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Stoke City

Squad26 Avg age27.1 Nations21 Club history

Squad value €57.50m

2026 record1 - 1 - 24 scored · 6 conceded · 4 matches

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Most valuable players26 in squad

Viktor JohanssonGoalkeeper · 27

€8.00m

Ben WilmotDefender - Centre-Back · 26

€4.80m

Divin MubamaAttack - Centre-Forward · 21

€4.00m

Róbert BoženíkAttack - Centre-Forward · 26

€4.00m

Tomas RigoMidfield - Central Midfield · 24

€4.00m

Million ManhoefAttack - Right Winger · 24

€3.80m

Full squad

Club records00/01 to 99/00

35Seasons in dataset

327Players ever

€9.70mBiggest signing

€900kBiggest sale

18Most goals, one player, one season

12Unbeaten run · 2007-11-24 to 2008-01-19

All-time top scorers

About Stoke City

Stoke City Football Club is a professional football club based in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England. They compete in the EFL Championship, the second tier of English football.

Streaks & runs - longest sequences in our dataset

5 matches

2006-11-06 → 2006-11-28

12 matches

2007-11-24 → 2008-01-19

5 matches

2006-08-12 → 2006-09-12

5 matches

2004-12-28 → 2005-01-22

13 matches

2018-01-31 → 2018-05-05

Squad size26active players

Avg age27.1years

Domestic14England

Foreigners1246% of squad

EU passport23non-EU: 3

Nationalities21different countries

Age distribution

U18

18-22

23-26

27-30

31+

Position breakdown

4 (15%)

DEF

8 (31%)

MID

6 (23%)

FWD

8 (31%)

85% foreign players

22 of 26

27.5y avg squad age

4 Goalkeepers

8 Defenders

6 Midfielders

8 Attackers

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Player	Pos	Age	Nationality	Foot	Height	Contract	Market value
Viktor Johansson	Goalkeeper	27	Sweden		187.00m	2027-06-30	€8.00m
Ben Wilmot	Defender - Centre-Back	26	England Ireland	right	188.00m	2026-06-30	€4.80m
Divin Mubama	Attack - Centre-Forward	21	England DR Congo	left	183.00m	2026-06-30	€4.00m
Róbert Boženík	Attack - Centre-Forward	26	Slovakia	right	188.00m	2028-06-30	€4.00m
Tomas Rigo	Midfield - Central Midfield	24	Slovakia	right	184.00m	2029-06-30	€4.00m
Million Manhoef	Attack - Right Winger	24	Netherlands Suriname	left	179.00m	2027-06-30	€3.80m
Sorba Thomas	Attack - Right Winger	27	Wales England	right	185.00m	2028-06-30	€3.50m
Jun-ho Bae	Midfield - Attacking Midfield	23	Korea, South	right	180.00m	2027-06-30	€3.00m
Maksym Taloverov	Defender - Centre-Back	26	Ukraine	right	196.00m	2028-06-30	€3.00m
Ashley Phillips	Defender - Centre-Back	21	England Wales	right	196.00m	2026-05-31	€2.80m
Lamine Cissé	Attack - Right Winger	23	France Guinea	right	179.00m	2029-06-30	€2.50m
Eric-Junior Bocat	Defender - Left-Back	27	France Senegal	left	184.00m	2028-06-30	€2.20m
Bosun Lawal	Defender - Centre-Back	23	Ireland Nigeria	right	190.00m	2028-05-31	€1.50m
Jamie Donley	Attack - Second Striker	21	Northern Ireland England	left	183.00m	2026-05-31	€1.50m
Sam Gallagher	Attack - Centre-Forward	30	England Scotland	right	193.00m	2027-06-30	€1.40m
André Vidigal	Attack - Left Winger	28	Angola Portugal	right	176.00m	2026-06-30	€1.20m
Lewis Baker	Midfield - Central Midfield	31	England Jamaica	right	182.00m	2026-06-30	€1.20m
Ben Pearson	Midfield - Central Midfield	31	England	right	176.00m	2027-06-30	€1.00m
Junior Tchamadeu	Defender - Right-Back	22	Cameroon England	right	180.00m	2027-06-30	€1.00m
Ben Gibson	Defender - Centre-Back	33	England	left	185.00m	2027-06-30	€800k
Steven Nzonzi	Midfield - Defensive Midfield	37	France DR Congo	right	196.00m	2026-06-30	€700k
Tatsuki Seko	Midfield - Central Midfield	28	Japan	right	175.00m	2027-06-30	€700k
Aaron Cresswell	Defender - Left-Back	36	England	left	170.00m	2026-06-30	€500k
Jack Bonham	Goalkeeper	32	Ireland England	right	192.00m	2026-06-30	€300k
Frank Fielding	Goalkeeper	38	England	right	185.00m	2026-06-30	€100k
True Grant	Goalkeeper	20	England Jamaica		0.00m	2028-06-30	-

