The 2026–27 season is the 121st season in the existence of Charlton Athletic, having been founded in 1905, and their second season back in the Championship. The club are participating in the Championship, the FA Cup and the EFL Cup. The season covers the period from 1 July 2026 to 30 June 2027.
Kit The partnership with sportswear manufacturers Reebok as Charlton's kit suppliers continued into the season, with front of shirt sponsor being RSK Group.
Squad statistics
Top scorers
PlacePositionNationNumberNameChampionshipFA CupEFL CupTotal1FW7Tyreece Campbell40152DF5Lloyd Jones20133FW9Karlan Grant1001=FW24Matt Godden0011=MF14Sonny Carey0011Totals70411
Disciplinary record
NumberNationPositionNameChampionshipFA CupEFL CupTotal20DFDanny McNamara3100003111FWMiles Leaburn200000209FWKarlan Grant100000105DFLloyd Jones1000001026MFJoe Rankin-Costello1000001044DFTyler Bindon100000106MFConor Coventry1000001034MFOliver Skipp1000001018DFIvan Mesík1000001030MFRob Apter00001010Totals1210010131
Transfers Transfers in Date from Position Nationality Name From Fee Ref. 30 June 2026 CB Ivan Mesík Heracles Almelo Undisclosed 1 July 2026 CB Billy Koumetio Dundee Undisclosed 19 July 2026 FW Karlan Grant West Bromwich Albion Free transfer 23 July 2026 RB Danny McNamara Millwall Free transfer 26 July 2026 LW Millenic Alli Luton Town Undisclosed 7 August 2026 DM Nathaniel Chalobah Sheffield Wednesday Free transfer 1 September 2026 FW Junior Nkeng AFC Wimbledon Undisclosed 29 September 2026 GK Lyndon Tas Heart of Midlothian Free transfer
Transfers out Date from Position Nationality Name To Fee Ref. 1 July 2026 MF Reuben Amissah Free agent Released 1 July 2026 MF Luke Berry Free agent Released 1 July 2026 DF Toby Bower Walton & Hersham Released 1 July 2026 FW Patrick Casey Free agent Released 1 July 2026 FW Lyndon Dykes Millwall Released 1 July 2026 CB Macaulay Gillesphey Bradford City Undisclosed 1 July 2026 DF Oliver Hobden Chatham Town Released 1 July 2026 DF Mason Hunter Havant & Waterlooville Released 1 July 2026 DF Max Kuzcynski Free agent Released 1 July 2026 FW Paris Lock Free agent Released 1 July 2026 GK Lennon MacLorg Gillingham Released 1 July 2026 DF Lanre Olatunji Free agent Released 1 July 2026 GK Tommy Reid Walton & Hersham Released 1 July 2026 MF Terry Taylor Stevenage Released 21 July 2026 MF Karoy Anderson Blackpool Undisclosed 23 July 2026 DF Alex Mitchell Plymouth Argyle Undisclosed 24 July 2026 FW Kaheim Dixon Novi Pazar Undisclosed 2 September 2026 MF Greg Docherty Free agent Released
Loans in Date from Position Nationality Name From Date until Ref. 10 August 2026 DM Timothy Ouma Slavia Prague End of season 20 August 2026 GK Arthur Okonkwo Wrexham End of season 30 August 2026 CB Tyler Bindon Nottingham Forest End of season 1 September 2026 DM Oliver Skipp Leicester City End of season 4 September 2026 MF Otto Tiitinen Ilves End of season
Loans out Date from Position Nationality Name To Date until Ref. 1 July 2026 SS Gassan Ahadme Cambridge United End of season 6 July 2026 CB Zach Mitchell St Johnstone 30 September 2026 9 July 2026 DF Ty Ewens-Findlay Crawley Town End of season 7 August 2026 DF Keenan Gough Bristol Rovers End of season 7 August 2026 FW Tanto Olaofe Lincoln City End of season 8 August 2026 DF Joshua Laqeretabua Dorking Wanderers 1 September 2026 8 August 2026 MF Henry Rylah Solihull Moors 3 October 2026 28 August 2026 GK Thomas Kaminski Omonia End of season 31 August 2026 FW Daniel Kanu Notts County End of season 1 September 2026 MF Ibrahim Fullah Milton Keynes Dons End of season 1 September 2026 DF Nathan Asiimwe Salford City End of season 18 September 2026 GK George Hardy Chatham Town End of season 23 September 2026 GK Finley Woodham Southend United 7 October 2026
Friendlies On Monday 18 May 2026, Charlton announced their first pre-season friendly against Dartford. On Friday 29 May 2026, Charlton announced their second pre-season friendly against Gillingham. On Wednesday 3 June 2026, Charlton announced their third pre-season friendly against AFC Wimbledon. On Wednesday 10 June 2026, Charlton announced their fourth pre-season friendly against Reading. On Wednesday 17 June 2026, Charlton announced their fifth pre-season friendly against NK Maribor taking place on the club's Slovenian training camp. On Friday 19 June 2026, Charlton announced their sixth pre-season friendly against Colchester United. On Thursday 30 July 2026, Charlton announced their pre-season friendly against Reading would now be played behind closed doors at The Valley following concerns regarding the playing surface at the Royals' stadium.
Competitions Overall record
Championship
League table
Result summary
Results by round
Matches The 2026–27 season fixtures were released on Thursday 25 June 2026.
FA Cup
EFL Cup
The first round draw was made on Thursday 25 June 2026. The second round draw was made on Monday 10 August 2026. On Wednesday 12 August 2026, the date of the second round was announced.
Kent Senior Cup
London Senior Cup
Awards EFL awards EFL Championship Manager of the Month MonthManagerResult Ref.August Nathan Jones
EFL Championship Player of the Month MonthPlayerResult Ref.August Lloyd Jones
References
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