2025–26 Livingston F.C. season

Livingston
2025–26 season
ChairmanCalvin Ford
ManagerDavid Martindale
StadiumAlmondvale Stadium
League CupSecond round

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

Season summary

On 16 May 2025, Livingston revealed that they had been the subject of a takeover led by the great-great-grandson of American industrialist Henry Ford.[1][2] Calvin Ford was subsequently announced as the club's new chairman and majority shareholder after buying out 100% of previous owner John McIlvogue's stake in the club.[3][4]

Results & fixtures

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Friendlies

28 June 2025 Friendly Alloa Athletic 1–3 Livingston Alloa
Sammon 45' Report Muirhead 30 pen.'
McAlear 55'
May 68'		 Stadium: Recreation Park
3 July 2025 Friendly Aris 1–3 Livingston Rotterdam
Finlayson
Carey
Winter 		Stadium: Sportcomplex Varkenoord
5 July 2025 Friendly K.V. Kortrijk 1–1 Livingston Roosendaal
De Smet Kortrijk report Muirhead 50' Stadium: RBC Stadion
8 July 2025 Friendly Greenock Morton 0–3 Livingston Hamilton
14:00 Report Welch-Hayes
Winter 30'
Yengi 75'		 Stadium: New Douglas Park

Scottish Premiership

Main article: 2025–26 Scottish Premiership
2 August 2025 1 Kilmarnock 2–2 Livingston Kilmarnock
15:00 Daniels 38'
Watson 42'
Stanger Red card 65'		 Report Muirhead 66 pen.'
Pittman 86'		 Stadium: Rugby Park
Attendance: 5,291
Referee: Matthew MacDermid
9 August 2025 2 Livingston 3–1 Falkirk Livingston
15:00 Pittman 18'
Smith 45+3'
Bokila 88'		 Report MacIver 74' Stadium: Almondvale Stadium
Attendance: 3,316
Referee: Chris Graham
23 August 2025 3 Celtic v Livingston Glasgow
15:00 Stadium: Celtic Park
30 August 2025 4 Livingston v Heart of Midlothian Livingston
15:00 Stadium: Almondvale Stadium

Scottish League Cup

Main article: 2025–26 Scottish League Cup

Group stage

12 July 2025 Group Stage East Fife 1–2 Livingston Methil
15:00 Slattery 55'
Bah Red card 90+6'		 Report Muirhead 45+1'
Tait 47'		 Stadium: Bayview Stadium
Attendance: 743
Referee: Ross Hardie
16 July 2025 Group Stage Kilmarnock 1–0 Livingston Kilmarnock
19:45 Sylla 31 o.g.' Report Stadium: Rugby Park
Attendance: 3,430
Referee: Sean Murdoch
19 July 2025 Group Stage Livingston 2–0 Brora Rangers Livingston
15:00 Wilson 31'
Rudden 84'		 Report Stadium: Almondvale Stadium
Attendance: 756
Referee: Daniel Graves
26 July 2025 Group Stage Livingston 6–0 Kelty Hearts Livingston
15:00 Winter 1'
Montgomery 27'
Muirhead 29', 38'
Blaney 85'
May 86'		 Report Stadium: Almondvale Stadium
Attendance: 843
Referee: Grant Irvine

Knockout phase

17 August 2025 Second round Livingston 0–2 Hibernian Livingston
15:00 Report Klidjé 43'
Mulligan 87'		 Stadium: Almondvale Stadium
Attendance: 4,696
Referee: Ross Hardie

Squad statistics

Appearances

As of 16 August 2025

No. Pos Nat Player Total Premiership League Cup Scottish Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
2 DF Scotland SCO Cammy Kerr 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 DF Scotland SCO Adam Montgomery 3 1 2 0 1 1 0 0
4 DF Republic of Ireland IRL Shane Blaney 4 1 0+1 0 2+1 1 0 0
5 DF Australia AUS Ryan McGowan 6 0 2 0 4 0 0 0
6 MF Scotland SCO Aidan Denholm 1 0 0 0 0+1 0 0 0
7 FW Scotland SCO Zak Rudden 5 1 0+1 0 0+4 1 0 0
8 MF Scotland SCO Scott Pittman 7 2 2 2 4+1 0 0 0
9 FW Scotland SCO Robbie Muirhead 7 4 2 1 5 3 0 0
10 MF Republic of Ireland IRL Graham Carey 6 0 2 0 2+2 0 0 0
11 MF Scotland SCO Connor McLennan 3 0 0 0 2+1 0 0 0
14 GK Scotland SCO Jack Hamilton 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 MF Scotland SCO Lewis Smith 6 1 1+1 1 4 0 0 0
16 FW Scotland SCO Andy Winter 7 1 2 0 3+2 1 0 0
17 FW Scotland SCO Stevie May 6 1 0+1 0 0+5 1 0 0
18 FW Democratic Republic of the Congo COD Jeremy Bokila 3 1 0+2 1 0+1 0 0 0
19 DF Northern Ireland NIR Daniel Finlayson 6 0 1 0 5 0 0 0
22 MF Scotland SCO Andrew Shinnie 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
23 DF France FRA Brooklyn Kabongolo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 MF France FRA Mohamed Sylla 7 0 1+1 0 4+1 0 0 0
25 MF Scotland SCO Macaulay Tait 7 1 2 0 5 1 0 0
26 MF Colombia COL Cristian Montaño 3 0 0+1 0 2 0 0 0
27 DF Scotland SCO Danny Wilson 6 1 2 0 4 1 0 0
28 GK France FRA Jérôme Prior 7 0 2 0 5 0 0 0
35 GK Scotland SCO Evan Myles 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
36 FW Scotland SCO Sam Culbert 4 0 0 0 1+3 0 0 0
37 FW Germany GER Jannik Wanner 2 0 0 0 0+2 0 0 0
39 FW Australia AUS Tete Yengi 2 0 0+1 0 0+1 0 0 0
40 MF Nigeria NGA Samson Lawal 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
DF England ENG Miles Welch-Hayes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MF Republic of Ireland IRL Shaun Donnellan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Players who left the club during the season
7 MF England ENG Liam Sole 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
38 DF Scotland SCO Codi Stark 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]
1 Heart of Midlothian 2 2 0 0 5 2 +3 6 Qualification for the Champions League play-off round
2 Celtic 2 2 0 0 3 0 +3 6 Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
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
Updated to match(es) played on 10 August 2025. Source: [5][6]
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).[7]
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: [8]
Rules for classification: 1) goal difference, 2) goals scored, 3) away goals scored, 4) matches won, 5) away matches won, 6) drawing of lots.[9]

Transfers

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

See also

List of Livingston F.C. seasons

References

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