2025–26 St Johnstone F.C. season

St Johnstone
2025–26 season
Chief executiveFrancis Smith
ManagerSimo Valakari
StadiumMcDiarmid Park
League CupSecond round

The 2025–26 season is St Johnstone's first season in the Scottish Championship and their first season back in the second tier of Scottish football following their relegation from the Scottish Premiership at the end of the 2024–25 season. Saints will also compete in the League Cup, Scottish Cup, and for the first time in 16 years, the Challenge Cup.

Competitions

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Pre-season and friendlies

5 July 2025 Forfar Athletic 1–1 St Johnstone Forfar
14:00 BST Morrison 33' Report Gullan 9 pen.' Stadium: Station Park
Attendance: 992
Referee: Duncan Nicolson
8 July 2025 St Johnstone 0–1 Falkirk Perth
19:30 BST Report Arfield 9' Stadium: McDiarmid Park
Attendance: 2,004
Referee: Greg Soutar
15 July 2025 St Johnstone 1–1 Dundee United Perth
19:45 BST Kirk 86' Report Esselink 18' Stadium: McDiarmid Park
Referee: Nick Walsh

Scottish Championship

Main article: 2025–26 Scottish Championship
2 August 2025 1 St Johnstone 5–1 Partick Thistle Perth
15:00 Gullan 17'
McPake 28', 37', 48'
Mallan 82'		 Report Reading 15' Stadium: McDiarmid Park
Attendance: 4,991
Referee: Ross Hardie
8 August 2025 2 Ross County 0–1 St Johnstone Dingwall
19:45 Report Ikpeazu 82' Stadium: Victoria Park
Attendance: 3,185
Referee: Dan McFarlane
23 August 2025 3 St Johnstone v Arbroath Perth
15:00 Stadium: McDiarmid Park
30 August 2025 4 St Johnstone v Greenock Morton Perth
15:00 Stadium: McDiarmid Park

Scottish League Cup

Main article: 2025–26 Scottish League Cup

Group stage

12 July 2025 Group stage East Kilbride 1–3 St Johnstone East Kilbride
15:00 Robertson 7' Report Gullan 52'
Sidibeh 60'
Kirk 81'		 Stadium: K-Park Training Academy
Attendance: 690
Referee: Daniel Graves
19 July 2025 Group stage Inverness CT 0–1 St Johnstone Inverness
15:00 Report Ikpeazu 90' Stadium: Caledonian Stadium
Attendance: 1,585
Referee: Graham Grainger
22 July 2025 Group stage St Johnstone 3–1 Raith Rovers Perth
19:45 Gullan 27'
McPake 51'
Kirk 80'		 Report Hamilton 57' Stadium: McDiarmid Park
Attendance: 3,358
Referee: Greg Soutar
26 July 2025 Group stage St Johnstone 8–0 Elgin City Perth
15:00 Tumilty 3'
Kirk 20', 79'
Gullan 42', 45+1'
Stanton 65'
Ikpeazu 78'
Sprangler 84'		 Report Ritchie Red card 7' Stadium: McDiarmid Park
Attendance: 2,398
Referee: Peter Stuart

Knockout phase

16 August 2025 Second round St Johnstone 0–1 (a.e.t.) Motherwell Perth
15:00 Report Fadinger 109' Stadium: McDiarmid Park
Attendance: 4,330
Referee: David Dickinson

Squad statistics

Appearances and goals

As of 16 August 2025[1]
No. Pos Nat Player Total Championship League Cup Challenge Cup Scottish Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK England ENG Toby Steward 7 0 2 0 5 0 0 0 0 0
2 DF Scotland SCO Reghan Tumilty 5 1 1 0 3+1 1 0 0 0 0
3 DF England ENG Cheick Diabate 7 0 2 0 3+2 0 0 0 0 0
4 DF Wales WAL Morgan Boyes 5 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0
6 MF Panama PAN Víctor Griffith 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 MF Scotland SCO Jason Holt 7 0 2 0 5 0 0 0 0 0
8 MF Sweden SWE Jonathan Svedberg 4 0 0+1 0 1+2 0 0 0 0 0
9 FW The Gambia GAM Adama Sidibeh 7 1 2 0 5 1 0 0 0 0
10 FW Scotland SCO Jamie Gullan 7 5 2 1 5 4 0 0 0 0
11 MF Scotland SCO Sam Stanton 2 1 0 0 0+2 1 0 0 0 0
14 DF England ENG Matty Foulds 6 0 2 0 4 0 0 0 0 0
15 DF Scotland SCO Jack Baird 6 0 2 0 3+1 0 0 0 0 0
17 FW Wales WAL Louis Lloyd 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 FW Uganda UGA Uche Ikpeazu 6 3 0+2 1 0+4 2 0 0 0 0
19 FW Scotland SCO Taylor Steven 4 0 0 0 1+3 0 0 0 0 0
20 GK Scotland SCO Ross Sinclair 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
22 MF Scotland SCO Stevie Mallan 5 0 2 0 2+1 0 0 0 0 0
23 MF Austria AUT Sven Sprangler 7 1 1+1 0 3+2 1 0 0 0 0
24 MF Scotland SCO Josh McPake 7 4 2 3 4+1 1 0 0 0 0
27 FW Northern Ireland NIR Makenzie Kirk 7 4 0+2 0 2+3 4 0 0 0 0
37 GK Scotland SCO Kyle Thomson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
38 MF Scotland SCO Scott Bright 2 0 0+1 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0
42 MF Scotland SCO Reece McAlear 6 0 2 0 3+1 0 0 0 0 0
45 FW Scotland SCO Jackson Mylchreest 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
46 MF Poland POL Fran Franczak 3 0 0+1 0 1+1 0 0 0 0 0
52 DF Scotland SCO Arran Brookfield 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
DF Northern Ireland NIR Sam McClelland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
DF Croatia CRO Božo Mikulić 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Departures
15 MF Ghana GHA Aaron Essel 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
31 GK Scotland SCO Craig Hepburn 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
51 FW Scotland SCO Murray Binnie 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Team statistics

