2025–26 Motherwell F.C. season

Motherwell
2025–26 season
ChairmanKyrk Macmillan
ManagerJens Berthel Askou
StadiumFir Park
Premiership8th
Scottish CupPreseason
League CupSecond Round
Top goalscorerLeague: Emmanuel Longelo (1)
All: Tawanda Maswanhise (4)
Highest home attendance10,616 vs Rangers
(2 August 2025)
Lowest home attendance2,657 vs Peterhead
(15 July 2025)
Average home league attendance10,616 (2 August 2025)

The 2025–26 season is Motherwell's forty-first consecutive season in the top flight of Scottish football, having been promoted from the Scottish First Division at the end of the 1984–85 season.

Season review

Preseason

On 23 May, Motherwell confirmed that Manager Michael Wimmer had left the club to take up a similar role at SSV Jahn Regensburg.[1]

On 26 May, Motherwell announced that they would return to Delden in the Netherlands for a pre-season camp, during which they would face FC Twente and an as unnamed club.[2]

On 27 May, Motherwell announced the signing of Lukas Fadinger on a free-transfer from Rheindorf Altach, to a two-year contract.[3]

On 28 May, Motherwell announced that Shane Blaney, Ross Callachan, Mark Ferrie, Max Ross, Brannan McDermott, Zack Flatman, Derin Marshall, Ross Nelson and Zack Tomany would all leave the club at the end of their contracts. Olly Whyte, Campbell Forrest, Mikey Booth and Scott Williamson had extended their contracts, whilst contract discussions where on going with Steve Seddon, Dan Casey, Dominic Thompson, Davor Zdravkovski, Harry Paton and Moses Ebiye.[4]

June

On 2 June, Motherwell announced the signing of Jordan McGhee on a free-transfer after his Dundee contract had expired, on a contract until the summer of 2027 with the option of another year.[5]

On 3 June, Motherwell announced that they would play Carlisle United in a behind-closed doors friendly at Fir Park on 8 July.[6]

On 9 June, Motherwell confirmed that Dan Casey had turned down a new contract from Motherwell in order to pursue options down in England.[7]

On 12 June, Motherwell announced the appointment of Jens Berthel Askou as their new manager.[8]

On 16 June, Motherwell confirmed that Steve Seddon, Harry Paton, Davor Zdravkovski and Moses Ebiye had all left the club after their contracts hadn't been renewed.[9]

On 26 June, Motherwell announced the signing of Elliot Watt to a two-year contract, with an option of a third, after his contract with Burton Albion was terminated.[10][11]

On 30 June, Motherwell announced that Matthew Connelly had signed a new one-year contract with the club.[12]

July

On 3 July, Motherwell announced that they had signed professional contracts with Aiden Tearney, Jack Dalziel, Aaron Thomson, Lucas Weir, Robbie Hunter, Blane Watson and Aaron Buchanan. At the same time, Motherwell also announced that they had signed amateur contracts with Evan Samuel, Olivier Wieczorek and Kali Fraser-Traljic.[13]

On 7 July, Motherwell announced the signing of Eseosa Sule on a season-long loan deal from West Bromwich Albion.[14]

On 9 July, Motherwell announced the signing of Elijah Just from AC Horsens to a two-year contract, with the option of a third, for an undisclosed fee.[15]

On 10 July, Motherwell announced the signing of Emmanuel Longelo from Birmingham City to a two-year contract, with the option of a third, for an undisclosed fee.[16]

On 11 July, Motherwell announced the signing of Ibrahim Said from Viborg to a two-year contract, with the option of a third, for an undisclosed fee.[17]

On 29 July, Motherwell announced Tawanda Maswanhise as their player-of-the-month for July.[18]

August

On 5 August, Motherwell announced a new Cooperation Agreement with Lowland Football League side Cowdenbeath, enabling Scottish Under-21 players join the club on loan to increase their first-team opportunities and aid development. As part of the collaboration, Nathan Lawson and Scott Williamson joined Cowdenbeath on this Cooperation loan, allowing them to move freely between Motherwell and Cowdenbeath throughout the season.[19]

On 7 August, Motherwell announced that they had also entered into a Cooperation Agreement with Scottish League One side Stenhousemuir, with Olly Whyte joining them on a Co-Operation Loan agreement.[20] Later the same day, goalkeeper Matthew Connelly joined Airdrieonians on loan for the remainder of the season.[21]

On 12 August, Lennon Miller left the club to sign a five-year contract with Serie A side Udinese, for a club record rumoured £4.75m fee plus add-ons.[22][23]

On 14 August, Motherwell announced that Tawanda Maswanhise had signed a new contract with the club, until the summer of 2027, with the option of an additional year.[24]

