2025–26 Kilmarnock F.C. season

Kilmarnock
2025–26 season
ChairmanBilly Bowie
ManagerStuart Kettlewell
StadiumRugby Park
Top goalscorerLeague:
All: Ben Brannan (4)

The 2025–26 season is the 147th season of competitive association football and the 13th season in the Scottish Professional Football League played by Kilmarnock Football Club, a professional football club based in Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland. The club will compete in the top tier of Scottish football for the fourth consecutive season.

Results and fixtures

Pre-season friendlies

Kilmarnock's score is shown first in each case.

Kilmarnock preseason results
Date Venue Opponents Score Kilmarnock scorers Att. Ref.
28 June 2025 Sportcomplex, Dirkshorn (N) AZ Alkmaar 0–2 [1]
1 July 2025 Rugby Park, Kilmarnock (H) The New Saints 3–0 Kiltie, Watkins, Tiffoney Nil [2]
4 July 2025 Rugby Park, Kilmarnock (H) Ayr United 1–0 Kiltie 46’ 5,416
8 July 2025 Rugby Park, Kilmarnock (H) Ballymena United 2–0 Anderson 19’, Watkins 35’ Nil [3]

Scottish Premiership

Kilmarnock's score is shown first in each case.

Kilmarnock in the 2025–26 Scottish Premiership
Date Venue Opponents Score Kilmarnock scorers Att. Ref.
2 August 2025 Rugby Park, Kilmarnock (H) Livingston 2–2 Daniels 38', Watson 42' 5,291 [4]
10 August 2025 Easter Road, Edinburgh (A) Hibernian 2–2 Polworth 45', Brannan 48' 17,525 [5]
23 August 2025 Rugby Park, Kilmarnock (H) Dundee
30 August 2025 Fir Park, Motherwell (A) Motherwell

Scottish League Cup

Kilmarnock's score is shown first in each case.

Kilmarnock in the 2025–26 League Cup
Date Round Venue Opponents Score Kilmarnock scorers Att. Ref.
12 July 2025 Group stage Dudgeon Park, Brora (A) Brora Rangers 2–0 Brannan 39', Daniels 80' 263 [6]
16 July 2025 Group stage Rugby Park, Kilmarnock (H) Livingston 1–0 Sylla 31' (o.g.) 3,430 [7]
22 July 2025 Group stage New Central Park, Kelty (A) Kelty Hearts 0–0
(3–4p) 		1,106 [8]
26 July 2025 Group stage Rugby Park, Kilmarnock (H) East Fife 4–0 Dackers 12', Daniels 15', Brannan 26', 47' 3,003 [9]
17 August 2025 Second round Rugby Park, Kilmarnock (H) Dundee United 2–1 Dackers 6', Lyons 69' 4,853 [10]
September 2025 Quarter-final Rugby Park, Kilmarnock (H) St Mirren

Squad statistics

No. Pos. Name Premiership Scottish Cup League Cup Total Discipline
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Poland Max Stryjek 2 0 0 0 3 0 5 0 0 0
2 DF Scotland Jamie Brandon 2 0 0 0 5 0 7 0 2 0
3 DF Republic of Ireland Corrie Ndaba 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
3 DF England Dominic Thompson 2 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0
5 DF Scotland Lewis Mayo 2 0 0 0 5 0 7 0 1 0
6 DF Scotland Robbie Deas 1 0 0 0 4 0 5 0 0 0
7 MF Scotland Rory McKenzie 2 0 0 0 3 0 5 0 0 0
8 MF Northern Ireland Brad Lyons 1 0 0 0 4 1 5 1 1 0
9 FW Wales Marcus Dackers 2 0 0 0 4 2 6 2 0 0
10 MF Northern Ireland Matty Kennedy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 MF Scotland Greg Kiltie 1 0 0 0 5 0 6 0 0 0
12 MF Scotland David Watson 2 1 0 0 5 0 7 1 0 0
14 DF New Zealand George Stanger 1 0 0 0 4 0 5 0 0 1
16 MF Scotland Kyle Magennis 0 0 0 0 5 0 5 0 0 0
17 FW Scotland Scott Tiffoney 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 0
18 MF Wales Tom Lowery 1 0 0 0 3 0 4 0 0 0
19 FW Scotland Bruce Anderson 2 0 0 0 5 0 7 0 0 0
20 GK Scotland Robby McCrorie 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
22 MF Scotland Jack Thomson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
23 FW Wales Marley Watkins 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 0
25 DF Canada Ethan Brown 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0
26 MF Scotland Ben Brannan 2 1 0 0 4 3 6 4 0 0
27 FW Scotland Kian Leslie 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
28 FW Scotland Zander Craik 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
29 FW Netherlands Djenairo Daniels 2 1 0 0 5 2 7 3 0 0
30 GK Wales Eddie Beach 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0
31 MF Scotland Liam Polworth 2 1 0 0 4 0 6 0 0 0
32 DF Scotland Ruari Ellis 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 DF Scotland Duncan Barlow 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
34 DF Scotland Ethan Mersey 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
37 MF Scotland Cole Burke 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Source:[11]

Club statistics

Competition Overview

Competition First match Last match Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Premiership 2 August 2025 May 2026 2 0 2 0 4 4 +0 000.00
Scottish Cup January 2026 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !—
League Cup 12 July 2025 5 4 1 0 9 1 +8 080.00
Total 7 4 3 0 13 5 +8 057.14

Source: Competitions

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation[a]
3 Livingston 2 1 1 0 5 3 +2 4 Qualification for the Conference League second qualifying round[b]
4 Hibernian 2 1 1 0 4 3 +1 4
5 Kilmarnock 2 0 2 0 4 4 0 2
6 Rangers 2 0 2 0 2 2 0 2
7 Motherwell 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 2
Updated to match(es) played on 10 August 2025. Source: [12][13]
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).[14]
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 KIL LIV EFI KEL BRO
1 Kilmarnock 4 3 0 1 0 7 0 +7 10 Qualification for the second round — 1–0 4–0 — —
2 Livingston 4 3 0 0 1 10 2 +8 9 — — — 6–0 2–0
3 East Fife 4 2 0 0 2 5 6 −1 6 — 1–2 — — 3–0
4 Kelty Hearts 4 1 1 0 2 4 7 −3 5 p0–0 — 0–1 — —
5 Brora Rangers 4 0 0 0 4 0 11 −11 0 0–2 — — 0–4 —
Source: [15]
Rules for classification: 1) goal difference, 2) goals scored, 3) away goals scored, 4) matches won, 5) away matches won, 6) drawing of lots.[16]

Transfers

Main articles: List of Scottish football transfers summer 2025 and List of Scottish football transfers winter 2025–26

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