ENGLISH Football League clubs are starting to publish their retained lists following the end of the regular season.
Sky Bet League One finished a week earlier than the other two divisions, so several clubs have already announced their decisions.
Listed below are all the players released by the 23 teams who competed against Oxford United in the third tier in 2021/22, as well as those who will join them next season.
*Indicates recently updated.
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2021/22 LEAGUE ONE CLUBS
Accrington Stanley
Released: Lewis Mansell, Ben Pleavin, Stephen Sama, Kevin Spinelli, Luke Stowe.
Returning loanees: Yeboah Amankwah (Manchester City), Marcel Lewis (Union SG), Joel Mumbongo (Burnley).
AFC Wimbledon
Released: Cheye Alexander, Corie Andrews, Darius Charles, Ben Heneghan, Egli Kaja, Jack Madelin, Isaac Olaniyan, Zaki Oualah and Derick Osei.
Contract offered: Huseyin Biler, Elliott Bolton, Nesta Guinness-Walker, Anthony Hartigan, Paul Osew, Zach Robinson.
Returning loanees: Terry Ablade (Fulham), Sam Cosgrove (Birmingham City), Tomas Kalinauskas (Barnsley), Henry Lawrence (Chelsea), Dapo Mebude (Watford), Aaron Pressley (Brentford).
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Bolton Wanderers
Released: Matty Alexander, Alex Baptiste, Nathan Delfouneso, Liam Edwards, Jay Fitzmartin, Liam Gordon, Reiss Greenidge, Andy Tutte.
Returning loanees: Xavier Amaechi (Hamburg), Marlon Fossey (Fulham), James Trafford (Manchester City).
Burton Albion
Released: Aaron Amadi-Holloway, Michael Bostwick, Oumar Niasse, Luke Redfern, Danny Rowe.
Returning loanees: Harry Chapman (Blackburn Rovers), Matej Kovar (Manchester United), Jacob Maddox (Vitória de Guimarães), Christian Saydee (AFC Bournemouth).
Contract offered: Joe Powell.
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Charlton Athletic
Released: Chris Gunter, Stephen Henderson, Adam Matthews, Pape Souare, Conor Washington, Ben Watson.
Returning loanees: Mason Burstow (Chelsea), Juan Castillo (Chelsea), Akin Famewo (Norwich City), Nile John (Tottenham Hotspur), Elliot Lee (Luton Town), Jonathan Leko (Birmingham City).
Cambridge United
Released: Wes Hoolahan, Kai McKenzie-Lyle, Tom Dickens.
Returning loanees: Sam Sherring (AFC Bournemouth), Jensen Weir, Lorent Tolaj (both Brighton & Hove Albion).
Will Boyle looks set to leave Cheltenham Town this summer Picture: Nigel French/PA Wire
Cheltenham Town
Released: Charlie Colkett, Scott Flinders, Conor Thomas, Andy Williams.
Returning loanees: Kion Etete (Tottenham Hotspur), Dan Nlundulu (Southampton), Mattie Pollock (Watford), Aaron Ramsey (Aston Villa), Jamie Soule (West Bromwich Albion), Callum Wright (Leicester City).
Transfer listed: Owen Evans.
Contract offered: Dylan Barkers, Zac Guinan, Max Harris.
Crewe Alexandra
Released: Sam Booth, Will Jaaskelainen, Scott Kashket, Luke Murphy, Tyreece Onyeka, Chris Porter, Joe Robbins, Nathan Woodthorpe.
Returning loanees: Ryan Alebiosu (Arsenal), Rekeem Harper (Ipswich Town), Ben Knight (Manchester City).
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Doncaster Rovers
Released: Dan Gardner, AJ Greaves, Lirak Hasani, Branden Horton, Cameron John, Fejiri Okenabirhie, Ed Williams.
Returning loanees: Ethan Galbraith (Manchester United), Ben Jackson (Huddersfield Town), Josh Martin (Norwich City), Mipo Odubeko (West Ham United), Matt Smith (Arsenal).
Fleetwood Town
Released: Harrison Biggins, Callum Camps, Kieran O’Hara, Anthony Pilkington.
Returning loanees: Dan Butterworth (Blackburn Rovers), Josh Harrop (Preston North End), Callum Johnson (Portsmouth), Zak Jules (MK Dons).
Gillingham have offered Jack Tucker a new contract Picture: Steve Edmunds
Gillingham
Released: Mustapha Carayol, Aaron Chapman, Ryan Jackson, Harvey Lintott, Danny Lloyd, Christian Maghoma, Vadaine Oliver, Gerald Sithole, Ben Thompson.
Returning loanees: Pontus Dahlberg (Watford), Tom Dickson-Peters (Norwich City), Charlie Kelman (QPR), Conor Masterson (QPR), Dan Phillips (Watford).
Contract offered: Josh Chambers.
Contract rejected: Robbie McKenzie.
Ipswich Town
Released: Tom Carroll, Tomas Holy, Myles Kenlock, James Norwood.
Returning loanees: Tyreeq Bakinson (Bristol City), Macauley Bonne (QPR), Bersant Celina (Dijon), Dominic Thompson (Brentford).
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Lincoln City
Released: John Marquis, Max Melbourne.
Returning loanees: Liam Cullen (Swansea City), Lewis Fiorini (Manchester City), Josh Griffiths (West Bromwich Albion), Brooke Norton-Cuffy (Arsenal), Morgan Whittaker (Swansea City).
Contract offered: Liam Bridcutt.
MK Dons
Released: Aden Baldwin, Jay Bird, Hiram Boateng, John Freeman, Brandon Mason, Connor Wickham.
