The 2026–27 season is the 129th season in the history of Bristol City Football Club and their twelfth consecutive season in the Championship. In addition to the domestic league, the club will also participate in the FA Cup and the EFL Cup.
Managerial changes Prior to the season starting, Michael Skubala was appointed as manager on a three-year contract from Lincoln City, having led them to promotion to the Championship.
Transfers and contracts In DatePosPlayerTransferred fromFeeRef. 1 July 2026 MF Sam Greenwood Pogoń Szczecin £2,000,000 FW Billy O'Neill † Bray Wanderers Undisclosed GK Sam Tickle Wigan Athletic MF Gibson Yah Volendam 3 July 2026 FW Jed Wallace West Bromwich Albion Free 10 July 2026 DF Lisav Eissat Maccabi Haifa £2,130,000 11 July 2026 GK Bradley Collins Coventry City Free 20 July 2026 FW Lorent Tolaj Plymouth Argyle £4,000,000 4 August 2026 FW Dom Ballard Leyton Orient £5,000,000 24 August 2026 FW Elijah Adebayo Luton Town Free
† – Signed initially for the Under-21s
Out DatePosPlayerTransferred toFeeRef. 30 June 2026 DF Derrick Ababio Free agent Released DF Zack Ali Frome Town Free MF Tom Chaplin Clevedon Town Free GK Ben Clark Free agent Released FW Harry Cornick AFC Wimbledon Free DF Max Davies Free agent Released FW Trayvion Jackson Bath City Free MF Sam Morsy Blackburn Rovers Free FW Billy Phillips Hereford Free MF Mark Sykes Millwall Free DF Archie Taylor Weston-super-Mare Free DF Cavalli Walker Free agent Released 1 July 2026 FW Sinclair Armstrong Göztepe £2,160,000 DF Ross McCrorie Rangers £900,000 11 July 2026 GK Joe Lumley Sheffield Wednesday Free 14 August 2026 MF Max Bird Birmingham City Undisclosed 1 September 2026 FW Emil Riis Jakobsen Leicester City Undisclosed 4 September 2026 FW Olly Thomas Dunfermline Athletic Free transfer
Loaned in DatePosPlayerLoaned fromLoaned untilRef. 11 August 2026 DF Rio Cardines Crystal Palace End of Season 2 September 2026 CDM Brian De Keersmaecker Oxford United End of Season
Loaned out DatePos.PlayerLoaned toLoaned untilRef. 6 July 2026 GK Joe Duncan Southend United End of Season 10 July 2026 MF Josh Stokes Reading 22 July 2026 GK Freddie Godden Taunton Town 31 July 2026 DF Jamie Knight-Lebel Motherwell 6 August 2026 MF Louie Derrick Weston-super-Mare 3 September 2026 12 August 2026 DF Jack Hooper Cardiff Met End of Season 14 August 2026 MF Harry Hogg Chippenham Town 9 September 2026 15 August 2026 FW Luke Skinner Carlisle United 7 September 2026 21 August 2026 MF Adam Murphy Fleetwood Town 2 January 2027 GK Jack Witchard Chippenham Town 14 October 2026 28 August 2026 FW Excellent Ikpeama AFC Totton 26 September 2026 12 September 2026 FW Luke Skinner Weston-super-Mare 2 January 2027 26 September 2026 FW Ephraim Yeboah Southend United 24 October 2026
New Contracts DatePosPlayerContracted untilRef. 19 June 2026 FW Sam Bell 30 June 2029 28 September 2026 DF Elijah Morrison 30 June 2028 30 September 2026 GK Freddie Godden 30 June 2029
Pre-season and friendlies On 18 May, Bristol City announced their first pre-season friendly, against Plymouth Argyle. Two days later, an away fixture against Forest Green Rovers was added. A third was later added against Swindon Town. On 3 June, a fourth trip during pre-season was announced against Exeter City. Also added to the pre-season schedule was a training camp in Alicante along with a fixture against Stockport County. On 25 June, a home friendly against Newcastle United was announced. A behind-closed-doors fixture against Newport County was also added.
On 25 September, the club announced a mid-season friendly against Crystal Palace during the September–October international break.
Competitions Overall record
Championship
League table
Results summary
Results by round
Matches On 25 June, the Championship fixtures were revealed.
FA Cup
EFL Cup
City were drawn at home to Walsall in the first round.
Statistics Appearances and goals
Players with no appearances are not included on the list, italics indicate a loaned in player
|colspan="14"|Players who featured but departed the club permanently during the season:
Disciplinary record
Rank Name Championship FA Cup EFL Cup Total 1 2 CB Lisav Eissat 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 4 CDM Adam Randell 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 12 CM Jason Knight 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 16 CB Robert Dickie 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 5 8 CM Joe Williams 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 9 CF Lorent Tolaj 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 20 CAM Sam Greenwood 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 21 LB Rio Cardines 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 23 CF Dom Ballard 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Total 11 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 1 0
Awards Player Awards EFL Championship Goal of the Month AugustPlayerOppositionResultRef.August Dom Ballardv. Birmingham City
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