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Tottenham Hotspur

2025–26 season
The reaction of the Tottenham players immediately after the final whistle on the last game of the season against Everton, confirming safety.
Owner	ENIC International Ltd.
Chairman	Daniel Levy (until 4 September) Peter Charrington (Non-Executive) (from 4 September)
Head coach	Thomas Frank (until 11 February) Igor Tudor (interim, from 14 February until 29 March) Roberto De Zerbi (from 31 March)
Stadium	Tottenham Hotspur Stadium
Premier League	17th
FA Cup	Third round
EFL Cup	Fourth round
UEFA Champions League	Round of 16
UEFA Super Cup	Runners-up
Top goalscorer	League: Richarlison (11) All: Richarlison (12)
Highest home attendance	61,876 v Everton, Premier League, 24 May 2026
Lowest home attendance	42,473 v Doncaster Rovers, EFL Cup, 24 September 2025
Average home league attendance	61,006
Biggest win	4–0 v Copenhagen (H), Champions League, 4 November 2025
Biggest defeat	1–4 v Arsenal (A), Premier League, 23 November 2025 0–3 v Nottingham Forest (A), Premier League, 14 December 2025 1–4 v Arsenal (H), Premier League, 22 February 2026 2–5 v Atlético Madrid (A), Champions League, 10 March 2026 0–3 v Nottingham Forest (H), Premier League, 22 March 2026
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The 2025–26 season was the 144th season in the history of Tottenham Hotspur Football Club, their 48th consecutive season in the top flight of English football, and 34th consecutive season in the Premier League. In addition to the domestic league, the club also participated in the FA Cup, the EFL Cup, the UEFA Champions League, and made a debut appearance in the UEFA Super Cup, with the latter two qualifications coming by virtue of winning the UEFA Europa League final 1–0 against Manchester United in the previous season.

The club endured a poor season on the pitch, finishing 17th in the Premier League for the second consecutive season. Tottenham were very close to being relegated, ultimately edging out London rivals West Ham United for survival by just two points. Early eliminations from all the cup competitions in conjunction with the league finish ensured Spurs for the 2026–27 season would not play in any UEFA-sanctioned competition for the first time since the 2023–24 season and only the third time since the 2004–05 season.

Prior to the season, Thomas Frank was headhunted from Brentford and appointed as head coach on a three-year contract, replacing the sacked Ange Postecoglou. The summer transfer window also saw a significant leadership shift on the pitch, as long-serving captain Son Heung-min departed for Los Angeles FC after a decade at the club. This period of transition reached the boardroom on 4 September 2025, when Daniel Levy resigned (but was widely understood to be de facto sacked by the Lewis Family) as executive chairman after nearly 25 years at the helm, with the Lewis Family citing a lack of footballing success and focus on football.

The season started positively, with a competitive performance in the UEFA Super Cup against heavy favourites and European champions Paris Saint-Germain, albeit with Tottenham ultimately throwing away a 2–0 lead late on to draw 2–2 and losing on penalties. Frank also won his first two league games, including a marquee win over Manchester City away from home, and Spurs were third in the league on Halloween. However, optimism dissipated quickly due to a collapse in form, poor performances in derby losses to Chelsea and Arsenal in November, and growing concerns about a very defensive style of football creating very few chances. Spurs also suffered a very large injury crisis throughout 2026, with parallels to the preceding two seasons. Spurs hurtled down the league and despite pleas for patience Frank grew increasingly unpopular. Tottenham board members Vinai Venkatesham and Johan Lange, promoted to positions of power after Daniel Levy's exit, would face criticism for retaining Thomas Frank for too long. By February 2026, a 2–1 home loss to Newcastle United left Spurs in 16th place, prompting the club to dismiss Frank after only eight months in charge following exits from both domestic cup competitions.

The subsequent managerial search saw Igor Tudor appointed on 17 February as interim head coach. Tudor was known for overseeing immediate upturns in results upon joining new clubs, yet his stint began with disastrous results, suffering losses to Arsenal, Fulham, Crystal Palace and Nottingham Forest in the league. His only other league game was a late-earned draw away at Anfield against Liverpool. He also oversaw a 7–5 Champions League round of 16 aggregate loss to Atlético Madrid, beginning with a 5–2 defeat in Spain, including being 4–0 down after 23 minutes due to goals from poor slips and individual errors. Tudor played backup goalkeeper Antonín Kinský in the match, but substituted him after sixteen minutes following two individual errors to much criticism.

