The 2026–27 season is the 149th season in the history of West Bromwich Albion Football Club and their sixth consecutive season in the Championship. In addition to the domestic league, the club would also participate in the FA Cup, and the EFL Cup.
Squad
No. Name Position Nationality Place of birth Date of birth (age) Signed from Date signed Fee Contract end Goalkeepers 1 Max O'Leary GK Bath Bristol City 22 January 2026 Free Transfer 30 June 2029 13 Matt Ingram GK High Wycombe Oxford United 1 July 2026 Free Transfer 30 June 2028 Defenders 2 Chris Mepham CB Harrow Bournemouth 28 July 2025 Undisclosed 30 June 2028 3 Nat Phillips CB Bolton Liverpool 23 June 2025 Undisclosed 30 June 2028 4 Callum Styles LB Bury Barnsley 24 August 2024 Undisclosed 30 June 2030 6 George Campbell (c) CB Chester CF Montréal 18 July 2025 Undisclosed 30 June 202918Brayann PereiraRBSaint-Quentin NEC1 September 2026£1,000,00030 June 2030 22 Conor Townsend LB Hessle Ipswich Town 24 July 2026 Free Transfer 30 June 2027 25 Nolan Galves RB Montbéliard Rodez 28 July 2026 £850,000 30 June 2030 Midfielders 7 Felix Horn Myhre CM Oslo Brann 5 August 2026 £2,500,000 30 June 2029 8 Jayson Molumby CM Cappoquin Brighton & Hove Albion 1 July 2022 £1,000,000 30 June 2028 15 Toby Collyer CDM Worthing Manchester United 30 August 2026 £3,000,000 30 June 2030 17 Ousmane Diakité CDM Mali TSV Hartberg 27 June 2024 Free Transfer 30 June 2029 20 Rabby Nzingoula CM Lille Strasbourg 11 August 2026 Undisclosed 30 June 2029 21 Isaac Price AM Pontefract Standard Liege 22 January 2025 Undisclosed 30 June 2029 29 Harry Whitwell CM Oxford Academy 17 November 2022 30 June 2027 Forwards 9 Barney Stewart ST London Falkirk 17 June 2026 £1,300,000 30 June 2030 10 Mikey Johnston LW Glasgow Celtic 30 August 2024 £3,000,000 30 June 2028 11 Jimmy-Jay Morgan CF Poole Chelsea 18 June 2026 £4,000,000 30 June 2030 19 Aune Heggebø ST Bergen Brann 7 July 2025 £4,750,000 30 June 2030 23 Tammer Bany CF Copenhagen Randers 3 February 2025 Undisclosed 30 June 2028 26 Kareem Tunde RW Barcelona Levante 27 August 2026 Undisclosed 30 June 2030 Out on Loan 14 Alfie Gilchrist RB Kingston-upon-Thames Chelsea 29 August 2025 Undisclosed 30 June 2029 28 Alex Williams RB Wales Academy 13 January 2023 30 June 2028 37 Ollie Bostock LW Kingston-upon-Thames Academy 19 March 2024 30 June 2027
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 during the season:
|colspan="14"|Players out on loan:
Disciplinary record
Rank Number Position Nationality Player Championship FA Cup EFL Cup Total 1 17 CDM Ousmane Diakité 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 0 0 2 3 CB Nat Phillips 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 11 ST Jimmy-Jay Morgan 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 18 RB Brayann Pereira 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 21 CM Isaac Price 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 29 CM Harry Whitwell 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 7 6 CB George Campbell 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 8 CM Jayson Molumby 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 9 ST Barney Stewart 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 20 CM Rabby Nzingoula 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0Total 10 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 13 0 0
Transfers and contracts In DatePos.PlayerFrom Fee Ref. 17 June 2026 CF Barney Stewart Falkirk £1,300,000 18 June 2026 CF Jimmy-Jay Morgan Chelsea £4,000,000 1 July 2026 GK Matt Ingram Oxford United Free 1 July 2026 CB Carter Pinnington Liverpool 2 July 2026 GK William Rutter Brighton & Hove Albion 24 July 2026 LB Conor Townsend Ipswich Town 28 July 2026 RB Nolan Galves Rodez £850,000 5 August 2026 CM Felix Horn Myhre Brann £2,500,000 11 August 2026 CM Rabby Nzingoula Strasbourg £2,000,000 17 August 2026 LW Nathan Dlamini Blackburn Rovers Free 18 August 2026CM Kayden Lucas Newcastle United 27 August 2026 RW Kareem Tunde Levante £2,550,000 30 August 2026 CDM Toby Collyer Manchester United £3,000,000 1 September 2026RB Brayann Pereira NEC£1,000,000
Loaned in DatePos.PlayerFromDate untilRef.