On 15 August, Motherwell announced the season-long loan signing of Esapa Osong from Nottingham Forest.[25]

On 18 August, Motherwell announced the signing of Callum Hendry from Milton Keynes Dons, to a two-year contract with the option of an additional year.[26]

Squad

As of match played 16 August 2025
No. Name Nationality Position Date of birth (Age) Signed from Signed in Contract ends Apps. Goals
Goalkeepers
1 Aston Oxborough England GK (1998-05-09) 9 May 1998 Unattached 2022[27] 2027(+1)[28] 32 0
13 Calum Ward England GK (2000-10-17) 17 October 2000 Unattached 2025[29] 2026 (+1)[30] 5 0
Defenders
2 Stephen O'Donnell Scotland DF (1992-05-11) 11 May 1992 Kilmarnock 2020[31] 2026[32] 190 6
4 Liam Gordon Scotland DF (1996-01-26) 26 January 1996 St Johnstone 2024[33] 2026[33] 37 1
5 Kofi Balmer Northern Ireland DF (2000-09-19) 19 September 2000 Unattached 2024[34] 2026 (+1)[34] 28 1
6 Jordan McGhee Scotland DF (1996-07-24) 24 July 1996 Unattached 2025[5] 2027(+1)[5] 0 0
16 Paul McGinn Scotland DF (1990-10-22) 22 October 1990 Hibernian 2022[35] 2026[36] 97 2
22 John Koutroumbis Australia DF (1998-03-06) 6 March 1998 Unattached 2024[37] 2026[37] 14 0
23 Ewan Wilson Scotland DF (2004-11-19) 19 November 2004 Academy 2021[38] 2027 (+1)[39] 45 1
45 Emmanuel Longelo England DF (2000-12-27) 27 December 2000 Birmingham City 2025[16] 2027[16] 6 2
Midfielders
7 Tom Sparrow Wales MF (2002-12-06) 6 December 2002 Unattached 2024[40] 2027 (+1)[41] 44 6
8 Callum Slattery England MF (1999-02-08) 8 February 1999 Southampton 2021[42] 2026[32] 116 15
11 Andy Halliday Scotland MF (1991-10-11) 11 October 1991 Heart of Midlothian 2024[43] 2026[30] 65 5
12 Lukas Fadinger Austria MF (2000-09-27) 27 September 2000 Rheindorf Altach 2025[3] 2027[3] 7 2
20 Elliot Watt Scotland MF (2000-03-11) 11 March 2000 Burton Albion 2025[10] 2027(+1)[10] 7 0
21 Elijah Just New Zealand MF (2000-05-01) 1 May 2000 AC Horsens 2025[15] 2027(+1)[15] 7 0
27 Dylan Wells Scotland MF (2006-03-20) 20 March 2006 Academy 2022[44] 2026[45][46] 6 0
Forwards
9 Apostolos Stamatelopoulos Australia FW (1999-04-09) 9 April 1999 Newcastle Jets 2024[47] 2027[47] 25 6
14 Zach Robinson England FW (2002-06-11) 11 June 2002 Unattached 2024[48] 2026[48] 19 2
15 Eseosa Sule Scotland FW (2006-04-01) 1 April 2006 on loan from West Bromwich Albion 2025[14] 2026[14] 3 0
17 Filip Stuparević Serbia FW (2000-08-30) 30 August 2000 Unattached 2024[49] 2026[49] 4 1
18 Tawanda Maswanhise Zimbabwe FW (2002-11-20) 20 November 2002 Unattached 2024[50] 2027(+1)[24] 42 10
19 Sam Nicholson Scotland FW (1995-01-20) 20 January 1995 Colorado Rapids 2024[51] 2026[51] 26 2
24 Esapa Osong England FW (2004-09-21) 21 September 2004 on loan from Nottingham Forest 2025[25] 2026[25] 1 0
28 Luca Ross Scotland FW (2006-08-11) 11 August 2006 Academy 2022[44] 2027[52] 9 1
66 Callum Hendry Scotland FW (1997-12-08) 8 December 1997 Milton Keynes Dons 2025[26] 2027 (+1)[26] 0 0
90 Ibrahim Said Nigeria FW (2002-06-15) 15 June 2002 Viborg 2025[17] 2027 (+1)[17] 5 0
Development team
29 Mikey Booth Scotland MF (2007-08-25) 25 August 2007 Academy 2023 0 0
30 Campbell Forrest Scotland MF (2007-10-10) 10 October 2007 Academy 2023 0 0
33 Andrew Arnott Scotland DF (2008-05-07) 7 May 2008 Academy 2024[53] 0 0
34 Harry McLean Scotland FW (2008-06-19) 19 June 2008 Academy 2024[53] 0 0
35 Jon-Joe Friel Scotland DF (2008-02-02) 2 February 2008 Academy 2024[53] 0 0
36 Jay Gillies Scotland DF (2008-02-05) 5 February 2008 Academy 2024[53] 0 0
39 Zander McAllister Scotland MF (2008-04-22) 22 April 2008 Academy 2024[53] 1 0
41 Jack McConnell Scotland GK (2008-06-20) 20 June 2008 Academy 2024[53] 0 0
42 Rocco McColm Scotland MF (2008-09-29) 29 September 2008 Academy 2024[53] 0 0
52 Arran Clark Scotland FW (2008-02-24) 24 February 2008 Academy 2025 0 0
Aiden Tearney Scotland DF Academy 2025[13] 0 0
Jack Dalziel Scotland DF Academy 2025[13] 0 0
Aaron Thomson Scotland DF Academy 2025[13] 0 0
Lucas Weir Scotland MF Academy 2025[13] 0 0
Robbie Hunter Scotland MF Academy 2025[13] 0 0
Blane Watson Scotland MF Academy 2025[13] 0 0
Aaron Buchanan Scotland MF Academy 2025[13] 0 0
Evan Samuel Scotland FW Academy 2025[13] 0 0
Olivier Wieczorek Scotland FW Academy 2025[13] 0 0
Kali Fraser-Traljic Scotland FW Academy 2025[13] 0 0
Away on loan
26 Olly Whyte Scotland MF (2006-11-27) 27 November 2006 Academy 2023 0 0
31 Matthew Connelly Scotland GK (2003-03-02) 2 March 2003 Academy 2019 2026[12] 2 0
32 Scott Williamson Scotland DF (2007-03-12) 12 March 2007 Academy 2023 0 0
37 Nathan Lawson Scotland FW (2008-02-24) 24 February 2008 Academy 2024[53] 0 0
Left during the season
38 Lennon Miller Scotland MF (2006-08-25) 25 August 2006 Academy 2022[44] 2026[54] 76 6

