The 2026–27 season is the 143rd season in the history of Coventry City Football Club and their first season back in the Premier League, marking their return to the top flight for the first time since 2001. In addition to the domestic league, the club is also participating in the FA Cup and the EFL Cup.
Pre-season friendlies On 13 May, Coventry announced their first pre-season fixture, against Northampton Town. On 2 July, a home friendly against Espanyol was confirmed. On 17 July, a second home friendly was added against Ligue 1 side Monaco.
Competitions Overall record
Premier League
League table
Results summary
Results by round
Matches The Premier League fixtures were released on 19 June 2026.
FA Cup
EFL Cup
Coventry City entered the EFL Cup in the second round, and were drawn away against Plymouth Argyle. They were then drawn at home to Aston Villa in the third round.
Transfers and contracts Transfers in Date Pos. Nat. Player From Fee Ref. 29 June 2026 CM Frank Onyeka Brentford £6,800,000 11 July 2026 RW Loum Tchaouna Burnley £20,000,000 16 July 2026 CB Aurèle Amenda Eintracht Frankfurt £15,400,000 23 July 2026 CF Nsemi Bassega Wycombe Wanderers Free CF Elijah Briscoe Aston Villa LB Billy-Ray Cullinane Brighton & Hove Albion CAM Harrison Gray Swindon Town CB Jimmy Holman Eastbourne Town CB Victor Madu Norwich City GK Jack Ruddy 4 August 2026 GK Carl Rushworth Brighton & Hove Albion £22,500,000 7 August 2026 CM Caleb Yirenkyi Nordsjælland £23,100,000 11 August 2026 CM Gustavo Hamer Sheffield United £6,000,000 17 August 2026 CF Taiwo Awoniyi Nottingham Forest £9,000,000 19 August 2026 CF Sidiki Cherif Fenerbahçe £20,500,000 21 August 2026 GK Dan Bentley Wolverhampton Wanderers Free 26 August 2026 CB Ethan Pinnock Brentford £5,000,000 4 September 2026 AM Yann Gboho Toulouse £10,300,000 Expenditure: £138,600,000
Transfers out Date Pos. Nat. Player To Fee Ref. 8 August 2026 RW Jahnoah Markelo Shabab Al Ahli £4,400,000 Income: £4,400,000
Loans in Date Pos. Nat. Player From Until Ref. 30 August 2026 CB Stephen Mfuni Manchester City End of Season
Loans out Date Pos. Nat. Player To Until Ref. 7 July 2026 CM Isaac Moore Walsall End of Season 21 July 2026 CB Callum Perry Cambridge United End of Season 22 July 2026 CF Norman Bassette KVC Westerlo End of Season 7 August 2026 CF Joshua Toluwaloju Brackley Town 4 September 2026 13 August 2026 LB Harvey Broad AFC Fylde End of Season 28 August 2026 LB Miguel Ángel Brau Académico de Viseu End of Season 28 August 2026 CM Kai Andrews Oxford United End of Season 29 August 2026 GK Oscar Varney Evesham United 26 September 2026 29 August 2026 CM Mackenzie Stretton Evesham United 26 September 2026 12 September 2026 CF Joshua Toluwaloju Bromsgrove Sporting 4 October 2026 1 September 2026 CB Liam Kitching Sheffield United End of Season 1 September 2026 GK Oliver Dovin Leyton Orient End of Season 1 September 2026 RW Raphael Burton Albion End of Season 12 September 2026 CB David Mantle Maidenhead United 5 December 2026 20 September 2026 RB Tionne Critchlow-Woyo Spalding United 17 October 2026
Released / out of contract DatePos.Nat.PlayerSubsequent clubJoined dateRef. 30 June 2026 CAM Charlie Finney Alfreton Town 1 July 2026 LW Rylie Siddall UAB Blazers 1 July 2026 GK Bradley Collins Bristol City 11 July 2026 LW Conrad Ambursley Phoenix Rising 16 July 2026 CAM Kai Yearn Brackley Town 24 July 2026 CM Jamie Allen CM Jack James Coventry United 9 September 2026 CB Caleb McBride Boston United 1 August 2026 RB Greg Sandiford Larne 30 August 2026 LB Callum Witts Hereford 28 August 2026 CF Success Nidjebu Bedworth United 28 August 2026 15 January 2027 CF Joshua Toluwaloju
New contracts DatePos.Nat.PlayerContracted untilRef. 29 May 2026 CB Bobby Thomas Undisclosed CM Victor Torp 26 June 2026 CB Callum Perry 23 July 2026 LB Tionne Critchlow-Woyo Undisclosed GK Eliot Meredith