Tudor was sacked as interim head coach on 29 March after just 44 days in charge, in the aftermath of a 3–0 home defeat to Nottingham Forest. He was replaced by Roberto De Zerbi, coming in as permanent manager. The club's situation worsened on 10 April, when a 4–0 victory for West Ham United against Wolverhampton Wanderers pushed Tottenham into the relegation zone after three or more games played for the first time since January 2009. This standing served as the backdrop for De Zerbi's managerial debut two days later, which resulted in a 1–0 defeat at Sunderland.

De Zerbi would go on to lead Spurs to eleven points from their final six matches, which would be enough to clinch safety on the final day and finish 17th. Tottenham went into the last game of the season knowing that only a loss at home to Everton and a win for West Ham at home against Leeds United would see them relegated, excluding an unrealistic twelve goal difference swing. Tottenham won 1–0; a João Palhinha goal in the 43rd minute from a corner was the winner. West Ham were therefore relegated despite a 3–0 win over Leeds.

Despite confirming safety, the season would be remembered as one of the worst in Tottenham's history; the team had a historically close brush with relegation, three managers in a season, the large Champions League round of 16 first leg loss to Atlético Madrid, and were knocked out of the FA Cup in the third round for only the second time in twenty years, being eliminated by Aston Villa. The Premier League finish of 17th meant that it was the first time Tottenham had finished as low as 17th in the top flight two years running for 111 years. The club also lost six matches in a row across all competitions for the first time in their history. Tottenham did not win any of their first fifteen league games of 2026, the second-longest league winless streak in their history (sixteen games without a win in 1934–35). Spurs also experienced historically poor home form, with only three home league wins all season, the joint-lowest by any Premier League team to escape relegation along with Hull City in 2008–09, including a run of one home win in seventeen. Everton were the only team Tottenham beat home and away in the league.

The season was considered by many to be the only serious threat of relegation experienced by a "Big Six" club since the formation of the concept when Manchester City were taken over in 2008. The story of the missteps by the club executives and management, which nearly led Tottenham to what would have been a historic relegation to the Championship for the first time in 49 years, became the dominant narrative across the Premier League for the 2025–26 season.

No.	Player	Nationality	Position(s)	Date of birth (age)
Goalkeepers
1	Guglielmo Vicario (4th captain)		GK	(1996-10-07) 7 October 1996 (age 30)
31	Antonín Kinský		GK	(2003-03-13) 13 March 2003 (age 23)
40	Brandon Austin		GK	(1999-01-07) 7 January 1999 (age 27)
Defenders
3	Radu Drăgușin		CB	(2002-02-03) 3 February 2002 (age 24)
4	Kevin Danso		CB	(1998-09-19) 19 September 1998 (age 28)
13	Destiny Udogie		LB / LWB / LM	(2002-11-28) 28 November 2002 (age 23)
17	Cristian Romero (captain)		CB	(1998-04-27) 27 April 1998 (age 28)
23	Pedro Porro		RB / RWB	(1999-09-13) 13 September 1999 (age 27)
24	Djed Spence		LB / RB / RWB	(2000-08-09) 9 August 2000 (age 26)
33	Ben Davies (3rd captain)		CB / LB	(1993-04-24) 24 April 1993 (age 33)
37	Micky van de Ven (5th captain)		CB / LB	(2001-04-19) 19 April 2001 (age 25)
38	Souza		LB	(2006-06-16) 16 June 2006 (age 20)
Midfielders
6	João Palhinha		DM / CB / CM	(1995-07-09) 9 July 1995 (age 31)
7	Xavi Simons		AM / LW / CM	(2003-04-21) 21 April 2003 (age 23)
8	Yves Bissouma		DM / CM	(1996-08-30) 30 August 1996 (age 30)
10	James Maddison (vice captain)		AM / CM / RW	(1996-11-23) 23 November 1996 (age 29)
14	Archie Gray		CM / DM / CB	(2006-03-12) 12 March 2006 (age 20)
15	Lucas Bergvall		CM / AM	(2006-02-02) 2 February 2006 (age 20)
21	Dejan Kulusevski		AM / RW / ST	(2000-04-25) 25 April 2000 (age 26)
22	Conor Gallagher		CM / DM	(2000-02-06) 6 February 2000 (age 26)
29	Pape Matar Sarr		CM / AM	(2002-09-14) 14 September 2002 (age 24)
30	Rodrigo Bentancur		CM / DM	(1997-06-25) 25 June 1997 (age 29)
Forwards
9	Richarlison		ST / LW	(1997-04-10) 10 April 1997 (age 29)
11	Mathys Tel		ST / LW / RW	(2005-04-27) 27 April 2005 (age 21)
19	Dominic Solanke		ST	(1997-09-14) 14 September 1997 (age 29)
20	Mohammed Kudus		RW / AM / ST	(2000-08-02) 2 August 2000 (age 26)
28	Wilson Odobert		LW / RW / AM	(2004-11-28) 28 November 2004 (age 21)
39	Randal Kolo Muani		ST / RW	(1998-12-05) 5 December 1998 (age 27)
Out on loan
16	Luka Vušković		CB	(2007-02-24) 24 February 2007 (age 19)
18	Yang Min-hyeok		RW / LW	(2006-04-16) 16 April 2006 (age 20)
25	Kōta Takai		CB	(2004-09-04) 4 September 2004 (age 22)
27	Manor Solomon		LW / RW	(1999-07-24) 24 July 1999 (age 27)
35	Ashley Phillips		CB	(2005-06-26) 26 June 2005 (age 21)
36	Alejo Véliz		ST	(2003-09-19) 19 September 2003 (age 23)
44	Dane Scarlett		ST / LW	(2004-03-24) 24 March 2004 (age 22)
45	Alfie Devine		CM / AM	(2004-08-11) 11 August 2004 (age 22)