Transfers

For those players sold, released or contract ended before the start of this season, see 2024–25 Motherwell F.C. season.

In

Date Position Nationality Name From Fee Ref
27 May 2025[a] MF Austria Lukas Fadinger Rheindorf Altach Free [3]
2 June 2025 DF Scotland Jordan McGhee Unattached Free [5]
26 June 2025 MF Scotland Elliot Watt Burton Albion Free [10]
9 July 2025 MF New Zealand Elijah Just AC Horsens Undisclosed [15]
10 July 2025 DF England Emmanuel Longelo Birmingham City Undisclosed [16]
11 July 2025 FW Nigeria Ibrahim Said Viborg Undisclosed [17]
18 August 2025 FW Scotland Callum Hendry Milton Keynes Dons Undisclosed [26]

Loans in

Date from Position Nationality Name From Date to Ref.
7 July 2025 FW Scotland Eseosa Sule West Bromwich Albion End of season [14]
15 August 2025 FW England Esapa Osong Nottingham Forest End of season [25]

Out

Date Position Nationality Name To Fee Ref.
12 August 2025 MF Scotland Lennon Miller Udinese Undisclosed [22]

Loans out

Date from Position Nationality Name To Date to Ref.
5 August 2025 DF Scotland Scott Williamson Cowdenbeath Co-Operation Loan [19]
5 August 2025 FW Scotland Nathan Lawson Cowdenbeath Co-Operation Loan [19]
7 August 2025 MF Scotland Olly Whyte Stenhousemuir Co-Operation Loan [20]
7 August 2025 GK Scotland Matthew Connelly Airdrieonians 31 May 2025 [21]

Released

Date Position Nationality Name Joined Date Ref.
16 June 2025 DF England Steve Seddon AFC Wimbledon 24 June 2025 [9][55]
16 June 2025 MF Canada Harry Paton [9]
16 June 2025 MF North Macedonia Davor Zdravkovski AEL Limassol 14 August 2025 [9][56]
16 June 2025 FW Nigeria Moses Ebiye [9]
  1. ^ Transfer announced on the shown date, becoming official on 1 July 2025.

