September 2001 (age 24)	Academy	1 July 2020	—	30 June 2027
23	Joe Wildsmith	GK		Sheffield	(1995-12-28)28 December 1995 (age 29)	Derby County	10 July 2024	Free Transfer	30 June 2026
Defenders
2	Chris Mepham	CB		Harrow	(1997-11-05)5 November 1997 (age 28)	Bournemouth	28 July 2025	Undisclosed	30 June 2028
3	Nat Phillips	CB		Bolton	(1997-03-23)23 March 1997 (age 28)	Liverpool	23 June 2025	Undisclosed	30 June 2028
4	Callum Styles	LB		Bury	(2000-03-27)27 March 2000 (age 25)	Barnsley	24 August 2024	Undisclosed	30 June 2028
5	Krystian Bielik	CB		Konin	(1998-01-04)4 January 1998 (age 27)	Birmingham City	14 August 2025	£1,000,000	30 June 2028
6	George Campbell	CB		Chester	(2001-06-22)22 June 2001 (age 24)	CF Montréal	18 July 2025	Undisclosed	30 June 2029
14	Alfie Gilchrist	RB		Kingston-upon-Thames	(2003-11-28)28 November 2003 (age 22)	Chelsea	29 August 2025	Undisclosed	30 June 2029
29	Charlie Taylor	LB		York	(1993-09-18)18 September 1993 (age 32)	Southampton	1 September 2025	Loan	30 June 2025
41	Alex Williams	RB		Wales	(2005-01-02)2 January 2005 (age 20)	Academy	13 January 2023	—	30 June 2026
Midfielders
8	Jayson Molumby	CM		Cappoquin	(1999-08-06)6 August 1999 (age 26)	Brighton & Hove Albion	1 July 2022	£1,000,000	30 June 2028
13	Toby Collyer	CM		Worthing	(2004-01-03)3 January 2004 (age 21)	Manchester United	15 August 2025	Loan	30 June 2026
17	Ousmane Diakité	CM		Mali	(2000-07-25)25 July 2000 (age 25)	TSV Hartberg	27 June 2024	Free Transfer	30 June 2026
21	Isaac Price	AM		Pontefract	(2003-09-26)26 September 2003 (age 22)	Standard Liege	22 January 2025	Undisclosed	30 June 2029
27	Alex Mowatt	CM		Doncaster	(1995-02-13)13 February 1995 (age 30)	Barnsley	2 July 2021	Free Transfer	30 June 2027
37	Ollie Bostock	CM		London	(2007-02-20)20 February 2007 (age 18)	Academy	19 March 2024	—	30 June 2027
Forwards
7	Jed Wallace	RW		Reading	(1994-03-26)26 March 1994 (age 31)	Millwall	1 July 2022	Free Transfer	30 June 2026
9	Josh Maja	ST		Lewisham	(1998-12-27)27 December 1998 (age 26)	Bordeaux	1 August 2023	Free Transfer	30 June 2026
10	Karlan Grant	CF		Thamesmead	(1997-09-18)18 September 1997 (age 28)	Huddersfield Town	15 October 2020	£16,500,000	30 June 2026
11	Mikey Johnston	LW		Glasgow	(1999-04-19)19 April 1999 (age 26)	Celtic	30 August 2024	£3,000,000	30 June 2028
12	Daryl Dike	ST		Edmond	(2000-06-03)3 June 2000 (age 25)	Orlando City	1 January 2022	£8,630,000	30 June 2026
19	Aune Heggebø	ST		Bergen	(2001-07-29)29 July 2001 (age 24)	Brann	7 July 2025	£4,750,000	30 June 2030
22	Samuel Iling-Junior	LW		Islington	(2003-10-04)4 October 2003 (age 22)	Aston Villa	1 September 2025	Loan	30 June 2025
26	Tammer Bany	CF		Copenhagen	(2003-10-19)19 October 2003 (age 22)	Randers	3 February 2025	Undisclosed	30 June 2028

