2025–26 Falkirk F.C. season

Falkirk
2025–26 season
CEOJamie Swinney
ManagerJohn McGlynn
StadiumFalkirk Stadium
League CupGroup stage
Stirlingshire CupWinners

The 2025–26 season is Falkirk's first season back in the top flight of Scottish Football, the Scottish Premiership, following their promotion from the Championship at the end of the 2024–25 season. Falkirk will also compete in the League Cup, Scottish Cup and the Stirlingshire Cup.

Summary

On 2 May 2025, Falkirk defeated Hamilton Academical 3–1 to win the Scottish Championship title and secure their return to the top flight of Scottish football for the first time since 2010.[1][2]

Results and fixtures

Pre-season

21 June 2025 Stirlingshire Cup Falkirk 0–0
(5–4 p)		 Alloa Athletic Falkirk
10:00 Stadium: Falkirk Stadium
21 June 2025 Stirlingshire Cup Falkirk 2–0 East Stirlingshire Falkirk
14:00 Stewart 4', 32' Stadium: Falkirk Stadium
24 June 2025 Stirlingshire Cup Falkirk 3–1 Stenhousemuir Falkirk
19:45 Agyeman 3'
MacIver 39'
Graham 67'		 Trialist 63' Stadium: Falkirk Stadium
28 June 2025 Friendly Falkirk 2–3 Edinburgh City Falkirk
14:00 Arfield 51'
Mackie 55'		 Daramola 17', 25'
Trialist 31'		 Stadium: Falkirk Stadium
1 July 2025 Friendly East Fife 2–4 Falkirk Methil
19:30 Trouten 29'
Nicol 70'		 Report Miller 39 pen.'
Spencer 40'
Nesbitt 60'
Arfield 77 pen.'		 Stadium: Bayview Stadium
5 July 2025 Friendly Falkirk 4–2 Raith Rovers Falkirk
14:00 Ross 41'
Graham 59'
Spencer 80'
MacIver 83'		 Raith Report Vaughan 36'
Doherty 69'		 Stadium: Falkirk Stadium
Attendance: 1,204
Referee: Ross Hardie
8 July 2025 Friendly St Johnstone 0–1 Falkirk Perth
19:30 Report Arfield 9' Stadium: McDiarmid Park
Attendance: 2,004
Referee: Greg Soutar

Scottish Premiership

Main article: 2025–26 Scottish Premiership
3 August 2025 1 Falkirk v Dundee United Falkirk
15:00 Stadium: Falkirk Stadium
9 August 2025 2 Livingston v Falkirk Livingston
15:00 Stadium: Almondvale Stadium
23 August 2025 3 Falkirk v Hibernian Falkirk
15:00 Stadium: Falkirk Stadium
30 August 2025 4 Aberdeen v Falkirk Aberdeen
15:00 Stadium: Pittodrie Stadium

Scottish League Cup

Main article: 2025–26 Scottish League Cup

Group stage

12 July 2025 Group Stage Brechin City 0–7 Falkirk Brechin
15:00 Report Arfield 18', 34 pen.'
Tait 27', 77', 83'
Agyeman 30'
MacIver 90+1'		 Stadium: Glebe Park
Attendance: 1,003
Referee: Dan McFarlane
19 July 2025 Group Stage Cove Rangers v Falkirk Cove Bay
15:00 Stadium: Balmoral Stadium
22 July 2025 Group Stage Falkirk v Queen's Park Falkirk
19:45 Stadium: Falkirk Stadium
26 July 2025 Group Stage Falkirk v The Spartans Edinburgh
15:00 Stadium: Ainslie Park

Squad statistics

As of 12 July 2025 (UTC)[3]
No. Pos Nat Player Total Premiership League Cup Scottish Cup Stirlingshire Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK  SCO Nicky Hogarth 4 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 3+0 0
2 DF  SCO Keelan Adams 3 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 0
3 DF  SCO Leon McCann 3 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 3+0 0
4 DF  SCO Tom Lang 2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 0
5 DF  SCO Liam Henderson 3 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 0
6 DF  SCO Coll Donaldson 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
7 FW  SCO Brian Graham 4 1 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 3+0 1
8 MF  SCO Brad Spencer 3 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 0
9 FW  SCO Ross MacIver 4 2 0+0 0 0+1 1 0+0 0 3+0 1
10 MF  SCO Aidan Nesbitt 3 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 2+0 0
11 FW  GHA Alfredo Agyeman 3 2 0+0 0 1+0 1 0+0 0 2+0 1
12 GK  SCO Jamie Sneddon 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
14 MF  SCO Finn Yeats 3 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 2+1 0
15 DF  SCO Lewis Neilson 1 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
16 FW  ENG Barney Stewart 2 2 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+1 2
17 DF  ENG Henry Cartwright 1 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
18 FW  SCO Gary Oliver 3 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 2+0 0
19 GK  SCO Scott Bain 1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
20 MF  SCO Connor Allan 3 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 2+0 0
21 MF  SCO Dylan Tait 4 3 0+0 0 1+0 3 0+0 0 2+1 0
23 MF  SCO Ethan Ross 3 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 2+0 0
26 DF  SCO Sean Mackie 3 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 0
29 MF  SCO Calvin Miller 4 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 2+1 0
32 MF  SCO Rhys Walker 2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 0
33 FW  SCO Flynn McCafferty 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
34 FW  SCO Caelan McCrone 1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
37 MF  CAN Scott Arfield 2 2 0+0 0 1+0 2 0+0 0 0+1 0
Players who left the club during the 2025–26 season
27 GK  SCO Owen Hayward 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0