Friendlies

1 July 2025 Twente 3–0 Motherwell Beckum, Netherlands
18:00 BST (UTC+1) Report van Wolfswinkel 12'
Ünüvar 73', 90'
Stadium: Sportpark De Kruudnhof
8 July 2025 Motherwell 1–0 Carlisle United Motherwell
15:00 BST (UTC+1) Halliday 74' (pen.) Report Stadium: Fir Park
Attendance: 0
Note: Match played behind closed doors.[6]
25 July 2025 Motherwell 1–1 Hertha Berlin Motherwell
19:00 BST (UTC+1) Yellow card 23'
Stamatelopoulos 83'
Report Reese 10' (pen.) Stadium: Fir Park

Competitions

Overview

Competition First match Last match Starting round Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Premiership 2 August 2025 Matchday 1 2 0 2 0 1 1 +0 000.00
Scottish Cup 2026 Fourth round 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !
League Cup 12 July 2025 Group Stage 5 4 1 0 9 3 +6 080.00
Total 7 4 3 0 10 4 +6 057.14

Last updated: 16 August 2025
Source: Soccerway

Premiership

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation[a]
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
8 Dundee United 2 0 1 1 4 5 −1 1
9 Dundee 2 0 1 1 2 3 −1 1
Updated to match(es) played on 10 August 2025. Source: [57][58]
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).[59]
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).

Results summary

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
2 0 2 0 1 1  0 2 0 1 0 1 1  0 0 1 0 0 0  0

Last updated: 9 August 2025.
Source: SPFL

Results

On 20 June, the fixture list was released, with Motherwell starting their campaign at home to Rangers on 2 August, with the their last game of the first phase being scheduled for 11 April away to Heart of Midlothian.[60]

2 August 2025 1 Motherwell 1–1 Rangers Motherwell
17:30 BST (UTC+1) Watt Yellow card 60'
Longelo 87'
Report Tavernier 14' Yellow card 90+2'
Cameron Yellow card 64'
Dowell Yellow card 84'
Aarons Yellow card 90'
Stadium: Fir Park
Attendance: 10,616
Referee: Steven McLean
9 August 2025 2 St Mirren 0–0 Motherwell Paisley
15:00 BST (UTC+1) Gogić Yellow card 25'
Richardson Yellow card 45+2'
Fraser Yellow card 63'
Baccus Yellow card 72'
Phillips Yellow card 86'
Report McGinn Yellow card 86' Stadium: St Mirren Park
Attendance: 6,735
Referee: Ross Hardie
23 August 2025 3 Heart of Midlothian v Motherwell Edinburgh
15:00 BST (UTC+1) Stadium: Tynecastle Park

Scottish Cup

2026 Fourth round v
GMT (UTC)

League Cup

Group stage

Pos Team Pld W PW PL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification MOT GMO CLY STE PET
1 Motherwell 4 3 1 0 0 8 3 +5 11 Qualification for the second round 3–0 2–1
2 Greenock Morton 4 3 0 0 1 10 5 +5 9 3–0 3–0
3 Clyde 4 1 1 1 1 6 8 −2 6 2–2p p2–2
4 Stenhousemuir 4 1 0 1 2 3 6 −3 4 0–1 1–0
5 Peterhead 4 0 0 0 4 4 9 −5 0 2–4 1–2
Source: [61]
Rules for classification: 1) goal difference, 2) goals scored, 3) away goals scored, 4) matches won, 5) away matches won, 6) drawing of lots.[62]
12 July 2025 1 Clyde 2–2
(4–5 p)
Motherwell Hamilton
15:00 BST (UTC+1) Hilton 16'
Lyon Yellow card 37', 53'
Report Maswanhise 21', 48' Stadium: New Douglas Park
Attendance: 1,931
Referee: Matthew MacDermid
Penalties
Robson soccer ball with check mark
Leitch soccer ball with check mark
Nevans soccer ball with check mark
Fleming soccer ball with check mark
Dunachie soccer ball with red X
soccer ball with check mark Halliday
soccer ball with check mark Slattery
soccer ball with check mark Just
soccer ball with check mark Sule
soccer ball with check mark Sparrow
Note: Match streamed live on Premier Sports.[63]
15 July 2025 2 Motherwell 2–1 Peterhead Motherwell
19:45 BST (UTC+1) Longelo 28'
Slattery Yellow card 32'
Fadinger 90+1'
Report Jac. Brown 9'
McGuffie Yellow card 80'
Forrest Yellow card 89'
Stadium: Fir Park
Attendance: 2,657
Referee: Don Robertson
Note: Match streamed live on Premier Sports.[63]
19 July 2025 3 Stenhousemuir 0–1 Motherwell Stenhousemuir
15:00 BST (UTC+1) Taylor Yellow card 22' Report O'Donnell 41' Stadium: Ochilview Park
Attendance: 1,394
Referee: Lloyd Wilson
Note: Match streamed live on Premier Sports.[63]
22 July 2025 4 Motherwell 3–0 Greenock Morton Motherwell
19:45 BST (UTC+1) Slattery Yellow card 34'
Stamatelopoulos 52'
Maswanhise 83', 90+3'
Report Longridge Yellow card 21'
Moffat Yellow card 29'
Stadium: Fir Park
Attendance: 3,255
Referee: Ryan Lee
Note: Match shown live on Premier Sports 1.[63]

