The four teams will be confirmed for the League One play-offs at the end of the season as we wait to see who will be promoted to the Championship next season.
Here is all you need to know about the 2025/26 League One play-offs and the race for promotion.
League One Play-Offs 2025/26 dates
The 2025/26 League One play-offs will take place on the following dates. The dates for the play-off semi finals will be confirmed closer to the time.
Semi-Finals - First Leg
- TBC v TBC - TBC (TBC)
- TBC v TBC - TBC (TBC)
Semi-Finals - Second Leg
- TBC v TBC - TBC (TBC)
- TBC v TBC - TBC (TBC)
Final
- Sunday 24th May
League One Play-Offs 2025/26 format
The League One play-offs are played using a simple knockout format. The teams are seeded based on finishing positions in the league, with third-placed finishers playing sixth and fourth playing fifth in the semi-finals.
A simple aggregate score of the two matches decides which teams progress.
The League One play-off final will determine which team gets promoted on the day, with extra-time and penalties used to find a winner if required.
League One Play-Offs history
Some illustrious names have won promotion from the League One play-off final, with the likes of Burnley, Manchester City and Brighton on the list of former winners.
Premier League champions City beat Gillingham in a penalty shootout in 1999 after scoring two late goals in normal time to draw 2-2.
Sunderland's 2-0 victory over Wycombe in 2022 was the only one of the last seven League One play-off finals to be decided by more than one goal.
Last year's League One play-off final saw Charlton Athletic prevail 1-0 over Leyton Orient in the final, with Macaulay Gillesphey grabbing the winner for the Addicks.
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