EFL Championship new squad numbers, 2026/27
237 players new to a squad this season, and 65 who changed number. Arrivals include academy players promoted to the first-team squad.
Changed number
James Beadle
Birmingham City · was #25 in 2025/26
Carlos Vicente
Birmingham City · was #23 in 2025/26
August Priske
Birmingham City · was #29 in 2025/26
Sidnei Tavares
Blackburn Rovers · was #8 in 2025/26
Tom Atcheson
Blackburn Rovers · was #38 in 2025/26
Andri Guðjohnsen
Blackburn Rovers · was #11 in 2025/26
Lewis Miller
Blackburn Rovers · was #12 in 2025/26
Rúben Rodrigues
Bolton Wanderers · was #27 in 2025/26
Sam Bell
Bristol City · was #20 in 2025/26
Zeki Amdouni
Burnley · was #25 in 2025/26
Andréas Hountondji
Burnley · was #37 in 2025/26
Nathan Trott
Cardiff City · was #13 in 2025/26
Yousef Salech
Cardiff City · was #22 in 2025/26
Rob Tankiewicz
Cardiff City · was #55 in 2025/26
Josh Edwards
Charlton Athletic · was #16 in 2025/26
Reece Burke
Charlton Athletic · was #32 in 2025/26
Harvey Knibbs
Charlton Athletic · was #41 in 2025/26
Ibrahim Fullah
Charlton Athletic · was #37 in 2025/26
Nathan Asiimwe
Charlton Athletic · was #19 in 2025/26
Alan Mwamba
Charlton Athletic · was #35 in 2025/26
David Ozoh
Derby County · was #18 in 2025/26
Bobby Clark
Derby County · was #42 in 2025/26
Sammie Szmodics
Derby County · was #19 in 2025/26
Corey Blackett-Taylor
Derby County · was #11 in 2025/26
Aidan Morris
Middlesbrough · was #18 in 2025/26
Jeremy Sarmiento
Middlesbrough · was #45 in 2025/26
Leo Castledine
Middlesbrough · was #23 in 2025/26
Alfie Doughty
Millwall · was #14 in 2025/26
Lucien Mahovo
Norwich City · was #47 in 2025/26
Mohamed Touré
Norwich City · was #37 in 2025/26
Ali Ahmed
Norwich City · was #21 in 2025/26
Keshi Anderson
Portsmouth · was #37 in 2025/26
Jacob Farrell
Portsmouth · was #19 in 2025/26
Harvey Blair
Portsmouth · was #29 in 2025/26
Alfie Devine
Preston North End · was #21 in 2025/26
Thierry Small
Preston North End · was #26 in 2025/26
Odel Offiah
Preston North End · was #42 in 2025/26
Ronnie Edwards
Queens Park Rangers · was #37 in 2025/26
Isak Alemayehu
Queens Park Rangers · was #48 in 2025/26
Justin Obikwu
Queens Park Rangers · was #46 in 2025/26
Leon Scarlett
Queens Park Rangers · was #52 in 2025/26
Japhet Tanganga
Sheffield United · was #2 in 2025/26
Joe Rothwell
Sheffield United · was #48 in 2025/26
Thomas Cannon
Sheffield United · was #7 in 2025/26
Tahith Chong
Sheffield United · was #24 in 2025/26
Rhys Norrington-Davies
Sheffield United · was #33 in 2025/26
Daniel Peretz
Southampton · was #41 in 2025/26
Léo Scienza
Southampton · was #13 in 2025/26
Caspar Jander
Southampton · was #20 in 2025/26
Cam Bragg
Southampton · was #48 in 2025/26
Jamie Jones
Southampton · was #32 in 2025/26
Róbert Boženík
Stoke City · was #11 in 2025/26
Lamine Cissé
Stoke City · was #29 in 2025/26
Othmane Maamma
Watford · was #42 in 2025/26
Edoardo Bove
Watford · was #15 in 2025/26
Kwadwo Baah
Watford · was #34 in 2025/26
Amin Nabizada
Watford · was #53 in 2025/26
Mikey Johnston
West Bromwich Albion · was #11 in 2025/26
Toby Collyer
West Bromwich Albion · was #13 in 2025/26
Tammer Bany
West Bromwich Albion · was #26 in 2025/26
Alex Williams
West Bromwich Albion · was #41 in 2025/26
Harry Whitwell
West Bromwich Albion · was #34 in 2025/26