Knockout phase

16 August 2025 Second round St Johnstone 0–1 (a.e.t.) Motherwell Perth
15:00 BST (UTC+1) Diabate Yellow card 13'
Gullan Yellow card 26'
Sprangler Yellow card 41'
McPake Yellow card 72'
Boyes Yellow card 97'
Report O'Donnell Yellow card 50'
Fadinger 109'
Stadium: McDiarmid Park
Referee: David Dickinson
Note: Match streamed live on Premier Sports.
20/21 September 2025 Quarter-finals Aberdeen Motherwell Aberdeen
BST (UTC+1) Stadium: Pittodrie Stadium
Note: Match to be streamed live on Premier Sports.

Squad statistics

Appearances

As of match played 16 August 2025
No. Pos Nat Player Total Premiership Scottish Cup League Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
2 DF Scotland SCO Stephen O'Donnell 7 1 1+1 0 0 0 3+2 1
4 DF Scotland SCO Liam Gordon 4 0 1 0 0 0 3 0
5 DF Northern Ireland NIR Kofi Balmer 4 0 0+1 0 0 0 2+1 0
7 MF Wales WAL Tom Sparrow 7 0 0+2 0 0 0 3+2 0
8 MF England ENG Callum Slattery 6 0 2 0 0 0 4 0
9 FW Australia AUS Apostolos Stamatelopoulos 7 1 1+1 0 0 0 4+1 1
11 MF Scotland SCO Andy Halliday 5 0 0 0 0 0 2+3 0
12 MF Austria AUT Lukas Fadinger 7 2 2 0 0 0 5 2
13 GK England ENG Calum Ward 5 0 2 0 0 0 3 0
15 FW Scotland SCO Eseosa Sule 3 0 0 0 0 0 1+2 0
16 DF Scotland SCO Paul McGinn 5 0 2 0 0 0 3 0
18 FW Zimbabwe ZIM Tawanda Maswanhise 7 4 2 0 0 0 4+1 4
20 MF Scotland SCO Elliot Watt 7 0 2 0 0 0 4+1 0
21 MF New Zealand NZL Elijah Just 7 0 2 0 0 0 4+1 0
22 DF Australia AUS John Koutroumbis 6 0 2 0 0 0 3+1 0
23 DF Scotland SCO Ewan Wilson 4 0 0 0 0 0 1+3 0
24 FW England ENG Esapa Osong 1 0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0
28 FW Scotland SCO Luca Ross 4 0 0+1 0 0 0 0+3 0
39 MF Scotland SCO Zander McAllister 1 0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0
45 DF England ENG Emmanuel Longelo 6 2 2 1 0 0 3+1 1
90 FW Nigeria NGA Ibrahim Said 5 0 1+1 0 0 0 1+2 0
Players away from the club on loan:
31 GK Scotland SCO Matthew Connelly 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Players who left Motherwell during the season:

Goal scorers

As of match played 16 August 2025
Ranking Nation Position Number Name Scottish Premiership Scottish Cup League Cup Total
1 FW Zimbabwe 18 Tawanda Maswanhise 0 0 4 4
2 DF England 45 Emmanuel Longelo 1 0 1 2
MF Austria 12 Lukas Fadinger 0 0 2 2
4 DF Scotland 2 Stephen O'Donnell 0 0 1 1
FW Australia 9 Apostolos Stamatelopoulos 0 0 1 1
TOTALS 1 0 9 10

Clean sheets

As of match played 16 August 2025
Ranking Nation Position Number Name Scottish Premiership Scottish Cup League Cup Total
1 GK England 13 Calum Ward 1 0 2 3
2 GK Scotland 31 Matthew Connelly 0 0 1 1
TOTALS 1 0 3 4

Disciplinary record

As of match played 16 August 2025
Number Nation Position Name Premiership Scottish Cup League Cup Total
Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card
2 Scotland DF Stephen O'Donnell 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
8 England MF Callum Slattery 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0
16 Scotland DF Paul McGinn 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
20 Scotland MF Elliot Watt 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Players away from the club on loan::
Players who left Motherwell during the season:
TOTALS 2 0 0 0 3 0 5 0

Player of the month

Month Player Ref.
July Zimbabwe Tawanda Maswanhise [18]

See also

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