As of match played 26 November 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	WAL	Chris Mepham	13	0	12+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
3	DF	ENG	Nat Phillips	17	1	17+0	1	0+0	0	0+0	0
4	MF	HUN	Callum Styles	17	0	13+3	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
5	DF	POL	Krystian Bielik	5	0	1+4	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
6	DF	USA	George Campbell	15	0	12+2	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
7	FW	ENG	Jed Wallace	10	1	4+5	1	0+0	0	0+1	0
8	MF	IRL	Jayson Molumby	13	0	10+2	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
9	FW	NGA	Josh Maja	16	1	4+11	1	0+0	0	0+1	0
10	FW	ENG	Karlan Grant	12	0	6+5	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
11	FW	IRL	Mikey Johnston	17	2	13+3	2	0+0	0	1+0	0
12	FW	USA	Daryl Dike	3	0	0+3	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
13	MF	ENG	Toby Collyer	12	0	3+9	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
14	DF	ENG	Alfie Gilchrist	5	0	3+2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
17	MF	MLI	Ousmane Diakité	14	0	6+7	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
19	FW	NOR	Aune Heggebø	18	5	13+4	4	0+0	0	1+0	1
20	GK	ENG	Josh Griffiths	17	0	17+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
21	MF	NIR	Isaac Price	18	5	17+0	5	0+0	0	1+0	0
22	FW	ENG	Samuel Iling-Junior	12	1	7+5	1	0+0	0	0+0	0
23	GK	ENG	Joe Wildsmith	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
27	MF	ENG	Alex Mowatt	18	1	16+1	1	0+0	0	1+0	0
29	DF	ENG	Charlie Taylor	9	0	6+3	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
37	MF	WAL	Ollie Bostock	1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
41	DF	WAL	Alex Williams	2	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
Players who featured but departed the club permanently during the season:
2	DF	ENG	Darnell Furlong	3	0	3+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
14	DF	NOR	Torbjørn Heggem	1	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
15	DF	ENG	Caleb Taylor	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
31	FW	ENG	Tom Fellows	4	0	3+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0

As of match played 26 November 2025

Rank	Number	Position	Nationality	Player	Championship			FA Cup			EFL Cup			Total
1	2	DF		Chris Mepham	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
	3	DF		Nat Phillips	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
3	6	DF		George Campbell	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0
	8	MF		Jayson Molumby	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
5	2	DF		Darnell Furlong	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	4	DF		Callum Styles	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
	21	MF		Isaac Price	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
	27	MF		Alex Mowatt	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
9	9	FW		Josh Maja	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	10	FW		Karlan Grant	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	11	FW		Mikey Johnston	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	19	FW		Aune Heggebø	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Total					16	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	17	2	0

Date	Pos.	Player	From	Fee	Ref.
23 June 2025	CB	Nat Phillips	Liverpool	£3,000,000	[2][3]
2 July 2025	CF	Jack Bray	Harrogate Town	Undisclosed	[4]
3 July 2025	LW	Torin Ntege	Peterborough United	Compensation	[5]
7 July 2025	CF	Aune Heggebø	Brann	£4,750,000	[6][7]
18 July 2025	CB	George Campbell	Montréal	£1,000,000	[8][9]
14 August 2025	CB	Krystian Bielik	Birmingham City	£1,000,000	[10][11]
26 August 2025	CB	Chris Mepham	Bournemouth	Undisclosed	[12]
29 August 2025	RB	Alfie Gilchrist	Chelsea	Undisclosed	[13]
17 September 2025	GK	Brian Okonkwo	Arsenal	Free	[14]

Expenditure: £9,750,000 (not inc. undisclosed transfers)

Date	Pos.	Player	To	Fee	Ref.
30 June 2025	CF	Reyes Cleary	Barnsley	Undisclosed	[15]
15 August 2025	CB	Torbjørn Heggem	Bologna	£10,000,000	[16]
28 August 2025	RB	Darnell Furlong	Ipswich Town	Undisclosed	[17]
29 August 2025	RW	Tom Fellows	Southampton	£10,000,000	[18]
	CB	Caleb Taylor	Millwall	Undisclosed	[19]

Date	Pos.	Player	From	Date until	Ref.
15 August 2025	DM	Toby Collyer	Manchester United	31 May 2026	[20]
1 September 2025	LW	Samuel Iling-Junior	Aston Villa		[21]
	LB	Charlie Taylor	Southampton		[22]