Date from	Pos.	Nationality	Player	Subsequent club	Notes	Ref.
30 June 2025	DF		Archie Baptiste	Middlesbrough	End of contract
	GK		Fraser Forster	AFC Bournemouth
	DF		Maxwell McKnight	Brentford
	DF		Sergio Reguilón	Inter Miami
	DF		Max Robson	Forest Green Rovers
	GK		Charlie Warren	Queens Park Rangers
	FW		Jaden Williams	Colchester United
	DF		Timileyin Adekunle	Free agent
	DF		Will Andiyapan	Free agent
	GK		Elliot Krasniqi	Free agent
	DF		Jahziah Linton	Free agent
	DF		Dante Orr	Free agent
	GK		Alfie Whiteman	Retired

Date from	Pos.	Nationality	Player	From	Fee	Ref.
1 June 2025	DF		Kevin Danso	Lens	£21,000,000
15 June 2025	FW		Mathys Tel	Bayern Munich	£30,000,000
1 July 2025	DF		Luka Vušković	Hajduk Split	£12,000,000
4 July 2025	MF		Max McFadden	Leeds United	Free
8 July 2025	DF		Kōta Takai	Kawasaki Frontale	£5,000,000
10 July 2025	FW		Mohammed Kudus	West Ham United	£55,000,000
27 August 2025	FW		Conall Glancy	Celtic	Free
29 August 2025	FW		Xavi Simons	RB Leipzig	£51,800,000
1 January 2026	FW		Mason Melia	St Patrick's Athletic	£1,600,000
14 January 2026	MF		Conor Gallagher	Atlético Madrid	£35,000,000
22 January 2026	DF		Souza	Santos	£13,000,000
30 January 2026	FW		Elisha Sowunmi	West Ham United	Undisclosed
2 February 2026	FW		Joel Vidal-Philbert	Chelsea	Undisclosed

Date from	Pos.	Nationality	Player	To	Fee	Ref.
1 June 2025	MF		Pierre-Emile Højbjerg	Marseille	£17,000,000
19 July 2025	GK		Josh Keeley	Luton Town	£1,000,000
6 August 2025	FW		Son Heung-min	Los Angeles FC	£20,000,000
1 September 2025	FW		Bryan Gil	Girona	£8,600,000
2 January 2026	FW		Brennan Johnson	Crystal Palace	£35,000,000
2 February 2026	FW		Herbie James	Cardiff City	Undisclosed
6 February 2026	DF		Roman Egan-Riley	Burnley	Undisclosed