Loaned out DatePos.PlayerToLoaned untilRef. 11 August 2026 RB Alfie Gilchrist Leyton Orient End of Season 29 August 2026 GK Louis Brady Malvern Town 26 September 2026 3 September 2026 RB Alex Williams Hibernian End of Season 4 September 2026 CM Cole Deeming Hartlepool United 2 January 2027 10 September 2026 RW Ollie Bostock Boston United 2 January 2027 16 September 2026 GK Brian Okonkwo Leamington 16 October 2026 19 September 2026 CB Jamal Mohammed King's Lynn Town 17 October 2026 29 September 2026 CB Carter Pinnington Solihull Moors 26 December 2026
Out DatePos.PlayerToFeeRef. 25 June 2026 GK Josh Griffiths Stoke City Undisclosed 14 July 2026 CF Eseosa Sule St Mirren Nominal fee 6 August 2026 CAM Souleyman Mandey Grazer AK Undisclosed 14 August 2026 CM Alex Mowatt Derby County £2,000,000 26 August 2026 CB Krystian Bielik Cardiff City £2,500,000
Released/Out of contract DatePos.PlayerSubsequent clubJoined dateRef. 30 June 2026 LB Evan Humphries Oxford City 1 July 2026 CF Adam Okorodudu San Diego State Aztecs LW Akeel Higgins Wigan Athletic 3 July 2026 RW Jed Wallace Bristol City CF Daryl Dike Orlando City 17 July 2026 CF Karlan Grant Charlton Athletic 19 July 2026 LW Torin Ntege Reading 31 July 2026 CF Josh Maja Le Havre 1 August 2026 RB Deago Nelson Oxford City 7 August 2026 CF Miller McDonald Tonbridge Angels 15 August 2026 CDM Kevin Mfuamba Reading 24 August 2026 GK Joe Wildsmith Wycombe Wanderers 24 September 2026 CF Dan Chimeziri CB Muhamed Diomande CF Donte Ranger GK Liam Wilkes
New contract DatePos.PlayerContract expiryRef. 15 May 2026 GK Louis Brady 30 June 2027 GK Joe Wallis 2 June 2026 GK Max O'Leary 30 June 2029 19 June 2026 LB Callum Styles 30 June 2030 24 June 2026 CDM Ousmane Diakité 30 June 2029 1 July 2026 RW Remar McNeil 30 June 2028 2 July 2026 GK Ben Cisse 30 June 2027 CB Jamal Mohammed GK Brian Okonkwo 30 June 2028 9 July 2026 CF Jaiden Francis-Caesar 30 June 2027 4 September 2026 CM Cole Deeming 30 June 2028 18 September 2026 CM Harry Whitwell 30 June 2029
Pre-season and friendlies On 1 June, West Brom announced a pre-season friendly against Peterborough United. A week later, a behind closed doors fixture against Sheffield Wednesday was confirmed. On 26 June, a visit to Shrewsbury Town was announced, as well as a training camp in Portugal with a fixture against Bromley. On 24 July, a behind-closed-doors friendly against Notts County was added.
