The 2025–26 season was the 120th season in the history of RC Strasbourg Alsace, and the club's ninth consecutive season in Ligue 1. In addition to the domestic league, the club participated in the Coupe de France and UEFA Conference League.
Season summary With five wins and a draw during the league phase of the UEFA Conference League, Strasbourg finished top of the table and advanced to the round of 16.
On 6 January 2026, it was announced that fellow BlueCo owned club Chelsea had appointed Liam Rosenior as their new head coach.
Players First-team squad
Out on loan
Management team PositionNameHead coach Gary O'NeilAssistant head coachVacantFirst-team coachVacantGoalkeeping coach Sébastien GimenezFitness coach Dany EberhardtYouth coach Martin Djetou Guillaume LacourVideo analyst Hachim Ali M'Bae
Transfers and contracts
In DatePlayerFromFeeRef.24 June 2025 CB Andrew Omobamidele Nottingham Forest Undisclosed 26 June 2025 RW Sam Amo-Ameyaw Southampton Undisclosed 27 June 2025 MF Pape Demba Diop Zulte Waregem Undisclosed 2 July 2025 LB Valentín Barco Brighton & Hove Albion £7,870,000 7 July 2025 CB Soumaïla Coulibaly Borussia Dortmund Undisclosed 16 July 2025 MF Maxi Oyedele Legia Warsaw €6,000,000 27 July 2025 FW Joaquín Panichelli Alavés Undisclosed 30 July 2025 LB Ishé Samuels-Smith Chelsea £6,500,000 9 August 2025 CB Lucas Høgsberg Nordsjælland Undisclosed LUCAS HØGSBERG AU RACING, rcstrasbourgalsace.fr, 9 August 2025FC Nordsjælland sælger Lucas Høgsberg til RC Strasbourg, fcn.dk, 9 August 202516 August 2025 GK Stefan Bajic Bristol City Undisclosed 1 September 2025 CAM Julio Enciso Brighton & Hove Albion Undisclosed 1 September 2025 LB Ben Chilwell Chelsea Undisclosed
Out DatePlayerToFeeRef.9 June 2025 DF Mamadou Sarr Chelsea £12,000,000 18 June 2025 FW Jérémy Sebas Bastia Undisclosed 1 July 2025 CM Habib Diarra Sunderland £30,000,000 1 July 2025 RB Marvin Senaya Auxerre Undisclosed 1 July 2025 MF Jessy Deminguet Metz Undisclosed 1 July 2025 GK Alaa Bellaarouch Braga Undisclosed 4 July 2025 GK Robin Risser Lens Undisclosed 5 July 2025 CB Steven Baseya Alverca Undisclosed 13 July 2025 LB Thomas Delaine Le Havre Undisclosed 16 July 2025 FW Patrick Ouotro Nancy Undisclosed 24 July 2025 FW Aboubacar Ali Abdallah Francs Borains Undisclosed 29 July 2025 FW Moïse Sahi Dion Dender Undisclosed 1 September 2025 LB Ishé Samuels-Smith Chelsea Undisclosed 1 September 2025 RW Dilane Bakwa Nottingham Forest Undisclosed
Loaned in DatePlayerFromRef.28 July 2025GK Mike Penders Chelsea31 July 2025AM Kendry Páez1 August 2025CB Mamadou Sarr2 February 2026CB Aarón AnselminoST David Datro Fofana
Loaned out DatePlayerToRef.14 July 2025 CB Yoni Gomis Beveren 16 July 2025 MF Pape Diong Dunkerque 12 August 2025 FW Miloš Luković Las Palmas 31 August 2025 MF Pape Demba Diop 1. FC Nürnberg
Competitions Overall record
Ligue 1
League table
Results summary
Results by round
1 Matchday 29 (vs Brest) was postponed due to Strasbourg's involvement in the UEFA Conference League.
Matches
Coupe de France
UEFA Conference League
Play-off round
The draw for the play-off round was held on 4 August 2025.
League phase
Knockout phase
Round of 16 The draw for the round of 16 took place on 27 February 2026.
Quarter-final
Semi-final
Statistics
Notes
References