Mohamadou Kanté
West Ham · was #55 in 2025/26
Adam Armstrong
Wolves · was #9 in 2025/26
New at Birmingham City · 6
Lee Buchanan
Last in our leagues: #26 at SV Werder Bremen (2022/23)
Liam Millar
Before: #7 at Hull City (2025/26)
Max Bird
Before: #6 at Bristol City (2025/26)
Dael Fry
Before: #6 at Middlesbrough (2025/26)
Kristoffer Lund
Before: #32 at 1. FC Köln (2025/26)
Luis Vázquez
No earlier number in our eight leagues
New at Blackburn Rovers · 9
Sam Morsy
Before: #40 at Bristol City (2025/26)
Jayden Fevrier
Before: #77 at Charlton Athletic (2025/26)
Gady Beyuku
No earlier number in our eight leagues
Finley Taylor
No earlier number in our eight leagues
Harvey Pates
No earlier number in our eight leagues
Harry Lister
No earlier number in our eight leagues
Harvey Higgins
No earlier number in our eight leagues
Michael Decandia
No earlier number in our eight leagues
Lucas Houghton
No earlier number in our eight leagues
New at Bolton Wanderers · 13
Lewis Brunt
Before: #3 at Wrexham (2025/26)
Ben Davies
Before: #29 at Oxford United (2025/26)
Kyliane Dong
Before: #29 at Augsburg (2025/26)
Theo Bair
Last in our leagues: #9 at AJ Auxerre (2024/25)
David Watson
No earlier number in our eight leagues
Akin Famewo
Before: #23 at Hull City (2025/26)
Atsuki Itō
No earlier number in our eight leagues
Samuel Iling-Junior
Before: #22 at West Bromwich Albion (2025/26)
Gaizka Larrazabal
No earlier number in our eight leagues
Jayden Nelson
No earlier number in our eight leagues
Luca Stephenson
Last in our leagues: #18 at Barrow (2023/24)
Gavin Bazunu
Before: #31 at Southampton (2025/26)
Ryan Hardie
Before: #29 at Huddersfield Town (2025/26)
New at Bristol City · 9
Sam Tickle
Before: #1 at Wigan Athletic (2025/26)
Lisav Eissat
No earlier number in our eight leagues
Lorent Tolaj
Before: #9 at Plymouth Argyle (2025/26)
Jed Wallace
Before: #7 at West Bromwich Albion (2025/26)
Sam Greenwood
Last in our leagues: #20 at Preston North End (2024/25)
Rio Cardines
Before: #59 at Crystal Palace (2025/26)
Dom Ballard
Before: #32 at Leyton Orient (2025/26)
Gibson Yah
No earlier number in our eight leagues
Elijah Adebayo
Before: #11 at Luton Town (2025/26)
New at Burnley · 10
Max Alleyne
Before: #68 at Manchester City (2025/26)
Reo Hatate
No earlier number in our eight leagues
Ugo Raghouber
Before: #14 at Levante (2025/26)
Jamie Vardy
Before: #10 at Cremonese (2025/26)
Dastan Satpayev
No earlier number in our eight leagues
Anel Ahmedhodžić
Last in our leagues: #15 at Sheffield United (2024/25)
Largie Ramazani
Last in our leagues: #17 at Leeds (2024/25)
Lluc Castell
No earlier number in our eight leagues
Grégoire Coudert
Before: #30 at Brest (2025/26)
Igor Julio
Before: #3 at Brighton (2025/26)
New at Cardiff City · 3
Krystian Bielik
Before: #5 at West Bromwich Albion (2025/26)
Jack Moylan
Before: #10 at Lincoln City (2025/26)
Noah Anyadike
No earlier number in our eight leagues
New at Charlton Athletic · 15
Karlan Grant
Before: #10 at West Bromwich Albion (2025/26)
Billy Koumetio
Last in our leagues: #14 at Blackburn Rovers (2023/24)
Arthur Okonkwo
Before: #1 at Wrexham (2025/26)
Nathaniel Chalobah
Before: #14 at Sheffield Wednesday (2025/26)
Timothy Ouma
No earlier number in our eight leagues
Ivan Mesík
No earlier number in our eight leagues
Millenic Alli