Date from	Pos.	Nationality	Player	From	Date until	Ref.
3 August 2025	MF		João Palhinha	Bayern Munich	31 May 2026
1 September 2025	FW		Randal Kolo Muani	Paris Saint-Germain	31 May 2026
2 February 2026	FW		James Wilson	Heart of Midlothian	End of Season

Date from	Pos.	Nationality	Player	To	Date until	Ref.
24 June 2025	FW		Damola Ajayi	Doncaster Rovers	16 January 2026
8 July 2025	FW		Alejo Véliz	Rosario Central	End of season
19 July 2025	DF		Alfie Dorrington	Aberdeen	6 January 2026
23 July 2025	DF		Ashley Phillips	Stoke City	End of season
1 August 2025	FW		Mikey Moore	Rangers	End of season
4 August 2025	MF		Tyrese Hall	Notts County	End of season
5 August 2025	FW		Will Lankshear	Oxford United	End of season
6 August 2025	MF		Jamie Donley	Stoke City	1 January 2026
6 August 2025	MF		George Abbott	Wycombe Wanderers	5 January 2026
8 August 2025	FW		Yang Min-hyeok	Portsmouth	6 January 2026
8 August 2025	MF		Alfie Devine	Preston North End	End of season
29 August 2025	DF		Luka Vušković	Hamburger SV	End of season
1 September 2025	FW		Manor Solomon	Villarreal CF	2 January 2026
2 January 2026	DF		Kōta Takai	Borussia Mönchengladbach	End of Season
2 January 2026	FW		Manor Solomon	Fiorentina	End of season
2 January 2026	MF		Jamie Donley	Oxford United	End of season
6 January 2026	FW		Yang Min-hyeok	Coventry City	End of season
8 January 2026	FW		Oliver Irow	Mansfield Town	End of season
16 January 2026	FW		Damola Ajayi	Bromley	End of season
22 January 2026	MF		Yusuf Akhamrich	Bristol Rovers	End of season
30 January 2026	FW		Dane Scarlett	Hibernian	End of season
2 February 2026	MF		George Abbott	Mansfield Town	End of season
2 February 2026	DF		Alfie Dorrington	Salford City	End of season
2 February 2026	GK		Aaron Maguire	Hampton & Richmond Borough	End of season

Date from	Pos.	Nationality	Player	Contracted until	Ref.
30 May 2025	MF		Harry Byrne	Undisclosed
	FW		Tynan Thompson
4 June 2025	FW		Reiss Elliott-Parris
8 June 2025	DF		Ben Davies	30 June 2026
19 June 2025	FW		Ellis Lehane	Undisclosed
20 June 2025	DF		Danté Cassanova	30 June 2027
27 June 2025	FW		Oliver Irow	30 June 2028
25 July 2025	MF		Rio Kyerematen	Undisclosed
27 July 2025	MF		George Abbott
8 August 2025	MF		Alfie Devine
11 August 2025	FW		Mikey Moore	Undisclosed
18 August 2025	DF		Djed Spence
	DF		Cristian Romero	30 June 2029
2 October 2025	MF		Lucá Williams-Barnett	Undisclosed
3 October 2025	MF		Rodrigo Bentancur	Undisclosed
17 October 2025	GK		Blake Irow	Undisclosed
20 November 2025	GK		Dylan Thompson
10 December 2025	DF		Jun'ai Byfield
31 January 2026	MF		Tye Hall	Undisclosed
24 March 2026	FW		Conall Glancy	Undisclosed
25 March 2026	DF		Harry Byrne	Undisclosed
26 March 2026	GK		Carey Bloedorn
9 April 2026	DF		Malachi Hardy
10 April 2026	DF		Tyler Tingey	Undisclosed
29 April 2026	DF		James Rowswell	Undisclosed

On 31 March, Tottenham announced a pre-season tour to Asia with a friendly confirmed against Arsenal in Hong Kong, which was the first-ever North London derby outside of the United Kingdom. Tottenham then announced a return to South Korea, to compete in the Coupang Play Series 2025 against Newcastle United. And a trip to Germany to face Bayern Munich for the Telekom Cup was confirmed next. On 13 June, a fourth friendly was added against Luton Town. Two weeks later, a trip to Reading was announced.

A behind-closed-doors friendly against Wycombe Wanderers was also later announced.

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On 18 June 2025, the Premier League fixtures were released, with Tottenham at home to Burnley on the opening weekend.

