2025 EFL League Two play-off final

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

The 2025 EFL League Two play-off final was an association football match which was played on 26 May 2025 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 2024–25 EFL League Two, Doncaster Rovers, Port Vale and 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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