Date	Pos.	Player	To	Date until	Ref.
7 July 2025	CF	Eseosa Sule	Motherwell	31 May 2026	[23]
7 August 2025	GK	Ben Cisse	Rushall Olympic	4 September 2025	[24]
15 August 2025	CM	Harry Whitwell	Forest Green Rovers	31 May 2026	[25]
30 August 2025	CB	Michael Parker	Hereford	27 September 2025	[26]
1 September 2025	RW	Akeel Higgins	Exeter City	31 May 2026	[27]
18 October 2025	CB	Michael Parker	Hereford	21 November 2025	[28]
19 November 2025	CM	Cole Deeming	Truro City	17 December 2025	[29]

Date	Pos.	Player	Subsequent club	Join date	Ref.
30 June 2025	CB	Semi Ajayi	Hull City	1 July 2025	[30][31]
	GK	Ted Cann	Rotherham United		[30][32]
	RW	Archie Kirton	Stourbridge		[30][33]
	AM	Fran Cherchi	Banbury United	12 July 2025	[30][34]
	CM	John Swift	Portsmouth	15 July 2025	[30][35]
	DM	Matt Richards	Hereford	6 August 2025	[30][36]
	AM	Fenton Heard	Rushall Olympic	8 August 2025	[30][37]
	GK	Ronnie Hollingshead	Aston Villa	14 August 2025	[30][38]
	RW	Grady Diangana	Elche	30 August 2025	[30][39]
	LB	Josh Shaw	Hyde United	31 August 2025	[30][40]
	LB	Sam Beedie			[30]
	RB	Reece Hall			[30]
	CB	Rhys Morrish			[30]
	LB	Corey Sears			[30]
8 August 2025	LB	Gianluca Frabotta	Cesena	12 August 2025	[41][42]
	CB	Kyle Bartley	Retired		[43]
1 September 2025	CF	Devante Cole	Port Vale	1 September 2025	[44][45]

Date	Pos.	Player	Contract expiry	Ref.
16 June 2025	RB	Alfie Maughan	30 June 2027[a]	[46]
1 July 2025	GK	Louis Brady	30 June 2026[a][b]	[47]
	CF	Dan Chimeziri		[47]
3 July 2025	RW	Akeel Higgins	30 June 2026[b]	[5]
	CF	Layton Love	31 December 2025	[5]
	DM	Souleyman Mandey	30 June 2027	[5]
	CB	Michael Parker		[5]
	CF	Eseosa Sule		[5]
	RB	Alex Williams	30 June 2026[b]	[5]
8 August 2025	CM	Harry Whitwell	30 June 2027	[48]
12 August 2025	CM	Cole Deeming		[49]
20 August 2025	CM	Alex Mowatt		[50]
10 September 2025	CAM	Oliver Bostock		[51]
3 October 2025	RB	Alex Williams	30 June 2028	[52]

On 5 June, West Bromwich Albion announced their first two pre-season friendlies, againstBlackpool andLincoln City.^[53] Two weeks later, a home friendly againstRayo Vallecano was confirmed.^[54] A week-long training camp inAustria had also been announced with abehind-closed-doors friendly againstDynamo Kyiv arranged.^[55]

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Lincoln City v West Bromwich Albion

26 July 2025Friendly	Lincoln City	4–2	West Bromwich Albion	Lincoln
15:00BST	Makama 2',3' Towler 52' Moylan 83'	Report	Grant 64' Cole 90+2'	Stadium:Sincil Bank Attendance: 3,810 (1,083 away)