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As a Premier League club, Tottenham entered the FA Cup in the third round, and were drawn at home to Aston Villa.

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As one of the Premier League teams involved in a European competition, Tottenham entered the EFL Cup in the third round, and were drawn at home to Doncaster Rovers. They were then drawn away to Newcastle United in the fourth round.

Tottenham were drawn against Villarreal, Copenhagen, Slavia Prague and Borussia Dortmund at home, and Bodø/Glimt, Monaco, Paris Saint-Germain and Eintracht Frankfurt away in the league phase.

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
2	Bayern Munich	8	7	0	1	22	8	+14	21	Advance to round of 16 (seeded)
3	Liverpool	8	6	0	2	20	8	+12	18
4	Tottenham Hotspur	8	5	2	1	17	7	+10	17
5	Barcelona	8	5	1	2	22	14	+8	16
6	Chelsea	8	5	1	2	17	10	+7	16

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

Tottenham Hotspur v Villarreal

16 September 2025 1	Tottenham Hotspur	1–0	Villarreal	London, England
20:00 BST	Luiz Júnior 4' (o.g.) Simons  30' Richarlison  33' Kolo Muani  78' Van de Ven  84'	Report	Comesaña  35' Mouriño  36' Veiga  53'	Stadium: Tottenham Hotspur Stadium Attendance: 54,755 Referee: Rade Obrenović (Slovenia)

Bodø/Glimt v Tottenham Hotspur

30 September 2025 2	Bodø/Glimt	2–2	Tottenham Hotspur	Bodø, Norway
21:00 CEST	Høgh 35' Hauge 53', 66' Berg  68' Auklend  72'	Report	Van de Ven  58', 68' Gundersen 89' (o.g.) Porro  90+7'	Stadium: Aspmyra Stadion Attendance: 7,988 Referee: Ivan Kružliak (Slovakia)

Monaco v Tottenham Hotspur

22 October 2025 3	Monaco	0–0	Tottenham Hotspur	Fontvieille, Monaco
21:00 CEST		Report	Richarlison  47'	Stadium: Stade Louis II Attendance: 11,365 Referee: Marco Guida (Italy)

Tottenham Hotspur v Copenhagen

4 November 2025 4	Tottenham Hotspur	4–0	Copenhagen	London, England
20:00 GMT	Johnson 19',  55' Kolo Muani  39' Odobert 51' Van de Ven 64' Palhinha 67' Richarlison 90+2'	Report	Pereira  15' Suzuki  62' Lerager  90+1'	Stadium: Tottenham Hotspur Stadium Attendance: 49,565 Referee: Erik Lambrechts (Belgium)

Paris Saint-Germain v Tottenham Hotspur

26 November 2025 5	Paris Saint-Germain	5–3	Tottenham Hotspur	Paris, France
21:00 CET	Vitinha 45', 53', 76' (pen.) Fabián 59' Pacho 65' Hernandez  90+3'	Report	Richarlison 35' Bergvall  45+2' Kolo Muani 50', 73'	Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 47,574 Referee: Felix Zwayer (Germany)

Tottenham Hotspur v Slavia Prague

9 December 2025 6	Tottenham Hotspur	3–0	Slavia Prague	London, England
20:00 GMT	Van de Ven  15' Zima 26' (o.g.) Palhinha  40' Kudus 50' (pen.) Simons 79' (pen.)	Report	Chaloupek  13' Ogbu  28' Sanyang  48' Zima  56'	Stadium: Tottenham Hotspur Stadium Attendance: 47,281 Referee: Benoît Bastien (France)

Tottenham Hotspur v Borussia Dortmund

20 January 2026 7	Tottenham Hotspur	2–0	Borussia Dortmund	London, England
20:00 GMT	Romero 14' Solanke 37' Gray  86'	Report	Svensson  24' Ryerson  86'	Stadium: Tottenham Hotspur Stadium Attendance: 52,713 Referee: Glenn Nyberg (Sweden)

Eintracht Frankfurt v Tottenham Hotspur

28 January 2026 8	Eintracht Frankfurt	0–2	Tottenham Hotspur	Frankfurt, Germany
21:00 CET		Report	Kolo Muani 47' Vicario  75' Solanke 77' Palhinha  90+2'	Stadium: Deutsche Bank Park Attendance: 58,000 Referee: Jesús Gil Manzano (Spain)