Season	Date	Player	Pos	From	Type	Fee
99/00	1999-07-01	Brynjar Gunnarsson	Midfield - Defensive Midfield	Örgryte	Transfer	€900k
03/04	2004-03-01	Brynjar Gunnarsson	Midfield - Defensive Midfield	Forest	Loan	-
13/14	2014-01-14	John Guidetti	Attack - Centre-Forward	Man City	Loan	-
23/24	2023-10-10	Ciaran Clark	Defender - Centre-Back	Without Club	Transfer	-
23/24	2023-07-01	Nathan Lowe	Attack - Centre-Forward	Stoke U18	Transfer	-
24/25	2025-01-19	Nathan Lowe	Attack - Centre-Forward	Walsall	Return from loan	-
25/26	2026-05-31	Nathan Lowe	Attack - Centre-Forward	Stockport	Return from loan	-
24/25	2024-07-01	Sol Sidibé	Midfield - Central Midfield	Stoke U21	Transfer	-
05/06	2005-07-01		-	RSC Anderlecht	Loan	-
04/05	2004-09-13	Steve Guppy	Midfield - Left Midfield	Leeds	Transfer	-
25/26	2025-07-10	Aaron Cresswell	Defender - Left-Back	West Ham	Transfer	-
24/25	2024-08-10	Lewis Koumas	Attack - Left Winger	Liverpool U21	Loan	-
04/05	2005-02-01	Kevin Harper	Midfield - Right Midfield	Portsmouth	Transfer	€75k
06/07	2006-12-31	Kevin Harper	Midfield - Right Midfield	Carlisle United	Return from loan	-
06/07	2007-05-01	Kevin Harper	Midfield - Right Midfield	Walsall	Return from loan	-
07/08	2007-07-01	Ryan Shotton	Defender - Centre-Back	Stoke U18	Transfer	-
07/08	2008-05-31	Ryan Shotton	Defender - Centre-Back	Altrincham	Return from loan	-
08/09	2009-05-31	Ryan Shotton	Defender - Centre-Back	Tranmere	Return from loan	-
09/10	2010-05-31	Ryan Shotton	Defender - Centre-Back	Barnsley	Return from loan	-
13/14	2014-01-02	Ryan Shotton	Defender - Centre-Back	Wigan	Return from loan	-
14/15	2015-01-03	Ryan Shotton	Defender - Centre-Back	Derby	Return from loan	-
04/05	2004-12-01	Lewis Buxton	Defender - Right-Back	Portsmouth	Transfer	-
25/26	2025-08-25	True Grant	Goalkeeper	Man City U21	Transfer	-
18/19	2018-08-17	Cuco Martina	Defender - Centre-Back	Everton	Loan	-
23/24	2023-08-31	Jun-ho Bae	Midfield - Attacking Midfield	Daejeon Hana C.	Transfer	€2.00m
15/16	2015-08-11	Xherdan Shaqiri	Midfield - Attacking Midfield	Inter	Transfer	€17.00m
24/25	2024-08-23	Ashley Phillips	Defender - Centre-Back	Tottenham	Loan	-
18/19	2018-07-22	James McClean	Midfield - Left Midfield	West Brom	Transfer	€5.60m
23/24	2023-07-05	Enda Stevens	Defender - Left-Back	Sheff Utd	Transfer	-
08/09	2008-07-01	Danzelle St Louis-Hamilton	Goalkeeper	Stoke U18	Transfer	-
08/09	2009-05-01	Danzelle St Louis-Hamilton	Goalkeeper	Bristol Rovers	Return from loan	-
09/10	2009-12-31	Danzelle St Louis-Hamilton	Goalkeeper	Vauxhall Motors	Return from loan	-
23/24	2023-09-01	Junior Tchamadeu	Defender - Right-Back	Colchester Utd.	Transfer	€1.30m
23/24	2023-08-22	Nikola Jojic	Attack - Right Winger	Mladost	Transfer	€1.40m
24/25	2025-02-16	Nikola Jojic	Attack - Right Winger	Mladost	Return from loan	-
24/25	2025-06-30	Nikola Jojic	Attack - Right Winger	HNK Gorica	Return from loan	-
25/26	2026-06-30	Nikola Jojic	Attack - Right Winger	NK Radomlje	Return from loan	-
15/16	2015-07-01	Joselu	Attack - Centre-Forward	Hannover 96	Transfer	€8.00m
16/17	2017-06-30	Joselu	Attack - Centre-Forward	Dep. La Coruña	Return from loan	-
07/08	2008-03-01		-	Wolves	Loan	-