Squad information No. Player Position Nationality Place of birth Date of birth (age) * Club apps * Club goals * Signed from Date signed Fee Contract end Goalkeepers 13 Ben Wilson GK Stanley 123 1 Bradford City 1 July 2019 Free 30 June 2027 19 Carl Rushworth GK Halifax 46 0 Brighton & Hove Albion 4 August 2026 £22,500,000 31 June 2031 25 Dan Bentley GK Basildon 0 0 Wolverhampton Wanderers 21 August 2026 Free 30 June 2028 48 Luke Bell GK Kidderminster 0 0 Academy 1 July 2022 30 June 2027 51 Oscar Varney GK 0 0 Fulham 4 July 2015 30 June 2027 Defenders 2 Ethan Pinnock DF London 0 0 Brentford 26 August 2026 £5,000,000 30 June 2028 3 Jay Dasilva LB Luton 122 0 Bristol City 1 July 2023 Free 30 June 2028 4 Bobby Thomas CB Chester 129 10 Burnley 22 July 2023 Undisclosed 30 June 202912 Stephen Mfuni DF Wigan 0 0 Manchester City 30 August 2026 Loan 31 May 2027 20 Kaine Kesler-Hayden RB Birmingham 24 2 Aston Villa 1 July 2025 £3,500,000 30 June 2029 21 Jake Bidwell LB Southport 150 3 Swansea City 17 January 2022 Free 30 June 2027 22 Joel Latibeaudiere CB Doncaster 100 4 Swansea City 18 July 2023 Compensation 30 June 2027 24 Aurèle Amenda CB Biel/Bienne 0 0 Eintracht Frankfurt 16 July 2026 £15,400,000 30 June 2030 26 Luke Woolfenden CB Ipswich 18 0 Ipswich Town 1 September 2025 £4,000,000 30 June 2028 27 Milan van Ewijk RB Amsterdam 145 4 Heerenveen 27 July 2023 Undisclosed 30 June 2029 44 Riccardo Di Trolio CB Camden 0 0 St Albans City 26 January 2023 Free 30 June 2027 Midfielders 5 Jack Rudoni CM Carshalton 83 17 Huddersfield Town 20 June 2024 Undisclosed 30 June 2028 6 Matt Grimes CM Exeter 66 4 Swansea City 31 January 2025 Undisclosed 30 June 2028 7 Tatsuhiro Sakamoto RW Tokyo 117 18 KV Oostende 10 July 2023 Undisclosed 30 June 2027 8 Caleb Yirenkyi CM Bechem 0 0 FC Nordsjælland 7 August 2026 £23,100,000 30 June 2030 10 Ephron Mason-Clark LW Lambeth 77 16 Peterborough United 1 February 2024 Undisclosed 30 June 2028 16 Frank Onyeka DM Abuja 14 1 Brentford 29 June 2026 £6,800,000 30 June 2030 28 Josh Eccles CM Coventry 197 9 Academy 1 July 2018 30 June 2028 29 Victor Torp CM Lemvig 102 17 Sarpsborg 11 January 2024 Undisclosed 30 June 2028 34 Yann Gboho LW Man 0 0 Toulouse 4 September 2026 Undisclosed 30 June 2030 38 Gustavo Hamer CM Feyenoord 132 19 Sheffield United 11 August 2026 £6,000,000 30 June 2030 50 George Shepherd AM Coventry 0 0 Academy 1 July 2025 30 June 2027 Forwards 9 Ellis Simms CF Oldham 145 40 Everton 7 July 2023 Undisclosed 30 June 2027 11 Haji Wright FW Los Angeles 124 49 Antalyaspor 4 August 2023 £7,700,000 30 June 2027 14 Taiwo Awoniyi FW Ilorin 0 0 Nottingham Forest 17 August 2026 £9,000,000 30 June 2031 17** Loum Tchaouna RW N'Djamena 0 0 Burnley 11 July 2026 £20,000,000 30 June 2031 23 Brandon Thomas-Asante FW Milton Keynes 77 19 West Bromwich Albion 1 August 2024 Undisclosed 30 June 2028 49 Sidiki Chérif FW Dubréka 0 0 Fenerbahçe 19 August 2026 £20,500,000 30 June 2032 59 Aidan Dausch FW London 2 0 Academy 1 July 2023 30 June 2027 Out on loan 1 Oliver Dovin GK London 30 0 Hammarby IF 19 July 2024 Undisclosed 30 June 2028 15 Liam Kitching CB Harrogate 106 4 Barnsley 1 September 2023 Undisclosed 30 June 2028 17 Raphael RW Maastricht 9 0 Macarthur 14 June 2024 Undisclosed 30 June 2028 33 Miguel Ángel Brau LB Cartagena 11 0 Granada 1 July 2025 Free 30 June 2029 36 Isaac Moore CM 0 0 Academy 1 July 2023 30 June 2028 37 Norman Bassette FW Arlon 29 2 Caen 21 August 2024 Undisclosed 30 June 2028 41 Callum Perry CB 0 0 Academy 1 July 2023 31 June 2030 51 Harvey Broad LB Chatham 0 0 Chatham Town 11 July 2024 Undisclosed 30 June 2027 54 Kai Andrews CM Birmingham 12 0 Academy 1 July 2022 30 June 2028 Left before the end of the season
* Player age and appearances/goals for the club as of beginning of 2026–27 season. ** Loum Tchaouna originally had squad number 18 but later changed this to 17.