Before: #7 at Luton Town (2025/26)
Danny McNamara
Before: #2 at Millwall (2025/26)
Tiernan Brooks
Last in our leagues: #12 at Notts County (2023/24)
Collins Sichenje
No earlier number in our eight leagues
Oliver Skipp
Before: #22 at Leicester (2025/26)
Junior Nkeng
Before: #30 at Wimbledon (2025/26)
Otto Tiitinen
No earlier number in our eight leagues
Tyler Bindon
Before: #6 at Sheffield United (2025/26)
Bradley Tagoe
No earlier number in our eight leagues
New at Derby County · 7
Filip Bilbija
No earlier number in our eight leagues
Mohammed Fuseini
No earlier number in our eight leagues
Charlie Taylor
Before: #21 at Southampton (2025/26)
Henrik Meister
Before: #9 at Pisa (2025/26)
Alex Mowatt
Before: #27 at West Bromwich Albion (2025/26)
Ryan Hedges
Before: #19 at Blackburn Rovers (2025/26)
Eiran Cashin
Before: #41 at Birmingham City (2025/26)
New at Lincoln City · 10
Andrei Coubiș
No earlier number in our eight leagues
Mason Melia
No earlier number in our eight leagues
Mikkel Ladefoged
No earlier number in our eight leagues
Isaac Olaofe
Before: #22 at Charlton Athletic (2025/26)
Callum Elder
Before: #20 at Derby County (2025/26)
Yunus Emre Konak
Before: #26 at Brentford (2025/26)
Chiedozie Ogbene
Before: #21 at Ipswich (2025/26)
Ethan Wheatley
Before: #27 at Bradford City (2025/26)
Daniel Oyegoke
Before: #2 at Hellas Verona (2025/26)
New at Middlesbrough · 11
Radek Vítek
Before: #23 at Bristol City (2025/26)
Ashley Phillips
Before: #35 at Tottenham (2025/26)
Sebastian Berhalter
No earlier number in our eight leagues
Will Lankshear
Before: #27 at Oxford United (2025/26)
Amario Cozier-Duberry
Before: #19 at Bolton Wanderers (2025/26)
Myles Peart-Harris
Before: #25 at Brentford (2025/26)
Max Arfsten
No earlier number in our eight leagues
Rokas Pukštas
No earlier number in our eight leagues
Kyle Joseph
Before: #22 at Hull City (2025/26)
Fin Cartwright
No earlier number in our eight leagues
New at Millwall · 15
Jordi Osei-Tutu
Before: #14 at Bolton Wanderers (2025/26)
Taïryk Arconte
Last in our leagues: #97 at Brest (2023/24)
Mathis Servais
No earlier number in our eight leagues
Elkan Baggott
Before: #25 at Ipswich (2025/26)
Lyndon Dykes
Before: #99 at Charlton Athletic (2025/26)
Jenson Metcalfe
Before: #21 at Bradford City (2025/26)
Mark Sykes
Before: #17 at Bristol City (2025/26)
Kyrell Lisbie
Before: #17 at Peterborough United (2025/26)
Danny Batth
Before: #4 at Derby County (2025/26)
Filip Marschall
Before: #1 at Stevenage (2025/26)
Yanis Issoufou
Last in our leagues: #39 at Montpellier (2023/24)
Joel Coleman
Last in our leagues: #13 at Bolton Wanderers (2024/25)
Alfie Massey
No earlier number in our eight leagues
Tristan Parkes
No earlier number in our eight leagues
Regan Anderson
No earlier number in our eight leagues
New at Norwich City · 7
Andre Brooks
Before: #11 at Sheffield United (2025/26)
Darlin Yongwa
Before: #44 at Lorient (2025/26)
Bruno Alves
No earlier number in our eight leagues
Vicente Reyes
Before: #21 at Peterborough United (2025/26)
Caleb Ansen
No earlier number in our eight leagues
Vatan Özcan
No earlier number in our eight leagues
Anthony Musaba
Last in our leagues: #45 at Sheffield Wednesday (2024/25)
New at Portsmouth · 15
Benjamin Arthur
Before: #43 at Brentford (2025/26)
Abu Kamara
Before: #17 at Hull City (2025/26)