Season	Date	Player	Pos	To	Type	Fee
03/04	2003-07-01	Brynjar Gunnarsson	Midfield - Defensive Midfield	Forest	Transfer	-
03/04	2004-05-01	Brynjar Gunnarsson	Midfield - Defensive Midfield	Forest	Return from loan	-
13/14	2014-05-31	John Guidetti	Attack - Centre-Forward	Man City	Return from loan	-
24/25	2024-07-01	Ciaran Clark	Defender - Centre-Back	Retired	Transfer	-
24/25	2024-08-23	Nathan Lowe	Attack - Centre-Forward	Walsall	Loan	-
25/26	2025-07-30	Nathan Lowe	Attack - Centre-Forward	Stockport	Loan	-
25/26	2025-08-01	Sol Sidibé	Midfield - Central Midfield	PSV U21	Transfer	€2.25m
05/06	2005-12-31		-	RSC Anderlecht	Return from loan	-
04/05	2004-11-26	Steve Guppy	Midfield - Left Midfield	Wycombe	Transfer	-
24/25	2025-05-31	Lewis Koumas	Attack - Left Winger	Liverpool U21	Return from loan	-
06/07	2006-10-01	Kevin Harper	Midfield - Right Midfield	Carlisle United	Loan	-
06/07	2007-02-01	Kevin Harper	Midfield - Right Midfield	Walsall	Loan	-
07/08	2007-07-01	Kevin Harper	Midfield - Right Midfield	Dunfermline A.	Transfer	-
07/08	2007-09-15	Ryan Shotton	Defender - Centre-Back	Altrincham	Loan	-
08/09	2008-08-29	Ryan Shotton	Defender - Centre-Back	Tranmere	Loan	-
09/10	2009-09-23	Ryan Shotton	Defender - Centre-Back	Barnsley	Loan	-
13/14	2013-09-02	Ryan Shotton	Defender - Centre-Back	Wigan	Loan	-
14/15	2014-08-25	Ryan Shotton	Defender - Centre-Back	Derby	Loan	-
14/15	2015-01-04	Ryan Shotton	Defender - Centre-Back	Derby	Transfer	-
08/09	2008-10-01	Lewis Buxton	Defender - Right-Back	Sheff Wed	Transfer	€100k
18/19	2019-01-30	Cuco Martina	Defender - Centre-Back	Everton	Return from loan	-
18/19	2018-07-13	Xherdan Shaqiri	Midfield - Attacking Midfield	Liverpool	Transfer	€14.70m
25/26	2026-05-31	Ashley Phillips	Defender - Centre-Back	Tottenham	Return from loan	-
21/22	2021-08-17	James McClean	Midfield - Left Midfield	Wigan	Transfer	-
25/26	2025-07-01	Enda Stevens	Defender - Left-Back	Without Club	Transfer	-
08/09	2009-02-01	Danzelle St Louis-Hamilton	Goalkeeper	Bristol Rovers	Loan	-
09/10	2009-08-01	Danzelle St Louis-Hamilton	Goalkeeper	Vauxhall Motors	Loan	-
09/10	2010-02-01	Danzelle St Louis-Hamilton	Goalkeeper	Without Club	Transfer	-
24/25	2024-09-06	Nikola Jojic	Attack - Right Winger	Mladost	Loan	-
24/25	2025-02-17	Nikola Jojic	Attack - Right Winger	HNK Gorica	Loan	-
25/26	2025-07-29	Nikola Jojic	Attack - Right Winger	NK Radomlje	Loan	-
16/17	2016-08-31	Joselu	Attack - Centre-Forward	Dep. La Coruña	Loan	-
17/18	2017-08-16	Joselu	Attack - Centre-Forward	Newcastle	Transfer	€5.50m
07/08	2008-04-01		-	Wolves	Return from loan	-
25/26	2025-07-24	Emre Tezgel	Attack - Centre-Forward	Crewe Alexandra	Loan	-
03/04	2003-11-07	Keith Andrews	Midfield - Central Midfield	Wolves	Return from loan	-
25/26	2026-05-31	Jamie Donley	Attack - Second Striker	Tottenham U21	Return from loan	-
21/22	2022-05-31	Abdallah Sima	Attack - Left Winger	Brighton	Return from loan	-
17/18	2017-08-11	Marc Muniesa	Defender - Centre-Back	Girona	Loan	-
18/19	2018-07-01	Marc Muniesa	Defender - Centre-Back	Girona	Transfer	€5.00m

