The 2026 EFL League Two play-off final was an association football match which was played on 25 May 2026 at Wembley Stadium, London, to determine the fourth and final team to gain promotion from EFL League Two, the fourth tier of English football, to EFL League One. The top three teams of 2025–26 EFL League Two, Bromley, Milton Keynes Dons and Cambridge United, gained automatic promotion to League One, while the clubs placed from fourth to seventh in the table – Salford City, Notts County, Chesterfield and Grimsby Town – took part in the 2026 EFL play-offs. The winners of the play-off semi-finals, Salford City and Notts County, competed for the final place for the 2026–27 season in League One.
Notts County won the game 3–0 and were promoted to play in League One for the 2026–27 League One season.
Route to the final
Match Details
GK 1 Matthew YoungRB 19 Haji Mnoga CB 22 Adebola OluwoCB 15 Brandon Cooper LB 29 Luke Garbutt (c)RM 26 Ryan GraydonCM 18 Matt Butcher CM 17 Josh Austerfield LM 45 Rosaire Longelo CF 21 Kallum CesayCF 23 Daniel UdohSubstitutes:GK 33 Mark HowardDF 6 Ollie TurtonDF 24 Alfie DorringtonMF 7 Ben Woodburn FW 9 Cole Stockton FW 14 Kadeem Harris FW 16 Fabio Borini Head Coach: Karl Robinson GK 31 James BelshawCB 12 Lucas Ness CB 3 Rod McDonald (c)CB 4 Jacob BedeauRM 25 Nick Tsaroulla CM 8 Oliver Norburn CM 20 Scott RobertsonLM 10 Jodi Jones RW 14 Tom IorpendaLW 16 Jayden Luker CF 29 Alassana Jatta Substitutes:GK 21 Harry GriffithsDF 47 Keanan Bennetts MF 11 Conor Grant MF 17 Maziar Kouhyar MF 18 Matt Palmer FW 19 Matthew DennisFW 39 Lee Ndlovu Head Coach: Martin Paterson
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