Jayden Meghoma
Before: #21 at Brentford (2025/26)
Tyrese Shade
Before: #10 at Burton Albion (2025/26)
Rocco Shein
No earlier number in our eight leagues
Ryan Kavuma-McQueen
Before: #76 at Chelsea (2025/26)
Odin Bailey
Before: #27 at Stockport County (2025/26)
Luke Brooke-Smith
No earlier number in our eight leagues
Marko Milovanović
Last in our leagues: #29 at Almería (2023/24)
Daniel Bielica
No earlier number in our eight leagues
Eoin Kenny
No earlier number in our eight leagues
Iyad Mohamed
No earlier number in our eight leagues
Chinedu Agu
No earlier number in our eight leagues
Nathaniel Chioma
No earlier number in our eight leagues
Michael Ani
No earlier number in our eight leagues
New at Preston North End · 10
Harry Clarke
Before: #44 at Charlton Athletic (2025/26)
Jusef Erabi
No earlier number in our eight leagues
Caleb Wiley
Before: #26 at Watford (2025/26)
Stanley Mills
Before: #17 at Oxford United (2025/26)
Liam Gibbs
Before: #8 at Norwich City (2025/26)
Lee Nicholls
Before: #22 at Huddersfield Town (2025/26)
Léo Leroy
Last in our leagues: #18 at Montpellier (2023/24)
George Gryba
No earlier number in our eight leagues
Delano Burgzorg
Before: #10 at Middlesbrough (2025/26)
Johnny Kenny
Before: #9 at Bolton Wanderers (2025/26)
New at Queens Park Rangers · 7
Pierce Charles
Before: #1 at Sheffield Wednesday (2025/26)
Boy Kemper
No earlier number in our eight leagues
Calum Ward
No earlier number in our eight leagues
Alfie Lloyd
Before: #19 at Lincoln City (2025/26)
Glen Kamara
Before: #4 at Rennes (2025/26)
Dennis Cirkin
Before: #3 at Sunderland (2025/26)
Tariq Lamptey
Before: #48 at Fiorentina (2025/26)
New at Sheffield United · 7
Matt Doherty
Before: #2 at Wolves (2025/26)
Hamza Choudhury
Before: #17 at Leicester (2025/26)
Jordan Ayew
Before: #9 at Leicester (2025/26)
Romelle Donovan
Before: #45 at Brentford (2025/26)
Liam Kitching
Before: #15 at Coventry (2025/26)
Ben Brereton Díaz
Before: #22 at Southampton (2025/26)
Jamal Baptiste
Before: #15 at Rotherham United (2025/26)
New at Southampton · 9
Zach Abbott
Before: #44 at Nottingham Forest (2025/26)
Lewis Dobbin
Before: #33 at Aston Villa (2025/26)
Keven Schlotterbeck
Before: #31 at Augsburg (2025/26)
Divin Mubama
Before: #9 at Stoke City (2025/26)
Romeo Akachukwu
Before: #27 at Colchester United (2025/26)
James Ward-Prowse
Before: #8 at West Ham (2025/26)
Aaron Ramsdale
Before: #32 at Newcastle (2025/26)
Joachim Kayi Sanda
No earlier number in our eight leagues
Princewill Ehibhatiomhan
Before: #25 at Salford City (2025/26)
New at Stoke City · 12
Ben Johnson
Before: #18 at Ipswich (2025/26)
Luke Graham
No earlier number in our eight leagues
Svante Ingelsson
Before: #8 at Sheffield Wednesday (2025/26)
Jack McGlynn
No earlier number in our eight leagues
Ethan Galbraith
Before: #30 at Swansea City (2025/26)
Justin Devenny
Before: #55 at Crystal Palace (2025/26)
George Hirst
Before: #9 at Ipswich (2025/26)
Luca Bombino
No earlier number in our eight leagues
Josh Griffiths
Before: #20 at West Bromwich Albion (2025/26)
Djibril Soumaré
Before: #18 at Sheffield United (2025/26)
Freddie Anderson
Before: #24 at Barrow (2025/26)
Tyler Martin
No earlier number in our eight leagues
New at Swansea City · 8
Jenson Seelt
Before: #23 at Sunderland (2025/26)
Elijah Just
No earlier number in our eight leagues