August
Newly appointed managerRyan Mason began his Albion tenure with an opening day clash at home toBlackburn. The hosts started brightly, grabbing the lead fifteen minutes in throughIsaac Price. Albion held on in the second half, despiteDarnell Furlong's red card, to win 1–0.^[56] The Baggies were in action just three days later in theEFL Cup, and were knocked out on penalties at theHawthorns byDerby County.Aune Heggebø scored his first goal for the club in the second half, butJoe Ward equalised right at the death and the Rams won the subsequent shoot-out 3–2 to knock Albion out in the first round for the third year in a row.^[57] The first away day of the season was a trip to newly promotedWrexham, with ownersRyan Reynolds andRob McElhenney watching on.Isaac Price scored again to give Albion the lead, but the hosts hit back throughLewis O'Brien just before half-time. SubstitutesMikey Johnston andJed Wallace combined to give the Baggies the lead in the second half, beforePrice grabbed his second to make 1–3.Sam Smith pulled one back forWrexham late on, but it wasn't enough to stop Albion making it back-to-back victories to start the league campaign.^[58] Next up for the Baggies wasPortsmouth at theHawthorns, and it ended in a controversial 1–1 draw.Mikey Johnston gave the hosts a first half lead, butColby Bishop equalised forPortsmouth just after the interval. Albion were denied a penalty for what seemed to be a clear foul onAune Heggebø, and then saw a stonewall red card not be given moments later, withRyan Mason sent off for his protests.^[59]Mason then had to watch from the stands as they won 0–1 away atStoke, withNat Phillips heading Albion into 2nd place going into the first international break.^[60]

September
West Bromwich Albion celebrated 125 years at theHawthorns on the 13 September at home toDerby County, but the visitors spoiled the party with a lateAndi Weimann strike.^[61] A long trip up toTeesside awaited the Baggies on the following Friday, against aMiddlesbrough side top of theChampionship table. Boro took lead through defenderDavid Strelec, beforeKaly Sène doubled the lead on the hour mark.Aune Heggebø pulled one back late on, but it wasn't enough asMiddlesbrough took all three points.^[62] Next up for Albion wasLeicester City under the Friday night lights at theHawthorns.Samuel Iling-Junior made his full debut, and ten minutes in scored a wonderful solo goal. Albion had multiple chances to kill the game off, but didn't take them and were made to pay whenNat Phillips put the ball in his own net in stoppage time.^[63]

October
Norwich City in midweek were next up, having lost all of their home games so far.Josh Maja's first goal of the season was enough to earn all three points on the road, asNorwich's poor run atCarrow Road continued.^[64] Albion were then well beaten at theDen, withMillwall running out 3–0 winners.Jake Cooper gave the hosts a first half lead, beforeFemi Azeez andZak Sturge extended their advantage in the second half.^[65] The Baggies returned home from the international break with a promising 2–1 victory overPreston.Mikey Johnston andIsaac Price put Albion 2–0 up, and held on despite a lateMichael Smith consolation.^[66] They were unable to build on the victory however, falling to a 2–1 defeat atVicarage Road the following Wednesday.Price scored again to give the Baggies the lead, butWatford turned it round throughImran Louza andRocco Vata.^[67] Albion then lost on the road again, withJack Clarke pouncing on a late mistake to win the game forIpswich Town.^[68]

November
The poor run of form continued with a goalless draw at home toSheffield Wednesday, who had recently enteredadministration and had been deducted 12 points.^[69] Albion performed better againstCharlton, andJosh Griffiths saved a first half penalty, but they conceded a last minuteSonny Carey winner to ramp up the pressure onRyan Mason.^[70] The Baggies did manage to end the poor run with 2–1 comeback win overOxford United.Will Lankshear put the visitors in front, butGreg Leigh put the ball in his own net 2 minutes later to equalise.Aune Heggebø then came off the bench to score the winner twenty minutes from time.^[71]

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West Bromwich Albion vPortsmouth

23 August 20253	West Bromwich Albion	1–1	Portsmouth	West Bromwich
15:00BST	Campbell 7' Johnston 26' Mowatt 70'	Report	Swift 43' Bishop 56' 66' Poole 63' Le Roux 78' Waddingham 80'	Stadium:Hawthorns Attendance: 24,818 (2,473 away) Referee: Elliot Bell

Stoke City v West Bromwich Albion

30 August 20254	Stoke City	0–1	West Bromwich Albion	Stoke-on-Trent
12:30BST	Tchamadeu 60'	Report	Phillips 14' Price 60' Campbell 70'	Stadium:bet365 Stadium Attendance: 25,328 (3,394 away) Referee: Matt Donohue
Note: Live onSky Sports+