Team statistics

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation[a]
3 Dundee 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualification for the Conference League second qualifying round[b]
4 Dundee United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Falkirk 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Heart of Midlothian 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Hibernian 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played: 2 August 2025. Source: [4][5]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Play-off (only if deciding champion, UEFA competition qualification, second stage group allocation, or relegation).[6]
Notes:
  1. ^ Teams play each other three times (33 matches), before the league is split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six).
  2. ^ The winners of the 2025–26 Scottish Cup will qualify for the Europa League. If the cup winners finish in the top two, the berth reserved for the cup winners (Europa League third qualifying round) passes to the third-placed team, and the berths for the Conference League second qualifying round are passed down to the fourth- and fifth-placed teams.

League cup table

Pos Team Pld W PW PL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification FAL SPA COV QPA BRE
1 Falkirk 1 1 0 0 0 7 0 +7 3 Qualification for the second round — 26 Jul — 22 Jul —
2 The Spartans 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 +1 3 Possible qualification for the second round — — — 2–1 19 Jul
3 Cove Rangers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 Jul 15 Jul — — —
4 Queen's Park 1 0 0 0 1 1 2 −1 0 — — 26 Jul — 15 Jul
5 Brechin City 1 0 0 0 1 0 7 −7 0 0–7 — 22 Jul — —
Updated to match(es) played on 12 July 2025. Source: [7]
Rules for classification: 1) goal difference, 2) goals scored, 3) away goals scored, 4) matches won, 5) away matches won, 6) drawing of lots.[8]

Transfers

See also

References

  1. ^ "Falkirk win promotion". spfl.co.uk. SPFL. 2 May 2025. Retrieved 17 May 2025.
  2. ^ "In pics: Falkirk's Scottish Championship trophy lift and celebrations after final night win". falkirkherald.co.uk. Falkirk Herald. 9 May 2025. Retrieved 17 May 2025.
  3. ^ "Falkirk 2024/2025 player appearances". Soccerbase. Retrieved 12 July 2025.
  4. ^ "Scottish Premiership Table". BBC.
  5. ^ "Premiership League Table". Scottish Professional Football League.
  6. ^ "The Rules of the Scottish Professional Football League (Rule Number C35-C37)" (PDF). SPFL. Archived (PDF) from the original on 28 September 2022. Retrieved 24 September 2022.
  7. ^ "Summary - League Cup Group A". Soccerway. Retrieved 26 May 2025.
  8. ^ "Format". SPFL. Retrieved 7 June 2023.
  9. ^ "Scott Bain is a Bairn!". falkirkfc.co.uk. Falkirk FC. 3 June 2025. Retrieved 4 June 2025.
  10. ^ "Brian Graham joins Falkirk!". falkirkfc.co.uk. Falkirk FC. 13 June 2025. Retrieved 15 June 2025.
  11. ^ a b c d "Squad Update May 2025". Falkirk FC. 28 May 2025. Retrieved 4 June 2025.
  12. ^ "Jordan Allan Signs". Queen of the South FC. 8 May 2025. Retrieved 15 June 2025.
  13. ^ "Honeyman adds a buzz to the rock". Dumbarton FC. 9 July 2025. Retrieved 9 July 2025.
  14. ^ "Ross Munro Signs for ICTFC". Inverness CT. 17 June 2025. Retrieved 18 June 2025.
  15. ^ "Lewis Neilson joins Falkirk on season-long loan". Falkirk FC. 7 July 2025. Retrieved 8 July 2025.
  16. ^ "Henry Cartwright joins on loan". Falkirk FC. 11 July 2025. Retrieved 12 July 2025.
  17. ^ "Hayward Is Here". Falkirk FC. 6 July 2025. Retrieved 8 July 2025.
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