Stephen Welsh
No earlier number in our eight leagues
Filip Lissah
No earlier number in our eight leagues
Joseph Opoku
No earlier number in our eight leagues
Ross Stewart
Before: #11 at Southampton (2025/26)
Stephen Eustáquio
No earlier number in our eight leagues
Moussa Yeo
No earlier number in our eight leagues
New at Watford · 15
Federico Ravaglia
Before: #13 at Bologna (2025/26)
Soumaïla Coulibaly
Before: #44 at Brest (2025/26)
Iker Bravo
Before: #17 at Udinese (2025/26)
Martín Payero
Before: #32 at Cremonese (2025/26)
Omar Haktab Traoré
Before: #23 at 1. FC Heidenheim (2025/26)
Daniel Bachmann
Last in our leagues: #35 at Stoke City (2014/15)
Branimir Mlačić
Before: #22 at Udinese (2025/26)
Jordan Zemura
Before: #33 at Udinese (2025/26)
Stephy Mavididi
Before: #10 at Leicester (2025/26)
Michael Adu-Poku
No earlier number in our eight leagues
Leo Ramirez-Espain
No earlier number in our eight leagues
James Clarridge
No earlier number in our eight leagues
Albert Eames
No earlier number in our eight leagues
Tomiwa Akinyimika
No earlier number in our eight leagues
Raphael London
No earlier number in our eight leagues
New at West Bromwich Albion · 9
Felix Horn Myhre
No earlier number in our eight leagues
Barney Stewart
No earlier number in our eight leagues
Jimmy-Jay Morgan
Before: #24 at Peterborough United (2025/26)
Matt Ingram
Before: #21 at Oxford United (2025/26)
Brayann Pereira
No earlier number in our eight leagues
Rabby Nzingoula
Last in our leagues: #19 at Montpellier (2024/25)
Conor Townsend
Before: #22 at Ipswich (2025/26)
Nolan Galves
No earlier number in our eight leagues
Kareem Tunde
No earlier number in our eight leagues
New at West Ham · 13
Edson Álvarez
No earlier number in our eight leagues
Morato
Before: #4 at Nottingham Forest (2025/26)
Arne Engels
Last in our leagues: #27 at Augsburg (2023/24)
Joël Piroe
Before: #10 at Leeds (2025/26)
Manor Solomon
Before: #27 at Tottenham (2025/26)
Divine Mukasa
Before: #29 at Leicester (2025/26)
Adama Boiro
Last in our leagues: #32 at Athletic Bilbao (2024/25)
Maxwel Cornet
Before: #70 at Genoa (2025/26)
Joël Veltman
Before: #34 at Brighton (2025/26)
Edvin Austbø
No earlier number in our eight leagues
Kaelan Casey
Before: #26 at Swansea City (2025/26)
Airidas Golambeckis
No earlier number in our eight leagues
Joshua Ajala
No earlier number in our eight leagues
New at Wolves · 11
Kieran Trippier
Before: #2 at Newcastle (2025/26)
Jordan James
Before: #6 at Leicester (2025/26)
Raúl Jiménez
Before: #7 at Fulham (2025/26)
Bertrand Traoré
Before: #25 at Sunderland (2025/26)
Boubacar Traoré
Before: #8 at Metz (2025/26)
João Virgínia
Last in our leagues: #12 at Everton (2024/25)
Sean Neave
Before: #62 at Newcastle (2025/26)
Tommy Doyle
Before: #7 at Birmingham City (2025/26)
Ghislain Konan
Last in our leagues: #3 at Reims (2021/22)
Nasser Djiga
No earlier number in our eight leagues
Saheed Olagunju
No earlier number in our eight leagues
New at Wrexham · 6
Jacques Ekomié
Last in our leagues: #3 at Angers (2024/25)
Joe Worrall
Before: #4 at Burnley (2025/26)
Benjamin Whiteman
Before: #4 at Preston North End (2025/26)
Callum O'Hare
Before: #10 at Sheffield United (2025/26)
Anthony Patterson
Before: #1 at Sunderland (2025/26)
Danny Imray
Before: #30 at Blackpool (2025/26)