West Bromwich Albion vDerby County

13 September 20255	West Bromwich Albion	0–1	Derby County	West Bromwich
15:00BST	Styles 62'	Report	Travis 59' Weimann 84' Sanderson 89'	Stadium:Hawthorns Attendance: 25,596 (2,526 away) Referee: Reubyn Ricardo

Middlesbrough v West Bromwich Albion

19 September 20256	Middlesbrough	2–1	West Bromwich Albion	Middlesbrough
20:00BST	Strelec 26' Sène 61'	Report	Heggebø 90'	Stadium:Riverside Stadium Attendance: 27,803 (1,061 away) Referee: Andrew Kitchen
Note: Live onSky Sports

West Bromwich Albion vLeicester City

26 September 20257	West Bromwich Albion	1–1	Leicester City	West Bromwich
20:00BST	Iling-Junior 10' Phillips 47' Molumby 70'	Report	Carranza 61' Monga 88' Vestergaard 90' Choudhury 90+1' Phillips 90+3' (o.g.) Fatawu 90+5'	Stadium:Hawthorns Attendance: 24,235 (2,540 away) Referee: Stephen Martin
Note: Live onSky Sports

Norwich City v West Bromwich Albion

1 October 20258	Norwich City	0–1	West Bromwich Albion	Norwich
19:45BST	Crnac 79'	Report	Maja 20' Campbell 28' Mepham 66' Price 70' Mowatt 71'	Stadium:Carrow Road Attendance: 24,640 (1,903 away) Referee: Sam Allison

Millwall v West Bromwich Albion

4 October 20259	Millwall	3–0	West Bromwich Albion	Bermondsey
15:00BST	Cooper 18' 45+2' Azeez 56' Sturge 72'	Report	Mepham 12' Styles 30'	Stadium:The Den Attendance: 17,865 (2,013 away) Referee: Tim Robinson

West Bromwich Albion vPreston North End

18 October 202510	West Bromwich Albion	2–1	Preston North End	West Bromwich
15:00BST	Phillips 10' Johnston 40' Price 62' Mepham 66'	Report	Storey 65' Smith 78'	Stadium:Hawthorns Attendance: 24,068 (1,998 away) Referee: Andrew Kitchen

Ipswich Town v West Bromwich Albion

25 October 202512	Ipswich Town	1–0	West Bromwich Albion	Ipswich
12:30BST	Hirst 75' Clarke 83'	Report	Mepham 78'	Stadium:Portman Road Attendance: 28,447 (2,205 away) Referee: Josh Smith
Note: Live onSky Sports

West Bromwich Albion vSheffield Wednesday

1 November 202513	West Bromwich Albion	0–0	Sheffield Wednesday	West Bromwich
12:30GMT	Maja 85'	Report	Ugbo 70'	Stadium:Hawthorns Attendance: 23,622 (2,515 away) Referee: Ben Toner
Note: Live onSky Sports+

West Bromwich Albion vOxford United

8 November 202515	West Bromwich Albion	2–1	Oxford United	West Bromwich
15:00GMT	Leigh 56' (o.g.) Heggebø 70'	Report	Lankshear 54'	Stadium:Hawthorns Attendance: 22,898 (1,630 away) Referee: Jacob Miles

West Bromwich Albion vBirmingham City

26 November 202517	West Bromwich Albion	1–1	Birmingham City	West Bromwich
20:00GMT	Mowatt 12' Johnston 77'	Report	Klarer 28' Iwata 33' Ducksch 78'	Stadium:Hawthorns Attendance: 24,282 (2,538) away Referee: Thomas Kirk
Note: Live onSky Sports

West Brom were drawn at home toDerby County in the first round.^[74][75]

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West Bromwich Albion vDerby County

12 August 2025First Round	West Bromwich Albion	1–1 (2–3p)	Derby County	West Bromwich
19:45BST	Campbell 48' Heggbø 67'	Report	Elder 25' Weimann 56' Adams 83' Ward 90+6'	Stadium:Hawthorns Attendance: 8,548 (1,381 away) Referee: Thomas Kirk
	Penalties
	Wallace Maja Mowatt Molumby Grant		Goudmijn Osborn Jackson Ward Adams

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