Statistics Appearances
Number Nationality Player Position Premier League FA Cup EFL Cup Total2 Ethan Pinnock DF 3+1 0 0+1 53 Jay Dasilva DF 5 0 0 54 Bobby Thomas DF 5 0 2 75 Jack Rudoni MF 4+1 0 1 66 Matt Grimes MF 5 0 0 57 Tatsuhiro Sakamoto MF 0+1 0 2 38 Caleb Yirenkyi MF 3+2 0 2 79 Ellis Simms FW 1+2 0 0+1 410 Ephron Mason-Clark MF 4 0 0+1 512 Stephen Mfuni DF 1 0 1 214 Taiwo Awoniyi FW 3+1 0 1 515 Liam Kitching DF 0 0 1 116 Frank Onyeka MF 4 0 0+1 517 Loum Tchaouna FW 2+2 0 0+1 519 Carl Rushworth GK 5 0 0 521 Jake Bidwell DF 0 0 1+1 222 Joel Latibeaudiere DF 0+1 0 2 323 Brandon Thomas-Asante FW 2+3 0 0+1 624 Aurèle Amenda DF 4 0 1+1 625 Dan Bentley GK 0 0 2 227 Milan van Ewijk DF 4 0 0 428 Josh Eccles MF 0 0 0+1 129 Victor Torp MF 0+3 0 2 534 Yann Gboho MF 0 0 1 138 Gustavo Hamer MF 0+3 0 2 549 Sidiki Chérif FW 0+1 0 1+1 3
Goalscorers
Number Nationality Player Position Premier League FA Cup EFL Cup Total 29 Victor Torp MF 0 0 2 2 3 Jay Dasilva DF 1 0 0 1 5 Jack Rudoni MF 0 0 1 1 10 Ephron Mason-Clark MF 0 0 1 1 14 Taiwo Awoniyi FW 0 0 1 1Totals 1 0 5 6
Yellow cards
Number Nationality Player Position Premier League FA Cup EFL Cup Total 8 Caleb Yirenkyi MF 1 0 1 2 2 Ethan Pinnock DF 1 0 0 1 12 Stephen Mfuni DF 0 0 1 1 12 Frank Onyeka MF 0 0 1 1 22 Joel Latibeaudiere DF 0 0 1 1 24 Aurèle Amenda DF 1 0 0 1 27 Milan van Ewijk DF 1 0 0 1 28 Josh Eccles MF 0 0 1 1Totals 4 0 5 9
Red cards
Number Nationality Player Position Premier League FA Cup EFL Cup Total 14 Taiwo Awoniyi FW 1 0 0 1Totals 1 0 0 1
Captains
Number Nationality Player Position Championship FA Cup EFL Cup Total6 Matt Grimes MF 5 0 0 54 Bobby Thomas DF 0 0 1 115 Liam Kitching DF 0 0 1 1Totals 5 0 2 7
Penalties awarded Number Nationality Player Position Date Opponents Ground Success29 Victor Torp MF 25 August 2026 Plymouth Argyle Home Park
Suspensions served Number Nationality Player Position Date suspended Reason Matches missed14 Taiwo Awoniyi FW 16 September 2026 1 red cardvs. Brighton & Hove AlbionAston Villa (H)Nottingham Forest (A)Newcastle United (H)
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