2025–26 Falkirk F.C. season

Falkirk
2025–26 season
CEOJamie Swinney
ManagerJohn McGlynn
StadiumFalkirk Stadium
Premiership6th
Scottish CupSemi-finals
League CupSecond round
Stirlingshire CupWinners
Top goalscorerLeague: Barney Stewart (7)
All: Barney Stewart (11)

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

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 2–2 Dundee United Falkirk
14:00 Tait 50'
Ross 73'		 Report Watters 40'
Dolček 71'		 Stadium: Falkirk Stadium
Attendance: 7,624
Referee: John Beaton
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
31 August 2025 3 Aberdeen 0–1 Falkirk Aberdeen
15:00 Devlin  43' Report Wilson 75' Stadium: Pittodrie Stadium
Attendance: 18,380
Referee: Ross Hardie
13 September 2025 4 Falkirk 1–2 St Mirren Falkirk
15:00 Graham 88' Report John 64'
Mandron 81'		 Stadium: Falkirk Stadium
Attendance: 7,460
Referee: Duncan Nicolson
23 September 2025 5 Falkirk 2–2 Hibernian Falkirk
19:45 MacIver 45+1'
Henderson 64'		 Report Boyle 30' (pen.)
McGrath 42'		 Stadium: Falkirk Stadium
Attendance: 7,491
Referee: Calum Scott
Note: Match postponed due to Hibernian's european fixture.
27 September 2025 6 Heart of Midlothian 3–0 Falkirk Edinburgh
15:00 Kyziridis 22'
Shankland 41'
Halkett 48'		 Report Stadium: Tynecastle Park
Attendance: 18,919
Referee: Lloyd Wilson
5 October 2025 7 Falkirk 1–1 Rangers Falkirk
15:00 Cartwright 73' Report Miovski 41' Stadium: Falkirk Stadium
Attendance: 7,652
Referee: Matthew MacDermid
18 October 2025 8 Motherwell 1–2 Falkirk Motherwell
15:00 Maswanhise 22' Report Miller 57'
Arfield 79'		 Stadium: Fir Park
Attendance: 7,473
Referee: Steven McLean
25 October 2025 9 Falkirk 2–1 Dundee Falkirk
15:00 Robertson 55' (o.g.)
Allan 89'		 Report Robertson 26' Stadium: Falkirk Stadium
Attendance: 7,652
Referee: Ross Hardie
29 October 2025 10 Celtic 4–0 Falkirk Glasgow
19:45 Kenny 30', 40'
Nygren 58'
Tounekti 73'		 Report Stadium: Celtic Park
Referee: Ryan Lee
1 November 2025 11 Falkirk 3–1 Kilmarnock Falkirk
15:00 Williams 7'
MacIver 22'
Miller 38'		 Report John-Jules 69' Stadium: Falkirk Stadium
Attendance: 7,461
Referee: David Dickinson
8 November 2025 12 Falkirk 1–1 Livingston Falkirk
15:00 Graham 16' (pen.) Report Wilson 89' Stadium: Falkirk Stadium
Attendance: 7,176
Referee: Grant Irvine
22 November 2025 13 Dundee United 0–3 Falkirk Dundee
15:00 Report Miller 3'
Kucherenko 22' (o.g.)
Graham 63'		 Stadium: Tannadice Park
Attendance: 9,736
Referee: Nick Walsh
30 November 2025 14 Rangers 0–0 Falkirk Glasgow
14:00 Report Stadium: Ibrox Stadium
Attendance: 50,288
Referee: Steven McLean
3 December 2025 15 Falkirk 0–0 Motherwell Falkirk
15:00 Report Stadium: Falkirk Stadium
Attendance: 7,490
Referee: Chris Graham
6 December 2025 16 Hibernian 3–0 Falkirk Edinburgh
15:00 Boyle 36' (pen.)
Bowie 41', 80'		 Report Stadium: Easter Road
Attendance: 18,951
Referee: Matthew MacDermid
13 December 2025 17 Falkirk 0–2 Heart of Midlothian Falkirk
20:00 Report Braga 2'
Kingsley 77'		 Stadium: Falkirk Stadium
Attendance: 7,538
Referee: Calum Scott
20 December 2025 18 Kilmarnock 0–1 Falkirk Kilmarnock
15:00 Report Graham 54' Stadium: Rugby Park
Attendance: 5,708
Referee: Ryan Lee
27 December 2025 19 Dundee 1–0 Falkirk Dundee
15:00 Dhanda 45+5' (pen.)
Murray  87'		 Report Stadium: Dens Park
Attendance: 5,798
Referee: Steven McLean
3 January 2026 20 Falkirk 1–0 Aberdeen Falkirk
15:00 Lissah 58' Report Stadium: Falkirk Stadium
Attendance: 7,710
Referee: John Beaton
10 January 2026 21 St Mirren 0–2 Falkirk Paisley
15:00 Report Yeats 55'
Miller 61'		 Stadium: St Mirren Park
Attendance: 7,062
Referee: Steven McLean
14 January 2026 22 Falkirk 0–1 Celtic Falkirk
19:45 Report Nygren 43' Stadium: Falkirk Stadium
Attendance: 7,730
Referee: John Beaton & Sean Murdoch
24 January 2026 23 Falkirk 4–1 Hibernian Falkirk
15:00 Stewart 17', 43', 83'
Hanley 89 o.g.'		 Report Bushiri 59' Stadium: Falkirk Stadium
Attendance: 7,617
Referee: Don Robertson
1 February 2026 24 Celtic 2–0 Falkirk Glasgow
15:00 Čvančara 39'
Nygren 62'		 Report Stadium: Celtic Park
Attendance: 58,450
Referee: David Dickinson
4 February 2026 25 Livingston 1–2 Falkirk Livingston
19:45 McLennan 47' Report Wilson 6'
Marsh 25'		 Stadium: Almondvale Stadium
Attendance: 2,790
Referee: Matthew MacDermid
11 February 2026 26 Falkirk 1–0 Dundee Falkirk
19:45 Broggio 55' Report Stadium: Falkirk Stadium
Attendance: 7,345
Referee: David Dickinson
14 February 2026 27 Falkirk 2–3 Dundee United Falkirk
15:00 Broggio 17'
Lissah 53'
Henderson  69'		 Report Graham 24'
Sibbald 55'
Eskesen 83'		 Stadium: Falkirk Stadium
Attendance: 7,696
Referee: Ryan Lee
21 February 2026 28 Heart of Midlothian 1–0 Falkirk Edinburgh
15:00 Chesnokov 45' Report Stadium: Tynecastle Park
Attendance: 18,820
Referee: Duncan Nicolson
28 February 2026 29 Falkirk 5–1 Kilmarnock Falkirk
15:00 Brown 1 o.g.'
Tait 28', 56'
Stewart 36', 50'		 Report Kiltie 40' Stadium: Falkirk Stadium
Attendance: 7,646
Referee: Colin Steven
14 March 2026 30 Aberdeen 1–1 Falkirk Aberdeen
15:00 Nisbet 73' Report Stewart 89' Stadium: Pittodrie Stadium
Attendance: 17,562
Referee: Calum Scott
21 March 2026 31 Falkirk 1–2 St Mirren Falkirk
15:00 Stewart 15' Report Freckleton 18'
Donnelly 63'		 Stadium: Falkirk Stadium
Attendance: 7,526
Referee: Ross Hardie
4 April 2026 32 Motherwell v Falkirk Motherwell
15:00 Stadium: Fir Park
12 April 2026 33 Falkirk v Rangers Falkirk
12:00 Stadium: Falkirk Stadium