Nationality	Players	% of squad
England	4	15.4%
Slovakia	2	7.7%
England Jamaica	2	7.7%
Sweden	1	3.8%
England Ireland	1	3.8%
England DR Congo	1	3.8%
Netherlands Suriname	1	3.8%
Wales England	1	3.8%
Korea, South	1	3.8%
Ukraine	1	3.8%
England Wales	1	3.8%
France Guinea	1	3.8%
France Senegal	1	3.8%
Ireland Nigeria	1	3.8%
Northern Ireland England	1	3.8%
England Scotland	1	3.8%
Angola Portugal	1	3.8%
Cameroon England	1	3.8%
France DR Congo	1	3.8%
Japan	1	3.8%
Ireland England	1	3.8%

Season	Competition
99/00	EFL Trophy
99/00	FA Cup
99/00	League Cup
99/00	Second Division
98/99	EFL Trophy
98/99	Second Division
97/98	FA Cup
97/98	First Division
97/98	League Cup
96/97	First Division
96/97	League Cup
95/96	FA Cup
95/96	First Division
95/96	League Cup
94/95	First Division
94/95	League Cup
93/94	League Cup
89/90	League Cup
88/89	Second Division
25/26	Championship
25/26	EFL Cup
24/25	Championship
24/25	EFL Cup
24/25	FA Cup
23/24	Championship
23/24	EFL Cup
23/24	FA Cup
22/23	Championship
22/23	EFL Cup
22/23	FA Cup
21/22	Championship
21/22	EFL Cup
21/22	FA Cup
20/21	Championship
20/21	EFL Cup
20/21	FA Cup
19/20	Championship
19/20	EFL Cup
19/20	FA Cup
18/19	Championship
18/19	EFL Cup
18/19	FA Cup
17/18	EFL Cup
17/18	FA Cup
17/18	Premier League
16/17	EFL Cup
16/17	FA Cup
16/17	Premier League
15/16	FA Cup
15/16	League Cup

Date	Comp	Stage	Home	Score	Away	Status
2026-09-05	GB2		Stoke City	11:30	Charlton Athletic	TIMED
2026-09-01	ELC	REGULAR SEASON	Stoke City FC	1, 0	Norwich City FC	W
2026-08-29	ELC	REGULAR SEASON	Wolverhampton Wanderers FC	2, 1	Stoke City FC	L
2026-08-22	ELC	REGULAR SEASON	Southampton FC	3, 1	Stoke City FC	L
2026-08-15	ELC	REGULAR SEASON	Stoke City FC	1, 1	Swansea City AFC	D

Aggregated from 4 completed matches across all competitions in season 2026.

Record 1W-1D-2L 1.00 pts/game

Goals scored 4 1.00 per match

Goals conceded 6 1.50 per match

Goal difference -2

Clean sheets 1 25% of matches

Failed to score 0 0% of matches

Home vs Away

Home record 1W-1D-0L 2-1 goals

Away record 0W-0D-2L 2-5 goals

Highlights

Biggest win 1, 0 Stoke City FC vs Norwich City FC · Sep 1, 2026

Heaviest loss 1, 3 Southampton FC vs Stoke City FC · Aug 22, 2026

Affiliated B-teams, reserve squads and youth/development teams.

Stoke City Academy -

Stoke City U18 -

Stoke City U21 England · Premier League 2

Season 9 players · sum across all competitions for selected season

Player	Pos	Nat	Mat	Min	G	G+A	Pen	YC	G/90	G+A/90
Gavin Ward	Goalkeeper	England	52	4,680	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00
Clive Clarke	Defender - Left-Back	Ireland	48	3,332	1	1	0	4	0.03	0.03
James O'Connor	Midfield - Central Midfield	Ireland	48	623	6	6	0	10	0.87	0.87
Arnar Gunnlaugsson	Attack - Right Winger	Iceland	16	468	2	2	1	2	0.38	0.38
Lárus Orri Sigurdsson	Defender - Centre-Back	Iceland	5	450	1	1	0	3	0.20	0.20
Paul Connor	Attack - Centre-Forward	England	29	307	5	5	0	3	1.47	1.47
Chris Iwelumo	Attack - Centre-Forward	Scotland Nigeria	4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00
Neil MacKenzie	Midfield - Central Midfield	England	2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00
Brynjar Gunnarsson	Midfield - Defensive Midfield	Iceland	25	0	0	0	0	3	0.00	0.00

Frequently asked about Stoke City

What is Stoke City?

Stoke City is a professional football club based in England, competing in Championship.

How many players are in Stoke City's squad?

Stoke City currently has 26 players in the first-team squad in our database.

What league does Stoke City play in?

Stoke City plays in Championship.