Returning loanees: Theo Corbeanu (Wolves), Conor Coventry (West Ham United), Jamie Cumming (Chelsea), Kaine Kesler Hayden (Aston Villa), Troy Parrott (Tottenham Hotspur).
Contract offered: David Kasumu, Josh McEachran.
Morecambe
Released: Rhys Bennett, Toumani Diagouraga, Greg Leigh, Jacob Mensah, Freddie Price.
Transfer listed: Jonah Ayunga, Ryan Cooney, Ryan Delaney, Courtney Duffus, Wes McDonald, Ryan McLaughlin, Shane McLoughlin, Anthony O’Connor, Jon Obika, Connor Pye.
Returning loanees: Jacob Bedeau (Burnley), Trevor Carson (Dundee United), Alfie McCalmont (Leeds United), Adam Phillips (Burnley).
Contract offered: Arthur Gnahoua.
Former Oxford United striker Jon Obika has been transfer-listed by Morecambe Picture: David Fleming
Plymouth Argyle
Released: Ollie Tomlinson.
Transfer listed: Panutche Camara.
Retired: Luke McCormick.
Returning loanees: Ryan Broom (Peterborough United), Romoney Crichlow (Huddersfield Town), Jordan Garrick (Swansea City), Steven Sessegnon (Fulham).
Portsmouth
Released: Paul Downing, Callum Johnson, Ollie Webber, Shaun Williams.
Contract offered: Aiden O’Brien.
Returning loanees: Gavin Bazunu (Man City), Hayden Carter (Blackburn Rovers), George Hirst (Leicester City), Mahlon Romeo (Millwall), Tyler Walker (Coventry City).
Rotherham United
Released: Jake Cooper, Jacob Gratton, Freddie Ladapo, Angus MacDonald, Joe Mattock, Mickel Miller.
Returning loanees: Rarmani Edmonds-Green (Huddersfield Town), Will Grigg (Sunderland), Jordi Osei-Tutu (Arsenal).
Contract offered: Michael Ihiekwe, Michael Smith.
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Sheffield Wednesday
Released: Saido Berahino, Chey Dunkley, Sam Hutchinson.
Returning loanees: Harlee Dean (Birmingham City), Lewis Gibson (Everton), Tyreece John-Jules (Arsenal), Florian Kamberi (St Gallen), Bailey Peacock-Farrell (Burnley), Mide Shodipo (QPR), Jordan Storey (Preston North End).
Contract offered: Massimo Luongo, Nathaniel Mendez-Laing, Joe Wildsmith.
Shrewsbury Town
Released: Josh Daniels, David Davis, Ethan Ebanks-Landell, Cameron Gregory, Aaron Pierre, Shaun Whalley.
Returning loanees: Tyrese Fornah (Nottingham Forest), Saikou Janneh (Bristol City).
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Sunderland
Released: Lee Burge, Aiden McGeady, Jordan Willis, Arbenit Xhemajli.
Returning loanees: Callum Doyle (Man City), Jack Clarke (Tottenham), Nathan Broadhead (Everton) and Ron-Thorben Hoffmann (Bayern Munich).
Contract offered: Bailey Wright, Lynden Gooch, Patrick Roberts.
Wigan Athletic
Released: Gavin Massey.
Returning loanees: Tom Bayliss (Preston North End), Kell Watts (Newcastle United).
Wycombe Wanderers
Released: Jean-Baptiste Fischer, Adam Przybek, Olly Pendlebury, Andre Burley, Malachi Linton, Max Ram.
Contract offered: Dominic Gape, Joe Jacobson, Anthony Stewart, Lewis Wing.
Retired: Adebayo Akinfenwa.
RELEGATED CHAMPIONSHIP CLUBS
Barnsley
Released: Aapo Halme, George Miller, Connor Hodgson, Daniel Jinadu, Tomas Kalinauskas.
Peterborough United
Released: Dai Cornell, Serhat Tasdemir, Kyle Barker.
Transfer listed: Ryan Broom, Jorge Grant, Idris Kanu, Christy Pym.
PROMOTED LEAGUE TWO CLUBS
Bristol Rovers
Released: Junior Brown, Leon Clarke, Cameron Hargreaves, Cian Harries, Ollie Hulbert, Ben Liddle, Pablo Martinez, Tom Mehew, Jon Nolan, Brett Pitman, Kieran Phillips, Lucas Tomlinson, Glenn Whelan.
Returning loanees: Elliot Anderson (Newcastle United), James Connolly (Cardiff City), Sion Spence (Crystal Palace), Connor Taylor (Stoke City), Luke Thomas (Barnsley).
Contract offered: Sam Heal.
Exeter City
Released: Nigel Atangana, Colin Daniel, James Dodd, Jordan Dyer, Ellis Johnson, Callum Rowe, Ben Seymour, Jack Veale.
Returning loanees: Padraig Amond (Newport County), Cameron Dawson (Sheffield Wednesday), Kieran Phillips (Huddersfield Town), Offrande Zanzala (Barrow).
Contract offered: Jonathan Grounds.
Forest Green Rovers
Released: Taylor Allen, Vaughn Covil, Opi Edwards, Jack Evans, Luke Hallett, Elliott Whitehouse, Jake Young.
Returning loanees: Jack Aitchison (Barnsley), Kasey McAteer (Leicester City).
Contract offered: Nicky Cadden, Sadou Diallo.
Port Vale
Released: David Amoo.
Returning loanees: Ryan Edmondson (Leeds United), Kian Harratt (Huddersfield Town), Tomas Holy (Ipswich Town).
Contract offered: Mal Benning, James Gibbons, Jamie Proctor.
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