Scottish Cup

Main article: 2025–26 Scottish Cup
17 January 2026 Fourth round Heart of Midlothian 1–1
(4–5 p)		 Falkirk Tynecastle Park
20:00 Shankland 86' (pen.) Report Parkinson 59' Attendance: 17,109
Referee: Nick Walsh
Penalties
8 February 2026 Fifth round Stenhousemuir 0–2 (a.e.t.) Falkirk Ochilview Park
19:30 Report Spencer 104'
Stewart 108'		 Attendance: 2,514
Referee: Duncan Nicolson
6 March 2026 Quarter-finals Falkirk 2–1 Dundee United Falkirk Stadium
19:45 Stewart 10'
Yeats 21'		 Report Eskesen 45+2' Attendance: 7,151
Referee: Steven McLean
April 2026 Semi-finals Dunfermline Athletic v Falkirk Hampden Park

Scottish League Cup

Main article: 2025–26 Scottish League Cup

Group stage

12 July 2025 1 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 2 Cove Rangers 0–0
(2–4 p)		 Falkirk Cove Bay
15:00 Report Stadium: Balmoral Stadium
Attendance: 811
Referee: Grant Irvine
22 July 2025 3 Falkirk 3–1 Queen's Park Falkirk
19:45 Ross 42', 51'
Graham 86'		 Report Fowler 14' Stadium: Falkirk Stadium
Attendance: 2,387
Referee: Nick Walsh
26 July 2025 4 Falkirk 4–0 The Spartans Falkirk
15:00 Tait 23'
Arfield 52'
Miller 55', 76'		 Report Stadium: Falkirk Stadium
Attendance: 2,312
Referee: David Dickinson

Knockout phase

15 August 2025 Second round Celtic 4–1 Falkirk Glasgow
19:45 Maeda 26'
Johnston 54'
Murray 61'
Henderson 64' (o.g.)		 Report Adams 67' Stadium: Celtic Park
Attendance: 46,063
Referee: Lloyd Wilson

