2025 EFL League Two play-off final

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2025 EFL League Two play-off Final
Wembley Stadium in London hosted the final
AFC Wimbledon Walsall
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Date26 May 2025 (2025-05-26)
VenueWembley Stadium, London
RefereeWill Finnie
Attendance50,947
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The 2025 EFL League Two play-off final was an

Bradford City, gained automatic promotion to League One, while the clubs placed from fourth to seventh in the table – Walsall, Wimbledon, Notts County and Chesterfield – took part in the 2025 English Football League play-offs. The winners of the play-off semi-finals, AFC Wimbledon and Walsall, competed for the final place for the 2025–26 season in League One.[1][2]

Wimbledon won the game 1–0 and were promoted to play in League One for the 2025–26 League One season.[3]

Route to the final

Main articles: 2024–25 EFL League Two and 2025 English Football League play-offs § League Two
EFL League Two final table, leading positions
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Doncaster Rovers (C, P) 46 24 12 10 73 50 +23 84 Promotion to 2025–26 EFL League One
2 Port Vale (P) 46 22 14 10 65 46 +19 80
3 Bradford City (P) 46 22 12 12 64 45 +19 78
4 Walsall 46 21 14 11 75 54 +21 77 Qualified
5 AFC Wimbledon 46 20 13 13 56 35 +21 73
6 Notts County 46 20 12 14 68 49 +19 72 Eliminated
7 Chesterfield 46 19 13 14 73 54 +19 70
Source: EFL Official Website
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted

Match

Details

AFC Wimbledon1–0Walsall
  • Hippolyte 45+2'
 Report
Attendance: 50,947
Referee: Will Finnie
AFC Wimbledon
Walsall
GK 1 England Owen Goodman
CB 26 England Riley Harbottle downward-facing red arrow 69'
CB 31 Wales Joe Lewis
CB 6 Northern Ireland Ryan Johnson
RWB 7 England James Tilley
CM 12 England Alistair Smith
CM 4 England Jake Reeves (c)
CM 21 Grenada Myles Hippolyte 45+2', downward-facing red arrow 90'
LWB 11 England Josh Neufville
CF 18 England Marcus Browne downward-facing red arrow 90'
CF 14 England Matty Stevens downward-facing red arrow 77'
Substitutes:
GK 22 England Lewis Ward
DF 33 England Isaac Ogundere upward-facing green arrow 69'
MF 8 England Callum Maycock upward-facing green arrow 90'
MF 16 England James Ball
MF 29 Norway Aron Sasu upward-facing green arrow 90'
FW 10 England Josh Kelly upward-facing green arrow 77'
FW 39 England Joe Pigott
Head Coach:
England Johnnie Jackson
GK 1 England Tommy Simkin
CB 26 Republic of Ireland David Okagbue
CB 24 England Harry Williams downward-facing red arrow 34'
CB 21 England Taylor Allen
RM 19 Uganda Nathan Asiimwe downward-facing red arrow 74'
CM 15 England Alfie Chang downward-facing red arrow 74'
CM 25 Wales Ryan Stirk
LM 3 Guyana Liam Gordon
RW 22 England Jamie Jellis downward-facing red arrow 62'
LW 20 England George Hall
CF 9 Jamaica Jamille Matt (c) downward-facing red arrow 63'
Substitutes:
GK 12 England Sam Hornby
DF 2 England Connor Barrett upward-facing green arrow 74'
DF 4 Republic of Ireland Oisin McEntee upward-facing green arrow 34'
MF 8 England Charlie Lakin upward-facing green arrow 74'
MF 14 Montserrat Brandon Comley
FW 11 England Levi Amantchi upward-facing green arrow 63'
FW 37 Ghana Albert Adomah upward-facing green arrow 62'
Head Coach:
England Mat Sadler

References

  1. ^ EFL (3 May 2025). "Sky Bet EFL Play-Offs: Schedule confirmed". efl.com. Retrieved 7 May 2025.
  2. ^ "League Two Table and Standings - Football - BBC Sport". BBC Sport. Retrieved 7 May 2025.
  3. ^ "AFC Wimbledon promoted with League Two Play-Off Final win". EFL. 26 May 2025. Retrieved 26 May 2025.
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