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 St Johnstone 2 2 0 0 6 1 +5 6 Promotion to the Scottish Premiership
2 Arbroath 2 1 1 0 4 2 +2 4 Qualification for the Premiership play-off semi-final
3 Dunfermline Athletic 2 1 1 0 2 0 +2 4 Qualification for the Premiership play-off quarter-final
4 Raith Rovers 2 1 1 0 2 1 +1 4
5 Greenock Morton 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 2
Updated to match(es) played on 9 August 2025. Source: [2]
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 for deciding promotion, play-off participation and relegation).[3]

League Cup table

Pos Team Pld W PW PL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification STJ RAI ICT EKB ELG
1 St Johnstone 4 4 0 0 0 15 2 +13 12 Qualification for the second round — 3–1 — — 8–0
2 Raith Rovers 4 2 0 0 2 13 9 +4 6 — — 5–1 2–4 —
3 Inverness Caledonian Thistle 4 2 0 0 2 9 8 +1 6 0–1 — — — 2–0
4 East Kilbride 4 2 0 0 2 11 12 −1 6 1–3 — 2–6 — —
5 Elgin City 4 0 0 0 4 2 19 −17 0 — 1–5 — 1–4 —
Source: [4]
Rules for classification: 1) goal difference, 2) goals scored, 3) away goals scored, 4) matches won, 5) away matches won, 6) drawing of lots.[5]

Transfers

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

In

Date Player Transferred from Fee Source
1 June 2025 Scotland Jack Baird Scotland Greenock Morton Free [6]
Wales Morgan Boyes [7]
Scotland Jamie Gullan Scotland Raith Rovers [8]
17 June 2025 Scotland Sam Stanton [9]
Scotland Reghan Tumilty Scotland Hamilton Academical [10]
3 July 2025 England Matty Foulds England Harrogate Town [11]
7 July 2025 England Cheick Diabate England Exeter City [12]
14 July 2025 Wales Louis Lloyd Wales Caernarfon Town Undisclosed [13]
17 July 2025 Scotland Stevie Mallan Unattached Free [14]
18 July 2025 Scotland Reece McAlear Scotland Livingston Undisclosed [15]

Out

Date Player Transferred to Fee Source
19 May 2025 Republic of Ireland Graham Carey Scotland Livingston Free [16][17]
South Africa Arran Cocks [16]
Scotland Nicky Clark Scotland Ross County [16][18]
Scotland Barry Douglas [16]
Scotland Alex Ferguson Scotland Kelty Hearts [16][19]
Sweden Benjamin Mbunga Kimpioka Turkey Sivasspor [16][20]
Scotland Bailey Klimionek Scotland Brechin City [16][21]
Ukraine Max Kucheriavyi [16]
Scotland Cammy MacPherson [16]
Scotland Stevie May Scotland Livingston [16][22][23]
Scotland Ben McCrystal England Berwick Rangers [16][24]
Scotland Adam McMillan [16]
Scotland Liam Parker Scotland Cove Rangers [16][25]
Scotland Dominic Shiels [16]
Wales Matthew Smith Wales Newport County [16][26]
12 June 2025 England Drey Wright Scotland Dundee [27]
17 June 2025 Scotland Josh Rae Scotland Raith Rovers [28]
19 June 2025 Latvia Daniels Balodis Slovakia Tatran Prešov [29]
15 July 2025 Trinidad and Tobago Andre Raymond Finland Ilves Undisclosed [30]
16 July 2025 Scotland Callan Hamill England Arsenal [31]

Loans in

Date Player Transferred from Source
8 July 2025 England Toby Steward England Portsmouth [32]
7 August 2025 Scotland Adam Forrester Scotland Heart of Midlothian [33]

Loans out

Date Player Transferred to Source
18 July 2025 Scotland Craig Hepburn Scotland Brechin City [34]
28 July 2025 Scotland Murray Binnie Scotland Jeanfield Swifts [35]

See also

References

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  2. ^ "Championship Table". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 9 August 2025.
  3. ^ "The Rules of the Scottish Professional Football League" (PDF). SPFL. pp. 38–39. Retrieved 20 October 2019.
  4. ^ "Summary - League Cup". Soccerway. Retrieved 27 July 2025.
  5. ^ "Format". SPFL. Retrieved 7 June 2023.
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  8. ^ "Jamie Gullan signs for the Saints!". St Johnstone FC. 30 May 2025. Retrieved 30 May 2025.
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  29. ^ "Daniels Balodis moves on". perthstjohnstonefc.co.uk. St Johnstone FC. 19 June 2025. Retrieved 24 June 2025.
  30. ^ "Andre Raymond departs". perthstjohnstonefc.co.uk. St Johnstone FC. 15 July 2025. Retrieved 15 July 2025.
  31. ^ "Callan Hamill joins English Premier League club Arsenal". perthstjohnstonefc.co.uk. St Johnstone FC. 16 July 2025. Retrieved 21 July 2025.
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  34. ^ "Craig Hepburn Signs on Loan". perthstjohnstonefc.co.uk. St Johnstone FC. 18 July 2025. Retrieved 20 July 2025.
  35. ^ "Murray Binnie joins Jeanfield on loan". facebook.com. St Johnstone FC. 28 July 2025. Retrieved 8 August 2025.
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