Stirlingshire Cup

Main article: Stirlingshire Cup
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

Squad statistics

As of 21 March 2026[3]
No. Pos Nat Player Total Premiership Scottish Cup League Cup Stirlingshire Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK  SCO Nicky Hogarth 7 0 1+1 0 0+0 0 2+0 0 3+0 0
2 DF  SCO Keelan Adams 27 1 19+0 0 1+1 0 4+0 1 2+0 0
3 DF  SCO Leon McCann 31 0 21+1 0 3+0 0 3+0 0 3+0 0
5 DF  SCO Liam Henderson 37 1 28+0 1 2+0 0 5+0 0 2+0 0
6 DF  SCO Coll Donaldson 9 0 4+3 0 2+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
7 FW  SCO Brian Graham 33 6 7+16 4 1+1 0 3+2 1 3+0 1
8 MF  SCO Brad Spencer 40 1 29+1 0 3+0 1 5+0 0 2+0 0
9 FW  SCO Ross MacIver 18 5 9+1 3 0+0 0 2+3 1 3+0 1
11 MF  ENG Ben Broggio 9 2 6+1 2 2+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
12 GK  SCO Jamie Sneddon 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
14 MF  SCO Finn Yeats 18 2 10+3 1 2+0 1 0+0 0 2+1 0
15 DF  SCO Lewis Neilson 19 0 10+2 0 1+1 0 5+0 0 0+0 0
16 FW  SCO Barney Stewart 17 11 12+0 7 2+1 2 0+0 0 1+1 2
17 MF  ENG Henry Cartwright 35 1 10+18 1 1+1 0 2+3 0 0+0 0
18 FW  SCO Gary Oliver 9 0 0+4 0 0+0 0 0+3 0 2+0 0
19 GK  SCO Scott Bain 37 0 30+0 0 3+0 0 3+0 0 1+0 0
20 MF  SCO Connor Allan 27 1 16+3 1 1+1 0 1+3 0 2+0 0
21 MF  SCO Dylan Tait 41 7 26+4 3 3+0 0 4+1 4 2+1 0
22 FW  ENG Kyrell Wilson 24 2 16+5 2 0+3 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
23 MF  SCO Ethan Ross 31 3 6+17 1 0+2 0 2+2 2 2+0 0
24 FW  ENG Ethan Williams 24 1 11+12 1 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
25 DF  ENG Ryan Edwards 4 0 0+4 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
27 FW  ENG Ben Parkinson 3 1 0+2 0 0+1 1 0+0 0 0+0 0
28 DF  ENG Filip Lissah 26 2 22+1 2 2+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
29 MF  SCO Calvin Miller 42 5 29+2 3 3+0 0 5+0 2 2+1 0
30 FW  ENG Louie Marsh 8 1 4+3 1 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
42 DF  ENG Sam Hart 6 0 2+4 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
47 FW  BEL Trey Samuel-Ogunsuyi 9 0 2+7 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
Players who left the club during the 2025–26 season
4 DF  SCO Tom Lang 2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 0
10 MF  SCO Aidan Nesbitt 12 0 1+3 0 0+1 0 1+4 0 2+0 0
11 FW  GHA Alfredo Agyeman 27 2 2+18 0 0+0 0 3+2 1 2+0 1
26 DF  SCO Sean Mackie 5 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 2+0 0 2+0 0
32 MF  SCO Rhys Walker 2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 0
27 GK  SCO Owen Hayward 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
33 MF  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 20 4 3+11 1 0+0 0 3+2 3 0+1 0

Team statistics

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation[a]
4 Motherwell (V) 31 14 12 5 49 23 +26 54 Qualification for the Conference League second qualifying round[b]
5 Hibernian (V) 31 12 12 7 48 35 +13 48
6 Falkirk 31 12 7 12 39 40 −1 43
7 Dundee United 31 8 13 10 40 48 −8 37
8 Dundee (W) 31 8 8 15 31 49 −18 32
Updated to match(es) played on 22 March 2026. 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]
(V) Assured of a top six finish; (W) Assured of a bottom six finish
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 COV QPA SPA BRE
1 Falkirk 4 3 1 0 0 14 1 +13 11 Qualification for the second round — — 3–1 4–0 —
2 Cove Rangers 4 2 0 1 1 5 2 +3 7 0–0p — — 1–0 —
3 Queen's Park 4 2 0 0 2 9 6 +3 6 — 2–1 — — 5–0
4 The Spartans 4 2 0 0 2 4 6 −2 6 — — 2–1 — 2–0
5 Brechin City 4 0 0 0 4 0 17 −17 0 0–7 0–3 — — —
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

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