Competitions Summary August Albion began the season with an EFL Cup first round tie away at Rotherham United. The Baggies came away convincing 1–4 winners, a brace from Jimmy-Jay Morgan and goals from Harry Whitwell and Felix Horn Myhre booking their place in the next round. The Championship season got under way the following weekend, and Albion produced another away victory, bringing all three points home from Carrow Road. Morrison's men had to defend resolutely throughout to deny the dangerous Norwich frontline, and were clinical when Aune Heggebø turned the ball in with his hand with 75 minutes on the clock. The Canaries fans and players furious with the decision, Albion soon wrapped up the points when Jimmy-Jay Morgan scored a brilliant solo goal and held on for the win despite Mathias Kvistgaarden's late consolation. The Baggies' first game of the season at The Hawthorns saw them face newly-relegated Burnley. A Callum Styles own goal gave the Clarets the lead before Harry Whitwell scored his first league goal to level the scoreline. Isaac Price scored twice in the second-half, first with a beautiful curling strike and then via a penalty to seal a 3–1 victory. Away at St. James' Park against top-flight Newcastle in the EFL Cup in midweek, Albion put in a valiant display, but bowed out with a 3–2 defeat. Isaac Price continued his fine form by putting the visitors ahead with a free-kick, but the Magpies turned it round through Bazoumana Touré and Harvey Barnes. Price drew Albion level from the spot after Lewis Hall handballed it in his own box, but soon after Barnes scored again to send Newcastle into the Third Round. The Baggies' first defeat of the season came the following weekend, away at Middlesbrough. After a strong first-half performance from the Albion, former West Brom loanee Will Lankshear opened the scoring just after half time, despite being "clearly offside", before Jimmy-Jay Morgan brought the visitors level, continuing his prolific start to the season. A strong performance from goalkeeper Max O'Leary was not enough to keep the Boro out, with a second goal from Lankshear soon after the equaliser, and a third from Alfie Jones sealing the result in Middlesbrough's favour.
September September started with a midweek tie at home to Charlton Athletic. The Addicks were top of the table with three wins from three going into the game, and Albion struggled to break them down. Callum Styles opened the scoring for the hosts with a sumptuous volley in the second half, but Charlton were clincial and Tyreece Campbell equalised ten minutes later to secure a point. In the second game of the month, Albion hosted Watford who had only one win to their name so far this season. The stalemate was broken in the 39th minute after a quick break on the left hand side by winger Isaac Price, before passing the ball to Harry Whitwell, who assisted Jimmy-Jay Morgan, regaining his position as the team's seasonal top-scorer so far. On the 8 September, the club announced that winger Mikey Johnston would be subject to an extended period on the sidelines as a consequence of an ankle injury sustained in addition to the fracture he sustained versus Oxford United in February. Albion continued their good run of form in midweek with a 0–1 away win at Pride Park. Aune Heggebø gave the visitors the lead in the first-half, before debutant Brayann Pereira was sent off after receiving two yellow cards in quick succession. Despite having ten men for nearly an hour, the Baggies held on to secure all three points and go top of the table. They were back at home the following weekend to face Queens Park Rangers at lunchtime. The Throstles dominated the ball for the majority of the first-half, but fell behind after an unfortunate Chris Mepham own goal against the run of play. Callum Styles scored with a tidy finish soon after to level the score, but neither side were able to find a winner and it finished 1–1. The final game of September, before a two-week international break, was the first league Black Country derby since 2021, and the first in the Championship since 2008. Despite heroics from Max O'Leary in goal, West Brom fell to a 1–0 defeat in the away fixture at Molineux, in a game which was described by defender Conor Townsend as the stripes' "worst performance of the season".
Overall record
Championship
League table
Results summary
Results by round
Matches
FA Cup
EFL Cup
West Brom were drawn away to Rotherham United in the first round and to Newcastle United in the second round.
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